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 hodox Church in English. This is a product of the Department of Internet Mi
 nistries of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191005
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/04/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\; Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\;
  John the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Ephesians 1:7-17\nBrethren\, we have redemption through the blood of Chri
 st\, the forgiveness of our trespasses\, according to the riches of his gra
 ce which he lavished upon us. For he has made known to us in all wisdom and
  insight the mystery of his will\, according to his purpose which he set fo
 rth in Christ as a plan for the fulness of time\, to unite all things in hi
 m\, things in heaven and things on earth. In him\, according to the purpose
  of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will\, 
 we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for t
 he praise of his glory. In him you also\, who have heard the word of truth\
 , the gospel of your salvation\, and have believed in him\, were sealed wit
 h the promised Holy Spirit\, which is the guarantee of our inheritance unti
 l we acquire possession of it\, to the praise of his glory. For this reason
 \, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love towar
 d all the saints\, I do not cease to give thanks for you\, remembering you 
 in my prayers\, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of glory
 \, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of hi
 m.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:31-35\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall I compar
 e the men of this generation\, and what are they like? They are like childr
 en sitting in the market place and calling to one another\, 'We piped to yo
 u\, and you did not dance\; we wailed\, and you did not weep.' For John the
  Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine\; and you say\, 'He 
 has a demon.' The Son of man has come eating and drinking\; and you say\, '
 Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!
 ' Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191101
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/31/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amplias\, Apelles\, Stachys\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus of the 7
 0\; The Holy Martyr Epimachus of Egypt\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I co
 mmend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, t
 hat you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in 
 whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and o
 f myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jes
 us\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all t
 he churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in their ho
 use. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia for Chr
 ist. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junia
 s\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among the apo
 stles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in 
 the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stac
 hys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to t
 he family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lor
 d who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, 
 Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in t
 he Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Gree
 t Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who 
 are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olymp
 as\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy ki
 ss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:47-54\
 ; 12:1\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you! for yo
 u build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. So you are witn
 esses and consent to the deeds of your fathers\; for they killed them\, and
  you build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said\, 'I will sen
 d them prophets and apostles\, some of whom they will kill and persecute\,'
  that the blood of all the prophets\, shed from the foundation of the world
 \, may be required of this generation\, from the blood of Abel to the blood
  of Zacharias\, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes\, I t
 ell you\, it shall be required of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! for 
 you have taken away the key of knowledge\; you did not enter yourselves\, a
 nd you hindered those who were entering." As he went away from there\, the 
 scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard\, and to provoke him to s
 peak of many things\, lying in wait for him\, to catch at something he migh
 t say. In the meantime\, when so many thousands of the multitude had gather
 ed together that they trod upon one another\, he began to say to his discip
 les first\, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees\, which is hypocrisy."\n
 \n
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 e 70
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170912
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/11/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodora of Alexandria\, Euphrosynos the Cook\, Demetrios & Evanthea th
 e Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\, Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland\
 , Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\, Deinol the First Bishop of 
 Bangor\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:11-16\n
 \nBrethren\, when Cephas came to Antioch I opposed him to his face\, becaus
 e he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James\, he ate with 
 the Gentiles\; but when they came he drew back and separated himself\, fear
 ing the circumcision party. And with him the rest of the Jews acted insince
 rely\, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their insincerity. But whe
 n I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel\, 
 I said to Cephas before them all\, "if you\, though a Jew\, live like a Gen
 tile and not like a Jew\, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews
 ?" We ourselves\, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners\, yet who k
 now that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Je
 sus Christ\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justifi
 ed by faith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, because by works of t
 he law shall no one be justified.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\n\nAt 
 that time\, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said to one anothe
 r\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him.
 "\n \nNow among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
  So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to 
 him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew we
 nt with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has
  come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, un
 less a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; bu
 t if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and he
  who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one
  serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be
  also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n \n"Now is my so
 ul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour?' No\, 
 for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name." The
 n a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it a
 gain." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Other
 s said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has com
 e for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now sha
 ll the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from t
 he earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death
  he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that t
 he Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lif
 ted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with yo
 u for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness ov
 ertake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. Whil
 e you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of l
 ight."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Theodora of Alexandria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171221
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Igna
 tius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\, Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\, Holy Father John of Kronstadt\, John the New Martyr o
 f Thassos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\n\nBrethren\, recall the former days when
 \, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings
 \, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes
  being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion on the priso
 ners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property\, since yo
 u knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.  The
 refore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For y
 ou have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and receive 
 what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall come 
 and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith."\n  \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\n\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to
  Capernaum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you di
 scussing on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discu
 ssed with one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the
  twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be las
 t of all and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the mid
 st of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receiv
 es one such child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receiv
 es not me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man
  casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not 
 following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a
  mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For h
 e that is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever giv
 es you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will b
 y no means lose his reward."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190722
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/21/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\, Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\nTo
 ne Four\nFifth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Romans 10:1-10\n\nBrethren\, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Isra
 el is that they may be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for
  God\, but it is not enlightened. For\, being ignorant of the righteousness
  that comes from God\, and seeking to establish their own\, they did not su
 bmit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law\, that every 
 one who has faith may be justified. Moses writes that the man who practices
  the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it. But the righ
 teousness based on faith says\, Do not say in your heart\, "Who will ascend
  into heaven?" (that is\, to bring Christ down) or "Who will descend into t
 he abyss?" (that is\, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it s
 ay? The word is near you\, on your lips and in your heart (that is\, the wo
 rd of faith which we preach)\; because\, if you confess with your lips that
  Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead\
 , you will be saved. For man believes with his heart and so is justified\, 
 and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 8:28-34\; 9:1\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus came to the country of the Ger
 gesenes\, two demoniacs met him\, coming out of the tombs\, so fierce that 
 no one would pass that way. And behold\, they cried out\, "What have you to
  do with us\, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the tim
 e?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And th
 e demons begged him\, "If you cast us out\, send us away into the herd of s
 wine." And he said to them\, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine
 \; and behold\, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea\, an
 d perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled\, and going into the city they 
 told everything\, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold\, all 
 the city came out to meet Jesus\; and when they saw him\, they begged him t
 o leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and cam
 e to his own city.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:5th Sunday of Matthew
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171228
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Nativity\, Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\, The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\, Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apo
 stles 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\n\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and
  power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those w
 ho belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of th
 e Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\
 , arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom 
 and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who
  said\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." 
 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they ca
 me upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up 
 false witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against th
 is holy place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Na
 zareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses de
 livered to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his
  face was like the face of an angel.\n \nAnd the high priest said\, "Is thi
 s so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory 
 appeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he liv
 ed in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindre
 d and go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the la
 nd of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God r
 emoved him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he g
 ave him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to g
 ive it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had 
 no child.\n \n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most H
 igh does not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heave
 n is my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\,
  says the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all 
 these things?'\n \n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ea
 rs\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Wh
 ich of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those w
 ho announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now
  betrayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels an
 d did not keep it."\n \nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\
 , and they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit
 \, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the r
 ight hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and t
 he Son of man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a
  loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they 
 cast him out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their
  garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning S
 tephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down an
 d cried with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And
  when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33
 -42\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There was a householder who planted a 
 vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and bui
 lt a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. Whe
 n the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to 
 get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed ano
 ther\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the fir
 st\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, say
 ing 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they sai
 d to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his i
 nheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed 
 him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to th
 ose tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a miserable
  death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fr
 uits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the sc
 riptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head o
 f the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
 '"\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180416
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/15/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Crescens the Martyr\, Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\, Michael the New Mar
 tyr of Smyrna\, The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\, Padarn\, Bishop and Founder
  of Llandabarn Fawr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 5:12-20\n\
 nIn those days\, many signs and wonders were done among the people by the h
 ands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. None
  of the rest dared join them\, but the people held them in high honor. And 
 more than ever believers were added to the Lord\, multitudes both of men an
 d women\, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets\, and lai
 d them on beds and pallets\, that as Peter came by at least his shadow migh
 t fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jeru
 salem\, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits\, and th
 ey were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with him\,
  that is\, the party of the Sadducees\, and filled with jealousy they arres
 ted the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel o
 f the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said\, "Go and 
 stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\n\nOn the evening of that day\, the first 
 day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of
  the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be wit
 h you."  When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Th
 en the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them agai
 n\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  
 And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receiv
 e the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if
  you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n \nNow Thomas\, one of t
 he twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the ot
 her disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unle
 ss I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the m
 ark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n \
 nEight days later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was 
 with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and
  said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here
 \, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do 
 not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my G
 od!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Bles
 sed are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n \nNow Jesus did many ot
 her signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this 
 book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\
 , the Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Thomas Sunday
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170902
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/1/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Ecclesiastical New Year\, Symeon the Stylite\, Synaxis of the Recovery o
 f the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \, The 40 Holy Ascetic Vi
 rgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\, Holy Martyrs Ca
 lliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\, Righteous Meletius\, The Stru
 ggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\, Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\, Nicholas of Kou
 rtaliotis\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's First Letter to Timothy 2:1-7\n\nTimothy\, my son\, first of all\, I urg
 e that supplications\, prayers\, intercessions\, and thanksgivings be made 
 for all men\, for kings and all who are in high positions\, that we may lea
 d a quiet and peaceable life\, godly and respectful in every way. This is g
 ood\, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior\, who desires all
  men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is on
 e God\, and there is one mediator between God and men\, the man Christ Jesu
 s\, who gave himself as a ransom for all\, the testimony to which was borne
  at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am 
 telling the truth\, I am not lying)\, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith an
 d truth.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to 
 Nazareth\, where he had been brought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as
  his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read\; and there w
 as given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and foun
 d the place where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, bec
 ause he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to 
 proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind\, to 
 set at liberty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of
  the Lord." And he closed the book\, and gave it back to the attendant\, an
 d sat down\; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he
  began to say to them\, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your he
 aring." And all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the gracious words whic
 h proceeded out of his mouth.\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Ecclesiastical New Year
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180310
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\, Caesarios the Righteous\n\nFast Day
  (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebr
 ews 12:1-10\n\nBRETHREN\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of wi
 tnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so clos
 ely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, loo
 king to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy that
  was set before him endured the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seated
  at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinn
 ers such hostility against himself\, so that you may not grow weary or fain
 thearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the poi
 nt of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation which add
 resses you as sons? "My son\, do not regard lightly the discipline of the L
 ord\, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplin
 es him whom he loves\, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is for
  discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons\; for what
  son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without 
 discipline\, in which all have participated\, then you are illegitimate chi
 ldren and not sons. Besides this\, we have had earthly fathers to disciplin
 e us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father
 .\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The
  kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning 
 to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a d
 enarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the thi
 rd hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to them he sai
 d\, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will give you.'
  So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he
  did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others sta
 nding\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They sa
 id to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into t
 he vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to
  his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginning with
  the last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour 
 came\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came\, they tho
 ught they would receive more\; but each of them also received a denarius. A
 nd on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, 'These last 
 worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who have borne th
 e burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them\
 , 'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me for a denar
 ius? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to this last as I
  give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?
  Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be first\, and th
 e first last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n\n
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 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\, Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\, Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:1-6\n\nBrethren\, Melchizedek\, king of S
 alem\, priest of the Most High God\, met Abraham returning from the slaught
 er of the kings and blessed him\; and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth pa
 rt of everything. He is first\, by translation of his name\, king of righte
 ousness\, and then he is also king of Salem\, that is\, king of peace. He i
 s without father or mother or genealogy\, and has neither beginning of days
  nor end of life\, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest for 
 ever. See how great he is! Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of the sp
 oils. And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a 
 commandment in the law to take tithes from the people\, that is\, from thei
 r brethren\, though these also are descended from Abraham. But this man who
  has not their genealogy received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who h
 ad the promises.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:17-27\n\nAt that time\, as Je
 sus was setting out on his journey\, a man ran up and knelt before him\, an
 d asked him\, "Good Teacher\, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And 
 Jesus said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
  You know the commandments: 'Do not kill\, Do not commit adultery\, Do not 
 steal\, Do not bear false witness\, Do not defraud\, Honor your father and 
 mother.' " And he said to him\, "Teacher\, all these I have observed from m
 y youth." And Jesus looking upon him loved him\, and said to him\, "You lac
 k one thing\; go\, sell what you have\, and give to the poor\, and you will
  have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." At that saying his counte
 nance fell\, and he went away sorrowful\; for he had great possessions. And
  Jesus looked around and said to his disciples\, "How hard it will be for t
 hose who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were a
 mazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again\, "Children\, how hard it 
 is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the 
 eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." And they 
 were exceedingly astonished\, and said to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Je
 sus looked at them and said\, "With men it is impossible\, but not with God
 \; for all things are possible with God."\n \n\n
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 sts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\; Rom
 anos\, Prince of Uglich\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\; Cumine the Whi
 te\, Abbot of Iona\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins 
 Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus sp
 read through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. The discip
 les of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to him two of 
 his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come
 \, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come to him\, they s
 aid\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to
  come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured many of disea
 ses and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed 
 sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have seen and hear
 d: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, an
 d the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached
  to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messen
 gers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "W
 hat did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind
 ? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\,
  those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts
 . What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more t
 han a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messe
 nger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' I tell you\
 , among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet he who is least
  in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this all the pe
 ople and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized with the b
 aptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of 
 God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God
  who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts
  to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chri
 st.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tran
 scendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way
 \, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, b
 ut not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the 
 body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested 
 in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for
  Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal fl
 esh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the sam
 e spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we 
 too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus w
 ill raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For 
 it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people 
 it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of th
 e Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who 
 is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go a
 nd tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the l
 ame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised 
 up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who ta
 kes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crow
 ds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A r
 eed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in s
 oft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. Wha
 t then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a
  prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger 
 before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to
  you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John t
 he Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than h
 e. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has be
 en coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all the proph
 ets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept it
 \, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\
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 sts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\, Our Righteous Father Michael S
 yngellon the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Hebrews 3:5-11\, 17-19\n\nBrethren\, Moses was faithful in all Go
 d's house as a servant\, to testify to the things that were to be spoken la
 ter\, but Christ was faithful over his house as a son. And we are his house
  if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope firm to the end. Ther
 efore\, as the Holy Spirit says\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not
  harden your hearts as in the rebellion\, on the day of testing in the wild
 erness\, where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty y
 ears. Therefore I was provoked with that generation\, and said\, 'They alwa
 ys go astray in their hearts\; they have not known my ways.' As I swore in 
 my wrath\, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And with whom was he provoked
  forty years? Was it not with those who sinned\, whose bodies fell in the w
 ilderness? And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his rest\,
  but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable to ente
 r because of unbelief.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:42-50\; 10:1\n\nThe Lord
  said\, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\,
  it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck a
 nd he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin\, cut it
  off\; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go 
 to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, where their worm does not die\, and th
 e fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off\; i
 t is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into
  hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. And i
 f your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out\; it is better for you to enter
  the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell\
 , where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. For every o
 ne will be salted with fire and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. S
 alt is good\; but if the salt has lost its saltness\, how will you season i
 t? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at peace with one another." And he left
  there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan\, and crowds g
 athered to him again\; and again\, as his custom was\, he taught them.\n\n\
 n
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 s: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of Sai
 nt John the Theologian \, Arsenios the Great\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jo
 hn's First Universal Letter 1:1-7\n\nTHAT WHICH WAS from the beginning\, wh
 ich we have heard\, which we have seen with our eyes\, which we have looked
  upon and touched with our hands\, concerning the word of life - the life w
 as made manifest\, and we saw it\, and testify to it\, and proclaim to you 
 the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us - th
 at which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you\, so that you may h
 ave fellowship with us\; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his
  Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.\n 
  \nThis is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you\, that Go
 d is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship w
 ith him while we walk in darkness\, we lie and do not live according to the
  truth\; but if we walk in the light\, as he is in the light\, we have fell
 owship with one another\, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from a
 ll sin.\n   \n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\, 21:24-25\n\nAt that time\, 
 standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, 
 Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, a
 nd the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woma
 n\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mothe
 r!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the d
 isciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these 
 things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many ot
 her things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppo
 se that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
 \n  \n\n
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 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\, Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter t
 o the Thessalonians 1:1-10\n\nPaul\, Silvanus\, and Timothy\,\n \nTo the ch
 urch of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:\n \n
 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n \nW
 e are bound to give thanks to God always for you\, brethren\, as is fitting
 \, because your faith is growing abundantly\, and the love of every one of 
 you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast of you in t
 he churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecution
 s and in the afflictions which you are enduring.\n \nThis is evidence of th
 e righteous judgment of God\, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of
  God\, for which you are suffering - since indeed God deems it just to repa
 y with affliction those who afflict you\, and to grant rest with us to you 
 who are afflicted\, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mi
 ghty angels in flaming fire\, inflicting vengeance upon those who do not kn
 ow God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They sh
 all suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the pre
 sence of the Lord and from the glory of his might\, when he comes on that d
 ay to be glorified in his saints\, and to be marveled at in all who have be
 lieved.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:20-25\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus was
  asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming\, he answered th
 em\, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed\; nor will
  they say\, 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold\, the kingdom of God 
 is in the midst of you." And he said to the disciples\, "The days are comin
 g when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man\, and you w
 ill not see it. And they will say to you\, 'Lo\, there!' or 'Lo\, here!' Do
  not go\, do not follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up th
 e sky from one side to the other\, so will the Son of man be in his day. Bu
 t first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation."\n \
 n\n
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 ts: Methodius & Cyril\, Equal-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs\, R
 enewal of Constantinople\, Hieromartyr Mocius\, Theopemptos the Martyr & hi
 s Companions\, Dioscoros the New Martyr\, Argyrios the New-Martyr of Epanom
 i\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 5:21-32\n\nIn those days\, t
 he apostles entered the temple and taught. Now the high priest came and tho
 se who were with him and called together the council and all the senate of 
 Israel\, and sent to the prison to have them brought. But when the officers
  came\, they did not find them in the prison\, and they returned and report
 ed\, 'We found the prison securely locked and the sentries standing at the 
 doors\, but when we opened it we found no one inside." Now when the captain
  of the temple and the chief priests heard these words\, they were much per
 plexed about them\, wondering what this would come to. And some one came an
 d told them\, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple an
 d teaching the people." Then the captain with the officers went and brought
  them\, but without violence\, for they were afraid of being stoned by the 
 people.\n \nAnd when they had brought them\, they set them before the counc
 il. And the high priest questioned them\, saying\, "We strictly charged you
  not to teach in this name\, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your t
 eaching and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and th
 e apostles answered\, "We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fat
 hers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging on a tree. God exalted him at 
 his right hand as Leader and Savior\, to give repentance to Israel and forg
 iveness of sins. And we are witnesses to these things\, and so is the Holy 
 Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John
  6:14-27\n\nAt that time\, when the people saw the sign which Jesus had don
 e\, they said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!"
 \n \nPerceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to 
 make him king\, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.\n \nWhen e
 vening came\, his disciples went down to the sea\, entered a boat\, and sta
 rted across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark\, and Jesus had not yet c
 ome to them. The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing. When they had 
 rowed about three or four miles\, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and dra
 wing near to the boat. They were frightened\, but he said to them\, "It is 
 I\; do not be afraid." Then they were glad to take him into the boat\, and 
 immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.\n \nOn the n
 ext day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there
  had been only one boat there\, and that Jesus had not entered the boat wit
 h his disciples\, but that his disciples had gone away alone. However\, boa
 ts from Tiberias came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lor
 d had given thanks. So when the people saw that Jesus was not there\, nor h
 is disciples\, they themselves entered the boats and went to Capernaum\, se
 eking Jesus.\n \nWhen they found him on the other side of the sea\, they sa
 id to him\, "Rabbi\, when did you come here?" Jesus answered them\, "Truly\
 , truly\, I say to you\, you seek me\, not because you saw signs\, but beca
 use you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food which perish
 es\, but for the food which endures to eternal life which the Son of man wi
 ll give to you\; for on him has God the Father set his seal."\n\n\n
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 s: Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions\, Pyrros the Hierom
 artyr\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:
 14-28\n\nBrethren\, when Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what th
 e law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even though they do not hav
 e the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts\
 , while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts 
 accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, according to my gospel\, G
 od judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. But if you call yourself a Je
 w and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God and know his will
  and approve what is excellent\, because you are instructed in the law\, an
 d if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind\, a light to those who 
 are in darkness\, a corrector of the foolish\, a teacher of children\, havi
 ng in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - you then who teach ot
 hers\, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing\, do 
 you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery\, do you commit ad
 ultery? You who abhor idols\, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law\
 , do you dishonor God by breaking the law? For\, as it is written\, "The na
 me of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." Circumcision in
 deed is of value if you obey the law\; but if you break the law\, your circ
 umcision becomes uncircumcision. So\, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps t
 he precepts of the law\, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumc
 ision? Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will co
 ndemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. For
  he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true circumcision somet
 hing external and physical.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:33-41\n\nThe Lor
 d said\, "You have heard that it was said to the men of old\, 'You shall no
 t swear falsely\, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' But I
  say to you\, Do not swear at all\, either by heaven\, for it is the throne
  of God\, or by the earth\, for it is his footstool\, or by Jerusalem\, for
  it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head\, for you 
 cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'N
 o'\; anything more than this comes from evil. You have heard that it was sa
 id\, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you\, Do not
  resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek\, tu
 rn to him the other also\; and if any one would sue you and take your coat\
 , let him have your cloak as well\; and if any one forces you to go one mil
 e\, go with him two miles."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/11/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Cantania\, Our Holy Father Nipho
 nus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracle
  in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\, Afterfeast of the Transfig
 uration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nFas
 t Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter 
 to the Corinthians 1:3-9\n\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God our 
 Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you be
 cause of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus\, that in eve
 ry way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge - even as
  the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you - so that you are not lack
 ing in any spiritual gift\, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus
  Christ\; who will sustain you to the end\, guiltless in the day of our Lor
 d Jesus Christ. God is faithful\, by whom you were called into the fellowsh
 ip of his Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:3-12
 \n\nAt that time\, Pharisees came up to Jesus and tested him by asking\, "I
 s it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered\, "Have you n
 ot read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female\
 , and said\, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and b
 e joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no 
 longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, let not 
 man put asunder." They said to him\, "Why then did Moses command one to giv
 e a certificate of divorce\, and to put her away?" He said to them\, "For y
 our hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives\, but from th
 e beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife\, ex
 cept for unchastity\, and marries another\, commits adultery." The disciple
 s said to him\, "If such is the case of a man with his wife\, it is not exp
 edient to marry." But he said to them\, "Not all men can receive this sayin
 g\, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been
  so from birth\, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men\, 
 and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the 
 kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this\, let him receive it."\n\
 n\n
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 s: The Holy Apostle Matthias  \, Anthony the Martyr of Alexandria\, Afterfe
 ast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Constantin
 e\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan 
 of Rhodes\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:12-17
 \, 21-26\n\nIn those days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mou
 nt called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\;
  and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they we
 re staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bart
 holomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Ju
 das the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselves to praye
 r\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his bro
 thers.\n \nIn those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of 
 persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the
  scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by 
 the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested J
 esus. For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this min
 istry. "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that 
 the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of Joh
 n until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men must becom
 e with us a witness to his resurrection."\n \nAnd they put forward two\, Jo
 seph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they pr
 ayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one 
 of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostl
 eship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place." And they cas
 t lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with t
 he eleven apostles.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:13-28\n\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "He who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospe
 l of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world\, as a testimo
 ny to all nations\; and then the end will come.\n \n"So when you see the de
 solating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy p
 lace (let the reader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to 
 the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is 
 in his house\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his ma
 ntle. And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in 
 those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For
  then there will be great tribulation\, such as has not been from the begin
 ning of the world until now\, no\, and never will be. And if those days had
  not been shortened\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of t
 he elect those days will be shortened. Then if any one says to you\, 'Lo\, 
 here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs
  and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders\, so as to 
 lead astray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand
 . So\, if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\
 ; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as
  the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will 
 be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles wi
 ll be gathered together."\n\n\n
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 ts: Barbara the Great Martyr\, John the Righteous of Damascus\, New Hieroma
 rtyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\, Juliana the Martyr of Heli
 opolis\, Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to A
 merica\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were c
 onfined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed
 . So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be ju
 stified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a cu
 stodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For 
 as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is ne
 ither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither ma
 le nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ'
 s\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean t
 hat the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, thoug
 h he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustee
 s until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we
  were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time ha
 d fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the la
 w\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adopt
 ion as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a great cr
 owd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had ha
 d a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many p
 hysicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather g
 rew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him i
 n the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his ga
 rments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and
  she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perce
 iving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned ab
 out in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples 
 said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'W
 ho touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman
 \, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell 
 down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daugh
 ter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your di
 sease."\n\n\n
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 s: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\, Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantokra
 tor Monastery\, Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kazan\
 n\nPlagal of the First Tone\nSixth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Romans 12:6-14\n\nBrethren\, having gifts that differ
  according to the grace given to us\, let us use them: if prophecy\, in pro
 portion to our faith\; if service\, in our serving\; he who teaches\, in hi
 s teaching\; he who exhorts\, in his exhortation\; he who contributes\, in 
 liberality\; he who gives aid\, with zeal\; he who does acts of mercy\, wit
 h cheerfulness. Let love be genuine\; hate what is evil\, hold fast to what
  is good\; love one another with brotherly affection\; outdo one another in
  showing honor. Never flag in zeal\, be aglow with the Spirit\, serve the L
 ord. Rejoice in your hope\, be patient in tribulation\, be constant in pray
 er. Contribute to the needs of the saints\, practice hospitality. Bless tho
 se who persecute you\; bless and do not curse them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 9:1-8\n\nAt that time\, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and ca
 me to his own city. And behold\, they brought to him a paralytic\, lying on
  his bed\; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic\, "Take 
 heart\, my son\; your sins are forgiven." And behold\, some of the scribes 
 said to themselves\, "This man is blaspheming." But Jesus\, knowing their t
 houghts\, said\, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier
 \, to say 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that yo
 u may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he t
 hen said to the paralytic -- "Rise\, take up your bed and go home." And he 
 rose and went home. When the crowds saw it\, they were afraid\, and they gl
 orified God\, who had given such authority to men.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/20/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children\, Our Righteous
  Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, Hilarion the New Martyr o
 f Crete\, Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\, John the Foreigner\n\nFast Day (Wi
 ne and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesian
 s 6:10-17\n\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his mi
 ght.  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against
  the wiles of the devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood
 \, but against the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world 
 rulers of this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness
  in the heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you 
 may be able to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand. 
  Stand\, therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put o
 n the breastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equ
 ipment of the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of fa
 ith\, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And
  take the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the 
 word of God.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\n\nThe Lord said to his d
 isciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and persecute you
 \, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brough
 t before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be a time for yo
 u to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate be
 forehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which non
 e of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be 
 delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and som
 e of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sa
 ke. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gai
 n your lives."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas\; Cuthbert the W
 onderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Myron the New Martyr of Crete\; Photi
 ni the Samaritan Woman\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 13:2
 -13\n On a bare hill raise a signal\, cry aloud to them\; wave the hand for
  them to enter the gates of the nobles.  I myself have commanded my consecr
 ated ones\, have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger\, my proudly ex
 ulting ones.  \n\n Hark\, a tumult on the mountains as of a great multitude
 ! Hark\, an uproar of kingdoms\, of nations gathering together! The LORD of
  hosts is mustering a host for battle.  They come from a distant land\, fro
 m the end of the heavens\, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation\, to
  destroy the whole earth.  \n\n Wail\, for the day of the LORD is near\; as
  destruction from the Almighty it will come!  Therefore all hands will be f
 eeble\, and every man's heart will melt\, and they will be dismayed. Pangs 
 and agony will seize them\; they will be in anguish like a woman in travail
 . They will look aghast at one another\; their faces will be aflame.  \n\n 
 Behold\, the day of the LORD comes\, cruel\, with wrath and fierce anger\, 
 to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.  For the
  stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light\; 
 the sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.  I
  will punish the world for its evil\, and the wicked for their iniquity\; I
  will put an end to the pride of the arrogant\, and lay low the haughtiness
  of the ruthless.  I will make men more rare than fine gold\, and mankind t
 han the gold of Ophir.  Therefore I will make the heavens tremble\, and the
  earth will be shaken out of its place\, at the wrath of the LORD of hosts 
 in the day of his fierce anger.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 8:4-21\n 
 And in the seventh month\, on the seventeenth day of the month\, the ark ca
 me to rest upon the mountains of Ararat.  And the waters continued to abate
  until the tenth month\; in the tenth month\, on the first day of the month
 \, the tops of the mountains were seen.  \n\n At the end of forty days Noah
  opened the window of the ark which he had made\, and sent forth a raven\; 
 and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.  Then
  he sent forth a dove from him\, to see if the waters had subsided from the
  face of the ground\; but the dove found no place to set her foot\, and she
  returned to him to the ark\, for the waters were still on the face of the 
 whole earth. So he put forth his hand and took her and brought her into the
  ark with him.  He waited another seven days\, and again he sent forth the 
 dove out of the ark\; and the dove came back to him in the evening\, and lo
 \, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf\; so Noah knew that the waters
  had subsided from the earth.  Then he waited another seven days\, and sent
  forth the dove\; and she did not return to him any more.  \n\n In the six 
 hundred and first year\, in the first month\, the first day of the month\, 
 the waters were dried from off the earth\; and Noah removed the covering of
  the ark\, and looked\, and behold\, the face of the ground was dry.  In th
 e second month\, on the twenty-seventh day of the month\, the earth was dry
 .  Then God said to Noah\,  "Go forth from the ark\, you and your wife\, an
 d your sons and your sons' wives with you.  Bring forth with you every livi
 ng thing that is with you of all flesh - birds and animals and every creepi
 ng thing that creeps on the earth - that they may breed abundantly on the e
 arth\, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth."  So Noah went forth\, 
 and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.  And every beast\, 
 every creeping thing\, and every bird\, everything that moves upon the eart
 h\, went forth by families out of the ark.  \n\n Then Noah built an altar t
 o the LORD\, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird\, and o
 ffered burnt offerings on the altar.  And when the LORD smelled the pleasin
 g odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground 
 because of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\
 ; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done."\
 n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 10:31-11:12\nThe mouth of the righteous 
 brings forth wisdom\, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.  The lips of
  the righteous know what is acceptable\, but the mouth of the wicked\, what
  is perverse.  A false balance is an abomination to the LORD\, but a just w
 eight is his delight.  When pride comes\, then comes disgrace\; but with th
 e humble is wisdom.  The integrity of the upright guides them\, but the cro
 okedness of the treacherous destroys them.  Riches do not profit in the day
  of wrath\, but righteousness delivers from death.  The righteousness of th
 e blameless keeps his way straight\, but the wicked falls by his own wicked
 ness.  The righteousness of the upright delivers them\, but the treacherous
  are taken captive by their lust.  When the wicked dies\, his hope perishes
 \, and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.  The righteous is de
 livered from trouble\, and the wicked gets into it instead.  With his mouth
  the godless man would destroy his neighbor\, but by knowledge the righteou
 s are delivered.  When it goes well with the righteous\, the city rejoices\
 ; and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.  By the blessing
  of the upright a city is exalted\, but it is overthrown by the mouth of th
 e wicked.  He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense\, but a man of underst
 anding remains silent.\n\n
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 sts: 12th Sunday of Matthew\; Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\; Ale
 xander\, John\, and Paul the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Phantinos
  the Righteous of Calabria\; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\; 6 Martyrs of Melit
 ene\; The Synaxis of the Holy Hierarchs of Serbia\; The Holy New Martyrs of
  Serbia\; Fiacre the Hermit of Meaux\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:1
 6-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain
  to which Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshipped h
 im\; but some doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in
  heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples
  of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son a
 nd of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded 
 you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:1-11\nBrethre
 n\, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the gospel\, which y
 ou received\, in which you stand\, by which you are saved\, if you hold it 
 fast -- unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first imp
 ortance what I also received\, that Christ died for our sins in accordance 
 with the scriptures\, that he was buried\, that he was raised on the third 
 day in accordance with the scriptures\, and that he appeared to Cephas\, th
 en to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at on
 e time\, most of whom are still alive\, though some have fallen asleep. The
 n he appeared to James\, then to all the apostles. Last of all\, as to one 
 untimely born\, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles\
 , unfit to be called an apostle\, because I persecuted the church of God. B
 ut by the grace of God I am what I am\, and his grace toward me was not in 
 vain. On the contrary\, I worked harder than any of them\, though it was no
 t I\, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then it was I or they\
 , so we preach and so you believed.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:16-26\nAt
  that time\, a young man came up to Jesus\, kneeling and saying\, "Good Tea
 cher\, what good deed must I do\, to have eternal life?" And he said to him
 \, "Why do you call me good?  One there is who is good.  If you would enter
  life\, keep the commandments."  He said to him\, "Which?"  And Jesus said\
 , "You shall not kill\, You shall not commit adultery\, You shall not steal
 \, You shall not bear false witness\, Honor your father and mother\, and Yo
 u shall love your neighbor as yourself."  The young man said to him\, "All 
 these I have observed\; what do I still lack?"  Jesus said to him\, "If you
  would be perfect\, go\, sell what you possess and give to the poor\, and y
 ou will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me."  When the young ma
 n heard this he went away sorrowful\; for he had great possessions.\n\nAnd 
 Jesus said to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, it will be hard for a
  rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Again I tell you\, it is easier 
 for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter 
 the kingdom of God."  When the disciples heard this they were greatly aston
 ished\, saying\, "Who then can be saved?"  But Jesus looked at them and sai
 d to them\, "With men this is impossible\, but with God all things are poss
 ible."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Great and Holy Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\; George the C
 onfessor\; Tryphon\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theod
 ore\, George\, Michael and the other George of Samothrace\; Aelphege the Hi
 eromartyr of Canterbury\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostl
 es 1:1-8\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jes
 us began to do and teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, after he ha
 d given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had cho
 sen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, 
 appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. A
 nd while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, b
 ut to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard fro
 m me\, for John baptized with water\, but before many days you shall be bap
 tized with the Holy Spirit."\n\nSo when they had come together\, they asked
  him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He sai
 d to them\, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father ha
 s fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spi
 rit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in a
 ll Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth."\n\nGospel Reading: John 
 1:1-17\nIn the beginning was the Word\, and the Word was with God\, and the
  Word was God. He was in the beginning with God\; all things were made thro
 ugh him\, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was l
 ife\, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness\,
  and the darkness has not overcome it. \n\nThere was a man sent from God\, 
 whose name was John. He came for testimony\, to bear witness to the light\,
  that all might believe through him. He was not the light\, but came to bea
 r witness to the light.\n\nThe true light that enlightens every man was com
 ing into the world. He was in the world\, and the world was made through hi
 m\, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home\, and his own peopl
 e received him not. But to all who received him\, who believed in his name\
 , he gave power to become children of God\; who were born\, not of blood no
 r of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man\, but of God.\n\nAnd the 
 Word became flesh and dwelt among us\, full of grace and truth\; we have be
 held his glory\, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witne
 ss to him\, and cried\, "This was he of whom I said\, 'He who comes after m
 e ranks before me\, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we 
 all received\, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses\; grac
 e and truth came through Jesus Christ.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/12/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\, Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantino
 ple\, Christos the New Martyr\, Meletios of Ypseni\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Egg
 s\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's Third Universal Lett
 er 1:1-15\n\nThe elder to the beloved Gaius\, whom I love in the truth.\n \
 nBeloved\, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in heal
 th\; I know that it is well with your soul.  For I greatly rejoiced when so
 me of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life\, as ind
 eed you do follow the truth.  No greater joy can I have than this\, to hear
  that my children follow the truth.\n \nBeloved\, it is a loyal thing you d
 o when you render any service to the brethren\, especially to strangers\, w
 ho have testified to your love before the church.  You will do well to send
  them on their journey as befits God's service.  For they have set out for 
 his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.  So we ought to suppor
 t such men\, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.\n \nI have written
  something to the church\; but Diotrephes\, who likes to put himself first\
 , does not acknowledge my authority.  So if I come I will bring up what he 
 is doing\, prating against me with evil words.  And not content with that\,
  he refuses himself to welcome the brethren\, and also stops those who want
  to welcome them and puts them out of the church.\n \nBeloved\, do not imit
 ate evil but imitate good.  He who does good is of God\; he who does evil h
 as not seen God.  Demetrios has testimony from every one\, and from the tru
 th itself\; I testify to him too\, and you know my testimony is true.\n \nI
  had much to write to you\, but I would rather not write with pen and ink\;
  I hope to see you soon\, and we will talk together face to face.\n \nPeace
  be to you.  The friends greet you.  Greet the friends\, every one of them.
  \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:29-40\; 22:7-39\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus
  drew near to Bethphage and Bethany\, at the mount that is called Olivet\, 
 he sent two of the disciples\, saying\, "Go into the village opposite\, whe
 re on entering you will find a colt tied\, on which no one has ever yet sat
 \; untie it and bring it here.  If any one asks you\, 'Why are you untying 
 it?' you shall say this\, 'The Lord has need of it.'"  So those who were se
 nt went away and found it as he had told them.  And as they were untying th
 e colt\, its owners said to them\, "Why are you untying the colt?"  And the
 y said\, "The Lord has need of it."  And they brought it to Jesus\, and thr
 owing their garments on the colt they set Jesus upon it.  And as he rode al
 ong\, they spread their garments on the road.  As he was now drawing near\,
  at the descent of the Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the discipl
 es began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty wor
 ks that they had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name
  of the Lord!  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"  And some of the 
 Pharisees in the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disciples."
   He answered\, "I tell you\, if these were silent\, the very stones would 
 cry out."\n \nThen came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover
  lamb had to be sacrificed.  So he sent Peter and John\, saying\; "Go and p
 repare the passover for us\, that we may eat it."  They said to him\, "Wher
 e will you have us prepare it?"  He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have 
 entered the city\, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him
  into the house which he enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher s
 ays to you\, Where is the guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with 
 my disciples?'  And he will show you a large upper room furnished\; there m
 ake ready."  And they went\, and found it as he had told them\; and they pr
 epared the passover.\n \nAnd when the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the
  apostles with him.  And he said to them\, "I have earnestly desired to eat
  this passover with you before I suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat 
 it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."  And he took a cup\,
  and when he had given thanks he said\, "Take this\, and divide it among yo
 urselves\; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit o
 f the vine until the kingdom of God comes."  And he took bread\, and when h
 e had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my b
 ody which is given for you.  Do this in remembrance of me."  And likewise t
 he cup after supper\, saying\, "This cup which is poured out for you is the
  new covenant in my blood.  But behold the hand of him who betrays me is wi
 th me on the table.  For the Son of man goes as it has been determined\; bu
 t woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"  And they began to question one 
 another\, which of them it was that would do this.\n \nA dispute also arose
  among them\, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.  And he sai
 d to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them\; and th
 ose in authority over them are called benefactors.  But not so with you\; r
 ather let the greatest among you become as the youngest\, and the leader as
  one who serves.  For which is the greater\, one who sits at table\, or one
  who serves?  Is it not the one who sits at table?  But I am among you as o
 ne who serves.\n \nYou are those who have continued with me in my trials\; 
 and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, that you ma
 y eat and drink at my table in my kingdom\, and sit on thrones judging the 
 twelve tribes of Israel.\n \nSimon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demanded to hav
 e you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I have prayed for you that 
 your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned again\, strengthen your 
 brethren."  And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you to priso
 n and to death."  He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will not crow th
 is day\, until you three times deny that you know me."\n \nAnd he said to t
 hem\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals\, did you lack a
 nything?"  They said\, "Nothing."  He said to them\, "But now\, let him who
  has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag.  And let him who has no sword se
 ll his mantle and buy one.  For I tell you that this scripture must be fulf
 illed in me\, 'And he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for what is writte
 n about me has its fulfillment."  And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, here are t
 wo swords."  And he said to them\, "It is enough."\n \nAnd he came out\, an
 d went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples fol
 lowed him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Cantania\; Our Holy Father Niph
 onus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracl
 e in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\; Afterfeast of the Transfi
 guration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15
 :29-38\nBrethren\, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the d
 ead? If the dead are not raised at all\, why are people baptized on their b
 ehalf? Why am I in peril every hour? I protest\, brethren\, by my pride in 
 you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord\, I die every day! What do I gain
  if\, humanly speaking\, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If the dead are n
 ot raised\, "Let us eat and drink\, for tomorrow we die." Do not be deceive
 d: "Bad company ruins good morals." Come to your right mind\, and sin no mo
 re. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But some o
 ne will ask\, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come
 ?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And 
 what you sow is not the body which is to be\, but a bare kernel\, perhaps o
 f wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen\, and
  to each kind of seed its own body.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-27\nAt
  that time\, when Jesus entered the temple\, the chief priests and the elde
 rs of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what au
 thority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?" Jesu
 s answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell me the 
 answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The
  baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued
  with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why t
 hen did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of
  the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered Je
 sus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by w
 hat authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/25/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\, Prokop
 ios the New Martyr\, The Righteous Martyr Febronia\, Dionysius & Dometios t
 he Righteous of Mount Athos\, Methodius of Nevritos\, Orentios\, Pharmakios
 \, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, and Longinos the Martyrs and Bro
 thers\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Romans 12:4-5\, 15-21\n\nBrethren\, as in one body we have many member
 s\, and all the members do not have the same function\, so we\, though many
 \, are one body in Christ\, and individually members of one another. Rejoic
 e with those who rejoice\, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with o
 ne another\; do not be haughty\, but associate with the lowly\; never be co
 nceited. Repay no one evil for evil\, but take thought for what is noble in
  the sight of all. If possible\, so far as it depends upon you\, live peace
 ably with all. Beloved\, never avenge yourselves\, but leave it to the wrat
 h of God\; for it is written\, "Vengeance is mine\, I will repay\, says the
  Lord." No\, "if your enemy is hungry\, feed him\; if he is thirsty\, give 
 him drink\; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head." Do 
 not be overcome by evil\, but overcome evil with good.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 12:9-13\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the synagogue of the Jews.
  And behold\, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him\, "I
 s it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" so that they might accuse him. He said
  to them\, "What man of you\, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit o
 n the sabbath\, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more v
 alue is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath." The
 n he said to the man\, "Stretch out your hand." And the man stretched it ou
 t\, and it was restored\, whole like the other.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/10/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\, Poulcheria the Empres
 s\, Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\nPlagal of the First Tone
 \nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galat
 ians 6:11-18\n\nBrethren\, see with what large letters I am writing to you 
 with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh 
 that would compel you to be circumcised\, and only in order that they may n
 ot be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circum
 cision do not themselves keep the law\, but they desire to have you circumc
 ised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory exce
 pt in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, by which the world has been cruc
 ified to me\, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anyth
 ing\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all 
 who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man troub
 le me\; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jes
 us Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 3
 :13-17\n\nThe Lord said\, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who desce
 nded from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up 
 the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that 
 whoever believes in him may have eternal life.\n \n"For God so loved the wo
 rld that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not per
 ish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to con
 demn the world\, but that the world might be saved through him."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and O
 nesimus\; Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\; Niketas the Younger\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 3:21-24\
 ; 4:1-11\nBeloved\, if our hearts do not condemn us\, we have confidence be
 fore God\; and we receive from him whatever we ask\, because we keep his co
 mmandments and do what pleases him.  And this is his commandment\, that we 
 should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another\, j
 ust as he has commanded us.  All who keep his commandments abide in him\, a
 nd he in them.  And by this we know that he abides in us\, by the Spirit wh
 ich he has given us.\n\nBeloved\, do not believe every spirit\, but test th
 e spirits to see whether they are of God\; for many false prophets have gon
 e out into the world.  By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit whi
 ch confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God\, and every 
 spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God.  This is the spirit of a
 ntichrist\, of which you heard that it was coming\, and now it is in the wo
 rld already.  Little children\, you are of God\, and have overcome them\; f
 or he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.  They are of th
 e world\, therefore what they say is of the world\, and the world listens t
 o them.  We are of God.  Whoever knows God listens to us\, and he who is no
 t of God does not listen to us.  By this we know the spirit of truth and th
 e spirit of error.\n\nBeloved\, let us love one another\; for love is of Go
 d\, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not love do
 es not know God\; for God is love.  In this the love of God was made manife
 st among us\, that God sent his only Son into the world\, so that we might 
 live through him.  In this is love\, not that we loved God but that he love
 d us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.  Beloved\, if God s
 o loved us\, we also ought to love one another. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14
 :43-72\; 15:1\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the disciples\, J
 udas Iscariot came\, one of the twelve\, and with him a crowd with swords a
 nd clubs\, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.  Now the 
 betrayer had given them a sign\, saying\, "The one I shall kiss is the man\
 ; seize him and lead him away under guard."  And when he came\, he went up 
 to him at once\, and said\, "Rabbi!"  And he kissed him.  And they laid han
 ds on him and seized him.  But one of those who stood by drew his sword\, a
 nd struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.  And Jesus said
  to them\, "Have you come out as against a robber\, with swords and clubs t
 o capture me?  Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching\, and yo
 u did not seize me.  But let the scriptures be fulfilled."  And they all fo
 rsook him\, and fled.  And a young man followed him\, with nothing but a li
 nen cloth about his body\; and they seized him\, but he left the linen clot
 h and ran away naked.  And they led Jesus to the high priest\; and all the 
 chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.  And Peter had
  followed him at a distance\, right into the courtyard of the high priest\;
  and he was sitting with the guards\, and warming himself at the fire.  Now
  the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to 
 put him to death\; but they found none.  For many bore false witness agains
 t him\, and their witness did not agree.  And some stood up and bore false 
 witness against him\, saying\, "We heard him say\, 'I will destroy this tem
 ple that is made with hands\, and in three days I will build another\, not 
 made with hands.'"  Yet not even so did their testimony agree.  And the hig
 h priest stood up in the midst\, and asked Jesus\, "Have you no answer to m
 ake?  What is it that these men testify against you?"  But he was silent an
 d made no answer.  Again the high priest asked him\, "Are you the Christ\, 
 the Son of the Blessed?"  And Jesus said\, "I am\; and you will see the Son
  of man seated at the right hand of Power\, and coming with the clouds of h
 eaven."  And the high priest tore his garments\, and said\, "Why do we stil
 l need witnesses?  You have heard his blasphemy.  What is your decision?"  
 And they all condemned him as deserving death.  And some began to spit on h
 im\, and to cover his face\, and to strike him\, saying to him\, "Prophesy!
 "  And the guards received him with blows.  And as Peter was below in the c
 ourtyard\, one of the maids of the high priest came\; and seeing Peter warm
 ing himself\, she looked at him\, and said\, "You also were with the Nazare
 ne\, Jesus."  But he denied it\, saying\, "I neither know nor understand wh
 at you mean."  And he went out into the gateway\, and the cock crowed.  And
  the maid saw him\, and began again to say to the bystanders\, "This man is
  one of them."  But again he denied it.  And after a little while again the
  bystanders said to Peter\, "Certainly you are one of them\; for you are a 
 Galilean."  But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear\, "I do 
 not know this man of whom you speak."  And immediately the cock crowed a se
 cond time.  And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him\, "Before the co
 ck crows twice\, you will deny me three times."  And he broke down and wept
 .  And as soon as it was morning the chief priests\, with the elders and sc
 ribes\, and the whole council held a consultation\; and they bound Jesus an
 d led him away and delivered him to Pilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Luke\; Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Kyriakos\, Pa
 triarch of Constantinople\; Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tom
 b\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\; and she saw two ang
 els in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain\, one at the head a
 nd one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  She
  said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know w
 here they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus sta
 nding\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Woman
 \, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gardene
 r\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where y
 ou have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary." 
  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).  
 Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Fa
 ther\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to my Father 
 and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdalene went and said to
  the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told them that He had sai
 d these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the 
 Corinthians 11:31-33\; 12:1-9\nBrethren\, the God and Father of the Lord Je
 sus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus\, t
 he governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seiz
 e me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall\, and es
 caped his hands.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be gained by it\, bu
 t I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Chri
 st who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven -- whether in t
 he body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And I know that this 
 man was caught up into Paradise --whether in the body or out of the body I 
 do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that cannot be told\, which 
 man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behal
 f I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wish to boast\, I
  shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain fro
 m it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from
  me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\,
  a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, 
 to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought the Lord about thi
 s\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grace is sufficient f
 or you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gla
 dly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\nAt that time\, there came to Jesus a man name
 d Jairus\, who was a ruler of the synagogue\; and falling at Jesus' feet he
  besought him to come to his house\, for he had an only daughter\, about tw
 elve years of age\, and she was dying. As he went\, the people pressed roun
 d him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spe
 nt all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by anyone\, came 
 up behind him\, and touched the fringe of his garment\; and immediately her
  flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said\, "Who was it that touched me?" When 
 all denied it\, Peter and those who were with him said\, "Master\, the mult
 itudes surround you and press upon you!" But Jesus said\, "Some one touched
  me\; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me." And when the woman
  saw that she was not hidden\, she came trembling\, and falling down before
  him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him\, a
 nd how she had been immediately healed. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, yo
 ur faith has made you well\; go in peace." While he was still speaking\, a 
 man from the ruler's house came and said\, "Your daughter is dead\; do not 
 trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on hearing this answered him\, "Do
  not fear\; only believe\, and she shall be well." And when he came to the 
 house\, he permitted no one to enter with him\, except Peter and John and J
 ames\, and the father and mother of the child. And all were weeping and bew
 ailing her\; but he said\, "Do not weep\; for she is not dead but sleeping.
 " And they laughed at him\, knowing that she was dead. But taking her by th
 e hand he called\, saying\, "Child\, arise." And her spirit returned\, and 
 she got up at once\; and he directed that something should be given her to 
 eat. And her parents were amazed\; but he charged them to tell no one what 
 had happened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary of Egypt\; Euthemios of Suzdal\; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyr
 s\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 41:4-14\nWho has performe
 d and done this\, calling the generations from the beginning? I\, the LORD\
 , the first\, and with the last\; I am He.  The coastlands have seen and ar
 e afraid\, the ends of the earth tremble\; they have drawn near and come.  
 Every one helps his neighbor\, and says to his brother\, "Take courage!"  T
 he craftsman encourages the goldsmith\, and he who smoothes with the hammer
  him who strikes the anvil\, saying of the soldering\, "It is good"\; and t
 hey fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.  \n\n But you\, Israel
 \, my servant\, Jacob\, whom I have chosen\, the offspring of Abraham\, my 
 friend\; you whom I took from the ends of the earth\, and called from its f
 arthest corners\, saying to you\, "You are my servant\, I have chosen you a
 nd not cast you off"\; fear not\, for I am with you\, be not dismayed\, for
  I am your God\; I will strengthen you\, I will help you\, I will uphold yo
 u with my victorious right hand. \n\n  Behold\, all who are incensed agains
 t you shall be put to shame and confounded\; those who strive against you s
 hall be as nothing and shall perish.  You shall seek those who contend with
  you\, but you shall not find them\; those who war against you shall be as 
 nothing at all.  For I\, the LORD your God\, hold your right hand\; it is I
  who say to you\, "Fear not\, I will help you."  Fear not\, you worm Jacob\
 , you men of Israel! I will help you\, says the LORD\; your Redeemer is the
  Holy One of Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 17:1-9\n When Abram 
 was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram\, and said to him\, "I
  am God Almighty\; walk before me\, and be blameless.  And I will make my c
 ovenant between me and you\, and will multiply you exceedingly."  Then Abra
 m fell on his face\; and God said to him\,  "Behold\, my covenant is with y
 ou\, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.  No longer shal
 l your name be Abram\, but your name shall be Abraham\; for I have made you
  the father of a multitude of nations.  I will make you exceedingly fruitfu
 l\; and I will make nations of you\, and kings shall come forth from you.  
 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants af
 ter you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant\, to be Go
 d to you and to your descendants after you.  And I will give to you\, and t
 o your descendants after you\, the land of your sojournings\, all the land 
 of Canaan\, for an everlasting possession\; and I will be their God."\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:20-16:9\nA wise son makes a glad father\, 
 but a foolish man despises his mother.  Folly is a joy to him who has no se
 nse\, but a man of understanding walks aright.  Without counsel plans go wr
 ong\, but with many advisers they succeed.  To make an apt answer is a joy 
 to a man\, and a word in season\, how good it is!  The wise man's path lead
 s upward to life\, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.  The LORD tears down th
 e house of the proud\, but maintains the widow's boundaries.  The thoughts 
 of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD\, the words of the pure are pl
 easing to him.  He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his hous
 ehold\, but he who hates bribes will live.  The mind of the righteous ponde
 rs how to answer\, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.  The 
 LORD is far from the wicked\, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.  Th
 e light of the eyes rejoices the heart\, and good news refreshes the bones.
   He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abide among the wise.  He wh
 o ignores instruction despises himself\, but he who heeds admonition gains 
 understanding.  The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom\, and humilit
 y goes before honor.  The plans of the mind belong to man\, but the answer 
 of the tongue is from the LORD.  All the ways of a man are pure in his own 
 eyes\, but the LORD weighs the spirit.  Commit your work to the LORD\, and 
 your plans will be established.  The LORD has made everything for its purpo
 se\, even the wicked for the day of trouble.  Every one who is arrogant is 
 an abomination to the LORD\; be assured\, he will not go unpunished.  By lo
 yalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for\, and by the fear of the LORD
  a man avoids evil.  When a man's ways please the LORD\, he makes even his 
 enemies to be at peace with him.  Better is a little with righteousness tha
 n great revenues with injustice.  A man's mind plans his way\, but the LORD
  directs his steps.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/26/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\, Removal 
 of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nFast Day (Wine 
 and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:
 12-19\n\nNo man has ever seen God\; if we love one another\, God abides in 
 us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him an
 d he in us\, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen an
 d testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoe
 ver confesses that Jesus is the Son of God\, God abides in him\, and he in 
 God. So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love\, and he w
 ho abides in love abides in God\, and God abides in him. In this is love pe
 rfected with us\, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment\, bec
 ause as he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love\, but perfe
 ct love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment\, and he who fea
 rs is not perfected in love. We love\, because he first loved us.\n\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 19:25-27\; 21:24-25\n\nAt that time\, standing by the cros
 s of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clo
 pas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom
  he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your so
 n!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that ho
 ur the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is beari
 ng witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know
  that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jes
 us did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world it
 self could not contain the books that would be written.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/9/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus\, Matrona\, Abbess of Constantino
 ple\, Theoktisti of the Isle of Lesbos\, Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metro
 politan of Pentapolis\, Symeon the Translator\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 2:9-14\n\nBrethren\, remember our l
 abor and toil\; we worked night and day\, that we might not burden any of y
 ou\, while we preached to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses\, and Go
 d also\, how holy and righteous and blameless was our behavior to you belie
 vers\; for you know how\, like a father with his children\, we exhorted eac
 h one of you and encouraged you and charged you to lead a life worthy of Go
 d\, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. And we also thank God con
 stantly for this\, that when you received the word of God which you heard f
 rom us\, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is\, 
 the word of God\, which is at work in you believers. For you\, brethren\, b
 ecame imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea.\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:1-9\n\nAt that time\, there were some present 
 who told Jesus of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their s
 acrifices. And he answered them\, "Do you think that these Galileans were w
 orse sinners than all the other Galileans\, because they suffered thus? I t
 ell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those
  eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them\, do you think
  that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?
  I tell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." And
  he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard\; and 
 he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser\
 , 'Lo\, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree\, and 
 I find none. Cut it down\; why should it use up the ground?' And he answere
 d him\, 'Let it alone\, sir\, this year also\, till I dig about it and put 
 on manure. And if it bears fruit next year\, well and good\; but if not\, y
 ou can cut it down.'"\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180606
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop of Tyre\, Holy Martyrs Nicandrus
 \, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\, Christophoros & Konon the Mar
 tyrs of Rome\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Romans 4:4-12\n\nBrethren\, to one who works\, his wages are no
 t reckoned as a gift but as his due. And to one who does not work but trust
 s him who justifies the ungodly\, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. S
 o also David pronounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteo
 usness apart from works: "Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven\,
  and whose sins are covered\; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will
  not reckon his sin." Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised
 \, or also upon the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraha
 m as righteousness. How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after
  he had been circumcised? It was not after\, but before he was circumcised.
  He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he h
 ad by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him t
 he father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have ri
 ghteousness reckoned to them\, and likewise the father of the circumcised w
 ho are not merely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith whic
 h our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 7:15-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of false prophets\, who come to yo
 u in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them 
 by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns\, or figs from thistles? S
 o\, every sound tree bears good fruit\, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. 
 A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit\, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. E
 very tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fir
 e. Thus you will know them by their fruits. Not every one who says to me\, 
 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the wil
 l of my Father who is in heaven."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/19/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Aca
 cius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\, Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonderw
 orker\, Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the
  Apostles 20:7-12\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles were gathered togeth
 er to break bread\, Paul talked with them\, intending to depart on the morr
 ow\; and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lights in 
 the upper chamber where we were gathered. And a young man named Euthychos w
 as sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still lo
 nger\; and being overcome by sleep\, he fell down from the third story and 
 was taken up dead.  But Paul went down and bent over him\, and embracing hi
 m said\, "Do not be alarmed\, for his life is in him." And when Paul had go
 ne up and had broken bread and eaten\, he conversed with them a long while\
 , until daybreak\, and so departed. And they took the lad away alive\, and 
 were not a little comforted. \n   \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:10-21\n\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "The words that I say to you I do not speak on
  my own authority\; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe
  me that I am in the Father and the Father in me\; or else believe me for t
 he sake of the works themselves.\n \n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who
  believes in me will also do the works that I do\; and greater works than t
 hese will he do\, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name\,
  I will do it\, that the Father may be glorified in the Son\; if you ask an
 ything in my name\, I will do it. "If you love me\, you will keep my comman
 dments. And I will pray to the Father\, and he will give you another Counse
 lor\, to be with you for ever\, even the Spirit of truth\, whom the world c
 annot receive\, because it neither sees him nor knows him\; you know him\, 
 for he dwells with you\, and will be in you.\n \n"I will not leave you deso
 late\; I will come to you. Yet a little while\, and the world will see me n
 o more\, but you will see me\; because I live\, you will live also. In that
  day you will know that I am in my Father\, and you in me\, and I in you. H
 e who has my commandments and keeps them\, he it is who loves me\; and he w
 ho loves me will be loved by my Father\, and I will love him and manifest m
 yself to him."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/25/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\, Titus the Apos
 tle of the 70\, John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs of
  Constantinople\, Holy Father John of Carpathia\, Ebba\, First Abbess of Co
 ldingham\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:1-5\; 2:15\; 
 3:1-2\, 12-15\n\nPAUL\, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, t
 o further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which a
 ccords with godliness\, in hope of eternal life which God\, who never lies\
 , promised ages ago and at the proper time manifested in his word through t
 he preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior\
 ;\n \nTo Titus\, my true child in a common faith:\n \nGrace and peace from 
 God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.\n \nDeclare these things\; exho
 rt and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.\n \nRemind the
 m to be submissive to rulers and authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready
  for any honest work\, to speak evil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to b
 e gentle\, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.\n \nWhen I send Art
 emas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I h
 ave decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawy
 er and Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothing. And let our peopl
 e learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent n
 eed\, and not to be unfruitful.\n \nAll who are with me send greetings to y
 ou. Greet those who love us in the faith.\n \nGrace be with you all. Amen.\
 n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "
 You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor d
 o men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it give
 s light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that the
 y may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  
 Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have com
 e not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till
  heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the 
 law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of th
 ese commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom 
 of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in 
 the kingdom of heaven."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190913
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/13/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\; The Consecration of the
  Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\; Cornelius the Centurion
  & Martyr\; Aristides the Philosopher\; Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron 
 Monastery\, Mount Athos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:1-4\nHoly brethren\, who share in a 
 heavenly call\, consider Jesus\, the apostle and high priest of our confess
 ion. He was faithful to him who appointed him\, just as Moses also was fait
 hful in all God's house. Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more 
 glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor than the house. (
 For every house is built by some one\, but the builder of all things is God
 .)\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took coun
 sel against Jesus and said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothin
 g\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to
  worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was f
 rom Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." 
 Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. 
 And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glori
 fied. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the
  earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. 
 He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world wi
 ll keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and
  where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the F
 ather will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'F
 ather\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come to this 
 hour. Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have 
 glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it
  and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him.
 " Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now i
 s the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast ou
 t\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to mysel
 f." He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered hi
 m\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can y
 ou say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesu
 s said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you
  have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the dark
 ness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the
  light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/29/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer\, Laurence the Reclus
 e of the Kiev Caves\, Ignatius and Nicandrus of Sinai\, Gildas the Wise\n\n
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\n\nBrethren\
 , recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a 
 hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse a
 nd affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For yo
 u had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plunderin
 g of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better posses
 sion and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, whi
 ch has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do
  the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, a
 nd the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one sha
 ll live by faith."\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\n\nAt that time\, Je
 sus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the house he a
 sked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they were silent\; 
 for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.  A
 nd he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one wo
 uld be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And he took a c
 hild\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he s
 aid to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me\; and
  whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  John said to 
 him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forb
 ade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbi
 d him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afte
 r to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.  For truly
 \, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bea
 r the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n\n
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 sts: Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia\,
  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, Dionysios\, B
 ishop of Corinth\, Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:18-20\; 2:8-15\n\nTimothy\, my son\, 
 this charge I commit to you in accordance with the prophetic utterances whi
 ch pointed to you\, that inspired by them you may wage the good warfare\, h
 olding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience\, certain perso
 ns have made shipwreck of their faith\, among them Hymenaios and Alexander\
 , whom I have delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. I de
 sire then that in every place the men should pray\, lifting holy hands with
 out anger or quarreling\; also that women should adorn themselves modestly 
 and sensibly in seemly apparel\, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or
  costly attire but by good deeds\, as befits women who profess religion. Le
 t a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to te
 ach or to have authority over men\; she is to keep silent. For Adam was for
 med first\, then Eve\; and Adam was not deceived\, but the woman was deceiv
 ed and became a transgressor. Yet woman will be saved through bearing child
 ren\, if she continues in faith and love and holiness\, with modesty.\n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching the peo
 ple in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests and the scri
 bes with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what authority yo
 u do these things\, or who it is that gave you this authority."  He answere
 d them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the baptism of
  John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed it with one another\, s
 aying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you not believe
  him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone us\; for the
 y are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they answered that they did n
 ot know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I tell you b
 y what authority I do these things."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\, Julia the Virgin-martyr 
 of Carthage\, 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\, Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Jer
 sey\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:13
 -18\n\nBrethren\, do you not know that those who are employed in the temple
  service get their food from the temple\, and those who serve at the altar 
 share in the sacrificial offerings? In the same way\, the Lord commanded th
 at those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel. But
  I have made no use of any of these rights\, nor am I writing this to secur
 e any provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my 
 ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not p
 reach the gospel! For if I do this of my own will\, I have a reward\; but i
 f not of my own will\, I am entrusted with a commission. What then is my re
 ward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge\
 , not making full use of my right in the gospel.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 16:1-6\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and t
 o test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them
 \, "When it is evening\, you say\, 'It will be fair weather\; for the sky i
 s red.' And in the morning\, 'It will be stormy today\, for the sky is red 
 and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky\, but
  you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous genera
 tion seeks for a sign\, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of
  Jonah." So he left them and departed.\n \nWhen the disciples reached the o
 ther side\, they had forgotten to bring any bread. Jesus said to them\, "Ta
 ke heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\, Methodius the Confessor\, Patriarc
 h of Constantinople\, Cyril\, Bishop of Gortyna\, The Holy Hieromartyrs of 
 Estonia: Basil the Protopresbyter\, John\, John\, and Artemios\, The Holy M
 artyrs Martha the Presvytera\, John\, Theodore and Anna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:22-27\n\nBr
 ethren\, we know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail toget
 her until now\; and not only the creation\, but we ourselves\, who have the
  first fruits of the Spirit\, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as son
 s\, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope 
 that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope fo
 r what we do not see\, we wait for it with patience.\n \nLikewise the Spiri
 t helps us in our weakness\; for we do not know how to pray as we ought\, b
 ut the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. And 
 he who searches the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will 
 of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\n\nAt that time\, the crowd wonde
 red at the gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and t
 hey said\, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you
  will quote to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have 
 heard you did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he sai
 d\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. Bu
 t in truth\, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of E
 lijah\, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there
  came a great famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of the
 m but only to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow
 . And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; 
 and none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard 
 this\, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and pu
 t him out of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their 
 city was built\, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing throu
 gh the midst of them he went away.\n\n\n
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 ts: Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\, Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs\, E
 uthemios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 
 42:5-16\n\nThus says God\, the LORD\, who created the heavens and stretched
  them out\, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it\, who gives b
 reath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:  "I am the 
 LORD\, I have called you in righteousness\, I have taken you by the hand an
 d kept you\; I have given you as a covenant to the people\, a light to the 
 nations\, to open the eyes that are blind\, to bring out the prisoners from
  the dungeon\, from the prison those who sit in darkness.  I am the LORD\, 
 that is my name\; my glory I give to no other\, nor my praise to graven ima
 ges.  Behold\, the former things have come to pass\, and new things I now d
 eclare\; before they spring forth I tell you of them." \n \n Sing to the LO
 RD a new song\, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and 
 all that fills it\, the coastlands and their inhabitants.  Let the desert a
 nd its cities lift up their voice\, the villages that Kedar inhabits\; let 
 the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy\, let them shout from the top of the m
 ountains.  Let them give glory to the LORD\, and declare his praise in the 
 coastlands.  The LORD goes forth like a mighty man\, like a man of war he s
 tirs up his fury\; he cries out\, he shouts aloud\, he shows himself mighty
  against his foes. \n \n For a long time I have held my peace\, I have kept
  still and restrained myself\; now I will cry out like a woman in travail\,
  I will gasp and pant.  I will lay waste mountains and hills\, and dry up a
 ll their herbage\; I will turn the rivers into islands\, and dry up the poo
 ls.  And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not\, in paths that 
 they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them
  into light\, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I wi
 ll do\, and I will not forsake them.\n \n\nGenesis 18:20-33\n\n Then the LO
 RD said\, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their
  sin is very grave\, I will go down to see whether they have done altogethe
 r according to the outcry which has come to me\; and if not\, I will know."
   So the men turned from there\, and went toward Sodom\; but Abraham still 
 stood before the LORD.  Then Abraham drew near\, and said\, "Wilt thou inde
 ed destroy the righteous with the wicked?  Suppose there are fifty righteou
 s within the city\; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for t
 he fifty righteous who are in it?  Far be it from thee to do such a thing\,
  to slay the righteous with the wicked\, so that the righteous fare as the 
 wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do righ
 t?"  And the LORD said\, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city\, 
 I will spare the whole place for their sake."  Abraham answered\, "Behold\,
  I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord\, I who am but dust and ashe
 s.  Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the 
 whole city for lack of five?" And he said\, "I will not destroy it if I fin
 d forty-five there."  Again he spoke to him\, and said\, "Suppose forty are
  found there." He answered\, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."  The
 n he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak. Suppose thirt
 y are found there." He answered\, "I will not do it\, if I find thirty ther
 e."  He said\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Sup
 pose twenty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake of twenty I will 
 not destroy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will
  speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered\, "Fo
 r the sake of ten I will not destroy it."  And the LORD went his way\, when
  he had finished speaking to Abraham\; and Abraham returned to his place.\n
 \n\nProverbs 16:17-17:17\n\nThe highway of the upright turns aside from evi
 l\; he who guards his way preserves his life.  Pride goes before destructio
 n\, and a haughty spirit before a fall.  It is better to be of a lowly spir
 it with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.  He who gives hee
 d to the word will prosper\, and happy is he who trusts in the LORD.  The w
 ise of heart is called a man of discernment\, and pleasant speech increases
  persuasiveness.  Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it\, but foll
 y is the chastisement of fools.  The mind of the wise makes his speech judi
 cious\, and adds persuasiveness to his lips.  Pleasant words are like a hon
 eycomb\, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.  There is a way whic
 h seems right to a man\, but its end is the way to death.  A worker's appet
 ite works for him\; his mouth urges him on.  A worthless man plots evil\, a
 nd his speech is like a scorching fire.  A perverse man spreads strife\, an
 d a whisperer separates close friends.  A man of violence entices his neigh
 bor and leads him in a way that is not good.  He who winks his eyes plans p
 erverse things\, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.  A hoary h
 ead is a crown of glory\; it is gained in a righteous life.  He who is slow
  to anger is better than the mighty\, and he who rules his spirit than he w
 ho takes a city.  The lot is cast into the lap\, but the decision is wholly
  from the LORD.\n   \nBetter is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full o
 f feasting with strife.  A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who 
 acts shamefully\, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.  T
 he crucible is for silver\, and the furnace is for gold\, and the LORD trie
 s hearts.  An evildoer listens to wicked lips\; and a liar gives heed to a 
 mischievous tongue.  He who mocks the poor insults his Maker\; he who is gl
 ad at calamity will not go unpunished.  Grandchildren are the crown of the 
 aged\, and the glory of sons is their fathers.  Fine speech is not becoming
  to a fool\; still less is false speech to a prince.  A bribe is like a mag
 ic stone in the eyes of him who gives it\; wherever he turns he prospers.  
 He who forgives an offense seeks love\, but he who repeats a matter alienat
 es a friend.  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundr
 ed blows into a fool.  An evil man seeks only rebellion\, and a cruel messe
 nger will be sent against him.  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cub
 s\, rather than a fool in his folly.  If a man returns evil for good\, evil
  will not depart from his house.  The beginning of strife is like letting o
 ut water\; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.  He who justifies the wic
 ked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the 
 LORD.  Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom\, when he h
 as no mind?  A friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born for advers
 ity.\n \n
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 ts: Moses the Black of Scete\, Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\, 33 Martyrs
  of Nicomedea\, Job of Pochaev \, Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 12:20-21\; 13:
 1-2\n\nBrethren\, I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wi
 sh\, and that you may find me not what you wish\; that perhaps there may be
  quarreling\, jealousy\, anger\, selfishness\, slander\, gossip\, conceit\,
  and disorder. I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before yo
 u\, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have n
 ot repented of the impurity\, immorality\, and licentiousness which they ha
 ve practiced.\n \nThis is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge mus
 t be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses. I warned those wh
 o sinned before and all the others\, and I warn them now while absent\, as 
 I did when present on my second visit\, that if I come again I will not spa
 re them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 4:24-34\n\nThe Lord said to his disciple
 s\, "Take heed what you hear\; the measure you give will be the measure you
  get\, and still more will be given you. For to him who has will more be gi
 ven\; and from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away." And 
 he said\, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the g
 round\, and should sleep and rise night and day\, and the seed should sprou
 t and grow\, he knows not how. The earth produces of itself\, first the bla
 de\, then the ear\, then the full grain in the ear. But when the grain is r
 ipe\, at once he puts in the sickle\, because the harvest has come." And he
  said\, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God\, or what parable shal
 l we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed\, which\, when sown upo
 n the ground\, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth\; yet when it is s
 own it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs\, and puts forth lar
 ge branches\, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade." Wi
 th many such parables he spoke the word to them\, as they were able to hear
  it\; he did not speak to them without a parable\, but privately to his own
  disciples he explained everything.\n \n\n
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 sts: Trypho the Martyr\; Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savi
 or in the Temple\; Timothy the Confessor\; Perpetua & her Companions\; Brid
 get of Ireland\; Our Holy Father Basil\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Anast
 asios the New Martyr of Navplion\; The Four Martyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\
 , Plato and George who contested in Megara\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Romans 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for g
 ood with those who love God\, who are called according to his purpose.  For
  those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of
  his Son\, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.  A
 nd those whom he predestined he also called\; and those whom he called he a
 lso justified\; and those whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then
  shall we say to this?  If God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did n
 ot spare his own Son but gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us 
 all things with him?  Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It i
 s God who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, y
 es\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who i
 ndeed intercedes for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Sh
 all tribulation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\,
  or peril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed
  all the day long\; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in a
 ll these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For 
 I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\,
  nor things present\, nor things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor de
 pth\, nor anything else in all creation\, will be able to separate us from 
 the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to t
 read upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; an
 d nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the sp
 irits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heave
 n." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank yo
 u\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things f
 rom the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, 
 for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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 s: The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\, Christopher the Martyr of Lycea\, Mon
 k-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in Thessaly\, Epimachos 
 the New Martyr of Alexandria\, The New Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 4:23-31\n\nIn those days\, when th
 e apostles were released they went to their friends and reported what the c
 hief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard it\, they
  lifted their voices together to God and said\, "Sovereign Lord\, who didst
  make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them\, who by 
 the mouth of our father David\, thy servant\, didst say by the Holy Spirit\
 , 'Why did the Gentiles rage\, and the peoples imagine vain things? The kin
 gs of the earth set themselves in array\, and the rulers were gathered toge
 ther\, against the Lord and against his Anointed'- for truly in this city t
 here were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus\, whom thou dids
 t anoint\, both Herod and Pontius Pilate\, with the Gentiles and the people
 s of Israel\, to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to take 
 place. And now\, Lord\, look upon their threats\, and grant to thy servants
  to speak thy word with all boldness\, while thou stretchest out thy hand t
 o heal\, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of thy holy s
 ervant Jesus." And when they had prayed\, the place in which they were gath
 ered together was shaken\; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit an
 d spoke the word of God with boldness.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:24-30\n\
 nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , he who hears my word and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he
  does not come into judgment\, but has passed from death to life. Truly\, t
 ruly\, I say to you\, the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the dead will 
 hear the voice of the Son of God\, and those who hear will live. For as the
  Father has life in himself\, so he has granted the Son also to have life i
 n himself\, and has given him authority to execute judgment\, because he is
  the Son of man. Do not marvel at this\; for the hour is coming when all wh
 o are in the tombs will hear his voice and come forth\, those who have done
  good\, to the resurrection of life\, and those who have done evil\, to the
  resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing on my own authority\; as I hear
 \, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, because I seek not my own will but t
 he will of the Father who sent me."\n\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\; Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \; Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\; Nicholas\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\; Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, do
  not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father\; treat young
 er men like brothers\, older women like mothers\, younger women like sister
 s\, in all purity. Honor widows who are real widows. If a widow has childre
 n or grandchildren\, let them first learn their religious duty to their own
  family and make some return to their parents\; for this is acceptable in t
 he sight of God. She who is a real widow\, and is left all alone\, has set 
 her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day\; 
 whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Command thi
 s\, so that they may be without reproach. If any one does not provide for h
 is relatives\, and especially for his own family\, he has disowned the fait
 h and is worse than an unbeliever. Let a widow be enrolled if she is not le
 ss than sixty years of age\, having been the wife of one husband\; and she 
 must be well attested for her good deeds\, as one who has brought up childr
 en\, shown hospitality\, washed the feet of the saints\, relieved the affli
 cted\, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 9:42-50\; 10:1\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever causes one of these little one
 s who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him if a great millston
 e were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your han
 d causes you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life maime
 d than with two hands to go to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, where thei
 r worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes
  you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life lame than wit
 h two feet to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the
  fire is not quenched. And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out\; i
 t is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two 
 eyes to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire 
 is not quenched. For every one will be salted with fire and every sacrifice
  will be salted with salt. Salt is good\; but if the salt has lost its salt
 ness\, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at peace wi
 th one another." And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyo
 nd the Jordan\, and crowds gathered to him again\; and again\, as his custo
 m was\, he taught them.\n\n
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 yngellon the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Hebrews 9:8-23\n\nBrethren\, by this the Holy Spirit indicates th
 at the way into the sanctuary is not yet opened as long as the outer tent i
 s still standing (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this
  arrangement\, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect the co
 nscience of the worshiper\, but deal only with food and drink and various a
 blutions\, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation. 
 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that are to co
 me\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\, 
 that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place
 \, not through the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus secur
 ing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with th
 e blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for th
 e purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, who
  through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, purify
  your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Therefore he is t
 he mediator of a new covenant\, so that those who are called may receive th
 e promised eternal inheritance\, since a death has occurred which redeems t
 hem from the transgressions under the first covenant. For where a covenant 
 is involved\, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a c
 ovenant takes effect only at death\, since it is not in force as long as th
 e one who made it is alive. Hence even the first covenant was not ratified 
 without blood. For when every commandment of the law had been declared by M
 oses to all the people\, he took the blood of calves and goats\, with water
  and scarlet wool and hyssop\, and sprinkled both the book itself and all t
 he people\, saying\, "This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded
  you." And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and al
 l the vessels used in worship. Indeed\, under the law almost everything is 
 purified with blood\, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgive
 ness of sins. Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things t
 o be purified with these rites\, but the heavenly things themselves with be
 tter sacrifices than these.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:2-12\n\nAt that ti
 me\, the Pharisees came up to Jesus and in order to test him\, asked\, "Is 
 it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them\, "What did Mose
 s command you?" They said\, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of 
 divorce\, and to put her away." But Jesus said to them\, "For your hardness
  of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation
 \, 'God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his fa
 ther and mother and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one fl
 esh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joine
 d together\, let not man put asunder." And in the house the disciples asked
  him again about this matter. And he said to them\, "Whoever divorces his w
 ife and marries another commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces 
 her husband and marries another\, she commits adultery."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/13/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\, Maximos the Righteous of Ka
 psokalyvia\, Mount Athos\, Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savi
 our Jesus Christ\, Hilary of Poitiers\, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos 
 - Mediatress\, Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nPlagal of the Fourth Tone\n
 Eleventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephe
 sians 4:7-13\n\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us according to the m
 easure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he ascended on high h
 e led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He asce
 nded\," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower par
 ts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the
  heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some sho
 uld be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teach
 ers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for building up the bo
 dy of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the kno
 wledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of the statur
 e of the fullness of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:12-17\n\nAt tha
 t time\, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested\, he withdrew into Ga
 lilee\; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea\, in
  the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, that what was spoken by the prophe
 t Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\
 , toward the sea\, across the Jordan\, Galilee of the Gentiles\, the people
  who sat in darkness have seen a great light\, and for those who sat in the
  region and shadow of death light has dawned."  From that time Jesus began 
 to preach\, saying\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/15/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\
 n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:5-11\n\nBret
 hren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, w
 ho\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a t
 hing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, b
 eing born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled 
 himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore G
 od has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every
  name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on 
 earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is L
 ord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 
 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Mar
 tha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat
  at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted
  with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care
  that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." 
 But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled
  about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion
 \, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in th
 e crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore y
 ou\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are th
 ose who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/23/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna\, Proterios\, Archbishop of
  Alexandria\, Gorgonia the Righteous\, sister of Gregory the Theologian\, D
 amian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\, Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 3:1-14\n\n For\, behold\, th
 e Lord\, the Lord of hosts\, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah s
 tay and staff\, the whole stay of bread\, and the whole stay of water\; the
  mighty man and the soldier\, the judge and the prophet\, the diviner and t
 he elder\, the captain of fifty and the man of rank\, the counselor and the
  skillful magician and the expert in charms.  And I will make boys their pr
 inces\, and babes shall rule over them.  And the people will oppress one an
 other\, every man his fellow and every man his neighbor\; the youth will be
  insolent to the elder\, and the base fellow to the honorable.\n \nWhen a m
 an takes hold of his brother in the house of his father\, saying:  "You hav
 e a mantle\; you shall be our leader\, and this heap of ruins shall be unde
 r your rule"\; in that day he will speak out\, saying:  "I will not be a he
 aler\; in my house there is neither bread nor mantle\; you shall not make m
 e leader of the people."  For Jerusalem has stumbled\, and Judah has fallen
 \; because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord\, defying his 
 glorious presence.\n \nTheir partiality witnesses against them\; they procl
 aim their sin like Sodom\, they do not hide it.  Woe to them!  For they hav
 e brought evil upon themselves.  Tell the righteous that it shall be well w
 ith them\, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.  Woe to the wicked!
   It shall be ill with him\, for what his hands have done shall be done to 
 him.  My people -- children are their oppressors\, and women rule over them
 .  O my people\, your leaders mislead you\, and confuse the course of your 
 paths.\n \nThe Lord has taken his place to contend\, he stands to judge his
  people.  The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his 
 people:  "It is you who have devoured the vineyard\, the spoil of the poor 
 is in your houses."\n \n\nGenesis 2:20-3:20\n\n The man gave names to all c
 attle\, and to the birds of the air\, and to every beast of the field\; but
  for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.  So the Lord God cau
 sed a deep sleep to fall upon the man\, and while he slept took one of his 
 ribs and closed up its place with flesh\; and the rib which the Lord God ha
 d taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.  Then
  the man said\, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; s
 he shall be called Woman\, because she was taken out of Man."  Therefore a 
 man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife\, and they bec
 ome one flesh.  And the man and his wife were both naked\, and were not ash
 amed.\n \nNow the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that
  the Lord God had made.  He said to the woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall n
 ot eat of any tree of the garden'?"  And the woman said to the serpent\, "W
 e may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden\; but God said\, 'You sha
 ll not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden\, n
 either shall you touch it\, lest you die.'"  But the serpent said to the wo
 man\, "You will not die.  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes w
 ill be opened\, and you will be like God\, knowing good and evil."  So when
  the woman saw that the tree was good for food\, and that it was a delight 
 to the eyes\, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise\, she to
 ok of its fruit and ate\; and she also gave some to her husband\, and he at
 e.  Then the eyes of both were opened\, and they knew that they were naked\
 ; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.\n \nAnd th
 ey heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the
  day\, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lor
 d God among the trees of the garden.  But the Lord God called to the man\, 
 and said to him\, "Where are you?"  And he said\, "I heard the sound of the
 e in the garden\, and I was afraid\, because I was naked\; and I hid myself
 ."  He said\, "Who told you that you were naked?  Have you eaten of the tre
 e of which I commanded you not to eat?"  The man said\, "The woman whom tho
 u gavest to be with me\, she gave me fruit of the tree\, and I ate."  Then 
 the Lord God said to the woman\, "What is this that you have done?"  The wo
 man said\, "The serpent beguiled me\, and I ate."  The Lord God said to the
  serpent\, "Because you have done this\, cursed are you above all cattle\, 
 and above all wild animals\; upon your belly you shall go\, and dust you sh
 all eat all the days of your life.  I will put enmity between you and the w
 oman\, and between your seed and her seed\; he shall bruise your head\, and
  you shall bruise his heel."  To the woman he said\, "I will greatly multip
 ly your pain in childbearing\; in pain you shall bring forth children\, yet
  your desire shall be for your husband\, and he shall rule over you."  And 
 to Adam he said\, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife\, an
 d have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you\, 'You shall not eat of i
 t\,' cursed is the ground because of you\; in toil you shall eat of it all 
 the days of your life\; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you\; a
 nd you shall eat the plants of the field.  In the sweat of your face you sh
 all eat bread till you return to the ground\, for out of it you were taken\
 ; you are dust\, and to dust you shall return."\n \nThe man called his wife
 's name Eve\, because she was the mother of all living.\n \n\nProverbs 3:19
 -34\n\nThe Lord by wisdom founded the earth\; by understanding he establish
 ed the heavens\; by his knowledge the deeps broke forth\, and the clouds dr
 op down the dew.\n \nMy son\, keep sound wisdom and discretion\; let them n
 ot escape from your sight\, and they will be life for your soul and adornme
 nt for your neck.  Then you will walk on your way securely and your foot wi
 ll not stumble.  If you sit down\, you will not be afraid\; when you lie do
 wn\, your sleep will be sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden panic\, or of th
 e ruin of the wicked\, when it comes\; for the Lord will be your confidence
  and will keep your foot from being caught.  Do not withhold good from thos
 e to whom it is due\, when it is in your power to do it.\n \nDo not say to 
 your neighbor\, "Go\, and come again\, tomorrow I will give it" -- when you
  have it with you.  Do not plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trust
 ingly beside you.  Do not contend with a man for no reason\, when he has do
 ne you no harm.  Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his
  ways\; for the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord\, but the uprigh
 t are in his confidence.  The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked\, 
 but he blesses the abode of the righteous.  Toward the scorners he is scorn
 ful\, but to the humble he shows favor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/6/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish Al
 lowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:10-19\n\
 nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you 
 do this you will never fall\; so there will be richly provided for you an e
 ntrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n \nT
 herefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know th
 em and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as lo
 ng as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know t
 hat the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ show
 ed me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any 
 time to recall these things.\n \nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myt
 hs when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\
 , but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and g
 lory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glo
 ry\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\," we heard this
  voice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And w
 e have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention
  to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the
  morning star rises in your hearts.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\n
 \nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\,
  and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them
 \, and his face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light
 . And behold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. 
 And Peter said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are here\; if you wish
 \, I will make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one fo
 r Elijah." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed th
 em\, and a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom 
 I am well pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples heard this\, they fe
 ll on their faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched th
 em\, saying\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes
 \, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountai
 n\, Jesus commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man i
 s raised from the dead."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension\; The Holy Hieromartyr
  Dorotheus\, Bishop of Tyre\; Holy Martyrs Nicandrus\, Gorgus and Apollonus
  and those with them\; Christophoros & Konon the Martyrs of Rome\n\nFast Da
 y (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 27:1-44\;
  28:1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it was decided that we should sail for Italy\, 
 they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan
  Cohort\, named Julius. And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium\, which was 
 about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia\, we put to sea\, accomp
 anied by Aristarchos\, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. The next day we put 
 in at Sidon\; and Julius treated Paul kindly\, and gave him leave to go to 
 his friends and be cared for. And putting to sea from there we sailed under
  the lee of Cyprus\, because the winds were against us. And when we had sai
 led across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia\, we came to Myra in 
 Lycia. There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy\, a
 nd put us on board. We sailed slowly for a number of days\, and arrived wit
 h difficulty off Cnidos\, and as the wind did not allow us to go on\, we sa
 iled under the lee of Crete off Salmone. Coasting along it with difficulty\
 , we came to a place called Fair Havens\, near which was the city of Lasea.
 \n\nAs much time had been lost\, and the voyage was already dangerous becau
 se the fast had already gone by\, Paul advised them\, saying\, "Sirs\, I pe
 rceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss\, not only of the 
 cargo and the ship\, but also of our lives." But the centurion paid more at
 tention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
  And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in\, the majority advise
 d to put to sea from there\, on the chance that somehow they could reach Ph
 oenix\, a harbor of Crete\, looking northeast and southeast\, and winter th
 ere.\n\nAnd when the south wind blew gently\, supposing that they had obtai
 ned their purpose\, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete\, close insh
 ore. But soon a tempestuous wind\, called the northeaster\, struck down fro
 m the land\; and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind\, we 
 gave way to it and were driven. And running under the lee of a small island
  called Cauda\, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat\; after hoist
 ing it up\, they took measures to undergird the ship\; then\, fearing that 
 they should run on the Syrtis\, they lowered the gear\, and so were driven.
  As we were violently storm-tossed\, they began next day to throw cargo ove
 rboard\; and the third day they cast with their own hands the tackle of the
  ship. And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day\, and no smal
 l tempest lay on us\, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.\n\
 nAs they had been long without food\, Paul then came forward among them and
  said\, "Men\, you should have listened to me\, and should not have set sai
 l from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. I now bid you take heart\; 
 for there will be no loss of life among you\, but only of the ship. For thi
 s very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and who
 m I worship\, and he said\, 'Do not be afraid\, Paul\; you must stand befor
 e Caesar\; and lo\, God has granted you all those who sail with you.' So ta
 ke heart\, men\, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have 
 been told. But we shall have to run on some island."\n\nWhen the fourteenth
  night had come\, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria\, about midni
 ght the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. So they sounded and 
 found twenty fathoms\; a little farther on they sounded again and found fif
 teen fathoms. And fearing that we might run on the rocks\, they let out fou
 r anchors from the stern\, and prayed for the day to come. And as the sailo
 rs were seeking to escape from the ship\, and had lowered the boat into the
  sea\, under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow\, Paul said to the
  centurion and the soldiers\, 'Unless these men stay in the ship\, you cann
 ot be saved." Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat\, and let it
  go.\n\nAs day was about to dawn\, Paul urged them all to take some food\, 
 saying\, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense a
 nd without food\, having taken nothing. Therefore I urge you to take some f
 ood\; it will give you strength\, since not a hair is to perish from the he
 ad of any of you." And when he had said this\, he took bread\, and giving t
 hanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. Then they
  all were encouraged and ate some food themselves. (We were in all two hund
 red and seventy-six persons in the ship.) And when they had eaten enough\, 
 they lightened the ship\, throwing out the wheat into the sea.\n\nNow when 
 it was day\, they did not recognize the land\, but they noticed a bay with 
 a beach\, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore. So th
 ey cast off the anchors and left them in the sea\, at the same time looseni
 ng the ropes that tied the rudders\; then hoisting the foresail to the wind
  they made for the beach. But striking a shoal they ran the vessel aground\
 ; the bow stuck and remained immovable\, and the stern was broken up by the
  surf. The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners\, lest any should swim 
 away and escape\; but the centurion\, wishing to save Paul\, kept them from
  carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw thems
 elves overboard first and make for the land\, and the rest on planks or on 
 pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.\n\nAfter we had
  escaped\, we then learned that the island was called Malta. \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: John 17:18-26\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and 
 said\, "As you\, Father\, did send me into the world\, so I have sent them 
 into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself\, that they also may
  be consecrated in truth.\n\n"I do not pray for these only\, but also for t
 hose who believe in me through their word\, that they may all be one\; even
  as you\, Father\, are in me\, and I in you\, that they also may be in us\,
  so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory which you h
 ave given me I have given to them\, that they may be one even as we are one
 \, I in them and you in me\, that they may become perfectly one\, so that t
 he world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you hav
 e loved me. Father\, I desire that they also\, whom you have given me\, may
  be with me where I am\, to behold my glory which you have given me in your
  love for me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father\, the w
 orld has not known you\, but I have known you\; and these know that you hav
 e sent me. I made known to them your name\, and I will make it known\, that
  the love with which you have loved me may be in them\, and I in them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\; John the Russian
  of Evia\; Theodora the Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\; Venerable Bede
 \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 18:22-
 28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he went up and greet
 ed the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spending some time the
 re he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia a
 nd Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos\, a n
 ative of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\, well versed
  in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord\; and bei
 ng fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately the things concer
 ning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak bol
 dly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\, they took 
 him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And when he wished
  to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrote to the discip
 les to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped those who through g
 race had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public\, showing
  by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:3
 6-47\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "While you have the light
 \, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light. When Jesus had
  said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so m
 any signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him\; it was that the w
 ord spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believ
 ed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefo
 re they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, "He has blinded their ey
 es and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perc
 eive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them." Isaiah said this bec
 ause he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, many even of the aut
 horities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confe
 ss it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the pr
 aise of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, 
 "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he 
 who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world\, tha
 t whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sa
 yings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to j
 udge the world but to save the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\, Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\, Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\, Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\, Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1
 -7\n\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an eart
 hly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the 
 lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Ho
 ly Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\
 , having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on
  all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and
  Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were t
 he cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we canno
 t now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the pries
 ts go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; bu
 t into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and 
 not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of 
 the people.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\,
  Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her 
 house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and li
 stened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and s
 he went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left m
 e to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\
 , "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one t
 hing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be take
 n away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice a
 nd said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that 
 you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of G
 od and keep it!"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Friday\; Symeon the Holy Martyr and Bishop of Persia\; Makarios\,
  Bishop of Corinth\; Agapetos of Rome\; Hadrian the New-Martyr\; Donnan\, A
 bbot of Eigg\, and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 5:6-8\n BRETHREN\, a little
  leaven leavens the whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be 
 a new lump\, as you really are unleavened. For Christ\, our paschal lamb\, 
 has been sacrificed. Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festival\, not with
  the old leaven\, the leaven of malice and evil\, but with the unleavened b
 read of sincerity and truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeemed us from th
 e curse of the law\, having become a curse for us - for it is written\, "Cu
 rsed be everyone who hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus the blessing o
 f Abraham might come upon the Gentiles\, that we might receive the promise 
 of the Spirit through faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the ne
 xt day\, that is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the
  Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that im
 postor said\, while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise agai
 n.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, l
 est his disciples go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has ris
 en from the dead\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilat
 e said to them\, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as 
 you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone a
 nd setting a guard.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Abercius\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis\, Seve
 n Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\, Cecilia the Martyr\n\nTone Three\nNinth
  Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:
 11-19\n\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel which was preache
 d by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I 
 taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have 
 heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of God vio
 lently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of m
 y own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions o
 f my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born\, and had 
 called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in orde
 r that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh 
 and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before 
 me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then a
 fter three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with
  him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lo
 rd's brother.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 arrived at the country of the Gadarenes\, there met him a man from the city
  who had demons\; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not i
 n a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, he cried out and fell do
 wn before him\, and said with a loud voice\, "What have you to do with me\,
  Jesus\, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you\, do not torment me." For 
 he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a tim
 e it had seized him\; he was kept under guard\, and bound with chains and f
 etters\, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert
 .) Jesus then asked him\, "What is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"\; for
  many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to de
 part into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hil
 lside\; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave.
  Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine\, and the herd r
 ushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen
  saw what happened\, they fled\, and told it in the city and in the country
 . Then people went out to see what had happened\, and they came to Jesus\, 
 and found the man from whom the demons had gone\, sitting at the feet of Je
 sus\, clothed and in his right mind\; and they were afraid. And those who h
 ad seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. 
 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him t
 o depart from them\; for they were seized with great fear\; so he got into 
 the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he
  might be with him\; but he sent him away\, saying\, "Return to your home\,
  and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away\, proclaiming
  throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Holy Wednesday\,George the Righteous of Maleon\, Righteous Plato the Stu
 dite\, Nicetas the Hieromartyr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\, Righteous Zos
 imas\, Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Renovator of the 
 Sacred Monastery of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkidiki\, Theodou
 los and Agathopous of Thessaloniki\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nGospel Readings: Joh
 n 12:17-50\n\nAt that time\, the crowd that had been with Jesus when he cal
 led Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The 
 reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this 
 sign.  The Pharisees then said to one another\, "You see that you can do no
 thing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n \nNow among those who went 
 up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.  So these came to Philip\, who
  was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Je
 sus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told J
 esus.  And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to b
 e glorified.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls 
 into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much
  fruit.  He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this
  world will keep it for eternal life.  If any one serves me\, he must follo
 w me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves 
 me\, the Father will honor him.\n \n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shal
 l I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour'? No\, for this purpose I have co
 me to this hour.  Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heave
 n\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing
  by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has sp
 oken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for
  mine.  Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this wor
 ld be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all
  men to myself."  He said this to show by what death he was to die.  The cr
 owd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for 
 ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this So
 n of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer.
  Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who wa
 lks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\,
  believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n \nWhen Jesus 
 had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done s
 o many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him\;  it was that t
 he word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has be
 lieved our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" The
 refore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\,  "He has blinded the
 ir eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and
  perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them."  Isaiah said th
 is because he saw his glory and spoke of him.  Nevertheless many even of th
 e authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not 
 confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved t
 he praise of men more than the praise of God.\n \nAnd Jesus cried out and s
 aid\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. A
 nd he who sees me sees him who sent me.  I have come as light into the worl
 d\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hear
 s my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not co
 me to judge the world but to save the world.  He who rejects me and does no
 t receive my sayings has a judge\; the word that I have spoken will be his 
 judge on the last day.  For I have not spoken on my own authority\; the Fat
 her who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to sp
 eak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say\, therefor
 e\, I say as the Father has bidden me."\n\n\nMatthew 26:6-16\n\nWhen Jesus 
 was at Bethany at the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him wit
 h an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment and she poured it on his he
 ad\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were indignan
 t\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a 
 large sum\, and given to the poor." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said to the
 m\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me
 . For you always have the poor with you\, but you will not always have me. 
 In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for buria
 l. Truly\, I say to you wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world
 \, what she has done will be told in memory of her." Then one of the twelve
 \, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief priests and said\, "Wh
 at will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him thirty piec
 es of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.\
 n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/22/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\, The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Pers
 ia\, Joseph the Sanctified\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter
  to Timothy 1:3-8\n\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank God whom I serve with a cle
 ar conscience\, as did my fathers\, when I remember you constantly in my pr
 ayers.  As I remember your tears\, I long night and day to see you\, that I
  may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith\, a faith tha
 t dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now\, I a
 m sure\, dwells in you.  Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God tha
 t is within you through the laying on of my hands\; for God did not give us
  a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.\n \n
 Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\,
  but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God.\n\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge befo
 re my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also w
 ill deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves father or mot
 her more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter mor
 e than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and foll
 ow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left 
 everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit
  on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve 
 thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has left 
 houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, fo
 r my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  
 But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/8/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\,
  Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10
 \n\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels was valid and every transg
 ression or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape i
 f we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\,
  and it was attested to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore wit
 ness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spi
 rit distributed according to his own will. For it was not to angels that Go
 d subjected the world to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testi
 fied somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of 
 man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lowe
 r than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting ev
 erything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjec
 tion to him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet
  see everything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little w
 hile was made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because 
 of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste deat
 h for every one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all thin
 gs exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of thei
 r salvation perfect through suffering.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n
 \nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who 
 rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." Th
 e seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject 
 to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning
  from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents an
 d scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt 
 you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to 
 you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour
  he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of 
 heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and unde
 rstanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gra
 cious will."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabri
 el\, Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/24/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\, Artemon the Presbyter\
 , Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, Zachariah the Recl
 use\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations f
 or worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer on
 e\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence
 \; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent call
 ed the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of t
 he covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn h
 olding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the cove
 nant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of
  these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus
  been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing th
 eir ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he 
 but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself 
 and for the errors of the people.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\n\
 nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to 
 a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizab
 eth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her
  womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed wit
 h a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of y
 our womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should co
 me to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, th
 e babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that ther
 e would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n \n And
  Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my
  Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\
 , henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty ha
 s done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with 
 her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n   \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171003
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/2/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\, Theophilus
  the Confessor\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1
 :12-17\n\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank him who has given me strength for this
 \, Christ Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me t
 o his service\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted hi
 m\; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and t
 he grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in 
 Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance\, that Chris
 t Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinne
 rs\; but I received mercy for this reason\, that in me\, as the foremost\, 
 Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who
  were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages\, immortal\, 
 invisible\, the only God\, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 6:24-30\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to 
 him\, "Woe to you that are rich\, for you have received your consolation.\n
  \n"Woe to you that are full now\, for you shall hunger.\n \n"Woe to you th
 at laugh now\, for you shall mourn and weep.\n \n"Woe to you\, when all men
  speak well of you\, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.\n \n"B
 ut I say to you that hear\, Love your enemies\, do good to those who hate y
 ou\, bless those who curse you\, pray for those who abuse you. To him who s
 trikes you on the cheek\, offer the other also\; and from him who takes awa
 y your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to every one who begs fro
 m you\; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190310
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/9/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\, Caesarios the Righteous\n\nFast Day
  (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Hebrews 12:1-10\n\nBRETHREN\, since we are surrounded by so great a 
 cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which cli
 ngs so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set befo
 re us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith\, who for t
 he joy that was set before him endured the cross\, despising the shame\, an
 d is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endure
 d from sinners such hostility against himself\, so that you may not grow we
 ary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted
  to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortatio
 n which addresses you as sons? "My son\, do not regard lightly the discipli
 ne of the Lord\, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lor
 d disciplines him whom he loves\, and chastises every son whom he receives.
 " It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons
 \; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are le
 ft without discipline\, in which all have participated\, then you are illeg
 itimate children and not sons. Besides this\, we have had earthly fathers t
 o discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to
  the Father.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\n\nThe Lord said this par
 able\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in t
 he morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labor
 ers for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out ab
 out the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to 
 them he said\, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will
  give you.' So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the nint
 h hour\, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found
  others standing\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all da
 y?' They said to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'Yo
 u go into the vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the viney
 ard said to his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beg
 inning with the last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the ele
 venth hour came\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came
 \, they thought they would receive more\; but each of them also received a 
 denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, '
 These last worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who ha
 ve borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to o
 ne of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me 
 for a denarius? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to thi
 s last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what bel
 ongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be fir
 st\, and the first last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\, Nicon\, Stylianos the Monk of Pa
 phlagonia\, George the New Martyr of Chios\, Akakios of Sinai who is mentio
 ned in The Ladder\, Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son
 \, do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father\; treat 
 younger men like brothers\, older women like mothers\, younger women like s
 isters\, in all purity. Honor widows who are real widows. If a widow has ch
 ildren or grandchildren\, let them first learn their religious duty to thei
 r own family and make some return to their parents\; for this is acceptable
  in the sight of God. She who is a real widow\, and is left all alone\, has
  set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and d
 ay\; whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Comman
 d this\, so that they may be without reproach. If any one does not provide 
 for his relatives\, and especially for his own family\, he has disowned the
  faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Let a widow be enrolled if she is n
 ot less than sixty years of age\, having been the wife of one husband\; and
  she must be well attested for her good deeds\, as one who has brought up c
 hildren\, shown hospitality\, washed the feet of the saints\, relieved the 
 afflicted\, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.\n\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 19:37-44\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was drawing near\, at the de
 scent of the Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the disciples began t
 o rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that th
 ey had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lo
 rd! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" And some of the Pharisees in
  the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disciples." He answered
 \, "I tell you\, if these were silent\, the very stones would cry out." And
  when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it\, saying\, "Would that 
 even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid fr
 om your eyes. For the days shall come upon you\, when your enemies will cas
 t up a bank about you and surround you\, and hem you in on every side\, and
  dash you to the ground\, you and your children within you\, and they will 
 not leave one stone upon another in you\; because you did not know the time
  of your visitation."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 15:30-33\n\nBrethren\, I appe
 al to you\, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit\, to str
 ive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf\, that I may be de
 livered from the unbelievers in Judea\, and that my service for Jerusalem m
 ay be acceptable to the saints\, so that by God's will I may come to you wi
 th joy and be refreshed in your company. The God of peace be with you all. 
 Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\n\nAt that time\, the 
 collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not you
 r teacher pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spok
 e to him first\, saying\, "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of
  the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?" And when 
 he said\, "From others\," Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. Howe
 ver\, not to give offense to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and tak
 e the first fish that comes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find 
 a shekel\; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."\n \n At 
 that time the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in th
 e kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst 
 of them\, and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become lik
 e children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles hi
 mself like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n \n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\, Savinos the Bishop of Catania\, Barsus 
 the Confessor\, Euthymios the New\n\nTone Two\nEighth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15\n\nTitus\, my son\, the s
 aying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that those who 
 have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; the
 se are excellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, g
 enealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofi
 table and futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him onc
 e or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a person 
 is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n \nWhen I send Artemas or 
 Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have deci
 ded to spend the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and 
 Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people lear
 n to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, 
 and not to be unfruitful.\n \nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Gre
 et those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 8:5-15\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to s
 ow his seed\; and as he sowed\, some fell along the path\, and was trodden 
 under foot\, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the roc
 k\; and as it grew up\, it withered away\, because it had no moisture. And 
 some fell among thorns\; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And som
 e fell into good soil and grew\, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his d
 isciples asked him what this parable meant\, he said\, "To you it has been 
 given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God\; but for others they are i
 n parables\, so that seeing they may not see\, and hearing they may not und
 erstand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones alo
 ng the path are those who have heard\; then the devil comes and takes away 
 the word from their hearts\, that they may not believe and be saved. And th
 e ones on the rock are those who\, when they hear the word\, receive it wit
 h joy\; but these have no root\, they believe for a while and in time of te
 mptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns\, they are those 
 who hear\, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and ric
 hes and pleasures of life\, and their fruit does not mature. And as for tha
 t in the good soil\, they are those who\, hearing the word\, hold it fast i
 n an honest and good heart\, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he sa
 id these things\, he cried out "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n 
   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/1/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\, Constantine the New Martyr of C
 yprus\, Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\, Germanus\, Bishop of the
  Isle of Man\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinth
 ians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\n\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individ
 ually members of it.  And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, 
 second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\
 , helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all
  apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do
  all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpre
 t?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still mor
 e excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have
  not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have propheti
 c powers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have a
 ll faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  I
 f I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have
  not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous 
 or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own w
 ay\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but 
 rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes 
 all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 10:1\, 5-8\n\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples a
 nd gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to hea
 l every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, chargin
 g them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samarita
 ns\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as
  you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, rai
 se the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without payin
 g\, give without pay."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Epiphany\; Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour 
 Jesus Christ\; The Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\; Righteous Synclet
 ike of Alexandria\; Apollinaria of Egypt\; Gregory of Akrita\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mary 
 Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that t
 he stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon 
 Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\
 , "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they
  have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they wen
 t toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and 
 reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths 
 lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\,
  and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\, 
 which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up 
 in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\
 , also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the
  scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back 
 to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 4:5
 -8\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, always be steady\, endure suffering\, do the work of
  an evangelist\, fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor I am already on the point of 
 being sacrificed\; the time of my departure has come.  I have fought the go
 od fight\, I have finished the race\, I have kept the faith.  Henceforth th
 ere is laid up for me the crown of righteousness\, which the Lord\, the rig
 hteous judge\, will award to me on that Day\, and not only to me but also t
 o all who have loved his appearing.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8\nThe begi
 nning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God. As it is written in t
 he prophets\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall pr
 epare your way\; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way
  of the Lord\, make his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilderne
 ss\, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And the
 re went out to him all the country of Judea\, and all the people of Jerusal
 em\; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their s
 ins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair\, and had a leather girdle arou
 nd his waist\, and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached\, saying\, "
 After me comes he who is mightier than I\, the thong of whose sandals I am 
 not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water\; but he
  will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\, Leonidas and Charissa\
 , Nike\, Galene\, Kallida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Marty
 rs\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 3:19-26\n\nIn those days\, 
 Peter said to the people\, "Repent and turn again\, that your sins may be b
 lotted out\, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lor
 d\, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you\, Jesus\, whom heaven
  must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mou
 th of his holy prophets from of old. Moses said\, 'The Lord God will raise 
 up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up. You shall liste
 n to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul that doe
 s not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.' And all t
 he prophets who have spoken\, from Samuel and those who came afterwards\, a
 lso proclaimed these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the cove
 nant which God gave to your fathers\, saying to Abraham\, 'And in your post
 erity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' God\, having raised 
 up his servant\, sent him to you first\, to bless you in turning every one 
 of you from your wickedness."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:1-11\n\nAt that t
 ime\, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee\, and the mother of Jesus was 
 there\; Jesus also was invited to the wedding\, with his disciples. When th
 e wine gave out\, the mother of Jesus said to him\, "They have no wine." An
 d Jesus said to her\, "O woman\, what have you to do with me? My hour has n
 ot yet come." His mother said to the servants\, "Do whatever he tells you."
  Now six stone jars were standing there\, for the Jewish rites of purificat
 ion\, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them\, "Fill the
  jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them\, "
 Now draw some out\, and take it to the steward of the feast." So they took 
 it. When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine\, and di
 d not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water 
 knew)\, the steward of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him\, "E
 very man serves the good wine first\; and when men have drunk freely\, then
  the poor wine\; but you have kept the good wine until now." This\, the fir
 st of his signs\, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee\, and manifested his glory\;
  and his disciples believed in him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/3/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Ho
 ly Prophetess Anna\, Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spetses
 \, Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener of Japan\, Afterfeast of the Present
 ation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theot
 okos \, Werburga\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Hebrews 9:11-14\n\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of th
 e good things that have come\, then through the greater and more perfect te
 nt (not made with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once f
 or all into the Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but h
 is own blood\, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling o
 f defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a
  heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall 
 the blood of Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself withou
 t blemish to God\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the livi
 ng God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:25-38\n\nAt that time\, there was a ma
 n in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon and this man was righteous and devou
 t\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon hi
 m. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not se
 e death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he
  came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus\, t
 o do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him up in his arm
 s and blessed God and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\,
  according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation which you ha
 ve prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the 
 Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel." And his father and his mot
 her marveled at what was said about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said 
 to Mary his mother\, "Behold\, this child is set for the fall and rising of
  many in Israel\, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will p
 ierce through your own soul also)\, that thoughts out of many hearts may be
  revealed." And there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, o
 f the tribe of Asher\; she was of a great age\, having lived with her husba
 nd seven years from her virginity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four
 . She did not depart from the temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer n
 ight and day. And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and 
 spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.      
 \n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/27/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Matrona of Thessalonica\, Paul\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 10:12-20\n\n When the Lord has fini
 shed all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he will punish the arrogan
 t boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.  For he says: "By 
 the strength of my hand I have done it\, and by my wisdom\, for I have unde
 rstanding\; I have removed the boundaries of peoples\, and have plundered t
 heir treasures\; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones. 
  My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples\; and as men gathe
 r eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered all the earth\; and there
  was none that moved a wing\, or opened the mouth\, or chirped."  Shall the
  axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it\, or the saw magnify itself aga
 inst him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it\, or as i
 f a staff should lift him who is not wood!  Therefore the Lord\, the LORD o
 f hosts\, will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors\, and under h
 is glory a burning will be kindled\, like the burning of fire.  The light o
 f Israel will become a fire\, and his Holy One a flame\; and it will burn a
 nd devour his thorns and briers in one day.  The glory of his forest and of
  his fruitful land the LORD will destroy\, both soul and body\, and it will
  be as when a sick man wastes away.  The remnant of the trees of his forest
  will be so few that a child can write them down.  In that day the remnant 
 of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean upon hi
 m that smote them\, but will lean upon the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, 
 in truth.\n\n\nGenesis 7:6-9\n\n Noah was six hundred years old when the fl
 ood of waters came upon the earth.  And Noah and his sons and his wife and 
 his sons' wives with him went into the ark\, to escape the waters of the fl
 ood.  Of clean animals\, and of animals that are not clean\, and of birds\,
  and of everything that creeps on the ground\, two and two\, male and femal
 e\, went into the ark with Noah\, as God had commanded Noah.\n \n\nProverbs
  9:12-18\n\nIf you are wise\, you are wise for yourself\; if you scoff\, yo
 u alone will bear it.  A foolish woman is noisy\; she is wanton and knows n
 o shame.  She sits at the door of her house\, she takes a seat on the high 
 places of the town\, calling to those who pass by\, who are going straight 
 on their way\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" And to him who 
 is without sense she says\,  "Stolen water is sweet\, and bread eaten in se
 cret is pleasant."  But he does not know that the dead are there\, that her
  guests are in the depths of Sheol.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\, Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19\n\nBrethren\, I would have you know that 
 the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not rece
 ive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of
  Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I pers
 ecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced
  in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealou
 s was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart 
 before I was born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to re
 veal his Son to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, 
 I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to tho
 se who were apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I 
 returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visi
 t Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other 
 apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:5
 4-58\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own country\, and taught the peopl
 e in their synagogue so that they were astonished\, and said\, "Where did t
 his man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's
  son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Jos
 eph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then di
 d this man get all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to t
 hem\, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his 
 own house." And he did not do many mighty works there\, because of their un
 belief.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/29/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Luke\; Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\; Martyr Petroni
 us\; Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza\; Dionysios I\, Patriarch of Constanti
 nople\; Malachi the New Righteous Martyr of Lindos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week\, at early dawn\, the women we
 nt to the tomb\, taking the spices which they had prepared.  And they found
  the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not f
 ind the body.  While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stoo
 d by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their
  faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living a
 mong the dead?  Remember how he told you\, while he was still in Galilee\, 
 that the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sinful men\, and b
 e crucified\, and on the third day rise."  And they remembered his words\, 
 and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the
  rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James
  and the other women with them who told this to the apostles\; but these wo
 rds seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them.\n\nBut Pet
 er rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cl
 oths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren
 \, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has sho
 ne in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in 
 the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to sh
 ow that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflic
 ted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\
 ; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always 
 carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may als
 o be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given
  up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested 
 in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince
  we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and s
 o I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised 
 the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his
  presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more 
 and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 6:31-36\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish that men would do to
  you\, do so to them. If you love those who love you\, what credit is that 
 to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to th
 ose who do good to you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do th
 e same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive\, what credi
 t is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, to receive as much again. 
 But love your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, expecting nothing in retur
 n\; and your reward will be great\, and you will be sons of the Most High\;
  for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful\, even as yo
 ur Father is merciful."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\, Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\, Holy Martyrs Ascepsia and Aethal\, Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\,
  Leontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\, The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas
 \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter 
 to Timothy 2:20-26\n\nTimothy\, my son\, in a great house there are not onl
 y vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware\, and some fo
 r noble use\, some for ignoble. If any one purifies himself from what is ig
 noble\, then he will be a vessel for noble use\, consecrated and useful to 
 the master of the house\, ready for any good work. So shun youthful passion
 s and aim at righteousness\, faith\, love\, and peace\, along with those wh
 o call upon the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with stupid\, se
 nseless controversies\; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's s
 ervant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one\, an apt teacher\, f
 orbearing\, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant
  that they will repent and come to know the truth\, and they may escape fro
 m the snare of the devil\, after being captured by him to do his will.\n\n\
 nGospel Reading: Mark 8:11-21\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees came to Jesus
  and began to argue with him\, seeking from him a sign from heaven\, to tes
 t him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit\, and said\, "Why does this gener
 ation seek a sign? Truly\, I say to you\, no sign shall be given to this ge
 neration." And he left them\, and getting into the boat again he departed t
 o the other side. Now they had forgotten to bring bread\; and they had only
  one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them\, saying\, "Take hee
 d\, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." And the
 y discussed it with one another\, saying\, "We have no bread." And being aw
 are of it\, Jesus said to them\, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have
  no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
  Having eyes do you not see\, and having ears do you not hear? And do you n
 ot remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand\, how many 
 baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him\, "Twelve.
 " "And the seven for the four thousand\, how many baskets full of broken pi
 eces did you take up?" And they said to him\, "Seven." And he said to them\
 , "Do you not yet understand?"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\; Agathus\, Pope of Rome\; Bessarion the Great
 \; Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\; Plotinus\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:20-21\; 5:1-21\nBeloved\, i
 f any one says\, "I love God\," and hates his brother\, he is a liar\; for 
 he who does not love his brother whom he has seen\, cannot love God whom he
  has not seen.  And this commandment we have from him\, that he who loves G
 od should love his brother also.\n\nEvery one who believes that Jesus is th
 e Christ is a child of God\, and every one who loves the parent loves the c
 hild.  By this we know that we love the children of God\, when we love God 
 and obey his commandments.  For this is the love of God\, that we keep his 
 commandments.  And his commandments are not burdensome.  For whatever is bo
 rn of God overcomes the world\; and this is the victory that overcomes the 
 world\, our faith.  Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes 
 that Jesus is the Son of God?\n\nThis is he who came by water and blood\, J
 esus Christ\, not with the water only but with the water and the blood.  An
 d the Spirit is the witness\, because the Spirit is the truth.  There are t
 hree witnesses\, the Spirit\, the water\, and the blood\; and these three a
 gree.  If we receive the testimony of men\, the testimony of God is greater
 \; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.  
 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.  He who doe
 s not believe God has made him a liar\, because he has not believed in the 
 testimony that God has borne to his Son.  And this is the testimony\, that 
 God gave us eternal life\, and this life is in his Son.  He who has the Son
  has life\; he who has not the Son of God has not life.\n\nI write this to 
 you who believe in the name of the Son of God\, that you may know that you 
 have eternal life.  And this is the confidence which we have in him\, that 
 if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.  And if we know that 
 he hears us in whatever we ask\, we know that we have obtained the requests
  made of him.  If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal 
 sin\, he will ask\, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not m
 ortal.  There is sin which is mortal\; I do not say that one is to pray for
  that.  All wrongdoing is sin\, but there is sin which is not mortal.\n\nWe
  know that any one born of God does not sin\, but He who was born of God ke
 eps him\, and the evil one does not touch him.\n\nWe know that we are of Go
 d\, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.\n\nAnd we know tha
 t the Son of God has come and has given us understanding\, to know him who 
 is true\; and we are in him who is true\, in his Son Jesus Christ.  This is
  the true God and eternal life.  Little children\, keep yourselves from ido
 ls.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:1-15\nAt that time\, the chief pries
 ts\, with the elders\, and scribes and the whole council held a consultatio
 n\; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.  And
  Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, 
 "You have said so."  And the chief priests accused him of many things.  And
  Pilate again asked him\, "Have you no answer to make?  See how many charge
 s they bring against you."  But Jesus made no further answer\, so that Pila
 te wondered.  Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for
  whom they asked.  And among the rebels in prison\, who had committed murde
 r in the insurrection\, there was a man called Barabbas.  And the crowd cam
 e up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.  And he a
 nswered them\, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"  F
 or he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivere
 d him up.  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release f
 or them Barabbas instead.  And Pilate again said to them\, "Then what shall
  I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"  And they cried out
  again\, "Crucify him."  And Pilate said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he 
 done?"  But they shouted all the more\, "Crucify him."  So Pilate\, wishing
  to satisfy the crowd\, released for them Barabbas\; and having scourged Je
 sus\, he delivered him to be crucified.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Monday after Pascha\; Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\; Hilary th
 e Wonderworker\; Euthemios\, Bishop of Madytos\; Athanasios\, Bishop of Cor
 inth\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\nIn th
 ose days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders and signs 
 among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the F
 reedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians
 \, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with Stephen. Bu
 t they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. T
 hen they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard him speak blas
 phemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the people and th
 e elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him and brough
 t him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who said\, "This man 
 never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law\; for we ha
 ve heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place\, and 
 will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And gazing at him\, a
 ll who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.\
 n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and
  fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham\, when 
 he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depar
 t from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which I will sh
 ow you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Har
 an. And after his father died\, God removed him from there into this land i
 n which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\, not eve
 n a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in possession and to his
  posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it was Solomon who b
 uilt a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with 
 hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and earth my footstool
 . What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what is the place o
 f my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked peo
 ple\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. 
 As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers
  persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of th
 e Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, you who receive
 d the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNow when they hea
 rd these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth against him
 . But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of
  God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\
 , I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the right hand 
 of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and ru
 shed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him\;
  and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man name
 d Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receiv
 e my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do no
 t hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 4:46-54\nAt that time\, there was an official whose
  son was ill. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee\, he 
 went and begged him to come down and heal his son\, for he was at the point
  of death. Jesus therefore said to him\, "Unless you see signs and wonders 
 you will not believe." The official said to him\, "Sir\, come down before m
 y child dies." Jesus said to him\, "Go\; your son will live." The man belie
 ved the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. As he was going down
 \, his servants met him and told him that his son was living. So he asked t
 hem the hour when he began to mend\, and they said to him\, "Yesterday at t
 he seventh hour the fever left him." The father knew that was the hour when
  Jesus had said to him\, "Your son will live"\; and he himself believed\, a
 nd all his household. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he h
 ad come from Judea to Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\, Hannah the Righ
 teous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\, Narses the Martyr of Persia\, The Co
 nsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy C
 ity of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nTone Three\nSixth Orthros Gosp
 el\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\n\nBret
 hren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But t
 he son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free w
 oman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenant
 s. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. N
 ow Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusale
 m\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is fre
 e\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who 
 does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for th
 e children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that 
 is married."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:10-17\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was
  teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman wh
 o had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years\; she was bent over and coul
 d not fully straighten herself. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and 
 said to her\, "Woman\, you are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his 
 hands upon her\, and immediately she was made straight\, and she praised Go
 d. But the ruler of the synagogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on t
 he sabbath\, said to the people\, "There are six days on which work ought t
 o be done\; come on those days and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day."
  Then the Lord answered him\, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the 
 sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to wa
 ter it? And ought not this woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound f
 or eighteen years\, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he sai
 d this\, all his adversaries were put to shame\; and all the people rejoice
 d at all the glorious things that were done by him.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/8/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\, Our Holy Father Myronus the 
 Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\, Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagoras
  and Anastasius of Thessolonica\, Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\, Afterf
 east of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Anastatio
 s the Martyr from Bulgaria\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Second Letter to the Corinthians 3:4-11\n\nBrethren\, such is the confidenc
 e that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ours
 elves to claim anything as coming from us\; our competence is from God\, wh
 o has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant\, not in a writte
 n code but in the Spirit\; for the written code kills\, but the Spirit give
 s life.\n \nNow if the dispensation of death\, carved in letters on stone\,
  came with such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face 
 because of its brightness\, fading as this was\, will not the dispensation 
 of the Spirit be attended with greater splendor? For if there was splendor 
 in the dispensation of condemnation\, the dispensation of righteousness mus
 t far exceed it in splendor. Indeed\, in this case\, what once had splendor
  has come to have no splendor at all\, because of the splendor that surpass
 es it. For if what faded away came with splendor\, what is permanent must h
 ave much more splendor.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\n\nThe Lord s
 aid to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\,
  hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monument
 s of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\,
  we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophe
 ts.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who m
 urdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You ser
 pents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell
 ? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you
  will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and p
 ersecute from town to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood
  shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias 
 the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the alta
 r. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n \nO Je
 rusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent t
 o you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gath
 ers her brood under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is f
 orsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until yo
 u say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/16/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\, Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \, Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\, Nicholas\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\, Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\nTone Four\nSeventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11\n\nBrethren\, when Christ who is our li
 fe appears\, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death ther
 efore what is earthly in you: fornication\, impurity\, passion\, evil desir
 e\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of 
 God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked\, whe
 n you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger\, wrath\, malice\, sl
 ander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another\, seeing t
 hat you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the 
 new nature\, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its cre
 ator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and uncircumcised\, 
 barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, and in all.\n
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man onc
 e gave a great banquet\, and invited many\; and at the time of the banquet 
 he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited\, 'Come\; for all 
 is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to 
 him\, 'I have bought a field\, and I go out and see it\; I pray you\, have 
 me excused.' And another said\, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen\, and I mu
 st go to examine them\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, '
 I have married a wife\, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came a
 nd reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his s
 ervant\, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city\, and bring i
 n the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said\, 'Sir\, wh
 at you commanded has been done\, and there is still room.' And the master s
 aid to the servant\, 'Go out to the highways and hedges\, and compel people
  to come in\, that my house may be filled. For I tell you\, none of those m
 en who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many are called\, but few a
 re chosen.'"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/12/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theophanes the Confessor\, Symeon the New Theologian\, Gregory Dialogos
 \, Bishop of Rome\, Phineas\, grandson of Prophet Aaron\, Paul Aurelian\, B
 ishop of Brittany\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 1:19-2
 :3\n\n"If you are willing and obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land
 \; but if you refuse and rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for t
 he mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n \nHow the faithful city has become a ha
 rlot\, she that was full of justice!  Righteousness lodged in her\, but now
  murderers.  Your silver has become dross\, your wine mixed with water.  Yo
 ur princes are rebels and companions of thieves.  Every one loves a bribe a
 nd runs after gifts.  They do not defend the fatherless\, and the widow's c
 ause does not come to them.\n \nTherefore the Lord says\, the Lord of hosts
 \, the Mighty One of Israel:  "Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\, an
 d avenge myself on my foes.  I will turn my hand against you and will smelt
  away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.  And I will restore
  your judges as at the first\, and your counselors as at the beginning.  Af
 terward you shall be called the city of righteousness\, the faithful city."
 \n \nZion shall be redeemed by justice\, and those in her who repent\, by r
 ighteousness.  But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together\, and tho
 se who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.  For you shall be ashamed of the
  oaks in which you delighted\; and you shall blush for the gardens which yo
 u have chosen.  For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers\, and like 
 a garden without water.  And the strong shall become tow\, and his work a s
 park\, and both of them shall burn together\, with none to quench them.\n \
 nThe word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 
  It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of
  the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains\, and shall 
 be raised above the hills\; and all the nations shall flow to it\, and many
  peoples shall come\, and say:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the
  Lord\, to the house of the God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways an
 d that we may walk in his paths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\,
  and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.\n\n\nGenesis 1:14-23\n\n And God 
 said\, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the
  day from the night\; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for day
 s and years\, and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to giv
 e light upon the earth."  And it was so.  And God made the two great lights
 \, the greater light to rule the day\, and the lesser light to rule the nig
 ht\; he made the stars also.  And God set them in the firmament of the heav
 ens to give light upon the earth\, to rule over the day and over the night\
 , and to separate the light from the darkness.  And God saw that it was goo
 d.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fourth day.\n \nAnd God
  said\, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures\, and let bi
 rds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens."  So God creat
 ed the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves\, with which
  the waters swarm\, according to their kinds\, and every winged bird accord
 ing to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And God blessed them\, say
 ing\, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas\, and let b
 irds multiply on the earth."  And there was evening and there was morning\,
  a fifth day.\n\n\nProverbs 1:20-33\n\nWisdom cries aloud in the street\; i
 n the markets she raises her voice\; on the top of the walls she cries out\
 ; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:  "How long\, O simple ones\
 , will you love being simple?  How long will scoffers delight in their scof
 fing and fools hate knowledge? \n \n Give heed to my reproof\; behold\, I w
 ill pour out my thoughts to you\; I will make my words known to you.\n  \nB
 ecause I have called and you refused to listen\, have stretched out my hand
  and no one has heeded\, and you have ignored all my counsel and would have
  none of my reproof\, I also will laugh at your calamity\; I will mock when
  panic strikes you\, when panic strikes you like a storm\, and your calamit
 y comes like a whirlwind\, when distress and anguish come upon you. \n \nTh
 en they will call upon me\, but I will not answer\; they will seek me dilig
 ently but will not find me.\n   \nBecause they hated knowledge and did not 
 choose the fear of the Lord\, would have none of my counsel\, and despised 
 all my reproof\, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sat
 ed with their own devices.\n   \nFor the simple are killed by their turning
  away\, and the complacence of fools destroys them\; but he who listens to 
 me will dwell secure and will be at ease\, without dread of evil."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/26/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\, 26 Martyrs in Crimea\, Iren
 aeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nOld
  Testament Readings: Isaiah 9:9-10:4\n\nThus says the LORD: "And all the pe
 ople will know\, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria\, who say in pride 
 and in arrogance of heart:  'The bricks have fallen\, but we will build wit
 h dressed stones\; the sycamores have been cut down\, but we will put cedar
 s in their place.'"  So the LORD raises adversaries against them\, and stir
 s up their enemies.  The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the wes
 t devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away 
 and his hand is stretched out still.  The people did not turn to him who sm
 ote them\, nor seek the LORD of hosts.  So the LORD cut off from Israel hea
 d and tail\, palm branch and reed in one day - the elder and honored man is
  the head\, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail\; for those who le
 ad this people lead them astray\, and those who are led by them are swallow
 ed up.  Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men\, and has 
 no compassion on their fatherless and widows\; for every one is godless and
  an evildoer\, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not 
 turned away and his hand is stretched out still.  For wickedness burns like
  a fire\, it consumes briers and thorns\; it kindles the thickets of the fo
 rest\, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.  Through the wrath of the
  LORD of hosts the land is burned\, and the people are like fuel for the fi
 re\; no man spares his brother.  They snatch on the right\, but are still h
 ungry\, and they devour on the left\, but are not satisfied\; each devours 
 his neighbor's flesh\, Manasseh\, Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and to
 gether they are against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away an
 d his hand is stretched out still.  \n \nWoe to those who decree iniquitous
  decrees\, and the writers who keep writing oppression\, to turn aside the 
 needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right\, that w
 idows may be their spoil\, and that they may make the fatherless their prey
 !  What will you do on the day of punishment\, in the storm which will come
  from afar? To whom will you flee for help\, and where will you leave your 
 wealth?  Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among th
 e slain. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretche
 d out still.\n\n\nGenesis 7:1-5\n\n Then the LORD said to Noah\, "Go into t
 he ark\, you and all your household\, for I have seen that you are righteou
 s before me in this generation.  Take with you seven pairs of all clean ani
 mals\, the male and his mate\; and a pair of the animals that are not clean
 \, the male and his mate\; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also\, m
 ale and female\, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.  
 For in seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nigh
 ts\; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face 
 of the ground."  And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.\n\n\nPro
 verbs 8:32-9:11\n\nAnd now\, my sons\, listen to me: happy are those who ke
 ep my ways.   Hear instruction and be wise\, and do not neglect it.   Happy
  is the man who listens to me\, watching daily at my gates\, waiting beside
  my doors.   For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD
 \; but he who misses me injures himself\; all who hate me love death."   Wi
 sdom has built her house\, she has set up her seven pillars.   She has slau
 ghtered her beasts\, she has mixed her wine\, she has also set her table.  
 She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the town\,   
 "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she
  says\,   "Come\, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.   Lea
 ve simpleness\, and live\, and walk in the way of insight."   He who correc
 ts a scoffer gets himself abuse\, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs i
 njury.   Do not reprove a scoffer\, or he will hate you\; reprove a wise ma
 n\, and he will love you.   Give instruction to a wise man\, and he will be
  still wiser\; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.   Th
 e fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom\, and the knowledge of the Ho
 ly One is insight.   For by me your days will be multiplied\, and years wil
 l be added to your life. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; Elizabeth\, Mother of th
 e Forerunner\; Panagiotis the New Martyr\; Athanasios Parios\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt t
 hat time\, Elizabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for five month
 s hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he 
 looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the time came for E
 lizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors a
 nd kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rej
 oiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; a
 nd they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his mother sa
 id\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "None of yo
 ur kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his father\, inq
 uiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, a
 nd wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immediately his m
 outh was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fe
 ar came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about thro
 ugh all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in 
 their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the
  Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spiri
 t\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he h
 as visited and redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be called the p
 rophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his wa
 ys." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wil
 derness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14\; 14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is ne
 arer to us now than when we first believed\; the night is far gone\, the da
 y is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the ar
 mor of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in r
 eveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in qua
 rreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provi
 sion for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak 
 in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.  One believes 
 he may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him
  who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass judg
 ment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgm
 ent on the servant of another?  It is before his own master that he stands 
 or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 1:1-25\, 57-68\, 76-80\nInasmuch as many have undertake
 n to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among u
 s\, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were 
 eyewitnesses and ministers of the word\, it seemed good to me also\, having
  followed all things closely for some time past\, to write an orderly accou
 nt for you\, most excellent Theophilos\, that you may know the truth concer
 ning the things of which you have been informed. In the days of Herod\, kin
 g of Judea\, there was a priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah
 \; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth
 . And they were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandments
  and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child\, because Eliz
 abeth was barren\, and both were advanced in years. Now while he was servin
 g as priest before God when his division was on duty\, according to the cus
 tom of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lo
 rd and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying out
 side at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord
  standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And Zacharias was trou
 bled when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, 
 "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife El
 izabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John. And you wil
 l have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he will 
 be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, an
 d he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. And
  he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he wil
 l go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of t
 he fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\
 , to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to the 
 angel\, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanc
 ed in years." And the angel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in th
 e presence of God\; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you this 
 good news. And behold\, you will be silent and unable to speak until the da
 y that these things come to pass\, because you did not believe my words\, w
 hich will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were waiting for Zach
 arias\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. And when he came out\
 , he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vision
  in the temple\; and he made signs to them and remained dumb. And when his 
 time of service was ended\, he went to his home. After these days his wife 
 Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus 
 the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my 
 reproach among men." Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, and 
 she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord
  had shown great mercy to her\, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eigh
 th day they came to circumcise the child\; and they would have named him Za
 charias after his father\, but his mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be call
 ed John." And they said to her\, "None of your kindred is called by this na
 me." And they made signs to his father\, inquiring what he would have him c
 alled. And he asked for a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John." 
 And they all marveled. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue 
 loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors.
  And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Jud
 ea\; and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts\, saying\, "What t
 hen will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. And his fat
 her Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\, "
 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he has visited and redeemed his peo
 ple. And you\, child\, will be called the prophet of the Most High\; for yo
 u will go before the Lord to prepare his ways." And the child grew and beca
 me strong in spirit\, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his mani
 festation to Israel.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\, Christopher the Martyr of Lycea\, Mon
 k-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in Thessaly\, Epimachos 
 the New Martyr of Alexandria\, The New Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\nF
 ast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1
 3:13-24\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and his company set sail from Paphos\, and 
 came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem\; 
 but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sa
 bbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading of t
 he law and the prophets\, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them\, saying
 \, "Brethren\, if you have any word of exhortation for the people\, say it.
 " So Paul stood up\, and motioning with his hand said: "Men of Israel\, and
  you that fear God\, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our father
 s and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt\, and wi
 th uplifted arm he led them out of it. And for about forty years he bore wi
 th them in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the l
 and of Canaan\, he gave them their land as an inheritance\, for about four 
 hundred and fifty years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel th
 e prophet. Then they asked for a king\; and God gave them Saul the son of K
 ish\, a man of the tribe of Benjamin\, for forty years. And when he had rem
 oved him\, he raised up David to be their king\; of whom he testified and s
 aid\, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart\, who wi
 ll do all my will.' Of this man's posterity God has brought to Israel a Sav
 ior\, Jesus\, as he promised. Before his coming John had preached a baptism
  of repentance to all the people of Israel." \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:5
 -14\n\nAt that time\, Jesus\, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a multitu
 de was coming to him\, said to Philip\, "How are we to buy bread\, so that 
 these people may eat?" This he said to test him\, for he himself knew what 
 he would do. Philip answered him\, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enoug
 h bread for each of them to get a little." One of his disciples\, Andrew\, 
 Simon Peter's brother\, said to him\, "There is a lad here who has five bar
 ley loaves and two fish\; but what are they among so many?" Jesus said\, "M
 ake the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place\; so the me
 n sat down\, in number about five thousand. Jesus then took the loaves\, an
 d when he had given thanks\, he distributed them to those who were seated\;
  so also the fish\, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their f
 ill\, he told his disciples\, "Gather up the fragments left over\, that not
 hing may be lost." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with 
 fragments from the five barley loaves\, left by those who had eaten. When t
 he people saw the sign which he had done\, they said\, "This is indeed the 
 prophet who is to come into the world!"\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200218
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\; Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip
 \; Righteous Auxentius\; The Pious Rulers Marcian and Pulcheria\; Theodore 
 the New Martyr of Byzantium\; Hermogenes (Germogen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my
  son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have h
 eard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able
  to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus
 . No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim
  is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless h
 e competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought t
 o have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord w
 ill grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen
  from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gosp
 el for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the wo
 rd of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of th
 e elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eter
 nal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\, 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\, a
 nd love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogu
 es and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for a 
 pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." He
  looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury\; and he 
 saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. And he said\, "Truly\, I tell you
 \, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they all contribu
 ted out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in all the livi
 ng that she had." Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ears let h
 im hear."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171015
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus of Milan\, Cosmas the Hagi
 opolite\, Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\, Righteous Paraskeve o
 f Serbia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians
  15:58\; 16:1-3\n\nBrethren\, be steadfast\, immovable\, always abounding i
 n the work of the Lord\, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain
 . Now concerning the contribution for the saints: as I directed the churche
 s of Galatia\, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week\, each
  of you is to put something aside and store it up\, as he may prosper\, so 
 that contributions need not be made when I come. And when I arrive\, I will
  send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:1-10\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through th
 e grainfields on the sabbath\, and his disciples plucked and ate some heads
  of grain\, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the Pharisees said\, "
 Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?" And Jesus answe
 red\, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry\, he and those w
 ho were with him: how he entered the house of God\, and took and ate the br
 ead of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat
 \, and also gave it to those with him?" And he said to them\, "The Son of m
 an is lord of the sabbath." On another sabbath\, when he entered the synago
 gue and taught\, a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scr
 ibes and the Pharisees watched him\, to see whether he would heal on the sa
 bbath\, so that they might find an accusation against him. But he knew thei
 r thoughts\, and he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come and s
 tand here." And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them\, "I ask yo
 u\, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or 
 to destroy it?" And he looked around on them all\, and said to him\, "Stret
 ch out your hand." And he did so\, and his hand was restored.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\; Peter the Righteous of Egypt\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinop
 le\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7
 :26-28\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high p
 riest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted abo
 ve the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrif
 ices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he d
 id this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints
  men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which c
 ame later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.
   Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\,
  one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven
 \, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man
  but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am t
 he door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and o
 ut and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; 
 I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good she
 pherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hi
 reling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf com
 ing and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatter
 s them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
   I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father
  knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  An
 d I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\,
  and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\
 n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190113
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/12/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Tatiana the Martyr of Rome\, Martyr Mertios\, Afterfeast of the Theopha
 ny of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Basil and John the Hieromartyrs\,
  Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\, Peter of Absalom\, Benedict\n\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-17\n\nBrethren\, be strong i
 n the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor of God
 \, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we ar
 e not contending against flesh and blood\, but against the principalities\,
  against the powers\, against the world rulers of this present darkness\, a
 gainst the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore
  take the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand in the evi
 l day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having girded 
 your loins with truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness\
 , and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace\; bes
 ides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can quench all
  the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvation\, and
  the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n  \n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 4:1-11\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the w
 ilderness to be tempted by the devil.  And he fasted forty days and forty n
 ights\, and afterward he was hungry.  And the tempter came and said to him\
 , "If you are the Son of God\, command these stones to become loaves of bre
 ad."  But he answered\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone
 \, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"  Then the devil
  took him to the holy city\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, an
 d said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down\; for it i
 s written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\,' and 'On their hands t
 hey will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"  Jesus 
 said to him\, "Again\, it is written\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your G
 od.'"  Again\, the devil took him to a very high mountain\, and showed him 
 all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them\; and he said to him\, 
 "All these I will give you\, if you will fall down and worship me."  Then J
 esus said to him\, "Be gone\, Satan! for it is written\, 'You shall worship
  the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"  Then the devil left him
 \, and behold\, angels came and ministered to him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish Al
 lowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:10-19\n\
 nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you 
 do this you will never fall\; so there will be richly provided for you an e
 ntrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n \nT
 herefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know th
 em and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as lo
 ng as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know t
 hat the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ show
 ed me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any 
 time to recall these things.\n \nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myt
 hs when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\
 , but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and g
 lory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glo
 ry\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\," we heard this
  voice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And w
 e have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention
  to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the
  morning star rises in your hearts.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\n
 \nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\,
  and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them
 \, and his face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light
 . And behold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. 
 And Peter said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are here\; if you wish
 \, I will make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one fo
 r Elijah." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed th
 em\, and a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom 
 I am well pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples heard this\, they fe
 ll on their faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched th
 em\, saying\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes
 \, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountai
 n\, Jesus commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man i
 s raised from the dead."\n\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20170810T183607Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190921
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icala54fbe7b7dd4fbed08c44b3c0daaacd7
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/20/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children\; Our Righteou
 s Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Hilarion the New Martyr 
 of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; John the Foreigner\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
  6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might
 .  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against th
 e wiles of the devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, 
 but against the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world rul
 ers of this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in
  the heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may
  be able to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  St
 and\, therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put on t
 he breastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipm
 ent of the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith
 \, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And ta
 ke the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the wor
 d of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\
 , "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delive
 ring you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before 
 kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear
  testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand 
 how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your
  adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered
  up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you 
 they will put to death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But n
 ot a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your li
 ves."\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20190808T205643Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180109
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical5b7f8a96ce050ca66be02195a08451c6
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/8/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: George of Hozeva\, Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\, Atticus and
  Cyrus\, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Afterfeast of the Theophany of
  Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Emilianos the Confessor\, Bishop of Cy
 zikos\, Gregory of the Kiev Caves\, Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakirk\
 n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-11\n\nBrethren\
 , all who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death
 .  We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Chr
 ist was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk
  in newness of life.  For if we have been united with Him in a death like H
 is\, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We 
 know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might
  be destroyed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has 
 died is freed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that 
 we shall also live with Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the
  dead will never die again\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The de
 ath He died He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives 
 to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God i
 n Christ Jesus our Lord.\n \n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\n\nAt that time
 \, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea\; there He remained 
 with them and baptized.  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, beca
 use there was much water there\; and people came and were baptized.  For Jo
 hn had not yet been put in prison.\n \nNow a discussion arose between John'
 s disciples and a Jew over purifying.  And they came to John\, and said to 
 him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore wit
 ness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answered\,
  "No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.  You yo
 urselves bear me witness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I have b
 een sent before Him.  He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the friend o
 f the bridegroom\, who stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the bride
 groom's voice\; therefore this joy of mine is now full.  He must increase\,
  but I must decrease.\n \n"He who comes from above is above all\; he who is
  of the earth belongs to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he who co
 mes from heaven is above all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and hea
 rd\, yet no one receives his testimony\; he who receives his testimony sets
  his seal to this\, that God is true."\n\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20170810T183607Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:George of Hozeva
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200209
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical16630b9afcedd540d9130ebbedb8c01d
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\; The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Za
 chariah)\; Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\; Afterfeast of the Presentat
 ion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Cuthman of Steyning\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is ri
 ch in mercy\, out of the great love with which he loved us\, even when we w
 ere dead through our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (by gr
 ace you have been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with
  him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he mi
 ght show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Chri
 st Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is not 
 your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man
  should boast. For we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for goo
 d works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\,
  I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents an
 d innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to counci
 ls\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before gove
 rnors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentile
 s. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or wha
 t you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hou
 r\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking th
 rough you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his ch
 ild\, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death\; a
 nd you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the e
 nd will be saved."\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20190808T205643Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180528
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalf62d076644a006737fc346088babeaec
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/27/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\, John the Russian of Evia\, Theodora th
 e Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\, Venerable Bede\n\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11\n\nWHEN THE DAY of Pentecost had come\, they
  were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like
  the rush of a mighty wind\, and it filled all the house where they were si
 tting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire\, distributed and rest
 ing on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and 
 began to speak in other tongues\, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now th
 ere were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men from every nation under he
 aven. And at this sound the multitude came together\, and they were bewilde
 red\, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they we
 re amazed and wondered\, saying\, "Are not all these who are speaking Galil
 eans? And how is it that we hear\, each of us in his own native language? P
 arthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia\, Judea and Ca
 ppadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia and Pamphylia\, Egypt and the parts of
  Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rome\, both Jews and prosely
 tes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mi
 ghty works of God." \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:37-52\; 8:12\n\nOn the las
 t day of the feast\, the great day\, Jesus stood up and proclaimed\, "If an
 y one thirst\, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me\, as the
  scripture has said\, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'
 " Now this he said about the Spirit\, which those who believed in him were 
 to receive\; for as yet the Spirit had not been given\, because Jesus was n
 ot yet glorified.\n \nWhen they heard these words\, some of the people said
 \, "This is really the prophet." Others said\, "This is the Christ." But so
 me said\, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said t
 hat the Christ is descended from David\, and comes from Bethlehem\, the vil
 lage where David was?" So there was a division among the people over him. S
 ome of them wanted to arrest him\, but no one laid hands on him.\n \nThe of
 ficers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees\, who said to them
 \, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered\, "No man ever spoke 
 like this man!" The Pharisees answered them\, "Are you led astray\, you als
 o? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But thi
 s crowd\, who do not know the law\, are accursed." Nikodemos\, who had gone
  to him before\, and who was one of them\, said to them\, "Does our law jud
 ge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" The
 y replied\, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prop
 het is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am th
 e light of the world\; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but wi
 ll have the light of life."\n\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20170810T183607Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Holy Pentecost
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190109
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalab906659295677e13bd87a9f2a5b0357
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/8/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: George of Hozeva\, Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\, Atticus and
  Cyrus\, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Afterfeast of the Theophany of
  Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Emilianos the Confessor\, Bishop of Cy
 zikos\, Gregory of the Kiev Caves\, Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakirk\
 n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-11\n\nBrethren\
 , all who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death
 .  We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Chr
 ist was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk
  in newness of life.  For if we have been united with Him in a death like H
 is\, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We 
 know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might
  be destroyed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has 
 died is freed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that 
 we shall also live with Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the
  dead will never die again\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The de
 ath He died He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives 
 to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God i
 n Christ Jesus our Lord.\n \n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\n\nAt that time
 \, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea\; there He remained 
 with them and baptized.  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, beca
 use there was much water there\; and people came and were baptized.  For Jo
 hn had not yet been put in prison.\n \nNow a discussion arose between John'
 s disciples and a Jew over purifying.  And they came to John\, and said to 
 him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore wit
 ness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answered\,
  "No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.  You yo
 urselves bear me witness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I have b
 een sent before Him.  He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the friend o
 f the bridegroom\, who stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the bride
 groom's voice\; therefore this joy of mine is now full.  He must increase\,
  but I must decrease.\n \n"He who comes from above is above all\; he who is
  of the earth belongs to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he who co
 mes from heaven is above all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and hea
 rd\, yet no one receives his testimony\; he who receives his testimony sets
  his seal to this\, that God is true."\n\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20180814T161621Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:George of Hozeva
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180418
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalbc6b2405b29d0a63ce93439d4f13eafc
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/17/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Symeon the Holy Martyr and Bishop of Persia\, Makarios\, Bishop of Cori
 nth\, Agapetos of Rome\, Hadrian the New-Martyr\, Donnan\, Abbot of Eigg\, 
 and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 
 4:1-10\n\nIn those days\, while the apostles were speaking to the people\, 
 the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them\
 , annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus th
 e resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them and put them in custod
 y until the morrow\, for it was already evening. But many of those who hear
 d the word believed\; and the number of the men came to about five thousand
 .\n \nOn the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered toget
 her in Jerusalem\, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Ale
 xander\, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had se
 t them in the midst\, they inquired\, "By what power or by what name did yo
 u do this?" Then Peter\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, said to them\, "Rule
 rs of the people and elders\, if we are being examined today concerning a g
 ood deed done to a cripple\, by what means this man has been healed\, be it
  known to you all\, and to all the people of Israel\, that by the name of J
 esus Christ of Nazareth\, whom you crucified\, whom God raised from the dea
 d\, by him this man is standing before you well."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John
  3:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved the world that he
  gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not perish but hav
 e eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn the wo
 rld\, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him
  is not condemned\; he who does not believe is condemned already\, because 
 he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the jud
 gment\, that the light has come into the world\, and men loved darkness rat
 her than light\, because their deeds were evil. For every one who does evil
  hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, lest his deeds should b
 e exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light\, that it may be
  clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20170810T183607Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Symeon the Holy Martyr and Bishop of Persia
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190415
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalc0f29fdbe4249b697ddd0fd0dadb97c6
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/14/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Aristarchus\, Pudens\, Trophimus the Apostles of the 70\, Thomais the M
 artyr of Alexandria\, Ardalion the Actor and Martyr\, Demetrios the New-Mar
 tyr of Arcadia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nPlagal of the First Tone
 \nSecond Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebr
 ews 9:11-14\n\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good
  things that have come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (no
 t made with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all
  into the Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own
  blood\, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defi
 led persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heife
 r sanctifies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the bl
 ood of Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blem
 ish to God\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God
 . \n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45\n\nAt that time\, Jesus took his twel
 ve disciples\, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him\, saying
 \, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\; and the Son of man will be deli
 vered to the chief priests and the scribes\, and they will condemn him to d
 eath\, and deliver him to the Gentiles\; and they will mock him\, and spit 
 upon him\, and scourge him\, and kill him\; and after three days he will ri
 se." And James and John\, the sons of Zebedee\, came forward to him\, and s
 aid to him\, "Teacher\, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." A
 nd he said to them\, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to 
 him\, "Grant us to sit\, one at your right hand and one at your left\, in y
 our glory." But Jesus said to them\, "You do not know what you are asking. 
 Are you able to drink the cup that I drink\, or to be baptized with the bap
 tism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him\, "We are able." And J
 esus said to them\, "The cup that I drink you will drink\; and with the bap
 tism with which I am baptized\, you will be baptized\; but to sit at my rig
 ht hand or at my left is not mine to grant\, but it is for those for whom i
 t has been prepared." And when the ten heard it\, they began to be indignan
 t of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them\, "You k
 now that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them
 \, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so
  among you\; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant\, an
 d whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man
  also came not to be served but to serve\, and to give his life as a ransom
  for many."\n\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20180814T161621Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200108
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icala4529de38122236c6555fadcc1562462
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\; A
 fterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Cedd\, Bi
 shop of Scotland\; Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the 
 Apostles 19:1-8\nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed
  through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some discipl
 es. And he said to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believe
 d?" And they said\, "No\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spi
 rit." And he said\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into J
 ohn's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repentan
 ce\, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him\, t
 hat is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lo
 rd Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came
  on them\; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twe
 lve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke
  boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading:
  John 1:29-34\nAt that time\, John saw Jesus coming toward him\, and said\,
  "Behold\, the Lamb of God\, who takes away the sin of the world! This is h
 e of whom I said\, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me\, for he was b
 efore me.' I myself did not know him\; but for this I came baptizing with w
 ater\, that he might be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness\, "I saw
  the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven\, and it remained on him. I mysel
 f did not know him\; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me\, 
 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain\, this is he who baptizes
  with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is
  the Son of God."\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20190808T205643Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180515
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalff7866aaa7ee563941698e90cd895b4f
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/14/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Isidore the Martyr of Chios\, Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus\, Holy New M
 artyrs Mark and John\, Serapion the Holy Martyr\, Leontius\, Patriarch of J
 erusalem\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 17:1-9\n\nIN THOSE DA
 YS\, when the apostles had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia\, they c
 ame to Thessalonica\, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul wen
 t in\, as was his custom\, and for three weeks he argued with them from the
  scriptures\, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ t
 o suffer and to rise from the dead\, and saying\, "This Jesus\, whom I proc
 laim to you\, is the Christ." And some of them were persuaded\, and joined 
 Paul and Silas\; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of 
 the leading women. But the Jews were jealous\, and taking some wicked fello
 ws of the rabble\, they gathered a crowd\, set the city in an uproar\, and 
 attacked the house of Jason\, seeking to bring them out to the people. And 
 when they could not find them\, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren
  before the city authorities\, crying\, "These men who have turned the worl
 d upside down have come here also\, and Jason has received them\; and they 
 are all acting against the decrees of Caesar\, saying that there is another
  king\, Jesus." And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when
  they heard this. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest\
 , they let them go. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\n\nAt that time\, t
 he chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What 
 are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, 
 every one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both o
 ur place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest 
 that year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand
  that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people\, and 
 that the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of his own ac
 cord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die 
 for the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the c
 hildren of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took coun
 sel how to put him to death.\n \nJesus therefore no longer went about openl
 y among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wilderness\,
  to a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20170810T183607Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Isidore the Martyr of Chios
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190108
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/7/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\, Aft
 erfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Cedd\, Bish
 op of Scotland\, Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of th
 e Apostles 19:1-8\n\nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul pa
 ssed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some dis
 ciples. And he said to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you bel
 ieved?" And they said\, "No\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy
  Spirit." And he said\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said\, "In
 to John's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repe
 ntance\, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him
 \, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were baptized in the name of th
 e Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit 
 came on them\; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about
  twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three months s
 poke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n \n\nGospel R
 eading: John 1:29-34\n\n At that time\, John saw Jesus coming toward him\, 
 and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God\, who takes away the sin of the world!
  This is he of whom I said\, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me\, fo
 r he was before me.' I myself did not know him\; but for this I came baptiz
 ing with water\, that he might be revealed to Israel." And John bore witnes
 s\, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven\, and it remained on hi
 m. I myself did not know him\; but he who sent me to baptize with water sai
 d to me\, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain\, this is he wh
 o baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness th
 at this is the Son of God." \n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\, Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\, Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Wine a
 nd Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corint
 hians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, l
 ike men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the worl
 d\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise
  in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but w
 e in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad 
 and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When
  reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try
  to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\
 , the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\,
  but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless 
 guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father i
 n Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-52\n\nAt that time\, John was standing with 
 two of his disciples\; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Be
 hold\, the Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they fo
 llowed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "W
 hat do you seek?" And they said to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "W
 here are you staying?" He said to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw 
 where he was staying\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about
  the tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, w
 as Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and s
 aid to him\, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought h
 im to Jesus. Jesus looked at him\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of 
 John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter). \n \nThe next day Je
 sus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow
  me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip 
 found Nathanael\, and said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the
  law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." 
 Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip sa
 id to him\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of
  him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael sai
 d to him\, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called
  you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered hi
 m\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus ans
 wered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you 
 believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Tr
 uly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of
  God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." \n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/5/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Athanasius of Mount Athos\, Righteous Father Lampadus the Wonderworker\,
  Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monastery\, Uncovering of the H
 oly Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\, Holy New Martyrs E
 lizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Barbara\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\
 , the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goo
 dness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no
  law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with i
 ts passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by th
 e Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no e
 nvy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you
  who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to y
 ourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so ful
 fill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\n\nThe Lord s
 aid to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\;
  and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father e
 xcept the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to m
 e\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my 
 yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, an
 d you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden i
 s light."\n      \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/1/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Try
 pho the Martyr\, Perpetua & her Companions\, Timothy the Confessor\, Bridge
 t of Ireland\, Our Holy Father Basil\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, Anastas
 ios the New Martyr of Navplion\, The Four Martyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\, 
 Plato and George who contested in Megara\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:28-39\n\nBrethren\, we know that every
 thing works for good with those who love God\, who are called according to 
 his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conforme
 d to the image of his Son\, in order that he might be the first-born among 
 many brethren.  And those whom he predestined he also called\; and those wh
 om he called he also justified\; and those whom he justified he also glorif
 ied.\n \nWhat then shall we say to this?  If God is for us\, who is against
  us?  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all\, will he
  not also give us all things with him?  Who shall bring any charge against 
 God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Je
 sus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at the right h
 and of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. Who shall separate us from the l
 ove of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famin
 e\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "For thy sake w
 e are being killed all the day long\; we are regarded as sheep to be slaugh
 tered."  No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him w
 ho loved us.  For I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, no
 r principalities\, nor things present\, nor things to come\, nor powers\, n
 or height\, nor depth\, nor anything else in all creation\, will be able to
  separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 10:19-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I have gi
 ven you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the p
 ower of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice
  in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your name
 s are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit 
 and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have
  hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to b
 abes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/19/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord\, Holy Martyr Zosima\
 , Our Righteous Father Zenonus\, Païsius the Great of Egypt\n\nFast Free\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's First Universal Letter 1:1-25\n\nJUDE\, a se
 rvant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of James\, To those who are called\, be
 loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy\, peace\, and 
 love be multiplied to you. Beloved\, being very eager to write to you of ou
 r common salvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to cont
 end for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admis
 sion has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this
  condemnation\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licen
 tiousness and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I desire 
 to remind you\, though you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord
  saved a people out of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who di
 d not believe. And the angels that did not keep their own position but left
  their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nethe
 r gloom until the judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah an
 d the surrounding cities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in u
 nnatural lust\, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal f
 ire. Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, rej
 ect authority\, and revile the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michae
 l\, contending with the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did n
 ot presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord
  rebuke you." But these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by
  those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are d
 estroyed. Woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and aband
 on themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah'
 s rebellion. These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carou
 se together\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along b
 y winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild wav
 es of the sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars fo
 r whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever. It was of t
 hese also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, sayin
 g\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on 
 all\, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness whic
 h they have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things 
 which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." These are grumblers\, malco
 ntents\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering 
 people to gain advantage. But you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions
  of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "in the last
  time there will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions." It is
  these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit. But yo
 u\, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Hol
 y Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our L
 ord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And convince some\, who doubt\; save so
 me\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hat
 ing even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now to him who is able to keep y
 ou from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of h
 is glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ
  our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time
  and now and for ever. Amen. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 14:21-24\n\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples\, "He who has my commandments and keeps them\,  he 
 it is who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\,  and 
 I will love him and manifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot)  said to 
 him\, "Lord\, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us\, and  not to
  the world?" Jesus answered him\, "If a man loves me\, he will keep  my wor
 d\, and my Father will love him\, and we will come to him and make  our hom
 e with him. He who does not love me does not keep my words\; and  the word 
 which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\; Joseph the Hymnographer
 \; Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Isaiah 45:11-17\nThus says the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, and his Mak
 er: "Will you question me about my children\, or command me concerning the 
 work of my hands?  I made the earth\, and created man upon it\; it was my h
 ands that stretched out the heavens\, and I commanded all their host.  I ha
 ve aroused him in righteousness\, and I will make straight all his ways\; h
 e shall build my city and set my exiles free\, not for price or reward\," s
 ays the LORD of hosts.  \n\n Thus says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and t
 he merchandise of Ethiopia\, and the Sabeans\, men of stature\, shall come 
 over to you and be yours\, they shall follow you\; they shall come over in 
 chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you\, saying: 'G
 od is with you only\, and there is no other\, no god besides him.'"  Truly\
 , thou art a God who hidest thyself\, O God of Israel\, the Savior.  All of
  them are put to shame and confounded\, the makers of idols go in confusion
  together.  But Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation\; yo
 u shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Genesis 22:1-18\n After these things God tested Abraham\, and sai
 d to him\, "Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Take your son\
 , your only son Isaac\, whom you love\, and go to the land of Moriah\, and 
 offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I sh
 all tell you."  So Abraham rose early in the morning\, saddled his ass\, an
 d took two of his young men with him\, and his son Isaac\; and he cut the w
 ood for the burnt offering\, and arose and went to the place of which God h
 ad told him.  On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place
  afar off.  Then Abraham said to his young men\, "Stay here with the ass\; 
 I and the lad will go yonder and worship\, and come again to you."  And Abr
 aham took the wood of the burnt offering\, and laid it on Isaac his son\; a
 nd he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them to
 gether.  And Isaac said to his father Abraham\, "My father! "And he said\, 
 "Here am I\, my son." He said\, "Behold\, the fire and the wood\; but where
  is the lamb for a burnt offering?"  Abraham said\, "God will provide himse
 lf the lamb for a burnt offering\, my son." So they went both of them toget
 her.  \n\n When they came to the place of which God had told him\, Abraham 
 built an altar there\, and laid the wood in order\, and bound Isaac his son
 \, and laid him on the altar\, upon the wood.  Then Abraham put forth his h
 and\, and took the knife to slay his son.  But the angel of the LORD called
  to him from heaven\, and said\, "Abraham\, Abraham!" And he said\, "Here a
 m I."  He said\, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him\; f
 or now I know that you fear God\, seeing you have not withheld your son\, y
 our only son\, from me."  And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked\, and b
 ehold\, behind him was a ram\, caught in a thicket by his horns\; and Abrah
 am went and took the ram\, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of
  his son.  So Abraham called the name of that place The LORD will provide\;
  as it is said to this day\, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided
 ."  And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven\,
  and said\, "By myself I have sworn\, says the LORD\, because you have done
  this\, and have not withheld your son\, your only son\, I will indeed bles
 s you\, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as 
 the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the g
 ate of their enemies\, and by your descendants shall all the nations of the
  earth bless themselves\, because you have obeyed my voice."\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Proverbs 17:17-18:5\nA friend loves at all times\, and a brothe
 r is born for adversity.  A man without sense gives a pledge\, and becomes 
 surety in the presence of his neighbor.  He who loves transgression loves s
 trife\; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.  A man of crooked min
 d does not prosper\, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.  A
  stupid son is a grief to a father\; and the father of a fool has no joy.  
 A cheerful heart is a good medicine\, but a downcast spirit dries up the bo
 nes.  A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of ju
 stice.  A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom\, but the eyes o
 f a fool are on the ends of the earth.  A foolish son is a grief to his fat
 her and bitterness to her who bore him.  To impose a fine on a righteous ma
 n is not good\; to flog noble men is wrong.  He who restrains his words has
  knowledge\, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.  Even 
 a fool who keeps silent is considered wise\; when he closes his lips\, he i
 s deemed intelligent.\n\n  He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out 
 against all sound judgment.  A fool takes no pleasure in understanding\, bu
 t only in expressing his opinion.  When wickedness comes\, contempt comes a
 lso\; and with dishonor comes disgrace.  The words of a man's mouth are dee
 p waters\; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.  It is not good to b
 e partial to a wicked man\, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/7/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\, Polychronios the Martyr\
 , Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\, John the Hermit of Crete\, 
 Jonah of Manchuria\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the C
 orinthians 15:39-45\n\nBrethren\, not all flesh is alike\, but there is one
  kind for men\, another for animals\, another for birds\, and another for f
 ish. There are celestial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies\; but the 
 glory of the celestial is one\, and the glory of the terrestrial is another
 . There is one glory of the sun\, and another glory of the moon\, and anoth
 er glory of the stars\; for star differs from star in glory. So is it with 
 the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable\, what is raised i
 s imperishable. It is sown in dishonor\, it is raised in glory.  It is sown
  in weakness\, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body\, it is ra
 ised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body\, there is also a spirit
 ual body. Thus it is written\, "The first man Adam became a living being"\;
  the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:27-
 32\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a tax collector\, named Le
 vi\, sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." And he l
 eft everything\, and rose and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast
  in his house\; and there was a large company of tax collectors and others 
 sitting at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured ag
 ainst his disciples\, saying\, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collector
 s and sinners?" And Jesus answered them\, "Those who are well have no need 
 of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I have not come to call the right
 eous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\, 3 Virgin-martyrs of Chios\, 5 Nuns beh
 eaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha\, Mary\, & Enmatha\, Righteous
  Father Columba of Iona\, Righteous Father Cyril of Belozersk\n\nFast Day (
 Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:19-24
 \n\nBrethren\, we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who ar
 e under the law\, so that every mouth may be stopped\, and the whole world 
 may be held accountable to God. For no human being will be justified in his
  sight by works of the law\, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. 
 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law\, altho
 ugh the law and the prophets bear witness to it\, the righteousness of God 
 through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinct
 ion\; since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\, they are j
 ustified by his grace as a gift\, through the redemption which is in Christ
  Jesus.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:1-8\n\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, 
 that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be jud
 ged\, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see 
 the speck that is in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is
  in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Let me take the spe
 ck out of your eye\,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite\
 , first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly to
  take the speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy\; 
 and do not throw your pearls before swine\, lest they trample them under fo
 ot and turn to attack you. Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you 
 will find\; knock\, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks re
 ceives\, and he who seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened.\
 n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\; Theodota the Martyr and her Children\; Ho
 ly Virgin Martyr Theodota\; Constantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Pious King Theodosius the New\; Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; O
 laf of Norway\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to
  the Corinthians 10:12-22\nBrethren\, let any one who thinks that he stands
  take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common
  to man. God is faithful\, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your s
 trength\, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape\, tha
 t you may be able to endure it. Therefore\, my beloved\, shun the worship o
 f idols. I speak as to sensible men: judge for yourselves what I say. The c
 up of blessing which we bless\, is it not a communion in the blood of Chris
 t? The bread which we break\, is it not a communion in the body of Christ? 
 Because there is one bread\, we who are many are one body\, for we all part
 ake of the one bread. Consider Israel according to the flesh: are not those
  who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? What do I imply then? That f
 ood offered to idols is anything\, or that an idol is anything? No\, I impl
 y that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not 
 want you to be partners with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord a
 nd the cup of the demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and t
 he table of the demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stron
 ger than he?\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:20-24\nAt that time\, Jesus stri
 ctly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. From that
  time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and su
 ffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes\, and be kil
 led\, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him and began to rebuk
 e him\, saying\, "God forbid\, Lord! This shall never happen to you." But h
 e turned and said to Peter\, "Get behind me\, Satan! You are a hindrance to
  me\; for you are not on the side of God\, but of men." Then Jesus told his
  disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself\, and t
 ake up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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 sts: 1st Wednesday after Pentecost\; Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\; T
 imothy\, Bishop of Proussa\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\; Th
 eophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\; The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nFast Free\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:18-27\nBrethren\, the wr
 ath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness o
 f men who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known abo
 ut God is plain to them\, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the 
 creation of the world his invisible nature\, namely\, his eternal power and
  deity\, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So t
 hey are without excuse\; for although they knew God they did not honor him 
 as God or give thanks to him\, but they became futile in their thinking and
  their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise\, they became foo
 ls\, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mort
 al man or birds or animals or reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the l
 usts of their hearts to impurity\, to the dishonoring of their bodies among
  themselves\, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and wors
 hiped and served the creature rather than the Creator\, who is blessed for 
 ever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Thei
 r women exchanged natural relations for unnatural\, and the men likewise ga
 ve up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one a
 nother\, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own 
 persons the due penalty for their error.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26
 \nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that 
 of the scribes and Pharisees\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 
 You have heard that it was said to the men of old\, 'You shall not kill\; a
 nd whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that every 
 one who is angry with his brother without cause shall be liable to judgment
 \; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council\, and whoever
  says\, 'You fool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offe
 ring your gift at the altar\, and there remember that your brother has some
 thing against you\, leave your gift there before the altar and go\; first b
 e reconciled to your brother\, and then come and offer your gift. Make frie
 nds quickly with your accuser\, while you are going with him to court\, les
 t your accuser hand you over to the judge\, and the judge to the guard\, an
 d you be put in prison\; truly\, I say to you\, you will never get out till
  you have paid the last penny."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/17/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\, Holy Godbearing Nectarius\, th
 e Builder of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora\, Theodotos the Marty
 r of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\, Athanasios\, Archbishop of Christianop
 olis\, The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\, Nicholas the Younger who was m
 artyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:40\; 9:1-19\n\nIn those days\, Philip was 
 found at Azotos\, and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns ti
 ll he came to Caesarea. But Saul\, still breathing threats and murder again
 st the disciples of the Lord\, went to the high priest and asked him for le
 tters to the synagogues at Damascus\, so that if he found any belonging to 
 the Way\, men or women\, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he 
 journeyed he approached Damascus\, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed
  about him. And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him\, "Sa
 ul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me?" And he said\, "Who are you\, Lord?" A
 nd he said\, " I am Jesus\, whom you are persecuting\; but rise and enter t
 he city\, and you will be told what you are to do." The men who were travel
 ing with him stood speechless\, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Saul a
 rose from the ground\; and when his eyes were opened\, he could see nothing
 \; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And for three
  days he was without sight\, and neither ate nor drank.\n \nNow there was a
  disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "An
 anias." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise 
 and go to the street called Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas fo
 r a man of Tarsus named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen
  a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might rega
 in his sight." But Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about 
 this man\, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here 
 he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.
 " But the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to
  carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I
  will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias
  departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Bro
 ther Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you cam
 e\, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy 
 Spirit." And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he re
 gained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was str
 engthened.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:48-54\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews w
 ho believed in him: "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in 
 the wilderness\, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from hea
 ven\, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which cam
 e down from heaven\; if any one eats of this bread\, he will live forever\;
  and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."\n
  \nThe Jews then disputed among themselves\, saying\, "How can this man giv
 e us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to y
 ou\, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood\, you h
 ave no life in you\; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal l
 ife\, and I will raise him up at the last day."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\, Paul & his sister Juliana and their 
 Companions\, Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\, Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\nF
 ast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nPlagal of the Second Tone\nSixth Orthros Go
 spel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:10-14\; 2:1-3
 \n\n<span class="versetext">"</span><span class="versetext">IN THE BEGINNIN
 G\, Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth in the beginning\, and the heavens 
 are the work of thy hands\; </span> <span class="versetext"> </span>they wi
 ll perish\, but thou remainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, li
 ke a mantle thou wilt roll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art
  the same\, and thy years will never end." But to what angel has he ever sa
 id\, "Sit at my right hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?"
  Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve\, for the sake of
  those who are to obtain salvation?\n \nTherefore we must pay closer attent
 ion to what we have heard\, lest we drift away from it. For if the message 
 declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience receiv
 ed a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salv
 ation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by 
 those who heard him.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12\n\nAt that time\, Jes
 us entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were
  gathered together\, so that there was no longer room for them\, not even a
 bout the door\; and he was preaching the word to them. And they came\, brin
 ging to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get ne
 ar him because of the crowd\, they removed the roof above him\; and when th
 ey had made an opening\, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic la
 y. And when Jesus saw their faith\, he said to the paralytic\, "My son\, yo
 ur sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there\, questio
 ning in their hearts\, "Why does this man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Wh
 o can forgive sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus\, perceiving in hi
 s spirit that they thus questioned within themselves\, said to them\, "Why 
 do you question thus in your hearts? Which is easier\, to say to the paraly
 tic\, 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say\, 'Rise\, take up your pallet an
 d walk? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to
  forgive sins"-he said to the paralytic-"I say to you\, rise\, take up your
  pallet and go home." And he rose\, and immediately took up the pallet and 
 went out before them all\; so that they were all amazed and glorified God\,
  saying\, "We never saw anything like this!"\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/21/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Maximus the Confessor\, Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\, Martyrs Neophy
 tos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximus the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\n\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:12-20\n\nBrethren\,
  I want you to know that what has happened to me has really served to advan
 ce the gospel\, so that it has become known throughout the praetorian guard
  and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the b
 rethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, a
 nd are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.  Some indeed p
 reach Christ from envy and rivalry\, but others from good will.  The latter
  do it out of love\, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gosp
 el\; the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thi
 nking to afflict me in my imprisonment.  What then?  Only that in every way
 \, whether in pretense or in truth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I r
 ejoice.  Yes\, and I shall rejoice.  For I know that through your prayers a
 nd the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliver
 ance\, as it is my eager expectation and hope. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 12:8-12\n\nThe Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me 
 before men\, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\
 ; but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. 
  And every one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; 
 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And wh
 en they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\
 , do not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; 
 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.
 "\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin\; Atha
 nasios the Wonderworker\; Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalough\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 23:1-11\nIN THOSE D
 AYS\, Paul\, looking intently at the council\, said\, "Brethren\, I have li
 ved before God in all good conscience up to this day." And the high priest 
 Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then P
 aul said to him\, "God shall strike you\, you whitewashed wall! Are you sit
 ting to judge me according to the law\, and yet contrary to the law you ord
 er me to be struck?" Those who stood by said\, "Would you revile God's high
  priest?" And Paul said\, "I did not know\, brethren\, that he was the high
  priest\; for it is written\, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your 
 people.' " But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the oth
 er Pharisees\, he cried out in the council\, "Brethren\, I am a Pharisee\, 
 a son of Pharisees\; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the d
 ead I am on trial." And when he had said this\, a dissension arose between 
 the Pharisees and the Sadducees\; and the assembly was divided. For the Sad
 ducees say that there is no resurrection\, nor angel\, nor spirit\; but the
  Pharisees acknowledge them all. Then a great clamor arose\; and some of th
 e scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended\, "We find nothing
  wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?" And when th
 e dissension became violent\, the tribune\, afraid that Paul would be torn 
 in pieces by them\, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force
  from among them and bring him into the barracks. The following night the L
 ord stood by him and said\, "Take courage\, for as you have testified about
  me at Jerusalem\, so you must bear witness also at Rome."\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 16:15-23\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All that the Father has
  is mine\; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it t
 o you.\n\n"A little while\, and you will see me no more\; again a little wh
 ile\, and you will see me." Some of his disciples said to one another\, "Wh
 at is this that he says to us\, 'A little while\, and you will not see me\,
  and again a little while\, and you will see me'\; and\, 'because I go to t
 he Father'? " They said\, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not
  know what he means." Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him\; so he said t
 o them\, "Is this what you are asking yourselves\, what I meant by saying\,
  'A little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little while\, and
  you will see me'? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will weep and lament\
 , but the world will rejoice\; you will be sorrowful\, but your sorrow will
  turn into joy. When a woman is in travail she has sorrow\, because her hou
 r has come\; but when she is delivered of the child\, she no longer remembe
 rs the anguish\, for joy that a human being is born into the world. So you 
 have sorrow now\, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice\, a
 nd no one will take your joy from you. In that day\, you will ask nothing o
 f me. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he
  will give it to you in my name."\n\n
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 ts: Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas\, Cuthbert the Wo
 nderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\, Myron the New Martyr of Crete\, Photin
 i the Samaritan Woman\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 5:
 16-25\n\nBut the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God sho
 ws himself holy in righteousness.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their p
 asture\, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who dr
 aw iniquity with cords of falsehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, who
  say: "Let him make haste\, let him speed his work that we may see it\; let
  the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that w
 e may know it!"  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil\, who put da
 rkness for light and light for darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and swee
 t for bitter!  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd in 
 their own sight!  Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine\, and valian
 t men in mixing strong drink\, who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and depr
 ive the innocent of his right!  Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours t
 he stubble\, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame\, so their root will 
 be as rottenness\, and their blossom go up like dust\; for they have reject
 ed the law of the LORD of hosts\, and have despised the word of the Holy On
 e of Israel.  Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his peopl
 e\, and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them\, and the mou
 ntains quaked\; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the street
 s. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out 
 still.\n\n\nGenesis 4:16-26\n\n Then Cain went away from the presence of th
 e LORD\, and dwelt in the land of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain knew his wife\,
  and she conceived and bore Enoch\; and he built a city\, and called the na
 me of the city after the name of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch was born Irad\;
  and Irad was the father of Mehujael\, and Mehujael the father of Methushae
 l\, and Methushael the father of Lamech.  And Lamech took two wives\; the n
 ame of the one was Adah\, and the name of the other Zillah.  Adah bore Jaba
 l\; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.  His bro
 ther's name was Jubal\; he was the father of all those who play the lyre an
 d pipe.  Zillah bore Tubalcain\; he was the forger of all instruments of br
 onze and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech said to his wive
 s: "Adah and Zillah\, hear my voice\; you wives of Lamech\, hearken to what
  I say: I have slain a man for wounding me\, a young man for striking me.  
 If Cain is avenged sevenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." \n \n And A
 dam knew his wife again\, and she bore a son and called his name Seth\, for
  she said\, "God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel\, for C
 ain slew him."  To Seth also a son was born\, and he called his name Enosh.
  At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.\n  \n\nProverbs 
 5:15-6:3\n\nDrink water from your own cistern\, flowing water from your own
  well.  Should your springs be scattered abroad\, streams of water in the s
 treets?  Let them be for yourself alone\, and not for strangers with you.  
 Let your fountain be blessed\, and rejoice in the wife of your youth\, a lo
 vely hind\, a graceful doe. Let her affection fill you at all times with de
 light\, be infatuated always with her love.  Why should you be infatuated\,
  my son\, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?  For 
 a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD\, and he watches all his paths
 .  The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him\, and he is caught in the toils
  of his sin.  He dies for lack of discipline\, and because of his great fol
 ly he is lost.\n   \nMy son\, if you have become surety for your neighbor\,
  have given your pledge for a stranger\; if you are snared in the utterance
  of your lips\, caught in the words of your mouth\; then do this\, my son\,
  and save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go\, has
 ten\, and importune your neighbor.\n  \n
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 ts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\, The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theogn
 is\, Agapius\, and Pistus\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Cor
 inthians 8:16-24\; 9:1-5\n\nBrethren\, thanks be to God who puts the same e
 arnest care for you into the heart of Titus. For he not only accepted our a
 ppeal\, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord
 . With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches 
 for his preaching of the gospel\; and not only that\, but he has been appoi
 nted by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work which we are c
 arrying on\, for the glory of the Lord and to show our good will. We intend
  that no one should blame us about this liberal gift which we are administe
 ring\, for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but als
 o in the sight of men. And with them we are sending our brother whom we hav
 e often tested and found earnest in many matters\, but who is now more earn
 est than ever because of his great confidence in you. As for Titus\, he is 
 my partner and fellow worker in your service\; and as for our brethren\, th
 ey are apostles of the churches\, the glory of Christ. So give proof\, befo
 re the churches\, of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.\
 n \nNow it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for the
  saints\, for I know your readiness of which I boast about you to the peopl
 e of Macedonia\, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year\; and yo
 ur zeal has stirred up most of them. But I am sending the brethren so that 
 our boasting about you may not prove vain in this case\, so that you may be
  ready\, as I said you would be\; lest if some Macedonians come with me and
  find that you are not ready\, we be humiliated -- to say nothing of you --
  for being so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to 
 go on to you before me\, and arrange in advance for this gift you have prom
 ised\, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:13-21\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the moun
 tain\, and called to him those whom he desired\; and they came to him. And 
 he appointed twelve\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and hav
 e authority to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\; James the so
 n of Zebedee and John the brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, t
 hat is\, sons of thunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\
 , and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon th
 e Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home\; an
 d the crowd came together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when
  his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\
 , "He is beside himself."\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)\, Veronika & Speratos the Marty
 rs\, Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren
 \, before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restrain
 t until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until C
 hrist came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has co
 me\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all s
 ons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ
  have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slav
 e nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Chri
 st Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heir
 s according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, i
 s no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but h
 e is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with
  us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of th
 e universe. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, bor
 n of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\
 , so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24
 -34\n\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. 
 And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and wh
 o had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\
 , and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about 
 Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For sh
 e said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immedia
 tely the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed o
 f her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth 
 from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched 
 my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing a
 round you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to se
 e who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came
  in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole tr
 uth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in 
 peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/7/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\, Luke of Mount Stirion\, Theopemptos t
 he Martyr & his Companions\, George the New Martyr of Crete\, Afterfeast of
  the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Richard\, King of 
 Wessex\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Lett
 er 3:21-24\; 4:1-11\n\nBeloved\, if our hearts do not condemn us\, we have 
 confidence before God\; and we receive from him whatever we ask\, because w
 e keep his commandments and do what pleases him.  And this is his commandme
 nt\, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love on
 e another\, just as he has commanded us.  All who keep his commandments abi
 de in him\, and he in them.  And by this we know that he abides in us\, by 
 the Spirit which he has given us.\n \nBeloved\, do not believe every spirit
 \, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God\; for many false pro
 phets have gone out into the world.  By this you know the Spirit of God: ev
 ery spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of Go
 d\, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God.  This is t
 he spirit of antichrist\, of which you heard that it was coming\, and now i
 t is in the world already.  Little children\, you are of God\, and have ove
 rcome them\; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.  
 They are of the world\, therefore what they say is of the world\, and the w
 orld listens to them.  We are of God.  Whoever knows God listens to us\, an
 d he who is not of God does not listen to us.  By this we know the spirit o
 f truth and the spirit of error.\n \nBeloved\, let us love one another\; fo
 r love is of God\, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who d
 oes not love does not know God\; for God is love.  In this the love of God 
 was made manifest among us\, that God sent his only Son into the world\, so
  that we might live through him.  In this is love\, not that we loved God b
 ut that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.  Bel
 oved\, if God so loved us\, we also ought to love one another. \n \n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 14:43-72\; 15:1\n\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking 
 to the disciples\, Judas Iscariot came\, one of the twelve\, and with him a
  crowd with swords and clubs\, from the chief priests and the scribes and t
 he elders.  Now the betrayer had given them a sign\, saying\, "The one I sh
 all kiss is the man\; seize him and lead him away under guard."  And when h
 e came\, he went up to him at once\, and said\, "Rabbi!"  And he kissed him
 .  And they laid hands on him and seized him.  But one of those who stood b
 y drew his sword\, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his 
 ear.  And Jesus said to them\, "Have you come out as against a robber\, wit
 h swords and clubs to capture me?  Day after day I was with you in the temp
 le teaching\, and you did not seize me.  But let the scriptures be fulfille
 d."  And they all forsook him\, and fled.  And a young man followed him\, w
 ith nothing but a linen cloth about his body\; and they seized him\, but he
  left the linen cloth and ran away naked.  And they led Jesus to the high p
 riest\; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assem
 bled.  And Peter had followed him at a distance\, right into the courtyard 
 of the high priest\; and he was sitting with the guards\, and warming himse
 lf at the fire.  Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimo
 ny against Jesus to put him to death\; but they found none.  For many bore 
 false witness against him\, and their witness did not agree.  And some stoo
 d up and bore false witness against him\, saying\, "We heard him say\, 'I w
 ill destroy this temple that is made with hands\, and in three days I will 
 build another\, not made with hands.'"  Yet not even so did their testimony
  agree.  And the high priest stood up in the midst\, and asked Jesus\, "Hav
 e you no answer to make?  What is it that these men testify against you?"  
 But he was silent and made no answer.  Again the high priest asked him\, "A
 re you the Christ\, the Son of the Blessed?"  And Jesus said\, "I am\; and 
 you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power\, and coming 
 with the clouds of heaven."  And the high priest tore his garments\, and sa
 id\, "Why do we still need witnesses?  You have heard his blasphemy.  What 
 is your decision?"  And they all condemned him as deserving death.  And som
 e began to spit on him\, and to cover his face\, and to strike him\, saying
  to him\, "Prophesy!"  And the guards received him with blows.  And as Pete
 r was below in the courtyard\, one of the maids of the high priest came\; a
 nd seeing Peter warming himself\, she looked at him\, and said\, "You also 
 were with the Nazarene\, Jesus."  But he denied it\, saying\, "I neither kn
 ow nor understand what you mean."  And he went out into the gateway\, and t
 he cock crowed.  And the maid saw him\, and began again to say to the bysta
 nders\, "This man is one of them."  But again he denied it.  And after a li
 ttle while again the bystanders said to Peter\, "Certainly you are one of t
 hem\; for you are a Galilean."  But he began to invoke a curse on himself a
 nd to swear\, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."  And immediately 
 the cock crowed a second time.  And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to 
 him\, "Before the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three times."  And he
  broke down and wept.  And as soon as it was morning the chief priests\, wi
 th the elders and scribes\, and the whole council held a consultation\; and
  they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/3/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Ho
 ly Prophetess Anna\, Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spetses
 \, Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener of Japan\, Afterfeast of the Present
 ation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theot
 okos \, Werburga\n\nTone Three\nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10\n\nBrethren\, working to
 gether with him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. Fo
 r he says\, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you
  on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, n
 ow is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that n
 o fault may be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend 
 ourselves in every way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardship
 s\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, h
 unger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, 
 genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of
  righteousness for the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\
 , in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are 
 true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as
  punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as p
 oor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everyth
 ing.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:14-30\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "
 A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his prop
 erty\; to one he gave five talents\, to another two\, to another one\, to e
 ach according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the fi
 ve talents went at once and traded with them\; and he made five talents mor
 e. So also\, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who h
 ad received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's 
 money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled 
 accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward\,
  bringing five talents more\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivered to me five t
 alents\; here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him\, 'Wel
 l done\, good and faithful servant\; you have been faithful over a little\,
  I will set you over much\; enter into the joy of your master.' And he also
  who had the two talents came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivered to
  me two talents\; here I have made two talents more.' His master said to hi
 m\, 'Well done\, good and faithful servant\; you have been faithful over a 
 little\, I will set you over much\; enter into the joy of your master.' He 
 also who had received the one talent came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, I kn
 ew you to be a hard man\, reaping where you did not sow\, and gathering whe
 re you did not winnow\; so I was afraid\, and I went and hid your talent in
  the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him\, 'Y
 ou wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed
 \, and gather where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my
  money with the bankers\, and at my coming I should have received what was 
 my own with interest. So take the talent from him\, and give it to him who 
 has the ten talents. For to every one who has will more be given\, and he w
 ill have abundance\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be ta
 ken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness\; there me
 n will weep and gnash their teeth." As he said these things he cried out: "
 He who has ears to hear\, let him hear!"\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\; Vladimir\, Equal-to-
 the-Apostles of Kiev\; The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\; Do
 nald and his Nine Daughters\; Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 13:11-14\; 
 14:1-5\nBRETHREN\, when I was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought li
 ke a child\, I reasoned like a child\; when I became a man\, I gave up chil
 dish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I 
 know in part\; then I shall understand fully\, even as I have been fully un
 derstood. So faith\, hope\, love abide\, these three\; but the greatest of 
 these is love. Make love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gift
 s\, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks
  not to men but to God\; for no one understands him\, but he utters mysteri
 es in the Spirit. On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for t
 heir upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongu
 e edifies himself\, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want yo
 u all to speak in tongues\, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is
  greater than he who speaks in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so th
 at the church may be edified. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4
 \nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and
  said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes." And when he c
 ame home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\, "What do you think\, Simon? 
 From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or fr
 om others?" And when he said\, "From others\," Jesus said to him\, "Then th
 e sons are free. However\, not to give offense to them\, go to the sea and 
 cast a hook\, and take the first fish that comes up\, and when you open its
  mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and give it to them for me and fo
 r yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who 
 is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he 
 put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless yo
 u turn and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heave
 n. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the king
 dom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\, Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 1:1-5\n\nPaul\,
  Silvanus\, and Timothy\, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Fat
 her and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. We give thanks to Go
 d always for you all\, constantly mentioning you in our prayers\, rememberi
 ng before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and stead
 fastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know\, brethren beloved b
 y God\, that he has chosen you\; for our gospel came to you not only in wor
 d\, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You 
 know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.\n\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 11:29-33\n\nAt that time\, when the crowds were increasing\, 
 Jesus began to say\, "This generation is an evil generation\; it seeks a si
 gn\, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jona
 h became a sign to the men of Nineveh\, so will the Son of man be to this g
 eneration. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with the men o
 f this generation and condemn them\; for she came from the ends of the eart
 h to hear the wisdom of Solomon\, and behold\, something greater than Solom
 on is here. The men of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with this generat
 ion and condemn it\; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah\, and beho
 ld\, something greater than Jonah is here. No one after lighting a lamp put
 s it in a cellar or under a bushel\, but on a stand\, that those who enter 
 may see the light."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage\; Gregory V\, the Holy
  Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\; Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop 
 of Thessolonica\; 150 and more Righteous Martyr Fathers of the Sacred Monas
 tery of Pantocrator Daou Pentelis\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Isaiah 66:10-24\n"Rejoice with Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, all you wh
 o love her\; rejoice with her in joy\, all you who mourn over her\; that yo
 u may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts\; that you may drink
  deeply with delight from the abundance of her glory."  For thus says the L
 ORD: "Behold\, I will extend prosperity to her like a river\, and the wealt
 h of the nations like an overflowing stream\; and you shall suck\, you shal
 l be carried upon her hip\, and dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his mo
 ther comforts\, so I will comfort you\; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem
 .  You shall see\, and your heart shall rejoice\; your bones shall flourish
  like the grass\; and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with h
 is servants\, and his indignation is against his enemies.  "For behold\, th
 e LORD will come in fire\, and his chariots like the stormwind\, to render 
 his anger in fury\, and his rebuke with flames of fire.  For by fire will t
 he LORD execute judgment\, and by his sword\, upon all flesh\; and those sl
 ain by the LORD shall be many.  "Those who sanctify and purify themselves t
 o go into the gardens\, following one in the midst\, eating swine's flesh a
 nd the abomination and mice\, shall come to an end together\, says the LORD
 .  "For I know their works and their thoughts\, and I am coming to gather a
 ll nations and tongues\; and they shall come and shall see my glory\, and I
  will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nat
 ions\, to Tarshish\, Put\, and Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal and Javan\
 , to the coastlands afar off\, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory
 \; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.  And they shall bring
  all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD\, upon h
 orses\, and in chariots\, and in litters\, and upon mules\, and upon dromed
 aries\, to my holy mountain Jerusalem\, says the LORD\, just as the Israeli
 tes bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.
   And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites\, says the 
 LORD.  "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall re
 main before me\, says the LORD\; so shall your descendants and your name re
 main.  From new moon to new moon\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, all flesh 
 shall come to worship before me\, says the LORD.  "And they shall go forth 
 and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me\; for 
 their worm shall not die\, their fire shall not be quenched\, and they shal
 l be an abhorrence to all flesh."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 49:33-5
 0:26\nWhen Jacob finished charging his sons\, he drew up his feet into the 
 bed\, and breathed his last\, and was gathered to his people.  Then Joseph 
 fell on his father's face\, and wept over him\, and kissed him.  And Joseph
  commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physici
 ans embalmed Israel\; forty days were required for it\, for so many are req
 uired for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.\n\nAnd wh
 en the days of weeping for him were past\, Joseph spoke to the household of
  Pharaoh\, saying\, "If now I have found favor in your eyes\, speak\, I pra
 y you\, in the ears of Pharaoh\, saying\, My father made me swear\, saying\
 , 'I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land o
 f Canaan\, there shall you bury me.' Now therefore let me go up\, I pray yo
 u\, and bury my father\; then I will return."  And Pharaoh answered\, "Go u
 p\, and bury your father\, as he made you swear."  So Joseph went up to bur
 y his father\; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh\, the elder
 s of his household\, and all the elders of the land of Egypt\, as well as a
 ll the household of Joseph\, his brothers\, and his father's household\; on
 ly their children\, their flocks\, and their herds were left in the land of
  Goshen.  And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen\; it was a 
 very great company.  When they came to the threshing floor of Atad\, which 
 is beyond the Jordan\, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful 
 lamentation\; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.  When the i
 nhabitants of the land\, the Canaanites\, saw the mourning on the threshing
  floor of Atad\, they said\, "This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.
 " Therefore the place was named Abelmizraim\; it is beyond the Jordan.  Thu
 s his sons did for him as he had commanded them\; for his sons carried him 
 to the land of Canaan\, and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpela
 h\, to the east of Mamre\, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron 
 the Hittite\, to possess as a burying place.  After he had buried his fathe
 r\, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with
  him to bury his father.  When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was 
 dead\, they said\, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for 
 all the evil which we did to him."  So they sent a message to Joseph\, sayi
 ng\, "Your father gave this command before he died\,  'Say to Joseph\, Forg
 ive\, I pray you\, the transgression of your brothers and their sin\, becau
 se they did evil to you.' And now\, we pray you\, forgive the transgression
  of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to
  him.  His brothers also came and fell down before him\, and said\, "Behold
 \, we are your servants."  But Joseph said to them\, "Fear not\, for am I i
 n the place of God?  As for you\, you meant evil against me\; but God meant
  it for good\, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive\, as
  they are today.  So do not fear\; I will provide for you and your little o
 nes." Thus he reassured them and comforted them.\n\nSo Joseph dwelt in Egyp
 t\, he and his father's house\; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.  
 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation\; the children al
 so of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.  And Joseph
  said to his brothers\, "I am about to die\; but God will visit you\, and b
 ring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham\, to Isa
 ac\, and to Jacob."  Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel\, sayin
 g\, "God will visit you\, and you shall carry up my bones from here."  So J
 oseph died\, being a hundred and ten years old\; and they embalmed him\, an
 d he was put in a coffin in Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 31:8-
 31\nOpen your mouth for the dumb\, for the rights of all who are left desol
 ate.  Open your mouth\, judge righteously\, maintain the rights of the poor
  and needy.  A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels
 .  The heart of her husband trusts in her\, and he will have no lack of gai
 n.  She does him good\, and not harm\, all the days of her life.  She seeks
  wool and flax\, and works with willing hands.  She is like the ships of th
 e merchant\, she brings her food from afar.  She rises while it is yet nigh
 t and provides food for her household and tasks for her maidens.  She consi
 ders a field and buys it\; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyar
 d.  She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.  She perce
 ives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.
   She puts her hands to the distaff\, and her hands hold the spindle.  She 
 opens her hand to the poor\, and reaches out her hands to the needy.  She i
 s not afraid of snow for her household\, for all her household are clothed 
 in scarlet.  She makes herself coverings\; her clothing is fine linen and p
 urple.  Her husband is known in the gates\, when he sits among the elders o
 f the land.  She makes linen garments and sells them\; she delivers girdles
  to the merchant.  Strength and dignity are her clothing\, and she laughs a
 t the time to come.  She opens her mouth with wisdom\, and the teaching of 
 kindness is on her tongue.  She looks well to the ways of her household\, a
 nd does not eat the bread of idleness.  Her children rise up
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/02/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Habakkuk the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\; Myrope 
 the Martyr of Chios\; Joannicos the Monk of Devich\; Porphyrios of Kavsokal
 yvia\; Theophilos the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians 1:1-10\nPaul\, Silvanus\, an
 d Timothy\,\n\nTo the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the
  Lord Jesus Christ:\n\nGrace to you and peace from God the Father and the L
 ord Jesus Christ.\n\nWe are bound to give thanks to God always for you\, br
 ethren\, as is fitting\, because your faith is growing abundantly\, and the
  love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourse
 lves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith i
 n all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.\n\nT
 his is evidence of the righteous judgment of God\, that you may be made wor
 thy of the kingdom of God\, for which you are suffering - since indeed God 
 deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you\, and to grant
  rest with us to you who are afflicted\, when the Lord Jesus is revealed fr
 om heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire\, inflicting vengeance upo
 n those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of ou
 r Lord Jesus. They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and e
 xclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might\, wh
 en he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints\, and to be marveled 
 at in all who have believed.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:27-44\nAt that time
 \, there came to Jesus some Sadducees\, those who say that there is no resu
 rrection\, and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote 
 for us that if a man's brother dies\, having a wife but no children\, the m
 an must take the wife and raise up children for his brother. Now there were
  seven brothers\; the first took a wife\, and died without children\; and t
 he second and the third took her\, and likewise all seven left no children 
 and died. Afterward the woman also died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, 
 whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife." And Jesus sai
 d to them\, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage\; but tho
 se who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection f
 rom the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage\, for they cannot die 
 any more\, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God\, being son
 s of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised\, even Moses showed\, i
 n the passage about the bush\, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham a
 nd the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the dead\, b
 ut of the living\; for all live to him." And some of the scribes answered\,
  "Teacher\, you have spoken well." For they no longer dared to ask him any 
 question. But he said to them\, "How can they say that the Christ is David'
 s son? For David himself says in the Book of Psalms\, 'The Lord said to my 
 Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.
 ' David thus calls him Lord\; so how is he his son?"\n\n
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 s: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\, Urban\, Th
 eodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromartyrs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:15-2
 2\n\nBrethren\, to give a human example: no one annuls even a man's covenan
 t\, or adds to it\, once it has been ratified. Now the promises were made t
 o Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say\, "And to your offsprings\,
 " referring to many\; but\, referring to one\, "And to your offspring\," wh
 ich is Christ. This is what I mean: the law\, which came four hundred and t
 hirty years afterward\, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by Go
 d\, so as to make the promise void. For if the inheritance is by the law\, 
 it is no longer by promise\; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise. Why t
 hen the law? It was added because of transgressions\, till the offspring sh
 ould come to whom the promise had been made\; and it was ordained by angels
  through an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one\; but G
 od is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not\; for
  if a law had been given which could make alive\, then righteousness would 
 indeed be by the law. But the scripture consigned all things to sin\, that 
 what was promised to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who beli
 eve.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who
  had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for yo
 u build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\
 , saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have 
 taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witne
 ss against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophet
 s. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood o
 f vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send 
 you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and cruc
 ify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town 
 to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, fr
 om the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachia
 h\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to
  you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n \nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem
 \, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often wo
 uld I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under
  her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolat
 e. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is
  he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Barbara the Great Martyr\, John the Righteous of Damascus\, New Hieroma
 rtyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\, Juliana the Martyr of Heli
 opolis\, Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to A
 merica\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were c
 onfined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed
 . So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be ju
 stified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a cu
 stodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For 
 as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is ne
 ither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither ma
 le nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ'
 s\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean t
 hat the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, thoug
 h he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustee
 s until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we
  were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time ha
 d fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the la
 w\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adopt
 ion as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a great cr
 owd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had ha
 d a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many p
 hysicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather g
 rew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him i
 n the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his ga
 rments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and
  she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perce
 iving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned ab
 out in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples 
 said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'W
 ho touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman
 \, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell 
 down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daugh
 ter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your di
 sease."\n\n\n
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 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\; The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Hebrews 4:1-13\nBrethren\, while the promise of entering his rest remains\,
  let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it. For good
  news came to us just as to them\; but the message which they heard did not
  benefit them\, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers. For we w
 ho have believed enter that rest\, as he has said\, "As I swore in my wrath
 \, 'They shall never enter my rest\,'" although his works were finished fro
 m the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh d
 ay in this way\, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." An
 d again in this place he said\, "They shall never enter my rest." Since the
 refore it remains for some to enter it\, and those who formerly received th
 e good news failed to enter because of disobedience\, again he sets a certa
 in day\, "Today\," saying through David so long afterward\, in the words al
 ready quoted\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts
 ." For if Joshua had given them rest\, God would not speak later of another
  day. So then\, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God\; for wh
 oever enters God's rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his. Le
 t us therefore strive to enter that rest\, that no one fall by the same sor
 t of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active\, sharper than 
 any two-edged sword\, piercing to the division of soul and spirit\, of join
 ts and marrow\, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. An
 d before him no creature is hidden\, but all are open and laid bare to the 
 eyes of him with whom we have to do.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:18-27\nAt t
 hat time\, Sadducees came to Jesus\, who say that there is no resurrection\
 ; and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for us th
 at if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife\, but leaves no child\, the ma
 n must take the wife\, and raise up children for his brother. There were se
 ven brothers\; the first took a wife\, and when he died left no children\; 
 and the second took her\, and died\, leaving no children\; and the third li
 kewise\; and the seven left no children. Last of all the woman also died. I
 n the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife." 
 Jesus said to them\, "Is not this why you are wrong\, that you know neither
  the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead\, th
 ey neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but are like angels in heaven.
  And as for the dead being raised\, have you not read in the book of Moses\
 , in the passage about the bush\, how God said to him\, 'I am the God of Ab
 raham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the 
 dead\, but of the living\; you are quite wrong."\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\, Mark the Hermit\, Father Alexis\, Metropol
 itan of Moscow\, Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to the Apostles\, John\, Joseph\
 , and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostl
 es 20:16-18\, 28-36\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Epheso
 s\, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia\; for he was hastening 
 to be at Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Mileto
 s he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when t
 hey came to him\, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the 
 flock\, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the c
 hurch of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that a
 fter my departure fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the fl
 ock\; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse thing
 s\, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, remembering
  that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one wi
 th tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, which
  is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those wh
 o are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yoursel
 ves know that these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who w
 ere with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must hel
 p the weak\, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, 'it is
  more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus\, he 
 knelt down and prayed with them all. \n \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\n\
 nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "Father\, the
  hour has come\; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you 
 have given him power over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you 
 have given him. And this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true
  God\, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, havi
 ng accomplished the work which you gave me to do\; and now\, Father\, you g
 lorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before t
 he world was made.\n \n"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gav
 e me out of the world\; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and the
 y have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me
  is from you\; for I have given them the words which you gave me\, and they
  have received them and know in truth that I came from you\; and they have 
 believed that you did send me. I am praying for them\; I am not praying for
  the world but for those whom you have given me\, for they are mine\; all m
 ine are yours\, and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I 
 am no more in the world\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to yo
 u. Holy Father\, keep them in your name\, which you have given me\, that th
 ey may be one\, even as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in 
 your name\, which you have given me\; I have guarded them\, and none of the
 m is lost but the son of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
  But now I am coming to you\; and these things I speak in the world\, that 
 they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."\n\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\; Holy Martyr Anthuse\; Athanasios the Hie
 romartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy 
 Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; The Synaxis of the Icon of the Mo
 ther of God of Prusa\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Cor
 inthians 1:3-9\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God our Father and t
 he Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the
  grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus\, that in every way you w
 ere enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge - even as the testimo
 ny to Christ was confirmed among you - so that you are not lacking in any s
 piritual gift\, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; wh
 o will sustain you to the end\, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Chri
 st. God is faithful\, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his So
 n\, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:3-12\nAt that time
 \, Pharisees came up to Jesus and tested him by asking\, "Is it lawful to d
 ivorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered\, "Have you not read that he 
 who made them from the beginning made them male and female\, and said\, 'Fo
 r this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his 
 wife\, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but o
 ne flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, let not man put asunder.
 " They said to him\, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate 
 of divorce\, and to put her away?" He said to them\, "For your hardness of 
 heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives\, but from the beginning it w
 as not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife\, except for unchast
 ity\, and marries another\, commits adultery." The disciples said to him\, 
 "If such is the case of a man with his wife\, it is not expedient to marry.
 " But he said to them\, "Not all men can receive this saying\, but only tho
 se to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth\,
  and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men\, and there are eu
 nuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heave
 n. He who is able to receive this\, let him receive it."\n\n
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 ts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\, Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\, 
 John the Hermit\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippian
 s 1:20-27\n\nBrethren\, I shall not be at all ashamed\, but that with full 
 courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body\, whether by life o
 r by death. For to me to live is Christ\, and to die is gain. If it is to b
 e life in the flesh\, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall c
 hoose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to dep
 art and be with Christ\, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh
  is more necessary on your account. Convinced of this\, I know that I shall
  remain and continue with you all\, for your progress and joy in the faith\
 , so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus\, because
  of my coming to you again. Only let your manner of life be worthy of the g
 ospel of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\n\nAt that time\, the re
 port concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surroun
 ding country. The disciples of John told him of all these things. And John\
 , calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "A
 re you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the men 
 had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying
 \, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hou
 r he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that
  were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John wha
 t you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, 
 lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor
  have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at
  me."\n \nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the c
 rowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? 
 A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed i
 n soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in lu
 xury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\
 , I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 
 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way
  before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater than J
 ohn\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When t
 hey heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, having
  been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers
  rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized by h
 im.\n\n\n
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 ts: John Climacus the Righteous\, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent\, S
 osthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphroditos\, the Apostles of the
  70\, Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\n\nBrethren\, recall
  the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard str
 uggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affli
 ction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had co
 mpassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of you
 r property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and
  an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a
  great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the wil
 l of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the c
 oming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live 
 by faith."\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus p
 assed on\, he saw Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax office\, and 
 he said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat a
 t table in his house\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Je
 sus and his disciples\; for there were many who followed him. And the scrib
 es of the Pharisees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax
  collectors\, said to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax collectors 
 and sinners?" And when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those who are we
 ll have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came not to cal
 l the righteous\, but sinners."\n \n\n
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 sts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council\; Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\
 , & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamus\; Benjamin the Deacon\; Chryssi th
 e New Martyr of Greece\; Florentios the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Meletios o
 f Pegas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\n
 At that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, stood in the midst of h
 is disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled and 
 frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Wh
 y are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my ha
 nds and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has
  not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this\, he sh
 owed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\
 , and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They ga
 ve him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n\nThe
 n he said to them\, "These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I was 
 still with you\, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and t
 he prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to
  understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that 
 the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that
  repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all n
 ations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And b
 ehold\, I send the promise of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, u
 ntil you are clothed with power from on high."\n\nThen he led them out as f
 ar as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed them. While he blesse
 d them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they wor
 shiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were conti
 nually in the temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to insist
  on these things\, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to
  apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excellent and profitable to men
 .  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrel
 s over the law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man who is
  factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\, have nothing more to do w
 ith him\, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful\; he is self-c
 ondemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come 
 to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter there.  Do your
  best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that they la
 ck nothing.  And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, s
 o as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who ar
 e with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace
  be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:5-15\nThe Lord said this 
 parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed\; and as he sowed\, some fell al
 ong the path\, and was trodden under foot\, and the birds of the air devour
 ed it. And some fell on the rock\; and as it grew up\, it withered away\, b
 ecause it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns\; and the thorns grew
  with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew\, and yielded
  a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant\,
  he said\, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of 
 God\; but for others they are in parables\, so that seeing they may not see
 \, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed i
 s the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard\; then 
 the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts\, that they may n
 ot believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who\, when they
  hear the word\, receive it with joy\; but these have no root\, they believ
 e for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell amo
 ng the thorns\, they are those who hear\, but as they go on their way they 
 are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life\, and their fruit 
 does not mature. And as for that in the good soil\, they are those who\, he
 aring the word\, hold it fast in an honest and good heart\, and bring forth
  fruit with patience." As he said these things\, he cried out "He who has e
 ars to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190625
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/24/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\, Elizabeth\, Mother of the
  Forerunner\, Panagiotis the New Martyr\, Athanasios Parios\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14\
 ; 14:1-4\n\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first bel
 ieved\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off t
 he works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourselv
 es becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in deba
 uchery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the
  Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its d
 esires.\n \nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not for
  disputes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, while the weak
  man eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains\,
  and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has w
 elcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?  It i
 s before his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, f
 or God is able to make him stand. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:1-25\, 57-68
 \, 76-80\n\nInasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the 
 things which have been accomplished among us\, just as they were delivered 
 to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of th
 e word\, it seemed good to me also\, having followed all things closely for
  some time past\, to write an orderly account for you\, most excellent Theo
 philos\, that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you hav
 e been informed. In the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a priest 
 named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of the daug
 hters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous b
 efore God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blam
 eless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and both were
  advanced in years. Now while he was serving as priest before God when his 
 division was on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, it fell 
 to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the who
 le multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. And
  there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of t
 he altar of incense. And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, and fear 
 fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, 
 for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son\, an
 d you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness\, and ma
 ny will rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lord\, and h
 e shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled with the Hol
 y Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the sons o
 f Israel to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the spirit an
 d power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children\, and
  the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the Lord a p
 eople prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I know this? 
 For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the angel answ
 ered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and I was se
 nt to speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\, you will
  be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass
 \, because you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled in their 
 time." And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wondered at his
  delay in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to them\, a
 nd they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he made sig
 ns to them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was ended\, he w
 ent to his home. After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for fi
 ve months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the d
 ays when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the tim
 e came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her
  neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, 
 and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise t
 he child\; and they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but h
 is mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\,
  "None of your kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his 
 father\, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writin
 g tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immed
 iately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing
  God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talke
 d about through all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid
  them up in their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the
  hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with th
 e Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israe
 l\, for he has visited and redeemed his people. And you\, child\, will be c
 alled the prophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to pre
 pare his ways." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was
  in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n  \n\n
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 artyr Golinduc\, Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\, Serapion the Martyr\n\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\n\nBrethren\, if 
 the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobed
 ience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such 
 a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attest
 ed to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and 
 wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed ac
 cording to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the wo
 rld to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "
 What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou ca
 rest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\
 , thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjec
 tion under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he l
 eft nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in
  subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lowe
 r than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering o
 f death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. F
 or it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in brin
 ging many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfec
 t through suffering.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:14-23\n\nAt that time\,
  when Jesus entered Peter's house\, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick wit
 h a fever\; he touched her hand\, and the fever left her\, and she rose and
  served him. That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with 
 demons\; and he cast out the spirits with a word\, and healed all who were 
 sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah\, "He took 
 our infirmities and bore our diseases."\n \nNow when Jesus saw great crowds
  around him\, he gave orders to go over to the other side. And a scribe cam
 e up and said to him\, "Teacher\, I will follow you wherever you go." And J
 esus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and birds of the air have nests\; bu
 t the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." Another of the disciples sai
 d to him\, "Lord\, let me first go and bury my father." But Jesus said to h
 im\, "Follow me\, and leave the dead to bury their own dead." And when he e
 ntered the boat\, his disciples followed him.\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Erasmos of Ochr
 id & his Companion Martyrs\, Demetrios the New Martyr of Philadelphia\, Con
 stantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:7-12\n\nBrethren\, grace to you and peac
 e from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First\, I thank my God thr
 ough Jesus Christ for all of you\, because your faith is proclaimed in all 
 the world. For God is my witness\, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospe
 l of his Son\, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers\, as
 king that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
  For I long to see you\, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to st
 rengthen you\, that is\, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's
  faith\, both yours and mine.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:42-48\n\nThe L
 ord said\, "Give to him who begs from you\, and do not refuse him who would
  borrow from you. You have heard that it was said\, 'You shall love your ne
 ighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you\, Love your enemies and pray 
 for those who persecute you\, so that you may be sons of your Father who is
  in heaven\; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good\, and se
 nds rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you\
 , what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if 
 you salute only your brethren\, what more are you doing than others? Do not
  even the Gentiles do the same? You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your
  heavenly Father is perfect."\n \n\n
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 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\; Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\; Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 ; Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those wh
 o are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call
  them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the
  midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put my 
 trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has given me. 
 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himself likewise
  partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy him who h
 as the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who thr
 ough fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not w
 ith angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Theref
 ore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so that he might
  become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God\, to make
  expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered 
 and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of th
 e Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and 
 his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\; for Her
 od is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took
  the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained t
 here until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken
  by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when
  he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, 
 and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that r
 egion who were two years old or under\, according to the time which he had 
 ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the pr
 ophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\
 , Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be consoled\, because th
 ey were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appea
 red in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his
  mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the child's l
 ife are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\, and went to 
 the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in 
 place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and being warned in
  a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a
  city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfi
 lled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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  Nicholas of Metsovos (1617)\; Nicholas the Mystic\, Patriarch of Constanti
 nople\; Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Brendan the Navigator\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the kin
 g laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James 
 the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Je
 ws\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleave
 ned Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivere
 d him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passove
 r to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest
  prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod
  was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bou
 nd with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\
 ; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cel
 l\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly
 ." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap you
 r mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he d
 id not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was s
 eeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they 
 came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own a
 ccord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediatel
 y the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure
  that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and
  from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8
 :31-42\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, "If you continu
 e in my word\, you are truly my disciples\, and you will know the truth\, a
 nd the truth will make you free." They answered him\, "We are descendants o
 f Abraham\, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you s
 ay\, 'You will be made free'?"\n\nJesus answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I 
 say to you\, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does no
 t continue in the house for ever\; the son continues for ever. So if the So
 n makes you free\, you will be free indeed. I know that you are descendants
  of Abraham\; yet you seek to kill me\, because my word finds no place in y
 ou. I speak of what I have seen with my Father\, and you do what you have h
 eard from your father."\n\nThey answered him\, "Abraham is our father." Jes
 us said to them\, "If you were Abraham's children\, you would do what Abrah
 am did\, but now you seek to kill me\, a man who has told you the truth whi
 ch I heard from God\; this is not what Abraham did. You do what your father
  did." They said to him\, "We were not born of fornication\; we have one Fa
 ther\, even God." Jesus said to them\, "If God were your Father\, you would
  love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I came not of my own a
 ccord\, but he sent me."\n\n
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  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Dionysios\, B
 ishop of Corinth\; Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:9-13\; 5:24-28\nBrethren\, Go
 d has not destined us for wrath\, but to obtain salvation through our Lord 
 Jesus Christ\, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might li
 ve with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up\, jus
 t as you are doing. But we beseech you\, brethren\, to respect those who la
 bor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you\, and to esteem
  them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselv
 es. He who calls you is faithful\, and he will do it. Brethren\, pray for u
 s. Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. I adjure you by the Lord that t
 his letter be read to all the brethren. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
 be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:19-26\nAt that time\, the scr
 ibes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour\, 
 but they feared the people\; for they perceived that he had told this parab
 le against them. So they watched him\, and sent spies\, who pretended to be
  sincere\, that they might take hold of what he said\, so as to deliver him
  up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. They asked him\, "Te
 acher\, we know that you speak and teach rightly\, and show no partiality\,
  but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cae
 sar\, or not?" But he perceived their craftiness\, and said to them\, "Show
  me a coin. Whose likeness and inscription has it?" They said\, "Caesar's."
  He said to them\, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, an
 d to God the things that are God's." And they were not able in the presence
  of the people to catch him by what he said\; but marveling at his answer t
 hey were silent.\n\n
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 ts: Samson the Hospitable\, Joanna the Myrrhbearer\, Anektos the Martyr\, L
 uke the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Romans 15:7-16\n\nBrethren\, welcome one another\, as Christ has welcomed
  you\, for the glory of God. For I tell you that Christ became a servant to
  the circumcised to show God's truthfulness\, in order to confirm the promi
 ses given to the patriarchs\, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify 
 God for his mercy. As it is written\, "Therefore I will praise thee among t
 he Gentiles\, and sing to thy name"\; and again it is said\, "Rejoice\, O G
 entiles\, with his people"\; and again\, "Praise the Lord\, all Gentiles\, 
 and let all the peoples praise him"\; and further Isaiah says\, "The root o
 f Jesse shall come\, he who rises to rule the Gentiles\; in him shall the G
 entiles hope." May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in belie
 ving\, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. I my
 self am satisfied about you\, my brethren\, that you yourselves are full of
  goodness\, filled with all knowledge\, and able to instruct one another. B
 ut on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder\, be
 cause of the grace given me by God to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the 
 Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God\, so that the offerin
 g of the Gentiles may be acceptable\, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.\n\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 12:38-45\n\nAt that time\, the scribes and Pharisees
  came to Jesus saying\, "Teacher\, we wish to see a sign from you." But he 
 answered them\, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign\; but n
 o sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jo
 nah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale\, so will the
  Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The m
 en of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn i
 t\; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah\, and behold\, something gr
 eater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment
  with this generation and condemn it\; for she came from the ends of the ea
 rth to hear the wisdom of Solomon\, and behold\, something greater than Sol
 omon is here.\n \n"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man\, he passe
 s through waterless places seeking rest\, but he finds none. Then he says\,
  'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds 
 it empty\, swept\, and put in order. Then he goes and brings with him seven
  other spirits more evil than himself\, and they enter and dwell there\; an
 d the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be a
 lso with this evil generation."\n  \n\n
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 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\, Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\nTone F
 our\nTenth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ga
 latians 2:16-20\n\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by works 
 of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in Chr
 ist Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by works 
 of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if\
 , in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be
  sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up
  again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgressor.
  For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I have b
 een crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who liv
 es in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son 
 of God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:
 41-56\n\nAt that time\, there came to Jesus a man named Jairus\, who was a 
 ruler of the synagogue\; and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come
  to his house\, for he had an only daughter\, about twelve years of age\, a
 nd she was dying. As he went\, the people pressed round him. And a woman wh
 o had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upo
 n physicians and could not be healed by anyone\, came up behind him\, and t
 ouched the fringe of his garment\; and immediately her flow of blood ceased
 . And Jesus said\, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it\, Peter
  and those who were with him said\, "Master\, the multitudes surround you a
 nd press upon you!" But Jesus said\, "Some one touched me\; for I perceive 
 that power has gone forth from me." And when the woman saw that she was not
  hidden\, she came trembling\, and falling down before him declared in the 
 presence of all the people why she had touched him\, and how she had been i
 mmediately healed. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you
  well\; go in peace." While he was still speaking\, a man from the ruler's 
 house came and said\, "Your daughter is dead\; do not trouble the Teacher a
 ny more." But Jesus on hearing this answered him\, "Do not fear\; only beli
 eve\, and she shall be well." And when he came to the house\, he permitted 
 no one to enter with him\, except Peter and John and James\, and the father
  and mother of the child. And all were weeping and bewailing her\; but he s
 aid\, "Do not weep\; for she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at
  him\, knowing that she was dead. But taking her by the hand he called\, sa
 ying\, "Child\, arise." And her spirit returned\, and she got up at once\; 
 and he directed that something should be given her to eat. And her parents 
 were amazed\; but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\, Eroteis the Martyr of Cappadocia
 \, Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First
  Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostl
 es as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a 
 spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sa
 ke\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are 
 held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thir
 st\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working wit
 h our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; wh
 en slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the
  refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this 
 to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For thoug
 h you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I
  became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\,
  be imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\n\nOn the evening o
 f that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the dis
 ciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said
  to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had said this\, he showed them his 
 hands and his side.  Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  
 Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\,
  even so I send you."  And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, an
 d said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\,
  they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n 
 \nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when
  Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But
  he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and p
 lace my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I
  will not believe."\n \nEight days later\, his disciples were again in the 
 house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and
  stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\
 , "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and pl
 ace it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered 
 him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because 
 you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n 
 \nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which a
 re not written in this book\; but these are written that you may believe th
 at Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing you may have l
 ife in his name.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\, Marinos the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11\, 14-18\n\nBrethren\, co
 nduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let
  your speech always be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know
  how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my aff
 airs\; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in 
 the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know 
 how we are and that he may encourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, 
 the faithful and beloved brother\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell
  you of everything that has taken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner gre
 ets you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have receive
 d instructions if he comes to you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is called 
 Justos. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers 
 for the kingdom of God\, and they have been a comfort to me. Luke the belov
 ed physician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laod
 icea\, and to Nympha and the church in her house. And when this letter has 
 been read among you\, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans\; a
 nd see that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, 
 "See that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I\
 , Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace b
 e with you. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to hi
 s disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects m
 e\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned wi
 th joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" 
 And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\
 , I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and ove
 r all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do 
 not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice tha
 t your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the H
 oly Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, th
 at you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and reveale
 d them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lazarus Saturday\; Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\; Pharmuthios the Anch
 orite\; Guthlac the Hermit of Crowland\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 12:28-29\; 13:1-8\nBRET
 HREN\, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, a
 nd thus let us offer to God acceptable worship\, with reverence and awe\; f
 or our God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect
  to show hospitality to strangers\, for thereby some have entertained angel
 s unawares. Remember those who are in prison\, as though in prison with the
 m\; and those who are ill-treated\, since you also are in the body. Let mar
 riage be held in honor among all\, and let the marriage bed be undefiled\; 
 for God will judge the immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from lov
 e of money\, and be content with what you have\; for he has said\, "I will 
 never fail you nor forsake you." Hence we can confidently say\, "The Lord i
 s my helper\, I will not be afraid\; what can man do to me?" Remember your 
 leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of 
 their life\, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday an
 d today and for ever. \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:1-45\nAt that time\, a ce
 rtain man was ill\, Lazaros of Bethany\, from the village of Mary and her s
 ister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his
  feet with her hair\, whose brother Lazaros was ill. So the sisters sent to
  him\, saying\, "Lord\, he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it h
 e said\, "This illness is not unto death\; it is for the glory of God\, so 
 that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it."\n\n Now Jesus loved M
 artha and her sister and Lazaros. So when he heard that he was ill\, he sta
 yed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to t
 he disciples\, "Let us go into Judea again." The disciples said to him\, "R
 abbi\, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you\, and are you going there
  again?" Jesus answered\, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any on
 e walks in the day\, he does not stumble\, because he sees the light of thi
 s world. But if any one walks in the night\, he stumbles\, because the ligh
 t is not in him." Thus he spoke\, and then he said to them\, "Our friend La
 zaros has fallen asleep\, but I go to awake him out of sleep." The disciple
 s said to him\, "Lord\, if he has fallen asleep\, he will recover." Now Jes
 us had spoken of his death\, but they thought that he meant taking rest in 
 sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly\, "Lazaros is dead\; and for your sake 
 I am glad that I was not there\, so that you may believe. But let us go to 
 him." Thomas\, called the Twin\, said to his fellow disciples\, "Let us als
 o go\, that we may die with him."\n\n Now when Jesus came\, he found that L
 azaros had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem\,
  about two miles off\, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to 
 console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was com
 ing\, she went and met him\, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Je
 sus\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not have died. And ev
 en now I know that whatever you ask from God\, God will give you." Jesus sa
 id to her\, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him\, "I know th
 at he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to h
 er\, "I am the resurrection and the life\; he who believes in me\, though h
 e die\, yet shall he live\, and whoever lives and believes in me shall neve
 r die. Do you believe this?" She said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe that
  you are the Christ\, the Son of God\, he who is coming into the world."\n\
 n When she had said this\, she went and called her sister Mary\, saying qui
 etly\, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she heard it\
 , she rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the villa
 ge\, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who
  were with her in the house\, consoling her\, saw Mary rise quickly and go 
 out\, they followed her\, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep 
 there. Then Mary\, when she came where Jesus was and saw him\, fell at his 
 feet\, saying to him\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not 
 have died." When Jesus saw her weeping\, and the Jews who came with her als
 o weeping\, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled\; and he said\, "Whe
 re have you laid him?" They said to him\, "Lord\, come and see." Jesus wept
 . So the Jews said\, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said\, "Could
  not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?
 "\n\n Then Jesus\, deeply moved again\, came to the tomb\; it was a cave\, 
 and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said\, "Take away the stone." Martha\, the s
 ister of the dead man\, said to him\, "Lord\, by this time there will be an
  odor\, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her\, "Did I not tel
 l you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" So they to
 ok away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said\, "Father\, I than
 k you that you have heard me. I knew that you have heard me always\, but I 
 have said this on account of the people standing by\, that they may believe
  that you did send me." When he had said this\, he cried with a loud voice\
 , "Lazaros\, come out." The dead man came out\, his hands and feet bound wi
 th bandages\, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them\, "Unbi
 nd him\, and let him go." Many of the Jews therefore\, who had come with Ma
 ry and had seen what he did\, believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; The Synaxis of
  the New Martyrs of Russia\; Kastinos\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nMat
 ins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to 
 him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold b
 y the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\
 ; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the ga
 tekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by n
 ame and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes befor
 e them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger the
 y will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the 
 voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not un
 derstand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me 
 are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; 
 if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and fin
 d pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 
 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, h
 oly\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the he
 avens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices dail
 y\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this o
 nce for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in t
 heir weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later
  than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the
  point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who 
 is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a mini
 ster in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by t
 he Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\;
  if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and fi
 nd pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came th
 at they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  T
 he good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling an
 d not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and l
 eaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  
 He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am th
 e good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me
  and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have 
 other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they
  will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Tychon the Wonderworker\, 40 Martyrs of Rome\, Mark the Just of Apollon
 ia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11\n\nWHEN THE DAY of P
 entecost had come\, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sou
 nd came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it filled all the 
 house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fir
 e\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled w
 ith the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as the Spirit gav
 e them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men fr
 om every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together
 \, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them speaking in his o
 wn language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, "Are not all thes
 e who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear\, each of us in hi
 s own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Me
 sopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia and Pamphylia\
 , Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rome
 \, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear them telling i
 n our own tongues the mighty works of God." \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:37
 -52\; 8:12\n\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\, Jesus stood up
  and proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, let him come to me and drink. He who
  believes in me\, as the scripture has said\, 'Out of his heart shall flow 
 rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit\, which those w
 ho believed in him were to receive\; for as yet the Spirit had not been giv
 en\, because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n \nWhen they heard these words\,
  some of the people said\, "This is really the prophet." Others said\, "Thi
 s is the Christ." But some said\, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has 
 not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David\, and comes 
 from Bethlehem\, the village where David was?" So there was a division amon
 g the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, but no one laid 
 hands on him.\n \nThe officers then went back to the chief priests and Phar
 isees\, who said to them\, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answer
 ed\, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them\, "Are 
 you led astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees 
 believed in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, are accursed." 
 Nikodemos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of them\, said to 
 them\, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and lea
 rning what he does?" They replied\, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and y
 ou will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to 
 them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me will not w
 alk in darkness\, but will have the light of life."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Luke\; Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\
 , and Tertios\, Apostles of the 70\; Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\; Hol
 y Father Arsenius of Cappadocia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, being raised from th
 e dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; a
 nd he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, 
 Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of his 
 disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." T
 hey said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boa
 t\; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus st
 ood on the beach\; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus 
 said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He
  said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will 
 find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, fo
 r the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It i
 s the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his cl
 othes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the oth
 er disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they we
 re not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen they got 
 out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\, with fish lying on it\, and 
 bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caug
 ht." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large f
 ish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\,
  the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now 
 none of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the L
 ord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fi
 sh. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples af
 ter he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to t
 he Galatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by wor
 ks of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in 
 Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by wor
 ks of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But 
 if\, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to
  be sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build
  up again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgress
 or. For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I hav
 e been crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who 
 lives in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the S
 on of God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1
 0:25-37\nAt that time\, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test\, saying
 \, "Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him\, "W
 hat is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered\, "You shall l
 ove the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and wi
 th all your strength\, and with all your mind\; and your neighbor as yourse
 lf." And he said to him\, "You have answered right\; do this\, and you will
  live." \n\n But he\, desiring to justify himself\, said to Jesus\, "And wh
 o is my neighbor?" Jesus replied\, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to 
 Jericho\, and he fell among robbers\, who stripped him and beat him\, and d
 eparted\, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that
  road\; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a L
 evite\, when he came to the place and saw him\, passed by on the other side
 . But a Samaritan\, as he journeyed\, came to where he was\; and when he sa
 w him\, he had compassion\, and went to him and bound up his wounds\, pouri
 ng on oil and wine\; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an
  inn\, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and g
 ave them to the innkeeper\, saying\, 'Take care of him\; and whatever more 
 you spend\, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three\, do y
 ou think\, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said\
 , "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him\, "Go and do lik
 ewise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\, Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\, Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\, Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Romans 9:18-33\n\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whome
 ver he wills\, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say 
 to me then\, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" B
 ut who are you\, a man\, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to 
 its molder\, "Why have you made me thus?" Has the potter no right over the 
 clay\, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for m
 enial use? What if God\, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his p
 ower\, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruc
 tion\, in order to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of me
 rcy\, which he has prepared beforehand for glory\, even us whom he has call
 ed\, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says i
 n Hosea\, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people\,' and her w
 ho was not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where 
 it was said to them\, 'You are not my people\,' they will be called 'sons o
 f the living God.'" And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the num
 ber of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of the
 m will be saved\; for the Lord will execute his sentence upon the earth wit
 h rigor and dispatch." And as Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had 
 not left us children\, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Go
 morrah." What shall we say\, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteo
 usness have attained it\, that is\, righteousness through faith\; but that 
 Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed 
 in fulfilling that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith\,
  but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling st
 one\, as it is written\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will ma
 ke men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall\; and he who believes in h
 im will not be put to shame."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:44-50\n\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "Let these words sink into your ears\; for the Son
  of man is to be delivered into the hands of men." But they did not underst
 and this saying\, and it was concealed from them\, that they should not per
 ceive it\; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. And an argume
 nt arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. But when Jesus pe
 rceived the thought of their hearts\, he took a child and put him by his si
 de\, and said to them\, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me
 \, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me\; for he who is least a
 mong you all is the one who is great." John answered\, "Master\, we saw a m
 an casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he does n
 ot follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do not forbid him\; for he tha
 t is not against you is for you."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/29/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\, Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him\
 , The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\, Eustathios the Confessor\, Bisho
 p of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 13:2-13\n\
 n On a bare hill raise a signal\, cry aloud to them\; wave the hand for the
 m to enter the gates of the nobles.  I myself have commanded my consecrated
  ones\, have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger\, my proudly exulti
 ng ones.  \n \nHark\, a tumult on the mountains as of a great multitude! Ha
 rk\, an uproar of kingdoms\, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hos
 ts is mustering a host for battle.  They come from a distant land\, from th
 e end of the heavens\, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation\, to des
 troy the whole earth.  \n \nWail\, for the day of the LORD is near\; as des
 truction from the Almighty it will come!  Therefore all hands will be feebl
 e\, and every man's heart will melt\, and they will be dismayed. Pangs and 
 agony will seize them\; they will be in anguish like a woman in travail. Th
 ey will look aghast at one another\; their faces will be aflame.  \n \nBeho
 ld\, the day of the LORD comes\, cruel\, with wrath and fierce anger\, to m
 ake the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.  For the sta
 rs of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light\; the 
 sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.  I wil
 l punish the world for its evil\, and the wicked for their iniquity\; I wil
 l put an end to the pride of the arrogant\, and lay low the haughtiness of 
 the ruthless.  I will make men more rare than fine gold\, and mankind than 
 the gold of Ophir.  Therefore I will make the heavens tremble\, and the ear
 th will be shaken out of its place\, at the wrath of the LORD of hosts in t
 he day of his fierce anger.\n \n\nGenesis 8:4-21\n\n And in the seventh mon
 th\, on the seventeenth day of the month\, the ark came to rest upon the mo
 untains of Ararat.  And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month
 \; in the tenth month\, on the first day of the month\, the tops of the mou
 ntains were seen.  \n \nAt the end of forty days Noah opened the window of 
 the ark which he had made\, and sent forth a raven\; and it went to and fro
  until the waters were dried up from the earth.  Then he sent forth a dove 
 from him\, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground\; 
 but the dove found no place to set her foot\, and she returned to him to th
 e ark\, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put
  forth his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.  He wai
 ted another seven days\, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark\; 
 and the dove came back to him in the evening\, and lo\, in her mouth a fres
 hly plucked olive leaf\; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the
  earth.  Then he waited another seven days\, and sent forth the dove\; and 
 she did not return to him any more.  \n \nIn the six hundred and first year
 \, in the first month\, the first day of the month\, the waters were dried 
 from off the earth\; and Noah removed the covering of the ark\, and looked\
 , and behold\, the face of the ground was dry.  In the second month\, on th
 e twenty-seventh day of the month\, the earth was dry.  Then God said to No
 ah\,  "Go forth from the ark\, you and your wife\, and your sons and your s
 ons' wives with you.  Bring forth with you every living thing that is with 
 you of all flesh - birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps o
 n the earth - that they may breed abundantly on the earth\, and be fruitful
  and multiply upon the earth."  So Noah went forth\, and his sons and his w
 ife and his sons' wives with him.  And every beast\, every creeping thing\,
  and every bird\, everything that moves upon the earth\, went forth by fami
 lies out of the ark.  \n \nThen Noah built an altar to the LORD\, and took 
 of every clean animal and of every clean bird\, and offered burnt offerings
  on the altar.  And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\, the LORD said
  in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground because of man\, for t
 he imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neither will I ever 
 again destroy every living creature as I have done."\n  \n\nProverbs 10:31-
 11:12\n\nThe mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom\, but the perverse 
 tongue will be cut off.  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable\
 , but the mouth of the wicked\, what is perverse.  A false balance is an ab
 omination to the LORD\, but a just weight is his delight.  When pride comes
 \, then comes disgrace\; but with the humble is wisdom.  The integrity of t
 he upright guides them\, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys th
 em.  Riches do not profit in the day of wrath\, but righteousness delivers 
 from death.  The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight\, bu
 t the wicked falls by his own wickedness.  The righteousness of the upright
  delivers them\, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.  When
  the wicked dies\, his hope perishes\, and the expectation of the godless c
 omes to nought.  The righteous is delivered from trouble\, and the wicked g
 ets into it instead.  With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neig
 hbor\, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.  When it goes well wit
 h the righteous\, the city rejoices\; and when the wicked perish there are 
 shouts of gladness.  By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted\, but
  it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.  He who belittles his neighbo
 r lacks sense\, but a man of understanding remains silent.\n \n
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 ts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\, Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian 
 the Martyrs of Nicomedea\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lad
 y the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Martyr
  of Samaria\, Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\, Paul\, Ju
 liana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 7:10-16\n\nBr
 ethren\, godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brin
 gs no regret\, but worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness t
 his godly grief has produced in you\, what eagerness to clear yourselves\, 
 what indignation\, what alarm\, what longing\, what zeal\, what punishment!
  At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter. So alth
 ough I wrote to you\, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong\, 
 nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong\, but in order that your z
 eal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.\n \nTherefore we a
 re comforted.\n \nAnd besides our own comfort we rejoiced still more at the
  joy of Titus\, because his mind has been set at rest by you all. For if I 
 have expressed to him some pride in you\, I was not put to shame\; but just
  as everything we said to you was true\, so our boasting before Titus has p
 roved true. And his heart goes out all the more to you\, as he remembers th
 e obedience of you all\, and the fear and trembling with which you received
  him. I rejoice\, because I have perfect confidence in you.\n\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Mark 2:18-22\n\nAt that time\, John's disciples and the Pharisees wer
 e fasting\; and people came and said to him\, "Why do John's disciples and 
 the disciples of the Pharisees fast\, but your disciples do not fast? And J
 esus said to them\, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is wi
 th them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them\, they cannot fast. 
 The days will come\, when the bridegroom is taken away from them\, and then
  they will fast in that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an ol
 d garment\; if he does\, the patch tears away from it\, the new from the ol
 d\, and a worse tear is made. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins\;
  if he does\, the wine will burst the skins\, and the wine is lost\, and so
  are the skins\; but new wine is for fresh skins."\n \n\n
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 ts: Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's First Universal Letter 5:6-14\n\nBRETHREN\, h
 umble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God\, that in due time 
 he may exalt you. Cast all your anxieties on him\, for he cares about you. 
 Be sober\, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roari
 ng lion\, seeking some one to devour. Resist him\, first in your faith\, kn
 owing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood
  throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while\, the God
  of all grace\, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ\, will hi
 mself restore\, establish and strengthen you. To him be the dominion for ev
 er and ever. Amen.\n\nBy Silvanos\, a faithful brother as I regard him\, I 
 have written briefly to you\, exhorting and declaring that this is the true
  grace of God\; stand fast in it. She who is at Babylon\, who is likewise c
 hosen\, sends you greetings\; and so does my son Mark. Greet one another wi
 th the kiss of love.\n\nPeace to all of you that are in Christ.\n  \n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears
  you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me r
 ejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, e
 ven the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I sa
 w Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authorit
 y to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enem
 y\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that 
 the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in
  heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I th
 ank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these th
 ings from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Fat
 her\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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 ts: Pachomius the Great\, Achillius the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lariss
 a\, Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra\, Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker\
 , Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Acts of the Apostles 17:19-28\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the Athenians took hold 
 of Paul and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what this 
 new teaching is which you present? For you bring some strange things to our
  ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things mean." Now all the Athe
 nians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except
  telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the 
 Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are ver
 y religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worsh
 ip\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' Wha
 t therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who ma
 de the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does n
 ot live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as thoug
 h he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath an
 d everything. And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the f
 ace of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of
  their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might
  feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for '
 In him we live and move and have our being.' \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:
 19-36\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said t
 o one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gon
 e after him."\n \nNow among those who went up to worship at the feast were 
 some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, 
 and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew
 \; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "
 The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say
  to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remain
 s alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses
  it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life
 . If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall m
 y servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n \n"
 Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this 
 hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify you
 r name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will 
 glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thun
 dered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This v
 oice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this wor
 ld\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lift
 ed up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show b
 y what death he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from th
 e law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man
  must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The ligh
 t is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the
  darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not know where h
 e goes. While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may beco
 me sons of light."\n\n\n
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 sts: David the Righteous of Thessalonika\; Appearance of the Icon of Our Mo
 st Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Romans 9:6-19\nBrethren\, it is not as though the wo
 rd of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to I
 srael\, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendant
 s\; but "Through Isaac shall your descendants be named." This means that it
  is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God\, but the chi
 ldren of the promise are reckoned as descendants. For this is what the prom
 ise said\, "About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son." And 
 not only so\, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man\, our
  forefather Isaac\, though they were not yet born and had done nothing eith
 er good or bad\, in order that God's purpose of election might continue\, n
 ot because of works but because of his call\, she was told\, "The elder wil
 l serve the younger." As it is written\, "Jacob I loved\, but Esau I hated.
 " What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! Fo
 r he says to Moses\, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy\, and I will h
 ave compassion on whom I have compassion." So it depends not upon man's wil
 l or exertion\, but upon God's mercy. For the scripture says to Pharoah\, "
 I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you\, so t
 hat my name may be proclaimed in all the earth." So then he has mercy upon 
 whomever he wills\, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will
  say to me then\, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his wil
 l?"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-36\; 11:1\nThe Lord said to his discip
 les\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge b
 efore my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I als
 o will deny before my Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I have com
 e to bring peace on earth\; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For
  I have come to set a man against his father\, and a daughter against her m
 other\, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law\; and a man's foes 
 will be those of his own household."\n\nAnd when Jesus had finished instruc
 ting his twelve disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach in th
 eir cities.\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\, Theodota the Martyr and her Children\, Hol
 y Virgin Martyr Theodota\, Constantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, 
 Pious King Theodosius the New\, Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\, Ol
 af of Norway\n\nPlagal of the Fourth Tone\nNinth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9-17\n\nBrethren\, 
 we are God's fellow workers\; you are God's field\, God's building. Accordi
 ng to the grace of God given to me\, like a skilled master builder I laid a
  foundation\, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care h
 ow he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that whi
 ch is laid\, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation
  with gold\, silver\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, straw - each man's wor
 k will become manifest\; for the Day will disclose it\, because it will be 
 revealed with fire\, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has 
 done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives\, he w
 ill receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up\, he will suffer loss\
 , though he himself will be saved\, but only as through fire. Do you not kn
 ow that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any on
 e destroys God's temple\, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy\, 
 and that temple you are.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-34\n\nAt that t
 ime\, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the o
 ther side\, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the c
 rowds\, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came\, h
 e was there alone\, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant fro
 m the land\, beaten by the waves\; for the wind was against them. And in th
 e fourth watch of the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. But when 
 the disciples saw him walking on the sea\, they were terrified\, saying\, "
 It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to th
 em\, saying "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear." \n \nAnd Peter answered 
 him\, "Lord\, if it is you\, bid me come to you on the water." He said\, "C
 ome." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesu
 s\; but when he saw the wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning to sink he cri
 ed out\, "Lord\, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caugh
 t him\, saying to him\, "O man of little faith\, why did you doubt?" And wh
 en they entered the boat\, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped
  him\, saying\, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed o
 ver\, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\, Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\, Holy Martyrs Ascepsia and Aethal\, Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\,
  Leontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\, The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas
 \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Hebrews 4:1-13\n\nBrethren\, while the promise of entering his rest remains
 \, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it. For go
 od news came to us just as to them\; but the message which they heard did n
 ot benefit them\, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers. For we
  who have believed enter that rest\, as he has said\, "As I swore in my wra
 th\, 'They shall never enter my rest\,'" although his works were finished f
 rom the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh
  day in this way\, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." 
 And again in this place he said\, "They shall never enter my rest." Since t
 herefore it remains for some to enter it\, and those who formerly received 
 the good news failed to enter because of disobedience\, again he sets a cer
 tain day\, "Today\," saying through David so long afterward\, in the words 
 already quoted\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hear
 ts." For if Joshua had given them rest\, God would not speak later of anoth
 er day. So then\, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God\; for 
 whoever enters God's rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his. 
 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest\, that no one fall by the same s
 ort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active\, sharper tha
 n any two-edged sword\, piercing to the division of soul and spirit\, of jo
 ints and marrow\, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 
 And before him no creature is hidden\, but all are open and laid bare to th
 e eyes of him with whom we have to do.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:22-26\n\
 nAt that time\, Jesus came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a b
 lind man\, and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the ha
 nd\, and led him out of the village\; and when he had spit on his eyes and 
 laid his hands upon him\, he asked him\, "Do you see anything?" And he look
 ed up and said\, "I see men\; but they look like trees\, walking." Then aga
 in he laid his hands upon his eyes\; and he looked intently and was restore
 d\, and saw everything clearly. And he sent him away to his home\, saying\,
  "Do not even enter the village."       \n \n\n
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 s: Job the Prophet\, Our Holy Father Seraphim the Struggler of Mt. Domvu\, 
 Sophia of Kleisoura\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 3:19-26\n\
 nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and turn again\, that y
 our sins may be blotted out\, that times of refreshing may come from the pr
 esence of the Lord\, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you\, Je
 sus\, whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God
  spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. Moses said\, 'The Lor
 d God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up
 . You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that ev
 ery soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the p
 eople.' And all the prophets who have spoken\, from Samuel and those who ca
 me afterwards\, also proclaimed these days. You are the sons of the prophet
 s and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers\, saying to Abraham\, 
 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' God
 \, having raised up his servant\, sent him to you first\, to bless you in t
 urning every one of you from your wickedness."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:
 1-11\n\nAt that time\, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee\, and the mot
 her of Jesus was there\; Jesus also was invited to the wedding\, with his d
 isciples. When the wine gave out\, the mother of Jesus said to him\, "They 
 have no wine." And Jesus said to her\, "O woman\, what have you to do with 
 me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants\, "Do whatev
 er he tells you." Now six stone jars were standing there\, for the Jewish r
 ites of purification\, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to
  them\, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. He
  said to them\, "Now draw some out\, and take it to the steward of the feas
 t." So they took it. When the steward of the feast tasted the water now bec
 ome wine\, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had
  drawn the water knew)\, the steward of the feast called the bridegroom and
  said to him\, "Every man serves the good wine first\; and when men have dr
 unk freely\, then the poor wine\; but you have kept the good wine until now
 ." This\, the first of his signs\, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee\, and manif
 ested his glory\; and his disciples believed in him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/6/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, 120 Martyrs of Persia\, Gregor
 y of Sinai\, Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:9-12\n\nBRETHREN\
 , we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not so
  unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake
  in serving the saints\, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to 
 show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the
  end\, so that you may not be sluggish\, but imitators of those who through
  faith and patience inherit the promises.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 7:31-3
 7\n\nAt that time\, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre\, and went throu
 gh Sidon to the Sea of Galilee\, through the region of Dekapolis. And they 
 brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech\; and
  they besought him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the 
 multitude privately\, he put his fingers into his ears\, and he spat and to
 uched his tongue\; and looking up to heaven\, he sighed\, and said to him\,
  "Ephphatha\," that is\, "Be opened." And his ears were opened\, his tongue
  was released\, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one\; 
 but the more he charged them\, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And t
 hey were astonished beyond measure\, saying\, "He has done all things well:
  he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/8/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\, Pa
 tapius the Righteous of Thebes\, Apollo\, Tychikos\, Sosthenes\, Cephas\, E
 paphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\n\nStrict Fast\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:1-2\; 8-18\n\nPau
 l\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise 
 of life which is in Christ Jesus\,\n \nTo Timothy\, my beloved child:\n \nG
 race\, mercy\, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.\n \
 nDo not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\
 , but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God\, who saved us 
 and called us with a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works but in virtu
 e of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ag
 o\, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus
 \, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through th
 e gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teache
 r\, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I know whom 
 I have believed\, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day wha
 t has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound words which you
  have heard from me\, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus\; gua
 rd the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells w
 ithin us.\n \nYou are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me\, 
 and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the hou
 sehold of Onesiphoros\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not ashamed of m
 y chains\, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found
  me - may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day - and 
 you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 21:37-38\, 22:1-8\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in the temple e
 very day\, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. 
 And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear h
 im. Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, which is called the Passo
 ver. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to d
 eath\; for they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Isc
 ariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he went away and conferred wi
 th the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. And they
  were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed\, and sought an op
 portunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Then came 
 the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrific
 ed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover for u
 s\, that we may eat it."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/17/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love\, Herakleides & M
 yron\, Bishops of Crete\, Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nPlagal of the Sec
 ond Tone\nFourth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Galatians 2:16-20\n\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by 
 works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed 
 in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by 
 works of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. B
 ut if\, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found
  to be sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I bu
 ild up again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgr
 essor. For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I 
 have been crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ w
 ho lives in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in th
 e Son of God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 8:34-38\; 9:1\n\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, le
 t him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would s
 ave his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the 
 gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole wo
 rld and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? F
 or whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful gene
 ration\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the 
 glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I
  say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste death before 
 they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200211
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\; Anastasios\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Porphyr
 ios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2
 1:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their
  hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and p
 risons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's s
 ake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in 
 your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you
  a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withst
 and or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers an
 d kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will b
 e hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish.
  By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grac
 e that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many wit
 nesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share
  in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets
  entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who e
 nlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the 
 rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of th
 e crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding 
 in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended f
 rom David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering 
 and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. T
 herefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may
  obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading
 : John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command y
 ou\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated 
 me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love it
 s own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the w
 orld\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you
 \, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, the
 y will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  B
 ut all this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know hi
 m who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have 
 sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my 
 Father also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\
 , they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my
  Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They ha
 ted me without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall s
 end to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from t
 he Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, becau
 se you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you t
 o keep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; in
 deed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering 
 service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\; Savinos the Bishop of Catania\; Barsus 
 the Confessor\; Euthymios the New\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Ephesians 5:20-25\nBrethren\, always and for everything give thanks in 
 the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. Be subject to one anot
 her out of reverence for Christ. Wives\, be subject to your husbands\, as t
 o the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head o
 f the church\, his body\, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subje
 ct to Christ\, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands
 . Husbands\, love your wives\, as Christ loved the church and gave himself 
 up for her.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:23-27\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his c
 ross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\; an
 d whoever loses his life for my sake\, he will save it. For what does it pr
 ofit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For w
 hoever is ashamed of me and of my words\, of him will the Son of man be ash
 amed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy
  angels. But I tell you truly\, there are some standing here who will not t
 aste death before they see the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/7/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\, Our Righteous Father Panagis (Pais
 ios) Basias\, Tarasios & John the Martyrs\, Sebastian the Wonderworker\, Ze
 nais the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Ac
 ts of the Apostles 19:1-8\n\nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\,
  Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found 
 some disciples. And he said to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when
  you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we have never even heard that there i
 s a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They sa
 id\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism
  of repentance\, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come a
 fter him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were baptized in the na
 me of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy
  Spirit came on them\; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There we
 re about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three 
 months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n \n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 14:1-11\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let not y
 our hearts be troubled\; believe in God\, believe also in me. In my Father'
 s house there are many rooms\; if it were not so\, would I have told you th
 at I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for y
 ou\, I will come again and will take you to myself\, that where I am you ma
 y be also. And you know the way where I am going." Thomas said to him\, "Lo
 rd\, we do not know where you are going\; how can we know the way?" Jesus s
 aid to him\, "I am the way\, and the truth\, and the life\; no one comes to
  the Father\, but by me. If you had known me\, you would have known my Fath
 er also\; henceforth you know him and have seen him."\n \nPhilip said to hi
 m\, "Lord\, show us the Father\, and we shall be satisfied." Jesus said to 
 him\, "Have I been with you so long\, and yet you do not know me\, Philip? 
 He who has seen me has seen the Father\; how can you say\, 'Show us the Fat
 her?' Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The 
 words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority\; but the Father
  who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and th
 e Father in me."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\; Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian
  the Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Marty
 r of Samaria\; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\; Paul\, J
 uliana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 2:3-15\nBrethren\, my joy is 
 the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of h
 eart and with many tears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the ab
 undant love that I have for you.\n\nBut if any one has caused pain\, he has
  caused it not to me\, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - t
 o you all. For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough\; so yo
 u should rather turn to forgive and comfort him\, for he may be overwhelmed
  by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. For this 
 is why I wrote\, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in
  everything. Any one whom you forgive\, I also forgive. What I have forgive
 n\, if I have forgiven anything\, has been for your sake in the presence of
  Christ\, to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us\; for we are not
  ignorant of his designs.\n\nWhen I came to Troas to preach the gospel of C
 hrist\, a door was opened for me in the Lord\; but my mind could not rest b
 ecause I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and w
 ent on to Macedonia.\n\nBut thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads u
 s in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him
  everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are bein
 g saved and among those who are perishing.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:13
 -22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes 
 and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a pretens
 e you make long prayers\; therefore you will receive the greater condemnati
 on. But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut t
 he kingdom of heaven against men\; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor a
 llow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, h
 ypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and w
 hen he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of hell as 
 yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the
  temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple\,
  he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater\, the gold
  or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swe
 ars by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gift that i
 s on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is grea
 ter\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by
  the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it\; and he who swears by th
 e temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it\; and he who swears by 
 heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181228
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Nativity\, Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\, The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\, Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apo
 stles 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\n\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and
  power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those w
 ho belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of th
 e Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\
 , arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom 
 and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who
  said\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." 
 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they ca
 me upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up 
 false witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against th
 is holy place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Na
 zareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses de
 livered to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his
  face was like the face of an angel.\n \nAnd the high priest said\, "Is thi
 s so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory 
 appeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he liv
 ed in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindre
 d and go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the la
 nd of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God r
 emoved him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he g
 ave him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to g
 ive it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had 
 no child.\n \n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most H
 igh does not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heave
 n is my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\,
  says the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all 
 these things?'\n \n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ea
 rs\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Wh
 ich of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those w
 ho announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now
  betrayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels an
 d did not keep it."\n \nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\
 , and they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit
 \, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the r
 ight hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and t
 he Son of man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a
  loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they 
 cast him out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their
  garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning S
 tephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down an
 d cried with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And
  when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33
 -42\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There was a householder who planted a 
 vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and bui
 lt a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. Whe
 n the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to 
 get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed ano
 ther\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the fir
 st\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, say
 ing 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they sai
 d to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his i
 nheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed 
 him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to th
 ose tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a miserable
  death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fr
 uits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the sc
 riptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head o
 f the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
 '"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Bucolus\, Bishop of Sm
 yrna\, Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\, Afterfeast of the Presenta
 tion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Ilyan of Homs\n\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethren\, it wa
 s fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unsta
 ined\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\
 , like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own s
 ins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he off
 ered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high p
 riests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoint
 s a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are s
 aying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right 
 hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary a
 nd the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n  \n\nGospel
  Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enter
 s by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The 
 thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have 
 life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd 
 lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\
 , whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep a
 nd flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because 
 he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\;
  I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the F
 ather\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, tha
 t are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voi
 ce. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\, Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius
 \, Paulinus and Benedimus\, Julian the Martyr\, Euphrasia the Martyr of Nic
 ea\, Stephen I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8\n\nIn those days\, w
 hile Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper country and cam
 e to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them\, "Did you
  receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we have 
 never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into what the
 n were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said\, "J
 ohn baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the people to believe
  in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\,
  they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid h
 is hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they spoke with ton
 gues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered
  the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading abo
 ut the kingdom of God.\n \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:1-11\n\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be troubled\; believe in God\, beli
 eve also in me. In my Father's house there are many rooms\; if it were not 
 so\, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I
  go and prepare a place for you\, I will come again and will take you to my
 self\, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am goi
 ng." Thomas said to him\, "Lord\, we do not know where you are going\; how 
 can we know the way?" Jesus said to him\, "I am the way\, and the truth\, a
 nd the life\; no one comes to the Father\, but by me. If you had known me\,
  you would have known my Father also\; henceforth you know him and have see
 n him."\n \nPhilip said to him\, "Lord\, show us the Father\, and we shall 
 be satisfied." Jesus said to him\, "Have I been with you so long\, and yet 
 you do not know me\, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father\; how c
 an you say\, 'Show us the Father?' Do you not believe that I am in the Fath
 er and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my o
 wn authority\; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me t
 hat I am in the Father and the Father in me."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/11/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\, Theodora the Righteous\, Pionios 
 the Presbyter\, George the New Wonderworker of Constantinople\, Trophimos a
 nd Thallos the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 1
 :1-20\n\nThe vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz\, which he saw concerning Jud
 ah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah\, Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezeki'ah\, k
 ings of Judah.  Hear\, O heavens\, and give ear\, O earth\; for the Lord ha
 s spoken:  "Sons have I reared and brought up\, but they have rebelled agai
 nst me.  The ox knows its owner\, and the ass its master's crib\; but Israe
 l does not know\, my people does not understand."\n \nAh\, sinful nation\, 
 a people laden with iniquity\, offspring of evildoers\, sons who deal corru
 ptly!  They have forsaken the Lord\, they have despised the Holy One of Isr
 ael\, they are utterly estranged.\n \nWhy will you still be smitten\, that 
 you continue to rebel?  The whole head is sick\, and the whole heart faint.
   From the sole of the foot even to the head\, there is no soundness in it\
 , but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds\; they are not pressed out\, or
  bound up\, or softened with oil.\n \nYour country lies desolate\, your cit
 ies are burned with fire\; in your very presence aliens devour your land\; 
 it is desolate\, as overthrown by aliens.  And the daughter of Zion is left
  like a booth in a vineyard\, like a lodge in a cucumber field\, like a bes
 ieged city.\n \nIf the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors\, we s
 hould have been like Sodom\, and become like Gomor'rah.\n \nHear the word o
 f the Lord\, you rulers of Sodom!  Give ear to the teaching of our God\, yo
 u people of Gomor'rah!  "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? sa
 ys the Lord\; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of f
 ed beasts\; I do not delight in the blood of bulls\, or of lambs\, or of he
 -goats.\n \n"When you come to appear before me\, who requires of you this t
 rampling of my courts?  Bring no more vain offerings\; incense is an abomin
 ation to me.  New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies -- I canno
 t endure iniquity and solemn assembly.  Your new moons and your appointed f
 easts my soul hates\; they have become a burden to me\, I am weary of beari
 ng them.  When you spread forth your hands\, I will hide my eyes from you\;
  even though you make many prayers\, I will not listen\; your hands are ful
 l of blood.  Wash yourselves\; make yourselves clean\; remove the evil of y
 our doings from before my eyes\; cease to do evil\, learn to do good\; seek
  justice\, correct oppression\; defend the fatherless\, plead for the widow
 .\n \n"Come now\, let us reason together\, says the Lord:  though your sins
  are like scarlet\, they shall be as white as snow\; though they are red li
 ke crimson\, they shall become like wool.  If you are willing and obedient\
 , you shall eat the good of the land\; But if you refuse and rebel\, you sh
 all be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n\n\n
 Genesis 1:1-13\n\nIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  
 The earth was without form and void\, and darkness was upon the face of the
  deep\; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.\n \nA
 nd God said\, "Let there be light"\; and there was light.  And God saw that
  the light was good\; and God separated the light from the darkness.  God c
 alled the light Day\, and the darkness he called Night.  And there was even
 ing and there was morning\, one day.\n \nAnd God said\, "Let there be a fir
 mament in the midst of the waters\, and let it separate the waters from the
  waters."  And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were u
 nder the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.  And it 
 was so.  And God called the firmament Heaven.  And there was evening and th
 ere was morning\, a second day.\n \nAnd God said\, "Let the waters under th
 e heavens be gathered together into one place\, and let the dry land appear
 ."  And it was so.  God called the dry land Earth\, and the waters that wer
 e gathered together he called Seas.  And God saw that it was good.  And God
  said\, "Let the earth put forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed\, and fr
 uit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, each according to its kind
 \, upon the earth."  And it was so.  The earth brought forth vegetation\, p
 lants yielding seed according to their own kinds\, and trees bearing fruit 
 in which is their seed\, each according to its kind.  And God saw that it w
 as good.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a third day.\n\n\nP
 roverbs 1:1-20\n\nThe proverbs of Solomon\, son of David\, king of Israel:\
 n \nThat men may know wisdom and instruction\, understand words of insight\
 , receive instruction in wise dealing\, righteousness\, justice\, and equit
 y\; that prudence may be given to the simple\, knowledge and discretion to 
 the youth -- the wise man also may hear and increase in learning\, and the 
 man of understanding acquire skill\, to understand a proverb and a figure\,
  the words of the wise and their riddles.  The fear of the Lord is the begi
 nning of knowledge\; fools despise wisdom and instruction.\n \nHear\, my so
 n\, your father's instruction\, and reject not your mother's teaching\; for
  they are a fair garland for your head\, and pendants for your neck.  My so
 n\, if sinners entice you\, do not consent.  If they say\, "Come with us\, 
 let us lie in wait for blood\, let us wantonly ambush the innocent\; like S
 heol let us swallow them alive and whole\, like those who go down to the Pi
 t\; we shall find all precious goods\, we shall fill our houses with spoil\
 ; throw in your lot among us\, we will all have one purse" -- my son\, do n
 ot walk in the way with them\, hold back your foot from their paths\; for t
 heir feet run to evil\, and they make haste to shed blood.  For in vain is 
 a net spread in the sight of any bird\; but these men lie in wait for their
  own blood\, they set an ambush for their own lives.  Such are the ways of 
 all who get gain by violence\; it takes away the life of its possessors.\n 
 \nWisdom cries aloud in the street\; in the markets she raises her voice.\n
   \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/3/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\, Our Righteous Father John\, Bi
 shop and Hesychast\, Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\, Theodore\, Archbi
 shop of Alexandria\, Angelis the New Martyr\, Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nFas
 t Day (Fish Allowed)\nTone One\nFourth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\n\nBrethren\, walk as children o
 f light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and 
 true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the 
 unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it is a shame e
 ven to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but when anything is ex
 posed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that becomes visible i
 s light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dea
 d\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk\, no
 t as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, because the day
 s are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what the will of t
 he Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debauchery\; but b
 e filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and s
 piritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus drew near to
  Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging\; and hearing a 
 multitude going by\, he inquired what this meant. They told him\, "Jesus of
  Nazareth is passing by." And he cried\, "Jesus\, Son of David\, have mercy
  on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him\, telling him to be silent
 \; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of David\, have mercy on me!" And J
 esus stopped\, and commanded him to be brought to him\; and when he came ne
 ar\, he asked him\, "What do you want me to do for you?" He said\, "Lord\, 
 let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him\, "Receive your sight\; you
 r faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and follo
 wed him\, glorifying God\; and all the people\, when they saw it\, gave pra
 ise to God.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amos the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Hieronymus\; Augustine the Ble
 ssed\, Bishop of Hippo\; Jerome the Righteous\; Achikos\, Stephanas\, & For
 tuanatos the Apostles\; Father among the Saints Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kie
 v\; Lazar of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Romans 2:28-29\; 3:1-18\nBrethren\, he is not a real Jew w
 ho is one outwardly\, nor is true circumcision something external and physi
 cal. He is a Jew who is one inwardly\, and real circumcision is a matter of
  the heart\, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men but from
  God. Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision
 ? Much in every way. To begin with\, the Jews are entrusted with the oracle
 s of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify th
 e faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every man be fal
 se\, as it is written\, "That thou mayest be justified in thy words\, and p
 revail when thou art judged." But if our wickedness serves to show the just
 ice of God\, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? 
 (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the wor
 ld? But if through my falsehood God's truthfulness abounds to his glory\, w
 hy am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good ma
 y come? - as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemna
 tion is just. What then? Are we Jews any better off? No\, not at all\; for 
 we have already charged that all men\, both Jews and Greeks\, are under the
  power of sin\, as it is written:\n\n"None is righteous\, no\, not one\; no
  one understands\, no one seeks for God. All have turned aside\, together t
 hey have gone wrong\; no one does good\, not even one."\n\n"Their throat is
  an open grave\, they use their tongues to deceive."\n\n"The venom of asps 
 is under their lips."\n\n"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."\n\
 n"Their feet are swift to shed blood\, in their paths are ruin and misery\,
  and the way of peace they do not know." \n\n"There is no fear of God befo
 re their eyes."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:31-34\; 7:9-11\nThe Lord said\
 , "Do not be anxious\, saying\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drin
 k?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things\; and y
 our heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdo
 m and his righteousness\, and all these things shall be yours as well. Ther
 efore do not be anxious about tomorrow\, for tomorrow will be anxious for i
 tself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. Or what man of 
 you\, if his son asks him for bread\, will give him a stone? Or if he asks 
 for a fish\, will give him a serpent? If you then\, who are evil\, know how
  to give good gifts to your children\, how much more will your Father who i
 s in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/21/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\, Terentios\, Bishop of Iconium\, Nikitas t
 he New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Romans 2:14-28\n\nBrethren\, when Gentiles who have not the law d
 o by nature what the law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even tho
 ugh they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is writt
 en on their hearts\, while their conscience also bears witness and their co
 nflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, accordi
 ng to my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. But if you
  call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to Go
 d and know his will and approve what is excellent\, because you are instruc
 ted in the law\, and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind\, a 
 light to those who are in darkness\, a corrector of the foolish\, a teacher
  of children\, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - yo
 u then who teach others\, will you not teach yourself? While you preach aga
 inst stealing\, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery
 \, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols\, do you rob temples? You wh
 o boast in the law\, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? For\, as it i
 s written\, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of yo
 u." Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law\; but if you break 
 the law\, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. So\, if a man who is un
 circumcised keeps the precepts of the law\, will not his uncircumcision be 
 regarded as circumcision? Then those who are physically uncircumcised but k
 eep the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but
  break the law. For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true
  circumcision something external and physical.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  5:33-41\n\nThe Lord said\, "You have heard that it was said to the men of 
 old\, 'You shall not swear falsely\, but shall perform to the Lord what you
  have sworn.' But I say to you\, Do not swear at all\, either by heaven\, f
 or it is the throne of God\, or by the earth\, for it is his footstool\, or
  by Jerusalem\, for it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by y
 our head\, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be
  simply 'Yes' or 'No'\; anything more than this comes from evil. You have h
 eard that it was said\, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I 
 say to you\, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on t
 he right cheek\, turn to him the other also\; and if any one would sue you 
 and take your coat\, let him have your cloak as well\; and if any one force
 s you to go one mile\, go with him two miles."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joel the Prophet\, Varys the Martyr\, John of Rilas\, Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\, John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\n\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\n\nIn those days\, Peter\, stand
 ing with the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Jude
 a and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear 
 to my words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is onl
 y the third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Jo
 el: 'And in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out
  my Spirit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy
 \, and your young men shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream drea
 ms\; yea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will 
 pour out my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in th
 e heaven above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapo
 r of smoke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\
 , before the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it sha
 ll be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 9:49-56\n\nAt that time\, one of Jesus' disciples came to
  him and said\, "Master\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, an
 d we forbade him\, because he does not follow with us." But Jesus said to h
 im\, "Do not forbid him\; for he that is not against you is for you." When 
 the days drew near for him to be received up\, he set his face to go to Jer
 usalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went and entered a villag
 e of the Samaritans\, to make ready for him\; but the people would not rece
 ive him\, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples
  James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lord\, do you want us to bid fire com
 e down from heaven and consume them as Elijah did?" But he turned and rebuk
 ed them. And they went on to another village.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/11/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas of Egypt\, Victor and Stephanie\, Theodore the Studite\, Holy Ma
 rtyr Vincent\n\nGrave Tone\nSecond Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\n\nBrethren\, it is the God
  who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts
  to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chri
 st.\n \nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tra
 nscendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every wa
 y\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, 
 but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the
  body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested
  in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death fo
 r Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal f
 lesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n \nSince we have the s
 ame spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," w
 e too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus
  will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  Fo
 r it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more peopl
 e it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 10:25-37\n\nAt that time\, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test\
 , saying\, "Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to 
 him\, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered\, "You
  shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\
 , and with all your strength\, and with all your mind\; and your neighbor a
 s yourself." And he said to him\, "You have answered right\; do this\, and 
 you will live." \n \nBut he\, desiring to justify himself\, said to Jesus\,
  "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied\, "A man was going down from Jerus
 alem to Jericho\, and he fell among robbers\, who stripped him and beat him
 \, and departed\, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going d
 own that road\; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So like
 wise a Levite\, when he came to the place and saw him\, passed by on the ot
 her side. But a Samaritan\, as he journeyed\, came to where he was\; and wh
 en he saw him\, he had compassion\, and went to him and bound up his wounds
 \, pouring on oil and wine\; then he set him on his own beast and brought h
 im to an inn\, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denar
 ii and gave them to the innkeeper\, saying\, 'Take care of him\; and whatev
 er more you spend\, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these thre
 e\, do you think\, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 
 He said\, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him\, "Go an
 d do likewise."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/8/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\, The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Zach
 ariah)\, Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\, Afterfeast of the Presentatio
 n of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Cuthman of Steyning\n\n\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10\n\nBrethren\, God who i
 s rich in mercy\, out of the great love with which he loved us\, even when 
 we were dead through our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (b
 y grace you have been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit 
 with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages h
 e might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in 
 Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is 
 not your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any
  man should boast. For we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for
  good works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "
 Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as ser
 pents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up t
 o councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged bef
 ore governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the
  Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to spea
 k or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in 
 that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father spe
 aking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the fathe
 r his child\, and children will rise against parents and have them put to d
 eath\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures 
 to the end will be saved."\n\n\n
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 sts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\; Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\; Ri
 ghteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:3-10\nBrethren\, grac
 e to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ\, who gave
  himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age\, according t
 o the will of our God and Father\; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. 
 Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you 
 in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel - not that there i
 s another gospel\, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert t
 he gospel of Christ. But even if we\, or an angel of heaven\, should preach
  to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you\, let him be acc
 ursed. As we have said before\, so now I say again\, If any one is preachin
 g to you a gospel contrary to that which you received\, let him be accursed
 . Am I now seeking the favor of men\, or of God? Or am I trying to please m
 en? If I were still pleasing men\, I should not be a servant of Christ.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of
  God is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his gard
 en\; and it grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in
  its branches." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of
  God? It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flo
 ur\, till it was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villag
 es\, teaching\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\,
  "Lord\, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to
  enter by the narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and 
 will not be able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the door\
 , you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord
 \, open to us.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' T
 hen you will begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you ta
 ught in our streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where y
 ou come from\; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you wil
 l weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and al
 l the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men
  will come from east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table
  in the kingdom of God."\n\n
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 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The
  Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\; Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokaly
 via\, Mount Athos\; Hilary of Poitiers\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
  - Mediatress\; Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, w
 e were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be 
 revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we mig
 ht be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer un
 der a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through fai
 th. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. The
 re is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is ne
 ither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are
  Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. 
 I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave
 \, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and
  trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were child
 ren\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the
  time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born unde
 r the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might recei
 ve adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesu
 s was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chie
 f priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell u
 s by what authority you do these things\, or who it is that gave you this a
 uthority."  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell m
 e\, was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed i
 t with one another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'W
 hy did you not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people w
 ill stone us\; for they are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they an
 swered that they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Nei
 ther will I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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 s: Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles\, Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, Abb
 ot of Cucomo in Sicily\, Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour
  Jesus Christ\, Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios the Notary\, Righteous Apol
 linaria the Senator\, Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euphemia\, Righteous Euthymio
 s the Younger\, New Martyr Onuphrios\, Righteous Euthymios of Vatopedi\, Ri
 ghteous John Scholarios\, Eustathios Archbishop of Serbia\, Nikephoros the 
 Leper\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Cor
 inthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\
 , like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the w
 orld\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are w
 ise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, bu
 t we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-cl
 ad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. W
 hen reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we 
 try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the wor
 ld\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashame
 d\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countle
 ss guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your fathe
 r in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of m
 e.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\n\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only
 -begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known.\
 n \nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Levi
 tes from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not de
 ny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What then
 ? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answ
 ered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer fo
 r those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the v
 oice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,
 ' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n \nNow they had been sent from the Pharisee
 s. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Ch
 rist\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with 
 water\; but among you stands one whom you do not know\, even he who comes a
 fter me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took pl
 ace in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, where John was baptizing.\n\n\n
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 ts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\, Athenagorus the Apologist\, Boris 
 and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\, Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the Ma
 rtyrs\, Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:12-26\n\nBrethren\, just as the b
 ody is one and has many members\, and all the members of the body\, though 
 many\, are one body\, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all b
 aptized into one body - Jews or Greeks\, slaves or free - and all were made
  to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of
  many. If the foot should say\, "because I am not a hand\, I do not belong 
 to the body\," that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the w
 hole body were an eye\, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were 
 an ear\, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is\, God arranged the
  organs in the body\, each one of them\, as he chose. If all were a single 
 organ\, where would the body be? As it is\, there are many parts\, yet one 
 body. The eye cannot say to the hand\, "I have no need of you\," nor again 
 the head to the feet\, "I have no need of you." On the contrary\, the parts
  of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable\, and those parts of
  the body which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor\, 
 and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty\, which our pr
 esentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body\, giving t
 he greater honor to the inferior part\, that there may be no discord in the
  body\, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one
  member suffers\, all suffer together\; if one member is honored\, all rejo
 ice together.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13-15\n\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on e
 arth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be lo
 osed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about any
 thing they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where
  two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n
  \nThen Peter came up and said to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my brother 
 sin against me\, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to 
 him\, "I do not say to you seven times\, but seventy times seven."\n \nNow 
 when Jesus had finished these sayings\, he went away from Galilee and enter
 ed the region of Judea beyond the Jordan\; and large crowds followed him\, 
 and he healed them there.\n \nThen children were brought to him that he mig
 ht lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people\; but J
 esus said\, "Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to 
 such belongs the kingdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them and went
  away.\n \n\n
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 sts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Ezekiel the Prophet\; Pela
 gia the Righteous of Tinos\; Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others mart
 yred in Lycia\; St. Anna of Levkadio\; The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos
  of Pochaev\; Icon of the Mother of God\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Firs
 t Letter to the Corinthians 7:24-35\nBrethren\, in whatever state each was 
 called\, there let him remain with God. Now concerning the virgins\, I have
  no command of the Lord\, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's me
 rcy is trustworthy. I think that in view of the present distress it is well
  for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to b
 e free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. But if you marry\, 
 you do not sin\, and if a virgin marries she does not sin. Yet those who ma
 rry will have worldly troubles\, and I would spare you that. I mean\, breth
 ren\, the appointed time has grown very short\; from now on\, let those who
  have wives live as though they had none\, and those who mourn as though th
 ey were not mourning\, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoic
 ing\, and those who buy as though they had no goods\, and those who deal wi
 th the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this w
 orld is passing away. I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried m
 an is anxious about the affairs of the Lord\, how to please the Lord\; but 
 the married man is anxious about worldly affairs\, how to please his wife\,
  and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious 
 about the affairs of the Lord\, how to be holy in body and spirit\; but the
  married woman is anxious about worldly affairs\, how to please her husband
 . I say this for your own benefit\, not to lay any restraint upon you\, but
  to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:12-21\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Je
 sus and said to him\, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when th
 ey heard this saying?" He answered\, "Every plant which my heavenly Father 
 has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone\; they are blind guides. 
 And if a blind man leads a blind man\, both will fall into a pit." But Pete
 r said to him\, "Explain the parable to us." And he said\, "Are you also st
 ill without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth
  passes into the stomach\, and so passes on? But what comes out of the mout
 h proceeds from the heart\, and this defiles a man. For out of the heart co
 me evil thoughts\, murder\, adultery\, fornication\, theft\, false witness\
 , slander. These are what defile a man\; but to eat with unwashed hands doe
 s not defile a man." And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the dis
 trict of Tyre and Sidon.\n\n
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 sts: 11th Sunday of Matthew\; Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Our Holy Father Ireneaus\, Bishop o
 f Lyons\; Our Holy Father Kallinikos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Lupus 
 the Martyr\; Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion\; 38 Martyrs of Thra
 ce\; Our Holy Father Ireneaus\, Bishop of Sirmium\; Haralambos of Kalyviani
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed him
 self to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to S
 imon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He sa
 id to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed 
 my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you lo
 ve me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said
  to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of
  John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the thir
 d time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everythin
 g\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\
 , truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walk
 ed where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands
 \, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (
 This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this 
 he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the di
 sciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper an
 d had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter sa
 w him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him
 \, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Fo
 llow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple wou
 ld not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If
  it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is
  the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written 
 these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also 
 many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, 
 I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be w
 ritten.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthia
 ns 9:2-12\nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This 
 is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to ou
 r food and drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as
  the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only 
 Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who 
 serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eatin
 g any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do 
 I say this on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is wri
 tten in the law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading 
 out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak ent
 irely for our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman shoul
 d plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If w
 e have sown spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your mater
 ial benefits? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we stil
 l more? Nevertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure a
 nything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:23-35\nThe Lord said this parable:  "The kingdom
  of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his
  servants.  When he began the reckoning\, one was brought to him who owed h
 im ten thousand talents\; and as he could not pay\, his lord ordered him to
  be sold\, with his wife and children and all that he had\, and payment to 
 be made.  So the servant fell on his knees\, imploring him\, 'Lord\, have p
 atience with me\, and I will pay you everything.'  And out of pity for him 
 the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.  But that s
 ame servant\, as he went out\, came upon one of his fellow servants who owe
 d him a hundred denarii\; and seizing him by the throat he said\, 'Pay what
  you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and besought him\, 'Have patienc
 e with me\, and I will pay you.'  He refused and went and put him in prison
  till he should pay the debt.  When his fellow servants saw what had taken 
 place\, they were greatly distressed\, and they went and reported to their 
 lord all that had taken place.  Then his lord summoned him and said to him\
 , 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me\
 ; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant\, as I had mercy
  on you?'  And in anger his lord delivered him to the torturers\, till he s
 hould pay all his debt.  So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of
  you\, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."\n\n
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 s: Mary of Egypt\, Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyrs\, Euthemios of Suzdal\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 14:24-32\n\n The LORD of
  hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, and as I have purpo
 sed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian in my land\, and u
 pon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke shall depart from th
 em\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the purpose that is purp
 osed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand that is stretched ou
 t over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purposed\, and who will 
 annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn it back?  In the ye
 ar that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, O Philistia\, all 
 of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for from the serpent's ro
 ot will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a flying serpent.  And 
 the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie down in safety\; b
 ut I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I will slay.  Wail\
 , O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, all of you! For smok
 e comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in his ranks."  What w
 ill one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founded Zion\, a
 nd in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n \n\nGenesis 8:21-9:7\
 n\n And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\, the LORD said in his hear
 t\, "I will never again curse the ground because of man\, for the imaginati
 on of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neither will I ever again destro
 y every living creature as I have done.  While the earth remains\, seedtime
  and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer and winter\, day and night\, shall no
 t cease."  \n \nAnd God blessed Noah and his sons\, and said to them\, "Be 
 fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth.  The fear of you and the dread 
 of you shall be upon every beast of the earth\, and upon every bird of the 
 air\, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea
 \; into your hand they are delivered.  Every moving thing that lives shall 
 be food for you\; and as I gave you the green plants\, I give you everythin
 g.  Only you shall not eat flesh with its life\, that is\, its blood.  For 
 your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning\; of every beast I will re
 quire it and of man\; of every man's brother I will require the life of man
 .  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by man shall his blood be shed\; for Go
 d made man in his own image.  And you\, be fruitful and multiply\, bring fo
 rth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it."\n  \n\nProverbs 11:19-12:6
 \n\nHe who is steadfast in righteousness will live\, but he who pursues evi
 l will die.  Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the LORD\, but thos
 e of blameless ways are his delight.  Be assured\, an evil man will not go 
 unpunished\, but those who are righteous will be delivered.  Like a gold ri
 ng in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.  The desire 
 of the righteous ends only in good\; the expectation of the wicked in wrath
 .  One man gives freely\, yet grows all the richer\; another withholds what
  he should give\, and only suffers want.  A liberal man will be enriched\, 
 and one who waters will himself be watered.  The people curse him who holds
  back grain\, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.  He who di
 ligently seeks good seeks favor\, but evil comes to him who searches for it
 .  He who trusts in his riches will wither\, but the righteous will flouris
 h like a green leaf.  He who troubles his household will inherit wind\, and
  the fool will be servant to the wise.  The fruit of the righteous is a tre
 e of life\, but lawlessness takes away lives.  If the righteous is requited
  on earth\, how much more the wicked and the sinner!  Whoever loves discipl
 ine loves knowledge\, but he who hates reproof is stupid.  A good man obtai
 ns favor from the LORD\, but a man of evil devices he condemns.  A man is n
 ot established by wickedness\, but the root of the righteous will never be 
 moved.  A good wife is the crown of her husband\, but she who brings shame 
 is like rottenness in his bones.  The thoughts of the righteous are just\; 
 the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.  The words of the wicked lie in
  wait for blood\, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.\n  \n
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 ts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\, Raphael of Brooklyn\, Stephen th
 e Monk\, Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopolis\, Nesios the Martyr\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 5:7-16\n\nThus says the Lo
 rd: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the 
 men of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but be
 hold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!  Woe to those wh
 o join house to house\, who add field to field\, until there is no more roo
 m\, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.  The LORD of 
 hosts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many houses shall be desolate\, larg
 e and beautiful houses\, without inhabitant.  For ten acres of vineyard sha
 ll yield but one bath\, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."  Woe
  to those who rise early in the morning\, that they may run after strong dr
 ink\, who tarry late into the evening till wine inflames them!  They have l
 yre and harp\, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts\; but they do not
  regard the deeds of the LORD\, or see the work of his hands.  Therefore my
  people go into exile for want of knowledge\; their honored men are dying o
 f hunger\, and their multitude is parched with thirst.  Therefore Sheol has
  enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure\, and the nobili
 ty of Jerusalem and her multitude go down\, her throng and he who exults in
  her.  Man is bowed down\, and men are brought low\, and the eyes of the ha
 ughty are humbled.  But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the H
 oly God shows himself holy in righteousness.\n\n\nGenesis 4:8-15\n\n Cain s
 aid to Abel his brother\, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were 
 in the field\, Cain rose up against his brother Abel\, and killed him.  The
 n the LORD said to Cain\, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do not
  know\; am I my brother's keeper?"  And the LORD said\, "What have you done
 ? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.  And n
 ow you are cursed from the ground\, which has opened its mouth to receive y
 our brother's blood from your hand.  When you till the ground\, it shall no
  longer yield to you its strength\; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer 
 on the earth."  Cain said to the LORD\, "My punishment is greater than I ca
 n bear.  Behold\, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground\; and f
 rom thy face I shall be hidden\; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer o
 n the earth\, and whoever finds me will slay me."  Then the LORD said to hi
 m\, "Not so! If any one slays Cain\, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenf
 old." And the LORD put a mark on Cain\, lest any who came upon him should k
 ill him.\n   \n\nProverbs 5:1-15\n\nMy son\, be attentive to my wisdom\, in
 cline your ear to my understanding\; that you may keep discretion\, and you
 r lips may guard knowledge.  For the lips of a loose woman drip honey\, and
  her speech is smoother than oil\; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood
 \, sharp as a two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death\; her steps follo
 w the path to Sheol\; she does not take heed to the path of life\; her ways
  wander\, and she does not know it.\n   \nAnd now\, O sons\, listen to me\,
  and do not depart from the words of my mouth.  Keep your way far from her\
 , and do not go near the door of her house\; lest you give your honor to ot
 hers and your years to the merciless\; lest strangers take their fill of yo
 ur strength\, and your labors go to the house of an alien\; and at the end 
 of your life you groan\, when your flesh and body are consumed\, and you sa
 y\, "How I hated discipline\, and my heart despised reproof!  I did not lis
 ten to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.  I was
  at the point of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."  Drink water fr
 om your own cistern\, flowing water from your own well.\n\n
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 sts: Charitina the Martyr\; Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\; Eudokimos t
 he Unknown of Mount Athos\; Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, 
 Metropolitans of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 10:23-28\nBrethren\, "all things are lawful\," but not all thin
 gs are helpful. "All things are lawful\," but not all things build up. Let 
 no one seek his own good\, but the good of his neighbor. Eat whatever is so
 ld in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscie
 nce. For "the earth is the Lord's\, and everything in it." If one of the un
 believers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go\, eat whatever i
 s set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 
 But if some one says to you\, "This has been offered in sacrifice\," then o
 ut of consideration for the man who informed you\, and for conscience' sake
 \, do not eat it. For "the earth is the Lord's\, and everything in it."\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 5:27-32\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a 
 tax collector\, named Levi\, sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him
 \, "Follow me." And he left everything\, and rose and followed him. And Lev
 i made him a great feast in his house\; and there was a large company of ta
 x collectors and others sitting at table with them. And the Pharisees and t
 heir scribes murmured against his disciples\, saying\, "Why do you eat and 
 drink with tax collectors and sinners?" And Jesus answered them\, "Those wh
 o are well have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I have no
 t come to call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/3/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Dionysios the Areopagite\, John the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\, Ru
 sticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Act
 s of the Apostles 17:16-34\n\nIn those days\, while Paul was waiting for th
 em in Athens\, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city w
 as full of idols. So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devou
 t persons\, and in the market place every day with those who chanced to be 
 there. Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some 
 said\, "What would this babbler say?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preac
 her of foreign divinities" - because he preached Jesus and the resurrection
 . And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "Ma
 y we know what this new teaching is which you present? For you bring some s
 trange things to our ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things mea
 n." Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their ti
 me in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing i
 n the middle of the Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in e
 very way you are very religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the o
 bjects of your worship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To 
 an unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to
  you. The God who made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heave
 n and earth\, does not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by hu
 man hands\, as though he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all me
 n life and breath and everything. And he made from one every nation of men 
 to live on all the face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods a
 nd the boundaries of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the 
 hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from ea
 ch one of us\, for 'In him we live and move and have our being'\; as even s
 ome of your poets have said\, 'For we are indeed his offspring.' Being then
  God's offspring\, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold\, or s
 ilver\, or stone\, a representation by the art and imagination of man. The 
 times of ignorance God overlooked\, but now he commands all men everywhere 
 to repent\, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in 
 righteousness by a man whom he has appointed\, and of this he has given ass
 urance to all men by raising him from the dead." Now when they heard of the
  resurrection of the dead\, some mocked\; but others said\, "We will hear y
 ou again about this." So Paul went out from among them. But some men joined
  him and believed\, among them Dionysios the Areopagite and a woman named D
 amaris and others with them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:46-49\, 7:1\n\nThe
  Lord said\, "Why do you call me 'Lord\, Lord\,' and not do what I tell you
 ? Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them\, I will show 
 you what he is like: he is like a man building a house\, who dug deep\, and
  laid the foundation upon rock\; and when a flood arose\, the stream broke 
 against that house\, and could not shake it\, because it had been founded u
 pon the rock. But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built
  a house on the ground without a foundation\; against which the stream brok
 e\, and immediately it fell\, and the ruin of that house was great." After 
 he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capern
 aum.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/6/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\, Nicholas the New Marty
 r of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\n\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and
  submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who w
 ill have to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for 
 that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that w
 e have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urg
 e you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you 
 the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our L
 ord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal c
 ovenant\, equip you with everything good that you may do His will\, working
  in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to who
 m be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\
 nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his di
 sciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and th
 e seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of the
 ir diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 
  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and 
 healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "B
 lessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you tha
 t hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\,
  for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they ex
 clude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of t
 he Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your 
 reward is great in heaven."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/31/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\, Cyprian 
 the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\, Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of C
 onstantinople\, Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\, Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folke
 stone\, Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil 
 Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBR
 ETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanc
 tuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstan
 d and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place
 . Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having
  the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sid
 es with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's
  rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cheru
 bim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now sp
 eak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go co
 ntinually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into t
 he second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not with
 out taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the peop
 le.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\, Jesus e
 ntered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. A
 nd she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened t
 o his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went 
 to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to ser
 ve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Marth
 a\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is 
 needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away f
 rom her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said 
 to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you suck
 ed!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and k
 eep it!"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\, Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\, James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\, Grego
 ry of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\, Arsenios of Rhaxos\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:11-2
 1\n\nTimothy\, my son\, refuse to enrol younger widows\; for when they grow
  wanton against Christ they desire to marry\, and so they incur condemnatio
 n for having violated their first pledge. Besides that\, they learn to be i
 dlers\, gadding about from house to house\, and not only idlers but gossips
  and busybodies\, saying what they should not. So I would have younger wido
 ws marry\, bear children\, rule their households\, and give the enemy no oc
 casion to revile us. For some have already strayed after Satan. If any beli
 eving man or woman has relatives who are widows\, let him assist them\; let
  the church not be burdened\, so that it may assist those who are real wido
 ws. Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor\, esp
 ecially those who labor in preaching and teaching\; for the scripture says\
 , "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain\," and\, "T
 he laborer deserves his wages." Never admit any charge against an elder exc
 ept on the evidence of two or three witnesses. As for those who persist in 
 sin\, rebuke them in the presence of all\, so that the rest may stand in fe
 ar. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I ch
 arge you to keep these rules without favor\, doing nothing from partiality.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:45-48\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the tem
 ple and began to drive out those who sold\, saying to them\, "It is written
 \, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'\; but you have made it a den of ro
 bbers." And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the 
 scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him\; but the
 y did not find anything they could do\, for all the people hung upon his wo
 rds.       \n \n\n
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 s: Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, N
 icephoros the Martyr of Antioch\, Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios the
  Hieromartyrs\, Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's First Letter to the Corinthians 14:20-25\n\nBrethren\, do not be childre
 n in your thinking\; be babes in evil\, but in thinking be mature. In the l
 aw it is written\, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners
  will I speak to this people\, and even then they will not listen to me\, s
 ays the Lord." Thus\, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbeliev
 ers\, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers. If\, therefo
 re\, the whole church assembles and all speak in tongues\, and outsiders or
  unbelievers enter\, will they not say that you are mad? But if all prophes
 y\, and an unbeliever or outsider enters\, he is convicted by all\, he is c
 alled to account by all\, the secrets of his heart are disclosed\; and so f
 alling on his face\, he will worship God and declare that God is really amo
 ng you.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:1-13\n\nThe Lord said this parable\
 , "The kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their la
 mps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish\, and five w
 ere wise. For when the foolish took their lamps\, they took no oil with the
 m\; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was
  delayed\, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry\, 
 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' Then all those maidens ros
 e and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise\, 'Give us some
  of your oil\, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhap
 s there will not be enough for us and for you\; go rather to the dealers an
 d buy for yourselves.' And while they went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, a
 nd those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast\; and the do
 or was shut. Afterward the other maidens came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\
 , open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, I do not know you.'
  Watch therefore\, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the S
 on of man will come."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Palm Sunday\; Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\; Anthousa the Ri
 ghteous of Constantinople\; Akakios of Kavsokalyvia\; Sergius II\, Patriarc
 h of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 21:1-11\; 15-17\nAt that time\, when Jesus drew near to  Jerusalem an
 d came to Bethphage\, to the Mount of Olives\, he sent two disciples\, sayi
 ng to them\, "Go into the village opposite you\, and immediately you will f
 ind a donkey tied\, and a colt with her\; untie them and bring them to me. 
 If any one says anything to you\, you shall say\, 'The Lord has need of the
 m\,' and he will send them immediately." This took place to fulfill what wa
 s spoken by the prophet\, saying\,\n\n"Tell the daughter of Zion\,\nBehold\
 , your king is coming to you\,\nhumble and mounted on a donkey\,\nand on a 
 colt\, the foal of a donkey."\n\nThe disciples went and did as Jesus had di
 rected them\; they brought the donkey and the colt\, and put their garments
  on them\, and he sat thereon. Most of the crowd spread their garments on t
 he road\, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the roa
 d. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted\, "Hos
 anna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 
 Hosanna in the highest!" And when he entered Jerusalem\, all the city was s
 tirred\, saying\, "Who is this?" And the crowds said\, "This is the prophet
  Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee." But when the chief priests and scribes sa
 w the wonderful things that he did\, and the children crying out in the tem
 ple\, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant\; and they said to
  him\, "Do you hear what they are saying?" And Jesus said to them\, "Yes\; 
 have you never read\,\n\n'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings\,\nyou h
 ave brought perfect praise'?"\n\nAnd leaving them\, he went out of the city
  to Bethany and lodged there.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Philippians 4:4-9\nBRETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord always\; again I will say
 \, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no
  anxiety about anything\, but in everything by prayer and supplication with
  thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God\
 , which passes all understanding\, will keep your hearts and your minds in 
 Christ Jesus. Finally\, brethren\, whatever is true\, whatever is honorable
 \, whatever is just\, whatever is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whatever is g
 racious\, if there is any excellence\, if there is anything worthy of prais
 e\, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard 
 and seen in me\, do\; and the God of peace will be with you. \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: John 12:1-18\nSix days before Passover\, Jesus came to Bethany\, wher
 e Lazaros was\, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a 
 supper\; Martha served\, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Ma
 ry took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Je
 sus and wiped his feet with her hair\; and the house was filled with the fr
 agrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot\, one of his disciples (he who 
 was to betray him)\, said "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred
  denarii and given to the poor?" This he said\, not that he cared for the p
 oor but because he was a thief\, and as he had the money box he used to tak
 e what was put into it. Jesus said\, "Let her alone\, let her keep it for t
 he day of my burial. The poor you always have with you\, but you do not alw
 ays have me."\n\n When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was ther
 e\, they came\, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros\, whom
  he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazaros a
 lso to death\, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away a
 nd believing in Jesus.\n\n The next day a great crowd who had come to the f
 east heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of pal
 m trees and went out to meet him\, crying\, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who com
 es in the name of the Lord\, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a yo
 ung donkey and sat upon it\; as it is written\, "Fear not\, daughter of Zio
 n\; behold\, your king is coming\, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His discipl
 es did not understand this at first\; but when Jesus was glorified\, then t
 hey remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to him. 
 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazaros out of the tomb and
  raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to me
 et him was that they heard he had done this sign.\n\n
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 ts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\, The Consecration of the 
 Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\, Cornelius the Centurion 
 & Martyr\, Aristides the Philosopher\, Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron M
 onastery\, Mount Athos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Heb
 rews 3:1-4\n\nHoly brethren\, who share in a heavenly call\, consider Jesus
 \, the apostle and high priest of our confession. He was faithful to him wh
 o appointed him\, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. Yet J
 esus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the builde
 r of a house has more honor than the house. (For every house is built by so
 me one\, but the builder of all things is God.)\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 2:25-36\n\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hat
 es his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves 
 me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; 
 if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him. \n \nNow is my soul troub
 led. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour'? No\, for this
  purpose I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name. Then a voice
  came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." Th
 e crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, 
 "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for you
 r sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ru
 ler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\
 , will draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was t
 o die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ
  remains forever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Wh
 o is the Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a lit
 tle longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\
 ; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have 
 the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n   
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa\, Patrobos\, Gaios
 \, Hermas\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70\n\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 2:20-3:8\n\nBrethren\, you 
 are our glory and joy. Therefore\, when we could bear it no longer\, we wer
 e willing to be left behind at Athens alone\, and we sent Timothy\, our bro
 ther and God's servant in the gospel of Christ\, to establish you in your f
 aith and to exhort you\, that no one be moved by these afflictions. You you
 rselves know that this is to be our lot. For when we were with you\, we tol
 d you beforehand that we were to suffer affIiction\; just as it has come to
  pass\, and as you know. For this reason\, when I could bear it no longer\,
  I sent that I might know your faith\, for fear that somehow the tempter ha
 d tempted you and that our labor would be in vain. But now that Timothy has
  come to us from you\, and has brought us the good news of your faith and l
 ove and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us\, as
  we long to see you - for this reason\, brethren\, in all our distress and 
 affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith\; for now we
  live\, if you stand fast in the Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:13-15\,
  22-31\n\nAt that time\, while Jesus was teaching\, one of the multitude sa
 id to him\, "Teacher\, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me." But 
 he said to him\, "Man\, who made me a judge or divider over you?" And he sa
 id to them\, "Take heed\, and beware of all covetousness\; for a man's life
  does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. Therefore I tell you
 \, do not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat\, nor about your 
 body\, what you shall put on. For life is more than food\, and the body mor
 e than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap\, they have
  neither storehouse nor barn\, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more val
 ue are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a cubi
 t to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as t
 hat\, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies\, how they gr
 ow\; they neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his 
 glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass wh
 ich is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, how 
 much more will he clothe you\, O men of little faith! And do not seek what 
 you are to eat and what you are to drink\, nor be of anxious mind. For all 
 the nations of the world seek these things\; and your Father knows that you
  need them. Instead\, seek his kingdom\, and these things shall be yours as
  well."\n\n\n
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 ts: Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria\, Leontios the M
 yrrh-Streamer of Argos\, Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia\n\nFast Free\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:1-7\, 13-17\n\nPaul\, 
 a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\, set apart for the gos
 pel of God which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy sc
 riptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was descended from David acc
 ording to the flesh and designated Son of God in power according to the Spi
 rit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, Jesus Christ our Lord\,
  through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obe
 dience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations\, including 
 yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ\; To all God's beloved 
 in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our 
 Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know\, brethren\, that I ha
 ve often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented)\, in or
 der that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the
  Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians\, both to
  the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach the gospel to you als
 o who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of G
 od for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the Jew first and also to 
 the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for
  faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous shall live by faith."\n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went about all G
 alilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingd
 om and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. So his f
 ame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him all the sick\, those
  afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\, epileptics\, and p
 aralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds followed him from Galilee 
 and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.\n \nS
 eeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat down his di
 sciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them\, saying:\n \n
 "Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n \n
 "Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted.\n \n"Blessed ar
 e the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n \n"Blessed are those who h
 unger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied.\n \n"Bles
 sed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n \n"Blessed are the pu
 re in heart\, for they shall see God.\n \n"Blessed are the peacemakers\, fo
 r they shall be called sons of God.\n \n"Blessed are those who are persecut
 ed for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n \n"Bles
 sed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of ev
 il against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your reward
  is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before yo
 u.\n \n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has lost its taste\, ho
 w shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except 
 to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n\n
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 s: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\, Aft
 erfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Cedd\, Bish
 op of Scotland\, Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nPlagal of the Second Tone\nNint
 h Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8\n\nIn th
 ose days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper cou
 ntry and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to the
 m\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said\, "N
 o\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "I
 nto what then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Pa
 ul said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the peopl
 e to believe in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On he
 aring this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Pau
 l had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they sp
 oke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. An
 d he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and 
 pleading about the kingdom of God.\n \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:29-34\n\n A
 t that time\, John saw Jesus coming toward him\, and said\, "Behold\, the L
 amb of God\, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said
 \, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me\, for he was before me.' I mys
 elf did not know him\; but for this I came baptizing with water\, that he m
 ight be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness\, "I saw the Spirit desc
 end as a dove from heaven\, and it remained on him. I myself did not know h
 im\; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me\, 'He on whom you 
 see the Spirit descend and remain\, this is he who baptizes with the Holy S
 pirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
 " \n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/28/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Chariton the Confessor\, Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolitan
  of Nicopolis\, Old Epirus\, Baruch the Prophet\, Neophytos & Auxentios the
  Martyrs of Cyprus\, Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\nStrict
  Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6
 -15\n\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness
 \," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the g
 lory of God in the face of Christ.\n \nBut we have this treasure in earthen
  vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us
 .  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not dr
 iven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not des
 troyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life 
 of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are al
 ways being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus ma
 y be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life 
 in you.\n \nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I
  believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing th
 at he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us 
 with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace
  extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glor
 y of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\nAt that time\, Jesus stood o
 n a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude
  of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\
 , who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who w
 ere troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to 
 touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lift
 ed up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for you
 rs is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall 
 be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blesse
 d are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, an
 d cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in th
 at day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\, Paul\, Christina\, Heracliu
 s\, Paulinus and Benedimus\; Julian the Martyr\; Euphrasia the Martyr of Ni
 cea\; Stephen I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of t
 he Apostles 12:12-17\nIn those days\, Peter went to the house of Mary\, the
  mother of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered togeth
 er and were praying. And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a mai
 d named Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter's voice\, in her joy she di
 d not open the gate but ran and told that Peter was standing at the gate. T
 hey said to her\, "You are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said
 \, "It is his angel!" But Peter continued knocking\; and when they opened\,
  they saw him and were amazed. But motioning to them with his hand to be si
 lent\, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.
  And he said\, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then he departed a
 nd went to another place.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:42-51\nThe Lord said to
  the Jews who came to him\, "If God were your Father\, you would love me\, 
 for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I came not of my own accord\, but
  he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot
  bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil\, and your will is 
 to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning\, and has
  nothing to do with the truth\, because there is no truth in him. When he l
 ies\, he speaks according to his own nature\, for he is a liar and the fath
 er of lies. But\, because I tell the truth\, you do not believe me. Which o
 f you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth\, why do you not believe me? 
 He who is of God hears the words of God\; the reason why you do not hear th
 em is that you are not of God."\n\nThe Jews answered him\, "Are we not righ
 t in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Jesus answered\, "I
  have not a demon\; but I honor my Father\, and you dishonor me. Yet I do n
 ot seek my own glory\; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. 
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see
  death."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Holy Friday\,Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, 120 Martyrs of Pe
 rsia\, Gregory of Sinai\, Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 5:6-8\n\n BRETHR
 EN\, a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven tha
 t you may be a new lump\, as you really are unleavened. For Christ\, our pa
 schal lamb\, has been sacrificed. Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festiv
 al\, not with the old leaven\, the leaven of malice and evil\, but with the
  unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeem
 ed us from the curse of the law\, having become a curse for us - for it is 
 written\, "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus t
 he blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles\, that we might receive
  the promise of the Spirit through faith.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:
 62-66\n\nOn the next day\, that is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chi
 ef priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we re
 member how that impostor said\, while he was still alive\, 'After three day
 s I will rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until
  the third day\, lest his disciples go and steal him away\, and tell the pe
 ople\, 'He has risen from the dead\,' and the last fraud will be worse than
  the first." Pilate said to them\, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, mak
 e it as secure as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by s
 ealing the stone and setting a guard.\n\n\n
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 ts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\, Commemoration of
  the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  First Letter to the Corinthians 1:18-24\n\nBrethren\, the word of the cros
 s is folly to those who are perishing\, but to us who are being saved it is
  the power of God. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wi
 se\, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man
 ? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made f
 oolish the wisdom of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of God\, the worl
 d did not know God through wisdom\, it pleased God through the folly of wha
 t we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks see
 k wisdom\, but we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block to Jews and f
 olly to Gentiles\, but to those who are called\, both Jews and Greeks\, Chr
 ist the power of God and the wisdom of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:6-
 11\, 13-20\, 25-28\, 30\n\nAt that time\, when the chief priests and the of
 ficers saw him\, they cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pilate said 
 to them\, "Take him yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no crime in him
 ." The Jews answered him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ought to die
 \, because he has made himself the Son of God."\n \nWhen Pilate heard these
  words\, he was the more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again and said 
 to Jesus\, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate therefore
  said to him\, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power
  to release you\, and power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, "You woul
 d have no power over me unless it had been given you from above\; therefore
  he who delivered me to you has the greater sin." When Pilate heard these w
 ords\, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place ca
 lled the Pavement\, and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Prepara
 tion of the Passover\; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews\, "
 Behold your King!" They cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him\, crucif
 y him!" Pilate said to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priest
 s answered\, "We have no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them 
 to be crucified. So they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing his own cro
 ss\, to the place called the place of a skull\, which is called in Hebrew G
 olgotha. There they crucified him\, and with him two others\, one on either
  side\, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the
  cross\; it read\, "Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Many of the 
 Jews read this title\, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the
  city\; and it was written in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n \nBut sta
 nding by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mar
 y the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and 
 the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\,
  behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold your mother!" And
  from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. Then when Jesus had 
 received the vinegar\, he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed his head a
 nd gave up his spirit.\n\n\n
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 tasia the Great Martyr\, Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, Evodias\, & Eutychianus\,
  the Martyrs\, The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:18-25\n\nBr
 ethren\, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and usel
 essness (for the law made nothing perfect)\; on the other hand\, a better h
 ope is introduced\, through which we draw near to God. And it was not witho
 ut an oath. Those who formerly became priests took their office without an 
 oath\, but this one was addressed with an oath\, "The Lord has sworn and wi
 ll not change his mind\, 'Thou art a priest for ever.'" This makes Jesus th
 e surety of a better covenant. The former priests were many in number\, bec
 ause they were prevented by death from continuing in office\; but he holds 
 his priesthood permanently\, because he continues for ever. Consequently he
  is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him\, sinc
 e he always lives to make intercession for them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 
 10:24-32\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "How hard it will be for these
  who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to g
 o through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of G
 od." And they were exceedingly astonished\, and said to him\, "Then who can
  be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "With men it is impossible\, bu
 t not with God\; for all things are possible with God." Peter began to say 
 to him\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed you." Jesus said\, "Tru
 ly\, I say to you\, there is no one who has left house or brothers or siste
 rs or mother or father or children or lands\, for my sake and for the gospe
 l\, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time\, houses and brothe
 rs and sisters and mothers and children and lands\, with persecutions\, and
  in the age to come eternal life. But many that are first will be last\, an
 d the last first." And they were on the road\, going up to Jerusalem\, and 
 Jesus was walking ahead of them\; and they were amazed\, and those who foll
 owed were afraid.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 eter's First Universal Letter 5:6-14\nBRETHREN\, humble yourselves therefor
 e under the mighty hand of God\, that in due time he may exalt you. Cast al
 l your anxieties on him\, for he cares about you. Be sober\, be watchful. Y
 our adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion\, seeking some on
 e to devour. Resist him\, first in your faith\, knowing that the same exper
 ience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world. An
 d after you have suffered a little while\, the God of all grace\, who has c
 alled you to his eternal glory in Christ\, will himself restore\, establish
  and strengthen you. To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nBy 
 Silvanos\, a faithful brother as I regard him\, I have written briefly to y
 ou\, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God\; stand fas
 t in it. She who is at Babylon\, who is likewise chosen\, sends you greetin
 gs\; and so does my son Mark. Greet one another with the kiss of love.\n\nP
 eace to all of you that are in Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nTh
 e Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who reje
 cts you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The se
 venty returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to u
 s in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning fro
 m heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and sc
 orpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you.
  Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\
 ; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he 
 rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heav
 en and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understa
 nding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your graciou
 s will."\n\n
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 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Damaskinos the New Ma
 rtyr of Mount Athos\; Anthousa\, the Mother of John Chrysostom\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said
  to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who d
 oes not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that
  man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepher
 d of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, an
 d he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought ou
 t all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they k
 now his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from hi
 m\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used wi
 th them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus 
 again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the s
 heep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did no
 t heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, a
 nd will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we shoul
 d have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from s
 inners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high pries
 ts\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those 
 of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indee
 d\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word o
 f the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been ma
 de perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have 
 such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of t
 he Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which 
 is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe
  Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, 
 and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and
  kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly
 .  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sh
 eep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not
 \, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatc
 hes them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares no
 thing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own kno
 w me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my lif
 e for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I mu
 st bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flo
 ck\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\, The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-7\
 n\nBRETHREN\, when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born 
 of woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so
  that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons\, God has
  sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts\, crying\, "Abba! Father!" So y
 ou are no longer a slave but a son\, and if a son then also an heir of God 
 through Christ. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12\n\nWhen Jesus was bor
 n in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king\, behold\, wise men f
 rom the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\, "Where is he who has been born ki
 ng of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East\, and have come to wo
 rship him." When Herod the king heard this\, he was troubled\, and all Jeru
 salem with him\; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the pe
 ople\, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him\,
  "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is written by the prophet: 'And you\, O
  Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are by no means least among the rulers 
 of Judah\; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel
 .'"\n \nThen Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them
  what time the star appeared\; and he sent them to Bethlehem\, saying\, "Go
  and search diligently for the child\, and when you have found him bring me
  word\, that I too may come and worship him." When they had heard the king 
 they went their way\; and lo the star which they had seen in the East went 
 before them\, till it came to rest over the place where the child was. When
  they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy\; and going i
 nto the house they saw the child with Mary his mother\, and they fell down 
 and worshiped him. Then\, opening their treasures\, they offered him gifts\
 , gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to retur
 n to Herod\, they departed to their own country by another way.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/14/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever
  Virgin Mary\, The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\, Holy Hieromartyr Marcel
 lus\, Bishop of Apameia\, Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthia
 ns 5:15-21\n\nBrethren\, Christ died for all\, that those who live might li
 ve no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was rai
 sed.\n \nFrom now on\, therefore\, we regard no one from a human point of v
 iew\; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view\, we r
 egard him thus no longer. Therefore\, if any one is in Christ\, he is a new
  creation\; the old has passed away\, behold\, the new has come. All this i
 s from God\, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the mi
 nistry of reconciliation\; that is\, God was in Christ reconciling the worl
 d to himself\, not counting their trespasses against them\, and entrusting 
 to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ\, God
  making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ\, be reco
 nciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin\, so that
  in him we might become the righteousness of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  1:16-22\n\nAt that time\, Jesus\, passing along by the Sea of Galilee\, sa
 w Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea\; for they
  were fishermen. And Jesus said to them\, "Follow me and I will make you be
 come fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him
 . And going on a little farther\, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John 
 his brother\, who were in their boats mending the nets. And immediately he 
 called them\; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired
  servants\, and followed him. And they went into Capernaum\; and immediatel
 y on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. And they were astonis
 hed at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who had authority\, and not
  as the scribes.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\, Holy Martyr Romanus\, Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\, Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\, Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\, Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:1-6\n\nBrethren\, I wis
 h you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! I feel a
  divine jealousy for you\, for I betrothed you to Christ to present you as 
 a pure bride to her one husband. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceiv
 ed Eve by his cunning\, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and
  pure devotion to Christ. For if some one comes and preaches another Jesus 
 than the one we preached\, or if you receive a different spirit from the on
 e you received\, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accep
 ted\, you submit to it readily enough. I think that I am not in the least i
 nferior to these superlative apostles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking\,
  I am not in knowledge\; in every way we have made this plain to you in all
  things.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:57-62\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was g
 oing along the road\, a man said to him\, "I will follow you wherever you g
 o." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and birds of the air have n
 ests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." To another he said\
 , "Follow me." But he said\, "Lord\, let me first go and bury my father." B
 ut he said to him\, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead\; but as for you
 \, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Another said\, "I will follow you\,
  Lord\; but let me first say farewell to those at my home." Jesus said to h
 im\, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the ki
 ngdom of God."       \n \n\n
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 ts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever 
 Virgin Mary\, Our Holy Father Ireneaus\, Bishop of Lyons\, Our Holy Father 
 Kallinikos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Lupus the Martyr\, Our Righteous
  Father Nicholas of Sikelion\, 38 Martyrs of Thrace\, Our Holy Father Irene
 aus\, Bishop of Sirmium\, Haralambos of Kalyviani\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:5-11\n\nBrethren\, have 
 this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though 
 he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be g
 rasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in
  the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and 
 became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highl
 y exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that
  at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and un
 der the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the
  glory of God the Father.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\n
 At that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received
  him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord
 's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much s
 erving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sis
 ter has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord
  answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many 
 things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which sha
 ll not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd rais
 ed her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the
  breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear
  the word of God and keep it!"\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180408
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/7/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Holy Saturday\,Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\, Tikhon\, Patriarch of
  Moscow and Enlightener of North America\, Righteous Father Savvas the New 
 of Kalymnos\, George\, Bishop of Lesvos\, Gerasimos the God-Bearer of Byzan
 tium\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6
 :3-11\n\nBrethren\, all who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were bapti
 zed into His death.  We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into deat
 h\, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father\,
  we too might walk in newness of life.  For if we have been united with Him
  in a death like His\, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrect
 ion like His.  We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the
  sinful body might be destroyed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin
 .  For he who has died is freed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\
 , we believe that we shall also live with Him.  For we know that Christ bei
 ng raised from the dead will never die again\; death no longer has dominion
  over Him.  The death He died He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life 
 He lives He lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin 
 and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 28
 :1-20\n\nAfter the sabbath\, toward the dawn of the first day of the week\,
  Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher. And behold\, 
 there was a great earthquake\; for an angel of the Lord descended from heav
 en and came and rolled back the stone\, and sat upon it. His appearance was
  like lightning\, and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the gu
 ards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women\, "
 Do not be afraid\; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is 
 not here\; for he has risen\, as he said. Come\, see the place where he lay
 . Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead\, 
 and behold\, he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him. Lo
 \, I have told you." So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and g
 reat joy\, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold\, Jesus met them and s
 aid\, "Hail!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
  Then Jesus said to them\, "Do not be afraid\; go and tell my brethren to g
 o to Galilee\, and there they will see me."\n \nWhile they were going\, beh
 old\, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all t
 hat had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken 
 counsel\, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers and said\, "Tell people\
 , 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' An
 d if this comes to the governor's ears\, we will satisfy him and keep you o
 ut of trouble." So they took the money and did as they were directed\; and 
 this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.\n \nNow the eleven d
 isciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them
 . And when they saw him they worshiped him\; but some doubted. And Jesus ca
 me and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given 
 to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in t
 he name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them
  to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\,
  to the close of the age. Amen."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/02/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\; The Holy Martyrs Acindynus\, Pe
 gasius\, Aphthonius\, Elpidephorus\, and Anempodistus\; Domnina\, Domna\, &
  Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the 
 Corinthians 1:8-11\nBrethren\, we do not want you to be ignorant of the aff
 liction we experienced in Asia\; for we were so utterly\, unbearably crushe
 d that we despaired of life itself. Why\, we felt that we had received the 
 sentence of death\; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on Go
 d who raises the dead\; he delivered us from so deadly a peril\, and he wil
 l deliver us\; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. Y
 ou also must help us by prayer\, so that many will give thanks on our behal
 f for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 9:1-6\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve together and gave them 
 power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and he sent them
  out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them\, "Take 
 nothing for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; and
  do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, stay there\, and fr
 om there depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, when you leave that
  town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." And t
 hey departed and went through the villages\, preaching the gospel and heali
 ng everywhere.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191023
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Abercius\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis\; Seve
 n Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Philippians 1:8-14\nBrethren\, God is my witness\, how I yearn for you 
 all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love 
 may abound more and more\, with knowledge and all discernment\, so that you
  may approve what is excellent\, and may be pure and blameless for the day 
 of Christ\, filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesu
 s Christ\, to the glory and praise of God. I want you to know\, brethren\, 
 that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, so t
 hat it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all th
 e rest that my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have b
 een made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much mo
 re bold to speak the word of God without fear.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:1
 -10\nAt that time\, Jesus was praying in a certain place\, and when he ceas
 ed\, one of his disciples said to him\, "Lord\, teach us to pray\, as John 
 taught his disciples." And he said to them\, "When you pray\, say: 'Father\
 , hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily brea
 d\; and forgive us our sins\, for we ourselves forgive every one who is ind
 ebted to us\; and lead us not into temptation.'" And he said to them\, "Whi
 ch of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him\, 'Fri
 end\, lend me three loaves\; for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey\
 , and I have nothing to set before him'\; and he will answer from within\, 
 'Do not bother me\; the door is now shut\, and my children are with me in b
 ed\; I cannot get up and give you anything'? I tell you\, though he will no
 t get up and give him anything because he is his friend\, yet because of hi
 s importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs. And I tell you\,
  Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it
  will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who seeks 
 finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/7/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Capi
 to\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius\, Lavrentios of Megara\, the Ri
 ghteous\, Paul the Simple\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaia
 h 10:12-20\n\n When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on
  Jerusalem he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and 
 his haughty pride.  For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it
 \, and by my wisdom\, for I have understanding\; I have removed the boundar
 ies of peoples\, and have plundered their treasures\; like a bull I have br
 ought down those who sat on thrones.  My hand has found like a nest the wea
 lth of the peoples\; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so I ha
 ve gathered all the earth\; and there was none that moved a wing\, or opene
 d the mouth\, or chirped."  Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews wi
 th it\, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod sh
 ould wield him who lifts it\, or as if a staff should lift him who is not w
 ood!  Therefore the Lord\, the LORD of hosts\, will send wasting sickness a
 mong his stout warriors\, and under his glory a burning will be kindled\, l
 ike the burning of fire.  The light of Israel will become a fire\, and his 
 Holy One a flame\; and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one
  day.  The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destr
 oy\, both soul and body\, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.  T
 he remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write
  them down.  In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the hou
 se of Jacob will no more lean upon him that smote them\, but will lean upon
  the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, in truth.\n\n\nGenesis 7:6-9\n\n Noah 
 was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.  An
 d Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the
  ark\, to escape the waters of the flood.  Of clean animals\, and of animal
 s that are not clean\, and of birds\, and of everything that creeps on the 
 ground\, two and two\, male and female\, went into the ark with Noah\, as G
 od had commanded Noah.\n \n\nProverbs 9:12-18\n\nIf you are wise\, you are 
 wise for yourself\; if you scoff\, you alone will bear it.  A foolish woman
  is noisy\; she is wanton and knows no shame.  She sits at the door of her 
 house\, she takes a seat on the high places of the town\, calling to those 
 who pass by\, who are going straight on their way\,  "Whoever is simple\, l
 et him turn in here!" And to him who is without sense she says\,  "Stolen w
 ater is sweet\, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."  But he does not kn
 ow that the dead are there\, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.\n\
 n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\,
  Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius
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 s: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\, Theodoretos th
 e Holy Martyr of Antioch\, Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nFast Day (Win
 e and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3
 :12-16\n\nBRETHREN\, take care lest there be in any of you an evil\, unbeli
 eving heart\, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one 
 another every day\, as long as it is called "today\," that none of you may 
 be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we share in Christ\, if only w
 e hold our first confidence firm to the end\, while it is said\, "Today\, w
 hen you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Wh
 o were they that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who le
 ft Egypt under the leadership of Moses? \n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44\
 n\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed. A
 nd Simon and those who were with him pursued him\, and they found him and s
 aid to him\, "Everyone is searching for you." And he said to them\, "Let us
  go on to the next towns\, that I may preach there also\; for that is why I
  came out." And he went throughout all Galilee\, preaching in their synagog
 ues and casting out demons. And a leper came to him beseeching him\, and kn
 eeling said to him\, "If you will\, you can make me clean." Moved with pity
 \, he stretched out his hand and touched him\, and said to him\, "I will\; 
 be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him\, and he was made clean. An
 d he sternly charged him\, and sent him away at once\, and said to him\, "S
 ee that you say nothing to any one\; but go\, show yourself to a priest\, a
 nd offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\
 n\n
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 ts: Renewal Fri.\,Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\, Theodosios the Mart
 yr\, Zoilos the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 3:1-8\n\nIn those days\, Peter and John were going up to the temple at 
 the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being ca
 rried\, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beau
 tiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple. Seeing Peter and John ab
 out to go into the temple\, he asked for alms. And Peter directed his gaze 
 at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look at us." And he fixed his attention up
 on them\, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said\, "I hav
 e no silver and gold\, but I give you what I have\; in the name of Jesus Ch
 rist of Nazareth\, walk." And he took him by the right hand and raised him 
 up\; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leaping up h
 e stood and walked and entered the temple with them\, walking and leaping a
 nd praising God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:12-22\n\nAt that time\, Jesus 
 came to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples\; and 
 there they stayed for a few days.\n \nThe Passover of the Jews was at hand\
 , and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were sel
 ling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the money-changers at their business.
  And making a whip of cords\, he drove them all\, with the sheep and oxen\,
  out of the temple\; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and 
 overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons\, "Take the
 se things away\; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade." Hi
 s disciples remembered that it was written\, "Zeal for your house will cons
 ume me." The Jews then said to him\, "What sign have you to show us for doi
 ng this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy this temple\, and in three days I 
 will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "It has taken forty-six years to bu
 ild this temple\, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he spoke of 
 the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead\, his di
 sciples remembered that he had said this\; and they believed the scripture 
 and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\; Therapon 
 the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Memory of the Finding of the Holy Icon
  of Saint Demetrios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer in Syria\; Aldhelm\
 , Bishop of Sherborne\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\
 , the report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the
  surrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these things. A
 nd John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, say
 ing\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when 
 the men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\
 , saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In 
 that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on m
 any that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell 
 John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame
  walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, 
 the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no of
 fense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak t
 o the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to b
 ehold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man cl
 othed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and liv
 e in luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophe
 t? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is wri
 tten\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare y
 our way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater
  than John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
  When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\,
  having been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the 
 lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptiz
 ed by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 
 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darknes
 s\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the 
 glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen
  vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us
 .  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not dr
 iven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not des
 troyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life 
 of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are al
 ways being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus ma
 y be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life 
 in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I 
 believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing tha
 t he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us w
 ith you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace 
 extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory
  of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard
  in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples an
 d said to him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?"
  And Jesus answered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the bli
 nd receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf
  hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached t
 o them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, 
 Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out in
 to the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you g
 o out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft r
 aiment are in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Ye
 s\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\
 , 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your w
 ay before you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has 
 risen no one greater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kin
 gdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until 
 now the kingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men of violence tak
 e it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and
  if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has 
 ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\; Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonder
 worker\; Theodosius the New\; Sozon of Nicomedea\; The Holy Ten Thousand As
 cetics of Thebes\; Narcissus the Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\; Joseph Gerontog
 iannis of Lithines Sitia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Firs
 t Letter to the Corinthians 14:26-40\nBRETHREN\, when you come together\, e
 ach one has a hymn\, a lesson\, a revelation\, a tongue\, or an interpretat
 ion. Let all things be done for edification. If any speak in a tongue\, let
  there be only two or at most three\, and each in turn\; and let one interp
 ret. But if there is no one to interpret\, let each one of them keep silenc
 e in church and speak to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets spea
 k\, and let the others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to anoth
 er by sitting by\, let the first be silent. For you can all prophesy one by
  one\, so that all may learn and all be encouraged\; and the spirits of pro
 phets are subject to prophets. But God is not a God of confusion but of pea
 ce. As in all the churches of the saints\, the women should keep silence in
  the churches. For they are not permitted to speak\, but should be subordin
 ate\, as even the law says. If there is anything they desire to know\, let 
 them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in
  church. What! Did the word of God originate with you\, or are you the only
  one it has reached? If any one thinks that he is a prophet\, or spiritual\
 , he should acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the L
 ord. If any one does not recognize this\, he is not recognized. So\, my bre
 thren\, earnestly desire to prophesy\, and do not forbid speaking in tongue
 s\; but all things should be done decently and in order. \n\nGospel Reading
 : Mark 9:2-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John\,
  and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves\; and he was transfigu
 red before them\, and his garments became glistening\, intensely white\, as
  no fuller on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah wi
 th Moses\; and they were talking to Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus\, "Maste
 r\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\, one for you an
 d one for Moses and one for Elijah." For he did not know what to say\, for 
 they were exceedingly afraid. And a cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice c
 ame out of the cloud\, "This is my beloved son\; listen to him." And sudden
 ly\, looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. An
 d as they were coming down the mountain he charged them to tell no one what
  they had seen\, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/27/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\, Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-f
 or-Christ\, Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\, 853 Martyrs of Thrace who we
 re drowned\, Manuel the Righteous\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my 
 son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have he
 ard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able 
 to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
  No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim 
 is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he
  competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to
  have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord wi
 ll grant you understanding in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen
  from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gosp
 el for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the wo
 rd of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of th
 e elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eter
 nal glory.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to 
 his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the world hat
 es you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the
  world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not of the worl
 d\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  Reme
 mber the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his maste
 r.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my word
 \, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my accou
 nt\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoke
 n to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for their
  sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among them 
 the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they ha
 ve seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is
  written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n \n But when the 
 Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spiri
 t of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; an
 d you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the beginning
 .  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will pu
 t you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kill
 s you will think he is offering service to God."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/22/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\, Holy Martyr Anthuse\, Athanasios the Hier
 omartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy L
 ady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, The Synaxis of the Icon of the Mot
 her of God of Prusa\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the
  Corinthians 1:1-7\n\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God 
 and Timothy our brother.\n \nTo the church of God which is at Corinth\, wit
 h all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:\n \nGrace to you and peace
  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n \nBlessed be the God and 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of mercies and God of all comf
 ort\, who comforts us in all our affliction\, so that we may be able to com
 fort those who are in any affliction\, with the comfort with which we ourse
 lves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us\, 
 so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are afflicted\, it is for
  your comfort and salvation\; and if we are comforted\, it is for your comf
 ort\, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings th
 at we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken\; for we know that as you share 
 in our sufferings\, you all also share in our comfort.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 21:43-46\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him: "I tell
  you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation
  producing the fruits of it. And he who falls on this stone will be broken 
 to pieces\; but when it falls on any one\, it will crush him."\n \nWhen the
  chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables\, they perceived that h
 e was speaking about them. But when they tried to arrest him\, they feared 
 the multitudes\, because they held him to be a prophet.\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180618
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/17/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\, Manuel\, Sabel\, &
  Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\, Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the Mo
 nastery of Ikanhoe\, Alban the Protomartyr of Britain\n\nFast Day (Fish All
 owed)\nTone Two\nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Romans 5:1-10\n\nBrethren\, since we are justified by faith\, we 
 have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obta
 ined access by faith to this grace in which we stand\, and we rejoice in ou
 r hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that\, we rejoice in our suff
 erings\, knowing that suffering produces endurance\, and endurance produces
  character\, and character produces hope\, and hope does not disappoint us\
 , because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spiri
 t which has been given to us. While we were still weak\, at the right time 
 Christ died for the ungodly. Why\, one will hardly die for a righteous man 
 -- though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. But God shows h
 is love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since\
 , therefore\, we are now justified by his blood\, much more shall we be sav
 ed by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were recon
 ciled to God by the death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are reconcil
 ed\, shall we be saved by his life.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:22-33\n\
 nThe Lord said\, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So\, if your eye is soun
 d\, your whole body will be full of light\; but if your eye is not sound\, 
 your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkn
 ess\, how great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters\; for either 
 he will hate the one and love the other\, or he will be devoted to the one 
 and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell yo
 u\, do not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat or what you shal
 l drink\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on. Is not life more tha
 n food\, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: the
 y neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns\, and yet your heavenly Father
  feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being
  anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious abo
 ut clothing? Consider the lilies of the field\, how they grow\; they neithe
 r toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was not ar
 rayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field\, whi
 ch today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, will he not much m
 ore clothe you\, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious\, sayin
 g\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? 
 For the Gentiles seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father knows you
  need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\, and all 
 these things shall be yours as well."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\, Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\, Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Hebrews 4:1-13\n\nBrethren\, while the promise of entering his
  rest remains\, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to rea
 ch it. For good news came to us just as to them\; but the message which the
 y heard did not benefit them\, because it did not meet with faith in the he
 arers. For we who have believed enter that rest\, as he has said\, "As I sw
 ore in my wrath\, 'They shall never enter my rest\,'" although his works we
 re finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken o
 f the seventh day in this way\, "And God rested on the seventh day from all
  his works." And again in this place he said\, "They shall never enter my r
 est." Since therefore it remains for some to enter it\, and those who forme
 rly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience\, again 
 he sets a certain day\, "Today\," saying through David so long afterward\, 
 in the words already quoted\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not har
 den your hearts." For if Joshua had given them rest\, God would not speak l
 ater of another day. So then\, there remains a sabbath rest for the people 
 of God\; for whoever enters God's rest also ceases from his labors as God d
 id from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest\, that no one fall 
 by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active\
 , sharper than any two-edged sword\, piercing to the division of soul and s
 pirit\, of joints and marrow\, and discerning the thoughts and intentions o
 f the heart. And before him no creature is hidden\, but all are open and la
 id bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 rk 10:2-12\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees came up to Jesus and in order to
  test him\, asked\, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answer
 ed them\, "What did Moses command you?" They said\, "Moses allowed a man to
  write a certificate of divorce\, and to put her away." But Jesus said to t
 hem\, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from t
 he beginning of creation\, 'God made them male and female. For this reason 
 a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife\, and the
  two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. What
  therefore God has joined together\, let not man put asunder." And in the h
 ouse the disciples asked him again about this matter. And he said to them\,
  "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against he
 r\; and if she divorces her husband and marries another\, she commits adult
 ery."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/07/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 33 Martyrs of Melitene\; Lazarus the Wonderworker\; Martyr Athenodorus
 \; Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren\, now I rejoice in my sufferin
 gs for your sake\, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's a
 fflictions for the sake of his body\, that is\, the church\, of which I bec
 ame a minister according to the divine office which was given to me for you
 \, to make the word of God fully known\, the mystery hidden for ages and ge
 nerations but now made manifest to his saints. To them God chose to make kn
 own how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this myster
 y\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glory. Him we proclaim\, warning e
 very man and teaching every man in all wisdom\, that we may present every m
 an mature in Christ. For this I toil\, striving with all the energy which h
 e mightily inspires within me. For I want you to know how greatly I strive 
 for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:1-9\nAt that time\, there were some pre
 sent who told Jesus of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with th
 eir sacrifices. And he answered them\, "Do you think that these Galileans w
 ere worse sinners than all the other Galileans\, because they suffered thus
 ? I tell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or 
 those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them\, do you 
 think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerus
 alem? I tell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
 " And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard\;
  and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedre
 sser\, 'Lo\, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree\,
  and I find none. Cut it down\; why should it use up the ground?' And he an
 swered him\, 'Let it alone\, sir\, this year also\, till I dig about it and
  put on manure. And if it bears fruit next year\, well and good\; but if no
 t\, you can cut it down.'"\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181215
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/14/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, an
 d Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:18-25\n\nBrethren\, a former
  commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the 
 law made nothing perfect)\; on the other hand\, a better hope is introduced
 \, through which we draw near to God. And it was not without an oath. Those
  who formerly became priests took their office without an oath\, but this o
 ne was addressed with an oath\, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his
  mind\, 'Thou art a priest for ever.'" This makes Jesus the surety of a bet
 ter covenant. The former priests were many in number\, because they were pr
 evented by death from continuing in office\; but he holds his priesthood pe
 rmanently\, because he continues for ever. Consequently he is able for all 
 time to save those who draw near to God through him\, since he always lives
  to make intercession for them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\n\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the
  house he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they wer
 e silent\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the g
 reatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If
  any one would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And 
 he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his 
 arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receiv
 es me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  Jo
 hn said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, 
 and we forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "D
 o not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be abl
 e soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.
   For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink beca
 use you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180204
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Isidore of Pelusium\, Nicholas the Confessor\, Hieromartyr Abramius\, Jo
 hn the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\, Theodosios the Righteous\, Joseph
  the New Martyr of Aleppo\, Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and 
 Savior in the Temple\n\nTone Two\nSecond Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 6:12-20\n\nBrethren\, "all th
 ings are lawful for me\," but not all things are helpful.  "All things are 
 lawful for me\," but I will not be enslaved by anything.  "Food is meant fo
 r the stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God will destroy both one an
 d the other.  The body is not meant for immorality\, but for the Lord\, and
  the Lord for the body.  And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up 
 by his power.  Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?  Sha
 ll I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prosti
 tute?  Never!  Do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute be
 comes one body with her?  For\, as it is written\, "The two shall become on
 e flesh."  But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.  S
 hun immorality.  Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body\; 
 but the immoral man sins against his own body.  Do you not know that your b
 ody is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you\, which you have from God?  Y
 ou are not your own\; you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your
  body and in your spirit which belong to God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15
 :11-32\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "There was a man who had two sons\; a
 nd the younger of them said to his father\, 'Father\, give me the share of 
 the property that falls to me.'  And he divided his living between them.  N
 ot many days later\, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journ
 ey into a far country\, and there he squandered his property in loose livin
 g.  And when he had spent everything\, a great famine arose in that country
 \, and he began to be in want.  So he went and joined himself to one of the
  citizens of that country\, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.  An
 d he would gladly have filled his belly with the pods that the swine ate\; 
 and no one gave him anything.  But when he came to himself he said\, 'How m
 any of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare\, but I pe
 rish here with hunger!  I will arise and go to my father\, and I will say t
 o him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before you\; I am no lon
 ger worthy to be called your son\; treat me as one of your hired servants.'
   And he arose and came to his father.  But while he was yet at a distance\
 , his father saw him and had compassion\, and ran and embraced him and kiss
 ed him.  And the son said to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven a
 nd before you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'  But the fath
 er said to his servants\, 'Bring quickly the best robe\, and put it on him\
 ; and put a ring on his hand\, and shoes on his feet\; and bring the fatted
  calf and kill it\, and let us eat and make merry\; for this my son was dea
 d\, and is alive again\; he was lost\, and is found.'  And they began to ma
 ke merry.  Now his elder son was in the field\; and as he came and drew nea
 r to the house\, he heard music and dancing.  And he called one of the serv
 ants and asked what this meant.  And he said to him\, 'Your brother has com
 e\, and your father has killed the fatted calf\, because he has received hi
 m safe and sound.'  But he was angry and refused to go in.  His father came
  out and entreated him\, but he answered his father\, 'Lo\, these many year
 s I have served you\, and I never disobeyed your command\; yet you never ga
 ve me a kid\, that I might make merry with my friends.  But when this son o
 f yours came\, who has devoured your living with harlots\, you killed for h
 im the fatted calf!'  And he said to him\, 'Son\, you are always with me\, 
 and all that is mine is yours.  It was fitting to make merry and be glad\, 
 for this your brother was dead\, and is alive\; he was lost\, and is found.
 '"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pimen the Great\; Holy Martyr Phanurius\; Anthousa the Martyr\; Poimen
  of Palestine\; Hosisos the Confessor\; Liverios\, Pope of Rome\; Monica\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 7:1-10\nBreth
 ren\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit\, a
 nd make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nOpen your hearts to us\; we
  have wronged no one\, we have corrupted no one\, we have taken advantage o
 f no one. I do not say this to condemn you\, for I said before that you are
  in our hearts\, to die together and to live together. I have great confide
 nce in you\; I have great pride in you\; I am filled with comfort. With all
  our affliction\, I am overjoyed.\n\nFor even when we came into Macedonia\,
  our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn --fighting with
 out and fear within. But God\, who comforts the downcast\, comforted us by 
 the coming of Titus\, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort wi
 th which he was comforted in you\, as he told us of your longing\, your mou
 rning\, your zeal for me\, so that I rejoiced still more. For even if I mad
 e you sorry with my letter\, I do not regret it (though I did regret it)\, 
 for I see that that letter grieved you\, though only for a while. As it is\
 , I rejoice\, not because you were grieved\, but because you were grieved i
 nto repenting\; for you felt a godly grief\, so that you suffered no loss t
 hrough us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation an
 d brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces death.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 1:29-35\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew\, w
 ith James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever\, and i
 mmediately they told him of her. And he came and took her by the hand and l
 ifted her up\, and the fever left her\; and she served them. That evening\,
  at sundown\, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demon
 s. And the whole city was gathered together about the door. And he healed m
 any who were sick with various diseases\, and cast out many demons\; and he
  would not permit the demons to speak\, because they knew him. And in the m
 orning\, a great while before day\, he rose and went out to a lonely place\
 , and there he prayed.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/7/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusa
 lem in 351 A.D.\, Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\, Akakios the Centurion o
 f Byzantium\, Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\, Repose of St. Nilus\, ab
 bot of Sora\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\n\nIN
  THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have permission to speak for
  yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: "I journ
 eyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. At
  midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the
  sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had al
 l fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew languag
 e\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against th
 e goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesu
 s whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have 
 appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness
  to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appea
 r to you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I s
 end you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and 
 from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins 
 and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O 
 King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared 
 first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the count
 ry of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn t
 o God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance." \n \n\nGospel Reading:
  John 3:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved the world th
 at he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not perish bu
 t have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn t
 he world\, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes i
 n him is not condemned\; he who does not believe is condemned already\, bec
 ause he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is th
 e judgment\, that the light has come into the world\, and men loved darknes
 s rather than light\, because their deeds were evil. For every one who does
  evil hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, lest his deeds sho
 uld be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light\, that it m
 ay be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/20/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\, Synaxis of the Russians who were 
 perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii 
 Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fondam
 inskii\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. James' Universal Letter 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, take as an example of s
 uffering and patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behol
 d\, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfast
 ness of Job\, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord\, how the Lord is c
 ompassionate and merciful. But above all\, my brethren\, do not swear\, eit
 her by heaven or by earth or with any other oath\, but let your yes be yes 
 and your no be no\, that you may not fall under condemnation. Is any one am
 ong you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is a
 ny among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church\, and let them
  pray over him\, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord\; and the p
 rayer of faith will save the sick man\, and the Lord will raise him up\; an
 d if he has committed sins\, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your si
 ns to one another\, and pray for one another\, that you may be healed. The 
 prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man 
 of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rai
 n\, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then h
 e prayed again and the heaven gave rain\, and the earth brought forth its f
 ruit. My brethren\, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some on
 e brings him back\, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the
  error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude 
 of sins. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\n\nAt that time\, the crowd wonde
 red at the gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and t
 hey said\, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you
  will quote to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have 
 heard you did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he sai
 d\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. Bu
 t in truth\, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of E
 lijah\, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there
  came a great famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of the
 m but only to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow
 . And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; 
 and none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard 
 this\, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and pu
 t him out of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their 
 city was built\, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing throu
 gh the midst of them he went away.\n\n\n
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 sts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\; Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\; 
 Eudocimus the Righteous of Cappadocia\; Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of V
 atopaidi\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 11:8-23\nBrethren\, man was not made from woman\, but woman fro
 m man. Neither was man created for woman\, but woman for man. That is why a
  woman ought to have a veil on her head because of the angels. (Nevertheles
 s\, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman\; for as w
 oman was made from man\, so man is now born of woman. And all things are fr
 om God.) Judge for yourselves\; is it proper for a woman to pray to God wit
 h her head uncovered? Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to we
 ar long hair is degrading to him\, but if a woman has long hair\, it is to 
 her pride? For her hair is given to her for a covering. If anyone is dispos
 ed to be contentious\, we recognize no other practice\, nor do the churches
  of God. But in the following instructions I do not commend you\, because w
 hen you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For\, in 
 the first place\, when you assemble as a church\, I hear that there are div
 isions among you\; and I partly believe it\, for there must be factions amo
 ng you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. Whe
 n you meet together\, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. For in eati
 ng\, each one goes ahead with his own meal\, and one is hungry and another 
 is drunk. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despi
 se the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say
  to you? Shall I commend you in this? No\, I will not. For I have received 
 from the Lord what I also delivered to you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1
 0-18\nAt that time\, the disciples asked Jesus\, "Then why do the scribes s
 ay that first Elijah must come?" He replied\, "Elijah does come and he is t
 o restore all things\; but I tell you that Elijah has already come\, and th
 ey did not know him\, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son
  of man will suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he 
 was speaking to them of John the Baptist. And when they came to the crowd\,
  a man came up to him and kneeling before him said\, "Lord\, have mercy on 
 my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly\; for often he fall
 s into the fire\, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disci
 ples\, and they could not heal him." And Jesus answered\, "O faithless and 
 perverse generation\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear w
 ith you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came 
 out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/7/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Thomas the Righteous of Malea\, Kyriake the Great Martyr\, Akakios of Si
 nai\, Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we 
 were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be re
 vealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might
  be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer unde
 r a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith
 . For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There
  is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neit
 her male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are C
 hrist's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I 
 mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\,
  though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and t
 rustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were childre
 n\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the t
 ime had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under 
 the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive
  adoption as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a gr
 eat crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who 
 had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under 
 many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but ra
 ther grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind
  him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even 
 his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased
 \; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\,
  perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately tur
 ned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disc
 iples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you sa
 y\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the
  woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and
  fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, 
 "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of y
 our disease."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/30/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Renewal Tues.\,Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\,James the Apostle and b
 rother of St. John the Theologian\, Argyra the New Martyr\, Clement the Hym
 nographer\, Erconwald\, Bishop of London\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\n\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing with the 
 eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and all who
  dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my words. 
 For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the third h
 our of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in t
 he last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Spirit up
 on all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and your y
 oung men shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; yea\, an
 d on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour out my S
 pirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven abov
 e and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of smoke\; 
 the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, before the 
 day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be that wh
 oever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears m
 e\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him w
 ho sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demo
 ns are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall
  like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread u
 pon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and noth
 ing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits 
 are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In
  that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Fa
 ther\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from th
 e wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for su
 ch was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/6/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Bucolus\, Bishop of Sm
 yrna\, Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\, Afterfeast of the Presenta
 tion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Ilyan of Homs\n\nStrict Fast\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBre
 thren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blam
 eless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He
  has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first 
 for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for al
 l when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakn
 ess as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the 
 law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in 
 what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated 
 at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in th
 e sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \
 n  \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if 
 any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find p
 asture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that t
 hey may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The g
 ood shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and no
 t a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leave
 s the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He f
 lees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the go
 od shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and
  I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have othe
 r sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they wil
 l heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190125
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/24/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\, Vavylas the Holy Martyr\, Xenia of St. Pete
 rsburg\, Fool-for-Christ\, Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in C
 yprus\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 
 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patienc
 e\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; agains
 t such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucifie
 d the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let 
 us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of 
 one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in 
 any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gent
 leness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's bu
 rdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:27
 -35\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, two blind men followed him\, cry
 ing aloud\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David." When he entered the house\, 
 the blind men came to him\; and Jesus said to them\, "Do you believe that I
  am able to do this?" They said to him\, "Yes\, Lord." Then he touched thei
 r eyes\, saying\, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their ey
 es were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them\, "See that no one knows it.
 " But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.\n \nAs 
 they were going away\, behold\, a dumb demoniac was brought to him. And whe
 n the demon had been cast out\, the dumb man spoke\; and the crowds marvele
 d\, saying\, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel." But the Pharise
 es said\, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."\n \nAnd Jesus went
  about all the cities and villages\, teaching in their synagogues and preac
 hing the gospel of the kingdom\, and healing every disease and every infirm
 ity among the people.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodore the Sanctified\, Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae\, New Martyr 
 Nicholas of Metsovos (1617)\, Nicholas the Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\, Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\, Brendan the Navigator\n\nFast
  Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 18:22-28\n\n
 IN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he went up and greeted t
 he church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spending some time there h
 e departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and P
 hrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos\, a nativ
 e of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\, well versed in 
 the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord\; and being f
 ervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning
  Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly 
 in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\, they took him 
 and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And when he wished to 
 cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrote to the disciples 
 to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped those who through grace
  had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public\, showing by 
 the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:36-
 47\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "While you have the light
 \, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light. When Jesus had
  said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so m
 any signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him\; it was that the w
 ord spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believ
 ed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefo
 re they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, "He has blinded their ey
 es and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perc
 eive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them." Isaiah said this bec
 ause he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, many even of the aut
 horities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confe
 ss it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the pr
 aise of men more than the praise of God.\n \nAnd Jesus cried out and said\,
  "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he
  who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world\, th
 at whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my s
 ayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to 
 judge the world but to save the world."\n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180127
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/26/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Xenophon & his Companions\, Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:1-10\n\nSIM
 ON PETER\, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ\,\n\nTo those who have obt
 ained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God a
 nd Savior Jesus Christ:\n\nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you in the 
 knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.\n\nHis divine power has granted to 
 us all things that pertain to life and godliness\, through the knowledge of
  him who called us to his own glory and excellence\, by which he has grante
 d to us his precious and very great promise\, that through these you may es
 cape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion\, and beco
 me partakers of the divine nature. For this very reason make every effort t
 o supplement your faith with virtue\, and virtue with knowledge\, and knowl
 edge with self-control\, and self-control with steadfastness\, and steadfas
 tness with godliness\, and godliness with brotherly affection\, and brother
 ly affection with love. For if these things are yours and abound\, they kee
 p you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jes
 us Christ. For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has
  forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore\, brethren\, b
 e the more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you do this y
 ou will never fall.\n    \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:1-8\n\nAt that time\, 
 as Jesus came out of the temple\, one of his disciples said to him\, "Look\
 , Teacher\, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!" And Jesus 
 said to him\, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left her
 e one stone upon another\, that will not be thrown down." And as he sat on 
 the Mount of Olives opposite the temple\, Peter and James and John and Andr
 ew asked him privately\, "Tell us\, when will this be\, and what will be th
 e sign when these things are all to be accomplished?" And Jesus began to sa
 y to them\, "Take heed that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my n
 ame\, saying\, 'I am he!' and they will lead many astray. And when you hear
  of wars and rumors of wars\, do not be alarmed\; this must take place\, bu
 t the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation\, and kingdom aga
 inst kingdom\; there will be earthquakes in various places\, there will be 
 famines\; this is but the beginning of the sufferings."\n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190607
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/6/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Holy Ascension\,Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monastery\, Bessarion the 
 Wonderworker of Egypt\, 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\, Mary\, Cyris\, Val
 eria & Marcia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-12\n\nIn the
  first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do a
 nd teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, after he had given commandm
 ent through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he 
 presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to the
 m during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying
  with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for t
 he promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John 
 baptized with water\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the H
 oly Spirit." So when they had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will
  you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?" He said to them\, "it is 
 not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own 
 authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon y
 ou\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samari
 a and to the end of the earth." And when he had said this\, as they were lo
 oking on\, he was lifted up\, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And 
 while they were gazing into heaven as he went\, behold\, two men stood by t
 hem in white robes\, and said\,"Men of Galilee\, why do you stand looking i
 nto heaven? This Jesus\, who was taken up from you into heaven\, will come 
 in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." Then they returned from the
  mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey aw
 ay.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\n\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having ris
 en from the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "
 Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that th
 ey saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do q
 uestionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I mysel
 f\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see t
 hat I have." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet.
  And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\
 , "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, 
 and he took it and ate before them.\n \nThen he said to them\, "These are m
 y words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything
  written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must 
 be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and
  said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on 
 the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of s
 ins should be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusale
 m. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my
  Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power 
 from on high."\n \nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up 
 his hands\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, 
 and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned 
 to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing G
 od.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Tuesday after Pascha\; Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Germanos\, 
 Patriarch of Constantinople\; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\; Removal 
 of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:21-33\nIn those days\, Peter went down to 
 the men sent by Cornelius to him and said\, "I am the one you are looking f
 or\; what is the reason for your coming?" And they said\, "Cornelius\, a ce
 nturion\, an upright and God-fearing man\, who is well-spoken of by the who
 le Jewish nation\, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to 
 his house\, and to hear what you have to say." So he called them in to be h
 is guests. The next day he rose and went off with them\, and some of the br
 ethren from Joppa accompanied him. And on the following day they entered Ca
 esarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his kinsmen an
 d close friends. When Peter entered\, Cornelius met him and fell down at hi
 s feet and worshiped him. But Peter lifted him up\, saying\, "Stand up\; I 
 too am a man." And as he talked with him\, he went in and found many person
 s gathered\; and he said to them\, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is 
 for a Jew to associate with or to visit any one of another nation\; but God
  has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. So when I w
 as sent for\, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me." An
 d Cornelius said\, "Four days ago\, about this hour\, I was keeping the nin
 th hour of prayer in my house\; and behold\, a man stood before me in brigh
 t apparel\, saying\, 'Cornelius\, your prayer has been heard and your alms 
 have been remembered before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon 
 who is called Peter\; he is lodging in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by t
 he seaside.' So I sent to you at once\, and you have been kind enough to co
 me. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God\, to hear all
  that you have been commanded by the Lord."\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\
 nAt that time\, Jesus went about in Galilee\; he would not go about in Jude
 a\, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles
  was at hand. So his brothers said to him\, "Leave here and go to Judea\, t
 hat your disciples may see the works you are doing. For no man works in sec
 ret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things\, show yourself 
 to the world." For even his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to 
 them\, "My time has not yet come\, but your time is always here. The world 
 cannot hate you\, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works ar
 e evil. Go to the feast yourselves\; I am not going up to this feast\, for 
 my time has not yet fully come." So saying\, he remained in Galilee.\n\nBut
  after his brothers had gone up to the feast\, then he also went up\, not p
 ublicly but in private. The Jews were looking for him at the feast\, and sa
 ying\, "Where is he?" And there was much muttering about him among the peop
 le. While some said\, "He is a good man\," others said\, "No\, he is leadin
 g the people astray." Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/3/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\, Our Righteous Father John\, Bi
 shop and Hesychast\, Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\, Theodore\, Archbi
 shop of Alexandria\, Angelis the New Martyr\, Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nFas
 t Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timo
 thy 2:20-26\n\nTimothy\, my son\, in a great house there are not only vesse
 ls of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware\, and some for noble
  use\, some for ignoble. If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble\,
  then he will be a vessel for noble use\, consecrated and useful to the mas
 ter of the house\, ready for any good work. So shun youthful passions and a
 im at righteousness\, faith\, love\, and peace\, along with those who call 
 upon the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with stupid\, senseless
  controversies\; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant 
 must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one\, an apt teacher\, forbeari
 ng\, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that t
 hey will repent and come to know the truth\, and they may escape from the s
 nare of the devil\, after being captured by him to do his will.\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 20:27-44\n\nAt that time\, there came to Jesus some Sadducee
 s\, those who say that there is no resurrection\, and they asked him a ques
 tion\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies\
 , having a wife but no children\, the man must take the wife and raise up c
 hildren for his brother. Now there were seven brothers\; the first took a w
 ife\, and died without children\; and the second and the third took her\, a
 nd likewise all seven left no children and died. Afterward the woman also d
 ied. In the resurrection\, therefore\, whose wife will the woman be? For th
 e seven had her as wife." And Jesus said to them\, "The sons of this age ma
 rry and are given in marriage\; but those who are accounted worthy to attai
 n to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are g
 iven in marriage\, for they cannot die any more\, because they are equal to
  angels and are sons of God\, being sons of the resurrection. But that the 
 dead are raised\, even Moses showed\, in the passage about the bush\, where
  he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of J
 acob. Now he is not God of the dead\, but of the living\; for all live to h
 im." And some of the scribes answered\, "Teacher\, you have spoken well." F
 or they no longer dared to ask him any question. But he said to them\, "How
  can they say that the Christ is David's son? For David himself says in the
  Book of Psalms\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I
  make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' David thus calls him Lord\; so how
  is he his son?"       \n  \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180121
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/20/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\, Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra\, Joh
 n the Hieromartyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the C
 orinthians 4:6-15\n\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine o
 ut of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the know
 ledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n \nBut we have this treas
 ure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God
  and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexe
 d\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down
 \, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so 
 that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we 
 live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the li
 fe of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in 
 us\, but life in you.\n \nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had 
 who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we spea
 k\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus
  and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so
  that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving
 \, to the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\nAt that time\,
  Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a g
 reat multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of T
 yre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; a
 nd those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the cr
 owd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all
 .  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you 
 poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, 
 for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall 
 laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and r
 evile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man! 
  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great
  in heaven."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/5/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diodore\, Victor\, Victorinus\, and those with t
 hem\, Theodora the Righteous of Thessaloniki\, Agathopodes and Theodulos th
 e Martyrs\, George the new Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Reading
 s: Isaiah 29:13-23\n\n And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near wi
 th their mouth and honor me with their lips\, while their hearts are far fr
 om me\, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote\; ther
 efore\, behold\, I will again do marvelous things with this people\, wonder
 ful and marvelous\; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish\, and the
  discernment of their discerning men shall be hid."  Woe to those who hide 
 deep from the LORD their counsel\, whose deeds are in the dark\, and who sa
 y\, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"  You turn things upside down! Shall the po
 tter be regarded as the clay\; that the thing made should say of its maker\
 , "He did not make me"\; or the thing formed say of him who formed it\, "He
  has no understanding"?  \n \nIs it not yet a very little while until Leban
 on shall be turned into a fruitful field\, and the fruitful field shall be 
 regarded as a forest?  In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book\
 , and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.  The
  meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD\, and the poor among men shall exu
 lt in the Holy One of Israel.  For the ruthless shall come to nought and th
 e scoffer cease\, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off\, who by a 
 word make a man out to be an offender\, and lay a snare for him who reprove
 s in the gate\, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right. 
  \n \nTherefore thus says the LORD\, who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the 
 house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no more be ashamed\, no more shall his face gr
 ow pale.  For when he sees his children\, the work of my hands\, in his mid
 st\, they will sanctify my name\; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\
 , and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.\n  \n\nGenesis 12:1-7\n\n Now
  the LORD said to Abram\, "Go from your country and your kindred and your f
 ather's house to the land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a g
 reat nation\, and I will bless you\, and make your name great\, so that you
  will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you\, and him who curses
  you I will curse\; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless th
 emselves."  \n \nSo Abram went\, as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went wi
 th him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.  And 
 Abram took Sarai his wife\, and Lot his brother's son\, and all their posse
 ssions which they had gathered\, and the persons that they had gotten in Ha
 ran\; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to
  the land of Canaan\, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem
 \, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  Then
  the LORD appeared to Abram\, and said\, "To your descendants I will give t
 his land." So he built there an altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to him
 .\n  \n\nProverbs 14:15-26\n\nThe simple believes everything\, but the prud
 ent looks where he is going.  A wise man is cautious and turns away from ev
 il\, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.  A man of quick tempe
 r acts foolishly\, but a man of discretion is patient.  The simple acquire 
 folly\, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.  The evil bow down befo
 re the good\, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.  The poor is dislik
 ed even by his neighbor\, but the rich has many friends.  He who despises h
 is neighbor is a sinner\, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.  Do they
  not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfuln
 ess.  In all toil there is profit\, but mere talk tends only to want.  The 
 crown of the wise is their wisdom\, but folly is the garland of fools.  A t
 ruthful witness saves lives\, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.  In th
 e fear of the LORD one has strong confidence\, and his children will have a
  refuge.\n \n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190101
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/31/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\, The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. James' Universal Le
 tter 2:14-26\n\nBrethren\, what does it profit if a man says he has faith b
 ut has not works? Can his faith save him? If a brother or sister is ill-cla
 d and in lack of daily food\, and one of you says to them\, "Go in peace\, 
 be warmed and filled\," without giving them the things needed for the body\
 , what does it profit? So faith by itself\, if it has no works\, is dead. B
 ut some one will say\, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your fait
 h apart from your works\, and I by my works will show you my faith. You bel
 ieve that God is one\; you do well. Even the demons believe -- and shudder.
  Do you want to be shown\, you shallow man\, that faith apart from works is
  barren? Was not Abraham our father justified by works\, when he offered hi
 s son Isaac upon the altar? You see that faith was active along with his wo
 rks\, and faith was completed by works\, and the scripture was fulfilled wh
 ich says\, "Abraham believed God\, and it was reckoned to him as righteousn
 ess"\; and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified
  by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab th
 e harlot justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them 
 out another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead\, so faith a
 part from works is dead.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:13-17\n\nAt that time
 \, the chief priests and scribes sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees and so
 me of the Herodians\, to entrap him in his talk. And they came and said to 
 him\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and care for no man\; for you 
 do not regard the position of men\, but truly teach the way of God. Is it l
 awful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not? Should we pay them\, or should we no
 t?" But knowing their hypocrisy\, he said to them\, "Why put me to the test
 ? Bring me a coin\, and let me look at it." And they brought one. And he sa
 id to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him\, "
 Caesar's." Jesus said to them\, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesa
 r's\, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at him.\n
 \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180731
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/30/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of the
  70\, Julitta of Caesaria\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:3
 5-41\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching an
 d preaching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some da
 ys Paul said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in 
 every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are.
 " And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought 
 best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, a
 nd had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\,
  so that they separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and s
 ailed away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended 
 by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cil
 icia\, strengthening the churches. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-22\n
 \nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And se
 eing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but 
 leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" A
 nd the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\,
  saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, 
 "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not on
 ly do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this moun
 tain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever 
 you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith."\n\n\n
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  the 70
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190128
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/27/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople
 \, Peter the Righteous of Egypt\, Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinopl
 e\n\nTone Two\nSecond Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we shoul
 d have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from s
 inners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high pries
 ts\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those 
 of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indee
 d\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word o
 f the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been ma
 de perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have 
 such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of t
 he Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which 
 is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n  \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10\
 n\nAt that time\, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man na
 med Zacchaios\; he was a chief collector\, and rich. And he sought to see w
 ho Jesus was\, but could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he was sma
 ll of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to se
 e him\, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place\, he 
 looked up and said to him\, "Zacchaios\, make haste and come down\; for I m
 ust stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down\, and receive
 d him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured\, "He has gone in to
  be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to th
 e Lord\, "Behold\, Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor\; and if 
 I have defrauded any one of anything\, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus sa
 id to him\, "Today salvation has come to this house\, since he also is a so
 n of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:15th Sunday of Luke
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190430
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/29/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\,Jason and Sosipater the Apostle
 s of the 70 and their Companions\, Holy Martyr Cercyra\, Our Holy Father Jo
 hn of Kaloktenos\, Metropolitan of Thebes\, Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\, 
 Nektarios the New Martyr of Optina\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 of the Apostles 12:1-11\n\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent ha
 nds upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of Jo
 hn with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded
  to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And wh
 en he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squ
 ads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him ou
 t to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him w
 as made to God by the Church.\n \nThe very night when Herod was about to br
 ing him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chai
 ns\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, a
 n angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; and he struc
 k Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chain
 s fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around 
 you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did not know that
  what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. 
 When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron
  gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they
  went out and passed on through one street\; and immediately the angel left
  him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord h
 as sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that t
 he Jewish people were expecting."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\n\nNo o
 ne has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the F
 ather\, he has made him known.\n \nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when
  the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you
 ?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." 
 And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Ar
 e you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who ar
 e you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about y
 ourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make
  straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n \nNow they 
 had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptiz
 ing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John a
 nswered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom you do
  not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not
  worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, where Joh
 n was baptizing.\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181002
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\, Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\, Ro
 manos the Melodist\, John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Ac
 ts of the Apostles 9:10-19\n\nIn those days\, there was a disciple at Damas
 cus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias." And he sai
 d\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go to the stre
 et called Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus 
 named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man named Anani
 as come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But
  Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about this man\, how muc
 h evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has authority f
 rom the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name." But the Lord sai
 d to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name bef
 ore the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will show him how
  much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and ente
 red the house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lo
 rd Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came\, has sent me th
 at you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immed
 iately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. 
 Then he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was strengthened.\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 6:24-30\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him
 \, "Woe to you that are rich\, for you have received your consolation.\n \n
 "Woe to you that are full now\, for you shall hunger.\n \n"Woe to you that 
 laugh now\, for you shall mourn and weep.\n \n"Woe to you\, when all men sp
 eak well of you\, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.\n \n"But 
 I say to you that hear\, Love your enemies\, do good to those who hate you\
 , bless those who curse you\, pray for those who abuse you. To him who stri
 kes you on the cheek\, offer the other also\; and from him who takes away y
 our coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to every one who begs from y
 ou\; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180302
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\, Andonina the New Marty
 r\, David the Archbishop\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah
  6:1-12\n\nIn the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a 
 throne\, high and lifted up\; and his train filled the temple.  Above him s
 tood the seraphim\; each had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and 
 with two he covered his feet\, and with two he flew.  And one called to ano
 ther and said: "Holy\, holy\, holy is the LORD of hosts\; the whole earth i
 s full of his glory."  And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the v
 oice of him who called\, and the house was filled with smoke.  And I said: 
 "Woe is me! For I am lost\; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in
  the midst of a people of unclean lips\; for my eyes have seen the King\, t
 he LORD of hosts!"  Then flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his han
 d a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.  And he touc
 hed my mouth\, and said: "Behold\, this has touched your lips\; your guilt 
 is taken away\, and your sin forgiven."  And I heard the voice of the Lord 
 saying\, "Whom shall I send\, and who will go for us?" Then I said\, "Here 
 am I! Send me."  And he said\, "Go\, and say to this people: 'Hear and hear
 \, but do not understand\; see and see\, but do not perceive.'  Make the he
 art of this people fat\, and their ears heavy\, and shut their eyes\; lest 
 they see with their eyes\, and hear with their ears\, and understand with t
 heir hearts\, and turn and be healed."  Then I said\, "How long\, O Lord?" 
 And he said: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant\, and houses withou
 t men\, and the land is utterly desolate\, and the LORD removes men far awa
 y\, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land."\n \n\nGenes
 is 5:1-24\n\n This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created
  man\, he made him in the likeness of God.  Male and female he created them
 \, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.  When Ada
 m had lived a hundred and thirty years\, he became the father of a son in h
 is own likeness\, after his image\, and named him Seth.  The days of Adam a
 fter he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years\; and he had oth
 er sons and daughters.  Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred
  and thirty years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen Seth had lived a hundred and fi
 ve years\, he became the father of Enosh.  Seth lived after the birth of En
 osh eight hundred and seven years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus
  all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years\; and he died.  \n
  \nWhen Enosh had lived ninety years\, he became the father of Kenan.  Enos
 h lived after the birth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years\, and had 
 other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and
  five years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen Kenan had lived seventy years\, he be
 came the father of Mahalalel.  Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel eig
 ht hundred and forty years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all th
 e days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen M
 ahalalel had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Jared.  Mahal
 alel lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years\, and ha
 d other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hund
 red and ninety-five years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen Jared had lived a hundr
 ed and sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch.  Jared lived after th
 e birth of Enoch eight hundred years\, and had other sons and daughters.  T
 hus all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years\; and he di
 ed.  When Enoch had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Methus
 elah.  Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred ye
 ars\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enoch were th
 ree hundred and sixty-five years.  Enoch walked with God\; and he was not\,
  for God took him.\n\n\nProverbs 6:3-20\n\nThen do this\, my son\, and save
  yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go\, hasten\, and
  importune your neighbor.  Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slum
 ber\; save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter\, like a bird from the h
 and of the fowler.\n   \nGo to the ant\, O sluggard\; consider her ways\, a
 nd be wise.  Without having any chief\, officer or ruler\, she prepares her
  food in summer\, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.  How long will you
  lie there\, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?  A little sle
 ep\, a little slumber\, a little folding of the hands to rest\, and poverty
  will come upon you like a vagabond\, and want like an armed man.  A worthl
 ess person\, a wicked man\, goes about with crooked speech\, winks with his
  eyes\, scrapes with his feet\, points with his finger\, with perverted hea
 rt devises evil\, continually sowing discord\; therefore calamity will come
  upon him suddenly\; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.\n   \nTh
 ere are six things which the LORD hates\, seven which are an abomination to
  him:  haughty eyes\, a lying tongue\, and hands that shed innocent blood\,
  a heart that devises wicked plans\, feet that make haste to run to evil\, 
 a false witness who breathes out lies\, and a man who sows discord among br
 others.  My son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake not your mot
 her's teaching.\n \n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171114
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Damaskinos the New Ma
 rtyr of Mount Athos\, Anthousa\, the Mother of John Chrysostom\n\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethren\, 
 it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, 
 unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no 
 need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his 
 own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when h
 e offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as h
 igh priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, ap
 points a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we 
 are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the r
 ight hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctu
 ary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n  \n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one 
 enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture. 
  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may 
 have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shep
 herd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shep
 herd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sh
 eep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees bec
 ause he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good sheph
 erd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know 
 the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\
 , that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed m
 y voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171128
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical639e13814e219961e92342b15b313336
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\, Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\, James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\, Grego
 ry of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\, Arsenios of Rhaxos\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:1-7\
 n\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Ch
 rist Jesus our hope\, to Timothy\, my true child in the faith: Grace\, merc
 y\, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you
  when I was going to Macedonia\, remain at Ephesos that you may charge cert
 ain persons not to teach any different doctrine\, nor to occupy themselves 
 with myths and endless genealogies which promote speculations rather than t
 he divine training that is in faith\; whereas the aim of our charge is love
  that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith. Cer
 tain persons by swerving from these have wandered away into vain discussion
 \, desiring to be teachers of the law\, without understanding either what t
 hey are saying or the things about which they make assertions.\n\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 19:37-44\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was drawing near\, at the
  descent of the Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the disciples bega
 n to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that
  they had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the
  Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" And some of the Pharisees
  in the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disciples." He answe
 red\, "I tell you\, if these were silent\, the very stones would cry out." 
 And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it\, saying\, "Would th
 at even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid
  from your eyes. For the days shall come upon you\, when your enemies will 
 cast up a bank about you and surround you\, and hem you in on every side\, 
 and dash you to the ground\, you and your children within you\, and they wi
 ll not leave one stone upon another in you\; because you did not know the t
 ime of your visitation."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\; Theodoretos 
 the Holy Martyr of Antioch\; Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:19-2:3\n"If you are willing and obedien
 t\, you shall eat the good of the land\; but if you refuse and rebel\, you 
 shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n\n
 How the faithful city has become a harlot\, she that was full of justice!  
 Righteousness lodged in her\, but now murderers.  Your silver has become dr
 oss\, your wine mixed with water.  Your princes are rebels and companions o
 f thieves.  Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts.  They do not defe
 nd the fatherless\, and the widow's cause does not come to them.\n\nTherefo
 re the Lord says\, the Lord of hosts\, the Mighty One of Israel:  "Ah\, I w
 ill vent my wrath on my enemies\, and avenge myself on my foes.  I will tur
 n my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove
  all your alloy.  And I will restore your judges as at the first\, and your
  counselors as at the beginning.  Afterward you shall be called the city of
  righteousness\, the faithful city."\n\nZion shall be redeemed by justice\,
  and those in her who repent\, by righteousness.  But rebels and sinners sh
 all be destroyed together\, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consume
 d.  For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted\; and you s
 hall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.  For you shall be like an
  oak whose leaf withers\, and like a garden without water.  And the strong 
 shall become tow\, and his work a spark\, and both of them shall burn toget
 her\, with none to quench them.\n\nThe word which Isaiah the son of Amoz sa
 w concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  It shall come to pass in the latter days
  that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the hig
 hest of the mountains\, and shall be raised above the hills\; and all the n
 ations shall flow to it\, and many peoples shall come\, and say:  "Come\, l
 et us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the God of Jacob\
 ; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths."  For ou
 t of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:14-23\n And God said\, "Let there be l
 ights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night\; 
 and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years\, and let 
 them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth
 ."  And it was so.  And God made the two great lights\, the greater light t
 o rule the day\, and the lesser light to rule the night\; he made the stars
  also.  And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon
  the earth\, to rule over the day and over the night\, and to separate the 
 light from the darkness.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was even
 ing and there was morning\, a fourth day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let the waters
  bring forth swarms of living creatures\, and let birds fly above the earth
  across the firmament of the heavens."  So God created the great sea monste
 rs and every living creature that moves\, with which the waters swarm\, acc
 ording to their kinds\, and every winged bird according to its kind.  And G
 od saw that it was good.  And God blessed them\, saying\, "Be fruitful and 
 multiply and fill the waters in the seas\, and let birds multiply on the ea
 rth."  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fifth day.\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33\nWisdom cries aloud in the street\; in th
 e markets she raises her voice\; on the top of the walls she cries out\; at
  the entrance of the city gates she speaks:  "How long\, O simple ones\, wi
 ll you love being simple?  How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
  and fools hate knowledge? \n\n Give heed to my reproof\; behold\, I will p
 our out my thoughts to you\; I will make my words known to you.\n\n  Becaus
 e I have called and you refused to listen\, have stretched out my hand and 
 no one has heeded\, and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none
  of my reproof\, I also will laugh at your calamity\; I will mock when pani
 c strikes you\, when panic strikes you like a storm\, and your calamity com
 es like a whirlwind\, when distress and anguish come upon you. \n\nThen the
 y will call upon me\, but I will not answer\; they will seek me diligently 
 but will not find me.\n\n  Because they hated knowledge and did not choose 
 the fear of the Lord\, would have none of my counsel\, and despised all my 
 reproof\, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with
  their own devices.\n\n  For the simple are killed by their turning away\, 
 and the complacence of fools destroys them\; but he who listens to me will 
 dwell secure and will be at ease\, without dread of evil."\n\n
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 ts: Blaise the Holy Martyr of Sebastia\, Theodora the Empress\, Finding of 
 the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\, Georg
 e the Serbian\n\nTone Three\nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 8:8-13\; 9:1-2\n\nBrethren\, food w
 ill not commend us to God.  We are no worse off if we do not eat\, and no b
 etter off if we do.  Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow beco
 me a stumbling block to the weak.  For if any one sees you\, a man of knowl
 edge\, at table in an idol's temple\, might he not be encouraged\, if his c
 onscience is weak\, to eat food offered to idols?  And so by your knowledge
  this weak man is destroyed\, the brother for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sin
 ning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak\, 
 you sin against Christ.  Therefore\, if food is a cause of my brother's fal
 ling\, I will never eat meat\, lest I cause my brother to fall.\n \nAm I no
 t free?  Am I not an apostle?  Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?  Are not you
  my workmanship in the Lord?  If to others I am not an apostle\, at least I
  am to you\; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. \n \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 25:31-46\n\nThe Lord said\, "When the Son of man comes
  in his glory and all the holy angels with him\, then he will sit on his gl
 orious throne.  Before him will be gathered all the nations\, and he will s
 eparate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the go
 ats\, and he will place the sheep at his right hand\, but the goats at the 
 left.  Then the king will say to those at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blesse
 d of my Father\, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation o
 f the world\; for I was hungry and you gave me food\, I was thirsty and you
  gave me drink\, I was a stranger and you welcomed me\, I was naked and you
  clothed me\, I was sick and you visited me\, I was in prison and you came 
 to me.'  Then the righteous will answer him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you h
 ungry and feed you\, or thirsty and give you drink?  And when did we see yo
 u a stranger and welcome you\, or naked and clothe you?  And when did we se
 e you sick or in prison and visit you?'  And the King will answer them\, 'T
 ruly\, I say to you\, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethre
 n\, you did it to me.'  Then he will say to those at his left hand\, 'Depar
 t from me\, you cursed\, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and h
 is angels\; for I was hungry and you gave me no food\, I was thirsty and yo
 u gave me no drink\, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me\, naked an
 d you did not clothe me\, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'  Th
 en they also will answer\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or
  a stranger or naked or sick or in prison\, and did not minister to you?'  
 Then he will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it not to one
  of the least of these\, you did it not to me.'  And they will go away into
  eternal punishment\, but the righteous into eternal life."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/19/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and On
 esimus\, Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\, Niketas the Younger\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 1:1-20\n\nThe vision of Isa
 iah the son of Amoz\, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the da
 ys of Uzzi'ah\, Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezeki'ah\, kings of Judah.  Hear\, O h
 eavens\, and give ear\, O earth\; for the Lord has spoken:  "Sons have I re
 ared and brought up\, but they have rebelled against me.  The ox knows its 
 owner\, and the ass its master's crib\; but Israel does not know\, my peopl
 e does not understand."\n \nAh\, sinful nation\, a people laden with iniqui
 ty\, offspring of evildoers\, sons who deal corruptly!  They have forsaken 
 the Lord\, they have despised the Holy One of Israel\, they are utterly est
 ranged.\n \nWhy will you still be smitten\, that you continue to rebel?  Th
 e whole head is sick\, and the whole heart faint.  From the sole of the foo
 t even to the head\, there is no soundness in it\, but bruises and sores an
 d bleeding wounds\; they are not pressed out\, or bound up\, or softened wi
 th oil.\n \nYour country lies desolate\, your cities are burned with fire\;
  in your very presence aliens devour your land\; it is desolate\, as overth
 rown by aliens.  And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyar
 d\, like a lodge in a cucumber field\, like a besieged city.\n \nIf the Lor
 d of hosts had not left us a few survivors\, we should have been like Sodom
 \, and become like Gomor'rah.\n \nHear the word of the Lord\, you rulers of
  Sodom!  Give ear to the teaching of our God\, you people of Gomor'rah!  "W
 hat to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord\; I have had e
 nough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts\; I do not delig
 ht in the blood of bulls\, or of lambs\, or of he-goats.\n \n"When you come
  to appear before me\, who requires of you this trampling of my courts?  Br
 ing no more vain offerings\; incense is an abomination to me.  New moon and
  sabbath and the calling of assemblies -- I cannot endure iniquity and sole
 mn assembly.  Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates\; they
  have become a burden to me\, I am weary of bearing them.  When you spread 
 forth your hands\, I will hide my eyes from you\; even though you make many
  prayers\, I will not listen\; your hands are full of blood.  Wash yourselv
 es\; make yourselves clean\; remove the evil of your doings from before my 
 eyes\; cease to do evil\, learn to do good\; seek justice\, correct oppress
 ion\; defend the fatherless\, plead for the widow.\n \n"Come now\, let us r
 eason together\, says the Lord:  though your sins are like scarlet\, they s
 hall be as white as snow\; though they are red like crimson\, they shall be
 come like wool.  If you are willing and obedient\, you shall eat the good o
 f the land\; But if you refuse and rebel\, you shall be devoured by the swo
 rd\; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n\n\nGenesis 1:1-13\n\nIn the b
 eginning God created the heavens and the earth.  The earth was without form
  and void\, and darkness was upon the face of the deep\; and the Spirit of 
 God was moving over the face of the waters.\n \nAnd God said\, "Let there b
 e light"\; and there was light.  And God saw that the light was good\; and 
 God separated the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day\, and 
 the darkness he called Night.  And there was evening and there was morning\
 , one day.\n \nAnd God said\, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the
  waters\, and let it separate the waters from the waters."  And God made th
 e firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from th
 e waters which were above the firmament.  And it was so.  And God called th
 e firmament Heaven.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a second
  day.\n \nAnd God said\, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered toge
 ther into one place\, and let the dry land appear."  And it was so.  God ca
 lled the dry land Earth\, and the waters that were gathered together he cal
 led Seas.  And God saw that it was good.  And God said\, "Let the earth put
  forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed\, and fruit trees bearing fruit in
  which is their seed\, each according to its kind\, upon the earth."  And i
 t was so.  The earth brought forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed accord
 ing to their own kinds\, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, e
 ach according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was ev
 ening and there was morning\, a third day.\n\n\nProverbs 1:1-20\n\nThe prov
 erbs of Solomon\, son of David\, king of Israel:\n \nThat men may know wisd
 om and instruction\, understand words of insight\, receive instruction in w
 ise dealing\, righteousness\, justice\, and equity\; that prudence may be g
 iven to the simple\, knowledge and discretion to the youth -- the wise man 
 also may hear and increase in learning\, and the man of understanding acqui
 re skill\, to understand a proverb and a figure\, the words of the wise and
  their riddles.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge\; fools
  despise wisdom and instruction.\n \nHear\, my son\, your father's instruct
 ion\, and reject not your mother's teaching\; for they are a fair garland f
 or your head\, and pendants for your neck.  My son\, if sinners entice you\
 , do not consent.  If they say\, "Come with us\, let us lie in wait for blo
 od\, let us wantonly ambush the innocent\; like Sheol let us swallow them a
 live and whole\, like those who go down to the Pit\; we shall find all prec
 ious goods\, we shall fill our houses with spoil\; throw in your lot among 
 us\, we will all have one purse" -- my son\, do not walk in the way with th
 em\, hold back your foot from their paths\; for their feet run to evil\, an
 d they make haste to shed blood.  For in vain is a net spread in the sight 
 of any bird\; but these men lie in wait for their own blood\, they set an a
 mbush for their own lives.  Such are the ways of all who get gain by violen
 ce\; it takes away the life of its possessors.\n \nWisdom cries aloud in th
 e street\; in the markets she raises her voice.\n  \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/23/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\, Holy Martyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, De
 metrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\, The Holy New Archpriest Mart
 yrs Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hi
 erotheos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, Gerasimos of Re
 thymno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Di
 opolos\, and those Martyred with Them (1821-1822)\, Mark\, Bishop of Ephesu
 s\, Etheldreda the Queen\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:11-17\n\nBrethren\, you also must consider
  yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.\n \nLet not sin t
 herefore reign in your mortal bodies\, to make you obey their passions. Do 
 not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness\, but yield your
 selves to God as men who have been brought from death to life\, and your me
 mbers to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion
  over you\, since you are not under law but under grace.\n \nWhat then? Are
  we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do yo
 u not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves\, you
  are slaves of the one whom you obey\, either of sin\, which leads to death
 \, or of obedience\, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God\, t
 hat you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to 
 the standard of teaching to which you were committed.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 8:14-23\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered Peter's house\, he saw
  his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever\; he touched her hand\, and the 
 fever left her\, and she rose and served him. That evening they brought to 
 him many who were possessed with demons\; and he cast out the spirits with 
 a word\, and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken 
 by the prophet Isaiah\, "He took our infirmities and bore our diseases."\n 
 \nNow when Jesus saw great crowds around him\, he gave orders to go over to
  the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him\, "Teacher\, I will f
 ollow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and
  birds of the air have nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his he
 ad." Another of the disciples said to him\, "Lord\, let me first go and bur
 y my father." But Jesus said to him\, "Follow me\, and leave the dead to bu
 ry their own dead." And when he entered the boat\, his disciples followed h
 im.\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/17/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\, Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip\
 , Righteous Auxentius\, The Pious Rulers Marcian and Pulcheria\, Theodore t
 he New Martyr of Byzantium\, Hermogenes (Germogen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n\
 nPlagal of the First Tone\nFifth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have obser
 ved my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\, my
  love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell me
  at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\; ye
 t from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly 
 life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and impostors will
  go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for you\, continu
 e in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing from whom you
  learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred
  writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Chr
 ist Jesus.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\n\nThe Lord said this parab
 le\, "Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee and the othe
 r a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself\, 'God\
 , I thank you that I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unjust\, adulte
 rers\, or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week\, I give tithe
 s of all that I get.'  But the tax collector\, standing far off\, would not
  even lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\, 'God\, be
  merciful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went down to his house ju
 stified rather than the other\; for everyone who exalts himself will be hum
 bled\, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Agathangelus the Mar
 tyr\; Righteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\; 4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is i
 n heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will
  change our lowly body to be like his glorious body\, by the power which en
 ables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\,
  whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\
 , my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord
 .  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, help these women\, for they have 
 labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the re
 st of my fellow workers\, whose names are in the book of life. \n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through the gr
 ainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads o
 f grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what i
 s not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never read w
 hat David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who were 
 with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\,
  and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but the
  priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And he sai
 d to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so th
 e Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogu
 e\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to
  see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse h
 im.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And h
 e said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to
  save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around at the
 m with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "
 Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus\, Hermippus\, 
 and Hermocrates\; Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\; Prisca the Right
 eous Martyr\; Moses the Hungarian\; Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alas
 ka\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mar
 y Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that
  the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simo
 n Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to the
 m\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where th
 ey have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they w
 ent toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter an
 d reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloth
 s lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him
 \, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\
 , which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled u
 p in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb firs
 t\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know t
 he scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went bac
 k to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:
 23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the la
 w\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law wa
 s our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. Bu
 t now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Chr
 ist Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as we
 re baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\
 , there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for 
 you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abr
 aham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as lo
 ng as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of
  all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set
  by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the 
 elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God s
 ent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those 
 who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 9:27-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, two blind 
 men followed him\, crying aloud\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David." When h
 e entered the house\, the blind men came to him\; and Jesus said to them\, 
 "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him\, "Yes\, Lord.
 " Then he touched their eyes\, saying\, "According to your faith be it done
  to you." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them\, "See
  that no one knows it." But they went away and spread his fame through all 
 that district.\n\nAs they were going away\, behold\, a dumb demoniac was br
 ought to him. And when the demon had been cast out\, the dumb man spoke\; a
 nd the crowds marveled\, saying\, "Never was anything like this seen in Isr
 ael." But the Pharisees said\, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons
 ."\n\nAnd Jesus went about all the cities and villages\, teaching in their 
 synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom\, and healing every dise
 ase and every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\, Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nTone Three
 \nSixth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colos
 sians 3:4-11\n\nBrethren\, when Christ who is our life appears\, then you a
 lso will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly i
 n you: fornication\, impurity\, passion\, evil desire\, and covetousness\, 
 which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the 
 sons of disobedience. In these you once walked\, when you lived in them. Bu
 t now put them all away: anger\, wrath\, malice\, slander\, and foul talk f
 rom your mouth. Do not lie to one another\, seeing that you have put off th
 e old nature with its practices and have put on the new nature\, which is b
 eing renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot
  be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and uncircumcised\, barbarian\, Scythian\, 
 slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, and in all.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 14:16-24\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet\
 , and invited many\; and at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to 
 say to those who had been invited\, 'Come\; for all is now ready.' But they
  all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him\, 'I have bought a 
 field\, and I go out and see it\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And anothe
 r said\, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen\, and I must go to examine them\;
  I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I have married a wife\,
  and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported this to his
  master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant\, 'Go out quickl
 y to the streets and lanes of the city\, and bring in the poor and maimed a
 nd blind and lame.' And the servant said\, 'Sir\, what you commanded has be
 en done\, and there is still room.' And the master said to the servant\, 'G
 o out to the highways and hedges\, and compel people to come in\, that my h
 ouse may be filled. For I tell you\, none of those men who were invited sha
 ll taste my banquet. For many are called\, but few are chosen.'"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/10/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage\, Gregory V\, the Holy 
 Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\, Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop o
 f Thessolonica\, 150 and more Righteous Martyr Fathers of the Sacred Monast
 ery of Pantocrator Daou Pentelis\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings
 : Isaiah 41:4-14\n\nWho has performed and done this\, calling the generatio
 ns from the beginning? I\, the LORD\, the first\, and with the last\; I am 
 He.  The coastlands have seen and are afraid\, the ends of the earth trembl
 e\; they have drawn near and come.  Every one helps his neighbor\, and says
  to his brother\, "Take courage!"  The craftsman encourages the goldsmith\,
  and he who smoothes with the hammer him who strikes the anvil\, saying of 
 the soldering\, "It is good"\; and they fasten it with nails so that it can
 not be moved.  \n \nBut you\, Israel\, my servant\, Jacob\, whom I have cho
 sen\, the offspring of Abraham\, my friend\; you whom I took from the ends 
 of the earth\, and called from its farthest corners\, saying to you\, "You 
 are my servant\, I have chosen you and not cast you off"\; fear not\, for I
  am with you\, be not dismayed\, for I am your God\; I will strengthen you\
 , I will help you\, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n \n 
 Behold\, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confoun
 ded\; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.  Y
 ou shall seek those who contend with you\, but you shall not find them\; th
 ose who war against you shall be as nothing at all.  For I\, the LORD your 
 God\, hold your right hand\; it is I who say to you\, "Fear not\, I will he
 lp you."  Fear not\, you worm Jacob\, you men of Israel! I will help you\, 
 says the LORD\; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.\n\n\nGenesis 17:1-
 9\n\n When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram\, and
  said to him\, "I am God Almighty\; walk before me\, and be blameless.  And
  I will make my covenant between me and you\, and will multiply you exceedi
 ngly."  Then Abram fell on his face\; and God said to him\,  "Behold\, my c
 ovenant is with you\, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations
 .  No longer shall your name be Abram\, but your name shall be Abraham\; fo
 r I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.  I will make you ex
 ceedingly fruitful\; and I will make nations of you\, and kings shall come 
 forth from you.  And I will establish my covenant between me and you and yo
 ur descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting co
 venant\, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.  And I will gi
 ve to you\, and to your descendants after you\, the land of your sojourning
 s\, all the land of Canaan\, for an everlasting possession\; and I will be 
 their God."\n\n\nProverbs 15:20-16:9\n\nA wise son makes a glad father\, bu
 t a foolish man despises his mother.  Folly is a joy to him who has no sens
 e\, but a man of understanding walks aright.  Without counsel plans go wron
 g\, but with many advisers they succeed.  To make an apt answer is a joy to
  a man\, and a word in season\, how good it is!  The wise man's path leads 
 upward to life\, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.  The LORD tears down the 
 house of the proud\, but maintains the widow's boundaries.  The thoughts of
  the wicked are an abomination to the LORD\, the words of the pure are plea
 sing to him.  He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his househ
 old\, but he who hates bribes will live.  The mind of the righteous ponders
  how to answer\, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.  The LO
 RD is far from the wicked\, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.  The 
 light of the eyes rejoices the heart\, and good news refreshes the bones.  
 He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abide among the wise.  He who 
 ignores instruction despises himself\, but he who heeds admonition gains un
 derstanding.  The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom\, and humility 
 goes before honor.  The plans of the mind belong to man\, but the answer of
  the tongue is from the LORD.  All the ways of a man are pure in his own ey
 es\, but the LORD weighs the spirit.  Commit your work to the LORD\, and yo
 ur plans will be established.  The LORD has made everything for its purpose
 \, even the wicked for the day of trouble.  Every one who is arrogant is an
  abomination to the LORD\; be assured\, he will not go unpunished.  By loya
 lty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for\, and by the fear of the LORD a
  man avoids evil.  When a man's ways please the LORD\, he makes even his en
 emies to be at peace with him.  Better is a little with righteousness than 
 great revenues with injustice.  A man's mind plans his way\, but the LORD d
 irects his steps.\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\, Vladimir\, Equal-to-t
 he-Apostles of Kiev\, The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\, Don
 ald and his Nine Daughters\, Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nPlagal of th
 e Second Tone\nSeventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to Titus 3:8-15\n\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to
  insist on these things\, so that those who have believed in God may be car
 eful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excellent and profitable
  to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and 
 quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man
  who is factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\, have nothing more 
 to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful\; he is
  self-condemned.\n \nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best 
 to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 
  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that
  they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to apply themselves to good d
 eeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n \nA
 ll who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the fai
 th. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\n\nTh
 e Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set
  on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushe
 l\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your ligh
 t so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to
  your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the l
 aw and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. 
  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\,
  not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever the
 n relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall
  be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teache
 s them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n\n
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 sts: Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\, Matrona the Righteous of Chios\
 , Gerasimus of Cephalonia\, Andronicus the Righteous Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, b
 e strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard fro
 m me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teac
 h others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No sol
 dier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to s
 atisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he compet
 es according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have t
 he first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will gran
 t you understanding in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from t
 he dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for 
 which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of G
 od is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect
 \, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glo
 ry.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:1-10\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capern
 aum. Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him\, who was sick and at 
 the point of death. When he heard of Jesus\, he sent to him elders of the J
 ews\, asking him to come and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus\, 
 they besought him earnestly\, saying\, "He is worthy to have you do this fo
 r him\, for he loves our nation\, and he built us our synagogue." And Jesus
  went with them. When he was not far from the house\, the centurion sent fr
 iends to him\, saying to him\, "Lord\, do not trouble yourself\, for I am n
 ot worthy to have you come under my roof\; therefore I did not presume to c
 ome to you. But say the word\, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man
  set under authority\, with soldiers under me: and I say to one\, 'Go\,' an
 d he goes\; and to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\; and to my slave\, 'Do 
 this\,' and he does it." When Jesus heard this he marveled at him\, and tur
 ned and said to the multitude that followed him\, "I tell you\, not even in
  Israel have I found such faith." And when those who had been sent returned
  to the house\, they found the slave well.\n \n\n
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 sts: The Saturday of Souls\; Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monastery\; Bess
 arion the Wonderworker of Egypt\; 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\, Mary\, C
 yris\, Valeria & Marcia\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you ignorant\, brethren\, conc
 erning those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve as others do who have
  no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, 
 through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  For 
 this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, wh
 o are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not precede those who have 
 fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of
  command\, with the archangel's call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of
  God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then we who are alive\, who
  are left\, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
  Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples a
 fter  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, s
 on of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\;
  you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second ti
 me he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said to him
 \, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my shee
 p."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?
 "  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love m
 e?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I lov
 e you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; bu
 t when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gir
 d you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to show by
  what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "Follo
 w me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved
 \, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, wh
 o is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesu
 s\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will th
 at he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the wor
 d went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; but Jesus 
 did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will that he 
 remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple who is be
 aring witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we k
 now that his testimony is true.  But there are also many other things which
  Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the worl
 d itself could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus\, Hermippus\, and Hermocrates\, Paraske
 ve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\, Prisca the Righteous Martyr\, Moses the H
 ungarian\, Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren\, before f
 aith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until fai
 th should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\
 , that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are
  no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\
 , through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put o
 n Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\
 , there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. A
 nd if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according
  to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better
  than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under 
 guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when 
 we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe.
  But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woma
 n\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that w
 e might receive adoption as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt t
 hat time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there w
 as a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffe
 red much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was n
 o better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and
  came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "I
 f I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the he
 morrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disea
 se. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, 
 immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments
 ?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\,
  and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had d
 one it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear an
 d trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he
  said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and
  be healed of your disease."\n\n\n
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 sts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew\; Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\; Terentios\, Bish
 op of Iconium\; Nikitas the New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed
 )\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary M
 agdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so t
 hat they might go and anoint Jesus.  And very early on the first day of the
  week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And they were saying t
 o one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the t
 omb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back\, for it wa
 s very large.  And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the 
 right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed.  And he said t
 o them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified
 .  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where they laid him.  But 
 go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee\; 
 there you will see him\, as he told you."  And they went out and fled from 
 the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they sai
 d nothing to any one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Romans 2:10-16\nBrethren\, glory and honor and peace for eve
 ry one who does good\, the Jew first and also the Greek.  For God shows no 
 partiality.  All who have sinned without the law will also perish without t
 he law\, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.  
 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God\, but the
  doers of the law who will be justified.  When Gentiles who have not the la
 w do by nature what the law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even 
 though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is wr
 itten on their hearts\, while their conscience also bears witness and their
  conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, acco
 rding to my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus walked by the Sea of 
 Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his br
 other\, casting a net into the sea\; for they were fishermen. And he said t
 o them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they
  left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other
  brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, in the boat wit
 h Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he called them. Immediate
 ly they left their boat and their father\, and followed him. And he went ab
 out all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of 
 the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/05/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabbas the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Diogenes\; Philotheos the Righteou
 s of Mount Athos\; Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level p
 lace\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people 
 from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came 
 to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were trouble
 d with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\,
  for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his e
 yes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the K
 ingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfie
 d.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you w
 hen men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out 
 your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, an
 d leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the 
 fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\
 , faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law. 
  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its pas
 sions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spir
 it.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of
  one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who a
 re spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yoursel
 f\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill t
 he law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his
  disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no on
 e knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the 
 Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all wh
 o labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon 
 you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will
  find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/19/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\, George the Confessor\, Tryphon\, Patr
 iarch of Constantinople\, Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael an
 d the other George of Samothrace\, Aelphege the Hieromartyr of Canterbury\n
 \nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 66:10-24\n\n"Rejoice with
  Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, all you who love her\; rejoice with her 
 in joy\, all you who mourn over her\; that you may suck and be satisfied wi
 th her consoling breasts\; that you may drink deeply with delight from the 
 abundance of her glory."  For thus says the LORD: "Behold\, I will extend p
 rosperity to her like a river\, and the wealth of the nations like an overf
 lowing stream\; and you shall suck\, you shall be carried upon her hip\, an
 d dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his mother comforts\, so I will comf
 ort you\; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.  You shall see\, and your he
 art shall rejoice\; your bones shall flourish like the grass\; and it shall
  be known that the hand of the LORD is with his servants\, and his indignat
 ion is against his enemies.  "For behold\, the LORD will come in fire\, and
  his chariots like the stormwind\, to render his anger in fury\, and his re
 buke with flames of fire.  For by fire will the LORD execute judgment\, and
  by his sword\, upon all flesh\; and those slain by the LORD shall be many.
   "Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens\, follow
 ing one in the midst\, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and mice\, 
 shall come to an end together\, says the LORD.  "For I know their works and
  their thoughts\, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues\; and t
 hey shall come and shall see my glory\, and I will set a sign among them. A
 nd from them I will send survivors to the nations\, to Tarshish\, Put\, and
  Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal and Javan\, to the coastlands afar off\,
  that have not heard my fame or seen my glory\; and they shall declare my g
 lory among the nations.  And they shall bring all your brethren from all th
 e nations as an offering to the LORD\, upon horses\, and in chariots\, and 
 in litters\, and upon mules\, and upon dromedaries\, to my holy mountain Je
 rusalem\, says the LORD\, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offerin
 g in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.  And some of them also I will
  take for priests and for Levites\, says the LORD.  "For as the new heavens
  and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me\, says the LORD
 \; so shall your descendants and your name remain.  From new moon to new mo
 on\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, all flesh shall come to worship before m
 e\, says the LORD.  "And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of
  the men that have rebelled against me\; for their worm shall not die\, the
 ir fire shall not be quenched\, and they shall be an abhorrence to all fles
 h."\n \n\nGenesis 49:33-50:26\n\nWhen Jacob finished charging his sons\, he
  drew up his feet into the bed\, and breathed his last\, and was gathered t
 o his people.  Then Joseph fell on his father's face\, and wept over him\, 
 and kissed him.  And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm
  his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel\; forty days were required f
 or it\, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for 
 him seventy days.\n \nAnd when the days of weeping for him were past\, Jose
 ph spoke to the household of Pharaoh\, saying\, "If now I have found favor 
 in your eyes\, speak\, I pray you\, in the ears of Pharaoh\, saying\, My fa
 ther made me swear\, saying\, 'I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed 
 out for myself in the land of Canaan\, there shall you bury me.' Now theref
 ore let me go up\, I pray you\, and bury my father\; then I will return."  
 And Pharaoh answered\, "Go up\, and bury your father\, as he made you swear
 ."  So Joseph went up to bury his father\; and with him went up all the ser
 vants of Pharaoh\, the elders of his household\, and all the elders of the 
 land of Egypt\, as well as all the household of Joseph\, his brothers\, and
  his father's household\; only their children\, their flocks\, and their he
 rds were left in the land of Goshen.  And there went up with him both chari
 ots and horsemen\; it was a very great company.  When they came to the thre
 shing floor of Atad\, which is beyond the Jordan\, they lamented there with
  a very great and sorrowful lamentation\; and he made a mourning for his fa
 ther seven days.  When the inhabitants of the land\, the Canaanites\, saw t
 he mourning on the threshing floor of Atad\, they said\, "This is a grievou
 s mourning to the Egyptians." Therefore the place was named Abelmizraim\; i
 t is beyond the Jordan.  Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them
 \; for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan\, and buried him in the c
 ave of the field at Machpelah\, to the east of Mamre\, which Abraham bought
  with the field from Ephron the Hittite\, to possess as a burying place.  A
 fter he had buried his father\, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers 
 and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.  When Joseph's brother
 s saw that their father was dead\, they said\, "It may be that Joseph will 
 hate us and pay us back for all the evil which we did to him."  So they sen
 t a message to Joseph\, saying\, "Your father gave this command before he d
 ied\,  'Say to Joseph\, Forgive\, I pray you\, the transgression of your br
 others and their sin\, because they did evil to you.' And now\, we pray you
 \, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." Jo
 seph wept when they spoke to him.  His brothers also came and fell down bef
 ore him\, and said\, "Behold\, we are your servants."  But Joseph said to t
 hem\, "Fear not\, for am I in the place of God?  As for you\, you meant evi
 l against me\; but God meant it for good\, to bring it about that many peop
 le should be kept alive\, as they are today.  So do not fear\; I will provi
 de for you and your little ones." Thus he reassured them and comforted them
 .\n \nSo Joseph dwelt in Egypt\, he and his father's house\; and Joseph liv
 ed a hundred and ten years.  And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third
  generation\; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upo
 n Joseph's knees.  And Joseph said to his brothers\, "I am about to die\; b
 ut God will visit you\, and bring you up out of this land to the land which
  he swore to Abraham\, to Isaac\, and to Jacob."  Then Joseph took an oath 
 of the sons of Israel\, saying\, "God will visit you\, and you shall carry 
 up my bones from here."  So Joseph died\, being a hundred and ten years old
 \; and they embalmed him\, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.\n\n\nProver
 bs 31:8-31\n\nOpen your mouth for the dumb\, for the rights of all who are 
 left desolate.  Open your mouth\, judge righteously\, maintain the rights o
 f the poor and needy.  A good wife who can find? She is far more precious t
 han jewels.  The heart of her husband trusts in her\, and he will have no l
 ack of gain.  She does him good\, and not harm\, all the days of her life. 
  She seeks wool and flax\, and works with willing hands.  She is like the s
 hips of the merchant\, she brings her food from afar.  She rises while it i
 s yet night and provides food for her household and tasks for her maidens. 
  She considers a field and buys it\; with the fruit of her hands she plants
  a vineyard.  She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong. 
  She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out
  at night.  She puts her hands to the distaff\, and her hands hold the spin
 dle.  She opens her hand to the poor\, and reaches out her hands to the nee
 dy.  She is not afraid of snow for her household\, for all her household ar
 e clothed in scarlet.  She makes herself coverings\; her clothing is fine l
 inen and purple.  Her husband is known in the gates\, when he sits among th
 e elders of the land.  She makes linen garments and sells them\; she delive
 rs girdles to the merchant.  Strength and dignity are her clothing\, and sh
 e laughs at the time to come.  She opens her mouth with wisdom\, and the te
 aching of kindness is on her tongue.  She looks well to the ways of her hou
 sehold\, and does not eat the bread of idleness.  Her children rise up and 
 call her blessed\; her husband also\, and he praises her:  "Many women 
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/23/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\; Xanthippe & Polyxene the Righ
 teous\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had
  two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slav
 e was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promi
 se. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mou
 nt Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount 
 Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in 
 slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our
  mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; br
 eak forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the 
 desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 1:5-25\nAt that time\, in the days of Herod\, king of Ju
 dea\, there was a priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and 
 he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And t
 hey were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandments and or
 dinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth w
 as barren\, and both were advanced in years.\n\nNow while he was serving as
  priest before God when his division was on duty\, according to the custom 
 of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord a
 nd burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside
  at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord sta
 nding on the right side of the altar of incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias was troub
 led when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "
 Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Eli
 zabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John.\n\nAnd you w
 ill have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he wil
 l be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, 
 and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. A
 nd he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he w
 ill go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of
  the fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the jus
 t\, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to th
 e angel\, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is adva
 nced in years." And the angel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in 
 the presence of God\; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you thi
 s good news. And behold\, you will be silent and unable to speak until the 
 day that these things come to pass\, because you did not believe my words\,
  which will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were waiting for Za
 charias\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. And when he came ou
 t\, he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had seen a visi
 on in the temple\; and he made signs to them and remained dumb. And when hi
 s time of service was ended\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his 
 wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "
 Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take awa
 y my reproach among men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/9/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea\, Vadim the Righteous of Persia\,
  Raphael\, Nicholas\, Irene\, & Olympias of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOl
 d Testament Readings: Isaiah 40:18-31\n\nThus says the LORD: To whom then w
 ill you liken God\, or what likeness compare with him?  The idol! a workman
  casts it\, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold\, and casts for it silver
  chains.  He who is impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will not
  rot\; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up an image that will not mo
 ve.  \n \nHave you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you 
 from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the ear
 th?  It is he who sits above the circle of the earth\, and its inhabitants 
 are like grasshoppers\; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain\, and 
 spreads them like a tent to dwell in\; who brings princes to nought\, and m
 akes the rulers of the earth as nothing.  \n \nScarcely are they planted\, 
 scarcely sown\, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth\, when he b
 lows upon them\, and they wither\, and the tempest carries them off like st
 ubble.  \n \nTo whom then will you compare me\, that I should be like him? 
 Says the Holy One.  Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? H
 e who brings out their host by number\, calling them all by name\; by the g
 reatness of his might\, and because he is strong in power not one is missin
 g.  \n \nWhy do you say\, O Jacob\, and speak\, O Israel\, "My way is hid f
 rom the LORD\, and my right is disregarded by my God"?  Have you not known?
  Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God\, the Creator of the e
 nds of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary\, his understanding is un
 searchable.  He gives power to the faint\, and to him who has no might he i
 ncreases strength.  Even youths shall faint and be weary\, and young men sh
 all fall exhausted\; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their stren
 gth\, they shall mount up with wings like eagles\, they shall run and not b
 e weary\, they shall walk and not faint.\n\n\nGenesis 15:1-15\n\n After the
 se things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abra
 m\, I am your shield\; your reward shall be very great."  But Abram said\, 
 "O Lord GOD\, what wilt thou give me\, for I continue childless\, and the h
 eir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou h
 ast given me no offspring\; and a slave born in my house will be my heir." 
  And behold\, the word of the LORD came to him\, "This man shall not be you
 r heir\; your own son shall be your heir."  And he brought him outside and 
 said\, "Look toward heaven\, and number the stars\, if you are able to numb
 er them." Then he said to him\, "So shall your descendants be."  And he bel
 ieved the LORD\; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.  \n \nAnd he s
 aid to him\, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to g
 ive you this land to possess."  But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to kno
 w that I shall possess it?"  He said to him\, "Bring me a heifer three year
 s old\, a she-goat three years old\, a ram three years old\, a turtledove\,
  and a young pigeon."  And he brought him all these\, cut them in two\, and
  laid each half over against the other\; but he did not cut the birds in tw
 o.  And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them 
 away.  \n \nAs the sun was going down\, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo
 \, a dread and great darkness fell upon him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\,
  "Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that 
 is not theirs\, and will be slaves there\, and they will be oppressed for f
 our hundred years\; but I will bring judgment on the nation which they serv
 e\, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.  As for yours
 elf\, you shall go to your fathers in peace\; you shall be buried in a good
  old age.\n\n\nProverbs 15:7-19\n\nThe lips of the wise spread knowledge\; 
 not so the minds of fools.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination t
 o the LORD\, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.  The way of the 
 wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, but he loves him who pursues righteo
 usness.  There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way\; he who h
 ates reproof will die.  Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD\, how mu
 ch more the hearts of men!  A scoffer does not like to be reproved\; he wil
 l not go to the wise.  A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance\, but by s
 orrow of heart the spirit is broken.  The mind of him who has understanding
  seeks knowledge\, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.  All the days of 
 the afflicted are evil\, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  Bette
 r is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble wit
 h it.  Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatre
 d with it.  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife\, but he who is slow to ange
 r quiets contention.  The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns\, but 
 the path of the upright is a level highway.\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/11/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\, Pharmuthios the Anchorite\, Guthlac the 
 Hermit of Crowland\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 
 2:22-38\n\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Men of Israel\, hear
  these words: Jesus of Nazareth\, a man attested to you by God with mighty 
 works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst\, as yo
 u yourselves know this Jesus\, delivered up according to the definite plan 
 and foreknowledge of God\, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless
  men. But God raised him up\, having loosed the pangs of death\, because it
  was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him\,
  'I saw the Lord always before me\, for he is at my right hand that I may n
 ot be shaken\; therefore my heart was glad\, and my tongue rejoiced\; moreo
 ver my flesh will dwell in hope. For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades
 \, nor let thy Holy One see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways
  of life\; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy presence.'\n \n"Bret
 hren\, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both die
 d and was buried\, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a p
 rophet\, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would s
 et one of his descendants upon his throne\, he foresaw and spoke of the res
 urrection of the Christ\, that he was not abandoned to Hades\, nor did his 
 flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up\, and of that we all are wit
 nesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God\, and having recei
 ved from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit\, he has poured out this
  which you see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens\; but he
  himself says\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I m
 ake thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' Let all the house of Israel therefor
 e know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ\, this Jesus wh
 om you crucified."\n \nNow when they heard this they were cut to the heart\
 , and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles\, "Brethren\, what shall w
 e do?" And Peter said to them\, "Repent\, and be baptized every one of you 
 in the name of Jesus Christ."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-52\n\nAt that 
 time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he looked at Jesus
  as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The two disciples he
 ard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and saw them fol
 lowing\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said to him\, "Rab
 bi"  (which means Teacher)\, "where are you staying?"  He said to them\, "C
 ome and see."  They came and saw where he was staying\; and they stayed wit
 h him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two who heard 
 John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother. He firs
 t found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found the Messiah" (
 which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said\
 , "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which mea
 ns Peter).\n \nThe next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Ph
 ilip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the ci
 ty of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and said to him\, "We have
  found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of 
 Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good 
 come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Natha
 nael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in w
 hom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus ans
 wered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, 
 I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You 
 are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I s
 aw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see greater things th
 an these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will se
 e heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the S
 on of man."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/4/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\, Martha\, mother of St. Symeo
 n Stylites the Younger\, Asclepias the Wonderworker\, Holy Royal Martyrs of
  Russia\, Michael Choniates\, Metropolitan of Athens\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:22-27\n\nBrethren\, we know that the wh
 ole creation has been groaning in travail together until now\; and not only
  the creation\, but we ourselves\, who have the first fruits of the Spirit\
 , groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons\, the redemption of our bo
 dies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. Fo
 r who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see\, we wa
 it for it with patience.\n \nLikewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness\;
  for we do not know how to pray as we ought\, but the Spirit himself interc
 edes for us with sighs too deep for words. And he who searches the Spirit i
 ntercedes for the saints according to the will of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 10:23-31\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "When they persecute 
 you in one town\, flee to the next\; for truly\, I say to you\, you will no
 t have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes. A 
 disciple is not above his teacher\, nor a servant above his master\; it is 
 enough for the disciple to be like his teacher\, and the servant like his m
 aster. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul\, how much mor
 e will they malign those of his household. So have no fear of them\; for no
 thing is covered that will not be revealed\, or hidden that will not be kno
 wn. What I tell you in the dark\, utter in the light\; and what you hear wh
 ispered\, proclaim upon the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the b
 ody but cannot kill the soul\; rather fear him who can destroy both soul an
 d body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of th
 em will fall to the ground without your Father's will. But even the hairs o
 f your head are all numbered. Fear not\, therefore\; you are of more value 
 than many sparrows."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/26/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\, Removal 
 of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\n\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:12-19\n\nNo man has ever seen God
 \; if we love one another\, God abides in us and his love is perfected in u
 s. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us\, because he has given
  us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sen
 t his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the S
 on of God\, God abides in him\, and he in God. So we know and believe the l
 ove God has for us. God is love\, and he who abides in love abides in God\,
  and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us\, that we may hav
 e confidence for the day of judgment\, because as he is so are we in this w
 orld. There is no fear in love\, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear 
 has to do with punishment\, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We l
 ove\, because he first loved us.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-27\; 21:24
 -25\n\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and 
 his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Je
 sus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said
  to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disciple\
 , "Behold\, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his o
 wn home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and 
 who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But 
 there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them t
 o be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books 
 that would be written.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/12/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Onuphrius of Egypt\, Peter the Athonite\, Holy Martyr Antonine\, John t
 he Soldier of Egypt\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Romans 7:14-8:2\n\nBrethren\, we know that the law is sp
 iritual\; but I am carnal\, sold under sin. I do not understand my own acti
 ons. For I do not do what I want\, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I
  do what I do not want\, I agree that the law is good. So then it is no lon
 ger I that do it\, but sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothing 
 good dwells within me\, that is\, in my flesh. I can will what is right\, b
 ut I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want\, but the evil I do not 
 want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want\, it is no longer I that 
 do it\, but sin which dwells within me.\n \nSo I find it to be a law that w
 hen I want to do right\, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law 
 of God\, in my inmost self\, but I see in my members another law at war wit
 h the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells i
 n my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of
  death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then\, I of myse
 lf serve the law of God with my mind\, but with my flesh I serve the law of
  sin.\n \nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Chris
 t Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free 
 from the law of sin and death.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:9-15\n\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "Take no gold\, nor silver\, nor copper in you
 r belts\, no bag for your journey\, nor two tunics\, nor sandals\, nor a st
 aff\; for the laborer deserves his food. And whatever town or village you e
 nter\, find out who is worthy in it\, and stay with him until you depart. A
 s you enter the house\, salute it. And if the house is worthy\, let your pe
 ace come upon it\; but if it is not worthy\, let your peace return to you. 
 And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words\, shake off the
  dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I say to you\, 
 it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and
  Gomorrah than for that town."\n \n\n
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 ts: Theodore the Trichinas\, Zacchaeus the Apostle of Caesaria\, Gregory & 
 Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\, Athanasios\, Founder of the Monastery 
 of Meteora\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of
  the Apostles 5:1-11\n\nIn those days\, a man named Ananias with his wife S
 apphira sold a piece of property\, and with his wife's knowledge he kept ba
 ck some of the proceeds\, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostl
 es' feet. But Peter said\, "Ananias\, why has Satan filled your heart to li
 e to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? Whi
 le it remained unsold\, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold\,
  was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed i
 n your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." When Ananias heard thes
 e words\, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of 
 it. The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried hi
 m. After an interval of about three hours his wife came in\, not knowing wh
 at had happened. And Peter said to her\, "Tell me whether you sold the land
  for so much." And she said\, "Yes\, for so much." But Peter said to her\, 
 "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? H
 ark\, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at the door\, and
  they will carry you out." Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. 
 When the young men came in they found her dead\, and they carried her out a
 nd buried her beside her husband. And great fear came upon the whole church
 \, and upon all who heard of these things.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:30-4
 7\; 6:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "I can do nothing o
 n my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, becaus
 e I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me. If I bear 
 witness to myself\, my testimony is not true\; there is another who bears w
 itness to me\, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true. 
 You sent to John\, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the test
 imony which I receive is from man\; but I say this that you may be saved. H
 e was a burning and shining lamp\, and you were willing to rejoice for a wh
 ile in his light. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of Jo
 hn\; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish\, these ve
 ry works which I am doing\, bear me witness that the Father has sent me. An
 d the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you hav
 e never heard\, his form you have never seen\; and you do not have his word
  abiding in you\, for you do not believe him whom he has sent. You search t
 he scriptures\, because you think that in them you have eternal life\; and 
 it is they that bear witness to me\; yet you refuse to come to me that you 
 may have life. I do not receive glory from men. But I know that you have no
 t the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name\, and you do 
 not receive me\; if another comes in his own name\, him you will receive. H
 ow can you believe\, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the
  glory that comes from the only God? Do not think that I shall accuse you t
 o the Father\; it is Moses who accuses you\, on whom you set your hope. If 
 you believed Moses\, you would believe me\, for he wrote of me. But if you 
 do not believe his writings\, how will you believe my words?"\n \nAfter thi
 s Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee\, which is the Sea of 
 Tiberias. And a multitude followed him\, because they saw the signs which h
 e did on those who were diseased.\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/6/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Sisoës the Great\, Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\, Lou
 kia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\, Juliana the V
 irgin-martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:28-3
 1\; 4:1-3\n\nBrethren\, we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from
  works of law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentile
 s also? Yes\, of Gentiles also\, since God is one\; and he will justify the
  circumcised on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised through the
 ir faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the c
 ontrary\, we uphold the law. What then shall we say about Abraham\, our for
 efather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works\, he 
 has something to boast about\, but not before God. For what does the script
 ure say? "Abraham believed God\, and it was reckoned to him as righteousnes
 s."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:24-29\; 8:1-4\n\nThe Lord said\, "Every 
 one who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who
  built his house upon the rock\; and the rain fell\, and the floods came\, 
 and the winds blew and beat upon that house\, but it did not fall\, because
  it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mi
 ne and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon
  the sand\; and the rain fell\, and the floods came\, and the winds blew an
 d beat against that house\, and it fell\; and great was the fall of it." An
 d when Jesus finished these sayings\, the crowds were astonished at his tea
 ching\, for he taught them as one who had authority\, and not as their scri
 bes. When he came down from the mountain\, great crowds followed him\; and 
 behold\, a leper came to him and knelt before him saying\, "Lord\, if you w
 ill\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out his hand and touched him
 \, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 
 And Jesus said to him\, "See that you say nothing to any one\; but go\, sho
 w yourself to the priest\, and offer the gift that Moses commanded\, for a 
 proof to them."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Polyeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\, Eustratios the Wonderwork
 er\, Peter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory of 
 Nyssa\, Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, 
 Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second L
 etter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that i
 s in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses e
 ntrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suff
 ering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangl
 ed in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted 
 him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. I
 t is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
  Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in every
 thing.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from Dav
 id\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wea
 ring fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefor
 e I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain
  salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mar
 k 1:9-15\n\nIn those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was bapti
 zed by John in the Jordan.  And when he came up out of the water\, immediat
 ely he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dov
 e\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am 
 well pleased."  The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. A
 nd he was in the wilderness forty days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with
  the wild beasts\; and the angels ministered to him. Now after John was arr
 ested\, Jesus came into Galilee\, preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\
 , "The time is fulfilled\, and the kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and
  believe in the gospel."\n\n\n
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 ts: Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70\, Irene
  the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\, Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamou
 \n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7\n\nIn those days\, when
  the disciples were increasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against 
 the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. 
 And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not rig
 ht that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Theref
 ore\, brethren\, pick out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of
  the Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will d
 evote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they s
 aid pleased the whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of fa
 ith and of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and
  Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they s
 et before the apostles\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. An
 d the word of God increased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied gr
 eatly in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the f
 aith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:32-39\n\nAt that time\, Jesus called 
 his disciples to him and said\, "I have compassion on the crowd\, because t
 hey have been with me now three days\, and have nothing to eat\; and I am u
 nwilling to send them away hungry\, lest they faint on the way." And the di
 sciples said to him\, "Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to fe
 ed so great a crowd?" And Jesus said to them\, "How many loaves have you?" 
 They said\, "Seven\, and a few small fish." And commanding the crowd to sit
  down on the ground\, he took the seven loaves and the fish\, and having gi
 ven thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples\, and the disciples
  gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied\; and they to
 ok up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. Those who ate were
  four thousand men\, besides women and children. And sending away the crowd
 s\, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/23/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\, Agathangelus the Mart
 yr\, Righteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\; 4:1-3\n\nBrethren\, our
  commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus
  Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body\, by 
 the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefo
 re\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown\, stand firm
  thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to
  agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, help these wome
 n\, for they have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with 
 Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose names are in the book of 
 life. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n\nAt that time\, Jesus w
 as going through the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples
  began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, wh
 y are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\,
  "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\,
  he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abi
 athar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not
  lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were
  with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man 
 for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n \nAgain
  he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  A
 nd they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so 
 that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered ha
 nd\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do
  good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And
  he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\,
  and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/18/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia\; Ariadne the Martyr\; 
 Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Second Letter to the Corinthians 13:3-13\nBrethren\, since you desire proof
  that Christ is speaking in me\, he is not weak in dealing with you\, but i
 s powerful in you. For he was crucified in weakness\, but lives by the powe
 r of God. For we are weak in him\, but in dealing with you we shall live wi
 th him by the power of God.\n\nExamine yourselves\, to see whether you are 
 holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Chris
 t is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test! I hope you will fin
 d out that we have not failed. But we pray God that you may not do wrong - 
 not that we may appear to have met the test\, but that you may do what is r
 ight\, though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against
  the truth\, but only for the truth. For we are glad when we are weak and y
 ou are strong. What we pray for is your improvement. I write this while I a
 m away from you\, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in 
 my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not
  for tearing down.\n\nFinally\, brethren\, farewell. Mend your ways\, heed 
 my appeal\, agree with one another\, live in peace\, and the God of love an
 d peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saint
 s greet you.\n\nThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and 
 the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was led by 
 the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And he 
 ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. The d
 evil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command this stone to becom
 e bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by 
 bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed him all the kingdoms 
 of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will give al
 l this authority and their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, and I 
 will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall all
  be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship th
 e Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him to Jer
 usalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If 
 you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is written\
 , 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their ha
 nds they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" An
 d Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God
 .'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he departed from him un
 til an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into G
 alilee\, and a report concerning him went out through all the surrounding c
 ountry. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Martyr Glyceria\, Sergios the Confessor\, Alexandros the Marty
 r\, Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apos
 tles 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\n\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and 
 power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those wh
 o belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the
  Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\,
  arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom a
 nd the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who 
 said\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." A
 nd they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they cam
 e upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up f
 alse witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against thi
 s holy place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Naz
 areth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses del
 ivered to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his 
 face was like the face of an angel.\n \nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this
  so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory a
 ppeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he live
 d in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred
  and go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the lan
 d of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God re
 moved him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he ga
 ve him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to gi
 ve it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had n
 o child.\n \n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most Hi
 gh does not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven
  is my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, 
 says the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all t
 hese things?'\n \n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ear
 s\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Whi
 ch of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those wh
 o announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now 
 betrayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and
  did not keep it."\n \nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\,
  and they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\
 , gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the ri
 ght hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and th
 e Son of man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a 
 loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they c
 ast him out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their 
 garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning St
 ephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and
  cried with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And 
 when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:46-54\n
 \nAt that time\, there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard tha
 t Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee\, he went and begged him to come dow
 n and heal his son\, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said
  to him\, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The offi
 cial said to him\, "Sir\, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to hi
 m\, "Go\; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke t
 o him and went his way. As he was going down\, his servants met him and tol
 d him that his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to m
 end\, and they said to him\, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left 
 him." The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him\, "Your 
 son will live"\; and he himself believed\, and all his household. This was 
 now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.\
 n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\, Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\, After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\, Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Anthimos\, President of Crete\n\nFast Day
  (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Philemon 1:1-25\
 n\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Phile
 mon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fel
 low soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God
  our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remembe
 r you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which yo
 u have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the shari
 ng of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in 
 Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother
 \, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accord
 ingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is requ
 ired\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambass
 ador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my chil
 d\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he 
 was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am se
 nding him back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to ke
 ep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my i
 mprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your con
 sent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own
  free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that y
 ou might have him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slav
 e\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both
  in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive
  him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you an
 ything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\
 , I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes
 \, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in 
 Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you wil
 l do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\,
  for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my f
 ellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, 
 Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord J
 esus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:31-34\
 n\nAt that time\, Jesus\, taking his twelve disciples\, said to them\, "Beh
 old\, we are going up to Jerusalem\, and everything that is written of the 
 Son of man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered t
 o the Gentiles\, and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon\; 
 they will scourge him and kill him\, and on the third day he will rise." Bu
 t they understood none of these things\; this saying was hid from them\, an
 d they did not grasp what was said.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hesychius the Martyr\; Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas\; Andronikos & 
 Athanasia the Martyrs\; Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\; Joa
 chim of Vatopedi who was given the name Papoulakis\; Euthalia the Virgin-Ma
 rtyr of Sicily\; Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Isaiah 1:1-20\nThe vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz\, which he sa
 w concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah\, Jotham\, Ahaz\, a
 nd Hezeki'ah\, kings of Judah.  Hear\, O heavens\, and give ear\, O earth\;
  for the Lord has spoken:  "Sons have I reared and brought up\, but they ha
 ve rebelled against me.  The ox knows its owner\, and the ass its master's 
 crib\; but Israel does not know\, my people does not understand."\n\nAh\, s
 inful nation\, a people laden with iniquity\, offspring of evildoers\, sons
  who deal corruptly!  They have forsaken the Lord\, they have despised the 
 Holy One of Israel\, they are utterly estranged.\n\nWhy will you still be s
 mitten\, that you continue to rebel?  The whole head is sick\, and the whol
 e heart faint.  From the sole of the foot even to the head\, there is no so
 undness in it\, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds\; they are not pr
 essed out\, or bound up\, or softened with oil.\n\nYour country lies desola
 te\, your cities are burned with fire\; in your very presence aliens devour
  your land\; it is desolate\, as overthrown by aliens.  And the daughter of
  Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard\, like a lodge in a cucumber field
 \, like a besieged city.\n\nIf the Lord of hosts had not left us a few surv
 ivors\, we should have been like Sodom\, and become like Gomor'rah.\n\nHear
  the word of the Lord\, you rulers of Sodom!  Give ear to the teaching of o
 ur God\, you people of Gomor'rah!  "What to me is the multitude of your sac
 rifices? says the Lord\; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and t
 he fat of fed beasts\; I do not delight in the blood of bulls\, or of lambs
 \, or of he-goats.\n\n"When you come to appear before me\, who requires of 
 you this trampling of my courts?  Bring no more vain offerings\; incense is
  an abomination to me.  New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies 
 -- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.  Your new moons and your a
 ppointed feasts my soul hates\; they have become a burden to me\, I am wear
 y of bearing them.  When you spread forth your hands\, I will hide my eyes 
 from you\; even though you make many prayers\, I will not listen\; your han
 ds are full of blood.  Wash yourselves\; make yourselves clean\; remove the
  evil of your doings from before my eyes\; cease to do evil\, learn to do g
 ood\; seek justice\, correct oppression\; defend the fatherless\, plead for
  the widow.\n\n"Come now\, let us reason together\, says the Lord:  though 
 your sins are like scarlet\, they shall be as white as snow\; though they a
 re red like crimson\, they shall become like wool.  If you are willing and 
 obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; But if you refuse and rebel
 \, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has spoke
 n."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:1-13\nIn the beginning God created 
 the heavens and the earth.  The earth was without form and void\, and darkn
 ess was upon the face of the deep\; and the Spirit of God was moving over t
 he face of the waters.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be light"\; and there w
 as light.  And God saw that the light was good\; and God separated the ligh
 t from the darkness.  God called the light Day\, and the darkness he called
  Night.  And there was evening and there was morning\, one day.\n\nAnd God 
 said\, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters\, and let it se
 parate the waters from the waters."  And God made the firmament and separat
 ed the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were abo
 ve the firmament.  And it was so.  And God called the firmament Heaven.  An
 d there was evening and there was morning\, a second day.\n\nAnd God said\,
  "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place\, an
 d let the dry land appear."  And it was so.  God called the dry land Earth\
 , and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas.  And God saw t
 hat it was good.  And God said\, "Let the earth put forth vegetation\, plan
 ts yielding seed\, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, e
 ach according to its kind\, upon the earth."  And it was so.  The earth bro
 ught forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds\,
  and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, each according to its kin
 d.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was evening and there was morn
 ing\, a third day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:1-20\nThe proverbs 
 of Solomon\, son of David\, king of Israel:\n\nThat men may know wisdom and
  instruction\, understand words of insight\, receive instruction in wise de
 aling\, righteousness\, justice\, and equity\; that prudence may be given t
 o the simple\, knowledge and discretion to the youth -- the wise man also m
 ay hear and increase in learning\, and the man of understanding acquire ski
 ll\, to understand a proverb and a figure\, the words of the wise and their
  riddles.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge\; fools despi
 se wisdom and instruction.\n\nHear\, my son\, your father's instruction\, a
 nd reject not your mother's teaching\; for they are a fair garland for your
  head\, and pendants for your neck.  My son\, if sinners entice you\, do no
 t consent.  If they say\, "Come with us\, let us lie in wait for blood\, le
 t us wantonly ambush the innocent\; like Sheol let us swallow them alive an
 d whole\, like those who go down to the Pit\; we shall find all precious go
 ods\, we shall fill our houses with spoil\; throw in your lot among us\, we
  will all have one purse" -- my son\, do not walk in the way with them\, ho
 ld back your foot from their paths\; for their feet run to evil\, and they 
 make haste to shed blood.  For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any 
 bird\; but these men lie in wait for their own blood\, they set an ambush f
 or their own lives.  Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence\; it
  takes away the life of its possessors.\n\nWisdom cries aloud in the street
 \; in the markets she raises her voice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\, Righteous Hierodeacon M
 akarios of Kalogeras\, Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\, Nicholas the New-Ma
 rtyr of Mytilene\, Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and 
 their grandmother Neonilla\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:
 1-11\n\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who b
 elonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\;
  and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter al
 so. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized hi
 m\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to 
 guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So
  Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by t
 he Church.\n \nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter
  was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries b
 efore the door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord
  appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side
  and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hand
 s. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me."
  And he went out and followed him\; he did not know that what was done by t
 he angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passe
 d the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into 
 the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passe
 d on through one street\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter cam
 e to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel a
 nd rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people we
 re expecting."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\n\nAt that time\, Jesus r
 evealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and h
 e said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  th
 ese?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to h
 im\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\
 , do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you
 ."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to h
 im the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you kno
 w everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my she
 ep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourse
 lf and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out
  your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish
  to go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And 
 after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n \nPeter turned and saw following
  them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at t
 he supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  W
 hen Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus
  said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that
  to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this 
 disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die
 \, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to yo
 u?"  This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who 
 has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But the
 re are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to b
 e written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books tha
 t would be written.  Amen.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/18/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Father John the Righteous\, disciple of St. Gregory of Decapolis\,
  Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia\, Cosmas\, Bishop of Calcydon\, John 
 the New Martyr of Epiros\, Athanasia the Wonderworker of Aegina\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 65:8-16\n\nThus says the LORD: "As 
 the wine is found in the cluster\, and they say\, 'Do not destroy it\, for 
 there is a blessing in it\,' so I will do for my servants' sake\, and not d
 estroy them all.  I will bring forth descendants from Jacob\, and from Juda
 h inheritors of my mountains\; my chosen shall inherit it\, and my servants
  shall dwell there.  Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks\, and the Val
 ley of Achor a place for herds to lie down\, for my people who have sought 
 me.  But you who forsake the LORD\, who forget my holy mountain\, who set a
  table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny\; I will destine
  you to the sword\, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter\; becaus
 e\, when I called\, you did not answer\, when I spoke\, you did not listen\
 , but you did what was evil in my eyes\, and chose what I did not delight i
 n."  Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold\, my servants shall eat\, bu
 t you shall be hungry\; behold\, my servants shall drink\, but you shall be
  thirsty\; behold\, my servants shall rejoice\, but you shall be put to sha
 me\; behold\, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart\, but you shall 
 cry out for pain of heart\, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.  You shal
 l leave your name to my chosen for a curse\, and the Lord GOD will slay you
 \; but his servants he will call by a different name.  So that he who bless
 es himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth\, and he who
  takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth\; because the fo
 rmer troubles are forgotten and are hid from my eyes.\n\n\nGenesis 46:1-7\n
 \n So Israel took his journey with all that he had\, and came to Beersheba\
 , and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  And God spoke to 
 Israel in visions of the night\, and said\, "Jacob\, Jacob." And he said\, 
 "Here am I."  Then he said\, "I am God\, the God of your father\; do not be
  afraid to go down to Egypt\; for I will there make of you a great nation. 
  I will go down with you to Egypt\, and I will also bring you up again\; an
 d Joseph's hand shall close your eyes."  Then Jacob set out from Beersheba\
 ; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father\, their little ones\, a
 nd their wives\, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.  They a
 lso took their cattle and their goods\, which they had gained in the land o
 f Canaan\, and came into Egypt\, Jacob and all his offspring with him\, his
  sons\, and his sons' sons with him\, his daughters\, and his sons' daughte
 rs\; all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.\n\n\nProverbs 23:15-
 24:5\n\nMy son\, if your heart is wise\, my heart too will be glad.  My sou
 l will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.  Let not your heart envy
  sinners\, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.  Surely there 
 is a future\, and your hope will not be cut off.  Hear\, my son\, and be wi
 se\, and direct your mind in the way.  Be not among winebibbers\, or among 
 gluttonous eaters of meat\; for the drunkard and the glutton will come to p
 overty\, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.  Hearken to your fathe
 r who begot you\, and do not despise your mother when she is old.  Buy trut
 h\, and do not sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruction\, and understanding.  The
  father of the righteous will greatly rejoice\; he who begets a wise son wi
 ll be glad in him.  Let your father and mother be glad\, let her who bore y
 ou rejoice.  My son\, give me your heart\, and let your eyes observe my way
 s.  For a harlot is a deep pit\; an adventuress is a narrow well.  She lies
  in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men.  Who has woe?
  Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds withou
 t cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who tarry long over wine\, those w
 ho go to try mixed wine.  Do not look at wine when it is red\, when it spar
 kles in the cup and goes down smoothly.  At the last it bites like a serpen
 t\, and stings like an adder.  Your eyes will see strange things\, and your
  mind utter perverse things.  You will be like one who lies down in the mid
 st of the sea\, like one who lies on the top of a mast.  "They struck me\,"
  you will say\, "but I was not hurt\; they beat me\, but I did not feel it.
  When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."  Be not envious of evil me
 n\, nor desire to be with them\; for their minds devise violence\, and thei
 r lips talk of mischief.  By wisdom a house is built\, and by understanding
  it is established\; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious an
 d pleasant riches.  A wise man is mightier than a strong man\, and a man of
  knowledge than he who has strength.\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/26/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\, Glaphyra the Righteous\, Justa
  the Nun\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39\n\nIn those d
 ays\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, "Rise and go toward the south t
 o the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road. A
 nd he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a minister of t
 he Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in charge of all her treasure\, had 
 come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning\; seated in his chariot\, he
  was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip\, "Go up and
  join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, and heard him reading Isaiah th
 e prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he sa
 id\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come
  up and sit with him. Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading
  was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is
  dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied hi
 m. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth
 ." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About whom\, pray\, does the prophet sa
 y this\, about himself or about some one else?" Then Philip opened his mout
 h\, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. A
 nd as they went along the road they came to some water\, and the eunuch sai
 d\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?" And Philip
  said\, "If you believe with all your heart\, you may." And he replied\, "I
  believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." And he commanded the chariot
  to stop\, and they both went down into the water\, Philip and the eunuch\,
  and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water\, the Spirit o
 f the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch saw him no more\, and went on 
 his way rejoicing.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:40-44\n\nThe Lord said to th
 e Jews who believed in him: "This is the will of my Father\, that every one
  who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life\; and I will
  raise him up at the last day." The Jews then murmured at him\, because he 
 said\, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." They said\, "Is not th
 is Jesus\, the son of Joseph\, whose father and mother we know? How does he
  now say\, 'I have come down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them\, "Do not m
 urmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me
  draws him\; and I will raise him up at the last day."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/7/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusa
 lem in 351 A.D.\, Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\, Akakios the Centurion o
 f Byzantium\, Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\, Repose of St. Nilus\, ab
 bot of Sora\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\n\nIN
  THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have permission to speak for
  yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: "I journ
 eyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. At
  midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the
  sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had al
 l fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew languag
 e\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against th
 e goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesu
 s whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have 
 appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness
  to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appea
 r to you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I s
 end you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and 
 from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins 
 and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O 
 King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared 
 first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the count
 ry of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn t
 o God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance." \n \n\nGospel Reading:
  John 8:42-51\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "If God were y
 our Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; 
 I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me. Why do you not understand wha
 t I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your fat
 her the devil\, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murd
 erer from the beginning\, and has nothing to do with the truth\, because th
 ere is no truth in him. When he lies\, he speaks according to his own natur
 e\, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But\, because I tell the truth
 \, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the tr
 uth\, why do you not believe me? He who is of God hears the words of God\; 
 the reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God."\n \nThe Je
 ws answered him\, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and 
 have a demon?" Jesus answered\, "I have not a demon\; but I honor my Father
 \, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory\; there is One who s
 eeks it and he will be the judge. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one
  keeps my word\, he will never see death."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/23/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\, Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife
  of Cleopas\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43\n\nIn tho
 se days\, Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I perceive that God shows
  no partiality\, but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is
  right is acceptable to him. You know the word which he sent to Israel\, pr
 eaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)\, the word w
 hich was proclaimed throughout all Judea\, beginning from Galilee after the
  baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the H
 oly Spirit and with power\; how he went about doing good and healing all th
 at were oppressed by the devil\, for God was with him. And we are witnesses
  to all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They 
 put him to death by hanging him on a tree\; but God raised him on the third
  day and made him manifest\; not to all the people but to us who were chose
 n by God as witnesses\, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the d
 ead. And he commanded us to preach to the people\, and to testify that he i
 s the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him al
 l the prophets bear witness that every one who believes in him receives for
 giveness of sins through his name."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:12-20\n\nAg
 ain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who fo
 llows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life." The 
 Pharisees then said to him\, "You are bearing witness to yourself\; your te
 stimony is not true." Jesus answered\, "Even if I do bear witness to myself
 \, my testimony is true\, for I know whence I have come and whither I am go
 ing\, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going. You judge ac
 cording to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge\, my judgment
  is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he who sent me. In 
 your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true\; I bear witne
 ss to myself\, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me." They said t
 o him therefore\, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered\, "You know neithe
 r me nor my Father\; if you knew me\, you would know my Father also." These
  words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taught in the temple\; but no one a
 rrested him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Saturday of Lent\; James the Confessor\; Thomas I\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\; Philemon and Domninos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, r
 ecall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a har
 d struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and 
 affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you h
 ad compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering o
 f your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possessio
 n and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which 
 has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do th
 e will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and 
 the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall 
 live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\nAt that time\, as Jesus pa
 ssed on\, he saw Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax office\, and h
 e said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat at
  table in his house\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jes
 us and his disciples\; for there were many who followed him. And the scribe
 s of the Pharisees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax 
 collectors\, said to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax collectors a
 nd sinners?" And when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those who are wel
 l have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came not to call
  the righteous\, but sinners."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\; Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed
 )\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\
 , I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man
 's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it
  came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former
  life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried t
 o destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my
  people\, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But 
 when he who had set me apart before I was born\, and had called me through 
 his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order that I might pre
 ach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor di
 d I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me\, but I went aw
 ay into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I
  went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days.
  But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own count
 ry\, and taught the people in their synagogue so that they were astonished\
 , and said\, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is
  not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not h
 is brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his siste
 rs with us? Where then did this man get all this?" And they took offense at
  him. But Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not without honor except in hi
 s own country and in his own house." And he did not do many mighty works th
 ere\, because of their unbelief.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/12/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\,
  The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\, Sergios\, Stephen and
  Kastor\, Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\, Soldier-martyrs of
  Crete\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nTone Two\nEleventh Orthros Gospe
 l\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12\n
 \nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my def
 ense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food an
 d drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a sister as wife\, a
 s the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only
  Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who
  serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eati
 ng any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do
  I say this on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is wr
 itten in the law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading
  out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak en
 tirely for our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman shou
 ld plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If 
 we have sown spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your mate
 rial benefits? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we sti
 ll more? Nevertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure 
 anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:23-35\n\nThe Lord said this parable:  "The ki
 ngdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts wit
 h his servants.  When he began the reckoning\, one was brought to him who o
 wed him ten thousand talents\; and as he could not pay\, his lord ordered h
 im to be sold\, with his wife and children and all that he had\, and paymen
 t to be made.  So the servant fell on his knees\, imploring him\, 'Lord\, h
 ave patience with me\, and I will pay you everything.'  And out of pity for
  him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.  But t
 hat same servant\, as he went out\, came upon one of his fellow servants wh
 o owed him a hundred denarii\; and seizing him by the throat he said\, 'Pay
  what you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and besought him\, 'Have pa
 tience with me\, and I will pay you.'  He refused and went and put him in p
 rison till he should pay the debt.  When his fellow servants saw what had t
 aken place\, they were greatly distressed\, and they went and reported to t
 heir lord all that had taken place.  Then his lord summoned him and said to
  him\, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besough
 t me\; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant\, as I had 
 mercy on you?'  And in anger his lord delivered him to the torturers\, till
  he should pay all his debt.  So also my heavenly Father will do to every o
 ne of you\, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/20/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Samuel the Prophet\, Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\, Afterfeast of the 
 Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, Stephe
 n\, First King of Hungary\, Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\, Oswin the Mart
 yr\, King of Deira\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the C
 orinthians 15:29-38\n\nBrethren\, what do people mean by being baptized on 
 behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all\, why are people bapt
 ized on their behalf? Why am I in peril every hour? I protest\, brethren\, 
 by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord\, I die every day!
  What do I gain if\, humanly speaking\, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If
  the dead are not raised\, "Let us eat and drink\, for tomorrow we die." Do
  not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals." Come to your right mind\
 , and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your sh
 ame. But some one will ask\, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of bo
 dy do they come?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unles
 s it dies. And what you sow is not the body which is to be\, but a bare ker
 nel\, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as he h
 as chosen\, and to each kind of seed its own body.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 21:23-27\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered the temple\, the chief p
 riests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and
  said\, "By what authority are you doing these things\, and who gave you th
 is authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and 
 if you tell me the answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I d
 o these things. The baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from me
 n?" And they argued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will
  say to us\, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\
 ,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." 
 So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither w
 ill I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\, Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's S
 econd Letter to the Corinthians 5:1-10\n\nBrethren\, we know that if the ea
 rthly tent we live in is destroyed\, we have a building from God\, a house 
 not made with hands\, eternal in the heavens. Here indeed we groan\, and lo
 ng to put on our heavenly dwelling\, so that by putting it on we may not be
  found naked. For while we are still in this tent\, we sigh with anxiety\; 
 not that we would be unclothed\, but that we would be further clothed\, so 
 that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for
  this very thing is God\, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.\n \nS
 o we are always of good courage\; we know that while we are at home in the 
 body we are away from the Lord\, for we walk by faith\, not by sight. We ar
 e of good courage\, and we would rather be away from the body and at home w
 ith the Lord. So whether we are at home or away\, we make it our aim to ple
 ase him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp
  covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\
 , that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not
  be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to
  light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given
 \, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken
  away."\n \nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could n
 ot reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brother
 s are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mo
 ther and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/3/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\, 
 Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\, Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:12-20\n\
 nBrethren\, our boast is this\, the testimony of our conscience that we hav
 e behaved in the world\, and still more toward you\, with holiness and godl
 y sincerity\, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. For we write y
 ou nothing but what you can read and understand\; I hope you will understan
 d fully\, as you have understood in part\, that you can be proud of us as w
 e can be of you\, on the day of the Lord Jesus.\n \nBecause I was sure of t
 his\, I wanted to come to you first\, so that you might have a double favor
 \; I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia\, and to come back to you f
 rom Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. Was I vacillating wh
 en I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man\, ready to sa
 y Yes and No at once? For the Son of God\, Jesus Christ\, whom we preached 
 among you\, Silvanus and Timothy and I\, was not Yes and No\; but in him it
  is always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is 
 why we utter the Amen through him\, to the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 22:23-33\n\nAt that time\, Sadducees\, who say that there is no 
 resurrection\, came to Jesus\; and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Te
 acher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children\, his brother must
  marry the widow\, and raise up children for his brother.' Now there were s
 even brothers among us\; the first married\, and died\, and having no child
 ren left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third\, down to the
  seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In the resurrection\, therefore\
 , to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her." But Jesus 
 answered them\, "You are wrong\, because you know neither the scriptures no
 r the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are give
 n in marriage\, but are like angels of God in heaven. And as for the resurr
 ection of the dead\, have you not read what was said to you by God\, 'I am 
 the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob?' He is no
 t God of the dead\, but of the living." And when the crowd heard it\, they 
 were astonished at his teaching.\n\n\n
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 ts: Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\, Euschemon the Confessor\, Bishop of 
 Lampasakos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 2:11-21\n\nTh
 e haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall be
  humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n \nFor the Lord
  of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty\, against all that 
 is lifted up and high\; against all the cedars of Lebanon\, lofty and lifte
 d up\; and against all the oaks of Bashan\; against all the high mountains\
 , and against all the lofty hills\; against every high tower\, and against 
 every fortified wall\; against all the ships of Tarshish\, and against all 
 the beautiful craft.  And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled\, and the
  pride of men shall be brought low\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in 
 that day.  And the idols shall utterly pass away.  And men shall enter the 
 caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground\, from before the terror of 
 the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the
  earth.\n \nIn that day men will cast forth their idols of silver and their
  idols of gold\, which they made for themselves to worship\, to the moles a
 nd to the bats\, to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cl
 iffs\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majes
 ty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n \n\nGenesis 2:4-19\n\nThese are 
 the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.\n \nIn
  the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens\, when no plant o
 f the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up
  -- for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth\, and there w
 as no man to till the ground\; but a mist went up from the earth and watere
 d the whole face of the ground -- then the Lord God formed man of dust from
  the ground\, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life\; and man b
 ecame a living being.  And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden\, in the e
 ast\; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  And out of the ground t
 he Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good 
 for food\, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden\, and the tree 
 of the knowledge of good and evil.\n \nA river flowed out of Eden to water 
 the garden\, and there it divided and became four rivers.  The name of the 
 first is Pishon\; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Hav'il
 ah\, where there is gold\; and the gold of that land is good\; bdellium and
  onyx stone are there.  The name of the second river is Gihon\; it is the o
 ne which flows around the whole land of Cush.  And the name of the third ri
 ver is Tigris\, which flows east of Assyria.  And the fourth river is the E
 uphra'tes.\n \nThe Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden 
 to till it and keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man\, saying\, "You
  may freely eat of every tree of the garden\; but of the tree of the knowle
 dge of good and evil you shall not eat\, for in the day that you eat of it 
 you shall die."\n \nThen the Lord God said\, "It is not good that the man s
 hould be alone\; I will make him a helper fit for him."  So out of the grou
 nd the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air\,
  and brought them to the man to see what he would call them\; and whatever 
 the man called every living creature\, that was its name.\n\n\nProverbs 3:1
 -18\n\nMy son\, do not forget my teaching\, but let your heart keep my comm
 andments\; for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare will t
 hey give you.\n \nLet not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you\; bind them 
 about your neck\, write them on the tablet of your heart.  So you will find
  favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.\n \nTrust in the Lord w
 ith all your heart\, and do not rely on your own insight.  In all your ways
  acknowledge him\, and he will make straight your paths.  Be not wise in yo
 ur own eyes\; fear the Lord\, and turn away from evil.  It will be healing 
 to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.\n \nHonor the Lord with your s
 ubstance and with the first fruits of all your produce\; then your barns wi
 ll be filled with plenty\, and your vats will be bursting with wine.\n \nMy
  son\, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof\, fo
 r the Lord reproves him whom he loves\, as a father the son in whom he deli
 ghts.\n \nHappy is the man who finds wisdom\, and the man who gets understa
 nding\, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit
  better than gold.  She is more precious than jewels\, and nothing you desi
 re can compare with her.  Long life is in her right hand\; in her left hand
  are riches and honor.  Her ways are ways of pleasantness\, and all her pat
 hs are peace.  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her\; those w
 ho hold her fast are called happy.\n \n
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 ts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\, Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\, E
 udocimus the Righteous of Cappadocia\, Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of Va
 topaidi\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 
 15:29-38\n\nBrethren\, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of t
 he dead? If the dead are not raised at all\, why are people baptized on the
 ir behalf? Why am I in peril every hour? I protest\, brethren\, by my pride
  in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord\, I die every day! What do I 
 gain if\, humanly speaking\, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If the dead a
 re not raised\, "Let us eat and drink\, for tomorrow we die." Do not be dec
 eived: "Bad company ruins good morals." Come to your right mind\, and sin n
 o more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But so
 me one will ask\, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they 
 come?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 
 And what you sow is not the body which is to be\, but a bare kernel\, perha
 ps of wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen\,
  and to each kind of seed its own body.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-
 27\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered the temple\, the chief priests and 
 the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By
  what authority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authorit
 y?" Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell
  me the answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these thi
 ngs. The baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And the
 y argued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\
 , 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are a
 fraid of the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they ans
 wered Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell 
 you by what authority I do these things."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/19/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Aca
 cius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\, Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonderw
 orker\, Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the
  Apostles 9:32-42\n\nIn those days\, as Peter went here and there among the
 m all\, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found
  a man named Aeneas\, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paraly
 zed. And Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you\; rise and ma
 ke your bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and S
 haron saw him\, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disci
 ple named Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts
  of charity. In those days she fell sick and died\; and when they had washe
 d her\, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa\, the di
 sciples\, hearing that Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreating him
 \, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went with them. And
  when he had come\, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood b
 eside him weeping\, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made
  while she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and
  prayed\; then turning to the body he said\, "Tabitha\, rise." And she open
 ed her eyes\, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand a
 nd lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive
 . And it became known throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the Lord.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:1-15\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went up to Jerusa
 lem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool\, in Hebrew called 
 Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids\, b
 lind\, lame\, paralyzed\, waiting for the moving of the water\; for an ange
 l of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool\, and troubled the
  water\; whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was heal
 ed of whatever disease he had. One man was there\, who had been ill for thi
 rty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a
  long time\, he said to him\, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answ
 ered him\, "Sir\, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is t
 roubled\, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to
  him\, "Rise\, take up your pallet\, and walk." And at once the man was hea
 led\, and he took up his pallet and walked.\n \nNow that day was the sabbat
 h. So the Jews said to the man who was cured\, "It is the sabbath\, it is n
 ot lawful for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them\, "The man wh
 o healed me said to me\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk.' "They asked him\
 , "Who is the man who said to you\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk'?" Now 
 the man who had been healed did not know who it was\, for Jesus had withdra
 wn\, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward\, Jesus found him in the 
 temple\, and said to him\, "See\, you are well! Sin no more\, that nothing 
 worse befall you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus wh
 o had healed him.\n \n\n
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 sts: Holy Thursday\; Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\; Leoni
 das and Charissa\, Nike\, Galene\, Kallida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and T
 heodora the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 22:1-39\n
 At that time\, the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, which is called th
 e Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put J
 esus to death. For they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas ca
 lled Iscariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he went away and conf
 erred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. 
 And they were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed\, and soug
 ht an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Th
 en came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be 
 sacrificed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passov
 er for us\, that we may eat it." They said to him\, "Where will you have us
  prepare it?" He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have entered the city\, 
 a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him into the house whi
 ch he enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where 
 is the guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?' And 
 he will show you a large upper room furnished\; there make ready." And they
  went\, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. 
 And when the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the apostles with him. And h
 e said to them. "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you bef
 ore I suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat it again until it is fulfil
 led in the kingdom of God." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thank
 s he said\, "Take this\, and divide it among yourselves\; for I tell you th
 at from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom
  of God comes. " And he took bread\, and when he had given thanks he broke 
 it and gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my body which is given for you. 
 Do this in remembrance of me." And likewise the cup after supper\, saying\,
  "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But
  behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. For the Son
  of man goes as it has been determined\; but woe to that man by whom he is 
 betrayed!" And they began to question one another\, which of them it was th
 at would do this. A dispute also arose among them\, which of them was to be
  regarded as the greatest. And he said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles
  exercise lordship over them\; and those in authority over them are called 
 benefactors. But not so with you\; rather let the greatest among you become
  as the youngest\, and the leader as one who serves. For which is the great
 er\, one who sits at table\, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits 
 at table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have cont
 inued with me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to
  me\, a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom\, an
 d sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Simon\, Simon\, behol
 d\, Satan demanded to have you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I 
 have prayed for you that your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned
  again\, strengthen your brethren." And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready
  to go with you to prison and to death." He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, th
 e cock will not crow this day\, until you three times deny that you know me
 . " And he said to them\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sand
 als\, did you lack anything?" They said\, "Nothing." He said to them\, "But
  now\, let him who has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag. And let him wh
 o has no sword sell his mantle and buy one. For I tell you that this script
 ure must be fulfilled in me\, "And he was reckoned with transgressors'\; fo
 r what is written about me has its fulfillment." And they said\, "Look\, Lo
 rd\, here are two swords. " And he said to them\, "It is enough." \n And he
  came out\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the
  disciples followed him.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the
  Corinthians 11:23-32\nBRETHREN\, I received from the Lord what I also deli
 vered to you\, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took b
 read\, and when he had given thanks\, he broke it\, and said\, "This is my 
 body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also 
 the cup\, after supper\, saying\, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood
 . Do this\, as often as you drink it\, in remembrance of me." For as often 
 as you eat this bread and drink the cup\, you proclaim the Lord's death unt
 il he comes.\n\nWhoever\, therefore\, eats the bread or drinks the cup of t
 he Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and bloo
 d of the Lord. Let a man examine himself\, and so eat of the bread and drin
 k of the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body e
 ats and drinks judgment upon himself. That is why many of you are weak and 
 ill\, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly\, we should not 
 be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we
  may not be condemned along with the world.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:1
 -20\; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 26:21-39\; Luke 22:43-44\; Matthew 26:40-75\; 
 27:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You know that after two days the 
 Passover is coming\, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucifie
 d."\n\nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the 
 palace of the high priest\, who was called Caiaphas\, and took counsel toge
 ther in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said\, "Not
  during the feast\, lest there be a tumult among the people."\n\nNow when J
 esus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to hi
 m with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment\, and she poured it on
  his head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were i
 ndignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold
  for a large sum\, and given to the poor."\n\nBut Jesus\, aware of this\, s
 aid to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful t
 hing to me.\n\nFor you always have the poor with you\, but you will not alw
 ays have me.\n\nIn pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prep
 are me for burial. Truly\, I say to you\, wherever this gospel is preached 
 in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory of her."\n\nT
 hen one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief p
 riests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they
  paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opport
 unity to betray him.\n\nNow on the first day of Unleavened Bread the discip
 les came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat
  the Passover?" He said\, "Go into the city to a certain one\, and say to h
 im\, ‘The Teacher says\, My time is at hand\; I will keep the Passover at
  your house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did as Jesus had directe
 d them\, and they prepared the Passover. When it was evening\, he sat at ta
 ble with the twelve disciples.\n\nJesus\, knowing that the Father had given
  all things into his hands\, and that he had come from God and was going to
  God\, rose from supper\, laid aside his garments\, and girded himself with
  a towel. Then he poured water into a basin\, and began to wash the discipl
 es' feet\, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.\n\nHe 
 came to Simon Peter\; and Peter said to him\, "Lord\, do you wash my feet?"
  Jesus answered him\, "What I am doing you do not know now\, but afterward 
 you will understand." Peter said to him\, "You shall never wash my feet." J
 esus answered him\, "If I do not wash you\, you have no part in me." Simon 
 Peter said to him\, "Lord\, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!
 " Jesus said to him\, "He who has bathed does not need to wash\, except for
  his feet\, but he is clean all over\; and you are clean\, but not every on
 e of you." For he knew who was to betray him\; that was why he said\, "You 
 are not all clean."\n\nWhen he had washed their feet\, and taken his garmen
 ts\, and re
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\, Terentios\, Bishop of Iconium\, Nikitas t
 he New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Romans 11:13-24\n\nBrethren\, I am speaking to you 
 Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles\, I magnify my m
 inistry in order to make my fellow Jews jealous\, and thus save some of the
 m. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world\, what will
  their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the dough offered as firs
 t fruits is holy\, so is the whole lump\; and if the root is holy\, so are 
 the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off\, and you\, a wil
 d olive shoot\, were grafted in their place to share the richness of the ol
 ive tree\, do not boast over the branches. If you do boast\, remember it is
  not you that support the root\, but the root that supports you. You will s
 ay\, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." That is true
 . They were broken off because of their unbelief\, but you stand fast only 
 through faith. So do not become proud\, but stand in awe. For if God did no
 t spare the natural branches\, neither will he spare you. Note then the kin
 dness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen\, but 
 God's kindness to you\, provided you continue in his kindness\; otherwise y
 ou too will be cut off. And even the others\, if they do not persist in the
 ir unbelief\, will be grafted in\, for God has the power to graft them in a
 gain. For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree\, a
 nd grafted\, contrary to nature\, into a cultivated olive tree\, how much m
 ore will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "
 All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the So
 n except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any on
 e to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and ar
 e heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and lear
 n from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for
  your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n      \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/18/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\, Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs o
 f Nicomedea\, Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld T
 estament Readings: Isaiah 4:2-5:7\n\nIn that day the branch of the LORD sha
 ll be beautiful and glorious\, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride
  and glory of the survivors of Israel.  And he who is left in Zion and rema
 ins in Jerusalem will be called holy\, every one who has been recorded for 
 life in Jerusalem\, when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the d
 aughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst b
 y a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.  Then the LORD will crea
 te over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day
 \, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night\; for over all the 
 glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion.  It will be for a shade by day
  from the heat\, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.  L
 et me sing for my beloved a love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved h
 ad a vineyard on a very fertile hill.  He digged it and cleared it of stone
 s\, and planted it with choice vines\; he built a watchtower in the midst o
 f it\, and hewed out a wine vat in it\; and he looked for it to yield grape
 s\, but it yielded wild grapes.  And now\, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and m
 en of Judah\, judge\, I pray you\, between me and my vineyard.  What more w
 as there to do for my vineyard\, that I have not done in it? When I looked 
 for it to yield grapes\, why did it yield wild grapes?  And now I will tell
  you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge\, and it shall 
 be devoured\; I will break down its wall\, and it shall be trampled down.  
 I will make it a waste\; it shall not be pruned or hoed\, and briers and th
 orns shall grow up\; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain 
 upon it.  For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, an
 d the men of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, 
 but behold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!\n\n\nGenes
 is 3:21-4:7\n\n And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of
  skins\, and clothed them.  Then the LORD God said\, "Behold\, the man has 
 become like one of us\, knowing good and evil\; and now\, lest he put forth
  his hand and take also of the tree of life\, and eat\, and live for ever"-
  therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden\, to till th
 e ground from which he was taken.  He drove out the man\; and at the east o
 f the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim\, and a flaming sword which tur
 ned every way\, to guard the way to the tree of life.  \n \nNow Adam knew E
 ve his wife\, and she conceived and bore Cain\, saying\, "I have gotten a m
 an with the help of the LORD."  And again\, she bore his brother Abel. Now 
 Abel was a keeper of sheep\, and Cain a tiller of the ground.  In the cours
 e of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground\,
  and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions.
  And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering\, but for Cain and his o
 ffering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry\, and his countenance fell
 .  The LORD said to Cain\, "Why are you angry\, and why has your countenanc
 e fallen?  If you do well\, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do 
 well\, sin is couching at the door\; its desire is for you\, but you must m
 aster it."\n\n\nProverbs 3:34-4:22\n\nToward the scorners he is scornful\, 
 but to the humble he shows favor.  The wise will inherit honor\, but fools 
 get disgrace.\n   \nHear\, O sons\, a father's instruction\, and be attenti
 ve\, that you may gain insight\; for I give you good precepts: do not forsa
 ke my teaching.  When I was a son with my father\, tender\, the only one in
  the sight of my mother\, he taught me\, and said to me\, "Let your heart h
 old fast my words\; keep my commandments\, and live\; do not forget\, and d
 o not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom\; get insight.  Do n
 ot forsake her\, and she will keep you\; love her\, and she will guard you.
   The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom\, and whatever you get\, get 
 insight.  Prize her highly\, and she will exalt you\; she will honor you if
  you embrace her.  She will place on your head a fair garland\; she will be
 stow on you a beautiful crown."\n  \nHear\, my son\, and accept my words\, 
 that the years of your life may be many.  I have taught you the way of wisd
 om\; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.  When you walk\, your step
  will not be hampered\; and if you run\, you will not stumble.  Keep hold o
 f instruction\, do not let go\; guard her\, for she is your life.  Do not e
 nter the path of the wicked\, and do not walk in the way of evil men.  Avoi
 d it\; do not go on it\; turn away from it and pass on.  For they cannot sl
 eep unless they have done wrong\; they are robbed of sleep unless they have
  made some one stumble.  For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the
  wine of violence.  But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn
 \, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.  The way of the wicke
 d is like deep darkness\; they do not know over what they stumble.\n   \nMy
  son\, be attentive to my words\; incline your ear to my sayings.  Let them
  not escape from your sight\; keep them within your heart.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/10/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\, Timothy\, Bishop of Proussa\, Our 
 Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\, Theophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\, 
 The Holy Martyrs of China\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 21:8
 -14\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the apostles departed and came to Caesarea\; and we 
 entered the house of Philip the evangelist\, who was one of the seven\, and
  stayed with him. And he had four unmarried daughters\, who prophesied. Whi
 le we were staying for some days\, a prophet named Agabos came down from Ju
 dea. And coming to us he took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hand
 s\, and said\, "Thus says the Holy Spirit\, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem
  bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Ge
 ntiles.'" When we heard this\, we and the people there begged him not to go
  up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered\, "What are you doing\, weeping and br
 eaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die a
 t Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." And when he would not be persu
 aded\, we ceased and said\, "The will of the Lord be done." \n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: John 14:27-15:7\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let not your he
 arts be troubled\, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you\, 'I
  go away\, and I will come to you.' If you loved me\, you would have rejoic
 ed\, because I go to the Father\; for the Father is greater than I. And now
  I have told you before it takes place\, so that when it does take place\, 
 you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you\, for the ruler of thi
 s world is coming. He has no power over me\; but I do as the Father has com
 manded me\, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise\, let u
 s go hence.\n \n"I am the true vine\, and my Father is the vinedresser. Eve
 ry branch of mine that bears no fruit\, he takes away\, and every branch th
 at does bear fruit he prunes\, that it may bear more fruit. You are already
  made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me\, and I in 
 you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself\, unless it abides in the vi
 ne\, neither can you\, unless you abide in me. I am the vine\, you are the 
 branches. He who abides in me\, and I in him\, he it is that bears much fru
 it\, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man does not abide in me\, 
 he is cast forth as a branch and withers\; and the branches are gathered\, 
 thrown into the fire and burned. If you abide in me\, and my words abide in
  you\, ask whatever you will\, and it shall be done for you."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\; Chitus of Athens\, Bis
 hop of Rome\; Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\; Afterfeast of the Transfigura
 tion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:12-19\nBrethren\, if Christ 
 is preached as raised from the dead\, how can some of you say that there is
  no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead\,
  then Christ has not been raised\; if Christ has not been raised\, then our
  preaching is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God\, becaus
 e we testified of God that he raised Christ\, whom he did not raise if it i
 s true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised\, then 
 Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised\, your faith is f
 utile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen aslee
 p in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ\, 
 we are of all men most to be pitied.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-22\nA
 t that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seein
 g a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but lea
 ves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And 
 the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, sa
 ying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not only 
 do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mountai
 n\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever you
  ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/21/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him\, Our Holy Father Max
 imian\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother
  Philippa of Perge\, Alexandra the Martyr\, Anastasios the Monk of Sinai\, 
 Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:4-9\n\nBRETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord
  always\; again I will say\, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. Th
 e Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything\, but in everything by pr
 ayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to 
 God. And the peace of God\, which passes all understanding\, will keep your
  hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally\, brethren\, whatever is tr
 ue\, whatever is honorable\, whatever is just\, whatever is pure\, whatever
  is lovely\, whatever is gracious\, if there is any excellence\, if there i
 s anything worthy of praise\, think about these things. What you have learn
 ed and received and heard and seen in me\, do\; and the God of peace will b
 e with you. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:1-18\n\nSix days before Passover\
 , Jesus came to Bethany\, where Lazaros was\, whom Jesus had raised from th
 e dead. There they made him a supper\; Martha served\, and Lazaros was one 
 of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure na
 rd and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair\; and th
 e house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot\,
  one of his disciples (he who was to betray him)\, said "Why was this ointm
 ent not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said
 \, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief\, and as he ha
 d the money box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said\, "Let her
  alone\, let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor you always have
  with you\, but you do not always have me."\n  \nWhen the great crowd of th
 e Jews learned that he was there\, they came\, not only on account of Jesus
  but also to see Lazaros\, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief p
 riests planned to put Lazaros also to death\, because on account of him man
 y of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.\n  \nThe next day a g
 reat crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusal
 em. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him\, crying\,
  "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord\, even the King 
 of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it\; as it is writt
 en\, "Fear not\, daughter of Zion\; behold\, your king is coming\, sitting 
 on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand this at first\; but w
 hen Jesus was glorified\, then they remembered that this had been written o
 f him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he ca
 lled Lazaros out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The
  reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this
  sign.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/7/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, 
 The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\, Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonderwo
 rker\, Theodosius the New\, Sozon of Nicomedea\, The Holy Ten Thousand Asce
 tics of Thebes\, Narcissus the Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\, Joseph Gerontogia
 nnis of Lithines Sitia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Firs
 t Letter to the Corinthians 10:12-22\n\nBrethren\, let any one who thinks t
 hat he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that 
 is not common to man. God is faithful\, and he will not let you be tempted 
 beyond your strength\, but with the temptation will also provide the way of
  escape\, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore\, my beloved\, shun 
 the worship of idols. I speak as to sensible men: judge for yourselves what
  I say. The cup of blessing which we bless\, is it not a communion in the b
 lood of Christ? The bread which we break\, is it not a communion in the bod
 y of Christ? Because there is one bread\, we who are many are one body\, fo
 r we all partake of the one bread. Consider Israel according to the flesh: 
 are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? What do I imply
  then? That food offered to idols is anything\, or that an idol is anything
 ? No\, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to G
 od. I do not want you to be partners with demons. You cannot drink the cup 
 of the Lord and the cup of the demons. You cannot partake of the table of t
 he Lord and the table of the demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
  Are we stronger than he?\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:2-9\n\nAt that time\,
  Jesus took with him Peter and James and John\, and led them up a high moun
 tain apart by themselves\; and he was transfigured before them\, and his ga
 rments became glistening\, intensely white\, as no fuller on earth could bl
 each them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses\; and they were tal
 king to Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are h
 ere\; let us make three booths\, one for you and one for Moses and one for 
 Elijah." For he did not know what to say\, for they were exceedingly afraid
 . And a cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice came out of the cloud\, "This
  is my beloved son\; listen to him." And suddenly\, looking around they no 
 longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. And as they were coming down t
 he mountain he charged them to tell no one what they had seen\, until the S
 on of man should have risen from the dead.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/22/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodore of Sykeon\, Nathaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente the Apostles\, Nearc
 hos the Martyr\, Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts o
 f the Apostles 6:1-7\n\nIn those days\, when the disciples were increasing 
 in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widow
 s were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the bod
 y of the disciples and said\, "it is not right that we should give up preac
 hing the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick out from 
 among you seven men of good repute\, full of the Spirit and of wisdom\, who
 m we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and t
 o the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude
 \, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit\, an
 d Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nic
 olaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles\, and th
 ey prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased\; a
 nd the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, and a grea
 t many of the priests were obedient to the faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  15:43-47\; 16:1-8\n\nAt that time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected memb
 er of the council\, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God\, t
 ook courage and went to Pilate\, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilat
 e wondered if he were already dead\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked
  him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion th
 at he was dead\, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shrou
 d\, and taking him down\, wrapped him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in
  a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against
  the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw wher
 e he was laid.\n \nAnd when the sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mar
 y the mother of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go 
 and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to th
 e tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who w
 ill roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\,
  they saw that the stone was rolled back\; for it was very large. And enter
 ing the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in 
 a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amaze
 d\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, he is no
 t here\; see the place where they laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and
  Peter that he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as
  he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and
  astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for th
 ey were afraid.\n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190727
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/26/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus\, Hermippus\, and Hermocrates\, Paraske
 ve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\, Prisca the Righteous Martyr\, Moses the H
 ungarian\, Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska\n\nFast Day (Wine and 
 Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-
 29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the law
 \, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was
  our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. But
  now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Chri
 st Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as wer
 e baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\,
  there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for y
 ou are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abra
 ham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as lon
 g as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of 
 all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set 
 by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the e
 lemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God se
 nt forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those w
 ho were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus an
 d thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for
  twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had s
 pent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had he
 ard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touch
 ed his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be m
 ade well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body
  that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that
  power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, an
 d said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You se
 e the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And 
 he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had b
 een done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and
  told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has 
 made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/24/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Ky
 thyra\; Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\; Silouan of Athos\;
  Stephen the Martyr\; The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\; Coprios the Rig
 hteous\; Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with hast
 e into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of
  Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of 
 Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
  Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, 
 and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that th
 e mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your 
 greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed 
 is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to
  her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and
  my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate o
 f his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bles
 sed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his n
 ame." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her h
 ome.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOT
 HY\, my son\, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\,
  my faith\, my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my
  sufferings\, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what
  persecutions I endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all
  who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while
  evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceiv
 ed. But as for you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly beli
 eved\, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have bee
 n acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for sa
 lvation through faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:12-16\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus was in one of the cities\, and there came a man full of l
 eprosy\; and when he saw Jesus\, he fell on his face and besought him\, "Lo
 rd\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out his hand\, 
 and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately the leprosy
  left him. And he charged him to tell no one\; but "go and show yourself to
  the priest\, and make an offering for your cleansing\, as Moses commanded\
 , for a proof to the people." But so much the more the report went abroad c
 oncerning him\; and great multitudes gathered to hear and to be healed of t
 heir infirmities. But he withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180120
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/19/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Macarius the Great of Egypt\, Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\, Arsenius of Co
 rfu\, Makarios of Alexandria\, Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patmos\
 , Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian\, Branwal
 lader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit
  is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, ge
 ntleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belo
 ng to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 
  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no
  self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Bret
 hren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should
  restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be
  tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:35-46\n\nAt that time\, a lawyer came up to 
 Jesus and asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great
  commandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the Lord you
 r God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your mind
 . This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it\, You sh
 all love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all th
 e law and the prophets."\n \nNow while the Pharisees were gathered together
 \, Jesus asked them a question\, saying\, "What do you think of the Christ?
  Whose son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He said to them\,
  "How is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, say
 ing\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put your en
 emies under your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" 
 And no one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did anyone dar
 e to ask him any more questions.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200515
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isidore the Martyr of Chios\; Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus\; Holy New 
 Martyrs Mark and John\; Serapion the Holy Martyr\; Leontius\, Patriarch of 
 Jerusalem\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43\nIn those days\
 , Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I perceive that God shows no part
 iality\, but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right i
 s acceptable to him. You know the word which he sent to Israel\, preaching 
 good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)\, the word which was
  proclaimed throughout all Judea\, beginning from Galilee after the baptism
  which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spir
 it and with power\; how he went about doing good and healing all that were 
 oppressed by the devil\, for God was with him. And we are witnesses to all 
 that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him 
 to death by hanging him on a tree\; but God raised him on the third day and
  made him manifest\; not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God
  as witnesses\, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And
  he commanded us to preach to the people\, and to testify that he is the on
 e ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him all the pr
 ophets bear witness that every one who believes in him receives forgiveness
  of sins through his name."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:12-20\nAgain Jesus sp
 oke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me wil
 l not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life." The Pharisees th
 en said to him\, "You are bearing witness to yourself\; your testimony is n
 ot true." Jesus answered\, "Even if I do bear witness to myself\, my testim
 ony is true\, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going\, but yo
 u do not know whence I come or whither I am going. You judge according to t
 he flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge\, my judgment is true\, f
 or it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he who sent me. In your law it 
 is written that the testimony of two men is true\; I bear witness to myself
 \, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me." They said to him theref
 ore\, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered\, "You know neither me nor my 
 Father\; if you knew me\, you would know my Father also." These words he sp
 oke in the treasury\, as he taught in the temple\; but no one arrested him\
 , because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190604
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/3/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin\, Athana
 sios the Wonderworker\, Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalough\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Acts of the Apostles 17:1-9\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles had pass
 ed through Amphipolis and Apollonia\, they came to Thessalonica\, where the
 re was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in\, as was his custom\, and 
 for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures\, explaining and pr
 oving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the d
 ead\, and saying\, "This Jesus\, whom I proclaim to you\, is the Christ." A
 nd some of them were persuaded\, and joined Paul and Silas\; as did a great
  many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews
  were jealous\, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble\, they gathere
 d a crowd\, set the city in an uproar\, and attacked the house of Jason\, s
 eeking to bring them out to the people. And when they could not find them\,
  they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities\, 
 crying\, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here al
 so\, and Jason has received them\; and they are all acting against the decr
 ees of Caesar\, saying that there is another king\, Jesus." And the people 
 and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this. And when they
  had taken security from Jason and the rest\, they let them go. \n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 11:47-54\n\nAt that time\, the chief priests and the Pharis
 ees gathered the council\, and said\, "What are we to do? For this man perf
 orms many signs. If we let him go on thus\, every one will believe in him\,
  and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nation." But o
 ne of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that year\, said to them\, "You
  know nothing at all\; you do not understand that it is expedient for you t
 hat one man should die for the people\, and that the whole nation should no
 t perish." He did not say this of his own accord\, but being high priest th
 at year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation\, and not for th
 e nation only\, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattere
 d abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.\n 
 \nJesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews\, but went fro
 m there to the country near the wilderness\, to a town called Ephraim\; and
  there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190903
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/02/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mammas the Martyr\; John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ammon & Aeithalas the Martyrs of Thra
 ce\; Cosmas the Hermit\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 
 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good with those who l
 ove God\, who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he forek
 new he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order 
 that he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And those whom he pre
 destined he also called\; and those whom he called he also justified\; and 
 those whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to thi
 s?  If God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son
  but gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him?
   Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\
 ; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised 
 from the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for
  us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or
  distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword
 ?  As it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; 
 we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we a
 re more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neith
 er death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\
 , nor things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything e
 lse in all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in C
 hrist Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:9-15\nIn those days Jesus c
 ame from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  And w
 hen he came up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and
  the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\
 , "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."  The Spirit immedi
 ately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty
  days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with the wild beasts\; and the angels
  ministered to him. Now after John was arrested\, Jesus came into Galilee\,
  preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\, "The time is fulfilled\, and th
 e kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and believe in the gospel."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180523
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/22/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\, Holy New Martyrs Demetrius a
 nd Paul of Tripoli\, John-Vladimir\, Ruler of Serbia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Acts of the Apostles 21:26-32\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul took the men\, and 
 the next day he purified himself with them and went into the temple\, to gi
 ve notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering
  presented for every one of them. When the seven days were almost completed
 \, the Jews from Asia\, who had seen him in the temple\, stirred up all the
  crowd\, and laid hands on him\, crying out\, "Men of Israel\, help! This i
 s the man who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and
  this place\; moreover he also brought Greeks into the temple\, and he has 
 defiled this holy place." For they had previously seen Trophimos the Ephesi
 an with him in the city\, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into 
 the temple. Then all the city was aroused\, and the people ran together\; t
 hey seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple\, and at once the gates w
 ere shut. And as they were trying to kill him\, word came to the tribune of
  the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. He at once took soldiers a
 nd centurions\, and ran down to them\; and when they saw the tribune and th
 e soldiers\, they stopped beating Paul.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:2-13\n
 \nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "The hour is coming when whoever kills y
 ou will think he is offering service to God. And they will do this because 
 they have not known the Father\, nor me. But I have said these things to yo
 u\, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them.\n 
 \n"I did not say these things to you from the beginning\, because I was wit
 h you. But now I am going to him who sent me\; yet none of you asks me\, 'W
 here are you going?' But because I have said these things to you\, sorrow h
 as filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your adv
 antage that I go away\, for if I do not go away\, the Counselor will not co
 me to you\; but if I go\, I will send him to you. And when he comes\, he wi
 ll convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concer
 ning sin\, because they do not believe in me\; concerning righteousness\, b
 ecause I go to the Father\, and you will see me no more\; concerning judgme
 nt\, because the ruler of this world is judged.\n \n"I have yet many things
  to say to you\, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth com
 es\, he will guide you into all the truth."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180719
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Martyr Emilian\, Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\, Our Holy
  Father John\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Stephen\, Archbishop of Const
 antinople\, Theneva of Glasgow\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's First Letter to the Corinthians 10:12-22\n\nBrethren\, let any one who 
 thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken y
 ou that is not common to man. God is faithful\, and he will not let you be 
 tempted beyond your strength\, but with the temptation will also provide th
 e way of escape\, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore\, my beloved
 \, shun the worship of idols. I speak as to sensible men: judge for yoursel
 ves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless\, is it not a communion 
 in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break\, is it not a communion in
  the body of Christ? Because there is one bread\, we who are many are one b
 ody\, for we all partake of the one bread. Consider Israel according to the
  flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? What do
  I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything\, or that an idol is 
 anything? No\, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and 
 not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. You cannot drink 
 the cup of the Lord and the cup of the demons. You cannot partake of the ta
 ble of the Lord and the table of the demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to j
 ealousy? Are we stronger than he?\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:20-24\n\n
 At that time\, Jesus strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he 
 was the Christ. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he mu
 st go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests
  and scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised. And Peter to
 ok him and began to rebuke him\, saying\, "God forbid\, Lord! This shall ne
 ver happen to you." But he turned and said to Peter\, "Get behind me\, Sata
 n! You are a hindrance to me\; for you are not on the side of God\, but of 
 men." Then Jesus told his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let
  him deny himself\, and take up his cross and follow me."\n \n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Holy Martyr Emilian
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200711
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bis
 hop of Assa\; 10\,000 Fathers martyred in Egypt\; Apollonios the Martyr\; D
 eposition of the Precious Robe of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\; Righteo
 us Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\; Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:1-16\
 nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church 
 at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, 
 and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a help
 er of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow worke
 rs in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only 
 I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the ch
 urch in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert
  in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andr
 onicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of no
 te among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\
 , my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and
  my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those
  who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet 
 those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those worker
 s in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has 
 worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mothe
 r and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and t
 he brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his si
 ster\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one anothe
 r with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Matthew 13:3-9\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A sower went out to sow. An
 d as he sowed\, some seeds fell along the path\, and the birds came and dev
 oured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground\, where they had not much soil
 \, and immediately they sprang up\, since they had no depth of soil\, but w
 hen the sun rose they were scorched\; and since they had no root they withe
 red away. Other seeds fell upon thorns\, and the thorns grew up and choked 
 them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain\, some a hundre
 dfold\, some sixty\, some thirty. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\
 n\n
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SUMMARY:45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190209
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/8/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\, The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Zach
 ariah)\, Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\, Afterfeast of the Presentatio
 n of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Cuthman of Steyning\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesia
 ns 2:4-10\n\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the great love wi
 th which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our trespasses\, made
  us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, and raised 
 us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ 
 Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of hi
 s grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been s
 aved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is the gift of God
 : not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmans
 hip\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepared beforehan
 d\, that we should walk in them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\n\nT
 he Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the mi
 dst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men
 \; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagog
 ues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to b
 ear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do n
 ot be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you ar
 e to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, 
 but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up
  brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will rise again
 st parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my
  name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190324
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical943098d382db955a683247de64c0b886
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/23/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples\, Anatolios & Pro
 toleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George\, Luke the New 
 Martyr of Mytilene\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:12-16\n\nBRETHREN\, take care lest ther
 e be in any of you an evil\, unbelieving heart\, leading you to fall away f
 rom the living God. But exhort one another every day\, as long as it is cal
 led "today\," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
  For we share in Christ\, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the 
 end\, while it is said\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden y
 our hearts as in the rebellion." Who were they that heard and yet were rebe
 llious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses? 
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to a lo
 nely place\, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him pur
 sued him\, and they found him and said to him\, "Everyone is searching for 
 you." And he said to them\, "Let us go on to the next towns\, that I may pr
 each there also\; for that is why I came out." And he went throughout all G
 alilee\, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. And a leper 
 came to him beseeching him\, and kneeling said to him\, "If you will\, you 
 can make me clean." Moved with pity\, he stretched out his hand and touched
  him\, and said to him\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately the leprosy l
 eft him\, and he was made clean. And he sternly charged him\, and sent him 
 away at once\, and said to him\, "See that you say nothing to any one\; but
  go\, show yourself to a priest\, and offer for your cleansing what Moses c
 ommanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180828
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical406753f6c99201b6458ac658168daa65
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/27/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Pimen the Great\, Holy Martyr Phanurius\, Anthousa the Martyr\, Poimen 
 of Palestine\, Hosisos the Confessor\, Liverios\, Pope of Rome\, Monica\n\n
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 12:10-19\n
 \nBrethren\, for the sake of Christ I am content with weaknesses\, insults\
 , hardships\, persecutions\, and calamities\; for when I am weak\, then I a
 m strong.\n \nI have been a fool! You forced me to it\, for I ought to have
  been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative 
 apostles\, even though I am nothing. The signs of a true apostle were perfo
 rmed among you in all patience\, with signs and wonders and mighty works. F
 or in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches\, except tha
 t I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!\n \nHere for the thir
 d time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden\, for I seek n
 ot what is yours but you\; for children ought not to lay up for their paren
 ts\, but parents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent 
 for your souls. If I love you the more\, am I to be loved the less? But gra
 nting that I myself did not burden you\, I was crafty\, you say\, and got t
 he better of you by guile. Did I take advantage of you through any of those
  whom I sent to you? I urged Titus to go\, and sent the brother with him. D
 id Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we n
 ot take the same steps?\n \nHave you been thinking all along that we have b
 een defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have 
 been speaking in Christ\, and all for your upbuilding\, beloved.\n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 4:10-23\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus was alone\, <span>the 
 disciples\, with the twelve\, asked him concerning the parable of the sower
 </span>. And he said to them\, "To you has been given the secrets of the ki
 ngdom but for those outside everything is in parables\; so that they may in
 deed see but not perceive\, and may indeed hear but not understand\; lest t
 hey should turn again\, and be forgiven." And he said to them\, "Do you not
  understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? Th
 e sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path\, where the wo
 rd is sown\; when they hear\, Satan immediately comes and takes away the wo
 rd which is sown in them. And these in like manner are the ones sown upon r
 ocky ground\, who\, when they hear the word\, immediately receive it with j
 oy\; and they have no root in themselves\, but endure for a while\; then\, 
 when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word\, immediately
  they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns\; they are those
  who hear the word\, but the cares of the world\, and the delight in riches
 \, and the desire for other things\, enter in and choke the word\, and it p
 roves unfruitful. But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones 
 who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit\, thirtyfold and sixtyfold a
 nd a hundredfold."\n \nAnd he said to them\, "Is a lamp brought in to be pu
 t under a bushel\, or under a bed\, and not on a stand? For there is nothin
 g hid\, except to be made manifest\; nor is anything secret\, except to com
 e to light. If any man has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Holy Martyr Phanurius
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181102
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalc9bc4f3b8d44dc76bbcf13009f57267a
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother The
 odota\, David the Righteous of Evia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Firs
 t Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\n\nBrethren\, you are the bod
 y of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointed in the c
 hurch first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of m
 iracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kin
 ds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do
  all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with to
 ngues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I wi
 ll show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men a
 nd of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 
  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all know
 ledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not 
 love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body 
 to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind
 \; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does 
 not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not 
 rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, belie
 ves all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\n\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him
  his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cas
 t them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve J
 esus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter 
 no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of
  Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand
 .'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You
  received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother
  Theodota
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200425
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring\; Elizabeth the Wo
 nderworker\; Savvas the General of Rome\; Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnes
 ia\; Mellitus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: A
 cts of the Apostles 3:1-8\nIn those days\, Peter and John were going up to 
 the temple at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birt
 h was being carried\, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which 
 is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple. Seeing Pet
 er and John about to go into the temple\, he asked for alms. And Peter dire
 cted his gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look at us." And he fixed hi
 s attention upon them\, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter
  said\, "I have no silver and gold\, but I give you what I have\; in the na
 me of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, walk." And he took him by the right hand a
 nd raised him up\; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. An
 d leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them\, walking
  and leaping and praising God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:12-22\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus came to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his discip
 les\; and there they stayed for a few days.\n\nThe Passover of the Jews was
  at hand\, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who
  were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the money-changers at their 
 business. And making a whip of cords\, he drove them all\, with the sheep a
 nd oxen\, out of the temple\; and he poured out the coins of the money-chan
 gers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons\, 
 "Take these things away\; you shall not make my Father's house a house of t
 rade." His disciples remembered that it was written\, "Zeal for your house 
 will consume me." The Jews then said to him\, "What sign have you to show u
 s for doing this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy this temple\, and in thre
 e days I will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "It has taken forty-six ye
 ars to build this temple\, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he 
 spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead
 \, his disciples remembered that he had said this\; and they believed the s
 cripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180103
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalbcfeed13fdd64d169deefbaa1672c293
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Sylves
 ter\, Pope of Rome\, Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Seraphim the W
 onderworker of Sarov\, Juliana the Righteous\, Theagenes the Hieromartyr\, 
 Bishop of Parios\, Theopemptos\, Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargyro
 i\, Righteous Mark the Deaf\, Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\, Sergios\, Theopi
 stos the Martyr\, George the New Martyr of Georgia\, Nilos the Sanctified\,
  Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Hebrews 5:4-10\n\nBRETHREN\, one does not take the honor upon
  himself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did 
 not exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who s
 aid to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says al
 so in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melc
 hizedek." In the days of his flesh\, Jesus offered up prayers and supplicat
 ions\, with loud cries and tears\, to him who was able to save him from dea
 th\, and he was heard for his godly fear. Although he was a Son\, he learne
 d obedience through what he suffered\; and being made perfect he became the
  source of eternal salvation to all who obey him\, being designated by God 
 a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:
 1-15\n\nAt that time\, there was a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\,
  a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Ra
 bbi\, we know that you are a teacher come from God\; for no one can do thes
 e signs that you do\, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\
 , truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born from above\, he cannot see the 
 kingdom of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can a man be born when he is 
 old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus 
 answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born of water and 
 the Spirit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the 
 flesh is flesh\, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not mar
 vel that I said to you\, 'You must be born from above.' The Spirit blows wh
 ere it wills\, and you hear the sound of it\, and you do not know whence it
  comes or whither it goes\; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spiri
 t." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are yo
 u a teacher of Israel\, and yet you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, we speak of what we know\, and bear witness to what we have
  seen\; but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly th
 ings and you do not believe\, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly th
 ings? No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, th
 e Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wi
 lderness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in h
 im may have eternal life."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180411
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical887ac29754afcb86b8c27ec7c6e2daf6
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/10/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Renewal Tues.\,Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage\, Gregor
 y V\, the Holy Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\, Holy Father Theonas
 \, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, 150 and more Righteous Martyr Fathers of th
 e Sacred Monastery of Pantocrator Daou Pentelis\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\n\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing wi
 th the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and 
 all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my 
 words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the 
 third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'A
 nd in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Sp
 irit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and
  your young men shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; y
 ea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour o
 ut my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heav
 en above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of s
 moke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, befo
 re the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be 
 that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 24:12-35\n\nAt that time\, Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; sto
 oping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went 
 home wondering at what had happened.\n \nAnd behold\, two of them were goin
 g to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talkin
 g with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were
  talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with th
 em. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them\, "W
 hat is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?
 " And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answ
 ered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the thi
 ngs that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "What th
 ings?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a pro
 phet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our ch
 ief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and cruc
 ified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and
  besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\,
  some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the mo
 rning and did not find his body\; and they came back saying that they had e
 ven seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of those who
  were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; 
 but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow 
 of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary
  that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And 
 beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all t
 he scriptures the things concerning himself.\n \nSo they drew near to the v
 illage to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they
  constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and th
 e day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at ta
 ble with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it 
 to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he vanish
 ed out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn w
 ithin us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the scri
 ptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they 
 found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\
 , "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told w
 hat had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the breaking
  of the bread.\n    \n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, I
 rene\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190627
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalde1e366c6dea0115fa0686f26225bb60
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/26/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: David the Righteous of Thessalonika\, Appearance of the Icon of Our Mos
 t Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:13-25\n\nBrethren\, the promise to Abraham
  and his descendants\, that they should inherit the world\, did not come th
 rough the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherent
 s of the law who are to be the heirs\, faith is null and the promise is voi
 d. For the law brings wrath\, but where there is no law there is no transgr
 ession. That is why it depends on faith\, in order that the promise may res
 t on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants -- not only to the adhe
 rents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham\, for he 
 is the father of us all\, as it is written\, "I have made you the father of
  many nations" -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed\, who give
 s life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. I
 n hope he believed against hope\, that he should become the father of many 
 nations\; as he had been told\, "So shall your descendants be." He did not 
 weaken in faith when he considered his own body\, which was as good as dead
  because he was about a hundred years old\, or when he considered the barre
 nness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of
  God\, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God\, fully conv
 inced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith w
 as "reckoned to him as righteousness." But the words\, "it was reckoned to 
 him\," were written not for his sake alone\, but for ours also. It will be 
 reckoned to us who believe in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord\
 , who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:21-23\n\nThe Lord said\, "Not every one who
  says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he wh
 o does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to
  me\, 'Lord\, Lord\, did we not prophesy in your name\, and cast out demons
  in your name\, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I dec
 lare to them\, 'I never knew you\; depart from me\, you evildoers.'"\n  \n\
 n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191119
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\; Holy Martyr Romanus\; Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\; Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\; Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\; Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 1:1-5\nPaul\, Silvanus\, an
 d Timothy\, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lo
 rd Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for y
 ou all\, constantly mentioning you in our prayers\, remembering before our 
 God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of ho
 pe in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know\, brethren beloved by God\, that h
 e has chosen you\; for our gospel came to you not only in word\, but also i
 n power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind
  of men we proved to be among you for your sake.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17
 :20-25\nAt that time\, when Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingd
 om of God was coming\, he answered them\, "The kingdom of God is not coming
  with signs to be observed\; nor will they say\, 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'The
 re!' for behold\, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." And he said t
 o the disciples\, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of t
 he days of the Son of man\, and you will not see it. And they will say to y
 ou\, 'Lo\, there!' or 'Lo\, here!' Do not go\, do not follow them. For as t
 he lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other\, so 
 will the Son of man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and
  be rejected by this generation."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190511
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/10/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Simon the Zealot & Apostle\, Laurence of Egypt\, Isodora of Egypt\n\nFa
 st Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter
  to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as l
 ast of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectac
 le to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, bu
 t you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in
  honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we
  are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our o
 wn hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slan
 dered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse
  of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make
  you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you h
 ave countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became
  your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imi
 tators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:12-19\n\nAt that time\, Jesus wen
 t out to the mountain to pray\; and all night he continued in prayer to God
 . And when it was day\, he called his disciples\, and chose from them twelv
 e\, whom he named apostles\; Simon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew his b
 rother\, and James and John\, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, 
 and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Simon who was called the Z
 ealot\, and Judas the son of James\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a trai
 tor. And he came down with them and stood on a level place\, with a great c
 rowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Je
 rusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be
  healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirit
 s were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth 
 from him and healed them all.\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Simon the Zealot & Apostle
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181013
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\, Symeon the New 
 Theologian\, Martin the Merciful\, Bishop of Tours\, Cosmas the Hymnographe
 r\, Bishop of Maiuma\, Domnina the Martyr\, Wilfrid of York\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:8-19\n\nBrethr
 en\, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing 
 Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things\,
  and count them as refuse\, in order that I may gain Christ\, and be found 
 in him\, not having a righteousness of my own\, based on law\, but that whi
 ch is through faith in Christ\, the righteousness from God that depends on 
 faith\; that I may know him and the power of his resurrection\, and may sha
 re his sufferings\, becoming like him in his death\, that if possible I may
  attain that resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained t
 his or am already perfect\; but I press on to make it my own\, because Chri
 st Jesus has made me his own. Brethren\, I do not consider that I have made
  it my own\; but one thing I do\, forgetting what lies behind and straining
  forward to what lies ahead\, I press on toward the goal for the prize of t
 he upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature be th
 us minded\; and if in anything you are otherwise minded\, God will reveal t
 hat also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. Brethren\,
  join in imitating me\, and mark those who so live as you have an example i
 n us. For many\, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with t
 ears\, live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction\, t
 heir god is the belly\, and they glory in their shame\, with minds set on e
 arthly things.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:12-18\n\nAt that time\, the twel
 ve disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Send the crowd away\, to go i
 nto the villages and country round about\, to lodge and get provisions\; fo
 r we are here in a lonely place." But he said to them\, "You give them some
 thing to eat." They said\, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish -
 - unless we are to go and buy food for all these people." For there were ab
 out five thousand men. And he said to his disciples\, "Make them sit down i
 n companies\, about fifty each." And they did so\, and made them all sit do
 wn. And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, an
 d blessed and broke them\, and gave them to the disciples to set before the
  crowd. And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over
 \, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Now it happened that as he was praying 
 alone the disciples were with him.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190826
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/25/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\, Titus the Apos
 tle of the 70\, John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs of
  Constantinople\, Holy Father John of Carpathia\, Ebba\, First Abbess of Co
 ldingham\n\nTone One\nTenth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us 
 apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have bec
 ome a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Chris
 t's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. Yo
 u are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger an
 d thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, worki
 ng with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endur
 e\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, 
 as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write
  this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For
  though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers.
  For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, 
 then\, be imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:14-23\n\nAt that
  time\, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said\, "Lord\, have 
 mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly\; for ofte
 n he falls into the fire\, and often into the water.  And I brought him to 
 your disciples\, and they could not heal him."  And Jesus answered\, "O fai
 thless and perverse generation\, how long am I to be with you?  How long am
  I to bear with you?  Bring him here to me."  And Jesus rebuked him\, and t
 he demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly.  Then the disci
 ples came to Jesus privately and said\, "Why could we not cast it out?"  He
  said to them\, "Because of your little faith.  For truly I say to you\, if
  you have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will say to this mountain\
 , 'Move hence to yonder place\,' and it will move\; and nothing will be imp
 ossible to you.  But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting
 ."  As they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to them\,  "The Son of m
 an is to be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will kill him\, and 
 he will be raised on the third day."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:10th Sunday of Matthew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190922
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/21/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday after Holy Cross\; Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable
  and Life-Giving Cross\; Quadratus the Apostle\; Jonah the Prophet\; Isaaki
 os & Meletios\, Bishops of Cyprus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Lett
 er to the Corinthians 1:26-31\; 2:1-5\nBrethren\, consider your call\, not 
 many of you were wise according to worldly standards\, not many were powerf
 ul\, not many were of noble birth\; but God chose what is foolish in the wo
 rld to shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the st
 rong\, God chose what is low and despised in the world\, even things that a
 re not\, to bring to nothing things that are\, so that no human being might
  boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesu
 s\, whom God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanctification and red
 emption\; therefore\, as it is written\, "Let him who boasts\, boast of the
  Lord." When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not come proclaiming to you t
 he testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing
  among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in wea
 kness and in much fear and trembling\; and my speech and my message were no
 t in plausible words of wisdom\, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of 
 power\, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the powe
 r of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who ca
 me to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your sin\; where I
  am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, 
 since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "
 You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\, I am not of 
 this world. I told you that you would die in your sins\, for you will die i
 n your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to him\, "Who are y
 ou?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I 
 have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he who sent me is true\,
  and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." They did not under
 stand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have l
 ifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, and that I do n
 othing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he w
 ho sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I always do what is 
 pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Saturday after Holy Cross
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200223
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday of Souls\; The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Mar
 tyrs in the Quarter of Eugenius\; Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Bara
 datus\; Anthousa the Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you igno
 rant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve
  as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and r
 ose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who hav
 e fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that
  we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not p
 recede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend fro
 m heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's call\, and with the s
 ound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then 
 we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together with them in 
 the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with the
  Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\nThe Lord said\, "Take 
 heed that you are not led astray\; for many will come in my name\, saying\,
  'I am he!' and\, 'The time is at hand!'  Do not go after them.  And when y
 ou hear of wars and tumults\, do not be terrified\; for this must first tak
 e place\, but the end will not be at once.  And there will be signs in sun 
 and moon and stars\, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity a
 t the roaring of the sea and the waves\, men fainting with fear and with fo
 reboding of what is coming on the world\; for the powers of the heavens wil
 l be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with 
 power and great glory.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will
  not pass away.  But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed do
 wn with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of life\, and that day come u
 pon you suddenly like a snare\; for it will come upon all who dwell upon th
 e face of the whole earth.  But watch at all times\, praying that you may h
 ave strength to escape all these things that will take place\, and to stand
  before the Son of man."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190618
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/17/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\, Manuel\, Sabel\, &
  Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\, Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the Mo
 nastery of Ikanhoe\, Alban the Protomartyr of Britain\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\n\nBrethren\, walk 
 as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good a
 nd right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no
  part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it
  is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but when a
 nything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that beco
 mes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise
  from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how 
 you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, be
 cause the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what 
 the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debau
 chery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms an
 d hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with al
 l your heart.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\n\nThe Lord said\, "See
  that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you that in 
 heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. F
 or the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man has a 
 hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave the nin
 ety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? And if 
 he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than over the
  ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Father w
 ho is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n \n"If your b
 rother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and him a
 lone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he does n
 ot listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word may be 
 confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to liste
 n to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen even to the
  church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I say
  to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whateve
 r you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two
  of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for them b
 y my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my name\, th
 ere am I in the midst of them."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Monday of the Holy Spirit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200302
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forgiveness Sunday\; The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\;
  Andonina the New Martyr\; David the Archbishop\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\,
  and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day
  of the week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spic
 es which they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the 
 tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body.  While they were p
 erplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; 
 and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men s
 aid to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how he 
 told you\, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be deli
 vered in to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third d
 ay rise."  And they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb they
  told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalen
 e\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them w
 ho told this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\
 , and they did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; st
 ooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went
  home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to the Romans 13:11-14\; 14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now 
 than when we first believed\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  
 Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; 
 let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and dru
 nkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jea
 lousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the fl
 esh\, to gratify its desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welc
 ome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anyt
 hing\, while the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despi
 se him who abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who
  eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the serv
 ant of another?  It is before his own master that he stands or falls.  And 
 he will be upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 6:14-21\nThe Lord said\, "If you forgive men their trespasses\, you
 r heavenly Father also will forgive you\; but if you do not forgive men the
 ir trespasses\, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.\n\n"And w
 hen you fast\, do not look dismal\, like the hypocrites\, for they disfigur
 e their faces that their fasting may be seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\
 , they have received their reward.  But when you fast\, anoint your head an
 d wash your face\, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Fat
 her who is in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\
 n\n"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth\, where moth and rust c
 onsume and where thieves break in and steal\, but lay up for yourselves tre
 asures in heaven\, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves d
 o not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is\, there will your hea
 rt be also."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180217
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\, Flavianos\, Patriarch of Consta
 ntinople\, Romanos the Younger\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed
 )\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: \n\n\nZechariah 8:7-17\n\n"Thus says the Lor
 d of hosts:  Behold\, I will save my people from the east country and from 
 the west country\; and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem
 \; and they shall be my people and I will be their God\, in faithfulness an
 d in righteousness."\n \nThus says the Lord of hosts:  "Let your hands be s
 trong\, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth 
 of the prophets\, since the day that the foundation of the house of the Lor
 d of hosts was laid\, that the temple might be built.  For before those day
 s there was no wage for man or any wage for beast\, neither was there any s
 afety from the foe for him who went out or came in\; for I set every man ag
 ainst his fellow.  But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people 
 as in the former days\, says the Lord of hosts.  For there shall be a sowin
 g of peace\; the vine shall yield its fruit\, and the ground shall give its
  increase\, and the heavens shall give their dew\; and I will cause the rem
 nant of this people to possess all these things.  And as you have been a by
 word of cursing among the nations\, O house of Judah and house of Israel\, 
 so will I save you and you shall be a blessing.  Fear not\, but let your ha
 nds be strong."\n \nFor thus says the Lord of hosts:  "As I purposed to do 
 evil to you\, when your fathers provoked me to wrath\, and I did not relent
 \, says the Lord of hosts\,  so again have I purposed in these days to do g
 ood to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah\; fear not.  These are the thing
 s that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another\, render in your gates 
 judgments that are true and make for peace\, do not devise evil in your hea
 rts against one another\, and love no false oath\, for all these things I h
 ate\, says the Lord."\n \n\nZechariah 8:19-23\n\n"Thus says the Lord of hos
 ts:  The fast of the fourth month\, and the fast of the fifth\, and the fas
 t of the seventh\, and the fast of the tenth\, shall be to the house of Jud
 ah seasons of joy and gladness\, and cheerful feasts\; therefore love truth
  and peace.\n \n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Peoples shall yet come\, eve
 n the inhabitants of many cities\; the inhabitants of one city shall go to 
 another\, saying\, 'Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord\, an
 d to seek the Lord of hosts\; I am going.'  Many peoples and strong nations
  shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem\, and to entreat the fav
 or of the Lord.  Thus says the Lord of hosts:  In those days ten men from t
 he nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew\, saying\, 
 'Let us go with you\, for we have heard that God is with you.'"\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/8/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\,
  Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\n\nBrethren\, if the message dec
 lared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received 
 a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvati
 on? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by tho
 se who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and var
 ious miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his 
 own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, o
 f which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man tha
 t thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? T
 hou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast cro
 wned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his 
 feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing out
 side his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to 
 him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the ange
 ls\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so th
 at by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitti
 ng that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons 
 to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffe
 ring.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\
 , "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he w
 ho rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, say
 ing\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said 
 to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have giv
 en you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the po
 wer of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice 
 in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names
  are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit a
 nd said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have 
 hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to ba
 bes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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 el\, Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Julitta of Caesaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:35-4
 1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and pre
 aching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Pa
 ul said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every
  city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And
  Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best 
 not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and ha
 d not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so t
 hat they separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed
  away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by th
 e brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\
 , strengthening the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:24-28\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny hi
 mself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life 
 will lose it\, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For wha
 t will it profit a man\, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?
  Or what shall a man give in return for his life? For the Son of man is to 
 come with his angels in the glory of his Father and then he will repay ever
 y man for what he has done. Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing 
 here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his 
 kingdom."\n\n
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  the 70
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1
 4-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after  he was 
 raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, 
 do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know tha
 t I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to
  him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lor
 d\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said 
 to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was 
 grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he s
 aid to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesu
 s said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you we
 re young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you ar
 e old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and car
 ry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to show by what death h
 e was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPet
 er turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had la
 in close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that 
 is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, w
 hat about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out am
 ong the brethren that this disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say t
 o him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until 
 I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple who is bearing witness
  to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his 
 testimony is true.  But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; 
 were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself coul
 d not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:21-33\; 12:1-9\nBrethren\, wh
 atever anyone dares to boast of -- I am speaking as a fool -- I also dare t
 o boast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. A
 re they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am 
 a better one -- I am talking like a madman -- with far greater labors\, far
  more imprisonments\, with countless beatings\, and often near death. Five 
 times I have received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. T
 hree times I have been beaten with rods\; once I was stoned. Three times I 
 have been shipwrecked\; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea\; on fr
 equent journeys\, in danger from rivers\, danger from robbers\, danger from
  my own people\, danger from Gentiles\, danger in the city\, danger in the 
 wilderness\, danger at sea\, danger from false brethren\; in toil and hards
 hip\, through many a sleepless night\, in hunger and thirst\, often without
  food\, in cold and exposure. And\, apart from other things\, there is the 
 daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak\, an
 d I am not weak? Who is made to fall\, and I am not indignant?\n\nIf I must
  boast\, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Fath
 er of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie
 . At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus
  in order to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in 
 the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be 
 gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I k
 now a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heave
 n -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And 
 I know that this man was caught up into Paradise -- whether in the body or 
 out of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that canno
 t be told\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, b
 ut on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I
  wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth.
  But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees i
 n me or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundanc
 e of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan
 \, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought 
 the Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My gra
 ce is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I wil
 l all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may
  rest upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jes
 us came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "
 Who do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said\, "Some say John the 
 Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 
 He said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "Yo
 u are the Christ\, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him\, "Bl
 essed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this t
 o you\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, an
 d on this rock I will build my church\, and the gates of Hades shall not pr
 evail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and w
 hatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose
  on earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/10/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Menas\, Hermogenes\, and Eugraphus\; Thomas the Right
 eous of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 First Letter to Timothy 1:8-14\nTimothy\, my son\, we know that the law is 
 good\, if any one uses it lawfully\, understanding this\, that the law is n
 ot laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient\, for the ung
 odly and sinners\, for the unholy and profane\, for murderers of fathers an
 d murderers of mothers\, for manslayers\, immoral persons\, sodomites\, kid
 napers\, liars\, perjurers\, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrin
 e\, in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I 
 have been entrusted. I thank him who has given me strength for this\, Chris
 t Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his se
 rvice\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but 
 I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace
  of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ J
 esus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:22-26\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Bethsai
 da. And some people brought to him a blind man\, and begged him to touch hi
 m. And he took the blind man by the hand\, and led him out of the village\;
  and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him\, he asked hi
 m\, "Do you see anything?" And he looked up and said\, "I see men\; but the
 y look like trees\, walking." Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes\; 
 and he looked intently and was restored\, and saw everything clearly. And h
 e sent him away to his home\, saying\, "Do not even enter the village."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190429
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/28/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\, John the Martyr of Romania\, Memnon 
 the Wonderworker\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-8\n\nIn t
 he first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do
  and teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, after he had given comman
 dment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them h
 e presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to t
 hem during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while stayi
 ng with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for
  the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for Joh
 n baptized with water\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the
  Holy Spirit."\n \nSo when they had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\
 , will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them\, "
 it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by hi
 s own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come 
 upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and 
 Samaria and to the end of the earth."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:1-17\n\nI
 n the beginning was the Word\, and the Word was with God\, and the Word was
  God. He was in the beginning with God\; all things were made through him\,
  and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life\, and
  the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness\, and the 
 darkness has not overcome it. \n\nThere was a man sent from God\, whose nam
 e was John. He came for testimony\, to bear witness to the light\, that all
  might believe through him. He was not the light\, but came to bear witness
  to the light.\n\nThe true light that enlightens every man was coming into 
 the world. He was in the world\, and the world was made through him\, yet t
 he world knew him not. He came to his own home\, and his own people receive
 d him not. But to all who received him\, who believed in his name\, he gave
  power to become children of God\; who were born\, not of blood nor of the 
 will of the flesh nor of the will of man\, but of God.\n\nAnd the Word beca
 me flesh and dwelt among us\, full of grace and truth\; we have beheld his 
 glory\, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him
 \, and cried\, "This was he of whom I said\, 'He who comes after me ranks b
 efore me\, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all recei
 ved\, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses\; grace and tru
 th came through Jesus Christ.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/30/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: John Climacus the Righteous\, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent\, S
 osthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphroditos\, the Apostles of the
  70\, Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: 
 Isaiah 66:10-24\n\n"Rejoice with Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, all you 
 who love her\; rejoice with her in joy\, all you who mourn over her\; that 
 you may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts\; that you may dri
 nk deeply with delight from the abundance of her glory."  For thus says the
  LORD: "Behold\, I will extend prosperity to her like a river\, and the wea
 lth of the nations like an overflowing stream\; and you shall suck\, you sh
 all be carried upon her hip\, and dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his 
 mother comforts\, so I will comfort you\; you shall be comforted in Jerusal
 em.  You shall see\, and your heart shall rejoice\; your bones shall flouri
 sh like the grass\; and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with
  his servants\, and his indignation is against his enemies.  "For behold\, 
 the LORD will come in fire\, and his chariots like the stormwind\, to rende
 r his anger in fury\, and his rebuke with flames of fire.  For by fire will
  the LORD execute judgment\, and by his sword\, upon all flesh\; and those 
 slain by the LORD shall be many.  "Those who sanctify and purify themselves
  to go into the gardens\, following one in the midst\, eating swine's flesh
  and the abomination and mice\, shall come to an end together\, says the LO
 RD.  "For I know their works and their thoughts\, and I am coming to gather
  all nations and tongues\; and they shall come and shall see my glory\, and
  I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the n
 ations\, to Tarshish\, Put\, and Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal and Java
 n\, to the coastlands afar off\, that have not heard my fame or seen my glo
 ry\; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.  And they shall bri
 ng all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD\, upon
  horses\, and in chariots\, and in litters\, and upon mules\, and upon drom
 edaries\, to my holy mountain Jerusalem\, says the LORD\, just as the Israe
 lites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LOR
 D.  And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites\, says th
 e LORD.  "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall 
 remain before me\, says the LORD\; so shall your descendants and your name 
 remain.  From new moon to new moon\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, all fles
 h shall come to worship before me\, says the LORD.  "And they shall go fort
 h and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me\; fo
 r their worm shall not die\, their fire shall not be quenched\, and they sh
 all be an abhorrence to all flesh."\n \n\nGenesis 49:33-50:26\n\nWhen Jacob
  finished charging his sons\, he drew up his feet into the bed\, and breath
 ed his last\, and was gathered to his people.  Then Joseph fell on his fath
 er's face\, and wept over him\, and kissed him.  And Joseph commanded his s
 ervants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Isr
 ael\; forty days were required for it\, for so many are required for embalm
 ing. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.\n \nAnd when the days of 
 weeping for him were past\, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh\, sayi
 ng\, "If now I have found favor in your eyes\, speak\, I pray you\, in the 
 ears of Pharaoh\, saying\, My father made me swear\, saying\, 'I am about t
 o die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan\, ther
 e shall you bury me.' Now therefore let me go up\, I pray you\, and bury my
  father\; then I will return."  And Pharaoh answered\, "Go up\, and bury yo
 ur father\, as he made you swear."  So Joseph went up to bury his father\; 
 and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh\, the elders of his househ
 old\, and all the elders of the land of Egypt\, as well as all the househol
 d of Joseph\, his brothers\, and his father's household\; only their childr
 en\, their flocks\, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.  And t
 here went up with him both chariots and horsemen\; it was a very great comp
 any.  When they came to the threshing floor of Atad\, which is beyond the J
 ordan\, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation\; a
 nd he made a mourning for his father seven days.  When the inhabitants of t
 he land\, the Canaanites\, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad\
 , they said\, "This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians." Therefore the
  place was named Abelmizraim\; it is beyond the Jordan.  Thus his sons did 
 for him as he had commanded them\; for his sons carried him to the land of 
 Canaan\, and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah\, to the east
  of Mamre\, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite\, t
 o possess as a burying place.  After he had buried his father\, Joseph retu
 rned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury hi
 s father.  When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead\, they sai
 d\, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil wh
 ich we did to him."  So they sent a message to Joseph\, saying\, "Your fath
 er gave this command before he died\,  'Say to Joseph\, Forgive\, I pray yo
 u\, the transgression of your brothers and their sin\, because they did evi
 l to you.' And now\, we pray you\, forgive the transgression of the servant
 s of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.  His brot
 hers also came and fell down before him\, and said\, "Behold\, we are your 
 servants."  But Joseph said to them\, "Fear not\, for am I in the place of 
 God?  As for you\, you meant evil against me\; but God meant it for good\, 
 to bring it about that many people should be kept alive\, as they are today
 .  So do not fear\; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he r
 eassured them and comforted them.\n \nSo Joseph dwelt in Egypt\, he and his
  father's house\; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.  And Joseph saw
  Ephraim's children of the third generation\; the children also of Machir t
 he son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.  And Joseph said to his b
 rothers\, "I am about to die\; but God will visit you\, and bring you up ou
 t of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham\, to Isaac\, and to Ja
 cob."  Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel\, saying\, "God will 
 visit you\, and you shall carry up my bones from here."  So Joseph died\, b
 eing a hundred and ten years old\; and they embalmed him\, and he was put i
 n a coffin in Egypt.\n\n\nProverbs 31:8-31\n\nOpen your mouth for the dumb\
 , for the rights of all who are left desolate.  Open your mouth\, judge rig
 hteously\, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.  A good wife who can 
 find? She is far more precious than jewels.  The heart of her husband trust
 s in her\, and he will have no lack of gain.  She does him good\, and not h
 arm\, all the days of her life.  She seeks wool and flax\, and works with w
 illing hands.  She is like the ships of the merchant\, she brings her food 
 from afar.  She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her house
 hold and tasks for her maidens.  She considers a field and buys it\; with t
 he fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.  She girds her loins with stre
 ngth and makes her arms strong.  She perceives that her merchandise is prof
 itable. Her lamp does not go out at night.  She puts her hands to the dista
 ff\, and her hands hold the spindle.  She opens her hand to the poor\, and 
 reaches out her hands to the needy.  She is not afraid of snow for her hous
 ehold\, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.  She makes herself co
 verings\; her clothing is fine linen and purple.  Her husband is known in t
 he gates\, when he sits among the elders of the land.  She makes linen garm
 ents and sells them\; she delivers girdles to the merchant.  Strength and d
 ignity are her clothing\, and she laughs at the time to come.  She opens he
 r mouth with wisdom\, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.  She l
 ooks well to the ways of her household\, and does not eat the bread of idle
 ness.  Her children rise up and call her blessed\; her husband also\, and h
 e praises her:  "Many women have done excellently\, but you surpass them
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\; Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\nBrethren\, all
  the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received 
 promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the
  edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, 
 put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. So
 me were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again 
 to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains a
 nd imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempt
 ed\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep an
 d goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not w
 orthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves 
 of the earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not
  receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us
 \, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we
  are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside ev
 ery weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with persever
 ance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perf
 ecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:2-12\nAt that time\, the Pha
 risees came up to Jesus and in order to test him\, asked\, "Is it lawful fo
 r a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them\, "What did Moses command yo
 u?" They said\, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce\, an
 d to put her away." But Jesus said to them\, "For your hardness of heart he
  wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation\, 'God made
  them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mot
 her and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh.' So the
 y are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together\,
  let not man put asunder." And in the house the disciples asked him again a
 bout this matter. And he said to them\, "Whoever divorces his wife and marr
 ies another commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces her husband 
 and marries another\, she commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Athanasius of Mount Athos\, Righteous Father Lampadus the Wonderworker\,
  Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monastery\, Uncovering of the H
 oly Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\, Holy New Martyrs E
 lizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Barbara\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit o
 f the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faith
 fulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And th
 ose who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions a
 nd desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Le
 t us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one an
 other.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spir
 itual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, les
 t you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law 
 of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\n\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one k
 nows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son
  and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who l
 abor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you
 \, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will fi
 nd rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n  
     \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel\; Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\; Holy 
 Martyr Golinduc\; Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\; Serapion the Martyr\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the m
 essage declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience
  received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a gre
 at salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to
  us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonde
 rs and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed accordi
 ng to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the world t
 o come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What 
 is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest 
 for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\, tho
 u hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection 
 under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he left n
 othing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subj
 ection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower tha
 n the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of dea
 th\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. For it
  was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing 
 many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect thr
 ough suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:10-23\,43\nAt that time\, the
  disciples of Jesus came to him and said to him\, "Why do you speak to the 
 crowds in parables?" And he answered them\, "To you it has been given to kn
 ow the secrets of the kingdom of heaven\, but to them it has not been given
 . For to him who has will more be given\, and he will have abundance\; but 
 from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I s
 peak to them in parables\, because seeing they do not see\, and hearing the
 y do not hear\, nor do they understand. With them indeed is fulfilled the p
 rophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understand\,
  and you shall indeed see but never perceive. For this people's heart has g
 rown dull\, and their ears are heavy of hearing\, and their eyes they have 
 closed\, lest they should perceive with their eyes\, and hear with their ea
 rs\, and understand with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them.' But b
 lessed are your eyes\, for they see\, and your ears\, for they hear. Truly\
 , I say to you\, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see
 \, and did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it.\n\
 n"Hear then the parable of the sower. When any one hears the word of the ki
 ngdom and does not understand it\, the evil one comes and snatches away wha
 t is sown in his heart\; this is what was sown along the path. As for what 
 was sown on rocky ground\, this is he who hears the word and immediately re
 ceives it with joy\; yet he has no root in himself\, but endures for a whil
 e\, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word\, imm
 ediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns\, this is he who 
 hears the word\, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke
  the word\, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil\, t
 his is he who hears the word and understands it\; he indeed bears fruit\, a
 nd yields\, in one case a hundredfold\, in another sixty\, and in another t
 hirty. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181011
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\, Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\, The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedia\, Vassianos the Righteous of
  Constantinople\, The 14 Holy Elders of Optina Monastery\, Pinytos\, Bishop
  of Knossos\, Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:24-30\n\nBrethren\, I trust in
  the Lord that shortly I myself shall come also. I have thought it necessar
 y to send to you Epaphroditos my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldi
 er\, and your messenger and minister to my need\, for he has been longing f
 or you all\, and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. Ind
 eed he was ill\, near to death. But God had mercy on him\, and not only on 
 him but on me also\, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I am the more e
 ager to send him\, therefore\, that you may rejoice at seeing him again\, a
 nd that I may be less anxious. So receive him in the Lord with all joy\; an
 d honor such men\, for he nearly died for the work of Christ\, risking his 
 life to complete your service to me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:22-25\n\nA
 t that time\, Jesus entered a boat with his disciples\, and he said to them
 \, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out\, and 
 as they sailed he fell asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake\, 
 and they were filling with water\, and were in danger. And they went and wo
 ke him\, saying\, "Master\, Master\, we are perishing!" And he awoke and re
 buked the wind and the raging waves\; and they ceased\, and there was a cal
 m. He said to them\, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid\, and they
  marveled\, saying to one another\, "Who then is this\, that he commands ev
 en wind and water\, and they obey him?"\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190901
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/31/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\, Cyprian 
 the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\, Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of C
 onstantinople\, Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\, Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folke
 stone\, Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had r
 egulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, 
 the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of 
 the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood
  a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and 
 the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a 
 golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables
  of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the me
 rcy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations
  having thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, p
 erforming their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest go
 es\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers 
 for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:
 38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman ca
 lled Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\,
  who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was di
 stracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you 
 not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to he
 lp me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and 
 troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good
  portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a wom
 an in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb tha
 t bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rathe
 r are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/22/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\, Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas of
  Philadelphia\, Anastasios the Serbian\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:7-12\n\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace 
 from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First\, I thank my God throu
 gh Jesus Christ for all of you\, because your faith is proclaimed in all th
 e world. For God is my witness\, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel 
 of his Son\, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers\, aski
 ng that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. F
 or I long to see you\, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to stre
 ngthen you\, that is\, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's f
 aith\, both yours and mine.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:42-48\n\nThe Lor
 d said\, "Give to him who begs from you\, and do not refuse him who would b
 orrow from you. You have heard that it was said\, 'You shall love your neig
 hbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you\, Love your enemies and pray fo
 r those who persecute you\, so that you may be sons of your Father who is i
 n heaven\; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good\, and send
 s rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you\, 
 what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if yo
 u salute only your brethren\, what more are you doing than others? Do not e
 ven the Gentiles do the same? You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your h
 eavenly Father is perfect."\n \n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190110
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/9/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Polyeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\, Eustratios the Wonderwork
 er\, Peter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory of 
 Nyssa\, Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, 
 Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the
  grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before man
 y witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 
 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service
  gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one 
 who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to
  the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share 
 of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understan
 ding in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, desce
 nded from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suff
 ering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fette
 red. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they al
 so may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Mark 1:9-15\n\nIn those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee 
 and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  And when he came up out of the wat
 er\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon h
 im like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; w
 ith you I am well pleased."  The Spirit immediately drove him out into the 
 wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days\, tempted by Satan\; an
 d he was with the wild beasts\; and the angels ministered to him. Now after
  John was arrested\, Jesus came into Galilee\, preaching the gospel of God\
 , and saying\, "The time is fulfilled\, and the kingdom of God is at hand\;
  repent\, and believe in the gospel."\n\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180518
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/17/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Ascension\,The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\, Holy Godbearin
 g Nectarius\, the Builder of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora\, The
 odotos the Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\, Athanasios\, Archbisho
 p of Christianopolis\, The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\, Nicholas the Y
 ounger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of
  the Apostles 1:1-12\n\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt wit
 h all that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day when he was taken up
 \, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles w
 hom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by 
 many proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking of the kin
 gdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from
  Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, 
 "you heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but before many days yo
 u shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they had come together\,
  they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Isra
 el?" He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which th
 e Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when t
 he Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusal
 em and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." And when he h
 ad said this\, as they were looking on\, he was lifted up\, and a cloud too
 k him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went
 \, behold\, two men stood by them in white robes\, and said\,"Men of Galile
 e\, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus\, who was taken up fro
 m you into heaven\, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven
 ." Then they returned from the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusale
 m\, a sabbath day's journey away.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\n\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, stood in the midst of his 
 disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled and fri
 ghtened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why a
 re you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands
  and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has no
 t flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this\, he showe
 d them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, a
 nd wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave 
 him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n \nThen 
 he said to them\, "These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I was st
 ill with you\, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the
  prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to u
 nderstand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that th
 e Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that r
 epentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nat
 ions\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And beh
 old\, I send the promise of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, unt
 il you are clothed with power from on high."\n \nThen he led them out as fa
 r as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed them. While he blessed
  them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they wors
 hiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were contin
 ually in the temple blessing God.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191124
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\; Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\; Is
 chyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into t
 he Temple\; Dionysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter t
 o the Corinthians 8:1-5\nBrethren\, I want you to know about the grace of G
 od which has been shown in the churches of Macedonia\, for in a severe test
  of affliction\, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have over
 flowed in a wealth of liberality on their part. For they gave according to 
 their means\, as I can testify\, and beyond their means\, of their own free
  will\, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of 
 the saints - and this\, not as we expected\, but first they gave themselves
  to the Lord and to us by the will of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21
 \nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to 
 tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; a
 nd nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the s
 pirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heav
 en." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank y
 ou\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things 
 from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\,
  for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190112
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/11/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Our Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\, Vitalis of Gaza\, Afte
 rfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Nikephoros t
 he New Martyr of Crete\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, remember your l
 eaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of t
 heir lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday a
 nd today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings
 \; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, 
 which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which thos
 e who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals
  whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrific
 e for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the 
 gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let 
 us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For her
 e we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through
  him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that i
 s\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good
  and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\n\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jorda
 n\, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by
  the devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, h
 e was hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command 
 this stone to become bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man
  shall not live by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed hi
 m all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To
  you I will give all this authority and their glory\; for it has been deliv
 ered to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worshi
 p me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Y
 ou shall worship the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n \nAn
 d he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, an
 d said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\
 ; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you
 \,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot a
 gainst a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not tem
 pt the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he 
 departed from him until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power 
 of the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through a
 ll the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glori
 fied by all.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Our Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190916
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/15/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Holy Cross\; Nikitas the Great Martyr\; Philotheos the Ri
 ghteous\; Bessarion of Larissa\; Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Th
 essolonica\; John the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; 
 Porphyrios the Actor\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbat
 h was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\, b
 ought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And very early on t
 he first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And
  they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us fro
 m the door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the stone was roll
 ed back\, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, they saw a young 
 man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were ama
 zed.  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\
 , who was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where t
 hey laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going befor
 e you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you."  And they went
  out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon 
 them\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing tha
 t a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Chr
 ist\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by f
 aith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, because by works of the law 
 shall no one be justified. But if\, in our endeavor to be justified in Chri
 st\, we ourselves were found to be sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin
 ? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down\, t
 hen I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law\, 
 that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ\; it is no long
 er I who live\, but Christ who lives in me\; and the life I now live in the
  flesh I live by faith in the Son of God\, who loved me and gave himself fo
 r me.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wish
 es to come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow
  me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his l
 ife for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a ma
 n\, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give i
 n return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this ad
 ulterous and sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed
 \, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he s
 aid to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will
  not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\, Theophilus
  the Confessor\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1
 :12-17\n\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank him who has given me strength for this
 \, Christ Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me t
 o his service\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted hi
 m\; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and t
 he grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in 
 Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance\, that Chris
 t Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinne
 rs\; but I received mercy for this reason\, that in me\, as the foremost\, 
 Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who
  were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages\, immortal\, 
 invisible\, the only God\, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 6:37-45\n\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, and you will 
 not be judged\; condemn not\, and you will not be condemned\; forgive\, and
  you will be forgiven\; give\, and it will be given to you\; good measure\,
  pressed down\, shaken together\, running over\, will be put into your lap.
  For the measure you give will be the measure you get back."\n \nHe also to
 ld them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fa
 ll into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher\, but every one when he 
 is fully taught will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is 
 in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 
 Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Brother\, let me take out the speck t
 hat is in your eye\,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your 
 own eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and then 
 you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.\n
  \n"For no good tree bears bad fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear good 
 fruit\; for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered 
 from thorns\, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good man out o
 f the good treasure of his heart produces good\, and the evil man out of hi
 s evil treasure produces evil\; for out of the abundance of the heart his m
 outh speaks."\n \n\n
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 he Martyrs\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthia
 ns 16:13-24\n\nBrethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be coura
 geous\, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, yo
 u know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, 
 and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you 
 to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice
  at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have
  made up for your absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. 
 Give recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila a
 nd Prisca\, together with the church in their house\, send you hearty greet
 ings in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a
  holy kiss. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has
  no love for the Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of 
 the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:42-47\n\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you d
 o not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the hou
 seholder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he woul
 d have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore y
 ou also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not 
 expect. Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has set o
 ver his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is 
 that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I sa
 y to you\, he will set him over all his possessions."\n\n\n
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 ts: Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries\, Pappias the
  Martyr\, Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman\, Founders of Valaam Monaste
 ry\, Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos \, Paul the Ph
 ysician of Corinth\, Sergios the Magister\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 15:17-29\n\nBrethren\, in C
 hrist Jesus I have reason to be proud of my work for God. For I will not ve
 nture to speak of anything except what Christ has wrought through me to win
  obedience from the Gentiles\, by word and deed\, by the power of signs and
  wonders\, by the power of the Holy Spirit\, so that from Jerusalem and as 
 far round as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ\, thus ma
 king it my ambition to preach the gospel\, not where Christ has already bee
 n named\, lest I build on another man's foundation\, but as it is written\,
  "They shall see who have never been told of him\, and they shall understan
 d who have never heard of him." This is the reason why I have so often been
  hindered from coming to you. But now\, since I no longer have any room for
  work in these regions\, and since I have longed for many years to come to 
 you\, I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain\, and to be sped on my 
 journey there by you\, once I have enjoyed your company for a little. At pr
 esent\, however\, I am going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints. For Mace
 donia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor a
 mong the saints at Jerusalem\; they were pleased to do it\, and indeed - th
 ey are in debt to them\, for if the Gentiles have come to share in their sp
 iritual blessings\, they ought also to be of service to them in material bl
 essings. When therefore I have completed this\, and have sealed to them thi
 s fruit\, I shall go on by way of you to Spain\; and I know that when I com
 e to you I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Chris
 t.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:46-50\; 13:1-3\n\nAt that time\, while J
 esus was speaking to the people\, behold\, his mother and his brothers stoo
 d outside\, asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him\
 , "Who is my mother\, and who are my brothers?" And stretching out his hand
  toward his disciples\, he said\, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For 
 whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother\, and sister\, a
 nd mother."\n \nThat same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside th
 e sea. And great crowds gathered about him\, so that he entered a boat and 
 sat there\; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many t
 hings in parables.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Procession of the Precious Cross\, The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, So
 lomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar Their Teacher\, Timothy the Wonderworker\
 , Archbishop of Priconissus\, Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 1
 2:1-2\n\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enfor
 ced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched ra
 ging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, 
 became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their d
 ead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that
  they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourg
 ing\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn i
 n two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went abo
 ut in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of w
 hom the world was not worthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains
  and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these\, though well attested b
 y their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen 
 something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfec
 t. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, l
 et us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and l
 et us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jes
 us the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:
 16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep
  in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Bew
 are of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in the
 ir synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my s
 ake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you
  up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for w
 hat you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you wh
 o speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will 
 deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will 
 rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by 
 all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)\; Veronika & Speratos the Mart
 yrs\; Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, 
 before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint u
 ntil faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Chri
 st came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\
 , we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons
  of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ ha
 ve put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave n
 or free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ 
 Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs a
 ccording to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is n
 o better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he i
 s under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us
 \; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the u
 niverse. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born o
 f a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, s
 o that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n
 At that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And the
 re was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had s
 uffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and w
 as no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\,
  and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\
 , "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately th
 e hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her d
 isease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from hi
 m\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garm
 ents?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around y
 ou\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who h
 ad done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fea
 r and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. An
 d he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\,
  and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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 sts: Amplias\, Apelles\, Stachys\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus of the 7
 0\, The Holy Martyr Epimachus of Egypt\, Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios\n
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:1-16\n\nBrethren\
 , I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchre
 ai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help h
 er in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many
  and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Chri
 st Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also
  all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in th
 eir house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia f
 or Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and
  Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among t
 he apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my belov
 ed in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my belove
 d Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belon
 g to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in t
 he Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the L
 ord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked har
 d in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine
 . Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethre
 n who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and
  Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a h
 oly kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1
 1:34-41\n\nThe Lord said\, "Your eye is the lamp of your body\; when your e
 ye is sound\, your whole body is full of light\; but when it is not sound\,
  your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you 
 be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light\, having no part dark
 \, it will be wholly bright\, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.
 " While he was speaking\, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him\; so he wen
 t in and sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not f
 irst wash before dinner. And the Lord said to him\, "Now you Pharisees clea
 nse the outside of the cup and of the dish\, but inside you are full of ext
 ortion and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the 
 inside also? But give for alms those things which are within and behold\, e
 verything is clean for you."\n \n\n
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 s: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\, Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantokra
 tor Monastery\, Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kazan\
 n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 4:9-15\n\nTimoth
 y\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance. For to this 
 end we toil and suffer reproach\, because we have our hope set on the livin
 g God\, who is the Savior of all men\, especially of those who believe. Com
 mand and teach these things. Let no one despise your youth\, but set the be
 lievers an example in speech and conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in purity. 
 Till I come\, attend to the public reading of scripture\, to preaching\, to
  teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have\, which was given you by prophe
 tic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you. Practic
 e these duties\, devote yourself to them\, so that all may see your progres
 s.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-19\, 9:1-2\, 10:16-21\n\nAt that time\, a
  crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people came to Jesus from 
 all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to he
 ar him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled wit
 h unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for p
 ower came forth from him and healed them all. And he called the twelve toge
 ther and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases
 \, and sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal\, and He said
  to them: "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, 
 and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with j
 oy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And 
 he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I 
 have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over al
 l the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not 
 rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you: but rejoice that you
 r names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy S
 pirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that yo
 u have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed the
 m to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will.\n\n\n
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 ts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\, Zenia the Martyr\n\nF
 ast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to t
 he Hebrews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to
  you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate th
 eir faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do 
 not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the 
 heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited th
 eir adherents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have n
 o right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought int
 o the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outsid
 e the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify t
 he people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside 
 the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\,
  but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continuall
 y offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that 
 acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have
 \, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5
 :14-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.
   A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it u
 nder a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  L
 et your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and g
 ive glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to a
 bolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fu
 lfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, n
 ot an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 
  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches me
 n so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does the
 m and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n\n
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 ts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\, Mark\, Aristarchos\, and 
 Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\, Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Gideo
 n the Righteous\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to t
 he Ephesians 3:8-21\n\nBrethren\, to me\, though I am the very least of all
  the saints\, this grace was given\, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearch
 able riches of Christ\, and to make all men see what is the plan of the mys
 tery hidden for ages in God who created all things\; that through the churc
 h the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities 
 and powers in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpos
 e which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord\, in whom we have boldness
  and confidence of access through our faith in him. So l ask you not to los
 e heart over what I am suffering for you\, which is your glory. For this re
 ason I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, from whom 
 every family in heaven and on earth is named\, that according to the riches
  of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Sp
 irit in the inner man\, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through fa
 ith\, that you\, being rooted and grounded in love\, may have power to comp
 rehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and de
 pth\, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge\, that you m
 ay be filled with the fulness of God. Now to him who by the power at work w
 ithin us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think\, 
 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations\, for 
 ever and ever. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:33-39\n\nAt that time\, th
 e Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him\, "Why do the disciples of John f
 ast often and offer prayers\, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees\, bu
 t yours eat and drink?" And Jesus said to them\, "Can you make wedding gues
 ts fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come\, when the br
 idegroom is taken away from them\, and then they will fast in those days." 
 He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and p
 uts it upon an old garment\; if he does\, he will tear the new\, and the pi
 ece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old 
 wineskins\; if he does\, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be s
 pilled\, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fre
 sh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new\; for he says\
 , 'The old is better.'"\n \n\n
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 s: Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\, Martha\, mother of St. Symeo
 n Stylites the Younger\, Asclepias the Wonderworker\, Holy Royal Martyrs of
  Russia\, Michael Choniates\, Metropolitan of Athens\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 2:9-16\; 3:1-8\n\
 nBrethren\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man co
 nceived\, what God has prepared for those who love him\," God has revealed 
 to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything\, even the dep
 ths of God. For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the
  man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except
  the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world\, but 
 the Spirit which is from God\, that we might understand the gifts bestowed 
 on us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but ta
 ught by the Spirit\, comparing spiritual things with spiritual truths to th
 ose who possess the Spirit. The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts 
 of the Spirit of God\, for they are folly to him\, and he is not able to un
 derstand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man jud
 ges all things\, but is himself to be judged by no one. "For who has known 
 the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ
 . But I\, brethren\, could not address you as spiritual men\, but as men of
  the flesh\, as babes in Christ. I fed you with milk\, not solid food\; for
  you were not ready for it\; and even yet you are not ready\, for you are s
 till of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you\, are y
 ou not of the flesh\, and behaving like ordinary men? For when one says\, "
 I belong to Paul\," and another\, "I belong to Apollos\," are you not merel
 y men? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believ
 ed\, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted\, Apollos watered\, but God ga
 ve the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything\, but
  only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are equal\,
  and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.\n\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 13:31-36\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven
  is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field\; 
 it is the smallest of all seeds\, but when it has grown it is the greatest 
 of shrubs and becomes a tree\, so that the birds of the air come and make n
 ests in its branches." He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven
  is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, til
 l it was all leavened."\n \nAll this Jesus said to the crowds in parables\;
  indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what
  was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables\, I will utte
 r what has been hidden since the foundation of the world." Then Jesus left 
 the crowds and went into the house.\n\n\n
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 s: The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura\, Peter the Wonderworker\, Xenia of K
 alamata the Great Martyr\, Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\, 
 Ahmet the Calligrapher & Martyr\, Theophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\, Oikou
 menios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of 
 the Apostles 10:34-43\n\nIn those days\, Peter opened his mouth and said: "
 Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality\, but in every nation any one
  who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the wo
 rd which he sent to Israel\, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (
 he is Lord of all)\, the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea\, b
 eginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anoint
 ed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power\; how he went abou
 t doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil\, for God was
  with him. And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the country of t
 he Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree\; 
 but God raised him on the third day and made him manifest\; not to all the 
 people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses\, who ate and drank wi
 th him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the pe
 ople\, and to testify that he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the
  living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that every one w
 ho believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."\n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: John 8:12-20\n\nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the
  light of the world\; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but wil
 l have the light of life." The Pharisees then said to him\, "You are bearin
 g witness to yourself\; your testimony is not true." Jesus answered\, "Even
  if I do bear witness to myself\, my testimony is true\, for I know whence 
 I have come and whither I am going\, but you do not know whence I come or w
 hither I am going. You judge according to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet e
 ven if I do judge\, my judgment is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\
 , but I and he who sent me. In your law it is written that the testimony of
  two men is true\; I bear witness to myself\, and the Father who sent me be
 ars witness to me." They said to him therefore\, "Where is your Father?" Je
 sus answered\, "You know neither me nor my Father\; if you knew me\, you wo
 uld know my Father also." These words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taug
 ht in the temple\; but no one arrested him\, because his hour had not yet c
 ome.\n \n\n
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 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:11-21\; 11:1-2\n\nBr
 ethren\, the scripture says\, "No one who believes in God will be put to sh
 ame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is 
 Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For\, "every
  one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." But how are men to
  call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe 
 in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a pr
 eacher? And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written\, "Ho
 w beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!" But they have not 
 all obeyed the gospel\; for Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has believed what he 
 has heard from us?" So faith comes from what is heard\, and what is heard c
 omes by the preaching of Christ. But I ask\, have they not heard? Indeed th
 ey have\; for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth\, and their words 
 to the ends of the world." Again I ask\, did Israel not understand? First M
 oses says\, "I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation\; with a
  foolish nation I will make you angry." Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, 
 "I have been found by those who did not seek me\; I have shown myself to th
 ose who did not ask for me." But of Israel he says\, "All day long I have h
 eld out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people." I ask\, then\, has 
 God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite\, a descenda
 nt of Abraham\, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his
  people whom he foreknew.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\n\nAt that ti
 me\, as Jesus passed on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax of
 fice\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.\n \n
 And as he sat at table in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors and sinn
 ers came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees 
 saw this\, they said to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax
  collectors and sinners?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are w
 ell have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick. Go and learn what
  this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call 
 the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/30/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologia
 n\, & John Chrysostom\, Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\, Athanasia the Martyr & 
 her 3 daughters\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\
 , those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their li
 ves\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and toda
 y and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for 
 it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which h
 ave not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who s
 erve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose 
 blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for s
 in are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in
  order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go f
 orth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we ha
 ve no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him th
 en let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the
  fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to
  share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the
  light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light
  a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to 
 all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see y
 our good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not t
 hat I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to ab
 olish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and
  earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until a
 ll is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these command
 ments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\;
  but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom
  of heaven."\n\n\n
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 ts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever
  Virgin Mary\, The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\, Holy Hieromartyr Marcel
 lus\, Bishop of Apameia\, Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthian
 s 13:4-13\; 14:1-5\n\nBrethren\, love is patient and kind\; love is not jea
 lous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its 
 own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\,
  but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, h
 opes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends\; as for prophecies\,
  they will pass away\; as for tongues\, they will cease\; as for knowledge\
 , it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imp
 erfect\; but when the perfect comes\, the imperfect will pass away. When I 
 was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned li
 ke a child\; when I became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For now we see 
 in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I know in part\; then I shal
 l understand fully\, even as I have been fully understood. So faith\, hope\
 , love abide\, these three\; but the greatest of these is love. Make love y
 our aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you ma
 y prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God\; f
 or no one understands him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the o
 ther hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encour
 agement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he
  who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues\
 , but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speak
 s in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so that the church may be edifi
 ed.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "T
 he kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the mornin
 g to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a
  denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the t
 hird hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to them he s
 aid\, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will give you
 .' So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, 
 he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others s
 tanding\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They 
 said to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into
  the vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said 
 to his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginning wi
 th the last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hou
 r came\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came\, they t
 hought they would receive more\; but each of them also received a denarius.
  And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, 'These las
 t worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who have borne 
 the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of the
 m\, 'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me for a den
 arius? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to this last as
  I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to m
 e? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be first\, and 
 the first last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/28/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\, Nikitas\, Bishop 
 of Chalcedon\, Eutechios\, Bishop of Mytilene\, Helikonis the Martyr\, Hela
 dios the Hieromartyr of the East\, Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\n\nBrethren\,
  walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is 
 good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. T
 ake no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. 
 For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but 
 when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything tha
 t becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and
  arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully the
 n how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the tim
 e\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand
  what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is
  debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psa
 lms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord w
 ith all your heart.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\n\nThe Lord said\
 , "See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you th
 at in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in hea
 ven. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man 
 has a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave t
 he ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? A
 nd if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than ov
 er the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Fa
 ther who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n \n"If 
 your brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and
  him alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he 
 does not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word m
 ay be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen even 
 to the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\,
  I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and w
 hatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, 
 if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for 
 them by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my nam
 e\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/19/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\, Holy Martyrs Timoth
 y\, Agapius and Thecla\, Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\, Aft
 erfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgi
 n Mary\, Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:12-19\n\nBrethren\, if Christ is
  preached as raised from the dead\, how can some of you say that there is n
 o resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead\, t
 hen Christ has not been raised\; if Christ has not been raised\, then our p
 reaching is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God\, because 
 we testified of God that he raised Christ\, whom he did not raise if it is 
 true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised\, then Ch
 rist has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised\, your faith is fut
 ile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep 
 in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ\, we
  are of all men most to be pitied.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-22\n\
 nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And see
 ing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but l
 eaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" An
 d the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, 
 saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "
 Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not onl
 y do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mount
 ain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever y
 ou ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith."\n\n\n
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 sts: 3rd Sunday of Matthew\; Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Un
 mercenaries\; Pappias the Martyr\; Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman\, F
 ounders of Valaam Monastery\; Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the
  Theotokos \; Paul the Physician of Corinth\; Sergios the Magister\n\nFast 
 Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose 
 early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, 
 from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told those who had been w
 ith him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard that he was alive 
 and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appe
 ared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country
 .  And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them.\n\
 nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table\; and 
 he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they h
 ad not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And he said to them\
 , "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.  He w
 ho believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe wil
 l be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who believe:  in my n
 ame they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will 
 pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt th
 em\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo 
 then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken up into heave
 n\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went forth and preache
 d everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by
  the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Romans 5:1-10\nBrethren\, since we are justified by faith\, we have p
 eace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obtained a
 ccess by faith to this grace in which we stand\, and we rejoice in our hope
  of sharing the glory of God. More than that\, we rejoice in our sufferings
 \, knowing that suffering produces endurance\, and endurance produces chara
 cter\, and character produces hope\, and hope does not disappoint us\, beca
 use God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit whic
 h has been given to us. While we were still weak\, at the right time Christ
  died for the ungodly. Why\, one will hardly die for a righteous man -- tho
 ugh perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. But God shows his lov
 e for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since\, ther
 efore\, we are now justified by his blood\, much more shall we be saved by 
 him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled 
 to God by the death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are reconciled\, s
 hall we be saved by his life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:22-33\nThe Lord 
 said\, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So\, if your eye is sound\, your w
 hole body will be full of light\; but if your eye is not sound\, your whole
  body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness\, how 
 great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters\; for either he will ha
 te the one and love the other\, or he will be devoted to the one and despis
 e the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you\, do not
  be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat or what you shall drink\, 
 nor about your body\, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food\, a
 nd the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither 
 sow nor reap nor gather into barns\, and yet your heavenly Father feeds the
 m. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious c
 an add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothin
 g? Consider the lilies of the field\, how they grow\; they neither toil nor
  spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
  one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field\, which today i
 s alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, will he not much more clothe
  you\, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious\, saying\, 'What 
 shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? For the Ge
 ntiles seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father knows you need them
  all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\, and all these thin
 gs shall be yours as well."\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\, Our Righteous Father Joseph\, Ico
 n of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Hebrews 6:9-12\n\nBRETHREN\, we feel sure of better things that be
 long to salvation. For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and th
 e love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints\, as you still d
 o. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing 
 the full assurance of hope until the end\, so that you may not be sluggish\
 , but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promise
 s.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:13-22\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who 
 had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you
  devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore
  you will receive the greater condemnation. But woe to you\, scribes and Ph
 arisees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; 
 for you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in
 . Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and
  land to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you ma
 ke him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guid
 es\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if an
 y one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blin
 d fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the go
 ld sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; 
 but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his
  oath.' You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that ma
 kes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by ev
 erything on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him 
 who dwells in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of Go
 d and by him who sits upon it."\n \n\n
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 ts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\n\nBRETHREN\, he who sanct
 ifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is n
 ot ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my
  brethren\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again
 \, "I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children 
 God has given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, h
 e himself likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might
  destroy him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver
  all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For 
 surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants 
 of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\
 , so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the servic
 e of God\, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he him
 self has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempt
 ed. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\n\nIn those days\, Elizabeth the wif
 e of Zacharias conceived and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Th
 us the Lord had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away 
 my reproach among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from 
 God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man wh
 ose name was Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's name was Mar
 y. And he came to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the Lord is with y
 ou! Blessed are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled at the sayin
 g\, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the
  angel said to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have found favor wi
 th God. And behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son\, and yo
 u shall call his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be called the Son 
 of the Most High\; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his fath
 er David\, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\; and of his 
 kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "How shall this
  be\, since I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "The Holy Spiri
 t will come upon you\, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you\;
  therefore the child to be born will be called holy\, the Son of God.\n \nA
 nd behold\, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a so
 n\; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with Go
 d nothing will be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am the handmaid 
 of the Lord\; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel depart
 ed from her.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/22/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\, Phocas the Cyprian\, Isaac & Mar
 tinos the Martyrs 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monastery martyred by the La
 tins\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesian
 s 1:7-17\n\nBrethren\, we have redemption through the blood of Christ\, the
  forgiveness of our trespasses\, according to the riches of his grace which
  he lavished upon us. For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight
  the mystery of his will\, according to his purpose which he set forth in C
 hrist as a plan for the fulness of time\, to unite all things in him\, thin
 gs in heaven and things on earth. In him\, according to the purpose of him 
 who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will\, we who f
 irst hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the prais
 e of his glory. In him you also\, who have heard the word of truth\, the go
 spel of your salvation\, and have believed in him\, were sealed with the pr
 omised Holy Spirit\, which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acq
 uire possession of it\, to the praise of his glory. For this reason\, becau
 se I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all th
 e saints\, I do not cease to give thanks for you\, remembering you in my pr
 ayers\, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of glory\, may g
 ive you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him.\n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\n\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the gr
 acious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\, "I
 s not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quote t
 o me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you did
  at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly\, 
 I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth\, 
 I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, when 
 the heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there came a great
  famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to
  Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And there w
 ere many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none of t
 hem was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all in
  the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of 
 the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was buil
 t\, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst 
 of them he went away.\n\n\n
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 ts: Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\, Anthousa the Righteous of Cons
 tantinople\, Akakios of Kavsokalyvia\, Sergius II\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 45:11-17\n\nThus sa
 ys the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will you question me
  about my children\, or command me concerning the work of my hands?  I made
  the earth\, and created man upon it\; it was my hands that stretched out t
 he heavens\, and I commanded all their host.  I have aroused him in righteo
 usness\, and I will make straight all his ways\; he shall build my city and
  set my exiles free\, not for price or reward\," says the LORD of hosts.  \
 n \nThus says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopi
 a\, and the Sabeans\, men of stature\, shall come over to you and be yours\
 , they shall follow you\; they shall come over in chains and bow down to yo
 u. They will make supplication to you\, saying: 'God is with you only\, and
  there is no other\, no god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art a God who hide
 st thyself\, O God of Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are put to shame an
 d confounded\, the makers of idols go in confusion together.  But Israel is
  saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation\; you shall not be put to sha
 me or confounded to all eternity.\n\n\nGenesis 22:1-18\n\n After these thin
 gs God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am
  I."  He said\, "Take your son\, your only son Isaac\, whom you love\, and 
 go to the land of Moriah\, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one
  of the mountains of which I shall tell you."  So Abraham rose early in the
  morning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of his young men with him\, and h
 is son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering\, and arose and w
 ent to the place of which God had told him.  On the third day Abraham lifte
 d up his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Then Abraham said to his young m
 en\, "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad will go yonder and worship\, a
 nd come again to you."  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering\, a
 nd laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in his hand the fire and the knif
 e. So they went both of them together.  And Isaac said to his father Abraha
 m\, "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, my son." He said\, "Behold\, th
 e fire and the wood\; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"  Abraham
  said\, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering\, my son." 
 So they went both of them together.  \n \nWhen they came to the place of wh
 ich God had told him\, Abraham built an altar there\, and laid the wood in 
 order\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid him on the altar\, upon the wood
 .  Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took the knife to slay his son.  B
 ut the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven\, and said\, "Abraham\, 
 Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Do not lay your hand on th
 e lad or do anything to him\; for now I know that you fear God\, seeing you
  have not withheld your son\, your only son\, from me."  And Abraham lifted
  up his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind him was a ram\, caught in a t
 hicket by his horns\; and Abraham went and took the ram\, and offered it up
  as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called the name of tha
 t place The LORD will provide\; as it is said to this day\, "On the mount o
 f the LORD it shall be provided."  And the angel of the LORD called to Abra
 ham a second time from heaven\, and said\, "By myself I have sworn\, says t
 he LORD\, because you have done this\, and have not withheld your son\, you
 r only son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I will multiply your descendants
  as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your 
 descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies\, and by your descendan
 ts shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves\, because you have o
 beyed my voice."\n\n\nProverbs 17:17-18:5\n\nA friend loves at all times\, 
 and a brother is born for adversity.  A man without sense gives a pledge\, 
 and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.  He who loves transgres
 sion loves strife\; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.  A man of
  crooked mind does not prosper\, and one with a perverse tongue falls into 
 calamity.  A stupid son is a grief to a father\; and the father of a fool h
 as no joy.  A cheerful heart is a good medicine\, but a downcast spirit dri
 es up the bones.  A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert th
 e ways of justice.  A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom\, bu
 t the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.  A foolish son is a grie
 f to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.  To impose a fine on a 
 righteous man is not good\; to flog noble men is wrong.  He who restrains h
 is words has knowledge\, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understan
 ding.  Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise\; when he closes his
  lips\, he is deemed intelligent.\n   \nHe who is estranged seeks pretexts 
 to break out against all sound judgment.  A fool takes no pleasure in under
 standing\, but only in expressing his opinion.  When wickedness comes\, con
 tempt comes also\; and with dishonor comes disgrace.  The words of a man's 
 mouth are deep waters\; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.  It is 
 not good to be partial to a wicked man\, or to deprive a righteous man of j
 ustice.\n\n
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 ts: Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children\, Our Righteous
  Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, Hilarion the New Martyr o
 f Crete\, Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\, John the Foreigner\n\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-17\n\nBrethren\, be strong
  in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor of G
 od\, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we 
 are not contending against flesh and blood\, but against the principalities
 \, against the powers\, against the world rulers of this present darkness\,
  against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefo
 re take the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand in the e
 vil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having girde
 d your loins with truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righteousnes
 s\, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace\; b
 esides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can quench a
 ll the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvation\, a
 nd the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n  \n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 21:12-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who wil
 l lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synag
 ogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for 
 my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it th
 erefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I wi
 ll give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be abl
 e to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and 
 brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\;
  you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head w
 ill perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\, Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\, Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\, John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\, Righteous Philotheus\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second 
 Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11\n\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will a
 lso reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully
 . Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under co
 mpulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you w
 ith every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enough of eve
 rything and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is written\
 , "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures fo
 r ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply a
 nd multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 
 You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which through us w
 ill produce thanksgiving to God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:1-10\n\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a slave who was dear 
 to him\, who was sick and at the point of death. When he heard of Jesus\, h
 e sent to him elders of the Jews\, asking him to come and heal his slave. A
 nd when they came to Jesus\, they besought him earnestly\, saying\, "He is 
 worthy to have you do this for him\, for he loves our nation\, and he built
  us our synagogue." And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the 
 house\, the centurion sent friends to him\, saying to him\, "Lord\, do not 
 trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof\; the
 refore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word\, and let my serv
 ant be healed. For I am a man set under authority\, with soldiers under me:
  and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\; and to another\, 'Come\,' and he c
 omes\; and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it." When Jesus heard this
  he marveled at him\, and turned and said to the multitude that followed hi
 m\, "I tell you\, not even in Israel have I found such faith." And when tho
 se who had been sent returned to the house\, they found the slave well.\n \
 n\n
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 sts: Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\, & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamu
 s\, Benjamin the Deacon\, Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece\, Florentios the
  Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Meletios of Pegas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:27-3
 0\; 2:1-4\n\nBrethren\, let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of 
 Christ\, so that whether I come and see you or am absent\, I may hear of yo
 u that you stand firm in one spirit\, with one mind striving side by side f
 or the faith of the gospel\, and not frightened in anything by your opponen
 ts. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction\, but of your salvati
 on\, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake of
  Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake\, e
 ngaged in the same conflict which you saw and now hear to be mine. So if th
 ere is any encouragement in Christ\, any incentive of love\, any participat
 ion in the Spirit\, any affection and sympathy\, complete my joy by being o
 f the same mind\, having the same love\, being in full accord and of one mi
 nd. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit\, but in humility count others b
 etter than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests b
 ut also to the interests of others.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:12-18\n\nAt
  that time\, the twelve disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Send the
  crowd away\, to go into the villages and country round about\, to lodge an
 d get provisions\; for we are here in a lonely place." But he said to them\
 , "You give them something to eat." They said\, "We have no more than five 
 loaves and two fish -- unless we are to go and buy food for all these peopl
 e." For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples\, 
 "Make them sit down in companies\, about fifty each." And they did so\, and
  made them all sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish he loo
 ked up to heaven\, and blessed and broke them\, and gave them to the discip
 les to set before the crowd. And all ate and were satisfied. And they took 
 up what was left over\, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Now it happened th
 at as he was praying alone the disciples were with him.\n\n\n
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 nai\, Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nTone Two\nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBr
 ethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under re
 straint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian u
 ntil Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith 
 has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are
  all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into 
 Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neithe
 r slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one i
 n Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\
 , heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a chi
 ld\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\;
  but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. S
 o with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits
  of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son
 \, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under th
 e law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 6:22-33\n\nThe Lord said\, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So\, if y
 our eye is sound\, your whole body will be full of light\; but if your eye 
 is not sound\, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light 
 in you is darkness\, how great is the darkness! No one can serve two master
 s\; for either he will hate the one and love the other\, or he will be devo
 ted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Ther
 efore I tell you\, do not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat o
 r what you shall drink\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on. Is no
 t life more than food\, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds 
 of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns\, and yet your 
 heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which 
 of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are 
 you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field\, how they gro
 w\; they neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his g
 lory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of 
 the field\, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, wil
 l he not much more clothe you\, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be 
 anxious\, saying\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What 
 shall we wear? For the Gentiles seek all these things\; and your heavenly F
 ather knows you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteous
 ness\, and all these things shall be yours as well."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/24/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\, Elizabeth\, Mother of the
  Forerunner\, Panagiotis the New Martyr\, Athanasios Parios\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\nTone Three\nFourth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14\; 14:1-4\n\nBrethren\, salvation is near
 er to us now than when we first believed\; the night is far gone\, the day 
 is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armo
 r of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in rev
 eling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in quarr
 eling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provisi
 on for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n \nAs for the man who is weak i
 n faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.  One believes h
 e may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him 
 who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass judgm
 ent on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgme
 nt on the servant of another?  It is before his own master that he stands o
 r falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 1:1-25\, 57-68\, 76-80\n\nInasmuch as many have undert
 aken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished amon
 g us\, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning we
 re eyewitnesses and ministers of the word\, it seemed good to me also\, hav
 ing followed all things closely for some time past\, to write an orderly ac
 count for you\, most excellent Theophilos\, that you may know the truth con
 cerning the things of which you have been informed. In the days of Herod\, 
 king of Judea\, there was a priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abi
 jah\; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizab
 eth. And they were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandme
 nts and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child\, because E
 lizabeth was barren\, and both were advanced in years. Now while he was ser
 ving as priest before God when his division was on duty\, according to the 
 custom of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the
  Lord and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying 
 outside at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of the L
 ord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And Zacharias was t
 roubled when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him
 \, "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife
  Elizabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John. And you 
 will have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he wi
 ll be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\,
  and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. 
 And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he 
 will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts o
 f the fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the ju
 st\, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to t
 he angel\, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is adv
 anced in years." And the angel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in
  the presence of God\; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you th
 is good news. And behold\, you will be silent and unable to speak until the
  day that these things come to pass\, because you did not believe my words\
 , which will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were waiting for Z
 acharias\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. And when he came o
 ut\, he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vis
 ion in the temple\; and he made signs to them and remained dumb. And when h
 is time of service was ended\, he went to his home. After these days his wi
 fe Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Th
 us the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away 
 my reproach among men." Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, a
 nd she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the L
 ord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rejoiced with her. And on the e
 ighth day they came to circumcise the child\; and they would have named him
  Zacharias after his father\, but his mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be c
 alled John." And they said to her\, "None of your kindred is called by this
  name." And they made signs to his father\, inquiring what he would have hi
 m called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John
 ." And they all marveled. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tong
 ue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbo
 rs. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of 
 Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts\, saying\, "Wha
 t then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. And his 
 father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\
 , "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he has visited and redeemed his 
 people. And you\, child\, will be called the prophet of the Most High\; for
  you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways." And the child grew and b
 ecame strong in spirit\, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his m
 anifestation to Israel.\n  \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191212
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\; Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\; Holy Martyrs Ascepsia and Aethal\; Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\;
  Leontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\; The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:18
 -20\; 2:8-15\nTimothy\, my son\, this charge I commit to you in accordance 
 with the prophetic utterances which pointed to you\, that inspired by them 
 you may wage the good warfare\, holding faith and a good conscience. By rej
 ecting conscience\, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith\, am
 ong them Hymenaios and Alexander\, whom I have delivered to Satan that they
  may learn not to blaspheme. I desire then that in every place the men shou
 ld pray\, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling\; also that women 
 should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel\, not with 
 braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire but by good deeds\, as befi
 ts women who profess religion. Let a woman learn in silence with all submis
 siveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men\; she is
  to keep silent. For Adam was formed first\, then Eve\; and Adam was not de
 ceived\, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet woman wi
 ll be saved through bearing children\, if she continues in faith and love a
 nd holiness\, with modesty.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:30-34\nAt that time\,
  Jesus charged his disciples to tell no one about him\, that he is the Chri
 st. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things\
 , and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes\, and
  be killed\, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And
  Peter took him\, and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disci
 ples\, he rebuked Peter\, and said\, "Get behind me\, Satan! For you are no
 t on the side of God\, but of men." And he called to him the multitude with
  his disciples\, and said to them\, "If any man would come after me\, let h
 im deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/29/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\, Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him\
 , The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\, Eustathios the Confessor\, Bisho
 p of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 65:8-16\n\
 nThus says the LORD: "As the wine is found in the cluster\, and they say\, 
 'Do not destroy it\, for there is a blessing in it\,' so I will do for my s
 ervants' sake\, and not destroy them all.  I will bring forth descendants f
 rom Jacob\, and from Judah inheritors of my mountains\; my chosen shall inh
 erit it\, and my servants shall dwell there.  Sharon shall become a pasture
  for flocks\, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down\, for m
 y people who have sought me.  But you who forsake the LORD\, who forget my 
 holy mountain\, who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for
  Destiny\; I will destine you to the sword\, and all of you shall bow down 
 to the slaughter\; because\, when I called\, you did not answer\, when I sp
 oke\, you did not listen\, but you did what was evil in my eyes\, and chose
  what I did not delight in."  Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold\, m
 y servants shall eat\, but you shall be hungry\; behold\, my servants shall
  drink\, but you shall be thirsty\; behold\, my servants shall rejoice\, bu
 t you shall be put to shame\; behold\, my servants shall sing for gladness 
 of heart\, but you shall cry out for pain of heart\, and shall wail for ang
 uish of spirit.  You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse\, and t
 he Lord GOD will slay you\; but his servants he will call by a different na
 me.  So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the 
 God of truth\, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God 
 of truth\; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hid from my ey
 es.\n\n\nGenesis 46:1-7\n\n So Israel took his journey with all that he had
 \, and came to Beersheba\, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father 
 Isaac.  And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night\, and said\, "Jacob
 \, Jacob." And he said\, "Here am I."  Then he said\, "I am God\, the God o
 f your father\; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt\; for I will there mak
 e of you a great nation.  I will go down with you to Egypt\, and I will als
 o bring you up again\; and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes."  Then Jaco
 b set out from Beersheba\; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their fathe
 r\, their little ones\, and their wives\, in the wagons which Pharaoh had s
 ent to carry him.  They also took their cattle and their goods\, which they
  had gained in the land of Canaan\, and came into Egypt\, Jacob and all his
  offspring with him\, his sons\, and his sons' sons with him\, his daughter
 s\, and his sons' daughters\; all his offspring he brought with him into Eg
 ypt.\n\n\nProverbs 23:15-24:5\n\nMy son\, if your heart is wise\, my heart 
 too will be glad.  My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
   Let not your heart envy sinners\, but continue in the fear of the LORD al
 l the day.  Surely there is a future\, and your hope will not be cut off.  
 Hear\, my son\, and be wise\, and direct your mind in the way.  Be not amon
 g winebibbers\, or among gluttonous eaters of meat\; for the drunkard and t
 he glutton will come to poverty\, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rag
 s.  Hearken to your father who begot you\, and do not despise your mother w
 hen she is old.  Buy truth\, and do not sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruction\
 , and understanding.  The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice\; he
  who begets a wise son will be glad in him.  Let your father and mother be 
 glad\, let her who bore you rejoice.  My son\, give me your heart\, and let
  your eyes observe my ways.  For a harlot is a deep pit\; an adventuress is
  a narrow well.  She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless
  among men.  Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaini
 ng? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who tarry
  long over wine\, those who go to try mixed wine.  Do not look at wine when
  it is red\, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.  At the la
 st it bites like a serpent\, and stings like an adder.  Your eyes will see 
 strange things\, and your mind utter perverse things.  You will be like one
  who lies down in the midst of the sea\, like one who lies on the top of a 
 mast.  "They struck me\," you will say\, "but I was not hurt\; they beat me
 \, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."  
 Be not envious of evil men\, nor desire to be with them\; for their minds d
 evise violence\, and their lips talk of mischief.  By wisdom a house is bui
 lt\, and by understanding it is established\; by knowledge the rooms are fi
 lled with all precious and pleasant riches.  A wise man is mightier than a 
 strong man\, and a man of knowledge than he who has strength.\n \n
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SUMMARY:Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/10/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\, Anastasia of Alexandria\, Micha
 el Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\
 nPlagal of the Fourth Tone\nEighth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14\; 14:1-4\n\nBrethren\, salvation is n
 earer to us now than when we first believed\; the night is far gone\, the d
 ay is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the a
 rmor of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in 
 reveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in qu
 arreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no prov
 ision for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n \nAs for the man who is wea
 k in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.  One believe
 s he may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not h
 im who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass ju
 dgment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass jud
 gment on the servant of another?  It is before his own master that he stand
 s or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "If you forgive men t
 heir trespasses\, your heavenly Father also will forgive you\; but if you d
 o not forgive men their trespasses\, neither will your Father forgive your 
 trespasses.\n \n"And when you fast\, do not look dismal\, like the hypocrit
 es\, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. 
  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when you fast
 \, anoint your head and wash your face\, that your fasting may not be seen 
 by men but by your Father who is in secret\; and your Father who sees in se
 cret will reward you.\n \n"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth\
 , where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal\, but la
 y up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, where neither moth nor rust consu
 mes and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure i
 s\, there will your heart be also."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Forgiveness Sunday
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200822
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\; The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theog
 nis\, Agapius\, and Pistus\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy L
 ady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch o
 f Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Lette
 r to the Corinthians 4:13-18\nBrethren\, since we have the same spirit of f
 aith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\,
  and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us 
 also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for 
 your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increas
 e thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nSo we do not lose heart. Though ou
 r outer nature is wasting away\, our inner nature is being renewed every da
 y. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weig
 ht of glory beyond all comparison\, because we look not to the things that 
 are seen but to the things that are unseen\; for the things that are seen a
 re transient\, but the things that are unseen are eternal.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Mark 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the mountain\, and called 
 to him those whom he desired\; and they came to him. And he appointed twelv
 e\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to cas
 t out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\; James the son of Zebedee and J
 ohn the brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, that is\, sons of t
 hunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and
  James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon the Cananaean\, and 
 Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home\; and the crowd came t
 ogether again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard 
 it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is beside hi
 mself."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180216
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/15/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\, Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Elde
 r of Chios\, Eusebius the Righteous of Syria\, Onesimos\, Patriarch of Cons
 tantinople\, Maïor the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Philemon 1:1-25\n\n PAUL\, a pr
 isoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Philemon our beloved
  fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fellow soldier\, a
 nd the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
  the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my pra
 yers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward t
 he Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sharing of your fait
 h may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ. For I h
 ave derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother\, because the 
 hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accordingly\, though 
 I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required\, yet for 
 love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and now a 
 prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesimos\, 
 whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to 
 you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him back 
 to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with me\
 , in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for
  the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order t
 hat your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will. Per
 haps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that you might have h
 im back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slave\, as a belove
 d brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both in the flesh a
 nd in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive him as you wou
 ld receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you anything\, charge
  that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\, I will repay 
 it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes\, brother\, I 
 want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Confide
 nt of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you will do even more 
 than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\, for I am hopin
 g through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow prisoner 
 in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos\, D
 emas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be 
 with your spirit. Amen.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\, 44-56\n\n
 At that time\, the chief priests\, the scribes\, and elders of the people b
 rought Jesus before Pilate.  And they began to accuse him\, saying\, "We fo
 und this man perverting our nation\, and forbidding us to give tribute to C
 aesar\, and saying that he himself is Christ a king."  And Pilate asked him
 \, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You have said so
 ."  And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes\, "I find no cr
 ime in this man."  But they were urgent\, saying\, "He stirs up the people\
 , teaching throughout all Judea\, from Galilee even to this place."\n \nWhe
 n Pilate heard this\, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.  And when he
  learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction\, he sent him over to Her
 od\, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.  When Herod saw Jesus\, he 
 was very glad\, for he had long desired to see him\, because he had heard a
 bout him\, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.  So he questione
 d him at some length\; but he made no answer.  The chief priests and the sc
 ribes stood by\, vehemently accusing him.  And Herod with his soldiers trea
 ted him with contempt and mocked him\; then\, arraying him in gorgeous appa
 rel\, he sent him back to Pilate.  And Herod and Pilate became friends with
  each other that very day\, for before this they had been at enmity with ea
 ch other.\n \nPilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers 
 and the people\, and said to them\, "You brought me this man as one who was
  perverting the people\; and after examining him before you\, behold\, I di
 d not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him\; neither did
  Herod\, for he sent him back to us.  Behold\, nothing deserving death has 
 been done by him\; I will therefore chastise him and release him." Now he w
 as obliged to release one man to them at the festival.\n \nBut they all cri
 ed out together\, "Away with this man\, and release to us Barabbas" -- a ma
 n who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city\,
  and for murder.  Pilate addressed them once more\, desiring to release Jes
 us\; but they shouted out\, "Crucify\, crucify him!"  A third time he said 
 to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?  I have found in him no crime deser
 ving death\; I will therefore chastise him and release him."  But they were
  urgent\, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified.  And their
  voices prevailed.  So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be gra
 nted.  He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection
  and murder\, whom they asked for\; but Jesus he delivered up to their will
 .\n \nAnd as they led him away\, they seized one Simon of Cyrene\, who was 
 coming in from the country\, and laid on him the cross\, to carry it behind
  Jesus.  And there followed him a great multitude of the people\, and of wo
 men who bewailed and lamented him.  But Jesus turning to them said\, "Daugh
 ters of Jerusalem\, do not weep for me\, but weep for yourselves and for yo
 ur children.  For behold\, the days are coming when they will say\, 'Blesse
 d are the barren\, and the wombs that never bore\, and the breasts that nev
 er gave suck!'  Then they will begin to say to the mountains\, 'Fall on us'
 \; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.'  For if they do this when the wood is gre
 en\, what will happen when it is dry?"\n \nAnd when they came to the place 
 which is called The Skull\, there they crucified him\, and the criminals\, 
 one on the right and one on the left.\n \nIt was now about the sixth hour\,
  and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour\, while th
 e sun's light failed\; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.  Then
  Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\, said\, "Father\, into your hands I comm
 it my spirit!"  And having said this he breathed his last.  Now when the ce
 nturion saw what had taken place\, he praised God\, and said\, "Certainly t
 his man was innocent!"  And all the multitudes who assembled to see the sig
 ht\, when they saw what had taken place\, returned home beating their breas
 ts.  And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Gali
 lee stood at a distance and saw these things.\n \nNow there was a man named
  Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea.  He was a member of the council\
 , a good and righteous man\, who had not consented to their purpose and dee
 d\, and he was looking for the kingdom of God.  This man went to Pilate and
  asked for the body of Jesus.  Then he took it down and wrapped it in a lin
 en shroud\, and laid him in a rock hewn tomb\, where no one had ever yet be
 en laid.  It was the day of Preparation\, and the sabbath was beginning.  T
 he women who had come with him from Galilee followed\, and saw the tomb\, a
 nd how his body was laid\; then they returned\, and prepared spices and oin
 tments.\n \nOn the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Cheesefare Thursday
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/1/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\, Andonina the New Marty
 r\, David the Archbishop\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's Se
 cond Universal Letter 1:1-13\n\nThe elder to the elect lady and her childre
 n\, whom I love in the truth\, and not only I but also all who know the tru
 th\, because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:\
 n \nGrace\, mercy\, and peace will be with us\, from God the Father and fro
 m Jesus Christ the Father's Son\, in truth and love.\n \nI rejoiced greatly
  to find some of your children following the truth\, just as we have been c
 ommanded by the Father.  And now I beg you\, lady\, not as though I were wr
 iting you a new commandment\, but the one we have had from the beginning\, 
 that we love one another.  And this is love\, that we follow his commandmen
 ts\; this is the commandment\, as you have heard from the beginning\, that 
 you follow love.  For many deceivers have gone out into the world\, men who
  will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh\; such a one 
 is the deceiver and the antichrist.  Look to yourselves\, that you may not 
 lose what you have worked for\, but may win a full reward.  Any one who goe
 s ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God\; he
  who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.  If any one co
 mes to you and does not bring this doctrine\, do not receive him into the h
 ouse or give him any greeting\; for he who greets him shares his wicked wor
 k.\n \nThough I have much to write to you\, I would rather not use paper an
 d ink\, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face\, so t
 hat our joy may be complete.\n \nThe children of your elect sister greet yo
 u.  Amen. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:20\,22\,25\,33-41\n\nAt that time\
 , the soldiers took Jesus and led him out to be crucified.  And they brough
 t him to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).  And i
 t was the third hour\, when they crucified him.  And when the sixth hour ha
 d come there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.  And at
  the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eloi\, Eloi\, lama sabacht
 hani?" which means\, "My God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?"  And som
 e of the bystanders hearing it said\, "Behold\, he is calling Elijah. "  An
 d one ran and\, filling a sponge full of vinegar\, put it on a reed and gav
 e it to him to drink\, saying\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah will come
  to take him down."  And Jesus uttered a loud cry\, and breathed his last. 
  And the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from top to bottom.  And w
 hen the centurion\, who stood facing him\, saw that he thus cried out and b
 reathed his last\, he said\, "Truly this man was the Son of God!  There wer
 e also women looking on from afar\, among whom were Mary Magdalene\, and Ma
 ry the mother of James the younger and of Joses\, and Salome who\, when he 
 was in Galilee\, followed him\, and ministered to him\; and also many other
  women who came up with him to Jerusalem.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\, Holy Martyr Glycerus\, Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\, Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. James' Universal 
 Letter 2:1-13\n\nBrethren\, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our
  Lord Jesus Christ\, the Lord of glory. For if a man with gold rings and in
  fine clothing comes into your assembly\, and a poor man in shabby clothing
  also comes in\, and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothi
 ng and say\, "Have a seat here\, please\," while you say to the poor man\, 
 "Stand there\," or\, "Sit at my feet\," have you not made distinctions amon
 g yourselves\, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen\, my beloved br
 ethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in fa
 ith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? B
 ut you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you\, i
 s it not they who blaspheme the honorable name which was invoked over you? 
 If you really fulfil the royal law\, according to the scripture\, "You shal
 l love your neighbor as yourself\," you do well. But if you show partiality
 \, you commit sin\, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoe
 ver keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of 
 it. For he who said\, "Do not commit adultery\," said also\, "Do not kill."
  If you do not commit adultery but do kill\, you have become a transgressor
  of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the la
 w of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy\;
  yet mercy triumphs over judgment.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35\n\nAt
  that time\, great multitudes accompanied Jesus\; and he turned and said to
  them\, "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother
  and wife and children and brothers and sisters\, yes\, and even his own li
 fe\, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come
  after me\, cannot be my disciple. For which of you\, desiring to build a t
 ower\, does not first sit down and count the cost\, whether he has enough t
 o complete it? Otherwise\, when he has laid a foundation\, and is not able 
 to finish\, all who see it begin to mock him\, saying\, 'This man began to 
 build\, and was not able to finish.' Or what king\, going to encounter anot
 her king in war\, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is ab
 le with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand
 ? And if not\, while the other is yet a great way off\, he sends an embassy
  and asks terms of peace. So therefore\, whoever of you does not renounce a
 ll that he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good\; but if salt has lost i
 ts taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is fit neither for the la
 nd nor for the dunghill\; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear\, let 
 him hear."       \n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Monday after Pascha\; Methodius & Cyril\, Equal-to-the Apostles Il
 luminators of the Slavs\; Renewal of Constantinople\; Hieromartyr Mocius\; 
 Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; Dioscoros the New Martyr\; Argyri
 os the New-Martyr of Epanomi\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:1-
 16\nIn those days\, at Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius\, a centuri
 on of what was known as the Italian Cohort\, a devout man who feared God wi
 th all his household\, gave alms liberally to the people\, and prayed const
 antly to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an
  angel of God coming in and saying to him\, "Cornelius." And he stared at h
 im in terror\, and said\, "What is it\, Lord?" And he said to him\, "Your p
 rayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send m
 en to Joppa\, and bring one Simon who is called Peter\; he is lodging with 
 Simon\, a tanner\, whose house is by the seaside." When the angel who spoke
  to him had departed\, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier f
 rom among those that waited on him\, and having related everything to them\
 , he sent them to Joppa. The next day\, as they were on their journey and c
 oming near the city\, Peter went up on the housetop to pray\, about the six
 th hour. And he became hungry and desired something to eat\; but while they
  were preparing it\, he fell into a trance and saw the heaven opened\, and 
 something descending\, like a great sheet\, let down by four corners upon t
 he earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air
 . And there came a voice to him\, "Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat." But Peter 
 said\, "No\, Lord\; for I have never eaten anything that is common or uncle
 an." And the voice came to him again a second time\, "What God has cleansed
 \, you must not call common." This happened three times\, and the thing was
  taken up at once to heaven.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:56-69\nThe Lord said
  to the Jews who had believed in him\, "He who eats my flesh and drinks my 
 blood abides in me\, and I in him. As the living Father sent me\, and I liv
 e because of the Father\, so he who eats me will live because of me. This i
 s the bread which came down from heaven\, not such as the fathers ate and d
 ied\; he who eats this bread will live forever." This he said in the synago
 gue\, as he taught at Capernaum.\n\nMany of his disciples\, when they heard
  it\, said\, "This is a hard saying\; who can listen to it?" But Jesus\, kn
 owing in himself that his disciples murmured at it\, said to them\, "Do you
  take offense at this?" Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascendi
 ng where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life\, the flesh is of 
 no avail\; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But the
 re are some of you that do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who 
 those were that did not believe\, and who it was that would betray him. And
  he said\, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is 
 granted him by the Father."\n\nAfter this many of his disciples drew back a
 nd no longer went about with him. Jesus said to the twelve\, "Do you also w
 ish to go away?" Simon Peter answered him\, "Lord\, to whom shall we go? Yo
 u have the words of eternal life\; and we have believed\, and have come to 
 know\, that you are Christ\, the Son of the living God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/24/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\, Vavylas the Holy Martyr\, Xenia of St. Pete
 rsburg\, Fool-for-Christ\, Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in C
 yprus\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatia
 ns 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, pe
 ace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-con
 trol\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus 
 have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the 
 Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no 
 provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is 
 overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a s
 pirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one
  another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Mark 12:28-37\n\nAt that time\, one of the scribes came up to Jesus. Heari
 ng the Sadducees disputing with him\, and seeing that he answered them well
 \, asked him\, "Which commandment is the first of all?" Jesus answered\, "T
 he first is\, 'Hear\, O Israel: The Lord our God\, the Lord is one\; and yo
 u shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul
 \, and with all your mind\, and with all your strength.' The second is this
 \, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandmen
 t greater than these." And the scribe said to him\, "You are right\, Teache
 r\; you have truly said that he is one\, and there is no other but he\; and
  to love him with all the heart\, and with all the understanding\, and with
  all the strength\, and to love one's neighbor as oneself\, is much more th
 an all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that he an
 swered wisely\, he said to him\, "You are not far from the kingdom of God."
  And after that no one dared to ask him any question. And as Jesus taught i
 n the temple\, he said\, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the so
 n of David? David himself\, inspired by the Holy Spirit\, declared\,\n \n'T
 he Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies un
 der your feet.'\n \nDavid himself calls him Lord\; so how is he his son?" A
 nd the great throng heard him gladly.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/20/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Lazarus Saturday\,Theodore the Trichinas\, Zacchaeus the Apostle of Cae
 saria\, Gregory & Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\, Athanasios\, Founder
  of the Monastery of Meteora\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 12:28-29\; 13:1-8\n\nBRETHREN\,
  let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, and thu
 s let us offer to God acceptable worship\, with reverence and awe\; for our
  God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to sh
 ow hospitality to strangers\, for thereby some have entertained angels unaw
 ares. Remember those who are in prison\, as though in prison with them\; an
 d those who are ill-treated\, since you also are in the body. Let marriage 
 be held in honor among all\, and let the marriage bed be undefiled\; for Go
 d will judge the immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of m
 oney\, and be content with what you have\; for he has said\, "I will never 
 fail you nor forsake you." Hence we can confidently say\, "The Lord is my h
 elper\, I will not be afraid\; what can man do to me?" Remember your leader
 s\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their 
 life\, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and toda
 y and for ever. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:1-45\n\nAt that time\, a cert
 ain man was ill\, Lazaros of Bethany\, from the village of Mary and her sis
 ter Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his f
 eet with her hair\, whose brother Lazaros was ill. So the sisters sent to h
 im\, saying\, "Lord\, he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it he 
 said\, "This illness is not unto death\; it is for the glory of God\, so th
 at the Son of God may be glorified by means of it."\n  \nNow Jesus loved Ma
 rtha and her sister and Lazaros. So when he heard that he was ill\, he stay
 ed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to th
 e disciples\, "Let us go into Judea again." The disciples said to him\, "Ra
 bbi\, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you\, and are you going there 
 again?" Jesus answered\, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one
  walks in the day\, he does not stumble\, because he sees the light of this
  world. But if any one walks in the night\, he stumbles\, because the light
  is not in him." Thus he spoke\, and then he said to them\, "Our friend Laz
 aros has fallen asleep\, but I go to awake him out of sleep." The disciples
  said to him\, "Lord\, if he has fallen asleep\, he will recover." Now Jesu
 s had spoken of his death\, but they thought that he meant taking rest in s
 leep. Then Jesus told them plainly\, "Lazaros is dead\; and for your sake I
  am glad that I was not there\, so that you may believe. But let us go to h
 im." Thomas\, called the Twin\, said to his fellow disciples\, "Let us also
  go\, that we may die with him."\n  \nNow when Jesus came\, he found that L
 azaros had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem\,
  about two miles off\, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to 
 console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was com
 ing\, she went and met him\, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Je
 sus\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not have died. And ev
 en now I know that whatever you ask from God\, God will give you." Jesus sa
 id to her\, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him\, "I know th
 at he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to h
 er\, "I am the resurrection and the life\; he who believes in me\, though h
 e die\, yet shall he live\, and whoever lives and believes in me shall neve
 r die. Do you believe this?" She said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe that
  you are the Christ\, the Son of God\, he who is coming into the world."\n 
  \nWhen she had said this\, she went and called her sister Mary\, saying qu
 ietly\, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she heard it
 \, she rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the vill
 age\, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews wh
 o were with her in the house\, consoling her\, saw Mary rise quickly and go
  out\, they followed her\, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep
  there. Then Mary\, when she came where Jesus was and saw him\, fell at his
  feet\, saying to him\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not
  have died." When Jesus saw her weeping\, and the Jews who came with her al
 so weeping\, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled\; and he said\, "Wh
 ere have you laid him?" They said to him\, "Lord\, come and see." Jesus wep
 t. So the Jews said\, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said\, "Coul
 d not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying
 ?"\n  \nThen Jesus\, deeply moved again\, came to the tomb\; it was a cave\
 , and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said\, "Take away the stone." Martha\, the
  sister of the dead man\, said to him\, "Lord\, by this time there will be 
 an odor\, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her\, "Did I not t
 ell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" So they 
 took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said\, "Father\, I th
 ank you that you have heard me. I knew that you have heard me always\, but 
 I have said this on account of the people standing by\, that they may belie
 ve that you did send me." When he had said this\, he cried with a loud voic
 e\, "Lazaros\, come out." The dead man came out\, his hands and feet bound 
 with bandages\, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them\, "Un
 bind him\, and let him go." Many of the Jews therefore\, who had come with 
 Mary and had seen what he did\, believed in him.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/08/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Luke\; Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the M
 ost Holy Theotokos\; Patapius the Righteous of Thebes\; Apollo\, Tychikos\,
  Sosthenes\, Cephas\, Epaphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of t
 he 70\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWh
 en Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to Mar
 y Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told those 
 who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard that
  he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfte
 r this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking in
 to the country.  And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not be
 lieve them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat a
 t table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, 
 because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And he
  said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole c
 reation.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does n
 ot believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who bel
 ieve:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongue
 s\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it wi
 ll not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will re
 cover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken
  up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went for
 th and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed 
 the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:1-7\nBrethren\, I\, a prisoner for the Lord
 \, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been call
 ed\, with all lowliness and meekness\, with patience\, forbearing one anoth
 er in love\, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace
 . There is one body and one Spirit\, just as you were called to the one hop
 e that belongs to your call\, one Lord\, one faith\, one baptism\, one God 
 and Father of us all\, who is above all and through all and in all. But gra
 ce was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 13:10-17\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in one of th
 e synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of infi
 rmity for eighteen years\; she was bent over and could not fully straighten
  herself. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and said to her\, "Woman\,
  you are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her\, and i
 mmediately she was made straight\, and she praised God. But the ruler of th
 e synagogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath\, said to t
 he people\, "There are six days on which work ought to be done\; come on th
 ose days and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord answere
 d him\, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox o
 r his donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water it? And ought not 
 this woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years\, be
  loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this\, all his adver
 saries were put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious 
 things that were done by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Timothy the Righteous\, John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Eustat
 hius\, Bishop of Antioch\, Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fas
 t\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 2:3-11\n\nThus say the people:  "Come
 \, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the God of Ja
 cob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths."  Fo
 r out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord from Jerusa
 lem.  He shall judge between the nations\, and shall decide for many people
 s\; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares\, and their spears int
 o pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift up sword against nation\, neither s
 hall they learn war any more.\n \nO house of Jacob\, come\, let us walk in 
 the light of the Lord.\n \nFor thou hast rejected thy people\, the house of
  Jacob\, because they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsayers
  like the Philistines\, and they strike hands with foreigners.  Their land 
 is filled with silver and gold\, and there is no end to their treasures\; t
 heir land is filled with horses\, and there is no end to their chariots.  T
 heir land is filled with idols\; they bow down to the work of their hands\,
  to what their own fingers have made.  So man is humbled\, and men are brou
 ght low -- forgive them not!  Enter into the rock\, and hide in the dust fr
 om before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty.  The 
 haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall be h
 umbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\n\nGenesis 1:24-
 2:3\n\n And God said\, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures accordin
 g to their kinds:  cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth accor
 ding to their kinds."  And it was so.  And God made the beasts of the earth
  according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds\, and eve
 rything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind.  And God saw tha
 t it was good.\n \nThen God said\, "Let us make man in our image\, after ou
 r likeness\; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea\, and over
  the birds of the air\, and over the cattle\, and over all the earth\, and 
 over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."  So God created man 
 in his own image\, in the image of God he created him\; male and female he 
 created them.  And God blessed them\, and God said to them\, "Be fruitful a
 nd multiply\, and fill the earth and subdue it\; and have dominion over the
  fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing 
 that moves upon the earth."  And God said\, "Behold\, I have given you ever
 y plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth\, and every t
 ree with seed in its fruit\; you shall have them for food.  And to every be
 ast of the earth\, and to every bird of the air\, and to everything that cr
 eeps on the earth\, everything that has the breath of life\, I have given e
 very green plant for food."  And it was so.  And God saw everything that he
  had made\, and behold\, it was very good.  And there was evening and there
  was morning\, a sixth day.\n \nThus the heavens and the earth were finishe
 d\, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day God finished his work
  which he had done\, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work whi
 ch he had done.  So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it\, because o
 n it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.\n\n\nProve
 rbs 2:1-22\n\nMy son\, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandme
 nts with you\, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart
  to understanding\; yes\, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice f
 or understanding\, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidd
 en treasures\; then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the k
 nowledge of God.  For the Lord gives wisdom\; from his mouth come knowledge
  and understanding\; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright\; he is a sh
 ield to those who walk in integrity\, guarding the paths of justice and pre
 serving the way of his saints.  Then you will understand righteousness and 
 justice and equity\, every good path\; for wisdom will come into your heart
 \, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul\; discretion will watch over
  you\; understanding will guard you\; delivering you from the way of evil\,
  from men of perverted speech\, who forsake the paths of uprightness to wal
 k in the ways of darkness\, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the pe
 rverseness of evil\; men whose paths are crooked\, and who are devious in t
 heir ways.\n \nYou will be saved from the loose woman\, from the adventures
 s with her smooth words\, who forsakes the companion of her youth and forge
 ts the covenant of her God\; for her house sinks down to death\, and her pa
 ths to the shades\; none who go to her come back nor do they regain the pat
 hs of life.\n \nSo you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the pat
 hs of the righteous.  For the upright will inhabit the land\, and men of in
 tegrity will remain in it\; but the wicked will be cut off from the land\, 
 and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\, Juvenal
 \, Patriarch of Jerusalem\, Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\, J
 ohn Maximovitch\, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\, Synaxis of the
  Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for
  worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\
 , in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\;
  it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called
  the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the
  covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn hol
 ding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covena
 nt\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of t
 hese things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus b
 een made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing thei
 r ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he bu
 t once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself an
 d for the errors of the people.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\n\nI
 n those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a 
 city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabet
 h. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her w
 omb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with 
 a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of you
 r womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come
  to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the 
 babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there 
 would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n \n And M
 ary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my S
 avior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, 
 henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has 
 done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with he
 r about three months\, and returned to her home.\n   \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170910
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/9/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\, Severian the 
 Martyr of Sebastia\, Theophanes the Confessor\, Afterfeast of the Nativity 
 of the Theotokos\, Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus\n
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 2:6-9\n\n
 Brethren\, among the mature we do impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisd
 om of this age or of the rulers of this age\, who are doomed to pass away. 
 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, which God decreed before 
 the ages for our glorification. None of the rulers of this age understood t
 his\; for if they had\, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Bu
 t\, as it is written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the hear
 t of man conceived\, what God has prepared for those who love him."\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\n\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves fath
 er or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or dau
 ghter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross
  and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it\, an
 d he who loses his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you recei
 ves me\, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a
  prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward\, and he 
 who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a 
 righteous man's reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even 
 a cup of cold water because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he sh
 all not lose his reward." And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelv
 e disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.\n 
 \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200109
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Geo
 rge of Hozeva\; Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\; Atticus and Cyrus
 \, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Gregory of the Kiev Caves\; Emiliano
 s the Confessor\, Bishop of Cyzikos\; Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakir
 k\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-11
 \nBrethren\, all who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized int
 o His death.  We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death\, so 
 that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too
  might walk in newness of life.  For if we have been united with Him in a d
 eath like His\, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection lik
 e His.  We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful
  body might be destroyed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For 
 he who has died is freed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we be
 lieve that we shall also live with Him.  For we know that Christ being rais
 ed from the dead will never die again\; death no longer has dominion over H
 im.  The death He died He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He live
 s He lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and ali
 ve to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea\; there He rem
 ained with them and baptized.  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\
 , because there was much water there\; and people came and were baptized.  
 For John had not yet been put in prison.\n\nNow a discussion arose between 
 John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.  And they came to John\, and sai
 d to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bor
 e witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answe
 red\, "No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.  Y
 ou yourselves bear me witness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I h
 ave been sent before Him.  He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the fri
 end of the bridegroom\, who stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the 
 bridegroom's voice\; therefore this joy of mine is now full.  He must incre
 ase\, but I must decrease.\n\n"He who comes from above is above all\; he wh
 o is of the earth belongs to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he wh
 o comes from heaven is above all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and
  heard\, yet no one receives his testimony\; he who receives his testimony 
 sets his seal to this\, that God is true."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/14/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Agn
 es the Virgin-martyr\, Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\, The Holy Fath
 ers slain at Sinai and Raitho\, Nina of Georgia\, Plato the Hieromartyr\, B
 ishop of Tallini and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicho
 las\n\nGrave Tone\nTenth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Ephesians 4:7-13\n\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us ac
 cording to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he as
 cended on high he led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in s
 aying\, "He ascended\," what does it mean but that he had also descended in
 to the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended f
 ar above all the heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts we
 re that some should be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some p
 astors and teachers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for bu
 ilding up the body of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the fait
 h and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measu
 re of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4
 :12-17\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested\, he 
 withdrew into Galilee\; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum
  by the sea\, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, that what was spok
 en by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the l
 and of Naphtali\, toward the sea\, across the Jordan\, Galilee of the Genti
 les\, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light\, and for thos
 e who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."  From that t
 ime Jesus began to preach\, saying\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is
  at hand."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cleopas and Artemas of the 70 Apostles\, The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and
  His Sister Zenobia\, Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 1:6-10\n\nBrethren\, y
 ou became imitators of us and of the Lord\, for you received the word in mu
 ch affliction\, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit\; so that you became a
 n example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has
  the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia\, but 
 your faith in God has gone forth everywhere\, so that we need not say anyth
 ing. For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among y
 ou\, and how you turned to God from idols\, to serve a living and true God\
 , and to wait for his Son from heaven\, whom he raised from the dead\, Jesu
 s who delivers us from the wrath to come.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:34-4
 1\n\nThe Lord said\, "Your eye is the lamp of your body\; when your eye is 
 sound\, your whole body is full of light\; but when it is not sound\, your 
 body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be dar
 kness. If then your whole body is full of light\, having no part dark\, it 
 will be wholly bright\, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light." Whil
 e he was speaking\, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him\; so he went in a
 nd sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first w
 ash before dinner. And the Lord said to him\, "Now you Pharisees cleanse th
 e outside of the cup and of the dish\, but inside you are full of extortion
  and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside
  also? But give for alms those things which are within and behold\, everyth
 ing is clean for you."\n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180925
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/24/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\, The Commemoration of t
 he Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Kythyra\, Silouan of Athos\, 
 Stephen the Martyr\, The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\, Coprios the Righ
 teous\, Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, y
 ou have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my 
 patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, w
 hat befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I
  endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to 
 live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and i
 mpostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for 
 you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing 
 from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted wi
 th the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through
  faith in Christ Jesus.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:12-16\n\nAt that time
 \, Jesus was in one of the cities\, and there came a man full of leprosy\; 
 and when he saw Jesus\, he fell on his face and besought him\, "Lord\, if y
 ou will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out his hand\, and touch
 ed him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him
 . And he charged him to tell no one\; but "go and show yourself to the prie
 st\, and make an offering for your cleansing\, as Moses commanded\, for a p
 roof to the people." But so much the more the report went abroad concerning
  him\; and great multitudes gathered to hear and to be healed of their infi
 rmities. But he withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/24/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Elizabeth the Wonderworker\, Savvas the General of Rome\, Nicholas the 
 New-Martyr of Magnesia\, Mellitus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\n\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:5-17\n\nIn those days\, Philip went down t
 o a city of Samaria\, and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the multitudes
  with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip\, when they heard him
  and saw the signs which he did. For unclean spirits came out of many who w
 ere possessed\, crying with a loud voice\; and many who were paralyzed or l
 ame were healed. So there was much joy in the city.\n \nBut there was a man
  named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the 
 nation of Samaria\, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all gav
 e heed to him\, from the least to the greatest\, saying\, "This man is that
  power of God which is called Great." And they gave heed to him\, because f
 or a long time he had amazed them with his magic. But when they believed Ph
 ilip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesu
 s Christ\, they were baptized\, both men and women. Even Simon himself beli
 eved\, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs 
 and great miracles performed\, he was amazed.\n \nNow when the apostles at 
 Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God\, they sent to th
 em Peter and John\, who came down and prayed for them that they might recei
 ve the Holy Spirit\; for it had not yet fallen on any of them\, but they ha
 d only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their ha
 nds on them and they received the Holy Spirit.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:
 27-33\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "Do not labor for the f
 ood which perishes\, but for the food which endures to eternal life\, which
  the Son of man will give to you\; for on him has God the Father set his se
 al." Then they said to him\, "What must we do\, to be doing the works of Go
 d?" Jesus answered them\, "This is the work of God\, that you believe in hi
 m whom he has sent." So they said to him\, "Then what sign do you do\, that
  we may see\, and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate th
 e manna in the wilderness\; as it is written\, 'He gave them bread from hea
 ven to eat.'" Jesus then said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, it 
 was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven\; my Father gives you the 
 true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from 
 heaven and gives life to the world."\n \n\n
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 s: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\, A
 natolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Karen
 esi\, Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Philip\
 , Metropolitan of Moscow\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to
  the Corinthians 1:1-9\n\nPaul\, called by the will of God to be an apostle
  of Christ Jesus\, and our brother Sosthenes\, To the church of God which i
 s at Corinth\, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus\, called to be saints to
 gether with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus
  Christ\, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Fat
 her and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you becau
 se of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus\, that in every 
 way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge - even as th
 e testimony to Christ was confirmed among you  - so that you are not lackin
 g in any spiritual gift\, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus C
 hrist\; who will sustain you to the end\, guiltless in the day of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. God is faithful\, by whom you were called into the fellowship
  of his Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:24-30\
 n\nThe Lord said this parable. "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a 
 man who sowed good seed in his field\; but while men were sleeping\, his en
 emy came and sowed weeds among the wheat\, and went away. So when the plant
 s came up and bore grain\, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants o
 f the householder came and said to him\, 'Sir\, did you not sow good seeds 
 in your field? How then has it weeds?' He said to them\, 'An enemy has done
  this.' The servants said to him\, 'Then do you want us to go and gather th
 em?' But he said\, 'No\; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat 
 along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest\; and at harvest 
 time I will tell the reapers\, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bund
 les to be burned\, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas\; Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\; 
 Manuel the New Martyr of Crete\; Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, 
 Bishop of Britain\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readi
 ng: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, stoo
 d in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you." But they
  were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he
  said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in you
 r hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and see
 \; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when h
 e said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still d
 isbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you anything he
 re to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate 
 before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my words which I spoke to
  you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about me in the
  law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he op
 ened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it
  is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from 
 the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached i
 n his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of 
 these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my Father upon you\; but s
 tay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from on high."\n\nThen h
 e led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed th
 em. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into h
 eaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem with great j
 oy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:10-14\; 2:1-3\n<span class="versetext">"<
 /span><span class="versetext">IN THE BEGINNING\, Thou\, Lord\, didst found 
 the earth in the beginning\, and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; </
 span> <span class="versetext"> </span>they will perish\, but thou remainest
 \; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wilt roll the
 m up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy years will
  never end." But to what angel has he ever said\, "Sit at my right hand\, t
 ill I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all ministering 
 spirits sent forth to serve\, for the sake of those who are to obtain salva
 tion?\n\nTherefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard\, les
 t we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels was valid an
 d every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution\, how sha
 ll we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first
  by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Mark 2:1-12\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was rep
 orted that he was at home. And many were gathered together\, so that there 
 was no longer room for them\, not even about the door\; and he was preachin
 g the word to them. And they came\, bringing to him a paralytic carried by 
 four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd\, they 
 removed the roof above him\; and when they had made an opening\, they let d
 own the pallet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith\,
  he said to the paralytic\, "My son\, your sins are forgiven." Now some of 
 the scribes were sitting there\, questioning in their hearts\, "Why does th
 is man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 
 And immediately Jesus\, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned 
 within themselves\, said to them\, "Why do you question thus in your hearts
 ? Which is easier\, to say to the paralytic\, 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or
  to say\, 'Rise\, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may know that 
 the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said to the paral
 ytic-"I say to you\, rise\, take up your pallet and go home." And he rose\,
  and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all\; so that 
 they were all amazed and glorified God\, saying\, "We never saw anything li
 ke this!"\n\n
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 m the Struggler of Mt. Domvu\; Sophia of Kleisoura\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:18-25\nIn those days\
 , when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apo
 stles' hands\, he offered them money\, saying\, "Give me also this power\, 
 that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter
  said to him\, "Your silver perish with you\, because you thought you could
  obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in this m
 atter\, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of this wi
 ckedness of yours\, and pray to the Lord that\, if possible\, the intent of
  your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of bitt
 erness and in the bond of iniquity." And Simon answered\, "Pray for me to t
 he Lord\, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."\n\nNow when
  they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord\, they returned to Jeru
 salem\, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 6:35-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "I am
  the bread of life\; he who comes to me shall not hunger\, and he who belie
 ves in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and y
 et do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me\; and him w
 ho comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven\, not 
 to do my own will\, but the will of him who sent me\; and this is the will 
 of him who sent me\, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me
 \, but raise it up at the last day."\n\n
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 sts: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, Iren
 e\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos\; The Holy Hieromartyr J
 anuarius and Those With Him\; Our Holy Father Maximian\, Patriarch of Const
 antinople\; Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge\; Alexa
 ndra the Martyr\; Anastasios the Monk of Sinai\; Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n
 \nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\nIn those days
 \, Peter\, standing with the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed the
 m\, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you
 \, and give ear to my words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\,
  since it is only the third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken b
 y the prophet Joel: 'And in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that
  I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughter
 s shall prophesy\, and your young men shall see visions\, and your old men 
 shall dream dreams\; yea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in th
 ose days I will pour out my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will sh
 ow wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and
  fire\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the 
 moon into blood\, before the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest
  day. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be s
 aved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, Peter rose and ran
  to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themsel
 ves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nAnd behold\, two 
 of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerus
 alem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened
 . While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near
  and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he 
 said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each o
 ther as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, nam
 ed Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does
  not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said t
 o them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazaret
 h\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people
 \, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to
  death\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem 
 Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this hap
 pened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tom
 b early in the morning and did not find his body\; and they came back sayin
 g that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. 
 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the 
 women had said\; but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolis
 h men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was
  it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into
  his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted
  to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they dr
 ew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going fu
 rther\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is towar
 d evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. W
 hen he was at table with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke i
 t\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him
 \; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not o
 ur hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opene
 d to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerus
 alem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with 
 them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" 
 Then they told what had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them
  in the breaking of the bread.\n\n
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 sts: Babylas the Holy Martyr\; Moses the Prophet & Godseer\; Hermione the M
 artyr\, daughter of St. Philip the Deacon\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus o
 f Coroucle in Cephallenia\; Anthimos the new ascetic\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:11-16\nBrethren\
 , our mouth is open to you\, Corinthians\; our heart is wide. You are not r
 estricted by us\, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return 
 -- I speak as to children -- widen your hearts also.\n\nDo not be mismated 
 with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or 
 what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial
 ? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? What agreement has t
 he temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God\, as G
 od said.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:23-28\nAt that time\, there was in the s
 ynagogue of the Jews a man with an unclean spirit\; and he cried out\, "Wha
 t have you to do with us\, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? 
 I know who you are\, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him\, saying\,
  "Be silent\, and come out of him!" And the unclean spirit\, convulsing him
  and crying with a loud voice\, came out of him. And they were all amazed\,
  so that they questioned among themselves\, saying\, "What is this? A new t
 eaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits\, and they obe
 y him." And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surroundi
 ng region of Galilee.\n\n
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 ts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:21-33\; 12:1-9\
 n\nBrethren\, whatever anyone dares to boast of -- I am speaking as a fool 
 -- I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israel
 ites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants 
 of Christ? I am a better one -- I am talking like a madman -- with far grea
 ter labors\, far more imprisonments\, with countless beatings\, and often n
 ear death. Five times I have received at the hands of the Jews the forty la
 shes less one. Three times I have been beaten with rods\; once I was stoned
 . Three times I have been shipwrecked\; a night and a day I have been adrif
 t at sea\; on frequent journeys\, in danger from rivers\, danger from robbe
 rs\, danger from my own people\, danger from Gentiles\, danger in the city\
 , danger in the wilderness\, danger at sea\, danger from false brethren\; i
 n toil and hardship\, through many a sleepless night\, in hunger and thirst
 \, often without food\, in cold and exposure. And\, apart from other things
 \, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches. 
 Who is weak\, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall\, and I am not indigna
 nt?\n \nIf I must boast\, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
  The God and Father of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows 
 that I do not lie. At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the
  city of Damascus in order to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket thr
 ough a window in the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n \nI must boast\; there
  is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelation
 s of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up 
 to the third heaven -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know
 \, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise -- wheth
 er in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard
  things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this ma
 n I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weakn
 esses. Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be s
 peaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of
  me than he sees in me or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elat
 ed by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a 
 messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three
  times I besought the Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; but he sa
 id to me\, "My grace is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect i
 n weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the p
 ower of Christ may rest upon me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\n\nA
 t that time\, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he a
 sked his disciples\, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said
 \, "Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or 
 one of the prophets." He said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" Sim
 on Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\, the Son of the living God." And Je
 sus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood h
 as not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell yo
 u\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my church\, and the gates
  of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kin
 gdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, 
 and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n\n
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 s: Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\, Joseph the Hymnographer\,
  Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings
 : Isaiah 26:21-27:9\n\n For behold\, the LORD is coming forth out of his pl
 ace to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity\, and the ear
 th will disclose the blood shed upon her\, and will no more cover her slain
 .  In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punis
 h Leviathan the fleeing serpent\, Leviathan the twisting serpent\, and he w
 ill slay the dragon that is in the sea.  \n \nIn that day: "A pleasant vine
 yard\, sing of it!  I\, the LORD\, am its keeper\; every moment I water it.
  Lest any one harm it\, I guard it night and day\;  I have no wrath. Would 
 that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would set out against them\, I wo
 uld burn them up together.  Or let them lay hold of my protection\, let the
 m make peace with me\, let them make peace with me."  \n \nIn days to come 
 Jacob shall take root\, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots\, and fil
 l the whole world with fruit.  \n \nHas he smitten them as he smote those w
 ho smote them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?  Measur
 e by measure\, by exile thou didst contend with them\; he removed them with
  his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.  Therefore by this the guilt
  of Jacob will be expiated\, and this will be the full fruit of the removal
  of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones cr
 ushed to pieces\, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.\n\n\nG
 enesis 9:18-10:1\n\nThe sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem\
 , Ham\, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.  These three were the so
 ns of Noah\; and from these the whole earth was peopled.\n \nNoah was the f
 irst tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard\; and he drank of the wine\,
  and became drunk\, and lay uncovered in his tent.  And Ham\, the father of
  Canaan\, saw the nakedness of his father\, and told his two brothers outsi
 de.  Then Shem and Japheth took a garment\, laid it upon both their shoulde
 rs\, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father\; their 
 faces were turned away\, and they did not see their father's nakedness.  Wh
 en Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him\
 , he said\, "Cursed be Canaan\; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothe
 rs."  He also said\, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem\; and let Canaan b
 e his slave.  God enlarge Japheth\, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem\
 ; and let Canaan be his slave."  After the flood Noah lived three hundred a
 nd fifty years.  All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years\; a
 nd he died.  These are the generations of the sons of Noah\, Shem\, Ham\, a
 nd Japheth\; sons were born to them after the flood.\n\n\nProverbs 12:23-13
 :9\n\nA prudent man conceals his knowledge\, but fools proclaim their folly
 .  The hand of the diligent will rule\, while the slothful will be put to f
 orced labor.  Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down\, but a good word ma
 kes him glad.  A righteous man turns away from evil\, but the way of the wi
 cked leads them astray.  A slothful man will not catch his prey\, but the d
 iligent man will get precious wealth.  In the path of righteousness is life
 \, but the way of error leads to death.  A wise son hears his father's inst
 ruction\, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.  From the fruit of his m
 outh a good man eats good\, but the desire of the treacherous is for violen
 ce.  He who guards his mouth preserves his life\; he who opens wide his lip
 s comes to ruin.  The soul of the sluggard craves\, and gets nothing\, whil
 e the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.  A righteous man hates false
 hood\, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.  Righteousness g
 uards him whose way is upright\, but sin overthrows the wicked.  One man pr
 etends to be rich\, yet has nothing\; another pretends to be poor\, yet has
  great wealth.  The ransom of a man's life is his wealth\, but a poor man h
 as no means of redemption.  The light of the righteous rejoices\, but the l
 amp of the wicked will be put out.\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\; Innocent\, Enlighte
 ner of Siberia & Alaska\; Akakios the Confessor\; Theophilos the Martyr and
  those with him\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 40:18-31\nT
 hus says the LORD: To whom then will you liken God\, or what likeness compa
 re with him?  The idol! a workman casts it\, and a goldsmith overlays it wi
 th gold\, and casts for it silver chains.  He who is impoverished chooses f
 or an offering wood that will not rot\; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to
  set up an image that will not move.  \n\n Have you not known? Have you not
  heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understoo
 d from the foundations of the earth?  It is he who sits above the circle of
  the earth\, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers\; who stretches out 
 the heavens like a curtain\, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in\; who
  brings princes to nought\, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.  
 \n\n Scarcely are they planted\, scarcely sown\, scarcely has their stem ta
 ken root in the earth\, when he blows upon them\, and they wither\, and the
  tempest carries them off like stubble.  \n\n To whom then will you compare
  me\, that I should be like him? Says the Holy One.  Lift up your eyes on h
 igh and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number\, ca
 lling them all by name\; by the greatness of his might\, and because he is 
 strong in power not one is missing.  \n\n Why do you say\, O Jacob\, and sp
 eak\, O Israel\, "My way is hid from the LORD\, and my right is disregarded
  by my God"?  Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everl
 asting God\, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or gro
 w weary\, his understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the faint\,
  and to him who has no might he increases strength.  Even youths shall fain
 t and be weary\, and young men shall fall exhausted\; but they who wait for
  the LORD shall renew their strength\, they shall mount up with wings like 
 eagles\, they shall run and not be weary\, they shall walk and not faint.\n
 \nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 15:1-15\n After these things the word of t
 he LORD came to Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abram\, I am your shield\; 
 your reward shall be very great."  But Abram said\, "O Lord GOD\, what wilt
  thou give me\, for I continue childless\, and the heir of my house is Elie
 zer of Damascus?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou hast given me no offspri
 ng\; and a slave born in my house will be my heir."  And behold\, the word 
 of the LORD came to him\, "This man shall not be your heir\; your own son s
 hall be your heir."  And he brought him outside and said\, "Look toward hea
 ven\, and number the stars\, if you are able to number them." Then he said 
 to him\, "So shall your descendants be."  And he believed the LORD\; and he
  reckoned it to him as righteousness.  \n\n And he said to him\, "I am the 
 LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to give you this land to po
 ssess."  But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to know that I shall possess 
 it?"  He said to him\, "Bring me a heifer three years old\, a she-goat thre
 e years old\, a ram three years old\, a turtledove\, and a young pigeon."  
 And he brought him all these\, cut them in two\, and laid each half over ag
 ainst the other\; but he did not cut the birds in two.  And when birds of p
 rey came down upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them away.  \n\n As the sun 
 was going down\, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo\, a dread and great da
 rkness fell upon him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\, "Know of a surety that
  your descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs\, and wil
 l be slaves there\, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years\; but
  I will bring judgment on the nation which they serve\, and afterward they 
 shall come out with great possessions.  As for yourself\, you shall go to y
 our fathers in peace\; you shall be buried in a good old age.\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Proverbs 15:7-19\nThe lips of the wise spread knowledge\; not 
 so the minds of fools.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to th
 e LORD\, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.  The way of the wick
 ed is an abomination to the LORD\, but he loves him who pursues righteousne
 ss.  There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way\; he who hates
  reproof will die.  Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD\, how much m
 ore the hearts of men!  A scoffer does not like to be reproved\; he will no
 t go to the wise.  A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance\, but by sorro
 w of heart the spirit is broken.  The mind of him who has understanding see
 ks knowledge\, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.  All the days of the 
 afflicted are evil\, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  Better is
  a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it
 .  Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred wi
 th it.  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife\, but he who is slow to anger qu
 iets contention.  The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns\, but the 
 path of the upright is a level highway.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\, Holy Martyr Romanus\, Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\, Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\, Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\, Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nPlagal of the Fo
 urth Tone\nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Ephesians 4:1-7\n\nBrethren\, I\, a prisoner for the Lord\, beg you to 
 lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called\, with all 
 lowliness and meekness\, with patience\, forbearing one another in love\, e
 ager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one
  body and one Spirit\, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs
  to your call\, one Lord\, one faith\, one baptism\, one God and Father of 
 us all\, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given t
 o each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.\n\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 12:16-21\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "The land of a rich man brou
 ght forth plentifully\; and he thought to himself\, 'What shall I do\, for 
 I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said\, 'I will do this: I will pu
 ll down my barns\, and build larger ones\; and there I will store all my gr
 ain and my goods. And I will say to my soul\, 'Soul\, you have ample goods 
 laid up for many years\; take your ease\, eat\, drink\, be merry.' But God 
 said to him\, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you\; and the thin
 gs you have prepared\, whose will they be?'  So is he who lays up treasure 
 for himself\, and is not rich toward God." As he said these things\, he cri
 ed out: "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."       \n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/1/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Basil the Great\, Arc
 hbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\, Gregory\, Bishop of Nanzianzos\, Father
  of Gregory the Theologian\, Peter the New Martyr of the Peloponnesos\, The
 odotos the Martyr\, Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\, Emmelia\, Mother of B
 asil the Great\, Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\, Telema
 chos the Martyr\, Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:8-12\n\nBRETHREN\, see to it t
 hat no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit\, according t
 o human tradition\, according to the elemental spirits of the universe\, an
 d not according to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bod
 ily\, and you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is the head of all 
 rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision ma
 de without hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of 
 Christ\; and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which you were also r
 aised with him through faith in the working of God\, who raised him from th
 e dead.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\n\nAt that time\, the she
 pherds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and se
 en\, as it had been told them. And at the end of eight days\, when he was c
 ircumcised\, he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he wa
 s conceived in the womb. And the child grew and became strong\, filled with
  wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusa
 lem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years o
 ld\, they went up according to custom\; and when the feast was ended\, as t
 hey were returning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents 
 did not know it\, but supposing him to be in the company they went a day's 
 journey\, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances\; and 
 when they did not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeking him. Afte
 r three days\, they found him in the temple\, sitting among the teachers\, 
 listening to them and asking them questions\; and all who heard him were am
 azed at his understanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were 
 astonished\; and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you treated us so
 ? Behold\, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously." And he s
 aid to them\, "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must b
 e in my Father's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he sp
 oke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, and was obed
 ient to them\; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus
  increased in wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and man.       
 \n \n\n
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 ts: Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\,Basil the Confessor\, Kyranna the
  New Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Jonah the Righteous Martyr of Lerios\n\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:20-21\; 5:1-21\n\nBelov
 ed\, if any one says\, "I love God\," and hates his brother\, he is a liar\
 ; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen\, cannot love God w
 hom he has not seen.  And this commandment we have from him\, that he who l
 oves God should love his brother also.\n \nEvery one who believes that Jesu
 s is the Christ is a child of God\, and every one who loves the parent love
 s the child.  By this we know that we love the children of God\, when we lo
 ve God and obey his commandments.  For this is the love of God\, that we ke
 ep his commandments.  And his commandments are not burdensome.  For whateve
 r is born of God overcomes the world\; and this is the victory that overcom
 es the world\, our faith.  Who is it that overcomes the world but he who be
 lieves that Jesus is the Son of God?\n \nThis is he who came by water and b
 lood\, Jesus Christ\, not with the water only but with the water and the bl
 ood.  And the Spirit is the witness\, because the Spirit is the truth.  The
 re are three witnesses\, the Spirit\, the water\, and the blood\; and these
  three agree.  If we receive the testimony of men\, the testimony of God is
  greater\; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to hi
 s Son.  He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.  He
  who does not believe God has made him a liar\, because he has not believed
  in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.  And this is the testimony
 \, that God gave us eternal life\, and this life is in his Son.  He who has
  the Son has life\; he who has not the Son of God has not life.\n \nI write
  this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God\, that you may know 
 that you have eternal life.  And this is the confidence which we have in hi
 m\, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.  And if we k
 now that he hears us in whatever we ask\, we know that we have obtained the
  requests made of him.  If any one sees his brother committing what is not 
 a mortal sin\, he will ask\, and God will give him life for those whose sin
  is not mortal.  There is sin which is mortal\; I do not say that one is to
  pray for that.  All wrongdoing is sin\, but there is sin which is not mort
 al.\n \nWe know that any one born of God does not sin\, but He who was born
  of God keeps him\, and the evil one does not touch him.\n \nWe know that w
 e are of God\, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.\n \nAnd
  we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding\, to k
 now him who is true\; and we are in him who is true\, in his Son Jesus Chri
 st.  This is the true God and eternal life.  Little children\, keep yoursel
 ves from idols.  Amen. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:1-15\n\nAt that time\
 , the chief priests\, with the elders\, and scribes and the whole council h
 eld a consultation\; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered hi
 m to Pilate.  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And h
 e answered him\, "You have said so."  And the chief priests accused him of 
 many things.  And Pilate again asked him\, "Have you no answer to make?  Se
 e how many charges they bring against you."  But Jesus made no further answ
 er\, so that Pilate wondered.  Now at the feast he used to release for them
  one prisoner for whom they asked.  And among the rebels in prison\, who ha
 d committed murder in the insurrection\, there was a man called Barabbas.  
 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do fo
 r them.  And he answered them\, "Do you want me to release for you the King
  of the Jews?"  For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief pri
 ests had delivered him up.  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to h
 ave him release for them Barabbas instead.  And Pilate again said to them\,
  "Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"  A
 nd they cried out again\, "Crucify him."  And Pilate said to them\, "Why\, 
 what evil has he done?"  But they shouted all the more\, "Crucify him."  So
  Pilate\, wishing to satisfy the crowd\, released for them Barabbas\; and h
 aving scourged Jesus\, he delivered him to be crucified.\n\n\n
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 ts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\, Athenagorus the Apologist\, Boris 
 and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\, Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the Ma
 rtyrs\, Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 2:9-16\; 3:1-8\n\nBreth
 ren\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man conceive
 d\, what God has prepared for those who love him\," God has revealed to us 
 through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything\, even the depths of
  God. For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man w
 hich is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the S
 pirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world\, but the Sp
 irit which is from God\, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us 
 by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught b
 y the Spirit\, comparing spiritual things with spiritual truths to those wh
 o possess the Spirit. The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the
  Spirit of God\, for they are folly to him\, and he is not able to understa
 nd them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges al
 l things\, but is himself to be judged by no one. "For who has known the mi
 nd of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. But 
 I\, brethren\, could not address you as spiritual men\, but as men of the f
 lesh\, as babes in Christ. I fed you with milk\, not solid food\; for you w
 ere not ready for it\; and even yet you are not ready\, for you are still o
 f the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you\, are you not
  of the flesh\, and behaving like ordinary men? For when one says\, "I belo
 ng to Paul\," and another\, "I belong to Apollos\," are you not merely men?
  What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed\, a
 s the Lord assigned to each. I planted\, Apollos watered\, but God gave the
  growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything\, but only 
 God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are equal\, and e
 ach shall receive his wages according to his labor.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 13:31-36\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is li
 ke a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field\; it is 
 the smallest of all seeds\, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shr
 ubs and becomes a tree\, so that the birds of the air come and make nests i
 n its branches." He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is li
 ke leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it w
 as all leavened."\n \nAll this Jesus said to the crowds in parables\; indee
 d he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was s
 poken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables\, I will utter what
  has been hidden since the foundation of the world." Then Jesus left the cr
 owds and went into the house.\n\n\n
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 ts: Theodora of Alexandria\, Euphrosynos the Cook\, Demetrios & Evanthea th
 e Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\, Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland\
 , Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\, Deinol the First Bishop of 
 Bangor\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:11-21\n
 \nBrethren\, if I still preach circumcision\, why am I still persecuted? In
  that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. I wish those 
 who unsettle you would mutilate themselves! For you were called to freedom\
 , brethren\; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh\,
  but through love be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfille
 d in one word\, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite
  and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.
  But I say\, walk by the Spirit\, and do not gratify the desires of the fle
 sh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit\, and the desires o
 f the Spirit are against the flesh\; for these are opposed to each other\, 
 to prevent you from doing what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit 
 you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornicatio
 n\, impurity\, licentiousness\, idolatry\, sorcery\, enmity\, strife\, jeal
 ousy\, anger\, selfishness\, dissension\, party spirit\, envy\, murder\, dr
 unkenness\, carousing\, and the like. I warn you\, as I warned you before\,
  that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.\n\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 12:19-36\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took counsel a
 gainst Jesus and said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; l
 ook\, the world has gone after him."\n \nNow among those who went up to wor
 ship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was from 
 Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Phil
 ip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And 
 Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified
 . Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ear
 th and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He w
 ho loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will k
 eep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and whe
 re I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Fathe
 r will honor him.\n \n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Fath
 er\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come to this hou
 r. Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glo
 rified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it an
 d said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." J
 esus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is t
 he judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\;
  and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself."
  He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him\,
  "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you 
 say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus s
 aid to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you ha
 ve the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darknes
 s does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the li
 ght\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Mary of Egypt\, Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyrs\, Euthemios of Suzdal\
 n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the P
 hilippians 4:4-9\n\nBRETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord always\; again I will sa
 y\, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have n
 o anxiety about anything\, but in everything by prayer and supplication wit
 h thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God
 \, which passes all understanding\, will keep your hearts and your minds in
  Christ Jesus. Finally\, brethren\, whatever is true\, whatever is honorabl
 e\, whatever is just\, whatever is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whatever is 
 gracious\, if there is any excellence\, if there is anything worthy of prai
 se\, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard
  and seen in me\, do\; and the God of peace will be with you. \n\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 12:1-18\n\nSix days before Passover\, Jesus came to Bethany\,
  where Lazaros was\, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made h
 im a supper\; Martha served\, and Lazaros was one of those at table with hi
 m. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet 
 of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair\; and the house was filled with t
 he fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot\, one of his disciples (he
  who was to betray him)\, said "Why was this ointment not sold for three hu
 ndred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said\, not that he cared for 
 the poor but because he was a thief\, and as he had the money box he used t
 o take what was put into it. Jesus said\, "Let her alone\, let her keep it 
 for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with you\, but you do no
 t always have me."\n  \nWhen the great crowd of the Jews learned that he wa
 s there\, they came\, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros\
 , whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Laz
 aros also to death\, because on account of him many of the Jews were going 
 away and believing in Jesus.\n  \nThe next day a great crowd who had come t
 o the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches
  of palm trees and went out to meet him\, crying\, "Hosanna! Blessed is he 
 who comes in the name of the Lord\, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus fou
 nd a young donkey and sat upon it\; as it is written\, "Fear not\, daughter
  of Zion\; behold\, your king is coming\, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His 
 disciples did not understand this at first\; but when Jesus was glorified\,
  then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done t
 o him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazaros out of the t
 omb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd wen
 t to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.\n  \n\n
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  Cyprus\; Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\; Germanus\, Bishop of t
 he Isle of Man\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are
  the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointed 
 in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then work
 ers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in var
 ious kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teach
 ers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak
  with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  
 And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues 
 of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging 
 cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and 
 all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but h
 ave not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver 
 my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient 
 and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Lo
 ve does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it d
 oes not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things
 \, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never 
 ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to
  him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to
  cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twel
 ve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and en
 ter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the hous
 e of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at 
 hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. 
  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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 sts: Sunday before Holy Cross\; The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theo
 tokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\; Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste
  into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of 
 Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of M
 ary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy 
 Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, a
 nd blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the
  mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your g
 reeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed i
 s she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to 
 her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and 
 my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of
  his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bless
 ed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his na
 me." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her ho
 me.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethre
 n\, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is
  those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you t
 o be circumcised\, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for th
 e cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselve
 s keep the law\, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glor
 y in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ\, by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I to 
 the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcisio
 n\, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\,
  upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on m
 y body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your 
 spirit\, brethren. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:13-17\nThe Lord said\, "
 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son 
 of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderne
 ss\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may
  have eternal life.\n\n"For God so loved the world that he gave his only So
 n\, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. F
 or God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that th
 e world might be saved through him."\n\n
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 ts: 33 Martyrs of Melitene\, Lazarus the Wonderworker\, Martyr Athenodorus\
 , Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's F
 irst Letter to the Thessalonians 1:6-10\n\nBrethren\, you became imitators 
 of us and of the Lord\, for you received the word in much affliction\, with
  joy inspired by the Holy Spirit\; so that you became an example to all the
  believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lor
 d sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia\, but your faith in God ha
 s gone forth everywhere\, so that we need not say anything. For they themse
 lves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you\, and how you tur
 ned to God from idols\, to serve a living and true God\, and to wait for hi
 s Son from heaven\, whom he raised from the dead\, Jesus who delivers us fr
 om the wrath to come.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:42-48\n\nThe Lord said\,
  "Who then is the faithful and wise steward\, whom his master will set over
  his household\, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Ble
 ssed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Trul
 y\, I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that se
 rvant says to himself\, 'My master is delayed in coming\,' and begins to be
 at the menservants and the maidservants\, and to eat and drink and get drun
 k\, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect h
 im and at an hour he does not know\, and will punish him\, and put him with
  the unfaithful. And that servant who knew his master's will\, but did not 
 make ready or act according to his will\, shall receive a severe beating. B
 ut he who did not know\, and did what deserved a beating\, shall receive a 
 light beating. Every one to whom much is given\, of him will much be requir
 ed\; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more."\n \n\n
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 sts: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\; Paul & his sister Juliana and thei
 r Companions\; Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\; Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:3-11\nThus say the people: 
  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the God
  of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths
 ."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord from 
 Jerusalem.  He shall judge between the nations\, and shall decide for many 
 peoples\; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares\, and their spea
 rs into pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift up sword against nation\, nei
 ther shall they learn war any more.\n\nO house of Jacob\, come\, let us wal
 k in the light of the Lord.\n\nFor thou hast rejected thy people\, the hous
 e of Jacob\, because they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsa
 yers like the Philistines\, and they strike hands with foreigners.  Their l
 and is filled with silver and gold\, and there is no end to their treasures
 \; their land is filled with horses\, and there is no end to their chariots
 .  Their land is filled with idols\; they bow down to the work of their han
 ds\, to what their own fingers have made.  So man is humbled\, and men are 
 brought low -- forgive them not!  Enter into the rock\, and hide in the dus
 t from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty.  
 The haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall 
 be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Genesis 1:24-2:3\n And God said\, "Let the earth bring forth li
 ving creatures according to their kinds:  cattle and creeping things and be
 asts of the earth according to their kinds."  And it was so.  And God made 
 the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according t
 o their kinds\, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its
  kind.  And God saw that it was good.\n\nThen God said\, "Let us make man i
 n our image\, after our likeness\; and let them have dominion over the fish
  of the sea\, and over the birds of the air\, and over the cattle\, and ove
 r all the earth\, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
 "  So God created man in his own image\, in the image of God he created him
 \; male and female he created them.  And God blessed them\, and God said to
  them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth and subdue it\; and 
 have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and ov
 er every living thing that moves upon the earth."  And God said\, "Behold\,
  I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all t
 he earth\, and every tree with seed in its fruit\; you shall have them for 
 food.  And to every beast of the earth\, and to every bird of the air\, and
  to everything that creeps on the earth\, everything that has the breath of
  life\, I have given every green plant for food."  And it was so.  And God 
 saw everything that he had made\, and behold\, it was very good.  And there
  was evening and there was morning\, a sixth day.\n\nThus the heavens and t
 he earth were finished\, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day 
 God finished his work which he had done\, and he rested on the seventh day 
 from all his work which he had done.  So God blessed the seventh day and ha
 llowed it\, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in
  creation.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 2:1-22\nMy son\, if you recei
 ve my words and treasure up my commandments with you\, making your ear atte
 ntive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding\; yes\, if you cr
 y out for insight and raise your voice for understanding\, if you seek it l
 ike silver and search for it as for hidden treasures\; then you will unders
 tand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.  For the Lord give
 s wisdom\; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding\; he stores up s
 ound wisdom for the upright\; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity
 \, guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.  The
 n you will understand righteousness and justice and equity\, every good pat
 h\; for wisdom will come into your heart\, and knowledge will be pleasant t
 o your soul\; discretion will watch over you\; understanding will guard you
 \; delivering you from the way of evil\, from men of perverted speech\, who
  forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness\, who rej
 oice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil\; men whose path
 s are crooked\, and who are devious in their ways.\n\nYou will be saved fro
 m the loose woman\, from the adventuress with her smooth words\, who forsak
 es the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God\; for her
  house sinks down to death\, and her paths to the shades\; none who go to h
 er come back nor do they regain the paths of life.\n\nSo you will walk in t
 he way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.  For the upright
  will inhabit the land\, and men of integrity will remain in it\; but the w
 icked will be cut off from the land\, and the treacherous will be rooted ou
 t of it.\n\n
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 ts: Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\, Saint Vincent of Lerins\, Meletios
  the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\, Gregory\, Archbishop of Novgorod\n
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 25:13-19\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agr
 ippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. And as the
 y stayed there many days\, Festus laid Paul's case before the king\, saying
 \, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix\; and when I was at Jerusalem\, t
 he chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him\, as
 king for sentence against him. I answered them that it was not the custom o
 f the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to
  face\, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid 
 against him. When therefore they came together here\, I made no delay\, but
  on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be bro
 ught in. When the accusers stood up\, they brought no charge in his case of
  such evils as I supposed\; but they had certain points of dispute with him
  about their own superstition and about one Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom
  Paul asserted to be alive."\n \n\nGospel Reading: John 16:23-33\n\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anythi
 ng of the Father\, he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have ask
 ed nothing in my name\; ask\, and you will receive\, that your joy may be f
 ull.\n \n"I have said this to you in figures\; the hour is coming when I sh
 all no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father. I
 n that day you will ask in my name\; and I do not say to you that I shall p
 ray the Father for you\; for the Father himself loves you\, because you hav
 e loved me and have believed that I came from the Father. I came from the F
 ather and have come into the world\; again\, I am leaving the world and goi
 ng to the Father."\n \nHis disciples said\, "Ah\, now you are speaking plai
 nly\, not in any figure! Now we know that you know all things\, and need no
 ne to question you\; by this we believe that you came from God." Jesus answ
 ered them\, "Do you now believe? The hour is coming\, indeed it has come\, 
 when you will be scattered\, every man to his home\, and will leave me alon
 e\; yet I am not alone\, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you
 \, that in me you may have peace."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, The Holy Mar
 tyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\, Righteous Syncletike of Alexandria\, Apollin
 aria of Egypt\, Gregory of Akrita\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:19-27\n\nBRETHREN\, though I am fr
 ee from all men\, I have made myself a slave to all\, that I might win the 
 more. To the Jews I became as a Jew\, in order to win Jews\; to those under
  the law I became as one under the law - though not being myself under the 
 law - that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I beca
 me as one outside the law - not being without law toward God but under the 
 law of Christ - that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I becam
 e weak\, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men\, t
 hat I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel\
 , that I may share in its blessings. Do you not know that in a race all the
  runners compete\, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obt
 ain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to r
 eceive a perishable wreath\, but we an imperishable. Well\, I do not run ai
 mlessly\, I do not box as one beating the air\; but I pommel my body and su
 bdue it\, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. \
 n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:1-18\n\nIn the fifteenth year of the reign of 
 Tiberius Caesar\, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea\, and Herod being 
 tetrarch of Galilee\, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Itur
 aea and Trachonitis\, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene\, in the high-priest
 hood of Annas and Caiaphas\, the word of God came to John the son of Zachar
 ias in the wilderness\; and he went into all the region about the Jordan\, 
 preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As it is wri
 tten in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet\, "The voice of one cry
 ing in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths straigh
 t. Every valley shall be filled\, and every mountain and hill shall be brou
 ght low\, and the crooked shall be made straight\, and the rough ways shall
  be made smooth\; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." He said th
 erefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him\, "You brood 
 of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits that 
 befit repentance\, and do not begin to say to yourselves\, 'We have Abraham
  as our father"\; for I tell you\, God is able from these stones to raise u
 p children to Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees\; 
 every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown i
 nto the fire." And the multitudes asked him\, "What then shall we do?" And 
 he answered them\, "He who has two coats\, let him share with him who has n
 one\; and he who has food\, let him do likewise." Tax collectors also came 
 to be baptized\, and said to him\, "Teacher\, what shall we do?" And he sai
 d to them\, "Collect no more than is appointed you." Soldiers also asked hi
 m\, "And we\, what shall we do?" And he said to them\, "Rob no one by viole
 nce or by false accusation\, and be content with your wages." As the people
  were in expectation\, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning Jo
 hn\, whether perhaps he were the Christ\, John answered them all\, "I bapti
 ze you with water\; but he who is mightier than I is coming\, the thong of 
 whose sandals I am not worthy to untie\; he will baptize you with the Holy 
 Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand\, to clear his thre
 shing floor\, and to gather the wheat into his granary\, but the chaff he w
 ill burn with unquenchable fire." So\, with many other exhortations\, he pr
 eached good news to the people.      \n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/13/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\, & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamu
 s\, Benjamin the Deacon\, Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece\, Florentios the
  Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Meletios of Pegas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\n\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:8-11\n\nBr
 ethren\, we do not want you to be ignorant of the affliction we experienced
  in Asia\; for we were so utterly\, unbearably crushed that we despaired of
  life itself. Why\, we felt that we had received the sentence of death\; bu
 t that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead\
 ; he delivered us from so deadly a peril\, and he will deliver us\; on him 
 we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. You also must help us b
 y prayer\, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing gra
 nted us in answer to many prayers.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:1-10\n\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields on the sabbath\, and his
  disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain\, rubbing them in their hand
 s. But some of the Pharisees said\, "Why are you doing what is not lawful t
 o do on the sabbath?" And Jesus answered\, "Have you not read what David di
 d when he was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the h
 ouse of God\, and took and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not 
 lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those with him?
 " And he said to them\, "The Son of man is lord of the sabbath." On another
  sabbath\, when he entered the synagogue and taught\, a man was there whose
  right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him\, t
 o see whether he would heal on the sabbath\, so that they might find an acc
 usation against him. But he knew their thoughts\, and he said to the man wh
 o had the withered hand\, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood ther
 e. And Jesus said to them\, "I ask you\, is it lawful on the sabbath to do 
 good or to do harm\, to save life or to destroy it?" And he looked around o
 n them all\, and said to him\, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so\, and
  his hand was restored.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/04/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Barbara the Great Martyr\; John the Righteous of Damascus\; New Hierom
 artyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\; Juliana the Martyr of Hel
 iopolis\; Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to 
 America\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthe
 w 25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be com
 pared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 
 Five of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took t
 heir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil w
 ith their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and sle
 pt. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to
  meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the fo
 olish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are goin
 g out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and
  for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they
  went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with 
 him to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maid
 ens came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Trul
 y\, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neith
 er the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before 
 faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until fa
 ith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came
 \, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we ar
 e no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God
 \, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put 
 on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free
 \, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 
 And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs accordin
 g to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no bette
 r than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under
  guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when
  we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe
 . But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a wom
 an\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that 
 we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that
  time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was 
 a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered
  much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no b
 etter but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and ca
 me up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I
  touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemor
 rhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
  And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, imm
 ediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" 
 And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, an
 d yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done
  it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and t
 rembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he sa
 id to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be
  healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/19/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Macarius the Great of Egypt\, Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\, Arsenius of Co
 rfu\, Makarios of Alexandria\, Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patmos\
 , Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian\, Branwal
 lader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the G
 alatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, jo
 y\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, se
 lf-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ 
 Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live b
 y the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit
 \, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a m
 an is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him 
 in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Be
 ar one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 8:5-13\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered Capernaum\, a cent
 urion came forward to him\, beseeching him and saying\, "Lord\, my servant 
 is lying paralyzed at home\, in terrible distress." And he said to him\, "I
  will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him\, "Lord\, I am not
  worthy to have you come under my roof\; but only say the word\, and my ser
 vant will be healed. For I am a man under authority\, with soldiers under m
 e\; and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\, and to another\, 'Come\,' and h
 e comes\, and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it." When Jesus heard h
 im\, he marveled\, and said to those who followed him\, "Truly\, I say to y
 ou\, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you\, many will com
 e from east and west and sit at table with Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob in t
 he kingdom of heaven\, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into th
 e outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the c
 enturion Jesus said\, "Go\; be it done for you as you have believed." And t
 he servant was healed at that very moment.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/27/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Matrona of Thessalonica\, Paul\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 49:6-10\n\nThus says the LORD: "I w
 ill give you as a light to the nations\, that my salvation may reach to the
  end of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Redeemer of Israel and his Ho
 ly One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by the nations\, the servant of 
 rulers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, and they shall prostrate the
 mselves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\, the Holy One of Israel\, 
 who has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a time of favor I have answer
 ed you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you\; I have kept you and give
 n you as a covenant to the people\, to establish the land\, to apportion th
 e desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\, 'Come forth\,' to those wh
 o are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways\, on all bare 
 heights shall be their pasture\; they shall not hunger or thirst\, neither 
 scorching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he who has pity on them will 
 lead them\, and by springs of water will guide them.\n \n\nGenesis 31:3-16\
 n\n Then the LORD said to Jacob\, "Return to the land of your fathers and t
 o your kindred\, and I will be with you."  So Jacob sent and called Rachel 
 and Leah into the field where his flock was\, and said to them\, "I see tha
 t your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God o
 f my father has been with me.  You know that I have served your father with
  all my strength\; yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten 
 times\, but God did not permit him to harm me.  If he said\, 'The spotted s
 hall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore spotted\; and if he said\, 'T
 he striped shall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore striped.  Thus Go
 d has taken away the cattle of your father\, and given them to me.  In the 
 mating season of the flock I lifted up my eyes\, and saw in a dream that th
 e he-goats which leaped upon the flock were striped\, spotted\, and mottled
 .  Then the angel of God said to me in the dream\, 'Jacob\,' and I said\, '
 Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up your eyes and see\, all the goats that 
 leap upon the flock are striped\, spotted\, and mottled\; for I have seen a
 ll that Laban is doing to you.  I am the God of Bethel\, where you anointed
  a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise\, go forth from this land\, and r
 eturn to the land of your birth.'"  Then Rachel and Leah answered him\, "Is
  there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's house?  Are we
  not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us\, and he has been us
 ing up the money given for us.  All the property which God has taken away f
 rom our father belongs to us and to our children\; now then\, whatever God 
 has said to you\, do."\n \n\nProverbs 21:3-21\n\nTo do righteousness and ju
 stice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty eyes and a pr
 oud heart\, the lamp of the wicked\, are sin.  The plans of the diligent le
 ad surely to abundance\, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.  Th
 e getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of
  death.  The violence of the wicked will sweep them away\, because they ref
 use to do what is just.  The way of the guilty is crooked\, but the conduct
  of the pure is right.  It is better to live in a corner of the housetop th
 an in a house shared with a contentious woman.  The soul of the wicked desi
 res evil\; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.  When a scoffer is puni
 shed\, the simple becomes wise\; when a wise man is instructed\, he gains k
 nowledge.  The righteous observes the house of the wicked\; the wicked are 
 cast down to ruin.  He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himse
 lf cry out and not be heard.  A gift in secret averts anger\; and a bribe i
 n the bosom\, strong wrath.  When justice is done\, it is a joy to the righ
 teous\, but dismay to evildoers.  A man who wanders from the way of underst
 anding will rest in the assembly of the dead.  He who loves pleasure will b
 e a poor man\; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.  The wicked is a
  ransom for the righteous\, and the faithless for the upright.  It is bette
 r to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.  Prec
 ious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling\, but a foolish man devours 
 it.  He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.\n 
  \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/8/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of Sai
 nt John the Theologian \, Arsenios the Great\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7\n\nTHAT 
 WHICH WAS from the beginning\, which we have heard\, which we have seen wit
 h our eyes\, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands\, concern
 ing the word of life - the life was made manifest\, and we saw it\, and tes
 tify to it\, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father
  and was made manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclai
 m also to you\, so that you may have fellowship with us\; and our fellowshi
 p is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this
  that our joy may be complete.\n  \nThis is the message we have heard from 
 him and proclaim to you\, that God is light and in him is no darkness at al
 l. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness\, we lie
  and do not live according to the truth\; but if we walk in the light\, as 
 he is in the light\, we have fellowship with one another\, and the blood of
  Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.\n   \n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25
 -28\, 21:24-25\n\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mo
 ther\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdale
 ne. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing nea
 r\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to th
 e disciple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took h
 er to his own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these th
 ings\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is
  true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every on
 e of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain
  the books that would be written.\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb o
 f Saint John the Theologian 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190519
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icala64c1e15e4abaae28af7cb81b86dfba6
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/18/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\, Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius
 \, Paulinus and Benedimus\, Julian the Martyr\, Euphrasia the Martyr of Nic
 ea\, Stephen I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts o
 f the Apostles 9:19-31\n\nIn those days\, Saul was with the disciples at Da
 mascus. And in the synagogues immediately he proclaimed Jesus\, saying\, "H
 e is the Son of God." And all who heard him were amazed\, and said\, "is no
 t this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name
 ? And he has come here for this purpose\, to bring them bound before the ch
 ief priests." But Saul increased all the more in strength\, and confounded 
 the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ. When m
 any days had passed\, the Jews plotted to kill him\, but their plot became 
 known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night\, to kill him\; b
 ut his disciples took him by night and let him down over the wall\, lowerin
 g him in a basket. And when he had come to Jerusalem he attempted to join t
 he disciples\; and they were all afraid of him\, for they did not believe t
 hat he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him\, and brought him to the apost
 les\, and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord\, who spoke
  to him\, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 
 So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem\, preaching boldly in the nam
 e of the Lord. And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists\; but they 
 were seeking to kill him. And when the brethren knew it\, they brought him 
 down to Caesarea\, and sent him off to Tarsus. So the church throughout all
  Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was built up\; and walking in 
 the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplie
 d.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to his disc
 iples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\,
  know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\,
  the world would love its own\; but because you are not of the world\, but 
 I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the
  word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If 
 they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they 
 will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my account\, bec
 ause they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to the
 m\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  H
 e who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among them the work
 s which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they have seen 
 and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written
  in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n \n But when the Counselo
 r comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of tru
 th\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you al
 so are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the beginning.  I hav
 e said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will put you ou
 t of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you wi
 ll think he is offering service to God."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\, Paul\, Christina\, Herac
 lius\, Paulinus and Benedimus
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181209
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical3b8d8e2202d8523222335a47d2272df6
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/8/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\, Pa
 tapius the Righteous of Thebes\, Apollo\, Tychikos\, Sosthenes\, Cephas\, E
 paphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\n\nFast Day (Fish
  Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 1:16-23\
 n\nBrethren\, I do not cease to give thanks for you\, remembering you in my
  prayers\, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of glory\, ma
 y give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him\, h
 aving the eyes of your hearts enlightened\, that you may know what is the h
 ope to which he has called you\, what are the riches of his glorious inheri
 tance in the saints\, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power i
 n us who believe\, according to the working of his great might which he acc
 omplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at hi
 s right hand in the heavenly places\, far above all rule and authority and 
 power and dominion\, and above every name that is named\, not only in this 
 age but also in that which is to come\; and he has put all things under his
  feet and has made him the head over all things for the church\, which is h
 is body\, the fulness of him who fills all in all.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 13:19-29\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like a gr
 ain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it grew 
 and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." A
 nd again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like 
 leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it was 
 all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, a
 nd journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, will tho
 se who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by the nar
 row door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not be able.
  When once the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you will begin 
 to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to us.' H
 e will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will begi
 n to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in our stree
 ts.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come from\; de
 part from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep and gnash 
 your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in
  the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will come from e
 ast and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the kingdom o
 f God."       \n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200719
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical1d86a5bf07a1dd2baa9653d69c85110a
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Martyr Emilian\; Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\; Our Hol
 y Father John\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Stephen\, Archbishop of Cons
 tantinople\; Theneva of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Romans 9:1-5\nBrethren\, I am speaking the truth in Christ\, I am not lyi
 ng\; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit\, that I have great 
 sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself we
 re accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren\, my kinsme
 n by race. They are Israelites\, and to them belong the patriarchs\, and of
  their race\, according to the flesh\, is the Christ\, who is God over all\
 , blessed for ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:18-26\nAt that time\
 , a ruler came in and knelt before Jesus\, saying\, "My daughter has just d
 ied\; but come and lay your hand on her\, and she will live." And Jesus ros
 e and followed him\, with his disciples. And behold\, a woman who had suffe
 red from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the f
 ringe of his garment\; for she said to herself\, "If I only touch his garme
 nt\, I shall be made well." Jesus turned\, and seeing her he said\, "Take h
 eart\, daughter\; your faith has made you well." And instantly the woman wa
 s made well. And when Jesus came to the ruler's house\, and saw the flute p
 layers\, and the crowd making a tumult\, he said\, "Depart\; for the girl i
 s not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had b
 een put outside\, he went in and took her by the hand\, and the girl arose.
  And the report of this went through all that district.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Holy Martyr Emilian
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180215
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/14/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\, Cyril\, Equal-to-the-Apostles &
  Teacher of the Slavs\, Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth\, Abraham\, Bish
 op of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\
 n\n\nOld Testament Readings: \n\n\nJoel 3:12-21\n\nLet the nations bestir t
 hemselves\, and come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat\; for there I will si
 t to judge all the nations round about.\n \nPut in the sickle\, for the har
 vest is ripe.  Go in\, tread\, for the wine press is full.  The vats overfl
 ow\, for their wickedness is great.\n \nMultitudes\, multitudes\, in the va
 lley of decision!  For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decisio
 n.  The sun and the moon are darkened\, and the stars withdraw their shinin
 g.\n \nAnd the Lord roars from Zion\, and utters his voice from Jerusalem\,
  and the heavens and the earth shake.  But the Lord is a refuge to his peop
 le\, a stronghold to the people of Israel.\n \n"So you shall know that I am
  the Lord your God\, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mountain.  And Jerusalem s
 hall be holy and strangers shall never again pass through it.\n \n"And in t
 hat day the mountains shall drip sweet wine\, and the hills shall flow with
  milk\, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water\; and a foun
 tain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the valley of Sh
 ittim.\n \n"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness\
 , for the violence done to the people of Judah\, because they have shed inn
 ocent blood in their land.  But Judah shall be inhabited for ever\, and Jer
 usalem to all generations.  I will avenge their blood\, and I will not clea
 r the guilty\, for the Lord dwells in Zion." \n\n\nJoel 2:12-26\n\n"Yet eve
 n now\," says the Lord\, "return to me with all your heart\, with fasting\,
  with weeping\, and with mourning\; and rend your hearts and not your garme
 nts."  Return to the Lord\, your God\, for he is gracious and merciful\, sl
 ow to anger\, and abounding in steadfast love\, and repents of evil.  Who k
 nows whether he will not turn and repent\, and leave a blessing behind him\
 , a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord\, your God?\n \nBlow 
 the trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fast\; call a solemn assembly\; gather the
  people.  Sanctify the congregation\; assemble the elders\; gather the chil
 dren\, even nursing infants.  Let the bridegroom leave his room\, and the b
 ride her chamber.\n \nBetween the vestibule and the altar let the priests\,
  the ministers of the Lord\, weep and say\, "Spare thy people\, O Lord\, an
 d make not thy heritage a reproach\, a byword among the nations.  Why shoul
 d they say among the peoples\, 'Where is their God?'"\n \nThen the Lord bec
 ame jealous for his land\, and had pity on his people.  The Lord answered a
 nd said to his people\, "Behold\, I am sending to you grain\, wine\, and oi
 l\, and you will be satisfied\; and I will no more make you a reproach amon
 g the nations.\n \n"I will remove the northerner far from you\, and drive h
 im into a parched and desolate land\, his front into the eastern sea\, and 
 his rear into the western sea\; the stench and foul smell of him will rise\
 , for he has done great things.\n \n"Fear not\, O land\; be glad and rejoic
 e\, for the Lord has done great things!  Fear not\, you beasts of the field
 \, for the pastures of the wilderness are green\; the tree bears its fruit\
 , the fig tree and vine give their full yield.\n \n"Be glad\, O sons of Zio
 n\, and rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; for he has given the early rain fo
 r your vindication\, he has poured down for you abundant rain\, the early a
 nd the latter rain\, as before.\n \n"The threshing floors shall be full of 
 grain\, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  I will restore to you t
 he years which the swarming locust has eaten\, the hopper\, the destroyer\,
  and the cutter\, my great army\, which I sent among you.\n \n"You shall ea
 t in plenty and be satisfied\, and praise the name of the Lord your God\, w
 ho has dealt wondrously with you.  And my people shall never again be put t
 o shame."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Cheesefare Wednesday
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181220
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical198a6b7c27beade7789463473d726fe7
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\, Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\, Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Hebrews 10:1-18\n\nBrethren\, since the law has but a shadow o
 f the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities\, it 
 can never\, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after
  year\, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise\, would they not have c
 eased to be offered? If the worshipers had once been cleansed\, they would 
 no longer have any consciousness of sin. But in these sacrifices there is a
  reminder of sin year after year. For it is impossible that the blood of bu
 lls and goats should take away sins. Consequently\, when he came into the w
 orld\, he said\, "Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired\, but a bo
 dy hast thou prepared for me\; in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou ha
 st taken no pleasure. Then I said\, 'Lo\, I have come to do thy will\, O Go
 d\,' as it is written of me in the roll of the book." When he said above\, 
 "Thou hast neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings a
 nd burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the l
 aw)\, then he added\, "Lo\, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the f
 irst in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sancti
 fied through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And eve
 ry priest stands daily at his service\, offering repeatedly the same sacrif
 ices\, which can never take away sins. But when this one had offered for al
 l time a single sacrifice for sins\, he sat down at the right hand of God\,
  then to wait until his enemies should be made a stool for his feet. For by
  a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. 
 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us\; for after saying\, "This is 
 the covenant that I will make with them after those days\, says the Lord: I
  will put my laws on their hearts\, and write them on their minds\," then h
 e adds\, "I will remember their sins and their misdeeds no more." Where the
 re is forgiveness of these\, there is no longer any offering for sin.\n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 10:11-16\n\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever divorces his wife
  and marries another\, commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces h
 er husband and marries another\, she commits adultery." And they were bring
 ing children to him\, that he might touch them\; and the disciples rebuked 
 them. But when Jesus saw it he was indignant\, and said to them\, "Let the 
 children come to me\, do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kingdom 
 of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God 
 like a child shall not enter it." And he took them in his arms and blessed 
 them\, laying his hands upon them.\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios
  and Thessaloniki
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190719
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalc23796171e7ea452c56b7d3f8191b310
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/18/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Martyr Emilian\, Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\, Our Holy
  Father John\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Stephen\, Archbishop of Const
 antinople\, Theneva of Glasgow\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Romans 15:17-29\n\nBrethren\, in Christ Jesus I have reason to be prou
 d of my work for God. For I will not venture to speak of anything except wh
 at Christ has wrought through me to win obedience from the Gentiles\, by wo
 rd and deed\, by the power of signs and wonders\, by the power of the Holy 
 Spirit\, so that from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum I have fully 
 preached the gospel of Christ\, thus making it my ambition to preach the go
 spel\, not where Christ has already been named\, lest I build on another ma
 n's foundation\, but as it is written\, "They shall see who have never been
  told of him\, and they shall understand who have never heard of him." This
  is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. But no
 w\, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions\, and since I
  have longed for many years to come to you\, I hope to see you in passing a
 s I go to Spain\, and to be sped on my journey there by you\, once I have e
 njoyed your company for a little. At present\, however\, I am going to Jeru
 salem with aid for the saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased t
 o make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem\; they 
 were pleased to do it\, and indeed - they are in debt to them\, for if the 
 Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings\, they ought also 
 to be of service to them in material blessings. When therefore I have compl
 eted this\, and have sealed to them this fruit\, I shall go on by way of yo
 u to Spain\; and I know that when I come to you I shall come in the fulness
  of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:4
 6-50\; 13:1-3\n\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the people\, be
 hold\, his mother and his brothers stood outside\, asking to speak to him. 
 But he replied to the man who told him\, "Who is my mother\, and who are my
  brothers?" And stretching out his hand toward his disciples\, he said\, "H
 ere are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father i
 n heaven is my brother\, and sister\, and mother."\n \nThat same day Jesus 
 went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered abo
 ut him\, so that he entered a boat and sat there\; and the whole crowd stoo
 d on the beach. And he told them many things in parables.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190523
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalee46cc205746d39403a4587362d48a2c
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/22/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\, Holy New Martyrs Demetrius a
 nd Paul of Tripoli\, John-Vladimir\, Ruler of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allo
 wed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 14:6-18\n\nIn those days\, 
 the apostles fled to Lystra and Derbe\, cities of Lycaonia\, and to the sur
 rounding country\; and there they preached the gospel. Now at Lystra there 
 was a man sitting\, who could not use his feet\; he was a cripple from birt
 h\, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking\; and Paul\, looking
  intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well\, said in a l
 oud voice\, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang up and walked. And 
 when the crowds saw what Paul had done\, they lifted up their voices\, sayi
 ng in Lycaonian\, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" B
 arnabas they called Zeus\, and Paul\, because he was the chief speaker\, th
 ey called Hermes. And the priest of Zeus\, whose temple was in front of the
  city\, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrific
 e with the people. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it\, th
 ey tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude\, crying\, "Men\,
  why are you doing this? We also are men\, of like nature with you\, and br
 ing you good news\, that you should turn from these vain things to a living
  God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
  In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways\;
  yet he did not leave himself without witness\, for he did good and gave yo
 u from heaven rains and fruitful seasons\, satisfying your hearts with food
  and gladness." With these words they scarcely restrained the people from o
 ffering sacrifice to them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:14-30\n\nAbout the m
 iddle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. The Jews marve
 led at it saying\, "How is it that this man has learning\, when he has neve
 r studied?" So Jesus answered them\, "My teaching is not mine\, but his who
  sent me\; if any man's will is to do his will\, he shall know whether the 
 teacher is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. He who sp
 eaks on his own authority seeks his own glory\; but he who seeks the glory 
 of him who sent him is true\, and in him there is not falsehood. Did not Mo
 ses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kil
 l me?" The people answered\, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?
 " Jesus answered them\, "I did one deed\, and you all marvel at it. Moses g
 ave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses\, but from the fathers)\, a
 nd you circumcise a man upon the sabbath. If on the sabbath a man receives 
 circumcision\, so that the law of Moses may not be broken\, are you angry w
 ith me because on the sabbath I made a man's whole body well? Do not judge 
 by appearances\, but judge with right judgment."\n \nSome of the people of 
 Jerusalem therefore said\, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And
  here he is\, speaking openly\, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that
  the authorities really know that this is the Christ? Yet we know where thi
 s man comes from\; and when the Christ appears\, no one will know where he 
 comes from." So Jesus proclaimed\, as he taught in the temple\, "You know m
 e\, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord\; 
 he who sent me is true\, and him you do not know. I know him\, for I come f
 rom him\, and he sent me." So they sought to arrest him\; but no one laid h
 ands on him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190306
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/5/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Conon the Gardener\, Mark the Ascetic\, Righteous Father Mark of Athens\
 , John the Bulgarian\, Mark the Faster\, Parthenios the New Martyr who cont
 ested in Didymoteichos\, George the New-Martyr of Rapsani\, Eulogios the Ma
 rtyr\, Eulabios the Martyr\, Conon the Isaurian\, Archelaos the Martyr of E
 gypt\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Jude's First Universal Letter 1:1-10\n\nJude\, a servant of Jesus Christ\
 , and brother of James\,\n \nTo those who are called\, beloved in God the F
 ather and kept for Jesus Christ:\n \nMay mercy\, peace\, and love be multip
 lied to you.\n \nBeloved\, being very eager to write to you of our common s
 alvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for th
 e faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.  For admission has 
 been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemna
 tion\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness
  and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n \nNow I desire to re
 mind you\, though you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord save
 d a people out of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not
  believe.  And the angels that did not keep their own position but left the
 ir proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gl
 oom until the judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and th
 e surrounding cities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnat
 ural lust\, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
 \n \nYet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, rej
 ect authority\, and revile the glorious ones.  But when the archangel Micha
 el\, contending with the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did 
 not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lor
 d rebuke you."  But these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and 
 by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are
  destroyed. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 22:39-42\, 45-71\; 23:1\n\nAt that t
 ime\, when Jesus came out\, he went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of O
 lives\; and the disciples followed him.  And when he came to the place he s
 aid to them\, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation."  And he withdr
 ew from them about a stone's throw\, and knelt down and prayed\, "Father\, 
 if you are willing\, remove this cup from me\; nevertheless not my will\, b
 ut yours\, be done."  And when he rose from prayer\, he came to the discipl
 es and found them sleeping for sorrow\, and he said to them\, "Why do you s
 leep?  Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."\n \nWhile he 
 was still speaking\, there came a crowd\, and the man called Judas\, one of
  the twelve\, was leading them.  He drew near to Jesus to kiss him\; but Je
 sus said to him\, "Judas\, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"  A
 nd when those who were about him saw what would follow\, they said\, "Lord\
 , shall we strike with the sword?"  And one of them struck the slave of the
  high priest and cut off his right ear.  But Jesus said\, "No more of this!
 "  And he touched his ear and healed him.  Then Jesus said to the chief pri
 ests and officers of the temple and elders\, who had come out against him\,
  "Have you come out as against a robber\, with swords and clubs?  When I wa
 s with you day after day in the temple\, you did not lay hands on me.  But 
 this is your hour\, and the power of darkness."\n \nThen they seized him an
 d led him away\, bringing him into the high priest's house.  Peter followed
  at a distance\; and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the cour
 tyard and sat down together\, Peter sat among them.  Then a maid\, seeing h
 im as he sat in the light and gazing at him\, said\, "This man also was wit
 h him."  But he denied it\, saying "Woman\, I do not know him."  And a litt
 le later someone else saw him and said\, "You also are one of them."  But P
 eter said\, "Man\, I am not."  And after an interval of about an hour still
  another insisted\, saying\, "Certainly this man also was with him\; for he
  is a Galilean."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I do not know what you are saying
 ."  And immediately\, while he was still speaking\, the cock crowed.  And t
 he Lord turned and looked at Peter.  And Peter remembered the word of the L
 ord\, how he had said to him\, "Before the cock crows today\, you will deny
  me three times."  And he went out and wept bitterly.\n \nNow the men who w
 ere holding Jesus mocked him and beat him\; they also blindfolded him and a
 sked him\, "Prophesy!  Who is it that struck you?"  And they spoke many oth
 er words against him\, reviling him.\n \nWhen day came\, the assembly of th
 e elders of the people gathered together\, both chief priests and scribes\;
  and they led him away to their council\, and they said\, "If you are the C
 hrist\, tell us."  But he said to them\, "If I tell you\, you will not beli
 eve\; and if I ask you\, you will not answer.  But from now on the Son of m
 an shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God."  And they all sa
 id\, "Are you the Son of God\, then?"  And he said to them\, "You say that 
 I am."  And they said\, "What further testimony do we need?  We have heard 
 it ourselves from his own lips."\n \nThen the whole company of them arose\,
  and brought him before Pilate.\n \n\n
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 s: Babylas the Holy Martyr\, Moses the Prophet & Godseer\, Our Righteous Fa
 ther Anthimus of Coroucle in Cephallenia\, Hermione the Martyr\, daughter o
 f St. Philip the Deacon\, Anthimos the new ascetic\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:21\; 3:1-7\n\nBrethren\, I do not null
 ify the grace of God\; for if justification were through the law\, then Chr
 ist died to no purpose. O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you\, before
  whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? Let me ask yo
 u only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law\, or by hearing
  with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit\, are you now
  ending with the flesh? Did you experience so many things in vain? - if it 
 really is in vain. Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracle
 s among you do so by works of the law\, or by hearing with faith? Thus Abra
 ham "believed God\, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." So you se
 e that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Mark 6:1-7\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own country\; and his disci
 ples followed him. And on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue\; 
 and many who heard him were astonished\, saying\, "Where did this man get a
 ll this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by 
 his hands! Is not this the carpenter\, the son of Mary and brother of James
  and Joses and Judas and Simon\, and are not his sisters here with us?" And
  they took offense at him. And Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not witho
 ut honor\, except in his own country\, and among his own kin\, and in his o
 wn house." And he could do no mighty work there\, except that he laid his h
 ands upon a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of the
 ir unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching. And he called t
 o him the twelve\, and began to send them out two by two\, and gave them au
 thority over the unclean spirits.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska & First Saint of America\, The Holy 
 Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of Greate
 r Armenia\, Lucia the Virgin-martyr\, Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop 
 of Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to 
 Timothy 4:9-22\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, do your best to come to me soon. For D
 emas\, in love with this present world\, has deserted me and gone to Thessa
 lonica\; Crescens has gone to Galatia\, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is wi
 th me. Get Mark and bring him with you\; for he is very useful in serving m
 e. Tychicos I have sent to Ephesos. When you come\, bring the cloak that I 
 left with Carpos at Troas\, also the books\, and above all the parchments. 
 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm\; the Lord will requite him for
  his deeds. Beware of him yourself\, for he strongly opposed our message. A
 t my first defense no one took my part\; all deserted me. May it not be cha
 rged against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclai
 m the message fully\, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued
  from the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me
  for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n
 Greet Prisca and Aquila\, and the household of Onesiphoros. Erastos remaine
 d at Corinth\; Trophimos I left ill at Miletos. Do your best to come before
  winter. Eubulos sends greetings to you\, as do Pudens and Linos and Claudi
 a and all the brethren.\n\nThe Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
  Amen.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:30-34\n\nAt that time\, Jesus charged h
 is disciples to tell no one about him\, that he is the Christ. And he began
  to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things\, and be rejecte
 d by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes\, and be killed\, and
  after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him\
 , and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples\, he rebuke
 d Peter\, and said\, "Get behind me\, Satan! For you are not on the side of
  God\, but of men." And he called to him the multitude with his disciples\,
  and said to them\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself 
 and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n\n
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 ts: Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\, Manuel the New Martyr of Crete\, 
 Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bishop of Britain\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 3:1-14\n\n For\, behold\, the Lord\, th
 e Lord of hosts\, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and sta
 ff\, the whole stay of bread\, and the whole stay of water\; the mighty man
  and the soldier\, the judge and the prophet\, the diviner and the elder\, 
 the captain of fifty and the man of rank\, the counselor and the skillful m
 agician and the expert in charms.  And I will make boys their princes\, and
  babes shall rule over them.  And the people will oppress one another\, eve
 ry man his fellow and every man his neighbor\; the youth will be insolent t
 o the elder\, and the base fellow to the honorable.\n \nWhen a man takes ho
 ld of his brother in the house of his father\, saying:  "You have a mantle\
 ; you shall be our leader\, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule
 "\; in that day he will speak out\, saying:  "I will not be a healer\; in m
 y house there is neither bread nor mantle\; you shall not make me leader of
  the people."  For Jerusalem has stumbled\, and Judah has fallen\; because 
 their speech and their deeds are against the Lord\, defying his glorious pr
 esence.\n \nTheir partiality witnesses against them\; they proclaim their s
 in like Sodom\, they do not hide it.  Woe to them!  For they have brought e
 vil upon themselves.  Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them\, 
 for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.  Woe to the wicked!  It shall 
 be ill with him\, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.  My pe
 ople -- children are their oppressors\, and women rule over them.  O my peo
 ple\, your leaders mislead you\, and confuse the course of your paths.\n \n
 The Lord has taken his place to contend\, he stands to judge his people.  T
 he Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people:  "I
 t is you who have devoured the vineyard\, the spoil of the poor is in your 
 houses."\n \n\nGenesis 2:20-3:20\n\n The man gave names to all cattle\, and
  to the birds of the air\, and to every beast of the field\; but for the ma
 n there was not found a helper fit for him.  So the Lord God caused a deep 
 sleep to fall upon the man\, and while he slept took one of his ribs and cl
 osed up its place with flesh\; and the rib which the Lord God had taken fro
 m the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.  Then the man sa
 id\, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; she shall be
  called Woman\, because she was taken out of Man."  Therefore a man leaves 
 his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife\, and they become one fle
 sh.  And the man and his wife were both naked\, and were not ashamed.\n \nN
 ow the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord G
 od had made.  He said to the woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall not eat of a
 ny tree of the garden'?"  And the woman said to the serpent\, "We may eat o
 f the fruit of the trees of the garden\; but God said\, 'You shall not eat 
 of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden\, neither shal
 l you touch it\, lest you die.'"  But the serpent said to the woman\, "You 
 will not die.  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be open
 ed\, and you will be like God\, knowing good and evil."  So when the woman 
 saw that the tree was good for food\, and that it was a delight to the eyes
 \, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise\, she took of its f
 ruit and ate\; and she also gave some to her husband\, and he ate.  Then th
 e eyes of both were opened\, and they knew that they were naked\; and they 
 sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.\n \nAnd they heard th
 e sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day\, and 
 the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among
  the trees of the garden.  But the Lord God called to the man\, and said to
  him\, "Where are you?"  And he said\, "I heard the sound of thee in the ga
 rden\, and I was afraid\, because I was naked\; and I hid myself."  He said
 \, "Who told you that you were naked?  Have you eaten of the tree of which 
 I commanded you not to eat?"  The man said\, "The woman whom thou gavest to
  be with me\, she gave me fruit of the tree\, and I ate."  Then the Lord Go
 d said to the woman\, "What is this that you have done?"  The woman said\, 
 "The serpent beguiled me\, and I ate."  The Lord God said to the serpent\, 
 "Because you have done this\, cursed are you above all cattle\, and above a
 ll wild animals\; upon your belly you shall go\, and dust you shall eat all
  the days of your life.  I will put enmity between you and the woman\, and 
 between your seed and her seed\; he shall bruise your head\, and you shall 
 bruise his heel."  To the woman he said\, "I will greatly multiply your pai
 n in childbearing\; in pain you shall bring forth children\, yet your desir
 e shall be for your husband\, and he shall rule over you."  And to Adam he 
 said\, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife\, and have eate
 n of the tree of which I commanded you\, 'You shall not eat of it\,' cursed
  is the ground because of you\; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of
  your life\; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you\; and you shal
 l eat the plants of the field.  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bre
 ad till you return to the ground\, for out of it you were taken\; you are d
 ust\, and to dust you shall return."\n \nThe man called his wife's name Eve
 \, because she was the mother of all living.\n \n\nProverbs 3:19-34\n\nThe 
 Lord by wisdom founded the earth\; by understanding he established the heav
 ens\; by his knowledge the deeps broke forth\, and the clouds drop down the
  dew.\n \nMy son\, keep sound wisdom and discretion\; let them not escape f
 rom your sight\, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your
  neck.  Then you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stum
 ble.  If you sit down\, you will not be afraid\; when you lie down\, your s
 leep will be sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden panic\, or of the ruin of t
 he wicked\, when it comes\; for the Lord will be your confidence and will k
 eep your foot from being caught.  Do not withhold good from those to whom i
 t is due\, when it is in your power to do it.\n \nDo not say to your neighb
 or\, "Go\, and come again\, tomorrow I will give it" -- when you have it wi
 th you.  Do not plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly besid
 e you.  Do not contend with a man for no reason\, when he has done you no h
 arm.  Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways\; for
  the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord\, but the upright are in hi
 s confidence.  The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked\, but he bles
 ses the abode of the righteous.  Toward the scorners he is scornful\, but t
 o the humble he shows favor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel R
 eading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who 
 will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the sy
 nagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors f
 or my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it
  therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I
  will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be 
 able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents a
 nd brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to deat
 h\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your hea
 d will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid vi
 olent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the broth
 er of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he p
 roceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread
 . And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to 
 four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to brin
 g him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer f
 or him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod was abou
 t to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with t
 wo chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; and beh
 old\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; and h
 e struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And th
 e chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle 
 around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did not kn
 ow that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a v
 ision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to t
 he iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, a
 nd they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediately the ang
 el left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the
  Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all
  that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\;
  16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one 
 another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hate
 d you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; but becau
 se you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore 
 the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is 
 not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute 
 you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they 
 will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  I
 f I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now the
 y have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If 
 I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they would not 
 have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is t
 o fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a 
 cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from t
 he Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he wi
 ll bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been 
 with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from f
 alling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour i
 s coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\
 n\n
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 sts: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:12-26\nBrethren\, just as the body 
 is one and has many members\, and all the members of the body\, though many
 \, are one body\, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all bapti
 zed into one body - Jews or Greeks\, slaves or free - and all were made to 
 drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of man
 y. If the foot should say\, "because I am not a hand\, I do not belong to t
 he body\," that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole
  body were an eye\, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an e
 ar\, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is\, God arranged the org
 ans in the body\, each one of them\, as he chose. If all were a single orga
 n\, where would the body be? As it is\, there are many parts\, yet one body
 . The eye cannot say to the hand\, "I have no need of you\," nor again the 
 head to the feet\, "I have no need of you." On the contrary\, the parts of 
 the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable\, and those parts of the
  body which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor\, and 
 our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty\, which our presen
 table parts do not require. But God has so composed the body\, giving the g
 reater honor to the inferior part\, that there may be no discord in the bod
 y\, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one mem
 ber suffers\, all suffer together\; if one member is honored\, all rejoice 
 together.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13-15\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth sha
 ll be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in 
 heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything th
 ey ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or 
 three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\nThen P
 eter came up and said to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my brother sin again
 st me\, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him\, "I 
 do not say to you seven times\, but seventy times seven."\n\nNow when Jesus
  had finished these sayings\, he went away from Galilee and entered the reg
 ion of Judea beyond the Jordan\; and large crowds followed him\, and he hea
 led them there.\n\nThen children were brought to him that he might lay his 
 hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people\; but Jesus said\,
  "Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belong
 s the kingdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them and went away.\n\n
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 ts: Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\, Manuel the New Martyr of Crete\, 
 Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bishop of Britain\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 28:14-22\n\n Thus says the LORD\, you s
 coffers\, who rule this people in Jerusalem!  Because you have said\, "We h
 ave made a covenant with death\, and with Sheol we have an agreement\; when
  the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us\; for we ha
 ve made lies our refuge\, and in falsehood we have taken shelter"\; therefo
 re thus says the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion for a foundation 
 a stone\, a tested stone\, a precious cornerstone\, of a sure foundation: '
 He who believes will not be in haste.'  And I will make justice the line\, 
 and righteousness the plummet\; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
 \, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."  Then your covenant with death w
 ill be annulled\, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand\; when the o
 verwhelming scourge passes through you will be beaten down by it.  As often
  as it passes through it will take you\; for morning by morning it will pas
 s through\, by day and by night\; and it will be sheer terror to understand
  the message.  For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it\, and the 
 covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.  For the LORD will rise up as on
  Mount Perazim\, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon\; to do his de
 ed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work!  Now th
 erefore do not scoff\, lest your bonds be made strong\; for I have heard a 
 decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts upon the whole land.\n \n\
 nGenesis 10:32-11:9\n\n These are the families of the sons of Noah\, accord
 ing to their genealogies\, in their nations\; and from these the nations sp
 read abroad on the earth after the flood.  Now the whole earth had one lang
 uage and few words.  And as men migrated from the east\, they found a plain
  in the land of Shinar and settled there.  And they said to one another\, "
 Come\, let us make bricks\, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick f
 or stone\, and bitumen for mortar.  Then they said\, "Come\, let us build o
 urselves a city\, and a tower with its top in the heavens\, and let us make
  a name for ourselves\, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the wh
 ole earth."  And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower\, which t
 he sons of men had built.  And the LORD said\, "Behold\, they are one peopl
 e\, and they have all one language\; and this is only the beginning of what
  they will do\; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible 
 for them.  Come\, let us go down\, and there confuse their language\, that 
 they may not understand one another's speech."  So the LORD scattered them 
 abroad from there over the face of all the earth\, and they left off buildi
 ng the city.  Therefore its name was called Babel\, because there the LORD 
 confused the language of all the earth\; and from there the LORD scattered 
 them abroad over the face of all the earth.\n \n\nProverbs 13:19-14:6\n\nA 
 desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul\; but to turn away from evil is an ab
 omination to fools.  He who walks with wise men becomes wise\, but the comp
 anion of fools will suffer harm.  Misfortune pursues sinners\, but prosperi
 ty rewards the righteous.  A good man leaves an inheritance to his children
 's children\, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.  The fa
 llow ground of the poor yields much food\, but it is swept away through inj
 ustice.  He who spares the rod hates his son\, but he who loves him is dili
 gent to discipline him.  The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite\,
  but the belly of the wicked suffers want.  Wisdom builds her house\, but f
 olly with her own hands tears it down.  He who walks in uprightness fears t
 he LORD\, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.  The talk of a fo
 ol is a rod for his back\, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.  Wh
 ere there are no oxen\, there is no grain\; but abundant crops come by the 
 strength of the ox.  A faithful witness does not lie\, but a false witness 
 breathes out lies.  A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain\, but knowledge is easy 
 for a man of understanding.\n \n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170917
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/16/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\, Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apost
 le\, Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\, Melitina the Martyr\, Afterfeast of th
 e Holy Cross\, Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\, Edith the Nun of Wilton
  Abbey\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 
 6:1-10\n\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to acce
 pt the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I have l
 istened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is t
 he acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstac
 le in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, but
  as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endura
 nce\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, 
 tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\
 , kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the pow
 er of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for th
 e left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are trea
 ted as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as 
 dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowfu
 l\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothi
 ng\, and yet possessing everything.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\n\nTh
 e Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me
  and die in your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the J
 ews\, "Will he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you canno
 t come'? " He said to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you ar
 e of this world\, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in 
 your sins\, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he."
  They said to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have t
 old you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge\
 ; but he who sent me is true\, and I declare to the world what I have heard
  from him." They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So
  Jesus said\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know 
 that I am he\, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as 
 the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me al
 one\, for I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many bel
 ieved in him.\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181016
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\, Savinos the Bishop of Catania\, Barsus 
 the Confessor\, Euthymios the New\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to the Philippians 4:10-23\n\nBrethren\, I rejoice in the Lord greatly tha
 t now at length you have revived your concern for me\; you were indeed conc
 erned for me\, but you had no opportunity. Not that I complain of want\; fo
 r I have learned\, in whatever state I am\, to be content. I know how to be
  abased\, and I know how to abound\; in any and all circumstances I have le
 arned the secret of facing plenty and hunger\, abundance and want. I can do
  all things in him who strengthens me. Yet it was kind of you to share my t
 rouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the go
 spel\, when I left Macedonia\, no church entered into partnership with me i
 n giving and receiving except you only\; for even in Thessalonica you sent 
 me help once and again. Not that I seek the gift\; but I seek the fruit whi
 ch increases to your credit. I have received full payment\, and more\; I am
  filled\, having received from Epaphroditos the gifts you sent\, a fragrant
  offering\, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will sup
 ply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. T
 o our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Greet every saint in
  Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. All the saints greet
  you\, especially those of Caesar's household. The grace of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:18-22\n\nAt t
 hat time\, it happened that as Jesus was praying alone the disciples were w
 ith him\; and he asked them\, "Who do the people say that I am?" And they a
 nswered\, "John the Baptist\; but others say\, Elijah\; and others\, that o
 ne of the old prophets has risen." And he said to them\, "But who do you sa
 y that I am?" And Peter answered\, "The Christ of God." But he charged and 
 commanded them to tell this to no one\, saying\, "The Son of man must suffe
 r many things\, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes
 \, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/9/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\, 3 Virgin-martyrs of Chios\, 5 Nuns beh
 eaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha\, Mary\, & Enmatha\, Righteous
  Father Columba of Iona\, Righteous Father Cyril of Belozersk\n\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18\, 28-36\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul ha
 d decided to sail past Ephesos\, so that he might not have to spend time in
  Asia\; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day 
 of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the eld
 ers of the church. And when they came to him\, he said to them: "Take heed 
 to yourselves and to all the flock\, in which the Holy Spirit has made you 
 overseers\, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood 
 of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in a
 mong you\, not sparing the flock\; and from among your own selves will aris
 e men speaking perverse things\, to draw away the disciples after them. The
 refore be alert\, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or
  day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to 
 the word of his grace\, which is able to build you up and to give you the i
 nheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or
  gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my nec
 essities\, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you th
 at by so toiling one must help the weak\, remembering the words of the Lord
  Jesus\, how he said\, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And 
 when he had spoken thus\, he knelt down and prayed with them all. \n \n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 17:1-13\n\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to he
 aven and said\, "Father\, the hour has come\; glorify your Son that the Son
  may glorify you\, since you have given him power over all flesh\, to give 
 eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life\, tha
 t they know you the only true God\, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I 
 glorified you on earth\, having accomplished the work which you gave me to 
 do\; and now\, Father\, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory 
 which I had with you before the world was made.\n \n"I have manifested your
  name to the men whom you gave me out of the world\; yours they were\, and 
 you gave them to me\, and they have kept your word. Now they know that ever
 ything that you have given me is from you\; for I have given them the words
  which you gave me\, and they have received them and know in truth that I c
 ame from you\; and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying fo
 r them\; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given m
 e\, for they are mine\; all mine are yours\, and yours are mine\, and I am 
 glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world\, but they are in the 
 world\, and I am coming to you. Holy Father\, keep them in your name\, whic
 h you have given me\, that they may be one\, even as we are one. While I wa
 s with them\, I kept them in your name\, which you have given me\; I have g
 uarded them\, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition\, that the 
 scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you\; and these things
  I speak in the world\, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."
 \n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190601
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/31/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Hermias the Martyr at Comana\, Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs
 \, Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allow
 ed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:5-12\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, s
 ome believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up\, and said
 \, "it is necessary to circumcise them\, and to charge them to keep the law
  of Moses." The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider 
 this matter. And after there had been much debate\, Peter rose and said to 
 them\, "Brethren\, you know that in the early days God made choice among yo
 u\, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and be
 lieve. And God who knows the heart bore witness to them\, giving them the H
 oly Spirit just as he did to us\; and he made no distinction between us and
  them\, but cleansed their hearts by faith. Now therefore why do you make t
 rial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither 
 our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we shall be 
 saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus\, just as they will." And all the
  assembly kept silence\; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they rel
 ated what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. \
 n \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:17-28\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came t
 o him\, "For this reason the Father loves me\, because I lay down my life\,
  that I may take it again. No one takes it from me\, but I lay it down of m
 y own accord. I have power to lay it down\, and I have power to take it aga
 in\; this charge I have received from my Father." \n \nThere was again a di
 vision among the Jews because of these words. Many of them said\, "He has a
  demon\, and he is mad\; why listen to him?" Others said\, "These are not t
 he sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
 \n \nIt was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem\; it was winter\, and 
 Jesus was walking in the temple\, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews ga
 thered round him and said to him\, "How long will you keep us in suspense? 
 If you are the Christ\, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them\, "I told you
 \, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name\, they b
 ear witness to me\; but you do not believe\, because you do not belong to m
 y sheep. My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; an
 d I give them eternal life."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200430
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian\; Argyra the 
 New Martyr\; Clement the Hymnographer\; Erconwald\, Bishop of London\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the kin
 g laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James 
 the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Je
 ws\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleave
 ned Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivere
 d him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passove
 r to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest
  prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod
  was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bou
 nd with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\
 ; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cel
 l\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly
 ." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap you
 r mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he d
 id not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was s
 eeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they 
 came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own a
 ccord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediatel
 y the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure
  that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and
  from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9
 :1-6\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power a
 nd authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and he sent them out to
  preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them\, "Take nothing
  for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; and do not
  have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, stay there\, and from ther
 e depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, when you leave that town s
 hake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." And they dep
 arted and went through the villages\, preaching the gospel and healing ever
 ywhere.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200308
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wr
 ought by Saint Theodore the Tyro\; The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Ba
 sileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius
 \; Lavrentios of Megara\, the Righteous\; Paul the Simple\n\nFast Day (Wine
  and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2
 :1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, 
 and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful m
 en who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good sold
 ier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursu
 its\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is n
 ot crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking
  farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I s
 ay\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember J
 esus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in m
 y gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a c
 riminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything
  for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ 
 Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they made their
  way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said t
 o him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And
  he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in nee
 d and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house
  of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence
 \, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it
  to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made 
 for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of the s
 abbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who had a 
 withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him on 
 the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man who ha
 d the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on 
 the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they 
 were silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at their ha
 rdness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was
  restored.\n\n
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  wrought by Saint Theodore the Tyro
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171026
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\, Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\, Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Col
 ossians 1:18-23\n\nBrethren\, Christ is the head of the body\, the church\;
  he is the beginning\, the first-born from the dead\, that in everything he
  might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwe
 ll\, and through him to reconcile to himself all things\, whether on earth 
 or in heaven\, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you\, who once w
 ere estranged and hostile in mind\, doing evil deeds\, he has now reconcile
 d in his body of flesh by his death\, in order to present you holy and blam
 eless and irreproachable before him\, provided that you continue in the fig
 ht\, stable and steadfast\, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which 
 you heard\, which has been preached to every creature under heaven\, and of
  which I\, Paul\, became a minister.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:9-13\n\nT
 he Lord said to his disciples\, "Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, an
 d you will find\; knock\, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who as
 ks receives\, and he who seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be ope
 ned. What father among you\, if his son asks for bread\, will give him a st
 one\; or if he asks for a fish\, will instead of a fish give him a serpent\
 ; or if he asks for an egg\, will give him a scorpion? If you then\, who ar
 e evil\, know how to give good gifts to your children\, how much more will 
 the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190720
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/19/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\, Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\,
  Translation of the Holy Relics of Righteous Seraphim of Sarov\, Saint Theo
 dore\, Bishop of Edessa\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to the Romans 16:1-16\n\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\
 , a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the 
 Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in whatever she may require from y
 ou\, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca 
 and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for
  my life\, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles giv
 e thanks\; greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos
 \, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worke
 d hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow pr
 isoners\; they are men of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ
  before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our f
 ellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is app
 roved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet
  my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of N
 arcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet t
 he beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent 
 in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes
 \, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos
 \, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are
  with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ 
 greet you.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:3-9\n\nThe Lord said this parabl
 e\, "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed\, some seeds fell along the p
 ath\, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky groun
 d\, where they had not much soil\, and immediately they sprang up\, since t
 hey had no depth of soil\, but when the sun rose they were scorched\; and s
 ince they had no root they withered away. Other seeds fell upon thorns\, an
 d the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and bro
 ught forth grain\, some a hundredfold\, some sixty\, some thirty. He who ha
 s ears to hear\, let him hear."\n  \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190712
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190713
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/12/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\, Our Holy Father Michael of Mal
 einus\, Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic\, Paisios the 
 Athonite\, Veronica\, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by J
 esus\, Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 11:25-36\n\nBrethren\, lest yo
 u be wise in your own conceits\, I want you to understand this mystery: a h
 ardening has come upon part of Israel\, until the full number of Gentiles c
 ome in\, and so all Israel will be saved\; as it is written\, "The Delivere
 r will come from Zion\, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"\; "and this 
 will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins." As regards the 
 gospel they are enemies of God\, for your sake\; but as regards election th
 ey are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the cal
 l of God are irrevocable. Just as you were once disobedient to God but now 
 have received mercy because of their disobedience\, so they have now been d
 isobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive me
 rcy. For God has consigned all men to disobedience\, that he may have mercy
  upon all. O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How u
 nsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has kn
 own the mind of the Lord\, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has give
 n a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and 
 to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 12:1-8\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went through the grain fields on th
 e sabbath\; his disciples were hungry\, and they began to pluck heads of gr
 ain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it\, they said to him\, "Look\, 
 your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath." He said 
 to them\, "Have you not read what David did\, when he was hungry\, and thos
 e who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of t
 he Presence\, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were
  with him\, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how o
 n the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath\, and are guilt
 less? I tell you\, something greater than the temple is here. And if you ha
 d known what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice\,' you would 
 not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath
 ."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/14/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Aristarchus\, Pudens\, Trophimus the Apostles of the 70\, Thomais the M
 artyr of Alexandria\, Ardalion the Actor and Martyr\, Demetrios the New-Mar
 tyr of Arcadia\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 3:11
 -16\n\nIn those days\, while the healed lame man clung to Peter and John\, 
 all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's\, astou
 nded. And when Peter saw it he addressed the people\, "Men of Israel\, why 
 do you wonder at this\, or why do you stare at us\, as though by our own po
 wer or piety we had made him walk? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of J
 acob\, the God of our fathers\, glorified his servant Jesus\, whom you deli
 vered up and denied in the presence of Pilate\, when he had decided to rele
 ase him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One\, and asked for a murder
 er to be granted to you\, and killed the Author of life\, whom God raised f
 rom the dead. To this we are witnesses. And his name\, by faith in his name
 \, has made this man strong whom you see and know\; and the faith which is 
 through him has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you al
 l."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\n\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disci
 ples went into the land of Judea\; there He remained with them and baptized
 .  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much wat
 er there\; and people came and were baptized.  For John had not yet been pu
 t in prison.\n \nNow a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew 
 over purifying.  And they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he who 
 was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, ba
 ptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive a
 nything except what is given him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me witne
 ss\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.  
 He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, who
  stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; theref
 ore this joy of mine is now full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease.\
 n \n"He who comes from above is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs 
 to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is abo
 ve all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no one receiv
 es his testimony\; he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this\, th
 at God is true."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\, Marinos the Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11\, 14-18\n\nBrethren\, conduct yoursel
 ves wisely toward outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let your speech 
 always be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know how you ough
 t to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs\; he is 
 a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I h
 ave sent him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know how we are an
 d that he may encourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful 
 and beloved brother\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of every
 thing that has taken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and
  Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instruction
 s if he comes to you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These
  are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingd
 om of God\, and they have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician 
 and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and to
  Nympha and the church in her house. And when this letter has been read amo
 ng you\, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans\; and see that y
 ou read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you
  fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, writ
 e this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. A
 men.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\,
  "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he wh
 o rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, sayi
 ng\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said t
 o them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have give
 n you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the pow
 er of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice i
 n this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names 
 are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit an
 d said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have h
 idden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to bab
 es\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Thursday after Pascha\; Commemoration of the Precious Cross that a
 ppeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.\; Akakios the Centurion of By
 zantium\; Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Pachomios the New Martyr of Pat
 mos\; Repose of St. Nilus\, abbot of Sora\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the A
 postles 26:1\, 12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have
  permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and ma
 de his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission 
 of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from he
 aven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed wit
 h me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to 
 me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurt
 s you to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And th
 e Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon
  your feet\; for I have appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you t
 o serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me and to tho
 se in which I will appear to you\, delivering you from the people and from 
 the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, that they may turn fro
 m darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\, that they may rece
 ive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith
  in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenl
 y vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and 
 throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they 
 should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.
 " \n\nGospel Reading: John 6:40-44\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed 
 in him: "This is the will of my Father\, that every one who sees the Son an
 d believes in him should have eternal life\; and I will raise him up at the
  last day." The Jews then murmured at him\, because he said\, "I am the bre
 ad which came down from heaven." They said\, "Is not this Jesus\, the son o
 f Joseph\, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say\, 'I have c
 ome down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them\, "Do not murmur among yourselv
 es. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him\; and I w
 ill raise him up at the last day."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191104
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/04/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joannicius the Great\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra
 \, and Hermias the Presbyter\; Porphyrios the Mime\; Emperor John Batatze\,
  the Merciful\; George Karslidis of Pontos\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Philippians 4:10-23\nBrethren\, I rejoice in the Lord greatly 
 that now at length you have revived your concern for me\; you were indeed c
 oncerned for me\, but you had no opportunity. Not that I complain of want\;
  for I have learned\, in whatever state I am\, to be content. I know how to
  be abased\, and I know how to abound\; in any and all circumstances I have
  learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger\, abundance and want. I can
  do all things in him who strengthens me. Yet it was kind of you to share m
 y trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the
  gospel\, when I left Macedonia\, no church entered into partnership with m
 e in giving and receiving except you only\; for even in Thessalonica you se
 nt me help once and again. Not that I seek the gift\; but I seek the fruit 
 which increases to your credit. I have received full payment\, and more\; I
  am filled\, having received from Epaphroditos the gifts you sent\, a fragr
 ant offering\, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will 
 supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus
 . To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Greet every saint
  in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. All the saints gr
 eet you\, especially those of Caesar's household. The grace of the Lord Jes
 us Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:13-15\, 22-
 31\nAt that time\, while Jesus was teaching\, one of the multitude said to 
 him\, "Teacher\, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me." But he sai
 d to him\, "Man\, who made me a judge or divider over you?" And he said to 
 them\, "Take heed\, and beware of all covetousness\; for a man's life does 
 not consist in the abundance of his possessions. Therefore I tell you\, do 
 not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat\, nor about your body\,
  what you shall put on. For life is more than food\, and the body more than
  clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap\, they have neith
 er storehouse nor barn\, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are
  you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to h
 is span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that\, 
 why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies\, how they grow\; t
 hey neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory 
 was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass which is
  alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, how much m
 ore will he clothe you\, O men of little faith! And do not seek what you ar
 e to eat and what you are to drink\, nor be of anxious mind. For all the na
 tions of the world seek these things\; and your Father knows that you need 
 them. Instead\, seek his kingdom\, and these things shall be yours as well.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/13/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Martinian of Palestine\, Aquilla & Priscilla the Apostles\, Eulogios\, 
 Patriarch of Alexandria\, Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Dai
 ry\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's First Univer
 sal Letter 1:1-10\n\nJude\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of Jame
 s\,\n \nTo those who are called\, beloved in God the Father and kept for Je
 sus Christ:\n \nMay mercy\, peace\, and love be multiplied to you.\n \nBelo
 ved\, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation\, I found it
  necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was onc
 e for all delivered to the saints.  For admission has been secretly gained 
 by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation\, ungodly person
 s who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the only Ma
 ster and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n \nNow I desire to remind you\, though you
  were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord saved a people out of the
  land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.  And the an
 gels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling ha
 ve been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgmen
 t of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities\
 , which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust\, serve as 
 an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.\n \nYet in like mann
 er these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reject authority\, and r
 evile the glorious ones.  But when the archangel Michael\, contending with 
 the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did not presume to pronou
 nce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord rebuke you."  But t
 hese men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by those things that 
 they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are destroyed. \n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 22:39-42\, 45-71\; 23:1\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus came
  out\, he went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disci
 ples followed him.  And when he came to the place he said to them\, "Pray t
 hat you may not enter into temptation."  And he withdrew from them about a 
 stone's throw\, and knelt down and prayed\, "Father\, if you are willing\, 
 remove this cup from me\; nevertheless not my will\, but yours\, be done." 
  And when he rose from prayer\, he came to the disciples and found them sle
 eping for sorrow\, and he said to them\, "Why do you sleep?  Rise and pray 
 that you may not enter into temptation."\n \nWhile he was still speaking\, 
 there came a crowd\, and the man called Judas\, one of the twelve\, was lea
 ding them.  He drew near to Jesus to kiss him\; but Jesus said to him\, "Ju
 das\, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"  And when those who wer
 e about him saw what would follow\, they said\, "Lord\, shall we strike wit
 h the sword?"  And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut 
 off his right ear.  But Jesus said\, "No more of this!"  And he touched his
  ear and healed him.  Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of 
 the temple and elders\, who had come out against him\, "Have you come out a
 s against a robber\, with swords and clubs?  When I was with you day after 
 day in the temple\, you did not lay hands on me.  But this is your hour\, a
 nd the power of darkness."\n \nThen they seized him and led him away\, brin
 ging him into the high priest's house.  Peter followed at a distance\; and 
 when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down to
 gether\, Peter sat among them.  Then a maid\, seeing him as he sat in the l
 ight and gazing at him\, said\, "This man also was with him."  But he denie
 d it\, saying "Woman\, I do not know him."  And a little later someone else
  saw him and said\, "You also are one of them."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I 
 am not."  And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted\, s
 aying\, "Certainly this man also was with him\; for he is a Galilean."  But
  Peter said\, "Man\, I do not know what you are saying."  And immediately\,
  while he was still speaking\, the cock crowed.  And the Lord turned and lo
 oked at Peter.  And Peter remembered the word of the Lord\, how he had said
  to him\, "Before the cock crows today\, you will deny me three times."  An
 d he went out and wept bitterly.\n \nNow the men who were holding Jesus moc
 ked him and beat him\; they also blindfolded him and asked him\, "Prophesy!
   Who is it that struck you?"  And they spoke many other words against him\
 , reviling him.\n \nWhen day came\, the assembly of the elders of the peopl
 e gathered together\, both chief priests and scribes\; and they led him awa
 y to their council\, and they said\, "If you are the Christ\, tell us."  Bu
 t he said to them\, "If I tell you\, you will not believe\; and if I ask yo
 u\, you will not answer.  But from now on the Son of man shall be seated at
  the right hand of the power of God."  And they all said\, "Are you the Son
  of God\, then?"  And he said to them\, "You say that I am."  And they said
 \, "What further testimony do we need?  We have heard it ourselves from his
  own lips."\n \nThen the whole company of them arose\, and brought him befo
 re Pilate.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\, Symeon the New 
 Theologian\, Martin the Merciful\, Bishop of Tours\, Cosmas the Hymnographe
 r\, Bishop of Maiuma\, Domnina the Martyr\, Wilfrid of York\n\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:20-27\n\nBrethren\, I shall
  not be at all ashamed\, but that with full courage now as always Christ wi
 ll be honored in my body\, whether by life or by death. For to me to live i
 s Christ\, and to die is gain. If it is to be life in the flesh\, that mean
 s fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard 
 pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ\, for th
 at is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your acco
 unt. Convinced of this\, I know that I shall remain and continue with you a
 ll\, for your progress and joy in the faith\, so that in me you may have am
 ple cause to glory in Christ Jesus\, because of my coming to you again. Onl
 y let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 9:7-11\n\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard of all that w
 as done by Jesus\, and he was perplexed\, because it was said by some that 
 John had been raised from the dead\, by some that Elijah had appeared\, and
  by others that one of the old prophets had risen. Herod said\, "John I beh
 eaded\; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to se
 e him. On their return the apostles told him what they had done. And he too
 k them and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida. When the crowds learn
 ed it\, they followed him\; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the k
 ingdom of God\, and cured those who had need of healing.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180430
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/30/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian\, Argyra the N
 ew Martyr\, Clement the Hymnographer\, Erconwald\, Bishop of London\n\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\n\nAbout that time\, Herod th
 e king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed J
 ames the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased t
 he Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Un
 leavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and del
 ivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Pa
 ssover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but ea
 rnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n \nThe very night when
  Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers
 \, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the p
 rison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in t
 he cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up q
 uickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wr
 ap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\
 ; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he
  was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\,
  they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its
  own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and imme
 diately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I a
 m sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Her
 od and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 9:1-6\n\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve together and gave th
 em power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and he sent t
 hem out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them\, "Ta
 ke nothing for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; 
 and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, stay there\, and
  from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, when you leave t
 hat town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." An
 d they departed and went through the villages\, preaching the gospel and he
 aling everywhere.\n  \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181116
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity Fast Begins\, Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confe
 ssors of Edessa\, Thomas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians
  2:13-17\; 3:1-5\n\nBrethren\, we are bound to give thanks to God always fo
 r you\, brethren beloved by the Lord\, because God chose you from the begin
 ning to be saved\, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the t
 ruth. To this he called you through our gospel\, so that you may obtain the
  glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then\, brethren\, stand firm and hold t
 o the traditions which you were taught by us\, either by word of mouth or b
 y letter.\n \nNow may our Lord Jesus Christ himself\, and God our Father\, 
 who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace\, comf
 ort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.\n \nFinally
 \, brethren\, pray for us\, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triu
 mph\, as it did among you\, and that we may be delivered from wicked and ev
 il men\; for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful\; he will strengt
 hen you and guard you from evil. And we have confidence in the Lord about y
 ou\, that you are doing and will do the things which we command. May the Lo
 rd direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ
 .\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:1-9\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There w
 as a rich man who had a steward\, and charges were brought to him that this
  man was wasting his goods. And he called him and said to him\, 'What is th
 is that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship\, for you
  can no longer be steward.' And the steward said to himself\, 'What shall I
  do\, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not stro
 ng enough to dig\, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do\, so 
 that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewa
 rdship.' So\, summoning his master's debtors one by one\, he said to the fi
 rst\, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said\, 'A hundred measures of oil
 .' And he said to him\, 'Take your bill\, and sit down quickly and write fi
 fty.' Then he said to another\, 'And how much do you owe?' He said\, 'A hun
 dred measures of wheat.' He said to him\, 'Take your bill\, and write eight
 y.' The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness\; for the
  sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation th
 an the sons of light. And I tell you\, make friends for yourselves by means
  of unrighteous mammon\, so that when it fails they may receive you into th
 e eternal habitations.\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\, Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\, Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:22-25\; 6:1-11\n\nTimothy\, my son\, do 
 not be hasty in the laying on of hands\, nor participate in another man's s
 ins\; keep yourself pure. No longer drink only water\, but use a little win
 e for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. The sins of some
  men are conspicuous\, pointing to judgment\, but the sins of others appear
  later. So also good deeds are conspicuous\; and even when they are not\, t
 hey cannot remain hidden. Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard 
 their masters as worthy of all honor\, so that the name of God and the teac
 hing may not be defamed. Those who have believing masters must not be disre
 spectful on the ground that they are brethren\; rather they must serve all 
 the better since those who benefit by their service are believers and belov
 ed. Teach and urge these duties. If any one teaches otherwise and does not 
 agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which 
 accords with godliness\, he is puffed up with conceit\, he knows nothing\; 
 he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words\, whic
 h produce envy\, dissension\, slander\, base suspicions\, and wrangling amo
 ng men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth\, imagining that go
 dliness is a means of gain. There is great gain in godliness with contentme
 nt\; for we brought nothing into the world\, and we cannot take anything ou
 t of the world\; but if we have food and clothing\, with these we shall be 
 content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation\, into a snar
 e\, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and d
 estruction. For the love of money is the root of all evils\; it is through 
 this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their 
 hearts with many pangs. But as for you\, man of God\, shun all this.\n\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching the peop
 le in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests and the scrib
 es with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what authority you
  do these things\, or who it is that gave you this authority."  He answered
  them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the baptism of 
 John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed it with one another\, sa
 ying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you not believe 
 him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone us\; for they
  are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they answered that they did no
 t know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by
  what authority I do these things."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/26/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\, 26 Martyrs in Crimea\, Iren
 aeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nOld
  Testament Readings: Isaiah 48:17-49:4\n\nThus says the LORD\, your Redeeme
 r\, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God\, who teaches you to pr
 ofit\, who leads you in the way you should go.  O that you had hearkened to
  my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river\, and your r
 ighteousness like the waves of the sea\; your offspring would have been lik
 e the sand\, and your descendants like its grains\; their name would never 
 be cut off or destroyed from before me."\n \nGo forth from Babylon\, flee f
 rom Chaldea\, declare this with a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, send it fort
 h to the end of the earth\; say\, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!
 "  They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts\; he made water f
 low for them from the rock\; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.  "
 There is no peace\," says the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n \nListen to me\, O
  coastlands\, and hearken\, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from 
 the womb\, from the body of my mother he named my name.  He made my mouth l
 ike a sharp sword\, in the shadow of his hand he hid me\; he made me a poli
 shed arrow\, in his quiver he hid me away.  And he said to me\, "You are my
  servant\, Israel\, in whom I will be glorified."  But I said\, "I have lab
 ored in vain\, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity\; yet surely
  my right is with the LORD\, and my recompense with my God."\n\n\nGenesis 2
 7:1-41\n\nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see
 \, he called Esau his older son\, and said to him\, "My son"\; and he answe
 red\, "Here I am."  He said\, "Behold\, I am old\; I do not know the day of
  my death.  Now then\, take your weapons\, your quiver and your bow\, and g
 o out to the field\, and hunt game for me\, and prepare for me savory food\
 , such as I love\, and bring it to me that I may eat\; that I may bless you
  before I die."  Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau
 . So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it\, Rebekah sa
 id to her son Jacob\, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau\,  'B
 ring me game\, and prepare for me savory food\, that I may eat it\, and ble
 ss you before the LORD before I die.'  Now therefore\, my son\, obey my wor
 d as I command you.  Go to the flock\, and fetch me two good kids\, that I 
 may prepare from them savory food for your father\, such as he loves\; and 
 you shall bring it to your father to eat\, so that he may bless you before 
 he dies."  But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother\, "Behold\, my brother Esau
  is a hairy man\, and I am a smooth man.  Perhaps my father will feel me\, 
 and I shall seem to be mocking him\, and bring a curse upon myself and not 
 a blessing."  His mother said to him\, "Upon me be your curse\, my son\; on
 ly obey my word\, and go\, fetch them to me."  So he went and took them and
  brought them to his mother\; and his mother prepared savory food\, such as
  his father loved.  Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older s
 on\, which were with her in the house\, and put them on Jacob her younger s
 on\; and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth p
 art of his neck\; and she gave the savory food and the bread\, which she ha
 d prepared\, into the hand of her son Jacob.\n \nSo he went in to his fathe
 r\, and said\, "My father"\; and he said\, "Here I am\; who are you\, my so
 n?"  Jacob said to his father\, "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as 
 you told me\; now sit up and eat of my game\, that you may bless me."  But 
 Isaac said to his son\, "How is it that you have found it so quickly\, my s
 on?" He answered\, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."  Then Is
 aac said to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I may feel you\, my son\, to know whe
 ther you are really my son Esau or not."  So Jacob went near to Isaac his f
 ather\, who felt him and said\, "The voice is Jacob's voice\, but the hands
  are the hands of Esau."  And he did not recognize him\, because his hands 
 were hairy like his brother Esau's hands\; so he blessed him.  He said\, "A
 re you really my son Esau?" He answered\, "I am."  Then he said\, "Bring it
  to me\, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it t
 o him\, and he ate\; and he brought him wine\, and he drank.  Then his fath
 er Isaac said to him\, "Come near and kiss me\, my son."  So he came near a
 nd kissed him\; and he smelled the smell of his garments\, and blessed him\
 , and said\, "See\, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which th
 e LORD has blessed!  May God give you of the dew of heaven\, and of the fat
 ness of the earth\, and plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you\, 
 and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers\, and may your moth
 er's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you\, and blessed
  be every one who blesses you!"\n \nAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing 
 Jacob\, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his fat
 her\, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.  He also prepared savory f
 ood\, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father\, "Let my fat
 her arise\, and eat of his son's game\, that you may bless me."  His father
  Isaac said to him\, "Who are you?" He answered\, "I am your son\, your fir
 st-born\, Esau."  Then Isaac trembled violently\, and said\, "Who was it th
 en that hunted game and brought it to me\, and I ate it all before you came
 \, and I have blessed him? - Yes\, and he shall be blessed."  When Esau hea
 rd the words of his father\, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bit
 ter cry\, and said to his father\, "Bless me\, even me also\, O my father!"
   But he said\, "Your brother came with guile\, and he has taken away your 
 blessing."  Esau said\, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplant
 ed me these two times. He took away my birthright\; and behold\, now he has
  taken away my blessing." Then he said\, "Have you not reserved a blessing 
 for me?"  Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, I have made him your lord\, and a
 ll his brothers I have given to him for servants\, and with grain and wine 
 I have sustained him. What then can I do for you\, my son?"  Esau said to h
 is father\, "Have you but one blessing\, my father? Bless me\, even me also
 \, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.  Then Isaac his fat
 her answered him: "Behold\, away from the fatness of the earth shall your d
 welling be\, and away from the dew of heaven on high.  By your sword you sh
 all live\, and you shall serve your brother\; but when you break loose you 
 shall break his yoke from your neck."  Now Esau hated Jacob because of the 
 blessing with which his father had blessed him\, and Esau said to himself\,
  "The days of mourning for my father are approaching\; then I will kill my 
 brother Jacob."\n\n\nProverbs 19:16-25\n\nHe who keeps the commandment keep
 s his life\; he who despises the word will die.  He who is kind to the poor
  lends to the LORD\, and he will repay him for his deed.  Discipline your s
 on while there is hope\; do not set your heart on his destruction.  A man o
 f great wrath will pay the penalty\; for if you deliver him\, you will only
  have to do it again.  Listen to advice and accept instruction\, that you m
 ay gain wisdom for the future.  Many are the plans in the mind of a man\, b
 ut it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.  What is desired
  in a man is loyalty\, and a poor man is better than a liar.  The fear of t
 he LORD leads to life\; and he who has it rests satisfied\; he will not be 
 visited by harm.  The sluggard buries his hand in the dish\, and will not e
 ven bring it back to his mouth.  Strike a scoffer\, and the simple will lea
 rn prudence\; reprove a man of understanding\, and he will gain knowledge.\
 n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\; Di
 onysios the Orator\; Metrophanes of Mount Athos\; Patermuthius the Monk\; E
 uthymios of Karelia\; Methodios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Lampis\; Michae
 l Paknanas the Gardener\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans
  15:17-29\nBrethren\, in Christ Jesus I have reason to be proud of my work 
 for God. For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has
  wrought through me to win obedience from the Gentiles\, by word and deed\,
  by the power of signs and wonders\, by the power of the Holy Spirit\, so t
 hat from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum I have fully preached the 
 gospel of Christ\, thus making it my ambition to preach the gospel\, not wh
 ere Christ has already been named\, lest I build on another man's foundatio
 n\, but as it is written\, "They shall see who have never been told of him\
 , and they shall understand who have never heard of him." This is the reaso
 n why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. But now\, since I n
 o longer have any room for work in these regions\, and since I have longed 
 for many years to come to you\, I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spa
 in\, and to be sped on my journey there by you\, once I have enjoyed your c
 ompany for a little. At present\, however\, I am going to Jerusalem with ai
 d for the saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some c
 ontribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem\; they were pleased 
 to do it\, and indeed - they are in debt to them\, for if the Gentiles have
  come to share in their spiritual blessings\, they ought also to be of serv
 ice to them in material blessings. When therefore I have completed this\, a
 nd have sealed to them this fruit\, I shall go on by way of you to Spain\; 
 and I know that when I come to you I shall come in the fulness of the bless
 ing of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:46-50\; 13:1-3\n
 At that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the people\, behold\, his mother
  and his brothers stood outside\, asking to speak to him. But he replied to
  the man who told him\, "Who is my mother\, and who are my brothers?" And s
 tretching out his hand toward his disciples\, he said\, "Here are my mother
  and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my br
 other\, and sister\, and mother."\n\nThat same day Jesus went out of the ho
 use and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him\, so that h
 e entered a boat and sat there\; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. An
 d he told them many things in parables.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/9/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\, Hannah the Righ
 teous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\, Narses the Martyr of Persia\, The Co
 nsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy C
 ity of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\n\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one 
 by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born accor
 ding to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is 
 an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, beari
 ng children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\
 ; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her
  children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it 
 is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and sh
 out\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are
  many more than the children of her that is married."\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 8:16-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it wit
 h a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those w
 ho enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manif
 est\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take h
 eed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from hi
 m who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n \nTh
 en his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him f
 or the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing
  outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my br
 others are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\; 26 Martyrs in Crimea\; Ire
 naeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Isaiah 28:14-22\n Thus says the LORD\, you scoffers\, wh
 o rule this people in Jerusalem!  Because you have said\, "We have made a c
 ovenant with death\, and with Sheol we have an agreement\; when the overwhe
 lming scourge passes through it will not come to us\; for we have made lies
  our refuge\, and in falsehood we have taken shelter"\; therefore thus says
  the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone\, a 
 tested stone\, a precious cornerstone\, of a sure foundation: 'He who belie
 ves will not be in haste.'  And I will make justice the line\, and righteou
 sness the plummet\; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies\, and water
 s will overwhelm the shelter."  Then your covenant with death will be annul
 led\, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand\; when the overwhelming 
 scourge passes through you will be beaten down by it.  As often as it passe
 s through it will take you\; for morning by morning it will pass through\, 
 by day and by night\; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message
 .  For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it\, and the covering too
  narrow to wrap oneself in it.  For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Peraz
 im\, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon\; to do his deed - strange
  is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work!  Now therefore do n
 ot scoff\, lest your bonds be made strong\; for I have heard a decree of de
 struction from the Lord GOD of hosts upon the whole land.\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Genesis 10:32-11:9\n These are the families of the sons of Noah\, 
 according to their genealogies\, in their nations\; and from these the nati
 ons spread abroad on the earth after the flood.  Now the whole earth had on
 e language and few words.  And as men migrated from the east\, they found a
  plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.  And they said to one anoth
 er\, "Come\, let us make bricks\, and burn them thoroughly." And they had b
 rick for stone\, and bitumen for mortar.  Then they said\, "Come\, let us b
 uild ourselves a city\, and a tower with its top in the heavens\, and let u
 s make a name for ourselves\, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of 
 the whole earth."  And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower\, w
 hich the sons of men had built.  And the LORD said\, "Behold\, they are one
  people\, and they have all one language\; and this is only the beginning o
 f what they will do\; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impos
 sible for them.  Come\, let us go down\, and there confuse their language\,
  that they may not understand one another's speech."  So the LORD scattered
  them abroad from there over the face of all the earth\, and they left off 
 building the city.  Therefore its name was called Babel\, because there the
  LORD confused the language of all the earth\; and from there the LORD scat
 tered them abroad over the face of all the earth.\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Proverbs 13:19-14:6\nA desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul\; but to turn
  away from evil is an abomination to fools.  He who walks with wise men bec
 omes wise\, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.  Misfortune pursue
 s sinners\, but prosperity rewards the righteous.  A good man leaves an inh
 eritance to his children's children\, but the sinner's wealth is laid up fo
 r the righteous.  The fallow ground of the poor yields much food\, but it i
 s swept away through injustice.  He who spares the rod hates his son\, but 
 he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.  The righteous has enough t
 o satisfy his appetite\, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.  Wisdom 
 builds her house\, but folly with her own hands tears it down.  He who walk
 s in uprightness fears the LORD\, but he who is devious in his ways despise
 s him.  The talk of a fool is a rod for his back\, but the lips of the wise
  will preserve them.  Where there are no oxen\, there is no grain\; but abu
 ndant crops come by the strength of the ox.  A faithful witness does not li
 e\, but a false witness breathes out lies.  A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain\
 , but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/6/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\, Finding the Precious Cross by St. Hel
 en\, Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowe
 d)\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: \n\n\nJoel 3:12-21\n\nLet the nations besti
 r themselves\, and come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat\; for there I will
  sit to judge all the nations round about.\n \nPut in the sickle\, for the 
 harvest is ripe.  Go in\, tread\, for the wine press is full.  The vats ove
 rflow\, for their wickedness is great.\n \nMultitudes\, multitudes\, in the
  valley of decision!  For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of deci
 sion.  The sun and the moon are darkened\, and the stars withdraw their shi
 ning.\n \nAnd the Lord roars from Zion\, and utters his voice from Jerusale
 m\, and the heavens and the earth shake.  But the Lord is a refuge to his p
 eople\, a stronghold to the people of Israel.\n \n"So you shall know that I
  am the Lord your God\, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mountain.  And Jerusale
 m shall be holy and strangers shall never again pass through it.\n \n"And i
 n that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine\, and the hills shall flow w
 ith milk\, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water\; and a f
 ountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the valley of
  Shittim.\n \n"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderne
 ss\, for the violence done to the people of Judah\, because they have shed 
 innocent blood in their land.  But Judah shall be inhabited for ever\, and 
 Jerusalem to all generations.  I will avenge their blood\, and I will not c
 lear the guilty\, for the Lord dwells in Zion." \n\n\nJoel 2:12-26\n\n"Yet 
 even now\," says the Lord\, "return to me with all your heart\, with fastin
 g\, with weeping\, and with mourning\; and rend your hearts and not your ga
 rments."  Return to the Lord\, your God\, for he is gracious and merciful\,
  slow to anger\, and abounding in steadfast love\, and repents of evil.  Wh
 o knows whether he will not turn and repent\, and leave a blessing behind h
 im\, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord\, your God?\n \nBl
 ow the trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fast\; call a solemn assembly\; gather 
 the people.  Sanctify the congregation\; assemble the elders\; gather the c
 hildren\, even nursing infants.  Let the bridegroom leave his room\, and th
 e bride her chamber.\n \nBetween the vestibule and the altar let the priest
 s\, the ministers of the Lord\, weep and say\, "Spare thy people\, O Lord\,
  and make not thy heritage a reproach\, a byword among the nations.  Why sh
 ould they say among the peoples\, 'Where is their God?'"\n \nThen the Lord 
 became jealous for his land\, and had pity on his people.  The Lord answere
 d and said to his people\, "Behold\, I am sending to you grain\, wine\, and
  oil\, and you will be satisfied\; and I will no more make you a reproach a
 mong the nations.\n \n"I will remove the northerner far from you\, and driv
 e him into a parched and desolate land\, his front into the eastern sea\, a
 nd his rear into the western sea\; the stench and foul smell of him will ri
 se\, for he has done great things.\n \n"Fear not\, O land\; be glad and rej
 oice\, for the Lord has done great things!  Fear not\, you beasts of the fi
 eld\, for the pastures of the wilderness are green\; the tree bears its fru
 it\, the fig tree and vine give their full yield.\n \n"Be glad\, O sons of 
 Zion\, and rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; for he has given the early rain
  for your vindication\, he has poured down for you abundant rain\, the earl
 y and the latter rain\, as before.\n \n"The threshing floors shall be full 
 of grain\, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  I will restore to yo
 u the years which the swarming locust has eaten\, the hopper\, the destroye
 r\, and the cutter\, my great army\, which I sent among you.\n \n"You shall
  eat in plenty and be satisfied\, and praise the name of the Lord your God\
 , who has dealt wondrously with you.  And my people shall never again be pu
 t to shame."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/22/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Monday\,Theodore of Sykeon\, Nathaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente the Apo
 stles\, Nearchos the Martyr\, Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\n\nStrict Fast\n\
 n\nGospel Readings: Matthew 21:18-43\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returni
 ng to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he wen
 t to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May
  no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. Whe
 n the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree withe
 r at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have f
 aith and never doubt\, you will not only do what has been done to the fig t
 ree\, but even if you say to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the
  sea\,' it will be done. And whatever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\
 , if you have faith. " And when he entered the temple\, the chief priests a
 nd the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, 
 "By what authority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this autho
 rity?" Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you t
 ell me the answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these 
 things. The baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And 
 they argued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to 
 us\, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we ar
 e afraid of the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they 
 answered Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I te
 ll you by what authority I do these things. What do you think? A man had tw
 o sons\; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vine
 yard today.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented and
  went. And he went to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I g
 o\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" Th
 ey said\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax
  collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John
  came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, bu
 t the tax collectors and the harlots believed him\; and even when you saw i
 t\, you did not afterward repent and believe him.\n \n"Hear another parable
 . There was a householder who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it\
 , and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenant
 s\, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he 
 sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took 
 his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again he s
 ent other servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to them. A
 fterward he sent his son to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But
  when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir
 \; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and 
 cast him out of the vineyard\, and killed him. When therefore the owner of 
 the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, 
 "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard
  to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus sai
 d to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which t
 he builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord'
 s doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you\, the king
 dom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the 
 fruits of it."\n\n\nMatthew 24:3-35\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus sat on the M
 ount of Olives\, the disciples came to him privately\, saying\, "Tell us\, 
 when will this be\, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the clo
 se of the age?" And Jesus answered them\, "Take heed that no one leads you 
 astray. For many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am the Christ\,' and th
 ey will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars\; se
 e that you are not alarmed\; for this must take place\, but the end is not 
 yet. For nation will rise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\, an
 d there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but 
 the beginning of the sufferings.\n  \nThen they will deliver you up to trib
 ulation\, and put you to death\; and you will be hated by all nations for m
 y name's sake. And then many will fall away\, and betray one another\, and 
 hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 
 And because wickedness is multiplied\, most men's love will grow cold. But 
 he who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom wil
 l be preached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to all nations\; 
 and then the end will come.\n  \nSo when you see the desolating sacrilege s
 poken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (let the reader
  understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let 
 him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house\; and l
 et him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. And alas for t
 hose who are with child and for those who give suck in those days! Pray tha
 t your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then there will be 
 great tribulation\, such as has not been from the beginning of the world un
 til now\, no\, and never will be. And if those days had not been shortened\
 , no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect those days 
 will be shortened. Then if anyone says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' 
 or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets w
 ill arise and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, if poss
 ible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\, if they say to
  you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\,
  he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the lightning comes 
 from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the 
 Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered togeth
 er. Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkene
 d\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will fall from hea
 ven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; then will appear the s
 ign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will
  mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven wi
 th power and great glory\; and he will send out his angels with a loud trum
 pet call\, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\, from one en
 d of heaven to the other.\n  \nFrom the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon 
 as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summ
 er is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know that he is n
 ear\, at the very gates. Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pa
 ss away till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away\,
  but my words will not pass away."\n  \n\n
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 erusalem\, Porphyrios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in 
 the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before 
 many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others als
 o. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on serv
 ice gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the o
 ne who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according
  to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first sha
 re of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you unders
 tanding in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, de
 scended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am s
 uffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fe
 ttered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they
  also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "Thi
 s I command you\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that 
 it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world 
 would love its own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you
  out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that 
 I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persec
 uted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep y
 ours also.  But all this they will do to you on my account\, because they d
 o not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they wo
 uld not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates
  me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among them the works which no 
 one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated b
 oth me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their l
 aw\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n \n But when the Counselor comes\, w
 hom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who pr
 oceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witn
 esses\, because you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all 
 this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the sy
 nagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he
  is offering service to God."\n \n\n
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 nd Haralambos the Monk-martyrs\; Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n
 \nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, being raised from the
  dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; an
 d he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, N
 athanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of his d
 isciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." Th
 ey said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat
 \; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus sto
 od on the beach\; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus s
 aid to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He 
 said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will f
 ind some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for
  the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is
  the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clo
 thes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the othe
 r disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they wer
 e not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen they got o
 ut on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\, with fish lying on it\, and b
 read. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caugh
 t." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fi
 sh\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, 
 the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now n
 one of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lo
 rd. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fis
 h. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples aft
 er he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 20
 :16-18\, 28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos\, so 
 that he might not have to spend time in Asia\; for he was hastening to be a
 t Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he se
 nt to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they cam
 e to him\, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock\,
  in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the church o
 f God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my
  departure fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the flock\; a
 nd from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things\, to 
 draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, remembering that f
 or three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tear
 s. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, which is abl
 e to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are s
 anctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves kno
 w that these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who were wit
 h me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the w
 eak\, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, 'it is more b
 lessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus\, he knelt d
 own and prayed with them all. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "Father\, the hour has co
 me\; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you have given h
 im power over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you have given h
 im. And this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true God\, and J
 esus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, having accomplis
 hed the work which you gave me to do\; and now\, Father\, you glorify me in
  your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was
  made.\n\n"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of t
 he world\; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and they have kept y
 our word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you\
 ; for I have given them the words which you gave me\, and they have receive
 d them and know in truth that I came from you\; and they have believed that
  you did send me. I am praying for them\; I am not praying for the world bu
 t for those whom you have given me\, for they are mine\; all mine are yours
 \, and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in
  the world\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to you. Holy Fathe
 r\, keep them in your name\, which you have given me\, that they may be one
 \, even as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in your name\, w
 hich you have given me\; I have guarded them\, and none of them is lost but
  the son of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am
  coming to you\; and these things I speak in the world\, that they may have
  my joy fulfilled in themselves."\n\n
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 ts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\, Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\, 
 John the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to t
 he Ephesians 5:25-33\n\nBrethren\, husbands\, love your wives\, as Christ l
 oved the church and gave himself up for her\, that he might sanctify her\, 
 having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word\, that he might p
 resent the church to himself in splendor\, without spot or wrinkle or any s
 uch thing\, that she might be holy and without blemish. Even so husbands sh
 ould love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves hims
 elf. For no man ever hates his own flesh\, but nourishes and cherishes it\,
  as Christ does the church\, because we are members of his body. "For this 
 reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife\, 
 and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is a profound one\, and I
  am saying that it refers to Christ and the church\; however\, let each one
  of you love his wife as himself\, and let the wife see that she respects h
 er husband.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:46-49\, 7:1\n\nThe Lord said\, "Why
  do you call me 'Lord\, Lord\,' and not do what I tell you? Every one who c
 omes to me and hears my words and does them\, I will show you what he is li
 ke: he is like a man building a house\, who dug deep\, and laid the foundat
 ion upon rock\; and when a flood arose\, the stream broke against that hous
 e\, and could not shake it\, because it had been founded upon the rock. But
  he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the g
 round without a foundation\; against which the stream broke\, and immediate
 ly it fell\, and the ruin of that house was great." After he had ended all 
 his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum.\n\n\n
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 ts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles: Peter\, Andrew\, James & John the 
 sons of Zebedee\, Phillip\, Bartholomew\, Thomas\, Matthew\, James the son 
 of Alphaeus\, Jude the brother of James\, Simon & Matthias\, Michael the Ne
 w Martyr of Athens\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the C
 orinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of al
 l\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the
  world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are
  wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, 
 but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-
 clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands.
  When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, w
 e try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the w
 orld\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you asha
 med\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have count
 less guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your fat
 her in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of
  me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\n\nAt that time\, when Jesu
 s saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were harassed 
 and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. And he called to him his twel
 ve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them ou
 t\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve 
 apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his br
 other\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartho
 lomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, 
 and Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him.
  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentil
 es\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep 
 of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of hea
 ven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out
  demons. You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n\n
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 eon Stylites the Younger\; Asclepias the Wonderworker\; Holy Royal Martyrs 
 of Russia\; Michael Choniates\, Metropolitan of Athens\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:11-17\nBrethren\, you also must consider 
 yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.\n\nLet not sin the
 refore reign in your mortal bodies\, to make you obey their passions. Do no
 t yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness\, but yield yourse
 lves to God as men who have been brought from death to life\, and your memb
 ers to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion o
 ver you\, since you are not under law but under grace.\n\nWhat then? Are we
  to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you n
 ot know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves\, you ar
 e slaves of the one whom you obey\, either of sin\, which leads to death\, 
 or of obedience\, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God\, that
  you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the
  standard of teaching to which you were committed.\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 8:14-23\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered Peter's house\, he saw his mo
 ther-in-law lying sick with a fever\; he touched her hand\, and the fever l
 eft her\, and she rose and served him. That evening they brought to him man
 y who were possessed with demons\; and he cast out the spirits with a word\
 , and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the 
 prophet Isaiah\, "He took our infirmities and bore our diseases."\n\nNow wh
 en Jesus saw great crowds around him\, he gave orders to go over to the oth
 er side. And a scribe came up and said to him\, "Teacher\, I will follow yo
 u wherever you go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and birds o
 f the air have nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." Ano
 ther of the disciples said to him\, "Lord\, let me first go and bury my fat
 her." But Jesus said to him\, "Follow me\, and leave the dead to bury their
  own dead." And when he entered the boat\, his disciples followed him.\n\n
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  of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\, The Translation of the Relics of Dion
 ysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\, The Translation of the Holy Relics 
 of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:5-21\n\nBrethren\, I think
  that I am not in the least inferior to these superlative apostles. Even if
  I am unskilled in speaking\, I am not in knowledge\; in every way we have 
 made this plain to you in all things.\n \nDid I commit a sin in abasing mys
 elf so that you might be exalted\, because I preached God's gospel without 
 cost to you? I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in orde
 r to serve you. And when I was with you and was in want\, I did not burden 
 any one\, for my needs were supplied by the brethren who came from Macedoni
 a. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way. As the tr
 uth of Christ is in me\, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the re
 gions of Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!\n \nAn
 d what I do I will continue to do\, in order to undermine the claim of thos
 e who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the sa
 me terms as we do. For such men are false apostles\, deceitful workmen\, di
 sguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder\, for even Satan d
 isguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his servants
  also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will corr
 espond to their deeds.\n \nI repeat\, let no one think me foolish\; but eve
 n if you do\, accept me as a fool\, so that I too may boast a little. (What
  I am saying I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool\, in this bo
 astful confidence\; since many boast of worldly things\, I too will boast.)
  For you gladly bear with fools\, being wise yourselves! For you bear it if
  a man makes slaves of you\, or preys upon you\, or takes advantage of you\
 , or puts on airs\, or strikes you in the face. To my shame\, I must say\, 
 we were too weak for that!\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 4:1-9\n\nAt that time\
 , Jesus began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered abou
 t him\, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea\; and the whole
  crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he taught them many things in pa
 rables\, and in his teaching he said to them: "Listen! A sower went out to 
 sow. And as he sowed\, some seed fell along the path\, and the birds came a
 nd devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground\, where it had not much soi
 l\, and immediately it sprang up\, since it had no depth of soil\; and when
  the sun rose it was scorched\, and since it had no root it withered away. 
 Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it\, and it 
 yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth gra
 in\, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a 
 hundredfold." And he said\, "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n \n\
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 r of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\n\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit 
 to them\; for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have
  to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that wou
 ld be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a
  clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you th
 e more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the soon
 er.  Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesu
 s\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\
 , equip you with everything good that you may do His will\, working in you 
 that which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glo
 ry for ever and ever.  Amen. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\nAt that
  time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples 
 and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoa
 st of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their disea
 ses\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all
  the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed t
 hem all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed a
 re you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger
  now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you
  shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude yo
 u and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son o
 f man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward i
 s great in heaven."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180522
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical1106594fef10af28dd18bb3eaf88f471
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\,Constantine and Helen\, 
 Equal-to-the Apostles\, Pachomios the Righteous New Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa s
 aid to Paul\, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretc
 hed out his hand and made his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the au
 thority and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on 
 the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and 
 those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I h
 eard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do yo
 u persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who 
 are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 
 But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have appeared to you for this pur
 pose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you 
 have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you fr
 om the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\,
  that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to G
 od\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who 
 are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not dis
 obedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\,
  then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to th
 e Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds wort
 hy of their repentance." \n \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\n\nThe Lord sai
 d to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who 
 does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, tha
 t man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shephe
 rd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, a
 nd he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought o
 ut all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they 
 know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from h
 im\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used w
 ith them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus
  again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the 
 sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did n
 ot heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, 
 and will go in and out and find pasture."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200827
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalb018022a2fdfaf725a56bd66cf028e18
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\; Our Righteous Father Joseph\; Ic
 on of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRETHREN\, we feel sure of better thin
 gs that belong to salvation. For God is not so unjust as to overlook your w
 ork and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints\, as y
 ou still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in 
 realizing the full assurance of hope until the end\, so that you may not be
  sluggish\, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit t
 he promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:23-28\nAt that time\, there was in t
 he synagogue of the Jews a man with an unclean spirit\; and he cried out\, 
 "What have you to do with us\, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy 
 us? I know who you are\, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him\, sayi
 ng\, "Be silent\, and come out of him!" And the unclean spirit\, convulsing
  him and crying with a loud voice\, came out of him. And they were all amaz
 ed\, so that they questioned among themselves\, saying\, "What is this? A n
 ew teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits\, and they
  obey him." And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surro
 unding region of Galilee.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190318
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical1f2957995c9778ce22a2d6be56c46146
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/17/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Alexis the Man of God\, Patrick the Enlightener of Ireland\, Marinos th
 e Martyr\, Theocteristos the Confessor\, Paul the Righteous Martyr\n\nFast 
 Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nTone One\nNinth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:24-26\, 32-40\n\nBrethren\, by fa
 ith Moses\, when he was grown up\, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh'
 s daughter\, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God 
 than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.\n \nAnd what more shall I say?
   For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of
  David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms\
 , enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quen
 ched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weak
 ness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign enemies to flight.  Women receive
 d their dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept rele
 ase\, that they might rise again to a better life.  Others suffered mocking
  and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they
  were sawn in two\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in sk
 ins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated -- of whom the
  world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens
  and caves of the earth.\n \nAnd all these\, though well attested by their 
 faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen somethin
 g better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. \n \n
 \nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\n\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to go to Gal
 ilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was f
 rom Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and
  he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the 
 prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to
  him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Com
 e and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\
 , an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How
  do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when yo
 u were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, 
 you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\,
  "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?  Y
 ou shall see greater things than these."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, tru
 ly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God asce
 nding and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Sunday of Orthodoxy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190217
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical3882c0663c66f7f8a48c904678d0f269
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\, Flavianos\, Patriarch of Consta
 ntinople\, Romanos the Younger\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Le
 tter to Timothy 2:11-19\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, the saying is sure: If we hav
 e died with him\, we shall also live with him\; if we endure\, we shall als
 o reign with him\; if we deny him\, he also will deny us\; if we are faithl
 ess\, he remains faithful - for he cannot deny himself.\n\nRemind them of t
 his\, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words\, whic
 h does no good\, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourse
 lf to God as one approved\, a workman who has no need to be ashamed\, right
 ly handling the word of truth. Avoid such godless chatter\, for it will lea
 d people into more and more ungodliness\, and their talk will eat its way l
 ike gangrene. Among them are Hymenaios and Philetos\, who have swerved from
  the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upset
 ting the faith of some. But God's firm foundation stands\, bearing this sea
 l: "The Lord knows those who are his\," and\, "Let every one who names the 
 name of the Lord depart from iniquity."\n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:2-8\n
 \nThe Lord said this parable\, "In a certain city there was a judge who nei
 ther feared God nor regarded man\; and there was a widow in that city who k
 ept coming to him and saying\, 'Vindicate me against my adversary.' For a w
 hile he refused\; but afterward he said to himself\, 'Though I neither fear
  God nor regard man\, yet because this widow bothers me\, I will vindicate 
 her\, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" And the Lord said\
 , "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God vindicate his ele
 ct\, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you
 \, he will vindicate them speedily."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Saturday of Publican and Pharisee
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200603
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icala249e95766a05a9755644707798ad17c
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Erasmos of Oc
 hrid & his Companion Martyrs\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Philadelphia\; C
 onstantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the 
 Apostles 21:26-32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul took the men\, and the next day he 
 purified himself with them and went into the temple\, to give notice when t
 he days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for e
 very one of them. When the seven days were almost completed\, the Jews from
  Asia\, who had seen him in the temple\, stirred up all the crowd\, and lai
 d hands on him\, crying out\, "Men of Israel\, help! This is the man who is
  teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place\; mo
 reover he also brought Greeks into the temple\, and he has defiled this hol
 y place." For they had previously seen Trophimos the Ephesian with him in t
 he city\, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. Then
  all the city was aroused\, and the people ran together\; they seized Paul 
 and dragged him out of the temple\, and at once the gates were shut. And as
  they were trying to kill him\, word came to the tribune of the cohort that
  all Jerusalem was in confusion. He at once took soldiers and centurions\, 
 and ran down to them\; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers\, the
 y stopped beating Paul.\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is 
 offering service to God. And they will do this because they have not known 
 the Father\, nor me. But I have said these things to you\, that when their 
 hour comes you may remember that I told you of them.\n\n"I did not say thes
 e things to you from the beginning\, because I was with you. But now I am g
 oing to him who sent me\; yet none of you asks me\, 'Where are you going?' 
 But because I have said these things to you\, sorrow has filled your hearts
 . Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away
 \, for if I do not go away\, the Counselor will not come to you\; but if I 
 go\, I will send him to you. And when he comes\, he will convince the world
  concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin\, because th
 ey do not believe in me\; concerning righteousness\, because I go to the Fa
 ther\, and you will see me no more\; concerning judgment\, because the rule
 r of this world is judged.\n\n"I have yet many things to say to you\, but y
 ou cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes\, he will guide you
  into all the truth."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181227
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical37a55dde751a8749d5f720fedfd47a12
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Nativity\, Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\, Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\, Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\, Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 , Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\n\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and thos
 e who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to 
 call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in
  the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put
  my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has given 
 me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himself like
 wise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy him w
 ho has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who
  through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is n
 ot with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Th
 erefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so that he m
 ight become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God\, to 
 make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffe
 red and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\n\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, an ang
 el of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the ch
 ild and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\;
  for Herod is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he rose 
 and took the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and re
 mained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord ha
 d spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n \nThen Her
 od\, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a furiou
 s rage\, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in a
 ll that region who were two years old or under\, according to the time whic
 h he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken 
 by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lam
 entation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be consoled\, b
 ecause they were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the L
 ord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the chil
 d and his mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the 
 child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\, and
  went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over 
 Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and being 
 warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and d
 welt in a city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets might
  be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181223
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icald99e97e39176633ea84366d1ab5b01ef
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Anas
 tasia the Great Martyr\, Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, Evodias\, & Eutychianus\,
  the Martyrs\, The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God\n\nFast 
 Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the G
 alatians 3:8-12\n\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that God would jus
 tify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, sa
 ying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, those who are m
 en of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on wor
 ks of the law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed be every one 
 who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law\, and do th
 em." Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law\; for
  "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not rest on faith\,
  for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19
 -29\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like a grain of 
 mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it grew and bec
 ame a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." And agai
 n he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven 
 which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it was all lea
 vened." He went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, and jour
 neying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, will those who 
 are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by the narrow doo
 r\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not be able. When o
 nce the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you will begin to stan
 d outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to us.' He will 
 answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will begin to sa
 y\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in our streets.' Bu
 t he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come from\; depart fr
 om me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep and gnash your te
 eth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the ki
 ngdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will come from east and
  west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the kingdom of God."
        \n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:Saturday before Nativity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200802
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200803
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Matthew\; Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Proto
 martyr\; Holy Glorious New Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\; Phocas the Mart
 yr\; Plegmund\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping
  outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\; and
  she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain\, o
 ne at the head and one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why are yo
 u weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and
  I do not know where they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned round a
 nd saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said
  to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing Him t
 o be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\,
  tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus said t
 o her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which m
 eans Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not yet as
 cended to the Father\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am ascendi
 ng to my Father and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdalene 
 went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told them
  that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First
  Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17\nBrethren\, I appeal to you by the name 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that all of you agree and that there be no disse
 nsions among you\, but that you be united in the same mind and the same jud
 gment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarr
 eling among you\, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says\, "
 I belong to Paul\," or "I belong to Apollos\," or "I belong to Cephas\," or
  "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or we
 re you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of yo
 u except Crispos and Gaius\; lest any one should say that you were baptized
  in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that\, 
 I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me 
 to baptize but to preach the gospel\, and not with eloquent wisdom\, lest t
 he cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:1
 4-22\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a great throng\; and he had compassion on th
 em\, and healed their sick. When it was evening\, the disciples came to him
  and said\, "This is a lonely place\, and the day is now over\; send the cr
 owds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said\
 , "They need not go away\; you give them something to eat." They said to hi
 m\, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said\, "Bring them
  here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass\; and tak
 ing the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, and blessed\,
  and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were sat
 isfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over
 . And those who ate were about five thousand men\, besides women and childr
 en. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the o
 ther side\, while he dismissed the crowds.\n\n
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SUMMARY:8th Sunday of Matthew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180711
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icala8d4510d792a3eb21f0513df844b91cc
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/10/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\, Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bish
 op of Assa\, 10\,000 Fathers martyred in Egypt\, Apollonios the Martyr\, De
 position of the Precious Robe of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\, Righteou
 s Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\, Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\n
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 6:20\; 7:
 1-12\n\nBrethren\, glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are fr
 om God. Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a 
 man not to touch a woman. But because of the temptation to immorality\, eac
 h man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband 
 should give to his wife her conjugal rights\, and likewise the wife to her 
 husband. For the wife does not rule over her own body\, but the husband doe
 s\; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body\, but the wife doe
 s. Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season\, tha
 t you may devote yourselves to prayer\; but then come together again\, lest
  Satan tempt you through lack of self-control. I say this by way of concess
 ion\, not of command. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his
  own special gift from God\, one of one kind and one of another. To the unm
 arried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I 
 do. But if they cannot excercise self-control\, they should marry. For it i
 s better to marry than to be aflame with passion. To the married I give cha
 rge\, not I but the Lord\, that the wife should not separate from her husba
 nd (but if she does\, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her hu
 sband) - and that the husband should not divorce the wife. To the rest I sa
 y\, not the Lord\, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever\, an
 d she consents to live with him\, he should not divorce her.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 14:1-13\n\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard about the
  fame of Jesus\; and he said to his servants\, "This is John the Baptist\; 
 he has been raised from the dead\; that is why these powers are at work in 
 him." For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison\, for t
 he sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because John said to him\
 , "It is not lawful for you to have her." And though he wanted to put him t
 o death\, he feared the people\, because they held him to be a prophet. But
  when Herod's birthday came\, the daughter of Herodias danced before the co
 mpany and pleased Herod\, so that he promised with an oath to give her what
 ever she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she said\, "Give me the head o
 f John the Baptist here on a platter." And the king was sorry\; but because
  of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given\; he sent and had 
 John beheaded in the prison\, and his head was brought on a platter and giv
 en to the girl\, and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came a
 nd took the body and buried it\; and they went and told Jesus. Now when Jes
 us heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. B
 ut when the crowds heard it\, they followed him on foot from the towns.\n  
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\, Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\, Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\, John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\, Righteous Philotheus\n\nTone Four\nTenth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20\n\nBrethren\, kno
 wing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in J
 esus Christ\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justif
 ied by faith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, because by works of 
 the law shall no one be justified. But if\, in our endeavor to be justified
  in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be sinners\, is Christ then an agen
 t of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore 
 down\, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to th
 e law\, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ\; it is
  no longer I who live\, but Christ who lives in me\; and the life I now liv
 e in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God\, who loved me and gave hi
 mself for me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 arrived at the country of the Gadarenes\, there met him a man from the city
  who had demons\; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not i
 n a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, he cried out and fell do
 wn before him\, and said with a loud voice\, "What have you to do with me\,
  Jesus\, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you\, do not torment me." For 
 he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a tim
 e it had seized him\; he was kept under guard\, and bound with chains and f
 etters\, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert
 .) Jesus then asked him\, "What is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"\; for
  many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to de
 part into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hil
 lside\; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave.
  Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine\, and the herd r
 ushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen
  saw what happened\, they fled\, and told it in the city and in the country
 . Then people went out to see what had happened\, and they came to Jesus\, 
 and found the man from whom the demons had gone\, sitting at the feet of Je
 sus\, clothed and in his right mind\; and they were afraid. And those who h
 ad seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. 
 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him t
 o depart from them\; for they were seized with great fear\; so he got into 
 the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he
  might be with him\; but he sent him away\, saying\, "Return to your home\,
  and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away\, proclaiming
  throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.\n  \n\n
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 ts: Simon the Zealot & Apostle\, Laurence of Egypt\, Isodora of Egypt\n\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBre
 thren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced t
 o death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and t
 o men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are 
 weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To 
 the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and ho
 meless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless
 \; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we
  have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring 
 of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish yo
 u as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, 
 you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus thro
 ugh the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 6:12-19\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to the mountain to pray\; a
 nd all night he continued in prayer to God. And when it was day\, he called
  his disciples\, and chose from them twelve\, whom he named apostles\; Simo
 n\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew his brother\, and James and John\, and
  Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the son of
  Alphaios\, and Simon who was called the Zealot\, and Judas the son of Jame
 s\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a traitor. And he came down with them a
 nd stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great
  multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre 
 and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and t
 hose who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd s
 ought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.\n \
 n\n
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 sts: 12th Sunday of Luke\; Macarius the Great of Egypt\; Mark\, Bishop of E
 phesus\; Arsenius of Corfu\; Makarios of Alexandria\; Makarios\, Hierodeaco
 n of Kalogera\, Patmos\; Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory t
 he Theologian\; Branwallader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the 
 doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came
  and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had s
 aid this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the disciples were 
 glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you
 .  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had said t
 his\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If
  you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins o
 f any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the 
 Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him:
  "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands t
 he print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and 
 place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his 
 disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors we
 re shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with yo
 u."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; an
 d put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but b
 elieving."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\,
  "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have n
 ot seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence
  of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these are writ
 ten that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and th
 at believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, when Christ who is our life app
 ears\, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore 
 what is earthly in you: fornication\, impurity\, passion\, evil desire\, an
 d covetousness\, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is
  coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked\, when you 
 lived in them. But now put them all away: anger\, wrath\, malice\, slander\
 , and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another\, seeing that yo
 u have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the new na
 ture\, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 
 Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and uncircumcised\, barbar
 ian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, and in all.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 17:12-19\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered a village\, he w
 as met by ten lepers\, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices a
 nd said:  "Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us."  When he saw them he said to
  them\, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were
  cleansed.  Then one of them\, when he saw that he was healed\, turned back
 \, praising God with a loud voice\; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet
 \, giving him thanks.  Now he was a Samaritan.  Then said Jesus: "Were not 
 ten cleansed? Where are the nine?  Was no one found to return and give prai
 se to God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Rise and go your way
 \; your faith has made you well."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171020
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/20/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\, Matrona the Righteous of Chios\
 , Gerasimus of Cephalonia\, Andronicus the Righteous Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy
 \, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you h
 ave heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be
  able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ 
 Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since hi
 s aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unl
 ess he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ou
 ght to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the L
 ord will grant you understanding in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\,
  risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, th
 e gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But 
 the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake
  of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with it
 s eternal glory.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:1-15\n\nAt that time\, the Lo
 rd appointed seventy other disciples\, and sent them on ahead of him\, two 
 by two\, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. And 
 he said to them\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pr
 ay therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
  Go your way\; behold\, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Car
 ry no purse\, no bag\, no sandals\; and salute no one on the road. Whatever
  house you enter\, first say\, 'Peace be to this house!' And if a son of pe
 ace is there\, your peace shall rest upon him\; but if not\, it shall retur
 n to you. And remain in the same house\, eating and drinking what they prov
 ide\, for the laborer deserves his wages\; do not go from house to house. W
 henever you enter a town and they receive you\, eat what is set before you\
 ; heal the sick in it and say to them\, 'The kingdom of God has come near t
 o you.' But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you\, go into
  its streets and say\, 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet\
 , we wipe off against you\; nevertheless know this\, that the kingdom of Go
 d has come near.' I tell you\, it shall be more tolerable on that day for S
 odom than for that town.\n \n'Woe to you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida
 ! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, the
 y would have repented long ago\, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it sha
 ll be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And y
 ou\, Capernaum\, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down t
 o Hades."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190605
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 s: The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop of Tyre\, Holy Martyrs Nicandrus
 \, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\, Christophoros & Konon the Mar
 tyrs of Rome\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the A
 postles 18:22-28\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he w
 ent up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spendi
 ng some time there he departed and went from place to place through the reg
 ion of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew nam
 ed Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent m
 an\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of th
 e Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately t
 he things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He be
 gan to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard 
 him\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. An
 d when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wro
 te to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped tho
 se who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in 
 public\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 12:36-47\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Whil
 e you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of l
 ight. When Jesus had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Tho
 ugh he had done so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him
 \; it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "L
 ord\, who has believed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord bee
 n revealed?" Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, "He 
 has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with
  their eyes and perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them." 
 Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, 
 many even of the authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisee
 s they did not confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: f
 or they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.\n \nAnd Jesus 
 cried out and said\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him
  who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light
  into the world\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. I
 f any one hears my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; fo
 r I did not come to judge the world but to save the world."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/8/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Hermas the Apostle of 
 the 70\, Paul the Confessor\, Dometios the Righteous\, Felix of Burgundy\, 
 Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\
 n\nOld Testament Readings: \n\n\nZechariah 8:7-17\n\n"Thus says the Lord of
  hosts:  Behold\, I will save my people from the east country and from the 
 west country\; and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem\; a
 nd they shall be my people and I will be their God\, in faithfulness and in
  righteousness."\n \nThus says the Lord of hosts:  "Let your hands be stron
 g\, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of t
 he prophets\, since the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of
  hosts was laid\, that the temple might be built.  For before those days th
 ere was no wage for man or any wage for beast\, neither was there any safet
 y from the foe for him who went out or came in\; for I set every man agains
 t his fellow.  But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as i
 n the former days\, says the Lord of hosts.  For there shall be a sowing of
  peace\; the vine shall yield its fruit\, and the ground shall give its inc
 rease\, and the heavens shall give their dew\; and I will cause the remnant
  of this people to possess all these things.  And as you have been a byword
  of cursing among the nations\, O house of Judah and house of Israel\, so w
 ill I save you and you shall be a blessing.  Fear not\, but let your hands 
 be strong."\n \nFor thus says the Lord of hosts:  "As I purposed to do evil
  to you\, when your fathers provoked me to wrath\, and I did not relent\, s
 ays the Lord of hosts\,  so again have I purposed in these days to do good 
 to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah\; fear not.  These are the things th
 at you shall do: Speak the truth to one another\, render in your gates judg
 ments that are true and make for peace\, do not devise evil in your hearts 
 against one another\, and love no false oath\, for all these things I hate\
 , says the Lord."\n \n\nZechariah 8:19-23\n\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts: 
  The fast of the fourth month\, and the fast of the fifth\, and the fast of
  the seventh\, and the fast of the tenth\, shall be to the house of Judah s
 easons of joy and gladness\, and cheerful feasts\; therefore love truth and
  peace.\n \n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Peoples shall yet come\, even th
 e inhabitants of many cities\; the inhabitants of one city shall go to anot
 her\, saying\, 'Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord\, and to
  seek the Lord of hosts\; I am going.'  Many peoples and strong nations sha
 ll come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem\, and to entreat the favor o
 f the Lord.  Thus says the Lord of hosts:  In those days ten men from the n
 ations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew\, saying\, 'Let
  us go with you\, for we have heard that God is with you.'"\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/28/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Ephraim the Syrian\, Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\, James the R
 ighteous\, Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\, Theodosius of Totma\, Grace th
 e Martyr\n\nTone One\nFirst Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have observed m
 y teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\, my love
 \, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell me at A
 ntioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\; yet fro
 m them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life 
 in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and impostors will go o
 n from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for you\, continue in 
 what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing from whom you lear
 ned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writ
 ings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ J
 esus.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, 
 "Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee and the other a t
 ax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself\, 'God\, I t
 hank you that I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unjust\, adulterers\
 , or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week\, I give tithes of 
 all that I get.'  But the tax collector\, standing far off\, would not even
  lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\, 'God\, be merc
 iful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went down to his house justifi
 ed rather than the other\; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled\
 , but he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171028
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\, Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:1-7\n\nBrethren\, I want you to know
  how greatly I strive for you\, and for those at Laodicea\, and for all who
  have not seen my face\, that their hearts may be encouraged as they are kn
 it together in love\, to have all the riches of assured understanding and t
 he knowledge of God's mystery\, of Christ\, in whom are hid all the treasur
 es of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you 
 with beguiling speech. For though I am absent in body\, yet I am with you i
 n spirit\, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith 
 in Christ. As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord\, so live in him
 \, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith\, just as you we
 re taught\, abounding in thanksgiving.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:23-26\n
 \nThe Lord said\, "He who is not with me is against me he who does not gath
 er with me scatters.\n \n"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man\, h
 e passes through waterless places seeking rest\; and finding none he says\,
  'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds 
 it swept and put in order. Then he goes and brings seven other spirits more
  evil than himself\, and they enter and dwell there\; and the last state of
  that man becomes worse than the first."\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190530
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/29/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre\, Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Cons
 tantinople\, Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes\, John of Smyrna the New Mar
 tyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Ap
 ostles 13:13-24\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and his company set sail from Papho
 s\, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jeru
 salem\; but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And o
 n the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the read
 ing of the law and the prophets\, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them\
 , saying\, "Brethren\, if you have any word of exhortation for the people\,
  say it." So Paul stood up\, and motioning with his hand said: "Men of Isra
 el\, and you that fear God\, listen. The God of this people Israel chose ou
 r fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt\
 , and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. And for about forty years he
  bore with them in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations 
 in the land of Canaan\, he gave them their land as an inheritance\, for abo
 ut four hundred and fifty years. And after that he gave them judges until S
 amuel the prophet. Then they asked for a king\; and God gave them Saul the 
 son of Kish\, a man of the tribe of Benjamin\, for forty years. And when he
  had removed him\, he raised up David to be their king\; of whom he testifi
 ed and said\, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart\
 , who will do all my will.' Of this man's posterity God has brought to Isra
 el a Savior\, Jesus\, as he promised. Before his coming John had preached a
  baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel." \n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 John 6:5-14\n\nAt that time\, Jesus\, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a
  multitude was coming to him\, said to Philip\, "How are we to buy bread\, 
 so that these people may eat?" This he said to test him\, for he himself kn
 ew what he would do. Philip answered him\, "Two hundred denarii would not b
 uy enough bread for each of them to get a little." One of his disciples\, A
 ndrew\, Simon Peter's brother\, said to him\, "There is a lad here who has 
 five barley loaves and two fish\; but what are they among so many?" Jesus s
 aid\, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place\; s
 o the men sat down\, in number about five thousand. Jesus then took the loa
 ves\, and when he had given thanks\, he distributed them to those who were 
 seated\; so also the fish\, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten
  their fill\, he told his disciples\, "Gather up the fragments left over\, 
 that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baske
 ts with fragments from the five barley loaves\, left by those who had eaten
 . When the people saw the sign which he had done\, they said\, "This is ind
 eed the prophet who is to come into the world!"\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191026
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\; Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\; Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\; Martyr Chrysanthe\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Philippians 1:27-30\; 2:1-4\nBrethren\, let your manner of l
 ife be worthy of the gospel of Christ\, so that whether I come and see you 
 or am absent\, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit\, with o
 ne mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel\, and not frighte
 ned in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their de
 struction\, but of your salvation\, and that from God. For it has been gran
 ted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him b
 ut also suffer for his sake\, engaged in the same conflict which you saw an
 d now hear to be mine. So if there is any encouragement in Christ\, any inc
 entive of love\, any participation in the Spirit\, any affection and sympat
 hy\, complete my joy by being of the same mind\, having the same love\, bei
 ng in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit\,
  but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look 
 not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Luke 11:23-26\nThe Lord said\, "He who is not with me is against
  me he who does not gather with me scatters.\n\n"When the unclean spirit ha
 s gone out of a man\, he passes through waterless places seeking rest\; and
  finding none he says\, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And 
 when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and brings s
 even other spirits more evil than himself\, and they enter and dwell there\
 ; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191115
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\; Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\; Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\; Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 
 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men 
 sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to a
 ngels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Chri
 st. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in dis
 repute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buff
 eted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled
 \, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conc
 iliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the of
 f-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to 
 admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides i
 n Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ
  Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  An
 d he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Beths
 aida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said 
 to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets 
 wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "C
 an anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see
 ."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Isra
 elite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you k
 now me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were un
 der the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are t
 he Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because
  I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall 
 see greater things than these."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I sa
 y to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and
  descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200419
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Saturday\; Holy Father John the Righteous\, disciple of St. Grego
 ry of Decapolis\; Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia\; Cosmas\, Bishop of
  Calcydon\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Athanasia the Wonderworker of A
 egina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the nex
 t day\, that is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the 
 Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that imp
 ostor said\, while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise again
 .' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, le
 st his disciples go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has rise
 n from the dead\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate
  said to them\, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as y
 ou can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone an
 d setting a guard.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-
 11\nBrethren\, all who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized i
 nto His death.  We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death\, s
 o that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we t
 oo might walk in newness of life.  For if we have been united with Him in a
  death like His\, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection l
 ike His.  We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the sinf
 ul body might be destroyed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  Fo
 r he who has died is freed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we 
 believe that we shall also live with Him.  For we know that Christ being ra
 ised from the dead will never die again\; death no longer has dominion over
  Him.  The death He died He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He li
 ves He lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and a
 live to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 28:1-20\nA
 fter the sabbath\, toward the dawn of the first day of the week\, Mary Magd
 alene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher. And behold\, there was 
 a great earthquake\; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and cam
 e and rolled back the stone\, and sat upon it. His appearance was like ligh
 tning\, and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the guards tremb
 led and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women\, "Do not be 
 afraid\; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here\;
  for he has risen\, as he said. Come\, see the place where he lay. Then go 
 quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead\, and behold
 \, he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him. Lo\, I have 
 told you." So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy\,
  and ran to tell his disciples. And behold\, Jesus met them and said\, "Hai
 l!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesu
 s said to them\, "Do not be afraid\; go and tell my brethren to go to Galil
 ee\, and there they will see me."\n\nWhile they were going\, behold\, some 
 of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had tak
 en place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel\, t
 hey gave a sum of money to the soldiers and said\, "Tell people\, 'His disc
 iples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' And if this c
 omes to the governor's ears\, we will satisfy him and keep you out of troub
 le." So they took the money and did as they were directed\; and this story 
 has been spread among the Jews to this day.\n\nNow the eleven disciples wen
 t to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when t
 hey saw him they worshiped him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said 
 to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go th
 erefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of t
 he Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe 
 all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the clos
 e of the age. Amen."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181208
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 ts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\, Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\, Rig
 hteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:15-16\; 2:1-10\n\nTitus\, my son\, to th
 e pure all things are pure\, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is 
 pure\; their very minds and consciences are corrupted. They profess to know
  God\, but they deny him by their deeds\; they are detestable\, disobedient
 \, unfit for any good deed.\n \nBut as for you\, teach what befits sound do
 ctrine. Bid the older men be temperate\, serious\, sensible\, sound in fait
 h\, in love\, and in steadfastness. Bid the older women likewise to be reve
 rent in behavior\, not to be slanderous or slaves to drink\; they are to te
 ach what is good\, and so train the young women to love their husbands and 
 children\, to be sensible\, chaste\, domestic\, kind\, and submissive to th
 eir husbands\, that the word of God may not be discredited. Likewise urge t
 he younger men to control themselves. Show yourself in all respects a model
  of good deeds\, and in your teaching show integrity\, gravity\, and sound 
 speech that cannot be censured\, so that an opponent may be put to shame\, 
 having nothing evil to say to us. Bid slaves to be submissive to their mast
 ers and to give satisfaction in every respect\; they are not to be refracto
 ry\, nor to pilfer\, but to show entire and true fidelity\, so that in ever
 ything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 21:37-38\, 22:1-8\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in the temple e
 very day\, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. 
 And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear h
 im. Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, which is called the Passo
 ver. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to d
 eath\; for they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Isc
 ariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he went away and conferred wi
 th the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. And they
  were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed\, and sought an op
 portunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Then came 
 the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrific
 ed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover for u
 s\, that we may eat it."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190623
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 ts: Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\, Holy Martyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, De
 metrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\, The Holy New Archpriest Mart
 yrs Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hi
 erotheos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, Gerasimos of Re
 thymno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Di
 opolos\, and those Martyred with Them (1821-1822)\, Mark\, Bishop of Ephesu
 s\, Etheldreda the Queen\n\nPlagal of the Fourth Tone\nFirst Orthros Gospel
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\n
 \nBrethren\, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced jus
 tice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fi
 re\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became 
 mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by 
 resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they m
 ight rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, a
 nd even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\,
  they were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in s
 kins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the
  world was not worthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in
  dens and caves of the earth. And all these\, though well attested by their
  faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen somethi
 ng better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Ther
 efore\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us a
 lso lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us r
 un with perseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the 
 pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\;
  37-38\; 19:27-30\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknow
 ledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in h
 eaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny him before my F
 ather who is in heaven.  He who loves father or mother more than me is not 
 worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy 
 of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of m
 e."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed 
 you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you
 \, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\
 , you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the tw
 elve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has left houses or brothers or si
 sters or father or mother or children or lands\, for my name's sake\, will 
 receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  But many that are first 
 will be last\, and the last first."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/23/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\, Xanthippe & Polyxene the Right
 eous\, John the New Martyr of Epiros\, Nicholas the New Martyr\n\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\n\nBrethren\, Abraha
 m had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the
  slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through 
 promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is fro
 m Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is M
 ount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she i
 s in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she i
 s our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear
 \; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of
  the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married."\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:5-25\n\nAt that time\, in the days of Herod\, k
 ing of Judea\, there was a priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abij
 ah\; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabe
 th. And they were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandmen
 ts and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child\, because El
 izabeth was barren\, and both were advanced in years.\n \nNow while he was 
 serving as priest before God when his division was on duty\, according to t
 he custom of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of 
 the Lord and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were prayi
 ng outside at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of th
 e Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.\n \nAnd Zacharia
 s was troubled when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said
  to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your prayer is heard\, and yo
 ur wife Elizabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John.\n
  \nAnd you will have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth\
 ; for he will be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor str
 ong drink\, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\, even from his moth
 er's womb. And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their Go
 d\, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn t
 he hearts of the fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdo
 m of the just\, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." And Zacharia
 s said to the angel\, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my 
 wife is advanced in years." And the angel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, wh
 o stands in the presence of God\; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to b
 ring you this good news. And behold\, you will be silent and unable to spea
 k until the day that these things come to pass\, because you did not believ
 e my words\, which will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were wa
 iting for Zacharias\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. And whe
 n he came out\, he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had
  seen a vision in the temple\; and he made signs to them and remained dumb.
  And when his time of service was ended\, he went to his home.\n \nAfter th
 ese days his wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself
 \, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\
 , to take away my reproach among men."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180928
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/27/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\, Mark\, Aristarchos\, and 
 Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\, Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Gideo
 n the Righteous\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 
 5:33\; 6:1-9\n\nBrethren\, let each one of you love his wife as himself\, a
 nd let the wife see that she respects her husband. Children\, obey your par
 ents in the Lord\, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother" (this 
 is the first commandment with a promise)\, "that it may be well with you an
 d that you may live long on the earth." Fathers\, do not provoke your child
 ren to anger\, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the L
 ord. Slaves\, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters\, with fear
  and trembling\, in singleness of heart\, as to Christ\; not in the way of 
 eye-service\, as men-pleasers\, but as servants of Christ\, doing the will 
 of God from the heart\, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord a
 nd not to men\, knowing that whatever good any one does\, he will receive t
 he same again from the Lord\, whether he is a slave or free. Masters\, do t
 he same to them\, and forbear threatening\, knowing that he who is both the
 ir Master and yours is in heaven\, and that there is no partiality with him
 .\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:12-19\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to the
  mountain to pray\; and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when i
 t was day\, he called his disciples\, and chose from them twelve\, whom he 
 named apostles\; Simon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew his brother\, and
  James and John\, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\,
  and James the son of Alphaios\, and Simon who was called the Zealot\, and 
 Judas the son of James\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a traitor. And he 
 came down with them and stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his 
 disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and 
 the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of t
 heir diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured
 . And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and
  healed them all.\n \n\n
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 s: Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\, Hilary the Wonderworker\, Euthemios\,
  Bishop of Madytos\, Athanasios\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nFast Day (Wine and O
 il Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:44-48\; 11:1-10\n
 \nIn those days\, while Peter was still saying this\, the Holy Spirit fell 
 on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who
  came with Peter were amazed\, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been
  poured out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues a
 nd extolling God. Then Peter declared\, "Can any one forbid water for bapti
 zing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And h
 e commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they aske
 d him to remain for some days. Now the apostles and the brethren who were i
 n Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when 
 Peter went up to Jerusalem\, the circumcision party criticized him\, saying
 \, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" But Peter began
  and explained to them in order: "I was in the city of Joppa praying\; and 
 in a trance I saw a vision\, something descending\, like a great sheet\, le
 t down from heaven by four corners\; and it came down to me. Looking at it 
 closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the
  air. And I heard a voice saying to me\, 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.' But
  I said\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mo
 uth.' But the voice answered a second time from heaven\, 'What God has clea
 nsed you must not call common.' This happened three times\, and all was dra
 wn up again into heaven."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\n\nThe Lord sai
 d to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die i
 n your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Wil
 l he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? "
  He said to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this 
 world\, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins\
 , for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said
  to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you fr
 om the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he w
 ho sent me is true\, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
 " They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus sai
 d\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am 
 he\, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father
  taught me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for 
 I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in h
 im.\n\n\n
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 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\, The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-7\
 n\nBRETHREN\, when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born 
 of woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so
  that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons\, God has
  sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts\, crying\, "Abba! Father!" So y
 ou are no longer a slave but a son\, and if a son then also an heir of God 
 through Christ. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12\n\nWhen Jesus was bor
 n in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king\, behold\, wise men f
 rom the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\, "Where is he who has been born ki
 ng of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East\, and have come to wo
 rship him." When Herod the king heard this\, he was troubled\, and all Jeru
 salem with him\; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the pe
 ople\, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him\,
  "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is written by the prophet: 'And you\, O
  Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are by no means least among the rulers 
 of Judah\; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel
 .'"\n \nThen Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them
  what time the star appeared\; and he sent them to Bethlehem\, saying\, "Go
  and search diligently for the child\, and when you have found him bring me
  word\, that I too may come and worship him." When they had heard the king 
 they went their way\; and lo the star which they had seen in the East went 
 before them\, till it came to rest over the place where the child was. When
  they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy\; and going i
 nto the house they saw the child with Mary his mother\, and they fell down 
 and worshiped him. Then\, opening their treasures\, they offered him gifts\
 , gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to retur
 n to Herod\, they departed to their own country by another way.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodore the Sanctified\, Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae\, New Martyr 
 Nicholas of Metsovos (1617)\, Nicholas the Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\, Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\, Brendan the Navigator\n\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39\n\nIn those days\, an angel o
 f the Lord said to Philip\, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that 
 goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road. And he rose and w
 ent. And behold\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, que
 en of the Ethiopians\, in charge of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusale
 m to worship and was returning\; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the
  prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chari
 ot." So Philip ran to him\, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and 
 asked\, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\
 , unless some one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with
  him. Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a
  sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he op
 ens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can descr
 ibe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth." And the eunuc
 h said to Philip\, "About whom\, pray\, does the prophet say this\, about h
 imself or about some one else?" Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginnin
 g with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. And as they went 
 along the road they came to some water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here 
 is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you 
 believe with all your heart\, you may." And he replied\, "I believe that Je
 sus Christ is the Son of God." And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and t
 hey both went down into the water\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized
  him. And when they came up out of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caugh
 t up Philip\; and the eunuch saw him no more\, and went on his way rejoicin
 g.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:40-44\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who belie
 ved in him: "This is the will of my Father\, that every one who sees the So
 n and believes in him should have eternal life\; and I will raise him up at
  the last day." The Jews then murmured at him\, because he said\, "I am the
  bread which came down from heaven." They said\, "Is not this Jesus\, the s
 on of Joseph\, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say\, 'I ha
 ve come down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them\, "Do not murmur among your
 selves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him\; and
  I will raise him up at the last day."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180929
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/29/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\, Martyr Petronius\, Theophanes the Me
 rciful of Gaza\, Dionysios I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Malachi the Ne
 w Righteous Martyr of Lindos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to t
 he Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\
 , joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\
 , self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Chr
 ist Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we li
 ve by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-con
 ceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if
  a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore 
 him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.
   Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Luke 5:17-26\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching\, there wer
 e Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by\, who had come from every vi
 llage of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem\; and the power of the Lord w
 as present to heal them. And behold\, men were bringing on a bed a man who 
 was paralyzed\, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before him\; bu
 t finding no way to bring him in\, because of the crowd\, they went up on t
 he roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst befo
 re Jesus. And when he saw their faith he said\, "Man\, your sins are forgiv
 en you." And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question\, saying\, "Wh
 o is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?" When
  Jesus perceived their questionings\, he answered them\, "Why do you questi
 on in your hearts? Which is easier\, to say\, 'Your sins are forgiven you\,
 ' or to say\, 'Rise and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of man ha
 s authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the man who was paralyz
 ed -- "I say to you\, rise\, take up your bed and go home." And immediately
  he rose before them\, and took up that on which he lay\, and went home\, g
 lorifying God. And amazement seized them all\, and they glorified God and w
 ere filled with awe\, saying\, "We have seen strange things today."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\, Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\, Holy Martyr Philetaerus\, Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\, Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to Timothy 6:11-16\n\nTimothy\, my son\, aim at righteou
 sness\, godliness\, faith\, love\, steadfastness\, gentleness.  Fight the g
 ood fight of the faith\; take hold of the eternal life to which you were ca
 lled when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.  
 In the presence of God who gives life to all things\, and of Christ Jesus w
 ho in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession\, I char
 ge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the a
 ppearing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; and this will be made manifest at the p
 roper time by the blessed and only Sovereign\, and King of kings and Lord o
 f lords\, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light\, wh
 om no man has ever seen or can see.  To him be honor and eternal dominion. 
  Amen. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:15-21\n\nAt that time\, many follow
 ed Jesus\, and he healed them all\, and ordered them not to make him known.
  This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold\, my se
 rvant whom I have chosen\, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I 
 will put my Spirit upon him\, and he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles
 . He will not wrangle or cry aloud\, nor will anyone hear his voice in the 
 streets\; he will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick\, ti
 ll he brings justice to victory\; and in his name will the Gentiles hope." 
       \n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190531
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/30/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus\, Macrina\, grandmother o
 f St. Basil the Great\, Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea\, Natalios the Martyr\
 , Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of 
 the Apostles 14:20-28\; 15:1-4\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul went on with Barnaba
 s to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made man
 y disciples\, they returned to Lystra and to lconion and to Antioch\, stren
 gthening the souls of the disciples\, exhorting them to continue in the fai
 th\, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of
  God. And when they had appointed elders for them in every church\, with pr
 ayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. The
 n they passed through Pisidia\, and came to Pamphylia. And when they had sp
 oken the word in Perga\, they went down to Attalia\; and from there they sa
 iled to Antioch\, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the
  work which they had fulfilled. And when they arrived\, they gathered the c
 hurch together and declared all that God had done with them\, and how he ha
 d opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remained no little time 
 with the disciples. But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the
  brethren\, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses\, 
 you cannot be saved." And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension an
 d debate with them\, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointe
 d to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
  So\, being sent on their way by the church\, they passed through both Phoe
 nicia and Samaria\, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles\, and they gav
 e great joy to all the brethren. And when they came to Jerusalem\, they wer
 e welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders\, and they declare
 d all that God had done with them. \n  \n\nGospel Reading: John 9:39-10:9\n
 \nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For judgment I came into thi
 s world\, that those who do not see may see\, and that those who see may be
 come blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard this\, and they said to h
 im\, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them\, "If you were blind\, you wou
 ld have no guilt\; but now that you say\, 'We see\,' your guilt remains.\n 
 \n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by th
 e door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; bu
 t he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gateke
 eper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name 
 and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before th
 em\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they wi
 ll not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voic
 e of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not unders
 tand what he was saying to them.\n \nSo Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me 
 are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; 
 if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and fin
 d pasture."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/10/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\; Poulcheria the Empre
 ss\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 8:16-24\; 9:1-5\nBrethren\, thanks be
  to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. For
  he not only accepted our appeal\, but being himself very earnest he is goi
 ng to you of his own accord. With him we are sending the brother who is fam
 ous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel\; and not only t
 hat\, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this g
 racious work which we are carrying on\, for the glory of the Lord and to sh
 ow our good will. We intend that no one should blame us about this liberal 
 gift which we are administering\, for we aim at what is honorable not only 
 in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of men. And with them we are send
 ing our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters
 \, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in
  you. As for Titus\, he is my partner and fellow worker in your service\; a
 nd as for our brethren\, they are apostles of the churches\, the glory of C
 hrist. So give proof\, before the churches\, of your love and of our boasti
 ng about you to these men.\n\nNow it is superfluous for me to write to you 
 about the offering for the saints\, for I know your readiness of which I bo
 ast about you to the people of Macedonia\, saying that Achaia has been read
 y since last year\; and your zeal has stirred up most of them. But I am sen
 ding the brethren so that our boasting about you may not prove vain in this
  case\, so that you may be ready\, as I said you would be\; lest if some Ma
 cedonians come with me and find that you are not ready\, we be humiliated -
 - to say nothing of you -- for being so confident. So I thought it necessar
 y to urge the brethren to go on to you before me\, and arrange in advance f
 or this gift you have promised\, so that it may be ready not as an exaction
  but as a willing gift.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoe
 ver believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent t
 he Son into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world might
  be saved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned\; he who doe
 s not believe is condemned already\, because he has not believed in the nam
 e of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment\, that the light has com
 e into the world\, and men loved darkness rather than light\, because their
  deeds were evil. For every one who does evil hates the light\, and does no
 t come to the light\, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does wha
 t is true comes to the light\, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds h
 ave been wrought in God."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200314
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Second Saturday of Lent\; Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\; Euschemon
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Lampasakos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:12-16\nBRETHREN\, take
  care lest there be in any of you an evil\, unbelieving heart\, leading you
  to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day\, as lo
 ng as it is called "today\," that none of you may be hardened by the deceit
 fulness of sin. For we share in Christ\, if only we hold our first confiden
 ce firm to the end\, while it is said\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, 
 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Who were they that heard an
 d yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leader
 ship of Moses? \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44\nAt that time\, Jesus went 
 out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were w
 ith him pursued him\, and they found him and said to him\, "Everyone is sea
 rching for you." And he said to them\, "Let us go on to the next towns\, th
 at I may preach there also\; for that is why I came out." And he went throu
 ghout all Galilee\, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. A
 nd a leper came to him beseeching him\, and kneeling said to him\, "If you 
 will\, you can make me clean." Moved with pity\, he stretched out his hand 
 and touched him\, and said to him\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately th
 e leprosy left him\, and he was made clean. And he sternly charged him\, an
 d sent him away at once\, and said to him\, "See that you say nothing to an
 y one\; but go\, show yourself to a priest\, and offer for your cleansing w
 hat Moses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180113
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/12/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Tatiana the Martyr of Rome\, Martyr Mertios\, Afterfeast of the Theopha
 ny of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Basil and John the Hieromartyrs\,
  Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\, Peter of Absalom\, Benedict\n\nStrict Fast\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 18:22-28\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when P
 aul had landed at Caesarea\, he went up and greeted the church\, and then w
 ent down to Antioch. After spending some time there he departed and went fr
 om place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening
  all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came
  to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\, well versed in the scriptures. He had
  been instructed in the way of the Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\,
  he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus\, though he kne
 w only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but
  when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\, they took him and expounded to him t
 he way of God more accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the 
 brethren encouraged him\, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When h
 e arrived\, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed\, for he
  powerfully confuted the Jews in public\, showing by the scriptures that th
 e Christ was Jesus. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:39-42\n\nAt that time\, t
 he Jews tried to arrest Jesus\, but he escaped from their hands.  He went a
 way again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized\, and
  there he remained.  And many came to him\; and they said\, "John did no si
 gn\, but everything that John said about this man was true." And many belie
 ved in him there.\n\n\n
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 ts: Paul of Thebes\, John the Hut-Dweller\, Pansophios the Martyr of Alexan
 dria\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6
 :1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience
 \, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against
  such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified
  the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let u
 s also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of o
 ne another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in a
 ny trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentl
 eness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's bur
 dens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40
 \n\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father's good
  pleasure to give you the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\;
  provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasure in t
 he heavens that does not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth destr
 oys.  For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  Let your
  loins be girded and your lamps burning\, and be like men who are waiting f
 or their master to come home from the marriage feast\, so that they may ope
 n to him at once when he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom
  the master finds awake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird
  himself and have them sit at table\, and he will come and serve them.  If 
 he comes in the second watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\, blesse
 d are those servants!  But know this\, that if the householder had known at
  what hour the thief was coming\, he would not have left his house to be br
 oken into.  You also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an une
 xpected hour."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180917
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\, Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apost
 le\, Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\, Melitina the Martyr\, Afterfeast of th
 e Holy Cross\, Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\, Edith the Nun of Wilton
  Abbey\n\nGrave Tone\nFifth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20\n\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not ju
 stified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we hav
 e believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, 
 and not by works of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be j
 ustified. But if\, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves
  were found to be sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! 
 But if I build up again those things which I tore down\, then I prove mysel
 f a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live
  to God. I have been crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, b
 ut Christ who lives in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by 
 faith in the Son of God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\n\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come af
 ter me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoe
 ver would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sa
 ke and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain t
 he whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for 
 his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and 
 sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he co
 mes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\,
  "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste de
 ath before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Sunday after Holy Cross
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180429
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/28/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\, John the Martyr of Romania\, Memnon 
 the Wonderworker\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:19-31\n\nIn
  those days\, Saul was with the disciples at Damascus. And in the synagogue
 s immediately he proclaimed Jesus\, saying\, "He is the Son of God." And al
 l who heard him were amazed\, and said\, "is not this the man who made havo
 c in Jerusalem of those who called on this name? And he has come here for t
 his purpose\, to bring them bound before the chief priests." But Saul incre
 ased all the more in strength\, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damasc
 us by proving that Jesus was the Christ. When many days had passed\, the Je
 ws plotted to kill him\, but their plot became known to Saul. They were wat
 ching the gates day and night\, to kill him\; but his disciples took him by
  night and let him down over the wall\, lowering him in a basket. And when 
 he had come to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples\; and they were
  all afraid of him\, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. But B
 arnabas took him\, and brought him to the apostles\, and declared to them h
 ow on the road he had seen the Lord\, who spoke to him\, and how at Damascu
 s he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. So he went in and out among 
 them at Jerusalem\, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke 
 and disputed against the Hellenists\; but they were seeking to kill him. An
 d when the brethren knew it\, they brought him down to Caesarea\, and sent 
 him off to Tarsus. So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samar
 ia had peace and was built up\; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in 
 the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John
  15:17-27\; 16:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\,
  to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me b
 efore it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its ow
 n\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world
 \, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, '
 A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they wi
 ll persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But a
 ll this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him wh
 o sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\
 ; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Fath
 er also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, th
 ey would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Fat
 her.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated 
 me without a cause.'\n \n But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send 
 to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the F
 ather\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because y
 ou have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to ke
 ep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed
 \, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering serv
 ice to God."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200620
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord\; Holy Martyr Zosima
 \; Our Righteous Father Zenonus\; Pa?sius the Great of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's First Universal Letter 1:1-25\nJUDE\, a ser
 vant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of James\, To those who are called\, bel
 oved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy\, peace\, and l
 ove be multiplied to you. Beloved\, being very eager to write to you of our
  common salvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to conte
 nd for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admiss
 ion has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this 
 condemnation\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licent
 iousness and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I desire t
 o remind you\, though you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord 
 saved a people out of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did
  not believe. And the angels that did not keep their own position but left 
 their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether
  gloom until the judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and
  the surrounding cities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in un
 natural lust\, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fi
 re. Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reje
 ct authority\, and revile the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael
 \, contending with the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did no
 t presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord 
 rebuke you." But these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by 
 those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are de
 stroyed. Woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and abando
 n themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah's
  rebellion. These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carous
 e together\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along by
  winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild wave
 s of the sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars for
  whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever. It was of th
 ese also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, saying
 \, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on a
 ll\, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which
  they have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things w
 hich ungodly sinners have spoken against him." These are grumblers\, malcon
 tents\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering p
 eople to gain advantage. But you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions 
 of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "in the last 
 time there will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions." It is 
 these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit. But you
 \, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy
  Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lo
 rd Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And convince some\, who doubt\; save som
 e\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hati
 ng even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now to him who is able to keep yo
 u from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of hi
 s glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time 
 and now and for ever. Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:21-24\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "He who has my commandments and keeps them\,  he it is
  who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\,  and I wil
 l love him and manifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot)  said to him\,
  "Lord\, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us\, and  not to the 
 world?" Jesus answered him\, "If a man loves me\, he will keep  my word\, a
 nd my Father will love him\, and we will come to him and make  our home wit
 h him. He who does not love me does not keep my words\; and  the word which
  you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200706
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Sunday of Matthew\; Athanasius of Mount Athos\; Righteous Father L
 ampadus the Wonderworker\; Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monas
 tery\; Uncovering of the Holy Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Rad
 onezh\; Holy New Martyrs Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Barbara
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week\, at 
 early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spices which they had 
 prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when th
 ey went in they did not find the body.  While they were perplexed about thi
 s\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were f
 rightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why
  do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how he told you\, while h
 e was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be delivered in to the ha
 nds of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise."  And the
 y remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb they told all this to 
 the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and Joanna and
  Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to th
 e apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not
  believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking
  in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at
  what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 
 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\,
  patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\
 ; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have 
 crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spiri
 t\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provo
 king of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overt
 aken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit
  of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one anot
 her's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 8:5-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered Capernaum\, a centurion came forw
 ard to him\, beseeching him and saying\, "Lord\, my servant is lying paraly
 zed at home\, in terrible distress." And he said to him\, "I will come and 
 heal him." But the centurion answered him\, "Lord\, I am not worthy to have
  you come under my roof\; but only say the word\, and my servant will be he
 aled. For I am a man under authority\, with soldiers under me\; and I say t
 o one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\, and to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\, and t
 o my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it." When Jesus heard him\, he marvele
 d\, and said to those who followed him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, not even i
 n Israel have I found such faith. I tell you\, many will come from east and
  west and sit at table with Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob in the kingdom of h
 eaven\, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darknes
 s\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the centurion Jesus 
 said\, "Go\; be it done for you as you have believed." And the servant was 
 healed at that very moment.\n\n
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SUMMARY:4th Sunday of Matthew
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180101
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/31/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\, The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\nPlagal of the First Tone\nEighth Orthros Gos
 pel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 4:5-8\n\nTIMO
 THY\, my son\, always be steady\, endure suffering\, do the work of an evan
 gelist\, fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor I am already on the point of being sa
 crificed\; the time of my departure has come.  I have fought the good fight
 \, I have finished the race\, I have kept the faith.  Henceforth there is l
 aid up for me the crown of righteousness\, which the Lord\, the righteous j
 udge\, will award to me on that Day\, and not only to me but also to all wh
 o have loved his appearing.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8\n\nThe beginnin
 g of the Gospel of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God. As it is written in the p
 rophets\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepar
 e your way\; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of 
 the Lord\, make his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilderness\,
  preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And there w
 ent out to him all the country of Judea\, and all the people of Jerusalem\;
  and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their sins.
  Now John was clothed with camel's hair\, and had a leather girdle around h
 is waist\, and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached\, saying\, "Afte
 r me comes he who is mightier than I\, the thong of whose sandals I am not 
 worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water\; but he wil
 l baptize you with the Holy Spirit."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Sunday before Epiphany
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200227
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\; The Holy Great Martyr Photine\, the Sama
 ritan Women\; Holy Martyr Theocletus\; John Claphas the new Martyr\n\nFast 
 Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 3:12-2
 1\nLet the nations bestir themselves\, and come up to the valley of Jehosh'
 aphat\; for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.\n\nPut i
 n the sickle\, for the harvest is ripe.  Go in\, tread\, for the wine press
  is full.  The vats overflow\, for their wickedness is great.\n\nMultitudes
 \, multitudes\, in the valley of decision!  For the day of the Lord is near
  in the valley of decision.  The sun and the moon are darkened\, and the st
 ars withdraw their shining.\n\nAnd the Lord roars from Zion\, and utters hi
 s voice from Jerusalem\, and the heavens and the earth shake.  But the Lord
  is a refuge to his people\, a stronghold to the people of Israel.\n\n"So y
 ou shall know that I am the Lord your God\, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mou
 ntain.  And Jerusalem shall be holy and strangers shall never again pass th
 rough it.\n\n"And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine\, and the
  hills shall flow with milk\, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow w
 ith water\; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and 
 water the valley of Shittim.\n\n"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a
  desolate wilderness\, for the violence done to the people of Judah\, becau
 se they have shed innocent blood in their land.  But Judah shall be inhabit
 ed for ever\, and Jerusalem to all generations.  I will avenge their blood\
 , and I will not clear the guilty\, for the Lord dwells in Zion." \n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Joel 2:12-26\n"Yet even now\," says the Lord\, "return to
  me with all your heart\, with fasting\, with weeping\, and with mourning\;
  and rend your hearts and not your garments."  Return to the Lord\, your Go
 d\, for he is gracious and merciful\, slow to anger\, and abounding in stea
 dfast love\, and repents of evil.  Who knows whether he will not turn and r
 epent\, and leave a blessing behind him\, a cereal offering and a drink off
 ering for the Lord\, your God?\n\nBlow the trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fas
 t\; call a solemn assembly\; gather the people.  Sanctify the congregation\
 ; assemble the elders\; gather the children\, even nursing infants.  Let th
 e bridegroom leave his room\, and the bride her chamber.\n\nBetween the ves
 tibule and the altar let the priests\, the ministers of the Lord\, weep and
  say\, "Spare thy people\, O Lord\, and make not thy heritage a reproach\, 
 a byword among the nations.  Why should they say among the peoples\, 'Where
  is their God?'"\n\nThen the Lord became jealous for his land\, and had pit
 y on his people.  The Lord answered and said to his people\, "Behold\, I am
  sending to you grain\, wine\, and oil\, and you will be satisfied\; and I 
 will no more make you a reproach among the nations.\n\n"I will remove the n
 ortherner far from you\, and drive him into a parched and desolate land\, h
 is front into the eastern sea\, and his rear into the western sea\; the ste
 nch and foul smell of him will rise\, for he has done great things.\n\n"Fea
 r not\, O land\; be glad and rejoice\, for the Lord has done great things! 
  Fear not\, you beasts of the field\, for the pastures of the wilderness ar
 e green\; the tree bears its fruit\, the fig tree and vine give their full 
 yield.\n\n"Be glad\, O sons of Zion\, and rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; 
 for he has given the early rain for your vindication\, he has poured down f
 or you abundant rain\, the early and the latter rain\, as before.\n\n"The t
 hreshing floors shall be full of grain\, the vats shall overflow with wine 
 and oil.  I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eat
 en\, the hopper\, the destroyer\, and the cutter\, my great army\, which I 
 sent among you.\n\n"You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied\, and praise t
 he name of the Lord your God\, who has dealt wondrously with you.  And my p
 eople shall never again be put to shame."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took 
 with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and h
 is raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Mo
 ses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which h
 e was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him wer
 e heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two m
 en who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to
  Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\,
  one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he sa
 id. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them\; and they were af
 raid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\
 , "This is my Son\, my Beloved\; listen to him!" And when the voice had spo
 ken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those
  days anything of what they had seen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Secon
 d Universal Letter 1:10-19\nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call
  and election\, for if you do this you will never fall\; so there will be r
 ichly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and
  Savior Jesus Christ.\n\nTherefore I intend always to remind you of these t
 hings\, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have
 . I think it right\, as long as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of
  reminder\, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon\, as 
 our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. And I will see to it that after my departu
 re you may be able at any time to recall these things.\n\nFor we did not fo
 llow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ\, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For whe
 n he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne t
 o him by the Majestic Glory\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well
  pleased\," we heard this voice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on
  the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will
  do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, un
 til the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and
  John his brother\, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was trans
 figured before them\, and his face shone like the sun\, and his garments be
 came white as light. And behold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\,
  talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are
  here\; if you wish\, I will make three booths here\, one for you and one f
 or Moses and one for Elijah." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cl
 oud overshadowed them\, and a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my belov
 ed Son\, with whom I am well pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples h
 eard this\, they fell on their faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus 
 came and touched them\, saying\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they l
 ifted up their eyes\, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were comi
 ng down the mountain\, Jesus commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, unt
 il the Son of man is raised from the dead."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180114
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/13/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\, Maximos the Righteous of Ka
 psokalyvia\, Mount Athos\, Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savi
 our Jesus Christ\, Hilary of Poitiers\, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos 
 - Mediatress\, Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-17\n\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord an
 d in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you m
 ay be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we are not contend
 ing against flesh and blood\, but against the principalities\, against the 
 powers\, against the world rulers of this present darkness\, against the sp
 iritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore take the who
 le armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day\, and h
 aving done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having girded your loins wi
 th truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness\, and having 
 shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace\; besides all thes
 e\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can quench all the flaming 
 darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of
  the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-
 11\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to 
 be tempted by the devil.  And he fasted forty days and forty nights\, and a
 fterward he was hungry.  And the tempter came and said to him\, "If you are
  the Son of God\, command these stones to become loaves of bread."  But he 
 answered\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone\, but by eve
 ry word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"  Then the devil took him to 
 the holy city\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him
 \, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down\; for it is written\, '
 He will give his angels charge of you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear
  you up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"  Jesus said to him\,
  "Again\, it is written\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"  Again\
 , the devil took him to a very high mountain\, and showed him all the kingd
 oms of the world and the glory of them\; and he said to him\, "All these I 
 will give you\, if you will fall down and worship me."  Then Jesus said to 
 him\, "Be gone\, Satan! for it is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord you
 r God and him only shall you serve.'"  Then the devil left him\, and behold
 \, angels came and ministered to him.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181110
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus\, Matrona\, Abbess of Constantino
 ple\, Theoktisti of the Isle of Lesbos\, Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metro
 politan of Pentapolis\, Symeon the Translator\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:9-13\; 5:24-28\n\nBr
 ethren\, God has not destined us for wrath\, but to obtain salvation throug
 h our Lord Jesus Christ\, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep 
 we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one anoth
 er up\, just as you are doing. But we beseech you\, brethren\, to respect t
 hose who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you\, an
 d to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace amo
 ng yourselves. He who calls you is faithful\, and he will do it. Brethren\,
  pray for us. Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. I adjure you by the 
 Lord that this letter be read to all the brethren. The grace of our Lord Je
 sus Christ be with you. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:31-35\n\nAt that
  time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him\, "Get away from here\, 
 for Herod wants to kill you." And he said to them\, "Go and tell that fox\,
  'Behold\, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow\, and the
  third day I finish my course. Nevertheless I must go on my way today and t
 omorrow and the day following\; for it cannot be that a prophet should peri
 sh away from Jerusalem.' O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and
  stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your ch
 ildren together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would 
 not! Behold\, your house is forsaken. And I tell you\, you will not see me 
 until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colossa
 e (Chonae)\, Holy Martyr Calodote\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to the Hebrews 2:2-10\n\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels was 
 valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution\,
  how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared 
 at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him\, w
 hile God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by
  gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For it was
  not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are speak
 ing. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful o
 f him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make him f
 or a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory 
 and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in puttin
 g everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his control. As
  it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see Jesu
 s\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned with gl
 ory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace of G
 od he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, for who
 m and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should ma
 ke the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you 
 hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me reject
 s him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even t
 he demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Sat
 an fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to 
 tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; a
 nd nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the s
 pirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heav
 en." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank y
 ou\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things 
 from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\,
  for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\, Peter\, Archbishop of Alexand
 ria\, Hermogenes\, the Martyr\, Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in
 to the Temple\, Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\; 4:1-3\n\nB
 rethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, t
 he Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorio
 us body\, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to hims
 elf.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown
 \, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entrea
 t Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, he
 lp these women\, for they have labored side by side with me in the gospel t
 ogether with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose names are in
  the book of life. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:12-28\n\nThe Lord said th
 is parable\, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and t
 hen return. Calling ten of his servants\, he gave them ten pounds\, and sai
 d to them\, 'Trade with these till I come.' But his citizens hated him and 
 sent an embassy after him\, saying\, 'We do not want this man to reign over
  us.' When he returned\, having received the kingdom\, he commanded these s
 ervants\, to whom he had given the money\, to be called to him\, that he mi
 ght know what they had gained by trading. The first came before him\, sayin
 g\, 'Lord\, your pound has made ten pounds more.' And he said to him\, 'Wel
 l done\, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little\, yo
 u shall have authority over ten cities.' And the second came\, saying\, 'Lo
 rd\, your pound has made five pounds.' And he said to him\, 'And you are to
  be over five cities.' Then another came\, saying\, 'Lord\, here is your po
 und\, which I kept laid away in a napkin\; for I was afraid of you\, becaus
 e you are a severe man\; you take up what you did not lay down\, and reap w
 hat you did not sow.' He said to him\, 'I will condemn you out of your own 
 mouth\, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man\, taking up wh
 at I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you not 
 put my money into the bank\, and at my coming I should have collected it wi
 th interest?' And he said to those who stood by\, 'Take the pound from him\
 , and give it to him who has the ten pounds.' (And they said to him\, 'Lord
 \, he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you\, that to every one who has will more b
 e given\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. B
 ut as for these enemies of mine\, who did not want me to reign over them\, 
 bring them here and slay them before me.'" And when he had said this\, he w
 ent on ahead\, going up to Jerusalem.\n \n\n
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 sts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\; Hermos the Martyr\; Leon
 tus the martyr\; John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Relics of A
 rsenios the Righteous of Paros\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Ho
 ly Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Constantine the New Martyr of 
 Capua\; Matthew the New Martyr of Gerakari\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's S
 econd Letter to the Corinthians 2:14-17\; 3:1-3\nBrethren\, thanks be to Go
 d\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the f
 ragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ
  to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing\,
  to one a fragrance from death to death\, to the other a fragrance from lif
 e to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not\, like so man
 y\, peddlers of God's word\; but as men of sincerity\, as commissioned by G
 od\, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.\n\nAre we beginning to commend
  ourselves again? Or do we need\, as some do\, letters of recommendation\, 
 to you\, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation\, wri
 tten on our hearts\, to be known and read by all men\; and you show that yo
 u are a letter from Christ delivered by us\, written not with ink but with 
 the Spirit of the living God\, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of hu
 man hearts.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:23-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews 
 who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for
  you tithe mint and dill and cumin\, and have neglected the weightier matte
 rs of the law\, justice and mercy and faith\; these you ought to have done\
 , without neglecting the others. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat an
 d swallowing a camel!\n\n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! 
 for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate\, but inside they a
 re full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the in
 side of the cup and of the plate\, that the outside also may be clean.\n\n"
 Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like whitewash
 ed tombs\, which outwardly appear beautiful\, but within they are full of d
 ead men's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous
  to men\, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."\n\n
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 s: Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin\, Athana
 sios the Wonderworker\, Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalough\n\nPlagal of the Fourt
 h Tone\nFirst Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the
  Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\n\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith conqu
 ered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths o
 f lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won streng
 th out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. W
 omen received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to 
 accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffer
 ed mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were ston
 ed\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the 
 sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted
 \, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering         over 
 deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these\, t
 hough well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, si
 nce God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they shou
 ld not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so great a c
 loud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clin
 gs so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set befor
 e us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\n\nThe Lord said to his disci
 ples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge 
 before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I al
 so will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves father or
  mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter
  more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and 
 follow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have l
 eft everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to 
 them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall
  sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twe
 lve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has l
 eft houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\
 , for my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal lif
 e.  But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n\n
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 ts: Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus\, Macrina\, grandmother o
 f St. Basil the Great\, Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea\, Natalios the Martyr\
 , Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:18-27\n\nBrethren\, the wrath of God i
 s revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by
  their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is pl
 ain to them\, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of 
 the world his invisible nature\, namely\, his eternal power and deity\, has
  been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are with
 out excuse\; for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or gi
 ve thanks to him\, but they became futile in their thinking and their sense
 less minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise\, they became fools\, and exc
 hanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or bi
 rds or animals or reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of thei
 r hearts to impurity\, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves\
 , because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and se
 rved the creature rather than the Creator\, who is blessed for ever! Amen. 
 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exch
 anged natural relations for unnatural\, and the men likewise gave up natura
 l relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another\, men
  committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the 
 due penalty for their error.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26\n\nThe Lo
 rd said to his disciples\, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the s
 cribes and Pharisees\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have
  heard that it was said to the men of old\, 'You shall not kill\; and whoev
 er kills shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that every one who 
 is angry with his brother without cause shall be liable to judgment\; whoev
 er insults his brother shall be liable to the council\, and whoever says\, 
 'You fool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering you
 r gift at the altar\, and there remember that your brother has something ag
 ainst you\, leave your gift there before the altar and go\; first be reconc
 iled to your brother\, and then come and offer your gift. Make friends quic
 kly with your accuser\, while you are going with him to court\, lest your a
 ccuser hand you over to the judge\, and the judge to the guard\, and you be
  put in prison\; truly\, I say to you\, you will never get out till you hav
 e paid the last penny."\n\n\n
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 ts: Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\, Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas of
  Philadelphia\, Anastasios the Serbian\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 11:25-36\n\nBrethren\, lest you be wise in
  your own conceits\, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has
  come upon part of Israel\, until the full number of Gentiles come in\, and
  so all Israel will be saved\; as it is written\, "The Deliverer will come 
 from Zion\, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"\; "and this will be my c
 ovenant with them when I take away their sins." As regards the gospel they 
 are enemies of God\, for your sake\; but as regards election they are belov
 ed for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the call of God are
  irrevocable. Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have receive
 d mercy because of their disobedience\, so they have now been disobedient i
 n order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy. For God
  has consigned all men to disobedience\, that he may have mercy upon all. O
  the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable 
 are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind
  of the Lord\, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to 
 him that he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and to him are a
 ll things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:
 1-8\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath\; 
 his disciples were hungry\, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to e
 at. But when the Pharisees saw it\, they said to him\, "Look\, your discipl
 es are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath." He said to them\, "H
 ave you not read what David did\, when he was hungry\, and those who were w
 ith him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence\
 , which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him\, 
 but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbat
 h the priests in the temple profane the sabbath\, and are guiltless? I tell
  you\, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what
  this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice\,' you would not have con
 demned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/22/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\, The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Pers
 ia\, Joseph the Sanctified\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter
  to Timothy 1:3-8\n\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank God whom I serve with a cle
 ar conscience\, as did my fathers\, when I remember you constantly in my pr
 ayers.  As I remember your tears\, I long night and day to see you\, that I
  may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith\, a faith tha
 t dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now\, I a
 m sure\, dwells in you.  Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God tha
 t is within you through the laying on of my hands\; for God did not give us
  a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.\n \n
 Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\,
  but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God.\n\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge befo
 re my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also w
 ill deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves father or mot
 her more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter mor
 e than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and foll
 ow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left 
 everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit
  on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve 
 thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has left 
 houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, fo
 r my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  
 But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\, Holy Martyr Glycerus\, Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\, Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Hebrews 10:35-39\; 11:1-7\n\nBrethren\, do not throw away your confiden
 ce\, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance\, so that you
  may do the will of God and receive what is promised. "For yet a little whi
 le\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous o
 ne shall live by faith\, and if he shrinks back\, my soul has no pleasure i
 n him." But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed\, but of 
 those who have faith and keep their souls. Now faith is the assurance of th
 ings hoped for\, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of ol
 d received divine approval. By faith we understand that the world was creat
 ed by the word of God\, so that what is seen was made out of things which d
 o not appear. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than
  Cain\, through which he received approval as righteous\, God bearing witne
 ss by accepting his gifts\; he died\, but through his faith he is still spe
 aking. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death\; and he
  was not found\, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was 
 attested as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to pleas
 e him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and t
 hat he rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah\, being warned by God conc
 erning events as yet unseen\, took heed and constructed an ark for the savi
 ng of his household\; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of 
 the righteousness which comes by faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35\
 n\nAt that time\, great multitudes accompanied Jesus\; and he turned and sa
 id to them\, "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and m
 other and wife and children and brothers and sisters\, yes\, and even his o
 wn life\, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and
  come after me\, cannot be my disciple. For which of you\, desiring to buil
 d a tower\, does not first sit down and count the cost\, whether he has eno
 ugh to complete it? Otherwise\, when he has laid a foundation\, and is not 
 able to finish\, all who see it begin to mock him\, saying\, 'This man bega
 n to build\, and was not able to finish.' Or what king\, going to encounter
  another king in war\, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he 
 is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty tho
 usand? And if not\, while the other is yet a great way off\, he sends an em
 bassy and asks terms of peace. So therefore\, whoever of you does not renou
 nce all that he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good\; but if salt has l
 ost its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is fit neither for t
 he land nor for the dunghill\; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear\,
  let him hear."       \n \n\n
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 sts: Our Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\; Vitalis of Gaza\; Aft
 erfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Nikephoros 
 the New Martyr of Crete\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and 
 a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast o
 f Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\
 ; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the
  crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them 
 all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are y
 ou poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now
 \, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you sha
 ll laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you an
 d revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of ma
 n!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is gr
 eat in heaven."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-1
 6\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of Go
 d\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus C
 hrist is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by 
 diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthen
 ed by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We 
 have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  Fo
 r the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by 
 the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jes
 us also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through h
 is own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear t
 he abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the ci
 ty which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrif
 ice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his nam
 e.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifi
 ces are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-11\nAt that time\,
  Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the de
 vil.  And he fasted forty days and forty nights\, and afterward he was hung
 ry.  And the tempter came and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, co
 mmand these stones to become loaves of bread."  But he answered\, "It is wr
 itten\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone\, but by every word that proceed
 s from the mouth of God.'"  Then the devil took him to the holy city\, and 
 set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the S
 on of God\, throw yourself down\; for it is written\, 'He will give his ang
 els charge of you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you s
 trike your foot against a stone.'"  Jesus said to him\, "Again\, it is writ
 ten\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"  Again\, the devil took him
  to a very high mountain\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and
  the glory of them\; and he said to him\, "All these I will give you\, if y
 ou will fall down and worship me."  Then Jesus said to him\, "Be gone\, Sat
 an! for it is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only s
 hall you serve.'"  Then the devil left him\, and behold\, angels came and m
 inistered to him.\n\n
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 s: Holy Tuesday\,Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\, Joseph the 
 Hymnographer\, Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nGospel R
 eadings: Matthew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees went an
 d took counsel against Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. And they se
 nt their disciples to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, 
 we know that you are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\, and care 
 for no man\; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\, then\, wh
 at you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aw
 are of their malice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocrites? Show
  me the money for the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesus said to 
 them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Caesar's." Th
 en he said to them\, "Render\, therefore to Caesar the things that are Caes
 ar's\, and to God the things that are God's. " When they heard it\, they ma
 rveled\; and they left him and went away.\n \nThe same day the Sadducees ca
 me to him\, who say that there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a qu
 estion saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children
 \, his brother must marry the widow\, and raise up children for his brother
 .' Now there were seven brothers among us\; the first married\, and died\, 
 and having no children left his wife to his brother. So too the second and 
 third\, down to the seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In the resurr
 ection\, therefore\, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all h
 ad her."\n \nBut Jesus answered them\, "You are wrong\, because you know ne
 ither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they nei
 ther marry nor are given in marriage\, but are like angels of God in heaven
 . And as for the resurrection of the dead\, have you not read what was said
  to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the 
 God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, but of the living." And when the
  crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his teaching.\n \nBut when the Ph
 arisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees\, they came together. And 
 one of them\, a lawyer\, asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, whi
 ch is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall lo
 ve the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and wit
 h all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is l
 ike it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments
  depend all the law and the prophets."\n \nNow while the Pharisees were gat
 hered together\, Jesus asked them a question\, saying: "What do you think o
 f the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He s
 aid to them\, "How is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls h
 im Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, sit at my right hand\, till 
 I put your enemies under your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is 
 he his son?" And no one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day d
 id any one dare to ask him any more questions.\n \nThen said Jesus to the c
 rowds and to his disciples\, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' s
 eat\; so practice and observe whatever they tell you\, but not what they do
 \; for they preach but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens\, hard to b
 ear\, and lay them on men's shoulders\; but they themselves will not move t
 hem with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by men\; for they
  make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long\, and they love the p
 lace of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues\, and salutati
 ons in the market places\, and being called rabbi by men\, but you are not 
 to be called rabbi\, for you have one teacher\, and you are all brethren. A
 nd call no man your father on earth\, for you have one Father\, who is in h
 eaven. Neither be called masters\, for you have one master\, the Christ. He
  who is greatest among you shall be your servant\; whoever exalts himself w
 ill be humbled\, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.\n \n"But woe 
 to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses 
 and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore you will receive the g
 reater condemnation. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! becau
 se you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; for you neither enter yours
 elves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and 
 Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single pros
 elyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a chil
 d of Gehenna as yourselves.\n \n"Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, 'If 
 any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the
  gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which 
 is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you 
 say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any one swea
 rs by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind m
 en! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred
 ? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it\; an
 d he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it\; 
 and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who si
 ts upon it.\n \n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you t
 ithe mint and dill and cumin\, and have neglected the weightier matters of 
 the law\, justice and mercy and faith\; these you ought to have done withou
 t neglecting the others. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallo
 wing a camel! "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cle
 anse the outside of the cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of 
 extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the
  cup and of the plate\, that the outside also may be clean. Woe to you\, sc
 ribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like white-washed tombs\, whi
 ch outwardly appear beautiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bone
 s and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear to men\, but within you
  are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, h
 ypocrites! for you build  the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments
  of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, 
 we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophet
 s.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who mu
 rdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serp
 ents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to Gehen
 na? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom y
 ou will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and
  persecute from town to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blo
 od shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharia
 s the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the al
 tar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n \n"O
  Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sen
 t to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen g
 athers her brood under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house i
 s forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until
  you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n\nMatthew
  24:36-51\; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Of that d
 ay and hour no one knows\, not even the angels of heaven\, but the Father o
 nly. As were the days of Noah\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Fo
 r as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking\, marryin
 g and giving in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, and th
 ey did not know until the flood came and swept them all away\, so will be t
 he coming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field\; one is tak
 en and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill\; one is taken a
 nd one is left. Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day your Lord
  is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part 
 of the nigh
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 sts: Apodosis of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\, Cather
 ine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\, Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren\, before faith came\, w
 e were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be 
 revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we mig
 ht be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer un
 der a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through fai
 th. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. The
 re is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is ne
 ither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are
  Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. 
 I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave
 \, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and
  trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were child
 ren\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the
  time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born unde
 r the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might recei
 ve adoption as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a 
 great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman wh
 o had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much unde
 r many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but 
 rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behi
 nd him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch eve
 n his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceas
 ed\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus
 \, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately t
 urned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his di
 sciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you 
 say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But t
 he woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling a
 nd fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\
 , "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of
  your disease."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\, Julia the Virgin-martyr 
 of Carthage\, 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\, Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Jer
 sey\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 14:9-18\n\nBret
 hren\, to this end Christ died and lived again\, that he might be Lord both
  of the dead and of the living. Why do you pass judgment on your brother? O
 r you\, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the 
 judgment seat of God\; for it is written. "As I live\, says the Lord\, ever
 y knee shall bow to me\, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So eac
 h of us shall give account of himself to God. Then let us no more pass judg
 ment on one another\, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or h
 indrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus
  that nothing is unclean in itself\; but it is unclean for any one who thin
 ks it unclean. If your brother is being injured by what you eat\, you are n
 o longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for
  whom Christ died. So do not let your good be spoken of as evil. For the ki
 ngdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in t
 he Holy Spirit\; he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approve
 d by men.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:14-16\; 22-30\n\nAt that time\, t
 he Pharisees took counsel against Jesus\, how to destroy him. Jesus\, aware
  of this\, withdrew from there. And many followed him\, and he healed them 
 all\, and ordered them not to make him known.\n \nThen a blind and dumb dem
 oniac was brought to him\, and he healed him\, so that the dumb man spoke a
 nd saw. And all the people were amazed\, and said\, "Can this be the Son of
  David?" But when the Pharisees heard it they said\, "It is only by Beelzeb
 ul\, the prince of demons\, that this man casts out demons." Knowing their 
 thoughts\, he said to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid 
 waste\, and no city or house divided against itself will stand\; and if Sat
 an casts out Satan\, he is divided against himself\; how then will his king
 dom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cas
 t them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit
  of God that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods\, unless h
 e first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. He who 
 is not with me is against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
 "\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Martyrs Acindynus\, Pegasius\, Aphthonius\, Elpidephorus\, and
  Anempodistus\, Domnina\, Domna\, & Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:2-9\n\nBrethren\, continue ste
 adfastly in prayer\, being watchful in it with thanksgiving\; and pray for 
 us also\, that God may open to us a door for the word\, to declare the myst
 ery of Christ\, on account of which I am in prison\, that I may make it cle
 ar\, as I ought to speak. Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, maki
 ng the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious\, seasoned with
  salt\, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos wi
 ll tell you all about my affairs\; he is a beloved brother and faithful min
 ister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very 
 purpose\, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your heart
 s\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful and beloved brother\, who is one o
 f yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.\n
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:47-54\; 12:1\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who h
 ad come to him\, "Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom 
 your fathers killed. So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your 
 fathers\; for they killed them\, and you build their tombs. Therefore also 
 the Wisdom of God said\, 'I will send them prophets and apostles\, some of 
 whom they will kill and persecute\,' that the blood of all the prophets\, s
 hed from the foundation of the world\, may be required of this generation\,
  from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias\, who perished between th
 e altar and the sanctuary. Yes\, I tell you\, it shall be required of this 
 generation. Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledg
 e\; you did not enter yourselves\, and you hindered those who were entering
 ." As he went away from there\, the scribes and the Pharisees began to pres
 s him hard\, and to provoke him to speak of many things\, lying in wait for
  him\, to catch at something he might say. In the meantime\, when so many t
 housands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one ano
 ther\, he began to say to his disciples first\, "Beware of the leaven of th
 e Pharisees\, which is hypocrisy."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/15/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Crescens the Martyr\, Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\, Michael the New Mar
 tyr of Smyrna\, The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\, Padarn\, Bishop and Founder
  of Llandabarn Fawr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 48:1
 7-49:4\n\nThus says the LORD\, your Redeemer\, the Holy One of Israel: "I a
 m the LORD your God\, who teaches you to profit\, who leads you in the way 
 you should go.  O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then your peac
 e would have been like a river\, and your righteousness like the waves of t
 he sea\; your offspring would have been like the sand\, and your descendant
 s like its grains\; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from bef
 ore me."\n \nGo forth from Babylon\, flee from Chaldea\, declare this with 
 a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, send it forth to the end of the earth\; say\
 , "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!"  They thirsted not when he led
  them through the deserts\; he made water flow for them from the rock\; he 
 cleft the rock and the water gushed out.  "There is no peace\," says the LO
 RD\, "for the wicked."\n \nListen to me\, O coastlands\, and hearken\, you 
 peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb\, from the body of my m
 other he named my name.  He made my mouth like a sharp sword\, in the shado
 w of his hand he hid me\; he made me a polished arrow\, in his quiver he hi
 d me away.  And he said to me\, "You are my servant\, Israel\, in whom I wi
 ll be glorified."  But I said\, "I have labored in vain\, I have spent my s
 trength for nothing and vanity\; yet surely my right is with the LORD\, and
  my recompense with my God."\n\n\nGenesis 27:1-41\n\nWhen Isaac was old and
  his eyes were dim so that he could not see\, he called Esau his older son\
 , and said to him\, "My son"\; and he answered\, "Here I am."  He said\, "B
 ehold\, I am old\; I do not know the day of my death.  Now then\, take your
  weapons\, your quiver and your bow\, and go out to the field\, and hunt ga
 me for me\, and prepare for me savory food\, such as I love\, and bring it 
 to me that I may eat\; that I may bless you before I die."  Now Rebekah was
  listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field
  to hunt for game and bring it\, Rebekah said to her son Jacob\, "I heard y
 our father speak to your brother Esau\,  'Bring me game\, and prepare for m
 e savory food\, that I may eat it\, and bless you before the LORD before I 
 die.'  Now therefore\, my son\, obey my word as I command you.  Go to the f
 lock\, and fetch me two good kids\, that I may prepare from them savory foo
 d for your father\, such as he loves\; and you shall bring it to your fathe
 r to eat\, so that he may bless you before he dies."  But Jacob said to Reb
 ekah his mother\, "Behold\, my brother Esau is a hairy man\, and I am a smo
 oth man.  Perhaps my father will feel me\, and I shall seem to be mocking h
 im\, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."  His mother said to
  him\, "Upon me be your curse\, my son\; only obey my word\, and go\, fetch
  them to me."  So he went and took them and brought them to his mother\; an
 d his mother prepared savory food\, such as his father loved.  Then Rebekah
  took the best garments of Esau her older son\, which were with her in the 
 house\, and put them on Jacob her younger son\; and the skins of the kids s
 he put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck\; and she gave t
 he savory food and the bread\, which she had prepared\, into the hand of he
 r son Jacob.\n \nSo he went in to his father\, and said\, "My father"\; and
  he said\, "Here I am\; who are you\, my son?"  Jacob said to his father\, 
 "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told me\; now sit up and eat
  of my game\, that you may bless me."  But Isaac said to his son\, "How is 
 it that you have found it so quickly\, my son?" He answered\, "Because the 
 LORD your God granted me success."  Then Isaac said to Jacob\, "Come near\,
  that I may feel you\, my son\, to know whether you are really my son Esau 
 or not."  So Jacob went near to Isaac his father\, who felt him and said\, 
 "The voice is Jacob's voice\, but the hands are the hands of Esau."  And he
  did not recognize him\, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau
 's hands\; so he blessed him.  He said\, "Are you really my son Esau?" He a
 nswered\, "I am."  Then he said\, "Bring it to me\, that I may eat of my so
 n's game and bless you." So he brought it to him\, and he ate\; and he brou
 ght him wine\, and he drank.  Then his father Isaac said to him\, "Come nea
 r and kiss me\, my son."  So he came near and kissed him\; and he smelled t
 he smell of his garments\, and blessed him\, and said\, "See\, the smell of
  my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed!  May God giv
 e you of the dew of heaven\, and of the fatness of the earth\, and plenty o
 f grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you\, and nations bow down to you. Be 
 lord over your brothers\, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Curse
 d be every one who curses you\, and blessed be every one who blesses you!"\
 n \nAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob\, when Jacob had scarcely 
 gone out from the presence of Isaac his father\, Esau his brother came in f
 rom his hunting.  He also prepared savory food\, and brought it to his fath
 er. And he said to his father\, "Let my father arise\, and eat of his son's
  game\, that you may bless me."  His father Isaac said to him\, "Who are yo
 u?" He answered\, "I am your son\, your first-born\, Esau."  Then Isaac tre
 mbled violently\, and said\, "Who was it then that hunted game and brought 
 it to me\, and I ate it all before you came\, and I have blessed him? - Yes
 \, and he shall be blessed."  When Esau heard the words of his father\, he 
 cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry\, and said to his father
 \, "Bless me\, even me also\, O my father!"  But he said\, "Your brother ca
 me with guile\, and he has taken away your blessing."  Esau said\, "Is he n
 ot rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took a
 way my birthright\; and behold\, now he has taken away my blessing." Then h
 e said\, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"  Isaac answered Esau\, 
 "Behold\, I have made him your lord\, and all his brothers I have given to 
 him for servants\, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then 
 can I do for you\, my son?"  Esau said to his father\, "Have you but one bl
 essing\, my father? Bless me\, even me also\, O my father." And Esau lifted
  up his voice and wept.  Then Isaac his father answered him: "Behold\, away
  from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be\, and away from the d
 ew of heaven on high.  By your sword you shall live\, and you shall serve y
 our brother\; but when you break loose you shall break his yoke from your n
 eck."  Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father h
 ad blessed him\, and Esau said to himself\, "The days of mourning for my fa
 ther are approaching\; then I will kill my brother Jacob."\n\n\nProverbs 19
 :16-25\n\nHe who keeps the commandment keeps his life\; he who despises the
  word will die.  He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD\, and he will
  repay him for his deed.  Discipline your son while there is hope\; do not 
 set your heart on his destruction.  A man of great wrath will pay the penal
 ty\; for if you deliver him\, you will only have to do it again.  Listen to
  advice and accept instruction\, that you may gain wisdom for the future.  
 Many are the plans in the mind of a man\, but it is the purpose of the LORD
  that will be established.  What is desired in a man is loyalty\, and a poo
 r man is better than a liar.  The fear of the LORD leads to life\; and he w
 ho has it rests satisfied\; he will not be visited by harm.  The sluggard b
 uries his hand in the dish\, and will not even bring it back to his mouth. 
  Strike a scoffer\, and the simple will learn prudence\; reprove a man of u
 nderstanding\, and he will gain knowledge.\n \n
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 ts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\, Barnabas the Holy Apostle\, Revelation o
 f the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel\n\nF
 ast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the
  Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of 
 all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to t
 he world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you a
 re wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\
 , but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are il
 l-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hand
 s. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\,
  we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the
  world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you as
 hamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have cou
 ntless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your f
 ather in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators 
 of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he 
 who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, sa
 ying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said
  to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have gi
 ven you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the p
 ower of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice
  in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your name
 s are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit 
 and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have
  hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to b
 abes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\, Methodius the Confessor\, Patriarc
 h of Constantinople\, Cyril\, Bishop of Gortyna\, The Holy Hieromartyrs of 
 Estonia: Basil the Protopresbyter\, John\, John\, and Artemios\, The Holy M
 artyrs Martha the Presvytera\, John\, Theodore and Anna\n\nFast Day (Wine a
 nd Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 27:1-44\; 28:1\n
 \nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it was decided that we should sail for Italy\, they 
 delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Coho
 rt\, named Julius. And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium\, which was about
  to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia\, we put to sea\, accompanied
  by Aristarchos\, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. The next day we put in at
  Sidon\; and Julius treated Paul kindly\, and gave him leave to go to his f
 riends and be cared for. And putting to sea from there we sailed under the 
 lee of Cyprus\, because the winds were against us. And when we had sailed a
 cross the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia\, we came to Myra in Lycia
 . There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy\, and pu
 t us on board. We sailed slowly for a number of days\, and arrived with dif
 ficulty off Cnidos\, and as the wind did not allow us to go on\, we sailed 
 under the lee of Crete off Salmone. Coasting along it with difficulty\, we 
 came to a place called Fair Havens\, near which was the city of Lasea.\n \n
 As much time had been lost\, and the voyage was already dangerous because t
 he fast had already gone by\, Paul advised them\, saying\, "Sirs\, I percei
 ve that the voyage will be with injury and much loss\, not only of the carg
 o and the ship\, but also of our lives." But the centurion paid more attent
 ion to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. And
  because the harbor was not suitable to winter in\, the majority advised to
  put to sea from there\, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoeni
 x\, a harbor of Crete\, looking northeast and southeast\, and winter there.
 \n \nAnd when the south wind blew gently\, supposing that they had obtained
  their purpose\, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete\, close inshore
 . But soon a tempestuous wind\, called the northeaster\, struck down from t
 he land\; and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind\, we gav
 e way to it and were driven. And running under the lee of a small island ca
 lled Cauda\, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat\; after hoisting
  it up\, they took measures to undergird the ship\; then\, fearing that the
 y should run on the Syrtis\, they lowered the gear\, and so were driven. As
  we were violently storm-tossed\, they began next day to throw cargo overbo
 ard\; and the third day they cast with their own hands the tackle of the sh
 ip. And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day\, and no small t
 empest lay on us\, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.\n \nA
 s they had been long without food\, Paul then came forward among them and s
 aid\, "Men\, you should have listened to me\, and should not have set sail 
 from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. I now bid you take heart\; fo
 r there will be no loss of life among you\, but only of the ship. For this 
 very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom 
 I worship\, and he said\, 'Do not be afraid\, Paul\; you must stand before 
 Caesar\; and lo\, God has granted you all those who sail with you.' So take
  heart\, men\, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have be
 en told. But we shall have to run on some island."\n \nWhen the fourteenth 
 night had come\, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria\, about midnig
 ht the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. So they sounded and f
 ound twenty fathoms\; a little farther on they sounded again and found fift
 een fathoms. And fearing that we might run on the rocks\, they let out four
  anchors from the stern\, and prayed for the day to come. And as the sailor
 s were seeking to escape from the ship\, and had lowered the boat into the 
 sea\, under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow\, Paul said to the 
 centurion and the soldiers\, 'Unless these men stay in the ship\, you canno
 t be saved." Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat\, and let it 
 go.\n \nAs day was about to dawn\, Paul urged them all to take some food\, 
 saying\, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense a
 nd without food\, having taken nothing. Therefore I urge you to take some f
 ood\; it will give you strength\, since not a hair is to perish from the he
 ad of any of you." And when he had said this\, he took bread\, and giving t
 hanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. Then they
  all were encouraged and ate some food themselves. (We were in all two hund
 red and seventy-six persons in the ship.) And when they had eaten enough\, 
 they lightened the ship\, throwing out the wheat into the sea.\n \nNow when
  it was day\, they did not recognize the land\, but they noticed a bay with
  a beach\, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore. So t
 hey cast off the anchors and left them in the sea\, at the same time loosen
 ing the ropes that tied the rudders\; then hoisting the foresail to the win
 d they made for the beach. But striking a shoal they ran the vessel aground
 \; the bow stuck and remained immovable\, and the stern was broken up by th
 e surf. The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners\, lest any should swim
  away and escape\; but the centurion\, wishing to save Paul\, kept them fro
 m carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw them
 selves overboard first and make for the land\, and the rest on planks or on
  pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.\n \nAfter we h
 ad escaped\, we then learned that the island was called Malta. \n   \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\n\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the graci
 ous words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\, "Is n
 ot this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quote to m
 e this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you did at
  Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly\, I s
 ay to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth\, I t
 ell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, when the
  heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there came a great fa
 mine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Za
 rephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And there were
  many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none of them
  was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all in th
 e synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the
  city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built\,
  that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of 
 them he went away.\n\n\n
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 rchbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\; Gregory\, Bishop of Nanzianzos\, Fath
 er of Gregory the Theologian\; Peter the New Martyr of the Peloponnesos\; T
 heodotos the Martyr\; Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\; Emmelia\, Mother of
  Basil the Great\, Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\; Tele
 machos the Martyr\; Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the d
 oor but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but h
 e who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeepe
 r opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and
  leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\
 , and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will 
 not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice o
 f strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understan
 d what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thi
 eves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any 
 one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastu
 re."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:8-12\nBRETHR
 EN\, see to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty dece
 it\, according to human tradition\, according to the elemental spirits of t
 he universe\, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of 
 deity dwells bodily\, and you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is 
 the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a
  circumcision made without hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the 
 circumcision of Christ\; and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which
  you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God\, who ra
 ised him from the dead.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\nAt that ti
 me\, the shepherds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they had 
 heard and seen\, as it had been told them. And at the end of eight days\, w
 hen he was circumcised\, he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel 
 before he was conceived in the womb. And the child grew and became strong\,
  filled with wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents we
 nt to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was tw
 elve years old\, they went up according to custom\; and when the feast was 
 ended\, as they were returning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. 
 His parents did not know it\, but supposing him to be in the company they w
 ent a day's journey\, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaint
 ances\; and when they did not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeki
 ng him. After three days\, they found him in the temple\, sitting among the
  teachers\, listening to them and asking them questions\; and all who heard
  him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when they saw hi
 m they were astonished\; and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you t
 reated us so? Behold\, your father and I have been looking for you anxiousl
 y." And he said to them\, "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know t
 hat I must be in my Father's house?" And they did not understand the saying
  which he spoke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, 
 and was obedient to them\; and his mother kept all these things in her hear
 t. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and
  man.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostl
 es\, Princess of Kiev\; Nektarios the New Martyr\; Nicodemos the New Martyr
  of Mt. Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a grea
 t crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who ha
 d had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under ma
 ny physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rath
 er grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind h
 im in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even hi
 s garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\;
  and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, p
 erceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turne
 d about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his discip
 les said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\
 , 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the w
 oman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and f
 ell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "D
 aughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of you
 r disease."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians
  6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to accep
 t the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I have li
 stened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is th
 e acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacl
 e in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, but 
 as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great enduran
 ce\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, t
 umults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\,
  kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the powe
 r of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the
  left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are treat
 ed as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as d
 ying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful
 \, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothin
 g\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that
  time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into
  the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a woman o
 f the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table in th
 e Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and standing 
 behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her tears
 \, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and ano
 inted them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw
  it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have know
 n who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a sin
 ner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to
  you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had tw
 o debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When they 
 could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?
 " Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he 
 said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he s
 aid to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave me n
 o water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them
  with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she has n
 ot ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but she ha
 s anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which a
 re many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven little
 \, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those
  who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, 
 who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has saved y
 ou\; go in peace."\n\n
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 s: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Basil the Great\, Arc
 hbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\, Gregory\, Bishop of Nanzianzos\, Father
  of Gregory the Theologian\, Peter the New Martyr of the Peloponnesos\, The
 odotos the Martyr\, Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\, Emmelia\, Mother of B
 asil the Great\, Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\, Telema
 chos the Martyr\, Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:8-12\n\nBRETHREN\, see to it t
 hat no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit\, according t
 o human tradition\, according to the elemental spirits of the universe\, an
 d not according to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bod
 ily\, and you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is the head of all 
 rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision ma
 de without hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of 
 Christ\; and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which you were also r
 aised with him through faith in the working of God\, who raised him from th
 e dead.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\n\nAt that time\, the she
 pherds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and se
 en\, as it had been told them. And at the end of eight days\, when he was c
 ircumcised\, he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he wa
 s conceived in the womb. And the child grew and became strong\, filled with
  wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusa
 lem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years o
 ld\, they went up according to custom\; and when the feast was ended\, as t
 hey were returning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents 
 did not know it\, but supposing him to be in the company they went a day's 
 journey\, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances\; and 
 when they did not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeking him. Afte
 r three days\, they found him in the temple\, sitting among the teachers\, 
 listening to them and asking them questions\; and all who heard him were am
 azed at his understanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were 
 astonished\; and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you treated us so
 ? Behold\, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously." And he s
 aid to them\, "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must b
 e in my Father's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he sp
 oke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, and was obed
 ient to them\; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus
  increased in wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and man.       
 \n \n\n
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 ts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\, Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantino
 ple\, Christos the New Martyr\, Meletios of Ypseni\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Peter's First Universal Letter 3:10-22\n\nBeloved\, "He that would love
  life and see good days\, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips fr
 om speaking guile\; let him turn away from evil and do right\; let him seek
  peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous\, and
  his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against tho
 se that do evil."\n \nNow who is there to harm you if you are zealous for w
 hat is right? But even if you do suffer for righteousness' sake\, you will 
 be blessed. Have no fear of them\, nor be troubled\, but in your hearts rev
 erence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who 
 calls you to account for the hope that is in you\, yet do it with gentlenes
 s and reverence\; and keep your conscience clear\, so that\, when you are a
 bused\, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 
 For it is better to suffer for doing right\, if that should be God's will\,
  than for doing wrong. For Christ also died for sins once for all\, the rig
 hteous for the unrighteous\, that he might bring us to God\, being put to d
 eath in the flesh but made alive in the spirit\; in which he went and preac
 hed to the spirits in prison\, who formerly did not obey\, when God's patie
 nce waited in the days of Noah\, during the building of the ark\, in which 
 a few\, that is\, eight persons\, were saved through water. Baptism\, which
  corresponds to this\, now saves you\, not as a removal of dirt from the bo
 dy but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience\, through the resurrectio
 n of Jesus Christ\, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of Go
 d\, with angels\, authorities\, and powers subject to him.\n\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 12:18-27\n\nAt that time\, Sadducees came to Jesus\, who say that
  there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Teach
 er\, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife\, bu
 t leaves no child\, the man must take the wife\, and raise up children for 
 his brother. There were seven brothers\; the first took a wife\, and when h
 e died left no children\; and the second took her\, and died\, leaving no c
 hildren\; and the third likewise\; and the seven left no children. Last of 
 all the woman also died. In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For th
 e seven had her as wife." Jesus said to them\, "Is not this why you are wro
 ng\, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when th
 ey rise from the dead\, they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but 
 are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised\, have you not 
 read in the book of Moses\, in the passage about the bush\, how God said to
  him\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jac
 ob'? He is not God of the dead\, but of the living\; you are quite wrong."\
 n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\; Nicon\; Stylianos the Monk of Pa
 phlagonia\; Akakios of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder\; George the Ne
 w Martyr of Chios\; Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 3:8-13\nBrethren\,
  if you stand fast in the Lord\, what thanksgiving can we render to God for
  you\, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God\, praying
  earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what i
 s lacking in your faith? Now may our God and Father himself\, and our Lord 
 Jesus\, direct our way to you\; and may the Lord make you increase and abou
 nd in love to one another and to all men\, as we do to you\, so that he may
  establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father\, a
 t the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  19:45-48\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out t
 hose who sold\, saying to them\, "It is written\, 'My house shall be a hous
 e of prayer'\; but you have made it a den of robbers." And he was teaching 
 daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal me
 n of the people sought to destroy him\; but they did not find anything they
  could do\, for all the people hung upon his words.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/7/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\, Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\, Rig
 hteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:17-21\n\nTimothy\, m
 y son\, charge the rich in this world not to be haughty\, nor to set their 
 hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everythin
 g to enjoy. They are to do good\, to be rich in good deeds\, liberal and ge
 nerous\, thus laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future\, s
 o that they may take hold of the life which is life indeed. O Timothy\, gua
 rd what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the godless chatter and contradict
 ions of what is falsely called knowledge\, for by professing it some have m
 issed the mark as regards the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 21:28-33\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Look up and rais
 e your heads\, because your redemption is drawing near." And he told them a
  parable: "Look at the fig tree\, and all the trees\; as soon as they come 
 out in leaf\, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already ne
 ar. So also\, when you see these things taking place\, you know that the ki
 ngdom of God is near. Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass 
 away till all has taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my wor
 ds will not pass away."       \n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monday of the Holy Spirit\; Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Comm
 ander\; Kalliope the Martyr\; Melania the Righteous\; Anastasios the New Ma
 rtyr of Constantinople\; Theophanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nFas
 t Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\nBreth
 ren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all tha
 t is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lo
 rd. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose t
 hem. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\;
  but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anythin
 g that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\
 , and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefull
 y then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of th
 e time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but under
 stand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for th
 at is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another i
 n psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the L
 ord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said
 \, "See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you t
 hat in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in he
 aven. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man
  has a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave 
 the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? 
 And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than o
 ver the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your F
 ather who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n\n"If 
 your brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and
  him alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he 
 does not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word m
 ay be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen even 
 to the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\,
  I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and w
 hatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, 
 if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for 
 them by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my nam
 e\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200717
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\; Julia the Virgin-martyr
  of Carthage\; 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\; Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Je
 rsey\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:18-23
 \nBrethren\, let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that h
 e is wise in this age\, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For 
 the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written\, "He catches
  the wise in their craftiness\," and again\, "The Lord knows that the thoug
 hts of the wise are futile." So let no one boast of men. For all things are
  yours\, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or
  the present or the future\, all are yours\; and you are Christ's\; and Chr
 ist is God's.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:36-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 went into the house\, his disciples came to him\, saying\, "Explain to us t
 he parable of the weeds of the field." He answered\, "He who sows the good 
 seed is the Son of man\; the field is the world\, and the good seed means t
 he sons of the kingdom\; the weeds are the sons of the evil one\, and the e
 nemy who sowed them is the devil\; the harvest is the close of the age\, an
 d the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fi
 re\, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of man will send his an
 gels\, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all ev
 ildoers\, and throw them into the furnace of fire\; there men will weep and
  gnash their teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingd
 om of their Father. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191220
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\; Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\; Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Fir
 st Letter to Timothy 6:17-21\nTimothy\, my son\, charge the rich in this wo
 rld not to be haughty\, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on G
 od who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good\, 
 to be rich in good deeds\, liberal and generous\, thus laying up for themse
 lves a good foundation for the future\, so that they may take hold of the l
 ife which is life indeed. O Timothy\, guard what has been entrusted to you.
  Avoid the godless chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called kno
 wledge\, for by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the fait
 h. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:17-27\nAt that time\
 , as Jesus was setting out on his journey\, a man ran up and knelt before h
 im\, and asked him\, "Good Teacher\, what must I do to inherit eternal life
 ?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God
  alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not kill\, Do not commit adultery\, 
 Do not steal\, Do not bear false witness\, Do not defraud\, Honor your fath
 er and mother.' " And he said to him\, "Teacher\, all these I have observed
  from my youth." And Jesus looking upon him loved him\, and said to him\, "
 You lack one thing\; go\, sell what you have\, and give to the poor\, and y
 ou will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." At that saying his
  countenance fell\, and he went away sorrowful\; for he had great possessio
 ns. And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples\, "How hard it will b
 e for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples
  were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again\, "Children\, how h
 ard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go throu
 gh the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." An
 d they were exceedingly astonished\, and said to him\, "Then who can be sav
 ed?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "With men it is impossible\, but not w
 ith God\; for all things are possible with God."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios
  and Thessaloniki
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180904
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/3/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\, Holy Father Theoctistus and his fellow 
 struggler Euthymius the Great\, Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\, Trans
 lation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentopol
 is\, Chariton the Martyr\, Phoebe the Deaconess\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:11-16\n\nBrethren\, when Cephas came to A
 ntioch I opposed him to his face\, because he stood condemned. For before c
 ertain men came from James\, he ate with the Gentiles\; but when they came 
 he drew back and separated himself\, fearing the circumcision party. And wi
 th him the rest of the Jews acted insincerely\, so that even Barnabas was c
 arried away by their insincerity. But when I saw that they were not straigh
 tforward about the truth of the gospel\, I said to Cephas before them all\,
  "if you\, though a Jew\, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew\, how can 
 you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" We ourselves\, who are Jews by 
 birth and not Gentile sinners\, yet who know that a man is not justified by
  works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed
  in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by
  works of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified.\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed 
 Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of b
 lood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, a
 nd had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. Sh
 e had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd a
 nd touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I sh
 all be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in 
 her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in hims
 elf that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the cr
 owd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\,
  "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me
 ?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing wh
 at had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before h
 im\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your fa
 ith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200707
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sisoes the Great\; Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\; L
 oukia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\; Juliana the
  Virgin-martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 12:4-5\,
  15-21\nBrethren\, as in one body we have many members\, and all the member
 s do not have the same function\, so we\, though many\, are one body in Chr
 ist\, and individually members of one another. Rejoice with those who rejoi
 ce\, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another\; do not be
  haughty\, but associate with the lowly\; never be conceited. Repay no one 
 evil for evil\, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If 
 possible\, so far as it depends upon you\, live peaceably with all. Beloved
 \, never avenge yourselves\, but leave it to the wrath of God\; for it is w
 ritten\, "Vengeance is mine\, I will repay\, says the Lord." No\, "if your 
 enemy is hungry\, feed him\; if he is thirsty\, give him drink\; for by so 
 doing you will heap burning coals upon his head." Do not be overcome by evi
 l\, but overcome evil with good.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:9-13\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus entered the synagogue of the Jews. And behold\, there was a 
 man with a withered hand. And they asked him\, "Is it lawful to heal on the
  sabbath?" so that they might accuse him. He said to them\, "What man of yo
 u\, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath\, will not l
 ay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep
 ! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath." Then he said to the man\, "St
 retch out your hand." And the man stretched it out\, and it was restored\, 
 whole like the other.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190812
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/11/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Cantania\, Our Holy Father Nipho
 nus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracle
  in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\, Afterfeast of the Transfig
 uration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nFas
 t Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nGrave Tone\nEighth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17\n\nBrethren\,
  I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that all of you agr
 ee and that there be no dissensions among you\, but that you be united in t
 he same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe
 's people that there is quarreling among you\, my brethren. What I mean is 
 that each one of you says\, "I belong to Paul\," or "I belong to Apollos\,"
  or "I belong to Cephas\," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was 
 Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank G
 od that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius\; lest any one shou
 ld say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household
  of Stephanas. Beyond that\, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.
 ) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel\, and not 
 with eloquent wisdom\, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:14-22\n\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a great thr
 ong\; and he had compassion on them\, and healed their sick. When it was ev
 ening\, the disciples came to him and said\, "This is a lonely place\, and 
 the day is now over\; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy 
 food for themselves." Jesus said\, "They need not go away\; you give them s
 omething to eat." They said to him\, "We have only five loaves here and two
  fish." And he said\, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds t
 o sit down on the grass\; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he lo
 oked up to heaven\, and blessed\, and broke and gave the loaves to the crow
 ds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets fu
 ll of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousa
 nd men\, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into th
 e boat and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds.
 \n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190926
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/25/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\; Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions
  in Egypt\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\; 
 Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Finbar the Confessor\, First Bis
 hop of Cork\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Gal
 atians 3:15-22\nBrethren\, to give a human example: no one annuls even a ma
 n's covenant\, or adds to it\, once it has been ratified. Now the promises 
 were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say\, "And to your o
 ffsprings\," referring to many\; but\, referring to one\, "And to your offs
 pring\," which is Christ. This is what I mean: the law\, which came four hu
 ndred and thirty years afterward\, does not annul a covenant previously rat
 ified by God\, so as to make the promise void. For if the inheritance is by
  the law\, it is no longer by promise\; but God gave it to Abraham by a pro
 mise. Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions\, till the o
 ffspring should come to whom the promise had been made\; and it was ordaine
 d by angels through an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than 
 one\; but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainl
 y not\; for if a law had been given which could make alive\, then righteous
 ness would indeed be by the law. But the scripture consigned all things to 
 sin\, that what was promised to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to tho
 se who believe.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:33-39\nAt that time\, the Pharise
 es came to Jesus and said to him\, "Why do the disciples of John fast often
  and offer prayers\, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees\, but yours e
 at and drink?" And Jesus said to them\, "Can you make wedding guests fast w
 hile the bridegroom is with them? The days will come\, when the bridegroom 
 is taken away from them\, and then they will fast in those days." He told t
 hem a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it up
 on an old garment\; if he does\, he will tear the new\, and the piece from 
 the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins
 \; if he does\, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled\, 
 and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh winesk
 ins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new\; for he says\, 'The ol
 d is better.'"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190424
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/23/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Tuesday\,George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 \nGospel Readings: Matthew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\n\nAt that time\, the Pharise
 es went and took counsel against Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. A
 nd they sent their disciples to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "
 Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\,
  and care for no man\; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\,
  then\, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But 
 Jesus\, aware of their malice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocr
 ites? Show me the money for the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesu
 s said to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Cae
 sar's." Then he said to them\, "Render\, therefore to Caesar the things tha
 t are Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's. " When they heard it
 \, they marveled\; and they left him and went away.\n \nThe same day the Sa
 dducees came to him\, who say that there is no resurrection\; and they aske
 d him a question saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having n
 o children\, his brother must marry the widow\, and raise up children for h
 is brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us\; the first married\, a
 nd died\, and having no children left his wife to his brother. So too the s
 econd and third\, down to the seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In 
 the resurrection\, therefore\, to which of the seven will she be wife? For 
 they all had her."\n \nBut Jesus answered them\, "You are wrong\, because y
 ou know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrectio
 n they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but are like angels of God
  in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead\, have you not read wha
 t was said to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\
 , and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, but of the living." An
 d when the crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his teaching.\n \nBut w
 hen the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees\, they came toge
 ther. And one of them\, a lawyer\, asked him a question\, to test him. "Tea
 cher\, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "Yo
 u shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul
 \, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a s
 econd is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two co
 mmandments depend all the law and the prophets."\n \nNow while the Pharisee
 s were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a question\, saying: "What do y
 ou think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of Da
 vid." He said to them\, "How is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit
 \, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, sit at my right ha
 nd\, till I put your enemies under your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord
 \, how is he his son?" And no one was able to answer him a word\, nor from 
 that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.\n \nThen said Jesu
 s to the crowds and to his disciples\, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit o
 n Moses' seat\; so practice and observe whatever they tell you\, but not wh
 at they do\; for they preach but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens\,
  hard to bear\, and lay them on men's shoulders\; but they themselves will 
 not move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by men\
 ; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long\, and they 
 love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues\, an
 d salutations in the market places\, and being called rabbi by men\, but yo
 u are not to be called rabbi\, for you have one teacher\, and you are all b
 rethren. And call no man your father on earth\, for you have one Father\, w
 ho is in heaven. Neither be called masters\, for you have one master\, the 
 Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant\; whoever exalts
  himself will be humbled\, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.\n \
 n"But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widow
 s' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore you will rec
 eive the greater condemnation. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocri
 tes! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; for you neither e
 nter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, sc
 ribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a s
 ingle proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as m
 uch a child of Gehenna as yourselves.\n \n"Woe to you\, blind guides\, who 
 say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swe
 ars by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! 
 For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred
 ? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if an
 y one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' Y
 ou blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that makes the g
 ift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by everything 
 on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwell
 s in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by 
 him who sits upon it.\n \n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites!
  for you tithe mint and dill and cumin\, and have neglected the weightier m
 atters of the law\, justice and mercy and faith\; these you ought to have d
 one without neglecting the others. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat 
 and swallowing a camel! "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! f
 or you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate\, but inside they ar
 e full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the ins
 ide of the cup and of the plate\, that the outside also may be clean. Woe t
 o you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like white-washed t
 ombs\, which outwardly appear beautiful\, but within they are full of dead 
 men's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear to men\, but 
 within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you\, scribes and Pha
 risees\, hypocrites! for you build  the tombs of the prophets and adorn the
  monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our 
 fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of t
 he prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of th
 ose who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers
 . You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentence
 d to Gehenna? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some
  of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your syna
 gogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you may come all the rig
 hteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood o
 f Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary 
 and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon this generati
 on.\n \n"O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those w
 ho are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together 
 as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, yo
 ur house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me aga
 in\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\
 n\nMatthew 24:36-51\; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, 
 "Of that day and hour no one knows\, not even the angels of heaven\, but th
 e Father only. As were the days of Noah\, so will be the coming of the Son 
 of man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking
 \, marrying and giving in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ar
 k\, and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away\, so
  will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field\; 
 one is taken and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill\; one 
 is taken and one is left. Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day
  your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in 
 what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and wou
 ld not ha
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 ts: Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia\, Ariadne the Martyr\, A
 fterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Galatians 4:28-31\; 5:1-10\n\nBrethren\, we\, like Isaac\, are children o
 f promise. But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh perse
 cuted him who was born according to the Spirit\, so it is now. But what doe
 s the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and her son\; for the son of the s
 lave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman." So\, brethren\, we 
 are not children of the slave but of the free woman. For freedom Christ has
  set us free\; stand fast therefore\, and do not submit again to a yoke of 
 slavery. Now I\, Paul\, say to you that if you receive circumcision\, Chris
 t will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who receives
  circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law. You are severed from 
 Christ\, you who would be justified by the law\; you have fallen away from 
 grace. For through the Spirit\, by faith\, we wait for the hope of righteou
 sness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of an
 y avail\, but faith working through love. You were running well\; who hinde
 red you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls y
 ou. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord t
 hat you will take no other view than mine\; and he who is troubling you wil
 l bear his judgment\, whoever he is.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\n\nA
 t that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who had been reproved by John for Herodi
 as\, his brother's wife\, and for all the evil things that Herod had done\,
  added this to them all\, that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the 
 people were baptized\, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was prayin
 g\, the heaven was opened\, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodil
 y form\, as a dove\, and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son
 \; with you I am well pleased."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\, Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\, Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\, Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\, Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12\n\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing tha
 t God would justify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand 
 to Abraham\, saying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, 
 those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all 
 who rely on works of the law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Curse
 d be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the 
 law\, and do them." Now it is evident that no man is justified before God b
 y the law\; for "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not 
 rest on faith\, for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 13:19-29\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is l
 ike a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and 
 it grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its bran
 ches." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It 
 is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till
  it was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villages\, teac
 hing\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, 
 will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by
  the narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not 
 be able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you wil
 l begin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open t
 o us.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you w
 ill begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in o
 ur streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come f
 rom\; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep an
 d gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the pro
 phets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will com
 e from east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the k
 ingdom of God."       \n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/17/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Symeon the Holy Martyr and Bishop of Persia\, Makarios\, Bishop of Cori
 nth\, Agapetos of Rome\, Hadrian the New-Martyr\, Donnan\, Abbot of Eigg\, 
 and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: I
 saiah 58:1-11\n\nThus says the LORD: "Cry aloud\, spare not\, lift up your 
 voice like a trumpet\; declare to my people their transgression\, to the ho
 use of Jacob their sins.  Yet they seek me daily\, and delight to know my w
 ays\, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake t
 he ordinance of their God\; they ask of me righteous judgments\, they delig
 ht to draw near to God.  'Why have we fasted\, and thou seest it not? Why h
 ave we humbled ourselves\, and thou takest no knowledge of it?' Behold\, in
  the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure\, and oppress all your wor
 kers.  Behold\, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicke
 d fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on
  high.  Is such the fast that I choose\, a day for a man to humble himself?
  Is it to bow down his head like a rush\, and to spread sackcloth and ashes
  under him? Will you call this a fast\, and a day acceptable to the LORD?  
 \n \n"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness\
 , to undo the thongs of the yoke\, to let the oppressed go free\, and to br
 eak every yoke?  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry\, and bring 
 the homeless poor into your house\; when you see the naked\, to cover him\,
  and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?  Then shall your light break
  forth like the dawn\, and your healing shall spring up speedily\; your rig
 hteousness shall go before you\, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear g
 uard.  Then you shall call\, and the LORD will answer\; you shall cry\, and
  he will say\, "Here I am." \n \n"If you take away from the midst of you th
 e yoke\, the pointing of the finger\, and speaking wickedness\, if you pour
  yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted\, then
  shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.  A
 nd the LORD will guide you continually\, and satisfy your desire with good 
 things\, and make your bones strong\; and you shall be like a watered garde
 n\, like a spring of water\, whose waters fail not.\n \n\nGenesis 43:26-31\
 ; 45:1-16\n\n When Joseph came home\, they brought into the house to him th
 e present which they had with them\, and bowed down to him to the ground.  
 And he inquired about their welfare\, and said\, "Is your father well\, the
  old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"  They said\, "Your servant 
 our father is well\, he is still alive." And they bowed their heads and mad
 e obeisance.  And he lifted up his eyes\, and saw his brother Benjamin\, hi
 s mother's son\, and said\, "Is this your youngest brother\, of whom you sp
 oke to me? God be gracious to you\, my son!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for 
 his heart yearned for his brother\, and he sought a place to weep. And he e
 ntered his chamber and wept there.  Then he washed his face and came out\; 
 and controlling himself he said\, "Let food be served." \n \n(Chapter 45:1-
 16) Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him
 \; and he cried\, "Make every one go out from me." So no one stayed with hi
 m when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so t
 hat the Egyptians heard it\, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.  And Jo
 seph said to his brothers\, "I am Joseph\; is my father still alive?" But h
 is brothers could not answer him\, for they were dismayed at his presence. 
  So Joseph said to his brothers\, "Come near to me\, I pray you." And they 
 came near. And he said\, "I am your brother\, Joseph\, whom you sold into E
 gypt.  And now do not be distressed\, or angry with yourselves\, because yo
 u sold me here\; for God sent me before you to preserve life.  For the fami
 ne has been in the land these two years\; and there are yet five years in w
 hich there will be neither plowing nor harvest.  And God sent me before you
  to preserve for you a remnant on earth\, and to keep alive for you many su
 rvivors.  So it was not you who sent me here\, but God\; and he has made me
  a father to Pharaoh\, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the lan
 d of Egypt.  Make haste and go up to my father and say to him\, 'Thus says 
 your son Joseph\, God has made me lord of all Egypt\; come down to me\, do 
 not tarry\; you shall dwell in the land of Goshen\, and you shall be near m
 e\, you and your children and your children's children\, and your flocks\, 
 your herds\, and all that you have\; and there I will provide for you\, for
  there are yet five years of famine to come\; lest you and your household\,
  and all that you have\, come to poverty.'  And now your eyes see\, and the
  eyes of my brother Benjamin see\, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 
  You must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt\, and of all that you 
 have seen. Make haste and bring my father down here."  Then he fell upon hi
 s brother Benjamin's neck and wept\; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And 
 he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them\; and after that his brothers
  talked with him.  When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's
  brothers have come\," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.\n\n\nProve
 rbs 21:23-22:4\n\nHe who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out o
 f trouble.  "Scoffer" is the name of the proud\, haughty man who acts with 
 arrogant pride.  The desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse 
 to labor.  All day long the wicked covets\, but the righteous gives and doe
 s not hold back.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination\; how much 
 more when he brings it with evil intent.  A false witness will perish\, but
  the word of a man who hears will endure.  A wicked man puts on a bold face
 \, but an upright man considers his ways.  No wisdom\, no understanding\, n
 o counsel\, can avail against the LORD.  The horse is made ready for the da
 y of battle\, but the victory belongs to the LORD.  A good name is to be ch
 osen rather than great riches\, and favor is better than silver or gold.  T
 he rich and the poor meet together\; the LORD is the maker of them all.  A 
 prudent man sees danger and hides himself\; but the simple go on\, and suff
 er for it.  The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and hono
 r and life.\n \n
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 s: Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\, Kalliope the Martyr\, 
 Melania the Righteous\, Anastasios the New Martyr of Constantinople\, Theop
 hanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10\n\nBrethren\
 , God who is rich in mercy\, out of the great love with which he loved us\,
  even when we were dead through our trespasses\, made us alive together wit
 h Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and m
 ade us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the co
 ming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness to
 ward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith\; a
 nd this is not your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not because of works
 \, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship\, created in Chris
 t Jesus for good works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that we should wal
 k in them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be 
 wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliv
 er you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be 
 dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before t
 hem and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you 
 are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given
  to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your
  Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, an
 d the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and have th
 em put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he w
 ho endures to the end will be saved."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/20/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\, Kallistos I\, Patriarch of C
 onstantinople\, Nicholas Cabasilas\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Romans 11:2-12\n\nBrethren\, do you not know what the
  scripture says of Elijah\, how he pleads with God against Israel? "Lord\, 
 they have killed thy prophets\, they have demolished thy altars\, and I alo
 ne am left\, and they seek my life." But what is God's reply to him? "I hav
 e kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 
 So too at the present time there is a remnant\, chosen by grace. But if it 
 is by grace\, it is no longer on the basis of works\; otherwise grace would
  no longer be grace. What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The
  elect obtained it\, but the rest were hardened\, as it is written\, "God g
 ave them a spirit of stupor\, eyes that should not see and ears that should
  not hear\, down to this very day." And David says\, "Let their table becom
 e a snare and a trap\, a pitfall and a retribution for them\; let their eye
 s be darkened so that they cannot see\, and bend their backs for ever." So 
 I ask\, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their tr
 espass salvation has come to the Gentiles\, so as to make Israel jealous. N
 ow if their trespass means riches for the world\, and if their failure mean
 s riches for the Gentiles\, how much more will their full inclusion mean?\n
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:20-26\n\nAt that time\, the Lord began to up
 braid the cities where most of his mighty works had been done\, because the
 y did not repent. "Woe to you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if th
 e mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would hav
 e repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you\, it shall be mo
 re tolerable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And yo
 u\, Capernaum\, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to
  Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom\, it wou
 ld have remained until this day. But I tell you that it shall be more toler
 able on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you." At that ti
 me Jesus declared\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that
  you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed 
 them to babes\; yea\, Father\, so it was well pleasing before you."\n\n\n
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 sts: Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\; Christodulus the Wonderworker of Patmos\;
  Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\; Julian the Martyr\; Romanos the Hieroma
 rtyr of Parium\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 8:13-9:7\nBu
 t the LORD of hosts\, him you shall regard as holy\; let him be your fear\,
  and let him be your dread.  And he will become a sanctuary\, and a stone o
 f offense\, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel\, a trap and a
  snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble thereon\; t
 hey shall fall and be broken\; they shall be snared and taken."  \n\n Bind 
 up the testimony\, seal the teaching among my disciples.  I will wait for t
 he LORD\, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob\, and I will hope 
 in him.  Behold\, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs a
 nd portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts\, who dwells on Mount Zion.  A
 nd when they say to you\, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp an
 d mutter\," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the 
 dead on behalf of the living?  To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely
  for this word which they speak there is no dawn.  They will pass through t
 he land\, greatly distressed and hungry\; and when they are hungry\, they w
 ill be enraged and will curse their king and their God\, and turn their fac
 es upward\; and they will look to the earth\, but behold\, distress and dar
 kness\, the gloom of anguish\; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.
   \n\n But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the forme
 r time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtal
 i\, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea\, the l
 and beyond the Jordan\, Galilee of the nations.  The people who walked in d
 arkness have seen a great light\; those who dwelt in a land of deep darknes
 s\, on them has light shined.  Thou hast multiplied the nation\, thou hast 
 increased its joy\; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest\, a
 s men rejoice when they divide the spoil.  For the yoke of his burden\, and
  the staff for his shoulder\, the rod of his oppressor\, thou hast broken a
 s on the day of Midian.  For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle t
 umult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire
 .  For to us a child is born\, to us a son is given\; and the government wi
 ll be upon his shoulder\, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor\
 , Mighty God\, Everlasting Father\, Prince of Peace."  Of the increase of h
 is government and of peace there will be no end\, upon the throne of David\
 , and over his kingdom\, to establish it\, and to uphold it with justice an
 d with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the
  LORD of hosts will do this.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 6:9-22\n The
 se are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man\, blameless in his
  generation\; Noah walked with God.  And Noah had three sons\, Shem\, Ham\,
  and Japheth.  Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight\, and the earth was
  filled with violence.  And God saw the earth\, and behold\, it was corrupt
 \; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.  And God said to N
 oah\, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh\; for the earth is fil
 led with violence through them\; behold\, I will destroy them with the eart
 h.  Make yourself an ark of gopher wood\; make rooms in the ark\, and cover
  it inside and out with pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the length 
 of the ark three hundred cubits\, its breadth fifty cubits\, and its height
  thirty cubits.  Make a roof for the ark\, and finish it to a cubit above\;
  and set the door of the ark in its side\; make it with lower\, second\, an
 d third decks.  For behold\, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth\
 , to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven\; e
 verything that is on the earth shall die.  But I will establish my covenant
  with you\; and you shall come into the ark\, you\, your sons\, your wife\,
  and your sons' wives with you.  And of every living thing of all flesh\, y
 ou shall bring two of every sort into the ark\, to keep them alive with you
 \; they shall be male and female.  Of the birds according to their kinds\, 
 and of the animals according to their kinds\, of every creeping thing of th
 e ground according to its kind\, two of every sort shall come in to you\, t
 o keep them alive.  Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten\, a
 nd store it up\; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."  Noah di
 d this\; he did all that God commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prove
 rbs 8:1-21\nDoes not wisdom call\, does not understanding raise her voice? 
 On the heights beside the way\, in the paths she takes her stand\; beside t
 he gates in front of the town\, at the entrance of the portals she cries al
 oud:  "To you\, O men\, I call\, and my cry is to the sons of men.O simple 
 ones\, learn prudence\; O foolish men\, pay attention.  Hear\, for I will s
 peak noble things\, and from my lips will come what is right\; for my mouth
  will utter truth\; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  All the words
  of my mouth are righteous\; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.  
 They are all straight to him who understands and right to those who find kn
 owledge.  Take my instruction instead of silver\, and knowledge rather than
  choice gold\; for wisdom is better than jewels\, and all that you may desi
 re cannot compare with her.  I\, wisdom\, dwell in prudence\, and I find kn
 owledge and discretion.  The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and 
 arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.  I have counsel 
 and sound wisdom\, I have insight\, I have strength.  By me kings reign\, a
 nd rulers decree what is just\; by me princes rule\, and nobles govern the 
 earth.  I love those who love me\, and those who seek me diligently find me
 .  Riches and honor are with me\, enduring wealth and prosperity.  My fruit
  is better than gold\, even fine gold\, and my yield than choice silver.  I
  walk in the way of righteousness\, in the paths of justice\, endowing with
  wealth those who love me\, and filling their treasuries.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/3/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Dionysios the Areopagite\, John the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\, Ru
 sticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apos
 tles 17:16-34\n\nIn those days\, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens\
 , his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of id
 ols. So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons\, a
 nd in the market place every day with those who chanced to be there. Some a
 lso of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said\, "What 
 would this babbler say?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preacher of foreig
 n divinities" - because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. And they to
 ok hold of him and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know wha
 t this new teaching is which you present? For you bring some strange things
  to our ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things mean." Now all t
 he Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing
  except telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle 
 of the Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you 
 are very religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the objects of you
 r worship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown go
 d.' What therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God
  who made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\,
  does not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, a
 s though he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men life and br
 eath and everything. And he made from one every nation of men to live on al
 l the face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and the bounda
 ries of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that the
 y might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\
 , for 'In him we live and move and have our being'\; as even some of your p
 oets have said\, 'For we are indeed his offspring.' Being then God's offspr
 ing\, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold\, or silver\, or st
 one\, a representation by the art and imagination of man. The times of igno
 rance God overlooked\, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent\, b
 ecause he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness
  by a man whom he has appointed\, and of this he has given assurance to all
  men by raising him from the dead." Now when they heard of the resurrection
  of the dead\, some mocked\; but others said\, "We will hear you again abou
 t this." So Paul went out from among them. But some men joined him and beli
 eved\, among them Dionysios the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and ot
 hers with them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:37-45\n\nThe Lord said\, "Judge
  not\, and you will not be judged\; condemn not\, and you will not be conde
 mned\; forgive\, and you will be forgiven\; give\, and it will be given to 
 you\; good measure\, pressed down\, shaken together\, running over\, will b
 e put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get b
 ack."\n \nHe also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? W
 ill they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher\, bu
 t every one when he is fully taught will be like his teacher. Why do you se
 e the speck that is in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that 
 is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Brother\, let me 
 take out the speck that is in your eye\,' when you yourself do not see the 
 log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your
  own eye\, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in y
 our brother's eye.\n \n"For no good tree bears bad fruit\, nor again does a
  bad tree bear good fruit\; for each tree is known by its own fruit. For fi
 gs are not gathered from thorns\, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush
 . The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good\, and th
 e evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil\; for out of the abundanc
 e of the heart his mouth speaks."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\; Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantin
 ople\; Christos the New Martyr\; Meletios of Ypseni\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 3:1-18\nBeloved\, this is now
  the second letter that I have written to you\, and in both of them I have 
 aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder\; that you should remember the
  predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savio
 r through your apostles.  First of all you must understand this\, that scof
 fers will come in the last days with scoffing\, following their own passion
 s and saying\, "Where is the promise of his coming?  For ever since the fat
 hers fell asleep\, all things have continued as they were from the beginnin
 g of creation."  They deliberately ignore this fact\, that by the word of G
 od heavens existed long ago\, and an earth formed out of water and by means
  of water\, through which the world that then existed was deluged with wate
 r and perished.  But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist 
 have been stored up for fire\, being kept until the day of judgment and des
 truction of ungodly men.\n\nBut do not ignore this one fact\, beloved\, tha
 t with the Lord one day is as a thousand years\, and a thousand years as on
 e day.  The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness\, but
  is forbearing toward you\, not wishing that any should perish\, but that a
 ll should reach repentance.  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief
 \, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise\, and the elements
  will be dissolved with fire\, and the earth and the works that are upon it
  will be burned up.\n\nSince all these things are thus to be dissolved\, wh
 at sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness\, wai
 ting for and hastening the coming of the day of God\, because of which the 
 heavens will be kindled and dissolved\, and the elements will melt with fir
 e!  But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in
  which righteousness dwells.\n\nTherefore\, beloved\, since you wait for th
 ese\, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish\, and at peace.
   And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation.  So also our beloved 
 brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him\, speaking of t
 his as he does in all his letters.  There are some things in them hard to u
 nderstand\, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction\
 , as they do the other scriptures.  You therefore\, beloved\, knowing this 
 beforehand\, beware lest you be carried away with the error of lawless men 
 and lose your own stability.  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lo
 rd and Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be the glory both now and to the day of
  eternity.  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:24-31\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "In those days\, after that tribulation\, the sun will be darkene
 d\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will be falling fr
 om heaven\, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.  And then they wi
 ll see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.  And he 
 will send out the angels\, and gather his elect from the four winds\, from 
 the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.  From the fig tree learn its l
 esson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you
  know that summer is near.  So also\, when you see these things taking plac
 e\, you know he is near\, at the very gates.  Truly\, I say to you\, this g
 eneration will not pass away before all these things take place.  Heaven an
 d earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/28/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\, Nikitas\, Bishop 
 of Chalcedon\, Eutechios\, Bishop of Mytilene\, Helikonis the Martyr\, Hela
 dios the Hieromartyr of the East\, Zacharias the New Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:25\; 13:1-12\n\nIn those days\, Barnabas a
 nd Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission\, bri
 nging with them John whose other name was Mark. Now in the Church at Antioc
 h there were prophets and teachers\, Barnabas\, Simeon who was called Niger
 \, Lucius of Cyrene\, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch\, 
 and Saul. While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting\, the Holy Spiri
 t said\, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have c
 alled them." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them a
 nd sent them off. So\, being sent out by the Holy Spirit\, they went down t
 o Seleucia\; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Sal
 amis\, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And t
 hey had John to assist them. When they had gone through the whole island as
  far as Paphos\, they came upon a certain magician\, a Jewish false prophet
 \, named Bar-Jesus. He was with the proconsul\, Sergius Paulus\, a man of i
 ntelligence\, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God. But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withsto
 od them\, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. But Saul\, who
  is also called Paul\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, looked intently at him
  and said\, "You son of the devil\, you enemy of all righteousness\, full o
 f all deceit and villainy\, will you not stop making crooked the straight p
 aths of the Lord? And now\, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon you\, and
  you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist
  and darkness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by
  the hand. Then the proconsul believed\, when he saw what had occurred\, fo
 r he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 
 8:51-59\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death." The Jews s
 aid to him\, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died\, as did the 
 prophets\; and you say\, 'If any one keeps my word\, he will never taste de
 ath.' Are you greater than our father Abraham\, who died? And the prophets 
 died! Who do you claim to be?" Jesus answered\, "If I glorify myself\, my g
 lory is nothing\; it is my Father who glorifies me\, of whom you say that h
 e is your God. But you have not known him\; I know him. If I said\, I do no
 t know him\, I should be a liar like you\; but I do know him and I keep his
  word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day\; and he saw 
 it and was glad." The Jews then said to him\, "You are not yet fifty years 
 old\, and have you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, before Abraham was\, I am." So they took up stones to throw at 
 him\; but Jesus hid himself\, and went out of the temple.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/10/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\, Chitus of Athens\, Bish
 op of Rome\, Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\, Afterfeast of the Transfigurat
 ion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:1-10\n\nBrethren\,
  let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no 
 authority except from God\, and those that exist have been instituted by Go
 d. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed\
 , and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to 
 good conduct but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority?
  Then do what is good\, and you will receive his approval\, for he is God's
  servant for your own good. But if you do wrong\, be afraid\, for he does n
 ot bear the sword in vain\; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath o
 n the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject\, not only to avoid God's wr
 ath but also for the sake of conscience. For the same reasons you also pay 
 taxes\, for the authorities are ministers of God\, attending this very thin
 g. Pay all of their dues\, taxes to whom taxes are due\, revenue to whom re
 venue is due\, respect to whom respect is due\, honor to whom honor is due.
  Owe no one anything\, except to love one another\, for he who loves his ne
 ighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments\, "You shall not commit adul
 tery\, You shall not kill\, You shall not steal\, You shall not covet\," an
 d any other commandment\, are summed up in this sentence\, "You shall love 
 your neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong to a neighbor\; therefore lo
 ve is the fulfilling of the law.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:30-37\n\nT
 he Lord said\, "He who is not with me is against me\, and he who does not g
 ather with me scatters. Therefore I tell you\, every sin and blasphemy will
  be forgiven men\, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgive
 n. And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven\; but wh
 oever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven\, either in this 
 age or in the age to come.\n \n"Either make the tree good\, and its fruit g
 ood\; or make the tree bad\, and its fruit bad\; for the tree is known by i
 ts fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good\, when you are evil? 
 For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of
  his good treasure brings forth good\, and the evil man out of his evil tre
 asure brings forth evil. I tell you\, on the day of judgment men will rende
 r account for every careless word they utter\; for by your words you will b
 e justified\, and by your words you will be condemned."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\, Finding the Precious Cross by St. Hel
 en\, Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings:
  Isaiah 9:9-10:4\n\nThus says the LORD: "And all the people will know\, Eph
 raim and the inhabitants of Samaria\, who say in pride and in arrogance of 
 heart:  'The bricks have fallen\, but we will build with dressed stones\; t
 he sycamores have been cut down\, but we will put cedars in their place.'" 
  So the LORD raises adversaries against them\, and stirs up their enemies. 
  The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with
  open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stre
 tched out still.  The people did not turn to him who smote them\, nor seek 
 the LORD of hosts.  So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail\, palm br
 anch and reed in one day - the elder and honored man is the head\, and the 
 prophet who teaches lies is the tail\; for those who lead this people lead 
 them astray\, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.  Therefore th
 e Lord does not rejoice over their young men\, and has no compassion on the
 ir fatherless and widows\; for every one is godless and an evildoer\, and e
 very mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away and his 
 hand is stretched out still.  For wickedness burns like a fire\, it consume
 s briers and thorns\; it kindles the thickets of the forest\, and they roll
  upward in a column of smoke.  Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the l
 and is burned\, and the people are like fuel for the fire\; no man spares h
 is brother.  They snatch on the right\, but are still hungry\, and they dev
 our on the left\, but are not satisfied\; each devours his neighbor's flesh
 \, Manasseh\, Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and together they are agai
 nst Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretc
 hed out still.  \n \nWoe to those who decree iniquitous decrees\, and the w
 riters who keep writing oppression\, to turn aside the needy from justice a
 nd to rob the poor of my people of their right\, that widows may be their s
 poil\, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!  What will you do 
 on the day of punishment\, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom 
 will you flee for help\, and where will you leave your wealth?  Nothing rem
 ains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all thi
 s his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\n\nGe
 nesis 7:1-5\n\n Then the LORD said to Noah\, "Go into the ark\, you and all
  your household\, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this 
 generation.  Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals\, the male and 
 his mate\; and a pair of the animals that are not clean\, the male and his 
 mate\; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also\, male and female\, to 
 keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.  For in seven days I 
 will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights\; and every livin
 g thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."  And
  Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.\n\n\nProverbs 8:32-9:11\n\nA
 nd now\, my sons\, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.   Hear i
 nstruction and be wise\, and do not neglect it.   Happy is the man who list
 ens to me\, watching daily at my gates\, waiting beside my doors.   For he 
 who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD\; but he who misses
  me injures himself\; all who hate me love death."   Wisdom has built her h
 ouse\, she has set up her seven pillars.   She has slaughtered her beasts\,
  she has mixed her wine\, she has also set her table.  She has sent out her
  maids to call from the highest places in the town\,   "Whoever is simple\,
  let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she says\,   "Come\, ea
 t of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.   Leave simpleness\, and 
 live\, and walk in the way of insight."   He who corrects a scoffer gets hi
 mself abuse\, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.   Do not repr
 ove a scoffer\, or he will hate you\; reprove a wise man\, and he will love
  you.   Give instruction to a wise man\, and he will be still wiser\; teach
  a righteous man and he will increase in learning.   The fear of the LORD i
 s the beginning of wisdom\, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.  
  For by me your days will be multiplied\, and years will be added to your l
 ife. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\; Our Holy Father Myronus th
 e Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\; Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagor
 as and Anastasius of Thessolonica\; Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\; Afte
 rfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anastat
 ios the Martyr from Bulgaria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 14:6-9\nBrethren\, he who observes
  the day\, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats\, eats in hon
 or of the Lord\, since he gives thanks to God\; while he who abstains\, abs
 tains in honor of the Lord\, and gives thanks to God. None of us lives to h
 imself\, and none of us dies to himself. If we live\, we live to the Lord\,
  and if we die\, we die to the Lord\; so then\, whether we live or whether 
 we die\, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again\, t
 hat he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 15:32-39\nAt that time\, Jesus called his disciples to him and sai
 d\, "I have compassion on the crowd\, because they have been with me now th
 ree days\, and have nothing to eat\; and I am unwilling to send them away h
 ungry\, lest they faint on the way." And the disciples said to him\, "Where
  are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?" And Je
 sus said to them\, "How many loaves have you?" They said\, "Seven\, and a f
 ew small fish." And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground\, he too
 k the seven loaves and the fish\, and having given thanks he broke them and
  gave them to the disciples\, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. An
 d they all ate and were satisfied\; and they took up seven baskets full of 
 the broken pieces left over. Those who ate were four thousand men\, besides
  women and children. And sending away the crowds\, he got into the boat and
  went to the region of Magadan.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Prodigal Son\; Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\; F
 lavianos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Romanos the Younger\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and M
 ary the mother of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might g
 o and anoint Jesus.  And very early on the first day of the week they went 
 to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And they were saying to one another\, 
 "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"  And looki
 ng up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back\, for it was very large.  A
 nd entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dre
 ssed in a white robe\; and they were amazed.  And he said to them\, "Do not
  be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified.  He has risen\
 , he is not here\; see the place where they laid him.  But go\, tell his di
 sciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will s
 ee him\, as he told you."  And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for t
 rembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to any
  one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to
  the Corinthians 6:12-20\nBrethren\, "all things are lawful for me\," but n
 ot all things are helpful.  "All things are lawful for me\," but I will not
  be enslaved by anything.  "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach f
 or food" -- and God will destroy both one and the other.  The body is not m
 eant for immorality\, but for the Lord\, and the Lord for the body.  And Go
 d raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.  Do you not know 
 that your bodies are members of Christ?  Shall I therefore take the members
  of Christ and make them members of a prostitute?  Never!  Do you not know 
 that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her?  For\,
  as it is written\, "The two shall become one flesh."  But he who is united
  to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.  Shun immorality.  Every other si
 n which a man commits is outside the body\; but the immoral man sins agains
 t his own body.  Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spi
 rit within you\, which you have from God?  You are not your own\; you were 
 bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body and in your spirit which 
 belong to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32\nThe Lord said this parabl
 e: "There was a man who had two sons\; and the younger of them said to his 
 father\, 'Father\, give me the share of the property that falls to me.'  An
 d he divided his living between them.  Not many days later\, the younger so
 n gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country\, and there h
 e squandered his property in loose living.  And when he had spent everythin
 g\, a great famine arose in that country\, and he began to be in want.  So 
 he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country\, who sen
 t him into his fields to feed swine.  And he would gladly have filled his b
 elly with the pods that the swine ate\; and no one gave him anything.  But 
 when he came to himself he said\, 'How many of my father's hired servants h
 ave bread enough and to spare\, but I perish here with hunger!  I will aris
 e and go to my father\, and I will say to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned aga
 inst heaven and before you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son\; 
 treat me as one of your hired servants.'  And he arose and came to his fath
 er.  But while he was yet at a distance\, his father saw him and had compas
 sion\, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.  And the son said to him\, 
 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before you\; I am no longer wort
 hy to be called your son.'  But the father said to his servants\, 'Bring qu
 ickly the best robe\, and put it on him\; and put a ring on his hand\, and 
 shoes on his feet\; and bring the fatted calf and kill it\, and let us eat 
 and make merry\; for this my son was dead\, and is alive again\; he was los
 t\, and is found.'  And they began to make merry.  Now his elder son was in
  the field\; and as he came and drew near to the house\, he heard music and
  dancing.  And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.  An
 d he said to him\, 'Your brother has come\, and your father has killed the 
 fatted calf\, because he has received him safe and sound.'  But he was angr
 y and refused to go in.  His father came out and entreated him\, but he ans
 wered his father\, 'Lo\, these many years I have served you\, and I never d
 isobeyed your command\; yet you never gave me a kid\, that I might make mer
 ry with my friends.  But when this son of yours came\, who has devoured you
 r living with harlots\, you killed for him the fatted calf!'  And he said t
 o him\, 'Son\, you are always with me\, and all that is mine is yours.  It 
 was fitting to make merry and be glad\, for this your brother was dead\, an
 d is alive\; he was lost\, and is found.'"\n\n
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 ts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\, Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife
  of Cleopas\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts o
 f the Apostles 23:1-11\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul\, looking intently at the co
 uncil\, said\, "Brethren\, I have lived before God in all good conscience u
 p to this day." And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by hi
 m to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him\, "God shall strike you
 \, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law\,
  and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?" Those who stood by
  said\, "Would you revile God's high priest?" And Paul said\, "I did not kn
 ow\, brethren\, that he was the high priest\; for it is written\, 'You shal
 l not speak evil of a ruler of your people.' " But when Paul perceived that
  one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees\, he cried out in the coun
 cil\, "Brethren\, I am a Pharisee\, a son of Pharisees\; with respect to th
 e hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial." And when he had sai
 d this\, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees\; and t
 he assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrectio
 n\, nor angel\, nor spirit\; but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. Then a
  great clamor arose\; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood
  up and contended\, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or
  an angel spoke to him?" And when the dissension became violent\, the tribu
 ne\, afraid that Paul would be torn in pieces by them\, commanded the soldi
 ers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the
  barracks. The following night the Lord stood by him and said\, "Take coura
 ge\, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem\, so you must bear wit
 ness also at Rome."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:15-23\n\nThe Lord said to 
 his disciples\, "All that the Father has is mine\; therefore I said that he
  will take what is mine and declare it to you.\n \n"A little while\, and yo
 u will see me no more\; again a little while\, and you will see me." Some o
 f his disciples said to one another\, "What is this that he says to us\, 'A
  little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little while\, and yo
 u will see me'\; and\, 'because I go to the Father'? " They said\, "What do
 es he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he means." Jesus knew t
 hat they wanted to ask him\; so he said to them\, "Is this what you are ask
 ing yourselves\, what I meant by saying\, 'A little while\, and you will no
 t see me\, and again a little while\, and you will see me'? Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, you will weep and lament\, but the world will rejoice\; you
  will be sorrowful\, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is in
  travail she has sorrow\, because her hour has come\; but when she is deliv
 ered of the child\, she no longer remembers the anguish\, for joy that a hu
 man being is born into the world. So you have sorrow now\, but I will see y
 ou again and your hearts will rejoice\, and no one will take your joy from 
 you. In that day\, you will ask nothing of me. Truly\, truly\, I say to you
 \, if you ask anything of the Father\, he will give it to you in my name."\
 n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/5/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, E
 usignius the Martyr of Antioch\, Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\, Eu
 thymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Christos the New Martyr of Prevezis
 \, Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Peter's First Universal Letter 1:1-25\; 2:1-10\n\nPeter\, an apost
 le of Jesus Christ\, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, 
 Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithynia\, chosen and destined by God the Father an
 d sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling
  with his blood:\n \nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be t
 he God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been
  born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from t
 he dead\, and to an inheritance which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unf
 ading\, kept in heaven for you\, who by God's power are guarded through fai
 th for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoi
 ce\, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials\, 
 so that the genuineness of your faith\, more precious than gold which thoug
 h perishable is tested by fire\, may redound to praise and glory and honor 
 at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without having known him you love him\; 
 though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterab
 le and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation o
 f your souls.\n \nThe prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be y
 ours searched and inquired about this salvation\; they inquired what person
  or time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting 
 the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them 
 that they were serving not themselves but you\, in the things which have no
 w been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you through 
 the Holy Spirit sent from heaven\, things into which angels long to look.\n
  \nTherefore gird up your minds\, be sober\, set your hope fully upon the g
 race that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient c
 hildren\, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance\, bu
 t as he who called you is holy\, be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; s
 ince it is written\, "You shall be holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke
  as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds\, con
 duct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. You know that 
 you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers\, not wi
 th perishable things such as silver or gold\, but with the precious blood o
 f Christ\, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined bef
 ore the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the tim
 es for your sake. Through him you have confidence in God\, who raised him f
 rom the dead and gave him glory\, so that your faith and hope are in God.\n
  \nHaving purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere 
 love of the brethren\, love one another earnestly from the heart. You have 
 been born anew\, not of perishable seed but of imperishable\, through the l
 iving and abiding word of God\; for "All flesh is like grass and all its gl
 ory like the flower of grass. The grass withers\, and the flower falls\, bu
 t the word of the Lord abides for ever." That word is the good news which w
 as preached to you.\n \nSo put away all malice and all guile and insincerit
 y and envy and all slander. Like newborn babes\, long for the pure spiritua
 l milk\, that by it you may grow up to salvation\; for you have tasted the 
 kindness of the Lord.\n \nCome to him\, to that living stone\, rejected by 
 men but in God's sight chosen and precious\; and like living stones be your
 selves built <span id="en-RSV-30381" class="text 1Pet-2-5">into a spiritual
  house\, to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable
  to God through Jesus Christ.</span><span id="en-RSV-30382" class="text 1Pe
 t-2-6"><span class="versenum"> </span>For it stands in scripture: </span>&l
 dquo\;Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and preci
 ous\, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.&rdquo\; To you t
 herefore who believe\, he is precious\, but for those who do not believe\, 
 &ldquo\;The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of t
 he corner\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;A stone that will make men stumble\, a rock
  that will make them fall&rdquo\;\; for they stumble because they disobey t
 he word\, as they were destined to do. <span id="en-RSV-30385" class="text 
 1Pet-2-9">But you are a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, 
 God&rsquo\;s own people\, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him w
 ho called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. </span><span id="en
 -RSV-30386" class="text 1Pet-2-10">Once you were no people but now you are 
 God&rsquo\;s people\; once you had not received mercy but now you have rece
 ived mercy.</span>\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:1-6\n\nAt that time\, th
 e Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and to test him they asked him to s
 how them a sign from heaven. He answered them\, "When it is evening\, you s
 ay\, 'It will be fair weather\; for the sky is red.' And in the morning\, '
 It will be stormy today\, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how
  to interpret the appearance of the sky\, but you cannot interpret the sign
 s of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign\, but no
  sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and d
 eparted.\n \nWhen the disciples reached the other side\, they had forgotten
  to bring any bread. Jesus said to them\, "Take heed and beware of the leav
 en of the Pharisees and Sadducees."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/5/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Agatha the Martyr\, Polyeuktos\, Partriarch Of Constantinople\, Antonios
  the New Martyr of Athens\, Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\, Afterfea
 st of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Theodosios of
  Antioch\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:19-22
 \; 3:1-7\n\nBrethren\, you are no longer strangers and sojourners\, but you
  are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God\, 
 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himse
 lf being the cornerstone\, in whom the whole structure is joined together a
 nd grows into a holy temple in the Lord in whom you also are built into it 
 for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. For this reason I\, Paul\, a pri
 soner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -- assuming that you have 
 heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you\, how 
 the mystery was made known to me by revelation\, as I have written briefly.
  When you read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ\
 , which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it ha
 s now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit\; that 
 is\, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs\, members of the same body\, and par
 takers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this gospel I 
 was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given me
  by the working of his power.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:1-7\n\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus came to his own country\; and his disciples followed him. And on
  the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue\; and many who heard him we
 re astonished\, saying\, "Where did this man get all this? What is the wisd
 om given to him? What mighty works are wrought by his hands! Is not this th
 e carpenter\, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and 
 Simon\, and are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him
 . And Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not without honor\, except in his 
 own country\, and among his own kin\, and in his own house." And he could d
 o no mighty work there\, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick peop
 le and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went 
 about among the villages teaching. And he called to him the twelve\, and be
 gan to send them out two by two\, and gave them authority over the unclean 
 spirits.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/8/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Hermas the Apostle of 
 the 70\, Paul the Confessor\, Dometios the Righteous\, Felix of Burgundy\, 
 Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isai
 ah 11:10-12:2\n\n Thus says the LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall s
 tand as an ensign to the peoples\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwe
 llings shall be glorious. \n \nIn that day the Lord will extend his hand ye
 t a second time to recover the remnant which is left of his people\, from A
 ssyria\, from Egypt\, from Pathros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shina
 r\, from Hamath\, and from the coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ens
 ign for the nations\, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather
  the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.  The jealousy o
 f Ephraim shall depart\, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephr
 aim shall not be jealous of Judah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  Bu
 t they shall swoop down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, 
 and together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put fort
 h their hand against Edom and Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  An
 d the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will w
 ave his hand over the River with his scorching wind\, and smite it into sev
 en channels that men may cross dryshod.  And there will be a highway from A
 ssyria for the remnant which is left of his people\, as there was for Israe
 l when they came up from the land of Egypt.  \n \nYou will say in that day:
  "I will give thanks to thee\, O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\
 , thy anger turned away\, and thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my s
 alvation\; I will trust\, and will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my s
 trength and my song\, and he has become my salvation."\n\n\nGenesis 7:11-8:
 3\n\n In the six hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second month\, on t
 he seventeenth day of the month\, on that day all the fountains of the grea
 t deep burst forth\, and the windows of the heavens were opened.  And rain 
 fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.  On the very same day Noah
  and his sons\, Shem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the three wi
 ves of his sons with them entered the ark\, they and every beast according 
 to its kind\, and all the cattle according to their kinds\, and every creep
 ing thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind\, and every bird a
 ccording to its kind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into the ark wi
 th Noah\, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.  
 And they that entered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as God had c
 ommanded him\; and the LORD shut him in.  \n \nThe flood continued forty da
 ys upon the earth\; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ark\, and it
  rose high above the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased greatly upo
 n the earth\; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And the water
 s prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under th
 e whole heaven were covered\; the waters prevailed above the mountains\, co
 vering them fifteen cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved upon the ea
 rth\, birds\, cattle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the 
 earth\, and every man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was th
 e breath of life died.  He blotted out every living thing that was upon the
  face of the ground\, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the 
 air\; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, and those 
 that were with him in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the earth a h
 undred and fifty days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all 
 the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the
  earth\, and the waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and the window
 s of the heavens were closed\, the rain from the heavens was restrained\, a
 nd the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred a
 nd fifty days the waters had abated.\n \n\nProverbs 10:1-22\n\nA wise son m
 akes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.  Treasure
 s gained by wickedness do not profit\, but righteousness delivers from deat
 h.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry\, but he thwarts the crav
 ing of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty\, but the hand of the dilig
 ent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is prudent\, but a son who sle
 eps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on the head of the righteous\, 
 but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  The memory of the righteous
  is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked will rot.  The wise of heart wi
 ll heed commandments\, but a prating fool will come to ruin.  He who walks 
 in integrity walks securely\, but he who perverts his ways will be found ou
 t.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but he who boldly reproves makes 
 peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life\, but the mouth of
  the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up strife\, but love covers al
 l offenses.  On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found\, but
  a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.  Wise men lay up knowledge\,
  but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  A rich man's wealth is his s
 trong city\; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.  The wage of the righte
 ous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to sin.  He who heeds instructio
 n is on the path to life\, but he who rejects reproof goes astray.  He who 
 conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utters slander is a fool.  When
  words are many\, transgression is not lacking\, but he who restrains his l
 ips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is choice silver\; the mind of
  the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of the righteous feed many\, but 
 fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of the LORD makes rich\, and he 
 adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/22/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Sunday of Luke\; Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Phocas the
  Cyprian\; Isaac & Martinos the Martyrs 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monast
 ery martyred by the Latins\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jes
 us rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to Mary Magd
 alene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told those who ha
 d been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard that he wa
 s alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this
  he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the
  country.  And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe 
 them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at tabl
 e\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, becaus
 e they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And he said 
 to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creatio
 n.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not bel
 ieve will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who believe: 
  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; th
 ey will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not
  hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover.
 "\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken up in
 to heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went forth and
  preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the me
 ssage by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:21-24\; 2:1-4\nBrethren\, it is God who 
 establishes us with you in Christ\, and has commissioned us\; he has put hi
 s seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.\n\nBut
  I call God to witness against me - it was to spare you that I refrained fr
 om coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith\; we work with yo
 u for your joy\, for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind no
 t to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain\, who is there
  to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did\, so 
 that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me
  rejoice\, for I felt sure of all of you\, that my joy would be the joy of 
 you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and wi
 th many tears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love
  that I have for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:1-11\nAt that time\, as Jes
 us was standing by the lake of Gennesaret\, he saw two boats by the lake\; 
 but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting
  into one of the boats\, which was Simon's\, he asked him to put out a litt
 le from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And 
 when he had ceased speaking\, he said to Simon\, "Put out into the deep and
  let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered\, "Master\, we toiled 
 all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." And
  when they had done this\, they enclosed a great shoal of fish\; and as the
 ir nets were breaking\, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat t
 o come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats\, so that the
 y began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it\, he fell down at Jesus' knees
 \, saying\, "Depart from me\, for I am a sinful man\, O Lord." For he was a
 stonished\, and all who were with him\, at the catch of fish which they had
  taken\; and so also were James and John\, sons of Zebedee\, who were partn
 ers with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon\, "Do not be afraid\; henceforth yo
 u will be catching men." And when they had brought their boats to land\, th
 ey left everything and followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBRETHREN
 \, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.
  For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and 
 the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behi
 nd the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the g
 olden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides wit
 h gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod t
 hat budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of
  glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in
  detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continua
 lly into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the sec
 ond only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without ta
 king blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered
  a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she
  had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his 
 teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him
  and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you
  alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Ma
 rtha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needfu
 l. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from he
 r." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him
 \, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" B
 ut he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it
 !"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/3/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\, Holy Father Theoctistus and his fellow 
 struggler Euthymius the Great\, Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\, Trans
 lation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentopol
 is\, Chariton the Martyr\, Phoebe the Deaconess\n\nTone Four\nSecond Orthro
 s Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1
 6:13-24\n\nBrethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageou
 s\, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you kn
 ow that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and 
 they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to b
 e subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at 
 the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have mad
 e up for your absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give
  recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and P
 risca\, together with the church in their house\, send you hearty greetings
  in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a hol
 y kiss. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no 
 love for the Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the 
 Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33-42\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There wa
 s a householder who planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and du
 g a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and 
 went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his
  servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his serv
 ants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again he sent othe
 r servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward
  he sent his son to them\, saying 'They will respect my son.' But when the 
 tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, 
 let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him o
 ut of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard
  comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put
  those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard to other te
 nants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, 
 "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders 
 rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, an
 d it is marvelous in our eyes?'"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/25/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nTone One\nAnn
 unciation of the Theotokos\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the H
 ebrews 2:11-18\n\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified
  have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\,
  saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the co
 ngregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." A
 nd again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has given me. Since therefore 
 the children share in flesh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the 
 same nature\, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of 
 death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who through fear of dea
 th were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that 
 he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be
  made like his brethren in every respect\, so that he might become a mercif
 ul and faithful high priest in the service of God\, to make expiation for t
 he sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted
 \, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:2
 4-38\n\nIn those days\, Elizabeth the wife of Zacharias conceived and for f
 ive months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord had done to me in the 
 days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." In the six
 th month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Naz
 areth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph\, of the house
  of David\; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said\, "
 Hail\, O favored one\, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women!" 
 But she was greatly troubled at the saying\, and considered in her mind wha
 t sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her\, "Do not be af
 raid\, Mary\, for you have found favor with God. And behold\, you will conc
 eive in your womb and bear a son\, and you shall call his name Jesus. He wi
 ll be great\, and will be called the Son of the Most High\; and the Lord Go
 d will give to him the throne of his father David\, and he will reign over 
 the house of Jacob for ever\; and of his kingdom there will be no end." And
  Mary said to the angel\, "How shall this be\, since I have no husband?" An
 d the angel said to her\, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you\, and the pow
 er of the Most High will overshadow you\; therefore the child to be born wi
 ll be called holy\, the Son of God.\n \nAnd behold\, your kinswoman Elizabe
 th in her old age has also conceived a son\; and this is the sixth month wi
 th her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible." And
  Mary said\, "Behold\, I am the handmaid of the Lord\; let it be to me acco
 rding to your word." And the angel departed from her.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190626
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/25/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\, Prokop
 ios the New Martyr\, The Righteous Martyr Febronia\, Dionysius & Dometios t
 he Righteous of Mount Athos\, Methodius of Nevritos\, Orentios\, Pharmakios
 \, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, and Longinos the Martyrs and Bro
 thers\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Romans 4:4-12\n\nBrethren\, to one who works\, his wages are not recko
 ned as a gift but as his due. And to one who does not work but trusts him w
 ho justifies the ungodly\, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. So also 
 David pronounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness 
 apart from works: "Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven\, and wh
 ose sins are covered\; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not re
 ckon his sin." Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised\, or a
 lso upon the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as ri
 ghteousness. How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had
  been circumcised? It was not after\, but before he was circumcised. He rec
 eived circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by f
 aith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the fath
 er of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteous
 ness reckoned to them\, and likewise the father of the circumcised who are 
 not merely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our f
 ather Abraham had before he was circumcised.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7
 :15-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of false prophets\, who come to you in sh
 eep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by thei
 r fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns\, or figs from thistles? So\, eve
 ry sound tree bears good fruit\, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound
  tree cannot bear evil fruit\, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tr
 ee that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus
  you will know them by their fruits. Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\,
  Lord\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my
  Father who is in heaven."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180424
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/23/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of 
 the Apostles 12:1-11\n\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands
  upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John 
 with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to
  arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when 
 he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads
  of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out t
 o the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was 
 made to God by the Church.\n \nThe very night when Herod was about to bring
  him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\
 , and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an a
 ngel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; and he struck P
 eter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains f
 ell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you
  and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did not know that wh
 at was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. Whe
 n they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron ga
 te leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they we
 nt out and passed on through one street\; and immediately the angel left hi
 m. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has 
 sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the 
 Jewish people were expecting."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\
 n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one anothe
 r.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
   If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you
  are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the wo
 rld hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not gr
 eater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; 
 if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will d
 o to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I ha
 d not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have
  no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had 
 not done among them the works which no one else did\, they would not have s
 in\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulf
 ill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.
 '\n \n But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Fat
 her\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bea
 r witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with m
 e from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling
  away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is comi
 ng when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190515
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/14/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Isidore the Martyr of Chios\, Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus\, Holy New M
 artyrs Mark and John\, Serapion the Holy Martyr\, Leontius\, Patriarch of J
 erusalem\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:5-17\n\nIn those da
 ys\, Philip went down to a city of Samaria\, and proclaimed to them the Chr
 ist. And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Phili
 p\, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did. For unclean spirits
  came out of many who were possessed\, crying with a loud voice\; and many 
 who were paralyzed or lame were healed. So there was much joy in the city.\
 n \nBut there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in t
 he city and amazed the nation of Samaria\, saying that he himself was someb
 ody great. They all gave heed to him\, from the least to the greatest\, say
 ing\, "This man is that power of God which is called Great." And they gave 
 heed to him\, because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. Bu
 t when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of G
 od and the name of Jesus Christ\, they were baptized\, both men and women. 
 Even Simon himself believed\, and after being baptized he continued with Ph
 ilip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed\, he was amazed.\n \nNo
 w when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word o
 f God\, they sent to them Peter and John\, who came down and prayed for the
 m that they might receive the Holy Spirit\; for it had not yet fallen on an
 y of them\, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 
 Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.\n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 6:27-33\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: 
 "Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but for the food which endures 
 to eternal life\, which the Son of man will give to you\; for on him has Go
 d the Father set his seal." Then they said to him\, "What must we do\, to b
 e doing the works of God?" Jesus answered them\, "This is the work of God\,
  that you believe in him whom he has sent." So they said to him\, "Then wha
 t sign do you do\, that we may see\, and believe you? What work do you perf
 orm? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness\; as it is written\, 'He g
 ave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Jesus then said to them\, "Truly\, tru
 ly\, I say to you\, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven\; m
 y Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that
  which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200715
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\; Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor
 \, Archbishop of Thessalonica\; Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Ju
 stus the Martyr\; Peter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Mel
 issourgeio Kissamos\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:
 1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the ch
 urch at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the sain
 ts\, and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a
  helper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow 
 workers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not 
 only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also t
 he church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first co
 nvert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet
  Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men 
 of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampli
 atos\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\
 , and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet 
 those who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. G
 reet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those w
 orkers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who
  has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his 
 mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, 
 and the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and h
 is sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one a
 nother with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 13:24-30\nThe Lord said this parable. "The kingdom of heaven
  may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field\; but while men 
 were sleeping\, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat\, and went a
 way. So when the plants came up and bore grain\, then the weeds appeared al
 so. And the servants of the householder came and said to him\, 'Sir\, did y
 ou not sow good seeds in your field? How then has it weeds?' He said to the
 m\, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him\, 'Then do you want 
 us to go and gather them?' But he said\, 'No\; lest in gathering the weeds 
 you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the har
 vest\; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers\, Gather the weeds first
  and bind them in bundles to be burned\, but gather the wheat into my barn.
 '"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/13/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Martinian of Palestine\, Aquilla & Priscilla the Apostles\, Eulogios\, 
 Patriarch of Alexandria\, Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's First Universal Letter 4:1-11\n\nBeloved\,
  since Christ suffered in the flesh for us\, arm yourselves with the same t
 hought\, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin\, so as 
 to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions b
 ut by the will of God. Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the
  Gentiles like to do\, living in licentiousness\, passions\, drunkenness\, 
 revels\, carousing\, and lawless idolatry. They are surprised that you do n
 ot now join them in the same wild profligacy\, and they abuse you\; but the
 y will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. F
 or this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead\, that though judge
 d in the flesh like men\, they might live in the spirit like God.\n \nThe e
 nd of all things is at hand\; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayer
 s. Above all hold unfailing your love for one another\, since love covers a
  multitude of sins. Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another. As ea
 ch has received a gift\, employ it for one another\, as good stewards of Go
 d's varied grace: whoever speaks\, as one who utters oracles of God\; whoev
 er renders service\, as one who renders it by the strength which God suppli
 es\; in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.
  To him belong glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 12:28-37\n\nAt that time\, one of the scribes came up to Jesus. H
 earing the Sadducees disputing with him\, and seeing that he answered them 
 well\, asked him\, "Which commandment is the first of all?" Jesus answered\
 , "The first is\, 'Hear\, O Israel: The Lord our God\, the Lord is one\; an
 d you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your 
 soul\, and with all your mind\, and with all your strength.' The second is 
 this\, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other comman
 dment greater than these." And the scribe said to him\, "You are right\, Te
 acher\; you have truly said that he is one\, and there is no other but he\;
  and to love him with all the heart\, and with all the understanding\, and 
 with all the strength\, and to love one's neighbor as oneself\, is much mor
 e than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that h
 e answered wisely\, he said to him\, "You are not far from the kingdom of G
 od." And after that no one dared to ask him any question. And as Jesus taug
 ht in the temple\, he said\, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is th
 e son of David? David himself\, inspired by the Holy Spirit\, declared\,\n 
 \n'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemie
 s under your feet.'\n \nDavid himself calls him Lord\; so how is he his son
 ?" And the great throng heard him gladly.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171129
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\, Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\, Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:8-14\n\nTimothy\, my son\, w
 e know that the law is good\, if any one uses it lawfully\, understanding t
 his\, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and di
 sobedient\, for the ungodly and sinners\, for the unholy and profane\, for 
 murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers\, for manslayers\, immoral pe
 rsons\, sodomites\, kidnapers\, liars\, perjurers\, and whatever else is co
 ntrary to sound doctrine\, in accordance with the glorious gospel of the bl
 essed God with which I have been entrusted. I thank him who has given me st
 rength for this\, Christ Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by 
 appointing me to his service\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted 
 and insulted him\; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in u
 nbelief\, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and lo
 ve that are in Christ Jesus.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:45-48\n\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold\, say
 ing to them\, "It is written\, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'\; but 
 you have made it a den of robbers." And he was teaching daily in the temple
 . The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sou
 ght to destroy him\; but they did not find anything they could do\, for all
  the people hung upon his words.       \n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200429
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Tuesday after Pascha\; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\; John the
  Martyr of Romania\; Memnon the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of th
 e Apostles 4:1-10\nIn those days\, while the apostles were speaking to the 
 people\, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came u
 pon them\, annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in
  Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them and put them 
 in custody until the morrow\, for it was already evening. But many of those
  who heard the word believed\; and the number of the men came to about five
  thousand.\n\nOn the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gather
 ed together in Jerusalem\, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John
  and Alexander\, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when the
 y had set them in the midst\, they inquired\, "By what power or by what nam
 e did you do this?" Then Peter\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, said to them
 \, "Rulers of the people and elders\, if we are being examined today concer
 ning a good deed done to a cripple\, by what means this man has been healed
 \, be it known to you all\, and to all the people of Israel\, that by the n
 ame of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, whom you crucified\, whom God raised from
  the dead\, by him this man is standing before you well."\n\nGospel Reading
 : John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved the world tha
 t he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not perish but
  have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn th
 e world\, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in
  him is not condemned\; he who does not believe is condemned already\, beca
 use he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the
  judgment\, that the light has come into the world\, and men loved darkness
  rather than light\, because their deeds were evil. For every one who does 
 evil hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, lest his deeds shou
 ld be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light\, that it ma
 y be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190127
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/26/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Xenophon & his Companions\, Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai\n\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:18-23\n\nBrethren\, having b
 een set free from sin\, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speak
 ing in human terms\, because of your natural limitations. For just as you o
 nce yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity\, 
 so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.\n \nWhen you
  were slaves of sin\, you were free in regard to righteousness. But then wh
 at return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end
  of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and
  have become slaves of God\, the return you get is sanctification and its e
 nd\, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death\, but the free gift of God
  is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:
 35-46\n\nAt that time\, a lawyer came up to Jesus and asked him a question\
 , to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great commandment in the law?" And h
 e said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and
  with all your soul\, and with all your mind. This is the great and first c
 ommandment. And a second is like it\, You shall love your neighbor as yours
 elf. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."\n \nNo
 w while the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a question\
 , saying\, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to
  him\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How is it then that David\, i
 nspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord
 \, Sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under your feet'? If Davi
 d thus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no one was able to answer h
 im a word\, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions
 .\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181214
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska & First Saint of America\, The Holy 
 Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of Greate
 r Armenia\, Lucia the Virgin-martyr\, Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop 
 of Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Heb
 rews 7:1-6\n\nBrethren\, Melchizedek\, king of Salem\, priest of the Most H
 igh God\, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed
  him\; and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is fir
 st\, by translation of his name\, king of righteousness\, and then he is al
 so king of Salem\, that is\, king of peace. He is without father or mother 
 or genealogy\, and has neither beginning of days nor end of life\, but rese
 mbling the Son of God he continues a priest for ever. See how great he is! 
 Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of the spoils. And those descendants
  of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to t
 ake tithes from the people\, that is\, from their brethren\, though these a
 lso are descended from Abraham. But this man who has not their genealogy re
 ceived tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.\n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 9:10-15\n\nAt that time\, the disciples kept the word of Je
 sus to themselves\, questioning what the rising from the dead meant. And th
 ey asked him\, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" And he
  said to them\, "Elijah does come first to restore all things\; and how is 
 it written of the Son of man\, that he should suffer many things and be tre
 ated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah has come\, and they did to h
 im whatever they pleased\, as it is written of him." And when they came to 
 the disciples\, they saw a great crowd about them\, and scribes arguing wit
 h them. And immediately all the crowd\, when they saw him\, were greatly am
 azed\, and ran up to him and greeted him.       \n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190227
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/26/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\, The Holy Great Martyr Photine\, the Samar
 itan Women\, Holy Martyr Theocletus\, John Claphas the new Martyr\n\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 3:9-22\n\nBRETHREN\, no on
 e born of God commits sin\; for God's nature abides in him\, and he cannot 
 sin because he is born of God. By this it may be seen who are the children 
 of God\, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right i
 s not of God\, nor he who does not love his brother. For this is the messag
 e which you have heard from the beginning\, that we should love one another
 \, and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. A
 nd why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's
  righteous. Do not wonder\, brethren\, that the world hates you. We know th
 at we have passed out of death into life\, because we love the brethren. He
  who does not love abides in death. Any one who hates his brother is a murd
 erer\, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By th
 is we know love\, that he laid down his life for us\; and we ought to lay d
 own our lives for the brethren. But if any one has the world's goods and se
 es his brother in need\, yet closes his heart against him\, how does God's 
 love abide in him? Little children\, let us not love in word or speech but 
 in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth\, and 
 reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us\; for God is 
 greater than our hearts\, and he knows everything. Beloved\, if our hearts 
 do not condemn us\, we have confidence before God\; and we receive from him
  whatever we ask. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:10-42\n\nAt that time\, Ju
 das Iscariot\, who was one of the twelve\, went to the chief priests in ord
 er to betray Jesus to them. And when they heard it they were glad\, and pro
 mised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. And on
  the first day of Unleavened Bread\, when they sacrificed the passover lamb
 \, his disciples said to him\, "Where will you have us go and prepare for y
 ou to eat the passover?" And he sent two of his disciples\, and said to the
 m\, "Go into the city\, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; f
 ollow him\, and wherever he enters\, say to the householder\, 'The Teacher 
 says\, Where is my guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disc
 iples?' And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready\; there
  prepare for us." And the disciples set out and went to the city\, and foun
 d it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. And when it was 
 evening he came with the twelve. And as they were at table eating\, Jesus s
 aid\, "Truly\, I say to you\, one of you will betray me\, one who is eating
  with me." They began to be sorrowful\, and to say to him one after another
 \, "Is it I?" He said to them\, "It is one of the twelve\, one who is dippi
 ng bread into the dish with me. For the Son of man goes as it is written of
  him\, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would hav
 e been better for that man if he had not been born." And as they were eatin
 g\, he took bread\, and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them\, and 
 said\, "Take\; this is my body." And he took a cup\, and when he had given 
 thanks he gave it to them\, and they all drank of it. And he said to them\,
  "This is my blood of the new covenant\, which is poured out for many. Trul
 y\, I say to you\, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until t
 hat day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." And when they had sung 
 a hymn\, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them\, "Yo
 u will all fall away\; for it is written\, 'I will strike the shepherd\, an
 d the sheep will be scattered.' But after I am raised up\, I will go before
  you to Galilee." Peter said to him\, "Even though they all fall away\, I w
 ill not." And Jesus said to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this very night\,
  before the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three times." But he said v
 ehemently\, "If I must die with you\, I will not deny you." And they all sa
 id the same. And they went to a place which was called Gethsemane\; and he 
 said to his disciples\, "Sit here\, while I pray." And he took with him Pet
 er and James and John\, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. An
 d he said to them\, "My soul is very sorrowful\, even to death\; remain her
 e\, and watch." And going a little farther\, he fell on the ground and pray
 ed that\, if it were possible\, the hour might pass from him. And he said\,
  'Abba\, Father\, all things are possible to you\; remove this cup from me\
 ; yet not what I will\, but what you will." And he came and found them slee
 ping\, and he said to Peter\, "Simon\, are you asleep? Could you not watch 
 one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation\; the spiri
 t indeed is willing\, but the flesh is weak." And again he went away and pr
 ayed\, saying the same words. And again he came and found them sleeping\, f
 or their eyes were very heavy\; and they did not know what to answer him. A
 nd he came the third time\, and said to them\, "Are you still sleeping and 
 taking your rest? It is enough\; the hour has come\; the Son of man is betr
 ayed into the hands of sinners. Rise\, let us be going\; see\, my betrayer 
 is at hand."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180315
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/14/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\, Euschemon the Confessor\, Bishop of 
 Lampasakos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 26:21-27:9\n\
 n For behold\, the LORD is coming forth out of his place to punish the inha
 bitants of the earth for their iniquity\, and the earth will disclose the b
 lood shed upon her\, and will no more cover her slain.  In that day the LOR
 D with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleein
 g serpent\, Leviathan the twisting serpent\, and he will slay the dragon th
 at is in the sea.  \n \nIn that day: "A pleasant vineyard\, sing of it!  I\
 , the LORD\, am its keeper\; every moment I water it. Lest any one harm it\
 , I guard it night and day\;  I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and 
 briers to battle! I would set out against them\, I would burn them up toget
 her.  Or let them lay hold of my protection\, let them make peace with me\,
  let them make peace with me."  \n \nIn days to come Jacob shall take root\
 , Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots\, and fill the whole world with
  fruit.  \n \nHas he smitten them as he smote those who smote them? Or have
  they been slain as their slayers were slain?  Measure by measure\, by exil
 e thou didst contend with them\; he removed them with his fierce blast in t
 he day of the east wind.  Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expi
 ated\, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he m
 akes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces\, no A
 sherim or incense altars will remain standing.\n\n\nGenesis 9:18-10:1\n\nTh
 e sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth. H
 am was the father of Canaan.  These three were the sons of Noah\; and from 
 these the whole earth was peopled.\n \nNoah was the first tiller of the soi
 l. He planted a vineyard\; and he drank of the wine\, and became drunk\, an
 d lay uncovered in his tent.  And Ham\, the father of Canaan\, saw the nake
 dness of his father\, and told his two brothers outside.  Then Shem and Jap
 heth took a garment\, laid it upon both their shoulders\, and walked backwa
 rd and covered the nakedness of their father\; their faces were turned away
 \, and they did not see their father's nakedness.  When Noah awoke from his
  wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him\, he said\, "Cursed be
  Canaan\; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers."  He also said\, "
 Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave.  God enla
 rge Japheth\, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem\; and let Canaan be hi
 s slave."  After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.  All t
 he days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years\; and he died.  These are
  the generations of the sons of Noah\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth\; sons were
  born to them after the flood.\n\n\nProverbs 12:23-13:9\n\nA prudent man co
 nceals his knowledge\, but fools proclaim their folly.  The hand of the dil
 igent will rule\, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.  Anxiety 
 in a man's heart weighs him down\, but a good word makes him glad.  A right
 eous man turns away from evil\, but the way of the wicked leads them astray
 .  A slothful man will not catch his prey\, but the diligent man will get p
 recious wealth.  In the path of righteousness is life\, but the way of erro
 r leads to death.  A wise son hears his father's instruction\, but a scoffe
 r does not listen to rebuke.  From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats g
 ood\, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.  He who guards his
  mouth preserves his life\; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.  The 
 soul of the sluggard craves\, and gets nothing\, while the soul of the dili
 gent is richly supplied.  A righteous man hates falsehood\, but a wicked ma
 n acts shamefully and disgracefully.  Righteousness guards him whose way is
  upright\, but sin overthrows the wicked.  One man pretends to be rich\, ye
 t has nothing\; another pretends to be poor\, yet has great wealth.  The ra
 nsom of a man's life is his wealth\, but a poor man has no means of redempt
 ion.  The light of the righteous rejoices\, but the lamp of the wicked will
  be put out.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190910
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/09/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\; Severian th
 e Martyr of Sebastia\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativit
 y of the Theotokos\; Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\,
  Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son
  of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman t
 hrough promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One
  is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hag
 ar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, fo
 r she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, an
 d she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does n
 ot bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the chil
 dren of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is mar
 ried."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after light
 ing a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it o
 n a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that
  shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known a
 nd come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will mor
 e be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that he has wil
 l be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, but the
 y could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and you
 r brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them
 \, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.
 "\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171031
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cleopas and Artemas of the 70 Apostles\, The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and
  His Sister Zenobia\, Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:13-20\n\nBrethren\, you who w
 ere dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh\, Christ made a
 live together with him\, having forgiven us all our trespasses\, having can
 celed the bond which stood against us with its legal demands\; this he set 
 aside\, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the principalities and powers 
 and made a public example of them\, triumphing over them in him. Therefore 
 let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with rega
 rd to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath. These are only a shadow of wha
 t is to come\; but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify y
 ou\, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels\, taking his stand o
 n visions\, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind\, and not holding
  fast to the Head\, from whom the whole body\, nourished and knit together 
 through its joints and ligaments\, grows with a growth that is from God. If
  with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe\, why do you
  live as if you still belonged to the world?\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:2
 9-33\n\nAt that time\, when the crowds were increasing\, Jesus began to say
 \, "This generation is an evil generation\; it seeks a sign\, but no sign s
 hall be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to
  the men of Nineveh\, so will the Son of man be to this generation. The que
 en of the South will arise at the judgment with the men of this generation 
 and condemn them\; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisd
 om of Solomon\, and behold\, something greater than Solomon is here. The me
 n of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it
 \; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah\, and behold\, something gre
 ater than Jonah is here. No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar o
 r under a bushel\, but on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light.
 "\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190628
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/27/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Samson the Hospitable\, Joanna the Myrrhbearer\, Anektos the Martyr\, L
 uke the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Romans 5:10-16\n\nBrethren\, if while we were enemies we were
  reconciled to God by the death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are re
 conciled\, shall we be saved by his life. Not only so\, but we also rejoice
  in God through our Lord Jesus Christ\, through whom we have now received o
 ur reconciliation.\n \nTherefore as sin came into the world through one man
  and death through sin\, and so death spread to all men because all men sin
 ned -- sin indeed was in the world before the law was given\, but sin is no
 t counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses\, eve
 n over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam\, who was a
  type of the one who was to come.\n \nBut the free gift is not like the tre
 spass. For if many died through one man's trespass\, much more have the gra
 ce of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ aboun
 ded for many. And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's si
 n. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation\, but the f
 ree gift following many trespasses brings justification.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 8:23-27\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus got into the boat\, his dis
 ciples followed him. And behold\, there arose a great storm on the sea\, so
  that the boat was being swamped by the waves\; but he was asleep. And they
  went and woke him\, saying\, "Save us\, O Lord\; we are perishing." And he
  said to them\, "Why are you afraid\, O men of little faith?" Then he rose 
 and rebuked the winds and the sea\; and there was a great calm. And the men
  marveled\, saying\, "What sort of man is this\, that even winds and sea ob
 ey him?"\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180111
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/10/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Gregory of Nyssa\, Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\, Theosebia the Deacon
 ess\, sister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\, Afterfeast of the Theo
 phany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Markianos\, Priest and Oikonom
 os of the Great Church\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Ephesians 4:7-13\n\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us acco
 rding to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he asce
 nded on high he led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in say
 ing\, "He ascended\," what does it mean but that he had also descended into
  the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far
  above all the heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were
  that some should be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pas
 tors and teachers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for buil
 ding up the body of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the faith 
 and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure
  of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-2
 2\n\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who had been reproved by John for 
 Herodias\, his brother's wife\, and for all the evil things that Herod had 
 done\, added this to them all\, that he shut up John in prison. Now when al
 l the people were baptized\, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was 
 praying\, the heaven was opened\, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in
  bodily form\, as a dove\, and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my belov
 ed Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171010
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/9/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\, Andronicus & his wife Athanasia o
 f Egypt\, Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\, The Righteous Patriarch Abraham
  and his nephew Lot\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of a
 ll\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to th
 e world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you ar
 e wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\,
  but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill
 -clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands
 . When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, 
 we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the 
 world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ash
 amed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have coun
 tless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your fa
 ther in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators o
 f me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\n\nAt that time\, when 
 Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were haras
 sed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disci
 ples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray therefor
 e the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n \nAnd h
 e called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean s
 pirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. 
 The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called P
 eter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his bro
 ther\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; Jame
 s the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean
 \, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, cha
 rging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Sama
 ritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach
  as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, r
 aise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without payi
 ng\, give without pay."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181225
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/24/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\, Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:
 1-12\n\n IN MANY AND VARIOUS WAYS God spoke of old to our fathers by the pr
 ophets\; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son\, whom he appo
 inted the heir of all things\, through whom also he created the world. He r
 eflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature\, upholding
  the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins\
 , he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high\, having become as m
 uch superior to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than t
 heirs. For to what angel did God ever say\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have
  begotten thee"? Or again\, "I will be to him a father\, and he shall be to
  me a son"? And again\, when he brings the first-born into the world\, he s
 ays\, "Let all God's angels worship him." Of the angels he says\, "Who make
 s his angels winds\, and his servants flames of fire." But of the Son he sa
 ys\, "Thy throne\, O God\, is for ever and ever\, the righteous scepter is 
 the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawless
 ness\; therefore God\, thy God\, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness
  beyond thy comrades." And\, "Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth in the be
 ginning\, and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; they will perish\, bu
 t thou remainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle th
 ou wilt roll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same\, an
 d thy years will never end."\n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20\n\nIn those 
 days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be en
 rolled. This was the first enrollment\, when Quirinius was governor of Syri
 a. And all went to be enrolled\, each to his own city. And Joseph also went
  up from Galilee\, from the city of Nazareth\, to Judea\, to the city of Da
 vid\, which is called Bethlehem\, because he was of the house and lineage o
 f David\, to be enrolled with Mary\, his betrothed\, who was with child. An
 d while they were there\, the time came for her to be delivered. And she ga
 ve birth to her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes\, and l
 aid him in a manger\, because there was no place for them in the inn.\n \nA
 nd in that region there were shepherds out in the field\, keeping watch ove
 r their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them\, and the
  glory of the Lord shone around them\, and they were filled with fear. And 
 the angel said to them\, "Be not afraid\; for behold\, I bring you good new
 s of a great joy which will come to all the people\; for to you is born thi
 s day in the city of David a Savior\, who is Christ the Lord. And this will
  be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and l
 ying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
  heavenly host praising God and saying\, "Glory to God in the highest\, and
  on earth peace\, good will among men!"\n \nWhen the angels went away from 
 them into heaven\, the shepherds said to one another\, "Let us go over to B
 ethlehem and see this thing that has happened\, which the Lord has made kno
 wn to us." And they went with haste\, and found Mary and Joseph\, and the b
 abe lying in a manger. And when they saw it they made known the saying whic
 h had been told them concerning this child\; and all who heard it wondered 
 at what the shepherds told them. But Mary kept all these things\, pondering
  them in her heart. And the shepherds returned\, glorifying and praising Go
 d for all they had heard and seen\, as it had been told them.\n\n\n
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 ts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\, Alexander\, John\, and Paul t
 he New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Phantinos the Righteous of Calabria
 \, 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\, 6 Martyrs of Melitene\, The Synaxis of the H
 oly Hierarchs of Serbia\, The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia\, Fiacre the Hermi
 t of Meaux\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:1-3
 \, 20-24\; 2:1-5\n\nPaul\, an apostle - not from men nor through men\, but 
 through Jesus Christ and God the Father\, who raised him from the dead - an
 d all the brethren who are with me\,\n \nTo the churches of Galatia: Grace 
 to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n \nIn what
  I am writing to you\, before God\, I do not lie! Then I went into the regi
 ons of Syria and Cilicia. And I was still not known by sight to the churche
 s of Christ in Judea\; they only heard it said\, "He who once persecuted us
  is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." And they glorified G
 od because of me. Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem wi
 th Barnabas\, taking Titus along with me. I went up by revelation\; and I l
 aid before them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel 
 which I preach among the Gentiles\, lest somehow I should be running or had
  run in vain. But even Titus\, who was with me\, was not compelled to be ci
 rcumcised\, though he was a Greek. But because of false brethren secretly b
 rought in\, who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ J
 esus\, that they might bring us into bondage - to them we did not yield sub
 mission even for a moment\, that the truth of the gospel might be preserved
  for you.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:1-20\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to 
 the other side of the sea\, to the country of the Gergesenes. And when he h
 ad come out of the boat\, there met him out of the tombs a man with an uncl
 ean spirit\, who lived among the tombs\; and no one could bind him any more
 \, even with a chain\; for he had often been bound with fetters and chains\
 , but the chains he wrenched apart\, and the fetters he broke in pieces\; a
 nd no one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and
  on the mountains he was always crying out\, and bruising himself with ston
 es. And when he saw Jesus from afar\, he ran and worshiped him\; and crying
  out with a loud voice\, he said\, "What have you to do with me\, Jesus\, S
 on of the Most High God? I adjure you by God\, do not torment me." For he h
 ad said to him\, "Come out of the man\, you unclean spirit!" And Jesus aske
 d him\, "What is your name?" He replied\, "My name is Legion\; for we are m
 any." And he begged him eagerly not to send them out of the country. Now a 
 great herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside\; and they begged him
 \, "Send us to the swine\, let us enter them." So he gave them leave. And t
 he unclean spirits came out\, and entered the swine\; and the herd\, number
 ing about two thousand\, rushed down the steep bank into the sea\, and were
  drowned in the sea.\n \nThe herdsmen fled\, and told it in the city and in
  the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. And the
 y came to Jesus\, and saw the demoniac sitting there\, clothed and in his r
 ight mind\, the man who had had the legion\; and they were afraid. And thos
 e who had seen it told what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine. 
 And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their neighborhood. And as he wa
 s getting into the boat\, the man who had been possessed with demons begged
  him that he might be with him. But he refused\, and said to him\, "Go home
  to your friends\, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you\, and h
 ow he has had mercy on you." And he went away and began to proclaim in the 
 Dekapolis how much Jesus had done for him\; and all men marveled.\n\n\n
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 sts: Theodora of Alexandria\; Euphrosynos the Cook\; Demetrios & Evanthea t
 he Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\; Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland
 \; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Deinol the First Bishop of
  Bangor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the 
 Corinthians 9:12-15\; 10:1-7\nBrethren\, the rendering of this service not 
 only supplies the wants of the saints but also overflows in many thanksgivi
 ngs to God. Under the test of this service\, you will glorify God by your o
 bedience in acknowledging the gospel of Christ\, and by the generosity of y
 our contribution for them and for all others\; while they long for you and 
 pray for you\, because of the surpassing grace of God in you. Thanks be to 
 God for his inexpressible gift!\n\nI\, Paul\, myself entreat you\, by the m
 eekness and gentleness of Christ - I who am humble when face to face with y
 ou\, but bold to you when I am away! - I beg of you that when I am present 
 I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing 
 against some who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion. For though we liv
 e in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war\, for the weapons of ou
 r warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We 
 destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and ta
 ke every thought captive to obey Christ\, being ready to punish every disob
 edience\, when your obedience is complete.\n\nLook at what is before your e
 yes. If any one is confident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself t
 hat as he is Christ's\, so are we.\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt tha
 t time\, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said to one another\,
  "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n
 \nNow among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So 
 these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\
 , "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went w
 ith Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has com
 e for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless
  a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if
  it dies\, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and he who
  hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one ser
 ves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be als
 o\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul tr
 oubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour?' No\, for t
 his purpose I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name." Then a v
 oice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again.
 " The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others sai
 d\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for
  your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall th
 e ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the ea
 rth\, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he w
 as to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Ch
 rist remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted u
 p? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for
  a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtak
 e you\; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you
  have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light.
 "\n\n
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 r\, Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apos
 tles 16:16-34\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as we apostles were going to the place of 
 prayer\, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and bro
 ught her owners much gain by soothsaying. She followed Paul and us\, crying
 \, "These men are servants of the Most High God\, who proclaim to you the w
 ay of salvation." And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoyed\, an
 d turned and said to the spirit\, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ
  to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. But when her owners s
 aw that their hope of gain was gone\, they seized Paul and Silas and dragge
 d them into the market place before the rulers\; and when they had brought 
 them to the magistrates they said\, "These men are Jews and they are distur
 bing our city. They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans t
 o accept or practice." The crowd joined in attacking them\; and the magistr
 ates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. And
  when they had inflicted many blows upon them\, they threw them into prison
 \, charging the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this charge\, h
 e put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But
  about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God\, and 
 the prisoners were listening to them\, and suddenly there was a great earth
 quake\, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken\; and immediately
  all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened. When th
 e jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open\, he drew his sword a
 nd was about to kill himself\, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. Bu
 t Paul cried with a loud voice\, "Do not harm yourself\, for we are all her
 e." And he called for lights and rushed in\, and trembling with fear he fel
 l down before Paul and Silas\, and brought them out and said\, "Men\, what 
 must I do to be saved?" And they said\, "Believe in the Lord Jesus\, and yo
 u will be saved\, you and your household." And they spoke the word of the L
 ord to him and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hou
 r of the night\, and washed their wounds\, and he was baptized at once\, wi
 th all his family. Then he brought them up into his house\, and set food be
 fore them\; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in 
 God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by
 \, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him\, "Rabbi\
 , who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was born blind?" Jesus ans
 wered\, "It was not that this man sinned\, or his parents\, but that the wo
 rks of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who
  sent me\, while it is day\; night comes\, when no one can work. As long as
  I am in the world\, I am the light of the world." As he said this\, he spa
 t on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes wi
 th the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which mean
 s Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and thos
 e who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, "Is not this the man who use
 d to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It is he"\; others said\, "No\, but he is l
 ike him." He said\, "I am the man." They said to him\, "Then how were your 
 eyes opened?" He answered\, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my
  eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloam and wash'\; so I went and washed and r
 eceived my sight." They said to him\, "Where is he?" He said\, "I do not kn
 ow."\n \nThey brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
  Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The
  Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to th
 em\, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed\, and I see." Some of the Pharise
 es said\, "This man is not from God\, for he does not keep the sabbath." Bu
 t others said\, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a 
 division among them. So they again said to the blind man\, "What do you say
  about him\, since he has opened your eyes?" He said\, "He is a prophet."\n
  \nThe Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sig
 ht\, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight\, 
 and asked them\, "Is this your son\, who you say was born blind? How then d
 oes he now see?" His parents answered\, "We know that this is our son\, and
  that he was born blind\; but how he now sees we do not know\, nor do we kn
 ow who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he is of age\, he will speak for himself.
 " His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for the Jews had alr
 eady agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put
  out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said\, "He is of age\, ask him
 ."\n \nSo for the second time they called the man who had been blind\, and 
 said to him\, "Give God the praise\; we know that this man is a sinner." He
  answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know\; one thing I know\, th
 at though I was blind\, now I see." They said to him\, "What did he do to y
 ou? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them\, "I have told you already
  and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too wan
 t to become his disciples?" And they reviled him\, saying\, "You are his di
 sciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Mose
 s\, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes from." The man answ
 ered\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from\, and y
 et he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners\, but if 
 anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listens to him. Never 
 since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a ma
 n born blind. If this man were not from God\, he could do nothing." They an
 swered him\, "You were born in utter sin\, and would you teach us?" And the
 y cast him out.\n \nJesus heard that they had cast him out\, and having fou
 nd him he said\, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered\, "And who
  is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him\, "You have se
 en him\, and it is he who speaks to you." He said\, "Lord\, I believe"\; an
 d he worshiped him.\n\n\n
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 ts: Pimen the Great\, Holy Martyr Phanurius\, Anthousa the Martyr\, Poimen 
 of Palestine\, Hosisos the Confessor\, Liverios\, Pope of Rome\, Monica\n\n
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 2:14-17\; 
 3:1-3\n\nBrethren\, thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads us in tri
 umph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywh
 ere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved 
 and among those who are perishing\, to one a fragrance from death to death\
 , to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these t
 hings? For we are not\, like so many\, peddlers of God's word\; but as men 
 of sincerity\, as commissioned by God\, in the sight of God we speak in Chr
 ist.\n \nAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need\, as so
 me do\, letters of recommendation\, to you\, or from you? You yourselves ar
 e our letter of recommendation\, written on our hearts\, to be known and re
 ad by all men\; and you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by
  us\, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God\, not on t
 ablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 23:23-28\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\,
  scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cumin\
 , and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, justice and mercy a
 nd faith\; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting the others. Yo
 u blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!\n \n"Woe to y
 ou\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the
  cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
  You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate\,
  that the outside also may be clean.\n \n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisee
 s\, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs\, which outwardly appear
  beautiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanne
 ss. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men\, but within you are full
  of hypocrisy and iniquity."\n\n\n
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 ts: Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\, Cyril\, Equal-to-the-Apostles &
  Teacher of the Slavs\, Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth\, Abraham\, Bish
 op of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's First Univ
 ersal Letter 4:12-19\; 5:1-5\n\nBELOVED\, do not be surprised at the fiery 
 ordeal which comes upon you to prove you\, as though something strange were
  happening to you. But rejoice in so far as you share Christ's sufferings\,
  that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you a
 re reproached for the name of Christ\, you are blessed\, because the spirit
  of glory and of God rests upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murder
 er\, or a thief\, or a wrongdoer\, or a mischiefmaker\; yet if one suffers 
 as a Christian\, let him not be ashamed\, but under that name let him glori
 fy God. For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of G
 od\; and if it begins with us\, what will be the end of those who do not ob
 ey the gospel of God? And "if the righteous man is scarcely saved\, where w
 ill the impious and sinner appear?" Therefore let those who suffer accordin
 g to God's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.\n\n
 So I exhort the elders among you\, as a fellow elder and a witness of the s
 ufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be reveal
 ed. Tend the flock of God that is your charge\, not by constraint but willi
 ngly\, not for shameful gain but eagerly\, not as domineering over those in
  your charge but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd i
 s manifested you will obtain the unfading crown of glory. Likewise you that
  are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves\, all of you\, wit
 h humility toward one another\, for "God opposes the proud\, but gives grac
 e to the humble."\n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:38-44\n\nThe Lord said\, "B
 eware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\, and to have sal
 utations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the 
 places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense ma
 ke long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." And he sat do
 wn opposite the treasury\, and watched the multitude putting money into the
  treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came\, and 
 put in two copper coins\, which make a penny. And he called his disciples t
 o him\, and said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this poor widow has put 
 in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For they all c
 ontributed out of their abundance\; but she out of her poverty has put in e
 verything she had\, her whole living."\n \n\n
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 ts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\,Third Findi
 ng of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\, Therapon the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Cyprus\, Memory of the Finding of the Holy Icon of Saint Demetr
 ios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer in Syria\, Aldhelm\, Bishop of Sher
 borne\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4
 :6-15\n\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkne
 ss\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the
  glory of God in the face of Christ.\n \nBut we have this treasure in earth
 en vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to 
 us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not 
 driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not d
 estroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the lif
 e of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are 
 always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus 
 may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but lif
 e in you.\n \nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, 
 "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing 
 that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring u
 s with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as gra
 ce extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the gl
 ory of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\n\nAt that time\, when Joh
 n heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disci
 ples and said to him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for an
 other?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: 
 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and t
 he deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news pre
 ached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me." As they went 
 away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go
  out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then di
 d you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear
  soft raiment are in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prop
 het? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is w
 ritten\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare
  your way before you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women the
 re has risen no one greater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in 
 the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist
  until now the kingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men of viole
 nce take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until Joh
 n\; and if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He w
 ho has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n\n
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 ts: Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa\, Patrobos\, Gaios
 \, Hermas\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70\n\nPlagal of the Firs
 t Tone\nEleventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Galatians 6:11-18\n\nBrethren\, see with what large letters I am writin
 g to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in t
 he flesh that would compel you to be circumcised\, and only in order that t
 hey may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who recei
 ve circumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but they desire to have yo
 u circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to g
 lory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, by which the world has 
 been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts 
 for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be 
 upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no 
 man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our
  Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 16:19-31\n\nThe Lord said\, "There was a rich man\, who was clothed
  in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his
  gate lay a poor man named Lazaros\, full of sores\, who desired to be fed 
 with what fell from the rich man's table\; moreover the dogs came and licke
 d his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's b
 osom. The rich man also died and was buried\; and in Hades\, being in torme
 nt\, he lifted up his eyes\, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bos
 om. And he called out\, 'Father Abraham\, have mercy upon me\, and send Laz
 aros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue\; for I am in
  anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said\, 'Son\, remember that you in you
 r lifetime received your good things\, and Lazaros in like manner evil thin
 gs\; but now he is comforted here\, and you are in anguish. And besides all
  this\, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed\, in order that tho
 se who would pass from here to you may not be able\, and none may cross fro
 m there to us.' And he said\, 'Then I beg you\, father\, to send him to my 
 father's house\, for I have five brothers\, so that he may warn them\, lest
  they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said\, 'They have 
 Moses\, and the prophets\; let them hear them.' And he said\, 'No\, father 
 Abraham\; but if some one goes to them from the dead\, they will repent.' H
 e said to them\, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets\, neither will
  they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"\n \n\n
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 sts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Luke the Monk of Ta
 ormina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 
 8:1-6\nBrethren\, we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the rig
 ht hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuar
 y and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every h
 igh priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices\; hence it is necessa
 ry for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth
 \, he would not be a priest at all\, since there are priests who offer gift
 s according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctu
 ary\; for when Moses was about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God
 \, saying\, "See that you make everything according to the pattern which wa
 s shown you on the mountain." But as it is\, he has obtained a ministry whi
 ch is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is be
 tter\, since it is enacted on better promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8
 -12\nThe Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before
  men\, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but 
 he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And e
 very one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he
  who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when the
 y bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do n
 ot be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for th
 e Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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 rios the New-Martyr of Arcadia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24
 :36-51\; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Of that day an
 d hour no one knows\, not even the angels of heaven\, but the Father only. 
 As were the days of Noah\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For as 
 in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking\, marrying and
  giving in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, and they di
 d not know until the flood came and swept them all away\, so will be the co
 ming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field\; one is taken an
 d one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill\; one is taken and on
 e is left. Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is c
 oming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of th
 e night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would not have let
  his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; for the Son o
 f man is coming at an hour you do not expect.\n\n"Who then is the faithful 
 and wise servant\, whom his master has set over his household\, to give the
 m their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master wh
 en he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over
  all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself\, 'My mast
 er is delayed\,' and begins to beat his fellow servants\, and eats and drin
 ks with the drunken\, the master of that servant will come on a day when he
  does not expect him and at an hour he does not know\, and will cut him in 
 pieces\, and put him with the hypocrites\; there men will weep and gnash th
 eir teeth.\n\n"Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens 
 who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foo
 lish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps\, they too
 k no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As t
 he bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight t
 here was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' Then all 
 those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wis
 e\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise 
 replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you\; go rather 
 to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they went to buy\, the br
 idegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage f
 east\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came also\, sayin
 g\, 'Lord\, Lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, I 
 do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neither the day nor the ho
 ur when the Son of man shall come.\n\n"For it will be as when a man going o
 n a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property\; to one
  he gave five talents\, to another two\, to another one\, to each according
  to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents we
 nt at once and traded with them\; and he made five talents more. So also\, 
 he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received t
 he one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now af
 ter a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with
  them. And he who had received the five talents came forward\, bringing fiv
 e talents more\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivered to me five talents\; here
  I have made five talents more.' His master said to him\, 'Well done\, good
  and faithful servant\; you have been faithful over a little\, I will set y
 ou over much\; enter into the joy of your master.' And he also who had the 
 two talents came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivered to me two talen
 ts\; here I have made two talents more.' His master said to him\, 'Well don
 e\, good and faithful servant\; you have been faithful over a little\, I wi
 ll set you over much\; enter into the joy of your master.' He also who had 
 received the one talent came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, I knew you to be 
 a hard man\, reaping where you did not sow\, and gathering where you did no
 t winnow\; so I was afraid\, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. 
 Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him\, 'You wicked and
  slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed\, and gather
  where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my money with t
 he bankers\, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with i
 nterest. So take the talent from him\, and give it to him who has the ten t
 alents. For to every one who has will more be given\, and he will have abun
 dance\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. And
  cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness\; there men will weep a
 nd gnash their teeth.'\n\n"When the Son of man comes in his glory\, and all
  the angels with him\, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him 
 will be gathered all the nations\, and he will separate them one from anoth
 er as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats\, and he will place the
  sheep at his right hand\, but the goats at the left. Then the King will sa
 y to those at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my Father\, inherit the
  kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world\; for I was hung
 ry and you gave me food\, I was thirsty and you gave me drink\, I was a str
 anger and you welcomed me\, I was naked and you clothed me\, I was sick and
  you visited me\, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous w
 ill answer him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry and feed you\, or thirs
 ty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you\,
  or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and vis
 it you?' And the King will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did
  it to one of the least of these my brethren\, you did it to me.' Then he w
 ill say to those at his left hand\, 'Depart from me\, you cursed\, into the
  eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels\; for I was hungry and 
 you gave me no food\, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink\, I was a stra
 nger and you did not welcome me\, naked and you did not clothe me\, sick an
 d in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer\, 'Lord\,
  when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in
  prison\, and did not minister to you?' Then he will answer them\, 'Truly\,
  I say to you\, as you did it not to one of the least of these\, you did it
  not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment\, but the righte
 ous into eternal life."\n\nWhen Jesus had finished all these sayings\, he s
 aid to his disciples\, "You know that after two days the Passover is coming
 \, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\nAt that time\, the Pharisees went and took
  counsel against Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. And they sent the
 ir disciples to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we kno
 w that you are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\, and care for no
  man\; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\, then\, what you
  think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware of
  their malice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocrites? Show me th
 e money for the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesus said to them\,
  "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he 
 said to them\, "Render\, therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\,
  and to God the things that are God's. " When they heard it\, they marveled
 \; and they left him and went away.\n\nThe same day the Sadducees came to h
 im\, who say that there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a question 
 saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children\, his 
 brother must marry the widow\, and raise up children for his brother.' Now 
 there were seven brothers among us\; the first married\, and died\, and hav
 ing no children left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third\,
  down to the seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In the resurrection\
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 sts: 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem\, Our Rig
 hteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones\, O
 ur Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\, Afterfeast of the Nativity\, G
 eorge\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, Kanons\, and Troparia\n\
 nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:11-16
 \n\nTimothy\, my son\, aim at righteousness\, godliness\, faith\, love\, st
 eadfastness\, gentleness.  Fight the good fight of the faith\; take hold of
  the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confessio
 n in the presence of many witnesses.  In the presence of God who gives life
  to all things\, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pi
 late made the good confession\, I charge you to keep the commandment unstai
 ned and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; a
 nd this will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and only So
 vereign\, and King of kings and Lord of lords\, who alone has immortality a
 nd dwells in unapproachable light\, whom no man has ever seen or can see.  
 To him be honor and eternal dominion.  Amen. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 
 12:15-21\n\nAt that time\, many followed Jesus\, and he healed them all\, a
 nd ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spoken 
 by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold\, my servant whom I have chosen\, my beloved
  with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him\, and he 
 shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry aloud\, 
 nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets\; he will not break a bruised
  reed or quench a smoldering wick\, till he brings justice to victory\; and
  in his name will the Gentiles hope."       \n \n\n
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 ts: Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\, Triphyllos the Bishop of Nicosia\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:2-13\n\nBre
 thren\, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from 
 the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law\, weakened by the f
 lesh\, could not do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh an
 d for sin\, he condemned sin in the flesh\, in order that the just requirem
 ent of the law might be fulfilled in us\, who walk not according to the fle
 sh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh s
 et their minds on the things of the flesh\, but those who live according to
  the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on
  the flesh is death\, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 
 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God\; it does not submi
 t to God's law\, indeed it cannot\; and those who are in the flesh cannot p
 lease God.\n \nBut you are not in the flesh\, you are in the Spirit\, if in
  fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit
  of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you\, although your 
 bodies are dead because of sin\, your spirits are alive because of righteou
 sness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you\, 
 he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodi
 es also through his Spirit which dwells in you.\n \nSo then\, brethren\, we
  are debtors\, not to the flesh\, to live according to the flesh-for if you
  live according to the flesh you will die\, but if by the Spirit you put to
  death the deeds of the body you will live.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as shee
 p in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Be
 ware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in th
 eir synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my 
 sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver yo
 u up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for 
 what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you w
 ho speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will
  deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will
  rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by
  all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n\
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 sts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete\; Titus
  the Wonderworker\; Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine\; Amphianos & A
 edesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaia
 h 42:5-16\nThus says God\, the LORD\, who created the heavens and stretched
  them out\, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it\, who gives b
 reath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:  "I am the 
 LORD\, I have called you in righteousness\, I have taken you by the hand an
 d kept you\; I have given you as a covenant to the people\, a light to the 
 nations\, to open the eyes that are blind\, to bring out the prisoners from
  the dungeon\, from the prison those who sit in darkness.  I am the LORD\, 
 that is my name\; my glory I give to no other\, nor my praise to graven ima
 ges.  Behold\, the former things have come to pass\, and new things I now d
 eclare\; before they spring forth I tell you of them." \n\n  Sing to the LO
 RD a new song\, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and 
 all that fills it\, the coastlands and their inhabitants.  Let the desert a
 nd its cities lift up their voice\, the villages that Kedar inhabits\; let 
 the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy\, let them shout from the top of the m
 ountains.  Let them give glory to the LORD\, and declare his praise in the 
 coastlands.  The LORD goes forth like a mighty man\, like a man of war he s
 tirs up his fury\; he cries out\, he shouts aloud\, he shows himself mighty
  against his foes. \n\n  For a long time I have held my peace\, I have kept
  still and restrained myself\; now I will cry out like a woman in travail\,
  I will gasp and pant.  I will lay waste mountains and hills\, and dry up a
 ll their herbage\; I will turn the rivers into islands\, and dry up the poo
 ls.  And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not\, in paths that 
 they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them
  into light\, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I wi
 ll do\, and I will not forsake them.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 18:2
 0-33\n Then the LORD said\, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah 
 is great and their sin is very grave\, I will go down to see whether they h
 ave done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me\; and if n
 ot\, I will know."  So the men turned from there\, and went toward Sodom\; 
 but Abraham still stood before the LORD.  Then Abraham drew near\, and said
 \, "Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?  Suppose there 
 are fifty righteous within the city\; wilt thou then destroy the place and 
 not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?  Far be it from thee to
  do such a thing\, to slay the righteous with the wicked\, so that the righ
 teous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all
  the earth do right?"  And the LORD said\, "If I find at Sodom fifty righte
 ous in the city\, I will spare the whole place for their sake."  Abraham an
 swered\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord\, I who am
  but dust and ashes.  Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt
  thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said\, "I will not d
 estroy it if I find forty-five there."  Again he spoke to him\, and said\, 
 "Suppose forty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake of forty I wil
 l not do it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will sp
 eak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered\, "I will not do it\, if 
 I find thirty there."  He said\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to spea
 k to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake
  of twenty I will not destroy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be 
 angry\, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there."
  He answered\, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."  And the LORD w
 ent his way\, when he had finished speaking to Abraham\; and Abraham return
 ed to his place.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 16:17-17:17\nThe highwa
 y of the upright turns aside from evil\; he who guards his way preserves hi
 s life.  Pride goes before destruction\, and a haughty spirit before a fall
 .  It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the sp
 oil with the proud.  He who gives heed to the word will prosper\, and happy
  is he who trusts in the LORD.  The wise of heart is called a man of discer
 nment\, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.  Wisdom is a fountain
  of life to him who has it\, but folly is the chastisement of fools.  The m
 ind of the wise makes his speech judicious\, and adds persuasiveness to his
  lips.  Pleasant words are like a honeycomb\, sweetness to the soul and hea
 lth to the body.  There is a way which seems right to a man\, but its end i
 s the way to death.  A worker's appetite works for him\; his mouth urges hi
 m on.  A worthless man plots evil\, and his speech is like a scorching fire
 .  A perverse man spreads strife\, and a whisperer separates close friends.
   A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not
  good.  He who winks his eyes plans perverse things\, he who compresses his
  lips brings evil to pass.  A hoary head is a crown of glory\; it is gained
  in a righteous life.  He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty\, 
 and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.  The lot is cast into
  the lap\, but the decision is wholly from the LORD.\n\n  Better is a dry m
 orsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.  A slave who de
 als wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully\, and will share the in
 heritance as one of the brothers.  The crucible is for silver\, and the fur
 nace is for gold\, and the LORD tries hearts.  An evildoer listens to wicke
 d lips\; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.  He who mocks the p
 oor insults his Maker\; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. 
  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged\, and the glory of sons is their f
 athers.  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool\; still less is false speech
  to a prince.  A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives i
 t\; wherever he turns he prospers.  He who forgives an offense seeks love\,
  but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.  A rebuke goes deeper into
  a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.  An evil man seek
 s only rebellion\, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.  Let a m
 an meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs\, rather than a fool in his folly.  I
 f a man returns evil for good\, evil will not depart from his house.  The b
 eginning of strife is like letting out water\; so quit before the quarrel b
 reaks out.  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous a
 re both alike an abomination to the LORD.  Why should a fool have a price i
 n his hand to buy wisdom\, when he has no mind?  A friend loves at all time
 s\, and a brother is born for adversity.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/11/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Blaise the Holy Martyr of Sebastia\, Theodora the Empress\, Finding of 
 the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\, Georg
 e the Serbian\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:14
 -16\; 5:1-6\n\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed throug
 h the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confession. F
 or we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesse
 s\, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet without s
 in. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that we 
 may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every high pr
 iest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation
  to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with t
 he ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because 
 of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for thos
 e of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is c
 alled by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to b
 e made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art
  my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, 
 "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\n\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twel
 ve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them ou
 t\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent
  out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town o
 f the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 
  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal 
 the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received
  without paying\, give without pay."\n\n\n
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 sts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Ag
 nes the Virgin-martyr\; Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\; The Holy Fat
 hers slain at Sinai and Raitho\; Plato the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Tallini 
 and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicholas\; Nina of Geo
 rgia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Pete
 r said to the people\, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name
  of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\; and you shall receive t
 he gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children 
 and to all that are far off\, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him.
 " And he testified with many other words and exhorted them\, saying\, "Save
  yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who received his word w
 ere baptized\, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. An
 d they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship\, to the
  breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came upon every soul\; and man
 y wonders and signs were done through the apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the S
 pirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And he ate n
 othing in those days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. The devil 
 said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command this stone to become bre
 ad." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread
  alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed him all the kingdoms of th
 e world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will give all thi
 s authority and their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, and I will 
 give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall all be y
 ours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship the Lor
 d your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him to Jerusale
 m\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you a
 re the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is written\, 'He
  will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their hands t
 hey will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" And Jes
 us answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" A
 nd when the devil had ended every temptation\, he departed from him until a
 n opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galile
 e\, and a report concerning him went out through all the surrounding countr
 y. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70\; Iren
 e the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\; Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamo
 u\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the 
 disciples were increasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the H
 ebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And t
 he twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not right th
 at we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\,
  brethren\, pick out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of the 
 Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote
  ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said p
 leased the whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith a
 nd of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timo
 n\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set be
 fore the apostles\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the
  word of God increased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly
  in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:6-12\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Take
  heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." And they di
 scussed it among themselves\, saying\, "We brought no bread." But Jesus\, a
 ware of this\, said\, "O men of little faith\, why do you discuss among you
 rselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive? Do you no
 t remember the five loaves of the five thousand\, and how many baskets you 
 gathered? Or the seven loaves of the four thousand\, and how many baskets y
 ou gathered? How is it that you fail to perceive that I did not speak about
  bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." Then they und
 erstood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread\, but of
  the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.\n\n
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 sts: Sunday of the Holy Cross\; Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\; Kalliniki
  & Vassilisa the Martyrs\; Euthemios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and O
 il Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the
  week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and
  saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and wen
 t to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and sa
 id to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know
  where they have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, a
 nd they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran
  Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the li
 nen cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, foll
 owing him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and th
 e napkin\, which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but
  rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the 
 tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did n
 ot know the scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples
  went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Heb
 rews 4:14-16\; 5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed
  through the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confes
 sion. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our we
 aknesses\, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet wi
 thout sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, t
 hat we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every 
 high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in r
 elation to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently
  with the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. B
 ecause of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as f
 or those of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but 
 he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himse
 lf to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "T
 hou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another p
 lace\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nG
 ospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come
  after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For w
 hoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my
  sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gai
 n the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return f
 or his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous a
 nd sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he
  comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to the
 m\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste
  death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/05/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\; Urban\, 
 Theodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromartyrs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 7:1-10\nBret
 hren\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit\, 
 and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nOpen your hearts to us\; w
 e have wronged no one\, we have corrupted no one\, we have taken advantage 
 of no one. I do not say this to condemn you\, for I said before that you ar
 e in our hearts\, to die together and to live together. I have great confid
 ence in you\; I have great pride in you\; I am filled with comfort. With al
 l our affliction\, I am overjoyed.\n\nFor even when we came into Macedonia\
 , our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn --fighting wit
 hout and fear within. But God\, who comforts the downcast\, comforted us by
  the coming of Titus\, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort w
 ith which he was comforted in you\, as he told us of your longing\, your mo
 urning\, your zeal for me\, so that I rejoiced still more. For even if I ma
 de you sorry with my letter\, I do not regret it (though I did regret it)\,
  for I see that that letter grieved you\, though only for a while. As it is
 \, I rejoice\, not because you were grieved\, but because you were grieved 
 into repenting\; for you felt a godly grief\, so that you suffered no loss 
 through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation a
 nd brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces death.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to y
 ou\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the pro
 phets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived 
 in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in shed
 ding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that
  you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the meas
 ure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to es
 cape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men an
 d scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will scou
 rge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you may 
 come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abe
 l to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered betwee
 n the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come up
 on this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and s
 toning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your chil
 dren together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would no
 t! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will 
 not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of 
 the Lord.'"\n\n
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 ts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\, Olympias the Deacones
 s\, Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\, Gregory Kallidis\, Metropol
 itan of Heraclea\, Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople
  (553)\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\n\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by
  a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born accordi
 ng to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an
  allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing
  children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; 
 she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her c
 hildren. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is
  written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shou
 t\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are m
 any more than the children of her that is married."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 8:16-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with 
 a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who
  enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifes
 t\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take hee
 d then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from him 
 who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n \nThen
  his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him for
  the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing o
 utside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brot
 hers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n  \n\n
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 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose 
 and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she en
 tered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth hear
 d the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are 
 you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gr
 anted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when 
 the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for
  joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of 
 what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarde
 d the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations
  will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\,
  and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and
  returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews
  9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an ea
 rthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were th
 e lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the 
 Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holie
 s\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered 
 on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, a
 nd Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were
  the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we can
 not now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the pri
 ests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; 
 but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, an
 d not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors o
 f the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, J
 esus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her ho
 use. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and list
 ened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she
  went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me 
 to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, 
 "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thi
 ng is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken 
 away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and
  said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that yo
 u sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God
  and keep it!"\n\n
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 se of the Kiev Caves\; Ignatius and Nicandrus of Sinai\; Gildas the Wise\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\
 nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you 
 endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed 
 to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treate
 d.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the
  plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a bet
 ter possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confid
 ence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that 
 you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little
  while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteo
 us one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\
 , Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the house 
 he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they were silen
 t\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest
 .  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any on
 e would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And he took
  a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\, 
 he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me\;
  and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  John said
  to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we 
 forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not f
 orbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon 
 after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.  For t
 ruly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you
  bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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 ts: Pelagia the Righteous\, Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\, Taisia t
 he Harlot of Egypt\, Phillip\, Bishop of Gortyna\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:12-15\n\nBrethren\, as you have always
  obeyed\, so now\, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence\,
  work out your own salvation with fear and trembling\; for God is at work i
 n you\, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Do all things witho
 ut grumbling or questioning\, that you may be blameless and innocent\, chil
 dren of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generati
 on\, among whom you shine as lights in the world\, holding fast the word of
  life\, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud.\n\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 7:36-50\n\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with 
 him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. 
 And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that
  he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of oi
 ntment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet h
 is feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kis
 sed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee w
 ho had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophe
 t\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching 
 him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I ha
 ve something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A c
 ertain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the o
 ther fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of th
 em will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he 
 forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning
  toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your
  house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with he
 r tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the ti
 me I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head
  with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell yo
 u\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he 
 who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are
  forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began to say among themse
 lves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "
 Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\, Christodulus the Wonderworker of Patmos\, 
 Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\, Julian the Martyr\, Romanos the Hieromar
 tyr of Parium\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 29:13-23\n
 \n And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and h
 onor me with their lips\, while their hearts are far from me\, and their fe
 ar of me is a commandment of men learned by rote\; therefore\, behold\, I w
 ill again do marvelous things with this people\, wonderful and marvelous\; 
 and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish\, and the discernment of thei
 r discerning men shall be hid."  Woe to those who hide deep from the LORD t
 heir counsel\, whose deeds are in the dark\, and who say\, "Who sees us? Wh
 o knows us?"  You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as 
 the clay\; that the thing made should say of its maker\, "He did not make m
 e"\; or the thing formed say of him who formed it\, "He has no understandin
 g"?  \n \nIs it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned i
 nto a fruitful field\, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest
 ?  In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book\, and out of their g
 loom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.  The meek shall obtain f
 resh joy in the LORD\, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One o
 f Israel.  For the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease\, an
 d all who watch to do evil shall be cut off\, who by a word make a man out 
 to be an offender\, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate\, and 
 with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.  \n \nTherefore thus
  says the LORD\, who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jac
 ob shall no more be ashamed\, no more shall his face grow pale.  For when h
 e sees his children\, the work of my hands\, in his midst\, they will sanct
 ify my name\; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\, and will stand in 
 awe of the God of Israel.\n  \n\nGenesis 12:1-7\n\n Now the LORD said to Ab
 ram\, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the
  land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a great nation\, and I 
 will bless you\, and make your name great\, so that you will be a blessing.
   I will bless those who bless you\, and him who curses you I will curse\; 
 and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves."  \n \nSo 
 Abram went\, as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went with him. Abram was se
 venty-five years old when he departed from Haran.  And Abram took Sarai his
  wife\, and Lot his brother's son\, and all their possessions which they ha
 d gathered\, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran\; and they set f
 orth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan\
 , Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem\, to the oak of Mor
 eh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  Then the LORD appeared t
 o Abram\, and said\, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he bui
 lt there an altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to him.\n  \n\nProverbs 14
 :15-26\n\nThe simple believes everything\, but the prudent looks where he i
 s going.  A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil\, but a fool thro
 ws off restraint and is careless.  A man of quick temper acts foolishly\, b
 ut a man of discretion is patient.  The simple acquire folly\, but the prud
 ent are crowned with knowledge.  The evil bow down before the good\, the wi
 cked at the gates of the righteous.  The poor is disliked even by his neigh
 bor\, but the rich has many friends.  He who despises his neighbor is a sin
 ner\, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.  Do they not err that devise
  evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.  In all toil th
 ere is profit\, but mere talk tends only to want.  The crown of the wise is
  their wisdom\, but folly is the garland of fools.  A truthful witness save
 s lives\, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.  In the fear of the LORD o
 ne has strong confidence\, and his children will have a refuge.\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\, G
 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\, Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to
  Timothy 1:8-14\n\nTimothy\, my son\, we know that the law is good\, if any
  one uses it lawfully\, understanding this\, that the law is not laid down 
 for the just but for the lawless and disobedient\, for the ungodly and sinn
 ers\, for the unholy and profane\, for murderers of fathers and murderers o
 f mothers\, for manslayers\, immoral persons\, sodomites\, kidnapers\, liar
 s\, perjurers\, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine\, in accord
 ance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been ent
 rusted. I thank him who has given me strength for this\, Christ Jesus our L
 ord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service\, thoug
 h I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but I received me
 rcy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace of our Lord 
 overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 17:26-37\; 18:8\n\nThe Lord said\, "As it was in the day
 s of Noah\, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. They ate\, they dr
 ank\, they married\, they were given in marriage\, until the day when Noah 
 entered the ark\, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it
  was in the days of Lot -- they ate\, they drank\, they bought\, they sold\
 , they planted\, they built\, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom f
 ire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all -- so will it be 
 on the day when the Son of man is revealed. On that day\, let him who is on
  the housetop\, with his goods in the house\, not come down to take them aw
 ay\; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back. Remember Lot's
  wife. Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it\, but whoever loses his 
 life will preserve it. I tell you\, in that night there will be two in one 
 bed\; one will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grindin
 g together\; one will be taken and the other left." And they said to him\, 
 "Where\, Lord?" He said to them\, "Where the body is\, there the eagles wil
 l be gathered together. Nevertheless\, when the Son of man comes\, will he 
 find faith on earth?"\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/07/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Sozon the Martyr\; Ka
 ssiani the Hymnographer\; Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\; Joh
 n the Wonderworker of Novgorod\; John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 2:6-9\nBrethren\, 
 among the mature we do impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisdom of this 
 age or of the rulers of this age\, who are doomed to pass away. But we impa
 rt a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, which God decreed before the ages fo
 r our glorification. None of the rulers of this age understood this\; for i
 f they had\, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But\, as it i
 s written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man co
 nceived\, what God has prepared for those who love him."\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mother mo
 re than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than
  me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me 
 is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses 
 his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me\, and he
  who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet becaus
 e he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receives a 
 righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's
  reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold w
 ater because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose hi
 s reward." And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, h
 e went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Righteous\; John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusta
 thius\, Bishop of Antioch\; Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's Second Universal Letter 1:1-13\nThe elder
  to the elect lady and her children\, whom I love in the truth\, and not on
 ly I but also all who know the truth\, because of the truth which abides in
  us and will be with us for ever:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace will be with
  us\, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son\, in truth
  and love.\n\nI rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following th
 e truth\, just as we have been commanded by the Father.  And now I beg you\
 , lady\, not as though I were writing you a new commandment\, but the one w
 e have had from the beginning\, that we love one another.  And this is love
 \, that we follow his commandments\; this is the commandment\, as you have 
 heard from the beginning\, that you follow love.  For many deceivers have g
 one out into the world\, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus C
 hrist in the flesh\; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.  Look t
 o yourselves\, that you may not lose what you have worked for\, but may win
  a full reward.  Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine 
 of Christ does not have God\; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Fa
 ther and the Son.  If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine
 \, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting\; for he who 
 greets him shares his wicked work.\n\nThough I have much to write to you\, 
 I would rather not use paper and ink\, but I hope to come to see you and ta
 lk with you face to face\, so that our joy may be complete.\n\nThe children
  of your elect sister greet you.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:20\,22\
 ,25\,33-41\nAt that time\, the soldiers took Jesus and led him out to be cr
 ucified.  And they brought him to a place called Golgotha (which means the 
 place of a skull).  And it was the third hour\, when they crucified him.  A
 nd when the sixth hour had come there was darkness over the whole land unti
 l the ninth hour.  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "E
 loi\, Eloi\, lama sabachthani?" which means\, "My God\, my God\, why have y
 ou forsaken me?"  And some of the bystanders hearing it said\, "Behold\, he
  is calling Elijah. "  And one ran and\, filling a sponge full of vinegar\,
  put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink\, saying\, "Wait\, let us see
  whether Elijah will come to take him down."  And Jesus uttered a loud cry\
 , and breathed his last.  And the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, f
 rom top to bottom.  And when the centurion\, who stood facing him\, saw tha
 t he thus cried out and breathed his last\, he said\, "Truly this man was t
 he Son of God!  There were also women looking on from afar\, among whom wer
 e Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses\, 
 and Salome who\, when he was in Galilee\, followed him\, and ministered to 
 him\; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/8/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\, Our Holy Father Myronus the 
 Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\, Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagoras
  and Anastasius of Thessolonica\, Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\, Afterf
 east of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Anastatio
 s the Martyr from Bulgaria\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 First Letter to the Corinthians 10:28-33\; 11:1-8\n\nBrethren\, if some one
  says to you\, "This has been offered in sacrifice\," then out of considera
 tion for the man who informed you\, and for conscience's sake - l mean his 
 conscience\, not yours - do not eat it. For why should my liberty be determ
 ined by another man's scruples? If I partake with thankfulness\, why am I d
 enounced because of that for which I give thanks? So\, whether you eat or d
 rink\, or whatever you do\, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to 
 Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God\, just as I try to please all men
  in everything I do\, not seeking my own advantage\, but that of many\, tha
 t they may be saved. Be imitators of me\, as I am of Christ. I commend you 
 because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I
  have delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of 
 every man is Christ\, the head of a woman is her husband\, and the head of 
 Christ is God. Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishon
 ors his head\, but any woman who prays of prophesies with her head unveiled
  dishonors her head - it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a w
 oman will not veil herself\, then she should cut off her hair\, but if it i
 s disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven\, let her wear a veil. For 
 a man ought not to cover his head\, since he is the image and glory of God\
 ; but woman is the glory of man. (For man was not made from woman\, but wom
 an from man.)\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:24-28\n\nThe Lord said to his
  disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and tak
 e up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\
 , and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it pro
 fit a man\, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shal
 l a man give in return for his life? For the Son of man is to come with his
  angels in the glory of his Father and then he will repay every man for wha
 t he has done. Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will
  not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."\n \
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samson the Hospitable\; Joanna the Myrrhbearer\; Anektos the Martyr\; 
 Luke the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Romans 3:28-31\; 4:1-3\nBrethren\, we hold that a man is justi
 fied by faith apart from works of law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is h
 e not the God of Gentiles also? Yes\, of Gentiles also\, since God is one\;
  and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and the u
 ncircumcised through their faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this fait
 h? By no means! On the contrary\, we uphold the law. What then shall we say
  about Abraham\, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was 
 justified by works\, he has something to boast about\, but not before God. 
 For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God\, and it was reckone
 d to him as righteousness."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:24-29\; 8:1-4\nThe
  Lord said\, "Every one who hears these words of mine and does them will be
  like a wise man who built his house upon the rock\; and the rain fell\, an
 d the floods came\, and the winds blew and beat upon that house\, but it di
 d not fall\, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hea
 rs these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who 
 built his house upon the sand\; and the rain fell\, and the floods came\, a
 nd the winds blew and beat against that house\, and it fell\; and great was
  the fall of it." And when Jesus finished these sayings\, the crowds were a
 stonished at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who had authority\, a
 nd not as their scribes. When he came down from the mountain\, great crowds
  followed him\; and behold\, a leper came to him and knelt before him sayin
 g\, "Lord\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out his 
 hand and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately his le
 prosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him\, "See that you say nothing to an
 y one\; but go\, show yourself to the priest\, and offer the gift that Mose
 s commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Bucolus\, Bishop of 
 Smyrna\; Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\; Afterfeast of the Presen
 tation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Ilyan of Homs\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Tr
 uly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the doo
 r but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he 
 who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper 
 opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and l
 eads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, 
 and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will no
 t follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of 
 strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand 
 what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, 
 I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thiev
 es and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any on
 e enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture
 ."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\nBr
 ethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, bla
 meless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  H
 e has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first
  for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for a
 ll when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weak
 ness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the
  law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in
  what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated
  at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in t
 he sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any o
 ne enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastur
 e.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they m
 ay have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good s
 hepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a s
 hepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the
  sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees 
 because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good sh
 epherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I kn
 ow the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other she
 ep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will hee
 d my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/12/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\, Anthousa the Righteous of Cons
 tantinople\, Akakios of Kavsokalyvia\, Sergius II\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:38-43\n\nIn 
 those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and be baptized every one o
 f you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\; and yo
 u shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and 
 to your children and to all that are far off\, every one whom the Lord our 
 God calls to him." And he testified with many other words and exhorted them
 \, saying\, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who re
 ceived his word were baptized\, and there were added that day about three t
 housand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fe
 llowship\, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came upon eve
 ry soul\; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.\n\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 3:1-15\n\nAt that time\, there was a man of the Pharise
 es\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night
  and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a teacher come from God\; 
 for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless God is with him." Jesus 
 answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born from abov
 e\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can a m
 an be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's wom
 b and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one
  is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That
  which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which is born of the Spirit
  is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You must be born from above
 .' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the sound of it\, and you
  do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so it is with everyone wh
 o is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can this be?" Jesus 
 answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet you do not understand
  this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of what we know\, and bear w
 itness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive our testimony. If I ha
 ve told you earthly things and you do not believe\, how can you believe if 
 I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven but he who desc
 ended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up
  the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that
  whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea\, Vadim the Righteous of Persia\,
  Raphael\, Nicholas\, Irene\, & Olympias of Mytilene\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:12-17\, 21-26\n\nIn those days\, the ap
 ostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\, which is near J
 erusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\; and when they had entered\, they 
 went up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter and John and Ja
 mes and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthew\, James the so
 n of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these wi
 th one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with the women and Ma
 ry the mother of Jesus\, and with his brothers.\n \nIn those days Peter sto
 od up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred
  and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the scripture had to be fulfilled\, w
 hich the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\, concerning Ju
 das who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us
 \, and was allotted his share in this ministry. "So one of the men who have
  accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out amo
 ng us\, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken 
 up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurre
 ction."\n \nAnd they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabbas\, who was su
 rnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they prayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowes
 t the hearts of all men\, show which one of these two thou hast chosen to t
 ake the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned asid
 e\, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them\, and the lot fell
  on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: John 1:18-28\n\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, w
 ho is in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known.\n \nAnd this is t
 he testimony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusale
 m to ask him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confesse
 d\, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?
 " He said\, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They
  said to him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent 
 us. What do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one cryin
 g in the wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet 
 Isaiah said."\n \nNow they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him
 \, "Then why are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah
 \, nor the prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among
  you stands one whom you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the tho
 ng of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany be
 yond the Jordon\, where John was baptizing.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost\; The Holy Martyr Glyceria\
 ; Sergios the Confessor\; Alexandros the Martyr\; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Sy
 nnada\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1
 4:6-18\nIn those days\, the apostles fled to Lystra and Derbe\, cities of L
 ycaonia\, and to the surrounding country\; and there they preached the gosp
 el. Now at Lystra there was a man sitting\, who could not use his feet\; he
  was a cripple from birth\, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speak
 ing\; and Paul\, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be
  made well\, said in a loud voice\, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sp
 rang up and walked. And when the crowds saw what Paul had done\, they lifte
 d up their voices\, saying in Lycaonian\, "The gods have come down to us in
  the likeness of men!" Barnabas they called Zeus\, and Paul\, because he wa
 s the chief speaker\, they called Hermes. And the priest of Zeus\, whose te
 mple was in front of the city\, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and 
 wanted to offer sacrifice with the people. But when the apostles Barnabas a
 nd Paul heard of it\, they tore their garments and rushed out among the mul
 titude\, crying\, "Men\, why are you doing this? We also are men\, of like 
 nature with you\, and bring you good news\, that you should turn from these
  vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea 
 and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to 
 walk in their own ways\; yet he did not leave himself without witness\, for
  he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons\, satisfyi
 ng your hearts with food and gladness." With these words they scarcely rest
 rained the people from offering sacrifice to them.\n\nGospel Reading: John 
 7:14-30\nAbout the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and ta
 ught. The Jews marveled at it saying\, "How is it that this man has learnin
 g\, when he has never studied?" So Jesus answered them\, "My teaching is no
 t mine\, but his who sent me\; if any man's will is to do his will\, he sha
 ll know whether the teacher is from God or whether I am speaking on my own 
 authority. He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory\; but he 
 who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true\, and in him there is not f
 alsehood. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Wh
 y do you seek to kill me?" The people answered\, "You have a demon! Who is 
 seeking to kill you?" Jesus answered them\, "I did one deed\, and you all m
 arvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses\, but f
 rom the fathers)\, and you circumcise a man upon the sabbath. If on the sab
 bath a man receives circumcision\, so that the law of Moses may not be brok
 en\, are you angry with me because on the sabbath I made a man's whole body
  well? Do not judge by appearances\, but judge with right judgment."\n\nSom
 e of the people of Jerusalem therefore said\, "Is not this the man whom the
 y seek to kill? And here he is\, speaking openly\, and they say nothing to 
 him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? Ye
 t we know where this man comes from\; and when the Christ appears\, no one 
 will know where he comes from." So Jesus proclaimed\, as he taught in the t
 emple\, "You know me\, and you know where I come from? But I have not come 
 of my own accord\; he who sent me is true\, and him you do not know. I know
  him\, for I come from him\, and he sent me." So they sought to arrest him\
 ; but no one laid hands on him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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SUMMARY:4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191117
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/16/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:11-21\; 11:1-2\nBrethren\, the
  scripture says\, "No one who believes in God will be put to shame." For th
 ere is no distinction between Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all 
 and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For\, "every one who cal
 ls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." But how are men to call upon h
 im in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of wh
 om they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And 
 how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful 
 are the feet of those who preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed t
 he gospel\; for Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard fr
 om us?" So faith comes from what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the 
 preaching of Christ. But I ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; fo
 r "Their voice has gone out to all the earth\, and their words to the ends 
 of the world." Again I ask\, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, 
 "I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nat
 ion I will make you angry." Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been
  found by those who did not seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did 
 not ask for me." But of Israel he says\, "All day long I have held out my h
 ands to a disobedient and contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected
  his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraha
 m\, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom
  he foreknew.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus pa
 ssed on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he sa
 id to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at 
 table in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat 
 down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they s
 aid to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and s
 inners?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need 
 of a physician\, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I 
 desire mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, b
 ut sinners to repentance."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181114
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UID:Ical43ae5f52663877fd35e6458268739182
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Damaskinos the New Ma
 rtyr of Mount Athos\, Anthousa\, the Mother of John Chrysostom\n\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethren\, 
 it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, 
 unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no 
 need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his 
 own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when h
 e offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as h
 igh priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, ap
 points a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we 
 are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the r
 ight hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctu
 ary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n  \n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one 
 enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture. 
  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may 
 have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shep
 herd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shep
 herd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sh
 eep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees bec
 ause he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good sheph
 erd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know 
 the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\
 , that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed m
 y voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of S
 aint John the Theologian \; Arsenios the Great\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Al
 lowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:15-25\nAt that time\, Jesus reveal
 ed himself to his disciples after he was raised from the dead\, and he said
  to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" H
 e said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "
 Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do yo
 u love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He sa
 id to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son o
 f John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the thir
 d time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything
 \; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, t
 ruly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked 
 where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, 
 and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This
  he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he sa
 id to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple w
 hom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had sa
 id\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, h
 e said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it 
 is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" T
 he saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to di
 e\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is m
 y will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disc
 iple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these thi
 ngs\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other
  things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose 
 that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7\nTHAT WHICH WAS f
 rom the beginning\, which we have heard\, which we have seen with our eyes\
 , which we have looked upon and touched with our hands\, concerning the wor
 d of life - the life was made manifest\, and we saw it\, and testify to it\
 , and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was ma
 de manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to y
 ou\, so that you may have fellowship with us\; and our fellowship is with t
 he Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our j
 oy may be complete.\n\nThis is the message we have heard from him and procl
 aim to you\, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say 
 we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness\, we lie and do not l
 ive according to the truth\; but if we walk in the light\, as he is in the 
 light\, we have fellowship with one another\, and the blood of Jesus his So
 n cleanses us from all sin.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\, 21:24-25\nAt
  that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mothe
 r's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw h
 is mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his m
 other\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold
 \, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. 
 This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has w
 ritten these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are
  also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be writ
 ten\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that woul
 d be written.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb o
 f Saint John the Theologian 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180903
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Mammas the Martyr\, John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, P
 aul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Ammon & Aeithalas the Martyrs of Thrace
 \, Cosmas the Hermit\n\nPlagal of the First Tone\nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:21-24\; 2:1
 -4\n\nBrethren\, it is God who establishes us with you in Christ\, and has 
 commissioned us\; he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in ou
 r hearts as a guarantee.\n \nBut I call God to witness against me - it was 
 to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it o
 ver your faith\; we work with you for your joy\, for you stand firm in your
  faith. For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if
  I cause you pain\, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pa
 ined? And I wrote as I did\, so that when I came I might not suffer pain fr
 om those who should have made me rejoice\, for I felt sure of all of you\, 
 that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much afflic
 tion and anguish of heart and with many tears\, not to cause you pain but t
 o let you know the abundant love that I have for you.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 22:2-14\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven may 
 be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son\, and sent his 
 servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast\; but they wo
 uld not come. Again he sent other servants\, saying\, 'Tell those who are i
 nvited\, Behold\, I have made ready my dinner\, my oxen and my fat calves a
 re killed\, and everything is ready\; come to the marriage feast.' But they
  made light of it and went off\, one to his farm\, another to his business\
 , while the rest seized his servants\, treated them shamefully\, and killed
  them. The king was angry\, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murd
 erers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants\, 'The wedding is
  ready\, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the thoroughfar
 es\, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.' And those serva
 nts went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found\, both bad a
 nd good\; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.\n \n But when the kin
 g came in to look at the guests\, he saw there a man who had no wedding gar
 ment\; and he said to him\, 'Friend\, how did you get in here without a wed
 ding garment?' And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants\
 , 'Bind him hand and foot\, and cast him into the outer darkness\; there me
 n will weep and gnash their teeth.' For many are called\, but few are chose
 n."\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:14th Sunday of Matthew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190917
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/16/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apos
 tle\; Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\; Melitina the Martyr\; Afterfeast of t
 he Holy Cross\; Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\; Edith the Nun of Wilto
 n Abbey\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1
 -10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to accept th
 e grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I have listen
 ed to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the ac
 ceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in
  any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, but as s
 ervants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance\,
  in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumul
 ts\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kin
 dness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of
  God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the lef
 t\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated a
 s impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying
 \, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, y
 et always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, 
 and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that tim
 e\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the
  Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a woman of th
 e city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table in the Ph
 arisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and standing behi
 nd him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her tears\, a
 nd wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointe
 d them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\
 , he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have known wh
 o and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner.
 " And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you
 ." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two de
 btors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When they coul
 d not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?" Si
 mon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said
  to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he said 
 to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave me no wa
 ter for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them wit
 h her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she has not c
 eased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but she has an
 ointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are m
 any\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, l
 oves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who
  were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who 
 even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\;
  go in peace."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180130
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/29/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer\, Laurence the Reclus
 e of the Kiev Caves\, Ignatius and Nicandrus of Sinai\, Gildas the Wise\n\n
 Fast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\n
 \nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you
  endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed
  to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treat
 ed.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted th
 e plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a be
 tter possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confi
 dence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that
  you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a littl
 e while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righte
 ous one shall live by faith."\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\n\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the
  house he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they wer
 e silent\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the g
 reatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If
  any one would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And 
 he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his 
 arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receiv
 es me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  Jo
 hn said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, 
 and we forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "D
 o not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be abl
 e soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.
   For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink beca
 use you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171107
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/6/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Luke the Monk of Tao
 rmina\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 8:1-6\n\nBre
 thren\, we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of
  the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the 
 true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every high priest
  is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices\; hence it is necessary for thi
 s priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth\, he woul
 d not be a priest at all\, since there are priests who offer gifts accordin
 g to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary\; for 
 when Moses was about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God\, saying\
 , "See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown yo
 u on the mountain." But as it is\, he has obtained a ministry which is as m
 uch more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better\, sin
 ce it is enacted on better promises.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\n\nT
 he Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\,
  the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who
  denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And every o
 ne who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who b
 lasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they brin
 g you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be 
 anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy
  Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190223
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/23/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna\, Proterios\, Archbishop of
  Alexandria\, Gorgonia the Righteous\, sister of Gregory the Theologian\, D
 amian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\, Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\nF
 ast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:11-16\n
 \nTimothy\, my son\, aim at righteousness\, godliness\, faith\, love\, stea
 dfastness\, gentleness.  Fight the good fight of the faith\; take hold of t
 he eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession 
 in the presence of many witnesses.  In the presence of God who gives life t
 o all things\, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pila
 te made the good confession\, I charge you to keep the commandment unstaine
 d and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; and
  this will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and only Sove
 reign\, and King of kings and Lord of lords\, who alone has immortality and
  dwells in unapproachable light\, whom no man has ever seen or can see.  To
  him be honor and eternal dominion.  Amen. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46
 -47\; 21:1-4\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, w
 ho like to go about in long robes\, and love salutations in the market plac
 es and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts\,
  who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers.  They will
  receive the greater condemnation."  He looked up and saw the rich putting 
 their gifts into the treasury\; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper c
 oins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I tell you\, this poor widow has put in more 
 than all of them\; for they all contributed out of their abundance\, but sh
 e out of her poverty put in all the living that she had."  Having said this
 \, he proclaimed\, "He who has ears let him hear."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181213
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\, Holy New Martyr Peter the Al
 eut\, John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\n\nBreth
 ren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all tha
 t is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lo
 rd. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose t
 hem. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\;
  but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anythin
 g that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\
 , and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefull
 y then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of th
 e time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but under
 stand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for th
 at is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another i
 n psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the L
 ord with all your heart.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said
 \, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will g
 o in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and 
 destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am th
 e good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He w
 ho is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees th
 e wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them a
 nd scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for 
 the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as 
 the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the 
 sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring t
 hem also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one s
 hepherd."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171113
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\, Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\, Martin\, Bishop of Tours\, Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\n\nPlagal of the Second Tone\nFirst Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11\n\nBrethren\, he who sow
 s sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will als
 o reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluc
 tantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is abl
 e to provide you with every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always 
 have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work.
  As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righte
 ousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for 
 food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of yo
 ur righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, 
 which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 10:25-37\n\nAt that time\, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test\, s
 aying\, "Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him
 \, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered\, "You sh
 all love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, a
 nd with all your strength\, and with all your mind\; and your neighbor as y
 ourself." And he said to him\, "You have answered right\; do this\, and you
  will live." \n \nBut he\, desiring to justify himself\, said to Jesus\, "A
 nd who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied\, "A man was going down from Jerusale
 m to Jericho\, and he fell among robbers\, who stripped him and beat him\, 
 and departed\, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down
  that road\; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewis
 e a Levite\, when he came to the place and saw him\, passed by on the other
  side. But a Samaritan\, as he journeyed\, came to where he was\; and when 
 he saw him\, he had compassion\, and went to him and bound up his wounds\, 
 pouring on oil and wine\; then he set him on his own beast and brought him 
 to an inn\, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii 
 and gave them to the innkeeper\, saying\, 'Take care of him\; and whatever 
 more you spend\, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three\,
  do you think\, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He 
 said\, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him\, "Go and d
 o likewise."\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:8th Sunday of Luke
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190920
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UID:Icalab5bf54925fed20967b6933660124719
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/19/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs\; Afterfeast of the Ho
 ly Cross\; Plato the new Hieromartyr of Patmos\; Theodore of Tarsus\, Archb
 ishop of Canterbury\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 
 1:1-3\, 20-24\; 2:1-5\nPaul\, an apostle - not from men nor through men\, b
 ut through Jesus Christ and God the Father\, who raised him from the dead -
  and all the brethren who are with me\,\n\nTo the churches of Galatia: Grac
 e to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nIn wha
 t I am writing to you\, before God\, I do not lie! Then I went into the reg
 ions of Syria and Cilicia. And I was still not known by sight to the church
 es of Christ in Judea\; they only heard it said\, "He who once persecuted u
 s is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." And they glorified 
 God because of me. Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem w
 ith Barnabas\, taking Titus along with me. I went up by revelation\; and I 
 laid before them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel
  which I preach among the Gentiles\, lest somehow I should be running or ha
 d run in vain. But even Titus\, who was with me\, was not compelled to be c
 ircumcised\, though he was a Greek. But because of false brethren secretly 
 brought in\, who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ 
 Jesus\, that they might bring us into bondage - to them we did not yield su
 bmission even for a moment\, that the truth of the gospel might be preserve
 d for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Na
 zareth\, where he had been brought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as h
 is custom was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read\; and there was
  given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found 
 the place where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, becau
 se he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to pr
 oclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind\, to se
 t at liberty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of t
 he Lord." And he closed the book\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and 
 sat down\; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he b
 egan to say to them\, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hear
 ing." And all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the gracious words which 
 proceeded out of his mouth.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180119
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical96116ef16f13f69eb26a19293b9eaf07
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\, Zenia the Martyr\n\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, 
 remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider t
 he outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the s
 ame yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and st
 range teachings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, 
 not by foods\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar 
 from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies o
 f those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high pries
 t as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffer
 ed outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. 
  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he en
 dured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to
  come.  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise 
 to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neg
 lect to do good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasi
 ng to God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\n\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be 
 hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, 
 and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men
 \, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is i
 n heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\;
  I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to
  you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pas
 s from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the 
 least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in t
 he kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be calle
 d great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180105
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical07529192b3d233adaf25a39dbc10128e
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles\, Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, Abb
 ot of Cucomo in Sicily\, Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour
  Jesus Christ\, Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios the Notary\, Righteous Apol
 linaria the Senator\, Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euphemia\, Righteous Euthymio
 s the Younger\, New Martyr Onuphrios\, Righteous Euthymios of Vatopedi\, Ri
 ghteous John Scholarios\, Eustathios Archbishop of Serbia\, Nikephoros the 
 Leper\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Cor
 inthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\
 , like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the w
 orld\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are w
 ise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, bu
 t we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-cl
 ad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. W
 hen reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we 
 try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the wor
 ld\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashame
 d\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countle
 ss guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your fathe
 r in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of m
 e.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\n\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only
 -begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known.\
 n \nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Levi
 tes from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not de
 ny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What then
 ? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answ
 ered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer fo
 r those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the v
 oice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,
 ' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n \nNow they had been sent from the Pharisee
 s. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Ch
 rist\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with 
 water\; but among you stands one whom you do not know\, even he who comes a
 fter me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took pl
 ace in Bethany beyond the Jordon\, where John was baptizing.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190801
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icald95f48ae28cf979202f297464dc8f3ea
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/31/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\, Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\, E
 udocimus the Righteous of Cappadocia\, Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of Va
 topaidi\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the
  Corinthians 7:12-24\n\nBrethren\, if any brother has a wife who is an unbe
 liever\, and she consents to live with him\, he should not divorce her. If 
 any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever\, and he consents to live with
  her\, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is consecrat
 ed through his wife\, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her h
 usband. Otherwise\, your children would be unclean\, but as it is they are 
 holy. But if the unbelieving partner desires to separate\, let it be so\; i
 n such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to 
 peace. Wife\, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband\,
  how do you know whether you will save your wife? Only\, let every one lead
  the life which the Lord has assigned to him\, and in which God has called 
 him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was any one at the time of his ca
 ll already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcisio
 n. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circ
 umcision. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision\,
  but keeping the commandments of God. Every one should remain in the state 
 in which he was called. Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if yo
 u can gain your freedom\, avail yourself of the opportunity. \nFor he who w
 as called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who
  was free when called is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price\; 
 do not become slaves of men. So\, brethren\, in whatever state each was cal
 led\, there let him remain with God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:35-36\
 ;15:1-11\n\nAt that time\, when the men of Gennesaret recognized Jesus\, th
 ey sent round to all that region and brought to him all that were sick\, an
 d besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment\; and a
 s many as touched it were made well.\n \nThen Pharisees and scribes came to
  Jesus from Jerusalem and said\, "Why do your disciples transgress the trad
 ition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." He an
 swered them\, "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sak
 e of your tradition? For God commanded\, 'Honor your father and your mother
 \,' and\, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother\, let him surely die.' Bu
 t you say\, 'If any one tells his father or his mother\, What you would hav
 e gained from me is given to God\, he need not honor his father.' So\, for 
 the sake of your tradition\, you have made void the word of God. You hypocr
 ites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you\, when he said: 'This people honors m
 e with their lips\, but their heart is far from me\; in vain do they worshi
 p me\, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' " And he called the peop
 le to him and said to them\, "Hear and understand: not what goes into the m
 outh defiles a man\, but what comes out of the mouth\, this defiles a man."
 \n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180723
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalbb106f30fcbd5739f7f081696db552fe
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/22/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\, Mark
 ella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nGrave Tone\nEighth Orthros Gospel\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17\n\nBre
 thren\, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that all of 
 you agree and that there be no dissensions among you\, but that you be unit
 ed in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me b
 y Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you\, my brethren. What I m
 ean is that each one of you says\, "I belong to Paul\," or "I belong to Apo
 llos\," or "I belong to Cephas\," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divide
 d? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I 
 thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius\; lest any o
 ne should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the ho
 usehold of Stephanas. Beyond that\, I do not know whether I baptized any on
 e else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel\, a
 nd not with eloquent wisdom\, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its po
 wer.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:14-22\n\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a gr
 eat throng\; and he had compassion on them\, and healed their sick. When it
  was evening\, the disciples came to him and said\, "This is a lonely place
 \, and the day is now over\; send the crowds away to go into the villages a
 nd buy food for themselves." Jesus said\, "They need not go away\; you give
  them something to eat." They said to him\, "We have only five loaves here 
 and two fish." And he said\, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the c
 rowds to sit down on the grass\; and taking the five loaves and the two fis
 h he looked up to heaven\, and blessed\, and broke and gave the loaves to t
 he crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve bas
 kets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five
  thousand men\, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get 
 into the boat and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the 
 crowds.\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:8th Sunday of Matthew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190712
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/11/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\, The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostle
 s\, Princess of Kiev\, Nektarios the New Martyr\, Nicodemos the New Martyr 
 of Mt. Athos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corint
 hians 6:1-10\n\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not t
 o accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I 
 have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, no
 w is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no 
 obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry
 \, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great 
 endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonme
 nts\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbea
 rance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and t
 he power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and 
 for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We ar
 e treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known
 \; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as so
 rrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having
  nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50
 \n\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and h
 e went into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\
 , a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at 
 table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, an
 d standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet wit
 h her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his fee
 t\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invi
 ted him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he woul
 d have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for s
 he is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have somethin
 g to say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain cred
 itor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty.
  When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will lov
 e him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave mor
 e." And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the
  woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, yo
 u gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and
  wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came i
 n she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\,
  but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sin
 s\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forg
 iven little\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven."
  Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who
  is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith 
 has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Euphemia the Great Martyr
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180131
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical82afe8e462642af48b3d42ed7516a1fa
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/30/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologia
 n\, & John Chrysostom\, Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\, Athanasia the Martyr & 
 her 3 daughters\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the
  Hebrews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to y
 ou the word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate thei
 r faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do no
 t be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the he
 art be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited thei
 r adherents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no 
 right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into 
 the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside 
 the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the
  people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside th
 e camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, b
 ut we seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually 
 offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that ac
 knowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\,
  for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:1
 4-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  
 A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it und
 er a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let
  your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and giv
 e glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abo
 lish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulf
 ill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not
  an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  W
 hoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men 
 so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them 
 and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Cyprian
  the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\; Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folk
 estone\; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regula
 tions for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the o
 uter one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the P
 resence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a te
 nt called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the a
 rk of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golde
 n urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of t
 he covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy s
 eat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations havi
 ng thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, perfor
 ming their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, 
 and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for h
 imself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\,
  11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Mart
 ha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat 
 at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted 
 with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care 
 that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." B
 ut the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled 
 about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\
 , which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the
  crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore yo
 u\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are tho
 se who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Maximus the Confessor\; Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\; Martyrs Neoph
 ytos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximus the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I wa
 nt you to know that what has happened to me has really served to advance th
 e gospel\, so that it has become known throughout the praetorian guard and 
 to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethr
 en have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and ar
 e much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.  Some indeed preach
  Christ from envy and rivalry\, but others from good will.  The latter do i
 t out of love\, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel\; 
 the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking
  to afflict me in my imprisonment.  What then?  Only that in every way\, wh
 ether in pretense or in truth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I rejoic
 e.  Yes\, and I shall rejoice.  For I know that through your prayers and th
 e help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\
 , as it is my eager expectation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\
 nThe Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men
 \, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he w
 ho denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And every
  one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who
  blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they br
 ing you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not b
 e anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Ho
 ly Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/30/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia\, Mardonios & Stratonikos t
 he Martyrs\n\nTone One\nSeventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11\n\nBrethren\, he who sows spar
 ingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap
  bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly
  or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to p
 rovide you with every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have e
 nough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it
  is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousnes
 s endures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food w
 ill supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your rig
 hteousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which 
 through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:31
 -36\n\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish that men would do to you\, do so to the
 m. If you love those who love you\, what credit is that to you? For even si
 nners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to 
 you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you 
 lend to those from whom you hope to receive\, what credit is that to you? E
 ven sinners lend to sinners\, to receive as much again. But love your enemi
 es\, and do good\, and lend\, expecting nothing in return\; and your reward
  will be great\, and you will be sons of the Most High\; for he is kind to 
 the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful\, even as your Father is mercif
 ul."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/27/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\, Raphael of Brooklyn\, Stephen th
 e Monk\, Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopolis\, Nesios the Martyr\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 3:21-2
 4\; 4:1-11\n\nBeloved\, if our hearts do not condemn us\, we have confidenc
 e before God\; and we receive from him whatever we ask\, because we keep hi
 s commandments and do what pleases him.  And this is his commandment\, that
  we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another
 \, just as he has commanded us.  All who keep his commandments abide in him
 \, and he in them.  And by this we know that he abides in us\, by the Spiri
 t which he has given us.\n \nBeloved\, do not believe every spirit\, but te
 st the spirits to see whether they are of God\; for many false prophets hav
 e gone out into the world.  By this you know the Spirit of God: every spiri
 t which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God\, and e
 very spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God.  This is the spirit
  of antichrist\, of which you heard that it was coming\, and now it is in t
 he world already.  Little children\, you are of God\, and have overcome the
 m\; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.  They are 
 of the world\, therefore what they say is of the world\, and the world list
 ens to them.  We are of God.  Whoever knows God listens to us\, and he who 
 is not of God does not listen to us.  By this we know the spirit of truth a
 nd the spirit of error.\n \nBeloved\, let us love one another\; for love is
  of God\, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not l
 ove does not know God\; for God is love.  In this the love of God was made 
 manifest among us\, that God sent his only Son into the world\, so that we 
 might live through him.  In this is love\, not that we loved God but that h
 e loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.  Beloved\, if
  God so loved us\, we also ought to love one another. \n \n\nGospel Reading
 : Mark 14:43-72\; 15:1\n\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the di
 sciples\, Judas Iscariot came\, one of the twelve\, and with him a crowd wi
 th swords and clubs\, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders
 .  Now the betrayer had given them a sign\, saying\, "The one I shall kiss 
 is the man\; seize him and lead him away under guard."  And when he came\, 
 he went up to him at once\, and said\, "Rabbi!"  And he kissed him.  And th
 ey laid hands on him and seized him.  But one of those who stood by drew hi
 s sword\, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.  And
  Jesus said to them\, "Have you come out as against a robber\, with swords 
 and clubs to capture me?  Day after day I was with you in the temple teachi
 ng\, and you did not seize me.  But let the scriptures be fulfilled."  And 
 they all forsook him\, and fled.  And a young man followed him\, with nothi
 ng but a linen cloth about his body\; and they seized him\, but he left the
  linen cloth and ran away naked.  And they led Jesus to the high priest\; a
 nd all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.  An
 d Peter had followed him at a distance\, right into the courtyard of the hi
 gh priest\; and he was sitting with the guards\, and warming himself at the
  fire.  Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony agains
 t Jesus to put him to death\; but they found none.  For many bore false wit
 ness against him\, and their witness did not agree.  And some stood up and 
 bore false witness against him\, saying\, "We heard him say\, 'I will destr
 oy this temple that is made with hands\, and in three days I will build ano
 ther\, not made with hands.'"  Yet not even so did their testimony agree.  
 And the high priest stood up in the midst\, and asked Jesus\, "Have you no 
 answer to make?  What is it that these men testify against you?"  But he wa
 s silent and made no answer.  Again the high priest asked him\, "Are you th
 e Christ\, the Son of the Blessed?"  And Jesus said\, "I am\; and you will 
 see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power\, and coming with the 
 clouds of heaven."  And the high priest tore his garments\, and said\, "Why
  do we still need witnesses?  You have heard his blasphemy.  What is your d
 ecision?"  And they all condemned him as deserving death.  And some began t
 o spit on him\, and to cover his face\, and to strike him\, saying to him\,
  "Prophesy!"  And the guards received him with blows.  And as Peter was bel
 ow in the courtyard\, one of the maids of the high priest came\; and seeing
  Peter warming himself\, she looked at him\, and said\, "You also were with
  the Nazarene\, Jesus."  But he denied it\, saying\, "I neither know nor un
 derstand what you mean."  And he went out into the gateway\, and the cock c
 rowed.  And the maid saw him\, and began again to say to the bystanders\, "
 This man is one of them."  But again he denied it.  And after a little whil
 e again the bystanders said to Peter\, "Certainly you are one of them\; for
  you are a Galilean."  But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swe
 ar\, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."  And immediately the cock 
 crowed a second time.  And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him\, "Be
 fore the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three times."  And he broke do
 wn and wept.  And as soon as it was morning the chief priests\, with the el
 ders and scribes\, and the whole council held a consultation\; and they bou
 nd Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Holy Monday\,Titus the Wonderworker\, Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Pale
 stine\, Amphianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nGospe
 l Readings: Matthew 21:18-43\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to th
 e city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\
 , and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no frui
 t ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the di
 sciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at onc
 e?" And Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and
  never doubt\, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree\, bu
 t even if you say to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' 
 it will be done. And whatever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you
  have faith. " And when he entered the temple\, the chief priests and the e
 lders of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what
  authority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?" J
 esus answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell me t
 he answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 
 The baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they arg
 ued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Wh
 y then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid
  of the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered
  Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you b
 y what authority I do these things. What do you think? A man had two sons\;
  and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard tod
 ay.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented and went. A
 nd he went to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\
 ,' but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said\
 , "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collect
 ors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to
  you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the ta
 x collectors and the harlots believed him\; and even when you saw it\, you 
 did not afterward repent and believe him.\n \n"Hear another parable. There 
 was a householder who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it\, and du
 g a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and 
 went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his
  servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his serv
 ants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again he sent othe
 r servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward
  he sent his son to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But when th
 e tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\
 , let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him
  out of the vineyard\, and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vine
 yard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will
  put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard to othe
 r tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to the
 m\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the build
 ers rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\
 , and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you\, the kingdom of G
 od will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits o
 f it."\n\n\nMatthew 24:3-35\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus sat on the Mount of 
 Olives\, the disciples came to him privately\, saying\, "Tell us\, when wil
 l this be\, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of th
 e age?" And Jesus answered them\, "Take heed that no one leads you astray. 
 For many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am the Christ\,' and they will 
 lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars\; see that y
 ou are not alarmed\; for this must take place\, but the end is not yet. For
  nation will rise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\, and there 
 will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the begi
 nning of the sufferings.\n  \nThen they will deliver you up to tribulation\
 , and put you to death\; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's
  sake. And then many will fall away\, and betray one another\, and hate one
  another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And beca
 use wickedness is multiplied\, most men's love will grow cold. But he who e
 ndures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be pre
 ached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to all nations\; and then
  the end will come.\n  \nSo when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of
  by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (let the reader underst
 and)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let him who 
 is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house\; and let him w
 ho is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. And alas for those who
  are with child and for those who give suck in those days! Pray that your f
 light may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then there will be great tr
 ibulation\, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now\
 , no\, and never will be. And if those days had not been shortened\, no hum
 an being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect those days will be 
 shortened. Then if anyone says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'Ther
 e he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will aris
 e and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, if possible\, e
 ven the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\, if they say to you\, '
 Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is i
 n the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the
  east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of m
 an. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together. Imme
 diately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened\, and 
 the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will fall from heaven\, an
 d the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; then will appear the sign of t
 he Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn\,
  and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power
  and great glory\; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call
 \, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\, from one end of hea
 ven to the other.\n  \nFrom the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its b
 ranch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is ne
 ar. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know that he is near\, at
  the very gates. Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away 
 till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my 
 words will not pass away."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/12/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-V
 irgin Mary\, Autonomos the Martyr\, Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconiu
 m\, Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\, Daniel of T
 hassos\, Julian the Martyr\, Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:21\; 3:1-7\n\nBrethre
 n\, I do not nullify the grace of God\; for if justification were through t
 he law\, then Christ died to no purpose. O foolish Galatians! Who has bewit
 ched you\, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucifi
 ed? Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the la
 w\, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spi
 rit\, are you now ending with the flesh? Did you experience so many things 
 in vain? - if it really is in vain. Does he who supplies the Spirit to you 
 and works miracles among you do so by works of the law\, or by hearing with
  faith? Thus Abraham "believed God\, and it was reckoned to him as righteou
 sness." So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham.\n\n
 \nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\n\nAt that time\, the chief priests and the
  Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What are we to do? For this m
 an performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, every one will believe i
 n him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nation.
 " But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that year\, said to them
 \, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand that it is expedient fo
 r you that one man should die for the people\, and that the whole nation sh
 ould not perish." He did not say this of his own accord\, but being high pr
 iest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation\, and not
  for the nation only\, but to gather into one the children of God who are s
 cattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to de
 ath.\n \nJesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews\, but w
 ent from there to the country near the wilderness\, to a town called Ephrai
 m\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/1/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions\, Pyrros the Hierom
 artyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:35-41\n\nIN THOSE DAY
 S\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word
  of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barn
 abas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we 
 proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas wante
 d to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take wit
 h them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with
  them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separa
 ted from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus
 \, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to t
 he grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening
  the churches. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:27-38\n\nThe Lord said to the 
 Jews who came to him\, "My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they
  follow me\; and I give them eternal life\, and they shall never perish\, a
 nd no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father\, who has given them 
 to me\, is greater than all\, and no one is able to snatch them out of the 
 Father's hand. I and the Father are one."\n \nThe Jews took up stones again
  to stone him. Jesus answered them\, "I have shown you many good works from
  the Father\; for which of these do you stone me?" The Jews answered him\, 
 "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy\; because yo
 u\, being a man\, make yourself God." Jesus answered them\, "Is it not writ
 ten in your law\, 'I said\, you are gods?' If he called them gods to whom t
 he word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken)\, do you say of him wh
 om the Father consecrated and sent into the world\, 'You are blaspheming\,'
  because I said\, 'I am the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of my 
 Father\, then do not believe me\; but if I do them\, even though you do not
  believe me\, believe my works\, that you may know and understand that the 
 Father is in me and I am in the Father."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Pol
 yeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\; Eustratios the Wonderworker\; P
 eter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa\
 ; Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Let
 ter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in
  Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entru
 st to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in sufferin
 g as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled i
 n civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him.
  An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is
  the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Thi
 nk over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everythin
 g.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, 
 as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing 
 fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I e
 ndure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salv
 ation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:9-1
 5\nIn those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by Jo
 hn in the Jordan.  And when he came up out of the water\, immediately he sa
 w the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a
  voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well plea
 sed."  The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was
  in the wilderness forty days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with the wild
  beasts\; and the angels ministered to him. Now after John was arrested\, J
 esus came into Galilee\, preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\, "The ti
 me is fulfilled\, and the kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and believe 
 in the gospel."\n\n
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 ts: Gregory of Nyssa\, Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\, Theosebia the Deacon
 ess\, sister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\, Afterfeast of the Theo
 phany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Markianos\, Priest and Oikonom
 os of the Great Church\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Eph
 esians 4:7-13\n\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us according to the 
 measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he ascended on high 
 he led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He asc
 ended\," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower pa
 rts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all th
 e heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some sh
 ould be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teac
 hers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for building up the b
 ody of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the kn
 owledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of the statu
 re of the fullness of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\n\nAt that 
 time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who had been reproved by John for Herodias\, hi
 s brother's wife\, and for all the evil things that Herod had done\, added 
 this to them all\, that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the people 
 were baptized\, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying\, the
  heaven was opened\, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\
 , as a dove\, and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with
  you I am well pleased."\n\n\n
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 ts: Anthony the Great\, Anthony the New of the Berropas Skete\, George the 
 New Martyr of Ioannina\, Theodosius the Emperor\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\n\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and 
 submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who wi
 ll have to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for t
 hat would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we
  have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge
  you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you t
 he sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lo
 rd Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal co
 venant\, equip you with everything good that you may do His will\, working 
 in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom
  be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\n
 At that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his dis
 ciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the
  seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of thei
 r diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  
 And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and h
 ealed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Bl
 essed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that
  hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, 
 for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exc
 lude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of th
 e Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your r
 eward is great in heaven."\n\n\n
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 the New Martyrs of Russia\, Kastinos\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nFast
  Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have su
 ch a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, 
 exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to o
 ffer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the pe
 ople\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the l
 aw appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oat
 h\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfec
 t for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a hi
 gh priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majest
 y in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up
  not by man but by the Lord. \n  \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lo
 rd said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and
  will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and ki
 ll and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  
 I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep
 .  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, 
 sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches
  them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothi
 ng for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know m
 e\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life f
 or the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must 
 bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\
 , one shepherd."\n \n\n
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 bury\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 17:19-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the
  Athenians took hold of Paul and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "M
 ay we know what this new teaching is which you present? For you bring some 
 strange things to our ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things me
 an." Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their t
 ime in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing 
 in the middle of the Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in 
 every way you are very religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the 
 objects of your worship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To
  an unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim t
 o you. The God who made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heav
 en and earth\, does not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by h
 uman hands\, as though he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all m
 en life and breath and everything. And he made from one every nation of men
  to live on all the face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods 
 and the boundaries of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the
  hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from e
 ach one of us\, for 'In him we live and move and have our being.' \n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took counsel against
  Jesus and said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, 
 the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to worship at
  the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsai
 da in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went
  and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus a
 nswered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly
 \, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and 
 dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He who love
 s his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it 
 for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am
 \, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will 
 honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, sav
 e me from this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Fathe
 r\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified i
 t\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said t
 hat it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus ans
 wered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgm
 ent of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\,
  when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said
  this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We hav
 e heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that
  the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to t
 hem\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the l
 ight\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness does n
 ot know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the light\, th
 at you may become sons of light."\n\n
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 nd Theodulos the Martyrs\, George the new Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 11:23-32\n\nBRETHREN\
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 us on the night when he was betrayed took bread\, and when he had given tha
 nks\, he broke it\, and said\, "This is my body which is for you. Do this i
 n remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup\, after supper\, saying\
 , "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this\, as often as you drin
 k it\, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink 
 the cup\, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.\n \nWhoever\, there
 fore\, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner w
 ill be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examin
 e himself\, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who e
 ats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon hi
 mself. That is why many of you are weak and ill\, and some have died. But i
 f we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we are judg
 ed by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along wit
 h the world.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:1-20\; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 
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 s the Passover is coming\, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be cr
 ucified."\n \nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered 
 in the palace of the high priest\, who was called Caiaphas\, and took couns
 el together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said
 \, "Not during the feast\, lest there be a tumult among the people."\n \nNo
 w when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came 
 up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment\, and she pour
 ed it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, the
 y were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have b
 een sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor."\n \nBut Jesus\, aware of
  this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a be
 autiful thing to me.\n \nFor you always have the poor with you\, but you wi
 ll not always have me.\n \nIn pouring this ointment on my body she has done
  it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you\, wherever this gospel i
 s preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory of
  her."\n \nThen one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to
  the chief priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to yo
 u?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he soug
 ht an opportunity to betray him.\n \nNow on the first day of Unleavened Bre
 ad the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where will you have us prepare f
 or you to eat the Passover?" He said\, "Go into the city to a certain one\,
  and say to him\, &lsquo\;The Teacher says\, My time is at hand\; I will ke
 ep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did as
  Jesus had directed them\, and they prepared the Passover. When it was even
 ing\, he sat at table with the twelve disciples.\n \nJesus\, knowing that t
 he Father had given all things into his hands\, and that he had come from G
 od and was going to God\, rose from supper\, laid aside his garments\, and 
 girded himself with a towel. Then he poured water into a basin\, and began 
 to wash the disciples' feet\, and to wipe them with the towel with which he
  was girded.\n \nHe came to Simon Peter\; and Peter said to him\, "Lord\, d
 o you wash my feet?" Jesus answered him\, "What I am doing you do not know 
 now\, but afterward you will understand." Peter said to him\, "You shall ne
 ver wash my feet." Jesus answered him\, "If I do not wash you\, you have no
  part in me." Simon Peter said to him\, "Lord\, not my feet only but also m
 y hands and my head!" Jesus said to him\, "He who has bathed does not need 
 to wash\, except for his feet\, but he is clean all over\; and you are clea
 n\, but not every one of you." For he knew who was to betray him\; that was
  why he said\, "You are not all clean."\n \nWhen he had washed their feet\,
  and taken his garments\, and resumed his place\, he said to them\, "Do you
  know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord\; and you are r
 ight\, for so I am. If I then\, your Lord and Teacher\, have washed your fe
 et\, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an exa
 mple\, that you also should do as I have done to you. Truly\, truly\, I say
  to you\, a servant is not greater than his master\; nor is he who is sent 
 greater than he who sent him. If you know these things\, blessed are you if
  you do them.\n \nAnd as they were eating\, he said\, "Truly\, I say to you
 \, one of you will betray me." And they were very sorrowful\, and began to 
 say to him one after another\, "Is it I\, Lord?" He answered\, "He who has 
 dipped his hand in the dish with me\, will betray me. The Son of man goes a
 s it is written of him\, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betr
 ayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." Juda
 s\, who betrayed him\, said\, "Is it I\, Master?" He said to him\, "You hav
 e said so."\n \nNow as they were eating\, Jesus took bread\, and blessed\, 
 and broke it\, and gave it to the disciples and said\, "Take\, eat\; this i
 s my body." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he gave it to 
 them\, saying\, "Drink of it\, all of you\; for this is my blood of the new
  covenant\, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tel
 l you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when
  I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."\n \nAnd when they had sun
 g a hymn\, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them\, 
 "You will all fall away because of me this night\; for it is written\, 'I w
 ill strike the shepherd\, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' Bu
 t after I am raised up\, I will go before you to Galilee." Peter declared t
 o him\, "Though they all fall away because of you\, I will never fall away.
 " Jesus said to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this very night\, before the 
 cock crows\, you will deny me three times." Peter said to him\, "Even if I 
 must die with you\, I will not deny you." And so said all the disciples.\n 
 \nThen Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane\, and he said to h
 is disciples\, "Sit here\, while I go yonder and pray." And taking with him
  Peter and the two sons of Zebedee\, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
  Then he said to them\, "My soul is very sorrowful\, even to death\; remain
  here\, and watch with me." And going a little farther he fell on his face 
 and prayed\, "My Father\, if it be possible\, let this cup pass from me\; n
 evertheless\, not as I will\, but as you will."\n \nAnd there appeared to h
 im an angel from heaven\, strengthening him. And being in an agony he praye
 d more earnestly\; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling d
 own upon the ground.\n \nAnd rising from prayer\, he came to the disciples 
 and found them sleeping\; and he said to Peter\, "So\, could you not watch 
 with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation\; t
 he spirit indeed is willing\, but the flesh is weak." Again\, for the secon
 d time\, he went away and 
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 iani the Hymnographer\, Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\, John 
 the Wonderworker of Novgorod\, John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:8-21\n\nB
 rethren\, formerly\, when you did not know God\, you were in bondage to bei
 ngs that by nature are no gods\; but now that you have come to know God\, o
 r rather to be known by God\, how can you turn back again to the weak and b
 eggarly elemental spirits\, whose slaves you want to be once more? You obse
 rve days\, and months\, and seasons\, and years! I am afraid I have labored
  over you in vain. Brethren\, I beseech you\, become as I am\, for I also h
 ave become as you are. You did me no wrong\; you know it was because of a b
 odily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first\; and though my co
 ndition was a trial to you\, you did not scorn or despise me\, but received
  me as an angel of God\, as Christ Jesus. What has become of the satisfacti
 on you felt? For I bear you witness that\, if possible\, you would have plu
 cked out your eyes and given them to me. Have I then become your enemy by t
 elling you the truth? They make much of you\, but for no good purpose\; the
 y want to shut you out\, that you may make much of them\, and not only when
  I am present with you. My little children\, with whom I am again in travai
 l until Christ be formed in you! I could wish to be present with you now an
 d to change my tone\, for I am perplexed about you. Tell me\, you who desir
 e to be under law\, do you not hear the law?\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:45
 -53\n\nAt that time\, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go bef
 ore him to the other side\, to Bethsaida\, while he dismissed the crowd. An
 d after he had taken leave of them\, he went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d when evening came\, the boat was out on the sea\, and he was alone on the
  land. And he saw that they were making headway painfully\, for the wind wa
 s against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them\, w
 alking on the sea. He meant to pass by them\, but when they saw him walking
  on the sea they thought it was a ghost\, and cried out\; for they all saw 
 him\, and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said\, "Take
  heart\, it is I\; have no fear." And he entered the boat with them and the
  wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded\, for they did not understand
  about the loaves\, but their hearts were hardened. And when they had cross
 ed over\, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n  \n\n
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 s: Conon the Gardener\, Mark the Ascetic\, Righteous Father Mark of Athens\
 , John the Bulgarian\, Mark the Faster\, Parthenios the New Martyr who cont
 ested in Didymoteichos\, George the New-Martyr of Rapsani\, Eulogios the Ma
 rtyr\, Eulabios the Martyr\, Conon the Isaurian\, Archelaos the Martyr of E
 gypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 8:13-9:7\n\nBut the
  LORD of hosts\, him you shall regard as holy\; let him be your fear\, and 
 let him be your dread.  And he will become a sanctuary\, and a stone of off
 ense\, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel\, a trap and a snar
 e to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble thereon\; they s
 hall fall and be broken\; they shall be snared and taken."  \n \nBind up th
 e testimony\, seal the teaching among my disciples.  I will wait for the LO
 RD\, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob\, and I will hope in hi
 m.  Behold\, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and po
 rtents in Israel from the LORD of hosts\, who dwells on Mount Zion.  And wh
 en they say to you\, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mut
 ter\," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead 
 on behalf of the living?  To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for 
 this word which they speak there is no dawn.  They will pass through the la
 nd\, greatly distressed and hungry\; and when they are hungry\, they will b
 e enraged and will curse their king and their God\, and turn their faces up
 ward\; and they will look to the earth\, but behold\, distress and darkness
 \, the gloom of anguish\; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.  \n 
 \nBut there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former tim
 e he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\, b
 ut in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea\, the land b
 eyond the Jordan\, Galilee of the nations.  The people who walked in darkne
 ss have seen a great light\; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness\, o
 n them has light shined.  Thou hast multiplied the nation\, thou hast incre
 ased its joy\; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest\, as men
  rejoice when they divide the spoil.  For the yoke of his burden\, and the 
 staff for his shoulder\, the rod of his oppressor\, thou hast broken as on 
 the day of Midian.  For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
  and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.  Fo
 r to us a child is born\, to us a son is given\; and the government will be
  upon his shoulder\, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor\, Mig
 hty God\, Everlasting Father\, Prince of Peace."  Of the increase of his go
 vernment and of peace there will be no end\, upon the throne of David\, and
  over his kingdom\, to establish it\, and to uphold it with justice and wit
 h righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the LORD
  of hosts will do this.\n\n\nGenesis 6:9-22\n\n These are the generations o
 f Noah. Noah was a righteous man\, blameless in his generation\; Noah walke
 d with God.  And Noah had three sons\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  Now the e
 arth was corrupt in God's sight\, and the earth was filled with violence.  
 And God saw the earth\, and behold\, it was corrupt\; for all flesh had cor
 rupted their way upon the earth.  And God said to Noah\, "I have determined
  to make an end of all flesh\; for the earth is filled with violence throug
 h them\; behold\, I will destroy them with the earth.  Make yourself an ark
  of gopher wood\; make rooms in the ark\, and cover it inside and out with 
 pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred
  cubits\, its breadth fifty cubits\, and its height thirty cubits.  Make a 
 roof for the ark\, and finish it to a cubit above\; and set the door of the
  ark in its side\; make it with lower\, second\, and third decks.  For beho
 ld\, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth\, to destroy all flesh i
 n which is the breath of life from under heaven\; everything that is on the
  earth shall die.  But I will establish my covenant with you\; and you shal
 l come into the ark\, you\, your sons\, your wife\, and your sons' wives wi
 th you.  And of every living thing of all flesh\, you shall bring two of ev
 ery sort into the ark\, to keep them alive with you\; they shall be male an
 d female.  Of the birds according to their kinds\, and of the animals accor
 ding to their kinds\, of every creeping thing of the ground according to it
 s kind\, two of every sort shall come in to you\, to keep them alive.  Also
  take with you every sort of food that is eaten\, and store it up\; and it 
 shall serve as food for you and for them."  Noah did this\; he did all that
  God commanded him.\n\n\nProverbs 8:1-21\n\nDoes not wisdom call\, does not
  understanding raise her voice?  On the heights beside the way\, in the pat
 hs she takes her stand\; beside the gates in front of the town\, at the ent
 rance of the portals she cries aloud:   "To you\, O men\, I call\, and my c
 ry is to the sons of men. O simple ones\, learn prudence\; O foolish men\, 
 pay attention.   Hear\, for I will speak noble things\, and from my lips wi
 ll come what is right\; for my mouth will utter truth\; wickedness is an ab
 omination to my lips.   All the words of my mouth are righteous\; there is 
 nothing twisted or crooked in them.   They are all straight to him who unde
 rstands and right to those who find knowledge.   Take my instruction instea
 d of silver\, and knowledge rather than choice gold\; for wisdom is better 
 than jewels\, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.   I\, wi
 sdom\, dwell in prudence\, and I find knowledge and discretion.   The fear 
 of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and 
 perverted speech I hate.   I have counsel and sound wisdom\, I have insight
 \, I have strength.   By me kings reign\, and rulers decree what is just\; 
 by me princes rule\, and nobles govern the earth.   I love those who love m
 e\, and those who seek me diligently find me.   Riches and honor are with m
 e\, enduring wealth and prosperity.   My fruit is better than gold\, even f
 ine gold\, and my yield than choice silver.   I walk in the way of righteou
 sness\, in the paths of justice\, endowing with wealth those who love me\, 
 and filling their treasuries.\n \n
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 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\; Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthimos\, President of Crete\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Philemon 1:1-25\n PAUL\, a pri
 soner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Philemon our beloved 
 fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fellow soldier\, an
 d the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my pray
 ers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward th
 e Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sharing of your faith
  may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ. For I ha
 ve derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother\, because the h
 earts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accordingly\, though I
  am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required\, yet for l
 ove's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and now a p
 risoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesimos\, w
 hose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to y
 ou\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him back t
 o you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with me\,
  in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for 
 the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order th
 at your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will. Perh
 aps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that you might have hi
 m back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slave\, as a beloved
  brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both in the flesh an
 d in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive him as you woul
 d receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you anything\, charge 
 that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\, I will repay i
 t - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes\, brother\, I w
 ant some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Confiden
 t of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you will do even more t
 han I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\, for I am hoping
  through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow prisoner i
 n Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos\, De
 mas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be w
 ith your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:12-28\nThe Lord said this
  parable\, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and the
 n return. Calling ten of his servants\, he gave them ten pounds\, and said 
 to them\, 'Trade with these till I come.' But his citizens hated him and se
 nt an embassy after him\, saying\, 'We do not want this man to reign over u
 s.' When he returned\, having received the kingdom\, he commanded these ser
 vants\, to whom he had given the money\, to be called to him\, that he migh
 t know what they had gained by trading. The first came before him\, saying\
 , 'Lord\, your pound has made ten pounds more.' And he said to him\, 'Well 
 done\, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little\, you 
 shall have authority over ten cities.' And the second came\, saying\, 'Lord
 \, your pound has made five pounds.' And he said to him\, 'And you are to b
 e over five cities.' Then another came\, saying\, 'Lord\, here is your poun
 d\, which I kept laid away in a napkin\; for I was afraid of you\, because 
 you are a severe man\; you take up what you did not lay down\, and reap wha
 t you did not sow.' He said to him\, 'I will condemn you out of your own mo
 uth\, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man\, taking up what
  I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you not pu
 t my money into the bank\, and at my coming I should have collected it with
  interest?' And he said to those who stood by\, 'Take the pound from him\, 
 and give it to him who has the ten pounds.' (And they said to him\, 'Lord\,
  he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you\, that to every one who has will more be 
 given\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. But
  as for these enemies of mine\, who did not want me to reign over them\, br
 ing them here and slay them before me.'" And when he had said this\, he wen
 t on ahead\, going up to Jerusalem.\n\n
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 \; Raphael\, Nicholas\, Irene\, & Olympias of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Isaiah 65:8-16\nThus says the LORD: "As the wine is fo
 und in the cluster\, and they say\, 'Do not destroy it\, for there is a ble
 ssing in it\,' so I will do for my servants' sake\, and not destroy them al
 l.  I will bring forth descendants from Jacob\, and from Judah inheritors o
 f my mountains\; my chosen shall inherit it\, and my servants shall dwell t
 here.  Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks\, and the Valley of Achor a
  place for herds to lie down\, for my people who have sought me.  But you w
 ho forsake the LORD\, who forget my holy mountain\, who set a table for For
 tune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny\; I will destine you to the sw
 ord\, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter\; because\, when I cal
 led\, you did not answer\, when I spoke\, you did not listen\, but you did 
 what was evil in my eyes\, and chose what I did not delight in."  Therefore
  thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold\, my servants shall eat\, but you shall be
  hungry\; behold\, my servants shall drink\, but you shall be thirsty\; beh
 old\, my servants shall rejoice\, but you shall be put to shame\; behold\, 
 my servants shall sing for gladness of heart\, but you shall cry out for pa
 in of heart\, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.  You shall leave your n
 ame to my chosen for a curse\, and the Lord GOD will slay you\; but his ser
 vants he will call by a different name.  So that he who blesses himself in 
 the land shall bless himself by the God of truth\, and he who takes an oath
  in the land shall swear by the God of truth\; because the former troubles 
 are forgotten and are hid from my eyes.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 4
 6:1-7\n So Israel took his journey with all that he had\, and came to Beers
 heba\, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  And God spok
 e to Israel in visions of the night\, and said\, "Jacob\, Jacob." And he sa
 id\, "Here am I."  Then he said\, "I am God\, the God of your father\; do n
 ot be afraid to go down to Egypt\; for I will there make of you a great nat
 ion.  I will go down with you to Egypt\, and I will also bring you up again
 \; and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes."  Then Jacob set out from Beers
 heba\; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father\, their little one
 s\, and their wives\, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.  T
 hey also took their cattle and their goods\, which they had gained in the l
 and of Canaan\, and came into Egypt\, Jacob and all his offspring with him\
 , his sons\, and his sons' sons with him\, his daughters\, and his sons' da
 ughters\; all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.\n\nOld Testamen
 t Reading: Proverbs 23:15-24:5\nMy son\, if your heart is wise\, my heart t
 oo will be glad.  My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. 
  Let not your heart envy sinners\, but continue in the fear of the LORD all
  the day.  Surely there is a future\, and your hope will not be cut off.  H
 ear\, my son\, and be wise\, and direct your mind in the way.  Be not among
  winebibbers\, or among gluttonous eaters of meat\; for the drunkard and th
 e glutton will come to poverty\, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags
 .  Hearken to your father who begot you\, and do not despise your mother wh
 en she is old.  Buy truth\, and do not sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruction\,
  and understanding.  The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice\; he 
 who begets a wise son will be glad in him.  Let your father and mother be g
 lad\, let her who bore you rejoice.  My son\, give me your heart\, and let 
 your eyes observe my ways.  For a harlot is a deep pit\; an adventuress is 
 a narrow well.  She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless 
 among men.  Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complainin
 g? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who tarry 
 long over wine\, those who go to try mixed wine.  Do not look at wine when 
 it is red\, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.  At the las
 t it bites like a serpent\, and stings like an adder.  Your eyes will see s
 trange things\, and your mind utter perverse things.  You will be like one 
 who lies down in the midst of the sea\, like one who lies on the top of a m
 ast.  "They struck me\," you will say\, "but I was not hurt\; they beat me\
 , but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."  B
 e not envious of evil men\, nor desire to be with them\; for their minds de
 vise violence\, and their lips talk of mischief.  By wisdom a house is buil
 t\, and by understanding it is established\; by knowledge the rooms are fil
 led with all precious and pleasant riches.  A wise man is mightier than a s
 trong man\, and a man of knowledge than he who has strength.\n\n
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 s: Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, N
 icephoros the Martyr of Antioch\, Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios the
  Hieromartyrs\, Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's Second Universal Letter 1:1-13\n\nThe e
 lder to the elect lady and her children\, whom I love in the truth\, and no
 t only I but also all who know the truth\, because of the truth which abide
 s in us and will be with us for ever:\n \nGrace\, mercy\, and peace will be
  with us\, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son\, in 
 truth and love.\n \nI rejoiced greatly to find some of your children follow
 ing the truth\, just as we have been commanded by the Father.  And now I be
 g you\, lady\, not as though I were writing you a new commandment\, but the
  one we have had from the beginning\, that we love one another.  And this i
 s love\, that we follow his commandments\; this is the commandment\, as you
  have heard from the beginning\, that you follow love.  For many deceivers 
 have gone out into the world\, men who will not acknowledge the coming of J
 esus Christ in the flesh\; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.  
 Look to yourselves\, that you may not lose what you have worked for\, but m
 ay win a full reward.  Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doc
 trine of Christ does not have God\; he who abides in the doctrine has both 
 the Father and the Son.  If any one comes to you and does not bring this do
 ctrine\, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting\; for h
 e who greets him shares his wicked work.\n \nThough I have much to write to
  you\, I would rather not use paper and ink\, but I hope to come to see you
  and talk with you face to face\, so that our joy may be complete.\n \nThe 
 children of your elect sister greet you.  Amen. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  15:20\,22\,25\,33-41\n\nAt that time\, the soldiers took Jesus and led him
  out to be crucified.  And they brought him to a place called Golgotha (whi
 ch means the place of a skull).  And it was the third hour\, when they cruc
 ified him.  And when the sixth hour had come there was darkness over the wh
 ole land until the ninth hour.  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a lo
 ud voice\, "Eloi\, Eloi\, lama sabachthani?" which means\, "My God\, my God
 \, why have you forsaken me?"  And some of the bystanders hearing it said\,
  "Behold\, he is calling Elijah. "  And one ran and\, filling a sponge full
  of vinegar\, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink\, saying\, "Wait
 \, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."  And Jesus uttere
 d a loud cry\, and breathed his last.  And the curtain of the temple was to
 rn in two\, from top to bottom.  And when the centurion\, who stood facing 
 him\, saw that he thus cried out and breathed his last\, he said\, "Truly t
 his man was the Son of God!  There were also women looking on from afar\, a
 mong whom were Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James the younger an
 d of Joses\, and Salome who\, when he was in Galilee\, followed him\, and m
 inistered to him\; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusa
 lem.\n\n\n
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 ts: Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\, Our Holy Father Michael of Mal
 einus\, Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic\, Paisios the 
 Athonite\, Veronica\, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by J
 esus\, Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 7:24-35\n\nBrethren\, in whateve
 r state each was called\, there let him remain with God. Now concerning the
  virgins\, I have no command of the Lord\, but I give my opinion as one who
  by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. I think that in view of the present di
 stress it is well for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife?
  Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. Bu
 t if you marry\, you do not sin\, and if a virgin marries she does not sin.
  Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles\, and I would spare you tha
 t. I mean\, brethren\, the appointed time has grown very short\; from now o
 n\, let those who have wives live as though they had none\, and those who m
 ourn as though they were not mourning\, and those who rejoice as though the
 y were not rejoicing\, and those who buy as though they had no goods\, and 
 those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For t
 he form of this world is passing away. I want you to be free from anxieties
 . The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord\, how to pleas
 e the Lord\; but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs\, how to 
 please his wife\, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or
  girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord\, how to be holy in body and
  spirit\; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs\, how to p
 lease her husband. I say this for your own benefit\, not to lay any restrai
 nt upon you\, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devoti
 on to the Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:12-21\n\nAt that time\, the
  disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Do you know that the Pharisees 
 were offended when they heard this saying?" He answered\, "Every plant whic
 h my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone\; th
 ey are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man\, both will fall 
 into a pit." But Peter said to him\, "Explain the parable to us." And he sa
 id\, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whateve
 r goes into the mouth passes into the stomach\, and so passes on? But what 
 comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart\, and this defiles a man. Fo
 r out of the heart come evil thoughts\, murder\, adultery\, fornication\, t
 heft\, false witness\, slander. These are what defile a man\; but to eat wi
 th unwashed hands does not defile a man." And Jesus went away from there an
 d withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.\n\n\n
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 ts: Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\, The Holy Great Martyr Photine\, the Samar
 itan Women\, Holy Martyr Theocletus\, John Claphas the new Martyr\n\nStrict
  Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 4:2-5:7\n\nIn that day the branch
  of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious\, and the fruit of the land sh
 all be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.  And he who is left 
 in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy\, every one who has be
 en recorded for life in Jerusalem\, when the Lord shall have washed away th
 e filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem 
 from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.  Then th
 e LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblie
 s a cloud by day\, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night\; f
 or over all the glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion.  It will be fo
 r a shade by day from the heat\, and for a refuge and a shelter from the st
 orm and rain.  Let me sing for my beloved a love song concerning his vineya
 rd: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.  He digged it and cle
 ared it of stones\, and planted it with choice vines\; he built a watchtowe
 r in the midst of it\, and hewed out a wine vat in it\; and he looked for i
 t to yield grapes\, but it yielded wild grapes.  And now\, O inhabitants of
  Jerusalem and men of Judah\, judge\, I pray you\, between me and my vineya
 rd.  What more was there to do for my vineyard\, that I have not done in it
 ? When I looked for it to yield grapes\, why did it yield wild grapes?  And
  now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge
 \, and it shall be devoured\; I will break down its wall\, and it shall be 
 trampled down.  I will make it a waste\; it shall not be pruned or hoed\, a
 nd briers and thorns shall grow up\; I will also command the clouds that th
 ey rain no rain upon it.  For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the hous
 e of Israel\, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he looke
 d for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a
  cry!\n\n\nGenesis 3:21-4:7\n\n And the LORD God made for Adam and for his 
 wife garments of skins\, and clothed them.  Then the LORD God said\, "Behol
 d\, the man has become like one of us\, knowing good and evil\; and now\, l
 est he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life\, and eat\, and
  live for ever"- therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of E
 den\, to till the ground from which he was taken.  He drove out the man\; a
 nd at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim\, and a flaming
  sword which turned every way\, to guard the way to the tree of life.  \n \
 nNow Adam knew Eve his wife\, and she conceived and bore Cain\, saying\, "I
  have gotten a man with the help of the LORD."  And again\, she bore his br
 other Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep\, and Cain a tiller of the groun
 d.  In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit
  of the ground\, and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
 ir fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering\, but fo
 r Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry\, and his 
 countenance fell.  The LORD said to Cain\, "Why are you angry\, and why has
  your countenance fallen?  If you do well\, will you not be accepted? And i
 f you do not do well\, sin is couching at the door\; its desire is for you\
 , but you must master it."\n\n\nProverbs 3:34-4:22\n\nToward the scorners h
 e is scornful\, but to the humble he shows favor.  The wise will inherit ho
 nor\, but fools get disgrace.\n   \nHear\, O sons\, a father's instruction\
 , and be attentive\, that you may gain insight\; for I give you good precep
 ts: do not forsake my teaching.  When I was a son with my father\, tender\,
  the only one in the sight of my mother\, he taught me\, and said to me\, "
 Let your heart hold fast my words\; keep my commandments\, and live\; do no
 t forget\, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom\; ge
 t insight.  Do not forsake her\, and she will keep you\; love her\, and she
  will guard you.  The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom\, and whateve
 r you get\, get insight.  Prize her highly\, and she will exalt you\; she w
 ill honor you if you embrace her.  She will place on your head a fair garla
 nd\; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."\n  \nHear\, my son\, and ac
 cept my words\, that the years of your life may be many.  I have taught you
  the way of wisdom\; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.  When you 
 walk\, your step will not be hampered\; and if you run\, you will not stumb
 le.  Keep hold of instruction\, do not let go\; guard her\, for she is your
  life.  Do not enter the path of the wicked\, and do not walk in the way of
  evil men.  Avoid it\; do not go on it\; turn away from it and pass on.  Fo
 r they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong\; they are robbed of sleep 
 unless they have made some one stumble.  For they eat the bread of wickedne
 ss and drink the wine of violence.  But the path of the righteous is like t
 he light of dawn\, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.  The 
 way of the wicked is like deep darkness\; they do not know over what they s
 tumble.\n   \nMy son\, be attentive to my words\; incline your ear to my sa
 yings.  Let them not escape from your sight\; keep them within your heart.\
 n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171006
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/5/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Charitina the Martyr\, Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\, Eudokimos th
 e Unknown of Mount Athos\, Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, M
 etropolitans of Moscow\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Eph
 esians 5:33\; 6:1-9\n\nBrethren\, let each one of you love his wife as hims
 elf\, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Children\, obey y
 our parents in the Lord\, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"
  (this is the first commandment with a promise)\, "that it may be well with
  you and that you may live long on the earth." Fathers\, do not provoke you
 r children to anger\, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction o
 f the Lord. Slaves\, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters\, wi
 th fear and trembling\, in singleness of heart\, as to Christ\; not in the 
 way of eye-service\, as men-pleasers\, but as servants of Christ\, doing th
 e will of God from the heart\, rendering service with a good will as to the
  Lord and not to men\, knowing that whatever good any one does\, he will re
 ceive the same again from the Lord\, whether he is a slave or free. Masters
 \, do the same to them\, and forbear threatening\, knowing that he who is b
 oth their Master and yours is in heaven\, and that there is no partiality w
 ith him.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\n\nAt that time\, the report con
 cerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding cou
 ntry. The disciples of John told him of all these things. And John\, callin
 g to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you h
 e who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come
  to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are 
 you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cur
 ed many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were bl
 ind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you ha
 ve seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers a
 re cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have go
 od news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n 
 \nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds co
 ncerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed s
 haken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft c
 lothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are
  in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell
  you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\
 , I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before 
 you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater than John\; ye
 t he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they hear
 d this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, having been ba
 ptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejecte
 d the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\n\
 n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171124
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\, Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\, Is
 chyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\, Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into t
 he Temple\, Dionysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter
  to the Thessalonians 2:13-17\; 3:1-5\n\nBrethren\, we are bound to give th
 anks to God always for you\, brethren beloved by the Lord\, because God cho
 se you from the beginning to be saved\, through sanctification by the Spiri
 t and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel\, so th
 at you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then\, brethren\, 
 stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us\, either 
 by word of mouth or by letter.\n \nNow may our Lord Jesus Christ himself\, 
 and God our Father\, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope
  through grace\, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work 
 and word.\n \nFinally\, brethren\, pray for us\, that the word of the Lord 
 may speed on and triumph\, as it did among you\, and that we may be deliver
 ed from wicked and evil men\; for not all have faith. But the Lord is faith
 ful\; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil. And we have confidenc
 e in the Lord about you\, that you are doing and will do the things which w
 e command. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the st
 eadfastness of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:31-34\n\nAt that time\,
  Jesus\, taking his twelve disciples\, said to them\, "Behold\, we are goin
 g up to Jerusalem\, and everything that is written of the Son of man by the
  prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered to the Gentiles\, 
 and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon\; they will scourge
  him and kill him\, and on the third day he will rise." But they understood
  none of these things\; this saying was hid from them\, and they did not gr
 asp what was said.\n\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190730
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/29/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\, Theodota the Martyr and her Children\, Hol
 y Virgin Martyr Theodota\, Constantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, 
 Pious King Theodosius the New\, Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\, Ol
 af of Norway\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinth
 ians 5:9-13\; 6:1-11\n\nBrethren\, I wrote to you in my letter not to assoc
 iate with immoral men\; not at all meaning the immoral of this world\, or t
 he greedy and robbers\, or idolaters\, since then you would need to go out 
 of the world. But rather I wrote to you not to associate with any one who b
 ears the name of brother if he is guilty of immorality or greed\, or is an 
 idolater\, reviler\, drunkard\, or robber - not even to eat with such a one
 . For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the 
 church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. "Drive out the wick
 ed person from among you." When one of you has a grievance against a brothe
 r\, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Do
  you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to 
 be judged by you\, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not kno
 w that we are to judge angels? How much more\, matters pertaining to this l
 ife! If then you have such cases\, why do you lay them before those who are
  least esteemed by the church? I say this to your shame. Can it be that the
 re is no man among you wise enough to decide between members of the brother
 hood\, but brother goes to law against brother and that before unbelievers?
  To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you. Why not rather
  suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? But you yourselves wrong and de
 fraud\, and that even your own brethren. Do you not know that the unrighteo
 us will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived\; neither the im
 moral\, nor idolators\, nor adulterers\, nor sexual perverts\, nor thieves\
 , nor the greedy\, nor drunkards\, nor revilers\, nor robbers will inherit 
 the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed\, you we
 re sanctified\, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and
  in the Spirit of our God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\n\nAt that
  time\, Jesus came to his own country\, and taught the people in their syna
 gogue so that they were astonished\, and said\, "Where did this man get thi
 s wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not hi
 s mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon a
 nd Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get 
 all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them\, "A prophe
 t is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." And
  he did not do many mighty works there\, because of their unbelief.\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyr Callinicus
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181107
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Luke the Monk of Tao
 rmina\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 8:1-6\n\nBre
 thren\, we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of
  the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the 
 true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every high priest
  is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices\; hence it is necessary for thi
 s priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth\, he woul
 d not be a priest at all\, since there are priests who offer gifts accordin
 g to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary\; for 
 when Moses was about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God\, saying\
 , "See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown yo
 u on the mountain." But as it is\, he has obtained a ministry which is as m
 uch more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better\, sin
 ce it is enacted on better promises.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\n\nT
 he Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\,
  the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who
  denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And every o
 ne who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who b
 lasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they brin
 g you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be 
 anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy
  Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n  \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190616
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/15/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Saturday of Souls\,Amos the Prophet\, Our Righteous Father Hieronymus\,
  Augustine the Blessed\, Bishop of Hippo\, Jerome the Righteous\, Achikos\,
  Stephanas\, & Fortuanatos the Apostles\, Father among the Saints Jonas\, M
 etropolitan of Kiev\, Lazar of Serbia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Fi
 rst Letter to the Thessalonians 4:13-17\n\nBut we would not have you ignora
 nt\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve a
 s others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and ros
 e again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who have 
 fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that w
 e who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not pre
 cede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend from 
 heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's call\, and with the sou
 nd of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then we
  who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together with them in th
 e clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with the L
 ord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\n\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed hi
 mself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to 
 Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He s
 aid to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed
  my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you l
 ove me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He sai
 d to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son o
 f John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the thi
 rd time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everythi
 ng\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly
 \, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and wal
 ked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hand
 s\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  
 (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this
  he said to him\, "Follow me."\n \nPeter turned and saw following them the 
 disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper 
 and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter 
 saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to h
 im\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  
 Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple w
 ould not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "
 If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This 
 is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has writte
 n these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are als
 o many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\
 , I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be
  written.  Amen.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Saturday of Souls
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191027
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\; Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople\; Eata of Hexham\n\nMatins Gospel Re
 ading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who w
 ill lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the syn
 agogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors fo
 r my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it 
 therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I 
 will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be a
 ble to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents an
 d brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death
 \; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head
  will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be stron
 g in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me be
 fore many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach other
 s also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on
  service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy 
 the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes acco
 rding to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the firs
 t share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you u
 nderstanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\
 , descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I 
 am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is no
 t fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that 
 they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "Thi
 s I command you\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that 
 it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world 
 would love its own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you
  out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that 
 I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persec
 uted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep y
 ours also.  But all this they will do to you on my account\, because they d
 o not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they wo
 uld not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates
  me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among them the works which no 
 one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated b
 oth me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their l
 aw\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, w
 hom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who pr
 oceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witn
 esses\, because you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all 
 this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the sy
 nagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he
  is offering service to God."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181008
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/7/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\, Polychronios the Martyr\
 , Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\, John the Hermit of Crete\, 
 Jonah of Manchuria\n\nTone Two\nEighth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:31-33\; 12:1-9\n\nBrethren\
 , the God and Father of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows
  that I do not lie. At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded th
 e city of Damascus in order to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket th
 rough a window in the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n \nI must boast\; ther
 e is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelatio
 ns of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up
  to the third heaven -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not kno
 w\, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise --wheth
 er in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard
  things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this ma
 n I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weakn
 esses. Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be s
 peaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of
  me than he sees in me or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elat
 ed by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a 
 messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three
  times I besought the Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; but he sa
 id to me\, "My grace is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect i
 n weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the p
 ower of Christ may rest upon me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:11-16\n\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus went to a city called Nain\, and his disciples and a great 
 crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city\, behold\, a m
 an who had died was being carried out\, the only son of his mother\, and sh
 e was a widow\; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the 
 Lord saw her\, he had compassion on her and said to her\, "Do not weep." An
 d he came and touched the bier\, and the bearers stood still. And he said\,
  "Young man\, I say to you\, arise." And the dead man sat up\, and began to
  speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all\; and they glor
 ified God\, saying\, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has vi
 sited his people!"\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of Luke
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180218
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/17/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\, Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip\
 , Righteous Auxentius\, The Pious Rulers Marcian and Pulcheria\, Theodore t
 he New Martyr of Byzantium\, Hermogenes (Germogen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n\
 nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the gr
 ace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many w
 itnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Sha
 re in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service ge
 ts entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who
  enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to th
 e rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of 
 the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understandin
 g in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descende
 d from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am sufferi
 ng and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered
 . Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also 
 may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware o
 f the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\, and love salutations i
 n the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of 
 honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long pr
 ayers.  They will receive the greater condemnation."  He looked up and saw 
 the rich putting their gifts into the treasury\; and he saw a poor widow pu
 t in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I tell you\, this poor widow
  has put in more than all of them\; for they all contributed out of their a
 bundance\, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had." 
  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ears let him hear."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190104
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/3/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Malachi the Prophet\, Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\, Forefeast of the 
 Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Righteous Genevieve of Par
 is\, Righteous Peter of Atroas\, Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\, Right
 eous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second
  Letter to Timothy 4:5-8\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, always be steady\, endure su
 ffering\, do the work of an evangelist\, fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor I am 
 already on the point of being sacrificed\; the time of my departure has com
 e.  I have fought the good fight\, I have finished the race\, I have kept t
 he faith.  Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness\, 
 which the Lord\, the righteous judge\, will award to me on that Day\, and n
 ot only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.\n\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: John 1:18-28\n\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, wh
 o is in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known.\n \nAnd this is th
 e testimony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem
  to ask him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed
 \, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?"
  He said\, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They 
 said to him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent u
 s. What do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying
  in the wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet I
 saiah said."\n \nNow they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\
 , "Then why are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\
 , nor the prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among 
 you stands one whom you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thon
 g of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany bey
 ond the Jordan\, where John was baptizing.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181224
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\, Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\, Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\, Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\, Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nPlagal of the First Tone\nEighth
  Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:9
 -10\; 32-40\n\nBRETHREN\, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise
 \, as in a foreign land\, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with
  him of the same promise.  For he looked forward to the city which has foun
 dation\, whose builder and maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For
  time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of Davi
 d and Samuel and the prophets - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enfo
 rced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched r
 aging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\,
  became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight.  Women received their
  dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, t
 hat they might rise again to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and sc
 ourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were s
 awn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they wen
 t about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated -
  of whom the world was not worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, 
 and in dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested
  by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foresee
 n something better for us\,that apart from us they should not be made perfe
 ct.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 1:1-25\n\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jes
 us Christ\, the son of David\, the son of Abraham.\n \nAbraham was the fath
 er of Isaac\, and Isaac the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah
  and his brothers\, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and 
 Perez the father of Hezron\, and Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the f
 ather of Amminadab\, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the 
 father of Salmon\, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the fa
 ther of Obed by Ruth\, and Obed the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father 
 of David the king.\n \nAnd David was the father of Solomon by the wife of U
 riah\, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abij
 ah\, and Abijah the father of Asa\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and
  Jehoshaphat the father of Joram\, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzz
 iah the father of Jotham\, and Jotham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the fat
 her of Hezekiah\, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the fa
 ther of Amon\, and Amon the father of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jec
 honiah and his brothers\, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.\n \nAn
 d after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\,
  and Salathiel the father of Zerubbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiu
 d\, and Abiud the father of Eliakim\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and 
 Azor the father of Zadok\, and Zadok the father of Achim\, and Achim the fa
 ther of Eliud\, and Eliud the father of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of
  Matthan\, and Matthan the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph
  the husband of Mary\, of whom Jesus was born\, who is called Christ.\n \nS
 o all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations\, and
  from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations\, and from t
 he deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.\n \nNow the b
 irth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been 
 betrothed to Joseph\, before they came together she was found to be with ch
 ild of the Holy Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwi
 lling to put her to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he cons
 idered this\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, sa
 ying\, "Joseph\, son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for th
 at which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, 
 and you shall call his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their 
 sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the proph
 et: "Behold\, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall b
 e called Emmanuel" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep
 \, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but k
 new her not until she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190629
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/28/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries\, Pappias the
  Martyr\, Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman\, Founders of Valaam Monaste
 ry\, Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos \, Paul the Ph
 ysician of Corinth\, Sergios the Magister\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 5:17-21\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, if\, beca
 use of one man's trespass\, death reigned through that one man\, much more 
 will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteou
 sness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.\n \nThen as one man's
  trespass led to condemnation for all men\, so one man's act of righteousne
 ss leads to acquittal and life for all men. For as by one man's disobedienc
 e many were made sinners\, so by one man's obedience many will be made righ
 teous. Law came in\, to increase the trespass\; but where sin increased\, g
 race abounded all the more\, so that\, as sin reigned in death\, grace also
  might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our
  Lord.\n \nWhat shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may
  abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?\n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 9:14-17\n\nAt that time\, the disciples of John came t
 o Jesus\, saying\, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast\, but your disciples d
 o not fast?" And Jesus said to them\, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long
  as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come\, when the bridegroom i
 s taken away from them\, and then they will fast. And no one puts a piece o
 f unshrunk cloth on an old garment\, for the patch tears away from the garm
 ent\, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins\
 ; if it is\, the skins burst\, and the wine is spilled\, and the skins are 
 destroyed\; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins\, and so both are pres
 erved."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190513
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical10cd31b9c3026fb07f3852f5f236ca8d
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/12/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\, Germanos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\
 , Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\, Removal of the Sacred Relics of Sain
 t Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apo
 stles 6:1-7\n\nIn those days\, when the disciples were increasing in number
 \, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were ne
 glected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the 
 disciples and said\, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the 
 word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick out from among you
  seven men of good repute\, full of the Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may 
 appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the min
 istry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude\, and th
 ey chose Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\
 , and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a
  proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles\, and they prayed
  and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased\; and the nu
 mber of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, and a great many of
  the priests were obedient to the faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:43-47
 \; 16:1-8\n\nAt that time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected member of the
  council\, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God\, took coura
 ge and went to Pilate\, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondere
 d if he were already dead\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked him whet
 her he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was
  dead\, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud\, and t
 aking him down\, wrapped him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in a tomb w
 hich had been hewn out of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against the door
  of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was 
 laid.\n \nAnd when the sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mot
 her of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoin
 t him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb wh
 en the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll 
 away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw
  that the stone was rolled back\; for it was very large. And entering the t
 omb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white r
 obe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you s
 eek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, he is not here\; 
 see the place where they laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and Peter th
 at he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told 
 you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonish
 ment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were a
 fraid.\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171127
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\, Nicon\, Stylianos the Monk of Pa
 phlagonia\, George the New Martyr of Chios\, Akakios of Sinai who is mentio
 ned in The Ladder\, Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nPlagal 
 of the Fourth Tone\nThird Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Ephesians 4:1-7\n\nBrethren\, I\, a prisoner for the Lord\, be
 g you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called\, 
 with all lowliness and meekness\, with patience\, forbearing one another in
  love\, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. The
 re is one body and one Spirit\, just as you were called to the one hope tha
 t belongs to your call\, one Lord\, one faith\, one baptism\, one God and F
 ather of us all\, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace wa
 s given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.\n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Luke 18:18-27\n\nAt that time\, a ruler came to Jesus and asked 
 him\, "Good Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus s
 aid to him\, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You kn
 ow the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery\, Do not kill\, Do not steal\,
  Do not bear false witness\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said\,
  "All these I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it\, he sa
 id to him\, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribut
 e it to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow
  me." But when he heard this he became sad\, for he was very rich. Jesus lo
 oking at him said\, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the 
 kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a nee
 dle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it sa
 id\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men is
  possible with God." \n \n\n
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SUMMARY:13th Sunday of Luke
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180314
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/13/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Pou
 plios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\, Christina the Martyr of Persia\, Gera
 ld\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 25:1
 -9\n\n O LORD\, thou art my God\; I will exalt thee\, I will praise thy nam
 e\; for thou hast done wonderful things\, plans formed of old\, faithful an
 d sure.  For thou hast made the city a heap\, the fortified city a ruin\; t
 he palace of aliens is a city no more\, it will never be rebuilt.  Therefor
 e strong peoples will glorify thee\; cities of ruthless nations will fear t
 hee.  For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor\, a stronghold to the nee
 dy in his distress\, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat\; f
 or the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall\, like heat in 
 a dry place. Thou dost subdue the noise of the aliens\; as heat by the shad
 e of a cloud\, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.  \n \nOn this mounta
 in the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things\, a fe
 ast of wine on the lees\, of fat things full of marrow\, of wine on the lee
 s well refined.  And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is 
 cast over all peoples\, the veil that is spread over all nations.  He will 
 swallow up death for ever\, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all 
 faces\, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth
 \; for the LORD has spoken.  It will be said on that day\, "Lo\, this is ou
 r God\; we have waited for him\, that he might save us. This is the LORD\; 
 we have waited for him\; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."\n\n\
 nGenesis 9:8-17\n\n Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him\,  "Beho
 ld\, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you\, and 
 with every living creature that is with you\, the birds\, the cattle\, and 
 every beast of the earth with you\, as many as came out of the ark.  I esta
 blish my covenant with you\, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by
  the waters of a flood\, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy 
 the earth."  And God said\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make 
 between me and you and every living creature that is with you\, for all fut
 ure generations:  I set my bow in the cloud\, and it shall be a sign of the
  covenant between me and the earth.  When I bring clouds over the earth and
  the bow is seen in the clouds\, I will remember my covenant which is betwe
 en me and you and every living creature of all flesh\; and the waters shall
  never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is in the c
 louds\, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between G
 od and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."  God sai
 d to Noah\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established betw
 een me and all flesh that is upon the earth."\n\n\nProverbs 12:8-22\n\nA ma
 n is commended according to his good sense\, but one of perverse mind is de
 spised.  Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one 
 who plays the great man but lacks bread.  A righteous man has regard for th
 e life of his beast\, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.  He who tills h
 is land will have plenty of bread\, but he who follows worthless pursuits h
 as no sense.  The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin\, but the root o
 f the righteous stands firm.  An evil man is ensnared by the transgression 
 of his lips\, but the righteous escapes from trouble.  From the fruit of hi
 s words a man is satisfied with good\, and the work of a man's hand comes b
 ack to him.  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes\, but a wise man li
 stens to advice.  The vexation of a fool is known at once\, but the prudent
  man ignores an insult.  He who speaks the truth gives honest evidence\, bu
 t a false witness utters deceit.  There is one whose rash words are like sw
 ord thrusts\, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.  Truthful lips end
 ure for ever\, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.  Deceit is in the he
 art of those who devise evil\, but those who plan good have joy.  No ill be
 falls the righteous\, but the wicked are filled with trouble.  Lying lips a
 re an abomination to the LORD\, but those who act faithfully are his deligh
 t.\n  \n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190614
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/13/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\, Triphyllos the Bishop of Nicosia\n\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 25:13-19\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agrippa t
 he king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. And as they stay
 ed there many days\, Festus laid Paul's case before the king\, saying\, "Th
 ere is a man left prisoner by Felix\; and when I was at Jerusalem\, the chi
 ef priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him\, asking f
 or sentence against him. I answered them that it was not the custom of the 
 Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face\
 , and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid agains
 t him. When therefore they came together here\, I made no delay\, but on th
 e next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought i
 n. When the accusers stood up\, they brought no charge in his case of such 
 evils as I supposed\; but they had certain points of dispute with him about
  their own superstition and about one Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom Paul 
 asserted to be alive."\n \n\nGospel Reading: John 16:23-33\n\nThe Lord said
  to his disciples\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of 
 the Father\, he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have asked not
 hing in my name\; ask\, and you will receive\, that your joy may be full.\n
  \n"I have said this to you in figures\; the hour is coming when I shall no
  longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father. In that
  day you will ask in my name\; and I do not say to you that I shall pray th
 e Father for you\; for the Father himself loves you\, because you have love
 d me and have believed that I came from the Father. I came from the Father 
 and have come into the world\; again\, I am leaving the world and going to 
 the Father."\n \nHis disciples said\, "Ah\, now you are speaking plainly\, 
 not in any figure! Now we know that you know all things\, and need none to 
 question you\; by this we believe that you came from God." Jesus answered t
 hem\, "Do you now believe? The hour is coming\, indeed it has come\, when y
 ou will be scattered\, every man to his home\, and will leave me alone\; ye
 t I am not alone\, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you\, tha
 t in me you may have peace."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200510
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Saturday after Pascha\; The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\; Christo
 pher the Martyr of Lycea\; Monk-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni\, of La
 rissa in Thessaly\; Epimachos the New Martyr of Alexandria\; The New Martyr
 s of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:19-31\
 nIn those days\, Saul was with the disciples at Damascus. And in the synago
 gues immediately he proclaimed Jesus\, saying\, "He is the Son of God." And
  all who heard him were amazed\, and said\, "is not this the man who made h
 avoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name? And he has come here fo
 r this purpose\, to bring them bound before the chief priests." But Saul in
 creased all the more in strength\, and confounded the Jews who lived in Dam
 ascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ. When many days had passed\, the
  Jews plotted to kill him\, but their plot became known to Saul. They were 
 watching the gates day and night\, to kill him\; but his disciples took him
  by night and let him down over the wall\, lowering him in a basket. And wh
 en he had come to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples\; and they w
 ere all afraid of him\, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. Bu
 t Barnabas took him\, and brought him to the apostles\, and declared to the
 m how on the road he had seen the Lord\, who spoke to him\, and how at Dama
 scus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. So he went in and out amo
 ng them at Jerusalem\, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spo
 ke and disputed against the Hellenists\; but they were seeking to kill him.
  And when the brethren knew it\, they brought him down to Caesarea\, and se
 nt him off to Tarsus. So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Sa
 maria had peace and was built up\; and walking in the fear of the Lord and 
 in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied.\n\nGospel Reading: Joh
 n 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, 
 to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me be
 fore it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own
 \; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\
 , therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A
  servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they wil
 l persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But al
 l this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who
  sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\;
  but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Fathe
 r also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, the
 y would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Fath
 er.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated m
 e without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send t
 o you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Fa
 ther\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because yo
 u have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to kee
 p you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\
 , the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering servi
 ce to God."\n\n
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SUMMARY:3rd Saturday after Pascha
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/7/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Capi
 to\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius\, Lavrentios of Megara\, the Ri
 ghteous\, Paul the Simple\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's First Universal Letter 1:11-25\n\nBeloved\, w
 oe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and abandon themselv
 es for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah's rebellion
 .  These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carouse togethe
 r\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along by winds\; 
 fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the 
 sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars for whom the
  nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.\n \nIt was of these a
 lso that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "B
 ehold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on all\, 
 and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they
  have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things which 
 ungodly sinners have spoken against him."  These are grumblers\, malcontent
 s\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering peopl
 e to gain advantage.\n \nBut you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions 
 of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "In the last 
 time there will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions."  It is
  these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit.  But y
 ou\, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Ho
 ly Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.  And convince some\, who doubt\; save 
 some\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, h
 ating even the garment spotted by the flesh.\n \nNow to him who is able to 
 keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presenc
 e of his glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before al
 l time and now and for ever.  Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\
 , 44-56\n\nAt that time\, the chief priests\, the scribes\, and elders of t
 he people brought Jesus before Pilate.  And they began to accuse him\, sayi
 ng\, "We found this man perverting our nation\, and forbidding us to give t
 ribute to Caesar\, and saying that he himself is Christ a king."  And Pilat
 e asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You h
 ave said so."  And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes\, "I
  find no crime in this man."  But they were urgent\, saying\, "He stirs up 
 the people\, teaching throughout all Judea\, from Galilee even to this plac
 e."\n \nWhen Pilate heard this\, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.  
 And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction\, he sent him 
 over to Herod\, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.  When Herod saw 
 Jesus\, he was very glad\, for he had long desired to see him\, because he 
 had heard about him\, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.  So h
 e questioned him at some length\; but he made no answer.  The chief priests
  and the scribes stood by\, vehemently accusing him.  And Herod with his so
 ldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him\; then\, arraying him in go
 rgeous apparel\, he sent him back to Pilate.  And Herod and Pilate became f
 riends with each other that very day\, for before this they had been at enm
 ity with each other.\n \nPilate then called together the chief priests and 
 the rulers and the people\, and said to them\, "You brought me this man as 
 one who was perverting the people\; and after examining him before you\, be
 hold\, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him\; 
 neither did Herod\, for he sent him back to us.  Behold\, nothing deserving
  death has been done by him\; I will therefore chastise him and release him
 ." Now he was obliged to release one man to them at the festival.\n \nBut t
 hey all cried out together\, "Away with this man\, and release to us Barabb
 as" -- a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in
  the city\, and for murder.  Pilate addressed them once more\, desiring to 
 release Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "Crucify\, crucify him!"  A third ti
 me he said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?  I have found in him no 
 crime deserving death\; I will therefore chastise him and release him."  Bu
 t they were urgent\, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified.
   And their voices prevailed.  So Pilate gave sentence that their demand sh
 ould be granted.  He released the man who had been thrown into prison for i
 nsurrection and murder\, whom they asked for\; but Jesus he delivered up to
  their will.\n \nAnd as they led him away\, they seized one Simon of Cyrene
 \, who was coming in from the country\, and laid on him the cross\, to carr
 y it behind Jesus.  And there followed him a great multitude of the people\
 , and of women who bewailed and lamented him.  But Jesus turning to them sa
 id\, "Daughters of Jerusalem\, do not weep for me\, but weep for yourselves
  and for your children.  For behold\, the days are coming when they will sa
 y\, 'Blessed are the barren\, and the wombs that never bore\, and the breas
 ts that never gave suck!'  Then they will begin to say to the mountains\, '
 Fall on us'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.'  For if they do this when the 
 wood is green\, what will happen when it is dry?"\n \nAnd when they came to
  the place which is called The Skull\, there they crucified him\, and the c
 riminals\, one on the right and one on the left.\n \nIt was now about the s
 ixth hour\, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour
 \, while the sun's light failed\; and the curtain of the temple was torn in
  two.  Then Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\, said\, "Father\, into your h
 ands I commit my spirit!"  And having said this he breathed his last.  Now 
 when the centurion saw what had taken place\, he praised God\, and said\, "
 Certainly this man was innocent!"  And all the multitudes who assembled to 
 see the sight\, when they saw what had taken place\, returned home beating 
 their breasts.  And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed hi
 m from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things.\n \nNow there was 
 a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea.  He was a member of t
 he council\, a good and righteous man\, who had not consented to their purp
 ose and deed\, and he was looking for the kingdom of God.  This man went to
  Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Then he took it down and wrapped 
 it in a linen shroud\, and laid him in a rock hewn tomb\, where no one had 
 ever yet been laid.  It was the day of Preparation\, and the sabbath was be
 ginning.  The women who had come with him from Galilee followed\, and saw t
 he tomb\, and how his body was laid\; then they returned\, and prepared spi
 ces and ointments.\n \nOn the sabbath they rested according to the commandm
 ent.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/9/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\, Dion
 ysios the Orator\, Metrophanes of Mount Athos\, Patermuthius the Monk\, Eut
 hymios of Karelia\, Methodios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Lampis\, Michael 
 Paknanas the Gardener\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Roma
 ns 10:11-21\; 11:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the scripture says\, "No one who believe
 s in God will be put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and
  Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who c
 all upon him. For\, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be 
 saved." But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? An
 d how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are
  they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach unless they are se
 nt? As it is written\, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good
  news!" But they have not all obeyed the gospel\; for Isaiah says\, "Lord\,
  who has believed what he has heard from us?" So faith comes from what is h
 eard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I ask\, have
  they not heard? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice has gone out to all th
 e earth\, and their words to the ends of the world." Again I ask\, did Isra
 el not understand? First Moses says\, "I will make you jealous of those who
  are not a nation\; with a foolish nation I will make you angry." Then Isai
 ah is so bold as to say\, "I have been found by those who did not seek me\;
  I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me." But of Israel he say
 s\, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary pe
 ople." I ask\, then\, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am
  an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraham\, a member of the tribe of Benjamin
 . God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 11:16-20\n\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall I compare this generation?
  It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playm
 ates\, 'We piped to you\, and you did not dance\; we wailed\, and you did n
 ot mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking\, and they say\, 'He h
 as a demon'\; the Son of man came eating and drinking\, and they say\, 'Beh
 old\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Y
 et wisdom is justified by her children." Then he began to upbraid the citie
 s where most of his mighty works had been done\, because they did not repen
 t.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/7/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: 33 Martyrs of Melitene\, Lazarus the Wonderworker\, Martyr Athenodorus\
 , Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:1-12\n\nBrethren\, we besee
 ch and exhort you in the Lord Jesus\, that as you learned from us how you o
 ught to live and to please God\, just as you are doing\, you do so more and
  more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. F
 or this is the will of God\, your sanctification: that you abstain from unc
 hastity\; that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holin
 ess and honor\, not in the passion of lust like the heathen who do not know
  God\; that no man transgress\, and wrong his brother in this matter\, beca
 use the Lord is an avenger in all these things\, as we solemnly forewarned 
 you. For God has not called us for uncleanness\, but in holiness. Therefore
  whoever disregards this\, disregards not man but God\, who gives his Holy 
 Spirit to you. But concerning the love of the brethren you have no need to 
 have any one write to you\, for you yourselves have been taught by God to l
 ove one another\; and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedo
 nia. But we exhort you\, brethren\, to do so more and more\, to aspire to l
 ive quietly\, to mind your own affairs\, and to work with your hands\, as w
 e charged you\; so that you may command the respect of outsiders\, and be d
 ependent on nobody.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:48-59\n\nThe Lord said\, "
 Every one to whom much is given\, of him will much be required\; and of him
  to whom men commit much they will demand the more. I came to cast fire upo
 n the earth\; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to b
 e baptized with\; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you
  think that I have come to give peace on earth? No\, I tell you\, but rathe
 r division\; for henceforth in one house there will be five divided\, three
  against two and two against three\; they will be divided\, father against 
 son and son against father\, mother against daughter and daughter against h
 er mother\, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law a
 gainst her mother-in-law." \n \nHe also said to the multitudes\, "When you 
 see a cloud rising in the west\, you say at once\, 'A shower is coming'\; a
 nd so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing\, you say\, 'Ther
 e will be scorching heat'\; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to
  interpret the appearance of earth and sky\; but why do you not know how to
  interpret the present time? \n \nAnd why do you not judge for yourselves w
 hat is right? As you go with your accuser before the magistrate\, make an e
 ffort to settle with him on the way\, lest he drag you to the judge\, and t
 he judge hand you over to the officer\, and the officer put you in prison. 
 I tell you\, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper
 ."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyrs Acindynus\, Pegasius\, Aphthonius\, Elpidephorus\, and
  Anempodistus\, Domnina\, Domna\, & Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 2:14-20\n\
 nBrethren\, you became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus whi
 ch are in Judea\; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen
  as they did from the Jews\, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophet
 s\, and drove us out\, and displease God and oppose all men by hindering us
  from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved - so as always to fil
 l up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!
  But since we were bereft of you\, brethren\, for a short time\, in person 
 not in heart\, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see 
 you face to face\; because we wanted to come to you - I\, Paul\, again and 
 again - but Satan hindered us. For what is our hope or joy or crown of boas
 ting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? For you are our gl
 ory and joy.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:2-12\n\nThe Lord said to his disc
 iples\, "Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed\, or hidden that w
 ill not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be hea
 rd in the light\, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be pro
 claimed upon the housetops. \n \nI tell you\, my friends\, do not fear thos
 e who kill the body\, and after that have no more that they can do. But I w
 ill warn you whom to fear: fear him who\, after he has killed\, has power t
 o cast into Gehenna\; yes\, I tell you\, fear him! Are not five sparrows so
 ld for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why\, even
  the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not\; you are of more value 
 than many sparrows. \n \nAnd I tell you\, every one who acknowledges me bef
 ore men\, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; b
 ut he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. And
  every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven\; but 
 he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And when th
 ey bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do 
 not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for t
 he Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n  
 \n\n
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 s: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\, Severian the 
 Martyr of Sebastia\, Theophanes the Confessor\, Afterfeast of the Nativity 
 of the Theotokos\, Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus\n
 \nPlagal of the Second Tone\nFourth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18\n\nBrethren\, see with what large 
 letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make 
 a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised\, and o
 nly in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For e
 ven those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but the
 y desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far
  be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, by w
 hich the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For neither c
 ircumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creation. 
 Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of God.
  Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesu
 s. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. Amen.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:13-17\n\nThe Lord said\, "No one has ascended 
 into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in hea
 ven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son
  of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.\
 n \n"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever be
 lieves in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son
  into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world might be sa
 ved through him."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Joannicius the Great\, The Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra\
 , and Hermias the Presbyter\, Porphyrios the Mime\, Emperor John Batatze\, 
 the Merciful\, George Karslidis of Pontos\n\nPlagal of the Second Tone\nFir
 st Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 
 2:4-10\n\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the great love with 
 which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our trespasses\, made us
  alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, and raised us 
 up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jes
 us\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his g
 race in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been save
 d through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is the gift of God: n
 ot because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship
 \, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepared beforehand\,
  that we should walk in them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31\n\nThe Lor
 d said\, "There was a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and fine linen a
 nd who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named 
 Lazaros\, full of sores\, who desired to be fed with what fell from the ric
 h man's table\; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man d
 ied and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also die
 d and was buried\; and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted up his eyes\
 , and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out\, 'Fa
 ther Abraham\, have mercy upon me\, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his 
 finger in water and cool my tongue\; for I am in anguish in this flame.' Bu
 t Abraham said\, 'Son\, remember that you in your lifetime received your go
 od things\, and Lazaros in like manner evil things\; but now he is comforte
 d here\, and you are in anguish. And besides all this\, between us and you 
 a great chasm has been fixed\, in order that those who would pass from here
  to you may not be able\, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said
 \, 'Then I beg you\, father\, to send him to my father's house\, for I have
  five brothers\, so that he may warn them\, lest they also come into this p
 lace of torment.' But Abraham said\, 'They have Moses\, and the prophets\; 
 let them hear them.' And he said\, 'No\, father Abraham\; but if some one g
 oes to them from the dead\, they will repent.' He said to them\, 'If they d
 o not hear Moses and the prophets\, neither will they be convinced if some 
 one should rise from the dead.'"\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/9/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Apostle Matthias  \, Anthony the Martyr of Alexandria\, Afterfe
 ast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, Constantin
 e\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan 
 of Rhodes\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:12-17
 \, 21-26\n\nIn those days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mou
 nt called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\;
  and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they we
 re staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bart
 holomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Ju
 das the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselves to praye
 r\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his bro
 thers.\n \nIn those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of 
 persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the
  scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by 
 the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested J
 esus. For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this min
 istry. "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that 
 the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of Joh
 n until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men must becom
 e with us a witness to his resurrection."\n \nAnd they put forward two\, Jo
 seph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they pr
 ayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one 
 of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostl
 eship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place." And they cas
 t lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with t
 he eleven apostles.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:10-18\n\nAt that time\,
  the disciples asked Jesus\, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah
  must come?" He replied\, "Elijah does come and he is to restore all things
 \; but I tell you that Elijah has already come\, and they did not know him\
 , but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer 
 at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them
  of John the Baptist. And when they came to the crowd\, a man came up to hi
 m and kneeling before him said\, "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is a
 n epileptic and he suffers terribly\; for often he falls into the fire\, an
 d often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples\, and they coul
 d not heal him." And Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\
 , how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him h
 ere to me." And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the
  boy was cured instantly.\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\, George the Confessor\, Tryphon\, Patr
 iarch of Constantinople\, Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael an
 d the other George of Samothrace\, Aelphege the Hieromartyr of Canterbury\n
 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 4:23-31\n\nIn those days\, when
  the apostles were released they went to their friends and reported what th
 e chief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard it\, t
 hey lifted their voices together to God and said\, "Sovereign Lord\, who di
 dst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them\, who 
 by the mouth of our father David\, thy servant\, didst say by the Holy Spir
 it\, 'Why did the Gentiles rage\, and the peoples imagine vain things? The 
 kings of the earth set themselves in array\, and the rulers were gathered t
 ogether\, against the Lord and against his Anointed'- for truly in this cit
 y there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus\, whom thou d
 idst anoint\, both Herod and Pontius Pilate\, with the Gentiles and the peo
 ples of Israel\, to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to ta
 ke place. And now\, Lord\, look upon their threats\, and grant to thy serva
 nts to speak thy word with all boldness\, while thou stretchest out thy han
 d to heal\, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of thy hol
 y servant Jesus." And when they had prayed\, the place in which they were g
 athered together was shaken\; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
  and spoke the word of God with boldness.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:24-30
 \n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to y
 ou\, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\;
  he does not come into judgment\, but has passed from death to life. Truly\
 , truly\, I say to you\, the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the dead wi
 ll hear the voice of the Son of God\, and those who hear will live. For as 
 the Father has life in himself\, so he has granted the Son also to have lif
 e in himself\, and has given him authority to execute judgment\, because he
  is the Son of man. Do not marvel at this\; for the hour is coming when all
  who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come forth\, those who have d
 one good\, to the resurrection of life\, and those who have done evil\, to 
 the resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing on my own authority\; as I h
 ear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, because I seek not my own will bu
 t the will of the Father who sent me."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/28/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\,Basil the Confessor\, Kyranna the
  New Martyr of Thessaloniki\, Jonah the Righteous Martyr of Lerios\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 5:16-25\n\nBut the LORD of hosts
  is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousne
 ss.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture\, fatlings and kids sha
 ll feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of fals
 ehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, who say: "Let him make haste\, le
 t him speed his work that we may see it\; let the purpose of the Holy One o
 f Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that we may know it!"  Woe to those 
 who call evil good and good evil\, who put darkness for light and light for
  darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!  Woe to those wh
 o are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd in their own sight!  Woe to those
  who are heroes at drinking wine\, and valiant men in mixing strong drink\,
  who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and deprive the innocent of his right!
   Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble\, and as dry grass 
 sinks down in the flame\, so their root will be as rottenness\, and their b
 lossom go up like dust\; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of host
 s\, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.  Therefore the an
 ger of the LORD was kindled against his people\, and he stretched out his h
 and against them and smote them\, and the mountains quaked\; and their corp
 ses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is n
 ot turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\n\nGenesis 4:16-26\n\
 n Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD\, and dwelt in the land
  of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain knew his wife\, and she conceived and bore En
 och\; and he built a city\, and called the name of the city after the name 
 of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch was born Irad\; and Irad was the father of Me
 hujael\, and Mehujael the father of Methushael\, and Methushael the father 
 of Lamech.  And Lamech took two wives\; the name of the one was Adah\, and 
 the name of the other Zillah.  Adah bore Jabal\; he was the father of those
  who dwell in tents and have cattle.  His brother's name was Jubal\; he was
  the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.  Zillah bore Tubalcain
 \; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of T
 ubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah\, hear my 
 voice\; you wives of Lamech\, hearken to what I say: I have slain a man for
  wounding me\, a young man for striking me.  If Cain is avenged sevenfold\,
  truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." \n \n And Adam knew his wife again\, and 
 she bore a son and called his name Seth\, for she said\, "God has appointed
  for me another child instead of Abel\, for Cain slew him."  To Seth also a
  son was born\, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to cal
 l upon the name of the LORD.\n  \n\nProverbs 5:15-6:3\n\nDrink water from y
 our own cistern\, flowing water from your own well.  Should your springs be
  scattered abroad\, streams of water in the streets?  Let them be for yours
 elf alone\, and not for strangers with you.  Let your fountain be blessed\,
  and rejoice in the wife of your youth\, a lovely hind\, a graceful doe. Le
 t her affection fill you at all times with delight\, be infatuated always w
 ith her love.  Why should you be infatuated\, my son\, with a loose woman a
 nd embrace the bosom of an adventuress?  For a man's ways are before the ey
 es of the LORD\, and he watches all his paths.  The iniquities of the wicke
 d ensnare him\, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.  He dies for lack
  of discipline\, and because of his great folly he is lost.\n   \nMy son\, 
 if you have become surety for your neighbor\, have given your pledge for a 
 stranger\; if you are snared in the utterance of your lips\, caught in the 
 words of your mouth\; then do this\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you h
 ave come into your neighbor's power: go\, hasten\, and importune your neigh
 bor.\n  \n
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 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\; Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\; Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\,
  Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\
 , and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when El
 izabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Eliz
 abeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "
 Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And wh
 y is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For be
 hold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my wom
 b leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a ful
 fillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My
  soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he
  has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all
  generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great thi
 ngs for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three 
 months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worsh
 ip and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in w
 hich were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is
  called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the H
 oly of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the coven
 ant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding t
 he manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; a
 bove it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these t
 hings we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been ma
 de\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritu
 al duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once
  a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for 
 the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him
  into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's f
 eet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much servi
 ng\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister 
 has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord ans
 wered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many thin
 gs\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall n
 ot be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised h
 er voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the bre
 asts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the
  word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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 ts: Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\, Germanos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\
 , Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\, Removal of the Sacred Relics of Sain
 t Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apo
 stles 15:35-41\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, t
 eaching and preaching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And aft
 er some days Paul said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the br
 ethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how
  they are." And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Pau
 l thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pam
 phylia\, and had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp co
 ntention\, so that they separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with
  him and sailed away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being 
 commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syr
 ia and Cilicia\, strengthening the churches. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:
 27-38\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "My sheep hear my voic
 e\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and I give them eternal life\, a
 nd they shall never perish\, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. M
 y Father\, who has given them to me\, is greater than all\, and no one is a
 ble to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one."\n \
 nThe Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them\, "I have 
 shown you many good works from the Father\; for which of these do you stone
  me?" The Jews answered him\, "It is not for a good work that we stone you 
 but for blasphemy\; because you\, being a man\, make yourself God." Jesus a
 nswered them\, "Is it not written in your law\, 'I said\, you are gods?' If
  he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be 
 broken)\, do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the w
 orld\, 'You are blaspheming\,' because I said\, 'I am the Son of God'? If I
  am not doing the works of my Father\, then do not believe me\; but if I do
  them\, even though you do not believe me\, believe my works\, that you may
  know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."\n \n
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 ts: Theophanes the Confessor\, Symeon the New Theologian\, Gregory Dialogos
 \, Bishop of Rome\, Phineas\, grandson of Prophet Aaron\, Paul Aurelian\, B
 ishop of Brittany\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 14:24-
 32\n\n The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, a
 nd as I have purposed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian 
 in my land\, and upon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke sh
 all depart from them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the pu
 rpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand th
 at is stretched out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purpos
 ed\, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn i
 t back?  In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, 
 O Philistia\, all of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for fro
 m the serpent's root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a fly
 ing serpent.  And the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie 
 down in safety\; but I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I
  will slay.  Wail\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, al
 l of you! For smoke comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in h
 is ranks."  What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD ha
 s founded Zion\, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n \n\
 nGenesis 8:21-9:7\n\n And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\, the LOR
 D said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground because of man\,
  for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neither will I
  ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.  While the earth 
 remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer and winter\, day an
 d night\, shall not cease."  \n \nAnd God blessed Noah and his sons\, and s
 aid to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth.  The fear of 
 you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth\, and upon 
 every bird of the air\, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all t
 he fish of the sea\; into your hand they are delivered.  Every moving thing
  that lives shall be food for you\; and as I gave you the green plants\, I 
 give you everything.  Only you shall not eat flesh with its life\, that is\
 , its blood.  For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning\; of eve
 ry beast I will require it and of man\; of every man's brother I will requi
 re the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by man shall his bloo
 d be shed\; for God made man in his own image.  And you\, be fruitful and m
 ultiply\, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it."\n  \n\nP
 roverbs 11:19-12:6\n\nHe who is steadfast in righteousness will live\, but 
 he who pursues evil will die.  Men of perverse mind are an abomination to t
 he LORD\, but those of blameless ways are his delight.  Be assured\, an evi
 l man will not go unpunished\, but those who are righteous will be delivere
 d.  Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discre
 tion.  The desire of the righteous ends only in good\; the expectation of t
 he wicked in wrath.  One man gives freely\, yet grows all the richer\; anot
 her withholds what he should give\, and only suffers want.  A liberal man w
 ill be enriched\, and one who waters will himself be watered.  The people c
 urse him who holds back grain\, but a blessing is on the head of him who se
 lls it.  He who diligently seeks good seeks favor\, but evil comes to him w
 ho searches for it.  He who trusts in his riches will wither\, but the righ
 teous will flourish like a green leaf.  He who troubles his household will 
 inherit wind\, and the fool will be servant to the wise.  The fruit of the 
 righteous is a tree of life\, but lawlessness takes away lives.  If the rig
 hteous is requited on earth\, how much more the wicked and the sinner!  Who
 ever loves discipline loves knowledge\, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
   A good man obtains favor from the LORD\, but a man of evil devices he con
 demns.  A man is not established by wickedness\, but the root of the righte
 ous will never be moved.  A good wife is the crown of her husband\, but she
  who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.  The thoughts of the rig
 hteous are just\; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.  The words of
  the wicked lie in wait for blood\, but the mouth of the upright delivers m
 en.\n  \n
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 ts: Saturday of Souls\,Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70\, Alexandro
 s the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\, George the New of Sofia\, Augustine\, Ar
 chbishop of Canterbury\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to t
 he Thessalonians 4:13-17\n\nBut we would not have you ignorant\, brethren\,
  concerning those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve as others do who
  have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again\, even 
 so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 
  For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that we who are alive
 \, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not precede those who 
 have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a c
 ry of command\, with the archangel's call\, and with the sound of the trump
 et of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then we who are alive\
 , who are left\, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to mee
 t the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with the Lord.\n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 21:14-25\n\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his di
 sciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "
 Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes
 \, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A 
 second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He sa
 id to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Ten
 d my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you
  love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do y
 ou love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know t
 hat I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I sa
 y to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you w
 ould\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another
  will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said t
 o show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him
 \, "Follow me."\n \nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom J
 esus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, 
 "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he sa
 id to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is 
 my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So
 \, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; 
 but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my wil
 l that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple
  who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\
 ; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also many other th
 ings which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose tha
 t the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen
 .\n\n\n
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 sts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\; Maximus the Confessor\; Our Righteou
 s Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\; Dorotheus\, Abba of 
 Gaza\; Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Sec
 ond Letter to the Corinthians 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by t
 he will of God and Timothy our brother.\n\nTo the church of God which is at
  Corinth\, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:\n\nGrace to 
 you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nBlessed be 
 the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of mercies and God
  of all comfort\, who comforts us in all our affliction\, so that we may be
  able to comfort those who are in any affliction\, with the comfort with wh
 ich we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abou
 nd for us\, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are afflicted
 \, it is for your comfort and salvation\; and if we are comforted\, it is f
 or your comfort\, which you experience when you patiently endure the same s
 ufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken\; for we know that a
 s you share in our sufferings\, you all also share in our comfort.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 21:43-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him:
  "I tell you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to 
 a nation producing the fruits of it. And he who falls on this stone will be
  broken to pieces\; but when it falls on any one\, it will crush him."\n\nW
 hen the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables\, they perceived
  that he was speaking about them. But when they tried to arrest him\, they 
 feared the multitudes\, because they held him to be a prophet.\n\n
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 ts: Lazarus Saturday\,The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\, In
 nocent\, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska\, Akakios the Confessor\, Theophil
 os the Martyr and those with him\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 12:28-29\; 13:1-8\n\nBRETHR
 EN\, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, and
  thus let us offer to God acceptable worship\, with reverence and awe\; for
  our God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect t
 o show hospitality to strangers\, for thereby some have entertained angels 
 unawares. Remember those who are in prison\, as though in prison with them\
 ; and those who are ill-treated\, since you also are in the body. Let marri
 age be held in honor among all\, and let the marriage bed be undefiled\; fo
 r God will judge the immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love 
 of money\, and be content with what you have\; for he has said\, "I will ne
 ver fail you nor forsake you." Hence we can confidently say\, "The Lord is 
 my helper\, I will not be afraid\; what can man do to me?" Remember your le
 aders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of th
 eir life\, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and 
 today and for ever. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:1-45\n\nAt that time\, a 
 certain man was ill\, Lazaros of Bethany\, from the village of Mary and her
  sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped h
 is feet with her hair\, whose brother Lazaros was ill. So the sisters sent 
 to him\, saying\, "Lord\, he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it
  he said\, "This illness is not unto death\; it is for the glory of God\, s
 o that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it."\n  \nNow Jesus love
 d Martha and her sister and Lazaros. So when he heard that he was ill\, he 
 stayed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said t
 o the disciples\, "Let us go into Judea again." The disciples said to him\,
  "Rabbi\, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you\, and are you going th
 ere again?" Jesus answered\, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any
  one walks in the day\, he does not stumble\, because he sees the light of 
 this world. But if any one walks in the night\, he stumbles\, because the l
 ight is not in him." Thus he spoke\, and then he said to them\, "Our friend
  Lazaros has fallen asleep\, but I go to awake him out of sleep." The disci
 ples said to him\, "Lord\, if he has fallen asleep\, he will recover." Now 
 Jesus had spoken of his death\, but they thought that he meant taking rest 
 in sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly\, "Lazaros is dead\; and for your sa
 ke I am glad that I was not there\, so that you may believe. But let us go 
 to him." Thomas\, called the Twin\, said to his fellow disciples\, "Let us 
 also go\, that we may die with him."\n  \nNow when Jesus came\, he found th
 at Lazaros had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusal
 em\, about two miles off\, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary
  to console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was
  coming\, she went and met him\, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said t
 o Jesus\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not have died. An
 d even now I know that whatever you ask from God\, God will give you." Jesu
 s said to her\, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him\, "I kno
 w that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said 
 to her\, "I am the resurrection and the life\; he who believes in me\, thou
 gh he die\, yet shall he live\, and whoever lives and believes in me shall 
 never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe 
 that you are the Christ\, the Son of God\, he who is coming into the world.
 "\n  \nWhen she had said this\, she went and called her sister Mary\, sayin
 g quietly\, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she hear
 d it\, she rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the 
 village\, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jew
 s who were with her in the house\, consoling her\, saw Mary rise quickly an
 d go out\, they followed her\, supposing that she was going to the tomb to 
 weep there. Then Mary\, when she came where Jesus was and saw him\, fell at
  his feet\, saying to him\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would
  not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping\, and the Jews who came with he
 r also weeping\, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled\; and he said\,
  "Where have you laid him?" They said to him\, "Lord\, come and see." Jesus
  wept. So the Jews said\, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said\, "
 Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from d
 ying?"\n  \nThen Jesus\, deeply moved again\, came to the tomb\; it was a c
 ave\, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said\, "Take away the stone." Martha\,
  the sister of the dead man\, said to him\, "Lord\, by this time there will
  be an odor\, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her\, "Did I n
 ot tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" So t
 hey took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said\, "Father\, 
 I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you have heard me always\, 
 but I have said this on account of the people standing by\, that they may b
 elieve that you did send me." When he had said this\, he cried with a loud 
 voice\, "Lazaros\, come out." The dead man came out\, his hands and feet bo
 und with bandages\, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them\,
  "Unbind him\, and let him go." Many of the Jews therefore\, who had come w
 ith Mary and had seen what he did\, believed in him.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/29/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Joh
 n\, Theodora of Thessaloniki\, Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 13:25-33\n\nIN THOSE DA
 YS\, as John was finishing his course\, he said\, "What do you suppose that
  I am? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandals of whose 
 feet I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, sons of the family of Abraham\, 
 and those among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the message of this
  salvation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, because they
  did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which 
 are read every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Though they cou
 ld charge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pilate to have 
 him killed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him\, they 
 took him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him fr
 om the dead\; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him f
 rom Galilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we 
 bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, this he has
  fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  6:14-30\n\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Jesus\, f
 or his name had become known. He said\, "John the baptizer has been raised 
 from the dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." But others sa
 id\, "It is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a prophet\, like one of the p
 rophets of old." But when Herod heard of it he said\, "John\, whom I behead
 ed\, has been raised." For Herod had sent and seized John\, and bound him i
 n prison for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because he 
 had married her. For John said to Herod\, "It is not lawful for you to have
  your brother's wife." And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and wanted t
 o kill him. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that he was
  a righteous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, he was m
 uch perplexed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came when H
 erod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the 
 leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias' daughter came in and danced\, sh
 e pleased Herod and his guests\; and the king said to the girl\, "Ask me fo
 r whatever you wish\, and I will grant it." And he vowed to her\, "Whatever
  you ask me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom." And she went out\
 , and said to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" And she said\, "The head of 
 John the baptizer." And she came in immediately with haste to the king\, an
 d asked\, saying\, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Bapt
 ist on a platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry\; but because of his 
 oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediat
 ely the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head.
  He went and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a platter
 \, and gave it to the girl\; and the girl gave it to her mother. When his d
 isciples heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in a tomb.
  The apostles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and t
 aught.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/16/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\, Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \, Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\, Nicholas\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\, Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 1:16-23
 \n\nBrethren\, I do not cease to give thanks for you\, remembering you in m
 y prayers\, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of glory\, m
 ay give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him\, 
 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened\, that you may know what is the 
 hope to which he has called you\, what are the riches of his glorious inher
 itance in the saints\, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power 
 in us who believe\, according to the working of his great might which he ac
 complished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at h
 is right hand in the heavenly places\, far above all rule and authority and
  power and dominion\, and above every name that is named\, not only in this
  age but also in that which is to come\; and he has put all things under hi
 s feet and has made him the head over all things for the church\, which is 
 his body\, the fulness of him who fills all in all.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 14:1-11\n\nAt that time\, one sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the hou
 se of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees\, they were watching him. And b
 ehold\, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus spoke to the l
 awyers and Pharisees\, saying\, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath\, or n
 ot?" But they were silent. Then he took him and healed him\, and let him go
 . And he said to them\, "Which of you\, having a son or an ox that has fall
 en into a well\, will not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?" And t
 hey could not reply to this. Now he told a parable to those who were invite
 d\, when he marked how they chose the places of honor\, saying to them\, "W
 hen you are invited by any one to a marriage feast\, do not sit down in a p
 lace of honor\, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him\; and he
  who invited you both will come and say to you\, 'Give place to this man\,'
  and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you 
 are invited\, go and sit in the lowest place\, so that when your host comes
  he may say to you\, 'Friend\, go up higher'\; then you will be honored in 
 the presence of all who sit at table with you. For every one who exalts him
 self will be humbled\, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Friday after Pascha\; Jeremias the Prophet\; New Martyr Maria of F
 ourna\, Mirabella in Crete\; Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\; Nikiforos 
 the Monk of Chios\; Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy 
 Mountain\, Euthymius\, Ignatius\, and Acacius\; Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\n
 Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 5:
 1-11\nIn those days\, a man named Ananias with his wife Sapphira sold a pie
 ce of property\, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back some of the pro
 ceeds\, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Pete
 r said\, "Ananias\, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spir
 it and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained uns
 old\, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold\, was it not at you
 r disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You 
 have not lied to men but to God." When Ananias heard these words\, he fell 
 down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. The young men 
 rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him. After an interv
 al of about three hours his wife came in\, not knowing what had happened. A
 nd Peter said to her\, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much." And
  she said\, "Yes\, for so much." But Peter said to her\, "How is it that yo
 u have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Hark\, the feet of 
 those that have buried your husband are at the door\, and they will carry y
 ou out." Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men
  came in they found her dead\, and they carried her out and buried her besi
 de her husband. And great fear came upon the whole church\, and upon all wh
 o heard of these things.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:30-47\; 6:1-2\nThe Lord 
 said to the Jews who came to him: "I can do nothing on my own authority\; a
 s I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, because I seek not my own wi
 ll but the will of the Father who sent me. If I bear witness to myself\, my
  testimony is not true\; there is another who bears witness to me\, and I k
 now that the testimony which he bears to me is true. You sent to John\, and
  he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the testimony which I receive 
 is from man\; but I say this that you may be saved. He was a burning and sh
 ining lamp\, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But 
 the testimony which I have is greater than that of John\; for the works whi
 ch the Father has granted me to accomplish\, these very works which I am do
 ing\, bear me witness that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent 
 me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard\, his fo
 rm you have never seen\; and you do not have his word abiding in you\, for 
 you do not believe him whom he has sent. You search the scriptures\, becaus
 e you think that in them you have eternal life\; and it is they that bear w
 itness to me\; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. I do no
 t receive glory from men. But I know that you have not the love of God with
 in you. I have come in my Father's name\, and you do not receive me\; if an
 other comes in his own name\, him you will receive. How can you believe\, w
 ho receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from
  the only God? Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father\; it is M
 oses who accuses you\, on whom you set your hope. If you believed Moses\, y
 ou would believe me\, for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his wri
 tings\, how will you believe my words?"\n\nAfter this Jesus went to the oth
 er side of the Sea of Galilee\, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a multitu
 de followed him\, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were
  diseased.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/27/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Saturday\,The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of the Lord\, Eulo
 gios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-11\n\nBrethren\, all who have been bapti
 zed into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were buried therefo
 re with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised from the d
 ead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of life.  For
  if we have been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall certainly b
 e united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our old self wa
 s crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\, and we mi
 ght no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed from sin.  
 But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also live with H
 im.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die agai
 n\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He died to si
 n\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you also must 
 consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\
 n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 28:1-20\n\nAfter the sabbath\, toward the daw
 n of the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to 
 see the sepulcher. And behold\, there was a great earthquake\; for an angel
  of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone\, and
  sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning\, and his raiment white as 
 snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But
  the angel said to the women\, "Do not be afraid\; for I know that you seek
  Jesus who was crucified. He is not here\; for he has risen\, as he said. C
 ome\, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples th
 at he has risen from the dead\, and behold\, he is going before you to Gali
 lee\; there you will see him. Lo\, I have told you." So they departed quick
 ly from the tomb with fear and great joy\, and ran to tell his disciples. A
 nd behold\, Jesus met them and said\, "Hail!" And they came up and took hol
 d of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them\, "Do not be afrai
 d\; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee\, and there they will see me."
 \n \nWhile they were going\, behold\, some of the guard went into the city 
 and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had asse
 mbled with the elders and taken counsel\, they gave a sum of money to the s
 oldiers and said\, "Tell people\, 'His disciples came by night and stole hi
 m away while we were asleep.' And if this comes to the governor's ears\, we
  will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." So they took the money and 
 did as they were directed\; and this story has been spread among the Jews t
 o this day.\n \nNow the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain 
 to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him\
 ; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in hea
 ven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of a
 ll nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
  the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\;
  and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/7/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\, Tikhon\, Patriarch of Moscow and Enl
 ightener of North America\, Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kalymnos\, G
 eorge\, Bishop of Lesvos\, Gerasimos the God-Bearer of Byzantium\n\nFast Da
 y (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nTone Four\nFirst Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20\n\nBRETHREN\, when God made a
  promise to Abraham\, since he had no one greater by whom to swear\, he swo
 re to himself\, saying\, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And th
 us Abraham\, having patiently endured\, obtained the promise. Men indeed sw
 ear by a greater than themselves\, and in all their disputes an oath is fin
 al for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the h
 eirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose\, he interpos
 ed with an oath\, so that through two unchangeable things\, in which it is 
 impossible that God should prove false\, we who have fled for refuge might 
 have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as 
 a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul\, a hope that enters into the inner
  shrine behind the curtain\, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our be
 half\, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
  \n  \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:17-31\n\nAt that time\, a man came to Jesus
  kneeling and saying: "Teacher\, I brought my son to you\, for he has a dum
 b spirit\; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down\; and he foams and
  grinds his teeth and becomes rigid\; and I asked your disciples to cast it
  out\, and they were not able." And he answered them\, "O faithless generat
 ion\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring h
 im to me." And they brought the boy to him\; and when the spirit saw him\, 
 immediately it convulsed the boy\, and he fell on the ground and rolled abo
 ut\, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father\, "How long has he ha
 d this?" And he said\, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the 
 fire and into the water\, to destroy him\; but if you can do anything\, hav
 e pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him\, "If you can! All things 
 are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child crie
 d out and said\, "I believe\; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a 
 crowd came running together\, he rebuked the unclean spirit\, saying to it\
 , "You dumb and deaf spirit\, I command you\, come out of him\, and never e
 nter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly\, it came
  out\, and the boy was like a corpse\; so that most of them said\, "He is d
 ead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up\, and he arose. And 
 when he had entered the house\, his disciples asked him privately\, "Why co
 uld we not cast it out?" And he said to them\, "This kind cannot be driven 
 out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed
  through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it\; for he was teachi
 ng his disciples\, saying to them\, "The Son of man will be delivered into 
 the hands of men\, and they will kill him\; and when he is killed\, after t
 hree days he will rise."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/29/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's S
 econd Letter to the Corinthians 11:21-33\; 12:1-9\n\nBrethren\, whatever an
 yone dares to boast of -- I am speaking as a fool -- I also dare to boast o
 f that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they d
 escendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better 
 one -- I am talking like a madman -- with far greater labors\, far more imp
 risonments\, with countless beatings\, and often near death. Five times I h
 ave received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three time
 s I have been beaten with rods\; once I was stoned. Three times I have been
  shipwrecked\; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea\; on frequent jo
 urneys\, in danger from rivers\, danger from robbers\, danger from my own p
 eople\, danger from Gentiles\, danger in the city\, danger in the wildernes
 s\, danger at sea\, danger from false brethren\; in toil and hardship\, thr
 ough many a sleepless night\, in hunger and thirst\, often without food\, i
 n cold and exposure. And\, apart from other things\, there is the daily pre
 ssure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak\, and I am no
 t weak? Who is made to fall\, and I am not indignant?\n \nIf I must boast\,
  I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father of th
 e Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. At Dam
 ascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in orde
 r to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall
 \, and escaped his hands.\n \nI must boast\; there is nothing to be gained 
 by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a m
 an in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven -- wh
 ether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And I know 
 that this man was caught up into Paradise -- whether in the body or out of 
 the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that cannot be to
 ld\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on m
 y own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wish t
 o boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I 
 refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or
  hears from me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of re
 velations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to h
 arass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought the Lor
 d about this\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grace is s
 ufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all t
 he more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest u
 pon me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus 
 came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who
  do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said\, "Some say John the Bap
 tist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He 
 said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You a
 re the Christ\, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him\, "Bless
 ed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to y
 ou\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and o
 n this rock I will build my church\, and the gates of Hades shall not preva
 il against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and what
 ever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on
  earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/14/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Commemoration o
 f the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 12:28-36\nThe Lord said\, "Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came f
 rom heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd
  standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An ang
 el has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\
 , not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of 
 this world be cast out: and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will d
 raw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die. T
 he crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains
  for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is th
 is Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little lo
 nger. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he w
 ho walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\
 , believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:18-24\nBrethren\, the wo
 rd of the cross is folly to those who are perishing\, but to us who are bei
 ng saved it is the power of God. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wi
 sdom of the wise\, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where i
 s the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has 
 not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of 
 God\, the world did not know God through wisdom\, it pleased God through th
 e folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs 
 and Greeks seek wisdom\, but we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block
  to Jews and folly to Gentiles\, but to those who are called\, both Jews an
 d Greeks\, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading
 : John 19:6-11\, 13-20\, 25-28\, 30\nAt that time\, when the chief priests 
 and the officers saw him\, they cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pi
 late said to them\, "Take him yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no cr
 ime in him." The Jews answered him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ou
 ght to die\, because he has made himself the Son of God."\n\nWhen Pilate he
 ard these words\, he was the more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again 
 and said to Jesus\, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate 
 therefore said to him\, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I h
 ave power to release you\, and power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, 
 "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above\; 
 therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin." When Pilate hear
 d these words\, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a
  place called the Pavement\, and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day o
 f Preparation of the Passover\; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the
  Jews\, "Behold your King!" They cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him
 \, crucify him!" Pilate said to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chi
 ef priests answered\, "We have no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over
  to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing hi
 s own cross\, to the place called the place of a skull\, which is called in
  Hebrew Golgotha. There they crucified him\, and with him two others\, one 
 on either side\, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote a title and put 
 it on the cross\; it read\, "Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Man
 y of the Jews read this title\, for the place where Jesus was crucified was
  near the city\; and it was written in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n\
 nBut standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sist
 er\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mothe
 r\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, 
 "Woman\, behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold your moth
 er!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. Then when Je
 sus had received the vinegar\, he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed hi
 s head and gave up his spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\, The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:1-3\; 7-11\n
 \nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brot
 her\, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossai: Grace to y
 ou and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God\, 
 the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ from the day you heard and understood t
 he grace of God in truth\, as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fell
 ow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf and has made 
 known to us your love in the Spirit. And so\, from the day we heard of it\,
  we have not ceased to pray for you asking that you may be filled with the 
 knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding\, to lead a
  life worthy of the Lord\, fully pleasing to him\, bearing fruit in every g
 ood work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened wi
 th all power\, according to his glorious might\, for all endurance and pati
 ence with joy.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:33-54\n\nAt that time\, when
  the soldiers came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a s
 kull)\, they offered him wine to drink\, mingled with gall\; but when he ta
 sted it\, he would not drink it. And when they had crucified him\, they div
 ided his garments among them by casting lots\; then they sat down and kept 
 watch over him there. And over his head they put the charge against him\, w
 hich read\, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Then two robbers were cru
 cified with him\, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passe
 d by derided him\, wagging their heads and saying\, "You who would destroy 
 the temple and build it in three days\, save yourself! If you are the Son o
 f God\, come down from the cross." So also the chief priests\, with the scr
 ibes and elders\, mocked him\, saying\, "He saved others\; he cannot save h
 imself. He is the King of Israel\; let him come down now from the cross\, a
 nd we will believe in him. He trusts in God\; let God deliver him now\, if 
 he desires him\; for he said\, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who 
 were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. \n \nNow from the
  sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And 
 about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eli\, Eli\, lama saba
 chthani?" that is\, "My God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?" And some 
 of the bystanders hearing it said\, "This man is calling Elijah." And one o
 f them at once ran and took a sponge\, filled it with vinegar\, and put it 
 on a reed\, and gave it to him to drink. But the others said\, "Wait\, let 
 us see whether Elijah will come to save him." And Jesus cried again with a 
 loud voice and yielded up his spirit. \n \nAnd behold\, the curtain of the 
 temple was torn in two\, from top to bottom\; and the earth shook\, and the
  rocks were split\; the tombs also were opened\, and many bodies of the sai
 nts who had fallen asleep were raised\, and coming out of the tombs after h
 is resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the
  centurion and those who were with him\, keeping watch over Jesus\, saw the
  earthquake and what took place\, they were filled with awe\, and said\, "T
 ruly this was the Son of God!"\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles\; Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, A
 bbot of Cucomo in Sicily\; Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savio
 ur Jesus Christ\; Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios the Notary\; Righteous Ap
 ollinaria the Senator\; Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euphemia\; Righteous Euthym
 ios the Younger\; New Martyr Onuphrios\; Righteous Euthymios of Vatopedi\; 
 Righteous John Scholarios\; Eustathios Archbishop of Serbia\; Nikephoros th
 e Leper\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy
  3:13-16\; 4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a
  good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which 
 is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these ins
 tructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to 
 behave in the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, th
 e pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the myste
 ry of our religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the
  Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on i
 n the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in
  later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful sp
 irits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose cons
 ciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods w
 hich God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and 
 know the truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to b
 e rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated
  by the word of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:1-6\nAt that t
 ime\, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea\, "Repent\
 , for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of b
 y the prophet Isaiah when he said\, "The voice of one crying in the wildern
 ess: prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight." Now John wore 
 a garment of camel's hair\, and a leather girdle around his waist\; and his
  food was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Ju
 dea and all the region about the Jordan\, and they were baptized by him in 
 the river Jordan\, confessing their sins.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200626
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; The R
 ighteous Martyr Febronia\; Prokopios the New Martyr\; Dionysius & Dometios 
 the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Methodius of Nevritos\; Orentios\, Pharmakio
 s\, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, and Longinos the Martyrs and Br
 others\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Romans 8:22-27\nBrethren\, we know that the whole creation has been gro
 aning in travail together until now\; and not only the creation\, but we ou
 rselves\, who have the first fruits of the Spirit\, groan inwardly as we wa
 it for adoption as sons\, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we
  were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he s
 ees? But if we hope for what we do not see\, we wait for it with patience.\
 n\nLikewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness\; for we do not know how to
  pray as we ought\, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too
  deep for words. And he who searches the Spirit intercedes for the saints a
 ccording to the will of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:23-31\nThe Lord 
 said to his disciples\, "When they persecute you in one town\, flee to the 
 next\; for truly\, I say to you\, you will not have gone through all the to
 wns of Israel before the Son of man comes. A disciple is not above his teac
 her\, nor a servant above his master\; it is enough for the disciple to be 
 like his teacher\, and the servant like his master. If they have called the
  master of the house Beelzebul\, how much more will they malign those of hi
 s household. So have no fear of them\; for nothing is covered that will not
  be revealed\, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dar
 k\, utter in the light\; and what you hear whispered\, proclaim upon the ho
 usetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul\;
  rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two
  sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground wit
 hout your Father's will. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 
 Fear not\, therefore\; you are of more value than many sparrows."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190314
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/13/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Pou
 plios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\, Christina the Martyr of Persia\, Gera
 ld\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 2:3-
 11\n\nThus say the people:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lor
 d\, to the house of the God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and th
 at we may walk in his paths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and
  the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.  He shall judge between the nations\,
  and shall decide for many peoples\; and they shall beat their swords into 
 plowshares\, and their spears into pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift up
  sword against nation\, neither shall they learn war any more.\n \nO house 
 of Jacob\, come\, let us walk in the light of the Lord.\n \nFor thou hast r
 ejected thy people\, the house of Jacob\, because they are full of diviners
  from the east and of soothsayers like the Philistines\, and they strike ha
 nds with foreigners.  Their land is filled with silver and gold\, and there
  is no end to their treasures\; their land is filled with horses\, and ther
 e is no end to their chariots.  Their land is filled with idols\; they bow 
 down to the work of their hands\, to what their own fingers have made.  So 
 man is humbled\, and men are brought low -- forgive them not!  Enter into t
 he rock\, and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord\, and fro
 m the glory of his majesty.  The haughty looks of man shall be brought low\
 , and the pride of men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalte
 d in that day.\n\n\nGenesis 1:24-2:3\n\n And God said\, "Let the earth brin
 g forth living creatures according to their kinds:  cattle and creeping thi
 ngs and beasts of the earth according to their kinds."  And it was so.  And
  God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle a
 ccording to their kinds\, and everything that creeps upon the ground accord
 ing to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.\n \nThen God said\, "Let us
  make man in our image\, after our likeness\; and let them have dominion ov
 er the fish of the sea\, and over the birds of the air\, and over the cattl
 e\, and over all the earth\, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon
  the earth."  So God created man in his own image\, in the image of God he 
 created him\; male and female he created them.  And God blessed them\, and 
 God said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth and subdu
 e it\; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the
  air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."  And God said\
 , "Behold\, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the fa
 ce of all the earth\, and every tree with seed in its fruit\; you shall hav
 e them for food.  And to every beast of the earth\, and to every bird of th
 e air\, and to everything that creeps on the earth\, everything that has th
 e breath of life\, I have given every green plant for food."  And it was so
 .  And God saw everything that he had made\, and behold\, it was very good.
   And there was evening and there was morning\, a sixth day.\n \nThus the h
 eavens and the earth were finished\, and all the host of them.  And on the 
 seventh day God finished his work which he had done\, and he rested on the 
 seventh day from all his work which he had done.  So God blessed the sevent
 h day and hallowed it\, because on it God rested from all his work which he
  had done in creation.\n\n\nProverbs 2:1-22\n\nMy son\, if you receive my w
 ords and treasure up my commandments with you\, making your ear attentive t
 o wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding\; yes\, if you cry out f
 or insight and raise your voice for understanding\, if you seek it like sil
 ver and search for it as for hidden treasures\; then you will understand th
 e fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.  For the Lord gives wisdo
 m\; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding\; he stores up sound wi
 sdom for the upright\; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity\, guar
 ding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.  Then you w
 ill understand righteousness and justice and equity\, every good path\; for
  wisdom will come into your heart\, and knowledge will be pleasant to your 
 soul\; discretion will watch over you\; understanding will guard you\; deli
 vering you from the way of evil\, from men of perverted speech\, who forsak
 e the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness\, who rejoice in
  doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil\; men whose paths are c
 rooked\, and who are devious in their ways.\n \nYou will be saved from the 
 loose woman\, from the adventuress with her smooth words\, who forsakes the
  companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God\; for her house
  sinks down to death\, and her paths to the shades\; none who go to her com
 e back nor do they regain the paths of life.\n \nSo you will walk in the wa
 y of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.  For the upright will
  inhabit the land\, and men of integrity will remain in it\; but the wicked
  will be cut off from the land\, and the treacherous will be rooted out of 
 it.\n \n
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SUMMARY:Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180827
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical5802f05e11a77193c4b9e1486dbbf94d
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/26/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\, Our Righteous Father Joseph\, Ico
 n of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nTone Four\nSecond Orthros Gospel\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-24\n\nBr
 ethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, be strong
 . Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know that the h
 ousehold of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they have dev
 oted themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to be subject to 
 such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of
  Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up for your
  absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition 
 to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca\, toget
 her with the church in their house\, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
  All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I\, P
 aul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the 
 Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be
  with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 21:33-42\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There was a household
 er who planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine pres
 s in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into ano
 ther country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to 
 the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat
  one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, 
 more than the first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his 
 son to them\, saying 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw t
 he son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill h
 im and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vin
 eyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what
  will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretch
 es to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who wil
 l give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you nev
 er read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has 
 become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marve
 lous in our eyes?'"\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:13th Sunday of Matthew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190220
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/19/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and On
 esimus\, Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\, Niketas the Younger\n\n
 Fast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 2:9-22\
 n\nBeloved\, the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial\, and to kee
 p the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment\, and especial
 ly those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.
 \n \nBold and willful\, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones\, w
 hereas angels\, though greater in might and power\, do not pronounce a revi
 ling judgment upon them before the Lord.  But these\, like irrational anima
 ls\, creatures of instinct\, born to be caught and killed\, reviling in mat
 ters of which they are ignorant\, will be destroyed in the same destruction
  with them\, suffering wrong for their wrongdoing.  They count it pleasure 
 to revel in the daytime.  They are blots and blemishes\, reveling in their 
 dissipation\, carousing with you.  They have eyes full of adultery\, insati
 able for sin.  They entice unsteady souls.  They have hearts trained in gre
 ed.  Accursed children!  Forsaking the right way they have gone astray\; th
 ey have followed the way of Balaam\, the son of Beor\, who loved gain from 
 wrongdoing\, but was rebuked for his own transgression\; a dumb ass spoke w
 ith human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.\n \nThese are waterle
 ss springs and mists driven by a storm\; for them the nether gloom of darkn
 ess has been reserved.  For\, uttering loud boasts of folly\, they entice w
 ith licentious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those
  who live in error.  They promise them freedom\, but they themselves are sl
 aves of corruption\; for whatever overcomes a man\, to that he is enslaved.
   For if\, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the
  knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, they are again entangled i
 n them and overpowered\, the last state has become worse for them than the 
 first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way o
 f righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandmen
 t delivered to them.  It has happened to them according to the true proverb
 \, The dog turns back to his own vomit\, and the sow is washed only to wall
 ow in the mire.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:14-23\n\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "When you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by Daniel the 
 prophet\, set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand)\, the
 n let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let him who is on the 
 housetop not go down\, nor enter his house\, to take anything away\; and le
 t him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle.  And alas for t
 hose who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!  Pray th
 at it may not happen in winter.  For in those days there will be such tribu
 lation as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created
  until now\, and never will be.  And if the Lord had not shortened the days
 \, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect\, whom he 
 chose\, he shortened the days.  And then if any one says to you\, 'Look\, h
 ere is the Christ!' or 'Look\, there he is!' do not believe it.  False Chri
 sts and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders\, to lead astr
 ay\, if possible\, the elect.  But take heed\; I have told you all things b
 eforehand."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Tuesday of Prodigal Son
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191219
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical586def179fc7e7751cf69a3ebbd01554
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/18/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\; Our Righteous Father Michael S
 yngellon the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First 
 Letter to Timothy 5:22-25\; 6:1-11\nTimothy\, my son\, do not be hasty in t
 he laying on of hands\, nor participate in another man's sins\; keep yourse
 lf pure. No longer drink only water\, but use a little wine for the sake of
  your stomach and your frequent ailments. The sins of some men are conspicu
 ous\, pointing to judgment\, but the sins of others appear later. So also g
 ood deeds are conspicuous\; and even when they are not\, they cannot remain
  hidden. Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as 
 worthy of all honor\, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be d
 efamed. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the g
 round that they are brethren\; rather they must serve all the better since 
 those who benefit by their service are believers and beloved. Teach and urg
 e these duties. If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the so
 und words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godl
 iness\, he is puffed up with conceit\, he knows nothing\; he has a morbid c
 raving for controversy and for disputes about words\, which produce envy\, 
 dissension\, slander\, base suspicions\, and wrangling among men who are de
 praved in mind and bereft of the truth\, imagining that godliness is a mean
 s of gain. There is great gain in godliness with contentment\; for we broug
 ht nothing into the world\, and we cannot take anything out of the world\; 
 but if we have food and clothing\, with these we shall be content. But thos
 e who desire to be rich fall into temptation\, into a snare\, into many sen
 seless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For t
 he love of money is the root of all evils\; it is through this craving that
  some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many 
 pangs. But as for you\, man of God\, shun all this.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  10:11-16\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another\,
  commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces her husband and marries
  another\, she commits adultery." And they were bringing children to him\, 
 that he might touch them\; and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus s
 aw it he was indignant\, and said to them\, "Let the children come to me\, 
 do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly\, I say 
 to you\, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not
  enter it." And he took them in his arms and blessed them\, laying his hand
 s upon them.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181118
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical5c70998a96b748a2115819a48338777d
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea\, Gennadios I and Ma
 ximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Righteous Mother Hilda of Whitby\n\n
 Fast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to th
 e Corinthians 12:7-11\n\nBrethren\, to each is given the manifestation of t
 he Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utter
 ance of wisdom\, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the
  same Spirit\, to another faith by the same Spirit\, to another gifts of he
 aling by the one Spirit\, to another the working of miracles\, to another p
 rophecy\, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits\, to anothe
 r various kinds of tongues\, to another the interpretation of tongues. All 
 these are inspired by one and the same Spirit\, who apportions to each one 
 individually as he wills.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:57-62\n\nAt that time
 \, as Jesus was going along the road\, a man said to him\, "I will follow y
 ou wherever you go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and birds 
 of the air have nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." To
  another he said\, "Follow me." But he said\, "Lord\, let me first go and b
 ury my father." But he said to him\, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead
 \; but as for you\, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Another said\, "I 
 will follow you\, Lord\; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.
 " Jesus said to him\, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back 
 is fit for the kingdom of God."       \n \n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\; Michael the New Martyr of Athens
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBre
 thren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced t
 o death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and t
 o men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are 
 weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To 
 the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and ho
 meless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless
 \; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we
  have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring 
 of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish yo
 u as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, 
 you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus thro
 ugh the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had co
 mpassion for them\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like sheep wi
 thout a shepherd. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them a
 uthority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every diseas
 e and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, 
 Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zeb
 edee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew t
 he tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon the Ca
 nanaean. and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out
 \, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of th
 e Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And 
 preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the si
 ck\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received withou
 t paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/28/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Hilarion the New\, Herodion the Apostle of the 70\, Stephen the Wonderw
 orker\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 11:10-12:2\n\n Thu
 s says the LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to 
 the peoples\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings shall be glori
 ous. \n \nIn that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to re
 cover the remnant which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, from Egypt\,
  from Pathros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from Hamath\, and
  from the coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for the nations\,
  and will assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the dispersed of Jud
 ah from the four corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim shall depar
 t\, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall not be jeal
 ous of Judah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they shall swoop do
 wn upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, and together they sha
 ll plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their hand against 
 Edom and Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LORD will utter
 ly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his hand over the
  River with his scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channels that men 
 may cross dryshod.  And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnan
 t which is left of his people\, as there was for Israel when they came up f
 rom the land of Egypt.  \n \nYou will say in that day: "I will give thanks 
 to thee\, O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy anger turned aw
 ay\, and thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\; I will tru
 st\, and will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song\,
  and he has become my salvation."\n\n\nGenesis 7:11-8:3\n\n In the six hund
 redth year of Noah's life\, in the second month\, on the seventeenth day of
  the month\, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth\, 
 and the windows of the heavens were opened.  And rain fell upon the earth f
 orty days and forty nights.  On the very same day Noah and his sons\, Shem 
 and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with 
 them entered the ark\, they and every beast according to its kind\, and all
  the cattle according to their kinds\, and every creeping thing that creeps
  on the earth according to its kind\, and every bird according to its kind\
 , every bird of every sort.  They went into the ark with Noah\, two and two
  of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.  And they that entered
 \, male and female of all flesh\, went in as God had commanded him\; and th
 e LORD shut him in.  \n \nThe flood continued forty days upon the earth\; a
 nd the waters increased\, and bore up the ark\, and it rose high above the 
 earth.  The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth\; and the
  ark floated on the face of the waters.  And the waters prevailed so mighti
 ly upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were c
 overed\; the waters prevailed above the mountains\, covering them fifteen c
 ubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved upon the earth\, birds\, cattle\
 , beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth\, and every man
 \; everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died
 .  He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground\,
  man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air\; they were blott
 ed out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, and those that were with him in
  the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days
 .  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were 
 with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth\, and the wate
 rs subsided\; the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were
  closed\, the rain from the heavens was restrained\, and the waters receded
  from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the wat
 ers had abated.\n \n\nProverbs 10:1-22\n\nA wise son makes a glad father\, 
 but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.  Treasures gained by wickednes
 s do not profit\, but righteousness delivers from death.  The LORD does not
  let the righteous go hungry\, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.  A
  slack hand causes poverty\, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.  A so
 n who gathers in summer is prudent\, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings
  shame.  Blessings are on the head of the righteous\, but the mouth of the 
 wicked conceals violence.  The memory of the righteous is a blessing\, but 
 the name of the wicked will rot.  The wise of heart will heed commandments\
 , but a prating fool will come to ruin.  He who walks in integrity walks se
 curely\, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.  He who winks the 
 eye causes trouble\, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.  The mouth of 
 the righteous is a fountain of life\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals 
 violence.  Hatred stirs up strife\, but love covers all offenses.  On the l
 ips of him who has understanding wisdom is found\, but a rod is for the bac
 k of him who lacks sense.  Wise men lay up knowledge\, but the babbling of 
 a fool brings ruin near.  A rich man's wealth is his strong city\; the pove
 rty of the poor is their ruin.  The wage of the righteous leads to life\, t
 he gain of the wicked to sin.  He who heeds instruction is on the path to l
 ife\, but he who rejects reproof goes astray.  He who conceals hatred has l
 ying lips\, and he who utters slander is a fool.  When words are many\, tra
 nsgression is not lacking\, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.  The 
 tongue of the righteous is choice silver\; the mind of the wicked is of lit
 tle worth.  The lips of the righteous feed many\, but fools die for lack of
  sense.  The blessing of the LORD makes rich\, and he adds no sorrow with i
 t.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: James the Confessor\, Thomas I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Philemon
  and Domninos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 41:4-14\n\
 nWho has performed and done this\, calling the generations from the beginni
 ng? I\, the LORD\, the first\, and with the last\; I am He.  The coastlands
  have seen and are afraid\, the ends of the earth tremble\; they have drawn
  near and come.  Every one helps his neighbor\, and says to his brother\, "
 Take courage!"  The craftsman encourages the goldsmith\, and he who smoothe
 s with the hammer him who strikes the anvil\, saying of the soldering\, "It
  is good"\; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.  \n \
 nBut you\, Israel\, my servant\, Jacob\, whom I have chosen\, the offspring
  of Abraham\, my friend\; you whom I took from the ends of the earth\, and 
 called from its farthest corners\, saying to you\, "You are my servant\, I 
 have chosen you and not cast you off"\; fear not\, for I am with you\, be n
 ot dismayed\, for I am your God\; I will strengthen you\, I will help you\,
  I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n \n Behold\, all who ar
 e incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded\; those who str
 ive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.  You shall seek those
  who contend with you\, but you shall not find them\; those who war against
  you shall be as nothing at all.  For I\, the LORD your God\, hold your rig
 ht hand\; it is I who say to you\, "Fear not\, I will help you."  Fear not\
 , you worm Jacob\, you men of Israel! I will help you\, says the LORD\; you
 r Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.\n\n\nGenesis 17:1-9\n\n When Abram wa
 s ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram\, and said to him\, "I a
 m God Almighty\; walk before me\, and be blameless.  And I will make my cov
 enant between me and you\, and will multiply you exceedingly."  Then Abram 
 fell on his face\; and God said to him\,  "Behold\, my covenant is with you
 \, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.  No longer shall 
 your name be Abram\, but your name shall be Abraham\; for I have made you t
 he father of a multitude of nations.  I will make you exceedingly fruitful\
 ; and I will make nations of you\, and kings shall come forth from you.  An
 d I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants afte
 r you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant\, to be God 
 to you and to your descendants after you.  And I will give to you\, and to 
 your descendants after you\, the land of your sojournings\, all the land of
  Canaan\, for an everlasting possession\; and I will be their God."\n\n\nPr
 overbs 15:20-16:9\n\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish man des
 pises his mother.  Folly is a joy to him who has no sense\, but a man of un
 derstanding walks aright.  Without counsel plans go wrong\, but with many a
 dvisers they succeed.  To make an apt answer is a joy to a man\, and a word
  in season\, how good it is!  The wise man's path leads upward to life\, th
 at he may avoid Sheol beneath.  The LORD tears down the house of the proud\
 , but maintains the widow's boundaries.  The thoughts of the wicked are an 
 abomination to the LORD\, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.  He wh
 o is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household\, but he who ha
 tes bribes will live.  The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer\, bu
 t the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.  The LORD is far from the 
 wicked\, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.  The light of the eyes r
 ejoices the heart\, and good news refreshes the bones.  He whose ear heeds 
 wholesome admonition will abide among the wise.  He who ignores instruction
  despises himself\, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.  The f
 ear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom\, and humility goes before honor. 
  The plans of the mind belong to man\, but the answer of the tongue is from
  the LORD.  All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes\, but the LORD w
 eighs the spirit.  Commit your work to the LORD\, and your plans will be es
 tablished.  The LORD has made everything for its purpose\, even the wicked 
 for the day of trouble.  Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the
  LORD\; be assured\, he will not go unpunished.  By loyalty and faithfulnes
 s iniquity is atoned for\, and by the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.  
 When a man's ways please the LORD\, he makes even his enemies to be at peac
 e with him.  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with
  injustice.  A man's mind plans his way\, but the LORD directs his steps.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/15/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\, Vladimir\, Equal-to-t
 he-Apostles of Kiev\, The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\, Don
 ald and his Nine Daughters\, Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 13:11-14\; 14:1-5\n\nBR
 ETHREN\, when I was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child
 \, I reasoned like a child\; when I became a man\, I gave up childish ways.
  For now we see in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I know in pa
 rt\; then I shall understand fully\, even as I have been fully understood. 
 So faith\, hope\, love abide\, these three\; but the greatest of these is l
 ove. Make love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especi
 ally that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to me
 n but to God\; for no one understands him\, but he utters mysteries in the 
 Spirit. On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbui
 lding and encouragement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies 
 himself\, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want you all to s
 peak in tongues\, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater t
 han he who speaks in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so that the chu
 rch may be edified. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\n\nAt 
 that time\, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said
 \, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes." And when he came h
 ome\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\, "What do you think\, Simon? From 
 whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from ot
 hers?" And when he said\, "From others\," Jesus said to him\, "Then the son
 s are free. However\, not to give offense to them\, go to the sea and cast 
 a hook\, and take the first fish that comes up\, and when you open its mout
 h you will find a shekel\; take that and give it to them for me and for you
 rself."\n \n At that time the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is th
 e greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he put h
 im in the midst of them\, and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you tur
 n and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Wh
 oever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom o
 f heaven."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/27/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of the Lord\, Eulogios the Innkee
 per of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts of the Apostles 8:40\; 9:1-19\n\nIn those days\, Philip was found 
 at Azotos\, and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till he 
 came to Caesarea. But Saul\, still breathing threats and murder against the
  disciples of the Lord\, went to the high priest and asked him for letters 
 to the synagogues at Damascus\, so that if he found any belonging to the Wa
 y\, men or women\, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he journe
 yed he approached Damascus\, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about
  him. And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him\, "Saul\, S
 aul\, why do you persecute me?" And he said\, "Who are you\, Lord?" And he 
 said\, " I am Jesus\, whom you are persecuting\; but rise and enter the cit
 y\, and you will be told what you are to do." The men who were traveling wi
 th him stood speechless\, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Saul arose f
 rom the ground\; and when his eyes were opened\, he could see nothing\; so 
 they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And for three days 
 he was without sight\, and neither ate nor drank.\n \nNow there was a disci
 ple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias.
 " And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go
  to the street called Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas for a ma
 n of Tarsus named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man
  named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his
  sight." But Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about this m
 an\, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has
  authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name." But 
 the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry
  my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will 
 show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias depar
 ted and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother S
 aul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came\, ha
 s sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit
 ." And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained
  his sight. Then he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was strengthe
 ned.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:48-54\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who bel
 ieved in him: "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wi
 lderness\, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven\, 
 that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down
  from heaven\; if any one eats of this bread\, he will live forever\; and t
 he bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."\n \nThe
  Jews then disputed among themselves\, saying\, "How can this man give us h
 is flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, u
 nless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood\, you have no
  life in you\; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life\, 
 and I will raise him up at the last day."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Irene the Great Martyr\, Neophytos\, Gaius\, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs\
 , The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\, Euthymios the Wonderworker\, B
 ishop of Madytos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\n\nAb
 out that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to
  the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when 
 he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This w
 as during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put
  him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\
 , intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was
  kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.
 \n \nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleep
 ing between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the 
 door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\
 , and a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke 
 him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the
  angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he we
 nt out and followed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel w
 as real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the firs
 t and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. 
 It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on throu
 gh one street\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himse
 lf\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued
  me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecti
 ng."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:31-42\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  believed in him\, "If you continue in my word\, you are truly my disciples
 \, and you will know the truth\, and the truth will make you free." They an
 swered him\, "We are descendants of Abraham\, and have never been in bondag
 e to any one. How is it that you say\, 'You will be made free'?"\n \nJesus 
 answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, every one who commits sin i
 s a slave to sin. The slave does not continue in the house for ever\; the s
 on continues for ever. So if the Son makes you free\, you will be free inde
 ed. I know that you are descendants of Abraham\; yet you seek to kill me\, 
 because my word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my 
 Father\, and you do what you have heard from your father."\n \nThey answere
 d him\, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them\, "If you were Abraham'
 s children\, you would do what Abraham did\, but now you seek to kill me\, 
 a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God\; this is not what 
 Abraham did. You do what your father did." They said to him\, "We were not 
 born of fornication\; we have one Father\, even God." Jesus said to them\, 
 "If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came for
 th from God\; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/14/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, an
 d Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:5-14\n\nTitus\, my son\, appoint e
 lders in every town as I directed you\, if any man is blameless\, the husba
 nd of one wife\, and his children are believers and not open to the charge 
 of being profligate or insubordinate. For a bishop\, as God's steward\, mus
 t be blameless\; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or
  violent or greedy for gain\, but hospitable\, a lover of goodness\, master
  of himself\, upright\, holy\, and self-controlled\; he must hold firm to t
 he sure word as taught\, so that he may be able to give instruction in soun
 d doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it. For there are many 
 insubordinate men\, empty talkers and deceivers especially the circumcision
  party\; they must be silenced\, since they are upsetting whole families by
  teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach. One of themselves
 \, a prophet of their own\, said\, "Cretans are always liars\, evil beasts\
 , lazy gluttons." This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply\, t
 hat they may be sound in the faith\, instead of giving heed to Jewish myths
  or to commands of men who reject the truth.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:10
 -15\n\nAt that time\, the disciples kept the word of Jesus to themselves\, 
 questioning what the rising from the dead meant. And they asked him\, "Why 
 do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" And he said to them\, "Eli
 jah does come first to restore all things\; and how is it written of the So
 n of man\, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 
 But I tell you that Elijah has come\, and they did to him whatever they ple
 ased\, as it is written of him." And when they came to the disciples\, they
  saw a great crowd about them\, and scribes arguing with them. And immediat
 ely all the crowd\, when they saw him\, were greatly amazed\, and ran up to
  him and greeted him.       \n \n\n
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  and Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/4/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Babylas the Holy Martyr\, Moses the Prophet & Godseer\, Our Righteous Fa
 ther Anthimus of Coroucle in Cephallenia\, Hermione the Martyr\, daughter o
 f St. Philip the Deacon\, Anthimos the new ascetic\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 12:10-19\n\nBrethren\, for the 
 sake of Christ I am content with weaknesses\, insults\, hardships\, persecu
 tions\, and calamities\; for when I am weak\, then I am strong.\n \nI have 
 been a fool! You forced me to it\, for I ought to have been commended by yo
 u. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative apostles\, even thoug
 h I am nothing. The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all
  patience\, with signs and wonders and mighty works. For in what were you l
 ess favored than the rest of the churches\, except that I myself did not bu
 rden you? Forgive me this wrong!\n \nHere for the third time I am ready to 
 come to you. And I will not be a burden\, for I seek not what is yours but 
 you\; for children ought not to lay up for their parents\, but parents for 
 their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I 
 love you the more\, am I to be loved the less? But granting that I myself d
 id not burden you\, I was crafty\, you say\, and got the better of you by g
 uile. Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you? 
 I urged Titus to go\, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advanta
 ge of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same step
 s?\n \nHave you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselv
 es before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Chri
 st\, and all for your upbuilding\, beloved.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 4:10-
 23\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus was alone\, <span>the disciples\, with the 
 twelve\, asked him concerning the parable of the sower</span>. And he said 
 to them\, "To you has been given the secrets of the kingdom but for those o
 utside everything is in parables\; so that they may indeed see but not perc
 eive\, and may indeed hear but not understand\; lest they should turn again
 \, and be forgiven." And he said to them\, "Do you not understand this para
 ble? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word
 . And these are the ones along the path\, where the word is sown\; when the
 y hear\, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in t
 hem. And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground\, who\, w
 hen they hear the word\, immediately receive it with joy\; and they have no
  root in themselves\, but endure for a while\; then\, when tribulation or p
 ersecution arises on account of the word\, immediately they fall away. And 
 others are the ones sown among thorns\; they are those who hear the word\, 
 but the cares of the world\, and the delight in riches\, and the desire for
  other things\, enter in and choke the word\, and it proves unfruitful. But
  those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word and
  accept it and bear fruit\, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."\n 
 \nAnd he said to them\, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel\, or
  under a bed\, and not on a stand? For there is nothing hid\, except to be 
 made manifest\; nor is anything secret\, except to come to light. If any ma
 n has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\; Kallistos I\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Nicholas Cabasilas\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:19-24\nBrethren\, we know that wh
 atever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law\, so that ever
 y mouth may be stopped\, and the whole world may be held accountable to God
 . For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law\, s
 ince through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of G
 od has been manifested apart from law\, although the law and the prophets b
 ear witness to it\, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ 
 for all who believe. For there is no distinction\; since all have sinned an
 d fall short of the glory of God\, they are justified by his grace as a gif
 t\, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 7:1-8\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, that you be not judged. For with t
 he judgment you pronounce you will be judged\, and the measure you give wil
 l be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother'
 s eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you s
 ay to your brother\, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye\,' when there i
 s the log in your own eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your o
 wn eye\, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brothe
 r's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy\; and do not throw your pearls befor
 e swine\, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you. Ask\, a
 nd it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it will be
  opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who seeks finds\, 
 and to him who knocks it will be opened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\; Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and pow
 er\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who b
 elonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cy
 renians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, ar
 ose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and 
 the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who sai
 d\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And 
 they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came u
 pon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up fals
 e witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this h
 oly place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazare
 th will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delive
 red to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his fac
 e was like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?
 " And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appea
 red to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in
  Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and
  go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of
  the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God remove
 d him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave h
 im no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give i
 t to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no ch
 ild.\n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High do
 es not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is m
 y throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says 
 the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these 
 things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, yo
 u always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of 
 the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who anno
 unced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betray
 ed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did n
 ot keep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and th
 ey ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed
  into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right han
 d of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son o
 f man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud vo
 ice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him
  out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garment
 s at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\,
  he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried 
 with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he
  had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33-42\nThe L
 ord said this parable\, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard\, a
 nd set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\,
  and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. When the season
  of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his frui
 t\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and s
 toned another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and the
 y did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying 'They wi
 ll respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themsel
 ves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.'
  And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When th
 erefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?
 " They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and
  let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in thei
 r seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'T
 he very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner
 \; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isidore of Pelusium\; Nicholas the Confessor\; Hieromartyr Abramius\; 
 John the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\; Theodosios the Righteous\; Jose
 ph the New Martyr of Aleppo\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord an
 d Savior in the Temple\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesia
 ns 2:19-22\; 3:1-7\nBrethren\, you are no longer strangers and sojourners\,
  but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household o
 f God\, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jes
 us himself being the cornerstone\, in whom the whole structure is joined to
 gether and grows into a holy temple in the Lord in whom you also are built 
 into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. For this reason I\, Paul
 \, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -- assuming that y
 ou have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for yo
 u\, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation\, as I have written 
 briefly. When you read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of
  Christ\, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations 
 as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit
 \; that is\, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs\, members of the same body\,
  and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this g
 ospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was 
 given me by the working of his power.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:1-7\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus came to his own country\; and his disciples followed him. An
 d on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue\; and many who heard hi
 m were astonished\, saying\, "Where did this man get all this? What is the 
 wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by his hands! Is not thi
 s the carpenter\, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas 
 and Simon\, and are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at
  him. And Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not without honor\, except in 
 his own country\, and among his own kin\, and in his own house." And he cou
 ld do no mighty work there\, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick 
 people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he w
 ent about among the villages teaching. And he called to him the twelve\, an
 d began to send them out two by two\, and gave them authority over the uncl
 ean spirits.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200407
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; 120 Martyrs of Persia\; Greg
 ory of Sinai\; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Isaiah 48:17-49:4\nThus says the LORD\, your Redeemer\, the Holy O
 ne of Israel: "I am the LORD your God\, who teaches you to profit\, who lea
 ds you in the way you should go.  O that you had hearkened to my commandmen
 ts! Then your peace would have been like a river\, and your righteousness l
 ike the waves of the sea\; your offspring would have been like the sand\, a
 nd your descendants like its grains\; their name would never be cut off or 
 destroyed from before me."\n\nGo forth from Babylon\, flee from Chaldea\, d
 eclare this with a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, send it forth to the end of
  the earth\; say\, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!"  They thirste
 d not when he led them through the deserts\; he made water flow for them fr
 om the rock\; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.  "There is no pea
 ce\," says the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n\nListen to me\, O coastlands\, an
 d hearken\, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb\, from 
 the body of my mother he named my name.  He made my mouth like a sharp swor
 d\, in the shadow of his hand he hid me\; he made me a polished arrow\, in 
 his quiver he hid me away.  And he said to me\, "You are my servant\, Israe
 l\, in whom I will be glorified."  But I said\, "I have labored in vain\, I
  have spent my strength for nothing and vanity\; yet surely my right is wit
 h the LORD\, and my recompense with my God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Gene
 sis 27:1-41\nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not 
 see\, he called Esau his older son\, and said to him\, "My son"\; and he an
 swered\, "Here I am."  He said\, "Behold\, I am old\; I do not know the day
  of my death.  Now then\, take your weapons\, your quiver and your bow\, an
 d go out to the field\, and hunt game for me\, and prepare for me savory fo
 od\, such as I love\, and bring it to me that I may eat\; that I may bless 
 you before I die."  Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son E
 sau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it\, Rebekah
  said to her son Jacob\, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau\, 
  'Bring me game\, and prepare for me savory food\, that I may eat it\, and 
 bless you before the LORD before I die.'  Now therefore\, my son\, obey my 
 word as I command you.  Go to the flock\, and fetch me two good kids\, that
  I may prepare from them savory food for your father\, such as he loves\; a
 nd you shall bring it to your father to eat\, so that he may bless you befo
 re he dies."  But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother\, "Behold\, my brother E
 sau is a hairy man\, and I am a smooth man.  Perhaps my father will feel me
 \, and I shall seem to be mocking him\, and bring a curse upon myself and n
 ot a blessing."  His mother said to him\, "Upon me be your curse\, my son\;
  only obey my word\, and go\, fetch them to me."  So he went and took them 
 and brought them to his mother\; and his mother prepared savory food\, such
  as his father loved.  Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her olde
 r son\, which were with her in the house\, and put them on Jacob her younge
 r son\; and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smoot
 h part of his neck\; and she gave the savory food and the bread\, which she
  had prepared\, into the hand of her son Jacob.\n\nSo he went in to his fat
 her\, and said\, "My father"\; and he said\, "Here I am\; who are you\, my 
 son?"  Jacob said to his father\, "I am Esau your first-born. I have done a
 s you told me\; now sit up and eat of my game\, that you may bless me."  Bu
 t Isaac said to his son\, "How is it that you have found it so quickly\, my
  son?" He answered\, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."  Then 
 Isaac said to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I may feel you\, my son\, to know w
 hether you are really my son Esau or not."  So Jacob went near to Isaac his
  father\, who felt him and said\, "The voice is Jacob's voice\, but the han
 ds are the hands of Esau."  And he did not recognize him\, because his hand
 s were hairy like his brother Esau's hands\; so he blessed him.  He said\, 
 "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered\, "I am."  Then he said\, "Bring 
 it to me\, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it
  to him\, and he ate\; and he brought him wine\, and he drank.  Then his fa
 ther Isaac said to him\, "Come near and kiss me\, my son."  So he came near
  and kissed him\; and he smelled the smell of his garments\, and blessed hi
 m\, and said\, "See\, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which 
 the LORD has blessed!  May God give you of the dew of heaven\, and of the f
 atness of the earth\, and plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you\
 , and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers\, and may your mo
 ther's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you\, and bless
 ed be every one who blesses you!"\n\nAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing
  Jacob\, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his fa
 ther\, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.  He also prepared savory 
 food\, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father\, "Let my fa
 ther arise\, and eat of his son's game\, that you may bless me."  His fathe
 r Isaac said to him\, "Who are you?" He answered\, "I am your son\, your fi
 rst-born\, Esau."  Then Isaac trembled violently\, and said\, "Who was it t
 hen that hunted game and brought it to me\, and I ate it all before you cam
 e\, and I have blessed him? - Yes\, and he shall be blessed."  When Esau he
 ard the words of his father\, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bi
 tter cry\, and said to his father\, "Bless me\, even me also\, O my father!
 "  But he said\, "Your brother came with guile\, and he has taken away your
  blessing."  Esau said\, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplan
 ted me these two times. He took away my birthright\; and behold\, now he ha
 s taken away my blessing." Then he said\, "Have you not reserved a blessing
  for me?"  Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, I have made him your lord\, and 
 all his brothers I have given to him for servants\, and with grain and wine
  I have sustained him. What then can I do for you\, my son?"  Esau said to 
 his father\, "Have you but one blessing\, my father? Bless me\, even me als
 o\, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.  Then Isaac his fa
 ther answered him: "Behold\, away from the fatness of the earth shall your 
 dwelling be\, and away from the dew of heaven on high.  By your sword you s
 hall live\, and you shall serve your brother\; but when you break loose you
  shall break his yoke from your neck."  Now Esau hated Jacob because of the
  blessing with which his father had blessed him\, and Esau said to himself\
 , "The days of mourning for my father are approaching\; then I will kill my
  brother Jacob."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 19:16-25\nHe who keeps 
 the commandment keeps his life\; he who despises the word will die.  He who
  is kind to the poor lends to the LORD\, and he will repay him for his deed
 .  Discipline your son while there is hope\; do not set your heart on his d
 estruction.  A man of great wrath will pay the penalty\; for if you deliver
  him\, you will only have to do it again.  Listen to advice and accept inst
 ruction\, that you may gain wisdom for the future.  Many are the plans in t
 he mind of a man\, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be establish
 ed.  What is desired in a man is loyalty\, and a poor man is better than a 
 liar.  The fear of the LORD leads to life\; and he who has it rests satisfi
 ed\; he will not be visited by harm.  The sluggard buries his hand in the d
 ish\, and will not even bring it back to his mouth.  Strike a scoffer\, and
  the simple will learn prudence\; reprove a man of understanding\, and he w
 ill gain knowledge.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190201
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/31/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\, Holy Women Martyrs Theodote\, Theoktis
 te and Eudoxia\, Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\, Elias Ardounis th
 e New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\, Aed from Ferns\n\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\n\nBrethre
 n\, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has
  appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\
 , then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, spea
 kers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Ar
 e all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  D
 o all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the high
 er gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in t
 he tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or 
 a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mys
 teries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mounta
 ins\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if
  I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love 
 is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant 
 or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resen
 tful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears
  all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. 
 Love never ends.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\n\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over uncle
 an spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmi
 ty.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Ge
 ntiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sh
 eep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom o
 f heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, ca
 st out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191102
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/01/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother Th
 eodota\; David the Righteous of Evia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1
 -8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  
 And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, thir
 d teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administra
 tors\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all pr
 ophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of 
 healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desi
 re the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I
  speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noi
 sy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and underst
 and all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to re
 move mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I ha
 ve\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain not
 hing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is no
 t arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritab
 le or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right.
  Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures a
 ll things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority ove
 r unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every 
 infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among
  the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the 
 lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The ki
 ngdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepe
 rs\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother
  Theodota
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200523
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\; Holy New Martyrs Demetrius 
 and Paul of Tripoli\; John-Vladimir\, Ruler of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:5-12\nIN THOSE DA
 YS\, some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up\, an
 d said\, "it is necessary to circumcise them\, and to charge them to keep t
 he law of Moses." The apostles and the elders were gathered together to con
 sider this matter. And after there had been much debate\, Peter rose and sa
 id to them\, "Brethren\, you know that in the early days God made choice am
 ong you\, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel 
 and believe. And God who knows the heart bore witness to them\, giving them
  the Holy Spirit just as he did to us\; and he made no distinction between 
 us and them\, but cleansed their hearts by faith. Now therefore why do you 
 make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which ne
 ither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we sha
 ll be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus\, just as they will." And a
 ll the assembly kept silence\; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as th
 ey related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Genti
 les. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:17-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came 
 to him\, "For this reason the Father loves me\, because I lay down my life\
 , that I may take it again. No one takes it from me\, but I lay it down of 
 my own accord. I have power to lay it down\, and I have power to take it ag
 ain\; this charge I have received from my Father." \n\nThere was again a di
 vision among the Jews because of these words. Many of them said\, "He has a
  demon\, and he is mad\; why listen to him?" Others said\, "These are not t
 he sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
 \n\nIt was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem\; it was winter\, and J
 esus was walking in the temple\, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gat
 hered round him and said to him\, "How long will you keep us in suspense? I
 f you are the Christ\, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them\, "I told you\
 , and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name\, they be
 ar witness to me\; but you do not believe\, because you do not belong to my
  sheep. My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and
  I give them eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr\, Holy Glorious New
  Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\, Phocas the Martyr\, Plegmund\, Archbishop
  of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:
 8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\n\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\,
  did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belon
 ged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyreni
 ans\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose 
 and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the 
 Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, 
 "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they
  stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon 
 him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up false wi
 tnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy 
 place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth w
 ill destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered 
 to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face wa
 s like the face of an angel.\n \nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" A
 nd Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared
  to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Ha
 ran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go
  into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of th
 e Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed h
 im from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him 
 no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it t
 o him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child
 .\n \n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does
  not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my 
 throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says th
 e Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these th
 ings?'\n \n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you
  always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of t
 he prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who annou
 nced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betraye
 d and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did no
 t keep it."\n \nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and th
 ey ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed
  into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right han
 d of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son o
 f man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud vo
 ice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him
  out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garment
 s at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\,
  he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried 
 with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he
  had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\n\nThe L
 ord said this parable\, "A man planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around 
 it\, and dug a pit for the wine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out 
 to tenants\, and went into another country. When the time came\, he sent a 
 servant to the tenants\, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard
 . And they took him and beat him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he
  sent to them another servant\, and they wounded him in the head\, and trea
 ted him shamefully. And he sent another\, and him they killed\; and so with
  many others\, some they beat and some they killed. He had still one other\
 , a beloved son\; finally he sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect
  my son.' But those tenants said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\
 , let us kill him\, and the inheritance will be ours.' And they took him an
 d killed him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the
  vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard 
 to others. Have you not read this scripture: 'The very stone which the buil
 ders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing
 \, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but fe
 ared the multitude\, for they perceived that he had told the parable agains
 t them\; so they left him and went away.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/10/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\, Poulcheria the Empres
 s\, Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:28-31\; 5:1-10\n\nBrethren\, we\, like Is
 aac\, are children of promise. But as at that time he who was born accordin
 g to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit\, so it 
 is now. But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and her son\; 
 for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."
  So\, brethren\, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman. Fo
 r freedom Christ has set us free\; stand fast therefore\, and do not submit
  again to a yoke of slavery. Now I\, Paul\, say to you that if you receive 
 circumcision\, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to ev
 ery man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law. Y
 ou are severed from Christ\, you who would be justified by the law\; you ha
 ve fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit\, by faith\, we wait for 
 the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor unc
 ircumcision is of any avail\, but faith working through love. You were runn
 ing well\; who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not 
 from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have conf
 idence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine\; and he who 
 is troubling you will bear his judgment\, whoever he is.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 3:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved the world 
 that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not perish 
 but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn
  the world\, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes
  in him is not condemned\; he who does not believe is condemned already\, b
 ecause he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is 
 the judgment\, that the light has come into the world\, and men loved darkn
 ess rather than light\, because their deeds were evil. For every one who do
 es evil hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, lest his deeds s
 hould be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light\, that it
  may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/12/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\,
  The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\, Sergios\, Stephen and
  Kastor\, Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\, Soldier-martyrs of
  Crete\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 11:31-34\; 12:1-6\n\nBrethren\, if we judged ourselves truly\, 
 we should not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chaste
 ned so that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then\, my bret
 hren\, when you come together to eat\, wait for one another - if any one is
  hungry\, let him eat at home - lest you come together to be condemned. Abo
 ut the other things I will give directions when I come. Now concerning the 
 spiritual gifts\, brethren\, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know t
 hat when you were heathen\, you were led astray to dumb idols\, however you
  may have been moved. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaki
 ng by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Je
 sus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts\, 
 but the same spirit\; and there are varieties of service\, but the same Lor
 d\; and there are varieties of working\, but it is the same God who inspire
 s them all in every one.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:1-11\n\nAt that ti
 me\, the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kin
 gdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of th
 em and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like child
 ren\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself l
 ike this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.\n \n"Whoever 
 receives one such child in my name receives me\; but whoever causes one of 
 these little ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him to 
 have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the dep
 th of the sea.\n \n"Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is nece
 ssary that temptations come\, but woe to the man by whom the temptation com
 es! And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw 
 it away\; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two h
 ands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes
  you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\; it is better for you to ente
 r life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fir
 e.\n \n"See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell y
 ou that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is i
 n heaven. For the Son of man came to save the lost."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\; Vavylas the Holy Martyr\; Xenia of St. Pet
 ersburg\, Fool-for-Christ\; Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in 
 Cyprus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatian
 s 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace
 \, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-contro
 l\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus hav
 e crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spi
 rit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no pro
 voking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is ove
 rtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spir
 it of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one an
 other's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A man planted a vineyard\, and set 
 a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the wine press\, and built a tower\, 
 and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. When the time ca
 me\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to get from them some of the fruit 
 of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him\, and sent him away empty h
 anded. Again he sent to them another servant\, and they wounded him in the 
 head\, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another\, and him they kille
 d\; and so with many others\, some they beat and some they killed. He had s
 till one other\, a beloved son\; finally he sent him to them\, saying\, 'Th
 ey will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another\, 'This is t
 he heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the inheritance will be ours.' And t
 hey took him and killed him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will t
 he owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants\, and giv
 e the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture: 'The very stone
  which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was t
 he Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" And they tried to arre
 st him\, but feared the multitude\, for they perceived that he had told the
  parable against them\; so they left him and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/10/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\,Hieromartyr Haralambos\, Anastasios\, Patriarch
  of Jerusalem\, Porphyrios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nTone Four\nFourth O
 rthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1
 -10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, 
 and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful m
 en who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good sold
 ier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursu
 its\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is n
 ot crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking
  farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I s
 ay\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n \nRemember 
 Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in 
 my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a 
 criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everythin
 g for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ
  Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:21-28\n\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold\, a Ca
 naanite woman from that region came out and cried\, "Have mercy on me\, O L
 ord\, Son of David\; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he 
 did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him\, saying\,
   "Send her away\, for she is crying after us." He answered\,  "I was sent 
 only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and knelt befo
 re him\, saying\,  "Lord\, help me." And he answered\,  "It is not fair to 
 take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." She said\,  "Yes\, Lor
 d\, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." 
 Then Jesus answered her\,  "O woman\, great is your faith! Be it done for y
 ou as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\, Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\, Martin\, Bishop of Tours\, Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-1
 1\n\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who
  sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has ma
 de up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a chee
 rful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance
 \, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abun
 dance for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he give
 s to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed t
 o the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and 
 increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every w
 ay for great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God
 .\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, 
 "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor 
 do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it giv
 es light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that th
 ey may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 
  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have co
 me not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, til
 l heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the
  law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of t
 hese commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom
  of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in
  the kingdom of heaven."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/6/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colossa
 e (Chonae)\, Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\n\nBrethren\, if th
 e message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedie
 nce received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a 
 great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested
  to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wo
 nders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed acco
 rding to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the worl
 d to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "Wh
 at is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou care
 st for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\, 
 thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjecti
 on under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he lef
 t nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in s
 ubjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower 
 than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of 
 death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. For
  it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringi
 ng many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect 
 through suffering.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects 
 me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned w
 ith joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
  And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold
 \, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and ov
 er all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do
  not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice th
 at your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the 
 Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, t
 hat you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and reveal
 ed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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 lossae (Chonae)
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/22/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs in the Quarter o
 f Eugenius\, Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus\, Anthousa the 
 Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah
  2:11-21\n\nThe haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride o
 f men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n 
 \nFor the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty\, aga
 inst all that is lifted up and high\; against all the cedars of Lebanon\, l
 ofty and lifted up\; and against all the oaks of Bashan\; against all the h
 igh mountains\, and against all the lofty hills\; against every high tower\
 , and against every fortified wall\; against all the ships of Tarshish\, an
 d against all the beautiful craft.  And the haughtiness of man shall be hum
 bled\, and the pride of men shall be brought low\; and the Lord alone will 
 be exalted in that day.  And the idols shall utterly pass away.  And men sh
 all enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground\, from before 
 the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, when he rises 
 to terrify the earth.\n \nIn that day men will cast forth their idols of si
 lver and their idols of gold\, which they made for themselves to worship\, 
 to the moles and to the bats\, to enter the caverns of the rocks and the cl
 efts of the cliffs\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glor
 y of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n \n\nGenesis 2:4-19
 \n\nThese are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were c
 reated.\n \nIn the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens\, w
 hen no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had
  yet sprung up -- for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth
 \, and there was no man to till the ground\; but a mist went up from the ea
 rth and watered the whole face of the ground -- then the Lord God formed ma
 n of dust from the ground\, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of li
 fe\; and man became a living being.  And the Lord God planted a garden in E
 den\, in the east\; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  And out o
 f the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the s
 ight and good for food\, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden\,
  and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.\n \nA river flowed out of 
 Eden to water the garden\, and there it divided and became four rivers.  Th
 e name of the first is Pishon\; it is the one which flows around the whole 
 land of Hav'ilah\, where there is gold\; and the gold of that land is good\
 ; bdellium and onyx stone are there.  The name of the second river is Gihon
 \; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.  And the name o
 f the third river is Tigris\, which flows east of Assyria.  And the fourth 
 river is the Euphra'tes.\n \nThe Lord God took the man and put him in the g
 arden of Eden to till it and keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man\,
  saying\, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden\; but of the tree
  of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat\, for in the day that 
 you eat of it you shall die."\n \nThen the Lord God said\, "It is not good 
 that the man should be alone\; I will make him a helper fit for him."  So o
 ut of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bir
 d of the air\, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them\;
  and whatever the man called every living creature\, that was its name.\n\n
 \nProverbs 3:1-18\n\nMy son\, do not forget my teaching\, but let your hear
 t keep my commandments\; for length of days and years of life and abundant 
 welfare will they give you.\n \nLet not loyalty and faithfulness forsake yo
 u\; bind them about your neck\, write them on the tablet of your heart.  So
  you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.\n \nTrust
  in the Lord with all your heart\, and do not rely on your own insight.  In
  all your ways acknowledge him\, and he will make straight your paths.  Be 
 not wise in your own eyes\; fear the Lord\, and turn away from evil.  It wi
 ll be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.\n \nHonor the Lo
 rd with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce\; then
  your barns will be filled with plenty\, and your vats will be bursting wit
 h wine.\n \nMy son\, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of hi
 s reproof\, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves\, as a father the son i
 n whom he delights.\n \nHappy is the man who finds wisdom\, and the man who
  gets understanding\, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver 
 and its profit better than gold.  She is more precious than jewels\, and no
 thing you desire can compare with her.  Long life is in her right hand\; in
  her left hand are riches and honor.  Her ways are ways of pleasantness\, a
 nd all her paths are peace.  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of
  her\; those who hold her fast are called happy.\n \n
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 er of Eugenius
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190724
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/23/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\, Ezekiel the Prophet\, Pelag
 ia the Righteous of Tinos\, Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others marty
 red in Lycia\, St. Anna of Levkadio\, The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos 
 of Pochaev\, Icon of the Mother of God\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's F
 irst Letter to the Corinthians 1:1-9\n\nPaul\, called by the will of God to
  be an apostle of Christ Jesus\, and our brother Sosthenes\, To the church 
 of God which is at Corinth\, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus\, called t
 o be saints together with all those who in every place call on the name of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ\, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace fr
 om God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always
  for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus\, 
 that in every way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledg
 e - even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you  - so that you 
 are not lacking in any spiritual gift\, as you wait for the revealing of ou
 r Lord Jesus Christ\; who will sustain you to the end\, guiltless in the da
 y of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful\, by whom you were called into 
 the fellowship of his Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 13:24-30\n\nThe Lord said this parable. "The kingdom of heaven may be 
 compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field\; but while men were sle
 eping\, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat\, and went away. So 
 when the plants came up and bore grain\, then the weeds appeared also. And 
 the servants of the householder came and said to him\, 'Sir\, did you not s
 ow good seeds in your field? How then has it weeds?' He said to them\, 'An 
 enemy has done this.' The servants said to him\, 'Then do you want us to go
  and gather them?' But he said\, 'No\; lest in gathering the weeds you root
  up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest\; a
 nd at harvest time I will tell the reapers\, Gather the weeds first and bin
 d them in bundles to be burned\, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"\n \n\
 n
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SUMMARY:Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200622
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\; Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas o
 f Philadelphia\; Anastasia the Serbian\; Alban the Protomartyr of Britain\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Roma
 ns 7:1-14\nBrethren\, I am speaking to those who know the law. Do you not k
 now that the law is binding on a person only during his life? Thus a marrie
 d woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives\; but if her hus
 band dies she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. Accordingl
 y\, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while he
 r husband is alive. But if her husband dies she is free from that law\, and
  if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.\n\nLikewise\, my bret
 hren\, you have died to the law through the body of Christ\, so that you ma
 y belong to another\, to him who has been raised from the dead in order tha
 t we may bear fruit for God. While we were living in the flesh\, our sinful
  passions\, aroused by the law\, were at work in our members to bear fruit 
 for death. But now we are discharged from the law\, dead to that which held
  us captive\, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the ne
 w life of the Spirit.\n\nWhat then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no
  means! Yet\, if it had not been for the law\, I should not have known sin.
  I should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said\, "You
  shall not covet." But sin\, finding opportunity in the commandment\, wroug
 ht in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead. I was
  once alive apart from the law\, but when the commandment came\, sin revive
 d and I died\; the very commandment which promised life proved to be death 
 to me. For sin\, finding opportunity in the commandment\, deceived me and b
 y it killed me. So the law is holy\, and the commandment is holy and just a
 nd good.\n\nDid that which is good\, then\, bring death to me? By no means!
  It was sin\, working death in me through what is good\, in order that sin 
 might be shown to be sin\, and through the commandment might become sinful 
 beyond measure.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\,
  when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were
  harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his
  disciples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray th
 erefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n\n
 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over uncl
 ean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirm
 ity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is cal
 led Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John hi
 s brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\;
  James the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cana
 naean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\
 , charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the
  Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And p
 reach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sic
 k\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without
  paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180104
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/3/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Malachi the Prophet\, Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\, Forefeast of the 
 Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Righteous Genevieve of Par
 is\, Righteous Peter of Atroas\, Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\, Right
 eous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First 
 Letter to Timothy 3:13-16\; 4:1-5\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve wel
 l as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence 
 in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I a
 m writing these instructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may kno
 w how one ought to behave in the household of God\, which is the church of 
 the living God\, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we con
 fess\, is the mystery of our religion:\n \nGod was manifested in the flesh\
 , \njustified in the Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the natio
 ns\, \nbelieved on in the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n \nNow the Spirit e
 xpressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving
  heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretension
 s of liars whose consciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin ab
 stinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by t
 hose who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good\
 , and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for t
 hen it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.\n\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 3:1-6\n\nAt that time\, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilde
 rness of Judea\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this 
 is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said\, "The voice of 
 one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths 
 straight." Now John wore a garment of camel's hair\, and a leather girdle a
 round his waist\; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to
  him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan\, and they
  were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their sins.\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180806
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, E
 usignius the Martyr of Antioch\, Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\, Eu
 thymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Christos the New Martyr of Prevezis
 \, Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\nTone One\nTenth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First L
 etter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles
  as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a sp
 ectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake
 \, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are he
 ld in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst
 \, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with 
 our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when
  slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the r
 efuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to
  make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though 
 you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I b
 ecame your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, b
 e imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:14-23\n\nAt that time\, 
 a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said\, "Lord\, have mercy on
  my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly\; for often he fal
 ls into the fire\, and often into the water.  And I brought him to your dis
 ciples\, and they could not heal him."  And Jesus answered\, "O faithless a
 nd perverse generation\, how long am I to be with you?  How long am I to be
 ar with you?  Bring him here to me."  And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon
  came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly.  Then the disciples cam
 e to Jesus privately and said\, "Why could we not cast it out?"  He said to
  them\, "Because of your little faith.  For truly I say to you\, if you hav
 e faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will say to this mountain\, 'Move 
 hence to yonder place\,' and it will move\; and nothing will be impossible 
 to you.  But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting."  As t
 hey were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to them\,  "The Son of man is to
  be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will kill him\, and he will 
 be raised on the third day."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:10th Sunday of Matthew
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200226
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\
 ; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\; Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\nFast Da
 y (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's First Un
 iversal Letter 1:1-10\nJude\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of Ja
 mes\,\n\nTo those who are called\, beloved in God the Father and kept for J
 esus Christ:\n\nMay mercy\, peace\, and love be multiplied to you.\n\nBelov
 ed\, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation\, I found it 
 necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once
  for all delivered to the saints.  For admission has been secretly gained b
 y some who long ago were designated for this condemnation\, ungodly persons
  who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the only Mas
 ter and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nNow I desire to remind you\, though you w
 ere once for all fully informed\, that the Lord saved a people out of the l
 and of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.  And the ange
 ls that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have
  been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment 
 of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities\, 
 which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust\, serve as an
  example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.\n\nYet in like manner 
 these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reject authority\, and revi
 le the glorious ones.  But when the archangel Michael\, contending with the
  devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did not presume to pronounce
  a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord rebuke you."  But thes
 e men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by those things that the
 y know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are destroyed. \n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 22:39-42\, 45-71\; 23:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus came out\, 
 he went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples fo
 llowed him.  And when he came to the place he said to them\, "Pray that you
  may not enter into temptation."  And he withdrew from them about a stone's
  throw\, and knelt down and prayed\, "Father\, if you are willing\, remove 
 this cup from me\; nevertheless not my will\, but yours\, be done."  And wh
 en he rose from prayer\, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping f
 or sorrow\, and he said to them\, "Why do you sleep?  Rise and pray that yo
 u may not enter into temptation."\n\nWhile he was still speaking\, there ca
 me a crowd\, and the man called Judas\, one of the twelve\, was leading the
 m.  He drew near to Jesus to kiss him\; but Jesus said to him\, "Judas\, wo
 uld you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"  And when those who were about 
 him saw what would follow\, they said\, "Lord\, shall we strike with the sw
 ord?"  And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his 
 right ear.  But Jesus said\, "No more of this!"  And he touched his ear and
  healed him.  Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temp
 le and elders\, who had come out against him\, "Have you come out as agains
 t a robber\, with swords and clubs?  When I was with you day after day in t
 he temple\, you did not lay hands on me.  But this is your hour\, and the p
 ower of darkness."\n\nThen they seized him and led him away\, bringing him 
 into the high priest's house.  Peter followed at a distance\; and when they
  had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together\, 
 Peter sat among them.  Then a maid\, seeing him as he sat in the light and 
 gazing at him\, said\, "This man also was with him."  But he denied it\, sa
 ying "Woman\, I do not know him."  And a little later someone else saw him 
 and said\, "You also are one of them."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I am not." 
  And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted\, saying\, "
 Certainly this man also was with him\; for he is a Galilean."  But Peter sa
 id\, "Man\, I do not know what you are saying."  And immediately\, while he
  was still speaking\, the cock crowed.  And the Lord turned and looked at P
 eter.  And Peter remembered the word of the Lord\, how he had said to him\,
  "Before the cock crows today\, you will deny me three times."  And he went
  out and wept bitterly.\n\nNow the men who were holding Jesus mocked him an
 d beat him\; they also blindfolded him and asked him\, "Prophesy!  Who is i
 t that struck you?"  And they spoke many other words against him\, reviling
  him.\n\nWhen day came\, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered 
 together\, both chief priests and scribes\; and they led him away to their 
 council\, and they said\, "If you are the Christ\, tell us."  But he said t
 o them\, "If I tell you\, you will not believe\; and if I ask you\, you wil
 l not answer.  But from now on the Son of man shall be seated at the right 
 hand of the power of God."  And they all said\, "Are you the Son of God\, t
 hen?"  And he said to them\, "You say that I am."  And they said\, "What fu
 rther testimony do we need?  We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."
 \n\nThen the whole company of them arose\, and brought him before Pilate.\n
 \n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190828
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190829
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/28/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Moses the Black of Scete\, Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\, 33 Martyrs
  of Nicomedea\, Job of Pochaev \, Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 3
 :4-11\n\nBrethren\, such is the confidence that we have through Christ towa
 rd God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming 
 from us\; our competence is from God\, who has made us competent to be mini
 sters of a new covenant\, not in a written code but in the Spirit\; for the
  written code kills\, but the Spirit gives life.\n \nNow if the dispensatio
 n of death\, carved in letters on stone\, came with such splendor that the 
 Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its brightness\, fading
  as this was\, will not the dispensation of the Spirit be attended with gre
 ater splendor? For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnatio
 n\, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor. Indee
 d\, in this case\, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at a
 ll\, because of the splendor that surpasses it. For if what faded away came
  with splendor\, what is permanent must have much more splendor.\n\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to hi
 m\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build the tom
 bs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If 
 we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with
  them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against your
 selves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, th
 en\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how 
 are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets an
 d wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some 
 you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that 
 upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of
  innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you mu
 rdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this
  will come upon this generation.\n \nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the 
 prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gath
 ered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, an
 d you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell y
 ou\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes i
 n the name of the Lord.'"\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190516
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/15/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Pachomius the Great\, Achillius the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lariss
 a\, Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra\, Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker\
 , Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus\n\nFast Day (Wine and 
 Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:18-25\n\nIn those
  days\, when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of t
 he apostles' hands\, he offered them money\, saying\, "Give me also this po
 wer\, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." But
  Peter said to him\, "Your silver perish with you\, because you thought you
  could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in 
 this matter\, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of t
 his wickedness of yours\, and pray to the Lord that\, if possible\, the int
 ent of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall o
 f bitterness and in the bond of iniquity." And Simon answered\, "Pray for m
 e to the Lord\, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."\n \nN
 ow when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord\, they returned 
 to Jerusalem\, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.\n\n
 \nGospel Reading: John 6:35-39\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in
  him: "I am the bread of life\; he who comes to me shall not hunger\, and h
 e who believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have se
 en me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me\
 ; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from he
 aven\, not to do my own will\, but the will of him who sent me\; and this i
 s the will of him who sent me\, that I should lose nothing of all that he h
 as given me\, but raise it up at the last day."\n  \n\n
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SUMMARY:Pachomius the Great
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190711
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/10/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\, Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bish
 op of Assa\, 10\,000 Fathers martyred in Egypt\, Apollonios the Martyr\, De
 position of the Precious Robe of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\, Righteou
 s Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\, Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\n
 \nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 11:2-12
 \n\nBrethren\, do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah\, how he p
 leads with God against Israel? "Lord\, they have killed thy prophets\, they
  have demolished thy altars\, and I alone am left\, and they seek my life."
  But what is God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men
  who have not bowed the knee to Baal." So too at the present time there is 
 a remnant\, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace\, it is no longer on the
  basis of works\; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. What then? Isra
 el failed to obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it\, but the rest we
 re hardened\, as it is written\, "God gave them a spirit of stupor\, eyes t
 hat should not see and ears that should not hear\, down to this very day." 
 And David says\, "Let their table become a snare and a trap\, a pitfall and
  a retribution for them\; let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot se
 e\, and bend their backs for ever." So I ask\, have they stumbled so as to 
 fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gen
 tiles\, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their trespass means riches fo
 r the world\, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles\, how much
  more will their full inclusion mean?\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:20-26
 \n\nAt that time\, the Lord began to upbraid the cities where most of his m
 ighty works had been done\, because they did not repent. "Woe to you\, Chor
 azin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been 
 done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and
  ashes. But I tell you\, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment 
 for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you\, Capernaum\, will you be exalted 
 to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done
  in you had been done in Sodom\, it would have remained until this day. But
  I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the 
 land of Sodom than for you." At that time Jesus declared\, "I thank you\, F
 ather\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from t
 he wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yea\, Father\, so it
  was well pleasing before you."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia
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 ts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\, The Consecration of the 
 Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\, Cornelius the Centurion 
 & Martyr\, Aristides the Philosopher\, Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron M
 onastery\, Mount Athos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:1-4\n\nHoly brethren\, who share in
  a heavenly call\, consider Jesus\, the apostle and high priest of our conf
 ession. He was faithful to him who appointed him\, just as Moses also was f
 aithful in all God's house. Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much mo
 re glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor than the house
 . (For every house is built by some one\, but the builder of all things is 
 God.)\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:25-36\n\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves h
 is life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for
  eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, 
 there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will hon
 or him. \n \nNow is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save 
 me from this hour'? No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father\
 , glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\,
  and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that
  it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answer
 ed\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment
  of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, wh
 en I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said th
 is to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have h
 eard from the law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the
  Son of man must be lifted up? Who is the Son of man?" Jesus said to them\,
  "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\
 , lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not kn
 ow where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that yo
 u may become sons of light."\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\, Righteous Hierodeacon M
 akarios of Kalogeras\, Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\, Nicholas the New-Ma
 rtyr of Mytilene\, Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and 
 their grandmother Neonilla\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\n\nAbout that time\, Herod the king l
 aid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the
  brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\
 , he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened
  Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered h
 im to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover t
 o bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest pr
 ayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n \nThe very night when Herod w
 as about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound
  with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; 
 and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\
 ; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly."
  And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your 
 mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did
  not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was see
 ing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they ca
 me to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own acc
 ord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediately 
 the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure t
 hat the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and f
 rom all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 2
 1:14-25\n\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after  he
  was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of Jo
 hn\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you kno
 w that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he sa
 id to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\
 , Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He 
 said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter
  was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And
  he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." 
  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when y
 ou were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when y
 ou are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you an
 d carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to show by what de
 ath he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n
  \nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who 
 had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it
  that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lo
 rd\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he r
 emain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went 
 out among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not
  say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple who is bearing w
 itness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know tha
 t his testimony is true.  But there are also many other things which Jesus 
 did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itsel
 f could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/5/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sabbas the Sanctified\, Holy Martyr Diogenes\, Philotheos the Righteous
  of Mount Athos\, Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBret
 hren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\
 , goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there 
 is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh w
 ith its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk 
 by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\,
  no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\
 , you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look
  to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and s
 o fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\n\nThe L
 ord said to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Fat
 her\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Fat
 her except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come
  to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Tak
 e my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart
 \, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my bur
 den is light."\n      \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\, Andronicus & his wife Athanasia o
 f Egypt\, Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\, The Righteous Patriarch Abraham
  and his nephew Lot\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of a
 ll\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to th
 e world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you ar
 e wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\,
  but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill
 -clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands
 . When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, 
 we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the 
 world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ash
 amed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have coun
 tless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your fa
 ther in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators o
 f me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\n\nAt that time\, when 
 Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were haras
 sed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disci
 ples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray therefor
 e the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n \nAnd h
 e called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean s
 pirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. 
 The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called P
 eter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his bro
 ther\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; Jame
 s the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean
 \, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, cha
 rging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Sama
 ritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach
  as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, r
 aise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without payi
 ng\, give without pay."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/5/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Irene the Great Martyr\, Neophytos\, Gaius\, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs\
 , The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\, Euthymios the Wonderworker\, B
 ishop of Madytos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 5:12-20\n\nIn
  those days\, many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hand
 s of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. None of
  the rest dared join them\, but the people held them in high honor. And mor
 e than ever believers were added to the Lord\, multitudes both of men and w
 omen\, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets\, and laid t
 hem on beds and pallets\, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might f
 all on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusal
 em\, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits\, and they 
 were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with him\, th
 at is\, the party of the Sadducees\, and filled with jealousy they arrested
  the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel of t
 he Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said\, "Go and sta
 nd in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."\n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\n\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day
  of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of th
 e Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with y
 ou."  When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then 
 the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\,
  "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And
  when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive t
 he Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if yo
 u retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n \nNow Thomas\, one of the 
 twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other
  disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless 
 I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark
  of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n \nEi
 ght days later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was wit
 h them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and sa
 id: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, 
 and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not
  be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!
 " Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed
  are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n \nNow Jesus did many other
  signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this boo
 k\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, t
 he Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\n\n
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 ts: Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas\, Cuthbert the Wo
 nderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\, Myron the New Martyr of Crete\, Photin
 i the Samaritan Woman\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 40
 :18-31\n\nThus says the LORD: To whom then will you liken God\, or what lik
 eness compare with him?  The idol! a workman casts it\, and a goldsmith ove
 rlays it with gold\, and casts for it silver chains.  He who is impoverishe
 d chooses for an offering wood that will not rot\; he seeks out a skilful c
 raftsman to set up an image that will not move.  \n \nHave you not known? H
 ave you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you no
 t understood from the foundations of the earth?  It is he who sits above th
 e circle of the earth\, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers\; who str
 etches out the heavens like a curtain\, and spreads them like a tent to dwe
 ll in\; who brings princes to nought\, and makes the rulers of the earth as
  nothing.  \n \nScarcely are they planted\, scarcely sown\, scarcely has th
 eir stem taken root in the earth\, when he blows upon them\, and they withe
 r\, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.  \n \nTo whom then will 
 you compare me\, that I should be like him? Says the Holy One.  Lift up you
 r eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by 
 number\, calling them all by name\; by the greatness of his might\, and bec
 ause he is strong in power not one is missing.  \n \nWhy do you say\, O Jac
 ob\, and speak\, O Israel\, "My way is hid from the LORD\, and my right is 
 disregarded by my God"?  Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD i
 s the everlasting God\, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not f
 aint or grow weary\, his understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to 
 the faint\, and to him who has no might he increases strength.  Even youths
  shall faint and be weary\, and young men shall fall exhausted\; but they w
 ho wait for the LORD shall renew their strength\, they shall mount up with 
 wings like eagles\, they shall run and not be weary\, they shall walk and n
 ot faint.\n\n\nGenesis 15:1-15\n\n After these things the word of the LORD 
 came to Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abram\, I am your shield\; your rew
 ard shall be very great."  But Abram said\, "O Lord GOD\, what wilt thou gi
 ve me\, for I continue childless\, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of D
 amascus?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou hast given me no offspring\; and
  a slave born in my house will be my heir."  And behold\, the word of the L
 ORD came to him\, "This man shall not be your heir\; your own son shall be 
 your heir."  And he brought him outside and said\, "Look toward heaven\, an
 d number the stars\, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him\,
  "So shall your descendants be."  And he believed the LORD\; and he reckone
 d it to him as righteousness.  \n \nAnd he said to him\, "I am the LORD who
  brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to give you this land to possess." 
  But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"  He
  said to him\, "Bring me a heifer three years old\, a she-goat three years 
 old\, a ram three years old\, a turtledove\, and a young pigeon."  And he b
 rought him all these\, cut them in two\, and laid each half over against th
 e other\; but he did not cut the birds in two.  And when birds of prey came
  down upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them away.  \n \nAs the sun was goin
 g down\, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo\, a dread and great darkness f
 ell upon him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\, "Know of a surety that your de
 scendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs\, and will be sla
 ves there\, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years\; but I will 
 bring judgment on the nation which they serve\, and afterward they shall co
 me out with great possessions.  As for yourself\, you shall go to your fath
 ers in peace\; you shall be buried in a good old age.\n\n\nProverbs 15:7-19
 \n\nThe lips of the wise spread knowledge\; not so the minds of fools.  The
  sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, but the prayer of 
 the upright is his delight.  The way of the wicked is an abomination to the
  LORD\, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.  There is severe discip
 line for him who forsakes the way\; he who hates reproof will die.  Sheol a
 nd Abaddon lie open before the LORD\, how much more the hearts of men!  A s
 coffer does not like to be reproved\; he will not go to the wise.  A glad h
 eart makes a cheerful countenance\, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is br
 oken.  The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge\, but the mout
 hs of fools feed on folly.  All the days of the afflicted are evil\, but a 
 cheerful heart has a continual feast.  Better is a little with the fear of 
 the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.  Better is a dinner of he
 rbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.  A hot-tempered man 
 stirs up strife\, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.  The way o
 f a sluggard is overgrown with thorns\, but the path of the upright is a le
 vel highway.\n \n
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 ts: Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord\, Holy Martyr Zosima\
 , Our Righteous Father Zenonus\, Païsius the Great of Egypt\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's First Universal Letter 1:1-25\
 n\nJUDE\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of James\, To those who a
 re called\, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy\
 , peace\, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved\, being very eager to writ
 e to you of our common salvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing 
 to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the sai
 nts. For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were desig
 nated for this condemnation\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our 
 God into licentiousness and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ.
  Now I desire to remind you\, though you were once for all fully informed\,
  that the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroye
 d those who did not believe. And the angels that did not keep their own pos
 ition but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chain
 s in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom a
 nd Gomorrah and the surrounding cities\, which likewise acted immorally and
  indulged in unnatural lust\, serve as an example by undergoing a punishmen
 t of eternal fire. Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile t
 he flesh\, reject authority\, and revile the glorious ones. But when the ar
 changel Michael\, contending with the devil\, disputed about the body of Mo
 ses\, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but sa
 id\, "The Lord rebuke you." But these men revile whatever they do not under
 stand\, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animal
 s\, they are destroyed. Woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Ca
 in\, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and pe
 rish in Korah's rebellion. These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as the
 y boldly carouse together\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, c
 arried along by winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uproo
 ted\; wild waves of the sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wand
 ering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for eve
 r. It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prop
 hesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execut
 e judgment on all\, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of un
 godliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the
  harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." These are gru
 mblers\, malcontents\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters
 \, flattering people to gain advantage. But you must remember\, beloved\, t
 he predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\
 , "in the last time there will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly pa
 ssions." It is these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the 
 Spirit. But you\, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; p
 ray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the 
 mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And convince some\, who d
 oubt\; save some\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy w
 ith fear\, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now to him who is 
 able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the
  presence of his glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior throug
 h Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, b
 efore all time and now and for ever. Amen. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 14:21
 -24\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who has my commandments and kee
 ps them\,  he it is who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my 
 Father\,  and I will love him and manifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscar
 iot)  said to him\, "Lord\, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us
 \, and  not to the world?" Jesus answered him\, "If a man loves me\, he wil
 l keep  my word\, and my Father will love him\, and we will come to him and
  make  our home with him. He who does not love me does not keep my words\; 
 and  the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem\, Our Rig
 hteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones\, O
 ur Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\, Afterfeast of the Nativity\, G
 eorge\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, Kanons\, and Troparia\n\
 nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\n
 \nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one or
 igin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I wil
 l proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregation I wil
 l praise thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here
  am I\, and the children God has given me. Since therefore the children sha
 re in flesh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same nature\, th
 at through death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, that is\
 , the devil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject 
 to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned 
 but with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his b
 rethren in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and faithful 
 high priest in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins of the p
 eople. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to
  help those who are tempted. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\n\nWhen 
 the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in
  a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to Egy
 pt\, and remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for th
 e child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother by
  night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of Hero
 d. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Eg
 ypt have I called my son."\n \nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been tr
 icked by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed all 
 the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years ol
 d or under\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise m
 en. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice wa
 s heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her ch
 ildren\; she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But when 
 Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in
  Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the lan
 d of Israel\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose 
 and took the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But whe
 n he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod\,
  he was afraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the
  district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, tha
 t what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called 
 a Nazarene."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/23/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\, Xanthippe & Polyxene the Right
 eous\, John the New Martyr of Epiros\, Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nPlagal of
  the Fourth Tone\nSixth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to the Galatians 4:22-27\n\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a 
 slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according 
 to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an al
 legory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing ch
 ildren for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she
  corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her chil
 dren. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is wr
 itten\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\,
  you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many
  more than the children of her that is married."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 5:1-11\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret\, 
 he saw two boats by the lake\; but the fishermen had gone out of them and w
 ere washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats\, which was Simon's\,
  he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught
  the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking\, he said to Sim
 on\, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon 
 answered\, "Master\, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word
  I will let down the nets." And when they had done this\, they enclosed a g
 reat shoal of fish\; and as their nets were breaking\, they beckoned to the
 ir partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and fill
 ed both the boats\, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it
 \, he fell down at Jesus' knees\, saying\, "Depart from me\, for I am a sin
 ful man\, O Lord." For he was astonished\, and all who were with him\, at t
 he catch of fish which they had taken\; and so also were James and John\, s
 ons of Zebedee\, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon\, "D
 o not be afraid\; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had b
 rought their boats to land\, they left everything and followed him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/3/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Renewal Fri.\,The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura\, Peter the Wonderworke
 r\, Xenia of Kalamata the Great Martyr\, Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev 
 Caves Lavra\, Ahmet the Calligrapher & Martyr\, Theophan\, Bishop of Perith
 eorion\, Oikoumenios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n\nFast Free\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 3:1-8\n\nIn those days\, Peter and Jo
 hn were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. And 
 a man lame from birth was being carried\, whom they laid daily at the gate 
 of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered th
 e temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple\, he asked for 
 alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look at 
 us." And he fixed his attention upon them\, expecting to receive something 
 from them. But Peter said\, "I have no silver and gold\, but I give you wha
 t I have\; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, walk." And he took him
  by the right hand and raised him up\; and immediately his feet and ankles 
 were made strong. And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple
  with them\, walking and leaping and praising God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Joh
 n 2:12-22\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Capernaum with his mother and his
  brothers and his disciples\; and there they stayed for a few days.\n \nThe
  Passover of the Jews was at hand\, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the 
 temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the
  money-changers at their business. And making a whip of cords\, he drove th
 em all\, with the sheep and oxen\, out of the temple\; and he poured out th
 e coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told thos
 e who sold the pigeons\, "Take these things away\; you shall not make my Fa
 ther's house a house of trade." His disciples remembered that it was writte
 n\, "Zeal for your house will consume me." The Jews then said to him\, "Wha
 t sign have you to show us for doing this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy 
 this temple\, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "
 It has taken forty-six years to build this temple\, and will you raise it u
 p in three days?" But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he
  was raised from the dead\, his disciples remembered that he had said this\
 ; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n \n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/28/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Hilarion the New\, Herodion the Apostle of the 70\, Stephen the Wonderw
 orker\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 58:1-11\n\nThus sa
 ys the LORD: "Cry aloud\, spare not\, lift up your voice like a trumpet\; d
 eclare to my people their transgression\, to the house of Jacob their sins.
   Yet they seek me daily\, and delight to know my ways\, as if they were a 
 nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their Go
 d\; they ask of me righteous judgments\, they delight to draw near to God. 
  'Why have we fasted\, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves
 \, and thou takest no knowledge of it?' Behold\, in the day of your fast yo
 u seek your own pleasure\, and oppress all your workers.  Behold\, you fast
  only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like you
 rs this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.  Is such the fast
  that I choose\, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his h
 ead like a rush\, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you cal
 l this a fast\, and a day acceptable to the LORD?  \n \n"Is not this the fa
 st that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness\, to undo the thongs of 
 the yoke\, to let the oppressed go free\, and to break every yoke?  Is it n
 ot to share your bread with the hungry\, and bring the homeless poor into y
 our house\; when you see the naked\, to cover him\, and not to hide yoursel
 f from your own flesh?  Then shall your light break forth like the dawn\, a
 nd your healing shall spring up speedily\; your righteousness shall go befo
 re you\, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.  Then you shall ca
 ll\, and the LORD will answer\; you shall cry\, and he will say\, "Here I a
 m." \n \n"If you take away from the midst of you the yoke\, the pointing of
  the finger\, and speaking wickedness\, if you pour yourself out for the hu
 ngry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted\, then shall your light rise i
 n the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.  And the LORD will guide y
 ou continually\, and satisfy your desire with good things\, and make your b
 ones strong\; and you shall be like a watered garden\, like a spring of wat
 er\, whose waters fail not.\n \n\nGenesis 43:26-31\; 45:1-16\n\n When Josep
 h came home\, they brought into the house to him the present which they had
  with them\, and bowed down to him to the ground.  And he inquired about th
 eir welfare\, and said\, "Is your father well\, the old man of whom you spo
 ke? Is he still alive?"  They said\, "Your servant our father is well\, he 
 is still alive." And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.  And he lif
 ted up his eyes\, and saw his brother Benjamin\, his mother's son\, and sai
 d\, "Is this your youngest brother\, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracio
 us to you\, my son!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for his heart yearned for hi
 s brother\, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and w
 ept there.  Then he washed his face and came out\; and controlling himself 
 he said\, "Let food be served." \n \n(Chapter 45:1-16) Then Joseph could no
 t control himself before all those who stood by him\; and he cried\, "Make 
 every one go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himse
 lf known to his brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so that the Egyptians heard 
 it\, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.  And Joseph said to his brother
 s\, "I am Joseph\; is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not an
 swer him\, for they were dismayed at his presence.  So Joseph said to his b
 rothers\, "Come near to me\, I pray you." And they came near. And he said\,
  "I am your brother\, Joseph\, whom you sold into Egypt.  And now do not be
  distressed\, or angry with yourselves\, because you sold me here\; for God
  sent me before you to preserve life.  For the famine has been in the land 
 these two years\; and there are yet five years in which there will be neith
 er plowing nor harvest.  And God sent me before you to preserve for you a r
 emnant on earth\, and to keep alive for you many survivors.  So it was not 
 you who sent me here\, but God\; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh\, a
 nd lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.  Make haste 
 and go up to my father and say to him\, 'Thus says your son Joseph\, God ha
 s made me lord of all Egypt\; come down to me\, do not tarry\; you shall dw
 ell in the land of Goshen\, and you shall be near me\, you and your childre
 n and your children's children\, and your flocks\, your herds\, and all tha
 t you have\; and there I will provide for you\, for there are yet five year
 s of famine to come\; lest you and your household\, and all that you have\,
  come to poverty.'  And now your eyes see\, and the eyes of my brother Benj
 amin see\, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.  You must tell my father
  of all my splendor in Egypt\, and of all that you have seen. Make haste an
 d bring my father down here."  Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's nec
 k and wept\; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And he kissed all his brothe
 rs and wept upon them\; and after that his brothers talked with him.  When 
 the report was heard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's brothers have come\," i
 t pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.\n\n\nProverbs 21:23-22:4\n\nHe who
  keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.  "Scoffer" is
  the name of the proud\, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.  The des
 ire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse to labor.  All day long 
 the wicked covets\, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.  The sa
 crifice of the wicked is an abomination\; how much more when he brings it w
 ith evil intent.  A false witness will perish\, but the word of a man who h
 ears will endure.  A wicked man puts on a bold face\, but an upright man co
 nsiders his ways.  No wisdom\, no understanding\, no counsel\, can avail ag
 ainst the LORD.  The horse is made ready for the day of battle\, but the vi
 ctory belongs to the LORD.  A good name is to be chosen rather than great r
 iches\, and favor is better than silver or gold.  The rich and the poor mee
 t together\; the LORD is the maker of them all.  A prudent man sees danger 
 and hides himself\; but the simple go on\, and suffer for it.  The reward f
 or humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/26/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Friday\,Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\, Glaphyra the Righ
 teous\, Justa the Nun\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First
  Letter to the Corinthians 5:6-8\n\n BRETHREN\, a little leaven leavens the
  whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump\, as you
  really are unleavened. For Christ\, our paschal lamb\, has been sacrificed
 . Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festival\, not with the old leaven\, t
 he leaven of malice and evil\, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity a
 nd truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law\
 , having become a curse for us - for it is written\, "Cursed be everyone wh
 o hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might com
 e upon the Gentiles\, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit throu
 gh faith.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\n\nOn the next day\, that 
 is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gat
 hered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, 
 while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore 
 order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, lest his discip
 les go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has risen from the de
 ad\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them
 \, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So t
 hey went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a g
 uard.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Sylves
 ter\, Pope of Rome\, Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Seraphim the W
 onderworker of Sarov\, Juliana the Righteous\, Theagenes the Hieromartyr\, 
 Bishop of Parios\, Theopemptos\, Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargyro
 i\, Righteous Mark the Deaf\, Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\, Sergios\, Theopi
 stos the Martyr\, George the New Martyr of Georgia\, Nilos the Sanctified\,
  Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Hebrews 5:4-10\n\nBRETHREN\, one does not take the honor upon
  himself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did 
 not exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who s
 aid to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says al
 so in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melc
 hizedek." In the days of his flesh\, Jesus offered up prayers and supplicat
 ions\, with loud cries and tears\, to him who was able to save him from dea
 th\, and he was heard for his godly fear. Although he was a Son\, he learne
 d obedience through what he suffered\; and being made perfect he became the
  source of eternal salvation to all who obey him\, being designated by God 
 a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:
 1-8\n\nThe beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God. As it 
 is written in the prophets\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face
 \, who shall prepare your way\; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 
 prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight.' John was baptizing 
 in the wilderness\, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness o
 f sins. And there went out to him all the country of Judea\, and all the pe
 ople of Jerusalem\; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, con
 fessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair\, and had a leat
 her girdle around his waist\, and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preach
 ed\, saying\, "After me comes he who is mightier than I\, the thong of whos
 e sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with
  water\; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\, Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\, Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\, Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\, Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nPlagal of the First Tone\nEleventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18\n\nBrethren\, see
  with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those 
 who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be ci
 rcumcised\, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross
  of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep 
 the law\, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in yo
 ur flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Je
 sus Christ\, by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the wor
 ld. For neither circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but
  a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon t
 he Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body 
 the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\
 , brethren. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\n\nAt that time\, there
  came to Jesus a man named Jairus\, who was a ruler of the synagogue\; and 
 falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house\, for he had an
  only daughter\, about twelve years of age\, and she was dying. As he went\
 , the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood for
  twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be
  healed by anyone\, came up behind him\, and touched the fringe of his garm
 ent\; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said\, "Who was i
 t that touched me?" When all denied it\, Peter and those who were with him 
 said\, "Master\, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" But Jesus
  said\, "Some one touched me\; for I perceive that power has gone forth fro
 m me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden\, she came trembling\
 , and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people wh
 y she had touched him\, and how she had been immediately healed. And he sai
 d to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace." While h
 e was still speaking\, a man from the ruler's house came and said\, "Your d
 aughter is dead\; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on hearin
 g this answered him\, "Do not fear\; only believe\, and she shall be well."
  And when he came to the house\, he permitted no one to enter with him\, ex
 cept Peter and John and James\, and the father and mother of the child. And
  all were weeping and bewailing her\; but he said\, "Do not weep\; for she 
 is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him\, knowing that she was d
 ead. But taking her by the hand he called\, saying\, "Child\, arise." And h
 er spirit returned\, and she got up at once\; and he directed that somethin
 g should be given her to eat. And her parents were amazed\; but he charged 
 them to tell no one what had happened.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Monday\; Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\; Theodosios the Mar
 tyr\; Zoilos the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:3-35\n
 At that time\, as Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives\, the disciples came to 
 him privately\, saying\, "Tell us\, when will this be\, and what will be th
 e sign of your coming and of the close of the age?" And Jesus answered them
 \, "Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name\,
  saying\, 'I am the Christ\,' and they will lead many astray. And you will 
 hear of wars and rumors of wars\; see that you are not alarmed\; for this m
 ust take place\, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against natio
 n\, and kingdom against kingdom\, and there will be famines and earthquakes
  in various places: all this is but the beginning of the sufferings.\n\n Th
 en they will deliver you up to tribulation\, and put you to death\; and you
  will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall a
 way\, and betray one another\, and hate one another. And many false prophet
 s will arise and lead many astray. And because wickedness is multiplied\, m
 ost men's love will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
  And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world
 \, as a testimony to all nations\; and then the end will come.\n\n So when 
 you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing
  in the holy place (let the reader understand)\, then let those who are in 
 Judea flee to the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down to
  take what is in his house\; and let him who is in the field not turn back 
 to take his mantle. And alas for those who are with child and for those who
  give suck in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on 
 a sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation\, such as has not been 
 from the beginning of the world until now\, no\, and never will be. And if 
 those days had not been shortened\, no human being would be saved\; but for
  the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Then if anyone says to
  you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For 
 false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonder
 s\, so as to lead astray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told y
 ou beforehand. So\, if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' d
 o not go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not belie
 ve it. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the we
 st\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there 
 the eagles will be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of 
 those days the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\
 , and the stars will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will 
 be shaken\; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and the
 n all the tribes of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man
  coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; and he will se
 nd out his angels with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect
  from the four winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n\n From the fi
 g tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts fort
 h its leaves\, you know that summer is near. So also\, when you see all the
 se things\, you know that he is near\, at the very gates. Truly\, I say to 
 you\, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place. 
 Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away."\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 21:18-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the 
 city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, 
 and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit 
 ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the disc
 iples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?
 " And Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and n
 ever doubt\, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree\, but 
 even if you say to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it
  will be done. And whatever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you h
 ave faith. " And when he entered the temple\, the chief priests and the eld
 ers of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what a
 uthority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?" Jes
 us answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell me the
  answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. Th
 e baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argue
 d with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why 
 then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid o
 f the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered J
 esus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by 
 what authority I do these things. What do you think? A man had two sons\; a
 nd he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard today
 .' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented and went. And
  he went to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,'
  but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said\, 
 "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collector
 s and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to y
 ou in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the tax 
 collectors and the harlots believed him\; and even when you saw it\, you di
 d not afterward repent and believe him.\n\n"Hear another parable. There was
  a householder who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it\, and dug a
  wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and wen
 t into another country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his se
 rvants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servant
 s and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again he sent other s
 ervants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he
  sent his son to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But when the t
 enants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, l
 et us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him ou
 t of the vineyard\, and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyar
 d comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will pu
 t those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard to other t
 enants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\,
  "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders
  rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, a
 nd it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you\, the kingdom of God 
 will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of i
 t."\n\n
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 ts: Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\, Timothy\, Bishop of Proussa\, Our 
 Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\, Theophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\, 
 The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nTone One\nSecond Orth
 ros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16\n\
 nBrethren\, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good\, the Jew
  first and also the Greek.  For God shows no partiality.  All who have sinn
 ed without the law will also perish without the law\, and all who have sinn
 ed under the law will be judged by the law.  For it is not the hearers of t
 he law who are righteous before God\, but the doers of the law who will be 
 justified.  When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law re
 quires\, they are a law to themselves\, even though they do not have the la
 w. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts\, while 
 their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse o
 r perhaps excuse them on that day when\, according to my gospel\, God judge
 s the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-2
 3\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brot
 hers\, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net int
 o the sea\; for they were fishermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and
  I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and foll
 owed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers\, James the son
  of Zebedee and John his brother\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, 
 mending their nets\, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat a
 nd their father\, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee\, teachin
 g in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing e
 very disease and every infirmity among the people.\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180722
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\, Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:1-10\n\nBrethren\, le
 t every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no aut
 hority except from God\, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 
 Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed\, a
 nd those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to goo
 d conduct but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Th
 en do what is good\, and you will receive his approval\, for he is God's se
 rvant for your own good. But if you do wrong\, be afraid\, for he does not 
 bear the sword in vain\; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on t
 he wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject\, not only to avoid God's wrath
  but also for the sake of conscience. For the same reasons you also pay tax
 es\, for the authorities are ministers of God\, attending this very thing. 
 Pay all of their dues\, taxes to whom taxes are due\, revenue to whom reven
 ue is due\, respect to whom respect is due\, honor to whom honor is due. Ow
 e no one anything\, except to love one another\, for he who loves his neigh
 bor has fulfilled the law. The commandments\, "You shall not commit adulter
 y\, You shall not kill\, You shall not steal\, You shall not covet\," and a
 ny other commandment\, are summed up in this sentence\, "You shall love you
 r neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong to a neighbor\; therefore love 
 is the fulfilling of the law.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:30-37\n\nThe 
 Lord said\, "He who is not with me is against me\, and he who does not gath
 er with me scatters. Therefore I tell you\, every sin and blasphemy will be
  forgiven men\, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 
 And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven\; but whoev
 er speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven\, either in this age
  or in the age to come.\n \n"Either make the tree good\, and its fruit good
 \; or make the tree bad\, and its fruit bad\; for the tree is known by its 
 fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good\, when you are evil? For
  out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of hi
 s good treasure brings forth good\, and the evil man out of his evil treasu
 re brings forth evil. I tell you\, on the day of judgment men will render a
 ccount for every careless word they utter\; for by your words you will be j
 ustified\, and by your words you will be condemned."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Theophan the Recl
 use\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-11\nAt that time\, Jesus came from N
 azareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came
  up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit
  descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are 
 my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to Titus 2:11-14\; 3:4-7\nTITUS\, my son\, the grace of God has ap
 peared for the salvation of all men\, training us to renounce irreligion an
 d worldly passions\, and to live sober\, upright\, and godly lives in this 
 world\, awaiting our blessed hope\, the appearing of the glory of the great
  God and Savior Jesus Christ\, who gave himself for us to redeem us from al
 l iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous fo
 r good deeds.\n\nBut when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savio
 r appeared\, he saved us\, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness
 \, but in virtue of his own mercy\, by the washing of regeneration and rene
 wal in the Holy Spirit\, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus C
 hrist our Savior\, so that we might be justified by his grace and become he
 irs in hope of eternal life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him.
  John would have prevented him\, saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, a
 nd do you come to me?" But Jesus answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thu
 s it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. An
 d when Jesus was baptized\, he went up immediately from the water\, and beh
 old\, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like 
 a dove\, and alighting on him\; and lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "Th
 is is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180219
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\, Agapetus the Confessor\, Bishop of Sinai
 \, Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Dairy\,
  Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\nTone Four\nFourth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14\; 14:1-4\n\nBrethren\, salv
 ation is nearer to us now than when we first believed\; the night is far go
 ne\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness and pu
 t on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day
 \, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousness\,
  not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and ma
 ke no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n \nAs for the man 
 who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.  O
 ne believes he may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetables. 
  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who abstai
 ns pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are you t
 o pass judgment on the servant of another?  It is before his own master tha
 t he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make him 
 stand. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "If you for
 give men their trespasses\, your heavenly Father also will forgive you\; bu
 t if you do not forgive men their trespasses\, neither will your Father for
 give your trespasses.\n \n"And when you fast\, do not look dismal\, like th
 e hypocrites\, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be see
 n by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But whe
 n you fast\, anoint your head and wash your face\, that your fasting may no
 t be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret\; and your Father who 
 sees in secret will reward you.\n \n"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures
  on earth\, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and stea
 l\, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, where neither moth nor 
 rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your 
 treasure is\, there will your heart be also."\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171012
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle of the 70\, one of the 7 Deacons\, Theophanes the C
 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\, Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\, Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\, Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\, Kenneth\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39\n\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lo
 rd said to Philip\, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes dow
 n from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And
  behold\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of th
 e Ethiopians\, in charge of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to wor
 ship and was returning\; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet
  Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So 
 Philip ran to him\, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, 
 "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless
  some one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. No
 w the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep l
 ed to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not 
 his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his 
 generation? For his life is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said t
 o Philip\, "About whom\, pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself o
 r about some one else?" Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with t
 his scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. And as they went along th
 e road they came to some water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water
 ! What is to prevent my being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe 
 with all your heart\, you may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Chri
 st is the Son of God." And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both
  went down into the water\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. An
 d when they came up out of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Phi
 lip\; and the eunuch saw him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 8:22-25\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a boat with hi
 s disciples\, and he said to them\, "Let us go across to the other side of 
 the lake." So they set out\, and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a storm
  of wind came down on the lake\, and they were filling with water\, and wer
 e in danger. And they went and woke him\, saying\, "Master\, Master\, we ar
 e perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves\; and 
 they ceased\, and there was a calm. He said to them\, "Where is your faith?
 " And they were afraid\, and they marveled\, saying to one another\, "Who t
 hen is this\, that he commands even wind and water\, and they obey him?"\n 
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\, and Tertios\, Apost
 les of the 70\, Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\, Holy Father Arsenius of 
 Cappadocia\, Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethr
 en\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to d
 eath\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to m
 en. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are wea
 k\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the
  present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homel
 ess\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; 
 when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we ha
 ve become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of 
 all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you a
 s my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you
  do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through
  the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 13:31-35\n\nAt that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him\,
  "Get away from here\, for Herod wants to kill you." And he said to them\, 
 "Go and tell that fox\, 'Behold\, I cast out demons and perform cures today
  and tomorrow\, and the third day I finish my course. Nevertheless I must g
 o on my way today and tomorrow and the day following\; for it cannot be tha
 t a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.' O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, k
 illing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would 
 I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her
  wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken. And I tell you
 \, you will not see me until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name
  of the Lord!'"\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180714
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/13/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel\, Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\, Holy M
 artyr Golinduc\, Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\, Serapion the Martyr\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\n\nB
 rethren\, if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgressi
 on or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we 
 neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and 
 it was attested to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness 
 by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit d
 istributed according to his own will. For it was not to angels that God sub
 jected the world to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified 
 somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\,
  that thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower tha
 n the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everyth
 ing in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection 
 to him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see 
 everything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while 
 was made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of th
 e suffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for
  every one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things ex
 ist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their sal
 vation perfect through suffering.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:29-31\n\n
 At that time\, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the
  mountain\, and sat down there. And great crowds came to him\, bringing wit
 h them the lame\, the maimed\, the blind\, the dumb\, and many others\, and
  they put them at his feet\, and he healed them\, so that the throng wonder
 ed\, when they saw the dumb speaking\, the maimed whole\, the lame walking\
 , and the blind seeing\; and they glorified the God of Israel.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/8/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\, Kalliope the Martyr\, 
 Melania the Righteous\, Anastasios the New Martyr of Constantinople\, Theop
 hanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Ephesians 2:4-10\n\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out 
 of the great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through o
 ur trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been 
 saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heaven
 ly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immea
 surable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by g
 race you have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, i
 t is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For
  we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which Go
 d prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 10:16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you ou
 t as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as 
 doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog 
 you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and king
 s for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they d
 eliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to s
 ay\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is 
 not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Bro
 ther will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and chil
 dren will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be
  hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be sav
 ed."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joel the Prophet\, Varys the Martyr\, John of Rilas\, Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\, John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\n\nIn those days\, 
 Peter\, standing with the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\,
  "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, 
 and give ear to my words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, si
 nce it is only the third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken by t
 he prophet Joel: 'And in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I 
 will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters s
 hall prophesy\, and your young men shall see visions\, and your old men sha
 ll dream dreams\; yea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those
  days I will pour out my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show 
 wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fi
 re\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moo
 n into blood\, before the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest da
 y. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be save
 d.'"\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:1-15\n\nAt that time\, the Lord appointed
  seventy other disciples\, and sent them on ahead of him\, two by two\, int
 o every town and place where he himself was about to come. And he said to t
 hem\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray therefore
  the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your way
 \; behold\, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no purse\
 , no bag\, no sandals\; and salute no one on the road. Whatever house you e
 nter\, first say\, 'Peace be to this house!' And if a son of peace is there
 \, your peace shall rest upon him\; but if not\, it shall return to you. An
 d remain in the same house\, eating and drinking what they provide\, for th
 e laborer deserves his wages\; do not go from house to house. Whenever you 
 enter a town and they receive you\, eat what is set before you\; heal the s
 ick in it and say to them\, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' But 
 whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you\, go into its streets
  and say\, 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet\, we wipe of
 f against you\; nevertheless know this\, that the kingdom of God has come n
 ear.' I tell you\, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than fo
 r that town.\n \n'Woe to you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if the
  mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would have
  repented long ago\, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more t
 olerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you\, Caperna
 um\, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades."\n\
 n\n
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 ts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother The
 odota\, David the Righteous of Evia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:
 1-8\n\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it
 .  And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, t
 hird teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, adminis
 trators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all
  prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts 
 of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly d
 esire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  I
 f I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a 
 noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and unde
 rstand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to
  remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I
  have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain 
 nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is
  not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irri
 table or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the rig
 ht. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endure
 s all things. Love never ends.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\n\nA
 t that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them author
 ity over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and
  every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowher
 e among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather 
 to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 
 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, clean
 se lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pa
 y."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Tychon the Wonderworker\, 40 Martyrs of Rome\, Mark the Just of Apollon
 ia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Romans 3:28-31\; 4:1-3\n\nBrethren\, we hold that a man is justified by f
 aith apart from works of law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the
  God of Gentiles also? Yes\, of Gentiles also\, since God is one\; and he w
 ill justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and the uncircumci
 sed through their faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no 
 means! On the contrary\, we uphold the law. What then shall we say about Ab
 raham\, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified
  by works\, he has something to boast about\, but not before God. For what 
 does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God\, and it was reckoned to him 
 as righteousness."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:24-29\; 8:1-4\n\nThe Lord
  said\, "Every one who hears these words of mine and does them will be like
  a wise man who built his house upon the rock\; and the rain fell\, and the
  floods came\, and the winds blew and beat upon that house\, but it did not
  fall\, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears th
 ese words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built
  his house upon the sand\; and the rain fell\, and the floods came\, and th
 e winds blew and beat against that house\, and it fell\; and great was the 
 fall of it." And when Jesus finished these sayings\, the crowds were astoni
 shed at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who had authority\, and no
 t as their scribes. When he came down from the mountain\, great crowds foll
 owed him\; and behold\, a leper came to him and knelt before him saying\, "
 Lord\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out his hand 
 and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately his leprosy
  was cleansed. And Jesus said to him\, "See that you say nothing to any one
 \; but go\, show yourself to the priest\, and offer the gift that Moses com
 manded\, for a proof to them."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/30/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\, Alexander\, John\, and Paul t
 he New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Phantinos the Righteous of Calabria
 \, 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\, 6 Martyrs of Melitene\, The Synaxis of the H
 oly Hierarchs of Serbia\, The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia\, Fiacre the Hermi
 t of Meaux\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to
  the Corinthians 4:13-18\n\nBrethren\, since we have the same spirit of fai
 th as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, a
 nd so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us al
 so with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for yo
 ur sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase 
 thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n \nSo we do not lose heart. Though our
  outer nature is wasting away\, our inner nature is being renewed every day
 . For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weigh
 t of glory beyond all comparison\, because we look not to the things that a
 re seen but to the things that are unseen\; for the things that are seen ar
 e transient\, but the things that are unseen are eternal.\n\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 24:27-33\, 42-51\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "As the li
 ghtning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the 
 coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be g
 athered together.\n \n"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the 
 sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars
  will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; the
 n will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribe
 s of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the 
 clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; and he will send out his ange
 ls with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect from the four 
 winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n \n"From the fig tree learn i
 ts lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\,
  you know that summer is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, yo
 u know that he is near\, at the very gates.\n \n"Watch therefore\, for you 
 do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the ho
 useholder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he wou
 ld have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore 
 you also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not
  expect.\n \n"Who then is the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master h
 as set over his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? Ble
 ssed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Trul
 y\, I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wi
 cked servant says to himself\, 'My master is delayed\,' and begins to beat 
 his fellow servants\, and eats and drinks with the drunken\, the master of 
 that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour 
 he does not know\, and will punish him\, and put him with the hypocrites\; 
 there men will weep and gnash their teeth."\n \n\n
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 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\; Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:1-
 12\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20\nIn those days a decree went out from Caesa
 r Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enroll
 ment\, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled\, 
 each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee\, from the city 
 of Nazareth\, to Judea\, to the city of David\, which is called Bethlehem\,
  because he was of the house and lineage of David\, to be enrolled with Mar
 y\, his betrothed\, who was with child. And while they were there\, the tim
 e came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first born son an
 d wrapped him in swaddling clothes\, and laid him in a manger\, because the
 re was no place for them in the inn.\n\nAnd in that region there were sheph
 erds out in the field\, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an ang
 el of the Lord appeared to them\, and the glory of the Lord shone around th
 em\, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them\, "Be not a
 fraid\; for behold\, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come t
 o all the people\; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savio
 r\, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find 
 a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger." And suddenly th
 ere was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and sa
 ying\, "Glory to God in the highest\, and on earth peace\, good will among 
 men!"\n\nWhen the angels went away from them into heaven\, the shepherds sa
 id to one another\, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that ha
 s happened\, which the Lord has made known to us." And they went with haste
 \, and found Mary and Joseph\, and the babe lying in a manger. And when the
 y saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning thi
 s child\; and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. Bu
 t Mary kept all these things\, pondering them in her heart. And the shepher
 ds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen\,
  as it had been told them.\n\n
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 s: Ecclesiastical New Year\, Symeon the Stylite\, Synaxis of the Recovery o
 f the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \, The 40 Holy Ascetic Vi
 rgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\, Holy Martyrs Ca
 lliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\, Righteous Meletius\, The Stru
 ggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\, Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\, Nicholas of Kou
 rtaliotis\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 2:1-7\
 n\nTimothy\, my son\, first of all\, I urge that supplications\, prayers\, 
 intercessions\, and thanksgivings be made for all men\, for kings and all w
 ho are in high positions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life\, go
 dly and respectful in every way. This is good\, and it is acceptable in the
  sight of God our Savior\, who desires all men to be saved and to come to t
 he knowledge of the truth. For there is one God\, and there is one mediator
  between God and men\, the man Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as a ransom 
 for all\, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time. For this I w
 as appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I am not lyin
 g)\, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 4:16-22\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he had been brou
 ght up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbath 
 day. And he stood up to read\; and there was given to him the book of the p
 rophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written\
 , "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has anointed me to preach
  good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives 
 and recovering of sight to the blind\, to set at liberty those who are oppr
 essed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the boo
 k\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of all 
 in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them\, "Today th
 is scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke well of him
 \, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.\n \
 n\n
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 sts: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\; Juven
 al\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\;
  John Maximovitch\, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\; Synaxis of t
 he Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for wor
 ship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in
  which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it 
 is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the
  Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the cov
 enant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding
  the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\;
  above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these
  things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been 
 made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ri
 tual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but on
 ce a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and fo
 r the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those 
 days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of 
 Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And w
 hen Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; an
 d Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud c
 ry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 
 And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 
 For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in 
 my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be
  a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said
 \, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, 
 for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, hencefor
 th all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done gre
 at things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about 
 three months\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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 sts: Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricum\, and his mother Ant
 hia\, The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:8-18\n\nTIMOTHY
 \, my son\, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me hi
 s prisoner\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God\, wh
 o saved us and called us with a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works b
 ut in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Je
 sus ages ago\, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior C
 hrist Jesus\, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light
  through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle
  and teacher\, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I
  know whom I have believed\, and I am sure that he is able to guard until t
 hat Day what has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound word
 s which you have heard from me\, in the faith and love which are in Christ 
 Jesus\; guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit w
 ho dwells within us.\n\nYou are aware that all who are in Asia turned away 
 from me\, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy 
 to the household of Onesiphoros\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not as
 hamed of my chains\, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly
  and found me -  may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that
  Day and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.\n \n\nGospel
  Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through th
 e grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck hea
 ds of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing wh
 at is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never re
 ad what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who w
 ere with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high prie
 st\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but
  the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And he
  said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\; s
 o the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n \nAgain he entered the syn
 agogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched him
 \, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might acc
 use him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."  
 And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm
 \, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around a
 t them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the ma
 n\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n \n\n
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 s: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\, 
 Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Philippians 2:5-11\n\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, whic
 h is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did n
 ot count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, ta
 king the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being f
 ound in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even
  death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him
  the name which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee 
 should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue 
 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a vi
 llage\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had 
 a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teach
 ing. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and 
 said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alon
 e? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\
 , you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Ma
 ry has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." A
 s he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "B
 lessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he
  said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\
 n\n
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 s: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Gabriel the New 
 Martyr of Constantinople\, Jordan the New Martyr\, Agathadoros the Martyr o
 f Cappadocia\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the He
 brews 7:7-17\n\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond dispute that the inferior is blesse
 d by the superior. Here tithes are received by mortal men\; there\, by one 
 whom it is testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi himself\, 
 who receives tithes\, paid tithes through Abraham\, for he was still in the
  loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. Now if perfection had been
  attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people recei
 ved the law)\, what further need would there have been for another priest t
 o arise after the order of Melchizedek\, rather than one named after the or
 der of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood\, there is neces
 sarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things are sp
 oken belonged to another tribe\, from which no one has ever served at the a
 ltar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah\, and in con
 nection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becomes even
  more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek\, w
 ho has become a priest\, not according to a legal requirement concerning bo
 dily descent but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnesse
 d of him\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \
 n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40\n\nAt that time\, the parents brought the
  child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written i
 n the law of the Lord\, "Every male that opens the womb shall be called hol
 y to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the l
 aw of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or two young pigeons."  Now ther
 e was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righteo
 us and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit
  was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he 
 should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired by
  the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the c
 hild Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him
  up in his arms and blessed God and said\,\n \n"Lord\, now let your servant
  depart in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salv
 ation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for 
 revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n \nAnd 
 his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him\; and Symeon 
 blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold\, this child is set for 
 the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a sign that is spoken again
 st (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also)\, that thoughts of 
 many hearts may be revealed."  And there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daug
 hter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she was of a great age\, having l
 ived with her husband seven years from her virginity\, and as a widow till 
 she was eighty-four.  She did not depart from the temple\, worshiping with 
 fasting and prayer night and day.  And coming up at that very hour she gave
  thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemptio
 n of Jerusalem.  And when they had performed everything according to the la
 w of the Lord\, they returned into Galilee\, to their own city\, Nazareth. 
  And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and the favor 
 of God was upon him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/4/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Mary & Martha\, 
 the sisters of Lazarus\, Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\, Petroc\
 , Abbot of Padstow\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews
  7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a hi
 gh priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted
  above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sa
 crifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; 
 he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appo
 ints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, whi
 ch came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for e
 ver.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high prie
 st\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in he
 aven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by
  man but by the Lord. \n  \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\n\nThe Lord said 
 to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who do
 es not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that 
 man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd
  of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and
  he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out
  all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they kn
 ow his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him
 \, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used wit
 h them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus a
 gain said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sh
 eep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not
  heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, an
 d will go in and out and find pasture."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/23/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\, Ezekiel the Prophet\, Pelag
 ia the Righteous of Tinos\, Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others marty
 red in Lycia\, St. Anna of Levkadio\, The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos 
 of Pochaev\, Icon of the Mother of God\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's F
 irst Letter to the Corinthians 11:31-34\; 12:1-6\n\nBrethren\, if we judged
  ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we are judged by the L
 ord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the world
 . So then\, my brethren\, when you come together to eat\, wait for one anot
 her - if any one is hungry\, let him eat at home - lest you come together t
 o be condemned. About the other things I will give directions when I come. 
 Now concerning the spiritual gifts\, brethren\, I do not want you to be uni
 nformed. You know that when you were heathen\, you were led astray to dumb 
 idols\, however you may have been moved. Therefore I want you to understand
  that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be cursed!" and
  no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are va
 rieties of gifts\, but the same spirit\; and there are varieties of service
 \, but the same Lord\; and there are varieties of working\, but it is the s
 ame God who inspires them all in every one.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18
 :1-11\n\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the 
 greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he put him
  in the midst of them and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn an
 d become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoeve
 r humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of he
 aven.\n \n"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me\; but who
 ever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be
  better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be
  drowned in the depth of the sea.\n \n"Woe to the world for temptations to 
 sin! For it is necessary that temptations come\, but woe to the man by whom
  the temptation comes! And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin\, cu
 t it off and throw it away\; it is better for you to enter life maimed or l
 ame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And
  if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\; it is bet
 ter for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into
  the Gehenna of fire.\n \n"See that you do not despise one of these little 
 ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of
  my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save the lost."\n\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/12/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-V
 irgin Mary\, Autonomos the Martyr\, Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconiu
 m\, Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\, Daniel of T
 hassos\, Julian the Martyr\, Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:2-10\n\n
 Brethren\, bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Fo
 r if any one thinks he is something\, when he is nothing\, he deceives hims
 elf. But let each one test his own work\, and then his reason to boast will
  be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each man will have to bea
 r his own load. Let him who is taught the word share all good things with h
 im who teaches. Do not be deceived\; God is not mocked\, for whatever a man
  sows\, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his own flesh will from 
 the flesh reap corruption\; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spi
 rit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary in well-doing\, for in due
  season we shall reap\, if we do not lose heart. So then\, as we have oppor
 tunity\, let us do good to all men\, and especially to those who are of the
  household of faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\n\nAt that time\, t
 he chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What 
 are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, 
 every one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both o
 ur place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest 
 that year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand
  that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people\, and 
 that the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of his own ac
 cord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die 
 for the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the c
 hildren of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took coun
 sel how to put him to death.\n \nJesus therefore no longer went about openl
 y among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wilderness\,
  to a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n\n
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 ts: Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\,Constantine and Helen\, 
 Equal-to-the Apostles\, Pachomios the Righteous New Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa s
 aid to Paul\, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretc
 hed out his hand and made his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the au
 thority and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on 
 the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and 
 those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I h
 eard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do yo
 u persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who 
 are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 
 But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have appeared to you for this pur
 pose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you 
 have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you fr
 om the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\,
  that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to G
 od\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who 
 are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not dis
 obedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\,
  then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to th
 e Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds wort
 hy of their repentance." \n \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\n\nThe Lord sai
 d to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who 
 does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, tha
 t man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shephe
 rd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, a
 nd he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought o
 ut all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they 
 know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from h
 im\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used w
 ith them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus
  again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the 
 sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did n
 ot heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, 
 and will go in and out and find pasture."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\, Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\, Is
 chyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\, Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into t
 he Temple\, Dionysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 4
 :4-8\, 16\n\nTimothy\, my son\, everything created by God is good\, and not
 hing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is
  consecrated by the word of God and prayer. If you put these instructions b
 efore the brethren\, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus\, nourishe
 d on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followe
 d. Have nothing to do with godless and silly myths. Train yourself in godli
 ness\; for while bodily training is of some value\, godliness is of value i
 n every way\, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the lif
 e to come. Take heed to yourself and to your teaching\; hold to that\, for 
 by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.\n\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 19:12-28\n\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A nobleman went into a f
 ar country to receive a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servant
 s\, he gave them ten pounds\, and said to them\, 'Trade with these till I c
 ome.' But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him\, saying\, '
 We do not want this man to reign over us.' When he returned\, having receiv
 ed the kingdom\, he commanded these servants\, to whom he had given the mon
 ey\, to be called to him\, that he might know what they had gained by tradi
 ng. The first came before him\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made ten po
 unds more.' And he said to him\, 'Well done\, good servant! Because you hav
 e been faithful in a very little\, you shall have authority over ten cities
 .' And the second came\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made five pounds.'
  And he said to him\, 'And you are to be over five cities.' Then another ca
 me\, saying\, 'Lord\, here is your pound\, which I kept laid away in a napk
 in\; for I was afraid of you\, because you are a severe man\; you take up w
 hat you did not lay down\, and reap what you did not sow.' He said to him\,
  'I will condemn you out of your own mouth\, you wicked servant! You knew t
 hat I was a severe man\, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what
  I did not sow? Why then did you not put my money into the bank\, and at my
  coming I should have collected it with interest?' And he said to those who
  stood by\, 'Take the pound from him\, and give it to him who has the ten p
 ounds.' (And they said to him\, 'Lord\, he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you\, 
 that to every one who has will more be given\; but from him who has not\, e
 ven what he has will be taken away. But as for these enemies of mine\, who 
 did not want me to reign over them\, bring them here and slay them before m
 e.'" And when he had said this\, he went on ahead\, going up to Jerusalem.\
 n \n\n
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 sts: The Holy Matrona of Thessalonica\; Paul\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 29:13-23\n And the Lord said: "Becaus
 e this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips\, whi
 le their hearts are far from me\, and their fear of me is a commandment of 
 men learned by rote\; therefore\, behold\, I will again do marvelous things
  with this people\, wonderful and marvelous\; and the wisdom of their wise 
 men shall perish\, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hid
 ."  Woe to those who hide deep from the LORD their counsel\, whose deeds ar
 e in the dark\, and who say\, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"  You turn things
  upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay\; that the thing mad
 e should say of its maker\, "He did not make me"\; or the thing formed say 
 of him who formed it\, "He has no understanding"?  \n\n Is it not yet a ver
 y little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field\, and th
 e fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?  In that day the deaf shall
  hear the words of a book\, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of
  the blind shall see.  The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD\, and th
 e poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.  For the ruthless s
 hall come to nought and the scoffer cease\, and all who watch to do evil sh
 all be cut off\, who by a word make a man out to be an offender\, and lay a
  snare for him who reproves in the gate\, and with an empty plea turn aside
  him who is in the right.  \n\n Therefore thus says the LORD\, who redeemed
  Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no more be ashamed\,
  no more shall his face grow pale.  For when he sees his children\, the wor
 k of my hands\, in his midst\, they will sanctify my name\; they will sanct
 ify the Holy One of Jacob\, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.\n\n
 Old Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-7\n Now the LORD said to Abram\, "Go fr
 om your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I
  will show you.  And I will make of you a great nation\, and I will bless y
 ou\, and make your name great\, so that you will be a blessing.  I will ble
 ss those who bless you\, and him who curses you I will curse\; and by you a
 ll the families of the earth shall bless themselves."  \n\n So Abram went\,
  as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five y
 ears old when he departed from Haran.  And Abram took Sarai his wife\, and 
 Lot his brother's son\, and all their possessions which they had gathered\,
  and the persons that they had gotten in Haran\; and they set forth to go t
 o the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan\, Abram pass
 ed through the land to the place at Shechem\, to the oak of Moreh. At that 
 time the Canaanites were in the land.  Then the LORD appeared to Abram\, an
 d said\, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he built there an 
 altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prov
 erbs 14:15-26\nThe simple believes everything\, but the prudent looks where
  he is going.  A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil\, but a fool
  throws off restraint and is careless.  A man of quick temper acts foolishl
 y\, but a man of discretion is patient.  The simple acquire folly\, but the
  prudent are crowned with knowledge.  The evil bow down before the good\, t
 he wicked at the gates of the righteous.  The poor is disliked even by his 
 neighbor\, but the rich has many friends.  He who despises his neighbor is 
 a sinner\, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.  Do they not err that d
 evise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.  In all to
 il there is profit\, but mere talk tends only to want.  The crown of the wi
 se is their wisdom\, but folly is the garland of fools.  A truthful witness
  saves lives\, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.  In the fear of the L
 ORD one has strong confidence\, and his children will have a refuge.\n\n
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 s: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, 
 The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\, Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonderwo
 rker\, Theodosius the New\, Sozon of Nicomedea\, The Holy Ten Thousand Asce
 tics of Thebes\, Narcissus the Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\, Joseph Gerontogia
 nnis of Lithines Sitia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Seco
 nd Letter to the Corinthians 2:14-17\; 3:1-3\n\nBrethren\, thanks be to God
 \, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fr
 agrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ 
 to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing\, 
 to one a fragrance from death to death\, to the other a fragrance from life
  to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not\, like so many
 \, peddlers of God's word\; but as men of sincerity\, as commissioned by Go
 d\, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.\n \nAre we beginning to commend
  ourselves again? Or do we need\, as some do\, letters of recommendation\, 
 to you\, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation\, wri
 tten on our hearts\, to be known and read by all men\; and you show that yo
 u are a letter from Christ delivered by us\, written not with ink but with 
 the Spirit of the living God\, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of hu
 man hearts.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:2-9\n\nAt that time\, Jesus took wi
 th him Peter and James and John\, and led them up a high mountain apart by 
 themselves\; and he was transfigured before them\, and his garments became 
 glistening\, intensely white\, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. And
  there appeared to them Elijah with Moses\; and they were talking to Jesus.
  And Peter said to Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us m
 ake three booths\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." For h
 e did not know what to say\, for they were exceedingly afraid. And a cloud 
 overshadowed them\, and a voice came out of the cloud\, "This is my beloved
  son\; listen to him." And suddenly\, looking around they no longer saw any
  one with them but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain he
  charged them to tell no one what they had seen\, until the Son of man shou
 ld have risen from the dead.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\, Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\, The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedia\, Vassianos the Righteous of
  Constantinople\, The 14 Holy Elders of Optina Monastery\, Pinytos\, Bishop
  of Knossos\, Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Letter to the Philippians 1:8-14\n\nBrethren\, God is my witness\, how 
 I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer
  that your love may abound more and more\, with knowledge and all discernme
 nt\, so that you may approve what is excellent\, and may be pure and blamel
 ess for the day of Christ\, filled with the fruits of righteousness which c
 ome through Jesus Christ\, to the glory and praise of God. I want you to kn
 ow\, brethren\, that what has happened to me has really served to advance t
 he gospel\, so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian gua
 rd and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the
  brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\,
  and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.\n\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 8:1-3\n\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villag
 es\, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the tw
 elve were with him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirit
 s and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gon
 e out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, an
 d many others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/6/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\, Eroteis the Martyr of Cappadocia
 \, Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBreth
 ren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to 
 death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to 
 men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are we
 ak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To th
 e present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and home
 less\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\;
  when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we h
 ave become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of
  all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you 
 as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, yo
 u do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus throug
 h the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 John 20:19-31\n\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, t
 he doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus c
 ame and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he ha
 d said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the disciples we
 re glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with 
 you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had sai
 d this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. 
  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sin
 s of any\, they are retained."\n \nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called 
 the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told 
 him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his han
 ds the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, 
 and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n \nEight days later\,
  his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doo
 rs were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be wi
 th you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands
 \; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, 
 but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to 
 him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who h
 ave not seen and yet believe."\n \nNow Jesus did many other signs in the pr
 esence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these ar
 e written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, 
 and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\n\n
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 ts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\, Barnabas the Holy Apostle\, Revelation o
 f the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel\n\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30\n\nIn those days\, those 
 apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Step
 hen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the word
  to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyren
 e\, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lord 
 Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number that bel
 ieved turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Je
 rusalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace
  of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the 
 Lord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, full of the Holy Spir
 it and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas wen
 t to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found him\, he brought him t
 o Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a large c
 ompany of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time cal
 led Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Anti
 och. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that 
 there would be a great famine over all the world\; and this took place in t
 he days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one according to 
 his ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, and they 
 did so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hea
 rs you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me
  rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\,
  even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I 
 saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you author
 ity to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the en
 emy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, tha
 t the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written 
 in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I 
 thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these 
 things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, F
 ather\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\, Innocent\, Enlighten
 er of Siberia & Alaska\, Akakios the Confessor\, Theophilos the Martyr and 
 those with him\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nTone Three\nEleventh Ort
 hros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16\
 ; 5:1-6\n\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed through th
 e heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confession. For w
 e have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses\, 
 but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet without sin. 
 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that we may 
 receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest
  chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to 
 God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the i
 gnorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of t
 his he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of
  the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is calle
 d by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be ma
 de a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my 
 Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Tho
 u art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\n\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after 
 me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever 
 would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake a
 nd the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the w
 hole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his 
 life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinf
 ul generation\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes 
 in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste death 
 before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/03/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dionysios the Areopagite\; John the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\; R
 usticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostle
 s 17:16-34\nIn those days\, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens\, his
  spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 
 So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons\, and in
  the market place every day with those who chanced to be there. Some also o
 f the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said\, "What would
  this babbler say?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign div
 inities" - because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. And they took ho
 ld of him and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what thi
 s new teaching is which you present? For you bring some strange things to o
 ur ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things mean." Now all the At
 henians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing exce
 pt telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of th
 e Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are v
 ery religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your wor
 ship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' W
 hat therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who 
 made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does
  not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as tho
 ugh he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath 
 and everything. And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the
  face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries 
 of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that they mig
 ht feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for
  'In him we live and move and have our being'\; as even some of your poets 
 have said\, 'For we are indeed his offspring.' Being then God's offspring\,
  we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold\, or silver\, or stone\,
  a representation by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance
  God overlooked\, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent\, becaus
 e he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a
  man whom he has appointed\, and of this he has given assurance to all men 
 by raising him from the dead." Now when they heard of the resurrection of t
 he dead\, some mocked\; but others said\, "We will hear you again about thi
 s." So Paul went out from among them. But some men joined him and believed\
 , among them Dionysios the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others 
 with them.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report conce
 rning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding count
 ry. The disciples of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling 
 to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he 
 who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come t
 o him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are yo
 u he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured
  many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blin
 d he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have
  seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are
  cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good
  news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nW
 hen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds conce
 rning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shak
 en by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clot
 hing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in
  kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell yo
 u\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I
  send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you
 .' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet h
 e who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard t
 his all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, having been bapti
 zed with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected t
 he purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\n
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 ts: Alexis the Man of God\, Patrick the Enlightener of Ireland\, Marinos th
 e Martyr\, Theocteristos the Confessor\, Paul the Righteous Martyr\n\nFast 
 Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the H
 ebrews 6:9-12\n\nBRETHREN\, we feel sure of better things that belong to sa
 lvation. For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love whi
 ch you showed for his sake in serving the saints\, as you still do. And we 
 desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full a
 ssurance of hope until the end\, so that you may not be sluggish\, but imit
 ators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.\n \n\nG
 ospel Reading: Mark 7:31-37\n\nAt that time\, Jesus returned from the regio
 n of Tyre\, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee\, through the regi
 on of Dekapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impe
 diment in his speech\; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. And 
 taking him aside from the multitude privately\, he put his fingers into his
  ears\, and he spat and touched his tongue\; and looking up to heaven\, he 
 sighed\, and said to him\, "Ephphatha\," that is\, "Be opened." And his ear
 s were opened\, his tongue was released\, and he spoke plainly. And he char
 ged them to tell no one\; but the more he charged them\, the more zealously
  they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure\, saying\, "He
  has done all things well: he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak."
 \n \n\n
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 s: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr\, Holy Glorious New
  Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\, Phocas the Martyr\, Plegmund\, Archbishop
  of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:
 8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\n\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\,
  did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belon
 ged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyreni
 ans\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose 
 and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the 
 Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, 
 "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they
  stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon 
 him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up false wi
 tnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy 
 place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth w
 ill destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered 
 to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face wa
 s like the face of an angel.\n \nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" A
 nd Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared
  to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Ha
 ran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go
  into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of th
 e Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed h
 im from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him 
 no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it t
 o him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child
 .\n \n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does
  not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my 
 throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says th
 e Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these th
 ings?'\n \n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you
  always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of t
 he prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who annou
 nced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betraye
 d and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did no
 t keep it."\n \nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and th
 ey ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed
  into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right han
 d of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son o
 f man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud vo
 ice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him
  out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garment
 s at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\,
  he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried 
 with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he
  had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\n\nThe L
 ord said this parable\, "A man planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around 
 it\, and dug a pit for the wine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out 
 to tenants\, and went into another country. When the time came\, he sent a 
 servant to the tenants\, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard
 . And they took him and beat him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he
  sent to them another servant\, and they wounded him in the head\, and trea
 ted him shamefully. And he sent another\, and him they killed\; and so with
  many others\, some they beat and some they killed. He had still one other\
 , a beloved son\; finally he sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect
  my son.' But those tenants said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\
 , let us kill him\, and the inheritance will be ours.' And they took him an
 d killed him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the
  vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard 
 to others. Have you not read this scripture: 'The very stone which the buil
 ders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing
 \, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but fe
 ared the multitude\, for they perceived that he had told the parable agains
 t them\; so they left him and went away.\n  \n\n
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 ts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Joh
 n\, Theodora of Thessaloniki\, Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 13:25-33\n\nIN THOSE DA
 YS\, as John was finishing his course\, he said\, "What do you suppose that
  I am? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandals of whose 
 feet I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, sons of the family of Abraham\, 
 and those among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the message of this
  salvation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, because they
  did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which 
 are read every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Though they cou
 ld charge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pilate to have 
 him killed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him\, they 
 took him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him fr
 om the dead\; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him f
 rom Galilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we 
 bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, this he has
  fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  6:14-30\n\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Jesus\, f
 or his name had become known. He said\, "John the baptizer has been raised 
 from the dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." But others sa
 id\, "It is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a prophet\, like one of the p
 rophets of old." But when Herod heard of it he said\, "John\, whom I behead
 ed\, has been raised." For Herod had sent and seized John\, and bound him i
 n prison for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because he 
 had married her. For John said to Herod\, "It is not lawful for you to have
  your brother's wife." And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and wanted t
 o kill him. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that he was
  a righteous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, he was m
 uch perplexed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came when H
 erod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the 
 leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias' daughter came in and danced\, sh
 e pleased Herod and his guests\; and the king said to the girl\, "Ask me fo
 r whatever you wish\, and I will grant it." And he vowed to her\, "Whatever
  you ask me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom." And she went out\
 , and said to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" And she said\, "The head of 
 John the baptizer." And she came in immediately with haste to the king\, an
 d asked\, saying\, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Bapt
 ist on a platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry\; but because of his 
 oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediat
 ely the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head.
  He went and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a platter
 \, and gave it to the girl\; and the girl gave it to her mother. When his d
 isciples heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in a tomb.
  The apostles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and t
 aught.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\, Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\, Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthi
 ans 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, lik
 e men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\
 , to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise i
 n Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we 
 in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad an
 d buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When r
 eviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try t
 o conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, 
 the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, b
 ut to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless gu
 ides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in 
 Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\n\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to go to Ga
 lilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was 
 from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, an
 d he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the
  prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said t
 o him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Co
 me and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold
 \, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "Ho
 w do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when y
 ou were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\,
  you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\
 , "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?  
 You shall see greater things than these."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, tr
 uly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God asc
 ending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Jeremias the Prophet\, New Martyr Maria of Fourna\, Mirabella in Crete\,
  Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\, Nikiforos the Monk of Chios\, Synaxis 
 of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain\, Euthymius\, Ignat
 ius\, and Acacius\, Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of
  the Apostles 10:21-33\n\nIn those days\, Peter went down to the men sent b
 y Cornelius to him and said\, "I am the one you are looking for\; what is t
 he reason for your coming?" And they said\, "Cornelius\, a centurion\, an u
 pright and God-fearing man\, who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nati
 on\, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house\, an
 d to hear what you have to say." So he called them in to be his guests. The
  next day he rose and went off with them\, and some of the brethren from Jo
 ppa accompanied him. And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornel
 ius was expecting them and had called together his kinsmen and close friend
 s. When Peter entered\, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and wor
 shiped him. But Peter lifted him up\, saying\, "Stand up\; I too am a man."
  And as he talked with him\, he went in and found many persons gathered\; a
 nd he said to them\, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to a
 ssociate with or to visit any one of another nation\; but God has shown me 
 that I should not call any man common or unclean. So when I was sent for\, 
 I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me." And Cornelius sa
 id\, "Four days ago\, about this hour\, I was keeping the ninth hour of pra
 yer in my house\; and behold\, a man stood before me in bright apparel\, sa
 ying\, 'Cornelius\, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been reme
 mbered before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called 
 Peter\; he is lodging in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by the seaside.' S
 o I sent to you at once\, and you have been kind enough to come. Now theref
 ore we are all here present in the sight of God\, to hear all that you have
  been commanded by the Lord."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\n\nAt that t
 ime\, Jesus went about in Galilee\; he would not go about in Judea\, becaus
 e the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at ha
 nd. So his brothers said to him\, "Leave here and go to Judea\, that your d
 isciples may see the works you are doing. For no man works in secret if he 
 seeks to be known openly. If you do these things\, show yourself to the wor
 ld." For even his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them\, "My
  time has not yet come\, but your time is always here. The world cannot hat
 e you\, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil. Go
  to the feast yourselves\; I am not going up to this feast\, for my time ha
 s not yet fully come." So saying\, he remained in Galilee.\n \nBut after hi
 s brothers had gone up to the feast\, then he also went up\, not publicly b
 ut in private. The Jews were looking for him at the feast\, and saying\, "W
 here is he?" And there was much muttering about him among the people. While
  some said\, "He is a good man\," others said\, "No\, he is leading the peo
 ple astray." Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sabbas the Sanctified\, Holy Martyr Diogenes\, Philotheos the Righteous
  of Mount Athos\, Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2
 \n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, k
 indness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against suc
 h there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the
  flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us al
 so walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one a
 nother\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any t
 respass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentlenes
 s.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens
 \, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\
 n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me b
 y my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows
  the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal hi
 m.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you re
 st.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly 
 in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, an
 d my burden is light."\n      \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/15/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Nikitas the Great Martyr\, Philotheos the Righteous\, Bessarion of Lari
 ssa\, Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, John the New M
 artyr of Crete\, Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\, Porphyrios the Actor\n\n\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\n\nBret
 hren\, now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I com
 plete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, th
 at is\, the church\, of which I became a minister according to the divine o
 ffice which was given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\,
  the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his s
 aints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the
  riches of the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of
  glory. Him we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all w
 isdom\, that we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, s
 triving with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I wan
 t you to know how greatly I strive for you.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-
 30\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will
  seek me and die in your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then sa
 id the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, y
 ou cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\
 ; you are of this world\, I am not of this world. I told you that you would
  die in your sins\, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I
  am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what 
 I have told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much t
 o judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I declare to the world what I ha
 ve heard from him." They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Fa
 ther. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you wi
 ll know that I am he\, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak 
 thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not le
 ft me alone\, for I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, 
 many believed in him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alexis the Man of God\; Patrick the Enlightener of Ireland\; Marinos t
 he Martyr\; Theocteristos the Confessor\; Paul the Righteous Martyr\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 9:9-10:4\nThus says the LORD: "And
  all the people will know\, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria\, who sa
 y in pride and in arrogance of heart:  'The bricks have fallen\, but we wil
 l build with dressed stones\; the sycamores have been cut down\, but we wil
 l put cedars in their place.'"  So the LORD raises adversaries against them
 \, and stirs up their enemies.  The Syrians on the east and the Philistines
  on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not t
 urned away and his hand is stretched out still.  The people did not turn to
  him who smote them\, nor seek the LORD of hosts.  So the LORD cut off from
  Israel head and tail\, palm branch and reed in one day - the elder and hon
 ored man is the head\, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail\; for t
 hose who lead this people lead them astray\, and those who are led by them 
 are swallowed up.  Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men
 \, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows\; for every one is 
 godless and an evildoer\, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his an
 ger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.  For wickedness
  burns like a fire\, it consumes briers and thorns\; it kindles the thicket
 s of the forest\, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.  Through the w
 rath of the LORD of hosts the land is burned\, and the people are like fuel
  for the fire\; no man spares his brother.  They snatch on the right\, but 
 are still hungry\, and they devour on the left\, but are not satisfied\; ea
 ch devours his neighbor's flesh\, Manasseh\, Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manass
 eh\, and together they are against Judah. For all this his anger is not tur
 ned away and his hand is stretched out still.  \n\n Woe to those who decree
  iniquitous decrees\, and the writers who keep writing oppression\, to turn
  aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rig
 ht\, that widows may be their spoil\, and that they may make the fatherless
  their prey!  What will you do on the day of punishment\, in the storm whic
 h will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help\, and where will you 
 leave your wealth?  Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fa
 ll among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand 
 is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:1-5\n Then the 
 LORD said to Noah\, "Go into the ark\, you and all your household\, for I h
 ave seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.  Take with yo
 u seven pairs of all clean animals\, the male and his mate\; and a pair of 
 the animals that are not clean\, the male and his mate\; and seven pairs of
  the birds of the air also\, male and female\, to keep their kind alive upo
 n the face of all the earth.  For in seven days I will send rain upon the e
 arth forty days and forty nights\; and every living thing that I have made 
 I will blot out from the face of the ground."  And Noah did all that the LO
 RD had commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 8:32-9:11\nAnd now
 \, my sons\, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.  Hear instruct
 ion and be wise\, and do not neglect it.  Happy is the man who listens to m
 e\, watching daily at my gates\, waiting beside my doors.  For he who finds
  me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD\; but he who misses me injur
 es himself\; all who hate me love death."  Wisdom has built her house\, she
  has set up her seven pillars.  She has slaughtered her beasts\, she has mi
 xed her wine\, she has also set her table.  She has sent out her maids to c
 all from the highest places in the town\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him tur
 n in here!" To him who is without sense she says\,  "Come\, eat of my bread
  and drink of the wine I have mixed.  Leave simpleness\, and live\, and wal
 k in the way of insight."  He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse\, a
 nd he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.  Do not reprove a scoffer\, 
 or he will hate you\; reprove a wise man\, and he will love you.  Give inst
 ruction to a wise man\, and he will be still wiser\; teach a righteous man 
 and he will increase in learning.  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
  wisdom\, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.  For by me your day
 s will be multiplied\, and years will be added to your life. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/26/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\; Removal
  of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his discip
 les after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simo
 n\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, L
 ord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A seco
 nd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said t
 o him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my
  sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you lov
 e me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you l
 ove me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that 
 I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would
 \; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another wil
 l gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to sh
 ow by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "
 Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus 
 loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord
 \, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to
  Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my wi
 ll that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, th
 e word went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; but J
 esus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will tha
 t he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple who 
 is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and
  we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also many other things 
 which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the
  world itself could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:12-19\nNo man has ever
  seen God\; if we love one another\, God abides in us and his love is perfe
 cted in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us\, because he 
 has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Fathe
 r has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus
  is the Son of God\, God abides in him\, and he in God. So we know and beli
 eve the love God has for us. God is love\, and he who abides in love abides
  in God\, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us\, that w
 e may have confidence for the day of judgment\, because as he is so are we 
 in this world. There is no fear in love\, but perfect love casts out fear. 
 For fear has to do with punishment\, and he who fears is not perfected in l
 ove. We love\, because he first loved us.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-27\
 ; 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\,
  and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. Wh
 en Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he
  said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disc
 iple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to 
 his own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\,
  and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.
  But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of t
 hem to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the b
 ooks that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/22/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\, Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs\, E
 uthemios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 
 7:1-14\n\nIn the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son of Uzziah\, king of J
 udah\, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Is
 rael came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it\, but they could not conqu
 er it.  When the house of David was told\, "Syria is in league with Ephraim
 \," his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest 
 shake before the wind.\n \nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah\, "Go forth to meet 
 Ahaz\, you and Shearjashub your son\, at the end of the conduit of the uppe
 r pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field\, and say to him\, 'Take heed\,
  be quiet\, do not fear\, and do not let your heart be faint because of the
 se two smoldering stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce anger of Rezin and S
 yria and the son of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Ephraim and the son of 
 Remaliah\, has devised evil against you\, saying\,  "Let us go up against J
 udah and terrify it\, and let us conquer it for ourselves\, and set up the 
 son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it\," thus says the Lord GOD: It shal
 l not stand\, and it shall not come to pass.  For the head of Syria is Dama
 scus\, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty-five years Ephraim 
 will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)  And the h
 ead of Ephraim is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
  If you will not believe\, surely you shall not be established.'"\n \nAgain
  the LORD spoke to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD your God\; let it be dee
 p as Sheol or high as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I will not ask\, and I wil
 l not put the LORD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear then\, O house of Dav
 id! Is it too little for you to weary men\, that you weary my God also?  Th
 erefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold\, a virgin shall conc
 eive and bear a son\, and shall call his name Immanuel.\n\n\nGenesis 5:32-6
 :8\n\n After Noah was five hundred years old\, Noah became the father of Sh
 em\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men began to multiply on the face of the grou
 nd\, and daughters were born to them\, the sons of God saw that the daughte
 rs of men were fair\; and they took to wife such of them as they chose.  Th
 en the LORD said\, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever\, for he is f
 lesh\, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."  The Nephilim wer
 e on the earth in those days\, and also afterward\, when the sons of God ca
 me in to the daughters of men\, and they bore children to them. These were 
 the mighty men that were of old\, the men of renown.  \n \nThe LORD saw tha
 t the wickedness of man was great in the earth\, and that every imagination
  of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the LORD was 
 sorry that he had made man on the earth\, and it grieved him to his heart. 
  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face 
 of the ground\, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air\, fo
 r I am sorry that I have made them."  But Noah found favor in the eyes of t
 he LORD.\n\n\nProverbs 6:20-7:1\n\nMy son\, keep your father's commandment\
 , and forsake not your mother's teaching.  Bind them upon your heart always
 \; tie them about your neck.  When you walk\, they will lead you\; when you
  lie down\, they will watch over you\; and when you awake\, they will talk 
 with you.  For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light\, and the
  reproofs of discipline are the way of life\, to preserve you from the evil
  woman\, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.  Do not desire her beau
 ty in your heart\, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes\; for 
 a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread\, but an adulteress stalks a man'
 s very life.  Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burn
 ed?  Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?  So is he
  who goes in to his neighbor's wife\; none who touches her will go unpunish
 ed.  Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when h
 e is hungry?  And if he is caught\, he will pay sevenfold\; he will give al
 l the goods of his house.  He who commits adultery has no sense\; he who do
 es it destroys himself.  Wounds and dishonor will he get\, and his disgrace
  will not be wiped away.  For jealousy makes a man furious\, and he will no
 t spare when he takes revenge.  He will accept no compensation\, nor be app
 eased though you multiply gifts.  My son\, keep my words and treasure up my
  commandments with you.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/15/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Nikitas the Great Martyr\, Philotheos the Righteous\, Bessarion of Lari
 ssa\, Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, John the New M
 artyr of Crete\, Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\, Porphyrios the Actor\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:24-29\
 , 2:1\n\nBrethren\, now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in m
 y flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of 
 his body\, that is\, the church\, of which I became a minister according to
  the divine office which was given to me for you\, to make the word of God 
 fully known\, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made mani
 fest to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gen
 tiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\
 , the hope of glory. Him we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every
  man in all wisdom\, that we may present every man mature in Christ. For th
 is I toil\, striving with all the energy which he mightily inspires within 
 me. For I want you to know how greatly I strive for you.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 10:16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send yo
 u out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent
  as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and f
 log you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and 
 kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When th
 ey deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are 
 to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it
  is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and 
 children will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you wil
 l be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be
  saved."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\, Quad
 ratus the Apostle\, Jonah the Prophet\, Isaakios & Meletios\, Bishops of Cy
 prus\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesian
 s 4:17-25\n\nBrethren\, this I affirm and testify in the Lord\, that you mu
 st no longer live as the Gentiles do\, in the futility of their minds\; the
 y are darkened in their understanding\, alienated from the life of God beca
 use of the ignorance that is in them\, due to their hardness of heart\; the
 y have become callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness\, gree
 dy to practice every kind of uncleanness. You did not so learn Christ! - as
 suming that you have heard about him and were taught in him\, as the truth 
 is in Jesus. Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of
  life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts\, and be renewed in the spirit
  of your minds\, and put on the new nature\, created after the likeness of 
 God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore\, putting away falsehood\
 , speak the truth.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\n\nAt that time\, the 
 crowd wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Je
 sus\; and they said\, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Do
 ubtless you will quote to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; wh
 at we have heard you did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'"
  And he said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own 
 country. But in truth\, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in th
 e days of Elijah\, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months\,
  when there came a great famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to 
 none of them but only to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who 
 was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophe
 t Elisha\; and none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When 
 they heard this\, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they ros
 e up and put him out of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on w
 hich their city was built\, that they might throw him down headlong. But pa
 ssing through the midst of them he went away.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\, Constantine the New Martyr of C
 yprus\, Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\, Germanus\, Bishop of the
  Isle of Man\n\nTone Four\nFifth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\n\nBrethren\, you a
 re the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointe
 d in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then wo
 rkers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in v
 arious kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all tea
 chers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all spe
 ak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.
   And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongue
 s of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clangin
 g cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries an
 d all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but
  have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I delive
 r my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patien
 t and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. 
 Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it
  does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all thin
 gs\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love neve
 r ends.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:28-34\; 9:1\n\nAt that time\, when J
 esus came to the country of the Gergesenes\, two demoniacs met him\, coming
  out of the tombs\, so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold\,
  they cried out\, "What have you to do with us\, O Son of God? Have you com
 e here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding
  at some distance from them. And the demons begged him\, "If you cast us ou
 t\, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to them\, "Go." So th
 ey came out and went into the swine\; and behold\, the whole herd rushed do
 wn the steep bank into the sea\, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen f
 led\, and going into the city they told everything\, and what had happened 
 to the demoniacs. And behold\, all the city came out to meet Jesus\; and wh
 en they saw him\, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting 
 into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Sylv
 ester\, Pope of Rome\; Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Seraphim the
  Wonderworker of Sarov\; Juliana the Righteous\; Theagenes the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Parios\; Theopemptos\; Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargy
 roi\; Righteous Mark the Deaf\; Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\; Sergios\; Theo
 pistos the Martyr\; George the New Martyr of Georgia\; Nilos the Sanctified
 \; Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Hebrews 5:4-10\nBRETHREN\, one does not take the honor upon h
 imself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did no
 t exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who sai
 d to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also
  in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchi
 zedek." In the days of his flesh\, Jesus offered up prayers and supplicatio
 ns\, with loud cries and tears\, to him who was able to save him from death
 \, and he was heard for his godly fear. Although he was a Son\, he learned 
 obedience through what he suffered\; and being made perfect he became the s
 ource of eternal salvation to all who obey him\, being designated by God a 
 high priest after the order of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15
 \nAt that time\, there was a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a rul
 er of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, 
 we know that you are a teacher come from God\; for no one can do these sign
 s that you do\, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, trul
 y\, I say to you\, unless one is born from above\, he cannot see the kingdo
 m of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can a man be born when he is old? C
 an he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answer
 ed\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born of water and the Sp
 irit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh 
 is flesh\, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel th
 at I said to you\, 'You must be born from above.' The Spirit blows where it
  wills\, and you hear the sound of it\, and you do not know whence it comes
  or whither it goes\; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Ni
 kodemos said to him\, "How can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a te
 acher of Israel\, and yet you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say
  to you\, we speak of what we know\, and bear witness to what we have seen\
 ; but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things a
 nd you do not believe\, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 
 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son 
 of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderne
 ss\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may
  have eternal life."\n\n
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 s: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\, Hesperos & Zoe the R
 ighteous\, Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michael in Baptism)\, Jo
 rdan the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, 
 those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their live
 s\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today 
 and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it
  is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which hav
 e not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who ser
 ve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose bl
 ood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin
  are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in o
 rder to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go for
 th to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have
  no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him then
  let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the f
 ruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to s
 hare what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 7:14-30\n\nAbout the middle of the feast Jesus went up into t
 he temple and taught. The Jews marveled at it saying\, "How is it that this
  man has learning\, when he has never studied?" So Jesus answered them\, "M
 y teaching is not mine\, but his who sent me\; if any man's will is to do h
 is will\, he shall know whether the teacher is from God or whether I am spe
 aking on my own authority. He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own
  glory\; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true\, and in hi
 m there is not falsehood. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you k
 eeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?" The people answered\, "You have 
 a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?" Jesus answered them\, "I did one deed
 \, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is fr
 om Moses\, but from the fathers)\, and you circumcise a man upon the sabbat
 h. If on the sabbath a man receives circumcision\, so that the law of Moses
  may not be broken\, are you angry with me because on the sabbath I made a 
 man's whole body well? Do not judge by appearances\, but judge with right j
 udgment."\n \nSome of the people of Jerusalem therefore said\, "Is not this
  the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is\, speaking openly\, and the
 y say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this 
 is the Christ? Yet we know where this man comes from\; and when the Christ 
 appears\, no one will know where he comes from." So Jesus proclaimed\, as h
 e taught in the temple\, "You know me\, and you know where I come from? But
  I have not come of my own accord\; he who sent me is true\, and him you do
  not know. I know him\, for I come from him\, and he sent me." So they soug
 ht to arrest him\; but no one laid hands on him\, because his hour had not 
 yet come.\n  \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200819
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\; Holy Martyrs Timot
 hy\, Agapius and Thecla\; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\; Af
 terfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virg
 in Mary\; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, suc
 h is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are
  competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us\; our competenc
 e is from God\, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant
 \, not in a written code but in the Spirit\; for the written code kills\, b
 ut the Spirit gives life.\n\nNow if the dispensation of death\, carved in l
 etters on stone\, came with such splendor that the Israelites could not loo
 k at Moses' face because of its brightness\, fading as this was\, will not 
 the dispensation of the Spirit be attended with greater splendor? For if th
 ere was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation\, the dispensation of 
 righteousness must far exceed it in splendor. Indeed\, in this case\, what 
 once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all\, because of the sple
 ndor that surpasses it. For if what faded away came with splendor\, what is
  permanent must have much more splendor.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-3
 9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes an
 d Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn
  the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of 
 our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood 
 of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you are sons o
 f those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fat
 hers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sent
 enced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, som
 e of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your syn
 agogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you may come all the ri
 ghteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood 
 of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary
  and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon this generat
 ion.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those wh
 o are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together a
 s a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, you
 r house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me agai
 n\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\, Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\, Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:2-9
 \n\nBrethren\, continue steadfastly in prayer\, being watchful in it with t
 hanksgiving\; and pray for us also\, that God may open to us a door for the
  word\, to declare the mystery of Christ\, on account of which I am in pris
 on\, that I may make it clear\, as I ought to speak. Conduct yourselves wis
 ely toward outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let your speech always 
 be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know how you ought to an
 swer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs\; he is a belov
 ed brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sen
 t him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know how we are and that 
 he may encourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful and bel
 oved brother\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything t
 hat has taken place here.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:14-23\n\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus was casting out a demon that was dumb\; when the demon had gone o
 ut\, the dumb man spoke\, and the people marveled. But some of them said\, 
 "He casts out demons by Beelzebul\, the prince of demons"\; while others\, 
 to test him\, sought from him a sign from heaven. But he\, knowing their th
 oughts\, said to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste
 \, and a divided household falls. And if Satan also is divided against hims
 elf\, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Bee
 lzebul. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cast t
 hem out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the finger of
  God that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Wh
 en a strong man\, fully armed\, guards his own palace\, his goods are in pe
 ace\; but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him\, he take
 s away his armor in which he trusted\, and divides his spoil. He who is not
  with me is against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters."\n \n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/1/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Nahum the Prophet\, Philaret the Merciful of Amnia\, Ananias the Persia
 n\, Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia\, 
 Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 4:4-8\, 16\n\nT
 imothy\, my son\, everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be 
 rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated b
 y the word of God and prayer. If you put these instructions before the bret
 hren\, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus\, nourished on the words
  of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed. Have nothin
 g to do with godless and silly myths. Train yourself in godliness\; for whi
 le bodily training is of some value\, godliness is of value in every way\, 
 as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. Tak
 e heed to yourself and to your teaching\; hold to that\, for by so doing yo
 u will save both yourself and your hearers.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:19
 -26\n\nAt that time\, the scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands 
 on Jesus at that very hour\, but they feared the people\; for they perceive
 d that he had told this parable against them. So they watched him\, and sen
 t spies\, who pretended to be sincere\, that they might take hold of what h
 e said\, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the g
 overnor. They asked him\, "Teacher\, we know that you speak and teach right
 ly\, and show no partiality\, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful 
 for us to give tribute to Caesar\, or not?" But he perceived their craftine
 ss\, and said to them\, "Show me a coin. Whose likeness and inscription has
  it?" They said\, "Caesar's." He said to them\, "Then render to Caesar the 
 things that are Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's." And they 
 were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said\; 
 but marveling at his answer they were silent.\n\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180124
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/23/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\, Agathangelus the Mart
 yr\, Righteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\; 4:1-3\n\nBrethren\, our commonwealth
  is in heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who
  will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body\, by the power whi
 ch enables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefore\, my breth
 ren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown\, stand firm thus in the 
 Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the
  Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, help these women\, for they 
 have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and t
 he rest of my fellow workers\, whose names are in the book of life. \n \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was going thro
 ugh the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to plu
 ck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they do
 ing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you ne
 ver read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those
  who were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was hig
 h priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for a
 ny but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  
 And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabba
 th\; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n \nAgain he entered t
 he synagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watch
 ed him\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they mig
 ht accuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come he
 re."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to d
 o harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked ar
 ound at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to 
 the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171009
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/8/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Pelagia the Righteous\, Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\, Taisia t
 he Harlot of Egypt\, Phillip\, Bishop of Gortyna\n\nTone One\nSeventh Orthr
 os Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians
  9:6-11\n\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and 
 he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he 
 has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves 
 a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abu
 ndance\, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide i
 n abundance for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, h
 e gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies 
 seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resource
 s and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in e
 very way for great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving 
 to God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:11-16\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went to a
  city called Nain\, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As h
 e drew near to the gate of the city\, behold\, a man who had died was being
  carried out\, the only son of his mother\, and she was a widow\; and a lar
 ge crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her\, he had com
 passion on her and said to her\, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the
  bier\, and the bearers stood still. And he said\, "Young man\, I say to yo
 u\, arise." And the dead man sat up\, and began to speak. And he gave him t
 o his mother. Fear seized them all\; and they glorified God\, saying\, "A g
 reat prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of Luke
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200524
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wif
 e of Cleopas\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DA
 YS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the wor
 d of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Bar
 nabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we
  proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas want
 ed to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take wi
 th them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone wit
 h them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separ
 ated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cypru
 s\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to 
 the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthenin
 g the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:27-38\nThe Lord said to the Jew
 s who came to him\, "My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they fo
 llow me\; and I give them eternal life\, and they shall never perish\, and 
 no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father\, who has given them to 
 me\, is greater than all\, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Fat
 her's hand. I and the Father are one."\n\nThe Jews took up stones again to 
 stone him. Jesus answered them\, "I have shown you many good works from the
  Father\; for which of these do you stone me?" The Jews answered him\, "It 
 is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy\; because you\, 
 being a man\, make yourself God." Jesus answered them\, "Is it not written 
 in your law\, 'I said\, you are gods?' If he called them gods to whom the w
 ord of God came (and scripture cannot be broken)\, do you say of him whom t
 he Father consecrated and sent into the world\, 'You are blaspheming\,' bec
 ause I said\, 'I am the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of my Fath
 er\, then do not believe me\; but if I do them\, even though you do not bel
 ieve me\, believe my works\, that you may know and understand that the Fath
 er is in me and I am in the Father."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Gabriel the New 
 Martyr of Constantinople\, Jordan the New Martyr\, Agathadoros the Martyr o
 f Cappadocia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:7-1
 7\n\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the su
 perior. Here tithes are received by mortal men\; there\, by one whom it is 
 testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi himself\, who receive
 s tithes\, paid tithes through Abraham\, for he was still in the loins of h
 is ancestor when Melchizedek met him. Now if perfection had been attainable
  through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law
 )\, what further need would there have been for another priest to arise aft
 er the order of Melchizedek\, rather than one named after the order of Aaro
 n? For when there is a change in the priesthood\, there is necessarily a ch
 ange in the law as well. For the one of whom these things are spoken belong
 ed to another tribe\, from which no one has ever served at the altar. For i
 t is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah\, and in connection wit
 h that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becomes even more evide
 nt when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek\, who has beco
 me a priest\, not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descen
 t but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him\, 
 "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 2:22-40\n\nAt that time\, the parents brought the child Jesu
 s up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law o
 f the Lord\, "Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lo
 rd") and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the L
 ord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or two young pigeons."  Now there was a man
  in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righteous and devo
 ut\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon h
 im.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not 
 see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired by the Spirit
  he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus\
 , to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him up in his 
 arms and blessed God and said\,\n \n"Lord\, now let your servant depart in 
 peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation which
  you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for revelation 
 to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n \nAnd his father 
 and his mother marveled at what was said about him\; and Symeon blessed the
 m and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold\, this child is set for the fall an
 d rising of many in Israel\, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a s
 word will pierce through your own soul also)\, that thoughts of many hearts
  may be revealed."  And there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Pha
 nuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she was of a great age\, having lived with h
 er husband seven years from her virginity\, and as a widow till she was eig
 hty-four.  She did not depart from the temple\, worshiping with fasting and
  prayer night and day.  And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to 
 God\, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusa
 lem.  And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lo
 rd\, they returned into Galilee\, to their own city\, Nazareth.  And the ch
 ild grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and the favor of God was 
 upon him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/15/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\, Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Elde
 r of Chios\, Eusebius the Righteous of Syria\, Onesimos\, Patriarch of Cons
 tantinople\, Maïor the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to Philemon 1:1-25\n\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and T
 imothy our brother\, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our
  sister and Archippos our fellow soldier\, and the church in your house: Gr
 ace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank
  my God always when I remember you in my prayers\, because I hear of your l
 ove and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saint
 s\, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of 
 all the good that is ours in Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfor
 t from your love\, my brother\, because the hearts of the saints have been 
 refreshed through you. Accordingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to c
 ommand you to do what is required\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal 
 to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus 
 - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in m
 y imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to you\, but now he is indeed usef
 ul to you and to me.) I am sending him back to you\, sending my very heart.
  I would have been glad to keep him with me\, in order that he might serve 
 me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred t
 o do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be 
 by compulsion but of your own free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted 
 from you for a while\, that you might have him back for ever\, no longer as
  a slave but more than a slave\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me bu
 t how much more to you\, both in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consi
 der me your partner\, receive him as you would receive me. If he has wronge
 d you at all\, or owes you anything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\,
  write this with my own hand\, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owi
 ng me even your own self. Yes\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in t
 he Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write 
 to you\, knowing that you will do even more than I say. At the same time\, 
 prepare a guest room for me\, for I am hoping through your prayers to be gr
 anted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetin
 gs to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow wor
 kers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n \n\nG
 ospel Reading: Mark 13:1-8\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus came out of the templ
 e\, one of his disciples said to him\, "Look\, Teacher\, what wonderful sto
 nes and what wonderful buildings!" And Jesus said to him\, "Do you see thes
 e great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another\, tha
 t will not be thrown down." And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite t
 he temple\, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately\, "Tell
  us\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign when these things are a
 ll to be accomplished?" And Jesus began to say to them\, "Take heed that no
  one leads you astray. Many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and 
 they will lead many astray. And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars\, 
 do not be alarmed\; this must take place\, but the end is not yet. For nati
 on will rise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\; there will be e
 arthquakes in various places\, there will be famines\; this is but the begi
 nning of the sufferings."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Barnabas the Holy Apostle\; Revelation 
 of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel\n\n
 Fast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, a
 nd he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with jo
 y\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And h
 e said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I h
 ave given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all
  the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not r
 ejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that you
 r names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy S
 pirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that yo
 u have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed the
 m to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God ha
 s exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; beca
 use we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are 
 fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you
  are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present ho
 ur we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and w
 e labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persec
 uted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\,
  and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things.
  I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my belove
 d children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not hav
 e many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel
 . I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-1
 9\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A cit
 y set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a 
 bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your
  light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glo
 ry to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish 
 the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill t
 hem.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an i
 ota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoeve
 r then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, 
 shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and t
 eaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\;
  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\; 
 Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Christos the New Martyr of Prevez
 is\; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Peter's First Universal Letter 1:1-25\; 2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle
  of Jesus Christ\, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Ca
 ppadocia\, Asia\, and Bithynia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and 
 sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling w
 ith his blood:\n\nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the 
 God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been bo
 rn anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the 
 dead\, and to an inheritance which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfadi
 ng\, kept in heaven for you\, who by God's power are guarded through faith 
 for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\
 , though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials\, so 
 that the genuineness of your faith\, more precious than gold which though p
 erishable is tested by fire\, may redound to praise and glory and honor at 
 the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without having known him you love him\; tho
 ugh you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable 
 and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of y
 our souls.\n\nThe prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours
  searched and inquired about this salvation\; they inquired what person or 
 time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the 
 sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that
  they were serving not themselves but you\, in the things which have now be
 en announced to you by those who preached the good news to you through the 
 Holy Spirit sent from heaven\, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTh
 erefore gird up your minds\, be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace 
 that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient childr
 en\, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance\, but as 
 he who called you is holy\, be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since 
 it is written\, "You shall be holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as F
 ather him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds\, conduct 
 yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. You know that you w
 ere ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers\, not with pe
 rishable things such as silver or gold\, but with the precious blood of Chr
 ist\, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before t
 he foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times fo
 r your sake. Through him you have confidence in God\, who raised him from t
 he dead and gave him glory\, so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHav
 ing purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love o
 f the brethren\, love one another earnestly from the heart. You have been b
 orn anew\, not of perishable seed but of imperishable\, through the living 
 and abiding word of God\; for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory li
 ke the flower of grass. The grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the 
 word of the Lord abides for ever." That word is the good news which was pre
 ached to you.\n\nSo put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and e
 nvy and all slander. Like newborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\
 , that by it you may grow up to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindnes
 s of the Lord.\n\nCome to him\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but 
 in God's sight chosen and precious\; and like living stones be yourselves b
 uilt <span id="en-RSV-30381" class="text 1Pet-2-5">into a spiritual house\
 , to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
  through Jesus Christ.</span><span id="en-RSV-30382" class="text 1Pet-2-6">
 <span class="versenum"> </span>For it stands in scripture: </span>“Beho
 ld\, I am laying in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and 
 he who believes in him will not be put to shame.” To you therefore who be
 lieve\, he is precious\, but for those who do not believe\, “The very sto
 ne which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\,” and â
 €œA stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”\;
  for they stumble because they disobey the word\, as they were destined to 
 do. <span id="en-RSV-30385" class="text 1Pet-2-9">But you are a chosen rac
 e\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s own people\, that you may
  declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his
  marvelous light. </span><span id="en-RSV-30386" class="text 1Pet-2-10">On
 ce you were no people but now you are God’s people\; once you had not rec
 eived mercy but now you have received mercy.</span>\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a 
 householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vine
 yard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day\, he sent them 
 into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standin
 g idle in the marketplace\; and to them he said\, 'You go into the vineyard
  too\, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Going out agai
 n about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. And about the 
 eleventh hour he went out and found others standing\; and he said to them\,
  'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They said to him\, 'Because no one h
 as hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into the vineyard too.' And when ev
 ening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward\, 'Call the labo
 rers and pay them their wages\, beginning with the last\, up to the first.'
  And when those hired about the eleventh hour came\, each of them received 
 a denarius. Now when the first came\, they thought they would receive more\
 ; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumb
 led at the householder\, saying\, 'These last worked only one hour\, and yo
 u have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the s
 corching heat.' But he replied to one of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you no
  wrong\; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you
 \, and go\; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowe
 d to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because 
 I am good?' So the last will be first\, and the first last. For many are ca
 lled\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/3/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & Aeithalas the Deacon\, 
 Martyrs of Persia\, Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr Georg
 e in Lydda\, Holy Father and New Hieromartyr Gregory of Neapolis\, Theodore
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\, George of Neapolis the New Martyr\, Win
 ifred of Treffynnon\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Colossians 4:10-18\n\nBrethren\, Aristarchos my fellow prisoner gree
 ts you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received
  instructions -- if he comes to you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is calle
 d Justos. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow worker
 s for the kingdom of God\, and they have been a comfort to me. Epaphras\, w
 ho is one of yourselves\, a servant of Christ Jesus\, greets you\, always r
 emembering you earnestly in his prayers\, that you may stand mature and ful
 ly assured in all the will of God. For I bear him witness that he has worke
 d hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. Luke the belove
 d physician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodi
 cea\, and Nympha and the church in her house.  And when this letter has bee
 n read among you\, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans\; and 
 see that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, "Se
 e that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I\, P
 aul\, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be w
 ith you. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:2-12\n\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed\, or hidden that
  will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be h
 eard in the light\, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be p
 roclaimed upon the housetops. \n \nI tell you\, my friends\, do not fear th
 ose who kill the body\, and after that have no more that they can do. But I
  will warn you whom to fear: fear him who\, after he has killed\, has power
  to cast into Gehenna\; yes\, I tell you\, fear him! Are not five sparrows 
 sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why\, ev
 en the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not\; you are of more valu
 e than many sparrows. \n \nAnd I tell you\, every one who acknowledges me b
 efore men\, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\;
  but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. A
 nd every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven\; bu
 t he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And when 
 they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, d
 o not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for
  the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n
   \n\n
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 n\, Martyrs of Persia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with ha
 ste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house 
 of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting o
 f Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho
 ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\
 , and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of you
 r greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blesse
 d is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken 
 to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, a
 nd my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate
  of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bl
 essed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his
  name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her
  home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHR
 EN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin. Th
 at is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will procla
 im thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise
  thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, 
 and the children God has given me. Since therefore the children share in fl
 esh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same nature\, that throu
 gh death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, that is\, the de
 vil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifel
 ong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with
  the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren 
 in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high pri
 est in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins of the people. F
 or because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help th
 ose who are tempted. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\nIn those days\, Eliz
 abeth the wife of Zacharias conceived and for five months she hid herself\,
  saying\, "Thus the Lord had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, 
 to take away my reproach among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel w
 as sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothe
 d to a man whose name was Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's
  name was Mary. And he came to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the L
 ord is with you! Blessed are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled
  at the saying\, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this migh
 t be. And the angel said to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have f
 ound favor with God. And behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a
  son\, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be ca
 lled the Son of the Most High\; and the Lord God will give to him the thron
 e of his father David\, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\
 ; and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "H
 ow shall this be\, since I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "T
 he Holy Spirit will come upon you\, and the power of the Most High will ove
 rshadow you\; therefore the child to be born will be called holy\, the Son 
 of God.\n\nAnd behold\, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also co
 nceived a son\; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
  For with God nothing will be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am t
 he handmaid of the Lord\; let it be to me according to your word." And the 
 angel departed from her.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/7/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\, Sozon the Martyr\, Kass
 iani the Hymnographer\, Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\, John 
 the Wonderworker of Novgorod\, John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\n\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:1-3\, 20-24\; 2:1-5\n\
 nPaul\, an apostle - not from men nor through men\, but through Jesus Chris
 t and God the Father\, who raised him from the dead - and all the brethren 
 who are with me\,\n \nTo the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace fr
 om God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n \nIn what I am writing to yo
 u\, before God\, I do not lie! Then I went into the regions of Syria and Ci
 licia. And I was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Jude
 a\; they only heard it said\, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching t
 he faith he once tried to destroy." And they glorified God because of me. T
 hen after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas\, takin
 g Titus along with me. I went up by revelation\; and I laid before them (bu
 t privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I preach amon
 g the Gentiles\, lest somehow I should be running or had run in vain. But e
 ven Titus\, who was with me\, was not compelled to be circumcised\, though 
 he was a Greek. But because of false brethren secretly brought in\, who sli
 pped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus\, that they mi
 ght bring us into bondage - to them we did not yield submission even for a 
 moment\, that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.\n\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Mark 5:1-20\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to the other side of t
 he sea\, to the country of the Gergesenes. And when he had come out of the 
 boat\, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit\, who li
 ved among the tombs\; and no one could bind him any more\, even with a chai
 n\; for he had often been bound with fetters and chains\, but the chains he
  wrenched apart\, and the fetters he broke in pieces\; and no one had the s
 trength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains h
 e was always crying out\, and bruising himself with stones. And when he saw
  Jesus from afar\, he ran and worshiped him\; and crying out with a loud vo
 ice\, he said\, "What have you to do with me\, Jesus\, Son of the Most High
  God? I adjure you by God\, do not torment me." For he had said to him\, "C
 ome out of the man\, you unclean spirit!" And Jesus asked him\, "What is yo
 ur name?" He replied\, "My name is Legion\; for we are many." And he begged
  him eagerly not to send them out of the country. Now a great herd of swine
  was feeding there on the hillside\; and they begged him\, "Send us to the 
 swine\, let us enter them." So he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits 
 came out\, and entered the swine\; and the herd\, numbering about two thous
 and\, rushed down the steep bank into the sea\, and were drowned in the sea
 .\n \nThe herdsmen fled\, and told it in the city and in the country. And p
 eople came to see what it was that had happened. And they came to Jesus\, a
 nd saw the demoniac sitting there\, clothed and in his right mind\, the man
  who had had the legion\; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it t
 old what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine. And they began to b
 eg Jesus to depart from their neighborhood. And as he was getting into the 
 boat\, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might 
 be with him. But he refused\, and said to him\, "Go home to your friends\, 
 and tell them how much the Lord has done for you\, and how he has had mercy
  on you." And he went away and began to proclaim in the Dekapolis how much 
 Jesus had done for him\; and all men marveled.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\, Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\n\nBrethren\,
  all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, recei
 ved promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped
  the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in wa
 r\, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection
 . Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise ag
 ain to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chai
 ns and imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were t
 empted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of shee
 p and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was n
 ot worthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and ca
 ves of the earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did
  not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better fo
 r us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, sinc
 e we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay asid
 e every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with pers
 everance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and 
 perfecter of our faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:42-50\; 10:1\n\nThe Lor
 d said\, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\
 , it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck 
 and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin\, cut i
 t off\; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go
  to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, where their worm does not die\, and t
 he fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off\; 
 it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown int
 o hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. And 
 if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out\; it is better for you to ente
 r the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell
 \, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. For every 
 one will be salted with fire and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. 
 Salt is good\; but if the salt has lost its saltness\, how will you season 
 it? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at peace with one another." And he lef
 t there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan\, and crowds 
 gathered to him again\; and again\, as his custom was\, he taught them.\n\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/11/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Methodius & Cyril\, Equal-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs\, R
 enewal of Constantinople\, Hieromartyr Mocius\, Theopemptos the Martyr & hi
 s Companions\, Dioscoros the New Martyr\, Argyrios the New-Martyr of Epanom
 i\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apos
 tles 15:5-12\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, some believers who belonged to the party of
  the Pharisees rose up\, and said\, "it is necessary to circumcise them\, a
 nd to charge them to keep the law of Moses." The apostles and the elders we
 re gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much
  debate\, Peter rose and said to them\, "Brethren\, you know that in the ea
 rly days God made choice among you\, that by my mouth the Gentiles should h
 ear the word of the gospel and believe. And God who knows the heart bore wi
 tness to them\, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us\; and he m
 ade no distinction between us and them\, but cleansed their hearts by faith
 . Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the nec
 k of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
  But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus\
 , just as they will." And all the assembly kept silence\; and they listened
  to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done t
 hrough them among the Gentiles. \n \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:17-28\n\nThe
  Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For this reason the Father loves 
 me\, because I lay down my life\, that I may take it again. No one takes it
  from me\, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down\
 , and I have power to take it again\; this charge I have received from my F
 ather." \n \nThere was again a division among the Jews because of these wor
 ds. Many of them said\, "He has a demon\, and he is mad\; why listen to him
 ?" Others said\, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a d
 emon open the eyes of the blind?"\n \nIt was the feast of the Dedication at
  Jerusalem\; it was winter\, and Jesus was walking in the temple\, in the p
 ortico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered round him and said to him\, "How lo
 ng will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ\, tell us plainly." 
 Jesus answered them\, "I told you\, and you do not believe. The works that 
 I do in my Father's name\, they bear witness to me\; but you do not believe
 \, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice\, and I kn
 ow them\, and they follow me\; and I give them eternal life."\n \n\n
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\, The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:12-15\n\nBr
 ethren\, as you have always obeyed\, so now\, not only as in my presence bu
 t much more in my absence\, work out your own salvation with fear and tremb
 ling\; for God is at work in you\, both to will and to work for his good pl
 easure. Do all things without grumbling or questioning\, that you may be bl
 ameless and innocent\, children of God without blemish in the midst of a cr
 ooked and perverse generation\, among whom you shine as lights in the world
 \, holding fast the word of life\, so that in the day of Christ I may be pr
 oud.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:33-54\n\nAt that time\, when the soldi
 ers came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull)\, th
 ey offered him wine to drink\, mingled with gall\; but when he tasted it\, 
 he would not drink it. And when they had crucified him\, they divided his g
 arments among them by casting lots\; then they sat down and kept watch over
  him there. And over his head they put the charge against him\, which read\
 , "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Then two robbers were crucified wit
 h him\, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derid
 ed him\, wagging their heads and saying\, "You who would destroy the temple
  and build it in three days\, save yourself! If you are the Son of God\, co
 me down from the cross." So also the chief priests\, with the scribes and e
 lders\, mocked him\, saying\, "He saved others\; he cannot save himself. He
  is the King of Israel\; let him come down now from the cross\, and we will
  believe in him. He trusts in God\; let God deliver him now\, if he desires
  him\; for he said\, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were cruci
 fied with him also reviled him in the same way. \n \nNow from the sixth hou
 r there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the 
 ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eli\, Eli\, lama sabachthani?" 
 that is\, "My God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bys
 tanders hearing it said\, "This man is calling Elijah." And one of them at 
 once ran and took a sponge\, filled it with vinegar\, and put it on a reed\
 , and gave it to him to drink. But the others said\, "Wait\, let us see whe
 ther Elijah will come to save him." And Jesus cried again with a loud voice
  and yielded up his spirit. \n \nAnd behold\, the curtain of the temple was
  torn in two\, from top to bottom\; and the earth shook\, and the rocks wer
 e split\; the tombs also were opened\, and many bodies of the saints who ha
 d fallen asleep were raised\, and coming out of the tombs after his resurre
 ction they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion
  and those who were with him\, keeping watch over Jesus\, saw the earthquak
 e and what took place\, they were filled with awe\, and said\, "Truly this 
 was the Son of God!"\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\, Martyrs Barlaam of Caesarea and Heliodorus\, Ant
 himos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Martyrs\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to 
 Timothy 1:1-7\n\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Sa
 vior and of Christ Jesus our hope\, to Timothy\, my true child in the faith
 : Grace\, mercy\, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia\, remain at Ephesos that you m
 ay charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine\, nor to occu
 py themselves with myths and endless genealogies which promote speculations
  rather than the divine training that is in faith\; whereas the aim of our 
 charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sinc
 ere faith. Certain persons by swerving from these have wandered away into v
 ain discussion\, desiring to be teachers of the law\, without understanding
  either what they are saying or the things about which they make assertions
 .\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:20-25\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus was asked
  by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming\, he answered them\, "
 The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed\; nor will they 
 say\, 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold\, the kingdom of God is in 
 the midst of you." And he said to the disciples\, "The days are coming when
  you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man\, and you will no
 t see it. And they will say to you\, 'Lo\, there!' or 'Lo\, here!' Do not g
 o\, do not follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky 
 from one side to the other\, so will the Son of man be in his day. But firs
 t he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\; Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\; Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Pe
 ter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for they were fis
 hermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of m
 en." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from t
 here he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brot
 her\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he c
 alled them. Immediately they left their boat and their father\, and followe
 d him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and pre
 aching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirm
 ity among the people.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Co
 rinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\,
  like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the wo
 rld\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wi
 se in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but
  we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-cla
 d and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. Wh
 en reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we t
 ry to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the worl
 d\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed
 \, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countles
 s guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father
  in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me
 .\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-52\nAt that time\, John was standing with tw
 o of his disciples\; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Beho
 ld\, the Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they foll
 owed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "Wha
 t do you seek?" And they said to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Whe
 re are you staying?" He said to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw wh
 ere he was staying\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about t
 he tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was
  Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and sai
 d to him\, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him
  to Jesus. Jesus looked at him\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of Jo
 hn? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter). \n\n The next day Jesu
 s decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow m
 e." Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip fo
 und Nathanael\, and said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the l
 aw and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Na
 thanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said
  to him\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of h
 im\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said 
 to him\, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called y
 ou\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\
 , "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answe
 red him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you be
 lieve? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of G
 od ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/4/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\, Paul & his sister Juliana and their 
 Companions\, Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\, Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\nF
 ast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's 
 Third Universal Letter 1:1-15\n\nThe elder to the beloved Gaius\, whom I lo
 ve in the truth.\n \nBeloved\, I pray that all may go well with you and tha
 t you may be in health\; I know that it is well with your soul.  For I grea
 tly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth o
 f your life\, as indeed you do follow the truth.  No greater joy can I have
  than this\, to hear that my children follow the truth.\n \nBeloved\, it is
  a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren\, especia
 lly to strangers\, who have testified to your love before the church.  You 
 will do well to send them on their journey as befits God's service.  For th
 ey have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.  S
 o we ought to support such men\, that we may be fellow workers in the truth
 .\n \nI have written something to the church\; but Diotrephes\, who likes t
 o put himself first\, does not acknowledge my authority.  So if I come I wi
 ll bring up what he is doing\, prating against me with evil words.  And not
  content with that\, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren\, and also 
 stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.\n \nB
 eloved\, do not imitate evil but imitate good.  He who does good is of God\
 ; he who does evil has not seen God.  Demetrios has testimony from every on
 e\, and from the truth itself\; I testify to him too\, and you know my test
 imony is true.\n \nI had much to write to you\, but I would rather not writ
 e with pen and ink\; I hope to see you soon\, and we will talk together fac
 e to face.\n \nPeace be to you.  The friends greet you.  Greet the friends\
 , every one of them. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:29-40\; 22:7-39\n\nAt th
 at time\, when Jesus drew near to Bethphage and Bethany\, at the mount that
  is called Olivet\, he sent two of the disciples\, saying\, "Go into the vi
 llage opposite\, where on entering you will find a colt tied\, on which no 
 one has ever yet sat\; untie it and bring it here.  If any one asks you\, '
 Why are you untying it?' you shall say this\, 'The Lord has need of it.'"  
 So those who were sent went away and found it as he had told them.  And as 
 they were untying the colt\, its owners said to them\, "Why are you untying
  the colt?"  And they said\, "The Lord has need of it."  And they brought i
 t to Jesus\, and throwing their garments on the colt they set Jesus upon it
 .  And as he rode along\, they spread their garments on the road.  As he wa
 s now drawing near\, at the descent of the Mount of Olives\, the whole mult
 itude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice fo
 r all the mighty works that they had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King w
 ho comes in the name of the Lord!  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest
 !"  And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, reb
 uke your disciples."  He answered\, "I tell you\, if these were silent\, th
 e very stones would cry out."\n \nThen came the day of Unleavened Bread\, o
 n which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed.  So he sent Peter and John\
 , saying\; "Go and prepare the passover for us\, that we may eat it."  They
  said to him\, "Where will you have us prepare it?"  He said to them\, "Beh
 old\, when you have entered the city\, a man carrying a jar of water will m
 eet you\; follow him into the house which he enters\, and tell the househol
 der\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is the guest room\, where I am to ea
 t the passover with my disciples?'  And he will show you a large upper room
  furnished\; there make ready."  And they went\, and found it as he had tol
 d them\; and they prepared the passover.\n \nAnd when the hour came\, he sa
 t at table\, and the apostles with him.  And he said to them\, "I have earn
 estly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer\; for I tell yo
 u I shall never eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 
  And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he said\, "Take this\, an
 d divide it among yourselves\; for I tell you that from now on I shall not 
 drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."  And he too
 k bread\, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them\, sa
 ying\, "This is my body which is given for you.  Do this in remembrance of 
 me."  And likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "This cup which is poure
 d out for you is the new covenant in my blood.  But behold the hand of him 
 who betrays me is with me on the table.  For the Son of man goes as it has 
 been determined\; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"  And they be
 gan to question one another\, which of them it was that would do this.\n \n
 A dispute also arose among them\, which of them was to be regarded as the g
 reatest.  And he said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordshi
 p over them\; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.  But
  not so with you\; rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest
 \, and the leader as one who serves.  For which is the greater\, one who si
 ts at table\, or one who serves?  Is it not the one who sits at table?  But
  I am among you as one who serves.\n \nYou are those who have continued wit
 h me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\, a k
 ingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom\, and sit on 
 thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.\n \nSimon\, Simon\, behold\, S
 atan demanded to have you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I have 
 prayed for you that your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned agai
 n\, strengthen your brethren."  And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to 
 go with you to prison and to death."  He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the c
 ock will not crow this day\, until you three times deny that you know me."\
 n \nAnd he said to them\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sand
 als\, did you lack anything?"  They said\, "Nothing."  He said to them\, "B
 ut now\, let him who has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag.  And let him
  who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one.  For I tell you that this sc
 ripture must be fulfilled in me\, 'And he was reckoned with transgressors'\
 ; for what is written about me has its fulfillment."  And they said\, "Look
 \, Lord\, here are two swords."  And he said to them\, "It is enough."\n \n
 And he came out\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; a
 nd the disciples followed him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/31/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amplias\, Apelles\, Stachys\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus of the 7
 0\, The Holy Martyr Epimachus of Egypt\, Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios\n
 \nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:1-16
 \n\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the chur
 ch at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints
 \, and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a h
 elper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow wo
 rkers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not on
 ly I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the
  church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first conv
 ert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet A
 ndronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of
  note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliat
 os\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, 
 and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet th
 ose who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Gre
 et those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those wor
 kers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who h
 as worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mo
 ther and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, an
 d the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his
  sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one ano
 ther with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 11:42-46\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Wo
 e to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb\, and neglect
  justice and the love of God\; these you ought to have done\, without negle
 cting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the s
 ynagogues and salutations in the market places. Woe to you! For you are lik
 e graves which are not seen\, and men walk over them without knowing it." O
 ne of the lawyers answered him\, "Teacher\, in saying this you reproach us 
 also." And he said\, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burden
 s hard to bear\, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of yo
 ur fingers."\n  \n\n
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 hn the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\, Theodosios the Righteous\, Joseph
  the New Martyr of Aleppo\, Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and 
 Savior in the Temple\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephes
 ians 1:22-23\; 2:1-3\n\nBrethren\, God has put all things under his son's f
 eet and has made him the head over all things for the church\, which is his
  body\, the fulness of him who fills all in all. And you he made alive\, wh
 en you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked\,
  following the course of this world\, following the prince of the power of 
 the air\, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among
  these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh\, following the desir
 es of body and mind\, and so we were by nature children of wrath\, like the
  rest of mankind.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a gre
 at crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who h
 ad had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under m
 any physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rat
 her grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind 
 him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even h
 is garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\
 ; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, 
 perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turn
 ed about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disci
 ples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say
 \, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the 
 woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and 
 fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "
 Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of yo
 ur disease."\n\n\n
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 ts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\, Commemoration of
  the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  First Letter to the Corinthians 1:18-24\n\nBrethren\, the word of the cros
 s is folly to those who are perishing\, but to us who are being saved it is
  the power of God. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wi
 se\, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man
 ? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made f
 oolish the wisdom of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of God\, the worl
 d did not know God through wisdom\, it pleased God through the folly of wha
 t we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks see
 k wisdom\, but we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block to Jews and f
 olly to Gentiles\, but to those who are called\, both Jews and Greeks\, Chr
 ist the power of God and the wisdom of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:6-
 11\, 13-20\, 25-28\, 30\n\nAt that time\, when the chief priests and the of
 ficers saw him\, they cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pilate said 
 to them\, "Take him yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no crime in him
 ." The Jews answered him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ought to die
 \, because he has made himself the Son of God."\n \nWhen Pilate heard these
  words\, he was the more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again and said 
 to Jesus\, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate therefore
  said to him\, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power
  to release you\, and power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, "You woul
 d have no power over me unless it had been given you from above\; therefore
  he who delivered me to you has the greater sin." When Pilate heard these w
 ords\, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place ca
 lled the Pavement\, and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Prepara
 tion of the Passover\; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews\, "
 Behold your King!" They cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him\, crucif
 y him!" Pilate said to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priest
 s answered\, "We have no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them 
 to be crucified. So they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing his own cro
 ss\, to the place called the place of a skull\, which is called in Hebrew G
 olgotha. There they crucified him\, and with him two others\, one on either
  side\, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the
  cross\; it read\, "Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Many of the 
 Jews read this title\, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the
  city\; and it was written in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n \nBut sta
 nding by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mar
 y the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and 
 the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\,
  behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold your mother!" And
  from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. Then when Jesus had 
 received the vinegar\, he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed his head a
 nd gave up his spirit.\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples\, Anatolios & Pro
 toleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George\, Luke the New 
 Martyr of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 45:11
 -17\n\nThus says the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will y
 ou question me about my children\, or command me concerning the work of my 
 hands?  I made the earth\, and created man upon it\; it was my hands that s
 tretched out the heavens\, and I commanded all their host.  I have aroused 
 him in righteousness\, and I will make straight all his ways\; he shall bui
 ld my city and set my exiles free\, not for price or reward\," says the LOR
 D of hosts.  \n \nThus says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchand
 ise of Ethiopia\, and the Sabeans\, men of stature\, shall come over to you
  and be yours\, they shall follow you\; they shall come over in chains and 
 bow down to you. They will make supplication to you\, saying: 'God is with 
 you only\, and there is no other\, no god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art 
 a God who hidest thyself\, O God of Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are p
 ut to shame and confounded\, the makers of idols go in confusion together. 
  But Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation\; you shall not
  be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.\n\n\nGenesis 22:1-18\n\n Af
 ter these things God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Abraham!" And he s
 aid\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Take your son\, your only son Isaac\, whom y
 ou love\, and go to the land of Moriah\, and offer him there as a burnt off
 ering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."  So Abraham ros
 e early in the morning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of his young men wi
 th him\, and his son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering\, a
 nd arose and went to the place of which God had told him.  On the third day
  Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Then Abraham said 
 to his young men\, "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad will go yonder a
 nd worship\, and come again to you."  And Abraham took the wood of the burn
 t offering\, and laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in his hand the fir
 e and the knife. So they went both of them together.  And Isaac said to his
  father Abraham\, "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, my son." He said\
 , "Behold\, the fire and the wood\; but where is the lamb for a burnt offer
 ing?"  Abraham said\, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offeri
 ng\, my son." So they went both of them together.  \n \nWhen they came to t
 he place of which God had told him\, Abraham built an altar there\, and lai
 d the wood in order\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid him on the altar\,
  upon the wood.  Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took the knife to sl
 ay his son.  But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven\, and said
 \, "Abraham\, Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Do not lay y
 our hand on the lad or do anything to him\; for now I know that you fear Go
 d\, seeing you have not withheld your son\, your only son\, from me."  And 
 Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind him was a ram\,
  caught in a thicket by his horns\; and Abraham went and took the ram\, and
  offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called t
 he name of that place The LORD will provide\; as it is said to this day\, "
 On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."  And the angel of the LORD 
 called to Abraham a second time from heaven\, and said\, "By myself I have 
 sworn\, says the LORD\, because you have done this\, and have not withheld 
 your son\, your only son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I will multiply yo
 ur descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seash
 ore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies\, and by 
 your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves\, beca
 use you have obeyed my voice."\n\n\nProverbs 17:17-18:5\n\nA friend loves a
 t all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.  A man without sense giv
 es a pledge\, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.  He who l
 oves transgression loves strife\; he who makes his door high seeks destruct
 ion.  A man of crooked mind does not prosper\, and one with a perverse tong
 ue falls into calamity.  A stupid son is a grief to a father\; and the fath
 er of a fool has no joy.  A cheerful heart is a good medicine\, but a downc
 ast spirit dries up the bones.  A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom
  to pervert the ways of justice.  A man of understanding sets his face towa
 rd wisdom\, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.  A foolish
  son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.  To impos
 e a fine on a righteous man is not good\; to flog noble men is wrong.  He w
 ho restrains his words has knowledge\, and he who has a cool spirit is a ma
 n of understanding.  Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise\; when
  he closes his lips\, he is deemed intelligent.\n   \nHe who is estranged s
 eeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment.  A fool takes no ple
 asure in understanding\, but only in expressing his opinion.  When wickedne
 ss comes\, contempt comes also\; and with dishonor comes disgrace.  The wor
 ds of a man's mouth are deep waters\; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing s
 tream.  It is not good to be partial to a wicked man\, or to deprive a righ
 teous man of justice.\n\n
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 ts: Anthony the Great\, Anthony the New of the Berropas Skete\, George the 
 New Martyr of Ioannina\, Theodosius the Emperor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil A
 llowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\n\n
 Brethren\, obey your leaders and submit to them\; for they are keeping watc
 h over your souls\, as men who will have to give account.  Let them do this
  joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray
  for us\, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act
  honorably in all things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do this in orde
 r that I may be restored to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who b
 rought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep
 \, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, equip you with everything good th
 at you may do His will\, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight
 \, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n \n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level plac
 e\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people fro
 m all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to 
 hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled w
 ith unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, fo
 r power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes
  on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the King
 dom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied. 
  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when
  men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out you
 r name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and l
 eap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n\n
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 ts: Chariton the Confessor\, Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolitan
  of Nicopolis\, Old Epirus\, Baruch the Prophet\, Neophytos & Auxentios the
  Martyrs of Cyprus\, Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\n\nBrethr
 en\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has s
 hone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God i
 n the face of Christ.\n \nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to
  show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are aff
 licted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despa
 ir\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; alwa
 ys carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may 
 also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being gi
 ven up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifest
 ed in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n \nS
 ince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, a
 nd so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who rai
 sed the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into
  his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to m
 ore and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level pla
 ce\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people fr
 om all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to
  hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled 
 with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, f
 or power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eye
 s on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kin
 gdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.
   Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you whe
 n men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out yo
 ur name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and 
 leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n\n
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 s: Sisoës the Great\, Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\, Lou
 kia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\, Juliana the V
 irgin-martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter t
 o the Corinthians 4:5-8\n\nBrethren\, do not pronounce judgment before the 
 time\, before the Lord comes\, who will bring to light the things now hidde
 n in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man w
 ill receive his commendation from God. I have applied all this to myself an
 d Apollos for your benefit\, brethren\, that you may learn by us not to go 
 beyond what is written\, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one 
 against another. For who sees anything different in you? What have you that
  you did not receive? If then you received it\, why do you boast as if it w
 ere not a gift? Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Witho
 ut us you have become kings! And would that you did reign\, so that we migh
 t share the rule with you!\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:44-54\n\nThe Lor
 d said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a f
 ield\, which a man found and covered up\; then in his joy he goes and sells
  all that he has and buys that field. \n \nAgain\, the kingdom of heaven is
  like a merchant in search of fine pearls\, who\, on finding one pearl of g
 reat value\, went and sold all that he had and bought it. \n \nAgain\, the 
 kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered 
 fish of every kind\; when it was full\, men drew it ashore and sat down and
  sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. So it will be at the 
 close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the r
 ighteous\, and throw them into the furnace of fire\; there men will weep an
 d gnash their teeth. \n \nHave you understood all this?" They said to him\,
  "Yes." And he said to them\, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained 
 for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treas
 ure what is new and what is old." And when Jesus had finished these parable
 s\, he went away from there\, and coming to his own country he taught them 
 in their synagogue.\n  \n\n
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 ts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\, Agathus\, Pope of Rome\, Bessarion the Great\
 , Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\, Plotinus\n\nFast F
 ree\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 3:1-18\n\nBel
 oved\, this is now the second letter that I have written to you\, and in bo
 th of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder\; that you s
 hould remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of 
 the Lord and Savior through your apostles.  First of all you must understan
 d this\, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing\, following
  their own passions and saying\, "Where is the promise of his coming?  For 
 ever since the fathers fell asleep\, all things have continued as they were
  from the beginning of creation."  They deliberately ignore this fact\, tha
 t by the word of God heavens existed long ago\, and an earth formed out of 
 water and by means of water\, through which the world that then existed was
  deluged with water and perished.  But by the same word the heavens and ear
 th that now exist have been stored up for fire\, being kept until the day o
 f judgment and destruction of ungodly men.\n \nBut do not ignore this one f
 act\, beloved\, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years\, and a t
 housand years as one day.  The Lord is not slow about his promise as some c
 ount slowness\, but is forbearing toward you\, not wishing that any should 
 perish\, but that all should reach repentance.  But the day of the Lord wil
 l come like a thief\, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise
 \, and the elements will be dissolved with fire\, and the earth and the wor
 ks that are upon it will be burned up.\n \nSince all these things are thus 
 to be dissolved\, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness
  and godliness\, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God\, b
 ecause of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved\, and the element
 s will melt with fire!  But according to his promise we wait for new heaven
 s and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.\n \nTherefore\, beloved\, 
 since you wait for these\, be zealous to be found by him without spot or bl
 emish\, and at peace.  And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. 
  So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom give
 n him\, speaking of this as he does in all his letters.  There are some thi
 ngs in them hard to understand\, which the ignorant and unstable twist to t
 heir own destruction\, as they do the other scriptures.  You therefore\, be
 loved\, knowing this beforehand\, beware lest you be carried away with the 
 error of lawless men and lose your own stability.  But grow in the grace an
 d knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be the glory both 
 now and to the day of eternity.  Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:24-31\n
 \nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "In those days\, after that tribulation\
 , the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the
  stars will be falling from heaven\, and the powers in the heavens will be 
 shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great 
 power and glory.  And he will send out the angels\, and gather his elect fr
 om the four winds\, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.  From
  the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and pu
 ts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near.  So also\, when you see
  these things taking place\, you know he is near\, at the very gates.  Trul
 y\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away before all these thin
 gs take place.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pas
 s away."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/5/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\, Urban\, Th
 eodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromartyrs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n\n
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 12:20-21\;
  13:1-2\n\nBrethren\, I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what 
 I wish\, and that you may find me not what you wish\; that perhaps there ma
 y be quarreling\, jealousy\, anger\, selfishness\, slander\, gossip\, conce
 it\, and disorder. I fear that when I come again my God may humble me befor
 e you\, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and ha
 ve not repented of the impurity\, immorality\, and licentiousness which the
 y have practiced.\n \nThis is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge
  must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses. I warned thos
 e who sinned before and all the others\, and I warn them now while absent\,
  as I did when present on my second visit\, that if I come again I will not
  spare them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:13-28\n\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "He who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of th
 e kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to a
 ll nations\; and then the end will come.\n \n"So when you see the desolatin
 g sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (l
 et the reader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mou
 ntains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his 
 house\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. A
 nd alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those d
 ays! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then t
 here will be great tribulation\, such as has not been from the beginning of
  the world until now\, no\, and never will be. And if those days had not be
 en shortened\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elec
 t those days will be shortened. Then if any one says to you\, 'Lo\, here is
  the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and fa
 lse prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead as
 tray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\, 
 if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if th
 ey say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the li
 ghtning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the 
 coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be g
 athered together."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\, and Tertios\, Apost
 les of the 70\, Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\, Holy Father Arsenius of 
 Cappadocia\, Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\n\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has 
 exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; becaus
 e we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fo
 ols for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you a
 re strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour
  we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we 
 labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecut
 ed\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, a
 nd are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I
  do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved 
 children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have 
 many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 
 I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:37-43\n
 \nAt that time\, as Jesus had come down from the mountain\, a great crowd m
 et him. And behold\, a man from the crowd cried\, "Teacher\, I beg you to l
 ook upon my son\, for he is my only child\; and behold\, a spirit seizes hi
 m\, and he suddenly cries out\; it convulses him till he foams\, and shatte
 rs him\, and will hardly leave him. And I begged your disciples to cast it 
 out\, but they could not." Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse gener
 ation\, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here
 ." While he was coming the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebu
 ked the unclean spirit\, and healed the boy\, and gave him back to his fath
 er. And all were astonished at the majesty of God.\n  \n\n
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 ostles of the 70
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190527
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/26/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70\, Alexandros the New Martyr of
  Thessaloniki\, George the New of Sofia\, Augustine\, Archbishop of Canterb
 ury\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30\n\nIn those days\
 , those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose o
 ver Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking 
 the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus a
 nd Cyrene\, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching t
 he Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number 
 that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the chur
 ch in Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw t
 he grace of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful
  to the Lord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, full of the H
 oly Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barn
 abas went to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found him\, he broug
 ht him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a
  large company of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first 
 time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem
  to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spir
 it that there would be a great famine over all the world\; and this took pl
 ace in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one accor
 ding to his ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, a
 nd they did so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:5-42\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a city of
  Samaria\, called Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph
 . Jacob's well was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was with his journe
 y\, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\n \nThere came a
  woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her\, "Give me a drink." For
  his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman
  said to him\, "How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of me\, a woman of
  Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her\, 
 "If you knew the gift of God\, and who it is that is saying to you\, 'Give 
 me a drink\,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living w
 ater." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, you have nothing to draw with\, and t
 he well is deep\; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than 
 our father Jacob\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it himself\, and h
 is sons\, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her\, "Everyone who drinks of this
  water will thirst again\, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall giv
 e him will never thirst\; the water that I shall give him will become in hi
 m a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him\, "S
 ir\, give me this water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come here to draw."\n
  \nJesus said to her\, "Go\, call your husband\, and come here." The woman 
 answered him\, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her\, "You are right in s
 aying\, 'I have no husband'\; for you have had five husbands\, and he whom 
 you now have is not your husband\; this you said truly." The woman said to 
 him\, "Sir\, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on th
 is mountain\; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to wo
 rship." Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, believe me\, the hour is coming when n
 either on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You w
 orship what you do not know\; we worship what we know\, for salvation is fr
 om the Jews. But the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the true worshipers
  will worship the Father in spirit and truth\, for such the Father seeks to
  worship him. God is spirit\, and those who worship him must worship in spi
 rit and truth." The woman said to him\, "I know that the Messiah is coming 
 (he who is called Christ)\; when he comes\, he will show us all things." Je
 sus said to her\, "I who speak to you am he."\n \nJust then his disciples c
 ame. They marveled that he was talking with a woman\, but none said\, "What
  do you wish?" or\, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her w
 ater jar\, and went away into the city and said to the people\, "Come\, see
  a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went 
 out of the city and were coming to him.\n \nMeanwhile the disciples besough
 t him\, saying "Rabbi\, eat." But he said to them\, "I have food to eat of 
 which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another\, "Has anyone 
 brought him food?" Jesus said to them\, "My food is to do the will of him w
 ho sent me\, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say\, 'There are yet fo
 ur months\, then comes the harvest'? I tell you\, lift up your eyes\, and s
 ee how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wage
 s\, and gathers fruit for eternal life\, so that sower and reaper may rejoi
 ce together. For here the saying holds true\, 'One sows and another reaps.'
  I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor\; others have labored\
 , and you have entered into their labor."\n \nMany Samaritans from that cit
 y believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I 
 ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him\, they asked him to stay with
  them\; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his
  word. They said to the woman\, "It is no longer because of your words that
  we believe\, for we have heard ourselves\, and we know that this is indeed
  Christ the Savior of the world."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/4/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: George the Righteous of Maleon\, Righteous Plato the Studite\, Nicetas t
 he Hieromartyr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\, Righteous Zosimas\, Theonas\,
  Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Renovator of the Sacred Monastery
  of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkidiki\, Theodoulos and Agathopo
 us of Thessaloniki\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 28:14
 -22\n\n Thus says the LORD\, you scoffers\, who rule this people in Jerusal
 em!  Because you have said\, "We have made a covenant with death\, and with
  Sheol we have an agreement\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through 
 it will not come to us\; for we have made lies our refuge\, and in falsehoo
 d we have taken shelter"\; therefore thus says the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I a
 m laying in Zion for a foundation a stone\, a tested stone\, a precious cor
 nerstone\, of a sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in haste.'  A
 nd I will make justice the line\, and righteousness the plummet\; and hail 
 will sweep away the refuge of lies\, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.
 "  Then your covenant with death will be annulled\, and your agreement with
  Sheol will not stand\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through you wi
 ll be beaten down by it.  As often as it passes through it will take you\; 
 for morning by morning it will pass through\, by day and by night\; and it 
 will be sheer terror to understand the message.  For the bed is too short t
 o stretch oneself on it\, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it
 .  For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim\, he will be wroth as in t
 he valley of Gibeon\; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his
  work - alien is his work!  Now therefore do not scoff\, lest your bonds be
  made strong\; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD o
 f hosts upon the whole land.\n \n\nGenesis 10:32-11:9\n\n These are the fam
 ilies of the sons of Noah\, according to their genealogies\, in their natio
 ns\; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
   Now the whole earth had one language and few words.  And as men migrated 
 from the east\, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
   And they said to one another\, "Come\, let us make bricks\, and burn them
  thoroughly." And they had brick for stone\, and bitumen for mortar.  Then 
 they said\, "Come\, let us build ourselves a city\, and a tower with its to
 p in the heavens\, and let us make a name for ourselves\, lest we be scatte
 red abroad upon the face of the whole earth."  And the LORD came down to se
 e the city and the tower\, which the sons of men had built.  And the LORD s
 aid\, "Behold\, they are one people\, and they have all one language\; and 
 this is only the beginning of what they will do\; and nothing that they pro
 pose to do will now be impossible for them.  Come\, let us go down\, and th
 ere confuse their language\, that they may not understand one another's spe
 ech."  So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all th
 e earth\, and they left off building the city.  Therefore its name was call
 ed Babel\, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth\; 
 and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the eart
 h.\n \n\nProverbs 13:19-14:6\n\nA desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul\; b
 ut to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.  He who walks with wi
 se men becomes wise\, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.  Misfort
 une pursues sinners\, but prosperity rewards the righteous.  A good man lea
 ves an inheritance to his children's children\, but the sinner's wealth is 
 laid up for the righteous.  The fallow ground of the poor yields much food\
 , but it is swept away through injustice.  He who spares the rod hates his 
 son\, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.  The righteous ha
 s enough to satisfy his appetite\, but the belly of the wicked suffers want
 .  Wisdom builds her house\, but folly with her own hands tears it down.  H
 e who walks in uprightness fears the LORD\, but he who is devious in his wa
 ys despises him.  The talk of a fool is a rod for his back\, but the lips o
 f the wise will preserve them.  Where there are no oxen\, there is no grain
 \; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.  A faithful witness d
 oes not lie\, but a false witness breathes out lies.  A scoffer seeks wisdo
 m in vain\, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.\n \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\, Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\, Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:
 9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men 
 sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to a
 ngels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Chri
 st. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in dis
 repute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buff
 eted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled
 \, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conc
 iliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the of
 f-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to 
 admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides i
 n Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ
  Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: John 1:35-52\n\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of h
 is disciples\; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, t
 he Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they followed J
 esus. Jesus turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do y
 ou seek?" And they said to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Where are
  you staying?" He said to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw where he
  was staying\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about the ten
 th hour. One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andre
 w\, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to h
 im\, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Je
 sus. Jesus looked at him\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? Yo
 u shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter). \n \nThe next day Jesus deci
 ded to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me." No
 w Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Na
 thanael\, and said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and
  also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Nathanae
 l said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to hi
 m\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "
 Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said to him
 \, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, w
 hen you were under the fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\, "Rab
 bi\, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered hi
 m\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?
  You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, tr
 uly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God asc
 ending and descending upon the Son of man." \n  \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170920
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/19/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs\, Afterfeast of the Hol
 y Cross\, Plato the new Hieromartyr of Patmos\, Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbi
 shop of Canterbury\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatia
 ns 5:11-21\n\nBrethren\, if I still preach circumcision\, why am I still pe
 rsecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. I
  wish those who unsettle you would mutilate themselves! For you were called
  to freedom\, brethren\; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for
  the flesh\, but through love be servants of one another. For the whole law
  is fulfilled in one word\, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But
  if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by 
 one another. But I say\, walk by the Spirit\, and do not gratify the desire
 s of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit\, and t
 he desires of the Spirit are against the flesh\; for these are opposed to e
 ach other\, to prevent you from doing what you would. But if you are led by
  the Spirit you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are plain
 : fornication\, impurity\, licentiousness\, idolatry\, sorcery\, enmity\, s
 trife\, jealousy\, anger\, selfishness\, dissension\, party spirit\, envy\,
  murder\, drunkenness\, carousing\, and the like. I warn you\, as I warned 
 you before\, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
  God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:23-38\, 4:1\n\nAt that time\, Jesus\, whe
 n he began his ministry\, was about thirty years of age\, being the son (as
  was supposed) of Joseph\, the son of Heli\, the son of Matthat\, the son o
 f Levi\, the son of Melchi\, the son of Jannai\, the son of Joseph\, the so
 n of Mattathias\, the son of Amos\, the son of Nahum\, the son of Esli\, th
 e son of Naggai\, the son of Maath\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Sem
 ein\, the son of Josech\, the son of Joda\, the son of Joanan\, the son of 
 Rhesa\, the son of Zerubbabel\, the son of Salathiel\, the son of Neri\, th
 e son of Melchi\, the son of Addi\, the son of Cosam\, the son of Elmadam\,
  the son of Er\, the son of Joshua\, the son of Eliezer\, the son of Jorim\
 , the son of Matthat\, the son of Levi\, the son of Simeon\, the son of Jud
 ah\, the son of Joseph\, the son of Jonam\, the son of Eliakim\, the son of
  Melea\, the son of Menna\, the son of Mattatha\, the son of Nathan\, the s
 on of David\, the son of Jesse\, the son of Obed\, the son of Boaz\, the so
 n of Sala\, the son of Nahshon\, the son of Amminadab\, the son of Admin\, 
 the son of Arni\, the son of Hezron\, the son of Perez\, the son of Judah\,
  the son of Jacob\, the son of Isaac\, the son of Abraham\, the son of Tera
 h\, the son of Nahor\, the son of Serug\, the son of Reu\, the son of Peleg
 \, the son of Eber\, the son of Shelah\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Arp
 haxad\, the son of Shem\, the son of Noah\, the son of Lamech\, the son of 
 Methuselah\, the son of Enoch\, the son of Jared\, the son of Mahalaleel\, 
 the son of Cainan\, the son of Enos\, the son of Seth\, the son of Adam\, t
 he son of God. And Jesus\, full of the Holy Spirit\, returned from the Jord
 an\, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/21/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\, Quad
 ratus the Apostle\, Jonah the Prophet\, Isaakios & Meletios\, Bishops of Cy
 prus\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 1:1-9\n\nPa
 ul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God\, To the saints who are 
 at Ephesos and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God ou
 r Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lo
 rd Jesus Christ\, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessin
 g in the heavenly places\, even as he chose us in him before the foundation
  of the world\, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destine
 d us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ\, according to the purpose
  of his will\, to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed
  on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood\, the fo
 rgiveness of our trespasses\, according to the riches of his grace which he
  lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will\, accor
 ding to his purpose.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\n\nAt that time\, Je
 sus came to Nazareth\, where he had been brought up\; and he went to the sy
 nagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read\;
  and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the b
 ook and found the place where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is u
 pon me\, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has
  sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the
  blind\, to set at liberty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the accept
 able year of the Lord." And he closed the book\, and gave it back to the at
 tendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on
  him. And he began to say to them\, "Today this scripture has been fulfille
 d in your hearing." And all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the graciou
 s words which proceeded out of his mouth.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/3/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\, 
 Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\, Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Win
 e and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 12
 :1-3\n\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by the mercies of God\, to present you
 r bodies as a living sacrifice\, holy and acceptable to God\, which is your
  spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by
  the renewal of your mind\, that you may prove what is the will of God\, wh
 at is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I bid e
 very one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to thi
 nk\, but think with sober judgment\, each according to the measure of faith
  which God has assigned him.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\n
 \nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy
  of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\
 ; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He 
 who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake wil
 l find it. He who receives you receives me\, and he who receives me receive
 s him who sent me. He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall 
 receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receives a righteous man because he
  is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever giv
 es to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a dis
 ciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose his reward." And when Jesu
 s had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on from there to 
 teach and preach in their cities.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\, Peter\, Archbishop of Alexand
 ria\, Hermogenes\, the Martyr\, Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in
 to the Temple\, Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\
 ; 4:1-3\n\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await 
 a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be lik
 e his glorious body\, by the power which enables him even to subject all th
 ings to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my j
 oy and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia 
 and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yok
 efellow\, help these women\, for they have labored side by side with me in 
 the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose 
 names are in the book of life. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\n\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to tread 
 upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and not
 hing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits
  are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." I
 n that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, F
 ather\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from t
 he wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for s
 uch was your gracious will."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/27/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\, John the Russian of Evia\, Theodora th
 e Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\, Venerable Bede\n\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Acts of the Apostles 12:12-17\n\nIn those days\, Peter went to the house
  of Mary\, the mother of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were g
 athered together and were praying. And when he knocked at the door of the g
 ateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter's voice\, in 
 her joy she did not open the gate but ran and told that Peter was standing 
 at the gate. They said to her\, "You are mad." But she insisted that it was
  so. They said\, "It is his angel!" But Peter continued knocking\; and when
  they opened\, they saw him and were amazed. But motioning to them with his
  hand to be silent\, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out 
 of the prison. And he said\, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then
  he departed and went to another place.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:42-51\n
 \nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "If God were your Father\, yo
 u would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I came not of m
 y own accord\, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is 
 because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil\,
  and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the b
 eginning\, and has nothing to do with the truth\, because there is no truth
  in him. When he lies\, he speaks according to his own nature\, for he is a
  liar and the father of lies. But\, because I tell the truth\, you do not b
 elieve me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth\, why do yo
 u not believe me? He who is of God hears the words of God\; the reason why 
 you do not hear them is that you are not of God."\n \nThe Jews answered him
 \, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 
 Jesus answered\, "I have not a demon\; but I honor my Father\, and you dish
 onor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory\; there is One who seeks it and he 
 will be the judge. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my word\
 , he will never see death."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/29/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre\, Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Cons
 tantinople\, Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes\, John of Smyrna the New Mar
 tyr\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:1-
 7\, 13-17\n\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\, s
 et apart for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his pro
 phets in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was desc
 ended from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power 
 according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, Jes
 us Christ our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to
  bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the 
 nations\, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ\; T
 o all God's beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and
  peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know\, 
 brethren\, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have bee
 n prevented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as a
 mong the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to 
 barbarians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach t
 he gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: 
 it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the Je
 w first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is reveal
 ed through faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous shall live b
 y faith."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\n\nAt that time\, Je
 sus went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the
  gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among 
 the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him 
 all the sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\
 , epileptics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds follow
 ed him from Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyo
 nd the Jordan.\n \nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and whe
 n he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught
  them\, saying:\n \n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kin
 gdom of heaven.\n \n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comfor
 ted.\n \n"Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n \n"Ble
 ssed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be 
 satisfied.\n \n"Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n \
 n"Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n \n"Blessed are 
 the peacemakers\, for they shall be called sons of God.\n \n"Blessed are th
 ose who are persecuted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom 
 of heaven.\n \n"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and u
 tter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be gl
 ad\, for your reward is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophet
 s who were before you.\n \n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has
  lost its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good 
 for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/25/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\,
  Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\, Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\nFast Day
  (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nPlagal of the First Tone\nFifth Orthros Gospel\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:24-26\, 32-40\n\nBre
 thren\, by faith Moses\, when he was grown up\, refused to be called the so
 n of Pharaoh's daughter\, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the p
 eople of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.\n \nAnd what more
  shall I say?  For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, 
 Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conque
 red kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of
  lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strengt
 h out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign enemies to flight.  
 Women received their dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusing t
 o accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life.  Others suf
 fered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  They were 
 stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were killed with the sword\; they wen
 t about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated -
 - of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains\
 , and in dens and caves of the earth.\n \nAnd all these\, though well attes
 ted by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had fore
 seen something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made p
 erfect. \n \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\n\nAt that time\, Jesus decided
  to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now
  Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Na
 thanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law 
 and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nath
 anael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said 
 to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of h
 im\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said 
 to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called 
 you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered hi
 m\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus a
 nswered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do yo
 u believe?  You shall see greater things than these."  And he said to him\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angel
 s of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/4/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nPlagal 
 of the Second Tone\nSeventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Romans 15:1-7\n\nBrethren\, we who are strong ought to bear 
 with the failings of the weak\, and not to please ourselves\; let each of u
 s please his neighbor for his good\, to edify him. For Christ did not pleas
 e himself\; but\, as it is written\, "The reproaches of those who reproache
 d thee fell on me." For whatever was written in former days was written for
  our instruction\, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the sc
 riptures we might have hope. May the God of steadfastness and encouragement
  grant you to live in such harmony with one another\, in accord with Christ
  Jesus\, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of
  our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another\, therefore\, as Christ has wel
 comed you\, for the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:27-35\n\nA
 t that time\, as Jesus passed by\, two blind men followed him\, crying alou
 d\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David." When he entered the house\, the blin
 d men came to him\; and Jesus said to them\, "Do you believe that I am able
  to do this?" They said to him\, "Yes\, Lord." Then he touched their eyes\,
  saying\, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes were 
 opened. And Jesus sternly charged them\, "See that no one knows it." But th
 ey went away and spread his fame through all that district.\n \nAs they wer
 e going away\, behold\, a dumb demoniac was brought to him. And when the de
 mon had been cast out\, the dumb man spoke\; and the crowds marveled\, sayi
 ng\, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel." But the Pharisees said\
 , "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."\n \nAnd Jesus went about a
 ll the cities and villages\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the
  gospel of the kingdom\, and healing every disease and every infirmity amon
 g the people.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:7th Sunday of Matthew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180128
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/27/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople
 \, Peter the Righteous of Egypt\, Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinopl
 e\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\
 n\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\
 , blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heaven
 s.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, 
 first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once 
 for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their
  weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later tha
 n the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the poi
 nt in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is s
 eated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister
  in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the L
 ord. \n  \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door
 \; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and 
 find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came 
 that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd. 
  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling 
 and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and
  leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
   He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am 
 the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows 
 me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I hav
 e other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and th
 ey will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantin
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171123
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\, Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\, After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\, Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Anthimos\, President of Crete\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Philemon 1:1-25\n\n PAUL\, a
  prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Philemon our belo
 ved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fellow soldier\
 , and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father 
 and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my 
 prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towar
 d the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sharing of your f
 aith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ. For 
 I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother\, because t
 he hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accordingly\, thou
 gh I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required\, yet f
 or love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and now
  a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesimos
 \, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless 
 to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him ba
 ck to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with 
 me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment 
 for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in orde
 r that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will. 
 Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that you might hav
 e him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slave\, as a bel
 oved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both in the fles
 h and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive him as you 
 would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you anything\, cha
 rge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\, I will rep
 ay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes\, brother\,
  I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Conf
 ident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you will do even mo
 re than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\, for I am ho
 ping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow prison
 er in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos\
 , Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 
 be with your spirit. Amen.\n \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:15-17\, 26-30\n\nA
 t that time\, they were bringing infants to Jesus that he might touch them\
 ; and when the disciples saw it\, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them 
 to him\, saying\, "Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; f
 or to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does 
 not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."\n \nThose 
 who heard it said\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossi
 ble with men is possible with God." And Peter said\, "Lo\, we have left our
  homes and followed you." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the
 re is no man who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children\
 , for the sake of the kingdom of God\, who will not receive manifold more i
 n this time\, and in the age to come eternal life."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, 
 Onesimos the Disciple of Paul
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181027
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\, Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople\, Eata of Hexham\n\nFast Day (Wine a
 nd Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2
 :1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\
 , and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful
  men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good so
 ldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pur
 suits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is
  not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworki
 ng farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I
  say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n \nRemembe
 r Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached i
 n my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like 
 a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everyth
 ing for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Chri
 st Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-
 2\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one anot
 her.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated yo
 u.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because y
 ou are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the 
 world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not 
 greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\
 ; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will
  do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I 
 had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they ha
 ve no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I ha
 d not done among them the works which no one else did\, they would not have
  sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fu
 lfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a caus
 e.'\n \n But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the F
 ather\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will b
 ear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with
  me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falli
 ng away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is co
 ming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n \n
 \n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171105
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/4/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\,Joannicius the Great\, The Holy H
 ieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra\, and Hermias the Presbyter\, Porphyr
 ios the Mime\, Emperor John Batatze\, the Merciful\, George Karslidis of Po
 ntos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 5:
 1-10\n\nBrethren\, we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed
 \, we have a building from God\, a house not made with hands\, eternal in t
 he heavens. Here indeed we groan\, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling
 \, so that by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are sti
 ll in this tent\, we sigh with anxiety\; not that we would be unclothed\, b
 ut that we would be further clothed\, so that what is mortal may be swallow
 ed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God\, who has 
 given us the Spirit as a guarantee.\n \nSo we are always of good courage\; 
 we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord\, f
 or we walk by faith\, not by sight. We are of good courage\, and we would r
 ather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at
  home or away\, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear be
 fore the judgment seat of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:1-6\n\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority
  over all demons and to cure diseases\, and he sent them out to preach the 
 kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them\, "Take nothing for your jo
 urney\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; and do not have two tu
 nics. And whatever house you enter\, stay there\, and from there depart. An
 d wherever they do not receive you\, when you leave that town shake off the
  dust from your feet as a testimony against them." And they departed and we
 nt through the villages\, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.\n  \
 n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190223
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 ts: The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs in the Quarter o
 f Eugenius\, Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus\, Anthousa the 
 Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's Firs
 t Universal Letter 2:7-17\n\nBrethren\, I am writing you no new commandment
 \, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning\; the old comman
 dment is the word which you have heard.  Yet I am writing you a new command
 ment\, which is true in him and in you\, because the darkness is passing aw
 ay and the true light is already shining.  He who says he is in the light a
 nd hates his brother is in the darkness still.  He who loves his brother ab
 ides in the light\, and in it there is no cause for stumbling.  But he who 
 hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness\, and does n
 ot know where he is going\, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.  I a
 m writing to you\, little children\, because your sins are forgiven for his
  sake.  I am writing to you\, fathers\, because you know him who is from th
 e beginning.  I am writing to you\, young men\, because you have overcome t
 he evil one.  I write to you\, children\, because you know the Father.  I w
 rite to you\, fathers\, because you know him who is from the beginning.  I 
 write to you\, young men\, because you are strong\, and the word of God abi
 des in you\, and you have overcome the evil one.  Do not love the world or 
 the things in the world.  If any one loves the world\, love for the Father 
 is not in him.  For all that is in the world\, the lust of the flesh and th
 e lust of the eyes and the pride of life\, is not of the Father but is of t
 he world.  And the world passes away\, and the lust of it\; but he who does
  the will of God abides for ever. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:3-9\n\nAt t
 hat time\, while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, as 
 he sat at table\, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure 
 nard\, very costly\, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.  
 But there were some who said to themselves indignantly\, "Why was the ointm
 ent thus wasted?  For this ointment might have been sold for more than thre
 e hundred denarii\, and given to the poor."  And they reproached her.  But 
 Jesus said\, "Let her alone\; why do you trouble her?  She has done a beaut
 iful thing to me.  For you always have the poor with you\, and whenever you
  will\, you can do good to them\; but you will not always have me.  She has
  done what she could\; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying.  An
 d truly\, I say to you\, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world
 \, what she has done will be told in memory of her."\n\n\n
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 eut\, John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\n\nBreth
 ren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all tha
 t is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lo
 rd. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose t
 hem. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\;
  but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anythin
 g that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\
 , and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefull
 y then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of th
 e time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but under
 stand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for th
 at is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another i
 n psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the L
 ord with all your heart.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said
 \, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will g
 o in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and 
 destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am th
 e good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He w
 ho is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees th
 e wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them a
 nd scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for 
 the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as 
 the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the 
 sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring t
 hem also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one s
 hepherd."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200824
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian\; Cosma
 s of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\; The Translation of the Relics of Dio
 nysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\; The Translation of the Holy Relics
  of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Sec
 ond Letter to the Corinthians 5:10-15\nBrethren\, we must all appear before
  the judgment seat of Christ\, so that each one may receive good or evil\, 
 according to what he has done in the body.\n\nTherefore\, knowing the fear 
 of the Lord\, we persuade men\; but what we are is known to God\, and I hop
 e it is known also to your conscience. We are not commending ourselves to y
 ou again but giving you cause to be proud of us\, so that you may be able t
 o answer those who pride themselves on a man's position and not on his hear
 t. For if we are beside ourselves\, it is for God\; if we are in our right 
 mind\, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls us\, because we are c
 onvinced that one has died for all\; therefore all have died. And he died f
 or all\, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for hi
 m who for their sake died and was raised.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:9-15\nI
 n those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John i
 n the Jordan.  And when he came up out of the water\, immediately he saw th
 e heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a voi
 ce came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased.
 "  The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in 
 the wilderness forty days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with the wild bea
 sts\; and the angels ministered to him. Now after John was arrested\, Jesus
  came into Galilee\, preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\, "The time i
 s fulfilled\, and the kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and believe in t
 he gospel."\n\n
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 \n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-17\n\nBrethr
 en\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on the wh
 ole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the d
 evil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, but against the 
 principalities\, against the powers\, against the world rulers of this pres
 ent darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly pl
 aces.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to with
 stand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\
 , having girded your loins with truth\, and having put on the breastplate o
 f righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospe
 l of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with which yo
 u can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of
  salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n  \n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 13:10-17\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in one 
 of the synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of
  infirmity for eighteen years\; she was bent over and could not fully strai
 ghten herself. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and said to her\, "Wo
 man\, you are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her\, 
 and immediately she was made straight\, and she praised God. But the ruler 
 of the synagogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath\, said
  to the people\, "There are six days on which work ought to be done\; come 
 on those days and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord an
 swered him\, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his
  ox or his donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water it? And ought
  not this woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years
 \, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this\, all his 
 adversaries were put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced at all the glor
 ious things that were done by him.\n \n\n
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 s: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, Rufus\, Asyncritus\
 , Phlegon\, and Hermes\, Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\, Celestine\,
  Pope of Rome\, The Holy New Martyr John the Ship-Builder who was martyred 
 in Kos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-8\n\nIn the first b
 ook\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach
 \, until the day when he was taken up\, after he had given commandment thro
 ugh the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presente
 d himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to them during
  forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with th
 em he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promi
 se of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John baptized
  with water\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spir
 it."\n \nSo when they had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you
  at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them\, "it is not 
 for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own auth
 ority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you\;
  and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria an
 d to the end of the earth."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:1-17\n\nIn the begi
 nning was the Word\, and the Word was with God\, and the Word was God. He w
 as in the beginning with God\; all things were made through him\, and witho
 ut him was not anything made that was made. In him was life\, and the life 
 was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness\, and the darkness h
 as not overcome it. \n\nThere was a man sent from God\, whose name was John
 . He came for testimony\, to bear witness to the light\, that all might bel
 ieve through him. He was not the light\, but came to bear witness to the li
 ght.\n\nThe true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.
  He was in the world\, and the world was made through him\, yet the world k
 new him not. He came to his own home\, and his own people received him not.
  But to all who received him\, who believed in his name\, he gave power to 
 become children of God\; who were born\, not of blood nor of the will of th
 e flesh nor of the will of man\, but of God.\n\nAnd the Word became flesh a
 nd dwelt among us\, full of grace and truth\; we have beheld his glory\, gl
 ory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him\, and cri
 ed\, "This was he of whom I said\, 'He who comes after me ranks before me\,
  for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received\, grac
 e upon grace. For the law was given through Moses\; grace and truth came th
 rough Jesus Christ.\n\n\n
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 rs\, Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were co
 nfined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.
  So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be jus
 tified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a cus
 todian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For a
 s many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is nei
 ther Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither mal
 e nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's
 \, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean th
 at the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though
  he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees
  until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we 
 were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had
  fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law
 \, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adopti
 on as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n\nAt that time\, a great cro
 wd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had
  a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many ph
 ysicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather gr
 ew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in
  the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his gar
 ments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and 
 she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, percei
 ving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned abo
 ut in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples s
 aid to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Wh
 o touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\
 , knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell d
 own before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daught
 er\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your dis
 ease."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tychon the Wonderworker\; 40 Martyrs of Rome\; Mark the Just of Apollo
 nia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the
  Romans 4:4-12\nBrethren\, to one who works\, his wages are not reckoned as
  a gift but as his due. And to one who does not work but trusts him who jus
 tifies the ungodly\, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. So also David 
 pronounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart 
 from works: "Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven\, and whose si
 ns are covered\; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon h
 is sin." Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised\, or also up
 on the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteou
 sness. How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been 
 circumcised? It was not after\, but before he was circumcised. He received 
 circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith w
 hile he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of 
 all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness r
 eckoned to them\, and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not me
 rely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father 
 Abraham had before he was circumcised.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:15-21\n
 The Lord said\, "Beware of false prophets\, who come to you in sheep's clot
 hing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. 
 Are grapes gathered from thorns\, or figs from thistles? So\, every sound t
 ree bears good fruit\, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cann
 ot bear evil fruit\, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that do
 es not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will 
 know them by their fruits. Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' s
 hall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my Father wh
 o is in heaven."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180106
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/6/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Theophan the Reclus
 e\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 2:11-14\; 3:4-7\n\nTIT
 US\, my son\, the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men\, 
 training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions\, and to live sober
 \, upright\, and godly lives in this world\, awaiting our blessed hope\, th
 e appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ\, who gav
 e himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a
  people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.\n \nBut when the goodnes
 s and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared\, he saved us\, not becaus
 e of deeds done by us in righteousness\, but in virtue of his own mercy\, b
 y the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit\, which he pou
 red out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior\, so that we might b
 e justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.\n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came from Galilee to t
 he Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him\, 
 saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, and do you come to me?" But Jesus 
 answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill
  all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized\, he we
 nt up immediately from the water\, and behold\, the heavens were opened and
  he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove\, and alighting on him\; a
 nd lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom 
 I am well pleased."       \n  \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171026
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\, Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople\, Eata of Hexham\n\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be st
 rong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me
  before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach ot
 hers also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier
  on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satis
 fy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes a
 ccording to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the f
 irst share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant yo
 u understanding in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the d
 ead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for whic
 h I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God i
 s not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, t
 hat they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\
 n\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to his discipl
 es: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, kn
 ow that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, th
 e world would love its own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I c
 hose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the wo
 rd that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If the
 y persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they wil
 l keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my account\, becaus
 e they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\,
  they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He w
 ho hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among them the works w
 hich no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and
  hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in
  their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n \n But when the Counselor c
 omes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\
 , who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also 
 are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the beginning.  I have s
 aid all this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will put you out o
 f the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will 
 think he is offering service to God."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180202
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/1/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Try
 pho the Martyr\, Perpetua & her Companions\, Timothy the Confessor\, Bridge
 t of Ireland\, Our Holy Father Basil\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, Anastas
 ios the New Martyr of Navplion\, The Four Martyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\, 
 Plato and George who contested in Megara\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:28-39\n\nBrethren\, we know that everyth
 ing works for good with those who love God\, who are called according to hi
 s purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed 
 to the image of his Son\, in order that he might be the first-born among ma
 ny brethren.  And those whom he predestined he also called\; and those whom
  he called he also justified\; and those whom he justified he also glorifie
 d.\n \nWhat then shall we say to this?  If God is for us\, who is against u
 s?  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all\, will he n
 ot also give us all things with him?  Who shall bring any charge against Go
 d's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesu
 s\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at the right han
 d of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. Who shall separate us from the lov
 e of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famine\
 , or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "For thy sake we 
 are being killed all the day long\; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughte
 red."  No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who
  loved us.  For I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor 
 principalities\, nor things present\, nor things to come\, nor powers\, nor
  height\, nor depth\, nor anything else in all creation\, will be able to s
 eparate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 10:19-21\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I have give
 n you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the pow
 er of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice i
 n this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names 
 are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit an
 d said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have h
 idden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to bab
 es\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n \n\n
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 ts: Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\,
  Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\, Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 2:18-29\; 3:1-8\n\nBrethren\
 , it is the last hour\; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming\, s
 o now many antichrists have come\; therefore we know that it is the last ho
 ur.  They went out from us\, but they were not of us\; for if they had been
  of us\, they would have continued with us\; but they went out\, that it mi
 ght be plain that they all are not of us.  But you have been anointed by th
 e Holy One\, and you all know that I write to you\, not because you do not 
 know the truth\, but because you know it\, and know that no lie is of the t
 ruth.  Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  This is
  the antichrist\, he who denies the Father and the Son.  No one who denies 
 the Son has the Father.  He who confesses the Son has the Father also.  Let
  what you heard from the beginning abide in you.  If what you heard from th
 e beginning abides in you\, then you will abide in the Son and in the Fathe
 r.  And this is what he has promised us\, eternal life.\n \nI write this to
  you about those who would deceive you\; but the anointing which you receiv
 ed from him abides in you\, and you have no need that any one should teach 
 you\; as his anointing teaches you about everything\, and is true\, and is 
 no lie\, just as it has taught you\, abide in him.\n \nAnd now\, little chi
 ldren\, abide in him\, so that when he appears we may have confidence and n
 ot shrink from him in shame at his coming.  If you know that he is righteou
 s\, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.\n \nSee w
 hat love the Father has given us\, that we should be called children of God
 \; and so we are.  The reason why the world does not know us is that it did
  not know him.  Beloved\, we are God's children now\; it does not yet appea
 r what we shall be\, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him\
 , for we shall see him as he is.  And every one who thus hopes in him purif
 ies himself as he is pure.\n \nEvery one who commits sin is guilty of lawle
 ssness\; sin is lawlessness.  You know that he appeared to take away sins\,
  and in him there is no sin.  No one who abides in him sins\; no one who si
 ns has either seen him or known him.  Little children\, let no one deceive 
 you.  He who does right is righteous\, as he is righteous.  He who commits 
 sin is of the devil\; for the devil has sinned from the beginning.  The rea
 son the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. \n \n\nG
 ospel Reading: Mark 11:1-11\n\nAt that time\, Jesus drew near to Jerusalem\
 , to Bethsphage and Bethany\, at the Mount of Olives\, and he sent two of h
 is disciples\, and said to them\, "Go into the village opposite you\, and i
 mmediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied\, on which no one has 
 ever sat\; untie it and bring it.  If any one says to you\, 'Why are you do
 ing this?' say\, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immedi
 ately.'"  And they went away\, and found a colt tied at the door out in the
  open street\; and they untied it.  And those who stood there said to them\
 , "What are you doing\, untying the colt?"  And they told them what Jesus h
 ad said\; and they let them go.  And they brought the colt to Jesus\, and t
 hrew their garments on it\; and he sat upon it.  And many spread their garm
 ents on the road\, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from
  the fields.  And those who went before and those who followed cried out\, 
 "Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!  Blessed is the
  kingdom of our father David that is coming!  Hosanna in the highest!"  And
  he entered Jerusalem\, and went into the temple\; and when he had looked r
 ound at everything\, as it was already late\, he went out to Bethany with t
 he twelve disciples.\n\n\n
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 ts: Holy Wednesday\,Elizabeth the Wonderworker\, Savvas the General of Rome
 \, Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia\, Mellitus\, Archbishop of Canterbur
 y\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nGospel Readings: John 12:17-50\n\nAt that time\, the 
 crowd that had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and r
 aised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet
  him was that they heard he had done this sign.  The Pharisees then said to
  one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone
  after him."\n \nNow among those who went up to worship at the feast were s
 ome Greeks.  So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, 
 and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew
 \; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.  And Jesus answered them\, 
 "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.  Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it rema
 ins alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit.  He who loves his life lo
 ses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal l
 ife.  If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there sha
 ll my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n
  \n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from t
 his hour'? No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour.  Father\, glorif
 y your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I 
 will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had
  thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "T
 his voice has come for your sake\, not for mine.  Now is the judgment of th
 is world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I a
 m lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself."  He said this to
  show by what death he was to die.  The crowd answered him\, "We have heard
  from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the So
 n of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "
 The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, 
 lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not know
  where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you 
 may become sons of light."\n \nWhen Jesus had said this\, he departed and h
 id himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them\, yet th
 ey did not believe in him\;  it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isa
 iah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed our report\, and to whom h
 as the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe. Fo
 r Isaiah again said\,  "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\
 , lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart\, and 
 turn for me to heal them."  Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and s
 poke of him.  Nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him\, b
 ut for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\, lest they should be 
 put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the pr
 aise of God.\n \nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He who believes in me\, be
 lieves not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who se
 nt me.  I have come as light into the world\, that whoever believes in me m
 ay not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and does not keep th
 em\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to judge the world but to save
  the world.  He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge\
 ; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.  For I hav
 e not spoken on my own authority\; the Father who sent me has himself given
  me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandm
 ent is eternal life. What I say\, therefore\, I say as the Father has bidde
 n me."\n\n\nMatthew 26:6-16\n\nWhen Jesus was at Bethany at the house of Si
 mon the leper\, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expe
 nsive ointment and she poured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when
  the disciples saw it\, they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For
  this ointment might have been sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor
 ." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman
 ? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor wi
 th you\, but you will not always have me. In pouring this ointment on my bo
 dy she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you wherever 
 this gospel is preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told
  in memory of her." Then one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\
 , went to the chief priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver 
 him to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that momen
 t he sought an opportunity to betray him.\n \n\n
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 s: Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\, Luke of Mount Stirion\, Theopemptos t
 he Martyr & his Companions\, George the New Martyr of Crete\, Afterfeast of
  the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Richard\, King of 
 Wessex\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:14-17\n
 \nBrethren\, we may no longer be children\, tossed to and fro and carried a
 bout with every wind of doctrine\, by the cunning of men\, by their craftin
 ess in deceitful wiles. Rather\, speaking the truth in love\, we are to gro
 w up in every way into him who is the head\, into Christ\, from whom the wh
 ole body\, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplie
 d\, when each part is working properly\, makes bodily growth and upbuilds i
 tself in love. Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord\, that you must no
  longer live as the Gentiles do\, in the futility of their minds.\n\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Mark 6:30-45\n\nAt that time\, the apostles returned to Jesus\,
  and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them\, "Com
 e away by yourselves to a lonely place\, and rest a while." For many were c
 oming and going\, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away i
 n the boat to a lonely place by themselves. Now many saw them going\, and k
 new them\, and they ran there on foot from all the towns\, and got there ah
 ead of them. As he went ashore he saw a great throng\, and he had compassio
 n on them\, because they were like sheep without a shepherd\; and he began 
 to teach them many things. And when it grew late\, his disciples came to hi
 m and said\, "This is a lonely place\, and the hour is now late\; send them
  away\, to go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves 
 something to eat." But he answered them\, "You give them something to eat."
  And they said to him\, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of b
 read\, and give it to them to eat?" And he said to them\, "How many loaves 
 have you? Go and see." And when they had found out\, they said\, "Five\, an
 d two fish." Then he commanded them all to sit down by companies upon the g
 reen grass. So they sat down in groups\, by hundreds and by fifties. And ta
 king the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, and blessed\
 , and broke the loaves\, and gave them to the disciples to set before the p
 eople\; and he divided the two fish among them all. And they all ate and we
 re satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of 
 the fish. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men. Immediately 
 he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side
 \, to Bethsaida\, while he dismissed the crowd.\n \n\n
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 sts: Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus of Milan\, Cosmas the Hagi
 opolite\, Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\, Righteous Paraskeve o
 f Serbia\n\nTone Three\nNinth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to Titus 3:8-15\n\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire
  you to insist on these things\, so that those who have believed in God may
  be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excellent and pro
 fitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, dissensions
 \, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.  As fo
 r a man who is factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\, have nothin
 g more to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful\
 ; he is self-condemned.\n \nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do you
 r best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter 
 there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; s
 ee that they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to apply themselves to
  good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful
 .\n \nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in 
 the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:5-15\n\
 nThe Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed\; and as he 
 sowed\, some fell along the path\, and was trodden under foot\, and the bir
 ds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock\; and as it grew up\, 
 it withered away\, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns\;
  and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil an
 d grew\, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what 
 this parable meant\, he said\, "To you it has been given to know the secret
 s of the kingdom of God\; but for others they are in parables\, so that see
 ing they may not see\, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable
  is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those wh
 o have heard\; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hear
 ts\, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are t
 hose who\, when they hear the word\, receive it with joy\; but these have n
 o root\, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And 
 as for what fell among the thorns\, they are those who hear\, but as they g
 o on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of lif
 e\, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil\, the
 y are those who\, hearing the word\, hold it fast in an honest and good hea
 rt\, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things\, he cri
 ed out "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n   \n\n
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 : Acts of the Apostles 23:1-11\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul\, looking intently a
 t the council\, said\, "Brethren\, I have lived before God in all good cons
 cience up to this day." And the high priest Ananias commanded those who sto
 od by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him\, "God shall st
 rike you\, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to t
 he law\, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?" Those who 
 stood by said\, "Would you revile God's high priest?" And Paul said\, "I di
 d not know\, brethren\, that he was the high priest\; for it is written\, '
 You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.' " But when Paul percei
 ved that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees\, he cried out in 
 the council\, "Brethren\, I am a Pharisee\, a son of Pharisees\; with respe
 ct to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial." And when he
  had said this\, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees
 \; and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no res
 urrection\, nor angel\, nor spirit\; but the Pharisees acknowledge them all
 . Then a great clamor arose\; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' par
 ty stood up and contended\, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a s
 pirit or an angel spoke to him?" And when the dissension became violent\, t
 he tribune\, afraid that Paul would be torn in pieces by them\, commanded t
 he soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him 
 into the barracks. The following night the Lord stood by him and said\, "Ta
 ke courage\, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem\, so you must 
 bear witness also at Rome."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:15-23\n\nThe Lord 
 said to his disciples\, "All that the Father has is mine\; therefore I said
  that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.\n \n"A little while\
 , and you will see me no more\; again a little while\, and you will see me.
 " Some of his disciples said to one another\, "What is this that he says to
  us\, 'A little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little while\
 , and you will see me'\; and\, 'because I go to the Father'? " They said\, 
 "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he means." Jesu
 s knew that they wanted to ask him\; so he said to them\, "Is this what you
  are asking yourselves\, what I meant by saying\, 'A little while\, and you
  will not see me\, and again a little while\, and you will see me'? Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, you will weep and lament\, but the world will rejoi
 ce\; you will be sorrowful\, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a wom
 an is in travail she has sorrow\, because her hour has come\; but when she 
 is delivered of the child\, she no longer remembers the anguish\, for joy t
 hat a human being is born into the world. So you have sorrow now\, but I wi
 ll see you again and your hearts will rejoice\, and no one will take your j
 oy from you. In that day\, you will ask nothing of me. Truly\, truly\, I sa
 y to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he will give it to you in my
  name."\n\n\n
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 sts: The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost\; Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\; Triphy
 llos the Bishop of Nicosia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Romans 1:7-12\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God our Fat
 her and the Lord Jesus Christ. First\, I thank my God through Jesus Christ 
 for all of you\, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. For God
  is my witness\, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son\, tha
 t without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers\, asking that somehow 
 by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. For I long to see
  you\, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you\, tha
 t is\, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith\, both your
 s and mine.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Give to hi
 m who begs from you\, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you. You 
 have heard that it was said\, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your e
 nemy.' But I say to you\, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecut
 e you\, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven\; for he ma
 kes his sun rise on the evil and on the good\, and sends rain on the just a
 nd on the unjust. For if you love those who love you\, what reward have you
 ? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your b
 rethren\, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do 
 the same? You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your heavenly Father is pe
 rfect."\n\n
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 ts: Amos the Prophet\, Our Righteous Father Hieronymus\, Augustine the Bles
 sed\, Bishop of Hippo\, Jerome the Righteous\, Achikos\, Stephanas\, & Fort
 uanatos the Apostles\, Father among the Saints Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kiev
 \, Lazar of Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Romans 9:6-19\n\nBrethren\, it is not as though the word of God has f
 ailed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel\, and not
  all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants\; but "Throug
 h Isaac shall your descendants be named." This means that it is not the chi
 ldren of the flesh who are the children of God\, but the children of the pr
 omise are reckoned as descendants. For this is what the promise said\, "Abo
 ut this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son." And not only so\, b
 ut also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man\, our forefather Isa
 ac\, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad\
 , in order that God's purpose of election might continue\, not because of w
 orks but because of his call\, she was told\, "The elder will serve the you
 nger." As it is written\, "Jacob I loved\, but Esau I hated." What shall we
  say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! For he says to Mo
 ses\, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy\, and I will have compassion 
 on whom I have compassion." So it depends not upon man's will or exertion\,
  but upon God's mercy. For the scripture says to Pharoah\, "I have raised y
 ou up for the very purpose of showing my power in you\, so that my name may
  be proclaimed in all the earth." So then he has mercy upon whomever he wil
 ls\, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then
 \, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Matthew 10:32-36\; 11:1\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Ever
 y one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge before my Fa
 ther who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny
  before my Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I have come to bring 
 peace on earth\; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have com
 e to set a man against his father\, and a daughter against her mother\, and
  a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law\; and a man's foes will be tho
 se of his own household."\n \nAnd when Jesus had finished instructing his t
 welve disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities
 .\n  \n\n
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 sts: Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Theodora the Righteous\; Pionios
  the Presbyter\; George the New Wonderworker of Constantinople\; Trophimos 
 and Thallos the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:1
 6-25\nBut the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows 
 himself holy in righteousness.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their past
 ure\, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who draw 
 iniquity with cords of falsehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, who sa
 y: "Let him make haste\, let him speed his work that we may see it\; let th
 e purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that we m
 ay know it!"  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil\, who put darkn
 ess for light and light for darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and sweet f
 or bitter!  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd in the
 ir own sight!  Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine\, and valiant m
 en in mixing strong drink\, who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and deprive
  the innocent of his right!  Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours the 
 stubble\, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame\, so their root will be 
 as rottenness\, and their blossom go up like dust\; for they have rejected 
 the law of the LORD of hosts\, and have despised the word of the Holy One o
 f Israel.  Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people\,
  and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them\, and the mounta
 ins quaked\; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. 
 For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out sti
 ll.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 4:16-26\n Then Cain went away from th
 e presence of the LORD\, and dwelt in the land of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain
  knew his wife\, and she conceived and bore Enoch\; and he built a city\, a
 nd called the name of the city after the name of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch
  was born Irad\; and Irad was the father of Mehujael\, and Mehujael the fat
 her of Methushael\, and Methushael the father of Lamech.  And Lamech took t
 wo wives\; the name of the one was Adah\, and the name of the other Zillah.
   Adah bore Jabal\; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have 
 cattle.  His brother's name was Jubal\; he was the father of all those who 
 play the lyre and pipe.  Zillah bore Tubalcain\; he was the forger of all i
 nstruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech 
 said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah\, hear my voice\; you wives of Lamech\,
  hearken to what I say: I have slain a man for wounding me\, a young man fo
 r striking me.  If Cain is avenged sevenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfo
 ld." \n\n  And Adam knew his wife again\, and she bore a son and called his
  name Seth\, for she said\, "God has appointed for me another child instead
  of Abel\, for Cain slew him."  To Seth also a son was born\, and he called
  his name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.\
 n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 5:15-6:3\nDrink water from your own cist
 ern\, flowing water from your own well.  Should your springs be scattered a
 broad\, streams of water in the streets?  Let them be for yourself alone\, 
 and not for strangers with you.  Let your fountain be blessed\, and rejoice
  in the wife of your youth\, a lovely hind\, a graceful doe. Let her affect
 ion fill you at all times with delight\, be infatuated always with her love
 .  Why should you be infatuated\, my son\, with a loose woman and embrace t
 he bosom of an adventuress?  For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LO
 RD\, and he watches all his paths.  The iniquities of the wicked ensnare hi
 m\, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.  He dies for lack of discipli
 ne\, and because of his great folly he is lost.\n\n  My son\, if you have b
 ecome surety for your neighbor\, have given your pledge for a stranger\; if
  you are snared in the utterance of your lips\, caught in the words of your
  mouth\; then do this\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into
  your neighbor's power: go\, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/15/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Paul of Thebes\, John the Hut-Dweller\, Pansophios the Martyr of Alexan
 dria\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6
 :1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience
 \, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against
  such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified
  the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let u
 s also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of o
 ne another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in a
 ny trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentl
 eness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's bur
 dens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40
 \n\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father's good
  pleasure to give you the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\;
  provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasure in t
 he heavens that does not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth destr
 oys.  For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  Let your
  loins be girded and your lamps burning\, and be like men who are waiting f
 or their master to come home from the marriage feast\, so that they may ope
 n to him at once when he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom
  the master finds awake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird
  himself and have them sit at table\, and he will come and serve them.  If 
 he comes in the second watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\, blesse
 d are those servants!  But know this\, that if the householder had known at
  what hour the thief was coming\, he would not have left his house to be br
 oken into.  You also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an une
 xpected hour."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/11/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\, Theodora the Righteous\, Pionios 
 the Presbyter\, George the New Wonderworker of Constantinople\, Trophimos a
 nd Thallos the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nGrave Tone\nSeve
 nth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4
 :14-16\; 5:1-6\n\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed thr
 ough the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confession
 . For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakne
 sses\, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet withou
 t sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that 
 we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every high
  priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relat
 ion to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently wit
 h the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Becau
 se of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for t
 hose of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he i
 s called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself t
 o be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou 
 art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place
 \, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\n\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come
  after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For w
 hoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my
  sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gai
 n the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return f
 or his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous a
 nd sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he
  comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to the
 m\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste
  death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\; Righteous Hierodeacon 
 Makarios of Kalogeras\; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\; Nicholas the New-M
 artyr of Mytilene\; Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and
  their grandmother Neonilla\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-1
 1\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belong
 ed to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and 
 when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. T
 his was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, h
 e put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard
  him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Pete
 r was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Ch
 urch.\n\nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was s
 leeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before 
 the door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appea
 red\, and a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and w
 oke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And
  the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And h
 e went out and followed him\; he did not know that what was done by the ang
 el was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the 
 first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the ci
 ty. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on t
 hrough one street\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to h
 imself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and res
 cued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were exp
 ecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed hi
 mself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to 
 Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He s
 aid to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed
  my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you l
 ove me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He sai
 d to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son o
 f John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the thi
 rd time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everythi
 ng\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly
 \, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and wal
 ked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hand
 s\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  
 (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this
  he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the d
 isciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper a
 nd had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter s
 aw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to hi
 m\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  F
 ollow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple wo
 uld not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "I
 f it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This i
 s the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written
  these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also
  many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\,
  I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be 
 written.  Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Nativity\, Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\, Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\, Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\, Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 , Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\n\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and thos
 e who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to 
 call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in
  the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put
  my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has given 
 me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himself like
 wise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy him w
 ho has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who
  through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is n
 ot with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Th
 erefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so that he m
 ight become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God\, to 
 make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffe
 red and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\n\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, an ang
 el of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the ch
 ild and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\;
  for Herod is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he rose 
 and took the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and re
 mained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord ha
 d spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n \nThen Her
 od\, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a furiou
 s rage\, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in a
 ll that region who were two years old or under\, according to the time whic
 h he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken 
 by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lam
 entation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be consoled\, b
 ecause they were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the L
 ord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the chil
 d and his mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the 
 child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\, and
  went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over 
 Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and being 
 warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and d
 welt in a city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets might
  be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ\
 , Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\, Timothy of Euripus\, founder 
 of the Monastery of Pentele\, Nicodemus the New Martyr of Meteora\, Gerasim
 us of Cephalonia\, Holy Monk Penteles\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our 
 Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, The Six Martyrs Dorothe
 os\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and Basil who contested in Meg
 ara\, Manuel and John the New Martyrs\, Stamatios the Martyr\, Apostolos th
 e New-Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter t
 o Timothy 3:13-16\; 4:1-5\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as dea
 cons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the f
 aith which is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writin
 g these instructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how on
 e ought to behave in the household of God\, which is the church of the livi
 ng God\, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, i
 s the mystery of our religion:\n \nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njust
 ified in the Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nb
 elieved on in the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n \nNow the Spirit expressly
  says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to
  deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of lia
 rs whose consciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence
  from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who
  believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good\, and no
 thing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it i
 s consecrated by the word of God and prayer.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51
 -57\, 10:22-24\, 13:22\n\nAt that time\, when the days drew near for him to
  be received up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messenger
 s ahead of him\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make
  ready for him\; but the people would not receive him\, because his face wa
 s set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\, they
  said\, "Lord\, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consum
 e them as Elijah did?" But he turned and rebuked them\, and he said\, "You 
 do not know what manner of spirit you are of\; for the Son of man came not 
 to destroy men's lives but to save them." And they went on to another villa
 ge.\n \nAs they were going along the road\, he said to those who followed h
 im\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows 
 who the Son is except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son and 
 any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the discipl
 es he said privately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I 
 tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and did
  not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it."\n \nAnd he 
 went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towa
 rds Jerusalem.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Friday after Pentecost\; Onuphrius of Egypt\; Peter the Athonite\;
  Holy Martyr Antonine\; John the Soldier of Egypt\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:14-28\nBrethren\, when Gentiles w
 ho have not the law do by nature what the law requires\, they are a law to 
 themselves\, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the 
 law requires is written on their hearts\, while their conscience also bears
  witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on th
 at day when\, according to my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Chr
 ist Jesus. But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast o
 f your relation to God and know his will and approve what is excellent\, be
 cause you are instructed in the law\, and if you are sure that you are a gu
 ide to the blind\, a light to those who are in darkness\, a corrector of th
 e foolish\, a teacher of children\, having in the law the embodiment of kno
 wledge and truth - you then who teach others\, will you not teach yourself?
  While you preach against stealing\, do you steal? You who say that one mus
 t not commit adultery\, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols\, do yo
 u rob temples? You who boast in the law\, do you dishonor God by breaking t
 he law? For\, as it is written\, "The name of God is blasphemed among the G
 entiles because of you." Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the la
 w\; but if you break the law\, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. So
 \, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law\, will not h
 is uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? Then those who are physicall
 y uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you who have the written code
  and circumcision but break the law. For he is not a real Jew who is one ou
 twardly\, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 5:33-41\nThe Lord said\, "You have heard that it was sa
 id to the men of old\, 'You shall not swear falsely\, but shall perform to 
 the Lord what you have sworn.' But I say to you\, Do not swear at all\, eit
 her by heaven\, for it is the throne of God\, or by the earth\, for it is h
 is footstool\, or by Jerusalem\, for it is the city of the great King. And 
 do not swear by your head\, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Le
 t what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'\; anything more than this comes from
  evil. You have heard that it was said\, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for
  a tooth.' But I say to you\, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one
  strikes you on the right cheek\, turn to him the other also\; and if any o
 ne would sue you and take your coat\, let him have your cloak as well\; and
  if any one forces you to go one mile\, go with him two miles."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\; Anastasia of Alexandria\; Mich
 ael Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isai
 ah 5:7-16\nThus says the Lord: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the
  house of Israel\, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he 
 looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behol
 d\, a cry!  Woe to those who join house to house\, who add field to field\,
  until there is no more room\, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst
  of the land.  The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many hous
 es shall be desolate\, large and beautiful houses\, without inhabitant.  Fo
 r ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath\, and a homer of seed shal
 l yield but an ephah."  Woe to those who rise early in the morning\, that t
 hey may run after strong drink\, who tarry late into the evening till wine 
 inflames them!  They have lyre and harp\, timbrel and flute and wine at the
 ir feasts\; but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD\, or see the work 
 of his hands.  Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge\; th
 eir honored men are dying of hunger\, and their multitude is parched with t
 hirst.  Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyo
 nd measure\, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down\, her 
 throng and he who exults in her.  Man is bowed down\, and men are brought l
 ow\, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.  But the LORD of hosts is exa
 lted in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.\n\n
 Old Testament Reading: Genesis 4:8-15\n Cain said to Abel his brother\, "Le
 t us go out to the field." And when they were in the field\, Cain rose up a
 gainst his brother Abel\, and killed him.  Then the LORD said to Cain\, "Wh
 ere is Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do not know\; am I my brother's kee
 per?"  And the LORD said\, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's
  blood is crying to me from the ground.  And now you are cursed from the gr
 ound\, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your
  hand.  When you till the ground\, it shall no longer yield to you its stre
 ngth\; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."  Cain said to 
 the LORD\, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.  Behold\, thou hast d
 riven me this day away from the ground\; and from thy face I shall be hidde
 n\; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth\, and whoever fin
 ds me will slay me."  Then the LORD said to him\, "Not so! If any one slays
  Cain\, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark
  on Cain\, lest any who came upon him should kill him.\n\nOld Testament Rea
 ding: Proverbs 5:1-15\nMy son\, be attentive to my wisdom\, incline your ea
 r to my understanding\; that you may keep discretion\, and your lips may gu
 ard knowledge.  For the lips of a loose woman drip honey\, and her speech i
 s smoother than oil\; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood\, sharp as a
  two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death\; her steps follow the path to
  Sheol\; she does not take heed to the path of life\; her ways wander\, and
  she does not know it.\n\n  And now\, O sons\, listen to me\, and do not de
 part from the words of my mouth.  Keep your way far from her\, and do not g
 o near the door of her house\; lest you give your honor to others and your 
 years to the merciless\; lest strangers take their fill of your strength\, 
 and your labors go to the house of an alien\; and at the end of your life y
 ou groan\, when your flesh and body are consumed\, and you say\, "How I hat
 ed discipline\, and my heart despised reproof!  I did not listen to the voi
 ce of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.  I was at the point 
 of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."  Drink water from your own ci
 stern\, flowing water from your own well.\n\n
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 ts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\, Mark
 ella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First 
 Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12\n\nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apost
 leship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we
  not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not have the right to be a
 ccompanied by a wife\, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord a
 nd Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from w
 orking for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants
  a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without gett
 ing some of the milk? Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law sa
 y the same? For it is written in the law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle a
 n ox when it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concern
 ed? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake\, 
 because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of 
 a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritual good among you\, is it too m
 uch if we reap your material benefits? If others share this rightful claim 
 upon you\, do not we still more? Nevertheless\, we have not made use of thi
 s right\, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of 
 the gospel of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\n\nAt that time Jesus
  went on through cities and villages\, preaching and bringing the good news
  of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him\, and also some women 
 who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalen
 e\, from whom seven demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, 
 Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for him out 
 of their means.\n\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\, Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\, Ro
 manos the Melodist\, John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nPlagal of the Fourth To
 ne\nSixth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to 
 the Corinthians 6:16-18\; 7:1\n\nBrethren\, you are the temple of the livin
 g God\; as God said\, "I will live in them and move among them\, and I will
  be their God\, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them\,
  and be separate from them\, says the Lord\, and touch nothing unclean\; th
 en I will welcome you\, and I will be a father to you\, and you shall be my
  sons and daughters\, says the Lord Almighty."\n \nSince we have these prom
 ises\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and
  spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 6:31-36\n\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish that men would do to you\, d
 o so to them. If you love those who love you\, what credit is that to you? 
 For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who 
 do good to you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 
 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive\, what credit is tha
 t to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, to receive as much again. But love
  your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, expecting nothing in return\; and 
 your reward will be great\, and you will be sons of the Most High\; for he 
 is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful\, even as your Fathe
 r is merciful."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/9/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\, Dion
 ysios the Orator\, Metrophanes of Mount Athos\, Patermuthius the Monk\, Eut
 hymios of Karelia\, Methodios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Lampis\, Michael 
 Paknanas the Gardener\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to th
 e Corinthians 5:9-13\; 6:1-11\n\nBrethren\, I wrote to you in my letter not
  to associate with immoral men\; not at all meaning the immoral of this wor
 ld\, or the greedy and robbers\, or idolaters\, since then you would need t
 o go out of the world. But rather I wrote to you not to associate with any 
 one who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of immorality or greed\, 
 or is an idolater\, reviler\, drunkard\, or robber - not even to eat with s
 uch a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those in
 side the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. "Drive out
  the wicked person from among you." When one of you has a grievance against
  a brother\, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the s
 aints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the wor
 ld is to be judged by you\, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do yo
 u not know that we are to judge angels? How much more\, matters pertaining 
 to this life! If then you have such cases\, why do you lay them before thos
 e who are least esteemed by the church? I say this to your shame. Can it be
  that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between members of th
 e brotherhood\, but brother goes to law against brother and that before unb
 elievers? To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you. Why n
 ot rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? But you yourselves wro
 ng and defraud\, and that even your own brethren. Do you not know that the 
 unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived\; neith
 er the immoral\, nor idolators\, nor adulterers\, nor sexual perverts\, nor
  thieves\, nor the greedy\, nor drunkards\, nor revilers\, nor robbers will
  inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed
 \, you were sanctified\, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus C
 hrist and in the Spirit of our God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\n
 \nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own country\, and taught the people in t
 heir synagogue so that they were astonished\, and said\, "Where did this ma
 n get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? 
 Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph an
 d Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this
  man get all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them\, 
 "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own ho
 use." And he did not do many mighty works there\, because of their unbelief
 .\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/27/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\, Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-f
 or-Christ\, Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\, 853 Martyrs of Thrace who we
 re drowned\, Manuel the Righteous\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second
  Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that
  is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses
  entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in su
 ffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entan
 gled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enliste
 d him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
  It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crop
 s. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in eve
 rything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from D
 avid\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and w
 earing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Theref
 ore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obta
 in salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGospel Reading: J
 ohn 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command yo
 u\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated m
 e before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its
  own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the wo
 rld\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\
 , 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they
  will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  Bu
 t all this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him
  who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have s
 in\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my F
 ather also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\,
  they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my 
 Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hat
 ed me without a cause.'\n \n But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall se
 nd to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from th
 e Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, becaus
 e you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to
  keep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; ind
 eed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering s
 ervice to God."\n \n\n
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 ts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\, Agathus\, Pope of Rome\, Bessarion the Great\
 , Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\, Plotinus\n\nStrict
  Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 1:19-2:3\n\n"If you are willing a
 nd obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; but if you refuse and re
 bel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has sp
 oken."\n \nHow the faithful city has become a harlot\, she that was full of
  justice!  Righteousness lodged in her\, but now murderers.  Your silver ha
 s become dross\, your wine mixed with water.  Your princes are rebels and c
 ompanions of thieves.  Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts.  They 
 do not defend the fatherless\, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
 \n \nTherefore the Lord says\, the Lord of hosts\, the Mighty One of Israel
 :  "Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\, and avenge myself on my foes.
   I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with ly
 e and remove all your alloy.  And I will restore your judges as at the firs
 t\, and your counselors as at the beginning.  Afterward you shall be called
  the city of righteousness\, the faithful city."\n \nZion shall be redeemed
  by justice\, and those in her who repent\, by righteousness.  But rebels a
 nd sinners shall be destroyed together\, and those who forsake the Lord sha
 ll be consumed.  For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighte
 d\; and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.  For you sha
 ll be like an oak whose leaf withers\, and like a garden without water.  An
 d the strong shall become tow\, and his work a spark\, and both of them sha
 ll burn together\, with none to quench them.\n \nThe word which Isaiah the 
 son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  It shall come to pass in t
 he latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be establis
 hed as the highest of the mountains\, and shall be raised above the hills\;
  and all the nations shall flow to it\, and many peoples shall come\, and s
 ay:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the
  God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his p
 aths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord f
 rom Jerusalem.\n\n\nGenesis 1:14-23\n\n And God said\, "Let there be lights
  in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night\; and l
 et them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years\, and let them 
 be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth."  A
 nd it was so.  And God made the two great lights\, the greater light to rul
 e the day\, and the lesser light to rule the night\; he made the stars also
 .  And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the 
 earth\, to rule over the day and over the night\, and to separate the light
  from the darkness.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was evening a
 nd there was morning\, a fourth day.\n \nAnd God said\, "Let the waters bri
 ng forth swarms of living creatures\, and let birds fly above the earth acr
 oss the firmament of the heavens."  So God created the great sea monsters a
 nd every living creature that moves\, with which the waters swarm\, accordi
 ng to their kinds\, and every winged bird according to its kind.  And God s
 aw that it was good.  And God blessed them\, saying\, "Be fruitful and mult
 iply and fill the waters in the seas\, and let birds multiply on the earth.
 "  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fifth day.\n\n\nProverbs
  1:20-33\n\nWisdom cries aloud in the street\; in the markets she raises he
 r voice\; on the top of the walls she cries out\; at the entrance of the ci
 ty gates she speaks:  "How long\, O simple ones\, will you love being simpl
 e?  How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowled
 ge? \n \n Give heed to my reproof\; behold\, I will pour out my thoughts to
  you\; I will make my words known to you.\n  \nBecause I have called and yo
 u refused to listen\, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded\, an
 d you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof\, I als
 o will laugh at your calamity\; I will mock when panic strikes you\, when p
 anic strikes you like a storm\, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind\, 
 when distress and anguish come upon you. \n \nThen they will call upon me\,
  but I will not answer\; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
 \n   \nBecause they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord
 \, would have none of my counsel\, and despised all my reproof\, therefore 
 they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.\
 n   \nFor the simple are killed by their turning away\, and the complacence
  of fools destroys them\; but he who listens to me will dwell secure and wi
 ll be at ease\, without dread of evil."\n\n
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 ts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\, Holy Martyrs Timoth
 y\, Agapius and Thecla\, Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\, Aft
 erfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgi
 n Mary\, Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nTone Three\nFirst Orthro
 s Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1
 5:1-11\n\nBrethren\, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the
  gospel\, which you received\, in which you stand\, by which you are saved\
 , if you hold it fast -- unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to yo
 u as of first importance what I also received\, that Christ died for our si
 ns in accordance with the scriptures\, that he was buried\, that he was rai
 sed on the third day in accordance with the scriptures\, and that he appear
 ed to Cephas\, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundr
 ed brethren at one time\, most of whom are still alive\, though some have f
 allen asleep. Then he appeared to James\, then to all the apostles. Last of
  all\, as to one untimely born\, he appeared also to me. For I am the least
  of the apostles\, unfit to be called an apostle\, because I persecuted the
  church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am\, and his grace towa
 rd me was not in vain. On the contrary\, I worked harder than any of them\,
  though it was not I\, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then 
 it was I or they\, so we preach and so you believed.\n\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 19:16-26\n\nAt that time\, a young man came up to Jesus\, kneeling a
 nd saying\, "Good Teacher\, what good deed must I do\, to have eternal life
 ?" And he said to him\, "Why do you call me good?  One there is who is good
 .  If you would enter life\, keep the commandments."  He said to him\, "Whi
 ch?"  And Jesus said\, "You shall not kill\, You shall not commit adultery\
 , You shall not steal\, You shall not bear false witness\, Honor your fathe
 r and mother\, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself."  The young ma
 n said to him\, "All these I have observed\; what do I still lack?"  Jesus 
 said to him\, "If you would be perfect\, go\, sell what you possess and giv
 e to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me
 ."  When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful\; for he had great
  possessions.\n  \nAnd Jesus said to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\
 , it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Again I t
 ell you\, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than f
 or a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."  When the disciples heard this 
 they were greatly astonished\, saying\, "Who then can be saved?"  But Jesus
  looked at them and said to them\, "With men this is impossible\, but with 
 God all things are possible."\n\n\n
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 sts: Sunday of St. John Climacus\; Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\; Martyr Cyril
  the Deacon and Those with him\; The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\; E
 ustathios the Confessor\, Bishop of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood wee
 ping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\;
  and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain
 \, one at the head and one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why ar
 e you weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\,
  and I do not know where they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned rou
 nd and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus 
 said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing H
 im to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him aw
 ay\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus sa
 id to her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (whi
 ch means Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not ye
 t ascended to the Father\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am asc
 ending to my Father and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdal
 ene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told 
 them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Hebrews 6:13-20\nBRETHREN\, when God made a promise to Abraham
 \, since he had no one greater by whom to swear\, he swore to himself\, say
 ing\, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham\, having
  patiently endured\, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater th
 an themselves\, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation
 . So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise
  the unchangeable character of his purpose\, he interposed with an oath\, s
 o that through two unchangeable things\, in which it is impossible that God
  should prove false\, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encoura
 gement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfas
 t anchor of the soul\, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the 
 curtain\, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf\, having becom
 e a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading
 : Mark 9:17-31\nAt that time\, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Te
 acher\, I brought my son to you\, for he has a dumb spirit\; and wherever i
 t seizes him it dashes him down\; and he foams and grinds his teeth and bec
 omes rigid\; and I asked your disciples to cast it out\, and they were not 
 able." And he answered them\, "O faithless generation\, how long am I to be
  with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they broug
 ht the boy to him\; and when the spirit saw him\, immediately it convulsed 
 the boy\, and he fell on the ground and rolled about\, foaming at the mouth
 . And Jesus asked his father\, "How long has he had this?" And he said\, "F
 rom childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water\,
  to destroy him\; but if you can do anything\, have pity on us and help us.
 " And Jesus said to him\, "If you can! All things are possible to him who b
 elieves." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said\, "I belie
 ve\; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running togeth
 er\, he rebuked the unclean spirit\, saying to it\, "You dumb and deaf spir
 it\, I command you\, come out of him\, and never enter him again." And afte
 r crying out and convulsing him terribly\, it came out\, and the boy was li
 ke a corpse\; so that most of them said\, "He is dead." But Jesus took him 
 by the hand and lifted him up\, and he arose. And when he had entered the h
 ouse\, his disciples asked him privately\, "Why could we not cast it out?" 
 And he said to them\, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but praye
 r and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he 
 would not have any one know it\; for he was teaching his disciples\, saying
  to them\, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men\, and th
 ey will kill him\; and when he is killed\, after three days he will rise."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Maximus the Confessor\, Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\, Martyrs Neophy
 tos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximus the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\n\nPlag
 al of the Fourth Tone\nEleventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's First Letter to Timothy 4:9-15\n\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sur
 e and worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproac
 h\, because we have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of a
 ll men\, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. L
 et no one despise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech a
 nd conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the pu
 blic reading of scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the 
 gift you have\, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council
  of elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yourse
 lf to them\, so that all may see your progress.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1
 9:1-10\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a
  man named Zacchaios\; he was a chief collector\, and rich. And he sought t
 o see who Jesus was\, but could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he 
 was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tre
 e to see him\, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the plac
 e\, he looked up and said to him\, "Zacchaios\, make haste and come down\; 
 for I must stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down\, and 
 received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured\, "He has gon
 e in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and sai
 d to the Lord\, "Behold\, Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor\; 
 and if I have defrauded any one of anything\, I restore it fourfold." And J
 esus said to him\, "Today salvation has come to this house\, since he also 
 is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."
 \n\n\n
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 ts: Nahum the Prophet\, Philaret the Merciful of Amnia\, Ananias the Persia
 n\, Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia\, 
 Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops of Ephesus\n\nFast Day 
 (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:2
 2-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, 
 patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\;
  against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have c
 rucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit
 \, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provok
 ing of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overta
 ken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit 
 of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one anoth
 er's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 12:32-40\n\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Fathe
 r's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and giv
 e alms\; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old\, with a treas
 ure in the heavens that does not fail\, where no thief approaches and no mo
 th destroys.  For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  
 Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning\, and be like men who are w
 aiting for their master to come home from the marriage feast\, so that they
  may open to him at once when he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those serva
 nts whom the master finds awake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he w
 ill gird himself and have them sit at table\, and he will come and serve th
 em.  If he comes in the second watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\
 , blessed are those servants!  But know this\, that if the householder had 
 known at what hour the thief was coming\, he would not have left his house 
 to be broken into.  You also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming a
 t an unexpected hour."\n\n\n
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 sts: Martinian of Palestine\; Aquilla & Priscilla the Apostles\; Eulogios\,
  Patriarch of Alexandria\; Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 1:8-10\; 2:1-6\nBrethre
 n\, if we say we have no sin\, we deceive ourselves\, and the truth is not 
 in us.  If we confess our sins\, he is faithful and just\, and will forgive
  our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  If we say we have not s
 inned\, we make him a liar\, and his word is not in us.  My little children
 \, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin\; but if any one does s
 in\, we have an advocate with the Father\, Jesus Christ the righteous\; and
  he is the expiation for our sins\, and not for ours only but also for the 
 sins of the whole world.  And by this we may be sure that we know him\, if 
 we keep his commandments.  He who says "I know him" but disobeys his comman
 dments is a liar\, and the truth is not in him\; but whoever keeps his word
 \, in him truly love for God is perfected.  By this we may be sure that we 
 are in him: he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in w
 hich he walked. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:31-37: 14:1-2\nThe Lord said to
  his disciples\, "Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not p
 ass away.  But of that day or that hour no one knows\, not even the angels 
 in heaven\, nor the Son\, but only the Father.  Take heed\, watch\; for you
  do not know when the time will come.  It is like a man going on a journey\
 , when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge\, each with his work\
 , and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.  Watch therefore -- for y
 ou do not know when the master of the house will come\, in the evening\, or
  at midnight\, or at cockcrow\, or in the morning -- lest he come suddenly 
 and find you asleep.  And what I say to you I say to all: Watch."  It was n
 ow two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the 
 chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth\, a
 nd kill him\; for they said\, "Not during the feast\, lest there be a tumul
 t of the people."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\, Leonidas and Charissa\
 , Nike\, Galene\, Kallida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Marty
 rs\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 49:6-10\n\nThus says 
 the LORD: "I will give you as a light to the nations\, that my salvation ma
 y reach to the end of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Redeemer of Isr
 ael and his Holy One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by the nations\, t
 he servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, and they shall
  prostrate themselves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\, the Holy On
 e of Israel\, who has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a time of favor
  I have answered you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you\; I have kep
 t you and given you as a covenant to the people\, to establish the land\, t
 o apportion the desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\, 'Come forth\
 ,' to those who are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways\
 , on all bare heights shall be their pasture\; they shall not hunger or thi
 rst\, neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he who has pity
  on them will lead them\, and by springs of water will guide them.\n \n\nGe
 nesis 31:3-16\n\n Then the LORD said to Jacob\, "Return to the land of your
  fathers and to your kindred\, and I will be with you."  So Jacob sent and 
 called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was\, and said to the
 m\, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before.
  But the God of my father has been with me.  You know that I have served yo
 ur father with all my strength\; yet your father has cheated me and changed
  my wages ten times\, but God did not permit him to harm me.  If he said\, 
 'The spotted shall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore spotted\; and i
 f he said\, 'The striped shall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore str
 iped.  Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father\, and given them t
 o me.  In the mating season of the flock I lifted up my eyes\, and saw in a
  dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were striped\, spotted
 \, and mottled.  Then the angel of God said to me in the dream\, 'Jacob\,' 
 and I said\, 'Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up your eyes and see\, all t
 he goats that leap upon the flock are striped\, spotted\, and mottled\; for
  I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.  I am the God of Bethel\, wher
 e you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise\, go forth from thi
 s land\, and return to the land of your birth.'"  Then Rachel and Leah answ
 ered him\, "Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's 
 house?  Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us\, and 
 he has been using up the money given for us.  All the property which God ha
 s taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children\; now then\,
  whatever God has said to you\, do."\n \n\nProverbs 21:3-21\n\nTo do righte
 ousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty
  eyes and a proud heart\, the lamp of the wicked\, are sin.  The plans of t
 he diligent lead surely to abundance\, but every one who is hasty comes onl
 y to want.  The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor 
 and a snare of death.  The violence of the wicked will sweep them away\, be
 cause they refuse to do what is just.  The way of the guilty is crooked\, b
 ut the conduct of the pure is right.  It is better to live in a corner of t
 he housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.  The soul of t
 he wicked desires evil\; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.  When a s
 coffer is punished\, the simple becomes wise\; when a wise man is instructe
 d\, he gains knowledge.  The righteous observes the house of the wicked\; t
 he wicked are cast down to ruin.  He who closes his ear to the cry of the p
 oor will himself cry out and not be heard.  A gift in secret averts anger\;
  and a bribe in the bosom\, strong wrath.  When justice is done\, it is a j
 oy to the righteous\, but dismay to evildoers.  A man who wanders from the 
 way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.  He who loves p
 leasure will be a poor man\; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.  T
 he wicked is a ransom for the righteous\, and the faithless for the upright
 .  It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretfu
 l woman.  Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling\, but a foolis
 h man devours it.  He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life
  and honor.\n  \n
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 ts: James the Confessor\, Thomas I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Philemon
  and Domninos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 6:1-12\n\n
 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, hi
 gh and lifted up\; and his train filled the temple.  Above him stood the se
 raphim\; each had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and with two he
  covered his feet\, and with two he flew.  And one called to another and sa
 id: "Holy\, holy\, holy is the LORD of hosts\; the whole earth is full of h
 is glory."  And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him
  who called\, and the house was filled with smoke.  And I said: "Woe is me!
  For I am lost\; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the midst 
 of a people of unclean lips\; for my eyes have seen the King\, the LORD of 
 hosts!"  Then flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burning
  coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.  And he touched my mout
 h\, and said: "Behold\, this has touched your lips\; your guilt is taken aw
 ay\, and your sin forgiven."  And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, "W
 hom shall I send\, and who will go for us?" Then I said\, "Here am I! Send 
 me."  And he said\, "Go\, and say to this people: 'Hear and hear\, but do n
 ot understand\; see and see\, but do not perceive.'  Make the heart of this
  people fat\, and their ears heavy\, and shut their eyes\; lest they see wi
 th their eyes\, and hear with their ears\, and understand with their hearts
 \, and turn and be healed."  Then I said\, "How long\, O Lord?" And he said
 : "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant\, and houses without men\, and
  the land is utterly desolate\, and the LORD removes men far away\, and the
  forsaken places are many in the midst of the land."\n \n\nGenesis 5:1-24\n
 \n This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man\, he m
 ade him in the likeness of God.  Male and female he created them\, and he b
 lessed them and named them Man when they were created.  When Adam had lived
  a hundred and thirty years\, he became the father of a son in his own like
 ness\, after his image\, and named him Seth.  The days of Adam after he bec
 ame the father of Seth were eight hundred years\; and he had other sons and
  daughters.  Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty
  years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen Seth had lived a hundred and five years\, 
 he became the father of Enosh.  Seth lived after the birth of Enosh eight h
 undred and seven years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the da
 ys of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen Eno
 sh had lived ninety years\, he became the father of Kenan.  Enosh lived aft
 er the birth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years\, and had other sons 
 and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years
 \; and he died.  \n \nWhen Kenan had lived seventy years\, he became the fa
 ther of Mahalalel.  Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel eight hundred 
 and forty years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of K
 enan were nine hundred and ten years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen Mahalalel ha
 d lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Jared.  Mahalalel lived 
 after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years\, and had other son
 s and daughters.  Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and nin
 ety-five years\; and he died.  \n \nWhen Jared had lived a hundred and sixt
 y-two years he became the father of Enoch.  Jared lived after the birth of 
 Enoch eight hundred years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the
  days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years\; and he died.  When E
 noch had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Methuselah.  Enoc
 h walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years\, and h
 ad other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred
  and sixty-five years.  Enoch walked with God\; and he was not\, for God to
 ok him.\n\n\nProverbs 6:3-20\n\nThen do this\, my son\, and save yourself\,
  for you have come into your neighbor's power: go\, hasten\, and importune 
 your neighbor.  Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber\; save 
 yourself like a gazelle from the hunter\, like a bird from the hand of the 
 fowler.\n   \nGo to the ant\, O sluggard\; consider her ways\, and be wise.
   Without having any chief\, officer or ruler\, she prepares her food in su
 mmer\, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.  How long will you lie there\
 , O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?  A little sleep\, a litt
 le slumber\, a little folding of the hands to rest\, and poverty will come 
 upon you like a vagabond\, and want like an armed man.  A worthless person\
 , a wicked man\, goes about with crooked speech\, winks with his eyes\, scr
 apes with his feet\, points with his finger\, with perverted heart devises 
 evil\, continually sowing discord\; therefore calamity will come upon him s
 uddenly\; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.\n   \nThere are six
  things which the LORD hates\, seven which are an abomination to him:  haug
 hty eyes\, a lying tongue\, and hands that shed innocent blood\, a heart th
 at devises wicked plans\, feet that make haste to run to evil\, a false wit
 ness who breathes out lies\, and a man who sows discord among brothers.  My
  son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake not your mother's teach
 ing.\n \n
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 sts: Holy Pentecost\; The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; Our Righteous F
 ather Panagis (Paisios) Basias\; Tarasios & John the Martyrs\; Sebastian th
 e Wonderworker\; Zenais the Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-23\
 nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being s
 hut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came a
 nd stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When he had sai
 d this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were gla
 d when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As
  the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." And when he had said this\, 
 he breathed on them\, and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you f
 orgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\
 , they are retained."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11\nWHEN
  THE DAY of Pentecost had come\, they were all together in one place. And s
 uddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it fi
 lled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tong
 ues as of fire\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were
  all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as t
 he Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, 
 devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude 
 came together\, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them spea
 king in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, "Are
  not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear\, eac
 h of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and re
 sidents of Mesopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia a
 nd Pamphylia\, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visit
 ors from Rome\, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear t
 hem telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." \n\nGospel Reading
 : John 7:37-52\; 8:12\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\, Jesus
  stood up and proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, let him come to me and drin
 k. He who believes in me\, as the scripture has said\, 'Out of his heart sh
 all flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit\, whic
 h those who believed in him were to receive\; for as yet the Spirit had not
  been given\, because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n\nWhen they heard these
  words\, some of the people said\, "This is really the prophet." Others sai
 d\, "This is the Christ." But some said\, "Is the Christ to come from Galil
 ee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David\, an
 d comes from Bethlehem\, the village where David was?" So there was a divis
 ion among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, but no o
 ne laid hands on him.\n\nThe officers then went back to the chief priests a
 nd Pharisees\, who said to them\, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers
  answered\, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them\
 , "Are you led astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pha
 risees believed in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, are accu
 rsed." Nikodemos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of them\, s
 aid to them\, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing 
 and learning what he does?" They replied\, "Are you from Galilee too? Searc
 h and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus sp
 oke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me wil
 l not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/20/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\, Kallistos I\, Patriarch of C
 onstantinople\, Nicholas Cabasilas\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Romans 1:28-32\; 2:1-9\n\nBrethren\, since the ungodly 
 did not see fit to acknowledge God\, God gave them up to a base mind and to
  improper conduct. They were filled with all manner of wickedness\, evil\, 
 covetousness\, malice. Full of envy\, murder\, strife\, deceit\, malignity\
 , they are gossips\, slanderers\, haters of God\, insolent\, haughty\, boas
 tful\, inventors of evil\, disobedient to parents\, foolish\, faithless\, h
 eartless\, ruthless. Though they know God's decree that those who do such t
 hings deserve to die\, they not only do them but approve those who practice
  them. Therefore you have no excuse\, O man\, whoever you are\, when you ju
 dge another\; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself\, becau
 se you\, the judge\, are doing the very same things. We know that the judgm
 ent of God rightly falls upon those who do such things. Do you suppose\, O 
 man\, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself
 \, you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume upon the riches o
 f his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God's kin
 dness is meant to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent h
 eart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's r
 ighteous judgment will be revealed. For he will render to every man accordi
 ng to his works\; to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and
  honor and immortality\, he will give eternal life\; but for those who are 
 factious and do not obey the truth\, but obey wickedness\, there will be wr
 ath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being 
 who does evil\, the Jew first and also the Greek.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 5:27-32\n\nThe Lord said\, "You have heard that it was said\, 'You shal
 l not commit adultery.' But I say to you that every one who looks at a woma
 n lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your r
 ight eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\; it is better 
 that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into 
 Gehenna. And if your right hand causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it
  away\; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole
  body go into Gehenna. It was also said\, 'Whoever divorces his wife\, let 
 him give her a certificate of divorce.' But I say to you that every one who
  divorces his wife\, except on the ground of unchastity\, makes her an adul
 teress\; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."\n \n\n
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 s: The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\, Our Righteous Father Panagis (Pais
 ios) Basias\, Tarasios & John the Martyrs\, Sebastian the Wonderworker\, Ze
 nais the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Romans 5:10-16\n\nBrethren\, if while we were enemies we wer
 e reconciled to God by the death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are r
 econciled\, shall we be saved by his life. Not only so\, but we also rejoic
 e in God through our Lord Jesus Christ\, through whom we have now received 
 our reconciliation.\n \nTherefore as sin came into the world through one ma
 n and death through sin\, and so death spread to all men because all men si
 nned -- sin indeed was in the world before the law was given\, but sin is n
 ot counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses\, ev
 en over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam\, who was 
 a type of the one who was to come.\n \nBut the free gift is not like the tr
 espass. For if many died through one man's trespass\, much more have the gr
 ace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abou
 nded for many. And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's s
 in. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation\, but the 
 free gift following many trespasses brings justification.\n\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 8:23-27\n\nAt that time\, when Jesus got into the boat\, his di
 sciples followed him. And behold\, there arose a great storm on the sea\, s
 o that the boat was being swamped by the waves\; but he was asleep. And the
 y went and woke him\, saying\, "Save us\, O Lord\; we are perishing." And h
 e said to them\, "Why are you afraid\, O men of little faith?" Then he rose
  and rebuked the winds and the sea\; and there was a great calm. And the me
 n marveled\, saying\, "What sort of man is this\, that even winds and sea o
 bey him?"\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181222
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\, Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\, Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:8-16\n\nBrethren\, by faith Abraham obey
 ed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an in
 heritance\; and he went out\, not knowing where he was to go. By faith he s
 ojourned in the land of promise\, as in a foreign land\, living in tents wi
 th Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked forw
 ard to the city which has foundations\, whose builder and maker is God. By 
 faith Sarah herself received power to conceive\, even when she was past the
  age\, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from o
 ne man\, and him as good as dead\, were born descendants as many as the sta
 rs of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore. These a
 ll died in faith\, not having received what was promised\, but having seen 
 it and greeted it from afar\, and having acknowledged that they were strang
 ers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that t
 hey are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from whi
 ch they had gone out\, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it
  is\, they desire a better country\, that is\, a heavenly one. Therefore Go
 d is not ashamed to be called their God\, for he has prepared for them a ci
 ty.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:24-32\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, 
 "How hard it will be for these who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
  It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich
  man to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished\, a
 nd said to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "
 With men it is impossible\, but not with God\; for all things are possible 
 with God." Peter began to say to him\, "Lo\, we have left everything and fo
 llowed you." Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no one who has l
 eft house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands\,
  for my sake and for the gospel\, who will not receive a hundredfold now in
  this time\, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and l
 ands\, with persecutions\, and in the age to come eternal life. But many th
 at are first will be last\, and the last first." And they were on the road\
 , going up to Jerusalem\, and Jesus was walking ahead of them\; and they we
 re amazed\, and those who followed were afraid.\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190525
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/24/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\, Saint Vincent of Lerins\, Meletios
  the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\, Gregory\, Archbishop of Novgorod\n
 \nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostle
 s 10:44-48\; 11:1-10\n\nIn those days\, while Peter was still saying this\,
  the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from amo
 ng the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed\, because the gift of th
 e Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them
  speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared\, "Can any one 
 forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit j
 ust as we have?" And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus 
 Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days. Now the apostles and t
 he brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the
  word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem\, the circumcision party c
 riticized him\, saying\, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with 
 them?" But Peter began and explained to them in order: "I was in the city o
 f Joppa praying\; and in a trance I saw a vision\, something descending\, l
 ike a great sheet\, let down from heaven by four corners\; and it came down
  to me. Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and rep
 tiles and birds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to me\, 'Rise\, Pete
 r\; kill and eat.' But I said\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing common or unclean 
 has ever entered my mouth.' But the voice answered a second time from heave
 n\, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' This happened three t
 imes\, and all was drawn up again into heaven."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 8
 :21-30\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you 
 will seek me and die in your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." The
 n said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going
 \, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are from below\, I am from ab
 ove\; you are of this world\, I am not of this world. I told you that you w
 ould die in your sins\, for you will die in your sins unless you believe th
 at I am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even w
 hat I have told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and mu
 ch to judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I declare to the world what 
 I have heard from him." They did not understand that he spoke to them of th
 e Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man\, then yo
 u will know that I am he\, and that I do nothing on my own authority but sp
 eak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has no
 t left me alone\, for I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thu
 s\, many believed in him.\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191011
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icala2b9c38769fbdeacf581560ff78df378
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\; Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\; The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedia\; Vassianos the Righteous of
  Constantinople\; The 14 Holy Elders of Optina Monastery\; Pinytos\, Bishop
  of Knossos\; Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Ephesians 4:14-17\nBrethren\, we may no longer be children\, 
 tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine\, by the cu
 nning of men\, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles. Rather\, speaking th
 e truth in love\, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head\,
  into Christ\, from whom the whole body\, joined and knit together by every
  joint with which it is supplied\, when each part is working properly\, mak
 es bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love. Now this I affirm and testify
  in the Lord\, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do\, in the fut
 ility of their minds.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:7-11\nAt that time\, Herod 
 the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Jesus\, and he was perplexed\, b
 ecause it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead\, by som
 e that Elijah had appeared\, and by others that one of the old prophets had
  risen. Herod said\, "John I beheaded\; but who is this about whom I hear s
 uch things?" And he sought to see him. On their return the apostles told hi
 m what they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a city called 
 Bethsaida. When the crowds learned it\, they followed him\; and he welcomed
  them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God\, and cured those who had nee
 d of healing.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181006
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical95930e19e473dee5ddcc3167b70d11a2
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Charitina the Martyr\, Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\, Eudokimos th
 e Unknown of Mount Athos\, Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, M
 etropolitans of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Philippians 1:27-30\; 2:1-4\n\nBrethren\, let your manner of life
  be worthy of the gospel of Christ\, so that whether I come and see you or 
 am absent\, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit\, with one 
 mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel\, and not frightened
  in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their destr
 uction\, but of your salvation\, and that from God. For it has been granted
  to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but 
 also suffer for his sake\, engaged in the same conflict which you saw and n
 ow hear to be mine. So if there is any encouragement in Christ\, any incent
 ive of love\, any participation in the Spirit\, any affection and sympathy\
 , complete my joy by being of the same mind\, having the same love\, being 
 in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit\, bu
 t in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not
  only to his own interests but also to the interests of others.\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 7:31-35\n\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall I compare the men 
 of this generation\, and what are they like? They are like children sitting
  in the market place and calling to one another\, 'We piped to you\, and yo
 u did not dance\; we wailed\, and you did not weep.' For John the Baptist h
 as come eating no bread and drinking no wine\; and you say\, 'He has a demo
 n.' The Son of man has come eating and drinking\; and you say\, 'Behold\, a
  glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisd
 om is justified by all her children."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Charitina the Martyr
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181023
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Abercius\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis\, Seve
 n Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\, Cecilia the Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:13-20\n\nBrethren\, you who were 
 dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh\, Christ made alive
  together with him\, having forgiven us all our trespasses\, having cancele
 d the bond which stood against us with its legal demands\; this he set asid
 e\, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the principalities and powers and 
 made a public example of them\, triumphing over them in him. Therefore let 
 no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with regard t
 o a festival or a new moon or a sabbath. These are only a shadow of what is
  to come\; but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you\,
  insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels\, taking his stand on vi
 sions\, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind\, and not holding fas
 t to the Head\, from whom the whole body\, nourished and knit together thro
 ugh its joints and ligaments\, grows with a growth that is from God. If wit
 h Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe\, why do you liv
 e as if you still belonged to the world?\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:22-24
 \n\nThe Lord said\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; an
 d no one knows who the Son is except the Father\, or who the Father is exce
 pt the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning
  to the disciples he said privately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what 
 you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what yo
 u see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear i
 t."\n \n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Abercius\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical8e9a0d2c0b29f5967f8268f091b4eb17
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr & Syncletiki and her two daughters\, Sebastia
 ne the Martyr\, Maglorious of Sark\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:17-25\; 4:1\n\nBrethren\, whatever you d
 o\, in word or deed\, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus\, giving 
 thanks to God the Father through him. Wives\, be subject to your husbands\,
  as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands\, love your wives\, and do not be hars
 h with them. Children\, obey your parents in everything\, for this pleases 
 the Lord. Fathers\, do not provoke your children\, lest they become discour
 aged. Slaves\, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters\, not 
 with eyeservice\, as men-pleasers\, but in singleness of heart\, fearing th
 e Lord. Whatever your task\, work heartily\, as serving the Lord and not me
 n\, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your rew
 ard\; you are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back 
 for the wrong he has done\, and there is no partiality. Masters\, treat you
 r slaves justly and fairly\, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:9-13\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Ask
 \, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it wil
 l be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives\, and he who seeks finds
 \, and to him who knocks it will be opened. What father among you\, if his 
 son asks for bread\, will give him a stone\; or if he asks for a fish\, wil
 l instead of a fish give him a serpent\; or if he asks for an egg\, will gi
 ve him a scorpion? If you then\, who are evil\, know how to give good gifts
  to your children\, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Sp
 irit to those who ask him!"\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Arethas the Great Martyr & Syncletiki and her two daughters
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181122
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBRETHREN
 \, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.
  For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and 
 the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behi
 nd the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the g
 olden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides wit
 h gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod t
 hat budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of
  glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in
  detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continua
 lly into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the sec
 ond only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without ta
 king blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered
  a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she
  had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his 
 teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him
  and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you
  alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Ma
 rtha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needfu
 l. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from he
 r." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him
 \, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" B
 ut he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it
 !"\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180206
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical24ede3f7886f05856fabba43c846a02a
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/5/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Agatha the Martyr\, Polyeuktos\, Partriarch Of Constantinople\, Antonios
  the New Martyr of Athens\, Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\, Afterfea
 st of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\, Theodosios of
  Antioch\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 2:18-29\
 ; 3:1-8\n\nBrethren\, it is the last hour\; and as you have heard that anti
 christ is coming\, so now many antichrists have come\; therefore we know th
 at it is the last hour.  They went out from us\, but they were not of us\; 
 for if they had been of us\, they would have continued with us\; but they w
 ent out\, that it might be plain that they all are not of us.  But you have
  been anointed by the Holy One\, and you all know that I write to you\, not
  because you do not know the truth\, but because you know it\, and know tha
 t no lie is of the truth.  Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is 
 the Christ?  This is the antichrist\, he who denies the Father and the Son.
   No one who denies the Son has the Father.  He who confesses the Son has t
 he Father also.  Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.  If wh
 at you heard from the beginning abides in you\, then you will abide in the 
 Son and in the Father.  And this is what he has promised us\, eternal life.
 \n \nI write this to you about those who would deceive you\; but the anoint
 ing which you received from him abides in you\, and you have no need that a
 ny one should teach you\; as his anointing teaches you about everything\, a
 nd is true\, and is no lie\, just as it has taught you\, abide in him.\n \n
 And now\, little children\, abide in him\, so that when he appears we may h
 ave confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.  If you know
  that he is righteous\, you may be sure that every one who does right is bo
 rn of him.\n \nSee what love the Father has given us\, that we should be ca
 lled children of God\; and so we are.  The reason why the world does not kn
 ow us is that it did not know him.  Beloved\, we are God's children now\; i
 t does not yet appear what we shall be\, but we know that when he appears w
 e shall be like him\, for we shall see him as he is.  And every one who thu
 s hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.\n \nEvery one who commits si
 n is guilty of lawlessness\; sin is lawlessness.  You know that he appeared
  to take away sins\, and in him there is no sin.  No one who abides in him 
 sins\; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.  Little children\,
  let no one deceive you.  He who does right is righteous\, as he is righteo
 us.  He who commits sin is of the devil\; for the devil has sinned from the
  beginning.  The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of
  the devil. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:1-11\n\nAt that time\, Jesus dre
 w near to Jerusalem\, to Bethsphage and Bethany\, at the Mount of Olives\, 
 and he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\, "Go into the village 
 opposite you\, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied\, 
 on which no one has ever sat\; untie it and bring it.  If any one says to y
 ou\, 'Why are you doing this?' say\, 'The Lord has need of it and will send
  it back here immediately.'"  And they went away\, and found a colt tied at
  the door out in the open street\; and they untied it.  And those who stood
  there said to them\, "What are you doing\, untying the colt?"  And they to
 ld them what Jesus had said\; and they let them go.  And they brought the c
 olt to Jesus\, and threw their garments on it\; and he sat upon it.  And ma
 ny spread their garments on the road\, and others spread leafy branches whi
 ch they had cut from the fields.  And those who went before and those who f
 ollowed cried out\, "Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the L
 ord!  Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming!  Hosanna i
 n the highest!"  And he entered Jerusalem\, and went into the temple\; and 
 when he had looked round at everything\, as it was already late\, he went o
 ut to Bethany with the twelve disciples.\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meatfare Monday
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170903
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/2/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Mammas the Martyr\, John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, P
 aul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Ammon & Aeithalas the Martyrs of Thrace
 \, Cosmas the Hermit\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the
  Corinthians 2:6-9\n\nBrethren\, among the mature we do impart wisdom\, alt
 hough it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age\, who are
  doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, whi
 ch God decreed before the ages for our glorification. None of the rulers of
  this age understood this\; for if they had\, they would not have crucified
  the Lord of glory. But\, as it is written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ea
 r heard\, nor the heart of man conceived\, what God has prepared for those 
 who love him."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-22\n\nAt that time\, the 
 Pharisees took counsel against Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. And
  they sent their disciples to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "Te
 acher\, we know that you are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\, a
 nd care for no man\; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\, t
 hen\, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But Je
 sus\, aware of their malice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocrit
 es? Show me the money for the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesus 
 said to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Caesa
 r's." Then he said to them\, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that ar
 e Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's." When they heard it\, th
 ey marveled\; and they left him and went away.\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Mammas the Martyr
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191120
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical20a2a7735493f9a46077c48e0eb8b45f
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\; Martyrs Barlaam of Caesarea and Heliodorus\; Ant
 himos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Martyrs\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to th
 e Thessalonians 1:6-10\nBrethren\, you became imitators of us and of the Lo
 rd\, for you received the word in much affliction\, with joy inspired by th
 e Holy Spirit\; so that you became an example to all the believers in Maced
 onia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth fro
 m you in Macedonia and Achaia\, but your faith in God has gone forth everyw
 here\, so that we need not say anything. For they themselves report concern
 ing us what a welcome we had among you\, and how you turned to God from ido
 ls\, to serve a living and true God\, and to wait for his Son from heaven\,
  whom he raised from the dead\, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to com
 e.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:26-37\; 18:8\nThe Lord said\, "As it was in t
 he days of Noah\, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. They ate\, t
 hey drank\, they married\, they were given in marriage\, until the day when
  Noah entered the ark\, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise
  as it was in the days of Lot -- they ate\, they drank\, they bought\, they
  sold\, they planted\, they built\, but on the day when Lot went out from S
 odom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all -- so will 
 it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed. On that day\, let him who
  is on the housetop\, with his goods in the house\, not come down to take t
 hem away\; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back. Remember
  Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it\, but whoever lose
 s his life will preserve it. I tell you\, in that night there will be two i
 n one bed\; one will be taken and the other left. There will be two women g
 rinding together\; one will be taken and the other left." And they said to 
 him\, "Where\, Lord?" He said to them\, "Where the body is\, there the eagl
 es will be gathered together. Nevertheless\, when the Son of man comes\, wi
 ll he find faith on earth?"\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Obadiah the Prophet
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180820
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/20/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Samuel the Prophet\, Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\, Afterfeast of the 
 Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, Stephe
 n\, First King of Hungary\, Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\, Oswin the Mart
 yr\, King of Deira\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the 
 Corinthians 8:7-15\n\nBrethren\, as you excel in everything in faith\, in u
 tterance\, in knowledge\, in all earnestness\, and in your love for us see 
 that you excel in this gracious work also.\n \nI say this not as a command\
 , but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that though he was rich\
 , yet for your sake he became poor\, so that by his poverty you might becom
 e rich. And in this matter I give my advice: it is best for you now to comp
 lete what a year ago you began not only to do but to desire\, so that your 
 readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what y
 ou have. For if the readiness is there\, it is acceptable according to what
  a man has\, not according to what he has not. I do not mean that others sh
 ould be eased and you burdened\, but that as a matter of equality your abun
 dance at the present time should supply their want\, so that their abundanc
 e may supply your want\, that there may be equality. As it is written\, "He
  who gathered much has nothing over\, and he who gathered little had no lac
 k."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:6-12\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees held c
 ounsel with the Herodians against Jesus\, how to destroy him. Jesus withdre
 w with his disciples to the sea\, and a great multitude from Galilee follow
 ed\; also from Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan an
 d from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude\, hearing all that he did\, c
 ame to him. And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because 
 of the crowd\, lest they should crush him\; for he had healed many\, so tha
 t all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. And whenever the uncl
 ean spirits beheld him\, they fell down before him and cried out\, "You are
  the Son of God." And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.\n \n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/01/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14th Sunday of Luke\; Nahum the Prophet\; Ananias the Persian\; Philar
 et the Merciful of Amnia\; Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbi
 shop of Lacedaemonia\; Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops 
 of Ephesus\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8
 \nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James
 \, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  An
 d very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the su
 n had risen.  And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the
  stone for us from the door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that t
 he stone was rolled back\, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, 
 they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; 
 and they were amazed.  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek J
 esus of Nazareth\, who was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see 
 the place where they laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that 
 he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you
 ."  And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishme
 nt had come upon them\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they were af
 raid.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22\nBreth
 ren\, Christ is our peace\, who has made us both one\, and has broken down 
 the dividing wall of hostility\, by abolishing in his flesh the law of comm
 andments and ordinances\, that he might create in himself one new man in pl
 ace of the two\, so making peace\, and might reconcile us both to God in on
 e body through the cross\, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And he
  came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who wer
 e near\; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. S
 o then you are no longer strangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citi
 zens with the saints and members of the household of God\, built upon the f
 oundation of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the cor
 nerstone\, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a 
 holy temple in the Lord\; in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling
  place of God in the Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43\nAt that time
 \, as Jesus drew near to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the roadside 
 begging\; and hearing a multitude going by\, he inquired what this meant. T
 hey told him\, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried\, "Jesus\, S
 on of David\, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him\, 
 telling him to be silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of David\, 
 have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to be brought to h
 im\; and when he came near\, he asked him\, "What do you want me to do for 
 you?" He said\, "Lord\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him\, "
 Receive your sight\; your faith has made you well." And immediately he rece
 ived his sight and followed him\, glorifying God\; and all the people\, whe
 n they saw it\, gave praise to God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions\; Pyrros the Hier
 omartyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 21:8-14\nIN THOSE DAYS\, t
 he apostles departed and came to Caesarea\; and we entered the house of Phi
 lip the evangelist\, who was one of the seven\, and stayed with him. And he
  had four unmarried daughters\, who prophesied. While we were staying for s
 ome days\, a prophet named Agabos came down from Judea. And coming to us he
  took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands\, and said\, "Thus say
 s the Holy Spirit\, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns t
 his girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'" When we heard 
 this\, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then P
 aul answered\, "What are you doing\, weeping and breaking my heart? For I a
 m ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name
  of the Lord Jesus." And when he would not be persuaded\, we ceased and sai
 d\, "The will of the Lord be done." \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:27-15:7\nTh
 e Lord said to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be troubled\, neither l
 et them be afraid. You heard me say to you\, 'I go away\, and I will come t
 o you.' If you loved me\, you would have rejoiced\, because I go to the Fat
 her\; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it t
 akes place\, so that when it does take place\, you may believe. I will no l
 onger talk much with you\, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no
  power over me\; but I do as the Father has commanded me\, so that the worl
 d may know that I love the Father. Rise\, let us go hence.\n\n"I am the tru
 e vine\, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears 
 no fruit\, he takes away\, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes\
 , that it may bear more fruit. You are already made clean by the word which
  I have spoken to you. Abide in me\, and I in you. As the branch cannot bea
 r fruit by itself\, unless it abides in the vine\, neither can you\, unless
  you abide in me. I am the vine\, you are the branches. He who abides in me
 \, and I in him\, he it is that bears much fruit\, for apart from me you ca
 n do nothing. If a man does not abide in me\, he is cast forth as a branch 
 and withers\; and the branches are gathered\, thrown into the fire and burn
 ed. If you abide in me\, and my words abide in you\, ask whatever you will\
 , and it shall be done for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/12/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-
 Virgin Mary\; Autonomos the Martyr\; Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconi
 um\; Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\; Daniel of 
 Thassos\; Julian the Martyr\; Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 10:7-18\nBrethren
 \, if any one is confident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself tha
 t as he is Christ's\, so are we. For even if I boast a little too much of o
 ur authority\, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroyi
 ng you\, I shall not be put to shame. I would not seem to be frightening yo
 u with letters. For they say\,"His letters are weighty and strong\, but his
  bodily presence is weak\, and his speech of no account." Let such people u
 nderstand that what we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. Not 
 that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commen
 d themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another\, and compare
  themselves with one another\, they are without understanding. But we will 
 not boast beyond limit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us
 \, to reach even to you. For we are not overextending ourselves\, as though
  we did not reach you\; we were the first to come all the way to you with t
 he gospel of Christ. We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men's labors\;
  but our hope is that you may be greatly enlarged\, so that we may preach t
 he gospel in lands beyond you\, without boasting of work already done in an
 other's field. "Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." For it is not the 
 man who commends himself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord comme
 nds.\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, the chief priests and
  the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What are we to do? For th
 is man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, every one will belie
 ve in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nat
 ion." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that year\, said to 
 them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand that it is expedien
 t for you that one man should die for the people\, and that the whole natio
 n should not perish." He did not say this of his own accord\, but being hig
 h priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation\, and
  not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the children of God who a
 re scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him t
 o death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews\, bu
 t went from there to the country near the wilderness\, to a town called Eph
 raim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/24/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\, Roma
 nos\, Prince of Uglich\, Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\, Cumine the Whit
 e\, Abbot of Iona\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\n\nBrethren\, it is the 
 God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hea
 rts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of C
 hrist.\n \nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the 
 transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every
  way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted
 \, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in 
 the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifes
 ted in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death
  for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our morta
 l flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n \nSince we have th
 e same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\,
 " we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Je
 sus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 
  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more pe
 ople it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 11:2-15\n\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the de
 eds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are yo
 u he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered the
 m\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight 
 and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead ar
 e raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is 
 he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to
  the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to be
 hold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clo
 thed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' ho
 uses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and mo
 re than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my m
 essenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\,
  I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater th
 an John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is great
 er than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heav
 en has been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all 
 the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to 
 accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him 
 hear."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\, Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs o
 f Nicomedea\, Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\nPlagal of the Fourth Tone\nEighth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20\n\nBRETHREN\, when God made
  a promise to Abraham\, since he had no one greater by whom to swear\, he s
 wore to himself\, saying\, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And 
 thus Abraham\, having patiently endured\, obtained the promise. Men indeed 
 swear by a greater than themselves\, and in all their disputes an oath is f
 inal for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the
  heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose\, he interp
 osed with an oath\, so that through two unchangeable things\, in which it i
 s impossible that God should prove false\, we who have fled for refuge migh
 t have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this a
 s a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul\, a hope that enters into the inn
 er shrine behind the curtain\, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our 
 behalf\, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizede
 k. \n  \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:17-31\n\nAt that time\, a man came to Jes
 us kneeling and saying: "Teacher\, I brought my son to you\, for he has a d
 umb spirit\; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down\; and he foams a
 nd grinds his teeth and becomes rigid\; and I asked your disciples to cast 
 it out\, and they were not able." And he answered them\, "O faithless gener
 ation\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring
  him to me." And they brought the boy to him\; and when the spirit saw him\
 , immediately it convulsed the boy\, and he fell on the ground and rolled a
 bout\, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father\, "How long has he 
 had this?" And he said\, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into th
 e fire and into the water\, to destroy him\; but if you can do anything\, h
 ave pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him\, "If you can! All thing
 s are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cr
 ied out and said\, "I believe\; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that 
 a crowd came running together\, he rebuked the unclean spirit\, saying to i
 t\, "You dumb and deaf spirit\, I command you\, come out of him\, and never
  enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly\, it ca
 me out\, and the boy was like a corpse\; so that most of them said\, "He is
  dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up\, and he arose. An
 d when he had entered the house\, his disciples asked him privately\, "Why 
 could we not cast it out?" And he said to them\, "This kind cannot be drive
 n out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and pass
 ed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it\; for he was teac
 hing his disciples\, saying to them\, "The Son of man will be delivered int
 o the hands of men\, and they will kill him\; and when he is killed\, after
  three days he will rise."\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea\, Gennadios I and Ma
 ximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Righteous Mother Hilda of Whitby\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthian
 s 12:7-11\n\nBrethren\, to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit fo
 r the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisd
 om\, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit
 \, to another faith by the same Spirit\, to another gifts of healing by the
  one Spirit\, to another the working of miracles\, to another prophecy\, to
  another the ability to distinguish between spirits\, to another various ki
 nds of tongues\, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are in
 spired by one and the same Spirit\, who apportions to each one individually
  as he wills.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:15-18\; 17:1-4\n\nThe Lord said 
 to the Jews who came to him\, "You are those who justify yourselves before 
 men\, but God knows your hearts\; for what is exalted among men is an abomi
 nation in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until John\; sinc
 e then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached\, and every one ente
 rs it violently. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away\, than 
 for one dot of the law to become void. Every one who divorces his wife and 
 marries another commits adultery\, and he who marries a woman divorced from
  her husband commits adultery." \n \nAnd he said to his disciples\, "Tempta
 tions to sin are sure to come\; but woe to him by whom they come! It would 
 be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast 
 into the sea\, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. T
 ake heed to yourselves\; if your brother sins\, rebuke him\, and if he repe
 nts\, forgive him\; and if he sins against you seven times in the day\, and
  turns to you seven times\, and says\, 'I repent\,' you must forgive him."\
 n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/24/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\, Roma
 nos\, Prince of Uglich\, Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\, Cumine the Whit
 e\, Abbot of Iona\n\nPlagal of the Second Tone\nSixth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\n\nBreth
 ren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has 
 shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God 
 in the face of Christ.\n \nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, t
 o show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are af
 flicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to desp
 air\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; alw
 ays carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may
  also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being g
 iven up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifes
 ted in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n \n
 Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, 
 and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who ra
 ised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you int
 o his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to 
 more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "There was 
 a man who had two sons\; and the younger of them said to his father\, 'Fath
 er\, give me the share of the property that falls to me.'  And he divided h
 is living between them.  Not many days later\, the younger son gathered all
  he had and took his journey into a far country\, and there he squandered h
 is property in loose living.  And when he had spent everything\, a great fa
 mine arose in that country\, and he began to be in want.  So he went and jo
 ined himself to one of the citizens of that country\, who sent him into his
  fields to feed swine.  And he would gladly have filled his belly with the 
 pods that the swine ate\; and no one gave him anything.  But when he came t
 o himself he said\, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enou
 gh and to spare\, but I perish here with hunger!  I will arise and go to my
  father\, and I will say to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven an
 d before you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son\; treat me as on
 e of your hired servants.'  And he arose and came to his father.  But while
  he was yet at a distance\, his father saw him and had compassion\, and ran
  and embraced him and kissed him.  And the son said to him\, 'Father\, I ha
 ve sinned against heaven and before you\; I am no longer worthy to be calle
 d your son.'  But the father said to his servants\, 'Bring quickly the best
  robe\, and put it on him\; and put a ring on his hand\, and shoes on his f
 eet\; and bring the fatted calf and kill it\, and let us eat and make merry
 \; for this my son was dead\, and is alive again\; he was lost\, and is fou
 nd.'  And they began to make merry.  Now his elder son was in the field\; a
 nd as he came and drew near to the house\, he heard music and dancing.  And
  he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.  And he said to h
 im\, 'Your brother has come\, and your father has killed the fatted calf\, 
 because he has received him safe and sound.'  But he was angry and refused 
 to go in.  His father came out and entreated him\, but he answered his fath
 er\, 'Lo\, these many years I have served you\, and I never disobeyed your 
 command\; yet you never gave me a kid\, that I might make merry with my fri
 ends.  But when this son of yours came\, who has devoured your living with 
 harlots\, you killed for him the fatted calf!'  And he said to him\, 'Son\,
  you are always with me\, and all that is mine is yours.  It was fitting to
  make merry and be glad\, for this your brother was dead\, and is alive\; h
 e was lost\, and is found.'"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/6/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Theophan the Reclus
 e\n\nGrave Tone\nThe Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 2:11-14\; 3:4-7\n\nTITUS\, my son
 \, the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men\, training us
  to renounce irreligion and worldly passions\, and to live sober\, upright\
 , and godly lives in this world\, awaiting our blessed hope\, the appearing
  of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ\, who gave himself f
 or us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of 
 his own who are zealous for good deeds.\n \nBut when the goodness and lovin
 g kindness of God our Savior appeared\, he saved us\, not because of deeds 
 done by us in righteousness\, but in virtue of his own mercy\, by the washi
 ng of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit\, which he poured out upo
 n us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior\, so that we might be justified
  by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.\n\n\nGospel Reading
 : Matthew 3:13-17\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan t
 o John\, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him\, saying\, "I
  need to be baptized by you\, and do you come to me?" But Jesus answered hi
 m\, "Let it be so now\; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righte
 ousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized\, he went up immed
 iately from the water\, and behold\, the heavens were opened and he saw the
  Spirit of God descending like a dove\, and alighting on him\; and lo\, a v
 oice from heaven\, saying\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well p
 leased."       \n  \n\n
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 ts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\
 n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the P
 hilippians 2:5-11\n\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is 
 yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not co
 unt equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking 
 the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found 
 in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even deat
 h on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the 
 name which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee shoul
 d bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confe
 ss that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village
 \; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sis
 ter called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 
 But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\
 , "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Te
 ll her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you
  are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary ha
 s chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he 
 said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blesse
 d is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said
 \, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n\n
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 sts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn\; George the Righteous of Male
 on\; Righteous Plato the Studite\; Nicetas the Hieromartyr\, Struggler of S
 errai (1808)\; Righteous Zosimas\; Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, F
 ounder and Renovator of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Anastasia of Pharmako
 lytria\, Halkidiki\; Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews
  9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an ea
 rthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were th
 e lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the 
 Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holie
 s\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered 
 on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, a
 nd Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were
  the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we can
 not now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the pri
 ests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; 
 but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, an
 d not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors o
 f the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary ar
 ose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and sh
 e entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth 
 heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth wa
 s filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed 
 are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is thi
 s granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, w
 hen the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped
  for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment
  of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul ma
 gnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has reg
 arded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generat
 ions will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for 
 me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\,
  and returned to her home.\n\n
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 sts: Menas of Egypt\; Victor and Stephanie\; Theodore the Studite\; Holy Ma
 rtyr Vincent\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthian
 s 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkn
 ess\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of th
 e glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earth
 en vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to 
 us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not 
 driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not d
 estroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the lif
 e of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are 
 always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus 
 may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but lif
 e in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "
 I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing t
 hat he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us
  with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grac
 e extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glo
 ry of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:1\, 12-15\nAt that time\, Jesus enter
 ed the home of a certain ruler of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread
 . And he said to the man who had invited him\, "When you give a dinner or a
  banquet\, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or r
 ich neighbors\, lest they also invite you in return\, and you be repaid. Bu
 t when you give a feast\, invite the poor\, the maimed\, the lame\, the bli
 nd\, and you will be blessed\, because they cannot repay you. You will be r
 epaid at the resurrection of the just." When one of those who sat at table 
 with him heard this\, he said to him\, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread i
 n the kingdom of God!"\n\n
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 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:11-21\; 11:1-2\n\nBrethren\,
  the scripture says\, "No one who believes in God will be put to shame." Fo
 r there is no distinction between Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of 
 all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For\, "every one who
  calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." But how are men to call up
 on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him o
 f whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? 
 And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written\, "How beauti
 ful are the feet of those who preach good news!" But they have not all obey
 ed the gospel\; for Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has hear
 d from us?" So faith comes from what is heard\, and what is heard comes by 
 the preaching of Christ. But I ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\
 ; for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth\, and their words to the e
 nds of the world." Again I ask\, did Israel not understand? First Moses say
 s\, "I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation\; with a foolish
  nation I will make you angry." Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have 
 been found by those who did not seek me\; I have shown myself to those who 
 did not ask for me." But of Israel he says\, "All day long I have held out 
 my hands to a disobedient and contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God reje
 cted his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Ab
 raham\, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people 
 whom he foreknew.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\n\nAt that time\, as 
 Jesus passed on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\; a
 nd he said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.\n \nAnd as h
 e sat at table in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors and sinners came
  and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this
 \, they said to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collect
 ors and sinners?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are well have
  no need of a physician\, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this me
 ans\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righ
 teous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n\n
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 sts: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council\; Macrina the
  Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\; Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\; Saint Theodore
 \, Bishop of Edessa\; Translation of the Holy Relics of Righteous Seraphim 
 of Sarov\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, ha
 ving risen from the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to 
 them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed
  that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and 
 why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is
  I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as y
 ou see that I have." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and h
 is feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said 
 to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled
  fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "Thes
 e are my words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that eve
 rything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalm
 s must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scripture
 s\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer 
 and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgivene
 ss of sins should be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from J
 erusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promis
 e of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with
  power from on high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifti
 ng up his hands\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from t
 hem\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they ret
 urned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the temple bles
 sing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my
  son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so tha
 t those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good
  deeds\; these are excellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid contr
 oversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they
  are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonis
 hing him once or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that su
 ch a person is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send 
 Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for 
 I have decided to spend the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the 
 lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our 
 people learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urg
 ent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting t
 o you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You ar
 e the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men 
 light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives ligh
 t to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may 
 see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think 
 not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not 
 to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heave
 n and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law un
 til all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these co
 mmandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of hea
 ven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the ki
 ngdom of heaven."\n\n
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 sts: 3rd Sunday of Luke\; The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\; Eroteis th
 e Martyr of Cappadocia\; Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nMatins Gospel R
 eading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were going to a village n
 amed Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each othe
 r about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and dis
 cussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their ey
 es were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is this conv
 ersation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood
  still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are 
 you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have ha
 ppened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "What things?" And they 
 said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in d
 eed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and 
 rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified him. But w
 e had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all thi
 s\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of o
 ur company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did no
 t find his body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a visio
 n of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us we
 nt to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but him they did
  not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to beli
 eve all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ
  should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with M
 oses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures th
 e things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to which t
 hey were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained him\
 , saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far 
 spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them\, h
 e took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And thei
 r eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he vanished out of their s
 ight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he
  talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they
  rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven 
 gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has r
 isen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened 
 on the road\, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10\nBreth
 ren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of
  God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\
 , and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable t
 ime\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's
  way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, but as servants of
  God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance\, in afflic
 tions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labor
 s\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, th
 e Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; wit
 h the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left\; in hon
 or and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostor
 s\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and beh
 old we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always 
 rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet po
 ssessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:11-16\nAt that time\, Jesus 
 went to a city called Nain\, and his disciples and a great crowd went with 
 him. As he drew near to the gate of the city\, behold\, a man who had died 
 was being carried out\, the only son of his mother\, and she was a widow\; 
 and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her\, h
 e had compassion on her and said to her\, "Do not weep." And he came and to
 uched the bier\, and the bearers stood still. And he said\, "Young man\, I 
 say to you\, arise." And the dead man sat up\, and began to speak. And he g
 ave him to his mother. Fear seized them all\; and they glorified God\, sayi
 ng\, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people
 !"\n\n
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 sts: 6th Sunday of Luke\; Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\; Matrona th
 e Righteous of Chios\; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Andronicus the Righteous M
 artyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week 
 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw t
 hat the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to S
 imon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to 
 them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where
  they have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and the
 y went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter
  and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cl
 oths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following 
 him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napk
 in\, which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolle
 d up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb f
 irst\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not kno
 w the scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went 
 back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Co
 rinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly
 \, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do
  as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God
  loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing
  in abundance\, so that you may always have enough of everything and may pr
 ovide in abundance for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abr
 oad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who su
 pplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your r
 esources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enrich
 ed in every way for great generosity\, which through us will produce thanks
 giving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\nAt that time\, as Jesus arr
 ived at the country of the Gadarenes\, there met him a man from the city wh
 o had demons\; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a
  house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, he cried out and fell down 
 before him\, and said with a loud voice\, "What have you to do with me\, Je
 sus\, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you\, do not torment me." For he 
 had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time i
 t had seized him\; he was kept under guard\, and bound with chains and fett
 ers\, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) 
 Jesus then asked him\, "What is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"\; for ma
 ny demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depar
 t into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillsi
 de\; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Th
 en the demons came out of the man and entered the swine\, and the herd rush
 ed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen sa
 w what happened\, they fled\, and told it in the city and in the country. T
 hen people went out to see what had happened\, and they came to Jesus\, and
  found the man from whom the demons had gone\, sitting at the feet of Jesus
 \, clothed and in his right mind\; and they were afraid. And those who had 
 seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. The
 n all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to d
 epart from them\; for they were seized with great fear\; so he got into the
  boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he mi
 ght be with him\; but he sent him away\, saying\, "Return to your home\, an
 d declare how much God has done for you." And he went away\, proclaiming th
 roughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\, Hermos\, Leontus\, John &
  George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Relics of Arsenios the Righteous o
 f Paros\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos a
 nd Ever Virgin Mary\, Constantine the New Martyr of Capua\, Matthew the New
  Martyr of Gerakari\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 1:26-31\; 2:1-5\n\nBrethren\, consider your call\, not many of 
 you were wise according to worldly standards\, not many were powerful\, not
  many were of noble birth\; but God chose what is foolish in the world to s
 hame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong\, G
 od chose what is low and despised in the world\, even things that are not\,
  to bring to nothing things that are\, so that no human being might boast i
 n the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus\, whom
  God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption\
 ; therefore\, as it is written\, "Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." 
 When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not come proclaiming to you the testi
 mony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among y
 ou except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness an
 d in much fear and trembling\; and my speech and my message were not in pla
 usible words of wisdom\, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power\, 
 that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God
 .\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:29-34\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus went out
  of Jericho\, a great crowd followed him. And behold\, two blind men sittin
 g by the roadside\, when they heard that Jesus was passing by\, cried out\,
  "Have mercy on us\, Son of David!" The crowd rebuked them\, telling them t
 o be silent\; but they cried out the more\, "Lord\, have mercy on us\, Son 
 of David!" And Jesus stopped and called them\, saying\, "What do you want m
 e to do for you?" They said to him\, "Lord\, let our eyes be opened." And J
 esus in pity touched their eyes\, and immediately they received their sight
  and followed him.\n  \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191118
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Luke\; Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea
 \; Gennadios I and Maximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Righteous Mothe
 r Hilda of Whitby\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John
  21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after  he
  was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of Jo
 hn\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you kno
 w that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he sa
 id to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\
 , Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He 
 said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter
  was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And
  he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." 
  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when y
 ou were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when y
 ou are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you an
 d carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to show by what de
 ath he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n
 \nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who h
 ad lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it 
 that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lor
 d\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he re
 main until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went o
 ut among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not 
 say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain u
 ntil I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple who is bearing wi
 tness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that
  his testimony is true.  But there are also many other things which Jesus d
 id\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself
  could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see with what la
 rge letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to m
 ake a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised\, a
 nd only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. F
 or even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but
  they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But
  far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For neith
 er circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creati
 on. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of 
 God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of 
 Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. A
 men.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:16-21\nThe Lord said this parable: "The lan
 d of a rich man brought forth plentifully\; and he thought to himself\, 'Wh
 at shall I do\, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said\, 'I wil
 l do this: I will pull down my barns\, and build larger ones\; and there I 
 will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul\, 'Soul\, y
 ou have ample goods laid up for many years\; take your ease\, eat\, drink\,
  be merry.' But God said to him\, 'Fool! This night your soul is required o
 f you\; and the things you have prepared\, whose will they be?'  So is he w
 ho lays up treasure for himself\, and is not rich toward God." As he said t
 hese things\, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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SUMMARY:9th Sunday of Luke
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samuel the Prophet\; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\; Afterfeast of the
  Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Steph
 en\, First King of Hungary\; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\; Oswin the Mar
 tyr\, King of Deira\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Cor
 inthians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, having this ministry as we have received mercy\
 , we do not lose heart. We have renounced disgraceful\, underhanded ways\; 
 we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word\, but by the ope
 n statement of truth we would commend ourselves to every man's conscience i
 n the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled\, it is veiled only to
  those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded t
 he minds of the unbelievers\, to keep them from seeing the light of the gos
 pel of the glory of Christ\, who is the likeness of God. For what we preach
  is not ourselves\, but Jesus Christ as Lord\, with ourselves as your serva
 nts for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of d
 arkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge o
 f the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in e
 arthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not
  to us. We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but n
 ot driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but no
 t destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the 
 life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we ar
 e always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesu
 s may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us\, but li
 fe in you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:13-28\nThe Lord said to his discip
 les\, "He who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the king
 dom will be preached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to all nat
 ions\; and then the end will come.\n\n"So when you see the desolating sacri
 lege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (let the 
 reader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\
 ; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house\;
  and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. And alas
  for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days! Pr
 ay that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then there wi
 ll be great tribulation\, such as has not been from the beginning of the wo
 rld until now\, no\, and never will be. And if those days had not been shor
 tened\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect those
  days will be shortened. Then if any one says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Ch
 rist!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false pro
 phets will arise and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, 
 if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\, if they
  say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if they say\
 , 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the lightning
  comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming 
 of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered
  together."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191207
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/06/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readin
 g: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, tr
 uly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but cl
 imbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who ente
 rs by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; 
 the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads the
 m out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the 
 sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow
 \, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of stranger
 s." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he 
 was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and r
 obbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters
  by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey y
 our leaders and submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over your souls
 \, as men who will have to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, and n
 ot sadly\, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we 
 are sure that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in all
  things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be r
 estored to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought again from
  the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood o
 f the eternal covenant\, equip you with everything good that you may do His
  will\, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus 
 Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd
  of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusa
 lem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be hea
 led of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits we
 re cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth fro
 m him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, an
 d said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed a
 re you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that 
 weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and wh
 en they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on ac
 count of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for beho
 ld\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/29/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 70 and their Companions\, Holy 
 Martyr Cercyra\, Our Holy Father John of Kaloktenos\, Metropolitan of Thebe
 s\, Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\, Nektarios the New Martyr of Optina\n\n\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:32-42\n\nIn those days\, as Peter
  went here and there among them all\, he came down also to the saints that 
 lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas\, who had been bedridden 
 for eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus 
 Christ heals you\; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose. And al
 l the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him\, and they turned to the Lord. 
 Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. She w
 as full of good works and acts of charity. In those days she fell sick and 
 died\; and when they had washed her\, they laid her in an upper room. Since
  Lydda was near Joppa\, the disciples\, hearing that Peter was there\, sent
  two men to him entreating him\, "Please come to us without delay." So Pete
 r rose and went with them. And when he had come\, they took him to the uppe
 r room. All the widows stood beside him weeping\, and showing tunics and ot
 her garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put them 
 all outside and knelt down and prayed\; then turning to the body he said\, 
 "Tabitha\, rise." And she opened her eyes\, and when she saw Peter she sat 
 up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and
  widows he presented her alive. And it became known throughout all Joppa\, 
 and many believed in the Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:1-15\n\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep G
 ate a pool\, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these l
 ay a multitude of invalids\, blind\, lame\, paralyzed\, waiting for the mov
 ing of the water\; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons in
 to the pool\, and troubled the water\; whoever stepped in first after the t
 roubling of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. One man was th
 ere\, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew 
 that he had been lying there a long time\, he said to him\, "Do you want to
  be healed?" The sick man answered him\, "Sir\, I have no man to put me int
 o the pool when the water is troubled\, and while I am going another steps 
 down before me." Jesus said to him\, "Rise\, take up your pallet\, and walk
 ." And at once the man was healed\, and he took up his pallet and walked.\n
  \nNow that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured\
 , "It is the sabbath\, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet." But 
 he answered them\, "The man who healed me said to me\, 'Take up your pallet
 \, and walk.' "They asked him\, "Who is the man who said to you\, 'Take up 
 your pallet\, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who 
 it was\, for Jesus had withdrawn\, as there was a crowd in the place. After
 ward\, Jesus found him in the temple\, and said to him\, "See\, you are wel
 l! Sin no more\, that nothing worse befall you." The man went away and told
  the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.\n \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180619
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria\, Leontios the M
 yrrh-Streamer of Argos\, Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia\n\nFast Day (Fis
 h Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 9:18-33\n\
 nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and he hardens the heart o
 f whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still find faul
 t? For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a man\, to answer back t
 o God? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why have you made me thus?"
  Has the potter no right over the clay\, to make out of the same lump one v
 essel for beauty and another for menial use? What if God\, desiring to show
  his wrath and to make known his power\, has endured with much patience the
  vessels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to make known the riches 
 of his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has prepared beforehand fo
 r glory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the Jews only but also from
  the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those who were not my people I
  will call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'my belove
 d.'" "And in the very place where it was said to them\, 'You are not my peo
 ple\,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" And Isaiah cries out 
 concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand 
 of the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; for the Lord will execu
 te his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatch." And as Isaiah pred
 icted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us children\, we would have fare
 d like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall we say\, then? That G
 entiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it\, that is\, right
 eousness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued the righteousness whic
 h is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? Because they
  did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were based on works. They h
 ave stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is written\, "Behold\, I am l
 aying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make th
 em fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."\n\n\nGospel
  Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\n\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about
  the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, 
 "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answe
 red them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their
  sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the 
 dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And bles
 sed is he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to s
 peak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wildernes
 s to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A 
 man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in ki
 ngs' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\,
  and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I se
 nd my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' 
 Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one gre
 ater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven i
 s greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom 
 of heaven has been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. F
 or all the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are will
 ing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, l
 et him hear."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190303
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190304
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/3/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\, Theodoretos th
 e Holy Martyr of Antioch\, Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nGrave Tone\nS
 eventh Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 8:8-13\; 9:1-2\n\nBrethren\, food will not commend us to God.  
 We are no worse off if we do not eat\, and no better off if we do.  Only ta
 ke care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the 
 weak.  For if any one sees you\, a man of knowledge\, at table in an idol's
  temple\, might he not be encouraged\, if his conscience is weak\, to eat f
 ood offered to idols?  And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed\
 , the brother for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sinning against your brethren a
 nd wounding their conscience when it is weak\, you sin against Christ.  The
 refore\, if food is a cause of my brother's falling\, I will never eat meat
 \, lest I cause my brother to fall.\n \nAm I not free?  Am I not an apostle
 ?  Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?  Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
   If to others I am not an apostle\, at least I am to you\; for you are the
  seal of my apostleship in the Lord. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:31-4
 6\n\nThe Lord said\, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the ho
 ly angels with him\, then he will sit on his glorious throne.  Before him w
 ill be gathered all the nations\, and he will separate them one from anothe
 r as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats\, and he will place the 
 sheep at his right hand\, but the goats at the left.  Then the king will sa
 y to those at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my Father\, inherit the
  kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world\; for I was hung
 ry and you gave me food\, I was thirsty and you gave me drink\, I was a str
 anger and you welcomed me\, I was naked and you clothed me\, I was sick and
  you visited me\, I was in prison and you came to me.'  Then the righteous 
 will answer him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry and feed you\, or thir
 sty and give you drink?  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you
 \, or naked and clothe you?  And when did we see you sick or in prison and 
 visit you?'  And the King will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you
  did it to one of the least of these my brethren\, you did it to me.'  Then
  he will say to those at his left hand\, 'Depart from me\, you cursed\, int
 o the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels\; for I was hungry
  and you gave me no food\, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink\, I was a
  stranger and you did not welcome me\, naked and you did not clothe me\, si
 ck and in prison and you did not visit me.'  Then they also will answer\, '
 Lord\, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick
  or in prison\, and did not minister to you?'  Then he will answer them\, '
 Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it not to one of the least of these\, you
  did it not to me.'  And they will go away into eternal punishment\, but th
 e righteous into eternal life."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171018
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\, Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\, Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\, Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to the Romans 9:18-33\n\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\
 , and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, 
 "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are yo
 u\, a man\, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder\, 
 "Why have you made me thus?" Has the potter no right over the clay\, to mak
 e out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use? Wh
 at if God\, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power\, has en
 dured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction\, in ord
 er to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which h
 e has prepared beforehand for glory\, even us whom he has called\, not from
  the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Th
 ose who were not my people I will call 'my people\,' and her who was not be
 loved I will call 'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where it was said t
 o them\, 'You are not my people\,' they will be called 'sons of the living 
 God.'" And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the so
 ns of Israel be as the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of them will be sav
 ed\; for the Lord will execute his sentence upon the earth with rigor and d
 ispatch." And as Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us c
 hildren\, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What
  shall we say\, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have a
 ttained it\, that is\, righteousness through faith\; but that Israel who pu
 rsued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling
  that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it
  were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it i
 s written\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumbl
 e\, a rock that will make them fall\; and he who believes in him will not b
 e put to shame."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:23-27\n\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take
  up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will los
 e it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake\, he will save it. For what d
 oes it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himse
 lf? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words\, of him will the Son of m
 an be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of
  the holy angels. But I tell you truly\, there are some standing here who w
 ill not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190409
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/8/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, Rufus\, Asyncritus\
 , Phlegon\, and Hermes\, Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\, Celestine\,
  Pope of Rome\, The Holy New Martyr John the Ship-Builder who was martyred 
 in Kos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 37:33-38:6\n\n"Th
 erefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not com
 e into this city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come before it with a shiel
 d\, or cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came\, by the 
 same he shall return\, and he shall not come into this city\, says the LORD
 .  For I will defend this city to save it\, for my own sake and for the sak
 e of my servant David."  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, and slew a 
 hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; and when me
 n arose early in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies.  Then S
 ennacherib king of Assyria departed\, and went home and dwelt at Nineveh.  
 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adrammelech and 
 Sharezer\, his sons\, slew him with the sword\, and escaped into the land o
 f Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. \n \n In those days 
 Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet 
 the son of Amoz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LORD: Set yo
 ur house in order\; for you shall die\, you shall not recover."  Then Hezek
 iah turned his face to the wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and said\, "Reme
 mber now\, O LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked before thee in faith
 fulness and with a whole heart\, and have done what is good in thy sight." 
 And Hezekiah wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:  "Go
  and say to Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of David your father: I
  have heard your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will add fift
 een years to your life.  I will deliver you and this city out of the hand o
 f the king of Assyria\, and defend this city.\n \n\nGenesis 13:12-18\n\n Ab
 ram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwelt among the cities of the v
 alley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now the men of Sodom were wicked
 \, great sinners against the LORD.  \n \nThe LORD said to Abram\, after Lot
  had separated from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, and look from the place wher
 e you are\, northward and southward and eastward and westward\; for all the
  land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever.  I
  will make your descendants as the dust of the earth\; so that if one can c
 ount the dust of the earth\, your descendants also can be counted.  Arise\,
  walk through the length and the breadth of the land\, for I will give it t
 o you."  So Abram moved his tent\, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre\
 , which are at Hebron\; and there he built an altar to the LORD.\n\n\nProve
 rbs 14:27-15:4\n\nThe fear of the LORD is a fountain of life\, that one may
  avoid the snares of death.  In a multitude of people is the glory of a kin
 g\, but without people a prince is ruined.  He who is slow to anger has gre
 at understanding\, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.  A tranquil 
 mind gives life to the flesh\, but passion makes the bones rot.  He who opp
 resses a poor man insults his Maker\, but he who is kind to the needy honor
 s him.  The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing\, but the righteous
  finds refuge through his integrity.  Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of
  understanding\, but it is not known in the heart of fools.  Righteousness 
 exalts a nation\, but sin is a reproach to any people.  A servant who deals
  wisely has the king's favor\, but his wrath falls on one who acts shameful
 ly.  A soft answer turns away wrath\, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  The
  tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge\, but the mouths of fools pour out 
 folly.  The eyes of the LORD are in every place\, keeping watch on the evil
  and the good.  A gentle tongue is a tree of life\, but perverseness in it 
 breaks the spirit.\n \n
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 itus\, Phlegon\, and Hermes
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191210
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/09/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Hannah the Rig
 hteous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\; Narses the Martyr of Persia\; The C
 onsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy 
 City of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by 
 a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born accordin
 g to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an 
 allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing 
 children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; s
 he corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her ch
 ildren. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is 
 written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout
 \, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are ma
 ny more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a ves
 sel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who ente
 r may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, n
 or anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed the
 n how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from him who h
 as not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his m
 other and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him for the c
 rowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
 \, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers a
 re those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171025
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr & Syncletiki and her two daughters\, Sebastia
 ne the Martyr\, Maglorious of Sark\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Colossians 1:1-3\; 7-11\n\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by th
 e will of God and Timothy our brother\, to the saints and faithful brethren
  in Christ at Colossai: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the 
 Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God\, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ from 
 the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth\, as you learned
  it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of 
 Christ on our behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. And 
 so\, from the day we heard of it\, we have not ceased to pray for you askin
 g that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wi
 sdom and understanding\, to lead a life worthy of the Lord\, fully pleasing
  to him\, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge 
 of God. May you be strengthened with all power\, according to his glorious 
 might\, for all endurance and patience with joy.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 11:1-10\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was praying in a certain place\, and when h
 e ceased\, one of his disciples said to him\, "Lord\, teach us to pray\, as
  John taught his disciples." And he said to them\, "When you pray\, say: 'F
 ather\, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our dail
 y bread\; and forgive us our sins\, for we ourselves forgive every one who 
 is indebted to us\; and lead us not into temptation.'" And he said to them\
 , "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him\
 , 'Friend\, lend me three loaves\; for a friend of mine has arrived on a jo
 urney\, and I have nothing to set before him'\; and he will answer from wit
 hin\, 'Do not bother me\; the door is now shut\, and my children are with m
 e in bed\; I cannot get up and give you anything'? I tell you\, though he w
 ill not get up and give him anything because he is his friend\, yet because
  of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs. And I tell
  you\, Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, 
 and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who 
 seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190701
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical1bc3a8432eb95984970a6f242abbae02
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/30/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\, Michael the New Martyr of Athens\
 n\nTone One\nSecond Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First L
 etter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles
  as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a sp
 ectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake
 \, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are he
 ld in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst
 \, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with 
 our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when
  slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the r
 efuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to
  make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though 
 you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I b
 ecame your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, b
 e imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\n\nAt that ti
 me\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they 
 were harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. And he called t
 o him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, t
 o cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names 
 of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and
  Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Phi
 lip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James the son 
 of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot\, who
  betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere am
 ong the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to t
 he lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The 
 kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lep
 ers\, cast out demons. You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
 \n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181221
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, Igna
 tius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\, Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\, Holy Father John of Kronstadt\, John the New Martyr o
 f Thassos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\n\nBrethren\, recall the former days when
 \, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings
 \, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes
  being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion on the priso
 ners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property\, since yo
 u knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.  The
 refore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For y
 ou have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and receive 
 what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall come 
 and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith."\n  \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\n\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to
  Capernaum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you di
 scussing on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discu
 ssed with one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the
  twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be las
 t of all and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the mid
 st of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receiv
 es one such child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receiv
 es not me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man
  casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not 
 following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a
  mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For h
 e that is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever giv
 es you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will b
 y no means lose his reward."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200423
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Wednesday\; Theodore of Sykeon\; Nathaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente
  the Apostles\; Nearchos the Martyr\; Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\n\nFast F
 ree\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:22-38\nIn those days\, Peter
  said to the people\, "Men of Israel\, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth\
 , a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs whic
 h God did through him in your midst\, as you yourselves know this Jesus\, d
 elivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God\, you c
 rucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. But God raised him up\, ha
 ving loosed the pangs of death\, because it was not possible for him to be 
 held by it. For David says concerning him\, 'I saw the Lord always before m
 e\, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken\; therefore my hear
 t was glad\, and my tongue rejoiced\; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope.
  For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades\, nor let thy Holy One see corr
 uption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life\; thou wilt make me ful
 l of gladness with thy presence.'\n\n"Brethren\, I may say to you confident
 ly of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried\, and his tomb i
 s with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet\, and knowing that God had
  sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon hi
 s throne\, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ\, that he
  was not abandoned to Hades\, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus 
 God raised up\, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted a
 t the right hand of God\, and having received from the Father the promise o
 f the Holy Spirit\, he has poured out this which you see and hear. For Davi
 d did not ascend into the heavens\; but he himself says\, 'The Lord said to
  my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy f
 eet.' Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has mad
 e him both Lord and Christ\, this Jesus whom you crucified."\n\nNow when th
 ey heard this they were cut to the heart\, and said to Peter and the rest o
 f the apostles\, "Brethren\, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them\, "R
 epent\, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ."\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 1:35-52\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of h
 is disciples\; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, t
 he Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they followed J
 esus. Jesus turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do y
 ou seek?" And they said to him\, "Rabbi"  (which means Teacher)\, "where ar
 e you staying?"  He said to them\, "Come and see."  They came and saw where
  he was staying\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about the 
 tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was An
 drew\, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and said t
 o him\, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to
  Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? Y
 ou shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).\n\nThe next day Jesus decid
 ed to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  No
 w Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Na
 thanael\, and said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and
  also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathana
 el said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to h
 im\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, 
 "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to hi
 m\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\,
  when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "
 Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answere
 d him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you beli
 eve? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\
 , truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God
  ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Renewal Wednesday
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200203
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Gabriel the Ne
 w Martyr of Constantinople\; Jordan the New Martyr\; Agathadoros the Martyr
  of Cappadocia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2:25-32\nAt that time\, there
  was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righteou
 s and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit 
 was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he s
 hould not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired by 
 the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the ch
 ild Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him 
 up in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depa
 rt in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation
  which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for revel
 ation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:7-17\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond dis
 pute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. Here tithes are received
  by mortal men\; there\, by one whom it is testified that he lives. One mig
 ht even say that Levi himself\, who receives tithes\, paid tithes through A
 braham\, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met
  him. Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthoo
 d (for under it the people received the law)\, what further need would ther
 e have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek\, ra
 ther than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in
  the priesthood\, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. For the
  one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe\, from which
  no one has ever served at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was d
 escended from Judah\, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing 
 about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in
  the likeness of Melchizedek\, who has become a priest\, not according to a
  legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestr
 uctible life. For it is witnessed of him\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, af
 ter the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40\nAt that ti
 me\, the parents brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to 
 the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord\, "Every male that opens 
 the womb shall be called holy to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice accord
 ing to what is said in the law of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or t
 wo young pigeons."  Now there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeo
 n\, and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolation of 
 Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him
  by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lor
 d's Christ.  And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when 
 the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to the cus
 tom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,\n\n"
 Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; for 
 my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of
  all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to yo
 ur people Israel."\n\nAnd his father and his mother marveled at what was sa
 id about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behol
 d\, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a
  sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul
  also)\, that thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."  And there was a pr
 ophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she was
  of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years from her virgin
 ity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four.  She did not depart from the
  temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.  And coming up 
 at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were
  looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.  And when they had performed ever
 ything according to the law of the Lord\, they returned into Galilee\, to t
 heir own city\, Nazareth.  And the child grew and became strong\, filled wi
 th wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190502
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/1/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Jeremias the Prophet\, New Martyr Maria of Fourna\, Mirabella in Crete\,
  Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\, Nikiforos the Monk of Chios\, Synaxis 
 of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain\, Euthymius\, Ignat
 ius\, and Acacius\, Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts of the Apostles 2:22-38\n\nIn those days\, Peter said to the peopl
 e\, "Men of Israel\, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth\, a man attested t
 o you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through 
 him in your midst\, as you yourselves know this Jesus\, delivered up accord
 ing to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God\, you crucified and kille
 d by the hands of lawless men. But God raised him up\, having loosed the pa
 ngs of death\, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For Da
 vid says concerning him\, 'I saw the Lord always before me\, for he is at m
 y right hand that I may not be shaken\; therefore my heart was glad\, and m
 y tongue rejoiced\; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope. For thou wilt not
  abandon my soul to Hades\, nor let thy Holy One see corruption. Thou hast 
 made known to me the ways of life\; thou wilt make me full of gladness with
  thy presence.'\n \n"Brethren\, I may say to you confidently of the patriar
 ch David that he both died and was buried\, and his tomb is with us to this
  day. Being therefore a prophet\, and knowing that God had sworn with an oa
 th to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne\, he for
 esaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ\, that he was not abandone
 d to Hades\, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up\, a
 nd of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand 
 of God\, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit
 \, he has poured out this which you see and hear. For David did not ascend 
 into the heavens\; but he himself says\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at
  my right hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' Let all the
  house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord a
 nd Christ\, this Jesus whom you crucified."\n \nNow when they heard this th
 ey were cut to the heart\, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles\,
  "Brethren\, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them\, "Repent\, and be b
 aptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ."\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  John 1:35-52\n\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples
 \; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of G
 od!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus 
 turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" An
 d they said to him\, "Rabbi"  (which means Teacher)\, "where are you stayin
 g?"  He said to them\, "Come and see."  They came and saw where he was stay
 ing\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. 
 One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon
  Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We 
 have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesu
 s looked at him and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be 
 called Cephas" (which means Peter).\n \nThe next day Jesus decided to go to
  Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip wa
 s from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, a
 nd said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the p
 rophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to 
 him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come 
 and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, a
 n Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do
  you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you w
 ere under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you
  are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Be
 cause I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You sh
 all see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I
  say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending 
 and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190704
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/3/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\, A
 natolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Karen
 esi\, Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Philip\
 , Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Romans 8:2-13\n\nBrethren\, the law of the Spirit of life in Ch
 rist Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. For God has done 
 what the law\, weakened by the flesh\, could not do: sending his own Son in
  the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin\, he condemned sin in the flesh\,
  in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us\, w
 ho walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those w
 ho live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh\,
  but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things o
 f the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death\, but to set the mind o
 n the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is ho
 stile to God\; it does not submit to God's law\, indeed it cannot\; and tho
 se who are in the flesh cannot please God.\n \nBut you are not in the flesh
 \, you are in the Spirit\, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any 
 one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if C
 hrist is in you\, although your bodies are dead because of sin\, your spiri
 ts are alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesu
 s from the dead dwells in you\, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead wi
 ll give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in 
 you.\n \nSo then\, brethren\, we are debtors\, not to the flesh\, to live a
 ccording to the flesh-for if you live according to the flesh you will die\,
  but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
 \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, 
 "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as se
 rpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up 
 to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged be
 fore governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and th
 e Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to spe
 ak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in
  that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father sp
 eaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the fath
 er his child\, and children will rise against parents and have them put to 
 death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures
  to the end will be saved."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Saturday\; Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\n\nFast Day
  (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\
 , joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\
 , self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Chr
 ist Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we li
 ve by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-con
 ceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if
  a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore 
 him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.
   Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 6:1-13\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of practicing your piety b
 efore men in order to be seen by them\; for then you will have no reward fr
 om your Father who is in heaven.\n\n"Thus\, when you give alms\, sound no t
 rumpet before you\, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the stree
 ts\, that they may be praised by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have rec
 eived their reward.  But when you give alms\, do not let your left hand kno
 w what your right hand is doing\, so that your alms may be in secret\; and 
 your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"And when you pray\, you
  must not be like the hypocrites\; for they love to stand and pray in the s
 ynagogues and at the street corners\, that they may be seen by men.  Truly\
 , I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when you pray\, go i
 nto your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret\; 
 and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"And in praying do n
 ot heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do\; for they think they will be h
 eard for their many words.  Do not be like them\, for your Father knows wha
 t you need before you ask him.  Pray then like this:\n\nOur Father who are 
 in heaven\,\n Hallowed be your name\,\n Your kingdom come\,\n Your will be 
 done\,\n On earth as it is in heaven.\n Give us this day our daily bread\,\
 n And forgive us our debts\,\n As we also have forgiven our debtors\;\n And
  lead us not into temptation\,\n But deliver us from evil.\n For yours is t
 he kingdom and the power and the glory\, for ever.\n Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/29/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia\,
  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\, Dionysios\, B
 ishop of Corinth\, Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:17-21\n\nTimothy\, my son
 \, charge the rich in this world not to be haughty\, nor to set their hopes
  on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to 
 enjoy. They are to do good\, to be rich in good deeds\, liberal and generou
 s\, thus laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future\, so tha
 t they may take hold of the life which is life indeed. O Timothy\, guard wh
 at has been entrusted to you. Avoid the godless chatter and contradictions 
 of what is falsely called knowledge\, for by professing it some have missed
  the mark as regards the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 20:9-18\n\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man planted a vineyard\, 
 and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country for a long while.
  When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, that they should g
 ive him some of the fruit of the vineyard\; but the tenants beat him\, and 
 sent him away empty-handed. And he sent another servant\; him also they bea
 t and treated shamefully\, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet 
 a third\; this one they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vineyar
 d said\, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son\; it may be they will
  respect him.' But when the tenants saw him\, they said to themselves\, 'Th
 is is the heir\; let us kill him\, that the inheritance may be ours.' And t
 hey cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner o
 f the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants\, and giv
 e the vineyard to others." When they heard this\, they said\, "God forbid!"
  But he looked at them and said\, "What then is this that is written: 'The 
 very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner'? 
 Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces\; but when it fa
 lls on any one it will crush him."       \n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/19/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs\, Afterfeast of the Hol
 y Cross\, Plato the new Hieromartyr of Patmos\, Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbi
 shop of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Ephesians 3:8-21\n\nBrethren\, to me\, though I am the very least of 
 all the saints\, this grace was given\, to preach to the Gentiles the unsea
 rchable riches of Christ\, and to make all men see what is the plan of the 
 mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things\; that through the ch
 urch the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principaliti
 es and powers in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal pur
 pose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord\, in whom we have boldn
 ess and confidence of access through our faith in him. So l ask you not to 
 lose heart over what I am suffering for you\, which is your glory. For this
  reason I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, from wh
 om every family in heaven and on earth is named\, that according to the ric
 hes of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his
  Spirit in the inner man\, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through
  faith\, that you\, being rooted and grounded in love\, may have power to c
 omprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and
  depth\, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge\, that yo
 u may be filled with the fulness of God. Now to him who by the power at wor
 k within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think
 \, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations\, f
 or ever and ever. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\n\nAt that time Je
 sus returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in 
 the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; a
 nd when they were ended\, he was hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you ar
 e the Son of God\, command this stone to become bread." And Jesus answered 
 him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" And the devil 
 took him up\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of t
 ime\, and said to him\, "To you I will give all this authority and their gl
 ory\; for it has been delivered to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. 
 If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus answere
 d him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God\, and him onl
 y shall you serve.'"\n \nAnd he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the 
 pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, thr
 ow yourself down from here\; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels c
 harge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, 
 lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It i
 s said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had e
 nded every temptation\, he departed from him until an opportune time. And J
 esus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concer
 ning him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in the
 ir synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/24/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian\, Cosmas
  of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\, The Translation of the Relics of Dion
 ysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\, The Translation of the Holy Relics 
 of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Romans 15:30-33\n\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by our Lord J
 esus Christ and by the love of the Spirit\, to strive together with me in y
 our prayers to God on my behalf\, that I may be delivered from the unbeliev
 ers in Judea\, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the s
 aints\, so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed i
 n your company. The God of peace be with you all. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading
 : Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\n\nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-sh
 ekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" H
 e said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\,
  "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or t
 ribute? From their sons or from others?" And when he said\, "From others\,"
  Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not to give offense
  to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that com
 es up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and 
 give it to them for me and for yourself."\n \n At that time the disciples c
 ame to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And
  calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Tru
 ly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will nev
 er enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, h
 e is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190503
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\, Hesperos & Zoe the R
 ighteous\, Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michael in Baptism)\, Jo
 rdan the Wonderworker\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Hebrews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spok
 e to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitat
 e their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. 
  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that 
 the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefite
 d their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent ha
 ve no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought
  into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned ou
 tside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sancti
 fy the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outs
 ide the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting ci
 ty\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us contin
 ually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips t
 hat acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you 
 have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 5:14-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the wo
 rld.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put 
 it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house
 .  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works a
 nd give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come 
 to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but t
 o fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away
 \, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplish
 ed.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teache
 s men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does
  them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
 \n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191125
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Luke\; Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\; Peter\,
  Archbishop of Alexandria\; Hermogenes\, the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Ent
 ry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Philoumenos and Christopher the Marty
 rs\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nA
 t that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to whi
 ch Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; bu
 t some doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven
  and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all
  nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of t
 he Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; a
 nd lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is r
 ich in mercy\, out of the great love with which he loved us\, even when we 
 were dead through our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (by g
 race you have been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit wit
 h him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he m
 ight show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Chr
 ist Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is not
  your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any ma
 n should boast. For we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for go
 od works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 18:18-27\nAt that time\, a ruler came to Jesus and ask
 ed him\, "Good Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesu
 s said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You
  know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery\, Do not kill\, Do not stea
 l\, Do not bear false witness\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he sai
 d\, "All these I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it\, he
  said to him\, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distri
 bute it to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, fol
 low me." But when he heard this he became sad\, for he was very rich. Jesus
  looking at him said\, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter t
 he kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a 
 needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it
  said\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men
  is possible with God."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180810
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/10/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\, Chitus of Athens\, Bish
 op of Rome\, Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\, Afterfeast of the Transfigurat
 ion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:13-18\n\nBrethren\, since w
 e have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so 
 I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised th
 e Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his p
 resence. For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and
  more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n \nSo we 
 do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away\, our inner natu
 re is being renewed every day. For this slight momentary affliction is prep
 aring for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison\, because we 
 look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen\; fo
 r the things that are seen are transient\, but the things that are unseen a
 re eternal.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:27-33\, 42-51\n\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "As the lightning comes from the east and shines as far 
 as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is
 \, there the eagles will be gathered together.\n \n"Immediately after the t
 ribulation of those days the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not g
 ive its light\, and the stars will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the
  heavens will be shaken\; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in he
 aven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn\, and they will see 
 the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; 
 and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call\, and they will ga
 ther his elect from the four winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n
  \n"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tende
 r and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near. So also\, when 
 you see all these things\, you know that he is near\, at the very gates.\n 
 \n"Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. B
 ut know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of the night 
 the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would not have let his hou
 se be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; for the Son of man is
  coming at an hour you do not expect.\n \n"Who then is the faithful and wis
 e servant\, whom his master has set over his household\, to give them their
  food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he c
 omes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all hi
 s possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself\, 'My master is d
 elayed\,' and begins to beat his fellow servants\, and eats and drinks with
  the drunken\, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does n
 ot expect him and at an hour he does not know\, and will punish him\, and p
 ut him with the hypocrites\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth."\n 
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ephraim the Syrian\; Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\; James the 
 Righteous\; Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\; Theodosius of Totma\; Grace t
 he Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 
 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\
 , kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against 
 such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified 
 the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us
  also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of on
 e another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in an
 y trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentle
 ness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burd
 ens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt
  that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disci
 ples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the s
 eacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their 
 diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  An
 d all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and hea
 led them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Bles
 sed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that h
 unger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, fo
 r you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclu
 de you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the 
 Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your rew
 ard is great in heaven."\n\n
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 Sophia of Kleisoura\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30\n
 \nIn those days\, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecut
 ion that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Ant
 ioch\, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them\,
  men of Cyprus and Cyrene\, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks al
 so\, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and
  a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the 
 ears of the church in Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When h
 e came and saw the grace of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to
  remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man
 \, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to t
 he Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had foun
 d him\, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the churc
 h\, and taught a large company of people\; and in Antioch the disciples wer
 e for the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came dow
 n from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and fore
 told by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world\; 
 and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\,
  every one according to his ability\, to send relief to the brethren who li
 ved in Judea\, and they did so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Ba
 rnabas and Saul.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:5-42\n\nAt that time\, Jesus c
 ame to a city of Samaria\, called Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave t
 o his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was
  with his journey\, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\
 n \nThere came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her\, "Give 
 me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The
  Samaritan woman said to him\, "How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of
  me\, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus
  answered her\, "If you knew the gift of God\, and who it is that is saying
  to you\, 'Give me a drink\,' you would have asked him and he would have gi
 ven you living water." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, you have nothing to d
 raw with\, and the well is deep\; where do you get that living water? Are y
 ou greater than our father Jacob\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it
  himself\, and his sons\, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her\, "Everyone wh
 o drinks of this water will thirst again\, but whoever drinks of the water 
 that I shall give him will never thirst\; the water that I shall give him w
 ill become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman 
 said to him\, "Sir\, give me this water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come 
 here to draw."\n \nJesus said to her\, "Go\, call your husband\, and come h
 ere." The woman answered him\, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her\, "Yo
 u are right in saying\, 'I have no husband'\; for you have had five husband
 s\, and he whom you now have is not your husband\; this you said truly." Th
 e woman said to him\, "Sir\, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers
  worshiped on this mountain\; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where
  men ought to worship." Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, believe me\, the hour 
 is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship t
 he Father. You worship what you do not know\; we worship what we know\, for
  salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the
  true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth\, for such the
  Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit\, and those who worship him mus
 t worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him\, "I know that the Me
 ssiah is coming (he who is called Christ)\; when he comes\, he will show us
  all things." Jesus said to her\, "I who speak to you am he."\n \nJust then
  his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman\, but n
 one said\, "What do you wish?" or\, "Why are you talking with her?" So the 
 woman left her water jar\, and went away into the city and said to the peop
 le\, "Come\, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Chr
 ist?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.\n \nMeanwhile the d
 isciples besought him\, saying "Rabbi\, eat." But he said to them\, "I have
  food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one anothe
 r\, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them\, "My food is to do t
 he will of him who sent me\, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say\, '
 There are yet four months\, then comes the harvest'? I tell you\, lift up y
 our eyes\, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who rea
 ps receives wages\, and gathers fruit for eternal life\, so that sower and 
 reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true\, 'One sows and
  another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor\; othe
 rs have labored\, and you have entered into their labor."\n \nMany Samarita
 ns from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He tol
 d me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him\, they asked 
 him to stay with them\; and he stayed there two days. And many more believe
 d because of his word. They said to the woman\, "It is no longer because of
  your words that we believe\, for we have heard ourselves\, and we know tha
 t this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."\n\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\; Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantok
 rator Monastery\; Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaza
 n\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First L
 etter to Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy o
 f full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproach\, because we
  have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of all men\, espec
 ially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one desp
 ise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct\, i
 n love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the public reading o
 f scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have\
 , which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders lai
 d their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yourself to them\, s
 o that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-19\, 9:1-2\,
  10:16-21\nAt that time\, a crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of
  people came to Jesus from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre
  and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and 
 those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd 
 sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all. An
 d he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all 
 demons and to cure diseases\, and sent them out to preach the kingdom of Go
 d and to heal\, and He said to them: "He who hears you hears me\, and he wh
 o rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." 
 The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subjec
 t to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightni
 ng from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents 
 and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hur
 t you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject t
 o you: but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hou
 r he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of
  heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and und
 erstanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gr
 acious will.\n\n
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 sts: Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\; Holy Women Martyrs Theodote\, Theokti
 ste and Eudoxia\; Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\; Elias Ardounis t
 he New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\; Aed from Ferns\n\nStrict Fast\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-
 8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  A
 nd God has appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third
  teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrat
 ors\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all pro
 phets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of h
 ealing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desir
 e the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I 
 speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a nois
 y gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understa
 nd all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to rem
 ove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I hav
 e\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain noth
 ing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not
  arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritabl
 e or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. 
 Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures al
 l things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that t
 ime\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over
  unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every i
 nfirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among 
 the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the l
 ost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kin
 gdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse leper
 s\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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 ts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\, Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions 
 in Egypt\, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\, O
 ur Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\, Finbar the Confessor\, First Bish
 op of Cork\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 1:22-
 23\; 2:1-3\n\nBrethren\, God has put all things under his son's feet and ha
 s made him the head over all things for the church\, which is his body\, th
 e fulness of him who fills all in all. And you he made alive\, when you wer
 e dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked\, following
  the course of this world\, following the prince of the power of the air\, 
 the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among these we 
 all once lived in the passions of our flesh\, following the desires of body
  and mind\, and so we were by nature children of wrath\, like the rest of m
 ankind.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:38-44\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entered S
 imon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever\, and the
 y besought him for her. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever\, and i
 t left her\; and immediately she rose and served them. Now when the sun was
  setting\, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases broug
 ht them to him\; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them
 . And demons also came out of many\, crying\, "You are the Son of God!" But
  he rebuked them\, and would not allow them to speak\, because they knew th
 at he was the Christ. And when it was day he departed and went into a lonel
 y place. And the people sought him and came to him\, and would have kept hi
 m from leaving them\; but he said to them\, "I must preach the good news of
  the kingdom of God to the other cities also\; for I was sent for this purp
 ose." And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.\n  \n\n
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 ts: Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\, Phocas the Cyprian\, Isaac & Mar
 tinos the Martyrs 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monastery martyred by the La
 tins\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 14:
 20-25\n\nBrethren\, do not be children in your thinking\; be babes in evil\
 , but in thinking be mature. In the law it is written\, "By men of strange 
 tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people\, and eve
 n then they will not listen to me\, says the Lord." Thus\, tongues are a si
 gn not for believers but for unbelievers\, while prophecy is not for unbeli
 evers but for believers. If\, therefore\, the whole church assembles and al
 l speak in tongues\, and outsiders or unbelievers enter\, will they not say
  that you are mad? But if all prophesy\, and an unbeliever or outsider ente
 rs\, he is convicted by all\, he is called to account by all\, the secrets 
 of his heart are disclosed\; and so falling on his face\, he will worship G
 od and declare that God is really among you.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:31
 -36\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went down to Capernaum\, a city of Galilee. And
  he was teaching them on the sabbath\; and they were astonished at his teac
 hing\, for his word was with authority. And in the synagogue there was a ma
 n who had the spirit of an unclean demon\; and he cried out with a loud voi
 ce\, "Ah! What have you to do with us\, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to
  destroy us? I know who you are\, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked h
 im\, saying\, "Be silent\, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thr
 own him down in the midst\, he came out of him\, having done him no harm. A
 nd they were all amazed and said to one another\, "What is this word? For w
 ith authority and power he commands the unclean spirits\, and they come out
 ."\n \n\n
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  the Martyr & his Companions\; George the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast 
 of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Richard\, King o
 f Wessex\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesi
 ans 4:17-25\nBrethren\, this I affirm and testify in the Lord\, that you mu
 st no longer live as the Gentiles do\, in the futility of their minds\; the
 y are darkened in their understanding\, alienated from the life of God beca
 use of the ignorance that is in them\, due to their hardness of heart\; the
 y have become callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness\, gree
 dy to practice every kind of uncleanness. You did not so learn Christ! - as
 suming that you have heard about him and were taught in him\, as the truth 
 is in Jesus. Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of
  life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts\, and be renewed in the spirit
  of your minds\, and put on the new nature\, created after the likeness of 
 God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore\, putting away falsehood\
 , speak the truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:45-53\nAt that time\, Jesus ma
 de his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, to
  Bethsaida\, while he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of 
 them\, he went up on the mountain to pray. And when evening came\, the boat
  was out on the sea\, and he was alone on the land. And he saw that they we
 re making headway painfully\, for the wind was against them. And about the 
 fourth watch of the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. He meant to
  pass by them\, but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it wa
 s a ghost\, and cried out\; for they all saw him\, and were terrified. But 
 immediately he spoke to them and said\, "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fea
 r." And he entered the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were ut
 terly astounded\, for they did not understand about the loaves\, but their 
 hearts were hardened. And when they had crossed over\, they came to land at
  Gennesaret.\n\n
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 ine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\, Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nTone One\nFourth Orthros Gospel\
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\n\
 nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under
  restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodia
 n until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that fai
 th has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you 
 are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized in
 to Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is nei
 ther slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all on
 e in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspri
 ng\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a 
 child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estat
 e\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father
 . So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spir
 its of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his 
 Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under
  the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 18:18-27\n\nAt that time\, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him\, "Good
  Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\
 , "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the comm
 andments: 'Do not commit adultery\, Do not kill\, Do not steal\, Do not bea
 r false witness\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said\, "All these
  I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it\, he said to him\,
  "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the
  poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." But w
 hen he heard this he became sad\, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at hi
 m said\, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of 
 God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than fo
 r a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said\, "Then 
 who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men is possible w
 ith God." \n \n\n
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 ts: Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\, Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\,
  Translation of the Holy Relics of Righteous Seraphim of Sarov\, Saint Theo
 dore\, Bishop of Edessa\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to 
 the Corinthians 10:28-33\; 11:1-8\n\nBrethren\, if some one says to you\, "
 This has been offered in sacrifice\," then out of consideration for the man
  who informed you\, and for conscience's sake - l mean his conscience\, not
  yours - do not eat it. For why should my liberty be determined by another 
 man's scruples? If I partake with thankfulness\, why am I denounced because
  of that for which I give thanks? So\, whether you eat or drink\, or whatev
 er you do\, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or to Greek
 s or to the church of God\, just as I try to please all men in everything I
  do\, not seeking my own advantage\, but that of many\, that they may be sa
 ved. Be imitators of me\, as I am of Christ. I commend you because you reme
 mber me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered 
 them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Chr
 ist\, the head of a woman is her husband\, and the head of Christ is God. A
 ny man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head\, b
 ut any woman who prays of prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her h
 ead - it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a woman will not ve
 il herself\, then she should cut off her hair\, but if it is disgraceful fo
 r a woman to be shorn or shaven\, let her wear a veil. For a man ought not 
 to cover his head\, since he is the image and glory of God\; but woman is t
 he glory of man. (For man was not made from woman\, but woman from man.)\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:24-28\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "If
  any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross a
 nd follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\, and whoever lo
 ses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man\, if h
 e gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in 
 return for his life? For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the g
 lory of his Father and then he will repay every man for what he has done. T
 ruly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste death
  before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."\n \n\n
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 sts: Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre\; Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Con
 stantinople\; Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes\; John of Smyrna the New Ma
 rtyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apo
 stles 19:1-8\nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed th
 rough the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
  And he said to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?"
  And they said\, "No\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit
 ." And he said\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John
 's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance\
 , telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him\, that
  is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord 
 Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on
  them\; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve
  of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke bo
 ldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Jo
 hn 14:1-11\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be troubl
 ed\; believe in God\, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are ma
 ny rooms\; if it were not so\, would I have told you that I go to prepare a
  place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you\, I will come aga
 in and will take you to myself\, that where I am you may be also. And you k
 now the way where I am going." Thomas said to him\, "Lord\, we do not know 
 where you are going\; how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him\, "I am t
 he way\, and the truth\, and the life\; no one comes to the Father\, but by
  me. If you had known me\, you would have known my Father also\; henceforth
  you know him and have seen him."\n\nPhilip said to him\, "Lord\, show us t
 he Father\, and we shall be satisfied." Jesus said to him\, "Have I been wi
 th you so long\, and yet you do not know me\, Philip? He who has seen me ha
 s seen the Father\; how can you say\, 'Show us the Father?' Do you not beli
 eve that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to y
 ou I do not speak on my own authority\; but the Father who dwells in me doe
 s his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, Rufus\, Asyncritu
 s\, Phlegon\, and Hermes\; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\; Celestine
 \, Pope of Rome\; The Holy New Martyr John the Ship-Builder who was martyre
 d in Kos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 58:1-11\nThus says
  the LORD: "Cry aloud\, spare not\, lift up your voice like a trumpet\; dec
 lare to my people their transgression\, to the house of Jacob their sins.  
 Yet they seek me daily\, and delight to know my ways\, as if they were a na
 tion that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God\
 ; they ask of me righteous judgments\, they delight to draw near to God.  '
 Why have we fasted\, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves\,
  and thou takest no knowledge of it?' Behold\, in the day of your fast you 
 seek your own pleasure\, and oppress all your workers.  Behold\, you fast o
 nly to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours
  this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.  Is such the fast t
 hat I choose\, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his hea
 d like a rush\, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call 
 this a fast\, and a day acceptable to the LORD?  \n\n "Is not this the fast
  that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness\, to undo the thongs of th
 e yoke\, to let the oppressed go free\, and to break every yoke?  Is it not
  to share your bread with the hungry\, and bring the homeless poor into you
 r house\; when you see the naked\, to cover him\, and not to hide yourself 
 from your own flesh?  Then shall your light break forth like the dawn\, and
  your healing shall spring up speedily\; your righteousness shall go before
  you\, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.  Then you shall call
 \, and the LORD will answer\; you shall cry\, and he will say\, "Here I am.
 " \n\n "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke\, the pointing of t
 he finger\, and speaking wickedness\, if you pour yourself out for the hung
 ry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted\, then shall your light rise in 
 the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.  And the LORD will guide you
  continually\, and satisfy your desire with good things\, and make your bon
 es strong\; and you shall be like a watered garden\, like a spring of water
 \, whose waters fail not.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 43:26-31\; 45:1
 -16\n When Joseph came home\, they brought into the house to him the presen
 t which they had with them\, and bowed down to him to the ground.  And he i
 nquired about their welfare\, and said\, "Is your father well\, the old man
  of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"  They said\, "Your servant our fath
 er is well\, he is still alive." And they bowed their heads and made obeisa
 nce.  And he lifted up his eyes\, and saw his brother Benjamin\, his mother
 's son\, and said\, "Is this your youngest brother\, of whom you spoke to m
 e? God be gracious to you\, my son!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for his hear
 t yearned for his brother\, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered h
 is chamber and wept there.  Then he washed his face and came out\; and cont
 rolling himself he said\, "Let food be served." \n\n (Chapter 45:1-16) Then
  Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him\; and h
 e cried\, "Make every one go out from me." So no one stayed with him when J
 oseph made himself known to his brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so that the 
 Egyptians heard it\, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.  And Joseph sai
 d to his brothers\, "I am Joseph\; is my father still alive?" But his broth
 ers could not answer him\, for they were dismayed at his presence.  So Jose
 ph said to his brothers\, "Come near to me\, I pray you." And they came nea
 r. And he said\, "I am your brother\, Joseph\, whom you sold into Egypt.  A
 nd now do not be distressed\, or angry with yourselves\, because you sold m
 e here\; for God sent me before you to preserve life.  For the famine has b
 een in the land these two years\; and there are yet five years in which the
 re will be neither plowing nor harvest.  And God sent me before you to pres
 erve for you a remnant on earth\, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
   So it was not you who sent me here\, but God\; and he has made me a fathe
 r to Pharaoh\, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egy
 pt.  Make haste and go up to my father and say to him\, 'Thus says your son
  Joseph\, God has made me lord of all Egypt\; come down to me\, do not tarr
 y\; you shall dwell in the land of Goshen\, and you shall be near me\, you 
 and your children and your children's children\, and your flocks\, your her
 ds\, and all that you have\; and there I will provide for you\, for there a
 re yet five years of famine to come\; lest you and your household\, and all
  that you have\, come to poverty.'  And now your eyes see\, and the eyes of
  my brother Benjamin see\, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.  You mus
 t tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt\, and of all that you have see
 n. Make haste and bring my father down here."  Then he fell upon his brothe
 r Benjamin's neck and wept\; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And he kisse
 d all his brothers and wept upon them\; and after that his brothers talked 
 with him.  When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's brother
 s have come\," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.\n\nOld Testament R
 eading: Proverbs 21:23-22:4\nHe who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps hi
 mself out of trouble.  "Scoffer" is the name of the proud\, haughty man who
  acts with arrogant pride.  The desire of the sluggard kills him for his ha
 nds refuse to labor.  All day long the wicked covets\, but the righteous gi
 ves and does not hold back.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination\
 ; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.  A false witness will p
 erish\, but the word of a man who hears will endure.  A wicked man puts on 
 a bold face\, but an upright man considers his ways.  No wisdom\, no unders
 tanding\, no counsel\, can avail against the LORD.  The horse is made ready
  for the day of battle\, but the victory belongs to the LORD.  A good name 
 is to be chosen rather than great riches\, and favor is better than silver 
 or gold.  The rich and the poor meet together\; the LORD is the maker of th
 em all.  A prudent man sees danger and hides himself\; but the simple go on
 \, and suffer for it.  The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is rich
 es and honor and life.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180918
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/17/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love\, Herakleides & M
 yron\, Bishops of Cyprus\, Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 1:22-23\; 2:1-3\n\nBrethren\, God h
 as put all things under his son's feet and has made him the head over all t
 hings for the church\, which is his body\, the fulness of him who fills all
  in all. And you he made alive\, when you were dead through the trespasses 
 and sins in which you once walked\, following the course of this world\, fo
 llowing the prince of the power of the air\, the spirit that is now at work
  in the sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions
  of our flesh\, following the desires of body and mind\, and so we were by 
 nature children of wrath\, like the rest of mankind.\n\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 3:19-22\n\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who had been reproved by
  John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, and for all the evil things that 
 Herod had done\, added this to them all\, that he shut up John in prison. N
 ow when all the people were baptized\, and when Jesus also had been baptize
 d and was praying\, the heaven was opened\, and the Holy Spirit descended u
 pon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a voice came from heaven\, "You ar
 e my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191008
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical38286efeb85c7b3ae4bd6b5df4499317
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/07/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\; Polychronios the Martyr
 \; Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\; John the Hermit of Crete\;
  Jonah of Manchuria\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 
 1:22-23\; 2:1-3\nBrethren\, God has put all things under his son's feet and
  has made him the head over all things for the church\, which is his body\,
  the fulness of him who fills all in all. And you he made alive\, when you 
 were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked\, follow
 ing the course of this world\, following the prince of the power of the air
 \, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among these 
 we all once lived in the passions of our flesh\, following the desires of b
 ody and mind\, and so we were by nature children of wrath\, like the rest o
 f mankind.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Phari
 sees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, 
 and took his place at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a s
 inner\, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, bro
 ught an alabaster flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\,
  weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with t
 he hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the oint
 ment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself
 \, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of w
 oman this is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answerin
 g said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you." And he answered\,
  "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed fiv
 e hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forga
 ve them both. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The 
 one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have 
 judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you s
 ee this woman? I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, bu
 t she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave
  me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my fee
 t. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with 
 ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\,
  for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he
  said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with 
 him began to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?"
  And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200521
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Wednesday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\; Mark the Her
 mit\; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan of Moscow\; Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to
  the Apostles\; John\, Joseph\, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 13:13-24\nI
 N THOSE DAYS\, Paul and his company set sail from Paphos\, and came to Perg
 a in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem\; but they pas
 sed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day th
 ey went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading of the law and t
 he prophets\, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them\, saying\, "Brethren
 \, if you have any word of exhortation for the people\, say it." So Paul st
 ood up\, and motioning with his hand said: "Men of Israel\, and you that fe
 ar God\, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made t
 he people great during their stay in the land of Egypt\, and with uplifted 
 arm he led them out of it. And for about forty years he bore with them in t
 he wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaa
 n\, he gave them their land as an inheritance\, for about four hundred and 
 fifty years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. T
 hen they asked for a king\; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish\, a man 
 of the tribe of Benjamin\, for forty years. And when he had removed him\, h
 e raised up David to be their king\; of whom he testified and said\, 'I hav
 e found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart\, who will do all my
  will.' Of this man's posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior\, Jesus\
 , as he promised. Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentan
 ce to all the people of Israel." \n\nGospel Reading: John 6:5-14\nAt that t
 ime\, Jesus\, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a multitude was coming to
  him\, said to Philip\, "How are we to buy bread\, so that these people may
  eat?" This he said to test him\, for he himself knew what he would do. Phi
 lip answered him\, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each
  of them to get a little." One of his disciples\, Andrew\, Simon Peter's br
 other\, said to him\, "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and t
 wo fish\; but what are they among so many?" Jesus said\, "Make the people s
 it down." Now there was much grass in the place\; so the men sat down\, in 
 number about five thousand. Jesus then took the loaves\, and when he had gi
 ven thanks\, he distributed them to those who were seated\; so also the fis
 h\, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill\, he told hi
 s disciples\, "Gather up the fragments left over\, that nothing may be lost
 ." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from t
 he five barley loaves\, left by those who had eaten. When the people saw th
 e sign which he had done\, they said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is t
 o come into the world!"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191213
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\; Holy New Martyr Peter the Al
 eut\; John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
  5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is fo
 und in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is plea
 sing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but in
 stead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they 
 do in secret\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible
 \, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awak
 e\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light."
  Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making 
 the most of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be fooli
 sh\, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with
  wine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing
  one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making m
 elody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe
  Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, 
 and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and
  kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly
 .  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sh
 eep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not
 \, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatc
 hes them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares no
 thing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own kno
 w me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my lif
 e for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I mu
 st bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flo
 ck\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180605
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/4/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, Mary & Martha\, 
 the sisters of Lazarus\, Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\, Petroc\
 , Abbot of Padstow\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethren\, it was fitting that
  we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separat
 ed from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those h
 igh priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then f
 or those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up himsel
 f.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but t
 he word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who ha
 s been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this:
  we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the th
 rone of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true te
 nt which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n  \n\nGospel Reading: John
  10:1-9\n\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs 
 in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by
  the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the s
 heep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out
 . When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep
  follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, bu
 t they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." T
 his figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was s
 aying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robber
 s\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by m
 e\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191116
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity Fast Begins\; Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confe
 ssors of Edessa\; Thomas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:10-18\nBrethren\, Ari
 starchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (c
 oncerning whom you have received instructions -- if he comes to you\, recei
 ve him)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the cir
 cumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and they have be
 en a comfort to me. Epaphras\, who is one of yourselves\, a servant of Chri
 st Jesus\, greets you\, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers\, t
 hat you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. For I be
 ar him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea an
 d in Hierapolis. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my gr
 eetings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and Nympha and the church in her hous
 e.  And when this letter has been read among you\, have it read also in the
  church of the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the letter from Laod
 icea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you h
 ave received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand.
  Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:1
 5-18\; 17:1-4\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "You are those w
 ho justify yourselves before men\, but God knows your hearts\; for what is 
 exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. The law and the pr
 ophets were until John\; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is 
 preached\, and every one enters it violently. But it is easier for heaven a
 nd earth to pass away\, than for one dot of the law to become void. Every o
 ne who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery\, and he who 
 marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery." \n\n And he sa
 id to his disciples\, "Temptations to sin are sure to come\; but woe to him
  by whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung rou
 nd his neck and he were cast into the sea\, than that he should cause one o
 f these little ones to sin. Take heed to yourselves\; if your brother sins\
 , rebuke him\, and if he repents\, forgive him\; and if he sins against you
  seven times in the day\, and turns to you seven times\, and says\, 'I repe
 nt\,' you must forgive him."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180926
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/25/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\, Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions 
 in Egypt\, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\, O
 ur Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\, Finbar the Confessor\, First Bish
 op of Cork\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:20-
 25\n\nBrethren\, always and for everything give thanks in the name of our L
 ord Jesus Christ to God the Father. Be subject to one another out of revere
 nce for Christ. Wives\, be subject to your husbands\, as to the Lord. For t
 he husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church\, hi
 s body\, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ\, so
  let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. Husbands\, love
  your wives\, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.\n\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 5:12-16\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was in one of the citi
 es\, and there came a man full of leprosy\; and when he saw Jesus\, he fell
  on his face and besought him\, "Lord\, if you will\, you can make me clean
 ." And he stretched out his hand\, and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be 
 clean." And immediately the leprosy left him. And he charged him to tell no
  one\; but "go and show yourself to the priest\, and make an offering for y
 our cleansing\, as Moses commanded\, for a proof to the people." But so muc
 h the more the report went abroad concerning him\; and great multitudes gat
 hered to hear and to be healed of their infirmities. But he withdrew to the
  wilderness and prayed.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/4/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\, Hilary the Wonderworker\, Euthemios\,
  Bishop of Madytos\, Athanasios\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Acts of the Apostles 3:11-16\n\nIn those days\, while the heale
 d lame man clung to Peter and John\, all the people ran together to them in
  the portico called Solomon's\, astounded. And when Peter saw it he address
 ed the people\, "Men of Israel\, why do you wonder at this\, or why do you 
 stare at us\, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? The
  God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob\, the God of our fathers\, glorif
 ied his servant Jesus\, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of
  Pilate\, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and R
 ighteous One\, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you\, and killed t
 he Author of life\, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses
 . And his name\, by faith in his name\, has made this man strong whom you s
 ee and know\; and the faith which is through him has given the man this per
 fect health in the presence of you all."\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\
 n\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea\; the
 re He remained with them and baptized.  John also was baptizing at Aenon ne
 ar Salim\, because there was much water there\; and people came and were ba
 ptized.  For John had not yet been put in prison.\n \nNow a discussion aros
 e between John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.  And they came to John
 \, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you beyond the Jordan\, to wh
 om you bore witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and all are going to him."  
 John answered\, "No one can receive anything except what is given him from 
 heaven.  You yourselves bear me witness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ
 \, but I have been sent before Him.  He who has the bride is the bridegroom
 \; the friend of the bridegroom\, who stands and hears him\, rejoices great
 ly at the bridegroom's voice\; therefore this joy of mine is now full.  He 
 must increase\, but I must decrease.\n \n"He who comes from above is above 
 all\; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth\, and of the earth he spe
 aks\; he who comes from heaven is above all.  He bears witness to what he h
 as seen and heard\, yet no one receives his testimony\; he who receives his
  testimony sets his seal to this\, that God is true."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191106
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/05/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa\; Patrobos\, Gaio
 s\, Hermas\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:1-3\; 7-11\nPaul\, an apostle of Chri
 st Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brother\, to the saints and fai
 thful brethren in Christ at Colossai: Grace to you and peace from God our F
 ather and the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God\, the Father of our Lord Jesu
 s Christ from the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth\, 
 as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithfu
 l minister of Christ on our behalf and has made known to us your love in th
 e Spirit. And so\, from the day we heard of it\, we have not ceased to pray
  for you asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in al
 l spiritual wisdom and understanding\, to lead a life worthy of the Lord\, 
 fully pleasing to him\, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in 
 the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power\, according to
  his glorious might\, for all endurance and patience with joy.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 12:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Who then is the faithful and wise st
 eward\, whom his master will set over his household\, to give them their po
 rtion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master w
 hen he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him ove
 r all his possessions. But if that servant says to himself\, 'My master is 
 delayed in coming\,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservant
 s\, and to eat and drink and get drunk\, the master of that servant will co
 me on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know\, a
 nd will punish him\, and put him with the unfaithful. And that servant who 
 knew his master's will\, but did not make ready or act according to his wil
 l\, shall receive a severe beating. But he who did not know\, and did what 
 deserved a beating\, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much 
 is given\, of him will much be required\; and of him to whom men commit muc
 h they will demand the more."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190802
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/1/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Procession of the Precious Cross\, The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, So
 lomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar Their Teacher\, Timothy the Wonderworker\
 , Archbishop of Priconissus\, Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 1
 2:1-2\n\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enfor
 ced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched ra
 ging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, 
 became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their d
 ead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that
  they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourg
 ing\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn i
 n two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went abo
 ut in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of w
 hom the world was not worthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains
  and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these\, though well attested b
 y their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen 
 something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfec
 t. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, l
 et us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and l
 et us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jes
 us the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:
 16-22\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep
  in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Bew
 are of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in the
 ir synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my s
 ake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you
  up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for w
 hat you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you wh
 o speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will 
 deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will 
 rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by 
 all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Elea
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191204
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/03/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\; Our Righteous Father John\, B
 ishop and Hesychast\; Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\; Theodore\, Archb
 ishop of Alexandria\; Angelis the New Martyr\; Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nFa
 st Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the T
 hessalonians 1:10-12\; 2:1-2\nBrethren\, our testimony to you was believed.
  To this end we always pray for you\, that our God may make you worthy of h
 is call\, and may fulfil every good resolve and work of faith by his power\
 , so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you\, and you in h
 im\, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nNow co
 ncerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him
 \, we beg you\, brethren\, not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited\, ei
 ther by spirit or by word\, or by letter purporting to be from us\, to the 
 effect that the day of Christ has come.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nT
 he Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on 
 you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, a
 nd you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This 
 will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds
 \, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth a
 nd wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or con
 tradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen 
 and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by
  all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your e
 ndurance you will gain your lives."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171120
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\, Martyrs Barlaam of Caesarea and Heliodorus\, Ant
 himos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Martyrs\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nGrave Tone\nSecond Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22\n\nBrethren\, Christ is 
 our peace\, who has made us both one\, and has broken down the dividing wal
 l of hostility\, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ord
 inances\, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two\,
  so making peace\, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through t
 he cross\, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And he came and preach
 ed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near\; for thr
 ough him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are n
 o longer strangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citizens with the sa
 ints and members of the household of God\, built upon the foundation of the
  apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone\, in wh
 om the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in t
 he Lord\; in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in
  the Spirit.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:16-21\n\nThe Lord said this parab
 le: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully\; and he thought to h
 imself\, 'What shall I do\, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he s
 aid\, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns\, and build larger ones\; 
 and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul
 \, 'Soul\, you have ample goods laid up for many years\; take your ease\, e
 at\, drink\, be merry.' But God said to him\, 'Fool! This night your soul i
 s required of you\; and the things you have prepared\, whose will they be?'
   So is he who lays up treasure for himself\, and is not rich toward God." 
 As he said these things\, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear\, let him 
 hear."       \n   \n\n
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SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:9th Sunday of Luke
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190115
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/14/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Agn
 es the Virgin-martyr\, Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\, The Holy Fath
 ers slain at Sinai and Raitho\, Nina of Georgia\, Plato the Hieromartyr\, B
 ishop of Tallini and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicho
 las\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:38-43\n\nIn those days\,
  Peter said to the people\, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the
  name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\; and you shall rece
 ive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your chil
 dren and to all that are far off\, every one whom the Lord our God calls to
  him." And he testified with many other words and exhorted them\, saying\, 
 "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who received his w
 ord were baptized\, and there were added that day about three thousand soul
 s. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship\, t
 o the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came upon every soul\; an
 d many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 4:1-15\n\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was led
  by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And
  he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. T
 he devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command this stone to b
 ecome bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live
  by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed him all the kingd
 oms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will giv
 e all this authority and their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, an
 d I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall
  all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worshi
 p the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n \nAnd he took him t
 o Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\,
  "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is wri
 tten\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On the
 ir hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
 '" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord you
 r God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he departed from h
 im until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit i
 nto Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through all the surround
 ing country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\
 n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190715
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/14/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\, Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor\
 , Archbishop of Thessalonica\, Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\, Jus
 tus the Martyr\, Peter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Meli
 ssourgeio Kissamos\n\nTone Three\nFourth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15\n\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure
 .  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that those who have believed
  in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excell
 ent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, 
 dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable and fut
 ile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\, 
 have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perverted 
 and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n \nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to y
 ou\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend 
 the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on th
 eir way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to apply th
 emselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be
  unfruitful.\n \nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who 
 love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 5:14-19\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the 
 world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and pu
 t it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the hou
 se.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works
  and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have com
 e to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but
  to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass aw
 ay\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accompli
 shed.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teac
 hes men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who do
 es them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n
 \n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180311
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/10/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\, Anastasia of Alexandria\, Micha
 el Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\n\nBrethren\, recall t
 he former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard strug
 gle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and afflict
 ion\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had comp
 assion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your 
 property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and a
 n abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a g
 reat reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will 
 of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the com
 ing one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by
  faith."\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus pas
 sed on\, he saw Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax office\, and he
  said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat at 
 table in his house\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesu
 s and his disciples\; for there were many who followed him. And the scribes
  of the Pharisees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax c
 ollectors\, said to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax collectors an
 d sinners?" And when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those who are well
  have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came not to call 
 the righteous\, but sinners."\n \n\n
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SUMMARY:Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170930
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/29/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\, Martyr Petronius\, Theophanes the Me
 rciful of Gaza\, Dionysios I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Malachi the Ne
 w Righteous Martyr of Lindos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Sp
 irit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\
 , gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who 
 belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desir
 es.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us hav
 e no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  
 Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual sh
 ould restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you to
 o be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Chris
 t.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\n\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a lev
 el place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of peo
 ple from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who c
 ame to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were tro
 ubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch h
 im\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up h
 is eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is t
 he Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be sati
 sfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are y
 ou when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast 
 out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\
 , and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190317
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/16/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\, Christodulus the Wonderworker of Patmos\, 
 Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\, Julian the Martyr\, Romanos the Hieromar
 tyr of Parium\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\n\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in t
 he grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before m
 any witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also
 . Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on servi
 ce gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the on
 e who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according 
 to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first shar
 e of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you underst
 anding in everything.\n \nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, des
 cended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am su
 ffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fet
 tered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they 
 also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through 
 the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck h
 eads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing 
 what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never 
 read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who
  were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high pr
 iest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any b
 ut the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And 
 he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\;
  so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n \nAgain he entered the s
 ynagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched h
 im\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might a
 ccuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."
   And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do ha
 rm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around
  at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the 
 man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 2/18/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\, Agapetus the Confessor\, Bishop of Sinai
 \, Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 1:20-21\; 2:1-9\n\nBelov
 ed\, first of all you must understand this\, that no prophecy of scripture 
 is a matter of one's own interpretation\, because no prophecy ever came by 
 the impulse of man\, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.\n \nB
 ut false prophets also arose among the people\, just as there will be false
  teachers among you\, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies\, eve
 n denying the Master who bought them\, bringing upon themselves swift destr
 uction.  And many will follow their licentiousness\, and because of them th
 e way of truth will be reviled.  And in their greed they will exploit you w
 ith false words\; from of old their condemnation has not been idle\, and th
 eir destruction has not been asleep.\n \nFor if God did not spare the angel
 s when they sinned\, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of 
 nether gloom to be kept until the judgment\; if he did not spare the ancien
 t world\, but preserved Noah\, a herald of righteousness\, with seven other
  persons\, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly\; if by tu
 rning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinc
 tion and made them an example to those who were to be ungodly\; and if he r
 escued righteous Lot\, greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the wick
 ed (for by what that righteous man saw and heard as he lived among them\, h
 e was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their lawless deeds)\,
  then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial\, and to keep the u
 nrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Mark 13:9-13\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Take heed to yourselves\
 ; for they will deliver you up to councils\; and you will be beaten in syna
 gogues\; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake\, to bea
 r testimony before them. And the gospel must first be preached to all natio
 ns. And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up\, do not be anxious
  beforehand what you are to say\; but say whatever is given you in that hou
 r\, for it is not you who speak\, but the Holy Spirit. And brother will del
 iver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will ris
 e against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all
  for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\, Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\, Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Fir
 st Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\n\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apos
 tles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become 
 a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's 
 sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You ar
 e held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and th
 irst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working w
 ith our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; 
 when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as t
 he refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write thi
 s to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For tho
 ugh you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For
  I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then
 \, be imitators of me.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\n\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Fol
 low me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Ph
 ilip found Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Mose
 s in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of J
 oseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" 
  Philip said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, 
 and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Na
 thanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before P
 hilip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanae
 l answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Isra
 el!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig
  tree\, do you believe?  You shall see greater things than these."  And he 
 said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, 
 and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Hesychius the Martyr\, Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas\, Andronikos & At
 hanasia the Martyrs\, Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\, Joach
 im of Vatopedi who was given the name Papoulakis\, Euthalia the Virgin-Mart
 yr of Sicily\, Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament
  Readings: Isaiah 7:1-14\n\nIn the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son of 
 Uzziah\, king of Judah\, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remal
 iah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it\, but th
 ey could not conquer it.  When the house of David was told\, "Syria is in l
 eague with Ephraim\," his heart and the heart of his people shook as the tr
 ees of the forest shake before the wind.  \n \nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah\
 , "Go forth to meet Ahaz\, you and Shearjashub your son\, at the end of the
  conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field\, and say t
 o him\, 'Take heed\, be quiet\, do not fear\, and do not let your heart be 
 faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce 
 anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Eph
 raim and the son of Remaliah\, has devised evil against you\, saying\,  "Le
 t us go up against Judah and terrify it\, and let us conquer it for ourselv
 es\, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it\," thus says t
 he Lord GOD: It shall not stand\, and it shall not come to pass.  For the h
 ead of Syria is Damascus\, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty
 -five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a
  people.)  And the head of Ephraim is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is 
 the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe\, surely you shall not be esta
 blished.'"  \n \nAgain the LORD spoke to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD yo
 ur God\; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I wi
 ll not ask\, and I will not put the LORD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear
  then\, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men\, that you 
 weary my God also?  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold
 \, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son\, and shall call his name Im
 manuel.\n\n\nGenesis 5:32-6:8\n\n After Noah was five hundred years old\, N
 oah became the father of Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men began to multi
 ply on the face of the ground\, and daughters were born to them\, the sons 
 of God saw that the daughters of men were fair\; and they took to wife such
  of them as they chose.  Then the LORD said\, "My spirit shall not abide in
  man for ever\, for he is flesh\, but his days shall be a hundred and twent
 y years."  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days\, and also afterwar
 d\, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men\, and they bore ch
 ildren to them. These were the mighty men that were of old\, the men of ren
 own.  \n \nThe LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth\,
  and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil cont
 inually.  And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth\, and it
  grieved him to his heart.  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out man whom I 
 have created from the face of the ground\, man and beast and creeping thing
 s and birds of the air\, for I am sorry that I have made them."  But Noah f
 ound favor in the eyes of the LORD.\n\n\nProverbs 6:20-7:1\n\nMy son\, keep
  your father's commandment\, and forsake not your mother's teaching.  Bind 
 them upon your heart always\; tie them about your neck.  When you walk\, th
 ey will lead you\; when you lie down\, they will watch over you\; and when 
 you awake\, they will talk with you.  For the commandment is a lamp and the
  teaching a light\, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life\, to
  preserve you from the evil woman\, from the smooth tongue of the adventure
 ss.  Do not desire her beauty in your heart\, and do not let her capture yo
 u with her eyelashes\; for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread\, but 
 an adulteress stalks a man's very life.  Can a man carry fire in his bosom 
 and his clothes not be burned?  Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet
  not be scorched?  So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife\; none who t
 ouches her will go unpunished.  Do not men despise a thief if he steals to 
 satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?  And if he is caught\, he will pay 
 sevenfold\; he will give all the goods of his house.  He who commits adulte
 ry has no sense\; he who does it destroys himself.  Wounds and dishonor wil
 l he get\, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.  For jealousy makes a m
 an furious\, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.  He will accept n
 o compensation\, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.  My son\, keep 
 my words and treasure up my commandments with you.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/21/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\, The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theogn
 is\, Agapius\, and Pistus\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Lette
 r to the Corinthians 16:4-12\n\nBrethren\, if it seems advisable that I sho
 uld go also\, they will accompany me. I will visit you after passing throug
 h Macedonia\, for I intend to pass through Macedonia\, and perhaps I will s
 tay with you or even spend the winter\, so that you may speed me on my jour
 ney\, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now just in passing\; I h
 ope to spend some time with you\, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in E
 phesos until Pentecost\, for a wide door for effective work has opened to m
 e\, and there are many adversaries. When Timothy comes\, see that you put h
 im at ease among you\, for he is doing the work of the Lord\, as I am. So l
 et no one despise him. Speed him on his way in peace\, that he may return t
 o me\; for I am expecting him with the brethren. As for our brother Apollos
 \, I strongly urge him to visit you with the other brethren\, but it was no
 t at all his will to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:13-21\n\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the moun
 tain\, and called to him those whom he desired\; and they came to him. And 
 he appointed twelve\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and hav
 e authority to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\; James the so
 n of Zebedee and John the brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, t
 hat is\, sons of thunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\
 , and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon th
 e Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home\; an
 d the crowd came together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when
  his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\
 , "He is beside himself."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr & Syncletiki and her two daughters\; Sebastia
 ne the Martyr\; Maglorious of Sark\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Philippians 1:20-27\nBrethren\, I shall not be at all ashamed\, but th
 at with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body\, whet
 her by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ\, and to die is gain. 
 If it is to be life in the flesh\, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet wh
 ich I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My des
 ire is to depart and be with Christ\, for that is far better. But to remain
  in the flesh is more necessary on your account. Convinced of this\, I know
  that I shall remain and continue with you all\, for your progress and joy 
 in the faith\, so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Je
 sus\, because of my coming to you again. Only let your manner of life be wo
 rthy of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:14-23\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus was casting out a demon that was dumb\; when the demon had gone o
 ut\, the dumb man spoke\, and the people marveled. But some of them said\, 
 "He casts out demons by Beelzebul\, the prince of demons"\; while others\, 
 to test him\, sought from him a sign from heaven. But he\, knowing their th
 oughts\, said to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste
 \, and a divided household falls. And if Satan also is divided against hims
 elf\, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Bee
 lzebul. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cast t
 hem out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the finger of
  God that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Wh
 en a strong man\, fully armed\, guards his own palace\, his goods are in pe
 ace\; but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him\, he take
 s away his armor in which he trusted\, and divides his spoil. He who is not
  with me is against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/25/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\,Third Findi
 ng of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\, Therapon the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Cyprus\, Memory of the Finding of the Holy Icon of Saint Demetr
 ios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer in Syria\, Aldhelm\, Bishop of Sher
 borne\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's S
 econd Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\n\nBrethren\, it is the God who said
 \, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give 
 the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n \nB
 ut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent
  power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but n
 ot crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not f
 orsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the
  death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our b
 odies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' 
 sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So
  death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n \nSince we have the same spiri
 t of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too bel
 ieve\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will rai
 se us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is a
 ll for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may 
 increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 1
 1:2-15\n\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of the C
 hrist\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who is 
 to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and 
 tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame
  walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\
 , and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes
  no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds 
 concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed
  shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft
  raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. What t
 hen did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a pr
 ophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger bef
 ore your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to yo
 u\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the 
 Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 
 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been 
 coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all the prophets
  and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept it\, 
 he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/18/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Holy Father John the Righteous\, disciple of St. Gregory of Decapolis\,
  Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia\, Cosmas\, Bishop of Calcydon\, John 
 the New Martyr of Epiros\, Athanasia the Wonderworker of Aegina\n\nFast Day
  (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 4:13-22\
 n\nIn those days\, when the Jews saw the boldness of Peter and John\, and p
 erceived that they were uneducated\, common men\, they wondered\; and they 
 recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man that had been 
 healed standing beside them\, they had nothing to say in opposition. But wh
 en they had commanded them to go aside out of the council\, they conferred 
 with one another\, saying\, "What shall we do with these men? For that a no
 table sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitan
 ts of Jerusalem\, and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may spread no
  further among the people\, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in
  this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at 
 all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them\, "Whether it is
  right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God\, you must j
 udge\; for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when th
 ey had further threatened them\, they let them go\, finding no way to punis
 h them\, because of the people\; for all men praised God for what had happe
 ned. For the man on whom the sign of healing was performed was more than fo
 rty years old.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:17-24\n\nThe Lord said to the Je
 ws who came to him: "My Father is working still\, and I am working." This w
 as why the Jews sought all the more to kill him\, because he not only broke
  the sabbath but also called God his own Father\, making himself equal with
  God.\n  \nJesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the Son can
  do nothing of his own accord\, but only what he sees the Father doing\; fo
 r whatever he does\, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the S
 on\, and shows him all that he himself is doing\; and greater works than th
 ese he will show him\, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the de
 ad and gives them life\, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Fa
 ther judges no one\, but has given all judgment to the Son\, that all may h
 onor the Son\, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son
  does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he 
 who hears my word and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he does
  not come into judgment\, but has passed from death to life."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/22/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\, Holy Martyr Anthuse\, Athanasios the Hier
 omartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy L
 ady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, The Synaxis of the Icon of the Mot
 her of God of Prusa\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second 
 Letter to the Corinthians 9:12-15\; 10:1-7\n\nBrethren\, the rendering of t
 his service not only supplies the wants of the saints but also overflows in
  many thanksgivings to God. Under the test of this service\, you will glori
 fy God by your obedience in acknowledging the gospel of Christ\, and by the
  generosity of your contribution for them and for all others\; while they l
 ong for you and pray for you\, because of the surpassing grace of God in yo
 u. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!\n \nI\, Paul\, myself entre
 at you\, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ - I who am humble when fa
 ce to face with you\, but bold to you when I am away! - I beg of you that w
 hen I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I 
 count on showing against some who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion. 
 For though we live in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war\, for 
 the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy
  strongholds. We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledg
 e of God\, and take every thought captive to obey Christ\, being ready to p
 unish every disobedience\, when your obedience is complete.\n \nLook at wha
 t is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ's\, let hi
 m remind himself that as he is Christ's\, so are we.\n\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 3:20-27\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a home\, and the crowd came tog
 ether again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it
 \, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is beside hims
 elf." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said\, "He is possessed 
 by Beelzebul\, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." And he
  called them to him\, and said to them in parables\, "How can Satan cast ou
 t Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself\, that kingdom cannot stand
 . And if a house is divided against itself\, that house will not be able to
  stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided\, he canno
 t stand\, but is coming to an end. But no one can enter a strong man's hous
 e and plunder his goods\, unless he first binds the strong man\; then indee
 d he may plunder his house."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\; G
 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\; Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalon
 ians 2:1-8\nBrethren\, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not in
  vain\; but though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at P
 hilippi\, as you know\, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gos
 pel of God in the face of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring 
 from error or uncleanness\, nor is it made with guile\; but just as we have
  been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel\, so we speak\, not t
 o please men\, but to please God who tests our hearts. For we never used ei
 ther words of flattery\, as you know\, or a cloak for greed\, as God is wit
 ness\; nor did we seek glory from men\, whether from you or from others\, t
 hough we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle 
 among you\, like a nurse taking care of her children. So\, being affectiona
 tely desirous of you\, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel 
 of God but also our very own selves\, because you had become very dear to u
 s.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:15-17\, 26-30\nAt that time\, they were bring
 ing infants to Jesus that he might touch them\; and when the disciples saw 
 it\, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him\, saying\, "Let the ch
 ildren come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kingdo
 m of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not receive the kingdom of Go
 d like a child shall not enter it."\n\nThose who heard it said\, "Then who 
 can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men is possible with 
 God." And Peter said\, "Lo\, we have left our homes and followed you." And 
 he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no man who has left hous
 e or wife or brothers or parents or children\, for the sake of the kingdom 
 of God\, who will not receive manifold more in this time\, and in the age t
 o come eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost\; Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; 3 Virg
 in-martyrs of Chios\; 5 Nuns beheaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Marth
 a\, Mary\, & Enmatha\; Righteous Father Columba of Iona\; Righteous Father 
 Cyril of Belozersk\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Romans 1:1-7\, 13-17\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an 
 apostle\, set apart for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand thro
 ugh his prophets in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, w
 ho was descended from David according to the flesh and designated Son of Go
 d in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the
  dead\, Jesus Christ our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apo
 stleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name amo
 ng all the nations\, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus
  Christ\; To all God's beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace
  to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you
  to know\, brethren\, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus f
 ar have been prevented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you a
 s well as among the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Gre
 eks and to barbarians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager 
 to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of t
 he gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\
 , to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of Go
 d is revealed through faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous s
 hall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preach
 ing the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity
  among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they broug
 ht him all the sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, dem
 oniacs\, epileptics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds
  followed him from Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and fr
 om beyond the Jordan.\n\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, a
 nd when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and 
 taught them\, saying:\n\n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is th
 e kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be co
 mforted.\n\n"Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n"B
 lessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall b
 e satisfied.\n\n"Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n\
 n"Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n\n"Blessed are t
 he peacemakers\, for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n"Blessed are thos
 e who are persecuted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of
  heaven.\n\n"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utte
 r all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\
 , for your reward is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets w
 ho were before you.\n\n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has los
 t its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for 
 anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/10/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Menas\, Hermogenes\, and Eugraphus\, Thomas the Right
 eous of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Hebrews 3:5-11\, 17-19\n\nBrethren\, Moses was faithful in 
 all God's house as a servant\, to testify to the things that were to be spo
 ken later\, but Christ was faithful over his house as a son. And we are his
  house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope firm to the end
 . Therefore\, as the Holy Spirit says\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, 
 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion\, on the day of testing in th
 e wilderness\, where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for f
 orty years. Therefore I was provoked with that generation\, and said\, 'The
 y always go astray in their hearts\; they have not known my ways.' As I swo
 re in my wrath\, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And with whom was he pr
 ovoked forty years? Was it not with those who sinned\, whose bodies fell in
  the wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his 
 rest\, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable t
 o enter because of unbelief.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:11-21\n\nAt that t
 ime\, the Pharisees came to Jesus and began to argue with him\, seeking fro
 m him a sign from heaven\, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit\
 , and said\, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly\, I say to you\, 
 no sign shall be given to this generation." And he left them\, and getting 
 into the boat again he departed to the other side. Now they had forgotten t
 o bring bread\; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he ca
 utioned them\, saying\, "Take heed\, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees 
 and the leaven of Herod." And they discussed it with one another\, saying\,
  "We have no bread." And being aware of it\, Jesus said to them\, "Why do y
 ou discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or unde
 rstand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see\, and having e
 ars do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves 
 for the five thousand\, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take
  up?" They said to him\, "Twelve." "And the seven for the four thousand\, h
 ow many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to hi
 m\, "Seven." And he said to them\, "Do you not yet understand?"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/13/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\, Theodosios the Martyr\, Zoilos th
 e Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulati
 ons for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the out
 er one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Pre
 sence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent
  called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark
  of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden 
 urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the
  covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy sea
 t. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having
  thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performi
 ng their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, an
 d he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for him
 self and for the errors of the people.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 
 56\n\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\
 , to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted E
 lizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped i
 n her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaime
 d with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit
  of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord shou
 ld come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears
 \, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that
  there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n \
 n And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in G
 od my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For be
 hold\, henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is migh
 ty has done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained 
 with her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples\; Anatolios & Pr
 otoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George\; Luke the New
  Martyr of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 14:24-3
 2\n The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, and 
 as I have purposed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian in 
 my land\, and upon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke shall
  depart from them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the purpo
 se that is purposed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand that 
 is stretched out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purposed\
 , and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn it b
 ack?  In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, O P
 hilistia\, all of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for from t
 he serpent's root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a flying
  serpent.  And the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie dow
 n in safety\; but I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I wi
 ll slay.  Wail\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, all o
 f you! For smoke comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in his 
 ranks."  What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has f
 ounded Zion\, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Genesis 8:21-9:7\n And when the LORD smelled the pleasing
  odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground b
 ecause of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\;
  neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.  W
 hile the earth remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer and 
 winter\, day and night\, shall not cease."  \n\n And God blessed Noah and h
 is sons\, and said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth
 .  The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the ea
 rth\, and upon every bird of the air\, upon everything that creeps on the g
 round and all the fish of the sea\; into your hand they are delivered.  Eve
 ry moving thing that lives shall be food for you\; and as I gave you the gr
 een plants\, I give you everything.  Only you shall not eat flesh with its 
 life\, that is\, its blood.  For your lifeblood I will surely require a rec
 koning\; of every beast I will require it and of man\; of every man's broth
 er I will require the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by man
  shall his blood be shed\; for God made man in his own image.  And you\, be
  fruitful and multiply\, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply i
 n it."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 11:19-12:6\nHe who is steadfast i
 n righteousness will live\, but he who pursues evil will die.  Men of perve
 rse mind are an abomination to the LORD\, but those of blameless ways are h
 is delight.  Be assured\, an evil man will not go unpunished\, but those wh
 o are righteous will be delivered.  Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is 
 a beautiful woman without discretion.  The desire of the righteous ends onl
 y in good\; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.  One man gives freely\,
  yet grows all the richer\; another withholds what he should give\, and onl
 y suffers want.  A liberal man will be enriched\, and one who waters will h
 imself be watered.  The people curse him who holds back grain\, but a bless
 ing is on the head of him who sells it.  He who diligently seeks good seeks
  favor\, but evil comes to him who searches for it.  He who trusts in his r
 iches will wither\, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.  He 
 who troubles his household will inherit wind\, and the fool will be servant
  to the wise.  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life\, but lawlessne
 ss takes away lives.  If the righteous is requited on earth\, how much more
  the wicked and the sinner!  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge\, but
  he who hates reproof is stupid.  A good man obtains favor from the LORD\, 
 but a man of evil devices he condemns.  A man is not established by wickedn
 ess\, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.  A good wife is th
 e crown of her husband\, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his
  bones.  The thoughts of the righteous are just\; the counsels of the wicke
 d are treacherous.  The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood\, but the
  mouth of the upright delivers men.\n\n
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 s: Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monastery\, Bessarion the Wonderworker of 
 Egypt\, 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\, Mary\, Cyris\, Valeria & Marcia\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:13-25\
 n\nBrethren\, the promise to Abraham and his descendants\, that they should
  inherit the world\, did not come through the law but through the righteous
 ness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs\, 
 faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath\, but where
  there is no law there is no transgression. That is why it depends on faith
 \, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his
  descendants -- not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who 
 share the faith of Abraham\, for he is the father of us all\, as it is writ
 ten\, "I have made you the father of many nations" -- in the presence of th
 e God in whom he believed\, who gives life to the dead and calls into exist
 ence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed against hope\, that 
 he should become the father of many nations\; as he had been told\, "So sha
 ll your descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his 
 own body\, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years o
 ld\, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made
  him waver concerning the promise of God\, but he grew strong in his faith 
 as he gave glory to God\, fully convinced that God was able to do what he h
 ad promised. That is why his faith was "reckoned to him as righteousness." 
 But the words\, "it was reckoned to him\," were written not for his sake al
 one\, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him that 
 raised from the dead Jesus our Lord\, who was put to death for our trespass
 es and raised for our justification.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:21-23\n
 \nThe Lord said\, "Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall ent
 er the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my Father who is in 
 heaven. On that day many will say to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\, did we not prophes
 y in your name\, and cast out demons in your name\, and do many mighty work
 s in your name?' And then will I declare to them\, 'I never knew you\; depa
 rt from me\, you evildoers.'"\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)\; Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop 
 of Smyrna\; Proterios\, Archbishop of Alexandria\; Gorgonia the Righteous\,
  sister of Gregory the Theologian\; Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\; 
 Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWh
 en Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to Mar
 y Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told those 
 who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard that
  he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfte
 r this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking in
 to the country.  And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not be
 lieve them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat a
 t table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, 
 because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And he
  said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole c
 reation.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does n
 ot believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who bel
 ieve:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongue
 s\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it wi
 ll not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will re
 cover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken
  up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went for
 th and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed 
 the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to the Corinthians 8:8-13\; 9:1-2\nBrethren\, food will 
 not commend us to God.  We are no worse off if we do not eat\, and no bette
 r off if we do.  Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a
  stumbling block to the weak.  For if any one sees you\, a man of knowledge
 \, at table in an idol's temple\, might he not be encouraged\, if his consc
 ience is weak\, to eat food offered to idols?  And so by your knowledge thi
 s weak man is destroyed\, the brother for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sinning
  against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak\, you 
 sin against Christ.  Therefore\, if food is a cause of my brother's falling
 \, I will never eat meat\, lest I cause my brother to fall.\n\nAm I not fre
 e?  Am I not an apostle?  Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?  Are not you my w
 orkmanship in the Lord?  If to others I am not an apostle\, at least I am t
 o you\; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. \n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 25:31-46\nThe Lord said\, "When the Son of man comes in his gl
 ory and all the holy angels with him\, then he will sit on his glorious thr
 one.  Before him will be gathered all the nations\, and he will separate th
 em one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats\, and 
 he will place the sheep at his right hand\, but the goats at the left.  The
 n the king will say to those at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my Fa
 ther\, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the worl
 d\; for I was hungry and you gave me food\, I was thirsty and you gave me d
 rink\, I was a stranger and you welcomed me\, I was naked and you clothed m
 e\, I was sick and you visited me\, I was in prison and you came to me.'  T
 hen the righteous will answer him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry and 
 feed you\, or thirsty and give you drink?  And when did we see you a strang
 er and welcome you\, or naked and clothe you?  And when did we see you sick
  or in prison and visit you?'  And the King will answer them\, 'Truly\, I s
 ay to you\, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren\, you di
 d it to me.'  Then he will say to those at his left hand\, 'Depart from me\
 , you cursed\, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels\
 ; for I was hungry and you gave me no food\, I was thirsty and you gave me 
 no drink\, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me\, naked and you did 
 not clothe me\, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'  Then they al
 so will answer\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a strange
 r or naked or sick or in prison\, and did not minister to you?'  Then he wi
 ll answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it not to one of the le
 ast of these\, you did it not to me.'  And they will go away into eternal p
 unishment\, but the righteous into eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura
 \; Peter the Wonderworker\; Xenia of Kalamata the Great Martyr\; Father The
 odosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\; Ahmet the Calligrapher & Martyr\; The
 ophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\; Oikoumenios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of T
 rikka\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week\
 , at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spices which they
  had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but wh
 en they went in they did not find the body.  While they were perplexed abou
 t this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they w
 ere frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\,
  "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how he told you\, wh
 ile he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be delivered in to t
 he hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise."  An
 d they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb they told all thi
 s to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and Joann
 a and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this 
 to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they di
 d not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and lo
 oking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wonderi
 ng at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7\nIn
  those days\, when the disciples were increasing in number\, the Hellenists
  murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the da
 ily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and sai
 d\, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to se
 rve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick out from among you seven men of goo
 d repute\, full of the Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this d
 uty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word
 ." And what they said pleased the whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\
 , a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\,
  and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Ant
 ioch. These they set before the apostles\, and they prayed and laid their h
 ands upon them. And the word of God increased\; and the number of the disci
 ples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the priests were
  obedient to the faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:43-47\; 16:1-8\nAt that 
 time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected member of the council\, who was al
 so himself looking for the kingdom of God\, took courage and went to Pilate
 \, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already 
 dead\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked him whether he was already de
 ad. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead\, he granted th
 e body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud\, and taking him down\, wrap
 ped him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn ou
 t of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Ma
 gdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.\n\nAnd when the
  sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Sal
 ome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early 
 on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. 
 And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us 
 from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone was ro
 lled back\; for it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a young
  man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were am
 azed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\
 , who was crucified. He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where th
 ey laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before 
 you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you." And they went ou
 t and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon the
 m\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\n
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 ts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\, Maximus the Confessor\, Our Righteous
  Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\, Dorotheus\, Abba of G
 aza\, Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Fi
 rst Letter to the Corinthians 12:12-26\n\nBrethren\, just as the body is on
 e and has many members\, and all the members of the body\, though many\, ar
 e one body\, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized i
 nto one body - Jews or Greeks\, slaves or free - and all were made to drink
  of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If
  the foot should say\, "because I am not a hand\, I do not belong to the bo
 dy\," that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body
  were an eye\, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear\, 
 where would be the sense of smell? But as it is\, God arranged the organs i
 n the body\, each one of them\, as he chose. If all were a single organ\, w
 here would the body be? As it is\, there are many parts\, yet one body. The
  eye cannot say to the hand\, "I have no need of you\," nor again the head 
 to the feet\, "I have no need of you." On the contrary\, the parts of the b
 ody which seem to be weaker are indispensable\, and those parts of the body
  which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor\, and our u
 npresentable parts are treated with greater modesty\, which our presentable
  parts do not require. But God has so composed the body\, giving the greate
 r honor to the inferior part\, that there may be no discord in the body\, b
 ut that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member s
 uffers\, all suffer together\; if one member is honored\, all rejoice toget
 her.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13-15\n\nThe Lord said
  to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shal
 l be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in h
 eaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything the
 y ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or t
 hree are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n \nThen P
 eter came up and said to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my brother sin again
 st me\, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him\, "I 
 do not say to you seven times\, but seventy times seven."\n \nNow when Jesu
 s had finished these sayings\, he went away from Galilee and entered the re
 gion of Judea beyond the Jordan\; and large crowds followed him\, and he he
 aled them there.\n \nThen children were brought to him that he might lay hi
 s hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people\; but Jesus said
 \, "Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belo
 ngs the kingdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them and went away.\n 
 \n\n
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 ts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\, Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra\, Joh
 n the Hieromartyr\n\nTone One\nFirst Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\n\nBrethren\, it is the G
 od who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hear
 ts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Ch
 rist.\n \nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the t
 ranscendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every 
 way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\
 , but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in t
 he body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifest
 ed in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death 
 for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal
  flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n \nSince we have the
  same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\,"
  we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jes
 us will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  
 For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more peo
 ple it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 17:12-19\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered a village\, he was met b
 y ten lepers\, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said:
   "Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us."  When he saw them he said to them\, 
 "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleanse
 d.  Then one of them\, when he saw that he was healed\, turned back\, prais
 ing God with a loud voice\; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet\, givin
 g him thanks.  Now he was a Samaritan.  Then said Jesus: "Were not ten clea
 nsed? Where are the nine?  Was no one found to return and give praise to Go
 d except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Rise and go your way\; your 
 faith has made you well."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/26/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: David the Righteous of Thessalonika\, Appearance of the Icon of Our Mos
 t Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 14:9-18\n\nBrethren\, to this en
 d Christ died and lived again\, that he might be Lord both of the dead and 
 of the living. Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you\, why do yo
 u despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of 
 God\; for it is written. "As I live\, says the Lord\, every knee shall bow 
 to me\, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So each of us shall giv
 e account of himself to God. Then let us no more pass judgment on one anoth
 er\, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the w
 ay of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is 
 unclean in itself\; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean. If
  your brother is being injured by what you eat\, you are no longer walking 
 in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died
 . So do not let your good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is n
 ot food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit\; 
 he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 12:14-16\; 22-30\n\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took
  counsel against Jesus\, how to destroy him. Jesus\, aware of this\, withdr
 ew from there. And many followed him\, and he healed them all\, and ordered
  them not to make him known.\n \nThen a blind and dumb demoniac was brought
  to him\, and he healed him\, so that the dumb man spoke and saw. And all t
 he people were amazed\, and said\, "Can this be the Son of David?" But when
  the Pharisees heard it they said\, "It is only by Beelzebul\, the prince o
 f demons\, that this man casts out demons." Knowing their thoughts\, he sai
 d to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste\, and no ci
 ty or house divided against itself will stand\; and if Satan casts out Sata
 n\, he is divided against himself\; how then will his kingdom stand? And if
  I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cast them out? There
 fore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I ca
 st out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can one e
 nter a strong man's house and plunder his goods\, unless he first binds the
  strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. He who is not with me is
  against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters."\n\n\n
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 sts: Sunday after Epiphany\; Tatiana the Martyr of Rome\; Martyr Mertios\; 
 Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Basil an
 d John the Hieromartyrs\; Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\; Peter of Absalom\; B
 enedict\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood 
 weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tom
 b\; and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had l
 ain\, one at the head and one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why
  are you weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lor
 d\, and I do not know where they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned 
 round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jes
 us said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposin
 g Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him
  away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus
  said to her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (
 which means Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not
  yet ascended to the Father\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am 
 ascending to my Father and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Mag
 dalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she to
 ld them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us 
 according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he 
 ascended on high he led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in
  saying\, "He ascended\," what does it mean but that he had also descended 
 into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended
  far above all the heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts 
 were that some should be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some
  pastors and teachers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for 
 building up the body of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the fa
 ith and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the mea
 sure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4
 :12-17\nAt that time\, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested\, he wi
 thdrew into Galilee\; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum b
 y the sea\, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, that what was spoken
  by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the lan
 d of Naphtali\, toward the sea\, across the Jordan\, Galilee of the Gentile
 s\, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light\, and for those 
 who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."  From that tim
 e Jesus began to preach\, saying\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is a
 t hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\, Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19\n\nBrethren\, I would have you know that 
 the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not rece
 ive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of
  Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I pers
 ecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced
  in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealou
 s was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart 
 before I was born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to re
 veal his Son to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, 
 I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to tho
 se who were apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I 
 returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visi
 t Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other 
 apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:5
 4-58\n\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own country\, and taught the peopl
 e in their synagogue so that they were astonished\, and said\, "Where did t
 his man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's
  son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Jos
 eph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then di
 d this man get all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to t
 hem\, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his 
 own house." And he did not do many mighty works there\, because of their un
 belief.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\; Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\; Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\; John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\; Righteous Philotheus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Lett
 er to the Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also re
 ap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each
  one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsi
 on\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with ev
 ery blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enough of everythin
 g and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is written\, "He 
 scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever
 ." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and mul
 tiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You wi
 ll be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which through us will pr
 oduce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:22-24\nThe Lord said\
 , "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who
  the Son is except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son and any
  one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples 
 he said privately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tel
 l you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and did no
 t see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it."\n\n
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 ts: The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\, Demetrios the New Martyr\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 5:7-16\n\nThus says the Lord:
  For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men
  of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behol
 d\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!  Woe to those who j
 oin house to house\, who add field to field\, until there is no more room\,
  and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.  The LORD of hos
 ts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many houses shall be desolate\, large a
 nd beautiful houses\, without inhabitant.  For ten acres of vineyard shall 
 yield but one bath\, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."  Woe to
  those who rise early in the morning\, that they may run after strong drink
 \, who tarry late into the evening till wine inflames them!  They have lyre
  and harp\, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts\; but they do not re
 gard the deeds of the LORD\, or see the work of his hands.  Therefore my pe
 ople go into exile for want of knowledge\; their honored men are dying of h
 unger\, and their multitude is parched with thirst.  Therefore Sheol has en
 larged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure\, and the nobility 
 of Jerusalem and her multitude go down\, her throng and he who exults in he
 r.  Man is bowed down\, and men are brought low\, and the eyes of the haugh
 ty are humbled.  But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy
  God shows himself holy in righteousness.\n\n\nGenesis 4:8-15\n\n Cain said
  to Abel his brother\, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in 
 the field\, Cain rose up against his brother Abel\, and killed him.  Then t
 he LORD said to Cain\, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do not kn
 ow\; am I my brother's keeper?"  And the LORD said\, "What have you done? T
 he voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.  And now 
 you are cursed from the ground\, which has opened its mouth to receive your
  brother's blood from your hand.  When you till the ground\, it shall no lo
 nger yield to you its strength\; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on 
 the earth."  Cain said to the LORD\, "My punishment is greater than I can b
 ear.  Behold\, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground\; and from
  thy face I shall be hidden\; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on t
 he earth\, and whoever finds me will slay me."  Then the LORD said to him\,
  "Not so! If any one slays Cain\, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold
 ." And the LORD put a mark on Cain\, lest any who came upon him should kill
  him.\n   \n\nProverbs 5:1-15\n\nMy son\, be attentive to my wisdom\, incli
 ne your ear to my understanding\; that you may keep discretion\, and your l
 ips may guard knowledge.  For the lips of a loose woman drip honey\, and he
 r speech is smoother than oil\; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood\, 
 sharp as a two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death\; her steps follow t
 he path to Sheol\; she does not take heed to the path of life\; her ways wa
 nder\, and she does not know it.\n   \nAnd now\, O sons\, listen to me\, an
 d do not depart from the words of my mouth.  Keep your way far from her\, a
 nd do not go near the door of her house\; lest you give your honor to other
 s and your years to the merciless\; lest strangers take their fill of your 
 strength\, and your labors go to the house of an alien\; and at the end of 
 your life you groan\, when your flesh and body are consumed\, and you say\,
  "How I hated discipline\, and my heart despised reproof!  I did not listen
  to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.  I was at
  the point of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."  Drink water from 
 your own cistern\, flowing water from your own well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/28/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Ephraim the Syrian\, Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\, James the R
 ighteous\, Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\, Theodosius of Totma\, Grace th
 e Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26
 \; 6:1-2\n\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, pati
 ence\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; aga
 inst such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have cruci
 fied the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, l
 et us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking 
 of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken 
 in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of g
 entleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's
  burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17
 -23\n\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of 
 his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem 
 and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed 
 of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were c
 ured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from hi
 m and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and sa
 id: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are y
 ou that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep
  now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when t
 hey exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on accoun
 t of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\,
  your reward is great in heaven."\n\n\n
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 sts: Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricum\, and his mother Ant
 hia\, The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:8-18\n\nTIMOTHY
 \, my son\, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me hi
 s prisoner\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God\, wh
 o saved us and called us with a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works b
 ut in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Je
 sus ages ago\, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior C
 hrist Jesus\, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light
  through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle
  and teacher\, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I
  know whom I have believed\, and I am sure that he is able to guard until t
 hat Day what has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound word
 s which you have heard from me\, in the faith and love which are in Christ 
 Jesus\; guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit w
 ho dwells within us.\n\nYou are aware that all who are in Asia turned away 
 from me\, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy 
 to the household of Onesiphoros\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not as
 hamed of my chains\, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly
  and found me -  may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that
  Day and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.\n \n\nGospel
  Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through th
 e grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck hea
 ds of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing wh
 at is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never re
 ad what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who w
 ere with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high prie
 st\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but
  the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And he
  said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\; s
 o the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n \nAgain he entered the syn
 agogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched him
 \, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might acc
 use him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."  
 And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm
 \, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around a
 t them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the ma
 n\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n \n\n
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 sts: Menas of Egypt\, Victor and Stephanie\, Theodore the Studite\, Holy Ma
 rtyr Vincent\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corint
 hians 4:6-15\n\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of
  darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge
  of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n \nBut we have this treasure i
 n earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and 
 not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, b
 ut not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, bu
 t not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that 
 the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live 
 we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of
  Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, 
 but life in you.\n \nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who w
 rote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, k
 nowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and 
 bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that
  as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to
  the glory of God.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:37-43\n\nAt that time\, as J
 esus had come down from the mountain\, a great crowd met him. And behold\, 
 a man from the crowd cried\, "Teacher\, I beg you to look upon my son\, for
  he is my only child\; and behold\, a spirit seizes him\, and he suddenly c
 ries out\; it convulses him till he foams\, and shatters him\, and will har
 dly leave him. And I begged your disciples to cast it out\, but they could 
 not." Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I
  to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." While he was comin
 g the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spiri
 t\, and healed the boy\, and gave him back to his father. And all were asto
 nished at the majesty of God.\n  \n\n
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 sts: Theophanes the Confessor\; Symeon the New Theologian\; Gregory Dialogo
 s\, Bishop of Rome\; Phineas\, grandson of Prophet Aaron\; Paul Aurelian\, 
 Bishop of Brittany\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 6:1-12\n
 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, hi
 gh and lifted up\; and his train filled the temple.  Above him stood the se
 raphim\; each had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and with two he
  covered his feet\, and with two he flew.  And one called to another and sa
 id: "Holy\, holy\, holy is the LORD of hosts\; the whole earth is full of h
 is glory."  And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him
  who called\, and the house was filled with smoke.  And I said: "Woe is me!
  For I am lost\; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the midst 
 of a people of unclean lips\; for my eyes have seen the King\, the LORD of 
 hosts!"  Then flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burning
  coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.  And he touched my mout
 h\, and said: "Behold\, this has touched your lips\; your guilt is taken aw
 ay\, and your sin forgiven."  And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, "W
 hom shall I send\, and who will go for us?" Then I said\, "Here am I! Send 
 me."  And he said\, "Go\, and say to this people: 'Hear and hear\, but do n
 ot understand\; see and see\, but do not perceive.'  Make the heart of this
  people fat\, and their ears heavy\, and shut their eyes\; lest they see wi
 th their eyes\, and hear with their ears\, and understand with their hearts
 \, and turn and be healed."  Then I said\, "How long\, O Lord?" And he said
 : "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant\, and houses without men\, and
  the land is utterly desolate\, and the LORD removes men far away\, and the
  forsaken places are many in the midst of the land."\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Genesis 5:1-24\n This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God 
 created man\, he made him in the likeness of God.  Male and female he creat
 ed them\, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.  W
 hen Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years\, he became the father of a s
 on in his own likeness\, after his image\, and named him Seth.  The days of
  Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years\; and he 
 had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine 
 hundred and thirty years\; and he died.  \n\n When Seth had lived a hundred
  and five years\, he became the father of Enosh.  Seth lived after the birt
 h of Enosh eight hundred and seven years\, and had other sons and daughters
 .  Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years\; and he di
 ed.  \n\n When Enosh had lived ninety years\, he became the father of Kenan
 .  Enosh lived after the birth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years\, a
 nd had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hund
 red and five years\; and he died.  \n\n When Kenan had lived seventy years\
 , he became the father of Mahalalel.  Kenan lived after the birth of Mahala
 lel eight hundred and forty years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus
  all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years\; and he died.  \n\n
  When Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Jared.
   Mahalalel lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years\,
  and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eig
 ht hundred and ninety-five years\; and he died.  \n\n When Jared had lived 
 a hundred and sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch.  Jared lived a
 fter the birth of Enoch eight hundred years\, and had other sons and daught
 ers.  Thus all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years\; an
 d he died.  When Enoch had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of
  Methuselah.  Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hun
 dred years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enoch 
 were three hundred and sixty-five years.  Enoch walked with God\; and he wa
 s not\, for God took him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:3-20\nThen d
 o this\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor'
 s power: go\, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.  Give your eyes no slee
 p and your eyelids no slumber\; save yourself like a gazelle from the hunte
 r\, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.\n\n  Go to the ant\, O sluggar
 d\; consider her ways\, and be wise.  Without having any chief\, officer or
  ruler\, she prepares her food in summer\, and gathers her sustenance in ha
 rvest.  How long will you lie there\, O sluggard? When will you arise from 
 your sleep?  A little sleep\, a little slumber\, a little folding of the ha
 nds to rest\, and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond\, and want lik
 e an armed man.  A worthless person\, a wicked man\, goes about with crooke
 d speech\, winks with his eyes\, scrapes with his feet\, points with his fi
 nger\, with perverted heart devises evil\, continually sowing discord\; the
 refore calamity will come upon him suddenly\; in a moment he will be broken
  beyond healing.\n\n  There are six things which the LORD hates\, seven whi
 ch are an abomination to him:  haughty eyes\, a lying tongue\, and hands th
 at shed innocent blood\, a heart that devises wicked plans\, feet that make
  haste to run to evil\, a false witness who breathes out lies\, and a man w
 ho sows discord among brothers.  My son\, keep your father's commandment\, 
 and forsake not your mother's teaching.\n\n
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 ts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\, Olympias the Deacones
 s\, Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\, Gregory Kallidis\, Metropol
 itan of Heraclea\, Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople
  (553)\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\n
 \nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman.
  But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the 
 free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two co
 venants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Ha
 gar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Je
 rusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above 
 is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren on
 e who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; 
 for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her
  that is married."\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\n\nThe Lord said\, "No
  one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed
 \, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For not
 hing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shal
 l not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him 
 who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks
  that he has will be taken away."\n \nThen his mother and his brothers came
  to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Yo
 ur mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." Bu
 t he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word 
 of God and do it."\n  \n\n
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 ts: Hermias the Martyr at Comana\, Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs
 \, Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:28-32\; 2:1-9\n\nBrethren\, since the
  ungodly did not see fit to acknowledge God\, God gave them up to a base mi
 nd and to improper conduct. They were filled with all manner of wickedness\
 , evil\, covetousness\, malice. Full of envy\, murder\, strife\, deceit\, m
 alignity\, they are gossips\, slanderers\, haters of God\, insolent\, haugh
 ty\, boastful\, inventors of evil\, disobedient to parents\, foolish\, fait
 hless\, heartless\, ruthless. Though they know God's decree that those who 
 do such things deserve to die\, they not only do them but approve those who
  practice them. Therefore you have no excuse\, O man\, whoever you are\, wh
 en you judge another\; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yoursel
 f\, because you\, the judge\, are doing the very same things. We know that 
 the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who do such things. Do you sup
 pose\, O man\, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them
  yourself\, you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume upon the
  riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that 
 God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and imp
 enitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath whe
 n God's righteous judgment will be revealed. For he will render to every ma
 n according to his works\; to those who by patience in well-doing seek for 
 glory and honor and immortality\, he will give eternal life\; but for those
  who are factious and do not obey the truth\, but obey wickedness\, there w
 ill be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every hum
 an being who does evil\, the Jew first and also the Greek.\n\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 5:27-32\n\nThe Lord said\, "You have heard that it was said\, 
 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that every one who looks 
 at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 
 If your right eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\; it i
 s better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thr
 own into Gehenna. And if your right hand causes you to sin\, cut it off and
  throw it away\; it is better that you lose one of your members than that y
 our whole body go into Gehenna. It was also said\, 'Whoever divorces his wi
 fe\, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' But I say to you that ever
 y one who divorces his wife\, except on the ground of unchastity\, makes he
 r an adulteress\; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."\n
  \n\n
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 ts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\, The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostle
 s\, Princess of Kiev\, Nektarios the New Martyr\, Nicodemos the New Martyr 
 of Mt. Athos\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter 
 to the Corinthians 6:1-10\n\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entr
 eat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the accep
 table time I have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation.
 " Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvatio
 n. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with
  our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: t
 hrough great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings
 \, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowl
 edge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful s
 peech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the ri
 ght hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good 
 repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and y
 et well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not k
 illed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many ric
 h\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 7:36-50\n\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat wit
 h him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table
 . And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned th
 at he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of 
 ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet
  his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and k
 issed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee
  who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prop
 het\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touchin
 g him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I 
 have something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A
  certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the
  other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of 
 them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom h
 e forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turni
 ng toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered yo
 ur house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with 
 her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the 
 time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my he
 ad with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell 
 you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but h
 e who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins a
 re forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began to say among them
 selves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\,
  "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Wednesday after Pascha\; Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 7
 0 and their Companions\; Holy Martyr Cercyra\; Our Holy Father John of Kalo
 ktenos\, Metropolitan of Thebes\; Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\; Nektarios 
 the New Martyr of Optina\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Acts of the Apostles 4:13-22\nIn those days\, when the Jews saw the bo
 ldness of Peter and John\, and perceived that they were uneducated\, common
  men\, they wondered\; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. B
 ut seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them\, they had noth
 ing to say in opposition. But when they had commanded them to go aside out 
 of the council\, they conferred with one another\, saying\, "What shall we 
 do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them 
 is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem\, and we cannot deny it. Bu
 t in order that it may spread no further among the people\, let us warn the
 m to speak no more to any one in this name." So they called them and charge
 d them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and Joh
 n answered them\, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you
  rather than to God\, you must judge\; for we cannot but speak of what we h
 ave seen and heard." And when they had further threatened them\, they let t
 hem go\, finding no way to punish them\, because of the people\; for all me
 n praised God for what had happened. For the man on whom the sign of healin
 g was performed was more than forty years old.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:17
 -24\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "My Father is working still
 \, and I am working." This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him
 \, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his own Father
 \, making himself equal with God.\n\n Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, the Son can do nothing of his own accord\, but only what he
  sees the Father doing\; for whatever he does\, that the Son does likewise.
  For the Father loves the Son\, and shows him all that he himself is doing\
 ; and greater works than these he will show him\, that you may marvel. For 
 as the Father raises the dead and gives them life\, so also the Son gives l
 ife to whom he will. The Father judges no one\, but has given all judgment 
 to the Son\, that all may honor the Son\, even as they honor the Father. He
  who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me\,
  has eternal life\; he does not come into judgment\, but has passed from de
 ath to life."\n\n
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  the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\, Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamou
 \n\nPlagal of the First Tone\nSixth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Romans 12:6-14\n\nBrethren\, having gifts that diffe
 r according to the grace given to us\, let us use them: if prophecy\, in pr
 oportion to our faith\; if service\, in our serving\; he who teaches\, in h
 is teaching\; he who exhorts\, in his exhortation\; he who contributes\, in
  liberality\; he who gives aid\, with zeal\; he who does acts of mercy\, wi
 th cheerfulness. Let love be genuine\; hate what is evil\, hold fast to wha
 t is good\; love one another with brotherly affection\; outdo one another i
 n showing honor. Never flag in zeal\, be aglow with the Spirit\, serve the 
 Lord. Rejoice in your hope\, be patient in tribulation\, be constant in pra
 yer. Contribute to the needs of the saints\, practice hospitality. Bless th
 ose who persecute you\; bless and do not curse them.\n\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 9:1-8\n\nAt that time\, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and c
 ame to his own city. And behold\, they brought to him a paralytic\, lying o
 n his bed\; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic\, "Take
  heart\, my son\; your sins are forgiven." And behold\, some of the scribes
  said to themselves\, "This man is blaspheming." But Jesus\, knowing their 
 thoughts\, said\, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easie
 r\, to say 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that y
 ou may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he 
 then said to the paralytic -- "Rise\, take up your bed and go home." And he
  rose and went home. When the crowds saw it\, they were afraid\, and they g
 lorified God\, who had given such authority to men.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/19/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\, Demetrios the New Martyr\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 37:33-38:6\n\n"Therefore thus
  says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this 
 city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come before it with a shield\, or cast 
 up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came\, by the same he shal
 l return\, and he shall not come into this city\, says the LORD.  For I wil
 l defend this city to save it\, for my own sake and for the sake of my serv
 ant David."  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, and slew a hundred and 
 eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; and when men arose earl
 y in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies.  Then Sennacherib k
 ing of Assyria departed\, and went home and dwelt at Nineveh.  And as he wa
 s worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adrammelech and Sharezer\, h
 is sons\, slew him with the sword\, and escaped into the land of Ararat. An
 d Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. \n \n In those days Hezekiah bec
 ame sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of A
 moz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LORD: Set your house in 
 order\; for you shall die\, you shall not recover."  Then Hezekiah turned h
 is face to the wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and said\, "Remember now\, O
  LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and 
 with a whole heart\, and have done what is good in thy sight." And Hezekiah
  wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:  "Go and say to 
 Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of David your father: I have heard 
 your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will add fifteen years to
  your life.  I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king o
 f Assyria\, and defend this city.\n \n\nGenesis 13:12-18\n\n Abram dwelt in
  the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwelt among the cities of the valley and mo
 ved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now the men of Sodom were wicked\, great sin
 ners against the LORD.  \n \nThe LORD said to Abram\, after Lot had separat
 ed from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, and look from the place where you are\, 
 northward and southward and eastward and westward\; for all the land which 
 you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever.  I will make y
 our descendants as the dust of the earth\; so that if one can count the dus
 t of the earth\, your descendants also can be counted.  Arise\, walk throug
 h the length and the breadth of the land\, for I will give it to you."  So 
 Abram moved his tent\, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre\, which are 
 at Hebron\; and there he built an altar to the LORD.\n\n\nProverbs 14:27-15
 :4\n\nThe fear of the LORD is a fountain of life\, that one may avoid the s
 nares of death.  In a multitude of people is the glory of a king\, but with
 out people a prince is ruined.  He who is slow to anger has great understan
 ding\, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.  A tranquil mind gives l
 ife to the flesh\, but passion makes the bones rot.  He who oppresses a poo
 r man insults his Maker\, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.  The 
 wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing\, but the righteous finds refug
 e through his integrity.  Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understandi
 ng\, but it is not known in the heart of fools.  Righteousness exalts a nat
 ion\, but sin is a reproach to any people.  A servant who deals wisely has 
 the king's favor\, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.  A soft 
 answer turns away wrath\, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  The tongue of t
 he wise dispenses knowledge\, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.  The 
 eyes of the LORD are in every place\, keeping watch on the evil and the goo
 d.  A gentle tongue is a tree of life\, but perverseness in it breaks the s
 pirit.\n \n
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 ts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\, Hermos the Martyr\, Leont
 us the martyr\, John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\, Relics of Ar
 senios the Righteous of Paros\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Hol
 y Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, Constantine the New Martyr of C
 apua\, Matthew the New Martyr of Gerakari\n\nPlagal of the Fourth Tone\nNin
 th Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Cori
 nthians 3:9-17\n\nBrethren\, we are God's fellow workers\; you are God's fi
 eld\, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me\, like a sk
 illed master builder I laid a foundation\, and another man is building upon
  it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation 
 can any one lay than that which is laid\, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any
  one builds on the foundation with gold\, silver\, precious stones\, wood\,
  hay\, straw - each man's work will become manifest\; for the Day will disc
 lose it\, because it will be revealed with fire\, and the fire will test wh
 at sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on t
 he foundation survives\, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is bur
 ned up\, he will suffer loss\, though he himself will be saved\, but only a
 s through fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Sp
 irit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple\, God will destroy him
 . For God's temple is holy\, and that temple you are.\n\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 14:22-34\n\nAt that time\, Jesus made the disciples get into the bo
 at and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds. And
  after he had dismissed the crowds\, he went up into the hills by himself t
 o pray. When evening came\, he was there alone\, but the boat by this time 
 was many furlongs distant from the land\, beaten by the waves\; for the win
 d was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them\, 
 walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea\, the
 y were terrified\, saying\, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. B
 ut immediately he spoke to them\, saying "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fe
 ar." \n \nAnd Peter answered him\, "Lord\, if it is you\, bid me come to yo
 u on the water." He said\, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked 
 on the water and came to Jesus\; but when he saw the wind\, he was afraid\,
  and beginning to sink he cried out\, "Lord\, save me." Jesus immediately r
 eached out his hand and caught him\, saying to him\, "O man of little faith
 \, why did you doubt?" And when they entered the boat\, the wind ceased. An
 d those in the boat worshiped him\, saying\, "Truly you are the Son of God.
 " And when they had crossed over\, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n  \n\n
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 ts: Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia\, Ariadne the Martyr\, A
 fterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Ephesians 2:19-22\; 3:1-7\n\nBrethren\, you are no longer strangers and s
 ojourners\, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the 
 household of God\, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets\,
  Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone\, in whom the whole structure i
 s joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord in whom you also
  are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. For this reas
 on I\, Paul\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -- assu
 ming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given t
 o me for you\, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation\, as I ha
 ve written briefly. When you read this you can perceive my insight into the
  mystery of Christ\, which was not made known to the sons of men in other g
 enerations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by
  the Spirit\; that is\, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs\, members of the 
 same body\, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel
 . Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace
  which was given me by the working of his power.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 3:23-38\, 4:1\n\nAt that time\, Jesus\, when he began his ministry\, was ab
 out thirty years of age\, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph\, the s
 on of Heli\, the son of Matthat\, the son of Levi\, the son of Melchi\, the
  son of Jannai\, the son of Joseph\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Amo
 s\, the son of Nahum\, the son of Esli\, the son of Naggai\, the son of Maa
 th\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Semein\, the son of Josech\, the so
 n of Joda\, the son of Joanan\, the son of Rhesa\, the son of Zerubbabel\, 
 the son of Salathiel\, the son of Neri\, the son of Melchi\, the son of Add
 i\, the son of Cosam\, the son of Elmadam\, the son of Er\, the son of Josh
 ua\, the son of Eliezer\, the son of Jorim\, the son of Matthat\, the son o
 f Levi\, the son of Simeon\, the son of Judah\, the son of Joseph\, the son
  of Jonam\, the son of Eliakim\, the son of Melea\, the son of Menna\, the 
 son of Mattatha\, the son of Nathan\, the son of David\, the son of Jesse\,
  the son of Obed\, the son of Boaz\, the son of Sala\, the son of Nahshon\,
  the son of Amminadab\, the son of Admin\, the son of Arni\, the son of Hez
 ron\, the son of Perez\, the son of Judah\, the son of Jacob\, the son of I
 saac\, the son of Abraham\, the son of Terah\, the son of Nahor\, the son o
 f Serug\, the son of Reu\, the son of Peleg\, the son of Eber\, the son of 
 Shelah\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Arphaxad\, the son of Shem\, the so
 n of Noah\, the son of Lamech\, the son of Methuselah\, the son of Enoch\, 
 the son of Jared\, the son of Mahalaleel\, the son of Cainan\, the son of E
 nos\, the son of Seth\, the son of Adam\, the son of God. And Jesus\, full 
 of the Holy Spirit\, returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit i
 n the wilderness.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\; Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\; Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\; Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timot
 hy 2:20-26\nTimothy\, my son\, in a great house there are not only vessels 
 of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware\, and some for noble us
 e\, some for ignoble. If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble\, th
 en he will be a vessel for noble use\, consecrated and useful to the master
  of the house\, ready for any good work. So shun youthful passions and aim 
 at righteousness\, faith\, love\, and peace\, along with those who call upo
 n the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with stupid\, senseless co
 ntroversies\; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant mus
 t not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one\, an apt teacher\, forbearing\
 , correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they
  will repent and come to know the truth\, and they may escape from the snar
 e of the devil\, after being captured by him to do his will.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 10:46-52\nAt that time\, as Jesus was leaving Jericho with his di
 sciples and a great multitude\, Bartimaios\, a blind beggar\, the son of Ti
 maios\, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of
  Nazareth\, he began to cry out and say\, "Jesus\, Son of David\, have merc
 y on me!" And many rebuked him\, telling him to be silent\; but he cried ou
 t all the more\, "Son of David\, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped and s
 aid\, "Call him." And they called the blind man\, saying to him\, "Take hea
 rt\; rise\, he is calling you." And throwing off his mantle he sprang up an
 d came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him\, "What do you want me to do for you
 ?" And the blind man said to him\, "Rabbi\, let me receive my sight." And J
 esus said to him\, "Go your way\; your faith has made you well." And immedi
 ately he received his sight and followed him on the way.\n\n
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 sts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\; Titus the Apo
 stle of the 70\; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs o
 f Constantinople\; Holy Father John of Carpathia\; Ebba\, First Abbess of C
 oldingham\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:1-5\; 2:15\; 3:1
 -2\, 12-15\nPAUL\, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to fur
 ther the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accord
 s with godliness\, in hope of eternal life which God\, who never lies\, pro
 mised ages ago and at the proper time manifested in his word through the pr
 eaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior\;\n\n
 To Titus\, my true child in a common faith:\n\nGrace and peace from God the
  Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.\n\nDeclare these things\; exhort and r
 eprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.\n\nRemind them to be s
 ubmissive to rulers and authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready for any 
 honest work\, to speak evil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to be gentle\
 , and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Ty
 chicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decide
 d to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apo
 llos on their way\; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to
  apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and 
 not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greetings to you. Greet t
 hose who love us in the faith.\n\nGrace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light
  of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lam
 p and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in
  the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your go
 od works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I 
 have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish 
 them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth
  pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is 
 accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments 
 and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but h
 e who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of he
 aven."\n\n
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 ts: Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\, Pharmuthios the Anchorite\, Guthlac the 
 Hermit of Crowland\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Readings: Isaiah 42:5-
 16\n\nThus says God\, the LORD\, who created the heavens and stretched them
  out\, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it\, who gives breath
  to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:  "I am the LORD\
 , I have called you in righteousness\, I have taken you by the hand and kep
 t you\; I have given you as a covenant to the people\, a light to the natio
 ns\, to open the eyes that are blind\, to bring out the prisoners from the 
 dungeon\, from the prison those who sit in darkness.  I am the LORD\, that 
 is my name\; my glory I give to no other\, nor my praise to graven images. 
  Behold\, the former things have come to pass\, and new things I now declar
 e\; before they spring forth I tell you of them." \n \n Sing to the LORD a 
 new song\, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all t
 hat fills it\, the coastlands and their inhabitants.  Let the desert and it
 s cities lift up their voice\, the villages that Kedar inhabits\; let the i
 nhabitants of Sela sing for joy\, let them shout from the top of the mounta
 ins.  Let them give glory to the LORD\, and declare his praise in the coast
 lands.  The LORD goes forth like a mighty man\, like a man of war he stirs 
 up his fury\; he cries out\, he shouts aloud\, he shows himself mighty agai
 nst his foes. \n \n For a long time I have held my peace\, I have kept stil
 l and restrained myself\; now I will cry out like a woman in travail\, I wi
 ll gasp and pant.  I will lay waste mountains and hills\, and dry up all th
 eir herbage\; I will turn the rivers into islands\, and dry up the pools.  
 And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not\, in paths that they 
 have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into
  light\, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do
 \, and I will not forsake them.\n \n\nGenesis 18:20-33\n\n Then the LORD sa
 id\, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin 
 is very grave\, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether acc
 ording to the outcry which has come to me\; and if not\, I will know."  So 
 the men turned from there\, and went toward Sodom\; but Abraham still stood
  before the LORD.  Then Abraham drew near\, and said\, "Wilt thou indeed de
 stroy the righteous with the wicked?  Suppose there are fifty righteous wit
 hin the city\; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fi
 fty righteous who are in it?  Far be it from thee to do such a thing\, to s
 lay the righteous with the wicked\, so that the righteous fare as the wicke
 d! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"  
 And the LORD said\, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city\, I wil
 l spare the whole place for their sake."  Abraham answered\, "Behold\, I ha
 ve taken upon myself to speak to the Lord\, I who am but dust and ashes.  S
 uppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole
  city for lack of five?" And he said\, "I will not destroy it if I find for
 ty-five there."  Again he spoke to him\, and said\, "Suppose forty are foun
 d there." He answered\, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."  Then he 
 said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are
  found there." He answered\, "I will not do it\, if I find thirty there."  
 He said\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose 
 twenty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake of twenty I will not d
 estroy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will spea
 k again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered\, "For the
  sake of ten I will not destroy it."  And the LORD went his way\, when he h
 ad finished speaking to Abraham\; and Abraham returned to his place.\n\n\nP
 roverbs 16:17-17:17\n\nThe highway of the upright turns aside from evil\; h
 e who guards his way preserves his life.  Pride goes before destruction\, a
 nd a haughty spirit before a fall.  It is better to be of a lowly spirit wi
 th the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.  He who gives heed to 
 the word will prosper\, and happy is he who trusts in the LORD.  The wise o
 f heart is called a man of discernment\, and pleasant speech increases pers
 uasiveness.  Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it\, but folly is 
 the chastisement of fools.  The mind of the wise makes his speech judicious
 \, and adds persuasiveness to his lips.  Pleasant words are like a honeycom
 b\, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.  There is a way which see
 ms right to a man\, but its end is the way to death.  A worker's appetite w
 orks for him\; his mouth urges him on.  A worthless man plots evil\, and hi
 s speech is like a scorching fire.  A perverse man spreads strife\, and a w
 hisperer separates close friends.  A man of violence entices his neighbor a
 nd leads him in a way that is not good.  He who winks his eyes plans perver
 se things\, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.  A hoary head i
 s a crown of glory\; it is gained in a righteous life.  He who is slow to a
 nger is better than the mighty\, and he who rules his spirit than he who ta
 kes a city.  The lot is cast into the lap\, but the decision is wholly from
  the LORD.\n   \nBetter is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of fea
 sting with strife.  A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts 
 shamefully\, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.  The cr
 ucible is for silver\, and the furnace is for gold\, and the LORD tries hea
 rts.  An evildoer listens to wicked lips\; and a liar gives heed to a misch
 ievous tongue.  He who mocks the poor insults his Maker\; he who is glad at
  calamity will not go unpunished.  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged\
 , and the glory of sons is their fathers.  Fine speech is not becoming to a
  fool\; still less is false speech to a prince.  A bribe is like a magic st
 one in the eyes of him who gives it\; wherever he turns he prospers.  He wh
 o forgives an offense seeks love\, but he who repeats a matter alienates a 
 friend.  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred bl
 ows into a fool.  An evil man seeks only rebellion\, and a cruel messenger 
 will be sent against him.  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs\, r
 ather than a fool in his folly.  If a man returns evil for good\, evil will
  not depart from his house.  The beginning of strife is like letting out wa
 ter\; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.  He who justifies the wicked a
 nd he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
   Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom\, when he has no
  mind?  A friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.\
 n \n
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 ts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever 
 Virgin Mary\, Our Holy Father Ireneaus\, Bishop of Lyons\, Our Holy Father 
 Kallinikos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Lupus the Martyr\, Our Righteous
  Father Nicholas of Sikelion\, 38 Martyrs of Thrace\, Our Holy Father Irene
 aus\, Bishop of Sirmium\, Haralambos of Kalyviani\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:5-11\n\nBrethren\, have this mind amo
 ng yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the
  form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but 
 emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness
  of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedie
 nt unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him
  and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the name 
 of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth
 \, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God
  the Father.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that time\
 , Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her
  house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and l
 istened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and 
 she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left 
 me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her
 \, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one 
 thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be tak
 en away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice 
 and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that
  you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of 
 God and keep it!"\n\n\n
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 ts: Timothy the Righteous\, John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Eustat
 hius\, Bishop of Antioch\, Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nFast Free\
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 1:8-10\; 2:1-6\n\nB
 rethren\, if we say we have no sin\, we deceive ourselves\, and the truth i
 s not in us.  If we confess our sins\, he is faithful and just\, and will f
 orgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  If we say we have
  not sinned\, we make him a liar\, and his word is not in us.  My little ch
 ildren\, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin\; but if any one 
 does sin\, we have an advocate with the Father\, Jesus Christ the righteous
 \; and he is the expiation for our sins\, and not for ours only but also fo
 r the sins of the whole world.  And by this we may be sure that we know him
 \, if we keep his commandments.  He who says "I know him" but disobeys his 
 commandments is a liar\, and the truth is not in him\; but whoever keeps hi
 s word\, in him truly love for God is perfected.  By this we may be sure th
 at we are in him: he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same wa
 y in which he walked. \n \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:31-37: 14:1-2\n\nThe L
 ord said to his disciples\, "Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words
  will not pass away.  But of that day or that hour no one knows\, not even 
 the angels in heaven\, nor the Son\, but only the Father.  Take heed\, watc
 h\; for you do not know when the time will come.  It is like a man going on
  a journey\, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge\, each wit
 h his work\, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.  Watch therefo
 re -- for you do not know when the master of the house will come\, in the e
 vening\, or at midnight\, or at cockcrow\, or in the morning -- lest he com
 e suddenly and find you asleep.  And what I say to you I say to all: Watch.
 "  It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Brea
 d. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by 
 stealth\, and kill him\; for they said\, "Not during the feast\, lest there
  be a tumult of the people."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/13/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\, Maximus the Confessor\, Our Righteous
  Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\, Dorotheus\, Abba of G
 aza\, Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Se
 cond Letter to the Corinthians 5:10-15\n\nBrethren\, we must all appear bef
 ore the judgment seat of Christ\, so that each one may receive good or evil
 \, according to what he has done in the body.\n \nTherefore\, knowing the f
 ear of the Lord\, we persuade men\; but what we are is known to God\, and I
  hope it is known also to your conscience. We are not commending ourselves 
 to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us\, so that you may be ab
 le to answer those who pride themselves on a man's position and not on his 
 heart. For if we are beside ourselves\, it is for God\; if we are in our ri
 ght mind\, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls us\, because we a
 re convinced that one has died for all\; therefore all have died. And he di
 ed for all\, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but fo
 r him who for their sake died and was raised.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:9
 -15\n\nIn those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized b
 y John in the Jordan.  And when he came up out of the water\, immediately h
 e saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; a
 nd a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well 
 pleased."  The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he
  was in the wilderness forty days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with the 
 wild beasts\; and the angels ministered to him. Now after John was arrested
 \, Jesus came into Galilee\, preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\, "Th
 e time is fulfilled\, and the kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and beli
 eve in the gospel."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/14/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\, Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor\
 , Archbishop of Thessalonica\, Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\, Jus
 tus the Martyr\, Peter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Meli
 ssourgeio Kissamos\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 
 16:1-16\n\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of t
 he church at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the
  saints\, and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has b
 een a helper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fe
 llow workers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom
  not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet a
 lso the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the fir
 st convert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. 
 Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are
  men of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet 
 Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Ch
 rist\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. G
 reet those who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodi
 on. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet th
 ose workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\
 , who has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also
  his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Herm
 as\, and the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus 
 and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet 
 one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\n\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves fath
 er or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or dau
 ghter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross
  and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it\, an
 d he who loses his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you recei
 ves me\, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a
  prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward\, and he 
 who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a 
 righteous man's reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even 
 a cup of cold water because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he sh
 all not lose his reward." And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelv
 e disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.\n 
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Habakkuk the Prophet\, Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\, Myrope t
 he Martyr of Chios\, Joannicos the Monk of Devich\, Porphyrios of Kavsokaly
 via\, Theophilos the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\nTone Two\nFifth Ort
 hros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-1
 7\n\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Pu
 t on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against the wil
 es of the devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, but a
 gainst the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world rulers o
 f this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the 
 heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may be a
 ble to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\,
  therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put on the br
 eastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipment o
 f the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, wi
 th which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take th
 e helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of 
 God.\n  \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus drew n
 ear to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging\; and hear
 ing a multitude going by\, he inquired what this meant. They told him\, "Je
 sus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried\, "Jesus\, Son of David\, have
  mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him\, telling him to be 
 silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of David\, have mercy on me!"
  And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to be brought to him\; and when he c
 ame near\, he asked him\, "What do you want me to do for you?" He said\, "L
 ord\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him\, "Receive your sight
 \; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and
  followed him\, glorifying God\; and all the people\, when they saw it\, ga
 ve praise to God.\n \n\n
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 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\; Sergios\, Stephen an
 d Kastor\; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\; Soldier-martyrs o
 f Crete\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the C
 orinthians 16:4-12\nBrethren\, if it seems advisable that I should go also\
 , they will accompany me. I will visit you after passing through Macedonia\
 , for I intend to pass through Macedonia\, and perhaps I will stay with you
  or even spend the winter\, so that you may speed me on my journey\, wherev
 er I go. For I do not want to see you now just in passing\; I hope to spend
  some time with you\, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in Ephesos until
  Pentecost\, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me\, and ther
 e are many adversaries. When Timothy comes\, see that you put him at ease a
 mong you\, for he is doing the work of the Lord\, as I am. So let no one de
 spise him. Speed him on his way in peace\, that he may return to me\; for I
  am expecting him with the brethren. As for our brother Apollos\, I strongl
 y urge him to visit you with the other brethren\, but it was not at all his
  will to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 21:28-32\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A man had two sons\; a
 nd he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard today
 .' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented and went. And
  he went to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,'
  but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said\, 
 "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collector
 s and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to y
 ou in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the tax 
 collectors and the harlots believed him and even when you saw it\, you did 
 not afterward repent and believe him."\n\n
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 ts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of the
  70\, Julitta of Caesaria\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:3
 5-41\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching an
 d preaching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some da
 ys Paul said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in 
 every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are.
 " And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought 
 best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, a
 nd had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\,
  so that they separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and s
 ailed away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended 
 by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cil
 icia\, strengthening the churches. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\n\
 nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he s
 aid to his servants\, "This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from t
 he dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." For Herod had seize
 d John and bound him and put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his
  brother Philip's wife\; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for y
 ou to have her." And though he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the p
 eople\, because they held him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday ca
 me\, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\,
  so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Promp
 ted by her mother\, she said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here o
 n a platter." And the king was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his gue
 sts he commanded it to be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the pris
 on\, and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she 
 brought it to her mother. And his disciples came and took the body and buri
 ed it\; and they went and told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdr
 ew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard 
 it\, they followed him on foot from the towns.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/2/2018\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\, Juvenal
 \, Patriarch of Jerusalem\, Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\, J
 ohn Maximovitch\, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\, Synaxis of the
  Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Hebrews 9:1-7\n\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for
  worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\
 , in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\;
  it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called
  the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the
  covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn hol
 ding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covena
 nt\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of t
 hese things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus b
 een made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing thei
 r ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he bu
 t once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself an
 d for the errors of the people.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\n\nI
 n those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a 
 city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabet
 h. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her w
 omb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with 
 a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of you
 r womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come
  to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the 
 babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there 
 would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n \n And M
 ary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my S
 avior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, 
 henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has 
 done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with he
 r about three months\, and returned to her home.\n   \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the 
 Holy Prophetess Anna\; Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spets
 es\; Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener of Japan\; Afterfeast of the Prese
 ntation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Synaxis of the Most Holy The
 otokos \; Werburga\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1
 1-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things t
 hat have come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made wi
 th hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the
  Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, 
 thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled perso
 ns with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctif
 ies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Ch
 rist\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to Go
 d\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 2:25-38\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, wh
 ose name was Symeon and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the
  consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been 
 revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he h
 ad seen the Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temp
 le\; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him accord
 ing to the custom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God a
 nd said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your 
 word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the 
 presence of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for 
 glory to your people Israel." And his father and his mother marveled at wha
 t was said about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother\
 , "Behold\, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\, a
 nd for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your 
 own soul also)\, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed." And the
 re was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Ashe
 r\; she was of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years from
  her virginity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depar
 t from the temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And c
 oming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all
  who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n
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 sts: Anthony the Great\; Anthony the New of the Berropas Skete\; George the
  New Martyr of Ioannina\; Theodosius the Emperor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his d
 isciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one 
 knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the So
 n and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who 
 labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon yo
 u\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will f
 ind rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obe
 y your leaders and submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over your so
 uls\, as men who will have to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, an
 d not sadly\, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for 
 we are sure that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in 
 all things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may b
 e restored to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought again f
 rom the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the bloo
 d of the eternal covenant\, equip you with everything good that you may do 
 His will\, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jes
 us Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great cr
 owd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jer
 usalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be 
 healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits
  were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth 
 from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\,
  and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blesse
 d are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you th
 at weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and
  when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on
  account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for b
 ehold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\, Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nTone Four\nSeventh Orthros Gospel\n\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:9-10\; 32-40\n\nBRE
 THREN\, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise\, as in a foreign
  land\, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same p
 romise.  For he looked forward to the city which has foundation\, whose bui
 lder and maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fail m
 e to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and t
 he prophets - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, rec
 eived promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escap
 ed the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in 
 war\, put foreign armies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurrect
 ion.  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might ris
 e again to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even
  chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they 
 were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins o
 f sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world
  was not worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and ca
 ves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by their faith\, 
 did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better
  for us\,that apart from us they should not be made perfect.\n\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 1:1-25\n\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, the so
 n of David\, the son of Abraham.\n \nAbraham was the father of Isaac\, and 
 Isaac the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers\
 , and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and Perez the father o
 f Hezron\, and Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the father of Amminadab
 \, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the father of Salmon\,
  and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ru
 th\, and Obed the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father of David the king.
 \n \nAnd David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah\, and Solomon
  the father of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah\, and Abijah th
 e father of Asa\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat the f
 ather of Joram\, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father of 
 Jotham\, and Jotham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah\, 
 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the father of Amon\, and
  Amon the father of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his bro
 thers\, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.\n \nAnd after the deport
 ation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\, and Salathiel the
  father of Zerubbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud\, and Abiud the 
 father of Eliakim\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and Azor the father of
  Zadok\, and Zadok the father of Achim\, and Achim the father of Eliud\, an
 d Eliud the father of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of Matthan\, and Mat
 than the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Ma
 ry\, of whom Jesus was born\, who is called Christ.\n \nSo all the generati
 ons from Abraham to David were fourteen generations\, and from David to the
  deportation to Babylon fourteen generations\, and from the deportation to 
 Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.\n \nNow the birth of Jesus Chri
 st took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Josep
 h\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Sp
 irit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put her t
 o shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, beho
 ld\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, s
 on of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is concei
 ved in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall call
  his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this to
 ok place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a vi
 rgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanuel"
  (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as the a
 ngel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not until 
 she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 5/20/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\, Mark the Hermit\, Father Alexis\, Metropol
 itan of Moscow\, Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to the Apostles\, John\, Joseph\
 , and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostl
 es 10:1-16\n\nIn those days\, at Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius\,
  a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort\, a devout man who fea
 red God with all his household\, gave alms liberally to the people\, and pr
 ayed constantly to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a
  vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him\, "Cornelius." And he s
 tared at him in terror\, and said\, "What is it\, Lord?" And he said to him
 \, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And 
 now send men to Joppa\, and bring one Simon who is called Peter\; he is lod
 ging with Simon\, a tanner\, whose house is by the seaside." When the angel
  who spoke to him had departed\, he called two of his servants and a devout
  soldier from among those that waited on him\, and having related everythin
 g to them\, he sent them to Joppa. The next day\, as they were on their jou
 rney and coming near the city\, Peter went up on the housetop to pray\, abo
 ut the sixth hour. And he became hungry and desired something to eat\; but 
 while they were preparing it\, he fell into a trance and saw the heaven ope
 ned\, and something descending\, like a great sheet\, let down by four corn
 ers upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds 
 of the air. And there came a voice to him\, "Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat." 
 But Peter said\, "No\, Lord\; for I have never eaten anything that is commo
 n or unclean." And the voice came to him again a second time\, "What God ha
 s cleansed\, you must not call common." This happened three times\, and the
  thing was taken up at once to heaven.\n\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:56-69\n\
 nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, "He who eats my flesh 
 and drinks my blood abides in me\, and I in him. As the living Father sent 
 me\, and I live because of the Father\, so he who eats me will live because
  of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven\, not such as the fat
 hers ate and died\; he who eats this bread will live forever." This he said
  in the synagogue\, as he taught at Capernaum.\n \nMany of his disciples\, 
 when they heard it\, said\, "This is a hard saying\; who can listen to it?"
  But Jesus\, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it\, said to
  them\, "Do you take offense at this?" Then what if you were to see the Son
  of man ascending where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life\, t
 he flesh is of no avail\; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit an
 d life. But there are some of you that do not believe." For Jesus knew from
  the first who those were that did not believe\, and who it was that would 
 betray him. And he said\, "This is why I told you that no one can come to m
 e unless it is granted him by the Father."\n \nAfter this many of his disci
 ples drew back and no longer went about with him. Jesus said to the twelve\
 , "Do you also wish to go away?" Simon Peter answered him\, "Lord\, to whom
  shall we go? You have the words of eternal life\; and we have believed\, a
 nd have come to know\, that you are Christ\, the Son of the living God."\n 
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/17/2019\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\, Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian 
 the Martyrs of Nicomedea\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lad
 y the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Martyr
  of Samaria\, Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\, Paul\, Ju
 liana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\n\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 14:6-9\n\nBrethren\, he who observes t
 he day\, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats\, eats in honor
  of the Lord\, since he gives thanks to God\; while he who abstains\, absta
 ins in honor of the Lord\, and gives thanks to God. None of us lives to him
 self\, and none of us dies to himself. If we live\, we live to the Lord\, a
 nd if we die\, we die to the Lord\; so then\, whether we live or whether we
  die\, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again\, tha
 t he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.\n\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 15:32-39\n\nAt that time\, Jesus called his disciples to him and s
 aid\, "I have compassion on the crowd\, because they have been with me now 
 three days\, and have nothing to eat\; and I am unwilling to send them away
  hungry\, lest they faint on the way." And the disciples said to him\, "Whe
 re are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?" And 
 Jesus said to them\, "How many loaves have you?" They said\, "Seven\, and a
  few small fish." And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground\, he t
 ook the seven loaves and the fish\, and having given thanks he broke them a
 nd gave them to the disciples\, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 
 And they all ate and were satisfied\; and they took up seven baskets full o
 f the broken pieces left over. Those who ate were four thousand men\, besid
 es women and children. And sending away the crowds\, he got into the boat a
 nd went to the region of Magadan.\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\; Demetrios the New Martyr\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:10-12:2\n Thus says the LORD
 : In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peoples\; h
 im shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings shall be glorious. \n\n In th
 at day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remna
 nt which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, from Egypt\, from Pathros\,
  from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from Hamath\, and from the coast
 lands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for the nations\, and will assem
 ble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the fou
 r corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart\, and those w
 ho harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah\, 
 and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they shall swoop down upon the sho
 ulder of the Philistines in the west\, and together they shall plunder the 
 people of the east. They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab\,
  and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LORD will utterly destroy the 
 tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his hand over the River with his
  scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channels that men may cross drysh
 od.  And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant which is left
  of his people\, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of
  Egypt.  \n\n You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to thee\, O LOR
 D\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy anger turned away\, and thou d
 idst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\; I will trust\, and will n
 ot be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song\, and he has bec
 ome my salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:11-8:3\n In the six 
 hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second month\, on the seventeenth da
 y of the month\, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst fort
 h\, and the windows of the heavens were opened.  And rain fell upon the ear
 th forty days and forty nights.  On the very same day Noah and his sons\, S
 hem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons w
 ith them entered the ark\, they and every beast according to its kind\, and
  all the cattle according to their kinds\, and every creeping thing that cr
 eeps on the earth according to its kind\, and every bird according to its k
 ind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into the ark with Noah\, two and
  two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.  And they that ent
 ered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as God had commanded him\; an
 d the LORD shut him in.  \n\n The flood continued forty days upon the earth
 \; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ark\, and it rose high above 
 the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth\; and
  the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And the waters prevailed so mi
 ghtily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven we
 re covered\; the waters prevailed above the mountains\, covering them fifte
 en cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved upon the earth\, birds\, cat
 tle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth\, and every
  man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life 
 died.  He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the grou
 nd\, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air\; they were b
 lotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, and those that were with hi
 m in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty 
 days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that w
 ere with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth\, and the 
 waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens 
 were closed\, the rain from the heavens was restrained\, and the waters rec
 eded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the
  waters had abated.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 10:1-22\nA wise son 
 makes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.  Treasur
 es gained by wickedness do not profit\, but righteousness delivers from dea
 th.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry\, but he thwarts the cra
 ving of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty\, but the hand of the dili
 gent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is prudent\, but a son who sl
 eeps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on the head of the righteous\,
  but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  The memory of the righteou
 s is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked will rot.  The wise of heart w
 ill heed commandments\, but a prating fool will come to ruin.  He who walks
  in integrity walks securely\, but he who perverts his ways will be found o
 ut.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but he who boldly reproves makes
  peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life\, but the mouth o
 f the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up strife\, but love covers a
 ll offenses.  On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found\, bu
 t a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.  Wise men lay up knowledge\
 , but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  A rich man's wealth is his 
 strong city\; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.  The wage of the right
 eous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to sin.  He who heeds instructi
 on is on the path to life\, but he who rejects reproof goes astray.  He who
  conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utters slander is a fool.  Whe
 n words are many\, transgression is not lacking\, but he who restrains his 
 lips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is choice silver\; the mind o
 f the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of the righteous feed many\, but
  fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of the LORD makes rich\, and he
  adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\; Holy Martyr Glycerus\; Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\; Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter
  to Timothy 6:11-16\nTimothy\, my son\, aim at righteousness\, godliness\, 
 faith\, love\, steadfastness\, gentleness.  Fight the good fight of the fai
 th\; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made t
 he good confession in the presence of many witnesses.  In the presence of G
 od who gives life to all things\, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony 
 before Pontius Pilate made the good confession\, I charge you to keep the c
 ommandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord
  Jesus Christ\; and this will be made manifest at the proper time by the bl
 essed and only Sovereign\, and King of kings and Lord of lords\, who alone 
 has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light\, whom no man has ever s
 een or can see.  To him be honor and eternal dominion.  Amen. \n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 12:15-21\nAt that time\, many followed Jesus\, and he healed
  them all\, and ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill wha
 t was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold\, my servant whom I have chosen
 \, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon 
 him\, and he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or
  cry aloud\, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets\; he will not br
 eak a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick\, till he brings justice to 
 victory\; and in his name will the Gentiles hope."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180112
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/11/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Our Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\, Vitalis of Gaza\, Afte
 rfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, Nikephoros t
 he New Martyr of Crete\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Heb
 rews 13:7-16\n\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you t
 he word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their fa
 ith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be
  led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart 
 be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their ad
 herents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no righ
 t to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the 
 sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the 
 camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the peo
 ple through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the ca
 mp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but w
 e seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offe
 r up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknow
 ledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for
  such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-3
 0\n\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me
  by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one kno
 ws the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal 
 him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you 
 rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowl
 y in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, 
 and my burden is light."\n      \n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2017\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confessors of Edessa\, Thoma
 s\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:1-12\n\nBrethren\, we beseech and
  exhort you in the Lord Jesus\, that as you learned from us how you ought t
 o live and to please God\, just as you are doing\, you do so more and more.
  For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For thi
 s is the will of God\, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastit
 y\; that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holiness an
 d honor\, not in the passion of lust like the heathen who do not know God\;
  that no man transgress\, and wrong his brother in this matter\, because th
 e Lord is an avenger in all these things\, as we solemnly forewarned you. F
 or God has not called us for uncleanness\, but in holiness. Therefore whoev
 er disregards this\, disregards not man but God\, who gives his Holy Spirit
  to you. But concerning the love of the brethren you have no need to have a
 ny one write to you\, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love on
 e another\; and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. B
 ut we exhort you\, brethren\, to do so more and more\, to aspire to live qu
 ietly\, to mind your own affairs\, and to work with your hands\, as we char
 ged you\; so that you may command the respect of outsiders\, and be depende
 nt on nobody.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:1-10\n\nAt that time\, the tax c
 ollectors and sinners were all drawing near to Jesus to hear him. And the P
 harisees and the scribes murmured\, saying\, "This man receives sinners and
  eats with them." So he told them this parable: "What man of you\, having a
  hundred sheep\, if he has lost one of them\, does not leave the ninety-nin
 e in the wilderness\, and go after the one which is lost\, until he finds i
 t? And when he has found it\, he lays it on his shoulders\, rejoicing. And 
 when he comes home\, he calls together his friends and his neighbors\, sayi
 ng to them\, 'Rejoice with me\, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' 
 Just so\, I tell you\, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who
  repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. "O
 r what woman\, having ten silver coins\, if she loses one coin\, does not l
 ight a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And
  when she has found it\, she calls together her friends and neighbors\, say
 ing\, 'Rejoice with me\, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Just 
 so\, I tell you\, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who
  repents."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 3/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Saturday of Souls\,Hesychius the Martyr\, Our Holy Father Nicholas Plana
 s\, Andronikos & Athanasia the Martyrs\, Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop
  of Cyrenia\, Joachim of Vatopedi who was given the name Papoulakis\, Eutha
 lia the Virgin-Martyr of Sicily\, Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\n\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:13-17\n\nBut we wo
 uld not have you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, th
 at you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe 
 that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring w
 ith him those who have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the wo
 rd of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of t
 he Lord\, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord him
 self will descend from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's 
 call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ wi
 ll rise first\; then we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up t
 ogether with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we sha
 ll always be with the Lord.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\
 n\nThe Lord said\, "Take heed that you are not led astray\; for many will c
 ome in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The time is at hand!'  Do not g
 o after them.  And when you hear of wars and tumults\, do not be terrified\
 ; for this must first take place\, but the end will not be at once.  And th
 ere will be signs in sun and moon and stars\, and upon the earth distress o
 f nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves\, men faint
 ing with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world\; for the 
 powers of the heavens will be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of ma
 n coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  Heaven and earth will pass
  away\, but my words will not pass away.  But take heed to yourselves lest 
 your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of l
 ife\, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare\; for it will come u
 pon all who dwell upon the face of the whole earth.  But watch at all times
 \, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will 
 take place\, and to stand before the Son of man."\n\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180721
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 7/20/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\, Synaxis of the Russians who were 
 perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii 
 Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fondam
 inskii\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. James' Universal Letter 5:10-20\nB
 RETHREN\, take as an example of suffering and patience the prophets who spo
 ke in the name of the Lord. Behold\, we call those happy who were steadfast
 . You have heard of the steadfastness of Job\, and you have seen the purpos
 e of the Lord\, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. But above all\,
  my brethren\, do not swear\, either by heaven or by earth or with any othe
 r oath\, but let your yes be yes and your no be no\, that you may not fall 
 under condemnation. Is any one among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any ch
 eerful? Let him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let him call for the el
 ders of the church\, and let them pray over him\, anointing him with oil in
  the name of the Lord\; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man\, an
 d the Lord will raise him up\; and if he has committed sins\, he will be fo
 rgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another\, and pray for one anoth
 er\, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power 
 in its effects. Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he praye
 d fervently that it might not rain\, and for three years and six months it 
 did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain\, 
 and the earth brought forth its fruit. My brethren\, if any one among you w
 anders from the truth and some one brings him back\, let him know that whoe
 ver brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from 
 death and will cover a multitude of sins. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\
 n\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the gracious words which proceeded 
 out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And
  he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb\, 'Physicia
 n\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you did at Capernaum\, do here also 
 in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no prophet is 
 acceptable in his own country. But in truth\, I tell you\, there were many 
 widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, when the heaven was shut up three 
 years and six months\, when there came a great famine over all the land\; a
 nd Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath\, in the land of S
 idon\, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in 
 the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none of them was cleansed but only Naa
 man the Syrian." When they heard this\, all in the synagogue were filled wi
 th wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city\, and led him to the
  brow of the hill on which their city was built\, that they might throw him
  down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went away.\n\n\n
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 s: Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\, The Holy Mar
 tyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\, Righteous Syncletike of Alexandria\, Apollin
 aria of Egypt\, Gregory of Akrita\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's First Letter to Timothy 3:13-16\; 4:1-5\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those 
 who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also grea
 t confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you s
 oon\, but I am writing these instructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\
 , you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God\, which is t
 he church of the living God\, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great in
 deed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our religion:\n \nGod was manifested 
 in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached am
 ong the nations\, \nbelieved on in the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n \nNow
  the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the fa
 ith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons\, through t
 he pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared\, who forbid marriage 
 and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with than
 ksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by
  God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksg
 iving\; for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.\n\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 3:1-6\n\nAt that time\, John the Baptist came preaching
  in the wilderness of Judea\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at han
 d." For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said\, "
 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord\, ma
 ke his paths straight." Now John wore a garment of camel's hair\, and a lea
 ther girdle around his waist\; and his food was locusts and wild honey. The
 n went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jord
 an\, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their s
 ins.\n\n\n
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 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\, Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\, Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\, Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\, Kenneth\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts
  of the Apostles 8:26-39\n\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Ph
 ilip\, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusa
 lem to Gaza." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an 
 Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\
 , in charge of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was 
 returning\; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And 
 the Spirit said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to
  him\, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you under
 stand what you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one gui
 des me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage
  of the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the sla
 ughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In
  his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? F
 or his life is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "A
 bout whom\, pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself or about some 
 one else?" Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture
  he told him the good news of Jesus. And as they went along the road they c
 ame to some water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to 
 prevent my being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your
  heart\, you may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son
  of God." And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both went down in
 to the water\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they c
 ame up out of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the
  eunuch saw him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 9:7-11\n\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was d
 one by Jesus\, and he was perplexed\, because it was said by some that John
  had been raised from the dead\, by some that Elijah had appeared\, and by 
 others that one of the old prophets had risen. Herod said\, "John I beheade
 d\; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see hi
 m. On their return the apostles told him what they had done. And he took th
 em and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida. When the crowds learned i
 t\, they followed him\; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingd
 om of God\, and cured those who had need of healing.\n\n\n
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  5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\
 , patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control
 \; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have
  crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spir
 it\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no prov
 oking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is over
 taken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spiri
 t of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one ano
 ther's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 12:32-40\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father'
 s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and give 
 alms\; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasur
 e in the heavens that does not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth
  destroys.  For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  Le
 t your loins be girded and your lamps burning\, and be like men who are wai
 ting for their master to come home from the marriage feast\, so that they m
 ay open to him at once when he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those servant
 s whom the master finds awake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he wil
 l gird himself and have them sit at table\, and he will come and serve them
 .  If he comes in the second watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\, 
 blessed are those servants!  But know this\, that if the householder had kn
 own at what hour the thief was coming\, he would not have left his house to
  be broken into.  You also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at 
 an unexpected hour."\n\n
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 use\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\nTone Two\nTenth Orthros Gospel\n\n\
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 , Lord\, didst found the earth in the beginning\, and the heavens are the w
 ork of thy hands\; </span> <span class="versetext"> </span>they will perish
 \, but thou remainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mant
 le thou wilt roll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same
 \, and thy years will never end." But to what angel has he ever said\, "Sit
  at my right hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they
  not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve\, for the sake of those wh
 o are to obtain salvation?\n \nTherefore we must pay closer attention to wh
 at we have heard\, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared 
 by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just
  retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It
  was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who
  heard him.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12\n\nAt that time\, Jesus entere
 d Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered
  together\, so that there was no longer room for them\, not even about the 
 door\; and he was preaching the word to them. And they came\, bringing to h
 im a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him be
 cause of the crowd\, they removed the roof above him\; and when they had ma
 de an opening\, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. And wh
 en Jesus saw their faith\, he said to the paralytic\, "My son\, your sins a
 re forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there\, questioning in t
 heir hearts\, "Why does this man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can for
 give sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus\, perceiving in his spirit 
 that they thus questioned within themselves\, said to them\, "Why do you qu
 estion thus in your hearts? Which is easier\, to say to the paralytic\, 'Yo
 ur sins are forgiven\,' or to say\, 'Rise\, take up your pallet and walk? B
 ut that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive 
 sins"-he said to the paralytic-"I say to you\, rise\, take up your pallet a
 nd go home." And he rose\, and immediately took up the pallet and went out 
 before them all\; so that they were all amazed and glorified God\, saying\,
  "We never saw anything like this!"\n  \n\n
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 ts: Holy Thursday\,Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nEpis
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 N\, I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you\, that the Lord J
 esus on the night when he was betrayed took bread\, and when he had given t
 hanks\, he broke it\, and said\, "This is my body which is for you. Do this
  in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup\, after supper\, sayin
 g\, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this\, as often as you dr
 ink it\, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drin
 k the cup\, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.\n \nWhoever\, the
 refore\, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner
  will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man exam
 ine himself\, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who
  eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon 
 himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill\, and some have died. But
  if we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we are ju
 dged by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along w
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 ays the Passover is coming\, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be 
 crucified."\n \nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathere
 d in the palace of the high priest\, who was called Caiaphas\, and took cou
 nsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they sa
 id\, "Not during the feast\, lest there be a tumult among the people."\n \n
 Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, a woman cam
 e up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment\, and she po
 ured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, t
 hey were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have
  been sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor."\n \nBut Jesus\, aware 
 of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a 
 beautiful thing to me.\n \nFor you always have the poor with you\, but you 
 will not always have me.\n \nIn pouring this ointment on my body she has do
 ne it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you\, wherever this gospel
  is preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory 
 of her."\n \nThen one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went 
 to the chief priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to 
 you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he so
 ught an opportunity to betray him.\n \nNow on the first day of Unleavened B
 read the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where will you have us prepare
  for you to eat the Passover?" He said\, "Go into the city to a certain one
 \, and say to him\, &lsquo\;The Teacher says\, My time is at hand\; I will 
 keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did 
 as Jesus had directed them\, and they prepared the Passover. When it was ev
 ening\, he sat at table with the twelve disciples.\n \nJesus\, knowing that
  the Father had given all things into his hands\, and that he had come from
  God and was going to God\, rose from supper\, laid aside his garments\, an
 d girded himself with a towel. Then he poured water into a basin\, and bega
 n to wash the disciples' feet\, and to wipe them with the towel with which 
 he was girded.\n \nHe came to Simon Peter\; and Peter said to him\, "Lord\,
  do you wash my feet?" Jesus answered him\, "What I am doing you do not kno
 w now\, but afterward you will understand." Peter said to him\, "You shall 
 never wash my feet." Jesus answered him\, "If I do not wash you\, you have 
 no part in me." Simon Peter said to him\, "Lord\, not my feet only but also
  my hands and my head!" Jesus said to him\, "He who has bathed does not nee
 d to wash\, except for his feet\, but he is clean all over\; and you are cl
 ean\, but not every one of you." For he knew who was to betray him\; that w
 as why he said\, "You are not all clean."\n \nWhen he had washed their feet
 \, and taken his garments\, and resumed his place\, he said to them\, "Do y
 ou know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord\; and you are
  right\, for so I am. If I then\, your Lord and Teacher\, have washed your 
 feet\, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an e
 xample\, that you also should do as I have done to you. Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, a servant is not greater than his master\; nor is he who is sen
 t greater than he who sent him. If you know these things\, blessed are you 
 if you do them.\n \nAnd as they were eating\, he said\, "Truly\, I say to y
 ou\, one of you will betray me." And they were very sorrowful\, and began t
 o say to him one after another\, "Is it I\, Lord?" He answered\, "He who ha
 s dipped his hand in the dish with me\, will betray me. The Son of man goes
  as it is written of him\, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is be
 trayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." Ju
 das\, who betrayed him\, said\, "Is it I\, Master?" He said to him\, "You h
 ave said so."\n \nNow as they were eating\, Jesus took bread\, and blessed\
 , and broke it\, and gave it to the disciples and said\, "Take\, eat\; this
  is my body." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he gave it t
 o them\, saying\, "Drink of it\, all of you\; for this is my blood of the n
 ew covenant\, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I t
 ell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day wh
 en I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."\n \nAnd when they had s
 ung a hymn\, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them\
 , "You will all fall away because of me this night\; for it is written\, 'I
  will strike the shepherd\, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' 
 But after I am raised up\, I will go before you to Galilee." Peter declared
  to him\, "Though they all fall away because of you\, I will never fall awa
 y." Jesus said to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this very night\, before th
 e cock crows\, you will deny me three times." Peter said to him\, "Even if 
 I must die with you\, I will not deny you." And so said all the disciples.\
 n \nThen Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane\, and he said to
  his disciples\, "Sit here\, while I go yonder and pray." And taking with h
 im Peter and the two sons of Zebedee\, he began to be sorrowful and trouble
 d. Then he said to them\, "My soul is very sorrowful\, even to death\; rema
 in here\, and watch with me." And going a little farther he fell on his fac
 e and prayed\, "My Father\, if it be possible\, let this cup pass from me\;
  nevertheless\, not as I will\, but as you will."\n \nAnd there appeared to
  him an angel from heaven\, strengthening him. And being in an agony he pra
 yed more earnestly\; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling
  down upon the ground.\n \nAnd rising from prayer\, he came to the disciple
 s and found them sleeping\; and he said to Peter\, "So\, could you not watc
 h with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation\;
  the spirit indeed is willing\, but the flesh is weak." Again\, for the sec
 ond time\, he went away and prayed\, "My Father\, if this cannot pass unles
 s I drink it\, your will be done." And again he came and found them sleepin
 g\, for their eyes were
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 te and Eudoxia\, Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\, Elias Ardounis th
 e New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\, Aed from Ferns\n\nFast Free\n\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8
 \n\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  
 And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, thir
 d teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administra
 tors\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all pr
 ophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of 
 healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desi
 re the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I
  speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noi
 sy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and underst
 and all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to re
 move mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I ha
 ve\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain not
 hing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is no
 t arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritab
 le or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right.
  Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures a
 ll things. Love never ends.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\n\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority
  over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and ev
 ery infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere a
 mong the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to 
 the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'Th
 e kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse 
 lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."
 \n\n\n
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 the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 
 16:13-24\nBrethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous
 \, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you kno
 w that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and t
 hey have devoted themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to be
  subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at t
 he coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made
  up for your absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give 
 recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Pr
 isca\, together with the church in their house\, send you hearty greetings 
 in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy
  kiss. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no l
 ove for the Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the L
 ord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 24:42-47\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not kno
 w on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder 
 had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have wa
 tched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also m
 ust be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. W
 ho then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has set over his h
 ousehold\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that serv
 ant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\
 , he will set him over all his possessions."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose an
 d went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she ente
 red the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard 
 the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fill
 ed with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are yo
 u among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gran
 ted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when th
 e voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for j
 oy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wh
 at was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifie
 s the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded 
 the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations w
 ill call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, a
 nd holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and r
 eturned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippia
 ns 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in C
 hrist Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count equali
 ty with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form o
 f a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human f
 orm he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on a cro
 ss. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which
  is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in
  heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Je
 sus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman
  called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mar
 y\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was
  distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do y
 ou not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to
  help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious a
 nd troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the g
 ood portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a 
 woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb 
 that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed ra
 ther are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2018\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\, Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\, Holy Martyr Philetaerus\, Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\, Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\nPlagal of the Second Tone\
 nNinth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galati
 ans 1:11-19\n\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel which was p
 reached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor 
 was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you
  have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of G
 od violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond man
 y of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for the tradit
 ions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born\, an
 d had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, i
 n order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with 
 flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles b
 efore me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. 
 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remaine
 d with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James 
 the Lord's brother.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\n\nWhen the wise m
 en departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream a
 nd said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and r
 emain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for the child\, 
 to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother by night\, a
 nd departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of Herod. This wa
 s to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I
  called my son."\n \nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been tricked by t
 he wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed all the male c
 hildren in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under
 \, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then w
 as fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in
  Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; s
 he refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But when Herod died
 \, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, s
 aying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the land of Israe
 l\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose and took t
 he child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard
  that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was af
 raid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district 
 of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that what was
  spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene
 ."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/3/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\,Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the
  Presbyter\, & Aeithalas the Deacon\, Martyrs of Persia\, Dedication of the
  Temple of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydda\, Holy Father and New Hier
 omartyr Gregory of Neapolis\, Theodore the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\, G
 eorge of Neapolis the New Martyr\, Winifred of Treffynnon\n\n\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 8:1-5\n\nBrethren\, I wa
 nt you to know about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches 
 of Macedonia\, for in a severe test of affliction\, their abundance of joy 
 and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on thei
 r part. For they gave according to their means\, as I can testify\, and bey
 ond their means\, of their own free will\, begging us earnestly for the fav
 or of taking part in the relief of the saints - and this\, not as we expect
 ed\, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of Go
 d.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:1-6\n\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelv
 e together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure di
 seases\, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And
  he said to them\, "Take nothing for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, no
 r bread\, nor money\; and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you en
 ter\, stay there\, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive 
 you\, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testi
 mony against them." And they departed and went through the villages\, preac
 hing the gospel and healing everywhere.\n  \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Titus the Wonderworker\, Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine\, Amphi
 anos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n\nOld Testament Read
 ings: Isaiah 25:1-9\n\n O LORD\, thou art my God\; I will exalt thee\, I wi
 ll praise thy name\; for thou hast done wonderful things\, plans formed of 
 old\, faithful and sure.  For thou hast made the city a heap\, the fortifie
 d city a ruin\; the palace of aliens is a city no more\, it will never be r
 ebuilt.  Therefore strong peoples will glorify thee\; cities of ruthless na
 tions will fear thee.  For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor\, a stro
 nghold to the needy in his distress\, a shelter from the storm and a shade 
 from the heat\; for the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wal
 l\, like heat in a dry place. Thou dost subdue the noise of the aliens\; as
  heat by the shade of a cloud\, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.  \n
  \nOn this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of 
 fat things\, a feast of wine on the lees\, of fat things full of marrow\, o
 f wine on the lees well refined.  And he will destroy on this mountain the 
 covering that is cast over all peoples\, the veil that is spread over all n
 ations.  He will swallow up death for ever\, and the Lord GOD will wipe awa
 y tears from all faces\, and the reproach of his people he will take away f
 rom all the earth\; for the LORD has spoken.  It will be said on that day\,
  "Lo\, this is our God\; we have waited for him\, that he might save us. Th
 is is the LORD\; we have waited for him\; let us be glad and rejoice in his
  salvation."\n\n\nGenesis 9:8-17\n\n Then God said to Noah and to his sons 
 with him\,  "Behold\, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants
  after you\, and with every living creature that is with you\, the birds\, 
 the cattle\, and every beast of the earth with you\, as many as came out of
  the ark.  I establish my covenant with you\, that never again shall all fl
 esh be cut off by the waters of a flood\, and never again shall there be a 
 flood to destroy the earth."  And God said\, "This is the sign of the coven
 ant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with 
 you\, for all future generations:  I set my bow in the cloud\, and it shall
  be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.  When I bring clouds o
 ver the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds\, I will remember my covena
 nt which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh\; and
  the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When th
 e bow is in the clouds\, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting c
 ovenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the
  earth."  God said to Noah\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have
  established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth."\n\n\nProverb
 s 12:8-22\n\nA man is commended according to his good sense\, but one of pe
 rverse mind is despised.  Better is a man of humble standing who works for 
 himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.  A righteous man 
 has regard for the life of his beast\, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel
 .  He who tills his land will have plenty of bread\, but he who follows wor
 thless pursuits has no sense.  The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin
 \, but the root of the righteous stands firm.  An evil man is ensnared by t
 he transgression of his lips\, but the righteous escapes from trouble.  Fro
 m the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good\, and the work of a m
 an's hand comes back to him.  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes\, 
 but a wise man listens to advice.  The vexation of a fool is known at once\
 , but the prudent man ignores an insult.  He who speaks the truth gives hon
 est evidence\, but a false witness utters deceit.  There is one whose rash 
 words are like sword thrusts\, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.  
 Truthful lips endure for ever\, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.  De
 ceit is in the heart of those who devise evil\, but those who plan good hav
 e joy.  No ill befalls the righteous\, but the wicked are filled with troub
 le.  Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD\, but those who act faithful
 ly are his delight.\n  \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/8/2017\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\, 
 Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:5-11\n\nBrethren\, have this min
 d among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was i
 n the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\,
  but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the lik
 eness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became o
 bedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalte
 d him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the 
 name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the 
 earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory o
 f God the Father.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\n\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him int
 o her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet 
 and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\;
  and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has 
 left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answere
 d her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\;
  one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not b
 e taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her v
 oice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts
  that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the wor
 d of God and keep it!"\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/2/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Habakkuk the Prophet\, Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\, Myrope t
 he Martyr of Chios\, Joannicos the Monk of Devich\, Porphyrios of Kavsokaly
 via\, Theophilos the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12\n\nBrethren\, the scripture\, f
 oreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospe
 l beforehand to Abraham\, saying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed
 ." So then\, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had fa
 ith. For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse\; for it is wri
 tten\, "Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the
  book of the law\, and do them." Now it is evident that no man is justified
  before God by the law\; for "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the 
 law does not rest on faith\, for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40\n\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, little flock
 \, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.  Sell you
 r possessions\, and give alms\; provide yourselves with purses that do not 
 grow old\, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail\, where no thi
 ef approaches and no moth destroys.  For where your treasure is\, there wil
 l your heart be also.  Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning\, an
 d be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marria
 ge feast\, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and knocks.  
 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes\; trul
 y\, I say to you\, he will gird himself and have them sit at table\, and he
  will come and serve them.  If he comes in the second watch\, or in the thi
 rd\, and finds them so\, blessed are those servants!  But know this\, that 
 if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming\, he would n
 ot have left his house to be broken into.  You also must be ready\; for the
  Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 8/16/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ\
 , Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\, Timothy of Euripus\, founder 
 of the Monastery of Pentele\, Nicodemus the New Martyr of Meteora\, Gerasim
 us of Cephalonia\, Holy Monk Penteles\, Afterfeast of the Dormition of our 
 Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\, The Six Martyrs Dorothe
 os\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and Basil who contested in Meg
 ara\, Manuel and John the New Martyrs\, Stamatios the Martyr\, Apostolos th
 e New-Martyr\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 3:1
 3-16\; 4:1-5\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a g
 ood standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is
  in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instr
 uctions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to be
 have in the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the 
 pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery
  of our religion:\n \nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the 
 Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in
  the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n \nNow the Spirit expressly says that in
  later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful sp
 irits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose cons
 ciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods w
 hich God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and 
 know the truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to b
 e rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated
  by the word of God and prayer.\n\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51-57\, 10:22-2
 4\, 13:22\n\nAt that time\, when the days drew near for him to be received 
 up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of hi
 m\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for hi
 m\; but the people would not receive him\, because his face was set toward 
 Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lord
 \, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as Eli
 jah did?" But he turned and rebuked them\, and he said\, "You do not know w
 hat manner of spirit you are of\; for the Son of man came not to destroy me
 n's lives but to save them." And they went on to another village.\n \nAs th
 ey were going along the road\, he said to those who followed him\, "All thi
 ngs have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the Son i
 s except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to wh
 om the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said pr
 ivately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that
  many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\,
  and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it."\n \nAnd he went on his w
 ay through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towards Jerusalem
 .\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 6/2/2019\n\nSaints and Feast
 s: Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Erasmos of Ochr
 id & his Companion Martyrs\, Demetrios the New Martyr of Philadelphia\, Con
 stantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of th
 e Apostles 16:16-34\n\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as we apostles were going to the pla
 ce of prayer\, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination a
 nd brought her owners much gain by soothsaying. She followed Paul and us\, 
 crying\, "These men are servants of the Most High God\, who proclaim to you
  the way of salvation." And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoye
 d\, and turned and said to the spirit\, "I charge you in the name of Jesus 
 Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. But when her ow
 ners saw that their hope of gain was gone\, they seized Paul and Silas and 
 dragged them into the market place before the rulers\; and when they had br
 ought them to the magistrates they said\, "These men are Jews and they are 
 disturbing our city. They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Ro
 mans to accept or practice." The crowd joined in attacking them\; and the m
 agistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rod
 s. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them\, they threw them into 
 prison\, charging the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this char
 ge\, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stock
 s. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God\
 , and the prisoners were listening to them\, and suddenly there was a great
  earthquake\, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken\; and immed
 iately all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened. W
 hen the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open\, he drew his s
 word and was about to kill himself\, supposing that the prisoners had escap
 ed. But Paul cried with a loud voice\, "Do not harm yourself\, for we are a
 ll here." And he called for lights and rushed in\, and trembling with fear 
 he fell down before Paul and Silas\, and brought them out and said\, "Men\,
  what must I do to be saved?" And they said\, "Believe in the Lord Jesus\, 
 and you will be saved\, you and your household." And they spoke the word of
  the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. And he took them the sa
 me hour of the night\, and washed their wounds\, and he was baptized at onc
 e\, with all his family. Then he brought them up into his house\, and set f
 ood before them\; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believ
 ed in God. \n\n\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus pas
 sed by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him\, "
 Rabbi\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was born blind?" Jes
 us answered\, "It was not that this man sinned\, or his parents\, but that 
 the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of h
 im who sent me\, while it is day\; night comes\, when no one can work. As l
 ong as I am in the world\, I am the light of the world." As he said this\, 
 he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's e
 yes with the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam" (whic
 h means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors an
 d those who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, "Is not this the man w
 ho used to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It is he"\; others said\, "No\, but h
 e is like him." He said\, "I am the man." They said to him\, "Then how were
  your eyes opened?" He answered\, "The man called Jesus made clay and anoin
 ted my eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloam and wash'\; so I went and washed
  and received my sight." They said to him\, "Where is he?" He said\, "I do 
 not know."\n \nThey brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been 
 blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eye
 s. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said
  to them\, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed\, and I see." Some of the P
 harisees said\, "This man is not from God\, for he does not keep the sabbat
 h." But others said\, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There 
 was a division among them. So they again said to the blind man\, "What do y
 ou say about him\, since he has opened your eyes?" He said\, "He is a proph
 et."\n \nThe Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received h
 is sight\, until they called the parents of the man who had received his si
 ght\, and asked them\, "Is this your son\, who you say was born blind? How 
 then does he now see?" His parents answered\, "We know that this is our son
 \, and that he was born blind\; but how he now sees we do not know\, nor do
  we know who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he is of age\, he will speak for hi
 mself." His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for the Jews h
 ad already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to 
 be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said\, "He is of age\, a
 sk him."\n \nSo for the second time they called the man who had been blind\
 , and said to him\, "Give God the praise\; we know that this man is a sinne
 r." He answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know\; one thing I kno
 w\, that though I was blind\, now I see." They said to him\, "What did he d
 o to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them\, "I have told you a
 lready and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you t
 oo want to become his disciples?" And they reviled him\, saying\, "You are 
 his disciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken t
 o Moses\, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes from." The ma
 n answered\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from\,
  and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners\, b
 ut if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listens to him. 
 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes o
 f a man born blind. If this man were not from God\, he could do nothing." T
 hey answered him\, "You were born in utter sin\, and would you teach us?" A
 nd they cast him out.\n \nJesus heard that they had cast him out\, and havi
 ng found him he said\, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered\, "A
 nd who is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him\, "You h
 ave seen him\, and it is he who speaks to you." He said\, "Lord\, I believe
 "\; and he worshiped him.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 9/24/2017\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\, The Commemoration of t
 he Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Kythyra\, Silouan of Athos\, 
 Stephen the Martyr\, The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\, Coprios the Righ
 teous\, Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\nGrave Tone\nF
 ifth Orthros Gospel\n\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timot
 hy 3:10-15\n\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct
 \, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, m
 y persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, a
 nd at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\; yet from them all the Lord res
 cued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be
  persecuted\, while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse\, d
 eceivers and deceived. But as for you\, continue in what you have learned a
 nd have firmly believed\, knowing from whom you learned it and how from chi
 ldhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to 
 instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.\n  \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 5:1-11\n\nAt that time\, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Ge
 nnesaret\, he saw two boats by the lake\; but the fishermen had gone out of
  them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats\, which wa
 s Simon's\, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down
  and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking\, he 
 said to Simon\, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."
  And Simon answered\, "Master\, we toiled all night and took nothing! But a
 t your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this\, they e
 nclosed a great shoal of fish\; and as their nets were breaking\, they beck
 oned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they ca
 me and filled both the boats\, so that they began to sink. But when Simon P
 eter saw it\, he fell down at Jesus' knees\, saying\, "Depart from me\, for
  I am a sinful man\, O Lord." For he was astonished\, and all who were with
  him\, at the catch of fish which they had taken\; and so also were James a
 nd John\, sons of Zebedee\, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to
  Simon\, "Do not be afraid\; henceforth you will be catching men." And when
  they had brought their boats to land\, they left everything and followed h
 im.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 1/25/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constantinople\, The Synaxis of 
 the New Martyrs of Russia\, Kastinos\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\n\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\n\nBrethr
 en\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blamele
 ss\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He ha
 s no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for
  his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all w
 hen he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness
  as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law
 \, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in wha
 t we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at 
 the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the s
 anctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n  
 \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\n\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any
  one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find past
 ure.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they
  may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good
  shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a
  shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves t
 he sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flee
 s because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good 
 shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I 
 know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other s
 heep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will h
 eed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 4/21/2018\n\nSaints and Feas
 ts: The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him\, Our Holy Father Max
 imian\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother
  Philippa of Perge\, Alexandra the Martyr\, Anastasios the Monk of Sinai\, 
 Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n\n\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 5:21-
 32\n\nIn those days\, the apostles entered the temple and taught. Now the h
 igh priest came and those who were with him and called together the council
  and all the senate of Israel\, and sent to the prison to have them brought
 . But when the officers came\, they did not find them in the prison\, and t
 hey returned and reported\, 'We found the prison securely locked and the se
 ntries standing at the doors\, but when we opened it we found no one inside
 ." Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these wor
 ds\, they were much perplexed about them\, wondering what this would come t
 o. And some one came and told them\, "The men whom you put in prison are st
 anding in the temple and teaching the people." Then the captain with the of
 ficers went and brought them\, but without violence\, for they were afraid 
 of being stoned by the people.\n \nAnd when they had brought them\, they se
 t them before the council. And the high priest questioned them\, saying\, "
 We strictly charged you not to teach in this name\, yet here you have fille
 d Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man's blood upo
 n us." But Peter and the apostles answered\, "We must obey God rather than 
 men. The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging on a tr
 ee. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior\, to give repent
 ance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses to these thing
 s\, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."\n\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 6:14-27\n\nAt that time\, when the people saw the s
 ign which Jesus had done\, they said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is t
 o come into the world!"\n \nPerceiving then that they were about to come an
 d take him by force to make him king\, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain
  by himself.\n \nWhen evening came\, his disciples went down to the sea\, e
 ntered a boat\, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark\, 
 and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea rose because a strong wind was 
 blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles\, they saw Jesus wal
 king on the sea and drawing near to the boat. They were frightened\, but he
  said to them\, "It is I\; do not be afraid." Then they were glad to take h
 im into the boat\, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they w
 ere going.\n \nOn the next day the people who remained on the other side of
  the sea saw that there had been only one boat there\, and that Jesus had n
 ot entered the boat with his disciples\, but that his disciples had gone aw
 ay alone. However\, boats from Tiberias came near the place where they ate 
 the bread after the Lord had given thanks. So when the people saw that Jesu
 s was not there\, nor his disciples\, they themselves entered the boats and
  went to Capernaum\, seeking Jesus.\n \nWhen they found him on the other si
 de of the sea\, they said to him\, "Rabbi\, when did you come here?" Jesus 
 answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you seek me\, not because y
 ou saw signs\, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor fo
 r the food which perishes\, but for the food which endures to eternal life 
 which the Son of man will give to you\; for on him has God the Father set h
 is seal."\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ
 \; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\; Nicodemus the New Martyr of 
 Meteora\; Timothy of Euripus\, founder of the Monastery of Pentele\; Gerasi
 mus of Cephalonia\; Holy Monk Penteles\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our
  Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; The Six Martyrs Doroth
 eos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and Basil who contested in Me
 gara\; Manuel and John the New Martyrs\; Stamatios the Martyr\; Apostolos t
 he New-Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16\;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my so
 n\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and
  also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. I hope to com
 e to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions to you so that\, if I a
 m delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God\, 
 which is the church of the living God\, the pillar and bulwark of the truth
 . Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our religion:\n\nGod was ma
 nifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npr
 eached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in the world\, \ntaken up in glory
 .\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart fro
 m the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons\, t
 hrough the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared\, who forbid m
 arriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received w
 ith thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything cr
 eated by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with
  thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51-57\, 10:22-24\, 13:22\nAt that time\, when the 
 days drew near for him to be received up\, he set his face to go to Jerusal
 em. And he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went and entered a village of
  the Samaritans\, to make ready for him\; but the people would not receive 
 him\, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples Jam
 es and John saw it\, they said\, "Lord\, do you want us to bid fire come do
 wn from heaven and consume them as Elijah did?" But he turned and rebuked t
 hem\, and he said\, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of\; for
  the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them." And they
  went on to another village.\n\nAs they were going along the road\, he said
  to those who followed him\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Fa
 ther\; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father\, or who the Fathe
 r is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." The
 n turning to the disciples he said privately\, "Blessed are the eyes which 
 see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to se
 e what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did n
 ot hear it."\n\nAnd he went on his way through towns and villages\, teachin
 g\, and journeying towards Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\; G
 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\; Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalon
 ians 5:9-13\; 5:24-28\nBrethren\, God has not destined us for wrath\, but t
 o obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ\, who died for us so that 
 whether we wake or sleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one an
 other and build one another up\, just as you are doing. But we beseech you\
 , brethren\, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the L
 ord and admonish you\, and to esteem them very highly in love because of th
 eir work. Be at peace among yourselves. He who calls you is faithful\, and 
 he will do it. Brethren\, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with a holy k
 iss. I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brethren.
  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 16:15-18\; 17:1-4\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "You are
  those who justify yourselves before men\, but God knows your hearts\; for 
 what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. The law an
 d the prophets were until John\; since then the good news of the kingdom of
  God is preached\, and every one enters it violently. But it is easier for 
 heaven and earth to pass away\, than for one dot of the law to become void.
  Every one who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery\, and
  he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery." \n\n A
 nd he said to his disciples\, "Temptations to sin are sure to come\; but wo
 e to him by whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were 
 hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea\, than that he should cau
 se one of these little ones to sin. Take heed to yourselves\; if your broth
 er sins\, rebuke him\, and if he repents\, forgive him\; and if he sins aga
 inst you seven times in the day\, and turns to you seven times\, and says\,
  'I repent\,' you must forgive him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 15th Sunday of Luke\; Timothy the Apostle of the 70\; The Righteous Ma
 rtyr Anastasius of Persia\; Joseph the Sanctified\n\nMatins Gospel Reading:
  John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples
  by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\
 , Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zeb
 edee\, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to t
 hem\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They 
 went out and got into the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just a
 s day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not k
 now that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?"
  They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right sid
 e of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they wer
 e not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jes
 us loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it w
 as the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sp
 rang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the 
 net full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundre
 d yards off. When they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there wit
 h fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fis
 h that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net
  ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and alth
 ough there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come 
 and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you
 ?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to 
 them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was rev
 ealed to the disciples after He was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: I Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy of f
 ull acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproach\, because we ha
 ve our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of all men\, especial
 ly of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise
  your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct\, in l
 ove\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the public reading of s
 cripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have\, w
 hich was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid t
 heir hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yourself to them\, so t
 hat all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man named Zacchaios\
 ; he was a chief collector\, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was\,
  but could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he was small of stature.
  So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him\, for he
  was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place\, he looked up and 
 said to him\, "Zacchaios\, make haste and come down\; for I must stay at yo
 ur house today." So he made haste and came down\, and received him joyfully
 . And when they saw it they all murmured\, "He has gone in to be the guest 
 of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord\, "Beho
 ld\, Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor\; and if I have defraud
 ed any one of anything\, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him\, "T
 oday salvation has come to this house\, since he also is a son of Abraham. 
 For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose 
 and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she en
 tered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth hear
 d the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are 
 you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gr
 anted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when 
 the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for
  joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of 
 what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarde
 d the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations
  will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\,
  and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and
  returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews
  9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an ea
 rthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were th
 e lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the 
 Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holie
 s\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered 
 on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, a
 nd Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were
  the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we can
 not now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the pri
 ests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; 
 but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, an
 d not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors o
 f the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, J
 esus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her ho
 use. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and list
 ened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she
  went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me 
 to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, 
 "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thi
 ng is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken 
 away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and
  said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that yo
 u sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God
  and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem\; Our Rig
 hteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones\; O
 ur Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; G
 eorge\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, Kanons\, and Troparia\n\
 nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifie
 s and those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not a
 shamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my bre
 thren\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "
 I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God 
 has given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he hi
 mself likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might des
 troy him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all
  those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For sure
 ly it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of A
 braham. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so
  that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of
  God\, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself
  has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, 
 an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take 
 the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell
  you\; for Herod is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he
  rose and took the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, 
 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the L
 ord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThe
 n Herod\, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a f
 urious rage\, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and
  in all that region who were two years old or under\, according to the time
  which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was sp
 oken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and lou
 d lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be console
 d\, because they were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of 
 the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the
  child and his mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought
  the child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\
 , and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned 
 over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and b
 eing warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went 
 and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets 
 might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Thursday\; Theodore the Trichinas\; Zacchaeus the Apostle of C
 aesaria\; Gregory & Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\; Athanasios\, Found
 er of the Monastery of Meteora\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:38-4
 3\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and be baptized every
  one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\; 
 and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to yo
 u and to your children and to all that are far off\, every one whom the Lor
 d our God calls to him." And he testified with many other words and exhorte
 d them\, saying\, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So those 
 who received his word were baptized\, and there were added that day about t
 hree thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching 
 and fellowship\, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came up
 on every soul\; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\nAt that time\, there was a man of the Phari
 sees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by nig
 ht and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a teacher come from God\
 ; for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless God is with him." Jesu
 s answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born from ab
 ove\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can a
  man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's w
 omb and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless o
 ne is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Th
 at which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which is born of the Spir
 it is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You must be born from abo
 ve.' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the sound of it\, and y
 ou do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so it is with everyone 
 who is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can this be?" Jesu
 s answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet you do not understa
 nd this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of what we know\, and bear
  witness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive our testimony. If I 
 have told you earthly things and you do not believe\, how can you believe i
 f I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven but he who de
 scended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted 
 up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, th
 at whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman\; Isidore the Martyr of Chios\; Holy Hie
 romartyr Therapontus\; Holy New Martyrs Mark and John\; Leontius\, Patriarc
 h of Jerusalem\; Serapion the Holy Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20
 :1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early
 \, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken away fro
 m the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, t
 he one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lord out 
 of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Peter then came
  out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran
 \, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; and sto
 oping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did not go 
 in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw
  the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on His head\, not l
 ying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the o
 ther disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and 
 believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that He must rise f
 rom the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts 11:19-30\nIn those days\, those apostles who were scattered becaus
 e of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia a
 nd Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there we
 re some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyrene\, who on coming to Antioch spoke
  to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord wa
 s with them\, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of 
 this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas t
 o Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God\, he was glad\; and he exh
 orted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose\; for 
 he was a good man\, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large compa
 ny was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and
  when he had found him\, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they m
 et with the church\, and taught a large company of people\; and in Antioch 
 the disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these days 
 prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos 
 stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over
  all the world\; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disci
 ples determined\, every one according to his ability\, to send relief to th
 e brethren who lived in Judea\, and they did so\, sending it to the elders 
 by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that t
 ime\, Jesus came to a city of Samaria\, called Sychar\, near the field that
  Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there\, and so Jesus\, wear
 ied as he was with his journey\, sat down beside the well. It was about the
  sixth hour.\n\nThere came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to 
 her\, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to b
 uy food. The Samaritan woman said to him\, "How is it that you\, a Jew\, as
 k a drink of me\, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samar
 itans. Jesus answered her\, "If you knew the gift of God\, and who it is th
 at is saying to you\, 'Give me a drink\,' you would have asked him and he w
 ould have given you living water." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, you have 
 nothing to draw with\, and the well is deep\; where do you get that living 
 water? Are you greater than our father Jacob\, who gave us the well\, and d
 rank from it himself\, and his sons\, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her\, 
 "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again\, but whoever drinks o
 f the water that I shall give him will never thirst\; the water that I shal
 l give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
 " The woman said to him\, "Sir\, give me this water\, that I may not thirst
 \, nor come here to draw."\n\nJesus said to her\, "Go\, call your husband\,
  and come here." The woman answered him\, "I have no husband." Jesus said t
 o her\, "You are right in saying\, 'I have no husband'\; for you have had f
 ive husbands\, and he whom you now have is not your husband\; this you said
  truly." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, I perceive that you are a prophet. 
 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain\; and you say that Jerusalem is the 
 place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, believe me\
 , the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will yo
 u worship the Father. You worship what you do not know\; we worship what we
  know\, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming\, and now is
 \, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth\, f
 or such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit\, and those who wors
 hip him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him\, "I know 
 that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ)\; when he comes\, he w
 ill show us all things." Jesus said to her\, "I who speak to you am he."\n\
 nJust then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a wom
 an\, but none said\, "What do you wish?" or\, "Why are you talking with her
 ?" So the woman left her water jar\, and went away into the city and said t
 o the people\, "Come\, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this 
 be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.\n\nMeanwh
 ile the disciples besought him\, saying "Rabbi\, eat." But he said to them\
 , "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to o
 ne another\, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them\, "My food i
 s to do the will of him who sent me\, and to accomplish his work. Do you no
 t say\, 'There are yet four months\, then comes the harvest'? I tell you\, 
 lift up your eyes\, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. H
 e who reaps receives wages\, and gathers fruit for eternal life\, so that s
 ower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true\, 'One
  sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not lab
 or\; others have labored\, and you have entered into their labor."\n\nMany 
 Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony.
  "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him\, the
 y asked him to stay with them\; and he stayed there two days. And many more
  believed because of his word. They said to the woman\, "It is no longer be
 cause of your words that we believe\, for we have heard ourselves\, and we 
 know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\;
  Anatolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Kar
 enesi\; Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Phili
 p\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 12:4-5\,15-21\nBrethr
 en\, as in one body we have many members\, and all the members do not have 
 the same function\, so we\, though many\, are one body in Christ\, and indi
 vidually members of one another. Rejoice with those who rejoice\, weep with
  those who weep. Live in harmony with one another\; do not be haughty\, but
  associate with the lowly\; never be conceited. Repay no one evil for evil\
 , but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If possible\, so 
 far as it depends upon you\, live peaceably with all. Beloved\, never aveng
 e yourselves\, but leave it to the wrath of God\; for it is written\, "Veng
 eance is mine\, I will repay\, says the Lord." No\, "if your enemy is hungr
 y\, feed him\; if he is thirsty\, give him drink\; for by so doing you will
  heap burning coals upon his head." Do not be overcome by evil\, but overco
 me evil with good.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:9-13\nAt that time\, Jesus
  entered the synagogue of the Jews. And behold\, there was a man with a wit
 hered hand. And they asked him\, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" so 
 that they might accuse him. He said to them\, "What man of you\, if he has 
 one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath\, will not lay hold of it 
 and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is law
 ful to do good on the sabbath." Then he said to the man\, "Stretch out your
  hand." And the man stretched it out\, and it was restored\, whole like the
  other.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\; Holy Martyr Anth
 use\; Athanasios the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\; Afterfeast of the Dor
 mition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; The Synax
 is of the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John
  20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doo
 rs being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came an
 d stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had said
  this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the disciples were gla
 d when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.  
 As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had said this
 \, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If yo
 u forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of a
 ny\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twi
 n\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him: "W
 e have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the 
 print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and pla
 ce my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his dis
 ciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors were 
 shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with you."
   Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; and p
 ut out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but beli
 eving."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "H
 ave you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not 
 seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence of
  the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these are written
  that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that 
 believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 
 3:9-17\nBrethren\, we are God's fellow workers\; you are God's field\, God'
 s building. According to the grace of God given to me\, like a skilled mast
 er builder I laid a foundation\, and another man is building upon it. Let e
 ach man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any on
 e lay than that which is laid\, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one build
 s on the foundation with gold\, silver\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, str
 aw - each man's work will become manifest\; for the Day will disclose it\, 
 because it will be revealed with fire\, and the fire will test what sort of
  work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundat
 ion survives\, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up\, h
 e will suffer loss\, though he himself will be saved\, but only as through 
 fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwell
 s in you? If any one destroys God's temple\, God will destroy him. For God'
 s temple is holy\, and that temple you are.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:2
 2-34\nAt that time\, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go befo
 re him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had 
 dismissed the crowds\, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When e
 vening came\, he was there alone\, but the boat by this time was many furlo
 ngs distant from the land\, beaten by the waves\; for the wind was against 
 them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them\, walking on the
  sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea\, they were terrifi
 ed\, saying\, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately
  he spoke to them\, saying "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear." \n\n And 
 Peter answered him\, "Lord\, if it is you\, bid me come to you on the water
 ." He said\, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water a
 nd came to Jesus\; but when he saw the wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning
  to sink he cried out\, "Lord\, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his
  hand and caught him\, saying to him\, "O man of little faith\, why did you
  doubt?" And when they entered the boat\, the wind ceased. And those in the
  boat worshiped him\, saying\, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when the
 y had crossed over\, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs\; Plato the new Hierom
 artyr of Patmos\; Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\; Afterfeas
 t of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 2:11-16\nBrethren\, when 
 Cephas came to Antioch I opposed him to his face\, because he stood condemn
 ed. For before certain men came from James\, he ate with the Gentiles\; but
  when they came he drew back and separated himself\, fearing the circumcisi
 on party. And with him the rest of the Jews acted insincerely\, so that eve
 n Barnabas was carried away by their insincerity. But when I saw that they 
 were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel\, I said to Cephas b
 efore them all\, "if you\, though a Jew\, live like a Gentile and not like 
 a Jew\, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" We ourselves\, 
 who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners\, yet who know that a man is 
 not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even 
 we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Chr
 ist\, and not by works of the law\, because by works of the law shall no on
 e be justified.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the t
 etrarch\, who had been reproved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\,
  and for all the evil things that Herod had done\, added this to them all\,
  that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, an
 d when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened
 \, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and 
 a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well ple
 ased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mammas the Martyr\; John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cosmas the Hermit\; Ammon & Aeithalas
  the Martyrs of Thrace\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-39\nB
 rethren\, we know that everything works for good with those who love God\, 
 who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he als
 o predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that he mi
 ght be the first-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predestined h
 e also called\; and those whom he called he also justified\; and those whom
  he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  If God
  is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but gave 
 him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who shal
 l bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who is t
 o condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from the d
 ead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. Who s
 hall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or distress\
 , or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As it i
 s written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we are reg
 arded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are more th
 an conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither death\,
  nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor thin
 gs to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else in all
  creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesu
 s our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:18-22\nAt that time\, John's disciple
 s and the Pharisees were fasting\; and people came and said to him\, "Why d
 o John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast\, but your disci
 ples do not fast? And Jesus said to them\, "Can the wedding guests fast whi
 le the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with th
 em\, they cannot fast. The days will come\, when the bridegroom is taken aw
 ay from them\, and then they will fast in that day. No one sews a piece of 
 unshrunk cloth on an old garment\; if he does\, the patch tears away from i
 t\, the new from the old\, and a worse tear is made. And no one puts new wi
 ne into old wineskins\; if he does\, the wine will burst the skins\, and th
 e wine is lost\, and so are the skins\; but new wine is for fresh skins."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel\; Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\; Holy 
 Martyr Golinduc\; Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\; Serapion the Martyr\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels
  was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribut
 ion\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was decl
 ared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard hi
 m\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles a
 nd by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For i
 t was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are 
 speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mind
 ful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make 
 him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with g
 lory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in p
 utting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his contro
 l. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see
  Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned wi
 th glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace
  of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, fo
 r whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, shou
 ld make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you
  hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejec
 ts him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even 
 the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Sa
 tan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to
  tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; 
 and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the 
 spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in hea
 ven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank 
 you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things
  from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\
 , for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\; Vladimir\, Equal-to-
 the-Apostles of Kiev\; The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\; Do
 nald and his Nine Daughters\; Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 13:11-14\;14:1-5\nBRETHREN\, when I was a child\, I spo
 ke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned like a child\; when I
  became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly\,
  but then face to face. Now I know in part\; then I shall understand fully\
 , even as I have been fully understood. So faith\, hope\, love abide\, thes
 e three\; but the greatest of these is love. Make love your aim\, and earne
 stly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may prophesy. For one
  who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God\; for no one understan
 ds him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand\, he who 
 prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consola
 tion. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he who prophesies edi
 fies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues\, but even more to 
 prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues\, unle
 ss some one interprets\, so that the church may be edified. \n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-s
 hekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" 
 He said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\
 , "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or 
 tribute? From their sons or from others?" And when he said\, "From others\,
 " Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not to give offens
 e to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that co
 mes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and
  give it to them for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples 
 came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" An
 d calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will ne
 ver enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, 
 he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\; Theophilu
 s the Confessor\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:12-17\nTimothy\, my son\, I
  thank him who has given me strength for this\, Christ Jesus our Lord\, bec
 ause he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service\, though I forme
 rly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but I received mercy becau
 se I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace of our Lord overflowe
 d for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is su
 re and worthy of full acceptance\, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
  save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners\; but I received mercy for 
 this reason\, that in me\, as the foremost\, Jesus Christ might display his
  perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for et
 ernal life. To the King of ages\, immortal\, invisible\, the only God\, be 
 honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:17-26\nA
 t that time\, as Jesus was teaching\, there were Pharisees and teachers of 
 the law sitting by\, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea a
 nd from Jerusalem\; and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. And
  behold\, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed\, and they sou
 ght to bring him in and lay him before him\; but finding no way to bring hi
 m in\, because of the crowd\, they went up on the roof and let him down wit
 h his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw th
 eir faith he said\, "Man\, your sins are forgiven you." And the scribes and
  the Pharisees began to question\, saying\, "Who is this that speaks blasph
 emies? Who can forgive sins but God only?" When Jesus perceived their quest
 ionings\, he answered them\, "Why do you question in your hearts? Which is 
 easier\, to say\, 'Your sins are forgiven you\,' or to say\, 'Rise and walk
 '? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forg
 ive sins" -- he said to the man who was paralyzed -- "I say to you\, rise\,
  take up your bed and go home." And immediately he rose before them\, and t
 ook up that on which he lay\, and went home\, glorifying God. And amazement
  seized them all\, and they glorified God and were filled with awe\, saying
 \, "We have seen strange things today."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Thursday\; Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\; Theodosios the M
 artyr\; Zoilos the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: Luke 22:1-39\nAt that time\, the feast of Unleavened Bread drew
  near\, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes
  were seeking how to put Jesus to death. For they feared the people. Then S
 atan entered into Judas called Iscariot\, who was of the number of the twel
 ve\; he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he 
 might betray him to them. And they were glad\, and engaged to give him mone
 y. So he agreed\, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the ab
 sence of the multitude. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which th
 e passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, 
 "Go and prepare the passover for us\, that we may eat it." They said to him
 \, "Where will you have us prepare it?" He said to them\, "Behold\, when yo
 u have entered the city\, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; fol
 low him into the house which he enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Te
 acher says to you\, Where is the guest room\, where I am to eat the passove
 r with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper room furnished\; t
 here make ready." And they went\, and found it as he had told them\; and th
 ey prepared the passover. And when the hour came\, he sat at table\, and th
 e apostles with him. And he said to them. "I have earnestly desired to eat 
 this passover with you before I suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat i
 t again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." And he took a cup\, a
 nd when he had given thanks he said\, "Take this\, and divide it among your
 selves\; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of 
 the vine until the kingdom of God comes. " And he took bread\, and when he 
 had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my bod
 y which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." And likewise the c
 up after supper\, saying\, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new
  covenant in my blood. But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me
  on the table. For the Son of man goes as it has been determined\; but woe 
 to that man by whom he is betrayed!" And they began to question one another
 \, which of them it was that would do this. A dispute also arose among them
 \, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them\, 
 "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them\; and those in autho
 rity over them are called benefactors. But not so with you\; rather let the
  greatest among you become as the youngest\, and the leader as one who serv
 es. For which is the greater\, one who sits at table\, or one who serves? I
 s it not the one who sits at table? But I am among you as one who serves. Y
 ou are those who have continued with me in my trials\; and I assign to you\
 , as my Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at m
 y table in my Kingdom\, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Isr
 ael. Simon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demanded to have you\, that he might si
 ft you like wheat\, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail\
 ; and when you have turned again\, strengthen your brethren." And he said t
 o him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." He said\
 , "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will not crow this day\, until you three t
 imes deny that you know me. " And he said to them\, "When I sent you out wi
 th no purse or bag or sandals\, did you lack anything?" They said\, "Nothin
 g." He said to them\, "But now\, let him who has a purse take it\, and like
 wise a bag. And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one. For I
  tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me\, "And he was reckone
 d with transgressors'\; for what is written about me has its fulfillment." 
 And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, here are two swords. " And he said to them\,
  "It is enough." \n And he came out\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the
  Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Co
 rinthians 11:23-32\nBRETHREN\, I received from the Lord what I also deliver
 ed to you\, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took brea
 d\, and when he had given thanks\, he broke it\, and said\, "This is my bod
 y which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the
  cup\, after supper\, saying\, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. D
 o this\, as often as you drink it\, in remembrance of me." For as often as 
 you eat this bread and drink the cup\, you proclaim the Lord's death until 
 he comes.\n\nWhoever\, therefore\, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the 
 Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood o
 f the Lord. Let a man examine himself\, and so eat of the bread and drink o
 f the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats
  and drinks judgment upon himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill
 \, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be 
 judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we ma
 y not be condemned along with the world.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:1-20
 \; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 26:21-39\; Luke 22:43-44\; Matthew 26:40-75\; 27:
 1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You know that after two days the Pas
 sover is coming\, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."
 \n\nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the pal
 ace of the high priest\, who was called Caiaphas\, and took counsel togethe
 r in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said\, "Not du
 ring the feast\, lest there be a tumult among the people."\n\nNow when Jesu
 s was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him w
 ith an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment\, and she poured it on hi
 s head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were indi
 gnant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold fo
 r a large sum\, and given to the poor."\n\nBut Jesus\, aware of this\, said
  to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thin
 g to me.\n\nFor you always have the poor with you\, but you will not always
  have me.\n\nIn pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare
  me for burial. Truly\, I say to you\, wherever this gospel is preached in 
 the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory of her."\n\nThen
  one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief prie
 sts and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they pa
 id him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportuni
 ty to betray him.\n\nNow on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples
  came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat th
 e Passover?" He said\, "Go into the city to a certain one\, and say to him\
 , 'The Teacher says\, My time is at hand\; I will keep the Passover at your
  house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did as Jesus had directed the
 m\, and they prepared the Passover. When it was evening\, he sat at table w
 ith the twelve disciples.\n\nJesus\, knowing that the Father had given all 
 things into his hands\, and that he had come from God and was going to God\
 , rose from supper\, laid aside his garments\, and girded himself with a to
 wel. Then he poured water into a basin\, and began to wash the disciples' f
 eet\, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.\n\nHe came 
 to Simon Peter\; and Peter said to him\, "Lord\, do you wash my feet?" Jesu
 s answered him\, "What I am doing you do not know now\, but afterward you w
 ill understand." Peter said to him\, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus 
 answered him\, "If I do not wash you\, you have no part in me." Simon Peter
  said to him\, "Lord\, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" Jes
 us said to him\, "He who has bathed does not need to wash\, except for his 
 feet\, but he is clean all over\; and you are clean\, but not every one of 
 you." For he knew who was to betray him\; that was why he said\, "You are n
 ot all clean."\n\nWhen he had washed their feet\, and taken his garments\, 
 and resumed his place\, he said to them\, "Do you know what I have done to 
 you? Y
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Syna
 xis of the 70 Holy Apostles\; Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, Abbot of C
 ucomo in Sicily\; Nikephoros the Leper\; Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios th
 e Notary\; Righteous Apollinaria the Senator\; Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euph
 emia\; Righteous Euthymios the Younger\; New Martyr Onuphrios\; Righteous E
 uthymios of Vatopedi\; Righteous John Scholarios\; Eustathios Archbishop of
  Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, G
 od has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\;
  because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We
  are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, bu
 t you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the prese
 nt hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, 
 and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when p
 ersecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have bec
 ome\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all th
 ings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my b
 eloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do no
 t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the g
 ospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18
 -28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom
  of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of Joh
 n\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who
  are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the C
 hrist." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am n
 ot." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\,
  "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say
  about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness
 \, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNo
 w they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you
  baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?"
  John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom
  you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I
  am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, wh
 ere John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia\; Mardonios & Stratonikos 
 the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:13-24\nBret
 hren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, be strong. 
 Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know that the hou
 sehold of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they have devot
 ed themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to be subject to su
 ch men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of S
 tephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up for your a
 bsence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to
  such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca\, togethe
 r with the church in their house\, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. A
 ll the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I\, Pau
 l\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lo
 rd\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be w
 ith you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 24:42-47\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not know on what day 
 your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in w
 hat part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and woul
 d not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\;
  for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is the
  faithful and wise servant whom his master has set over his household\, to 
 give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his m
 aster when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set 
 him over all his possessions."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\; Cyril\, Equal-to-the-Apostles 
 & Teacher of the Slavs\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth\; Abraham\, Bis
 hop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's F
 irst Universal Letter 2:7-17\nBrethren\, I am writing you no new commandmen
 t\, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning\; the old comma
 ndment is the word which you have heard.  Yet I am writing you a new comman
 dment\, which is true in him and in you\, because the darkness is passing a
 way and the true light is already shining.  He who says he is in the light 
 and hates his brother is in the darkness still.  He who loves his brother a
 bides in the light\, and in it there is no cause for stumbling.  But he who
  hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness\, and does 
 not know where he is going\, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.  I 
 am writing to you\, little children\, because your sins are forgiven for hi
 s sake.  I am writing to you\, fathers\, because you know him who is from t
 he beginning.  I am writing to you\, young men\, because you have overcome 
 the evil one.  I write to you\, children\, because you know the Father.  I 
 write to you\, fathers\, because you know him who is from the beginning.  I
  write to you\, young men\, because you are strong\, and the word of God ab
 ides in you\, and you have overcome the evil one.  Do not love the world or
  the things in the world.  If any one loves the world\, love for the Father
  is not in him.  For all that is in the world\, the lust of the flesh and t
 he lust of the eyes and the pride of life\, is not of the Father but is of 
 the world.  And the world passes away\, and the lust of it\; but he who doe
 s the will of God abides for ever. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:3-9\nAt that
  time\, while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, as he 
 sat at table\, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nar
 d\, very costly\, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.  But
  there were some who said to themselves indignantly\, "Why was the ointment
  thus wasted?  For this ointment might have been sold for more than three h
 undred denarii\, and given to the poor."  And they reproached her.  But Jes
 us said\, "Let her alone\; why do you trouble her?  She has done a beautifu
 l thing to me.  For you always have the poor with you\, and whenever you wi
 ll\, you can do good to them\; but you will not always have me.  She has do
 ne what she could\; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying.  And t
 ruly\, I say to you\, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world\, 
 what she has done will be told in memory of her."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Kastinos\, Arc
 hbishop of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "T
 ruly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the do
 or but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he
  who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper
  opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and 
 leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\,
  and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will n
 ot follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of
  strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand
  what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thie
 ves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any o
 ne enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastur
 e."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting t
 hat we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, sepa
 rated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like thos
 e high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and the
 n for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up him
 self.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, bu
 t the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who
  has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is th
 is: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the
  throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true
  tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 
 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will
  be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only 
 to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have i
 t abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his lif
 e for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the s
 heep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and th
 e wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling 
 and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own an
 d my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay
  down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this
  fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shal
 l be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\; Leontus the martyr\; Her
 mos the Martyr\; John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Relics of A
 rsenios the Righteous of Paros\; Constantine the New Martyr of Capua\; Matt
 hew the New Martyr of Gerakari\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Ho
 ly Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthia
 ns 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy 
 our brother.\n\nTo the church of God which is at Corinth\, with all the sai
 nts who are in the whole of Achaia:\n\nGrace to you and peace from God our 
 Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nBlessed be the God and Father of our L
 ord Jesus Christ\, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort\, who comfo
 rts us in all our affliction\, so that we may be able to comfort those who 
 are in any affliction\, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comfor
 ted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us\, so also our com
 fort abounds through Christ. If we are afflicted\, it is for your comfort a
 nd salvation\; and if we are comforted\, it is for your comfort\, which you
  experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. O
 ur hope for you is unshaken\; for we know that as you share in our sufferin
 gs\, you all also share in our comfort.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:43-46
 \nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him: "I tell you\, the kingdom 
 of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the frui
 ts of it. And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces\; but whe
 n it falls on any one\, it will crush him."\n\nWhen the chief priests and t
 he Pharisees heard his parables\, they perceived that he was speaking about
  them. But when they tried to arrest him\, they feared the multitudes\, bec
 ause they held him to be a prophet.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\; Mar
 kella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12\nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apos
 tleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do w
 e not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not have the right to be 
 accompanied by a wife\, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord 
 and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from 
 working for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plant
 s a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without get
 ting some of the milk? Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law s
 ay the same? For it is written in the law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle 
 an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concer
 ned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake\,
  because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of
  a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritual good among you\, is it too 
 much if we reap your material benefits? If others share this rightful claim
  upon you\, do not we still more? Nevertheless\, we have not made use of th
 is right\, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of
  the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus we
 nt on through cities and villages\, preaching and bringing the good news of
  the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him\, and also some women who
  had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\,
  from whom seven demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Her
 od's steward\, and Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for him out of 
 their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Monday after Pascha\; Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\; H
 oly New Martyrs Demetrius and Paul of Tripoli\; John-Vladimir\, Ruler of Se
 rbia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:1-9\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles had
  passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia\, they came to Thessalonica\, wher
 e there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in\, as was his custom\,
  and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures\, explaining a
 nd proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from 
 the dead\, and saying\, "This Jesus\, whom I proclaim to you\, is the Chris
 t." And some of them were persuaded\, and joined Paul and Silas\; as did a 
 great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the
  Jews were jealous\, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble\, they ga
 thered a crowd\, set the city in an uproar\, and attacked the house of Jaso
 n\, seeking to bring them out to the people. And when they could not find t
 hem\, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authoriti
 es\, crying\, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come he
 re also\, and Jason has received them\; and they are all acting against the
  decrees of Caesar\, saying that there is another king\, Jesus." And the pe
 ople and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this. And when
  they had taken security from Jason and the rest\, they let them go. \n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, the chief priests and the Phari
 sees gathered the council\, and said\, "What are we to do? For this man per
 forms many signs. If we let him go on thus\, every one will believe in him\
 , and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nation." But 
 one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that year\, said to them\, "Yo
 u know nothing at all\; you do not understand that it is expedient for you 
 that one man should die for the people\, and that the whole nation should n
 ot perish." He did not say this of his own accord\, but being high priest t
 hat year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation\, and not for t
 he nation only\, but to gather into one the children of God who are scatter
 ed abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.\n
 \nJesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews\, but went fro
 m there to the country near the wilderness\, to a town called Ephraim\; and
  there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost\; Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\; 
 Timothy\, Bishop of Proussa\; Theophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\; Our Holy F
 ather Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\; The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nFast Free\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:7-12\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God
  our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First\, I thank my God through Jesus
  Christ for all of you\, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
  For God is my witness\, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his S
 on\, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers\, asking that 
 somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. For I lon
 g to see you\, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen y
 ou\, that is\, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith\, b
 oth yours and mine.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Gi
 ve to him who begs from you\, and do not refuse him who would borrow from y
 ou. You have heard that it was said\, 'You shall love your neighbor and hat
 e your enemy.' But I say to you\, Love your enemies and pray for those who 
 persecute you\, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven\; f
 or he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good\, and sends rain on th
 e just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you\, what reward 
 have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute onl
 y your brethren\, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gent
 iles do the same? You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your heavenly Fath
 er is perfect."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cleopas and Artemas of the 70 Apostles\; The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and
  His Sister Zenobia\; Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:1-7\nBrethren\, I 
 want you to know how greatly I strive for you\, and for those at Laodicea\,
  and for all who have not seen my face\, that their hearts may be encourage
 d as they are knit together in love\, to have all the riches of assured und
 erstanding and the knowledge of God's mystery\, of Christ\, in whom are hid
  all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one
  may delude you with beguiling speech. For though I am absent in body\, yet
  I am with you in spirit\, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmnes
 s of your faith in Christ. As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord\
 , so live in him\, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith\
 , just as you were taught\, abounding in thanksgiving.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 11:23-26\nThe Lord said\, "He who is not with me is against me he who d
 oes not gather with me scatters.\n\n"When the unclean spirit has gone out o
 f a man\, he passes through waterless places seeking rest\; and finding non
 e he says\, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he come
 s he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and brings seven other s
 pirits more evil than himself\, and they enter and dwell there\; and the la
 st state of that man becomes worse than the first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; The Synaxis of
  the New Martyrs of Russia\; Kastinos\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nMat
 ins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to 
 him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold b
 y the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\
 ; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the ga
 tekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by n
 ame and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes befor
 e them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger the
 y will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the 
 voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not un
 derstand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me 
 are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; 
 if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and fin
 d pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was f
 itting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstaine
 d\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, l
 ike those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins
  and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offere
 d up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high prie
 sts\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a
  Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are sayi
 ng is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right han
 d of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and 
 the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\,
  he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief com
 es only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, an
 d have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down
  his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose o
 wn the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\
 ; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a h
 ireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know m
 y own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; a
 nd I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not
  of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So th
 ere shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the New\; Herodion the Apostle of the 70\; Stephen the Wonder
 worker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 40:18-31\nThus says 
 the LORD: To whom then will you liken God\, or what likeness compare with h
 im?  The idol! a workman casts it\, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold\,
  and casts for it silver chains.  He who is impoverished chooses for an off
 ering wood that will not rot\; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up a
 n image that will not move.  \n\n Have you not known? Have you not heard? H
 as it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from th
 e foundations of the earth?  It is he who sits above the circle of the eart
 h\, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers\; who stretches out the heave
 ns like a curtain\, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in\; who brings p
 rinces to nought\, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.  \n\n Scar
 cely are they planted\, scarcely sown\, scarcely has their stem taken root 
 in the earth\, when he blows upon them\, and they wither\, and the tempest 
 carries them off like stubble.  \n\n To whom then will you compare me\, tha
 t I should be like him? Says the Holy One.  Lift up your eyes on high and s
 ee: who created these? He who brings out their host by number\, calling the
 m all by name\; by the greatness of his might\, and because he is strong in
  power not one is missing.  \n\n Why do you say\, O Jacob\, and speak\, O I
 srael\, "My way is hid from the LORD\, and my right is disregarded by my Go
 d"?  Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting Go
 d\, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary\,
  his understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the faint\, and to h
 im who has no might he increases strength.  Even youths shall faint and be 
 weary\, and young men shall fall exhausted\; but they who wait for the LORD
  shall renew their strength\, they shall mount up with wings like eagles\, 
 they shall run and not be weary\, they shall walk and not faint.\n\nOld Tes
 tament Reading: Genesis 15:1-15\n After these things the word of the LORD c
 ame to Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abram\, I am your shield\; your rewa
 rd shall be very great."  But Abram said\, "O Lord GOD\, what wilt thou giv
 e me\, for I continue childless\, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Da
 mascus?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou hast given me no offspring\; and 
 a slave born in my house will be my heir."  And behold\, the word of the LO
 RD came to him\, "This man shall not be your heir\; your own son shall be y
 our heir."  And he brought him outside and said\, "Look toward heaven\, and
  number the stars\, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him\, 
 "So shall your descendants be."  And he believed the LORD\; and he reckoned
  it to him as righteousness.  \n\n And he said to him\, "I am the LORD who 
 brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to give you this land to possess."  
 But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"  He 
 said to him\, "Bring me a heifer three years old\, a she-goat three years o
 ld\, a ram three years old\, a turtledove\, and a young pigeon."  And he br
 ought him all these\, cut them in two\, and laid each half over against the
  other\; but he did not cut the birds in two.  And when birds of prey came 
 down upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them away.  \n\n As the sun was going
  down\, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo\, a dread and great darkness fe
 ll upon him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\, "Know of a surety that your des
 cendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs\, and will be slav
 es there\, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years\; but I will b
 ring judgment on the nation which they serve\, and afterward they shall com
 e out with great possessions.  As for yourself\, you shall go to your fathe
 rs in peace\; you shall be buried in a good old age.\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Proverbs 15:7-19\nThe lips of the wise spread knowledge\; not so the mi
 nds of fools.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, 
 but the prayer of the upright is his delight.  The way of the wicked is an 
 abomination to the LORD\, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.  Ther
 e is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way\; he who hates reproof 
 will die.  Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD\, how much more the h
 earts of men!  A scoffer does not like to be reproved\; he will not go to t
 he wise.  A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance\, but by sorrow of hear
 t the spirit is broken.  The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowle
 dge\, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.  All the days of the afflicted
  are evil\, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  Better is a little
  with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.  Better
  is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.  A
  hot-tempered man stirs up strife\, but he who is slow to anger quiets cont
 ention.  The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns\, but the path of t
 he upright is a level highway.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Paralytic\; Simon the Zealot & Apostle\; Laurence of Egy
 pt\; Isodora of Egypt\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time
 \, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles fro
 m Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had h
 appened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself dr
 ew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 
 And he said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with
  each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of the
 m\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem w
 ho does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he
  said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of 
 Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the
  people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be conde
 mned to death\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to 
 redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since t
 his happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at 
 the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body\; and they came bac
 k saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was 
 alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just 
 as the women had said\; but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O
  foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spok
 en! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and ent
 er into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he inte
 rpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo 
 they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be g
 oing further\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it i
 s toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with 
 them. When he was at table with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and 
 broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recogni
 zed him\; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Di
 d not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road\, while h
 e opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned t
 o Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who wer
 e with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to S
 imon!" Then they told what had happened on the road\, and how he was known 
 to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 9:32-42\nIn those days\, as Peter went here and there among them all\, 
 he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man n
 amed Aeneas\, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. And
  Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you\; rise and make your 
 bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon sa
 w him\, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple name
 d Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of char
 ity. In those days she fell sick and died\; and when they had washed her\, 
 they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa\, the disciples\
 , hearing that Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreating him\, "Plea
 se come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went with them. And when he
  had come\, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside hi
 m weeping\, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while s
 he was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed\
 ; then turning to the body he said\, "Tabitha\, rise." And she opened her e
 yes\, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and lifte
 d her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. And it
  became known throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the Lord.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 5:1-15\nAt that time\, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now the
 re is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool\, in Hebrew called Bethesda whi
 ch has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids\, blind\, lame\
 , paralyzed\, waiting for the moving of the water\; for an angel of the Lor
 d went down at certain seasons into the pool\, and troubled the water\; who
 ever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatev
 er disease he had. One man was there\, who had been ill for thirty-eight ye
 ars. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time\,
  he said to him\, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered him\, "
 Sir\, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled\, an
 d while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him\, "Rise
 \, take up your pallet\, and walk." And at once the man was healed\, and he
  took up his pallet and walked.\n\nNow that day was the sabbath. So the Jew
 s said to the man who was cured\, "It is the sabbath\, it is not lawful for
  you to carry your pallet." But he answered them\, "The man who healed me s
 aid to me\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk.' "They asked him\, "Who is the
  man who said to you\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk'?" Now the man who h
 ad been healed did not know who it was\, for Jesus had withdrawn\, as there
  was a crowd in the place. Afterward\, Jesus found him in the temple\, and 
 said to him\, "See\, you are well! Sin no more\, that nothing worse befall 
 you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed 
 him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\; Peter\, Archbishop of Alexand
 ria\; Hermogenes\, the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in
 to the Temple\; Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\; 
 4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a Sa
 vior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be like hi
 s glorious body\, by the power which enables him even to subject all things
  to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy a
 nd crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and 
 I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefel
 low\, help these women\, for they have labored side by side with me in the 
 gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose name
 s are in the book of life. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:26-37\; 18:8\nThe Lo
 rd said\, "As it was in the days of Noah\, so will it be in the days of the
  Son of man. They ate\, they drank\, they married\, they were given in marr
 iage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, and the flood came and des
 troyed them all. Likewise as it was in the days of Lot -- they ate\, they d
 rank\, they bought\, they sold\, they planted\, they built\, but on the day
  when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destr
 oyed them all -- so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed. 
 On that day\, let him who is on the housetop\, with his goods in the house\
 , not come down to take them away\; and likewise let him who is in the fiel
 d not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to gain his life will l
 ose it\, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell you\, in that 
 night there will be two in one bed\; one will be taken and the other left. 
 There will be two women grinding together\; one will be taken and the other
  left." And they said to him\, "Where\, Lord?" He said to them\, "Where the
  body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together. Nevertheless\, when 
 the Son of man comes\, will he find faith on earth?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\, and Tertios\, Apost
 les of the 70\; Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\; Holy Father Arsenius of 
 Cappadocia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\n\nEpistle Reading: I
  Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of al
 l\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the
  world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are
  wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, 
 but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-
 clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands.
  When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, w
 e try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the w
 orld\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you asha
 med\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have count
 less guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your fat
 her in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of
  me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:1-9\nAt that time\, there were some present
  who told Jesus of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their 
 sacrifices. And he answered them\, "Do you think that these Galileans were 
 worse sinners than all the other Galileans\, because they suffered thus? I 
 tell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or thos
 e eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them\, do you thin
 k that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem
 ? I tell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." An
 d he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard\; and
  he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser
 \, 'Lo\, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree\, and
  I find none. Cut it down\; why should it use up the ground?' And he answer
 ed him\, 'Let it alone\, sir\, this year also\, till I dig about it and put
  on manure. And if it bears fruit next year\, well and good\; but if not\, 
 you can cut it down.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Heiromartyr Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\; Pharmuthios the Anchorite\;
  Guthlac the Hermit of Crowland\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Is
 aiah 48:17-49:4\nThus says the LORD\, your Redeemer\, the Holy One of Israe
 l: "I am the LORD your God\, who teaches you to profit\, who leads you in t
 he way you should go.  O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then yo
 ur peace would have been like a river\, and your righteousness like the wav
 es of the sea\; your offspring would have been like the sand\, and your des
 cendants like its grains\; their name would never be cut off or destroyed f
 rom before me."\n\nGo forth from Babylon\, flee from Chaldea\, declare this
  with a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, send it forth to the end of the earth\
 ; say\, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!"  They thirsted not when 
 he led them through the deserts\; he made water flow for them from the rock
 \; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.  "There is no peace\," says 
 the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n\nListen to me\, O coastlands\, and hearken\,
  you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb\, from the body of
  my mother he named my name.  He made my mouth like a sharp sword\, in the 
 shadow of his hand he hid me\; he made me a polished arrow\, in his quiver 
 he hid me away.  And he said to me\, "You are my servant\, Israel\, in whom
  I will be glorified."  But I said\, "I have labored in vain\, I have spent
  my strength for nothing and vanity\; yet surely my right is with the LORD\
 , and my recompense with my God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 27:1-41
 \nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see\, he ca
 lled Esau his older son\, and said to him\, "My son"\; and he answered\, "H
 ere I am."  He said\, "Behold\, I am old\; I do not know the day of my deat
 h.  Now then\, take your weapons\, your quiver and your bow\, and go out to
  the field\, and hunt game for me\, and prepare for me savory food\, such a
 s I love\, and bring it to me that I may eat\; that I may bless you before 
 I die."  Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So whe
 n Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it\, Rebekah said to he
 r son Jacob\, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau\,  'Bring me 
 game\, and prepare for me savory food\, that I may eat it\, and bless you b
 efore the LORD before I die.'  Now therefore\, my son\, obey my word as I c
 ommand you.  Go to the flock\, and fetch me two good kids\, that I may prep
 are from them savory food for your father\, such as he loves\; and you shal
 l bring it to your father to eat\, so that he may bless you before he dies.
 "  But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother\, "Behold\, my brother Esau is a ha
 iry man\, and I am a smooth man.  Perhaps my father will feel me\, and I sh
 all seem to be mocking him\, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessi
 ng."  His mother said to him\, "Upon me be your curse\, my son\; only obey 
 my word\, and go\, fetch them to me."  So he went and took them and brought
  them to his mother\; and his mother prepared savory food\, such as his fat
 her loved.  Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son\, whi
 ch were with her in the house\, and put them on Jacob her younger son\; and
  the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of h
 is neck\; and she gave the savory food and the bread\, which she had prepar
 ed\, into the hand of her son Jacob.\n\nSo he went in to his father\, and s
 aid\, "My father"\; and he said\, "Here I am\; who are you\, my son?"  Jaco
 b said to his father\, "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told 
 me\; now sit up and eat of my game\, that you may bless me."  But Isaac sai
 d to his son\, "How is it that you have found it so quickly\, my son?" He a
 nswered\, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."  Then Isaac said 
 to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I may feel you\, my son\, to know whether you 
 are really my son Esau or not."  So Jacob went near to Isaac his father\, w
 ho felt him and said\, "The voice is Jacob's voice\, but the hands are the 
 hands of Esau."  And he did not recognize him\, because his hands were hair
 y like his brother Esau's hands\; so he blessed him.  He said\, "Are you re
 ally my son Esau?" He answered\, "I am."  Then he said\, "Bring it to me\, 
 that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it to him\, a
 nd he ate\; and he brought him wine\, and he drank.  Then his father Isaac 
 said to him\, "Come near and kiss me\, my son."  So he came near and kissed
  him\; and he smelled the smell of his garments\, and blessed him\, and sai
 d\, "See\, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD ha
 s blessed!  May God give you of the dew of heaven\, and of the fatness of t
 he earth\, and plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you\, and natio
 ns bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers\, and may your mother's sons
  bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you\, and blessed be every
  one who blesses you!"\n\nAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob\, wh
 en Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father\, Esau
  his brother came in from his hunting.  He also prepared savory food\, and 
 brought it to his father. And he said to his father\, "Let my father arise\
 , and eat of his son's game\, that you may bless me."  His father Isaac sai
 d to him\, "Who are you?" He answered\, "I am your son\, your first-born\, 
 Esau."  Then Isaac trembled violently\, and said\, "Who was it then that hu
 nted game and brought it to me\, and I ate it all before you came\, and I h
 ave blessed him? - Yes\, and he shall be blessed."  When Esau heard the wor
 ds of his father\, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry\, 
 and said to his father\, "Bless me\, even me also\, O my father!"  But he s
 aid\, "Your brother came with guile\, and he has taken away your blessing."
   Esau said\, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me thes
 e two times. He took away my birthright\; and behold\, now he has taken awa
 y my blessing." Then he said\, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"  
 Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, I have made him your lord\, and all his bro
 thers I have given to him for servants\, and with grain and wine I have sus
 tained him. What then can I do for you\, my son?"  Esau said to his father\
 , "Have you but one blessing\, my father? Bless me\, even me also\, O my fa
 ther." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.  Then Isaac his father answer
 ed him: "Behold\, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be
 \, and away from the dew of heaven on high.  By your sword you shall live\,
  and you shall serve your brother\; but when you break loose you shall brea
 k his yoke from your neck."  Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing w
 ith which his father had blessed him\, and Esau said to himself\, "The days
  of mourning for my father are approaching\; then I will kill my brother Ja
 cob."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 19:16-25\nHe who keeps the command
 ment keeps his life\; he who despises the word will die.  He who is kind to
  the poor lends to the LORD\, and he will repay him for his deed.  Discipli
 ne your son while there is hope\; do not set your heart on his destruction.
   A man of great wrath will pay the penalty\; for if you deliver him\, you 
 will only have to do it again.  Listen to advice and accept instruction\, t
 hat you may gain wisdom for the future.  Many are the plans in the mind of 
 a man\, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.  What i
 s desired in a man is loyalty\, and a poor man is better than a liar.  The 
 fear of the LORD leads to life\; and he who has it rests satisfied\; he wil
 l not be visited by harm.  The sluggard buries his hand in the dish\, and w
 ill not even bring it back to his mouth.  Strike a scoffer\, and the simple
  will learn prudence\; reprove a man of understanding\, and he will gain kn
 owledge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fourth Saturday of Lent\; Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carth
 age\; Gregory V\, the Holy Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\; Holy Fa
 ther Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; 150 and more Righteous Martyr F
 athers of the Sacred Monastery of Pantocrator Daou Pentelis\n\nFast Day (Wi
 ne and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRETHREN\, we feel 
 sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not so unjust as
  to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in servin
 g the saints\, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the s
 ame earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end\, so 
 that you may not be sluggish\, but imitators of those who through faith and
  patience inherit the promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 7:31-37\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre\, and went through Sidon to the
  Sea of Galilee\, through the region of Dekapolis. And they brought to him 
 a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech\; and they besought 
 him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude priva
 tely\, he put his fingers into his ears\, and he spat and touched his tongu
 e\; and looking up to heaven\, he sighed\, and said to him\, "Ephphatha\," 
 that is\, "Be opened." And his ears were opened\, his tongue was released\,
  and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one\; but the more he
  charged them\, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astoni
 shed beyond measure\, saying\, "He has done all things well: he even makes 
 the deaf hear and the dumb speak."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna\; Proterios\, Archbishop o
 f Alexandria\; Gorgonia the Righteous\, sister of Gregory the Theologian\; 
 Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\n
 Fast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Jud. 1:11-25
 \nBeloved\, woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and aba
 ndon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Kora
 h's rebellion.  These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly ca
 rouse together\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried alon
 g by winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild 
 waves of the sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars
  for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.\n\nIt wa
 s of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\,
  saying\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgme
 nt on all\, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodlines
 s which they have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh t
 hings which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."  These are grumblers\
 , malcontents\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flat
 tering people to gain advantage.\n\nBut you must remember\, beloved\, the p
 redictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "I
 n the last time there will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly passio
 ns."  It is these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spi
 rit.  But you\, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pra
 y in the Holy Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the me
 rcy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.  And convince some\, who do
 ubt\; save some\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy wi
 th fear\, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.\n\nNow to him who i
 s able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before t
 he presence of his glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior thro
 ugh Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\,
  before all time and now and for ever.  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 23:1-
 31\, 33\, 44-56\nAt that time\, the chief priests\, the scribes\, and elder
 s of the people brought Jesus before Pilate.  And they began to accuse him\
 , saying\, "We found this man perverting our nation\, and forbidding us to 
 give tribute to Caesar\, and saying that he himself is Christ a king."  And
  Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, 
 "You have said so."  And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitude
 s\, "I find no crime in this man."  But they were urgent\, saying\, "He sti
 rs up the people\, teaching throughout all Judea\, from Galilee even to thi
 s place."\n\nWhen Pilate heard this\, he asked whether the man was a Galile
 an.  And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction\, he sent
  him over to Herod\, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.  When Herod
  saw Jesus\, he was very glad\, for he had long desired to see him\, becaus
 e he had heard about him\, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him. 
  So he questioned him at some length\; but he made no answer.  The chief pr
 iests and the scribes stood by\, vehemently accusing him.  And Herod with h
 is soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him\; then\, arraying him 
 in gorgeous apparel\, he sent him back to Pilate.  And Herod and Pilate bec
 ame friends with each other that very day\, for before this they had been a
 t enmity with each other.\n\nPilate then called together the chief priests 
 and the rulers and the people\, and said to them\, "You brought me this man
  as one who was perverting the people\; and after examining him before you\
 , behold\, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against hi
 m\; neither did Herod\, for he sent him back to us.  Behold\, nothing deser
 ving death has been done by him\; I will therefore chastise him and release
  him." Now he was obliged to release one man to them at the festival.\n\nBu
 t they all cried out together\, "Away with this man\, and release to us Bar
 abbas" -- a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started
  in the city\, and for murder.  Pilate addressed them once more\, desiring 
 to release Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "Crucify\, crucify him!"  A third
  time he said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?  I have found in him 
 no crime deserving death\; I will therefore chastise him and release him." 
  But they were urgent\, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucifi
 ed.  And their voices prevailed.  So Pilate gave sentence that their demand
  should be granted.  He released the man who had been thrown into prison fo
 r insurrection and murder\, whom they asked for\; but Jesus he delivered up
  to their will.\n\nAnd as they led him away\, they seized one Simon of Cyre
 ne\, who was coming in from the country\, and laid on him the cross\, to ca
 rry it behind Jesus.  And there followed him a great multitude of the peopl
 e\, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.  But Jesus turning to them 
 said\, "Daughters of Jerusalem\, do not weep for me\, but weep for yourselv
 es and for your children.  For behold\, the days are coming when they will 
 say\, 'Blessed are the barren\, and the wombs that never bore\, and the bre
 asts that never gave suck!'  Then they will begin to say to the mountains\,
  'Fall on us'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.'  For if they do this when th
 e wood is green\, what will happen when it is dry?"\n\nAnd when they came t
 o the place which is called The Skull\, there they crucified him\, and the 
 criminals\, one on the right and one on the left.\n\nIt was now about the s
 ixth hour\, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour
 \, while the sun's light failed\; and the curtain of the temple was torn in
  two.  Then Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\, said\, "Father\, into your h
 ands I commit my spirit!"  And having said this he breathed his last.  Now 
 when the centurion saw what had taken place\, he praised God\, and said\, "
 Certainly this man was innocent!"  And all the multitudes who assembled to 
 see the sight\, when they saw what had taken place\, returned home beating 
 their breasts.  And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed hi
 m from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things.\n\nNow there was a
  man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea.  He was a member of th
 e council\, a good and righteous man\, who had not consented to their purpo
 se and deed\, and he was looking for the kingdom of God.  This man went to 
 Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Then he took it down and wrapped i
 t in a linen shroud\, and laid him in a rock hewn tomb\, where no one had e
 ver yet been laid.  It was the day of Preparation\, and the sabbath was beg
 inning.  The women who had come with him from Galilee followed\, and saw th
 e tomb\, and how his body was laid\; then they returned\, and prepared spic
 es and ointments.\n\nOn the sabbath they rested according to the commandmen
 t.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Jo
 hn\; Theodora of Thessaloniki\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nFa
 st Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt th
 at time\, being raised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the discip
 les by the Sea of Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Pet
 er\, Thomas called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Ze
 bedee\, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to 
 them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They
  went out and got into the boat\; but that night they caught nothing. Just 
 as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disciples did not 
 know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?
 " They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right si
 de of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they we
 re not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jes
 us loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it w
 as the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sp
 rang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the 
 net full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundre
 d yards off.\n\nWhen they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\
 , with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of th
 e fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled th
 e net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and
  although there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "
 Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who ar
 e you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave i
 t to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus wa
 s revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts 13:25-33\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as John was finishing his course\, h
 e said\, "What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No\, but after me one
  is coming\, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\
 , sons of the family of Abraham\, and those among you that fear God\, to us
  has been sent the message of this salvation. For those who live in Jerusal
 em and their rulers\, because they did not recognize him nor understand the
  utterances of the prophets which are read every sabbath\, fulfilled these 
 by condemning him. Though they could charge him with nothing deserving deat
 h\, yet they asked Pilate to have him killed. And when they had fulfilled a
 ll that was written of him\, they took him down from the tree\, and laid hi
 m in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead\; and for many days he appear
 ed to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem\, who are now hi
 s witnesses to the people. And we bring you the good news that what God pro
 mised to the fathers\, this he has fulfilled to us their children by raisin
 g Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:14-30\nAt that time\, Herod the King hea
 rd about the fame of Jesus\, for his name had become known. He said\, "John
  the baptizer has been raised from the dead\; that is why these powers are 
 at work in him." But others said\, "It is Elijah." And others said\, "It is
  a prophet\, like one of the prophets of old." But when Herod heard of it h
 e said\, "John\, whom I beheaded\, has been raised." For Herod had sent and
  seized John\, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias\, his broth
 er Philip's wife\; because he had married her. For John said to Herod\, "It
  is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." And Herodias had a gru
 dge against him\, and wanted to kill him. But she could not\, for Herod fea
 red John\, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man\, and kept him safe
 . When he heard him\, he was much perplexed\; and yet he heard him gladly. 
 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his c
 ourtiers and officers and the leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias' da
 ughter came in and danced\, she pleased Herod and his guests\; and the king
  said to the girl\, "Ask me for whatever you wish\, and I will grant it." A
 nd he vowed to her\, "Whatever you ask me\, I will give you\, even half of 
 my kingdom." And she went out\, and said to her mother\, "What shall I ask?
 " And she said\, "The head of John the baptizer." And she came in immediate
 ly with haste to the king\, and asked\, saying\, "I want you to give me at 
 once the head of John the Baptist on a platter." And the king was exceeding
 ly sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break
  his word to her. And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and 
 gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison\, and
  brought his head on a platter\, and gave it to the girl\; and the girl gav
 e it to her mother. When his disciples heard of it\, they came and took his
  body\, and laid it in a tomb. The apostles returned to Jesus\, and told hi
 m all that they had done and taught.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of Pascha\; Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Compani
 ons\; Pyrros the Hieromartyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Acts 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he went 
 up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spending s
 ome time there he departed and went from place to place through the region 
 of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew named A
 pollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\,
  well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lo
 rd\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately the t
 hings concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began 
 to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\
 , they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And wh
 en he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrote t
 o the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped those w
 ho through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in publ
 ic\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 12:36-47\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "While you ha
 ve the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light. Wh
 en Jesus had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he h
 ad done so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him\; it wa
 s that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, wh
 o has believed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been reveal
 ed?" Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, "He has blin
 ded their eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their e
 yes and perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them." Isaiah s
 aid this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, many eve
 n of the authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they d
 id not confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they 
 loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out
  and said\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent
  me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the
  world\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one
  hears my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did n
 ot come to judge the world but to save the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; 120 Martyrs of Persia\; Greg
 ory of Sinai\; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Isaiah 65:8-16\nThus says the LORD: "As the wine is found in the c
 luster\, and they say\, 'Do not destroy it\, for there is a blessing in it\
 ,' so I will do for my servants' sake\, and not destroy them all.  I will b
 ring forth descendants from Jacob\, and from Judah inheritors of my mountai
 ns\; my chosen shall inherit it\, and my servants shall dwell there.  Sharo
 n shall become a pasture for flocks\, and the Valley of Achor a place for h
 erds to lie down\, for my people who have sought me.  But you who forsake t
 he LORD\, who forget my holy mountain\, who set a table for Fortune and fil
 l cups of mixed wine for Destiny\; I will destine you to the sword\, and al
 l of you shall bow down to the slaughter\; because\, when I called\, you di
 d not answer\, when I spoke\, you did not listen\, but you did what was evi
 l in my eyes\, and chose what I did not delight in."  Therefore thus says t
 he Lord GOD: "Behold\, my servants shall eat\, but you shall be hungry\; be
 hold\, my servants shall drink\, but you shall be thirsty\; behold\, my ser
 vants shall rejoice\, but you shall be put to shame\; behold\, my servants 
 shall sing for gladness of heart\, but you shall cry out for pain of heart\
 , and shall wail for anguish of spirit.  You shall leave your name to my ch
 osen for a curse\, and the Lord GOD will slay you\; but his servants he wil
 l call by a different name.  So that he who blesses himself in the land sha
 ll bless himself by the God of truth\, and he who takes an oath in the land
  shall swear by the God of truth\; because the former troubles are forgotte
 n and are hid from my eyes.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 46:1-7\n So I
 srael took his journey with all that he had\, and came to Beersheba\, and o
 ffered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  And God spoke to Israel 
 in visions of the night\, and said\, "Jacob\, Jacob." And he said\, "Here a
 m I."  Then he said\, "I am God\, the God of your father\; do not be afraid
  to go down to Egypt\; for I will there make of you a great nation.  I will
  go down with you to Egypt\, and I will also bring you up again\; and Josep
 h's hand shall close your eyes."  Then Jacob set out from Beersheba\; and t
 he sons of Israel carried Jacob their father\, their little ones\, and thei
 r wives\, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.  They also too
 k their cattle and their goods\, which they had gained in the land of Canaa
 n\, and came into Egypt\, Jacob and all his offspring with him\, his sons\,
  and his sons' sons with him\, his daughters\, and his sons' daughters\; al
 l his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: P
 roverbs 23:15-24:5\nMy son\, if your heart is wise\, my heart too will be g
 lad.  My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.  Let not you
 r heart envy sinners\, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.  S
 urely there is a future\, and your hope will not be cut off.  Hear\, my son
 \, and be wise\, and direct your mind in the way.  Be not among winebibbers
 \, or among gluttonous eaters of meat\; for the drunkard and the glutton wi
 ll come to poverty\, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.  Hearken t
 o your father who begot you\, and do not despise your mother when she is ol
 d.  Buy truth\, and do not sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruction\, and underst
 anding.  The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice\; he who begets a
  wise son will be glad in him.  Let your father and mother be glad\, let he
 r who bore you rejoice.  My son\, give me your heart\, and let your eyes ob
 serve my ways.  For a harlot is a deep pit\; an adventuress is a narrow wel
 l.  She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men.  
 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has w
 ounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who tarry long over wi
 ne\, those who go to try mixed wine.  Do not look at wine when it is red\, 
 when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.  At the last it bites l
 ike a serpent\, and stings like an adder.  Your eyes will see strange thing
 s\, and your mind utter perverse things.  You will be like one who lies dow
 n in the midst of the sea\, like one who lies on the top of a mast.  "They 
 struck me\," you will say\, "but I was not hurt\; they beat me\, but I did 
 not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."  Be not enviou
 s of evil men\, nor desire to be with them\; for their minds devise violenc
 e\, and their lips talk of mischief.  By wisdom a house is built\, and by u
 nderstanding it is established\; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all
  precious and pleasant riches.  A wise man is mightier than a strong man\, 
 and a man of knowledge than he who has strength.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\; Peter\, Archbishop of Alexand
 ria\; Hermogenes\, the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in
 to the Temple\; Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 3:20-21\;4:1-3\nBrethren\, our comm
 onwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Chri
 st\, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body\, by the p
 ower which enables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefore\, 
 my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown\, stand firm thus
  in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agre
 e in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, help these women\, f
 or they have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Cleme
 nt and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose names are in the book of life.
  \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:31-34\nAt that time\, Jesus\, taking his twelv
 e disciples\, said to them\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\, and e
 verything that is written of the Son of man by the prophets will be accompl
 ished. For he will be delivered to the Gentiles\, and will be mocked and sh
 amefully treated and spit upon\; they will scourge him and kill him\, and o
 n the third day he will rise." But they understood none of these things\; t
 his saying was hid from them\, and they did not grasp what was said.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\; Righteous Artemon\, B
 ishop of Seleucia\; Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; 
 Zachariah the Recluse\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:10
 -12:2\n Thus says the LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an
  ensign to the peoples\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings sha
 ll be glorious. \n\n In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second
  time to recover the remnant which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, f
 rom Egypt\, from Pathros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from H
 amath\, and from the coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for th
 e nations\, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the dispe
 rsed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim 
 shall depart\, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall 
 not be jealous of Judah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they sha
 ll swoop down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, and togeth
 er they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their ha
 nd against Edom and Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LORD
  will utterly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his ha
 nd over the River with his scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channel
 s that men may cross dryshod.  And there will be a highway from Assyria for
  the remnant which is left of his people\, as there was for Israel when the
 y came up from the land of Egypt.  \n\n You will say in that day: "I will g
 ive thanks to thee\, O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy ange
 r turned away\, and thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\;
  I will trust\, and will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength an
 d my song\, and he has become my salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Gene
 sis 7:11-8:3\n In the six hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second mon
 th\, on the seventeenth day of the month\, on that day all the fountains of
  the great deep burst forth\, and the windows of the heavens were opened.  
 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.  On the very same
  day Noah and his sons\, Shem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the
  three wives of his sons with them entered the ark\, they and every beast a
 ccording to its kind\, and all the cattle according to their kinds\, and ev
 ery creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind\, and eve
 ry bird according to its kind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into t
 he ark with Noah\, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath o
 f life.  And they that entered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as 
 God had commanded him\; and the LORD shut him in.  \n\n The flood continued
  forty days upon the earth\; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ark
 \, and it rose high above the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased gr
 eatly upon the earth\; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And 
 the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains
  under the whole heaven were covered\; the waters prevailed above the mount
 ains\, covering them fifteen cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved up
 on the earth\, birds\, cattle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm 
 upon the earth\, and every man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostri
 ls was the breath of life died.  He blotted out every living thing that was
  upon the face of the ground\, man and animals and creeping things and bird
 s of the air\; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, a
 nd those that were with him in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the 
 earth a hundred and fifty days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts
  and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow
  over the earth\, and the waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and t
 he windows of the heavens were closed\, the rain from the heavens was restr
 ained\, and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a 
 hundred and fifty days the waters had abated.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Pro
 verbs 10:1-22\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sorr
 ow to his mother.  Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit\, but right
 eousness delivers from death.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hungr
 y\, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty\
 , but the hand of the diligent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is 
 prudent\, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on t
 he head of the righteous\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  
 The memory of the righteous is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked will
  rot.  The wise of heart will heed commandments\, but a prating fool will c
 ome to ruin.  He who walks in integrity walks securely\, but he who pervert
 s his ways will be found out.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but he
  who boldly reproves makes peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain
  of life\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up 
 strife\, but love covers all offenses.  On the lips of him who has understa
 nding wisdom is found\, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.  
 Wise men lay up knowledge\, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  A
  rich man's wealth is his strong city\; the poverty of the poor is their ru
 in.  The wage of the righteous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to si
 n.  He who heeds instruction is on the path to life\, but he who rejects re
 proof goes astray.  He who conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utte
 rs slander is a fool.  When words are many\, transgression is not lacking\,
  but he who restrains his lips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is 
 choice silver\; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of the
  righteous feed many\, but fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of th
 e LORD makes rich\, and he adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diodore\, Victor\, Victorinus\, Pappias\, Nice
 phorus\, and Serapion\; Theodora the Righteous of Thessaloniki\; Agathopode
 s and Theodulos the Martyrs\; George the new Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Isaiah 58:1-11\nThus says the LORD: "Cry aloud\, spare no
 t\, lift up your voice like a trumpet\; declare to my people their transgre
 ssion\, to the house of Jacob their sins.  Yet they seek me daily\, and del
 ight to know my ways\, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and 
 did not forsake the ordinance of their God\; they ask of me righteous judgm
 ents\, they delight to draw near to God.  'Why have we fasted\, and thou se
 est it not? Why have we humbled ourselves\, and thou takest no knowledge of
  it?' Behold\, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure\, and opp
 ress all your workers.  Behold\, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and 
 to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voi
 ce to be heard on high.  Is such the fast that I choose\, a day for a man t
 o humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush\, and to spread sa
 ckcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast\, and a day acceptab
 le to the LORD?  \n\n "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bon
 ds of wickedness\, to undo the thongs of the yoke\, to let the oppressed go
  free\, and to break every yoke?  Is it not to share your bread with the hu
 ngry\, and bring the homeless poor into your house\; when you see the naked
 \, to cover him\, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?  Then shall
  your light break forth like the dawn\, and your healing shall spring up sp
 eedily\; your righteousness shall go before you\, the glory of the LORD sha
 ll be your rear guard.  Then you shall call\, and the LORD will answer\; yo
 u shall cry\, and he will say\, "Here I am." \n\n "If you take away from th
 e midst of you the yoke\, the pointing of the finger\, and speaking wickedn
 ess\, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the
  afflicted\, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be a
 s the noonday.  And the LORD will guide you continually\, and satisfy your 
 desire with good things\, and make your bones strong\; and you shall be lik
 e a watered garden\, like a spring of water\, whose waters fail not.\n\nOld
  Testament Reading: Genesis 43:26-31\; 45:1-16\n When Joseph came home\, th
 ey brought into the house to him the present which they had with them\, and
  bowed down to him to the ground.  And he inquired about their welfare\, an
 d said\, "Is your father well\, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still 
 alive?"  They said\, "Your servant our father is well\, he is still alive."
  And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.  And he lifted up his eyes\
 , and saw his brother Benjamin\, his mother's son\, and said\, "Is this you
 r youngest brother\, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you\, my s
 on!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for his heart yearned for his brother\, and 
 he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there.  Then
  he washed his face and came out\; and controlling himself he said\, "Let f
 ood be served." \n\n (Chapter 45:1-16) Then Joseph could not control himsel
 f before all those who stood by him\; and he cried\, "Make every one go out
  from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his 
 brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so that the Egyptians heard it\, and the hou
 sehold of Pharaoh heard it.  And Joseph said to his brothers\, "I am Joseph
 \; is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him\, for t
 hey were dismayed at his presence.  So Joseph said to his brothers\, "Come 
 near to me\, I pray you." And they came near. And he said\, "I am your brot
 her\, Joseph\, whom you sold into Egypt.  And now do not be distressed\, or
  angry with yourselves\, because you sold me here\; for God sent me before 
 you to preserve life.  For the famine has been in the land these two years\
 ; and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor h
 arvest.  And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth\
 , and to keep alive for you many survivors.  So it was not you who sent me 
 here\, but God\; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh\, and lord of all h
 is house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.  Make haste and go up to my 
 father and say to him\, 'Thus says your son Joseph\, God has made me lord o
 f all Egypt\; come down to me\, do not tarry\; you shall dwell in the land 
 of Goshen\, and you shall be near me\, you and your children and your child
 ren's children\, and your flocks\, your herds\, and all that you have\; and
  there I will provide for you\, for there are yet five years of famine to c
 ome\; lest you and your household\, and all that you have\, come to poverty
 .'  And now your eyes see\, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see\, that 
 it is my mouth that speaks to you.  You must tell my father of all my splen
 dor in Egypt\, and of all that you have seen. Make haste and bring my fathe
 r down here."  Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept\; and
  Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon
  them\; and after that his brothers talked with him.  When the report was h
 eard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's brothers have come\," it pleased Pharao
 h and his servants well.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 21:23-22:4\nHe 
 who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.  "Scoffer"
  is the name of the proud\, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.  The 
 desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse to labor.  All day lo
 ng the wicked covets\, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.  The
  sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination\; how much more when he brings i
 t with evil intent.  A false witness will perish\, but the word of a man wh
 o hears will endure.  A wicked man puts on a bold face\, but an upright man
  considers his ways.  No wisdom\, no understanding\, no counsel\, can avail
  against the LORD.  The horse is made ready for the day of battle\, but the
  victory belongs to the LORD.  A good name is to be chosen rather than grea
 t riches\, and favor is better than silver or gold.  The rich and the poor 
 meet together\; the LORD is the maker of them all.  A prudent man sees dang
 er and hides himself\; but the simple go on\, and suffer for it.  The rewar
 d for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\; Tikhon\, Patriarch of Moscow and E
 nlightener of North America\; Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kalymnos\;
  George\, Bishop of Lesvos\; Gerasimos the God-Bearer of Byzantium\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 49:6-10\nThus says the LORD: "I wil
 l give you as a light to the nations\, that my salvation may reach to the e
 nd of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy
  One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by the nations\, the servant of ru
 lers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, and they shall prostrate thems
 elves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\, the Holy One of Israel\, wh
 o has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a time of favor I have answered
  you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you\; I have kept you and given 
 you as a covenant to the people\, to establish the land\, to apportion the 
 desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\, 'Come forth\,' to those who 
 are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways\, on all bare he
 ights shall be their pasture\; they shall not hunger or thirst\, neither sc
 orching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he who has pity on them will le
 ad them\, and by springs of water will guide them.\n\nOld Testament Reading
 : Genesis 31:3-16\n Then the LORD said to Jacob\, "Return to the land of yo
 ur fathers and to your kindred\, and I will be with you."  So Jacob sent an
 d called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was\, and said to t
 hem\, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did befor
 e. But the God of my father has been with me.  You know that I have served 
 your father with all my strength\; yet your father has cheated me and chang
 ed my wages ten times\, but God did not permit him to harm me.  If he said\
 , 'The spotted shall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore spotted\; and
  if he said\, 'The striped shall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore s
 triped.  Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father\, and given them
  to me.  In the mating season of the flock I lifted up my eyes\, and saw in
  a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were striped\, spott
 ed\, and mottled.  Then the angel of God said to me in the dream\, 'Jacob\,
 ' and I said\, 'Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up your eyes and see\, all
  the goats that leap upon the flock are striped\, spotted\, and mottled\; f
 or I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.  I am the God of Bethel\, wh
 ere you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise\, go forth from t
 his land\, and return to the land of your birth.'"  Then Rachel and Leah an
 swered him\, "Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father'
 s house?  Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us\, an
 d he has been using up the money given for us.  All the property which God 
 has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children\; now then
 \, whatever God has said to you\, do."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 2
 1:3-21\nTo do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than
  sacrifice.  Haughty eyes and a proud heart\, the lamp of the wicked\, are 
 sin.  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance\, but every one wh
 o is hasty comes only to want.  The getting of treasures by a lying tongue 
 is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.  The violence of the wicked will 
 sweep them away\, because they refuse to do what is just.  The way of the g
 uilty is crooked\, but the conduct of the pure is right.  It is better to l
 ive in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious w
 oman.  The soul of the wicked desires evil\; his neighbor finds no mercy in
  his eyes.  When a scoffer is punished\, the simple becomes wise\; when a w
 ise man is instructed\, he gains knowledge.  The righteous observes the hou
 se of the wicked\; the wicked are cast down to ruin.  He who closes his ear
  to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.  A gift in s
 ecret averts anger\; and a bribe in the bosom\, strong wrath.  When justice
  is done\, it is a joy to the righteous\, but dismay to evildoers.  A man w
 ho wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the d
 ead.  He who loves pleasure will be a poor man\; he who loves wine and oil 
 will not be rich.  The wicked is a ransom for the righteous\, and the faith
 less for the upright.  It is better to live in a desert land than with a co
 ntentious and fretful woman.  Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwe
 lling\, but a foolish man devours it.  He who pursues righteousness and kin
 dness will find life and honor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\; Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\; Di
 onysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ischyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 1:6-10\nBr
 ethren\, you became imitators of us and of the Lord\, for you received the 
 word in much affliction\, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit\; so that yo
 u became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For no
 t only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Ach
 aia\, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere\, so that we need not
  say anything. For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we h
 ad among you\, and how you turned to God from idols\, to serve a living and
  true God\, and to wait for his Son from heaven\, whom he raised from the d
 ead\, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  17:26-37\; 18:8\nThe Lord said\, "As it was in the days of Noah\, so will 
 it be in the days of the Son of man. They ate\, they drank\, they married\,
  they were given in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, an
 d the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was in the days of 
 Lot -- they ate\, they drank\, they bought\, they sold\, they planted\, the
 y built\, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rain
 ed from heaven and destroyed them all -- so will it be on the day when the 
 Son of man is revealed. On that day\, let him who is on the housetop\, with
  his goods in the house\, not come down to take them away\; and likewise le
 t him who is in the field not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks
  to gain his life will lose it\, but whoever loses his life will preserve i
 t. I tell you\, in that night there will be two in one bed\; one will be ta
 ken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together\; one wil
 l be taken and the other left." And they said to him\, "Where\, Lord?" He s
 aid to them\, "Where the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered togeth
 er. Nevertheless\, when the Son of man comes\, will he find faith on earth?
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council\; Philip the Apostle of the 70\, 
 one of the 7 Deacons\; Theophanes the Confessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\; Holy M
 artyrs Zenais and Philonilla\; Nectarios\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philothe
 os Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking
 \; Kenneth\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the 
 week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and 
 saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went
  to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and sai
 d to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know 
 where they have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, an
 d they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran 
 Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the lin
 en cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, follo
 wing him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the
  napkin\, which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but 
 rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the t
 omb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did no
 t know the scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples 
 went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:
 8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these
  things\, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply th
 emselves to good deeds\; these are excellent and profitable to men.  But av
 oid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over th
 e law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man who is factious
 \, after admonishing him once or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\,
  knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.
 \n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at 
 Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter there.  Do your best to 
 speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothin
 g.  And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to h
 elp cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me
  send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with 
 you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:5-15\nThe Lord said this parable: 
 "A sower went out to sow his seed\; and as he sowed\, some fell along the p
 ath\, and was trodden under foot\, and the birds of the air devoured it. An
 d some fell on the rock\; and as it grew up\, it withered away\, because it
  had no moisture. And some fell among thorns\; and the thorns grew with it 
 and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew\, and yielded a hundre
 dfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant\, he said\
 , "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God\; but
  for others they are in parables\, so that seeing they may not see\, and he
 aring they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the wor
 d of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard\; then the devil
  comes and takes away the word from their hearts\, that they may not believ
 e and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who\, when they hear the
  word\, receive it with joy\; but these have no root\, they believe for a w
 hile and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the th
 orns\, they are those who hear\, but as they go on their way they are choke
 d by the cares and riches and pleasures of life\, and their fruit does not 
 mature. And as for that in the good soil\, they are those who\, hearing the
  word\, hold it fast in an honest and good heart\, and bring forth fruit wi
 th patience." As he said these things\, he cried out "He who has ears to he
 ar\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\; Martyrs Barlaam of Caesarea and Heliodorus\; Ant
 himos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Martyrs\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to th
 e Thessalonians 4:18-5:10\nBrethren\, comfort one another with these words.
  But as to the times and the seasons\, brethren\, you have no need to have 
 anything written to you.  For you yourselves know well that the day of the 
 Lord will come like a thief in the night. When people say\, "There is peace
  and security\," then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail com
 es upon a woman with child\, and there will be no escape. But you are not i
 n darkness\, brethren\, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you 
 are all sons of light and sons of the day\; we are not of the night or of d
 arkness. So then let us not sleep\, as others do\, but let us keep awake an
 d be sober. For those who sleep sleep at night\, and those who get drunk ar
 e drunk at night. But\, since we belong to the day\, let us be sober\, and 
 put on the breastplate of faith and love\, and for a helmet the hope of sal
 vation. For God has not destined us for wrath\, but to obtain salvation thr
 ough our Lord Jesus Christ\, who died for us so that whether we wake or sle
 ep we might live with him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:1-9\nThe Lord said th
 is parable\, "There was a rich man who had a steward\, and charges were bro
 ught to him that this man was wasting his goods. And he called him and said
  to him\, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your 
 stewardship\, for you can no longer be steward.' And the steward said to hi
 mself\, 'What shall I do\, since my master is taking the stewardship away f
 rom me? I am not strong enough to dig\, and I am ashamed to beg. I have dec
 ided what to do\, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am
  put out of the stewardship.' So\, summoning his master's debtors one by on
 e\, he said to the first\, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said\, 'A hu
 ndred measures of oil.' And he said to him\, 'Take your bill\, and sit down
  quickly and write fifty.' Then he said to another\, 'And how much do you o
 we?' He said\, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him\, 'Take your b
 ill\, and write eighty.' The master commended the dishonest steward for his
  shrewdness\; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with th
 eir own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you\, make friends fo
 r yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon\, so that when it fails they ma
 y receive you into the eternal habitations.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost\; Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monastery\
 ; Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt\; 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\, Ma
 ry\, Cyris\, Valeria & Marcia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:1-7
 \,13-17\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\, set a
 part for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his prophet
 s in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was descende
 d from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power acco
 rding to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, Jesus C
 hrist our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bri
 ng about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nati
 ons\, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ\; To al
 l God's beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and pea
 ce from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know\, bret
 hren\, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been pr
 evented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among
  the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barb
 arians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach the g
 ospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it i
 s the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the Jew fi
 rst and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed t
 hrough faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous shall live by fa
 ith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went
  about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel 
 of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the peop
 le. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him all the 
 sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\, epilep
 tics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds followed him f
 rom Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the J
 ordan.\n\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat 
 down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them\, s
 aying:\n\n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of he
 aven.\n\n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted.\n\n"Bl
 essed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n"Blessed are thos
 e who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied.\n\
 n"Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n"Blessed are t
 he pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n\n"Blessed are the peacemakers\
 , for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n"Blessed are those who are perse
 cuted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Bl
 essed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of 
 evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your rewa
 rd is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before 
 you.\n\n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has lost its taste\, h
 ow shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except
  to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\; Juven
 al\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\;
  John Maximovitch\, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\; Synaxis of t
 he Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulatio
 ns for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the oute
 r one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Pres
 ence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent 
 called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark 
 of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden u
 rn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the 
 covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat
 . Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having 
 thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performin
 g their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and
  he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for hims
 elf and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\
 nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to 
 a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizab
 eth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her
  womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed wit
 h a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of y
 our womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should co
 me to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, th
 e babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that ther
 e would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And
  Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my
  Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\
 , henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty ha
 s done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with 
 her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council\; Holy Martyr
  Emilian\; Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\; Our Holy Father John\, 
 Archbishop of Constantinople\; Stephen\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; The
 neva of Glasgow\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of
  the week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spices 
 which they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tom
 b\, but when they went in they did not find the body.  While they were perp
 lexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and
  as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said
  to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how he tol
 d you\, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be deliver
 ed in to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day 
 rise."  And they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb they to
 ld all this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\,
  and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who 
 told this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, a
 nd they did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stoop
 ing and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went ho
 me wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\
 , my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so
  that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to 
 good deeds\; these are excellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid c
 ontroversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for 
 they are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after adm
 onishing him once or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing tha
 t such a person is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I s
 end Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, 
 for I have decided to spend the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas 
 the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let 
 our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of
  urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeti
 ng to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Ame
 n.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Yo
 u are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do 
 men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives 
 light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they 
 may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Th
 ink not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come 
 not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till h
 eaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the la
 w until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of thes
 e commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of
  heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in th
 e kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\; Manuel the New Martyr of Crete\;
  Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bishop of Britain\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:1-20\nThe vision of Isaiah the son of A
 moz\, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah\, 
 Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezeki'ah\, kings of Judah.  Hear\, O heavens\, and giv
 e ear\, O earth\; for the Lord has spoken:  "Sons have I reared and brought
  up\, but they have rebelled against me.  The ox knows its owner\, and the 
 ass its master's crib\; but Israel does not know\, my people does not under
 stand."\n\nAh\, sinful nation\, a people laden with iniquity\, offspring of
  evildoers\, sons who deal corruptly!  They have forsaken the Lord\, they h
 ave despised the Holy One of Israel\, they are utterly estranged.\n\nWhy wi
 ll you still be smitten\, that you continue to rebel?  The whole head is si
 ck\, and the whole heart faint.  From the sole of the foot even to the head
 \, there is no soundness in it\, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds\
 ; they are not pressed out\, or bound up\, or softened with oil.\n\nYour co
 untry lies desolate\, your cities are burned with fire\; in your very prese
 nce aliens devour your land\; it is desolate\, as overthrown by aliens.  An
 d the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard\, like a lodge in
  a cucumber field\, like a besieged city.\n\nIf the Lord of hosts had not l
 eft us a few survivors\, we should have been like Sodom\, and become like G
 omor'rah.\n\nHear the word of the Lord\, you rulers of Sodom!  Give ear to 
 the teaching of our God\, you people of Gomor'rah!  "What to me is the mult
 itude of your sacrifices? says the Lord\; I have had enough of burnt offeri
 ngs of rams and the fat of fed beasts\; I do not delight in the blood of bu
 lls\, or of lambs\, or of he-goats.\n\n"When you come to appear before me\,
  who requires of you this trampling of my courts?  Bring no more vain offer
 ings\; incense is an abomination to me.  New moon and sabbath and the calli
 ng of assemblies -- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.  Your new
  moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates\; they have become a burden 
 to me\, I am weary of bearing them.  When you spread forth your hands\, I w
 ill hide my eyes from you\; even though you make many prayers\, I will not 
 listen\; your hands are full of blood.  Wash yourselves\; make yourselves c
 lean\; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes\; cease to do evi
 l\, learn to do good\; seek justice\, correct oppression\; defend the fathe
 rless\, plead for the widow.\n\n"Come now\, let us reason together\, says t
 he Lord:  though your sins are like scarlet\, they shall be as white as sno
 w\; though they are red like crimson\, they shall become like wool.  If you
  are willing and obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; But if you
  refuse and rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of t
 he Lord has spoken."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:1-13\nIn the begin
 ning God created the heavens and the earth.  The earth was without form and
  void\, and darkness was upon the face of the deep\; and the Spirit of God 
 was moving over the face of the waters.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be lig
 ht"\; and there was light.  And God saw that the light was good\; and God s
 eparated the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day\, and the d
 arkness he called Night.  And there was evening and there was morning\, one
  day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water
 s\, and let it separate the waters from the waters."  And God made the firm
 ament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the wate
 rs which were above the firmament.  And it was so.  And God called the firm
 ament Heaven.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a second day.\
 n\nAnd God said\, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in
 to one place\, and let the dry land appear."  And it was so.  God called th
 e dry land Earth\, and the waters that were gathered together he called Sea
 s.  And God saw that it was good.  And God said\, "Let the earth put forth 
 vegetation\, plants yielding seed\, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which 
 is their seed\, each according to its kind\, upon the earth."  And it was s
 o.  The earth brought forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed according to 
 their own kinds\, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, each acc
 ording to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was evening a
 nd there was morning\, a third day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:1-
 20\nThe proverbs of Solomon\, son of David\, king of Israel:\n\nThat men ma
 y know wisdom and instruction\, understand words of insight\, receive instr
 uction in wise dealing\, righteousness\, justice\, and equity\; that pruden
 ce may be given to the simple\, knowledge and discretion to the youth -- th
 e wise man also may hear and increase in learning\, and the man of understa
 nding acquire skill\, to understand a proverb and a figure\, the words of t
 he wise and their riddles.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowle
 dge\; fools despise wisdom and instruction.\n\nHear\, my son\, your father'
 s instruction\, and reject not your mother's teaching\; for they are a fair
  garland for your head\, and pendants for your neck.  My son\, if sinners e
 ntice you\, do not consent.  If they say\, "Come with us\, let us lie in wa
 it for blood\, let us wantonly ambush the innocent\; like Sheol let us swal
 low them alive and whole\, like those who go down to the Pit\; we shall fin
 d all precious goods\, we shall fill our houses with spoil\; throw in your 
 lot among us\, we will all have one purse" -- my son\, do not walk in the w
 ay with them\, hold back your foot from their paths\; for their feet run to
  evil\, and they make haste to shed blood.  For in vain is a net spread in 
 the sight of any bird\; but these men lie in wait for their own blood\, the
 y set an ambush for their own lives.  Such are the ways of all who get gain
  by violence\; it takes away the life of its possessors.\n\nWisdom cries al
 oud in the street\; in the markets she raises her voice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasius of Mount Athos\; Righteous Father Lampadus the Wonderworker
 \; Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monastery\; Uncovering of the
  Holy Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Holy New Martyrs
  Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Barbara\n\nEpistle Reading: Gal
 atians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, p
 eace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-co
 ntrol\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus
  have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the
  Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no
  provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is
  overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a 
 spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear on
 e another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have been de
 livered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, a
 nd no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son choos
 es to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I w
 ill give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am ge
 ntle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yo
 ke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wif
 e of Cleopas\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:19-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the Athenia
 ns took hold of Paul and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we kn
 ow what this new teaching is which you present? For you bring some strange 
 things to our ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things mean." Now
  all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in n
 othing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing in the m
 iddle of the Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every wa
 y you are very religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the objects 
 of your worship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unkn
 own god.' What therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. T
 he God who made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and e
 arth\, does not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by human han
 ds\, as though he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men life 
 and breath and everything. And he made from one every nation of men to live
  on all the face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and the 
 boundaries of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the hope th
 at they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one 
 of us\, for 'In him we live and move and have our being.' \n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus a
 nd said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, the worl
 d has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to worship at the fea
 st were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Ga
 lilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and tol
 d Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered 
 them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly
 \, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, i
 t remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He who loves his li
 fe loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eter
 nal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there
  shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor hi
 m.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me fro
 m this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father\, glor
 ify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and 
 I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it h
 ad thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, 
 "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of t
 his world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I 
 am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said this to
  show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard 
 from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son
  of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "T
 he light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, l
 est the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not know 
 where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you m
 ay become sons of light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Palm Sunday\; Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-11\; 15-17\nAt that time\, when J
 esus drew near to  Jerusalem and came to Bethphage\, to the Mount of Olives
 \, he sent two disciples\, saying to them\, "Go into the village opposite y
 ou\, and immediately you will find a donkey tied\, and a colt with her\; un
 tie them and bring them to me. If any one says anything to you\, you shall 
 say\, 'The Lord has need of them\,' and he will send them immediately." Thi
 s took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet\, saying\,\n\n"Tell 
 the daughter of Zion\,\nBehold\, your king is coming to you\,\nhumble and m
 ounted on a donkey\,\nand on a colt\, the foal of a donkey."\n\nThe discipl
 es went and did as Jesus had directed them\; they brought the donkey and th
 e colt\, and put their garments on them\, and he sat thereon. Most of the c
 rowd spread their garments on the road\, and others cut branches from the t
 rees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and t
 hat followed him shouted\, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who 
 comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" And when he entered
  Jerusalem\, all the city was stirred\, saying\, "Who is this?" And the cro
 wds said\, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee." But when t
 he chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did\, and the
  children crying out in the temple\, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they we
 re indignant\; and they said to him\, "Do you hear what they are saying?" A
 nd Jesus said to them\, "Yes\; have you never read\,\n\n'Out of the mouths 
 of babes and sucklings\,\nyou have brought perfect praise'?"\n\nAnd leaving
  them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Philippians 4:4-9\nBRETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord always\; again I wi
 ll say\, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. H
 ave no anxiety about anything\, but in everything by prayer and supplicatio
 n with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace o
 f God\, which passes all understanding\, will keep your hearts and your min
 ds in Christ Jesus. Finally\, brethren\, whatever is true\, whatever is hon
 orable\, whatever is just\, whatever is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whateve
 r is gracious\, if there is any excellence\, if there is anything worthy of
  praise\, think about these things. What you have learned and received and 
 heard and seen in me\, do\; and the God of peace will be with you. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 12:1-18\nSix days before Passover\, Jesus came to Bethany\
 , where Lazaros was\, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made 
 him a supper\; Martha served\, and Lazaros was one of those at table with h
 im. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet
  of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair\; and the house was filled with 
 the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot\, one of his disciples (h
 e who was to betray him)\, said "Why was this ointment not sold for three h
 undred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said\, not that he cared for
  the poor but because he was a thief\, and as he had the money box he used 
 to take what was put into it. Jesus said\, "Let her alone\, let her keep it
  for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with you\, but you do n
 ot always have me."\n\n When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he wa
 s there\, they came\, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros\
 , whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Laz
 aros also to death\, because on account of him many of the Jews were going 
 away and believing in Jesus.\n\n The next day a great crowd who had come to
  the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches 
 of palm trees and went out to meet him\, crying\, "Hosanna! Blessed is he w
 ho comes in the name of the Lord\, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus foun
 d a young donkey and sat upon it\; as it is written\, "Fear not\, daughter 
 of Zion\; behold\, your king is coming\, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His d
 isciples did not understand this at first\; but when Jesus was glorified\, 
 then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to
  him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazaros out of the to
 mb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went
  to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\;
  Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch\; Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios t
 he Hieromartyrs\; Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nEpistle Reading: James 3:1-
 10\nBrethren\, let not many of you become teachers\, for you know that we w
 ho teach shall be judged with greater strictness. For we all make many mist
 akes\, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man
 \, able to bridle the whole body also. If we put bits into the mouths of ho
 rses that they may obey us\, we guide their whole bodies. Look at the ships
  also\; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds\, they are 
 guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So th
 e tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How great a forest 
 is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an u
 nrighteous world among our members\, staining the whole body\, setting on f
 ire the cycle of nature\, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast 
 and bird\, of reptile and sea creature\, can be tamed and has been tamed by
  humankind\, but no human being can tame the tongue - a restless evil\, ful
 l of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father\, and with it we cu
 rse men\, who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come ble
 ssing and cursing. My brethren\, this ought not to be so.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Mark 11:11-23\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Jerusalem\, and went into the
  temple\; and when he had looked round at everything\, as it was already la
 te\, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.\n\nOn the following day\, when
  they came from Bethany\, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig t
 ree in leaf\, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came 
 to it\, he found nothing but leaves\, for it was not the season for figs. A
 nd he said to it\, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disc
 iples heard it.\n\nAnd they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple an
 d began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple\, an
 d he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who
  sold pigeons\; and he would not allow any one to carry anything through th
 e temple. And he taught\, and said to them\, "Is it not written\, 'My house
  shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made 
 it a den of robbers." And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and so
 ught a way to destroy him\; for they feared him\, because all the multitude
  was astonished at his teaching. And when evening came they went out of the
  city.\n\nAs they passed by in the morning\, they saw the fig tree withered
  away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him\, "Rabbi\, look! T
 he fig tree which you cursed has withered." And Jesus answered them\, "Have
  faith in God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever says to this mountain\, 'Be t
 aken up and cast into the sea\,' and does not doubt in his heart\, but beli
 eves that what he says will come to pass\, it will be done for him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\; Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions
  in Egypt\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\; 
 Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Finbar the Confessor\, First Bis
 hop of Cork\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Eph
 esians 1:7-17\nBrethren\, we have redemption through the blood of Christ\, 
 the forgiveness of our trespasses\, according to the riches of his grace wh
 ich he lavished upon us. For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insi
 ght the mystery of his will\, according to his purpose which he set forth i
 n Christ as a plan for the fulness of time\, to unite all things in him\, t
 hings in heaven and things on earth. In him\, according to the purpose of h
 im who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will\, we wh
 o first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the pr
 aise of his glory. In him you also\, who have heard the word of truth\, the
  gospel of your salvation\, and have believed in him\, were sealed with the
  promised Holy Spirit\, which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we 
 acquire possession of it\, to the praise of his glory. For this reason\, be
 cause I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all
  the saints\, I do not cease to give thanks for you\, remembering you in my
  prayers\, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of glory\, ma
 y give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the gra
 cious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\, "Is
  not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quote to
  me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you did 
 at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly\, I
  say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth\, I
  tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, when t
 he heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there came a great 
 famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to 
 Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And there we
 re many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none of th
 em was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all in 
 the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of t
 he city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built
 \, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst o
 f them he went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Luke\; Philip the Apostle\; Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop
  of Thessaloniki\; Holy Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\; Justinian t
 he Emperor and his wife Theodora\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt
  that time\, being raised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the dis
 ciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon 
 Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of
  Zebedee\, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said 
 to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." T
 hey went out and got into the boat\; but that night they caught nothing. Ju
 st as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disciples did n
 ot know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fi
 sh?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right
  side of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they
  were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom 
 Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that i
 t was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and
  sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging t
 he net full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hun
 dred yards off.\n\nWhen they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire the
 re\, with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of
  the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled
  the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; 
 and although there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\
 , "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who
  are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gav
 e it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus
  was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles a
 s last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spec
 tacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\,
  but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held
  in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\,
  we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with ou
 r own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when s
 landered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the ref
 use of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to m
 ake you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though yo
 u have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I bec
 ame your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be 
 imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:25-37\nAt that time\, a lawyer 
 stood up to put Jesus to the test\, saying\, "Teacher\, what shall I do to 
 inherit eternal life?" He said to him\, "What is written in the law? How do
  you read?" And he answered\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all yo
 ur heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your strength\, and with a
 ll your mind\; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him\, "You ha
 ve answered right\; do this\, and you will live." \n\n But he\, desiring to
  justify himself\, said to Jesus\, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied\
 , "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho\, and he fell among robbe
 rs\, who stripped him and beat him\, and departed\, leaving him half dead. 
 Now by chance a priest was going down that road\; and when he saw him he pa
 ssed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite\, when he came to the place
  and saw him\, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan\, as he journey
 ed\, came to where he was\; and when he saw him\, he had compassion\, and w
 ent to him and bound up his wounds\, pouring on oil and wine\; then he set 
 him on his own beast and brought him to an inn\, and took care of him. And 
 the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper\, sayin
 g\, 'Take care of him\; and whatever more you spend\, I will repay you when
  I come back.' Which of these three\, do you think\, proved neighbor to the
  man who fell among the robbers?" He said\, "The one who showed mercy on hi
 m." And Jesus said to him\, "Go and do likewise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\; Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor
 \, Archbishop of Thessalonica\; Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Ju
 stus the Martyr\; Peter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Mel
 issourgeio Kissamos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:1-16\nBret
 hren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Ce
 nchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and h
 elp her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of
  many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in
  Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but
  also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church 
 in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in A
 sia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronico
 s and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note am
 ong the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my 
 beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my b
 eloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who 
 belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those
  in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in 
 the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worke
 d hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and
  mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the br
 ethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\
 , and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one another wit
 h a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 11:20-26\nAt that time\, the Lord began to upbraid the cities where mo
 st of his mighty works had been done\, because they did not repent. "Woe to
  you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in yo
 u had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would have repented long ago in sa
 ckcloth and ashes. But I tell you\, it shall be more tolerable on the day o
 f judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you\, Capernaum\, will you 
 be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty
  works done in you had been done in Sodom\, it would have remained until th
 is day. But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgme
 nt for the land of Sodom than for you." At that time Jesus declared\, "I th
 ank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these th
 ings from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yea\, Fat
 her\, so it was well pleasing before you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia\; Mardonios & Stratonikos 
 the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to t
 he Corinthians 16:13-24\nBrethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\
 , be courageous\, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, bre
 thren\, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in
  Achaia\, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints\; I
  urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer.
  I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because
  they have made up for your absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well 
 as yours. Give recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings
 . Aquila and Prisca\, together with the church in their house\, send you he
 arty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one anot
 her with a holy kiss. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If a
 ny one has no love for the Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The
  grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jes
 us. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:42-47\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for
  you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if t
 he householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, h
 e would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. There
 fore you also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you d
 o not expect. Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has
  set over his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? Bless
 ed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\
 , I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George the Righteous of Maleon\; Righteous Plato the Studite\; Theonas
 \, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Renovator of the Sacred Monaste
 ry of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkidiki\; Nicetas the Hieromart
 yr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\; Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki
 \; Righteous Zosimas\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 49:6-1
 0\nThus says the LORD: "I will give you as a light to the nations\, that my
  salvation may reach to the end of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Re
 deemer of Israel and his Holy One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by th
 e nations\, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, a
 nd they shall prostrate themselves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\
 , the Holy One of Israel\, who has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a 
 time of favor I have answered you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you
 \; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people\, to establish
  the land\, to apportion the desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\,
  'Come forth\,' to those who are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed al
 ong the ways\, on all bare heights shall be their pasture\; they shall not 
 hunger or thirst\, neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he
  who has pity on them will lead them\, and by springs of water will guide t
 hem.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 31:3-16\n Then the LORD said to Jaco
 b\, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred\, and I will be
  with you."  So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where 
 his flock was\, and said to them\, "I see that your father does not regard 
 me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me. 
  You know that I have served your father with all my strength\; yet your fa
 ther has cheated me and changed my wages ten times\, but God did not permit
  him to harm me.  If he said\, 'The spotted shall be your wages\,' then all
  the flock bore spotted\; and if he said\, 'The striped shall be your wages
 \,' then all the flock bore striped.  Thus God has taken away the cattle of
  your father\, and given them to me.  In the mating season of the flock I l
 ifted up my eyes\, and saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon t
 he flock were striped\, spotted\, and mottled.  Then the angel of God said 
 to me in the dream\, 'Jacob\,' and I said\, 'Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Li
 ft up your eyes and see\, all the goats that leap upon the flock are stripe
 d\, spotted\, and mottled\; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
   I am the God of Bethel\, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me
 . Now arise\, go forth from this land\, and return to the land of your birt
 h.'"  Then Rachel and Leah answered him\, "Is there any portion or inherita
 nce left to us in our father's house?  Are we not regarded by him as foreig
 ners? For he has sold us\, and he has been using up the money given for us.
   All the property which God has taken away from our father belongs to us a
 nd to our children\; now then\, whatever God has said to you\, do."\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Proverbs 21:3-21\nTo do righteousness and justice is mor
 e acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty eyes and a proud heart\, 
 the lamp of the wicked\, are sin.  The plans of the diligent lead surely to
  abundance\, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.  The getting of
  treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.  The
  violence of the wicked will sweep them away\, because they refuse to do wh
 at is just.  The way of the guilty is crooked\, but the conduct of the pure
  is right.  It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a hous
 e shared with a contentious woman.  The soul of the wicked desires evil\; h
 is neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.  When a scoffer is punished\, the s
 imple becomes wise\; when a wise man is instructed\, he gains knowledge.  T
 he righteous observes the house of the wicked\; the wicked are cast down to
  ruin.  He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out a
 nd not be heard.  A gift in secret averts anger\; and a bribe in the bosom\
 , strong wrath.  When justice is done\, it is a joy to the righteous\, but 
 dismay to evildoers.  A man who wanders from the way of understanding will 
 rest in the assembly of the dead.  He who loves pleasure will be a poor man
 \; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.  The wicked is a ransom for 
 the righteous\, and the faithless for the upright.  It is better to live in
  a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.  Precious treasur
 e remains in a wise man's dwelling\, but a foolish man devours it.  He who 
 pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and O
 nesimus\; Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\; Niketas the Younger\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:1-10\nSIMON PETER\, a servant a
 nd apostle of Jesus Christ\,\n\nTo those who have obtained a faith of equal
  standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ
 :\n\nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and o
 f Jesus our Lord.\n\nHis divine power has granted to us all things that per
 tain to life and godliness\, through the knowledge of him who called us to 
 his own glory and excellence\, by which he has granted to us his precious a
 nd very great promise\, that through these you may escape from the corrupti
 on that is in the world because of passion\, and become partakers of the di
 vine nature. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your fait
 h with virtue\, and virtue with knowledge\, and knowledge with self-control
 \, and self-control with steadfastness\, and steadfastness with godliness\,
  and godliness with brotherly affection\, and brotherly affection with love
 . For if these things are yours and abound\, they keep you from being ineff
 ective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever
  lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was
  cleansed from his old sins. Therefore\, brethren\, be the more zealous to 
 confirm your call and election\, for if you do this you will never fall.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Mark 13:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus came out of the templ
 e\, one of his disciples said to him\, "Look\, Teacher\, what wonderful sto
 nes and what wonderful buildings!" And Jesus said to him\, "Do you see thes
 e great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another\, tha
 t will not be thrown down." And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite t
 he temple\, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately\, "Tell
  us\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign when these things are a
 ll to be accomplished?" And Jesus began to say to them\, "Take heed that no
  one leads you astray. Many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and 
 they will lead many astray. And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars\, 
 do not be alarmed\; this must take place\, but the end is not yet. For nati
 on will rise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\; there will be e
 arthquakes in various places\, there will be famines\; this is but the begi
 nning of the sufferings."\n\n
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 d Onesimus
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\; A
 fterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Cedd\, Bi
 shop of Scotland\; Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\
 nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upp
 er country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said 
 to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they sai
 d\, "No\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he sai
 d\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." 
 And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the
  people to believe in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus."
  On hearing this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And wh
 en Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and t
 hey spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in a
 ll. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguin
 g and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:29-34\nA
 t that time\, John saw Jesus coming toward him\, and said\, "Behold\, the L
 amb of God\, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said
 \, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me\, for he was before me.' I mys
 elf did not know him\; but for this I came baptizing with water\, that he m
 ight be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness\, "I saw the Spirit desc
 end as a dove from heaven\, and it remained on him. I myself did not know h
 im\; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me\, 'He on whom you 
 see the Spirit descend and remain\, this is he who baptizes with the Holy S
 pirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Luke\; Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\; Luke the 
 New Stylite of Chalcedon\; Martyrs Acepsius and Aeithalas\; Holy Martyrs Mi
 racus and Barsabas\; Leontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\; The Glorious Ki
 ng Nikephoros Phokas\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: L
 uke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to
  the tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the sto
 ne rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the 
 body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two
  men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bo
 wed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the
  living among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He tol
 d you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be deliver
 ed into the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day r
 ise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told a
 ll this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Jo
 anna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told th
 is to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they
  did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and lo
 oking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wonderi
 ng at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, 
 when Christ who is our life appears\, then you also will appear with him in
  glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication\, impuri
 ty\, passion\, evil desire\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. On accou
 nt of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In th
 ese you once walked\, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: an
 ger\, wrath\, malice\, slander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie 
 to one another\, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its pract
 ices and have put on the new nature\, which is being renewed in knowledge a
 fter the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumc
 ised and uncircumcised\, barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Chri
 st is all\, and in all.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24\nThe Lord said thi
 s parable: "A man once gave a great banquet\, and invited many\; and at the
  time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invit
 ed\, 'Come\; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuse
 s. The first said to him\, 'I have bought a field\, and I go out and see it
 \; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I have bought five yo
 ke of oxen\, and I must go to examine them\; I pray you\, have me excused.'
  And another said\, 'I have married a wife\, and therefore I cannot come.' 
 So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder i
 n anger said to his servant\, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of t
 he city\, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the ser
 vant said\, 'Sir\, what you commanded has been done\, and there is still ro
 om.' And the master said to the servant\, 'Go out to the highways and hedge
 s\, and compel people to come in\, that my house may be filled. For I tell 
 you\, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many a
 re called\, but few are chosen.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\; 26 Martyrs in Crimea\; Ire
 naeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels w
 as valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retributio
 n\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declar
 ed at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him\
 , while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and
  by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For it 
 was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are sp
 eaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindfu
 l of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make hi
 m for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glo
 ry and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in put
 ting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his control.
  As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see J
 esus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned with
  glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace o
 f God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, for 
 whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should
  make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you h
 ears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects
  him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even th
 e demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Sata
 n fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to t
 read upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; an
 d nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the sp
 irits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heave
 n." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank yo
 u\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things f
 rom the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, 
 for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\; Righteous Hierodeacon 
 Makarios of Kalogeras\; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\; Nicholas the New-M
 artyr of Mytilene\; Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and
  their grandmother Neonilla\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that ti
 me\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church
 . He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that
  it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during t
 he days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in pri
 son\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending
  after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in pr
 ison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe ver
 y night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between 
 two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were gu
 arding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a ligh
 t shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying
 \, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said 
 to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and f
 ollowed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, bu
 t thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the se
 cond guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to
  them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one stree
 t\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and sai
 d\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the
  hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his dis
 ciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "S
 imon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\
 , Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A s
 econd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He sai
 d to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend
  my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you 
 love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do yo
 u love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know th
 at I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say
  to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you wo
 uld\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another 
 will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to
  show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\
 , "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jes
 us loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "L
 ord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said
  to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my
  will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\,
  the word went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; bu
 t Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will 
 that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple w
 ho is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; 
 and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also many other thin
 gs which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that 
 the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Polyeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\; Eustratios the Wonderwo
 rker\; Peter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory o
 f Nyssa\; Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\
 ; Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBr
 ethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on th
 e whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of t
 he devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, but against 
 the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world rulers of this 
 present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenl
 y places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to 
 withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, theref
 ore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put on the breastpla
 te of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the g
 ospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with whic
 h you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the helme
 t of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-11\nAt that time\, Jesus was led up by the Spi
 rit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  And he fasted forty da
 ys and forty nights\, and afterward he was hungry.  And the tempter came an
 d said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command these stones to become
  loaves of bread."  But he answered\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live 
 by bread alone\, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"  
 Then the devil took him to the holy city\, and set him on the pinnacle of t
 he temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself d
 own\; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\,' and 'On
  their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a st
 one.'"  Jesus said to him\, "Again\, it is written\, 'You shall not tempt t
 he Lord your God.'"  Again\, the devil took him to a very high mountain\, a
 nd showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them\; and he 
 said to him\, "All these I will give you\, if you will fall down and worshi
 p me."  Then Jesus said to him\, "Be gone\, Satan! for it is written\, 'You
  shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"  Then the 
 devil left him\, and behold\, angels came and ministered to him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Friday after Pentecost\; Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; 3 Virgi
 n-martyrs of Chios\; 5 Nuns beheaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha
 \, Mary\, & Enmatha\; Righteous Father Columba of Iona\; Righteous Father C
 yril of Belozersk\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 2:14-28\nBrethren
 \, when Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires\, 
 they are a law to themselves\, even though they do not have the law. They s
 how that what the law requires is written on their hearts\, while their con
 science also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps
  excuse them on that day when\, according to my gospel\, God judges the sec
 rets of men by Christ Jesus. But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon t
 he law and boast of your relation to God and know his will and approve what
  is excellent\, because you are instructed in the law\, and if you are sure
  that you are a guide to the blind\, a light to those who are in darkness\,
  a corrector of the foolish\, a teacher of children\, having in the law the
  embodiment of knowledge and truth - you then who teach others\, will you n
 ot teach yourself? While you preach against stealing\, do you steal? You wh
 o say that one must not commit adultery\, do you commit adultery? You who a
 bhor idols\, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law\, do you dishonor
  God by breaking the law? For\, as it is written\, "The name of God is blas
 phemed among the Gentiles because of you." Circumcision indeed is of value 
 if you obey the law\; but if you break the law\, your circumcision becomes 
 uncircumcision. So\, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of th
 e law\, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? Then those
  who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you who hav
 e the written code and circumcision but break the law. For he is not a real
  Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true circumcision something external and
  physical.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:33-41\nThe Lord said\, "You have he
 ard that it was said to the men of old\, 'You shall not swear falsely\, but
  shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' But I say to you\, Do not 
 swear at all\, either by heaven\, for it is the throne of God\, or by the e
 arth\, for it is his footstool\, or by Jerusalem\, for it is the city of th
 e great King. And do not swear by your head\, for you cannot make one hair 
 white or black. Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'\; anything more th
 an this comes from evil. You have heard that it was said\, 'An eye for an e
 ye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you\, Do not resist one who is ev
 il. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek\, turn to him the other a
 lso\; and if any one would sue you and take your coat\, let him have your c
 loak as well\; and if any one forces you to go one mile\, go with him two m
 iles."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\; Di
 onysios the Orator\; Metrophanes of Mount Athos\; Patermuthius the Monk\; E
 uthymios of Karelia\; Methodios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Lampis\; Michae
 l Paknanas the Gardener\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:6-19\nB
 rethren\, it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who a
 re descended from Israel belong to Israel\, and not all are children of Abr
 aham because they are his descendants\; but "Through Isaac shall your desce
 ndants be named." This means that it is not the children of the flesh who a
 re the children of God\, but the children of the promise are reckoned as de
 scendants. For this is what the promise said\, "About this time I will retu
 rn and Sarah shall have a son." And not only so\, but also when Rebecca had
  conceived children by one man\, our forefather Isaac\, though they were no
 t yet born and had done nothing either good or bad\, in order that God's pu
 rpose of election might continue\, not because of works but because of his 
 call\, she was told\, "The elder will serve the younger." As it is written\
 , "Jacob I loved\, but Esau I hated." What shall we say then? Is there inju
 stice on God's part? By no means! For he says to Moses\, "I will have mercy
  on whom I have mercy\, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassio
 n." So it depends not upon man's will or exertion\, but upon God's mercy. F
 or the scripture says to Pharoah\, "I have raised you up for the very purpo
 se of showing my power in you\, so that my name may be proclaimed in all th
 e earth." So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills\, and he hardens the 
 heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still fi
 nd fault? For who can resist his will?"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-36
 \; 11:1\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me be
 fore men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but 
 whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny before my Father who is in 
 heaven. Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth\; I have not 
 come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his f
 ather\, and a daughter against her mother\, and a daughter-in-law against h
 er mother-in-law\; and a man's foes will be those of his own household."\n\
 nAnd when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on 
 from there to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia\;
  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Hieromartyr D
 ionysios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 1:10-12\;2:1-2\nBrethren\, our test
 imony to you was believed. To this end we always pray for you\, that our Go
 d may make you worthy of his call\, and may fulfil every good resolve and w
 ork of faith by his power\, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glori
 fied in you\, and you in him\, according to the grace of our God and the Lo
 rd Jesus Christ.\n\nNow concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and 
 our assembling to meet him\, we beg you\, brethren\, not to be quickly shak
 en in mind or excited\, either by spirit or by word\, or by letter purporti
 ng to be from us\, to the effect that the day of Christ has come.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 19:45-48\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the temple and began 
 to drive out those who sold\, saying to them\, "It is written\, 'My house s
 hall be a house of prayer'\; but you have made it a den of robbers." And he
  was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and th
 e principal men of the people sought to destroy him\; but they did not find
  anything they could do\, for all the people hung upon his words.\n\n
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 ynia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\; Sergios\, Stephen
  and Kastor\; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\; Soldier-martyr
 s of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus
  Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:26-40\nBRETHREN
 \, when you come together\, each one has a hymn\, a lesson\, a revelation\,
  a tongue\, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. I
 f any speak in a tongue\, let there be only two or at most three\, and each
  in turn\; and let one interpret. But if there is no one to interpret\, let
  each one of them keep silence in church and speak to himself and to God. L
 et two or three prophets speak\, and let the others weigh what is said. If 
 a revelation is made to another by sitting by\, let the first be silent. Fo
 r you can all prophesy one by one\, so that all may learn and all be encour
 aged\; and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. But God is not 
 a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints\, the
  women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to s
 peak\, but should be subordinate\, as even the law says. If there is anythi
 ng they desire to know\, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is sha
 meful for a woman to speak in church. What! Did the word of God originate w
 ith you\, or are you the only one it has reached? If any one thinks that he
  is a prophet\, or spiritual\, he should acknowledge that what I am writing
  to you is a command of the Lord. If any one does not recognize this\, he i
 s not recognized. So\, my brethren\, earnestly desire to prophesy\, and do 
 not forbid speaking in tongues\; but all things should be done decently and
  in order. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:12-14\; 17-20\nAt that time\, Jes
 us entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the t
 emple\, and he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of 
 those who sold pigeons. He said to them\, "It is written\, 'My house shall 
 be called a house of prayer'\; but you make it a den of robbers." And the b
 lind and the lame came to him in the temple\, and he healed them. And leavi
 ng them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.\n\nIn the mo
 rning\, as he was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig t
 ree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only.
  And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig t
 ree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "H
 ow did the fig tree wither at once?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\; Finding the Precious Cross by St. H
 elen\; Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Isaiah 4:2-5:7\nIn that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and g
 lorious\, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the sur
 vivors of Israel.  And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will
  be called holy\, every one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem\, w
 hen the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and 
 cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgmen
 t and by a spirit of burning.  Then the LORD will create over the whole sit
 e of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day\, and smoke and the 
 shining of a flaming fire by night\; for over all the glory there will be a
  canopy and a pavilion.  It will be for a shade by day from the heat\, and 
 for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.  Let me sing for my bel
 oved a love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a ve
 ry fertile hill.  He digged it and cleared it of stones\, and planted it wi
 th choice vines\; he built a watchtower in the midst of it\, and hewed out 
 a wine vat in it\; and he looked for it to yield grapes\, but it yielded wi
 ld grapes.  And now\, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah\, judge\,
  I pray you\, between me and my vineyard.  What more was there to do for my
  vineyard\, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grape
 s\, why did it yield wild grapes?  And now I will tell you what I will do t
 o my vineyard. I will remove its hedge\, and it shall be devoured\; I will 
 break down its wall\, and it shall be trampled down.  I will make it a wast
 e\; it shall not be pruned or hoed\, and briers and thorns shall grow up\; 
 I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.  For the vin
 eyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men of Judah ar
 e his pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshe
 d\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genes
 is 3:21-4:7\n And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of s
 kins\, and clothed them.  Then the LORD God said\, "Behold\, the man has be
 come like one of us\, knowing good and evil\; and now\, lest he put forth h
 is hand and take also of the tree of life\, and eat\, and live for ever"- t
 herefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden\, to till the 
 ground from which he was taken.  He drove out the man\; and at the east of 
 the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim\, and a flaming sword which turne
 d every way\, to guard the way to the tree of life.  \n\n Now Adam knew Eve
  his wife\, and she conceived and bore Cain\, saying\, "I have gotten a man
  with the help of the LORD."  And again\, she bore his brother Abel. Now Ab
 el was a keeper of sheep\, and Cain a tiller of the ground.  In the course 
 of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground\, a
 nd Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. A
 nd the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering\, but for Cain and his off
 ering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry\, and his countenance fell. 
  The LORD said to Cain\, "Why are you angry\, and why has your countenance 
 fallen?  If you do well\, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do we
 ll\, sin is couching at the door\; its desire is for you\, but you must mas
 ter it."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:34-4:22\nToward the scorners 
 he is scornful\, but to the humble he shows favor.  The wise will inherit h
 onor\, but fools get disgrace.\n\n  Hear\, O sons\, a father's instruction\
 , and be attentive\, that you may gain insight\; for I give you good precep
 ts: do not forsake my teaching.  When I was a son with my father\, tender\,
  the only one in the sight of my mother\, he taught me\, and said to me\, "
 Let your heart hold fast my words\; keep my commandments\, and live\; do no
 t forget\, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom\; ge
 t insight.  Do not forsake her\, and she will keep you\; love her\, and she
  will guard you.  The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom\, and whateve
 r you get\, get insight.  Prize her highly\, and she will exalt you\; she w
 ill honor you if you embrace her.  She will place on your head a fair garla
 nd\; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."\n\n  Hear\, my son\, and ac
 cept my words\, that the years of your life may be many.  I have taught you
  the way of wisdom\; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.  When you 
 walk\, your step will not be hampered\; and if you run\, you will not stumb
 le.  Keep hold of instruction\, do not let go\; guard her\, for she is your
  life.  Do not enter the path of the wicked\, and do not walk in the way of
  evil men.  Avoid it\; do not go on it\; turn away from it and pass on.  Fo
 r they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong\; they are robbed of sleep 
 unless they have made some one stumble.  For they eat the bread of wickedne
 ss and drink the wine of violence.  But the path of the righteous is like t
 he light of dawn\, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.  The 
 way of the wicked is like deep darkness\; they do not know over what they s
 tumble.\n\n  My son\, be attentive to my words\; incline your ear to my say
 ings.  Let them not escape from your sight\; keep them within your heart.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/31/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\; Theophilos the Mart
 yr and those with him\; Innocent\, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska\; Akakio
 s the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 28:14-22\n 
 Thus says the LORD\, you scoffers\, who rule this people in Jerusalem!  Bec
 ause you have said\, "We have made a covenant with death\, and with Sheol w
 e have an agreement\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will 
 not come to us\; for we have made lies our refuge\, and in falsehood we hav
 e taken shelter"\; therefore thus says the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I am laying
  in Zion for a foundation a stone\, a tested stone\, a precious cornerstone
 \, of a sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in haste.'  And I wil
 l make justice the line\, and righteousness the plummet\; and hail will swe
 ep away the refuge of lies\, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."  Then 
 your covenant with death will be annulled\, and your agreement with Sheol w
 ill not stand\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through you will be be
 aten down by it.  As often as it passes through it will take you\; for morn
 ing by morning it will pass through\, by day and by night\; and it will be 
 sheer terror to understand the message.  For the bed is too short to stretc
 h oneself on it\, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.  For t
 he LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim\, he will be wroth as in the valle
 y of Gibeon\; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - 
 alien is his work!  Now therefore do not scoff\, lest your bonds be made st
 rong\; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts 
 upon the whole land.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 10:32-11:9\n These a
 re the families of the sons of Noah\, according to their genealogies\, in t
 heir nations\; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after 
 the flood.  Now the whole earth had one language and few words.  And as men
  migrated from the east\, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and sett
 led there.  And they said to one another\, "Come\, let us make bricks\, and
  burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone\, and bitumen for mort
 ar.  Then they said\, "Come\, let us build ourselves a city\, and a tower w
 ith its top in the heavens\, and let us make a name for ourselves\, lest we
  be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."  And the LORD came 
 down to see the city and the tower\, which the sons of men had built.  And 
 the LORD said\, "Behold\, they are one people\, and they have all one langu
 age\; and this is only the beginning of what they will do\; and nothing tha
 t they propose to do will now be impossible for them.  Come\, let us go dow
 n\, and there confuse their language\, that they may not understand one ano
 ther's speech."  So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face
  of all the earth\, and they left off building the city.  Therefore its nam
 e was called Babel\, because there the LORD confused the language of all th
 e earth\; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of al
 l the earth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 13:19-14:6\nA desire fulfil
 led is sweet to the soul\; but to turn away from evil is an abomination to 
 fools.  He who walks with wise men becomes wise\, but the companion of fool
 s will suffer harm.  Misfortune pursues sinners\, but prosperity rewards th
 e righteous.  A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children\,
  but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.  The fallow ground o
 f the poor yields much food\, but it is swept away through injustice.  He w
 ho spares the rod hates his son\, but he who loves him is diligent to disci
 pline him.  The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite\, but the bell
 y of the wicked suffers want.  Wisdom builds her house\, but folly with her
  own hands tears it down.  He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD\, but
  he who is devious in his ways despises him.  The talk of a fool is a rod f
 or his back\, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.  Where there are
  no oxen\, there is no grain\; but abundant crops come by the strength of t
 he ox.  A faithful witness does not lie\, but a false witness breathes out 
 lies.  A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain\, but knowledge is easy for a man of 
 understanding.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Friday after Pascha\; Irene the Great Martyr\; Neophytos\, Gaius\,
  & Caianus the Monk-martyrs\; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\; Eu
 thymios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:40\; 9:1-19\nIn those days\, Philip was fou
 nd at Azotos\, and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till 
 he came to Caesarea. But Saul\, still breathing threats and murder against 
 the disciples of the Lord\, went to the high priest and asked him for lette
 rs to the synagogues at Damascus\, so that if he found any belonging to the
  Way\, men or women\, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he jou
 rneyed he approached Damascus\, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed ab
 out him. And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him\, "Saul\
 , Saul\, why do you persecute me?" And he said\, "Who are you\, Lord?" And 
 he said\, " I am Jesus\, whom you are persecuting\; but rise and enter the 
 city\, and you will be told what you are to do." The men who were traveling
  with him stood speechless\, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Saul aros
 e from the ground\; and when his eyes were opened\, he could see nothing\; 
 so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And for three da
 ys he was without sight\, and neither ate nor drank.\n\nNow there was a dis
 ciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Anania
 s." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and 
 go to the street called Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas for a 
 man of Tarsus named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a m
 an named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain h
 is sight." But Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about this
  man\, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he h
 as authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name." Bu
 t the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to car
 ry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I wil
 l show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias dep
 arted and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother
  Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came\, 
 has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spir
 it." And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regain
 ed his sight. Then he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was strengt
 hened.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:48-54\nThe Lord said to the Jews who belie
 ved in him: "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wild
 erness\, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven\, th
 at a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down f
 rom heaven\; if any one eats of this bread\, he will live forever\; and the
  bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."\n\nThe Je
 ws then disputed among themselves\, saying\, "How can this man give us his 
 flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unle
 ss you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood\, you have no li
 fe in you\; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life\, and
  I will raise him up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\; Olympias the Deacone
 ss\; Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\; Gregory Kallidis\, Metropo
 litan of Heraclea\; Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinopl
 e (553)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two s
 ons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was 
 born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. No
 w this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sin
 ai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai 
 in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slaver
 y with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mothe
 r. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break fo
 rth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desola
 te one are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers 
 it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that t
 hose who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made
  manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. 
 Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and f
 rom him who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\
 n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach 
 him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are sta
 nding outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and 
 my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isidore of Pelusium\; Nicholas the Confessor\; Hieromartyr Abramius\; 
 John the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\; Theodosios the Righteous\; Jose
 ph the New Martyr of Aleppo\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord an
 d Savior in the Temple\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:11-19\nTIMOTHY\, my
  son\, the saying is sure: If we have died with him\, we shall also live wi
 th him\; if we endure\, we shall also reign with him\; if we deny him\, he 
 also will deny us\; if we are faithless\, he remains faithful - for he cann
 ot deny himself.\n\nRemind them of this\, and charge them before the Lord t
 o avoid disputing about words\, which does no good\, but only ruins the hea
 rers. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved\, a workman w
 ho has no need to be ashamed\, rightly handling the word of truth. Avoid su
 ch godless chatter\, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness
 \, and their talk will eat its way like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaios 
 and Philetos\, who have swerved from the truth by holding that the resurrec
 tion is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some. But God's firm 
 foundation stands\, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his\,"
  and\, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:2-8\nThe Lord said this parable\, "In a certain
  city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man\; and there
  was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying\, 'Vindicate me
  against my adversary.' For a while he refused\; but afterward he said to h
 imself\, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man\, yet because this widow
  bothers me\, I will vindicate her\, or she will wear me out by her continu
 al coming.'" And the Lord said\, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And
  will not God vindicate his elect\, who cry to him day and night? Will he d
 elay long over them? I tell you\, he will vindicate them speedily."\n\n
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 sts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Hannah the Rig
 hteous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\; Narses the Martyr of Persia\; The C
 onsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy 
 City of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 
 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free
  woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son 
 of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are
  two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; sh
 e is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the pre
 sent Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem
  above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O ba
 rren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in tra
 vail\; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children
  of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, 
 "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a 
 bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For 
 nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that s
 hall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to h
 im who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thi
 nks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers ca
 me to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "
 Your mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." 
 But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the wor
 d of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatin
 s Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to h
 is disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Pete
 r\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him
  "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs.
 "  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  
 He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\,
  "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, d
 o you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, 
 "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you k
 now that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where 
 you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and an
 other will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he s
 aid to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said t
 o him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple wh
 om Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had sai
 d\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, h
 e said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it
  is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"
   So\, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple would not di
 e\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my
  will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disc
 iple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these thi
 ngs\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also many othe
 r things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose
  that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.  
 Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 11:21-33\;12:1-9\nBrethren\, whate
 ver anyone dares to boast of -- I am speaking as a fool -- I also dare to b
 oast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are 
 they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a b
 etter one -- I am talking like a madman -- with far greater labors\, far mo
 re imprisonments\, with countless beatings\, and often near death. Five tim
 es I have received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Thre
 e times I have been beaten with rods\; once I was stoned. Three times I hav
 e been shipwrecked\; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea\; on frequ
 ent journeys\, in danger from rivers\, danger from robbers\, danger from my
  own people\, danger from Gentiles\, danger in the city\, danger in the wil
 derness\, danger at sea\, danger from false brethren\; in toil and hardship
 \, through many a sleepless night\, in hunger and thirst\, often without fo
 od\, in cold and exposure. And\, apart from other things\, there is the dai
 ly pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak\, and I
  am not weak? Who is made to fall\, and I am not indignant?\n\nIf I must bo
 ast\, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father 
 of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. A
 t Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in
  order to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the
  wall\, and escaped his hands.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be gai
 ned by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know
  a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven -
 - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And I k
 now that this man was caught up into Paradise -- whether in the body or out
  of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that cannot b
 e told\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, but 
 on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wi
 sh to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. Bu
 t I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in m
 e or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance o
 f revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, 
 to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought the
  Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grace 
 is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will a
 ll the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may re
 st upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus 
 came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who
  do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said\, "Some say John the Bap
 tist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He 
 said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You a
 re the Christ\, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him\, "Bless
 ed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to y
 ou\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and o
 n this rock I will build my church\, and the gates of Hades shall not preva
 il against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and what
 ever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on
  earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\; Poulcheria the Empre
 ss\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Galatians 1:1-3\, 20-24\; 2:1-5\nPaul\, an apostle - not
  from men nor through men\, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father\, w
 ho raised him from the dead - and all the brethren who are with me\,\n\nTo 
 the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our
  Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nIn what I am writing to you\, before God\, I do not 
 lie! Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. And I was still not
  known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea\; they only heard it sai
 d\, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to 
 destroy." And they glorified God because of me. Then after fourteen years I
  went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas\, taking Titus along with me. I w
 ent up by revelation\; and I laid before them (but privately before those w
 ho were of repute) the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles\, lest some
 how I should be running or had run in vain. But even Titus\, who was with m
 e\, was not compelled to be circumcised\, though he was a Greek. But becaus
 e of false brethren secretly brought in\, who slipped in to spy out our fre
 edom which we have in Christ Jesus\, that they might bring us into bondage 
 - to them we did not yield submission even for a moment\, that the truth of
  the gospel might be preserved for you.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:16-21\nTh
 e Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved the world that he gave his only
  Son\, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life
 . For God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that
  the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him is not condem
 ned\; he who does not believe is condemned already\, because he has not bel
 ieved in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment\, that t
 he light has come into the world\, and men loved darkness rather than light
 \, because their deeds were evil. For every one who does evil hates the lig
 ht\, and does not come to the light\, lest his deeds should be exposed. But
  he who does what is true comes to the light\, that it may be clearly seen 
 that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\
 ; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\; Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:6-19\nBrethren\, if I come to you spe
 aking in tongues\, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some revelati
 on or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? If even lifeless instruments\, suc
 h as the flute or the harp\, do not give distinct notes\, how will any one 
 know what is played? And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound\, who will 
 get ready for battle? So with yourselves\; if you in a tongue utter speech 
 that is not intelligible\, how will any one know what is said? For you will
  be speaking into the air. There are doubtless many different languages in 
 the world\, and none is without meaning\; but if I do not know the meaning 
 of the language\, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a f
 oreigner to me. So with yourselves\; since you are eager for manifestations
  of the Spirit\, strive to excell in building up the church. Therefore\, he
  who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. For if I pr
 ay in a tongue\, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do
 ? I will pray with spirit and I will sing with the mind also. Otherwise\, i
 f you bless with the spirit\, how can any one in the position of an outside
 r say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are sa
 ying? For you may give thanks well enough\, but the other man is not edifie
 d. I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all\; nevertheless\, i
 n church I would rather speak five words with my mind\, in order to instruc
 t others\, than ten thousand words in a tongue.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 
 20:17-28\nAt that time\, as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem\, he took the t
 welve disciples aside\, and on the way he said to them\, "Behold\, we are g
 oing up to Jerusalem\; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief pr
 iests and scribes\, and they will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to
  the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified\, and he will be rais
 ed on the third day."\n\nThen the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to 
 him\, with her sons\, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. 
 And he said to her\, "What do you want?" She said to him\, "Command that th
 ese two sons of mine may sit\, one at your right hand and one at your left\
 , in your kingdom." But Jesus answered\, "You do not know what you are aski
 ng. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him\, "
 We are able." He said to them\, "You will drink my cup\, but to sit at my r
 ight hand and at my left is not mine to grant\, but it is for those for who
 m it has been prepared by my Father." And when the ten heard it\, they were
  indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said\, "Yo
 u know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great 
 men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you\; but whoeve
 r would be great among you must be your servant\, and whoever would be firs
 t among you must be your slave\; even as the Son of man came not to be serv
 ed but to serve\, and to give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\; Caesarios the Righteous\n\nFast D
 ay (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-1
 9\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands
  on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons
 \, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. T
 his will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your m
 inds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mou
 th and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or
  contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kins
 men and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hate
 d by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By yo
 ur endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:1-10
 \nBRETHREN\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let
  us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let
  us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus
  the pioneer and perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy that was set befo
 re him endured the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seated at the right
  hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such host
 ility against himself\, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In 
 your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of sheddin
 g your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as
  sons? "My son\, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord\, nor los
 e courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom h
 e loves\, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline t
 hat you have to endure. God is treating you as sons\; for what son is there
  whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline\, 
 in which all have participated\, then you are illegitimate children and not
  sons. Besides this\, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we r
 espected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heave
 n is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers 
 for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day\, h
 e sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw ot
 hers standing idle in the marketplace\; and to them he said\, 'You go into 
 the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Go
 ing out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. An
 d about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing\; and he sa
 id to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They said to him\, 'Beca
 use no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into the vineyard too.'
  And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward\, 'C
 all the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginning with the last\, up to
  the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour came\, each of th
 em received a denarius. Now when the first came\, they thought they would r
 eceive more\; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving i
 t they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, 'These last worked only one h
 our\, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the d
 ay and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them\, 'Friend\, I am 
 doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what be
 longs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am 
 I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or is your eye e
 vil because I am good?' So the last will be first\, and the first last. For
  many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Holy Cross\; Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cros
 s\; The Consecration of the Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre
 )\; Cornelius the Centurion & Martyr\; Aristides the Philosopher\; Hierothe
 os the Righteous of Iveron Monastery\, Mount Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, he app
 eared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She we
 nt and told those who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But wh
 en they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not b
 elieve it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as th
 ey were walking into the country.  And they went back and told the rest\, b
 ut they did not believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themse
 lves as they sat at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and ha
 rdness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw him after he 
 had risen.  And he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gos
 pel to the whole creation.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\;
  but he who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accom
 pany those who believe:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will s
 peak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any de
 adly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\
 , and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken t
 o them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. 
  And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with t
 hem and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see wit
 h what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who 
 want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circum
 cised\, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of 
 Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the 
 law\, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your f
 lesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ\, by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the world. 
 For neither circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a n
 ew creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the I
 srael of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the 
 marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, br
 ethren. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:13-17\nThe Lord said\, "No one has 
 ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who 
 is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so mus
 t the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have etern
 al life.\n\n"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that wh
 oever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent
  the Son into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world mig
 ht be saved through him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I 
 say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in 
 by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by th
 e door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the shee
 p hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. W
 hen he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep fo
 llow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but t
 hey will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This
  figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was sayi
 ng to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I
  am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\;
  but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\,
  he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit to them\; 
 for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have to give a
 ccount.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would be of n
 o advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a clear con
 science\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you the more ear
 nestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.  Now m
 ay the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the gr
 eat Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, equip yo
 u with everything good that you may do His will\, working in you that which
  is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for eve
 r and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus s
 tood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great mul
 titude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and 
 Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those
  who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd soug
 ht to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And h
 e lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, f
 or yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you 
 shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  
 Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile yo
 u\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice
  in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heav
 en."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\; Holy Martyr Glycerus\; Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\; Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Hebrews 8:7-13\nBrethren\, if that first covenant had been faultless\, th
 ere would have been no occasion for a second. For he finds fault with them 
 when he says: "The days will come\, says the Lord\, when I will establish a
  new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah\; not li
 ke the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them 
 by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt\; for they did not contin
 ue in my covenant\, and so I paid no heed to them\, says the Lord. This is 
 the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days\, s
 ays the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds\, and write them on their
  hearts\, and I will be their God\, and they shall be my people. And they s
 hall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother\, saying\, 'Kn
 ow the Lord\,' for all shall know me\, from the least of them to the greate
 st. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities\, and I will remember th
 eir sins no more." In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obs
 olete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish awa
 y.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35\nAt that time\, great multitudes accomp
 anied Jesus\; and he turned and said to them\, "If any one comes to me and 
 does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers 
 and sisters\, yes\, and even his own life\, he cannot be my disciple. Whoev
 er does not bear his own cross and come after me\, cannot be my disciple. F
 or which of you\, desiring to build a tower\, does not first sit down and c
 ount the cost\, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise\, when he h
 as laid a foundation\, and is not able to finish\, all who see it begin to 
 mock him\, saying\, 'This man began to build\, and was not able to finish.'
  Or what king\, going to encounter another king in war\, will not sit down 
 first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who
  comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not\, while the other is ye
 t a great way off\, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace. So therefo
 re\, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple
 . Salt is good\; but if salt has lost its taste\, how shall its saltness be
  restored? It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill\; men throw 
 it away. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasius of Mount Athos\; Righteous Father Lampadus the Wonderworker
 \; Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monastery\; Uncovering of the
  Holy Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, jo
 y\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, se
 lf-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ 
 Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live b
 y the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit
 \, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a m
 an is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him 
 in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Be
 ar one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have be
 en delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Fathe
 r\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son 
 chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, an
 d I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I 
 am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For 
 my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Titus the Wonderworker\; Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine\; Amp
 hianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Isaiah 13:2-13\n On a bare hill raise a signal\, cry aloud to them\; w
 ave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.  I myself have comm
 anded my consecrated ones\, have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger
 \, my proudly exulting ones.  \n\n Hark\, a tumult on the mountains as of a
  great multitude! Hark\, an uproar of kingdoms\, of nations gathering toget
 her! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for battle.  They come from a di
 stant land\, from the end of the heavens\, the LORD and the weapons of his 
 indignation\, to destroy the whole earth.  \n\n Wail\, for the day of the L
 ORD is near\; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!  Therefore all
  hands will be feeble\, and every man's heart will melt\, and they will be 
 dismayed. Pangs and agony will seize them\; they will be in anguish like a 
 woman in travail. They will look aghast at one another\; their faces will b
 e aflame.  \n\n Behold\, the day of the LORD comes\, cruel\, with wrath and
  fierce anger\, to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners f
 rom it.  For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not giv
 e their light\; the sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not sh
 ed its light.  I will punish the world for its evil\, and the wicked for th
 eir iniquity\; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant\, and lay low
  the haughtiness of the ruthless.  I will make men more rare than fine gold
 \, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.  Therefore I will make the heavens t
 remble\, and the earth will be shaken out of its place\, at the wrath of th
 e LORD of hosts in the day of his fierce anger.\n\nOld Testament Reading: G
 enesis 8:4-21\n And in the seventh month\, on the seventeenth day of the mo
 nth\, the ark came to rest upon the mountains of Ararat.  And the waters co
 ntinued to abate until the tenth month\; in the tenth month\, on the first 
 day of the month\, the tops of the mountains were seen.  \n\n At the end of
  forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made\, and sent 
 forth a raven\; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from 
 the earth.  Then he sent forth a dove from him\, to see if the waters had s
 ubsided from the face of the ground\; but the dove found no place to set he
 r foot\, and she returned to him to the ark\, for the waters were still on 
 the face of the whole earth. So he put forth his hand and took her and brou
 ght her into the ark with him.  He waited another seven days\, and again he
  sent forth the dove out of the ark\; and the dove came back to him in the 
 evening\, and lo\, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf\; so Noah knew
  that the waters had subsided from the earth.  Then he waited another seven
  days\, and sent forth the dove\; and she did not return to him any more.  
 \n\n In the six hundred and first year\, in the first month\, the first day
  of the month\, the waters were dried from off the earth\; and Noah removed
  the covering of the ark\, and looked\, and behold\, the face of the ground
  was dry.  In the second month\, on the twenty-seventh day of the month\, t
 he earth was dry.  Then God said to Noah\,  "Go forth from the ark\, you an
 d your wife\, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.  Bring forth wit
 h you every living thing that is with you of all flesh - birds and animals 
 and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth - that they may breed abu
 ndantly on the earth\, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth."  So No
 ah went forth\, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.  An
 d every beast\, every creeping thing\, and every bird\, everything that mov
 es upon the earth\, went forth by families out of the ark.  \n\n Then Noah 
 built an altar to the LORD\, and took of every clean animal and of every cl
 ean bird\, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.  And when the LORD sme
 lled the pleasing odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again c
 urse the ground because of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil
  from his youth\; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature a
 s I have done."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 10:31-11:12\nThe mouth o
 f the righteous brings forth wisdom\, but the perverse tongue will be cut o
 ff.  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable\, but the mouth of t
 he wicked\, what is perverse.  A false balance is an abomination to the LOR
 D\, but a just weight is his delight.  When pride comes\, then comes disgra
 ce\; but with the humble is wisdom.  The integrity of the upright guides th
 em\, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.  Riches do not p
 rofit in the day of wrath\, but righteousness delivers from death.  The rig
 hteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight\, but the wicked falls b
 y his own wickedness.  The righteousness of the upright delivers them\, but
  the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.  When the wicked dies\, h
 is hope perishes\, and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.  The
  righteous is delivered from trouble\, and the wicked gets into it instead.
   With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor\, but by knowle
 dge the righteous are delivered.  When it goes well with the righteous\, th
 e city rejoices\; and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. 
  By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted\, but it is overthrown by
  the mouth of the wicked.  He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense\, but 
 a man of understanding remains silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\; Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to the Apostles
 \; Mark the Hermit\; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan of Moscow\; John\, Joseph
 \, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41\nIN THO
 SE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching th
 e word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Paul said t
 o Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every city whe
 re we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas
  wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to ta
 ke with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gon
 e with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they 
 separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to 
 Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethre
 n to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengt
 hening the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:27-38\nThe Lord said to th
 e Jews who came to him\, "My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and th
 ey follow me\; and I give them eternal life\, and they shall never perish\,
  and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father\, who has given the
 m to me\, is greater than all\, and no one is able to snatch them out of th
 e Father's hand. I and the Father are one."\n\nThe Jews took up stones agai
 n to stone him. Jesus answered them\, "I have shown you many good works fro
 m the Father\; for which of these do you stone me?" The Jews answered him\,
  "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy\; because y
 ou\, being a man\, make yourself God." Jesus answered them\, "Is it not wri
 tten in your law\, 'I said\, you are gods?' If he called them gods to whom 
 the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken)\, do you say of him w
 hom the Father consecrated and sent into the world\, 'You are blaspheming\,
 ' because I said\, 'I am the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of my
  Father\, then do not believe me\; but if I do them\, even though you do no
 t believe me\, believe my works\, that you may know and understand that the
  Father is in me and I am in the Father."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer\; Ignatius and Nican
 drus of Sinai\; Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves\; Gildas the Wise\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\
 , after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\
 , sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes 
 being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion on the prison
 ers\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property\, since you
  knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.  Ther
 efore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For yo
 u have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and receive w
 hat is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall come a
 nd shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capern
 aum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you discussin
 g on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discussed wi
 th one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve
 \; and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be last of al
 l and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the midst of t
 hem\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one 
 such child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not 
 me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man castin
 g out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not followi
 ng us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty
  work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that 
 is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you 
 a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will by no me
 ans lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman\; Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of D
 almatus\; Macrina\, grandmother of St. Basil the Great\; Barlaam the Monk o
 f Caesarea\; Natalios the Martyr\; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mary 
 Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that t
 he stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon 
 Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\
 , "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they
  have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they wen
 t toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and 
 reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths 
 lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\,
  and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\, 
 which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up 
 in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\
 , also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the
  scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back 
 to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 11:19-30\nIn those days\, those ap
 ostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephe
 n traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the word t
 o none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyrene\
 , who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lord Je
 sus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number that belie
 ved turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jeru
 salem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace o
 f God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lo
 rd with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, full of the Holy Spirit
  and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went 
 to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found him\, he brought him to 
 Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a large com
 pany of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time calle
 d Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioc
 h. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that th
 ere would be a great famine over all the world\; and this took place in the
  days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one according to hi
 s ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, and they di
 d so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\nGospel
  Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a city of Samaria\, cal
 led Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well
  was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was with his journey\, sat down b
 eside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\n\nThere came a woman of Samar
 ia to draw water. Jesus said to her\, "Give me a drink." For his disciples 
 had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him\, 
 "How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of me\, a woman of Samaria?" For 
 Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her\, "If you knew th
 e gift of God\, and who it is that is saying to you\, 'Give me a drink\,' y
 ou would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woma
 n said to him\, "Sir\, you have nothing to draw with\, and the well is deep
 \; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jaco
 b\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it himself\, and his sons\, and h
 is cattle?" Jesus said to her\, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thi
 rst again\, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will neve
 r thirst\; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of w
 ater welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, give me th
 is water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come here to draw."\n\nJesus said to
  her\, "Go\, call your husband\, and come here." The woman answered him\, "
 I have no husband." Jesus said to her\, "You are right in saying\, 'I have 
 no husband'\; for you have had five husbands\, and he whom you now have is 
 not your husband\; this you said truly." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, I p
 erceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain\; an
 d you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus sa
 id to her\, "Woman\, believe me\, the hour is coming when neither on this m
 ountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you 
 do not know\; we worship what we know\, for salvation is from the Jews. But
  the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the true worshipers will worship th
 e Father in spirit and truth\, for such the Father seeks to worship him. Go
 d is spirit\, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." 
 The woman said to him\, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is calle
 d Christ)\; when he comes\, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her\
 , "I who speak to you am he."\n\nJust then his disciples came. They marvele
 d that he was talking with a woman\, but none said\, "What do you wish?" or
 \, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar\, and we
 nt away into the city and said to the people\, "Come\, see a man who told m
 e all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city a
 nd were coming to him.\n\nMeanwhile the disciples besought him\, saying "Ra
 bbi\, eat." But he said to them\, "I have food to eat of which you do not k
 now." So the disciples said to one another\, "Has anyone brought him food?"
  Jesus said to them\, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me\, and t
 o accomplish his work. Do you not say\, 'There are yet four months\, then c
 omes the harvest'? I tell you\, lift up your eyes\, and see how the fields 
 are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages\, and gathers fr
 uit for eternal life\, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For h
 ere the saying holds true\, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to rea
 p that for which you did not labor\; others have labored\, and you have ent
 ered into their labor."\n\nMany Samaritans from that city believed in him b
 ecause of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when 
 the Samaritans came to him\, they asked him to stay with them\; and he stay
 ed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to
  the woman\, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe\, for w
 e have heard ourselves\, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior 
 of the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Sunday of Luke\; Euphrosyne of Alexandria\; Paphnoutios the Martyr
  & his 546 Companions in Egypt\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evan
 gelistria\, Mochos\; Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Finbar the 
 Confessor\, First Bishop of Cork\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn
  the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, tak
 ing spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away 
 from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lor
 d Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by t
 hem in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces
  to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among t
 he dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while H
 e was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the han
 ds of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they 
 remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the 
 eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary t
 he mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the Apost
 les\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believ
 e them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he s
 aw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had 
 happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the G
 od who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hear
 ts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Ch
 rist.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tr
 anscendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every w
 ay\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\,
  but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in th
 e body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifeste
 d in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death f
 or Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal 
 flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the s
 ame spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," w
 e too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus
  will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  Fo
 r it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more peopl
 e it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 5:1-11\nAt that time\, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret\,
  he saw two boats by the lake\; but the fishermen had gone out of them and 
 were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats\, which was Simon's\
 , he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taugh
 t the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking\, he said to Si
 mon\, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon
  answered\, "Master\, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your wor
 d I will let down the nets." And when they had done this\, they enclosed a 
 great shoal of fish\; and as their nets were breaking\, they beckoned to th
 eir partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and fil
 led both the boats\, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw i
 t\, he fell down at Jesus' knees\, saying\, "Depart from me\, for I am a si
 nful man\, O Lord." For he was astonished\, and all who were with him\, at 
 the catch of fish which they had taken\; and so also were James and John\, 
 sons of Zebedee\, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon\, "
 Do not be afraid\; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had 
 brought their boats to land\, they left everything and followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\; Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthimos\, President of Crete\; Righteous
  Jacob of Evia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:1-
 25\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Phil
 emon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fe
 llow soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from Go
 d our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I rememb
 er you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which y
 ou have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the shar
 ing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in
  Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brothe
 r\, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accor
 dingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is req
 uired\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambas
 sador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my chi
 ld\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he
  was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am s
 ending him back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to k
 eep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my 
 imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your co
 nsent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your ow
 n free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that 
 you might have him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a sla
 ve\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, bot
 h in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receiv
 e him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you a
 nything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand
 \, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Ye
 s\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in
  Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you wi
 ll do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\
 , for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my 
 fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\,
  Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord 
 Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:26-37\; 
 18:8\nThe Lord said\, "As it was in the days of Noah\, so will it be in the
  days of the Son of man. They ate\, they drank\, they married\, they were g
 iven in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, and the flood 
 came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was in the days of Lot -- they 
 ate\, they drank\, they bought\, they sold\, they planted\, they built\, bu
 t on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heav
 en and destroyed them all -- so will it be on the day when the Son of man i
 s revealed. On that day\, let him who is on the housetop\, with his goods i
 n the house\, not come down to take them away\; and likewise let him who is
  in the field not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to gain his
  life will lose it\, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell yo
 u\, in that night there will be two in one bed\; one will be taken and the 
 other left. There will be two women grinding together\; one will be taken a
 nd the other left." And they said to him\, "Where\, Lord?" He said to them\
 , "Where the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together. Neverthe
 less\, when the Son of man comes\, will he find faith on earth?"\n\n
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SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:🐟 Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia
 \, Onesimos the Disciple of Paul
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210101
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical21b9bb6b2edc4620ca8f784e3097f717
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/31/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\; The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Hebrews 10:35-39\; 11:1-7\nBrethren\, do not throw away your confidence\, w
 hich has a great reward. For you have need of endurance\, so that you may d
 o the will of God and receive what is promised. "For yet a little while\, a
 nd the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one sha
 ll live by faith\, and if he shrinks back\, my soul has no pleasure in him.
 " But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed\, but of those 
 who have faith and keep their souls. Now faith is the assurance of things h
 oped for\, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old rece
 ived divine approval. By faith we understand that the world was created by 
 the word of God\, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not 
 appear. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain\
 , through which he received approval as righteous\, God bearing witness by 
 accepting his gifts\; he died\, but through his faith he is still speaking.
  By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death\; and he was n
 ot found\, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was attest
 ed as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him.
  For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he
  rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah\, being warned by God concerning
  events as yet unseen\, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of 
 his household\; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the ri
 ghteousness which comes by faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:1-11\nAt that 
 time\, one sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a ruler who belo
 nged to the Pharisees\, they were watching him. And behold\, there was a ma
 n before him who had dropsy. And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees\,
  saying\, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath\, or not?" But they were sil
 ent. Then he took him and healed him\, and let him go. And he said to them\
 , "Which of you\, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well\, will 
 not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?" And they could not reply to
  this. Now he told a parable to those who were invited\, when he marked how
  they chose the places of honor\, saying to them\, "When you are invited by
  any one to a marriage feast\, do not sit down in a place of honor\, lest a
  more eminent man than you be invited by him\; and he who invited you both 
 will come and say to you\, 'Give place to this man\,' and then you will beg
 in with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited\, go and s
 it in the lowest place\, so that when your host comes he may say to you\, '
 Friend\, go up higher'\; then you will be honored in the presence of all wh
 o sit at table with you. For every one who exalts himself will be humbled\,
  and he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210727
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical9508cfb28e436f52a5569710d9031dd8
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermola
 us\, Hermippus\, and Hermocrates\; Prisca the Righteous Martyr\; Moses the 
 Hungarian\; Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska\n\nEpistle Reading: G
 alatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined un
 der the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that 
 the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by
  faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; 
 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of
  you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew 
 nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor fem
 ale\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then y
 ou are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the he
 ir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is th
 e owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until th
 e date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slav
 es to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully co
 me\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to red
 eem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as son
 s.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed J
 esus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of bl
 ood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, an
 d had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She
  had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd an
 d touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I sha
 ll be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in h
 er body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himse
 lf that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the cro
 wd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, 
 "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?
 '" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing wha
 t had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before hi
 m\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your fai
 th has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T030329Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230723
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20230722
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\; Mar
 kella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12
 \nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my def
 ense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food an
 d drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the othe
 r apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas 
 and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as
  a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of 
 its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say thi
 s on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in t
 he law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the g
 rain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for
  our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in
  hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have so
 wn spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benef
 its? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? N
 evertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything r
 ather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villages\,
  preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve
  were with him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits an
 d infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone ou
 t\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and ma
 ny others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210627
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalbe56c20516eabe638a9287be2d46a4a7
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost\; David the Righteous of Thessalonika\;
  Appearance of the Icon of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nF
 ast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:7-12\nBrethren\, grace to you and pea
 ce from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First\, I thank my God th
 rough Jesus Christ for all of you\, because your faith is proclaimed in all
  the world. For God is my witness\, whom I serve with my spirit in the gosp
 el of his Son\, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers\, a
 sking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you
 . For I long to see you\, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to s
 trengthen you\, that is\, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other'
 s faith\, both yours and mine.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:42-48\nThe Lord
  said\, "Give to him who begs from you\, and do not refuse him who would bo
 rrow from you. You have heard that it was said\, 'You shall love your neigh
 bor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you\, Love your enemies and pray for
  those who persecute you\, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in
  heaven\; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good\, and sends
  rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you\, w
 hat reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you
  salute only your brethren\, what more are you doing than others? Do not ev
 en the Gentiles do the same? You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your he
 avenly Father is perfect."\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T030329Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210622
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical80bcc9adab35bb1466b6bea68ffbbac8
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monday of the Holy Spirit\; Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\; Terentios\, 
 Bishop of Iconium\; Nikitas the New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nFast Free\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the
  fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true)\, and try 
 to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works
  of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of 
 the things that they do in secret\; but when anything is exposed by the lig
 ht it becomes visible\, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefo
 re it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ s
 hall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men 
 but as wise\, making the most of the time\, because the days are evil. Ther
 efore do not be foolish\, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And 
 do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with th
 e Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\,
  singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, "See that you do not despise one of t
 hese little ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold
  the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save th
 e lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them h
 as gone astray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in s
 earch of the one that went astray? And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to yo
 u\, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astr
 ay. So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these
  little ones should perish.\n\n"If your brother sins against you\, go and t
 ell him his fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\, you h
 ave gained your brother. But if he does not listen\, take one or two others
  along with you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two o
 r three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the church\
 ; and if he refuses to listen even to the church\, let him be to you as a G
 entile and a tax collector. Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on ear
 th shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loos
 ed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anyth
 ing they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven\, for where 
 two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\
 n
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T030329Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Monday of the Holy Spirit
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191129
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icald515d703889fbb73ffac28a1f453f751
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\; Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\; Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:18-5:10\nBrethren\, 
 comfort one another with these words. But as to the times and the seasons\,
  brethren\, you have no need to have anything written to you.  For you your
 selves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the nig
 ht. When people say\, "There is peace and security\," then sudden destructi
 on will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child\, and there
  will be no escape. But you are not in darkness\, brethren\, for that day t
 o surprise you like a thief. For you are all sons of light and sons of the 
 day\; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then let us not sleep\, as
  others do\, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep sleep 
 at night\, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But\, since we belon
 g to the day\, let us be sober\, and put on the breastplate of faith and lo
 ve\, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us fo
 r wrath\, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ\, who died 
 for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with him.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 20:9-18\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man planted a vineyard
 \, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country for a long whi
 le. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, that they shoul
 d give him some of the fruit of the vineyard\; but the tenants beat him\, a
 nd sent him away empty-handed. And he sent another servant\; him also they 
 beat and treated shamefully\, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent y
 et a third\; this one they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vine
 yard said\, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son\; it may be they w
 ill respect him.' But when the tenants saw him\, they said to themselves\, 
 'This is the heir\; let us kill him\, that the inheritance may be ours.' An
 d they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owne
 r of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants\, and 
 give the vineyard to others." When they heard this\, they said\, "God forbi
 d!" But he looked at them and said\, "What then is this that is written: 'T
 he very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner
 '? Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces\; but when it
  falls on any one it will crush him."\n\n
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SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Stephen the New
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210505
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icald2da929e4ae88e2617dcd056ec01d8f2
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, Iren
 e\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos\; Mark the Apostle and E
 vangelist\; Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\; Hilary the Wonderworker\; Eu
 themios\, Bishop of Madytos\; Athanasios\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nFast Free\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing with the 
 eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and all who
  dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my words. 
 For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the third h
 our of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in t
 he last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Spirit up
 on all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and your y
 oung men shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; yea\, an
 d on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour out my S
 pirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven abov
 e and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of smoke\; 
 the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, before the 
 day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be that wh
 oever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, 
 and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who s
 ent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons a
 re subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall lik
 e lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon 
 serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing 
 shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are 
 subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In tha
 t same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father
 \, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wi
 se and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such w
 as your gracious will."\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T030329Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, I
 rene\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220503
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical8d453848987af8a1e0252003ed98380e
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\; Hesperos & Zoe the
  Righteous\; Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michael in Baptism)\; 
 Jordan the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, rem
 ember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the 
 outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same
  yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and stran
 ge teachings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not
  by foods\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar fro
 m which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of t
 hose animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest a
 s a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered 
 outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Th
 erefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endur
 ed.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to co
 me.  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to 
 God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglec
 t to do good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing 
 to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  N
 or do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it 
 gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that
  they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heave
 n.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have
  come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, 
 till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from 
 the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least o
 f these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the king
 dom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great
  in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230503
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20230502
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\; Hesperos & Zoe the
  Righteous\; Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michael in Baptism)\; 
 Jordan the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, rem
 ember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the 
 outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same
  yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and stran
 ge teachings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not
  by foods\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar fro
 m which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of t
 hose animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest a
 s a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered 
 outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Th
 erefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endur
 ed.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to co
 me.  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to 
 God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglec
 t to do good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing 
 to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  N
 or do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it 
 gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that
  they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heave
 n.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have
  come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, 
 till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from 
 the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least o
 f these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the king
 dom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great
  in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
LAST-MODIFIED:20221108T172132Z
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230724
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\; Athenagorus the Apologist\; Boris
  and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\; Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the M
 artyrs\; Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corin
 thians 9:13-18\nBrethren\, do you not know that those who are employed in t
 he temple service get their food from the temple\, and those who serve at t
 he altar share in the sacrificial offerings? In the same way\, the Lord com
 manded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the go
 spel. But I have made no use of any of these rights\, nor am I writing this
  to secure any provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive 
 me of my ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I
  do not preach the gospel! For if I do this of my own will\, I have a rewar
 d\; but if not of my own will\, I am entrusted with a commission. What then
  is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free o
 f charge\, not making full use of my right in the gospel.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Matthew 16:1-6\nAt that time\, the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus 
 and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered
  them\, "When it is evening\, you say\, 'It will be fair weather\; for the 
 sky is red.' And in the morning\, 'It will be stormy today\, for the sky is
  red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky\
 , but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous g
 eneration seeks for a sign\, but no sign shall be given to it except the si
 gn of Jonah." So he left them and departed.\n\nWhen the disciples reached t
 he other side\, they had forgotten to bring any bread. Jesus said to them\,
  "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Cyprian
  the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\; Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folk
 estone\; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant 
 had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepar
 ed\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the brea
 d of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain 
 stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense
  and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contain
 ed a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the t
 ables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing t
 he mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These prepara
 tions having thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer ten
 t\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high prie
 st goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he of
 fers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman c
 alled Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\
 , who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was d
 istracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you
  not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to h
 elp me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and
  troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the goo
 d portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a wo
 man in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb th
 at bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rath
 er are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/27/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\; Mark\, Aristarchos\, and
  Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\; Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gide
 on the Righteous\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Galatians 4:8-21\nBrethren\, formerly\, when you did not know God\, you w
 ere in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods\; but now that you have
  come to know God\, or rather to be known by God\, how can you turn back ag
 ain to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits\, whose slaves you want to b
 e once more? You observe days\, and months\, and seasons\, and years! I am 
 afraid I have labored over you in vain. Brethren\, I beseech you\, become a
 s I am\, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong\; you know 
 it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at fir
 st\; and though my condition was a trial to you\, you did not scorn or desp
 ise me\, but received me as an angel of God\, as Christ Jesus. What has bec
 ome of the satisfaction you felt? For I bear you witness that\, if possible
 \, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. Have I then b
 ecome your enemy by telling you the truth? They make much of you\, but for 
 no good purpose\; they want to shut you out\, that you may make much of the
 m\, and not only when I am present with you. My little children\, with whom
  I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you! I could wish to be pr
 esent with you now and to change my tone\, for I am perplexed about you. Te
 ll me\, you who desire to be under law\, do you not hear the law?\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with 
 a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Jud
 ea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him 
 and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with uncle
 an spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power c
 ame forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His d
 isciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of Go
 d.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed 
 are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate
  you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as
  evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for j
 oy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Conon the Gardener\; Mark the Ascetic\; Righteous Father Mark of Athen
 s\; John the Bulgarian\; Mark the Faster\; Parthenios the New Martyr who co
 ntested in Didymoteichos\; George the New-Martyr of Rapsani\; Eulogios the 
 Martyr\; Eulabios the Martyr\; Conon the Isaurian\; Archelaos the Martyr of
  Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:11-21\nThe haughty
  looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall be humbled\
 ; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\nFor the Lord of hosts 
 has a day against all that is proud and lofty\, against all that is lifted 
 up and high\; against all the cedars of Lebanon\, lofty and lifted up\; and
  against all the oaks of Bashan\; against all the high mountains\, and agai
 nst all the lofty hills\; against every high tower\, and against every fort
 ified wall\; against all the ships of Tarshish\, and against all the beauti
 ful craft.  And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled\, and the pride of 
 men shall be brought low\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. 
  And the idols shall utterly pass away.  And men shall enter the caves of t
 he rocks and the holes of the ground\, from before the terror of the Lord\,
  and from the glory of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n\
 nIn that day men will cast forth their idols of silver and their idols of g
 old\, which they made for themselves to worship\, to the moles and to the b
 ats\, to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs\, from
  before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, when h
 e rises to terrify the earth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2:4-19\nThe
 se are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
 \n\nIn the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens\, when no p
 lant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet spr
 ung up -- for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth\, and t
 here was no man to till the ground\; but a mist went up from the earth and 
 watered the whole face of the ground -- then the Lord God formed man of dus
 t from the ground\, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life\; and
  man became a living being.  And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden\, in
  the east\; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  And out of the gr
 ound the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and
  good for food\, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden\, and the
  tree of the knowledge of good and evil.\n\nA river flowed out of Eden to w
 ater the garden\, and there it divided and became four rivers.  The name of
  the first is Pishon\; it is the one which flows around the whole land of H
 av'ilah\, where there is gold\; and the gold of that land is good\; bdelliu
 m and onyx stone are there.  The name of the second river is Gihon\; it is 
 the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.  And the name of the thi
 rd river is Tigris\, which flows east of Assyria.  And the fourth river is 
 the Euphra'tes.\n\nThe Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of E
 den to till it and keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man\, saying\, 
 "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden\; but of the tree of the kn
 owledge of good and evil you shall not eat\, for in the day that you eat of
  it you shall die."\n\nThen the Lord God said\, "It is not good that the ma
 n should be alone\; I will make him a helper fit for him."  So out of the g
 round the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the ai
 r\, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them\; and whatev
 er the man called every living creature\, that was its name.\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Proverbs 3:1-18\nMy son\, do not forget my teaching\, but let y
 our heart keep my commandments\; for length of days and years of life and a
 bundant welfare will they give you.\n\nLet not loyalty and faithfulness for
 sake you\; bind them about your neck\, write them on the tablet of your hea
 rt.  So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.\n\
 nTrust in the Lord with all your heart\, and do not rely on your own insigh
 t.  In all your ways acknowledge him\, and he will make straight your paths
 .  Be not wise in your own eyes\; fear the Lord\, and turn away from evil. 
  It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.\n\nHonor t
 he Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce\;
  then your barns will be filled with plenty\, and your vats will be burstin
 g with wine.\n\nMy son\, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary o
 f his reproof\, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves\, as a father the s
 on in whom he delights.\n\nHappy is the man who finds wisdom\, and the man 
 who gets understanding\, for the gain from it is better than gain from silv
 er and its profit better than gold.  She is more precious than jewels\, and
  nothing you desire can compare with her.  Long life is in her right hand\;
  in her left hand are riches and honor.  Her ways are ways of pleasantness\
 , and all her paths are peace.  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold
  of her\; those who hold her fast are called happy.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\; Holy Father Theoctistus and his fello
 w struggler Euthymius the Great\; Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\; Tra
 nslation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentop
 olis\; Chariton the Martyr\; Phoebe the Deaconess\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cor
 inthians 1:26-31\;2:1-5\nBrethren\, consider your call\, not many of you we
 re wise according to worldly standards\, not many were powerful\, not many 
 were of noble birth\; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame t
 he wise\, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong\, God cho
 se what is low and despised in the world\, even things that are not\, to br
 ing to nothing things that are\, so that no human being might boast in the 
 presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus\, whom God m
 ade our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption\; ther
 efore\, as it is written\, "Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." When I
  came to you\, brethren\, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony o
 f God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you exc
 ept Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in m
 uch fear and trembling\; and my speech and my message were not in plausible
  words of wisdom\, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power\, that y
 our faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 20:29-34\nAt that time\, as Jesus went out of Jerich
 o\, a great crowd followed him. And behold\, two blind men sitting by the r
 oadside\, when they heard that Jesus was passing by\, cried out\, "Have mer
 cy on us\, Son of David!" The crowd rebuked them\, telling them to be silen
 t\; but they cried out the more\, "Lord\, have mercy on us\, Son of David!"
  And Jesus stopped and called them\, saying\, "What do you want me to do fo
 r you?" They said to him\, "Lord\, let our eyes be opened." And Jesus in pi
 ty touched their eyes\, and immediately they received their sight and follo
 wed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\; Mar
 kella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12\nBrethren\
 , you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to tho
 se who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do
  we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the other apostles 
 and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who h
 ave no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier 
 at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? 
 Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say this on human 
 authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in the law of M
 oses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is i
 t for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? 
 It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in hope and t
 he thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritua
 l good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benefits? If oth
 ers share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? Nevertheless
 \, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything rather than 
 put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villages\, preaching 
 and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with 
 him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmiti
 es: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone out\, and Joa
 nna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and many others\,
  who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/31/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\; Holy Women Martyrs Theodote\, Theokti
 ste and Eudoxia\; Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\; Elias Ardounis t
 he New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\; Aed from Ferns\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and 
 individually members of it.  And God has appointed in the church first apos
 tles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then h
 ealers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  
 Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracl
 es?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all i
 nterpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a st
 ill more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, b
 ut have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have p
 rophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I
  have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am noth
 ing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, b
 ut have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not j
 ealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on it
 s own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong
 \, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\,
  hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciple
 s and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to 
 heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, char
 ging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samar
 itans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach
  as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, 
 raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without pa
 ying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Thursday\; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\; John the Martyr 
 of Romania\; Memnon the Wonderworker\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and be baptized
  every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your s
 ins\; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is
  to you and to your children and to all that are far off\, every one whom t
 he Lord our God calls to him." And he testified with many other words and e
 xhorted them\, saying\, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So 
 those who received his word were baptized\, and there were added that day a
 bout three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' tea
 ching and fellowship\, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear c
 ame upon every soul\; and many wonders and signs were done through the apos
 tles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\nAt that time\, there was a man of the
  Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus 
 by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a teacher come fro
 m God\; for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless God is with him.
 " Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born f
 rom above\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How
  can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his moth
 er's womb and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, un
 less one is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of G
 od. That which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which is born of th
 e Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You must be born fr
 om above.' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the sound of it\,
  and you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so it is with eve
 ryone who is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can this be?
 " Jesus answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet you do not un
 derstand this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of what we know\, an
 d bear witness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive our testimony.
  If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe\, how can you bel
 ieve if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven but he 
 who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses l
 ifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of man be lifted u
 p\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\; Vavylas the Holy Martyr\; Xenia of St. Pet
 ersburg\, Fool-for-Christ\; Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in 
 Cyprus\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit o
 f the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faith
 fulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And th
 ose who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions a
 nd desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Le
 t us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one an
 other.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spir
 itual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, les
 t you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law 
 of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:35-46\nAt that time\, a lawyer cam
 e up to Jesus and asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is t
 he great commandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the 
 Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all y
 our mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it\
 , You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depen
 d all the law and the prophets."\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered t
 ogether\, Jesus asked them a question\, saying\, "What do you think of the 
 Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He said to
  them\, "How is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lor
 d\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put 
 your enemies under your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his
  son?" And no one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did any
 one dare to ask him any more questions.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Thursday after Pascha\; Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\; Hilary 
 the Wonderworker\; Euthemios\, Bishop of Madytos\; Athanasios\, Bishop of C
 orinth\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:26-39\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lo
 rd said to Philip\, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes dow
 n from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And
  behold\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of th
 e Ethiopians\, in charge of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to wor
 ship and was returning\; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet
  Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So 
 Philip ran to him\, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, 
 "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless
  some one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. No
 w the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep l
 ed to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not 
 his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his 
 generation? For his life is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said t
 o Philip\, "About whom\, pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself o
 r about some one else?" Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with t
 his scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. And as they went along th
 e road they came to some water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water
 ! What is to prevent my being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe 
 with all your heart\, you may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Chri
 st is the Son of God." And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both
  went down into the water\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. An
 d when they came up out of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Phi
 lip\; and the eunuch saw him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 6:40-44\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: 
 "This is the will of my Father\, that every one who sees the Son and believ
 es in him should have eternal life\; and I will raise him up at the last da
 y." The Jews then murmured at him\, because he said\, "I am the bread which
  came down from heaven." They said\, "Is not this Jesus\, the son of Joseph
 \, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say\, 'I have come down
  from heaven'?" Jesus answered them\, "Do not murmur among yourselves. No o
 ne can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him\; and I will rais
 e him up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/03/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Luke\; Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & A
 eithalas the Deacon\, Martyrs of Persia\; Dedication of the Temple of the H
 oly Great Martyr George in Lydda\; Holy Father and New Hieromartyr Gregory 
 of Neapolis\; Theodore the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\; George of Neapoli
 s the New Martyr\; Winifred of Treffynnon\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20
 :19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors 
 being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and s
 tood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had said th
 is\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the disciples were glad w
 hen they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.  As 
 the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had said this\, 
 he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you f
 orgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\
 , they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\,
  was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him: "We h
 ave seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the pri
 nt of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place 
 my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his discip
 les were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors were shu
 t\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with you."  T
 hen he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; and put 
 out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but believi
 ng."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have
  you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not see
 n and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence of th
 e disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these are written th
 at you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that bel
 ieving you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to the Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel
  which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it fro
 m man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Chr
 ist. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the
  church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judais
 m beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I fo
 r the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I w
 as born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his S
 on to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not 
 confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who wer
 e apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned t
 o Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\,
  and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles e
 xcept James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31\nThe Lord 
 said\, "There was a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and
  who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named La
 zaros\, full of sores\, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich 
 man's table\; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man die
 d and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died 
 and was buried\; and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted up his eyes\, 
 and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out\, 'Fath
 er Abraham\, have mercy upon me\, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his fi
 nger in water and cool my tongue\; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But 
 Abraham said\, 'Son\, remember that you in your lifetime received your good
  things\, and Lazaros in like manner evil things\; but now he is comforted 
 here\, and you are in anguish. And besides all this\, between us and you a 
 great chasm has been fixed\, in order that those who would pass from here t
 o you may not be able\, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said\,
  'Then I beg you\, father\, to send him to my father's house\, for I have f
 ive brothers\, so that he may warn them\, lest they also come into this pla
 ce of torment.' But Abraham said\, 'They have Moses\, and the prophets\; le
 t them hear them.' And he said\, 'No\, father Abraham\; but if some one goe
 s to them from the dead\, they will repent.' He said to them\, 'If they do 
 not hear Moses and the prophets\, neither will they be convinced if some on
 e should rise from the dead.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\; The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25\nThe birth of Jesus C
 hrist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jo
 seph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy
  Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put he
 r to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, b
 ehold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\
 , son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is con
 ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall c
 all his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this
  took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a
  virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanu
 el" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as th
 e angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not unt
 il she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-7\nBRETHREN\, when the time had full
 y come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of woman\, born under the law\, to r
 edeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as s
 ons. And because you are sons\, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our
  hearts\, crying\, "Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son\,
  and if a son then also an heir of God through Christ. \n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 2:1-12\nWhen Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of He
 rod the king\, behold\, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\,
  "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star
  in the East\, and have come to worship him." When Herod the king heard thi
 s\, he was troubled\, and all Jerusalem with him\; and assembling all the c
 hief priests and scribes of the people\, he inquired of them where the Chri
 st was to be born. They told him\, "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is wr
 itten by the prophet: 'And you\, O Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are b
 y no means least among the rulers of Judah\; for from you shall come a rule
 r who will govern my people Israel.'"\n\nThen Herod summoned the wise men s
 ecretly and ascertained from them what time the star appeared\; and he sent
  them to Bethlehem\, saying\, "Go and search diligently for the child\, and
  when you have found him bring me word\, that I too may come and worship hi
 m." When they had heard the king they went their way\; and lo the star whic
 h they had seen in the East went before them\, till it came to rest over th
 e place where the child was. When they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedi
 ngly with great joy\; and going into the house they saw the child with Mary
  his mother\, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then\, opening their tr
 easures\, they offered him gifts\, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And bei
 ng warned in a dream not to return to Herod\, they departed to their own co
 untry by another way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\; Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra\; Jo
 hn the Hieromartyr\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Cori
 nthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of
  darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge
  of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in
  earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and n
 ot to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, bu
 t not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but
  not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that t
 he life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live w
 e are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of 
 Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, b
 ut life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wro
 te\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, kno
 wing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and br
 ing us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that a
 s grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to t
 he glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stoo
 d on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multit
 ude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sid
 on\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those wh
 o were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought 
 to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he l
 ifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for 
 yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you sha
 ll be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Ble
 ssed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\,
  and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in
  that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\; Holy Father Theoctistus and his fello
 w struggler Euthymius the Great\; Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\; Tra
 nslation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentop
 olis\; Chariton the Martyr\; Phoebe the Deaconess\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 10:7-18\nBrethren\, if any one is co
 nfident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself that as he is Christ's
 \, so are we. For even if I boast a little too much of our authority\, whic
 h the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you\, I shall no
 t be put to shame. I would not seem to be frightening you with letters. For
  they say\,"His letters are weighty and strong\, but his bodily presence is
  weak\, and his speech of no account." Let such people understand that what
  we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. Not that we venture to 
 class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But w
 hen they measure themselves by one another\, and compare themselves with on
 e another\, they are without understanding. But we will not boast beyond li
 mit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us\, to reach even to
  you. For we are not overextending ourselves\, as though we did not reach y
 ou\; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ
 . We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men's labors\; but our hope is th
 at you may be greatly enlarged\, so that we may preach the gospel in lands 
 beyond you\, without boasting of work already done in another's field. "Let
  him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." For it is not the man who commends hi
 mself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord commends.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 3:28-35\nThe Lord said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, all sins will be
  forgiven the sons of men\, and whatever blasphemies they utter\; but whoev
 er blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness\, but is guilty
  of an eternal sin" for they had said\, "He has an unclean spirit." And his
  mother and his brothers came\; and standing outside they sent to him and c
 alled him. And a crowd was sitting about him\; and they said to him\, "Your
  mother and your brothers are outside\, asking for you." And he replied\, "
 Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking around on those who sat abo
 ut him\, he said\, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the wi
 ll of God is my brother\, and sister\, and mother."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220205
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agatha the Martyr\; Polyeuktos\, Patriarch Of Constantinople\; Antonio
 s the New Martyr of Athens\; Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\; Afterfe
 ast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Theodosios o
 f Antioch\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 5:14-23\nBrethren\, we exhort
  you\, admonish the idlers\, encourage the fainthearted\, help the weak\, b
 e patient with them all. See that none of you repays evil for evil\, but al
 ways seek to do good to one another and to all. Rejoice always\, pray const
 antly\, give thanks in all circumstances\; for this is the will of God in C
 hrist Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit\, do not despise prophesying\
 , but test everything\; hold fast what is good\, abstain from every form of
  evil. May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly\; and may your spir
 it and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:3-10\nThe Lord said\, "Take heed t
 o yourselves\; if your brother sins\, rebuke him\, and if he repents\, forg
 ive him\; and if he sins against you seven times in the day\, and turns to 
 you seven times\, and says\, 'I repent\,' you must forgive him." The apostl
 es said to the Lord\, "Increase our faith!" And the Lord said\, "If you had
  faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you could say to this sycamore tree\, '
 Be rooted up\, and be planted in the sea\,' and it would obey you. Will any
  one of you\, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep\, say to him when 
 he has come in from the field\, 'Come at once and sit down at table?'" Will
  he not rather say to him\, 'Prepare supper for me\, and gird yourself and 
 serve me\, till I eat and drink\; and afterward you shall eat and drink?' D
 oes he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also\, w
 hen you have done all that is commanded you\, say\, 'We are unworthy servan
 ts\; we have only done what was our duty.'"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210521
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Thursday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\; Mark the Herm
 it\; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan of Moscow\; Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to 
 the Apostles\; John\, Joseph\, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Acts 8:26-39\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, 
 "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to 
 Gaza." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopi
 an\, a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in ch
 arge of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returni
 ng\; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spi
 rit said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, 
 and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand w
 hat you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?
 " And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the
  scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter 
 or a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his hu
 miliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his 
 life is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About wh
 om\, pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself or about some one els
 e?" Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he tol
 d him the good news of Jesus. And as they went along the road they came to 
 some water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent
  my being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your heart\
 , you may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God
 ." And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both went down into the 
 water\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came up 
 out of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch
  saw him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6
 :40-44\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "This is the will of
  my Father\, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should hav
 e eternal life\; and I will raise him up at the last day." The Jews then mu
 rmured at him\, because he said\, "I am the bread which came down from heav
 en." They said\, "Is not this Jesus\, the son of Joseph\, whose father and 
 mother we know? How does he now say\, 'I have come down from heaven'?" Jesu
 s answered them\, "Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me un
 less the Father who sent me draws him\; and I will raise him up at the last
  day."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201111
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\, and Tertios\, Apost
 les of the 70\; Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\; Holy Father Arsenius of 
 Cappadocia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibi
 ted us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we h
 ave become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools fo
 r Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are str
 ong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hu
 nger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\
 , working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, w
 e endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are
  now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do no
 t write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved childr
 en. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many f
 athers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge
  you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:42-48\nThe Lor
 d said\, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward\, whom his master will 
 set over his household\, to give them their portion of food at the proper t
 ime? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doi
 ng. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. But if
  that servant says to himself\, 'My master is delayed in coming\,' and begi
 ns to beat the menservants and the maidservants\, and to eat and drink and 
 get drunk\, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not 
 expect him and at an hour he does not know\, and will punish him\, and put 
 him with the unfaithful. And that servant who knew his master's will\, but 
 did not make ready or act according to his will\, shall receive a severe be
 ating. But he who did not know\, and did what deserved a beating\, shall re
 ceive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given\, of him will much b
 e required\; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more."
 \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210827
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\; Our Righteous Father Joseph\; Ic
 on of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRE
 THREN\, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is 
 not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for hi
 s sake in serving the saints\, as you still do. And we desire each one of y
 ou to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope unt
 il the end\, so that you may not be sluggish\, but imitators of those who t
 hrough faith and patience inherit the promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 
 21:43-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him: "I tell you\, the 
 kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing 
 the fruits of it. And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces\;
  but when it falls on any one\, it will crush him."\n\nWhen the chief pries
 ts and the Pharisees heard his parables\, they perceived that he was speaki
 ng about them. But when they tried to arrest him\, they feared the multitud
 es\, because they held him to be a prophet.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Wednesday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura\; Pete
 r the Wonderworker\; Theophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\; Xenia of Kalamata 
 the Great Martyr\; Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\; Ahmet th
 e Calligrapher & Martyr\; Oikoumenios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n
 \nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:18-25\nIn thos
 e days\, when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of 
 the apostles' hands\, he offered them money\, saying\, "Give me also this p
 ower\, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." Bu
 t Peter said to him\, "Your silver perish with you\, because you thought yo
 u could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in
  this matter\, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of 
 this wickedness of yours\, and pray to the Lord that\, if possible\, the in
 tent of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall 
 of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity." And Simon answered\, "Pray for 
 me to the Lord\, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."\n\nN
 ow when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord\, they returned 
 to Jerusalem\, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 6:35-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him
 : "I am the bread of life\; he who comes to me shall not hunger\, and he wh
 o believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen m
 e and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me\; an
 d him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven
 \, not to do my own will\, but the will of him who sent me\; and this is th
 e will of him who sent me\, that I should lose nothing of all that he has g
 iven me\, but raise it up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wr
 ought by Saint Theodore the Tyro\; Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery
  of St. Savas\; Cuthbert the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Myron t
 he New Martyr of Crete\; Photini the Samaritan Woman\n\nFast Day (Wine and 
 Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be s
 trong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from m
 e before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach o
 thers also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldie
 r on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to sati
 sfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes 
 according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the 
 first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant y
 ou understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the d
 ead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for whic
 h I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God i
 s not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, t
 hat they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going thr
 ough the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pl
 uck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they d
 oing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you n
 ever read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and thos
 e who were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was hi
 gh priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for 
 any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?" 
  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabb
 ath\; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered t
 he synagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watch
 ed him\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they mig
 ht accuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come he
 re."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to d
 o harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked ar
 ound at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to 
 the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Luke\; The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia\
 ; Cleopas and Artemas of the 70 Apostles\; Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, 
 the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were f
 or fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "P
 eace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His
  side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to t
 hem again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send 
 you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "R
 eceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\
 ; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of t
 he twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the oth
 er disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unl
 ess I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the 
 mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Ei
 ght days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was wit
 h them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\
 , "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and
  see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be
  faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Je
 sus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are 
 those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in
  the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but t
 hese are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of
  God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel whi
 ch was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from ma
 n\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
  For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the chu
 rch of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism be
 yond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for th
 e traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was b
 orn\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son t
 o me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not conf
 er with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were ap
 ostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Da
 mascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and
  remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles excep
 t James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31\nThe Lord said
 \, "There was a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who
  feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaro
 s\, full of sores\, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man'
 s table\; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died an
 d was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and 
 was buried\; and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted up his eyes\, and 
 saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out\, 'Father A
 braham\, have mercy upon me\, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger
  in water and cool my tongue\; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abra
 ham said\, 'Son\, remember that you in your lifetime received your good thi
 ngs\, and Lazaros in like manner evil things\; but now he is comforted here
 \, and you are in anguish. And besides all this\, between us and you a grea
 t chasm has been fixed\, in order that those who would pass from here to yo
 u may not be able\, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said\, 'Th
 en I beg you\, father\, to send him to my father's house\, for I have five 
 brothers\, so that he may warn them\, lest they also come into this place o
 f torment.' But Abraham said\, 'They have Moses\, and the prophets\; let th
 em hear them.' And he said\, 'No\, father Abraham\; but if some one goes to
  them from the dead\, they will repent.' He said to them\, 'If they do not 
 hear Moses and the prophets\, neither will they be convinced if some one sh
 ould rise from the dead.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Wednesday\; The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\; Tryphon\, Patria
 rch of Constantinople\; George the Confessor\; Aelphege the Hieromartyr of 
 Canterbury\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:22-38.\nIn those days\, 
 Peter said to the people\, "Men of Israel\, hear these words: Jesus of Naza
 reth\, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs
  which God did through him in your midst\, as you yourselves know this Jesu
 s\, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God\, 
 you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. But God raised him up
 \, having loosed the pangs of death\, because it was not possible for him t
 o be held by it. For David says concerning him\, 'I saw the Lord always bef
 ore me\, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken\; therefore my
  heart was glad\, and my tongue rejoiced\; moreover my flesh will dwell in 
 hope. For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades\, nor let thy Holy One see
  corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life\; thou wilt make m
 e full of gladness with thy presence.'\n\n"Brethren\, I may say to you conf
 idently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried\, and his t
 omb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet\, and knowing that Go
 d had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants up
 on his throne\, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ\, th
 at he was not abandoned to Hades\, nor did his flesh see corruption. This J
 esus God raised up\, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exal
 ted at the right hand of God\, and having received from the Father the prom
 ise of the Holy Spirit\, he has poured out this which you see and hear. For
  David did not ascend into the heavens\; but he himself says\, 'The Lord sa
 id to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for 
 thy feet.' Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God ha
 s made him both Lord and Christ\, this Jesus whom you crucified."\n\nNow wh
 en they heard this they were cut to the heart\, and said to Peter and the r
 est of the apostles\, "Brethren\, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them
 \, "Repent\, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ."
 \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-51\nAt that time\, John was standing with two
  of his disciples\; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behol
 d\, the Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they follo
 wed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "What
  do you seek?" And they said to him\, "Rabbi"  (which means Teacher)\, "whe
 re are you staying?"  He said to them\, "Come and see."  They came and saw 
 where he was staying\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about
  the tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, w
 as Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and s
 aid to him\, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought h
 im to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said\, "So you are Simon the son of Jo
 hn? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).\n\nThe next day Jesus 
 decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me.
 "  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip fou
 nd Nathanael\, and said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the la
 w and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Na
 thanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said
  to him\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of h
 im\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said 
 to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called 
 you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered hi
 m\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus an
 swered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you
  believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "T
 ruly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels o
 f God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Saturday\; Conon the Gardener\; Parthenios the New Martyr w
 ho contested in Didymoteichos\; Mark the Ascetic\; Righteous Father Mark of
  Athens\; John the Bulgarian\; Mark the Faster\; George the New-Martyr of R
 apsani\; Eulogios the Martyr\; Eulabios the Martyr\; Conon the Isaurian\; A
 rchelaos the Martyr of Egypt\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the S
 pirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness
 \, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who
  belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desi
 res.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us ha
 ve no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another. 
  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual s
 hould restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you t
 oo be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Chri
 st.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-13\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of practicin
 g your piety before men in order to be seen by them\; for then you will hav
 e no reward from your Father who is in heaven.\n\n"Thus\, when you give alm
 s\, sound no trumpet before you\, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues an
 d in the streets\, that they may be praised by men.  Truly\, I say to you\,
  they have received their reward.  But when you give alms\, do not let your
  left hand know what your right hand is doing\, so that your alms may be in
  secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"And when 
 you pray\, you must not be like the hypocrites\; for they love to stand and
  pray in the synagogues and at the street corners\, that they may be seen b
 y men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when y
 ou pray\, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who i
 s in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"And i
 n praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do\; for they think 
 they will be heard for their many words.  Do not be like them\, for your Fa
 ther knows what you need before you ask him.  Pray then like this:\n\nOur F
 ather who are in heaven\,\n Hallowed be your name\,\n Your kingdom come\,\n
  Your will be done\,\n On earth as it is in heaven.\n Give us this day our 
 daily bread\,\n And forgive us our debts\,\n As we also have forgiven our d
 ebtors\;\n And lead us not into temptation\,\n But deliver us from evil.\n 
 For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory\, for ever.\n Amen."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nahum the Prophet\; Philaret the Merciful of Amnia\; Ananias the Persi
 an\; Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia\;
  Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops of Ephesus\n\nFast Day
  (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 2:13-17\;3:1-5\nBrethr
 en\, we are bound to give thanks to God always for you\, brethren beloved b
 y the Lord\, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved\, through
  sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called yo
 u through our gospel\, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus C
 hrist. So then\, brethren\, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you
  were taught by us\, either by word of mouth or by letter.\n\nNow may our L
 ord Jesus Christ himself\, and God our Father\, who loved us and gave us et
 ernal comfort and good hope through grace\, comfort your hearts and establi
 sh them in every good work and word.\n\nFinally\, brethren\, pray for us\, 
 that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph\, as it did among you\, 
 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men\; for not all have fa
 ith. But the Lord is faithful\; he will strengthen you and guard you from e
 vil. And we have confidence in the Lord about you\, that you are doing and 
 will do the things which we command. May the Lord direct your hearts to the
  love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20
 :9-18\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man planted a vineyard\, and let it o
 ut to tenants\, and went into another country for a long while. When the ti
 me came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, that they should give him some
  of the fruit of the vineyard\; but the tenants beat him\, and sent him awa
 y empty-handed. And he sent another servant\; him also they beat and treate
 d shamefully\, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a third\; th
 is one they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vineyard said\, 'Wh
 at shall I do? I will send my beloved son\; it may be they will respect him
 .' But when the tenants saw him\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the he
 ir\; let us kill him\, that the inheritance may be ours.' And they cast him
  out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineya
 rd do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants\, and give the vineya
 rd to others." When they heard this\, they said\, "God forbid!" But he look
 ed at them and said\, "What then is this that is written: 'The very stone w
 hich the builders rejected has become the head of the corner'? Every one wh
 o falls on that stone will be broken to pieces\; but when it falls on any o
 ne it will crush him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with ha
 ste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house 
 of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting o
 f Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho
 ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\
 , and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of you
 r greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blesse
 d is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken 
 to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, a
 nd my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate
  of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bl
 essed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his
  name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her
  home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies an
 d those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not asham
 ed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethre
 n\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I wi
 ll put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has 
 given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himsel
 f likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy
  him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all tho
 se who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely i
 t is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abrah
 am. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so tha
 t he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God
 \, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has
  suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\nIn those days\, Elizabeth the wife of Zachari
 as conceived and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord 
 had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach 
 among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a cit
 y of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was
  Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he ca
 me to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the Lord is with you! Blessed 
 are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying\, and cons
 idered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said 
 to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have found favor with God. And 
 behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son\, and you shall call
  his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be called the Son of the Most 
 High\; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David\, a
 nd he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\; and of his kingdom ther
 e will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "How shall this be\, since 
 I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "The Holy Spirit will come 
 upon you\, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you\; therefore t
 he child to be born will be called holy\, the Son of God.\n\nAnd behold\, y
 our kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son\; and this 
 is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing wil
 l be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am the handmaid of the Lord\;
  let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever
  Virgin Mary\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Lyons\; Lupus the Marty
 r\; Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion\; Our Holy Father Kallinikos\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Haralambos of Kalyviani\; 38 Martyrs of Thr
 ace\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Sirmium\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\,
  which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, 
 did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself
 \, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And be
 ing found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\,
  even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed o
 n him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every 
 knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every to
 ngue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a v
 illage\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had
  a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teac
 hing. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and
  said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alo
 ne? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha
 \, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. M
 ary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." 
 As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "
 Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But h
 e said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\; Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me and those with her\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Galatians 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that God would ju
 stify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, s
 aying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, those who are 
 men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on wo
 rks of the law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed be every one
  who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law\, and do t
 hem." Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law\; fo
 r "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not rest on faith\
 , for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19-
 29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like a grain of mus
 tard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it grew and became
  a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." And again h
 e said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven whi
 ch a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it was all leaven
 ed." He went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journey
 ing toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, will those who are
  saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by the narrow door\;
  for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once
  the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you will begin to stand o
 utside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to us.' He will ans
 wer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say\,
  'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in our streets.' But h
 e will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come from\; depart from 
 me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep and gnash your teeth
  when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingd
 om of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will come from east and we
 st\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the kingdom of God."\n\
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/08/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pelagia the Righteous\; Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; Taisia 
 the Harlot of Egypt\; Phillip\, Bishop of Gortyna\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:19-22\; 3:1-7\nBrethren\, you are no longer
  strangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and
  members of the household of God\, built upon the foundation of the apostle
 s and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone\, in whom the w
 hole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord 
 in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spiri
 t. For this reason I\, Paul\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you 
 Gentiles -- assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace 
 that was given to me for you\, how the mystery was made known to me by reve
 lation\, as I have written briefly. When you read this you can perceive my 
 insight into the mystery of Christ\, which was not made known to the sons o
 f men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles
  and prophets by the Spirit\; that is\, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs\,
  members of the same body\, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus th
 rough the gospel. Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gif
 t of God's grace which was given me by the working of his power.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villages
 \, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twel
 ve were with him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits 
 and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone 
 out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and 
 many others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr & Syncletiki and her two daughters\; Sebastia
 ne the Martyr\; Maglorious of Sark\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Le
 tter to the Corinthians 1:8-11\nBrethren\, we do not want you to be ignoran
 t of the affliction we experienced in Asia\; for we were so utterly\, unbea
 rably crushed that we despaired of life itself. Why\, we felt that we had r
 eceived the sentence of death\; but that was to make us rely not on ourselv
 es but on God who raises the dead\; he delivered us from so deadly a peril\
 , and he will deliver us\; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver
  us again. You also must help us by prayer\, so that many will give thanks 
 on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 7:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum. Now a cen
 turion had a slave who was dear to him\, who was sick and at the point of d
 eath. When he heard of Jesus\, he sent to him elders of the Jews\, asking h
 im to come and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus\, they besought 
 him earnestly\, saying\, "He is worthy to have you do this for him\, for he
  loves our nation\, and he built us our synagogue." And Jesus went with the
 m. When he was not far from the house\, the centurion sent friends to him\,
  saying to him\, "Lord\, do not trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy to h
 ave you come under my roof\; therefore I did not presume to come to you. Bu
 t say the word\, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man set under aut
 hority\, with soldiers under me: and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\; an
 d to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\; and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he
  does it." When Jesus heard this he marveled at him\, and turned and said t
 o the multitude that followed him\, "I tell you\, not even in Israel have I
  found such faith." And when those who had been sent returned to the house\
 , they found the slave well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Monday after Pascha\; Elizabeth the Wonderworker\; Savvas the Gene
 ral of Rome\; Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia\; Mellitus\, Archbishop o
 f Canterbury\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:19-26\nIn those days\, Peter said t
 o the people\, "Repent and turn again\, that your sins may be blotted out\,
  that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord\, and that
  he may send the Christ appointed for you\, Jesus\, whom heaven must receiv
 e until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his ho
 ly prophets from of old. Moses said\, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a
  prophet from your brethren as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in 
 whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul that does not listen
  to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.' And all the prophets 
 who have spoken\, from Samuel and those who came afterwards\, also proclaim
 ed these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which G
 od gave to your fathers\, saying to Abraham\, 'And in your posterity shall 
 all the families of the earth be blessed.' God\, having raised up his serva
 nt\, sent him to you first\, to bless you in turning every one of you from 
 your wickedness."\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:1-11\nAt that time\, there was 
 a wedding at Cana in Galilee\, and the mother of Jesus was there\; Jesus al
 so was invited to the wedding\, with his disciples. When the wine gave out\
 , the mother of Jesus said to him\, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to 
 her\, "O woman\, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come." Hi
 s mother said to the servants\, "Do whatever he tells you." Now six stone j
 ars were standing there\, for the Jewish rites of purification\, each holdi
 ng twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them\, "Fill the jars with water
 ." And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them\, "Now draw some ou
 t\, and take it to the steward of the feast." So they took it. When the ste
 ward of the feast tasted the water now become wine\, and did not know where
  it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew)\, the stew
 ard of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him\, "Every man serves 
 the good wine first\; and when men have drunk freely\, then the poor wine\;
  but you have kept the good wine until now." This\, the first of his signs\
 , Jesus did at Cana in Galilee\, and manifested his glory\; and his discipl
 es believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\; Our Righteous Father Joseph\; Ic
 on of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nB
 rethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you en
 dured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to
  abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
   For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the p
 lundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a bette
 r possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confiden
 ce\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that yo
 u may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little w
 hile\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous
  one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:29-34\nAt that tim
 e\, as Jesus went out of Jericho\, a great crowd followed him. And behold\,
  two blind men sitting by the roadside\, when they heard that Jesus was pas
 sing by\, cried out\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David!" The crowd rebuked 
 them\, telling them to be silent\; but they cried out the more\, "Lord\, ha
 ve mercy on us\, Son of David!" And Jesus stopped and called them\, saying\
 , "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him\, "Lord\, let our e
 yes be opened." And Jesus in pity touched their eyes\, and immediately they
  received their sight and followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Luke\; Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\; 
 Righteous Hierodeacon Makarios of Kalogeras\; Romilo the Monk of Mount Atho
 s\; Nicholas the New-Martyr of Mytilene\; Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesip
 pos the siblings\, and their grandmother Neonilla\n\nMatins Gospel Reading:
  John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as
  she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\; and she saw two angels in whi
 te\, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain\, one at the head and one at 
 the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  She said to t
 hem\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they 
 have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, bu
 t she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are
  you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she sa
 id to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have la
 id Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary."  She turne
 d and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).  Jesus said
  to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but
  go to my brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to my Father and your F
 ather\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdalene went and said to the disci
 ples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told them that He had said these th
 ings to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, when Christ 
 who is our life appears\, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put 
 to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication\, impurity\, passion
 \, evil desire\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. On account of these 
 the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once
  walked\, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger\, wrath\
 , malice\, slander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one anoth
 er\, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and hav
 e put on the new nature\, which is being renewed in knowledge after the ima
 ge of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and unc
 ircumcised\, barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, 
 and in all.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:12-19\nAt that time\, as Jesus enter
 ed a village\, he was met by ten lepers\, who stood at a distance and lifte
 d up their voices and said:  "Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us."  When he 
 saw them he said to them\, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as 
 they went they were cleansed.  Then one of them\, when he saw that he was h
 ealed\, turned back\, praising God with a loud voice\; and he fell on his f
 ace at Jesus's feet\, giving him thanks.  Now he was a Samaritan.  Then sai
 d Jesus: "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?  Was no one found to r
 eturn and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "R
 ise and go your way\; your faith has made you well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\; Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-
 5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great won
 ders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the syn
 agogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of t
 he Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed w
 ith Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with wh
 ich he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard
  him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up th
 e people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized
  him and brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who sa
 id\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the 
 law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy th
 is place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And ga
 zing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the fac
 e of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said
 : "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father 
 Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said 
 to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land 
 which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, a
 nd lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there i
 nto this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance 
 in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in posses
 sion and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it wa
 s Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in ho
 uses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and ear
 th my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what
  is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You s
 tiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist th
 e Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did n
 ot your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand t
 he coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, 
 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNo
 w when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their te
 eth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and s
 aw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he 
 said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at 
 the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped th
 eir ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city a
 nd stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a
  young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord
  Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\
 , "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, h
 e fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33-42\nThe Lord said this para
 ble\, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge aro
 und it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to
  tenants\, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew nea
 r\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenant
 s took his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Aga
 in he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to 
 them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying 'They will respect my son.
 ' But when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the
  heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him
  and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner 
 of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him
 \, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the viney
 ard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus 
 said to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone whic
 h the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lo
 rd's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\; Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs\; 
 Euthemios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 26
 :21-27:9\n For behold\, the LORD is coming forth out of his place to punish
  the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity\, and the earth will discl
 ose the blood shed upon her\, and will no more cover her slain.  In that da
 y the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan t
 he fleeing serpent\, Leviathan the twisting serpent\, and he will slay the 
 dragon that is in the sea.  \n\n In that day: "A pleasant vineyard\, sing o
 f it!  I\, the LORD\, am its keeper\; every moment I water it. Lest any one
  harm it\, I guard it night and day\;  I have no wrath. Would that I had th
 orns and briers to battle! I would set out against them\, I would burn them
  up together.  Or let them lay hold of my protection\, let them make peace 
 with me\, let them make peace with me."  \n\n In days to come Jacob shall t
 ake root\, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots\, and fill the whole w
 orld with fruit.  \n\n Has he smitten them as he smote those who smote them
 ? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?  Measure by measure\
 , by exile thou didst contend with them\; he removed them with his fierce b
 last in the day of the east wind.  Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob wil
 l be expiated\, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: 
 when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to piec
 es\, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.\n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Genesis 9:18-10:1\nThe sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were
  Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.  These three were 
 the sons of Noah\; and from these the whole earth was peopled.\n\nNoah was 
 the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard\; and he drank of the w
 ine\, and became drunk\, and lay uncovered in his tent.  And Ham\, the fath
 er of Canaan\, saw the nakedness of his father\, and told his two brothers 
 outside.  Then Shem and Japheth took a garment\, laid it upon both their sh
 oulders\, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father\; t
 heir faces were turned away\, and they did not see their father's nakedness
 .  When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to
  him\, he said\, "Cursed be Canaan\; a slave of slaves shall he be to his b
 rothers."  He also said\, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem\; and let Can
 aan be his slave.  God enlarge Japheth\, and let him dwell in the tents of 
 Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave."  After the flood Noah lived three hund
 red and fifty years.  All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty year
 s\; and he died.  These are the generations of the sons of Noah\, Shem\, Ha
 m\, and Japheth\; sons were born to them after the flood.\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Proverbs 12:23-13:9\nA prudent man conceals his knowledge\, but fo
 ols proclaim their folly.  The hand of the diligent will rule\, while the s
 lothful will be put to forced labor.  Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him d
 own\, but a good word makes him glad.  A righteous man turns away from evil
 \, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.  A slothful man will not ca
 tch his prey\, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.  In the path 
 of righteousness is life\, but the way of error leads to death.  A wise son
  hears his father's instruction\, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. 
  From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good\, but the desire of the t
 reacherous is for violence.  He who guards his mouth preserves his life\; h
 e who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.  The soul of the sluggard craves\,
  and gets nothing\, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.  A r
 ighteous man hates falsehood\, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgrac
 efully.  Righteousness guards him whose way is upright\, but sin overthrows
  the wicked.  One man pretends to be rich\, yet has nothing\; another prete
 nds to be poor\, yet has great wealth.  The ransom of a man's life is his w
 ealth\, but a poor man has no means of redemption.  The light of the righte
 ous rejoices\, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Tuesday after Pascha\; The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\; Christop
 her the Martyr of Lycea\; Elder Hieronymos of Simonopetra\; Monk-martyr Nic
 holas who lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in Thessaly\; Epimachos the New Mart
 yr of Alexandria\; The New Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts 10:21-33\nIn those days\, Peter went down to the men sent by Corne
 lius to him and said\, "I am the one you are looking for\; what is the reas
 on for your coming?" And they said\, "Cornelius\, a centurion\, an upright 
 and God-fearing man\, who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation\, wa
 s directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house\, and to he
 ar what you have to say." So he called them in to be his guests. The next d
 ay he rose and went off with them\, and some of the brethren from Joppa acc
 ompanied him. And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was
  expecting them and had called together his kinsmen and close friends. When
  Peter entered\, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped 
 him. But Peter lifted him up\, saying\, "Stand up\; I too am a man." And as
  he talked with him\, he went in and found many persons gathered\; and he s
 aid to them\, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associat
 e with or to visit any one of another nation\; but God has shown me that I 
 should not call any man common or unclean. So when I was sent for\, I came 
 without objection. I ask then why you sent for me." And Cornelius said\, "F
 our days ago\, about this hour\, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in 
 my house\; and behold\, a man stood before me in bright apparel\, saying\, 
 'Cornelius\, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered 
 before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter\;
  he is lodging in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by the seaside.' So I sen
 t to you at once\, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we 
 are all here present in the sight of God\, to hear all that you have been c
 ommanded by the Lord."\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus
  went about in Galilee\; he would not go about in Judea\, because the Jews 
 sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand. So his 
 brothers said to him\, "Leave here and go to Judea\, that your disciples ma
 y see the works you are doing. For no man works in secret if he seeks to be
  known openly. If you do these things\, show yourself to the world." For ev
 en his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them\, "My time has n
 ot yet come\, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you\, but
  it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil. Go to the fea
 st yourselves\; I am not going up to this feast\, for my time has not yet f
 ully come." So saying\, he remained in Galilee.\n\nBut after his brothers h
 ad gone up to the feast\, then he also went up\, not publicly but in privat
 e. The Jews were looking for him at the feast\, and saying\, "Where is he?"
  And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said\,
  "He is a good man\," others said\, "No\, he is leading the people astray."
  Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre\; Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Con
 stantinople\; Seven New Martyrs of Kastoria\; Andrew the New Martyr of Arge
 ntes\; John of Smyrna the New Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 21:8-14\nIN T
 HOSE DAYS\, the apostles departed and came to Caesarea\; and we entered the
  house of Philip the evangelist\, who was one of the seven\, and stayed wit
 h him. And he had four unmarried daughters\, who prophesied. While we were 
 staying for some days\, a prophet named Agabos came down from Judea. And co
 ming to us he took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands\, and sai
 d\, "Thus says the Holy Spirit\, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the m
 an who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'" W
 hen we heard this\, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jeru
 salem. Then Paul answered\, "What are you doing\, weeping and breaking my h
 eart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem
  for the name of the Lord Jesus." And when he would not be persuaded\, we c
 eased and said\, "The will of the Lord be done." \n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 4:27-15:7\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be trouble
 d\, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you\, 'I go away\, and 
 I will come to you.' If you loved me\, you would have rejoiced\, because I 
 go to the Father\; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told yo
 u before it takes place\, so that when it does take place\, you may believe
 . I will no longer talk much with you\, for the ruler of this world is comi
 ng. He has no power over me\; but I do as the Father has commanded me\, so 
 that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise\, let us go hence.\n\n
 "I am the true vine\, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of min
 e that bears no fruit\, he takes away\, and every branch that does bear fru
 it he prunes\, that it may bear more fruit. You are already made clean by t
 he word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me\, and I in you. As the bran
 ch cannot bear fruit by itself\, unless it abides in the vine\, neither can
  you\, unless you abide in me. I am the vine\, you are the branches. He who
  abides in me\, and I in him\, he it is that bears much fruit\, for apart f
 rom me you can do nothing. If a man does not abide in me\, he is cast forth
  as a branch and withers\; and the branches are gathered\, thrown into the 
 fire and burned. If you abide in me\, and my words abide in you\, ask whate
 ver you will\, and it shall be done for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem\; Our Rig
 hteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones\; O
 ur Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; G
 eorge\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, Kanons\, and Troparia\n\
 nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\nBR
 ETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin
 . That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will pr
 oclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregation I will pr
 aise thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am 
 I\, and the children God has given me. Since therefore the children share i
 n flesh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same nature\, that t
 hrough death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, that is\, th
 e devil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to l
 ifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but 
 with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his breth
 ren in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high
  priest in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins of the peopl
 e. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to hel
 p those who are tempted. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise
  men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream
  and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and
  remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for the child\
 , to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother by night\,
  and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of Herod. This 
 was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have
  I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been tricked by 
 the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed all the male 
 children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or unde
 r\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then 
 was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard i
 n Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; 
 she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But when Herod die
 d\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, 
 saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the land of Isra
 el\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose and took 
 the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But when he hear
 d that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was a
 fraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district
  of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that what wa
 s spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazaren
 e."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\; Holy Martyr Romanus\; Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\; Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\; Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\; Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessal
 onians 2:14-20\nBrethren\, you became imitators of the churches of God in C
 hrist Jesus which are in Judea\; for you suffered the same things from your
  own countrymen as they did from the Jews\, who killed both the Lord Jesus 
 and the prophets\, and drove us out\, and displease God and oppose all men 
 by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved - so a
 s always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upo
 n them at last! But since we were bereft of you\, brethren\, for a short ti
 me\, in person not in heart\, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great
  desire to see you face to face\; because we wanted to come to you - I\, Pa
 ul\, again and again - but Satan hindered us. For what is our hope or joy o
 r crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? For
  you are our glory and joy.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:15-18\; 17:1-4\nThe 
 Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "You are those who justify yourselv
 es before men\, but God knows your hearts\; for what is exalted among men i
 s an abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until J
 ohn\; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached\, and ever
 y one enters it violently. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass aw
 ay\, than for one dot of the law to become void. Every one who divorces his
  wife and marries another commits adultery\, and he who marries a woman div
 orced from her husband commits adultery." \n\n And he said to his disciples
 \, "Temptations to sin are sure to come\; but woe to him by whom they come!
  It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he 
 were cast into the sea\, than that he should cause one of these little ones
  to sin. Take heed to yourselves\; if your brother sins\, rebuke him\, and 
 if he repents\, forgive him\; and if he sins against you seven times in the
  day\, and turns to you seven times\, and says\, 'I repent\,' you must forg
 ive him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Cyprian
  the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\; Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folk
 estone\; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an 
 earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were 
 the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called th
 e Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Hol
 ies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covere
 d on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\,
  and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it we
 re the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we c
 annot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the p
 riests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\
 ; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, 
 and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors
  of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\,
  Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her 
 house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and li
 stened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and s
 he went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left m
 e to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\
 , "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one t
 hing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be take
 n away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice a
 nd said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that 
 you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of G
 od and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Bucolus\, Bishop of 
 Smyrna\; Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\; Afterfeast of the Presen
 tation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Ilyan of Homs\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Tr
 uly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the doo
 r but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he 
 who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper 
 opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and l
 eads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, 
 and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will no
 t follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of 
 strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand 
 what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, 
 I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thiev
 es and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any on
 e enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture
 ."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting th
 at we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separ
 ated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those
  high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then
  for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up hims
 elf.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but
  the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who 
 has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is thi
 s: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the 
 throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true 
 tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 0:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will 
 be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only t
 o steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it
  abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life
  for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sh
 eep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the
  wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling a
 nd cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and
  my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay 
 down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this 
 fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall
  be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\; Constantine the New Martyr of
  Cyprus\; Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\; Germanus\, Bishop of t
 he Isle of Man\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren
 \, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has 
 appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\,
  then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speak
 ers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are
  all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do
  all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the highe
 r gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in th
 e tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a
  clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all myst
 eries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountai
 ns\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if 
 I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love i
 s patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant o
 r rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resent
 ful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears 
 all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. L
 ove never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus
  called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean sp
 irits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  
 These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentile
 s\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep o
 f the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of hea
 ven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast ou
 t demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\; Sergios\, Stephen
  and Kastor\; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\; Soldier-martyr
 s of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus
  Christ\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:30
 -33\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love 
 of the Spirit\, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my beh
 alf\, that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea\, and that my s
 ervice for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints\, so that by God's wil
 l I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. The God of p
 eace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nA
 t that time\, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and sa
 id\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes." And when he came
  home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\, "What do you think\, Simon? Fro
 m whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from 
 others?" And when he said\, "From others\," Jesus said to him\, "Then the s
 ons are free. However\, not to give offense to them\, go to the sea and cas
 t a hook\, and take the first fish that comes up\, and when you open its mo
 uth you will find a shekel\; take that and give it to them for me and for y
 ourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is 
 the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he put
  him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you t
 urn and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 
 Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom
  of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\; Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him
 \; The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\; Eustathios the Confessor\, Bish
 op of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 25:1-9\n O L
 ORD\, thou art my God\; I will exalt thee\, I will praise thy name\; for th
 ou hast done wonderful things\, plans formed of old\, faithful and sure.  F
 or thou hast made the city a heap\, the fortified city a ruin\; the palace 
 of aliens is a city no more\, it will never be rebuilt.  Therefore strong p
 eoples will glorify thee\; cities of ruthless nations will fear thee.  For 
 thou hast been a stronghold to the poor\, a stronghold to the needy in his 
 distress\, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat\; for the bla
 st of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall\, like heat in a dry plac
 e. Thou dost subdue the noise of the aliens\; as heat by the shade of a clo
 ud\, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.  \n\n On this mountain the LOR
 D of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things\, a feast of win
 e on the lees\, of fat things full of marrow\, of wine on the lees well ref
 ined.  And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over 
 all peoples\, the veil that is spread over all nations.  He will swallow up
  death for ever\, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces\, an
 d the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth\; for the
  LORD has spoken.  It will be said on that day\, "Lo\, this is our God\; we
  have waited for him\, that he might save us. This is the LORD\; we have wa
 ited for him\; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Genesis 9:8-17\n Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him
 \,  "Behold\, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after y
 ou\, and with every living creature that is with you\, the birds\, the catt
 le\, and every beast of the earth with you\, as many as came out of the ark
 .  I establish my covenant with you\, that never again shall all flesh be c
 ut off by the waters of a flood\, and never again shall there be a flood to
  destroy the earth."  And God said\, "This is the sign of the covenant whic
 h I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you\, fo
 r all future generations:  I set my bow in the cloud\, and it shall be a si
 gn of the covenant between me and the earth.  When I bring clouds over the 
 earth and the bow is seen in the clouds\, I will remember my covenant which
  is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh\; and the wat
 ers shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is
  in the clouds\, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant 
 between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."
   God said to Noah\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have establi
 shed between me and all flesh that is upon the earth."\n\nOld Testament Rea
 ding: Proverbs 12:8-22\nA man is commended according to his good sense\, bu
 t one of perverse mind is despised.  Better is a man of humble standing who
  works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.  A rig
 hteous man has regard for the life of his beast\, but the mercy of the wick
 ed is cruel.  He who tills his land will have plenty of bread\, but he who 
 follows worthless pursuits has no sense.  The strong tower of the wicked co
 mes to ruin\, but the root of the righteous stands firm.  An evil man is en
 snared by the transgression of his lips\, but the righteous escapes from tr
 ouble.  From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good\, and the 
 work of a man's hand comes back to him.  The way of a fool is right in his 
 own eyes\, but a wise man listens to advice.  The vexation of a fool is kno
 wn at once\, but the prudent man ignores an insult.  He who speaks the trut
 h gives honest evidence\, but a false witness utters deceit.  There is one 
 whose rash words are like sword thrusts\, but the tongue of the wise brings
  healing.  Truthful lips endure for ever\, but a lying tongue is but for a 
 moment.  Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil\, but those who pl
 an good have joy.  No ill befalls the righteous\, but the wicked are filled
  with trouble.  Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD\, but those who a
 ct faithfully are his delight.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\; Anastasia of Alexandria\; Mich
 ael Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isai
 ah 7:1-14\nIn the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son of Uzziah\, king of 
 Judah\, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of I
 srael came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it\, but they could not conq
 uer it.  When the house of David was told\, "Syria is in league with Ephrai
 m\," his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest
  shake before the wind.\n\nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah\, "Go forth to meet 
 Ahaz\, you and Shearjashub your son\, at the end of the conduit of the uppe
 r pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field\, and say to him\, 'Take heed\,
  be quiet\, do not fear\, and do not let your heart be faint because of the
 se two smoldering stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce anger of Rezin and S
 yria and the son of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Ephraim and the son of 
 Remaliah\, has devised evil against you\, saying\,  "Let us go up against J
 udah and terrify it\, and let us conquer it for ourselves\, and set up the 
 son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it\," thus says the Lord GOD: It shal
 l not stand\, and it shall not come to pass.  For the head of Syria is Dama
 scus\, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty-five years Ephraim 
 will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)  And the h
 ead of Ephraim is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
  If you will not believe\, surely you shall not be established.'"\n\nAgain 
 the LORD spoke to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD your God\; let it be deep
  as Sheol or high as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I will not ask\, and I will
  not put the LORD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear then\, O house of Davi
 d! Is it too little for you to weary men\, that you weary my God also?  The
 refore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold\, a virgin shall conce
 ive and bear a son\, and shall call his name Immanuel.\n\nOld Testament Rea
 ding: Genesis 5:32-6:8\n After Noah was five hundred years old\, Noah becam
 e the father of Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men began to multiply on th
 e face of the ground\, and daughters were born to them\, the sons of God sa
 w that the daughters of men were fair\; and they took to wife such of them 
 as they chose.  Then the LORD said\, "My spirit shall not abide in man for 
 ever\, for he is flesh\, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."
   The Nephilim were on the earth in those days\, and also afterward\, when 
 the sons of God came in to the daughters of men\, and they bore children to
  them. These were the mighty men that were of old\, the men of renown.  \n\
 n The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth\, and that
  every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 
  And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth\, and it grieved 
 him to his heart.  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out man whom I have crea
 ted from the face of the ground\, man and beast and creeping things and bir
 ds of the air\, for I am sorry that I have made them."  But Noah found favo
 r in the eyes of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:20-7:1\nMy 
 son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake not your mother's teachi
 ng.  Bind them upon your heart always\; tie them about your neck.  When you
  walk\, they will lead you\; when you lie down\, they will watch over you\;
  and when you awake\, they will talk with you.  For the commandment is a la
 mp and the teaching a light\, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of
  life\, to preserve you from the evil woman\, from the smooth tongue of the
  adventuress.  Do not desire her beauty in your heart\, and do not let her 
 capture you with her eyelashes\; for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of br
 ead\, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.  Can a man carry fire in 
 his bosom and his clothes not be burned?  Or can one walk upon hot coals an
 d his feet not be scorched?  So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife\; 
 none who touches her will go unpunished.  Do not men despise a thief if he 
 steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?  And if he is caught\, he
  will pay sevenfold\; he will give all the goods of his house.  He who comm
 its adultery has no sense\; he who does it destroys himself.  Wounds and di
 shonor will he get\, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.  For jealousy
  makes a man furious\, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.  He wil
 l accept no compensation\, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.  My s
 on\, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you.\n\n
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 sts: Holy Thursday\; Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 70 and their C
 ompanions\; Holy Martyr Cercyra\; Our Holy Father John of Kaloktenos\, Metr
 opolitan of Thebes\; Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\; Nektarios the New Marty
 r of Optina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 22:1-39\nAt that 
 time\, the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, which is called the Passov
 er. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put Jesus to 
 death. For they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Isc
 ariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he went away and conferred wi
 th the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. And they
  were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed\, and sought an op
 portunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Then came 
 the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrific
 ed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover for u
 s\, that we may eat it." They said to him\, "Where will you have us prepare
  it?" He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have entered the city\, a man ca
 rrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him into the house which he en
 ters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is the g
 uest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?' And he will 
 show you a large upper room furnished\; there make ready." And they went\, 
 and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. And when
  the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the apostles with him. And he said t
 o them. "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I su
 ffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat it again until it is fulfilled in t
 he kingdom of God." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he sai
 d\, "Take this\, and divide it among yourselves\; for I tell you that from 
 now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God 
 comes. " And he took bread\, and when he had given thanks he broke it and g
 ave it to them\, saying\, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this 
 in remembrance of me." And likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "This c
 up which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But behold 
 the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. For the Son of man 
 goes as it has been determined\; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed
 !" And they began to question one another\, which of them it was that would
  do this. A dispute also arose among them\, which of them was to be regarde
 d as the greatest. And he said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exercis
 e lordship over them\; and those in authority over them are called benefact
 ors. But not so with you\; rather let the greatest among you become as the 
 youngest\, and the leader as one who serves. For which is the greater\, one
  who sits at table\, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at table
 ? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have continued wi
 th me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\, a 
 kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom\, and sit on
  thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Simon\, Simon\, behold\, Sata
 n demanded to have you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I have pra
 yed for you that your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned again\,
  strengthen your brethren." And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go w
 ith you to prison and to death." He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock w
 ill not crow this day\, until you three times deny that you know me. " And 
 he said to them\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals\, di
 d you lack anything?" They said\, "Nothing." He said to them\, "But now\, l
 et him who has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag. And let him who has no
  sword sell his mantle and buy one. For I tell you that this scripture must
  be fulfilled in me\, "And he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for what i
 s written about me has its fulfillment." And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, her
 e are two swords. " And he said to them\, "It is enough." \n And he came ou
 t\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the discipl
 es followed him.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 11:23-32\nBRETHREN\, I r
 eceived from the Lord what I also delivered to you\, that the Lord Jesus on
  the night when he was betrayed took bread\, and when he had given thanks\,
  he broke it\, and said\, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in rem
 embrance of me." In the same way also the cup\, after supper\, saying\, "Th
 is cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this\, as often as you drink it\
 , in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the c
 up\, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.\n\nWhoever\, therefore\,
  eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be
  guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine hims
 elf\, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who eats an
 d drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.
  That is why many of you are weak and ill\, and some have died. But if we j
 udged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we are judged by 
 the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the 
 world.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:1-20\; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 26:21-39
 \; Luke 22:43-44\; Matthew 26:40-75\; 27:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciple
 s\, "You know that after two days the Passover is coming\, and the Son of m
 an will be delivered up to be crucified."\n\nThen the chief priests and the
  elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest\, who was c
 alled Caiaphas\, and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stea
 lth and kill him. But they said\, "Not during the feast\, lest there be a t
 umult among the people."\n\nNow when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of S
 imon the leper\, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very exp
 ensive ointment\, and she poured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But w
 hen the disciples saw it\, they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? 
 For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum\, and given to the p
 oor."\n\nBut Jesus\, aware of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the
  woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.\n\nFor you always have th
 e poor with you\, but you will not always have me.\n\nIn pouring this ointm
 ent on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to y
 ou\, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world\, what she has don
 e will be told in memory of her."\n\nThen one of the twelve\, who was calle
 d Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief priests and said\, "What will you give
  me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. An
 d from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.\n\nNow on the fi
 rst day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where w
 ill you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?" He said\, "Go into th
 e city to a certain one\, and say to him\, ‘The Teacher says\, My time is
  at hand\; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'" And 
 the disciples did as Jesus had directed them\, and they prepared the Passov
 er. When it was evening\, he sat at table with the twelve disciples.\n\nJes
 us\, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands\, and that
  he had come from God and was going to God\, rose from supper\, laid aside 
 his garments\, and girded himself with a towel. Then he poured water into a
  basin\, and began to wash the disciples' feet\, and to wipe them with the 
 towel with which he was girded.\n\nHe came to Simon Peter\; and Peter said 
 to him\, "Lord\, do you wash my feet?" Jesus answered him\, "What I am doin
 g you do not know now\, but afterward you will understand." Peter said to h
 im\, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him\, "If I do not wash
  you\, you have no part in me." Simon Peter said to him\, "Lord\, not my fe
 et only but also my hands and my head!" Jesus said to him\, "He who has bat
 hed does not need to wash\, except for his feet\, but he is clean all over\
 ; and you are clean\, but not every one of you." For he knew who was to bet
 ray him\; that was why he said\, "You are not all clean."\n\nWhen he had wa
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 sts: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\
 ; Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste
  into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of 
 Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of M
 ary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy 
 Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, a
 nd blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the
  mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your g
 reeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed i
 s she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to 
 her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and 
 my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of
  his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bless
 ed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his na
 me." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her ho
 me.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among
  yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the f
 orm of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but em
 ptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness o
 f men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient
  unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him a
 nd bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of
  Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\,
  and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God t
 he Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house
 . And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listene
 d to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she we
 nt to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to 
 serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Ma
 rtha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing 
 is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken awa
 y from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and sa
 id to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you s
 ucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God an
 d keep it!"\n\n
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 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colos
 sae (Chonae)\; Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBre
 thren\, if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression
  or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we ne
 glect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it
  was attested to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by
  signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit dis
 tributed according to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subje
 cted the world to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified so
 mewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, t
 hat thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than 
 the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everythin
 g in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to
  him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see ev
 erything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while wa
 s made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the 
 suffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for e
 very one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exis
 t\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salva
 tion perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord 
 said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you
  rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy r
 eturned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in yo
 ur name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heave
 n. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions
 \, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevert
 heless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but r
 ejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoice
 d in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and 
 earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding a
 nd revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Basil the Great\, A
 rchbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\; Emmelia\, Mother of Basil the Great\,
  Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\; Gregory\, Bishop of Na
 nzianzos\, Father of Gregory the Theologian\; Peter the New Martyr of the P
 eloponnesos\; Theodotos the Martyr\; Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\; Tele
 machos the Martyr\; Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene ca
 me to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had
  been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and th
 e other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have
  taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid H
 im." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the
  tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the 
 tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\
 , but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went in
 to the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been
  on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place b
 y itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went 
 in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\,
  that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their hom
 es.\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:8-12\nBRETHREN\, see to it that no one
  makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit\, according to human tr
 adition\, according to the elemental spirits of the universe\, and not acco
 rding to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily\, and 
 you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is the head of all rule and a
 uthority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without
  hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ\; a
 nd you were buried with him in baptism\, in which you were also raised with
  him through faith in the working of God\, who raised him from the dead.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\nAt that time\, the shepherds returne
 d\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen\, as it had
  been told them. And at the end of eight days\, when he was circumcised\, h
 e was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in
  the womb. And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and 
 the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year
  at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old\, they went
  up according to custom\; and when the feast was ended\, as they were retur
 ning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know i
 t\, but supposing him to be in the company they went a day's journey\, and 
 they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances\; and when they did 
 not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeking him. After three days\,
  they found him in the temple\, sitting among the teachers\, listening to t
 hem and asking them questions\; and all who heard him were amazed at his un
 derstanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were astonished\; a
 nd his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you treated us so? Behold\, you
 r father and I have been looking for you anxiously." And he said to them\, 
 "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father
 's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. A
 nd he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, and was obedient to them\;
  and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in 
 wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and man.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre\; Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Con
 stantinople\; Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes\; John of Smyrna the New Ma
 rtyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king lai
 d violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the b
 rother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, 
 he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened B
 read. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him
  to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to 
 bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest pray
 er for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod was 
 about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound wi
 th two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; and
  behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; a
 nd he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." An
 d the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your man
 tle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did no
 t know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing
  a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came 
 to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord
 \, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediately the
  angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that
  the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from
  all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:31-4
 2\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, "If you continue in 
 my word\, you are truly my disciples\, and you will know the truth\, and th
 e truth will make you free." They answered him\, "We are descendants of Abr
 aham\, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say\, 
 'You will be made free'?"\n\nJesus answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say t
 o you\, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not con
 tinue in the house for ever\; the son continues for ever. So if the Son mak
 es you free\, you will be free indeed. I know that you are descendants of A
 braham\; yet you seek to kill me\, because my word finds no place in you. I
  speak of what I have seen with my Father\, and you do what you have heard 
 from your father."\n\nThey answered him\, "Abraham is our father." Jesus sa
 id to them\, "If you were Abraham's children\, you would do what Abraham di
 d\, but now you seek to kill me\, a man who has told you the truth which I 
 heard from God\; this is not what Abraham did. You do what your father did.
 " They said to him\, "We were not born of fornication\; we have one Father\
 , even God." Jesus said to them\, "If God were your Father\, you would love
  me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I came not of my own accord
 \, but he sent me."\n\n
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 sts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Cantania\; Our Holy Father Niph
 onus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracl
 e in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\; Afterfeast of the Transfi
 guration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 10:12-22\nBrethren\, let any on
 e who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overt
 aken you that is not common to man. God is faithful\, and he will not let y
 ou be tempted beyond your strength\, but with the temptation will also prov
 ide the way of escape\, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore\, my b
 eloved\, shun the worship of idols. I speak as to sensible men: judge for y
 ourselves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless\, is it not a comm
 union in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break\, is it not a commun
 ion in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread\, we who are many are
  one body\, for we all partake of the one bread. Consider Israel according 
 to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? W
 hat do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything\, or that an id
 ol is anything? No\, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demon
 s and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. You cannot 
 drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the demons. You cannot partake of 
 the table of the Lord and the table of the demons. Shall we provoke the Lor
 d to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:20-24
 \nAt that time\, Jesus strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that h
 e was the Christ. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he 
 must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief pries
 ts and scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised. And Peter 
 took him and began to rebuke him\, saying\, "God forbid\, Lord! This shall 
 never happen to you." But he turned and said to Peter\, "Get behind me\, Sa
 tan! You are a hindrance to me\; for you are not on the side of God\, but o
 f men." Then Jesus told his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, l
 et him deny himself\, and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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 sts: Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\; Kalliope the Martyr\
 ; Melania the Righteous\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Constantinople\; The
 ophanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:4-
 10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the great love with which 
 he loved us\, even when we were dead through our trespasses\, made us alive
  together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, and raised us up wit
 h him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, t
 hat in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace i
 n kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved thro
 ugh faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not bec
 ause of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship\, cre
 ated in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that 
 we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves
 \; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they w
 ill deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you
  will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony
  before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious
  how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will
  be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spiri
 t of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to d
 eath\, and the father his child\, and children will rise against parents an
 d have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake.
  But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aristarchus\, Pudens\, Trophimus the Apostles of the 70\; Thomais the 
 Martyr of Alexandria\; Ardalion the Actor and Martyr\; Demetrios the New-Ma
 rtyr of Arcadia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 41:4-14\nWh
 o has performed and done this\, calling the generations from the beginning?
  I\, the LORD\, the first\, and with the last\; I am He.  The coastlands ha
 ve seen and are afraid\, the ends of the earth tremble\; they have drawn ne
 ar and come.  Every one helps his neighbor\, and says to his brother\, "Tak
 e courage!"  The craftsman encourages the goldsmith\, and he who smoothes w
 ith the hammer him who strikes the anvil\, saying of the soldering\, "It is
  good"\; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.  \n\n Bu
 t you\, Israel\, my servant\, Jacob\, whom I have chosen\, the offspring of
  Abraham\, my friend\; you whom I took from the ends of the earth\, and cal
 led from its farthest corners\, saying to you\, "You are my servant\, I hav
 e chosen you and not cast you off"\; fear not\, for I am with you\, be not 
 dismayed\, for I am your God\; I will strengthen you\, I will help you\, I 
 will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n\n  Behold\, all who are i
 ncensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded\; those who strive
  against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.  You shall seek those wh
 o contend with you\, but you shall not find them\; those who war against yo
 u shall be as nothing at all.  For I\, the LORD your God\, hold your right 
 hand\; it is I who say to you\, "Fear not\, I will help you."  Fear not\, y
 ou worm Jacob\, you men of Israel! I will help you\, says the LORD\; your R
 edeemer is the Holy One of Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 17:1-9
 \n When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram\, and sa
 id to him\, "I am God Almighty\; walk before me\, and be blameless.  And I 
 will make my covenant between me and you\, and will multiply you exceedingl
 y."  Then Abram fell on his face\; and God said to him\,  "Behold\, my cove
 nant is with you\, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.  
 No longer shall your name be Abram\, but your name shall be Abraham\; for I
  have made you the father of a multitude of nations.  I will make you excee
 dingly fruitful\; and I will make nations of you\, and kings shall come for
 th from you.  And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your 
 descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting coven
 ant\, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.  And I will give 
 to you\, and to your descendants after you\, the land of your sojournings\,
  all the land of Canaan\, for an everlasting possession\; and I will be the
 ir God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:20-16:9\nA wise son makes a 
 glad father\, but a foolish man despises his mother.  Folly is a joy to him
  who has no sense\, but a man of understanding walks aright.  Without couns
 el plans go wrong\, but with many advisers they succeed.  To make an apt an
 swer is a joy to a man\, and a word in season\, how good it is!  The wise m
 an's path leads upward to life\, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.  The LORD
  tears down the house of the proud\, but maintains the widow's boundaries. 
  The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD\, the words of t
 he pure are pleasing to him.  He who is greedy for unjust gain makes troubl
 e for his household\, but he who hates bribes will live.  The mind of the r
 ighteous ponders how to answer\, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil
  things.  The LORD is far from the wicked\, but he hears the prayer of the 
 righteous.  The light of the eyes rejoices the heart\, and good news refres
 hes the bones.  He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abide among th
 e wise.  He who ignores instruction despises himself\, but he who heeds adm
 onition gains understanding.  The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom
 \, and humility goes before honor.  The plans of the mind belong to man\, b
 ut the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.  All the ways of a man are pu
 re in his own eyes\, but the LORD weighs the spirit.  Commit your work to t
 he LORD\, and your plans will be established.  The LORD has made everything
  for its purpose\, even the wicked for the day of trouble.  Every one who i
 s arrogant is an abomination to the LORD\; be assured\, he will not go unpu
 nished.  By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for\, and by the fe
 ar of the LORD a man avoids evil.  When a man's ways please the LORD\, he m
 akes even his enemies to be at peace with him.  Better is a little with rig
 hteousness than great revenues with injustice.  A man's mind plans his way\
 , but the LORD directs his steps.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Monday\; Theodore the Trichinas\; Zacchaeus the Apostle of Cae
 saria\; Gregory & Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\; Athanasios\, Founder
  of the Monastery of Meteora\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the A
 postles 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn those days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem
  from the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's j
 ourney away\; and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, 
 where they were staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and 
 Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the 
 Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themse
 lves to prayer\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and
  with his brothers.\n\nIn those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the
  company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Br
 ethren\, the scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke be
 forehand by the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those wh
 o arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share
  in this ministry. "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all th
 e time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, beginning from the ba
 ptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these me
 n must become with us a witness to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forwa
 rd two\, Joseph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. 
 And they prayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show
  which one of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry
  and apostleship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place." A
 nd they cast lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enro
 lled with the eleven apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\nNo one has 
 ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\,
  he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when the Jew
 s sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He co
 nfessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they
  asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you th
 e prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? l
 et us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?
 " He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straigh
 t the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNow they had been 
 sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if 
 you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered t
 hem\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom you do not know
 \, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy t
 o untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, where John was bap
 tizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\; Ephraim of Katounakia\; Raphael
  of Brooklyn\; Stephen the Monk\; Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopol
 is\; Nesios the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:1-
 20\nThe vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz\, which he saw concerning Judah an
 d Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah\, Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezeki'ah\, kings 
 of Judah.  Hear\, O heavens\, and give ear\, O earth\; for the Lord has spo
 ken:  "Sons have I reared and brought up\, but they have rebelled against m
 e.  The ox knows its owner\, and the ass its master's crib\; but Israel doe
 s not know\, my people does not understand."\n\nAh\, sinful nation\, a peop
 le laden with iniquity\, offspring of evildoers\, sons who deal corruptly! 
  They have forsaken the Lord\, they have despised the Holy One of Israel\, 
 they are utterly estranged.\n\nWhy will you still be smitten\, that you con
 tinue to rebel?  The whole head is sick\, and the whole heart faint.  From 
 the sole of the foot even to the head\, there is no soundness in it\, but b
 ruises and sores and bleeding wounds\; they are not pressed out\, or bound 
 up\, or softened with oil.\n\nYour country lies desolate\, your cities are 
 burned with fire\; in your very presence aliens devour your land\; it is de
 solate\, as overthrown by aliens.  And the daughter of Zion is left like a 
 booth in a vineyard\, like a lodge in a cucumber field\, like a besieged ci
 ty.\n\nIf the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors\, we should hav
 e been like Sodom\, and become like Gomor'rah.\n\nHear the word of the Lord
 \, you rulers of Sodom!  Give ear to the teaching of our God\, you people o
 f Gomor'rah!  "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lor
 d\; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts\
 ; I do not delight in the blood of bulls\, or of lambs\, or of he-goats.\n\
 n"When you come to appear before me\, who requires of you this trampling of
  my courts?  Bring no more vain offerings\; incense is an abomination to me
 .  New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies -- I cannot endure in
 iquity and solemn assembly.  Your new moons and your appointed feasts my so
 ul hates\; they have become a burden to me\, I am weary of bearing them.  W
 hen you spread forth your hands\, I will hide my eyes from you\; even thoug
 h you make many prayers\, I will not listen\; your hands are full of blood.
   Wash yourselves\; make yourselves clean\; remove the evil of your doings 
 from before my eyes\; cease to do evil\, learn to do good\; seek justice\, 
 correct oppression\; defend the fatherless\, plead for the widow.\n\n"Come 
 now\, let us reason together\, says the Lord:  though your sins are like sc
 arlet\, they shall be as white as snow\; though they are red like crimson\,
  they shall become like wool.  If you are willing and obedient\, you shall 
 eat the good of the land\; But if you refuse and rebel\, you shall be devou
 red by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Genesis 1:1-13\nIn the beginning God created the heavens and the e
 arth.  The earth was without form and void\, and darkness was upon the face
  of the deep\; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters
 .\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be light"\; and there was light.  And God sa
 w that the light was good\; and God separated the light from the darkness. 
  God called the light Day\, and the darkness he called Night.  And there wa
 s evening and there was morning\, one day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be 
 a firmament in the midst of the waters\, and let it separate the waters fro
 m the waters."  And God made the firmament and separated the waters which w
 ere under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.  An
 d it was so.  And God called the firmament Heaven.  And there was evening a
 nd there was morning\, a second day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let the waters unde
 r the heavens be gathered together into one place\, and let the dry land ap
 pear."  And it was so.  God called the dry land Earth\, and the waters that
  were gathered together he called Seas.  And God saw that it was good.  And
  God said\, "Let the earth put forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed\, an
 d fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, each according to its 
 kind\, upon the earth."  And it was so.  The earth brought forth vegetation
 \, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds\, and trees bearing fr
 uit in which is their seed\, each according to its kind.  And God saw that 
 it was good.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a third day.\n\
 nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:1-20\nThe proverbs of Solomon\, son of D
 avid\, king of Israel:\n\nThat men may know wisdom and instruction\, unders
 tand words of insight\, receive instruction in wise dealing\, righteousness
 \, justice\, and equity\; that prudence may be given to the simple\, knowle
 dge and discretion to the youth -- the wise man also may hear and increase 
 in learning\, and the man of understanding acquire skill\, to understand a 
 proverb and a figure\, the words of the wise and their riddles.  The fear o
 f the Lord is the beginning of knowledge\; fools despise wisdom and instruc
 tion.\n\nHear\, my son\, your father's instruction\, and reject not your mo
 ther's teaching\; for they are a fair garland for your head\, and pendants 
 for your neck.  My son\, if sinners entice you\, do not consent.  If they s
 ay\, "Come with us\, let us lie in wait for blood\, let us wantonly ambush 
 the innocent\; like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole\, like those 
 who go down to the Pit\; we shall find all precious goods\, we shall fill o
 ur houses with spoil\; throw in your lot among us\, we will all have one pu
 rse" -- my son\, do not walk in the way with them\, hold back your foot fro
 m their paths\; for their feet run to evil\, and they make haste to shed bl
 ood.  For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird\; but these men 
 lie in wait for their own blood\, they set an ambush for their own lives.  
 Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence\; it takes away the life 
 of its possessors.\n\nWisdom cries aloud in the street\; in the markets she
  raises her voice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr\; Holy Glorious N
 ew Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\; Phocas the Martyr\; Plegmund\, Archbish
 op of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-
 60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders a
 nd signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue
  of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Ale
 xandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with St
 ephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he
  spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard him s
 peak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the peop
 le and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him a
 nd brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who said\, "
 This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law\; 
 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this pla
 ce\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And gazing a
 t him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of a
 n angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Bre
 thren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraha
 m\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said to him
 \, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which 
 I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and liv
 ed in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there into th
 is land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\
 , not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in possession a
 nd to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it was Solo
 mon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses m
 ade with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and earth my 
 footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what is th
 e place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-n
 ecked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy
  Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did not you
 r fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the com
 ing of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, you wh
 o received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNow when
  they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth ag
 ainst him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the
  glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he said\,
  "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the ri
 ght hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ea
 rs and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and sto
 ned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young
  man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus
 \, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, "Lor
 d\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, he fell
  asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A m
 an planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the w
 ine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into a
 nother country. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to 
 get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat
  him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent to them another servan
 t\, and they wounded him in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he s
 ent another\, and him they killed\; and so with many others\, some they bea
 t and some they killed. He had still one other\, a beloved son\; finally he
  sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants 
 said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the 
 inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and killed him\, and cast him 
 out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come a
 nd destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read
  this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the
  head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in ou
 r eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for the
 y perceived that he had told the parable against them\; so they left him an
 d went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\; Flavianos\, Patriarch of Const
 antinople\; Romanos the Younger\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 3
 :1-18\nBeloved\, this is now the second letter that I have written to you\,
  and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder\; 
 that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the comma
 ndment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.  First of all you must
  understand this\, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing\,
  following their own passions and saying\, "Where is the promise of his com
 ing?  For ever since the fathers fell asleep\, all things have continued as
  they were from the beginning of creation."  They deliberately ignore this 
 fact\, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago\, and an earth form
 ed out of water and by means of water\, through which the world that then e
 xisted was deluged with water and perished.  But by the same word the heave
 ns and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire\, being kept until
  the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.\n\nBut do not ignore t
 his one fact\, beloved\, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years\
 , and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slow about his promise 
 as some count slowness\, but is forbearing toward you\, not wishing that an
 y should perish\, but that all should reach repentance.  But the day of the
  Lord will come like a thief\, and then the heavens will pass away with a l
 oud noise\, and the elements will be dissolved with fire\, and the earth an
 d the works that are upon it will be burned up.\n\nSince all these things a
 re thus to be dissolved\, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of 
 holiness and godliness\, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of
  God\, because of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved\, and the
  elements will melt with fire!  But according to his promise we wait for ne
 w heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.\n\nTherefore\, bel
 oved\, since you wait for these\, be zealous to be found by him without spo
 t or blemish\, and at peace.  And count the forbearance of our Lord as salv
 ation.  So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisd
 om given him\, speaking of this as he does in all his letters.  There are s
 ome things in them hard to understand\, which the ignorant and unstable twi
 st to their own destruction\, as they do the other scriptures.  You therefo
 re\, beloved\, knowing this beforehand\, beware lest you be carried away wi
 th the error of lawless men and lose your own stability.  But grow in the g
 race and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be the glor
 y both now and to the day of eternity.  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:24
 -31\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "In those days\, after that tribulati
 on\, the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and 
 the stars will be falling from heaven\, and the powers in the heavens will 
 be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with gre
 at power and glory.  And he will send out the angels\, and gather his elect
  from the four winds\, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.  F
 rom the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and
  puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near.  So also\, when you 
 see these things taking place\, you know he is near\, at the very gates.  T
 ruly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away before all these t
 hings take place.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not 
 pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\; Nikitas\, Bishop
  of Chalcedon\; Eutechios\, Bishop of Mytilene\; Helikonis the Martyr\; Hel
 adios the Hieromartyr of the East\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:44-48\;11:1-10\nIn those d
 ays\, while Peter was still saying this\, the Holy Spirit fell on all who h
 eard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who came with P
 eter were amazed\, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out 
 even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling
  God. Then Peter declared\, "Can any one forbid water for baptizing these p
 eople who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he commanded 
 them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to rem
 ain for some days. Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea hear
 d that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went u
 p to Jerusalem\, the circumcision party criticized him\, saying\, "Why did 
 you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" But Peter began and explain
 ed to them in order: "I was in the city of Joppa praying\; and in a trance 
 I saw a vision\, something descending\, like a great sheet\, let down from 
 heaven by four corners\; and it came down to me. Looking at it closely I ob
 served animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. And I 
 heard a voice saying to me\, 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.' But I said\, 'N
 o\, Lord\; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But th
 e voice answered a second time from heaven\, 'What God has cleansed you mus
 t not call common.' This happened three times\, and all was drawn up again 
 into heaven."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews wh
 o came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your sin\; whe
 re I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himsel
 f\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said to them
 \, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\, I am not
  of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins\, for you will d
 ie in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to him\, "Who a
 re you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you from the beginning
 . I have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he who sent me is tr
 ue\, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." They did not u
 nderstand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you ha
 ve lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, and that I 
 do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And 
 he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I always do what
  is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\;
  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\; 
 Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Christos the New Martyr of Prevez
 is\; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 1:1-25\;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesu
 s Christ\, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia
 \, Asia\, and Bithynia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctifi
 ed by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his 
 blood:\n\nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew 
 to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, a
 nd to an inheritance which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kep
 t in heaven for you\, who by God's power are guarded through faith for a sa
 lvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\, though
  now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials\, so that the
  genuineness of your faith\, more precious than gold which though perishabl
 e is tested by fire\, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the reve
 lation of Jesus Christ. Without having known him you love him\; though you 
 do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exal
 ted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your soul
 s.\n\nThe prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searche
 d and inquired about this salvation\; they inquired what person or time was
  indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferin
 gs of Christ and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they we
 re serving not themselves but you\, in the things which have now been annou
 nced to you by those who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spi
 rit sent from heaven\, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTherefore 
 gird up your minds\, be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace that is 
 coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do 
 not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance\, but as he who c
 alled you is holy\, be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since it is wr
 itten\, "You shall be holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as Father hi
 m who judges each one impartially according to his deeds\, conduct yourselv
 es with fear throughout the time of your exile. You know that you were rans
 omed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers\, not with perishable
  things such as silver or gold\, but with the precious blood of Christ\, li
 ke that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before the found
 ation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your s
 ake. Through him you have confidence in God\, who raised him from the dead 
 and gave him glory\, so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHaving puri
 fied your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the br
 ethren\, love one another earnestly from the heart. You have been born anew
 \, not of perishable seed but of imperishable\, through the living and abid
 ing word of God\; for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the f
 lower of grass. The grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the word of 
 the Lord abides for ever." That word is the good news which was preached to
  you.\n\nSo put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and 
 all slander. Like newborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\, that b
 y it you may grow up to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindness of the
  Lord.\n\nCome to him\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but in God's
  sight chosen and precious\; and like living stones be yourselves built int
 o a spiritual house\, to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual sacrific
 es acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “Beh
 old\, I am laying in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and
  he who believes in him will not be put to shame.” To you therefore who bel
 ieve\, he is precious\, but for those who do not believe\, “The very stone 
 which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\,” and “A sto
 ne that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”\; for they
  stumble because they disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. But y
 ou are a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s own peopl
 e\, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of d
 arkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are G
 od’s people\; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mer
 cy.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:32-39\nAt that time\, Jesus called his di
 sciples to him and said\, "I have compassion on the crowd\, because they ha
 ve been with me now three days\, and have nothing to eat\; and I am unwilli
 ng to send them away hungry\, lest they faint on the way." And the disciple
 s said to him\, "Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so 
 great a crowd?" And Jesus said to them\, "How many loaves have you?" They s
 aid\, "Seven\, and a few small fish." And commanding the crowd to sit down 
 on the ground\, he took the seven loaves and the fish\, and having given th
 anks he broke them and gave them to the disciples\, and the disciples gave 
 them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied\; and they took up 
 seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. Those who ate were four 
 thousand men\, besides women and children. And sending away the crowds\, he
  got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samson the Hospitable\; Joanna the Myrrhbearer\; Anektos the Martyr\; 
 Luke the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 7:1-1
 4\nBrethren\, I am speaking to those who know the law. Do you not know that
  the law is binding on a person only during his life? Thus a married woman 
 is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives\; but if her husband die
 s she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. Accordingly\, she 
 will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husban
 d is alive. But if her husband dies she is free from that law\, and if she 
 marries another man she is not an adulteress.\n\nLikewise\, my brethren\, y
 ou have died to the law through the body of Christ\, so that you may belong
  to another\, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may
  bear fruit for God. While we were living in the flesh\, our sinful passion
 s\, aroused by the law\, were at work in our members to bear fruit for deat
 h. But now we are discharged from the law\, dead to that which held us capt
 ive\, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life o
 f the Spirit.\n\nWhat then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! 
 Yet\, if it had not been for the law\, I should not have known sin. I shoul
 d not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said\, "You shall n
 ot covet." But sin\, finding opportunity in the commandment\, wrought in me
  all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead. I was once al
 ive apart from the law\, but when the commandment came\, sin revived and I 
 died\; the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to me. F
 or sin\, finding opportunity in the commandment\, deceived me and by it kil
 led me. So the law is holy\, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
 \n\nDid that which is good\, then\, bring death to me? By no means! It was 
 sin\, working death in me through what is good\, in order that sin might be
  shown to be sin\, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond m
 easure.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Je
 sus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were harasse
 d and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his discipl
 es\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray therefore 
 the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n\nAnd he c
 alled to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spir
 its\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The
  names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Pete
 r\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brothe
 r\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James t
 he son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean\, 
 and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, chargi
 ng them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samarit
 ans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as
  you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, rais
 e the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without paying\
 , give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday after Pascha\; Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths
  and Paula the Virgin\; Athanasios the Wonderworker\; Kevin\, Abbot of Glen
 dalough\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:20-28\;15.1-4\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul wen
 t on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel to that city
  and had made many disciples\, they returned to Lystra and to lconion and t
 o Antioch\, strengthening the souls of the disciples\, exhorting them to co
 ntinue in the faith\, and saying that through many tribulations we must ent
 er the kingdom of God. And when they had appointed elders for them in every
  church\, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom t
 hey believed. Then they passed through Pisidia\, and came to Pamphylia. And
  when they had spoken the word in Perga\, they went down to Attalia\; and f
 rom there they sailed to Antioch\, where they had been commended to the gra
 ce of God for the work which they had fulfilled. And when they arrived\, th
 ey gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with the
 m\, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remaine
 d no little time with the disciples. But some men came down from Judea and 
 were teaching the brethren\, "Unless you are circumcised according to the c
 ustom of Moses\, you cannot be saved." And when Paul and Barnabas had no sm
 all dissension and debate with them\, Paul and Barnabas and some of the oth
 ers were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders abo
 ut this question. So\, being sent on their way by the church\, they passed 
 through both Phoenicia and Samaria\, reporting the conversion of the Gentil
 es\, and they gave great joy to all the brethren. And when they came to Jer
 usalem\, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders\,
  and they declared all that God had done with them. \n\nGospel Reading: Joh
 n 9:39-10:9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For judgment I ca
 me into this world\, that those who do not see may see\, and that those who
  see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard this\, and the
 y said to him\, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them\, "If you were blin
 d\, you would have no guilt\; but now that you say\, 'We see\,' your guilt 
 remains.\n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheep
 fold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a r
 obber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him 
 the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own shee
 p by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes
  before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A strang
 er they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not kno
 w the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did 
 not understand what he was saying to them.\n\nSo Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\; Julia the Virgin-martyr
  of Carthage\; 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\; Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Je
 rsey\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 11:25-36\nBrethren\, lest yo
 u be wise in your own conceits\, I want you to understand this mystery: a h
 ardening has come upon part of Israel\, until the full number of Gentiles c
 ome in\, and so all Israel will be saved\; as it is written\, "The Delivere
 r will come from Zion\, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"\; "and this 
 will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins." As regards the 
 gospel they are enemies of God\, for your sake\; but as regards election th
 ey are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the cal
 l of God are irrevocable. Just as you were once disobedient to God but now 
 have received mercy because of their disobedience\, so they have now been d
 isobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive me
 rcy. For God has consigned all men to disobedience\, that he may have mercy
  upon all. O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How u
 nsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has kn
 own the mind of the Lord\, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has give
 n a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and 
 to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 12:1-8\nAt that time\, Jesus went through the grain fields on the sa
 bbath\; his disciples were hungry\, and they began to pluck heads of grain 
 and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it\, they said to him\, "Look\, your
  disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath." He said to t
 hem\, "Have you not read what David did\, when he was hungry\, and those wh
 o were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the P
 resence\, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were wit
 h him\, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on th
 e sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath\, and are guiltless
 ? I tell you\, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had kn
 own what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice\,' you would not 
 have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath."\n
 \n
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SUMMARY:Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sisoes the Great\; Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\; L
 oukia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\; Juliana the
  Virgin-martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:17-29\nBrethren\, in Christ Je
 sus I have reason to be proud of my work for God. For I will not venture to
  speak of anything except what Christ has wrought through me to win obedien
 ce from the Gentiles\, by word and deed\, by the power of signs and wonders
 \, by the power of the Holy Spirit\, so that from Jerusalem and as far roun
 d as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ\, thus making it 
 my ambition to preach the gospel\, not where Christ has already been named\
 , lest I build on another man's foundation\, but as it is written\, "They s
 hall see who have never been told of him\, and they shall understand who ha
 ve never heard of him." This is the reason why I have so often been hindere
 d from coming to you. But now\, since I no longer have any room for work in
  these regions\, and since I have longed for many years to come to you\, I 
 hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain\, and to be sped on my journey 
 there by you\, once I have enjoyed your company for a little. At present\, 
 however\, I am going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints. For Macedonia an
 d Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the
  saints at Jerusalem\; they were pleased to do it\, and indeed - they are i
 n debt to them\, for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual 
 blessings\, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.
  When therefore I have completed this\, and have sealed to them this fruit\
 , I shall go on by way of you to Spain\; and I know that when I come to you
  I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 12:46-50\; 13:1-3\nAt that time\, while Jesus was spe
 aking to the people\, behold\, his mother and his brothers stood outside\, 
 asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him\, "Who is my
  mother\, and who are my brothers?" And stretching out his hand toward his 
 disciples\, he said\, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does
  the will of my Father in heaven is my brother\, and sister\, and mother."\
 n\nThat same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And gr
 eat crowds gathered about him\, so that he entered a boat and sat there\; a
 nd the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in para
 bles.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\; Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\; The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedia\; Vassianos the Righteous of
  Constantinople\; The 14 Holy Elders of Optina Monastery\; Pinytos\, Bishop
  of Knossos\; Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 First Letter to the Corinthians 15:39-45\nBrethren\, not all flesh is alike
 \, but there is one kind for men\, another for animals\, another for birds\
 , and another for fish. There are celestial bodies and there are terrestria
 l bodies\; but the glory of the celestial is one\, and the glory of the ter
 restrial is another. There is one glory of the sun\, and another glory of t
 he moon\, and another glory of the stars\; for star differs from star in gl
 ory. So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable
 \, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor\, it is raised in
  glory.  It is sown in weakness\, it is raised in power. It is sown a physi
 cal body\, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body\, the
 re is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written\, "The first man Adam becam
 e a living being"\; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 5:27-32\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a tax colle
 ctor\, named Levi\, sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follo
 w me." And he left everything\, and rose and followed him. And Levi made hi
 m a great feast in his house\; and there was a large company of tax collect
 ors and others sitting at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scri
 bes murmured against his disciples\, saying\, "Why do you eat and drink wit
 h tax collectors and sinners?" And Jesus answered them\, "Those who are wel
 l have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I have not come to
  call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Matthew\; Babylas the Holy Martyr\; Moses the Prophet &
  Godseer\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus of Coroucle in Cephallenia\; Anthi
 mos the new ascetic\; Hermione the Martyr\, daughter of St. Philip the Deac
 on\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven di
 sciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
  And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus cam
 e and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given t
 o Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in th
 e name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to obs
 erve all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the
  close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:1-11\nBrethr
 en\, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the gospel\, which 
 you received\, in which you stand\, by which you are saved\, if you hold it
  fast -- unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first im
 portance what I also received\, that Christ died for our sins in accordance
  with the scriptures\, that he was buried\, that he was raised on the third
  day in accordance with the scriptures\, and that he appeared to Cephas\, t
 hen to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at o
 ne time\, most of whom are still alive\, though some have fallen asleep. Th
 en he appeared to James\, then to all the apostles. Last of all\, as to one
  untimely born\, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles
 \, unfit to be called an apostle\, because I persecuted the church of God. 
 But by the grace of God I am what I am\, and his grace toward me was not in
  vain. On the contrary\, I worked harder than any of them\, though it was n
 ot I\, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then it was I or they
 \, so we preach and so you believed.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:16-26\nA
 t that time\, a young man came up to Jesus\, kneeling and saying\, "Good Te
 acher\, what good deed must I do\, to have eternal life?" And he said to hi
 m\, "Why do you call me good?  One there is who is good.  If you would ente
 r life\, keep the commandments."  He said to him\, "Which?"  And Jesus said
 \, "You shall not kill\, You shall not commit adultery\, You shall not stea
 l\, You shall not bear false witness\, Honor your father and mother\, and Y
 ou shall love your neighbor as yourself."  The young man said to him\, "All
  these I have observed\; what do I still lack?"  Jesus said to him\, "If yo
 u would be perfect\, go\, sell what you possess and give to the poor\, and 
 you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me."  When the young m
 an heard this he went away sorrowful\; for he had great possessions.\n\nAnd
  Jesus said to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, it will be hard for 
 a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Again I tell you\, it is easier
  for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter
  the kingdom of God."  When the disciples heard this they were greatly asto
 nished\, saying\, "Who then can be saved?"  But Jesus looked at them and sa
 id to them\, "With men this is impossible\, but with God all things are pos
 sible."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Anas
 tasia the Great Martyr\; Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, Evodias\, & Eutychianus\,
  the Martyrs\; The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:5-14\nTitus\, my son\, appoint elders in
  every town as I directed you\, if any man is blameless\, the husband of on
 e wife\, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being
  profligate or insubordinate. For a bishop\, as God's steward\, must be bla
 meless\; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent
  or greedy for gain\, but hospitable\, a lover of goodness\, master of hims
 elf\, upright\, holy\, and self-controlled\; he must hold firm to the sure 
 word as taught\, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctri
 ne and also to confute those who contradict it. For there are many insubord
 inate men\, empty talkers and deceivers especially the circumcision party\;
  they must be silenced\, since they are upsetting whole families by teachin
 g for base gain what they have no right to teach. One of themselves\, a pro
 phet of their own\, said\, "Cretans are always liars\, evil beasts\, lazy g
 luttons." This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply\, that they
  may be sound in the faith\, instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to c
 ommands of men who reject the truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:17-27\nAt t
 hat time\, as Jesus was setting out on his journey\, a man ran up and knelt
  before him\, and asked him\, "Good Teacher\, what must I do to inherit ete
 rnal life?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No one is goo
 d but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not kill\, Do not commit ad
 ultery\, Do not steal\, Do not bear false witness\, Do not defraud\, Honor 
 your father and mother.' " And he said to him\, "Teacher\, all these I have
  observed from my youth." And Jesus looking upon him loved him\, and said t
 o him\, "You lack one thing\; go\, sell what you have\, and give to the poo
 r\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." At that s
 aying his countenance fell\, and he went away sorrowful\; for he had great 
 possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples\, "How hard 
 it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" And the 
 disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again\, "Childre
 n\, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to
  go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of
  God." And they were exceedingly astonished\, and said to him\, "Then who c
 an be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "With men it is impossible\, 
 but not with God\; for all things are possible with God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\; Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\; Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\,
  Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\
 , and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when El
 izabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Eliz
 abeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "
 Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And wh
 y is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For be
 hold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my wom
 b leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a ful
 fillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My
  soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he
  has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all
  generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great thi
 ngs for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three 
 months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETH
 REN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctua
 ry. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand a
 nd the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. B
 ehind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having th
 e golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides 
 with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's ro
 d that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim
  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak
  in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go conti
 nually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the 
 second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without
  taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered 
 a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she 
 had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his t
 eaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him 
 and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you 
 alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Mar
 tha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful
 . Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her
 ." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\
 , "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" Bu
 t he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or man
 na) which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian \; Arsenios th
 e Great\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the wee
 k\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spices which th
 ey had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but 
 when they went in they did not find the body.  While they were perplexed ab
 out this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they
  were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them
 \, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how he told you\, 
 while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be delivered in to
  the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise."  
 And they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb they told all t
 his to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and Joa
 nna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told thi
 s to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they 
 did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and 
 looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wonde
 ring at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 1:1-7\nTHAT WHICH WAS
  from the beginning\, which we have heard\, which we have seen with our eye
 s\, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands\, concerning the w
 ord of life - the life was made manifest\, and we saw it\, and testify to i
 t\, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was 
 made manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to
  you\, so that you may have fellowship with us\; and our fellowship is with
  the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our
  joy may be complete.\n\nThis is the message we have heard from him and pro
 claim to you\, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we sa
 y we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness\, we lie and do not
  live according to the truth\; but if we walk in the light\, as he is in th
 e light\, we have fellowship with one another\, and the blood of Jesus his 
 Son cleanses us from all sin.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:43-47\; 16:1-8\nAt
  that time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected member of the council\, who 
 was also himself looking for the kingdom of God\, took courage and went to 
 Pilate\, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were al
 ready dead\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked him whether he was alre
 ady dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead\, he gran
 ted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud\, and taking him down\
 , wrapped him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in a tomb which had been h
 ewn out of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. M
 ary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.\n\nAnd wh
 en the sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, a
 nd Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint him. And very 
 early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had r
 isen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone f
 or us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone 
 was rolled back\; for it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a
  young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they w
 ere amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Naz
 areth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place wh
 ere they laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going b
 efore you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you." And they w
 ent out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come up
 on them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\n
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 sts: 5th Sunday of Matthew\; Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\; Our H
 oly Father Michael of Maleinus\; Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the you
 ng ascetic\; Paisios the Athonite\; Veronica\, the woman with the issue of 
 blood who was healed by Jesus\; Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were g
 oing to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and tal
 king with each other about all these things that had happened. While they w
 ere talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with
  them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them\,
  "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you wa
 lk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, a
 nswered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the 
 things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "What
  things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a 
 prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our
  chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and c
 rucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, 
 and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreove
 r\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the
  morning and did not find his body\; and they came back saying that they ha
 d even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of those 
 who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said
 \; but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and sl
 ow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necess
 ary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" A
 nd beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in al
 l the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the
  village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but th
 ey constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and 
 the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at 
 table with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave i
 t to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he vani
 shed out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn
  within us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the sc
 riptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and the
 y found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who sai
 d\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told
  what had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the breaki
 ng of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:1-1
 0\nBrethren\, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they m
 ay be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God\, but it is 
 not enlightened. For\, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from 
 God\, and seeking to establish their own\, they did not submit to God's rig
 hteousness. For Christ is the end of the law\, that every one who has faith
  may be justified. Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousnes
 s which is based on the law shall live by it. But the righteousness based o
 n faith says\, Do not say in your heart\, "Who will ascend into heaven?" (t
 hat is\, to bring Christ down) or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that 
 is\, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? The word is n
 ear you\, on your lips and in your heart (that is\, the word of faith which
  we preach)\; because\, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord an
 d believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead\, you will be sav
 ed. For man believes with his heart and so is justified\, and he confesses 
 with his lips and so is saved.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:28-34\; 9:1\nAt
  that time\, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes\, two demonia
 cs met him\, coming out of the tombs\, so fierce that no one would pass tha
 t way. And behold\, they cried out\, "What have you to do with us\, O Son o
 f God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of man
 y swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him\,
  "If you cast us out\, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to
  them\, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine\; and behold\, the w
 hole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea\, and perished in the wat
 ers. The herdsmen fled\, and going into the city they told everything\, and
  what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold\, all the city came out to 
 meet Jesus\; and when they saw him\, they begged him to leave their neighbo
 rhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.\n\
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today\; Timothy t
 he Righteous\; John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eustathius\, Bishop
  of Antioch\; Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: 
 Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week\, at early dawn\, the women went
  to the tomb\, taking the spices which they had prepared.  And they found t
 he stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not fin
 d the body.  While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood 
 by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their f
 aces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living amo
 ng the dead?  Remember how he told you\, while he was still in Galilee\, th
 at the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sinful men\, and be 
 crucified\, and on the third day rise."  And they remembered his words\, an
 d returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the r
 est.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James a
 nd the other women with them who told this to the apostles\; but these word
 s seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter
  rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen clot
 hs by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have observed my te
 aching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\, my love\, m
 y steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell me at Antio
 ch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\; yet from th
 em all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in C
 hrist Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and impostors will go on fr
 om bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for you\, continue in what
  you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing from whom you learned 
 it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings
  which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\nThe Lord said this parable\, "Two men w
 ent up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collect
 or.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself\, 'God\, I thank you t
 hat I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unjust\, adulterers\, or even 
 like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week\, I give tithes of all that I
  get.'  But the tax collector\, standing far off\, would not even lift up h
 is eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\, 'God\, be merciful to me
  a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went down to his house justified rather 
 than the other\; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled\, but he w
 ho humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fathers of the 1st Council\; Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Meliten
 e\; Nikitas\, Bishop of Chalcedon\; Helikonis the Martyr\; Heladios the Hie
 romartyr of the East\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples b
 y the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, 
 Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebed
 ee\, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to the
 m\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They we
 nt out and got into the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just as 
 day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not kno
 w that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" T
 hey answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side 
 of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were 
 not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus
  loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was
  the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and spra
 ng into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the ne
 t full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred 
 yards off. When they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with 
 fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish 
 that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net a
 shore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and althou
 gh there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come an
 d have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?"
  They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to th
 em\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revea
 led to the disciples after He was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Acts 20:16-18\,28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Ephes
 os\, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia\; for he was hastening
  to be at Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Milet
 os he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when 
 they came to him\, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the
  flock\, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the 
 church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that 
 after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the f
 lock\; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse thin
 gs\, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, rememberin
 g that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one w
 ith tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, whic
 h is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those w
 ho are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourse
 lves know that these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who 
 were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must he
 lp the weak\, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, 'it i
 s more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus\, he
  knelt down and prayed with them all. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "Father\, the hou
 r has come\; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you have
  given him power over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you have
  given him. And this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true God
 \, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, having a
 ccomplished the work which you gave me to do\; and now\, Father\, you glori
 fy me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the w
 orld was made.\n\n"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me 
 out of the world\; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and they hav
 e kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is f
 rom you\; for I have given them the words which you gave me\, and they have
  received them and know in truth that I came from you\; and they have belie
 ved that you did send me. I am praying for them\; I am not praying for the 
 world but for those whom you have given me\, for they are mine\; all mine a
 re yours\, and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no
  more in the world\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to you. Ho
 ly Father\, keep them in your name\, which you have given me\, that they ma
 y be one\, even as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in your 
 name\, which you have given me\; I have guarded them\, and none of them is 
 lost but the son of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But 
 now I am coming to you\; and these things I speak in the world\, that they 
 may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Luke\; Dionysios the Areopagite\; Rusticus and Eleutheri
 os the Martyrs\; John the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\n\nMatins Gospel R
 eading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week\, at early dawn\, the wo
 men went to the tomb\, taking the spices which they had prepared.  And they
  found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did
  not find the body.  While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two me
 n stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed
  their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the li
 ving among the dead?  Remember how he told you\, while he was still in Gali
 lee\, that the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sinful men\,
  and be crucified\, and on the third day rise."  And they remembered his wo
 rds\, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to a
 ll the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of
  James and the other women with them who told this to the apostles\; but th
 ese words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them.\n\nB
 ut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the li
 nen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.
 \n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who sa
 id\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to giv
 e the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\n
 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcenden
 t power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but 
 not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not 
 forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body th
 e death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our 
 bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus'
  sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  S
 o death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spiri
 t of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too bel
 ieve\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will rai
 se us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is a
 ll for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may 
 increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:31-3
 6\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish that men would do to you\, do so to them. I
 f you love those who love you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinner
 s love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you\
 , what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend
  to those from whom you hope to receive\, what credit is that to you? Even 
 sinners lend to sinners\, to receive as much again. But love your enemies\,
  and do good\, and lend\, expecting nothing in return\; and your reward wil
 l be great\, and you will be sons of the Most High\; for he is kind to the 
 ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful\, even as your Father is merciful."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\; Forefeast of the Nativit
 y of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\; John the New Martyr of Thassos\; Holy Father John of 
 Kronstadt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10
 :32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened
 \, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly e
 xposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so
  treated.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accep
 ted the plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves ha
 d a better possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your
  confidence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, s
 o that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a
  little while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my 
 righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the
  house he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they wer
 e silent\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the g
 reatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If
  any one would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And 
 he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his 
 arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receiv
 es me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  Jo
 hn said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, 
 and we forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "D
 o not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be abl
 e soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.
   For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink beca
 use you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\; Holy Martyrs Timot
 hy\, Agapius and Thecla\; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\; Af
 terfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virg
 in Mary\; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 1:3-9\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God our Father and th
 e Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the 
 grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus\, that in every way you we
 re enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge - even as the testimon
 y to Christ was confirmed among you - so that you are not lacking in any sp
 iritual gift\, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; who
  will sustain you to the end\, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Chris
 t. God is faithful\, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son
 \, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:3-12\nAt that time\
 , Pharisees came up to Jesus and tested him by asking\, "Is it lawful to di
 vorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered\, "Have you not read that he w
 ho made them from the beginning made them male and female\, and said\, 'For
  this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his w
 ife\, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but on
 e flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, let not man put asunder."
  They said to him\, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate o
 f divorce\, and to put her away?" He said to them\, "For your hardness of h
 eart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives\, but from the beginning it wa
 s not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife\, except for unchasti
 ty\, and marries another\, commits adultery." The disciples said to him\, "
 If such is the case of a man with his wife\, it is not expedient to marry."
  But he said to them\, "Not all men can receive this saying\, but only thos
 e to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth\, 
 and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men\, and there are eun
 uchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven
 . He who is able to receive this\, let him receive it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas of Egypt\; Victor and Stephanie\; Martyr Vincent\; Theodore the 
 Studite\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\
 , it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shon
 e in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in t
 he face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to sho
 w that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflict
 ed in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\;
  persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always c
 arrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also
  be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given 
 up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested i
 n our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince 
 we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so
  I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised t
 he Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his 
 presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more a
 nd more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Luke 13:31-35\nAt that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and sai
 d to him\, "Get away from here\, for Herod wants to kill you." And he said 
 to them\, "Go and tell that fox\, 'Behold\, I cast out demons and perform c
 ures today and tomorrow\, and the third day I finish my course. Nevertheles
 s I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following\; for it can
 not be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.' O Jerusalem\, Jer
 usalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How of
 ten would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood
  under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken. And 
 I tell you\, you will not see me until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes i
 n the name of the Lord!'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 5:6-14\nBR
 ETHREN\, humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God\, that in
  due time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxieties on him\, for he cares a
 bout you. Be sober\, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around li
 ke a roaring lion\, seeking some one to devour. Resist him\, first in your 
 faith\, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your b
 rotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while
 \, the God of all grace\, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ
 \, will himself restore\, establish and strengthen you. To him be the domin
 ion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nBy Silvanos\, a faithful brother as I regar
 d him\, I have written briefly to you\, exhorting and declaring that this i
 s the true grace of God\; stand fast in it. She who is at Babylon\, who is 
 likewise chosen\, sends you greetings\; and so does my son Mark. Greet one 
 another with the kiss of love.\n\nPeace to all of you that are in Christ.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who h
 ears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects 
 me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord
 \, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "
 I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you auth
 ority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the 
 enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, t
 hat the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are writte
 n in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "
 I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden thes
 e things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\,
  Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\; Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\; Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\; Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 
 5:11-14\; 6:1-8\nBrethren\, about Melchizedek we have much to say which is 
 hard to explain\, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this
  time you ought to be teachers\, you need some one to teach you again the f
 irst principles of God's word. You need milk\, not solid food\; for every o
 ne who lives on milk is unskilled in the work of righteousness\, for he is 
 a child. But solid food is for the mature\, for those who have their facult
 ies trained by practice to distinguish good from evil. Therefore let us lea
 ve the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity\, not laying aga
 in a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God\, wit
 h instruction about ablutions\, the laying on of hands\, the resurrection o
 f the dead\, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits. For 
 it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been en
 lightened\, who have tasted the heavenly gift\, and have become partakers o
 f the Holy Spirit\, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the
  powers of the age to come\, if they then commit apostasy\, since they cruc
 ify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt. For la
 nd which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it\, and brings forth veg
 etation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated\, receives a blessi
 ng from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles\, it is worthless and near
  to being cursed\; its end is to be burned.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:11-1
 6\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another\, commits
  adultery against her\; and if she divorces her husband and marries another
 \, she commits adultery." And they were bringing children to him\, that he 
 might touch them\; and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it he
  was indignant\, and said to them\, "Let the children come to me\, do not h
 inder them\; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\,
  whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter i
 t." And he took them in his arms and blessed them\, laying his hands upon t
 hem.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200111
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory of Nyssa\; Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\; Theosebia the Deaco
 ness\, sister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\; Afterfeast of the The
 ophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Markianos\, Priest and Oikono
 mos of the Great Church\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us accordi
 ng to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he ascende
 d on high he led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying
 \, "He ascended\," what does it mean but that he had also descended into th
 e lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far ab
 ove all the heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were th
 at some should be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastor
 s and teachers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for buildin
 g up the body of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and
  of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of
  the stature of the fullness of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt
  that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who had been reproved by John for Herodia
 s\, his brother's wife\, and for all the evil things that Herod had done\, 
 added this to them all\, that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the p
 eople were baptized\, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying
 \, the heaven was opened\, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily
  form\, as a dove\, and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\
 ; with you I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Saturday\; Theodore of Sykeon\; Nathaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente 
 the Apostles\; Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\; Nearchos the Martyr\n\nFast Fr
 ee\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:11-16\nIn those days\, while the healed lame 
 man clung to Peter and John\, all the people ran together to them in the po
 rtico called Solomon's\, astounded. And when Peter saw it he addressed the 
 people\, "Men of Israel\, why do you wonder at this\, or why do you stare a
 t us\, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? The God of
  Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob\, the God of our fathers\, glorified his
  servant Jesus\, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate
 \, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteou
 s One\, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you\, and killed the Auth
 or of life\, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And h
 is name\, by faith in his name\, has made this man strong whom you see and 
 know\; and the faith which is through him has given the man this perfect he
 alth in the presence of you all."\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea\; there He remai
 ned with them and baptized.  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, 
 because there was much water there\; and people came and were baptized.  Fo
 r John had not yet been put in prison.\n\nNow a discussion arose between Jo
 hn's disciples and a Jew over purifying.  And they came to John\, and said 
 to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore 
 witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answere
 d\, "No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.  You
  yourselves bear me witness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I hav
 e been sent before Him.  He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the frien
 d of the bridegroom\, who stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the br
 idegroom's voice\; therefore this joy of mine is now full.  He must increas
 e\, but I must decrease.\n\n"He who comes from above is above all\; he who 
 is of the earth belongs to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he who 
 comes from heaven is above all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and h
 eard\, yet no one receives his testimony\; he who receives his testimony se
 ts his seal to this\, that God is true."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211213
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Luke\; Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\; Holy N
 ew Martyr Peter the Aleut\; John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Da
 y (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus
  rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to Mary Magdal
 ene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told those who had 
 been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard that he was 
 alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this h
 e appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the c
 ountry.  And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe th
 em.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table\
 ; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because 
 they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And he said to
  them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
   He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not belie
 ve will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who believe:  i
 n my name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they
  will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not h
 urt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\
 n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken up into
  heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went forth and p
 reached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the mess
 age by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8
 -19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found 
 in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing
  to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instea
 d expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do i
 n secret\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, f
 or anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, 
 O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Loo
 k carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the 
 most of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\,
  but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with win
 e\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one
  another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melod
 y to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24\nThe Lo
 rd said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet\, and invited many\;
  and at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had
  been invited\, 'Come\; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to 
 make excuses. The first said to him\, 'I have bought a field\, and I go out
  and see it\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I have bou
 ght five yoke of oxen\, and I must go to examine them\; I pray you\, have m
 e excused.' And another said\, 'I have married a wife\, and therefore I can
 not come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the ho
 useholder in anger said to his servant\, 'Go out quickly to the streets and
  lanes of the city\, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' 
 And the servant said\, 'Sir\, what you commanded has been done\, and there 
 is still room.' And the master said to the servant\, 'Go out to the highway
 s and hedges\, and compel people to come in\, that my house may be filled. 
 For I tell you\, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.
  For many are called\, but few are chosen.'"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\; Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-
 for-Christ\; Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\; 853 Martyrs of Thrace who w
 ere drowned\; Manuel the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands o
 n you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\,
  and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. Thi
 s will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your min
 ds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth
  and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or c
 ontradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsme
 n and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated 
 by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your
  endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second
  Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that i
 s in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses e
 ntrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suff
 ering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangl
 ed in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted 
 him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. I
 t is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
  Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in every
 thing.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from Davi
 d\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wear
 ing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore
  I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain 
 salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 5:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to 
 love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me befor
 e it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; 
 but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, t
 herefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A se
 rvant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will p
 ersecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all t
 his they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who se
 nt me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; bu
 t now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father a
 lso.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they w
 ould not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
   It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me w
 ithout a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to y
 ou from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Fathe
 r\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you h
 ave been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep y
 ou from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, t
 he hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service 
 to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\; Luke of Mount Stirion\; George the 
 New Martyr of Crete\; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; The Synaxis
  of the New Martyrs of Russia\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord 
 and Savior in the Temple\; Richard\, King of Wessex\n\nEpistle Reading: I P
 eter 2:21-25\;3:1-9\nBeloved\, Christ suffered for you\, leaving you an exa
 mple\, that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin\; no guile 
 was found on his lips. When he was reviled\, he did not revile in return\; 
 when he suffered\, he did not threaten\; but he trusted to him who judges j
 ustly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree\, that we might die
  to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For 
 you were straying like sheep\, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Gu
 ardian of your souls.\n\nLikewise you wives\, be submissive to your husband
 s\, so that some\, though they do not obey the word\, may be won without a 
 word by the behavior of their wives\, when they see your reverent and chast
 e behavior. Let not yours be the outward adorning with braiding of hair\, d
 ecoration of gold\, and wearing of fine clothing\, but let it be the hidden
  person of the heart with the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spir
 it\, which in God's sight is very precious. So once the holy women who hope
 d in God used to adorn themselves and were submissive to their husbands\, a
 s Sarah obeyed Abraham\, calling him lord. And you are now her children if 
 you do right and let nothing terrify you.\n\nLikewise you husbands\, live c
 onsiderately with your wives\, bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker s
 ex\, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life\, in order that your pr
 ayers may not be hindered.\n\nFinally\, all of you\, have unity of spirit\,
  sympathy\, love of the brethren\, a tender heart and a humble mind. Do not
  return evil for evil or reviling for reviling\; but on the contrary bless\
 , for to this you have been called\, that you may obtain a blessing.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 12:13-17\nAt that time\, the chief priests and scribes se
 nt to Jesus some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians\, to entrap him
  in his talk. And they came and said to him\, "Teacher\, we know that you a
 re true\, and care for no man\; for you do not regard the position of men\,
  but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or n
 ot? Should we pay them\, or should we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy\, h
 e said to them\, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a coin\, and let me look
  at it." And they brought one. And he said to them\, "Whose likeness and in
 scription is this?" They said to him\, "Caesar's." Jesus said to them\, "Re
 nder to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to God the things that ar
 e God's." And they were amazed at him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\; Symeon the New 
 Theologian\; Cosmas the Hymnographer\, Bishop of Maiuma\; Domnina the Marty
 r\; Wilfrid of York\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:25-33\nB
 rethren\, husbands\, love your wives\, as Christ loved the church and gave 
 himself up for her\, that he might sanctify her\, having cleansed her by th
 e washing of water with the word\, that he might present the church to hims
 elf in splendor\, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing\, that she migh
 t be holy and without blemish. Even so husbands should love their wives as 
 their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hate
 s his own flesh\, but nourishes and cherishes it\, as Christ does the churc
 h\, because we are members of his body. "For this reason a man shall leave 
 his father and mother and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become 
 one flesh." This mystery is a profound one\, and I am saying that it refers
  to Christ and the church\; however\, let each one of you love his wife as 
 himself\, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 8:22-25\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a boat with his disciples\
 , and he said to them\, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." S
 o they set out\, and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a storm of wind cam
 e down on the lake\, and they were filling with water\, and were in danger.
  And they went and woke him\, saying\, "Master\, Master\, we are perishing!
 " And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves\; and they ceased\
 , and there was a calm. He said to them\, "Where is your faith?" And they w
 ere afraid\, and they marveled\, saying to one another\, "Who then is this\
 , that he commands even wind and water\, and they obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus of Milan\; Cosmas the Hagi
 opolite\; Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\; Righteous Paraskeve o
 f Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philip
 pians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to know that what has happened to me h
 as really served to advance the gospel\, so that it has become known throug
 hout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for C
 hrist\; and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord becau
 se of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak the word of God wit
 hout fear.  Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry\, but others fr
 om good will.  The latter do it out of love\, knowing that I am put here fo
 r the defense of the gospel\; the former proclaim Christ out of partisanshi
 p\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.  What then
 ?  Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or in truth\, Christ is pro
 claimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shall rejoice.  For I know th
 at through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this wil
 l turn out for my deliverance\, as it is my eager expectation and hope. \n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 8:22-25\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a boat with his
  disciples\, and he said to them\, "Let us go across to the other side of t
 he lake." So they set out\, and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a storm 
 of wind came down on the lake\, and they were filling with water\, and were
  in danger. And they went and woke him\, saying\, "Master\, Master\, we are
  perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves\; and t
 hey ceased\, and there was a calm. He said to them\, "Where is your faith?"
  And they were afraid\, and they marveled\, saying to one another\, "Who th
 en is this\, that he commands even wind and water\, and they obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna\; Proterios\, Archbishop o
 f Alexandria\; Gorgonia the Righteous\, sister of Gregory the Theologian\; 
 Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\n
 Fast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 2:9-22\nBeloved\, the Lord knows how
  to rescue the godly from trial\, and to keep the unrighteous under punishm
 ent until the day of judgment\, and especially those who indulge in the lus
 t of defiling passion and despise authority.\n\nBold and willful\, they are
  not afraid to revile the glorious ones\, whereas angels\, though greater i
 n might and power\, do not pronounce a reviling judgment upon them before t
 he Lord.  But these\, like irrational animals\, creatures of instinct\, bor
 n to be caught and killed\, reviling in matters of which they are ignorant\
 , will be destroyed in the same destruction with them\, suffering wrong for
  their wrongdoing.  They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime.  They a
 re blots and blemishes\, reveling in their dissipation\, carousing with you
 .  They have eyes full of adultery\, insatiable for sin.  They entice unste
 ady souls.  They have hearts trained in greed.  Accursed children!  Forsaki
 ng the right way they have gone astray\; they have followed the way of Bala
 am\, the son of Beor\, who loved gain from wrongdoing\, but was rebuked for
  his own transgression\; a dumb ass spoke with human voice and restrained t
 he prophet's madness.\n\nThese are waterless springs and mists driven by a 
 storm\; for them the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved.  For\, utt
 ering loud boasts of folly\, they entice with licentious passions of the fl
 esh men who have barely escaped from those who live in error.  They promise
  them freedom\, but they themselves are slaves of corruption\; for whatever
  overcomes a man\, to that he is enslaved.  For if\, after they have escape
 d the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior
  Jesus Christ\, they are again entangled in them and overpowered\, the last
  state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been bet
 ter for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowin
 g it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.  It has happ
 ened to them according to the true proverb\, The dog turns back to his own 
 vomit\, and the sow is washed only to wallow in the mire.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Mark 13:14-23\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "When you see the desolat
 ing sacrilege spoken of by Daniel the prophet\, set up where it ought not t
 o be (let the reader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to 
 the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down\, nor enter his 
 house\, to take anything away\; and let him who is in the field not turn ba
 ck to take his mantle.  And alas for those who are with child and for those
  who give suck in those days!  Pray that it may not happen in winter.  For 
 in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the begin
 ning of the creation which God created until now\, and never will be.  And 
 if the Lord had not shortened the days\, no human being would be saved\; bu
 t for the sake of the elect\, whom he chose\, he shortened the days.  And t
 hen if any one says to you\, 'Look\, here is the Christ!' or 'Look\, there 
 he is!' do not believe it.  False Christs and false prophets will arise and
  show signs and wonders\, to lead astray\, if possible\, the elect.  But ta
 ke heed\; I have told you all things beforehand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Matthew\; Procession of the Precious Cross\; The Holy Se
 ven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar Their Teacher\;
  Timothy the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Priconissus\; Elesa the Righteous
 -Martyr of Kythira\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Read
 ing: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, sto
 od in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you." But the
 y were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And h
 e said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in yo
 ur hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and se
 e\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when 
 he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still 
 disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you anything h
 ere to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate
  before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my words which I spoke t
 o you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about me in th
 e law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he o
 pened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus i
 t is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from
  the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached 
 in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of
  these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my Father upon you\; but 
 stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from on high."\n\nThen 
 he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed t
 hem. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into 
 heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem with great 
 joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Romans 12:6-14\nBrethren\, having gifts that differ according to the grace 
 given to us\, let us use them: if prophecy\, in proportion to our faith\; i
 f service\, in our serving\; he who teaches\, in his teaching\; he who exho
 rts\, in his exhortation\; he who contributes\, in liberality\; he who give
 s aid\, with zeal\; he who does acts of mercy\, with cheerfulness. Let love
  be genuine\; hate what is evil\, hold fast to what is good\; love one anot
 her with brotherly affection\; outdo one another in showing honor. Never fl
 ag in zeal\, be aglow with the Spirit\, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hop
 e\, be patient in tribulation\, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the ne
 eds of the saints\, practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you\; b
 less and do not curse them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:1-8\nAt that time\
 , getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And beho
 ld\, they brought to him a paralytic\, lying on his bed\; and when Jesus sa
 w their faith he said to the paralytic\, "Take heart\, my son\; your sins a
 re forgiven." And behold\, some of the scribes said to themselves\, "This m
 an is blaspheming." But Jesus\, knowing their thoughts\, said\, "Why do you
  think evil in your hearts? For which is easier\, to say 'Your sins are for
 given\,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of m
 an has authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said to the paralytic --
  "Rise\, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the
  crowds saw it\, they were afraid\, and they glorified God\, who had given 
 such authority to men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joannicius the Great\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra
 \, and Hermias the Presbyter\; Porphyrios the Mime\; Emperor John Batatze\,
  the Merciful\; George Karslidis of Pontos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:17-25\; 4:1\nBrethren\, whatever y
 ou do\, in word or deed\, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus\, giv
 ing thanks to God the Father through him. Wives\, be subject to your husban
 ds\, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands\, love your wives\, and do not be 
 harsh with them. Children\, obey your parents in everything\, for this plea
 ses the Lord. Fathers\, do not provoke your children\, lest they become dis
 couraged. Slaves\, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters\, 
 not with eyeservice\, as men-pleasers\, but in singleness of heart\, fearin
 g the Lord. Whatever your task\, work heartily\, as serving the Lord and no
 t men\, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your
  reward\; you are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid b
 ack for the wrong he has done\, and there is no partiality. Masters\, treat
  your slaves justly and fairly\, knowing that you also have a Master in hea
 ven.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:42-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had co
 me to him\, "Woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every her
 b\, and neglect justice and the love of God\; these you ought to have done\
 , without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the bes
 t seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market places. Woe to you! 
 For you are like graves which are not seen\, and men walk over them without
  knowing it." One of the lawyers answered him\, "Teacher\, in saying this y
 ou reproach us also." And he said\, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load 
 men with burdens hard to bear\, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens
  with one of your fingers."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\; Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\; Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Wine a
 nd Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, a
 s Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is c
 alled Peter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for they 
 were fishermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fish
 ers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going o
 n from there he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John 
 his brother\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, 
 and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and their father\, and
  followed him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues
  and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and ever
 y infirmity among the people.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBre
 thren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced t
 o death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and t
 o men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are 
 weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To 
 the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and ho
 meless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless
 \; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we
  have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring 
 of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish yo
 u as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, 
 you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus thro
 ugh the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 John 1:35-51\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; 
 and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!
 " The two disciples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus tur
 ned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And t
 hey said to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Where are you staying?" 
 He said to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying\; 
 and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of
  the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter
 's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have f
 ound the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus look
 ed at him\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be call
 ed Cephas" (which means Peter). \n\n The next day Jesus decided to go to Ga
 lilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me." Now Philip was fr
 om Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and s
 aid to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the proph
 ets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him\,
  "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and s
 ee." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Isr
 aelite indeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said to him\, "How do you 
 know me?" Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were un
 der the fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are th
 e Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him\, "Because I 
 said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see 
 greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to 
 you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and desc
 ending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macarius the Great of Egypt\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\; Arsenius of C
 orfu\; Makarios of Alexandria\; Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patmos
 \; Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian\; Branwa
 llader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBre
 thren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness
 \, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there
  is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh 
 with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk
  by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\
 , no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass
 \, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Loo
 k to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and 
 so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:2-14\nThe Lord 
 said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who ga
 ve a marriage feast for his son\, and sent his servants to call those who w
 ere invited to the marriage feast\; but they would not come. Again he sent 
 other servants\, saying\, 'Tell those who are invited\, Behold\, I have mad
 e ready my dinner\, my oxen and my fat calves are killed\, and everything i
 s ready\; come to the marriage feast.' But they made light of it and went o
 ff\, one to his farm\, another to his business\, while the rest seized his 
 servants\, treated them shamefully\, and killed them. The king was angry\, 
 and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
  Then he said to his servants\, 'The wedding is ready\, but those invited w
 ere not worthy. Go therefore to the thoroughfares\, and invite to the marri
 age feast as many as you find.' And those servants went out into the street
 s and gathered all whom they found\, both bad and good\; so the wedding hal
 l was filled with guests.\n\n  But when the king came in to look at the gue
 sts\, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment\; and he said to him\, 
 'Friend\, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was sp
 eechless. Then the king said to the attendants\, 'Bind him hand and foot\, 
 and cast him into the outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their 
 teeth.' For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agatha the Martyr\; Polyeuktos\, Patriarch Of Constantinople\; Antonio
 s the New Martyr of Athens\; Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\; Afterfe
 ast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Theodosios o
 f Antioch\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: James 2:1-13\nBrethren\, show 
 no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Lord of 
 glory. For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothing comes into your as
 sembly\, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in\, and you pay atte
 ntion to the one who wears the fine clothing and say\, "Have a seat here\, 
 please\," while you say to the poor man\, "Stand there\," or\, "Sit at my f
 eet\," have you not made distinctions among yourselves\, and become judges 
 with evil thoughts? Listen\, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those 
 who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom whic
 h he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor m
 an. Is it not the rich who oppress you\, is it not they who blaspheme the h
 onorable name which was invoked over you? If you really fulfil the royal la
 w\, according to the scripture\, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself\
 ," you do well. But if you show partiality\, you commit sin\, and are convi
 cted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails
  in one point has become guilty of all of it. For he who said\, "Do not com
 mit adultery\," said also\, "Do not kill." If you do not commit adultery bu
 t do kill\, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act 
 as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is wit
 hout mercy to one who has shown no mercy\; yet mercy triumphs over judgment
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:24-32\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "How h
 ard it will be for these who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! It is
  easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man t
 o enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished\, and sai
 d to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "With m
 en it is impossible\, but not with God\; for all things are possible with G
 od." Peter began to say to him\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed
  you." Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no one who has left ho
 use or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands\, for m
 y sake and for the gospel\, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this 
 time\, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands\,
  with persecutions\, and in the age to come eternal life. But many that are
  first will be last\, and the last first." And they were on the road\, goin
 g up to Jerusalem\, and Jesus was walking ahead of them\; and they were ama
 zed\, and those who followed were afraid.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/10/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Menas\, Hermogenes\, and Eugraphus\; Thomas the Right
 eous of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 First Letter to Timothy 6:17-21\nTimothy\, my son\, charge the rich in this
  world not to be haughty\, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but o
 n God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good
 \, to be rich in good deeds\, liberal and generous\, thus laying up for the
 mselves a good foundation for the future\, so that they may take hold of th
 e life which is life indeed. O Timothy\, guard what has been entrusted to y
 ou. Avoid the godless chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called 
 knowledge\, for by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the f
 aith. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:28-33\nThe Lord s
 aid to his disciples\, "Look up and raise your heads\, because your redempt
 ion is drawing near." And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree\, a
 nd all the trees\; as soon as they come out in leaf\, you see for yourselve
 s and know that the summer is already near. So also\, when you see these th
 ings taking place\, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly\, I say
  to you\, this generation will not pass away till all has taken place. Heav
 en and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children\; Our Righteou
 s Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the Foreigner\; Hil
 arion the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the streng
 th of his might.  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to s
 tand against the wiles of the devil.  For we are not contending against fle
 sh and blood\, but against the principalities\, against the powers\, agains
 t the world rulers of this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts o
 f wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God
 \, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\
 , to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and 
 having put on the breastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet 
 with the equipment of the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the 
 shield of faith\, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the ev
 il one.  And take the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, w
 hich is the word of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to
  his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and persecu
 te you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be 
 brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be a time 
 for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to medit
 ate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, whi
 ch none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You wi
 ll be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, a
 nd some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all for my nam
 e's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you wi
 ll gain your lives."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201103
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Acindynos\, Pegasios\, Aphthonios\, Elpidophoros\, an
 d Anempodistos\; Domnina\, Domna\, & Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:13-20\nBrethren\, you who were de
 ad in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh\, Christ made alive t
 ogether with him\, having forgiven us all our trespasses\, having canceled 
 the bond which stood against us with its legal demands\; this he set aside\
 , nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the principalities and powers and ma
 de a public example of them\, triumphing over them in him. Therefore let no
  one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with regard to 
 a festival or a new moon or a sabbath. These are only a shadow of what is t
 o come\; but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you\, i
 nsisting on self-abasement and worship of angels\, taking his stand on visi
 ons\, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind\, and not holding fast 
 to the Head\, from whom the whole body\, nourished and knit together throug
 h its joints and ligaments\, grows with a growth that is from God. If with 
 Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe\, why do you live 
 as if you still belonged to the world?\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:29-33\nAt
  that time\, when the crowds were increasing\, Jesus began to say\, "This g
 eneration is an evil generation\; it seeks a sign\, but no sign shall be gi
 ven to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the men o
 f Nineveh\, so will the Son of man be to this generation. The queen of the 
 South will arise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condem
 n them\; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo
 mon\, and behold\, something greater than Solomon is here. The men of Ninev
 eh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it\; for the
 y repented at the preaching of Jonah\, and behold\, something greater than 
 Jonah is here. No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a 
 bushel\, but on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyrs Acindynos\, Pegasios\, Aphthonios\, Elpidophoros\,
  and Anempodistos
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211109
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\
 , Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\nMatins Gospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, "See that you do not despise one of
  these little ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always beho
 ld the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save 
 the lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them
  has gone astray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in
  search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to 
 you\, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went as
 tray. So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of the
 se little ones should perish.\n\n"If your brother sins against you\, go and
  tell him his fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\, you
  have gained your brother. But if he does not listen\, take one or two othe
 rs along with you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two
  or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the churc
 h\; and if he refuses to listen even to the church\, let him be to you as a
  Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on e
 arth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be lo
 osed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about any
 thing they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven\, for wher
 e two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by a
 ngels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just ret
 ribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was
  declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who hea
 rd him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various mirac
 les and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. 
 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we
  are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art
  mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst 
 make him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him w
 ith glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now
  in putting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his c
 ontrol. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But w
 e see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crown
 ed with glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the 
 grace of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he
 \, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\,
  should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hear
 s you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me 
 rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, 
 even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I s
 aw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authori
 ty to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the ene
 my\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that
  the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written i
 n heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I t
 hank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these t
 hings from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Fa
 ther\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabri
 el\, Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220409
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, Rufus\, Asyncritu
 s\, Phlegon\, and Hermes\; The Holy New Martyr John the Ship-Builder who wa
 s martyred in Kos\; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\; Celestine\, Pope
  of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:11-17\nThus say
 s the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will you question me 
 about my children\, or command me concerning the work of my hands?  I made 
 the earth\, and created man upon it\; it was my hands that stretched out th
 e heavens\, and I commanded all their host.  I have aroused him in righteou
 sness\, and I will make straight all his ways\; he shall build my city and 
 set my exiles free\, not for price or reward\," says the LORD of hosts.  \n
 \n Thus says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia
 \, and the Sabeans\, men of stature\, shall come over to you and be yours\,
  they shall follow you\; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you
 . They will make supplication to you\, saying: 'God is with you only\, and 
 there is no other\, no god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art a God who hides
 t thyself\, O God of Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are put to shame and
  confounded\, the makers of idols go in confusion together.  But Israel is 
 saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation\; you shall not be put to sham
 e or confounded to all eternity.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 22:1-18\
 n After these things God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Abraham!" And 
 he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Take your son\, your only son Isaac\, wh
 om you love\, and go to the land of Moriah\, and offer him there as a burnt
  offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."  So Abraham
  rose early in the morning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of his young me
 n with him\, and his son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering
 \, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.  On the third
  day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Then Abraham s
 aid to his young men\, "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad will go yond
 er and worship\, and come again to you."  And Abraham took the wood of the 
 burnt offering\, and laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in his hand the
  fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.  And Isaac said to
  his father Abraham\, "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, my son." He s
 aid\, "Behold\, the fire and the wood\; but where is the lamb for a burnt o
 ffering?"  Abraham said\, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt of
 fering\, my son." So they went both of them together.  \n\n When they came 
 to the place of which God had told him\, Abraham built an altar there\, and
  laid the wood in order\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid him on the alt
 ar\, upon the wood.  Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took the knife t
 o slay his son.  But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven\, and 
 said\, "Abraham\, Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Do not l
 ay your hand on the lad or do anything to him\; for now I know that you fea
 r God\, seeing you have not withheld your son\, your only son\, from me."  
 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind him was a r
 am\, caught in a thicket by his horns\; and Abraham went and took the ram\,
  and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham call
 ed the name of that place The LORD will provide\; as it is said to this day
 \, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."  And the angel of the L
 ORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven\, and said\, "By myself I h
 ave sworn\, says the LORD\, because you have done this\, and have not withh
 eld your son\, your only son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I will multipl
 y your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the s
 eashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies\, and
  by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves\, 
 because you have obeyed my voice."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 17:17
 -18:5\nA friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.  
 A man without sense gives a pledge\, and becomes surety in the presence of 
 his neighbor.  He who loves transgression loves strife\; he who makes his d
 oor high seeks destruction.  A man of crooked mind does not prosper\, and o
 ne with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.  A stupid son is a grief to 
 a father\; and the father of a fool has no joy.  A cheerful heart is a good
  medicine\, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.  A wicked man accepts
  a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.  A man of understan
 ding sets his face toward wisdom\, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends o
 f the earth.  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her 
 who bore him.  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good\; to flog no
 ble men is wrong.  He who restrains his words has knowledge\, and he who ha
 s a cool spirit is a man of understanding.  Even a fool who keeps silent is
  considered wise\; when he closes his lips\, he is deemed intelligent.\n\n 
  He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment
 .  A fool takes no pleasure in understanding\, but only in expressing his o
 pinion.  When wickedness comes\, contempt comes also\; and with dishonor co
 mes disgrace.  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters\; the fountain of
  wisdom is a gushing stream.  It is not good to be partial to a wicked man\
 , or to deprive a righteous man of justice.\n\n
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 itus\, Phlegon\, and Hermes
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230131
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologi
 an\, & John Chrysostom\; Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\; Athanasia the Martyr &
  her 3 daughters\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I
  am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in 
 and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destr
 oy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the goo
 d shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is
  a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wol
 f coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and sc
 atters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the s
 heep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the F
 ather knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep
 .  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them a
 lso\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shephe
 rd."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\
 , those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their li
 ves\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and toda
 y and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for 
 it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which h
 ave not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who s
 erve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose 
 blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for s
 in are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in
  order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go f
 orth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we ha
 ve no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him th
 en let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the
  fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to
  share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the lig
 ht of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a l
 amp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all 
 in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your 
 good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that 
 I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolis
 h them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and ear
 th pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all i
 s accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandment
 s and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but
  he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of 
 heaven."\n\n
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 logian\, & John Chrysostom
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\; Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: II Corinthians 1:8-11\nBrethren\, we do not want you to be ignor
 ant of the affliction we experienced in Asia\; for we were so utterly\, unb
 earably crushed that we despaired of life itself. Why\, we felt that we had
  received the sentence of death\; but that was to make us rely not on ourse
 lves but on God who raises the dead\; he delivered us from so deadly a peri
 l\, and he will deliver us\; on him we have set our hope that he will deliv
 er us again. You also must help us by prayer\, so that many will give thank
 s on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp 
 covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\,
  that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not 
 be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to 
 light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\
 , and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken 
 away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not
  reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers 
 are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My moth
 er and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\; Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\; James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\; Grego
 ry of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\; Arsenios of Rhaxos\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians 3:6-18\nB
 rethren\, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that you ke
 ep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with t
 he tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves know how you oug
 ht to imitate us\; we were not idle when we were with you\, we did not eat 
 any one's bread without paying\, but with toil and labor we worked night an
 d day\, that we might not burden any of you. It was not because we have not
  that right\, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate. For eve
 n when we were with you\, we gave you this command: If any one will not wor
 k\, let him not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness\, 
 mere busybodies\, not doing any work. Now such persons we command and exhor
 t in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their 
 own living. Brethren\, do not be weary in well-doing.\n\nIf any one refuses
  to obey what we say in this letter\, note that man\, and have nothing to d
 o with him\, that he may be ashamed. Do not look on him as an enemy\, but w
 arn him as a brother.\n\nNow may the Lord of peace himself give you peace a
 t all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all. I\, Paul\, write this gr
 eeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine\; it is t
 he way I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 19:12-28\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A nobleman w
 ent into a far country to receive a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of
  his servants\, he gave them ten pounds\, and said to them\, 'Trade with th
 ese till I come.' But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him\
 , saying\, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' When he returned\, h
 aving received the kingdom\, he commanded these servants\, to whom he had g
 iven the money\, to be called to him\, that he might know what they had gai
 ned by trading. The first came before him\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has
  made ten pounds more.' And he said to him\, 'Well done\, good servant! Bec
 ause you have been faithful in a very little\, you shall have authority ove
 r ten cities.' And the second came\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made f
 ive pounds.' And he said to him\, 'And you are to be over five cities.' The
 n another came\, saying\, 'Lord\, here is your pound\, which I kept laid aw
 ay in a napkin\; for I was afraid of you\, because you are a severe man\; y
 ou take up what you did not lay down\, and reap what you did not sow.' He s
 aid to him\, 'I will condemn you out of your own mouth\, you wicked servant
 ! You knew that I was a severe man\, taking up what I did not lay down and 
 reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you not put my money into the bank
 \, and at my coming I should have collected it with interest?' And he said 
 to those who stood by\, 'Take the pound from him\, and give it to him who h
 as the ten pounds.' (And they said to him\, 'Lord\, he has ten pounds!') 'I
  tell you\, that to every one who has will more be given\; but from him who
  has not\, even what he has will be taken away. But as for these enemies of
  mine\, who did not want me to reign over them\, bring them here and slay t
 hem before me.'" And when he had said this\, he went on ahead\, going up to
  Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\; Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:1-
 12\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20\nIn those days a decree went out from Caesa
 r Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enroll
 ment\, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled\, 
 each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee\, from the city 
 of Nazareth\, to Judea\, to the city of David\, which is called Bethlehem\,
  because he was of the house and lineage of David\, to be enrolled with Mar
 y\, his betrothed\, who was with child. And while they were there\, the tim
 e came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first born son an
 d wrapped him in swaddling clothes\, and laid him in a manger\, because the
 re was no place for them in the inn.\n\nAnd in that region there were sheph
 erds out in the field\, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an ang
 el of the Lord appeared to them\, and the glory of the Lord shone around th
 em\, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them\, "Be not a
 fraid\; for behold\, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come t
 o all the people\; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savio
 r\, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find 
 a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger." And suddenly th
 ere was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and sa
 ying\, "Glory to God in the highest\, and on earth peace\, good will among 
 men!"\n\nWhen the angels went away from them into heaven\, the shepherds sa
 id to one another\, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that ha
 s happened\, which the Lord has made known to us." And they went with haste
 \, and found Mary and Joseph\, and the babe lying in a manger. And when the
 y saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning thi
 s child\; and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. Bu
 t Mary kept all these things\, pondering them in her heart. And the shepher
 ds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen\,
  as it had been told them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabbas the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Diogenes\; Philotheos the Righteou
 s of Mount Athos\; Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level p
 lace\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people 
 from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came 
 to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were trouble
 d with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\,
  for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his e
 yes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the K
 ingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfie
 d.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you w
 hen men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out 
 your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, an
 d leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is lov
 e\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentlenes
 s\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to C
 hrist Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we 
 live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-c
 onceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, 
 if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restor
 e him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempte
 d.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things h
 ave been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the
  Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom th
 e Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy lade
 n\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; 
 for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.
   For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions\; Pyrros the Hier
 omartyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 25:13-19\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agrippa the king
  and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. And as they stayed ther
 e many days\, Festus laid Paul's case before the king\, saying\, "There is 
 a man left prisoner by Felix\; and when I was at Jerusalem\, the chief prie
 sts and the elders of the Jews gave information about him\, asking for sent
 ence against him. I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans 
 to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face\, and h
 ad opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him. 
 When therefore they came together here\, I made no delay\, but on the next 
 day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in. When
  the accusers stood up\, they brought no charge in his case of such evils a
 s I supposed\; but they had certain points of dispute with him about their 
 own superstition and about one Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom Paul asserte
 d to be alive."\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:23-33\nThe Lord said to his disc
 iples\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\,
  he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have asked nothing in my n
 ame\; ask\, and you will receive\, that your joy may be full.\n\n"I have sa
 id this to you in figures\; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak
  to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father. In that day you will
  ask in my name\; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for 
 you\; for the Father himself loves you\, because you have loved me and have
  believed that I came from the Father. I came from the Father and have come
  into the world\; again\, I am leaving the world and going to the Father."\
 n\nHis disciples said\, "Ah\, now you are speaking plainly\, not in any fig
 ure! Now we know that you know all things\, and need none to question you\;
  by this we believe that you came from God." Jesus answered them\, "Do you 
 now believe? The hour is coming\, indeed it has come\, when you will be sca
 ttered\, every man to his home\, and will leave me alone\; yet I am not alo
 ne\, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you\, that in me you ma
 y have peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Varys the Martyr\; Joel the Prophet\; John of Rilas\; Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\; John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing wi
 th the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and 
 all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my 
 words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the 
 third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'A
 nd in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Sp
 irit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and
  your young men shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; y
 ea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour o
 ut my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heav
 en above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of s
 moke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, befo
 re the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be 
 that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 9:18-22\nAt that time\, it happened that as Jesus was praying alo
 ne the disciples were with him\; and he asked them\, "Who do the people say
  that I am?" And they answered\, "John the Baptist\; but others say\, Elija
 h\; and others\, that one of the old prophets has risen." And he said to th
 em\, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered\, "The Christ of Go
 d." But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one\, saying\, "Th
 e Son of man must suffer many things\, and be rejected by the elders and ch
 ief priests and scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Luke\; Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\
 ; Luke the Monk of Taormina\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that
  time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberia
 s\; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the 
 Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others 
 of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fish
 ing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into 
 the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, J
 esus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
  Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "
 No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and yo
 u will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it 
 in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter
 \, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put o
 n his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But
  the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for
  they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they
  got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, a
 nd bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just c
 aught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of larg
 e fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so man
 y\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." N
 ow none of the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was th
 e Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the
  fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples
  after He was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 2:16-20\
 nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but thr
 ough faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in ord
 er to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, becau
 se by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if\, in our endeavor 
 to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be sinners\, is Chri
 st then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those thing
 s which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the
  law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with
  Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who lives in me\; and the
  life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God\, who loved
  me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\nAt that time\
 , there came to Jesus a man named Jairus\, who was a ruler of the synagogue
 \; and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house\, for he
  had an only daughter\, about twelve years of age\, and she was dying. As h
 e went\, the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of bl
 ood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians and could
  not be healed by anyone\, came up behind him\, and touched the fringe of h
 is garment\; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said\, "Wh
 o was it that touched me?" When all denied it\, Peter and those who were wi
 th him said\, "Master\, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" Bu
 t Jesus said\, "Some one touched me\; for I perceive that power has gone fo
 rth from me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden\, she came tre
 mbling\, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the pe
 ople why she had touched him\, and how she had been immediately healed. And
  he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace." 
 While he was still speaking\, a man from the ruler's house came and said\, 
 "Your daughter is dead\; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on
  hearing this answered him\, "Do not fear\; only believe\, and she shall be
  well." And when he came to the house\, he permitted no one to enter with h
 im\, except Peter and John and James\, and the father and mother of the chi
 ld. And all were weeping and bewailing her\; but he said\, "Do not weep\; f
 or she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him\, knowing that sh
 e was dead. But taking her by the hand he called\, saying\, "Child\, arise.
 " And her spirit returned\, and she got up at once\; and he directed that s
 omething should be given her to eat. And her parents were amazed\; but he c
 harged them to tell no one what had happened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today\; Martinian
  of Palestine\; Apostles Aquila and Priscilla\; Eulogios\, Patriarch of Ale
 xandria\; Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthe
 w 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mo
 untain to which Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshi
 pped him\; but some doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All author
 ity in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make dis
 ciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
  Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have comm
 anded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen.
 "\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have obser
 ved my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\, my
  love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell me
  at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\; ye
 t from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly 
 life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and impostors will
  go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for you\, continu
 e in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing from whom you
  learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred
  writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Chr
 ist Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\nThe Lord said this parable\, "
 Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee and the other a ta
 x collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself\, 'God\, I th
 ank you that I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unjust\, adulterers\,
  or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week\, I give tithes of a
 ll that I get.'  But the tax collector\, standing far off\, would not even 
 lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\, 'God\, be merci
 ful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went down to his house justifie
 d rather than the other\; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled\,
  but he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wr
 ought by Saint Theodore the Tyro\; Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\; Paul
  & his sister Juliana and their Companions\; Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\; Gr
 egory\, Bishop of Constance\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that i
 s in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses e
 ntrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suff
 ering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangl
 ed in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted 
 him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. I
 t is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
  Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in every
 thing.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from Davi
 d\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wear
 ing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore
  I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain 
 salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2
 :23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; an
 d as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And 
 the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful o
 n the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\
 , when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how 
 he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the b
 read of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to ea
 t\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "T
 he sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man i
 s lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man 
 was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether h
 e would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he sa
 id to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them
 \, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or 
 to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\,
  grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out
 \," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\; Julia the Virgin-martyr
  of Carthage\; 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\; Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Je
 rsey\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:14-21\nBrethren\, all who are led by the 
 Spirit of God are sons of God.\n\nFor you did not receive the spirit of sla
 very to fall back into fear\, but you have received the spirit of sonship. 
 When we cry\, "Abba! Father!" it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with
  our spirit that we are children of God\, and if children\, then heirs\, he
 irs of God and fellow heirs with Christ\, provided we suffer with him in or
 der that we may also be glorified with him.\n\nI consider that the sufferin
 gs of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to b
 e revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the reveali
 ng of the sons of God\; for the creation was subjected to futility\, not of
  its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope\; because the
  creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the 
 glorious liberty of the children of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\
 nAt that time\, as Jesus passed on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at
  the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followe
 d him.\n\nAnd as he sat at table in the house\, behold\, many tax collector
 s and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the 
 Pharisees saw this\, they said to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher ea
 t with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those
  who are well have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick. Go and 
 learn what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came no
 t to call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\; Luke of Mount Stirion\; George the 
 New Martyr of Crete\; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; The Synaxis
  of the New Martyrs of Russia\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord 
 and Savior in the Temple\; Richard\, King of Wessex\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Peter 2:9-22\nBeloved\, the Lord knows how to rescue the godly
  from trial\, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of
  judgment\, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passio
 n and despise authority.\n\nBold and willful\, they are not afraid to revil
 e the glorious ones\, whereas angels\, though greater in might and power\, 
 do not pronounce a reviling judgment upon them before the Lord.  But these\
 , like irrational animals\, creatures of instinct\, born to be caught and k
 illed\, reviling in matters of which they are ignorant\, will be destroyed 
 in the same destruction with them\, suffering wrong for their wrongdoing.  
 They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime.  They are blots and blemish
 es\, reveling in their dissipation\, carousing with you.  They have eyes fu
 ll of adultery\, insatiable for sin.  They entice unsteady souls.  They hav
 e hearts trained in greed.  Accursed children!  Forsaking the right way the
 y have gone astray\; they have followed the way of Balaam\, the son of Beor
 \, who loved gain from wrongdoing\, but was rebuked for his own transgressi
 on\; a dumb ass spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness
 .\n\nThese are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm\; for them the
  nether gloom of darkness has been reserved.  For\, uttering loud boasts of
  folly\, they entice with licentious passions of the flesh men who have bar
 ely escaped from those who live in error.  They promise them freedom\, but 
 they themselves are slaves of corruption\; for whatever overcomes a man\, t
 o that he is enslaved.  For if\, after they have escaped the defilements of
  the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, they
  are again entangled in them and overpowered\, the last state has become wo
 rse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never t
 o have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back fr
 om the holy commandment delivered to them.  It has happened to them accordi
 ng to the true proverb\, The dog turns back to his own vomit\, and the sow 
 is washed only to wallow in the mire.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:14-23\nThe
  Lord said to his disciples\, "When you see the desolating sacrilege spoken
  of by Daniel the prophet\, set up where it ought not to be (let the reader
  understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let 
 him who is on the housetop not go down\, nor enter his house\, to take anyt
 hing away\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantl
 e.  And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in th
 ose days!  Pray that it may not happen in winter.  For in those days there 
 will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation
  which God created until now\, and never will be.  And if the Lord had not 
 shortened the days\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of th
 e elect\, whom he chose\, he shortened the days.  And then if any one says 
 to you\, 'Look\, here is the Christ!' or 'Look\, there he is!' do not belie
 ve it.  False Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wond
 ers\, to lead astray\, if possible\, the elect.  But take heed\; I have tol
 d you all things beforehand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\; The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theog
 nis\, Agapius\, and Pistus\; Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and 
 Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 5:10-15\nBrethren\, we 
 must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ\, so that each one may r
 eceive good or evil\, according to what he has done in the body.\n\nTherefo
 re\, knowing the fear of the Lord\, we persuade men\; but what we are is kn
 own to God\, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. We are not com
 mending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us\, so 
 that you may be able to answer those who pride themselves on a man's positi
 on and not on his heart. For if we are beside ourselves\, it is for God\; i
 f we are in our right mind\, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls
  us\, because we are convinced that one has died for all\; therefore all ha
 ve died. And he died for all\, that those who live might live no longer for
  themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the mountain\, and ca
 lled to him those whom he desired\; and they came to him. And he appointed 
 twelve\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and have authority t
 o cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\; James the son of Zebedee 
 and John the brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, that is\, sons
  of thunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\
 , and James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon the Cananaean\,
  and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home\; and the crowd c
 ame together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his family h
 eard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is besi
 de himself."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Monday after Pascha\; Jeremias the Prophet\; New Martyr Maria of F
 ourna\, Mirabella in Crete\; Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\; Nikiforos 
 the Monk of Chios\; Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy 
 Mountain\, Euthymius\, Ignatius\, and Acacius\; Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full 
 of grace and power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then som
 e of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)
 \, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilic
 ia and Asia\, arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand
  the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigat
 ed men\, who said\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Mose
 s and God." And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\,
  and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\,
  and set up false witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak word
 s against this holy place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this
  Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs wh
 ich Moses delivered to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council 
 saw that his face was like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest sai
 d\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The Go
 d of glory appeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, be
 fore he lived in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from 
 your kindred and go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed 
 from the land of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father d
 ied\, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living
 \; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but pr
 omised to give it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, tho
 ugh he had no child.\n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet 
 the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet say
 s\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you buil
 d for me\, says the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand
  make all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in hea
 rt and ears\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so d
 o you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they kille
 d those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you
  have now betrayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by 
 angels and did not keep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were 
 enraged\, and they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Hol
 y Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing 
 at the right hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened
 \, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried ou
 t with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Th
 en they cast him out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid do
 wn their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were s
 toning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt
  down and cried with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against th
 em." And when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:
 46-54\nAt that time\, there was an official whose son was ill. When he hear
 d that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee\, he went and begged him to com
 e down and heal his son\, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore
  said to him\, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The
  official said to him\, "Sir\, come down before my child dies." Jesus said 
 to him\, "Go\; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus sp
 oke to him and went his way. As he was going down\, his servants met him an
 d told him that his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began
  to mend\, and they said to him\, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever 
 left him." The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him\, "
 Your son will live"\; and he himself believed\, and all his household. This
  was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Gali
 lee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\; Holy Martyr Anthuse\; Athanasios the Hie
 romartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\; New Martyrs Manuel and John\; The Synaxis of 
 the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our
  Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: II C
 orinthians 5:15-21\nBrethren\, Christ died for all\, that those who live mi
 ght live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and w
 as raised.\n\nFrom now on\, therefore\, we regard no one from a human point
  of view\; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view\,
  we regard him thus no longer. Therefore\, if any one is in Christ\, he is 
 a new creation\; the old has passed away\, behold\, the new has come. All t
 his is from God\, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us t
 he ministry of reconciliation\; that is\, God was in Christ reconciling the
  world to himself\, not counting their trespasses against them\, and entrus
 ting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ\
 , God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ\, be
  reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin\, so
  that in him we might become the righteousness of God.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 1:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus\, passing along by the Sea of Galilee\, s
 aw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea\; for the
 y were fishermen. And Jesus said to them\, "Follow me and I will make you b
 ecome fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed hi
 m. And going on a little farther\, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John
  his brother\, who were in their boats mending the nets. And immediately he
  called them\; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hire
 d servants\, and followed him. And they went into Capernaum\; and immediate
 ly on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. And they were astoni
 shed at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who had authority\, and no
 t as the scribes.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Glyceria\; Sergios the Confessor\; Alexandros the Mart
 yr\; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout
  that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to th
 e church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he 
 saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was 
 during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put hi
 m in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, i
 ntending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was ke
 pt in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\
 nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping 
 between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door
  were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, an
 d a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\
 , saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the ang
 el said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went o
 ut and followed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was r
 eal\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first an
 d the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It o
 pened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through o
 ne street\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\,
  and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me 
 from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."
 \n\nGospel Reading: John 8:31-42\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believe
 d in him\, "If you continue in my word\, you are truly my disciples\, and y
 ou will know the truth\, and the truth will make you free." They answered h
 im\, "We are descendants of Abraham\, and have never been in bondage to any
  one. How is it that you say\, 'You will be made free'?"\n\nJesus answered 
 them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, every one who commits sin is a slave
  to sin. The slave does not continue in the house for ever\; the son contin
 ues for ever. So if the Son makes you free\, you will be free indeed. I kno
 w that you are descendants of Abraham\; yet you seek to kill me\, because m
 y word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my Father\, 
 and you do what you have heard from your father."\n\nThey answered him\, "A
 braham is our father." Jesus said to them\, "If you were Abraham's children
 \, you would do what Abraham did\, but now you seek to kill me\, a man who 
 has told you the truth which I heard from God\; this is not what Abraham di
 d. You do what your father did." They said to him\, "We were not born of fo
 rnication\; we have one Father\, even God." Jesus said to them\, "If God we
 re your Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from Go
 d\; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\; Savinos the Bishop of Catania\; Barsus 
 the Confessor\; Euthymios the New\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Philippians 1:20-27\nBrethren\, I shall not be at all ashamed\, but tha
 t with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body\, wheth
 er by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ\, and to die is gain. I
 f it is to be life in the flesh\, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet whi
 ch I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desi
 re is to depart and be with Christ\, for that is far better. But to remain 
 in the flesh is more necessary on your account. Convinced of this\, I know 
 that I shall remain and continue with you all\, for your progress and joy i
 n the faith\, so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jes
 us\, because of my coming to you again. Only let your manner of life be wor
 thy of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:7-11\nAt that time\,
  Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Jesus\, and he was perple
 xed\, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead\,
  by some that Elijah had appeared\, and by others that one of the old proph
 ets had risen. Herod said\, "John I beheaded\; but who is this about whom I
  hear such things?" And he sought to see him. On their return the apostles 
 told him what they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a city 
 called Bethsaida. When the crowds learned it\, they followed him\; and he w
 elcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God\, and cured those who 
 had need of healing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Saturday of Lent\; Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\
 ; Joseph the Hymnographer\; Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wi
 ne and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall
  the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard str
 uggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affli
 ction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had co
 mpassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of you
 r property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and
  an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a
  great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the wil
 l of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the c
 oming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live 
 by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed 
 on\, he saw Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax office\, and he sai
 d to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat at tabl
 e in his house\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus an
 d his disciples\; for there were many who followed him. And the scribes of 
 the Pharisees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax colle
 ctors\, said to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and si
 nners?" And when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those who are well hav
 e no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came not to call the 
 righteous\, but sinners."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230727
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermola
 us\, Hermippus\, and Hermocrates\; Prisca the Righteous Martyr\; Moses the 
 Hungarian\; Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, befo
 re faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until
  faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ c
 ame\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we
  are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of 
 God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have p
 ut on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor f
 ree\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesu
 s. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs accor
 ding to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no be
 tter than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is un
 der guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; w
 hen we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the unive
 rse. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a 
 woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so th
 at we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt t
 hat time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there w
 as a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffe
 red much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was n
 o better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and
  came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "I
 f I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the he
 morrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disea
 se. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, 
 immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments
 ?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\,
  and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had d
 one it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear an
 d trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he
  said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and
  be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\; Alexander\, John\, and Paul 
 the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Phantinos the Righteous of Calabri
 a\; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\; 6 Martyrs of Melitene\; The Synaxis of the 
 Holy Hierarchs of Serbia\; The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia\; Fiacre the Herm
 it of Meaux\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 5:15-21\nBrethren\, Christ d
 ied for all\, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but f
 or him who for their sake died and was raised.\n\nFrom now on\, therefore\,
  we regard no one from a human point of view\; even though we once regarded
  Christ from a human point of view\, we regard him thus no longer. Therefor
 e\, if any one is in Christ\, he is a new creation\; the old has passed awa
 y\, behold\, the new has come. All this is from God\, who through Christ re
 conciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation\; that is
 \, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself\, not counting their 
 trespasses against them\, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliatio
 n. So we are ambassadors for Christ\, God making his appeal through us. We 
 beseech you on behalf of Christ\, be reconciled to God. For our sake he mad
 e him to be sin who knew no sin\, so that in him we might become the righte
 ousness of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus\, pas
 sing along by the Sea of Galilee\, saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simo
 n casting a net in the sea\; for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to the
 m\, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately 
 they left their nets and followed him. And going on a little farther\, he s
 aw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, who were in their boats 
 mending the nets. And immediately he called them\; and they left their fath
 er Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants\, and followed him. And they
  went into Capernaum\; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synago
 gue and taught. And they were astonished at his teaching\, for he taught th
 em as one who had authority\, and not as the scribes.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210606
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop of Tyre\; Holy Martyrs Nicandr
 us\, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\; Christophoros & Konon the M
 artyrs of Rome\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and 
 Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord\
 , with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas\, "Come\
 , let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed th
 e word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas wanted to take wit
 h them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them one wh
 o had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with them to the 
 work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separated from each
  other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus\, but Paul c
 hose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to the grace of t
 he Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening the churches
 . \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:27-38\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to 
 him\, "My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and 
 I give them eternal life\, and they shall never perish\, and no one shall s
 natch them out of my hand. My Father\, who has given them to me\, is greate
 r than all\, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I 
 and the Father are one."\n\nThe Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jes
 us answered them\, "I have shown you many good works from the Father\; for 
 which of these do you stone me?" The Jews answered him\, "It is not for a g
 ood work that we stone you but for blasphemy\; because you\, being a man\, 
 make yourself God." Jesus answered them\, "Is it not written in your law\, 
 'I said\, you are gods?' If he called them gods to whom the word of God cam
 e (and scripture cannot be broken)\, do you say of him whom the Father cons
 ecrated and sent into the world\, 'You are blaspheming\,' because I said\, 
 'I am the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of my Father\, then do n
 ot believe me\; but if I do them\, even though you do not believe me\, beli
 eve my works\, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me an
 d I am in the Father."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210208
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 16th Sunday of Matthew\; Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\; Luke of Mo
 unt Stirion\; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; George the New Mart
 yr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the 
 Temple\; Richard\, King of Wessex\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWh
 en the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, a
 nd Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And ve
 ry early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun ha
 d risen.  And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the sto
 ne for us from the door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the s
 tone was rolled back\, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, they
  saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and 
 they were amazed.  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus
  of Nazareth\, who was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the 
 place where they laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he i
 s going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you."  
 And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment h
 ad come upon them\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they were afraid
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together wi
 th him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says
 \, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on the d
 ay of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the
  day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault m
 ay be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves
  in every way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calam
 ities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; b
 y purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine l
 ove\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of righteou
 sness for the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill 
 repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as
  unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished
 \, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet
  making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 25:14-30\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man going o
 n a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property\; to one
  he gave five talents\, to another two\, to another one\, to each according
  to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents we
 nt at once and traded with them\; and he made five talents more. So also\, 
 he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received t
 he one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now af
 ter a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with
  them. And he who had received the five talents came forward\, bringing fiv
 e talents more\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivered to me five talents\; here
  I have made five talents more.' His master said to him\, 'Well done\, good
  and faithful servant\; you have been faithful over a little\, I will set y
 ou over much\; enter into the joy of your master.' And he also who had the 
 two talents came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivered to me two talen
 ts\; here I have made two talents more.' His master said to him\, 'Well don
 e\, good and faithful servant\; you have been faithful over a little\, I wi
 ll set you over much\; enter into the joy of your master.' He also who had 
 received the one talent came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, I knew you to be 
 a hard man\, reaping where you did not sow\, and gathering where you did no
 t winnow\; so I was afraid\, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. 
 Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him\, 'You wicked and
  slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed\, and gather
  where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my money with t
 he bankers\, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with i
 nterest. So take the talent from him\, and give it to him who has the ten t
 alents. For to every one who has will more be given\, and he will have abun
 dance\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. And
  cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness\; there men will weep a
 nd gnash their teeth." As he said these things he cried out: "He who has ea
 rs to hear\, let him hear!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle of the 70\, one of the 7 Deacons\; Theophanes the C
 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\; Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\; Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\; Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\; Our righteous Father Kenneth\, Found
 er of the Monastery of Aghaboe in Ireland.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:26-39
 \nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, "Rise and go toward
  the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a de
 sert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a m
 inister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in charge of all her tre
 asure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning\; seated in his 
 chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip\
 , "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, and heard him readi
 ng Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand what you are reading
 ?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?" And he invited Ph
 ilip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the scripture which he
  was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before it
 s shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice w
 as denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up fr
 om the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About whom\, pray\, does th
 e prophet say this\, about himself or about some one else?" Then Philip ope
 ned his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news
  of Jesus. And as they went along the road they came to some water\, and th
 e eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?
 " And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your heart\, you may." And he 
 replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." And he commanded
  the chariot to stop\, and they both went down into the water\, Philip and 
 the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water\, 
 the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch saw him no more\, 
 and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time 
 Jesus went on through cities and villages\, preaching and bringing the good
  news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him\, and also some w
 omen who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Mag
 dalene\, from whom seven demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chu
 za\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for him
  out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fourth Saturday of Lent\; Titus the Wonderworker\; Theodora the Virgin
 -martyr of Palestine\; Amphianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nFast Da
 y (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRETHREN\, we 
 feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not so unju
 st as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in s
 erving the saints\, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show 
 the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end\
 , so that you may not be sluggish\, but imitators of those who through fait
 h and patience inherit the promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 7:31-37\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre\, and went through Sidon t
 o the Sea of Galilee\, through the region of Dekapolis. And they brought to
  him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech\; and they beso
 ught him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude 
 privately\, he put his fingers into his ears\, and he spat and touched his 
 tongue\; and looking up to heaven\, he sighed\, and said to him\, "Ephphath
 a\," that is\, "Be opened." And his ears were opened\, his tongue was relea
 sed\, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one\; but the mo
 re he charged them\, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were a
 stonished beyond measure\, saying\, "He has done all things well: he even m
 akes the deaf hear and the dumb speak."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\; Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantin
 ople\; Christos the New Martyr\; Meletios of Ypseni\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpist
 le Reading: I Peter 1:1-25\;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to
  the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and
  Bithynia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spi
 rit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:\n\nMay
  grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our
  Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living h
 ope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inhe
 ritance which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven f
 or you\, who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready
  to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\, though now for a li
 ttle while you may have to suffer various trials\, so that the genuineness 
 of your faith\, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested b
 y fire\, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jes
 us Christ. Without having known him you love him\; though you do not now se
 e him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As t
 he outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.\n\nThe pro
 phets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquire
 d about this salvation\; they inquired what person or time was indicated by
  the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ 
 and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving no
 t themselves but you\, in the things which have now been announced to you b
 y those who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from
  heaven\, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTherefore gird up your 
 minds\, be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you
  at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do not be confor
 med to the passions of your former ignorance\, but as he who called you is 
 holy\, be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since it is written\, "You 
 shall be holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as Father him who judges 
 each one impartially according to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear 
 throughout the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the
  futile ways inherited from your fathers\, not with perishable things such 
 as silver or gold\, but with the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a 
 lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the 
 world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through 
 him you have confidence in God\, who raised him from the dead and gave him 
 glory\, so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHaving purified your sou
 ls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love
  one another earnestly from the heart. You have been born anew\, not of per
 ishable seed but of imperishable\, through the living and abiding word of G
 od\; for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of gras
 s. The grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abid
 es for ever." That word is the good news which was preached to you.\n\nSo p
 ut away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. 
 Like newborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may 
 grow up to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\n\nCom
 e to him\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen
  and precious\; and like living stones be yourselves built <span id="en-RS
 V-30381" class="text 1Pet-2-5">into a spiritual house\, to be a holy priest
 hood\, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ
 .</span><span id="en-RSV-30382" class="text 1Pet-2-6"><span class="versenum
 "> </span>For it stands in scripture: </span>“Behold\, I am laying in Z
 ion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and he who believes in hi
 m will not be put to shame.” To you therefore who believe\, he is preciou
 s\, but for those who do not believe\, “The very stone which the builders
  rejected has become the head of the corner\,” and “A stone that will m
 ake men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”\; for they stumble bec
 ause they disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. <span id="en-RSV
 -30385" class="text 1Pet-2-9">But you are a chosen race\, a royal priesthoo
 d\, a holy nation\, God’s own people\, that you may declare the wonderfu
 l deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. </
 span><span id="en-RSV-30386" class="text 1Pet-2-10">Once you were no people
  but now you are God’s people\; once you had not received mercy but now y
 ou have received mercy.</span>\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord sa
 id this parable\, "A man planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, a
 nd dug a pit for the wine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out to ten
 ants\, and went into another country. When the time came\, he sent a servan
 t to the tenants\, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And 
 they took him and beat him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent 
 to them another servant\, and they wounded him in the head\, and treated hi
 m shamefully. And he sent another\, and him they killed\; and so with many 
 others\, some they beat and some they killed. He had still one other\, a be
 loved son\; finally he sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my so
 n.' But those tenants said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let 
 us kill him\, and the inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and kill
 ed him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the viney
 ard do? He will come and destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to oth
 ers. Have you not read this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders r
 ejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and
  it is marvelous in our eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but feared t
 he multitude\, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them
 \; so they left him and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\; Theodoretos 
 the Holy Martyr of Antioch\; Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I John 3:21-24\;4:1-11\nBeloved\, if our hearts do not
  condemn us\, we have confidence before God\; and we receive from him whate
 ver we ask\, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.  And
  this is his commandment\, that we should believe in the name of his Son Je
 sus Christ and love one another\, just as he has commanded us.  All who kee
 p his commandments abide in him\, and he in them.  And by this we know that
  he abides in us\, by the Spirit which he has given us.\n\nBeloved\, do not
  believe every spirit\, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God
 \; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.  By this you know 
 the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come 
 in the flesh is of God\, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is n
 ot of God.  This is the spirit of antichrist\, of which you heard that it w
 as coming\, and now it is in the world already.  Little children\, you are 
 of God\, and have overcome them\; for he who is in you is greater than he w
 ho is in the world.  They are of the world\, therefore what they say is of 
 the world\, and the world listens to them.  We are of God.  Whoever knows G
 od listens to us\, and he who is not of God does not listen to us.  By this
  we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.\n\nBeloved\, let us l
 ove one another\; for love is of God\, and he who loves is born of God and 
 knows God.  He who does not love does not know God\; for God is love.  In t
 his the love of God was made manifest among us\, that God sent his only Son
  into the world\, so that we might live through him.  In this is love\, not
  that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiatio
 n for our sins.  Beloved\, if God so loved us\, we also ought to love one a
 nother. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:43-72\; 15:1\nAt that time\, while Jesu
 s was speaking to the disciples\, Judas Iscariot came\, one of the twelve\,
  and with him a crowd with swords and clubs\, from the chief priests and th
 e scribes and the elders.  Now the betrayer had given them a sign\, saying\
 , "The one I shall kiss is the man\; seize him and lead him away under guar
 d."  And when he came\, he went up to him at once\, and said\, "Rabbi!"  An
 d he kissed him.  And they laid hands on him and seized him.  But one of th
 ose who stood by drew his sword\, and struck the slave of the high priest a
 nd cut off his ear.  And Jesus said to them\, "Have you come out as against
  a robber\, with swords and clubs to capture me?  Day after day I was with 
 you in the temple teaching\, and you did not seize me.  But let the scriptu
 res be fulfilled."  And they all forsook him\, and fled.  And a young man f
 ollowed him\, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body\; and they seiz
 ed him\, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.  And they led Jesu
 s to the high priest\; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scr
 ibes were assembled.  And Peter had followed him at a distance\, right into
  the courtyard of the high priest\; and he was sitting with the guards\, an
 d warming himself at the fire.  Now the chief priests and the whole council
  sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death\; but they found none. 
  For many bore false witness against him\, and their witness did not agree.
   And some stood up and bore false witness against him\, saying\, "We heard
  him say\, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands\, and in thr
 ee days I will build another\, not made with hands.'"  Yet not even so did 
 their testimony agree.  And the high priest stood up in the midst\, and ask
 ed Jesus\, "Have you no answer to make?  What is it that these men testify 
 against you?"  But he was silent and made no answer.  Again the high priest
  asked him\, "Are you the Christ\, the Son of the Blessed?"  And Jesus said
 \, "I am\; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Powe
 r\, and coming with the clouds of heaven."  And the high priest tore his ga
 rments\, and said\, "Why do we still need witnesses?  You have heard his bl
 asphemy.  What is your decision?"  And they all condemned him as deserving 
 death.  And some began to spit on him\, and to cover his face\, and to stri
 ke him\, saying to him\, "Prophesy!"  And the guards received him with blow
 s.  And as Peter was below in the courtyard\, one of the maids of the high 
 priest came\; and seeing Peter warming himself\, she looked at him\, and sa
 id\, "You also were with the Nazarene\, Jesus."  But he denied it\, saying\
 , "I neither know nor understand what you mean."  And he went out into the 
 gateway\, and the cock crowed.  And the maid saw him\, and began again to s
 ay to the bystanders\, "This man is one of them."  But again he denied it. 
  And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter\, "Certainly y
 ou are one of them\; for you are a Galilean."  But he began to invoke a cur
 se on himself and to swear\, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."  A
 nd immediately the cock crowed a second time.  And Peter remembered how Jes
 us had said to him\, "Before the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three 
 times."  And he broke down and wept.  And as soon as it was morning the chi
 ef priests\, with the elders and scribes\, and the whole council held a con
 sultation\; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pila
 te.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\; Holy Martyr Philetaerus\; Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Letter to the Hebrews 3:5-11\, 17-19\nBrethren\, Moses was faithful in 
 all God's house as a servant\, to testify to the things that were to be spo
 ken later\, but Christ was faithful over his house as a son. And we are his
  house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope firm to the end
 . Therefore\, as the Holy Spirit says\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, 
 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion\, on the day of testing in th
 e wilderness\, where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for f
 orty years. Therefore I was provoked with that generation\, and said\, 'The
 y always go astray in their hearts\; they have not known my ways.' As I swo
 re in my wrath\, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And with whom was he pr
 ovoked forty years? Was it not with those who sinned\, whose bodies fell in
  the wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his 
 rest\, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable t
 o enter because of unbelief.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:13-17\nAt that time
 \, the chief priests and scribes sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees and so
 me of the Herodians\, to entrap him in his talk. And they came and said to 
 him\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and care for no man\; for you 
 do not regard the position of men\, but truly teach the way of God. Is it l
 awful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not? Should we pay them\, or should we no
 t?" But knowing their hypocrisy\, he said to them\, "Why put me to the test
 ? Bring me a coin\, and let me look at it." And they brought one. And he sa
 id to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him\, "
 Caesar's." Jesus said to them\, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesa
 r's\, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at him.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Monday\; Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage\; 150 an
 d more Righteous Martyr Fathers of the Sacred Monastery of Pantocrator Daou
  Pentelis\; Gregory V\, the Holy Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\; H
 oly Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 21:18-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\
 , he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and f
 ound nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever 
 come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples
  saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And
  Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never 
 doubt\, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even 
 if you say to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will
  be done. And whatever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have f
 aith. " And when he entered the temple\, the chief priests and the elders o
 f the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what author
 ity are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus an
 swered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell me the answ
 er\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The bap
 tism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued wit
 h one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then 
 did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the
  multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered Jesus\
 , "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what 
 authority I do these things. What do you think? A man had two sons\; and he
  went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard today.' An
 d he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented and went. And he w
 ent to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but 
 did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said\, "The 
 first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collectors and
  the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in
  the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the tax colle
 ctors and the harlots believed him\; and even when you saw it\, you did not
  afterward repent and believe him.\n\n"Hear another parable. There was a ho
 useholder who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine
  press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went int
 o another country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servant
 s to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and
  beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servan
 ts\, more than the first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent
  his son to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenant
 s saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us
  kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of 
 the vineyard\, and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard com
 es\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put tho
 se wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenant
 s who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Hav
 e you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders reje
 cted has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it
  is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you\, the kingdom of God will 
 be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it."\n
 \nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:3-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus sat on the Mount
  of Olives\, the disciples came to him privately\, saying\, "Tell us\, when
  will this be\, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close o
 f the age?" And Jesus answered them\, "Take heed that no one leads you astr
 ay. For many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am the Christ\,' and they w
 ill lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars\; see th
 at you are not alarmed\; for this must take place\, but the end is not yet.
  For nation will rise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\, and th
 ere will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the 
 beginning of the sufferings.\n\n Then they will deliver you up to tribulati
 on\, and put you to death\; and you will be hated by all nations for my nam
 e's sake. And then many will fall away\, and betray one another\, and hate 
 one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And b
 ecause wickedness is multiplied\, most men's love will grow cold. But he wh
 o endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be 
 preached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to all nations\; and t
 hen the end will come.\n\n So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken 
 of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (let the reader under
 stand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let him wh
 o is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house\; and let him
  who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. And alas for those w
 ho are with child and for those who give suck in those days! Pray that your
  flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then there will be great 
 tribulation\, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until no
 w\, no\, and never will be. And if those days had not been shortened\, no h
 uman being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect those days will b
 e shortened. Then if anyone says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'Th
 ere he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will ar
 ise and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, if possible\,
  even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\, if they say to you\,
  'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is
  in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from t
 he east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of
  man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together. Im
 mediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened\, an
 d the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will fall from heaven\, 
 and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; then will appear the sign of
  the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn
 \, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with pow
 er and great glory\; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet ca
 ll\, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\, from one end of h
 eaven to the other.\n\n From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its 
 branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is n
 ear. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know that he is near\, a
 t the very gates. Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away
  till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my
  words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Thursday after Pentecost\; Tychon the Wonderworker\; 40 Martyrs of
  Rome\; Mark the Just of Apollonia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 
 1:28-32\;2:1-9\nBrethren\, since the ungodly did not see fit to acknowledge
  God\, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct. They were f
 illed with all manner of wickedness\, evil\, covetousness\, malice. Full of
  envy\, murder\, strife\, deceit\, malignity\, they are gossips\, slanderer
 s\, haters of God\, insolent\, haughty\, boastful\, inventors of evil\, dis
 obedient to parents\, foolish\, faithless\, heartless\, ruthless. Though th
 ey know God's decree that those who do such things deserve to die\, they no
 t only do them but approve those who practice them. Therefore you have no e
 xcuse\, O man\, whoever you are\, when you judge another\; for in passing j
 udgment upon him you condemn yourself\, because you\, the judge\, are doing
  the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon 
 those who do such things. Do you suppose\, O man\, that when you judge thos
 e who do such things and yet do them yourself\, you will escape the judgmen
 t of God? Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance
  and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to lead you to 
 repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath 
 for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be reve
 aled. For he will render to every man according to his works\; to those who
  by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality\, he wi
 ll give eternal life\; but for those who are factious and do not obey the t
 ruth\, but obey wickedness\, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tr
 ibulation and distress for every human being who does evil\, the Jew first 
 and also the Greek.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:27-32\nThe Lord said\, "Yo
 u have heard that it was said\, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say 
 to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed 
 adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin\, pluck
  it out and throw it away\; it is better that you lose one of your members 
 than that your whole body be thrown into Gehenna. And if your right hand ca
 uses you to sin\, cut it off and throw it away\; it is better that you lose
  one of your members than that your whole body go into Gehenna. It was also
  said\, 'Whoever divorces his wife\, let him give her a certificate of divo
 rce.' But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife\, except on the
  ground of unchastity\, makes her an adulteress\; and whoever marries a div
 orced woman commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\; Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith 
 conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mou
 ths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won s
 trength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flig
 ht. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusin
 g to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Others s
 uffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were
  stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with
  the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, affl
 icted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering         
 over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all thes
 e\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised
 \, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they
  should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so grea
 t a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which
  clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set 
 before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 14:1-11\nAt that time\, one sabbath when Jesus went to di
 ne at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees\, they were watchi
 ng him. And behold\, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus s
 poke to the lawyers and Pharisees\, saying\, "Is it lawful to heal on the s
 abbath\, or not?" But they were silent. Then he took him and healed him\, a
 nd let him go. And he said to them\, "Which of you\, having a son or an ox 
 that has fallen into a well\, will not immediately pull him out on a sabbat
 h day?" And they could not reply to this. Now he told a parable to those wh
 o were invited\, when he marked how they chose the places of honor\, saying
  to them\, "When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast\, do not si
 t down in a place of honor\, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by
  him\; and he who invited you both will come and say to you\, 'Give place t
 o this man\,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 
 But when you are invited\, go and sit in the lowest place\, so that when yo
 ur host comes he may say to you\, 'Friend\, go up higher'\; then you will b
 e honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. For every one w
 ho exalts himself will be humbled\, and he who humbles himself will be exal
 ted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Simon the Zealot & Apostle\; Laurence of Egypt\; Isodora of Egypt\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apost
 les as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a
  spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's s
 ake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are
  held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thi
 rst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working wi
 th our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; w
 hen slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as th
 e refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this
  to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For thou
 gh you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For 
 I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\
 , be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:12-19\nAt that time\, Jesus
  went out to the mountain to pray\; and all night he continued in prayer to
  God. And when it was day\, he called his disciples\, and chose from them t
 welve\, whom he named apostles\; Simon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew h
 is brother\, and James and John\, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthe
 w\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Simon who was called t
 he Zealot\, and Judas the son of James\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a 
 traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a level place\, with a gre
 at crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea an
 d Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and t
 o be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean sp
 irits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came fo
 rth from him and healed them all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Sunday of All Saints\; Samson the Hospitable\; Joanna the Myrrhbea
 rer\; Anektos the Martyr\; Luke the Hermit\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthe
 w 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mo
 untain to which Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshi
 pped him\; but some doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All author
 ity in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make dis
 ciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
  Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have comm
 anded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen.
 "\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints t
 hrough faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, st
 opped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the 
 sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign a
 rmies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortu
 red\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better l
 ife. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonme
 nt. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they wer
 e killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, des
 titute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wande
 ring         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth.
  And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what
  was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart
  from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surround
 ed by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, 
 and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race
  that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our 
 faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also wil
 l acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me bef
 ore men\, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who l
 oves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves s
 on or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take 
 his cross and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "
 Lo\, we have left everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  
 Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the So
 n of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will a
 lso sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every
  one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or chil
 dren or lands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inher
 it eternal life.  But many that are first will be last\, and the last first
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 14:26-40\nBRETHREN\, when you come together\, each one has a hymn\,
  a lesson\, a revelation\, a tongue\, or an interpretation. Let all things 
 be done for edification. If any speak in a tongue\, let there be only two o
 r at most three\, and each in turn\; and let one interpret. But if there is
  no one to interpret\, let each one of them keep silence in church and spea
 k to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets speak\, and let the othe
 rs weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to another by sitting by\, l
 et the first be silent. For you can all prophesy one by one\, so that all m
 ay learn and all be encouraged\; and the spirits of prophets are subject to
  prophets. But God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the ch
 urches of the saints\, the women should keep silence in the churches. For t
 hey are not permitted to speak\, but should be subordinate\, as even the la
 w says. If there is anything they desire to know\, let them ask their husba
 nds at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. What! Did t
 he word of God originate with you\, or are you the only one it has reached?
  If any one thinks that he is a prophet\, or spiritual\, he should acknowle
 dge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. If any one does
  not recognize this\, he is not recognized. So\, my brethren\, earnestly de
 sire to prophesy\, and do not forbid speaking in tongues\; but all things s
 hould be done decently and in order. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:12-14\;
  17-20\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all wh
 o sold and bought in the temple\, and he overturned the tables of the money
 changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them\, "It is 
 written\, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'\; but you make it a 
 den of robbers." And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple\, and
  he healed them. And leaving them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and 
 lodged there.\n\nIn the morning\, as he was returning to the city\, he was 
 hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found noth
 ing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from
  you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it t
 hey marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\; George\, Bishop of Mytilene\; Gera
 simos the God-Bearer of Byzantium\; Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kaly
 mnos\; Tikhon\, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 66:10-24\n"Rejoice with Jerusalem
 \, and be glad for her\, all you who love her\; rejoice with her in joy\, a
 ll you who mourn over her\; that you may suck and be satisfied with her con
 soling breasts\; that you may drink deeply with delight from the abundance 
 of her glory."  For thus says the LORD: "Behold\, I will extend prosperity 
 to her like a river\, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing str
 eam\; and you shall suck\, you shall be carried upon her hip\, and dandled 
 upon her knees.  As one whom his mother comforts\, so I will comfort you\; 
 you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.  You shall see\, and your heart shall 
 rejoice\; your bones shall flourish like the grass\; and it shall be known 
 that the hand of the LORD is with his servants\, and his indignation is aga
 inst his enemies.  "For behold\, the LORD will come in fire\, and his chari
 ots like the stormwind\, to render his anger in fury\, and his rebuke with 
 flames of fire.  For by fire will the LORD execute judgment\, and by his sw
 ord\, upon all flesh\; and those slain by the LORD shall be many.  "Those w
 ho sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens\, following one in
  the midst\, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and mice\, shall come
  to an end together\, says the LORD.  "For I know their works and their tho
 ughts\, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues\; and they shall 
 come and shall see my glory\, and I will set a sign among them. And from th
 em I will send survivors to the nations\, to Tarshish\, Put\, and Lud\, who
  draw the bow\, to Tubal and Javan\, to the coastlands afar off\, that have
  not heard my fame or seen my glory\; and they shall declare my glory among
  the nations.  And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations 
 as an offering to the LORD\, upon horses\, and in chariots\, and in litters
 \, and upon mules\, and upon dromedaries\, to my holy mountain Jerusalem\, 
 says the LORD\, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offering in a cle
 an vessel to the house of the LORD.  And some of them also I will take for 
 priests and for Levites\, says the LORD.  "For as the new heavens and the n
 ew earth which I will make shall remain before me\, says the LORD\; so shal
 l your descendants and your name remain.  From new moon to new moon\, and f
 rom sabbath to sabbath\, all flesh shall come to worship before me\, says t
 he LORD.  "And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men t
 hat have rebelled against me\; for their worm shall not die\, their fire sh
 all not be quenched\, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."\n\nOld
  Testament Reading: Genesis 49:33-50:26\nWhen Jacob finished charging his s
 ons\, he drew up his feet into the bed\, and breathed his last\, and was ga
 thered to his people.  Then Joseph fell on his father's face\, and wept ove
 r him\, and kissed him.  And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians t
 o embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel\; forty days were re
 quired for it\, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians w
 ept for him seventy days.\n\nAnd when the days of weeping for him were past
 \, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh\, saying\, "If now I have found
  favor in your eyes\, speak\, I pray you\, in the ears of Pharaoh\, saying\
 , My father made me swear\, saying\, 'I am about to die: in my tomb which I
  hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan\, there shall you bury me.' Now
  therefore let me go up\, I pray you\, and bury my father\; then I will ret
 urn."  And Pharaoh answered\, "Go up\, and bury your father\, as he made yo
 u swear."  So Joseph went up to bury his father\; and with him went up all 
 the servants of Pharaoh\, the elders of his household\, and all the elders 
 of the land of Egypt\, as well as all the household of Joseph\, his brother
 s\, and his father's household\; only their children\, their flocks\, and t
 heir herds were left in the land of Goshen.  And there went up with him bot
 h chariots and horsemen\; it was a very great company.  When they came to t
 he threshing floor of Atad\, which is beyond the Jordan\, they lamented the
 re with a very great and sorrowful lamentation\; and he made a mourning for
  his father seven days.  When the inhabitants of the land\, the Canaanites\
 , saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad\, they said\, "This is a 
 grievous mourning to the Egyptians." Therefore the place was named Abelmizr
 aim\; it is beyond the Jordan.  Thus his sons did for him as he had command
 ed them\; for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan\, and buried him i
 n the cave of the field at Machpelah\, to the east of Mamre\, which Abraham
  bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite\, to possess as a burying pl
 ace.  After he had buried his father\, Joseph returned to Egypt with his br
 others and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.  When Joseph's 
 brothers saw that their father was dead\, they said\, "It may be that Josep
 h will hate us and pay us back for all the evil which we did to him."  So t
 hey sent a message to Joseph\, saying\, "Your father gave this command befo
 re he died\,  'Say to Joseph\, Forgive\, I pray you\, the transgression of 
 your brothers and their sin\, because they did evil to you.' And now\, we p
 ray you\, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your fath
 er." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.  His brothers also came and fell d
 own before him\, and said\, "Behold\, we are your servants."  But Joseph sa
 id to them\, "Fear not\, for am I in the place of God?  As for you\, you me
 ant evil against me\; but God meant it for good\, to bring it about that ma
 ny people should be kept alive\, as they are today.  So do not fear\; I wil
 l provide for you and your little ones." Thus he reassured them and comfort
 ed them.\n\nSo Joseph dwelt in Egypt\, he and his father's house\; and Jose
 ph lived a hundred and ten years.  And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the
  third generation\; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were bo
 rn upon Joseph's knees.  And Joseph said to his brothers\, "I am about to d
 ie\; but God will visit you\, and bring you up out of this land to the land
  which he swore to Abraham\, to Isaac\, and to Jacob."  Then Joseph took an
  oath of the sons of Israel\, saying\, "God will visit you\, and you shall 
 carry up my bones from here."  So Joseph died\, being a hundred and ten yea
 rs old\; and they embalmed him\, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Proverbs 31:8-31\nOpen your mouth for the dumb\, for t
 he rights of all who are left desolate.  Open your mouth\, judge righteousl
 y\, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.  A good wife who can find? S
 he is far more precious than jewels.  The heart of her husband trusts in he
 r\, and he will have no lack of gain.  She does him good\, and not harm\, a
 ll the days of her life.  She seeks wool and flax\, and works with willing 
 hands.  She is like the ships of the merchant\, she brings her food from af
 ar.  She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household an
 d tasks for her maidens.  She considers a field and buys it\; with the frui
 t of her hands she plants a vineyard.  She girds her loins with strength an
 d makes her arms strong.  She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
  Her lamp does not go out at night.  She puts her hands to the distaff\, an
 d her hands hold the spindle.  She opens her hand to the poor\, and reaches
  out her hands to the needy.  She is not afraid of snow for her household\,
  for all her household are clothed in scarlet.  She makes herself coverings
 \; her clothing is fine linen and purple.  Her husband is known in the gate
 s\, when he sits among the elders of the land.  She makes linen garments an
 d sells them\; she delivers girdles to the merchant.  Strength and dignity 
 are her clothing\, and she laughs at the time to come.  She opens her mouth
  with wisdom\, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.  She looks we
 ll to the ways of her household\, and does not eat the bread of idleness.  
 Her children rise up and call her blessed\; her husband also\, 
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Phocas the Cyprian\; Isaac & Ma
 rtinos the Martyrs 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monastery martyred by the L
 atins\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:11-21\nBreth
 ren\, if I still preach circumcision\, why am I still persecuted? In that c
 ase the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. I wish those who uns
 ettle you would mutilate themselves! For you were called to freedom\, breth
 ren\; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh\, but th
 rough love be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in on
 e word\, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and de
 vour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another. But I 
 say\, walk by the Spirit\, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For
  the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit\, and the desires of the S
 pirit are against the flesh\; for these are opposed to each other\, to prev
 ent you from doing what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit you are
  not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication\, imp
 urity\, licentiousness\, idolatry\, sorcery\, enmity\, strife\, jealousy\, 
 anger\, selfishness\, dissension\, party spirit\, envy\, murder\, drunkenne
 ss\, carousing\, and the like. I warn you\, as I warned you before\, that t
 hose who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 3:23-38\, 4:1\nAt that time\, Jesus\, when he began his ministry
 \, was about thirty years of age\, being the son (as was supposed) of Josep
 h\, the son of Heli\, the son of Matthat\, the son of Levi\, the son of Mel
 chi\, the son of Jannai\, the son of Joseph\, the son of Mattathias\, the s
 on of Amos\, the son of Nahum\, the son of Esli\, the son of Naggai\, the s
 on of Maath\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Semein\, the son of Josech
 \, the son of Joda\, the son of Joanan\, the son of Rhesa\, the son of Zeru
 bbabel\, the son of Salathiel\, the son of Neri\, the son of Melchi\, the s
 on of Addi\, the son of Cosam\, the son of Elmadam\, the son of Er\, the so
 n of Joshua\, the son of Eliezer\, the son of Jorim\, the son of Matthat\, 
 the son of Levi\, the son of Simeon\, the son of Judah\, the son of Joseph\
 , the son of Jonam\, the son of Eliakim\, the son of Melea\, the son of Men
 na\, the son of Mattatha\, the son of Nathan\, the son of David\, the son o
 f Jesse\, the son of Obed\, the son of Boaz\, the son of Sala\, the son of 
 Nahshon\, the son of Amminadab\, the son of Admin\, the son of Arni\, the s
 on of Hezron\, the son of Perez\, the son of Judah\, the son of Jacob\, the
  son of Isaac\, the son of Abraham\, the son of Terah\, the son of Nahor\, 
 the son of Serug\, the son of Reu\, the son of Peleg\, the son of Eber\, th
 e son of Shelah\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Arphaxad\, the son of Shem
 \, the son of Noah\, the son of Lamech\, the son of Methuselah\, the son of
  Enoch\, the son of Jared\, the son of Mahalaleel\, the son of Cainan\, the
  son of Enos\, the son of Seth\, the son of Adam\, the son of God. And Jesu
 s\, full of the Holy Spirit\, returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the
  Spirit in the wilderness.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\; Christodulus the Wonderworker of Patmos\;
  Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\; Julian the Martyr\; Romanos the Hieroma
 rtyr of Parium\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:10-12:2\n
  Thus says the LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign
  to the peoples\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings shall be g
 lorious. \n\n In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time t
 o recover the remnant which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, from Egy
 pt\, from Pathros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from Hamath\,
  and from the coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for the natio
 ns\, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the dispersed of
  Judah from the four corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim shall d
 epart\, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall not be 
 jealous of Judah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they shall swoo
 p down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, and together they
  shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their hand agai
 nst Edom and Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LORD will u
 tterly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his hand over
  the River with his scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channels that 
 men may cross dryshod.  And there will be a highway from Assyria for the re
 mnant which is left of his people\, as there was for Israel when they came 
 up from the land of Egypt.  \n\n You will say in that day: "I will give tha
 nks to thee\, O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy anger turne
 d away\, and thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\; I will
  trust\, and will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my so
 ng\, and he has become my salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:1
 1-8:3\n In the six hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second month\, on
  the seventeenth day of the month\, on that day all the fountains of the gr
 eat deep burst forth\, and the windows of the heavens were opened.  And rai
 n fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.  On the very same day No
 ah and his sons\, Shem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the three 
 wives of his sons with them entered the ark\, they and every beast accordin
 g to its kind\, and all the cattle according to their kinds\, and every cre
 eping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind\, and every bird
  according to its kind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into the ark 
 with Noah\, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
   And they that entered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as God had
  commanded him\; and the LORD shut him in.  \n\n The flood continued forty 
 days upon the earth\; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ark\, and 
 it rose high above the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased greatly u
 pon the earth\; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And the wat
 ers prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under 
 the whole heaven were covered\; the waters prevailed above the mountains\, 
 covering them fifteen cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved upon the 
 earth\, birds\, cattle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm upon th
 e earth\, and every man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was 
 the breath of life died.  He blotted out every living thing that was upon t
 he face of the ground\, man and animals and creeping things and birds of th
 e air\; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, and thos
 e that were with him in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the earth a
  hundred and fifty days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and al
 l the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over t
 he earth\, and the waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and the wind
 ows of the heavens were closed\, the rain from the heavens was restrained\,
  and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred
  and fifty days the waters had abated.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1
 0:1-22\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sorrow to h
 is mother.  Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit\, but righteousnes
 s delivers from death.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry\, but
  he thwarts the craving of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty\, but t
 he hand of the diligent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is prudent
 \, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on the head
  of the righteous\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  The mem
 ory of the righteous is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked will rot.  
 The wise of heart will heed commandments\, but a prating fool will come to 
 ruin.  He who walks in integrity walks securely\, but he who perverts his w
 ays will be found out.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but he who bo
 ldly reproves makes peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of lif
 e\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up strife\
 , but love covers all offenses.  On the lips of him who has understanding w
 isdom is found\, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.  Wise me
 n lay up knowledge\, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  A rich m
 an's wealth is his strong city\; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.  Th
 e wage of the righteous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to sin.  He 
 who heeds instruction is on the path to life\, but he who rejects reproof g
 oes astray.  He who conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utters slan
 der is a fool.  When words are many\, transgression is not lacking\, but he
  who restrains his lips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is choice 
 silver\; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of the righte
 ous feed many\, but fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of the LORD 
 makes rich\, and he adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\; Eroteis the Martyr of Cappadoci
 a\; Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Le
 tter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as
  last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spect
 acle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, 
 but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held 
 in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, 
 we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our
  own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when sl
 andered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refu
 se of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to ma
 ke you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you
  have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I beca
 me your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be i
 mitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that da
 y\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples we
 re for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them:
  "Peace be with you."  When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and
  his side.  Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus sai
 d to them again\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so 
 I send you."  And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to
  them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are
  forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thom
 as\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus cam
 e.  So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said t
 o them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place my fi
 nger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not 
 believe."\n\nEight days later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and
  Thomas was with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood amon
 g them\, and said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your
  finger here\, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in m
 y side\; do not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My L
 ord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have se
 en me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus 
 did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not writt
 en in this book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is 
 the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in his n
 ame.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Agathangelus the Mar
 tyr\; Righteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians
  3:20-21\;4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we 
 await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to 
 be like his glorious body\, by the power which enables him even to subject 
 all things to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\
 , my joy and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat E
 uodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, tr
 ue yokefellow\, help these women\, for they have labored side by side with 
 me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, 
 whose names are in the book of life. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1
 -5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they ma
 de their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisee
 s said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbat
 h?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he wa
 s in need and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered t
 he house of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the 
 Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also
  gave it to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath w
 as made for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even 
 of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there wh
 o had a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal
  him on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the ma
 n who had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it la
 wful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  B
 ut they were silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at 
 their hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his 
 hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus\; Macrina\, grandmother 
 of St. Basil the Great\; Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea\; Natalios the Martyr
 \; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 21:26-
 32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul took the men\, and the next day he purified himsel
 f with them and went into the temple\, to give notice when the days of puri
 fication would be fulfilled and the offering presented for every one of the
 m. When the seven days were almost completed\, the Jews from Asia\, who had
  seen him in the temple\, stirred up all the crowd\, and laid hands on him\
 , crying out\, "Men of Israel\, help! This is the man who is teaching men e
 verywhere against the people and the law and this place\; moreover he also 
 brought Greeks into the temple\, and he has defiled this holy place." For t
 hey had previously seen Trophimos the Ephesian with him in the city\, and t
 hey supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. Then all the city w
 as aroused\, and the people ran together\; they seized Paul and dragged him
  out of the temple\, and at once the gates were shut. And as they were tryi
 ng to kill him\, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem 
 was in confusion. He at once took soldiers and centurions\, and ran down to
  them\; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers\, they stopped beati
 ng Paul.\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, 
 "The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering servic
 e to God. And they will do this because they have not known the Father\, no
 r me. But I have said these things to you\, that when their hour comes you 
 may remember that I told you of them.\n\n"I did not say these things to you
  from the beginning\, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who
  sent me\; yet none of you asks me\, 'Where are you going?' But because I h
 ave said these things to you\, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless 
 I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away\, for if I do 
 not go away\, the Counselor will not come to you\; but if I go\, I will sen
 d him to you. And when he comes\, he will convince the world concerning sin
  and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin\, because they do not belie
 ve in me\; concerning righteousness\, because I go to the Father\, and you 
 will see me no more\; concerning judgment\, because the ruler of this world
  is judged.\n\n"I have yet many things to say to you\, but you cannot bear 
 them now. When the Spirit of truth comes\, he will guide you into all the t
 ruth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Acindynos\, Pegasios\, Aphthonios\, Elpidophoros\, an
 d Anempodistos\; Domnina\, Domna\, & Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Philippians 2:16-23\nBrethren\, I do not run in vain or labor in vain. 
 Even if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrifical offering of you
 r faith\, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be g
 lad and rejoice with me. I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you so
 on\, so that I may be cheered by news of you. I have no one like him\, who 
 will be genuinely anxious for your welfare. They all look after their own i
 nterests\, not those of Jesus Christ. But Timothy's worth you know\, how as
  a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. I hope therefore 
 to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 11:34-41\nThe Lord said\, "Your eye is the lamp of your body\; when 
 your eye is sound\, your whole body is full of light\; but when it is not s
 ound\, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light i
 n you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light\, having no par
 t dark\, it will be wholly bright\, as when a lamp with its rays gives you 
 light." While he was speaking\, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him\; so 
 he went in and sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did
  not first wash before dinner. And the Lord said to him\, "Now you Pharisee
 s cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish\, but inside you are full 
 of extortion and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside mak
 e the inside also? But give for alms those things which are within and beho
 ld\, everything is clean for you."\n\n
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  and Anempodistos
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Monday\; Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\; Glaphyra the Ri
 ghteous\; Justa the Nun\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-43\
 nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And see
 ing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but l
 eaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" An
 d the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, 
 saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "
 Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not onl
 y do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mount
 ain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever y
 ou ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith. " And when he ente
 red the temple\, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to 
 him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what authority are you doing these 
 things\, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I also wi
 ll ask you a question\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also will te
 ll you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John\, whence wa
 s it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued with one another\, "If we s
 ay\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not believe him?
 ' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for all hol
 d that John was a prophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know." And 
 he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these thi
 ngs. What do you think? A man had two sons\; and he went to the first and s
 aid\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I will 
 not'\; but afterward he repented and went. And he went to the second and sa
 id the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the
  two did the will of his father?" They said\, "The first." Jesus said to th
 em\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the
  kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousnes
 s\, and you did not believe him\, but the tax collectors and the harlots be
 lieved him\; and even when you saw it\, you did not afterward repent and be
 lieve him.\n\n"Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a 
 vineyard and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built
  a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. When 
 the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to ge
 t his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed anoth
 er\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the first
 \; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, sayin
 g\, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they sai
 d to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his i
 nheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard\, and kille
 d him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to 
 those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a miserab
 le death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the 
 fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the 
 scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head
  of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eye
 s'? Therefore I tell you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you a
 nd given to a nation producing the fruits of it."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 24:3-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives\, the discipl
 es came to him privately\, saying\, "Tell us\, when will this be\, and what
  will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?" And Jesus an
 swered them\, "Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come i
 n my name\, saying\, 'I am the Christ\,' and they will lead many astray. An
 d you will hear of wars and rumors of wars\; see that you are not alarmed\;
  for this must take place\, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise ag
 ainst nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\, and there will be famines and 
 earthquakes in various places: all this is but the beginning of the sufferi
 ngs.\n\n Then they will deliver you up to tribulation\, and put you to deat
 h\; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many 
 will fall away\, and betray one another\, and hate one another. And many fa
 lse prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because wickedness is mul
 tiplied\, most men's love will grow cold. But he who endures to the end wil
 l be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the 
 whole world\, as a testimony to all nations\; and then the end will come.\n
 \n So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel
 \, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand)\, then let those 
 who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop not
  go down to take what is in his house\; and let him who is in the field not
  turn back to take his mantle. And alas for those who are with child and fo
 r those who give suck in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in wi
 nter or on a sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation\, such as ha
 s not been from the beginning of the world until now\, no\, and never will 
 be. And if those days had not been shortened\, no human being would be save
 d\; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Then if any
 one says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not belie
 ve it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs
  and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I 
 have told you beforehand. So\, if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wild
 erness\,' do not go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' d
 o not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as fa
 r as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body 
 is\, there the eagles will be gathered together. Immediately after the trib
 ulation of those days the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give
  its light\, and the stars will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the he
 avens will be shaken\; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heave
 n\, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the
  Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; and
  he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gathe
 r his elect from the four winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n\n 
 From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender an
 d puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near. So also\, when you 
 see all these things\, you know that he is near\, at the very gates. Truly\
 , I say to you\, this generation will not pass away till all these things t
 ake place. Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass awa
 y."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\; Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\; Holy Martyrs Ascepsia and Aethal\; Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\;
  Leontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\; The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:1
 -2\; 8-18\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according t
 o the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus\,\n\nTo Timothy\, my beloved
  child:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus o
 ur Lord.\n\nDo not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me hi
 s prisoner\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God\, wh
 o saved us and called us with a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works b
 ut in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Je
 sus ages ago\, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior C
 hrist Jesus\, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light
  through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle
  and teacher\, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I
  know whom I have believed\, and I am sure that he is able to guard until t
 hat Day what has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound word
 s which you have heard from me\, in the faith and love which are in Christ 
 Jesus\; guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit w
 ho dwells within us.\n\nYou are aware that all who are in Asia turned away 
 from me\, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy 
 to the household of Onesiphoros\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not as
 hamed of my chains\, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly
  and found me - may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that 
 Day - and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 21:37-38\, 22:1-8\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in the te
 mple every day\, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Ol
 ivet. And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to 
 hear him. Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, which is called the
  Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put hi
 m to death\; for they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas call
 ed Iscariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he went away and confer
 red with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. An
 d they were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed\, and sought
  an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Then
  came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sa
 crificed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover
  for us\, that we may eat it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/31/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Matthew\; Forefeast of the Precious Cross\; Dionysios th
 e Righteous Martyr of Vatopaidi\; Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\; Eudoc
 imus the Righteous of Cappadocia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn
  the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it
  was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
  So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom
  Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb
 \, and we do not know where they have laid him." Peter then came out with t
 he other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the 
 other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to lo
 ok in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Si
 mon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen 
 cloths lying\, and the napkin\, which had been on his head\, not lying with
  the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other discip
 le\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; 
 for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that he must rise from the dea
 d. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 
 15:1-7\nBrethren\, we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the
  weak\, and not to please ourselves\; let each of us please his neighbor fo
 r his good\, to edify him. For Christ did not please himself\; but\, as it 
 is written\, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me." For 
 whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction\, that 
 by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have h
 ope. May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in su
 ch harmony with one another\, in accord with Christ Jesus\, that together y
 ou may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 Welcome one another\, therefore\, as Christ has welcomed you\, for the glor
 y of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:27-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus passe
 d by\, two blind men followed him\, crying aloud\, "Have mercy on us\, Son 
 of David." When he entered the house\, the blind men came to him\; and Jesu
 s said to them\, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to h
 im\, "Yes\, Lord." Then he touched their eyes\, saying\, "According to your
  faith be it done to you." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly ch
 arged them\, "See that no one knows it." But they went away and spread his 
 fame through all that district.\n\nAs they were going away\, behold\, a dum
 b demoniac was brought to him. And when the demon had been cast out\, the d
 umb man spoke\; and the crowds marveled\, saying\, "Never was anything like
  this seen in Israel." But the Pharisees said\, "He casts out demons by the
  prince of demons."\n\nAnd Jesus went about all the cities and villages\, t
 eaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom\, and h
 ealing every disease and every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Tat
 iana the Martyr of Rome\; Basil and John the Hieromartyrs\; Martyr Mertios\
 ; Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\; Peter of Absalom\; Benedict\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at C
 aesarea\, he went up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch
 . After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place t
 hrough the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples.
  Now a Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was
  an eloquent man\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in
  the way of the Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taugh
 t accurately the things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism 
 of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and
  Aquila heard him\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more 
 accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged
  him\, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he grea
 tly helped those who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confute
 d the Jews in public\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
  \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:39-42\nAt that time\, the Jews tried to arrest
  Jesus\, but he escaped from their hands.  He went away again across the Jo
 rdan to the place where John at first baptized\, and there he remained.  An
 d many came to him\; and they said\, "John did no sign\, but everything tha
 t John said about this man was true." And many believed in him there.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\; Carpos an
 d Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70\; Alexandros the New Martyr of Thessaloniki
 \; George the New of Sofia\; Augustine\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nFast D
 ay (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that t
 ime\, the report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all
  the surrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these thing
 s. And John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\,
  saying\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And w
 hen the men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to 
 you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'"
  In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and 
 on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and t
 ell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the 
 lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised u
 p\, the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes n
 o offense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to spe
 ak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness 
 to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A ma
 n clothed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and
  live in luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A pr
 ophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is
  written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepa
 re your way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is gre
 ater than John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than 
 he." When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified G
 od\, having been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and 
 the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been ba
 ptized by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is 
 the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our
  hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face 
 of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that t
 he transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in ev
 ery way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecu
 ted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying 
 in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be mani
 fested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to de
 ath for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mo
 rtal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have 
 the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke
 \," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord 
 Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence
 .  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more 
 people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deed
 s of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you 
 he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\
 , "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight an
 d the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are 
 raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he
  who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to t
 he crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to beho
 ld? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man cloth
 ed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' hous
 es. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more
  than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my mes
 senger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I
  say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than
  John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater
  than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven
  has been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all th
 e prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to ac
 cept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him he
 ar."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aristarchus\, Pudens\, Trophimus the Apostles of the 70\; Thomais the 
 Martyr of Alexandria\; Ardalion the Actor and Martyr\; Demetrios the New-Ma
 rtyr of Arcadia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 65:8-16\nTh
 us says the LORD: "As the wine is found in the cluster\, and they say\, 'Do
  not destroy it\, for there is a blessing in it\,' so I will do for my serv
 ants' sake\, and not destroy them all.  I will bring forth descendants from
  Jacob\, and from Judah inheritors of my mountains\; my chosen shall inheri
 t it\, and my servants shall dwell there.  Sharon shall become a pasture fo
 r flocks\, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down\, for my p
 eople who have sought me.  But you who forsake the LORD\, who forget my hol
 y mountain\, who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for De
 stiny\; I will destine you to the sword\, and all of you shall bow down to 
 the slaughter\; because\, when I called\, you did not answer\, when I spoke
 \, you did not listen\, but you did what was evil in my eyes\, and chose wh
 at I did not delight in."  Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold\, my s
 ervants shall eat\, but you shall be hungry\; behold\, my servants shall dr
 ink\, but you shall be thirsty\; behold\, my servants shall rejoice\, but y
 ou shall be put to shame\; behold\, my servants shall sing for gladness of 
 heart\, but you shall cry out for pain of heart\, and shall wail for anguis
 h of spirit.  You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse\, and the 
 Lord GOD will slay you\; but his servants he will call by a different name.
   So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God
  of truth\, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of 
 truth\; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hid from my eyes.
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 46:1-7\n So Israel took his journey with
  all that he had\, and came to Beersheba\, and offered sacrifices to the Go
 d of his father Isaac.  And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night\, a
 nd said\, "Jacob\, Jacob." And he said\, "Here am I."  Then he said\, "I am
  God\, the God of your father\; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt\; for 
 I will there make of you a great nation.  I will go down with you to Egypt\
 , and I will also bring you up again\; and Joseph's hand shall close your e
 yes."  Then Jacob set out from Beersheba\; and the sons of Israel carried J
 acob their father\, their little ones\, and their wives\, in the wagons whi
 ch Pharaoh had sent to carry him.  They also took their cattle and their go
 ods\, which they had gained in the land of Canaan\, and came into Egypt\, J
 acob and all his offspring with him\, his sons\, and his sons' sons with hi
 m\, his daughters\, and his sons' daughters\; all his offspring he brought 
 with him into Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 23:15-24:5\nMy son\
 , if your heart is wise\, my heart too will be glad.  My soul will rejoice 
 when your lips speak what is right.  Let not your heart envy sinners\, but 
 continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.  Surely there is a future\, a
 nd your hope will not be cut off.  Hear\, my son\, and be wise\, and direct
  your mind in the way.  Be not among winebibbers\, or among gluttonous eate
 rs of meat\; for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty\, and dr
 owsiness will clothe a man with rags.  Hearken to your father who begot you
 \, and do not despise your mother when she is old.  Buy truth\, and do not 
 sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruction\, and understanding.  The father of the 
 righteous will greatly rejoice\; he who begets a wise son will be glad in h
 im.  Let your father and mother be glad\, let her who bore you rejoice.  My
  son\, give me your heart\, and let your eyes observe my ways.  For a harlo
 t is a deep pit\; an adventuress is a narrow well.  She lies in wait like a
  robber and increases the faithless among men.  Who has woe? Who has sorrow
 ? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who ha
 s redness of eyes?  Those who tarry long over wine\, those who go to try mi
 xed wine.  Do not look at wine when it is red\, when it sparkles in the cup
  and goes down smoothly.  At the last it bites like a serpent\, and stings 
 like an adder.  Your eyes will see strange things\, and your mind utter per
 verse things.  You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea\,
  like one who lies on the top of a mast.  "They struck me\," you will say\,
  "but I was not hurt\; they beat me\, but I did not feel it. When shall I a
 wake? I will seek another drink."  Be not envious of evil men\, nor desire 
 to be with them\; for their minds devise violence\, and their lips talk of 
 mischief.  By wisdom a house is built\, and by understanding it is establis
 hed\; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant rich
 es.  A wise man is mightier than a strong man\, and a man of knowledge than
  he who has strength.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220929
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Chariton the Confessor\; Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolita
 n of Nicopolis\; Old Epirus\; Baruch the Prophet\; Neophytos & Auxentios th
 e Martyrs of Cyprus\; Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God 
 who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts 
 to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chris
 t.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the trans
 cendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\
 , but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, bu
 t not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the b
 ody the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested i
 n our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for 
 Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal fle
 sh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same
  spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we t
 oo believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus wi
 ll raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For i
 t is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people i
 t may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd o
 f his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusale
 m and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be heale
 d of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were
  cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from 
 him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and 
 said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are
  you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that we
 ep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when
  they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on acco
 unt of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold
 \, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Bucolus\, Bishop of 
 Smyrna\; Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\; Afterfeast of the Presen
 tation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Ilyan of Homs\n\nFast Free\n\
 nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come
  to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfo
 ld by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a rob
 ber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him th
 e gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep 
 by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes b
 efore them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger
  they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know 
 the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did no
 t understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Tru
 ly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before
  me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the doo
 r\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and
  find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it w
 as fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unst
 ained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need
 \, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own 
 sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he of
 fered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high 
 priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoin
 ts a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are 
 saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right
  hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary 
 and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Re
 ading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by 
 me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief
  comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\
 , and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays 
 down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, who
 se own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and fl
 ees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is
  a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I kn
 ow my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father
 \; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are
  not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. S
 o there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bis
 hop of Assa\; 10\,000 Fathers martyred in Egypt\; Apollonios the Martyr\; D
 eposition of the Precious Robe of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\; Righteo
 us Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\; Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 3:28-31\;4:1-3\nBrethren\, we hold that a man is
  justified by faith apart from works of law. Or is God the God of Jews only
 ? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes\, of Gentiles also\, since God is
  one\; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and
  the uncircumcised through their faith. Do we then overthrow the law by thi
 s faith? By no means! On the contrary\, we uphold the law. What then shall 
 we say about Abraham\, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraha
 m was justified by works\, he has something to boast about\, but not before
  God. For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God\, and it was r
 eckoned to him as righteousness."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:24-29\; 8:1-
 4\nThe Lord said\, "Every one who hears these words of mine and does them w
 ill be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock\; and the rain fel
 l\, and the floods came\, and the winds blew and beat upon that house\, but
  it did not fall\, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one w
 ho hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish ma
 n who built his house upon the sand\; and the rain fell\, and the floods ca
 me\, and the winds blew and beat against that house\, and it fell\; and gre
 at was the fall of it." And when Jesus finished these sayings\, the crowds 
 were astonished at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who had authori
 ty\, and not as their scribes. When he came down from the mountain\, great 
 crowds followed him\; and behold\, a leper came to him and knelt before him
  saying\, "Lord\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched ou
 t his hand and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately 
 his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him\, "See that you say nothing
  to any one\; but go\, show yourself to the priest\, and offer the gift tha
 t Moses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Sunday of All Saints\; Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Barnabas the
  Holy Apostle\; Revelation of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos b
 y the Archangel Gabriel\; Luke of Simferopol\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matt
 hew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the 
 mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worsh
 iped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authori
 ty in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disci
 ples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son 
 and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded yo
 u\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through fa
 ith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the
  mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, w
 on strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to 
 flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, ref
 using to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Othe
 rs suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They 
 were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed 
 with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, 
 afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering     
     over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all 
 these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was prom
 ised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us 
 they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so 
 great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin w
 hich clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is 
 set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowl
 edge before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\,
  I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves fath
 er or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or dau
 ghter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross
  and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we h
 ave left everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus sai
 d to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man 
 shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit o
 n twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who 
 has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or l
 ands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eterna
 l life.  But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Sylv
 ester\, Pope of Rome\; Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Seraphim the
  Wonderworker of Sarov\; Juliana the Righteous\; Theagenes the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Parios\; Theopemptos\; Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargy
 roi\; Righteous Mark the Deaf\; Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\; Sergios\; Theo
 pistos the Martyr\; George the New Martyr of Georgia\; Nilos the Sanctified
 \; Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 5:4
 -10\nBRETHREN\, one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called
  by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be mad
 e a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my S
 on\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou
  art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." In the days of hi
 s flesh\, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications\, with loud cries and 
 tears\, to him who was able to save him from death\, and he was heard for h
 is godly fear. Although he was a Son\, he learned obedience through what he
  suffered\; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvatio
 n to all who obey him\, being designated by God a high priest after the ord
 er of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\nAt that time\, there wa
 s a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man 
 came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a te
 acher come from God\; for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless Go
 d is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless
  one is born from above\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said
  to him\, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time
  into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, unless one is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter th
 e kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which
  is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You m
 ust be born from above.' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the
  sound of it\, and you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so 
 it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "Ho
 w can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet
  you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of wha
 t we know\, and bear witness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive 
 our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe\, h
 ow can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into 
 heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. 
 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of m
 an be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Saturday after Pascha\; Pachomius the Great\; Achillius the Wonder
 worker\, Archbishop of Larissa\; Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra\; Andr
 ew the Hermit & Wonderworker\; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle
  Titus\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:21-32\nIn those days\, the apostles enter
 ed the temple and taught. Now the high priest came and those who were with 
 him and called together the council and all the senate of Israel\, and sent
  to the prison to have them brought. But when the officers came\, they did 
 not find them in the prison\, and they returned and reported\, 'We found th
 e prison securely locked and the sentries standing at the doors\, but when 
 we opened it we found no one inside." Now when the captain of the temple an
 d the chief priests heard these words\, they were much perplexed about them
 \, wondering what this would come to. And some one came and told them\, "Th
 e men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the pe
 ople." Then the captain with the officers went and brought them\, but witho
 ut violence\, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.\n\nAnd wh
 en they had brought them\, they set them before the council. And the high p
 riest questioned them\, saying\, "We strictly charged you not to teach in t
 his name\, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you in
 tend to bring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and the apostles answere
 d\, "We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised Jesus 
 whom you killed by hanging on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as 
 Leader and Savior\, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. A
 nd we are witnesses to these things\, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God ha
 s given to those who obey him."\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:14-27\nAt that ti
 me\, when the people saw the sign which Jesus had done\, they said\, "This 
 is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!"\n\nPerceiving then th
 at they were about to come and take him by force to make him king\, Jesus w
 ithdrew again to the mountain by himself.\n\nWhen evening came\, his discip
 les went down to the sea\, entered a boat\, and started across the sea to C
 apernaum. It was now dark\, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea ros
 e because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or fou
 r miles\, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat. T
 hey were frightened\, but he said to them\, "It is I\; do not be afraid." T
 hen they were glad to take him into the boat\, and immediately the boat was
  at the land to which they were going.\n\nOn the next day the people who re
 mained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat t
 here\, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples\, but tha
 t his disciples had gone away alone. However\, boats from Tiberias came nea
 r the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. So wh
 en the people saw that Jesus was not there\, nor his disciples\, they thems
 elves entered the boats and went to Capernaum\, seeking Jesus.\n\nWhen they
  found him on the other side of the sea\, they said to him\, "Rabbi\, when 
 did you come here?" Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, y
 ou seek me\, not because you saw signs\, but because you ate your fill of t
 he loaves. Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but for the food whic
 h endures to eternal life which the Son of man will give to you\; for on hi
 m has God the Father set his seal."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\; Manuel\, Sabel\, 
 & Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\; Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the M
 onastery of Ikanhoe\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 3
 :19-24\nBrethren\, we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those wh
 o are under the law\, so that every mouth may be stopped\, and the whole wo
 rld may be held accountable to God. For no human being will be justified in
  his sight by works of the law\, since through the law comes knowledge of s
 in. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law\, a
 lthough the law and the prophets bear witness to it\, the righteousness of 
 God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no dist
 inction\; since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\, they a
 re justified by his grace as a gift\, through the redemption which is in Ch
 rist Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:1-8\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, 
 that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be jud
 ged\, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see 
 the speck that is in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is
  in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Let me take the spe
 ck out of your eye\,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite\
 , first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly to
  take the speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy\; 
 and do not throw your pearls before swine\, lest they trample them under fo
 ot and turn to attack you. Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you 
 will find\; knock\, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks re
 ceives\, and he who seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Second Saturday of Lent\; Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Theodo
 ra the Righteous\; Pionios the Presbyter\; George the New Wonderworker of C
 onstantinople\; Trophimos and Thallos the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 3:12-16\nBRETHREN\, take care lest th
 ere be in any of you an evil\, unbelieving heart\, leading you to fall away
  from the living God. But exhort one another every day\, as long as it is c
 alled "today\," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of si
 n. For we share in Christ\, if only we hold our first confidence firm to th
 e end\, while it is said\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden
  your hearts as in the rebellion." Who were they that heard and yet were re
 bellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses
 ? \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to a lone
 ly place\, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him pursu
 ed him\, and they found him and said to him\, "Everyone is searching for yo
 u." And he said to them\, "Let us go on to the next towns\, that I may prea
 ch there also\; for that is why I came out." And he went throughout all Gal
 ilee\, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. And a leper ca
 me to him beseeching him\, and kneeling said to him\, "If you will\, you ca
 n make me clean." Moved with pity\, he stretched out his hand and touched h
 im\, and said to him\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately the leprosy lef
 t him\, and he was made clean. And he sternly charged him\, and sent him aw
 ay at once\, and said to him\, "See that you say nothing to any one\; but g
 o\, show yourself to a priest\, and offer for your cleansing what Moses com
 manded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\; Kallistos I\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki\n\nFast Day (Fish Allow
 ed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 7:14-8:2\nBrethren\, we know that the law is
  spiritual\; but I am carnal\, sold under sin. I do not understand my own a
 ctions. For I do not do what I want\, but I do the very thing I hate. Now i
 f I do what I do not want\, I agree that the law is good. So then it is no 
 longer I that do it\, but sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothi
 ng good dwells within me\, that is\, in my flesh. I can will what is right\
 , but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want\, but the evil I do n
 ot want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want\, it is no longer I th
 at do it\, but sin which dwells within me.\n\nSo I find it to be a law that
  when I want to do right\, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the la
 w of God\, in my inmost self\, but I see in my members another law at war w
 ith the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells
  in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body 
 of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then\, I of my
 self serve the law of God with my mind\, but with my flesh I serve the law 
 of sin.\n\nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Chri
 st Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free
  from the law of sin and death.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:9-15\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples\, "Take no gold\, nor silver\, nor copper in your b
 elts\, no bag for your journey\, nor two tunics\, nor sandals\, nor a staff
 \; for the laborer deserves his food. And whatever town or village you ente
 r\, find out who is worthy in it\, and stay with him until you depart. As y
 ou enter the house\, salute it. And if the house is worthy\, let your peace
  come upon it\; but if it is not worthy\, let your peace return to you. And
  if any one will not receive you or listen to your words\, shake off the du
 st from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I say to you\, it 
 shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Go
 morrah than for that town."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Palm Sunday\; Symeon the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Persepolis\, and thos
 e with him\; Makarios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Agapetos of Rome\; Hadrian the 
 New-Martyr\; Donnan\, Abbot of Eigg\, and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\nFast
  Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-11\; 15-17\nAt t
 hat time\, when Jesus drew near to  Jerusalem and came to Bethphage\, to th
 e Mount of Olives\, he sent two disciples\, saying to them\, "Go into the v
 illage opposite you\, and immediately you will find a donkey tied\, and a c
 olt with her\; untie them and bring them to me. If any one says anything to
  you\, you shall say\, 'The Lord has need of them\,' and he will send them 
 immediately." This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet\, s
 aying\,\n\n"Tell the daughter of Zion\,\nBehold\, your king is coming to yo
 u\,\nhumble and mounted on a donkey\,\nand on a colt\, the foal of a donkey
 ."\n\nThe disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them\; they brought 
 the donkey and the colt\, and put their garments on them\, and he sat there
 on. Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road\, and others cut br
 anches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went
  before him and that followed him shouted\, "Hosanna to the Son of David! B
 lessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" An
 d when he entered Jerusalem\, all the city was stirred\, saying\, "Who is t
 his?" And the crowds said\, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Gal
 ilee." But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that
  he did\, and the children crying out in the temple\, "Hosanna to the Son o
 f David!" they were indignant\; and they said to him\, "Do you hear what th
 ey are saying?" And Jesus said to them\, "Yes\; have you never read\,\n\n'O
 ut of the mouths of babes and sucklings\,\nyou have brought perfect praise'
 ?"\n\nAnd leaving them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged ther
 e.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 4:4-9\nBRETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord al
 ways\; again I will say\, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The L
 ord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything\, but in everything by praye
 r and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God
 . And the peace of God\, which passes all understanding\, will keep your he
 arts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally\, brethren\, whatever is true\
 , whatever is honorable\, whatever is just\, whatever is pure\, whatever is
  lovely\, whatever is gracious\, if there is any excellence\, if there is a
 nything worthy of praise\, think about these things. What you have learned 
 and received and heard and seen in me\, do\; and the God of peace will be w
 ith you. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:1-18\nSix days before Passover\, Jesus
  came to Bethany\, where Lazaros was\, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
  There they made him a supper\; Martha served\, and Lazaros was one of thos
 e at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and 
 anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair\; and the house
  was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot\, one of
  his disciples (he who was to betray him)\, said "Why was this ointment not
  sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said\, not 
 that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief\, and as he had the m
 oney box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said\, "Let her alone\
 , let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with y
 ou\, but you do not always have me."\n\n When the great crowd of the Jews l
 earned that he was there\, they came\, not only on account of Jesus but als
 o to see Lazaros\, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests p
 lanned to put Lazaros also to death\, because on account of him many of the
  Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.\n\n The next day a great crow
 d who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So th
 ey took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him\, crying\, "Hosanna
 ! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord\, even the King of Israel
 !" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it\; as it is written\, "Fea
 r not\, daughter of Zion\; behold\, your king is coming\, sitting on a donk
 ey's colt!" His disciples did not understand this at first\; but when Jesus
  was glorified\, then they remembered that this had been written of him and
  had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Laza
 ros out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason w
 hy the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14th Sunday of Luke\; Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Agathan
 gelus the Martyr\; Righteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nMatins Gospel R
 eading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the we
 ek\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, J
 esus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When
  he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the discip
 les were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be
  with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he h
 ad said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Sp
 irit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain t
 he sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, ca
 lled the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples 
 told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in hi
 s hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nai
 ls\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days lat
 er\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The
  doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace b
 e with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my h
 ands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithles
 s\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said
  to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those w
 ho have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the
  presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these
  are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God
 \, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: I 
 Timothy 1:15-17\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy of full a
 cceptance\, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.  And I a
 m the foremost of sinners\; but I received mercy for this reason\, that in 
 me\, as the foremost\, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for 
 an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.  To the Ki
 ng of ages\, immortal\, invisible\, the only God\, be honor and glory to th
 e ages of ages.  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43\nAt that time\, as 
 Jesus drew near to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the roadside beggin
 g\; and hearing a multitude going by\, he inquired what this meant. They to
 ld him\, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried\, "Jesus\, Son of 
 David\, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him\, tellin
 g him to be silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of David\, have m
 ercy on me!" And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to be brought to him\; a
 nd when he came near\, he asked him\, "What do you want me to do for you?" 
 He said\, "Lord\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him\, "Receiv
 e your sight\; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received h
 is sight and followed him\, glorifying God\; and all the people\, when they
  saw it\, gave praise to God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Gre
 gory of Nyssa\; Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\; Theosebia the Deaconess\, s
 ister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\; Markianos\, Priest and Oikono
 mos of the Great Church\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, gr
 ace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Ther
 efore it is said\, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives\, an
 d he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He ascended\," what does it mean but
  that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who desce
 nded is he who also ascended far above all the heavens\, that he might fill
  all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles\, some prophe
 ts\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, to equip the saints for
  the work of ministry\, for building up the body of Christ\, until we all a
 ttain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to
  mature manhood\, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who ha
 d been reproved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, and for all the
  evil things that Herod had done\, added this to them all\, that he shut up
  John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, and when Jesus als
 o had been baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened\, and the Holy 
 Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a voice came fro
 m heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1
 4-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was r
 aised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do
  you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that
  I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to hi
 m\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; 
 you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him
  the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved
  because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to h
 im\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to
  him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\,
  you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, yo
 u will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you whe
 re you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to gl
 orify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and s
 aw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his
  breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to bet
 ray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this m
 an?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, wh
 at is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren 
 that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he wa
 s not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what i
 s that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things
 \, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is tru
 e. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of
  them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the
  books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 11:2
 1-33\;12:1-9\nBrethren\, whatever anyone dares to boast of -- I am speaking
  as a fool -- I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are 
 they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are the
 y servants of Christ? I am a better one -- I am talking like a madman -- wi
 th far greater labors\, far more imprisonments\, with countless beatings\, 
 and often near death. Five times I have received at the hands of the Jews t
 he forty lashes less one. Three times I have been beaten with rods\; once I
  was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked\; a night and a day I have
  been adrift at sea\; on frequent journeys\, in danger from rivers\, danger
  from robbers\, danger from my own people\, danger from Gentiles\, danger i
 n the city\, danger in the wilderness\, danger at sea\, danger from false b
 rethren\; in toil and hardship\, through many a sleepless night\, in hunger
  and thirst\, often without food\, in cold and exposure. And\, apart from o
 ther things\, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the
  churches. Who is weak\, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall\, and I am 
 not indignant?\n\nIf I must boast\, I will boast of the things that show my
  weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for eve
 r\, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas g
 uarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me\, but I was let down in a 
 basket through a window in the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n\nI must boas
 t\; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and r
 evelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was c
 aught up to the third heaven -- whether in the body or out of the body I do
  not know\, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise
  -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and
  he heard things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter. On behalf o
 f this man I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of
  my weaknesses. Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I s
 hall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no one may thin
 k more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. And to keep me from being
  too elated by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the f
 lesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elat
 ed. Three times I besought the Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; 
 but he said to me\, "My grace is sufficient for you\, for my power is made 
 perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, t
 hat the power of Christ may rest upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-
 19\nAt that time\, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\,
  he asked his disciples\, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?" And they
  said\, "Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremia
 h or one of the prophets." He said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?
 " Simon Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\, the Son of the living God." A
 nd Jesus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and bl
 ood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I te
 ll you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my church\, and the 
 gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of th
 e kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heav
 en\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\; John the Russian of Evia\; Theodora t
 he Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\; Venerable Bede\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Acts 10:34-43\nIn those days\, Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I pe
 rceive that God shows no partiality\, but in every nation any one who fears
  him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the word which h
 e sent to Israel\, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord
  of all)\, the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea\, beginning f
 rom Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus o
 f Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power\; how he went about doing go
 od and healing all that were oppressed by the devil\, for God was with him.
  And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Jews an
 d in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree\; but God ra
 ised him on the third day and made him manifest\; not to all the people but
  to us who were chosen by God as witnesses\, who ate and drank with him aft
 er he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people\, and
  to testify that he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living an
 d the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that every one who believe
 s in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."\n\nGospel Reading:
  John 8:12-20\nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the 
 world\; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the lig
 ht of life." The Pharisees then said to him\, "You are bearing witness to y
 ourself\; your testimony is not true." Jesus answered\, "Even if I do bear 
 witness to myself\, my testimony is true\, for I know whence I have come an
 d whither I am going\, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am go
 ing. You judge according to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do ju
 dge\, my judgment is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he
  who sent me. In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is tr
 ue\; I bear witness to myself\, and the Father who sent me bears witness to
  me." They said to him therefore\, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered\,
  "You know neither me nor my Father\; if you knew me\, you would know my Fa
 ther also." These words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taught in the temp
 le\; but no one arrested him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\; Maximus the Confessor\; Our Righteou
 s Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\; Dorotheus\, Abba of 
 Gaza\; Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 
 11:8-23\nBrethren\, man was not made from woman\, but woman from man. Neith
 er was man created for woman\, but woman for man. That is why a woman ought
  to have a veil on her head because of the angels. (Nevertheless\, in the L
 ord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman\; for as woman was mad
 e from man\, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.) Jud
 ge for yourselves\; is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head u
 ncovered? Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair
  is degrading to him\, but if a woman has long hair\, it is to her pride? F
 or her hair is given to her for a covering. If anyone is disposed to be con
 tentious\, we recognize no other practice\, nor do the churches of God. But
  in the following instructions I do not commend you\, because when you come
  together it is not for the better but for the worse. For\, in the first pl
 ace\, when you assemble as a church\, I hear that there are divisions among
  you\; and I partly believe it\, for there must be factions among you in or
 der that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. When you meet t
 ogether\, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. For in eating\, each on
 e goes ahead with his own meal\, and one is hungry and another is drunk. Wh
 at! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the churc
 h of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Sha
 ll I commend you in this? No\, I will not. For I have received from the Lor
 d what I also delivered to you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:10-18\nAt tha
 t time\, the disciples asked Jesus\, "Then why do the scribes say that firs
 t Elijah must come?" He replied\, "Elijah does come and he is to restore al
 l things\; but I tell you that Elijah has already come\, and they did not k
 now him\, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will
  suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was speaking
  to them of John the Baptist. And when they came to the crowd\, a man came 
 up to him and kneeling before him said\, "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for
  he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly\; for often he falls into the f
 ire\, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples\, and t
 hey could not heal him." And Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse gen
 eration\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bri
 ng him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\,
  and the boy was cured instantly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring\; The Holy Hieroma
 rtyr Januarius and Those With Him\; Our Holy Father Maximian\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\; Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge\;
  Alexandra the Martyr\; Anastasios the Monk of Sinai\; Beuno\, Abbot of Cly
 nnog\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:1-8\nIn those days\, Peter and
  John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. A
 nd a man lame from birth was being carried\, whom they laid daily at the ga
 te of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered
  the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple\, he asked f
 or alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look 
 at us." And he fixed his attention upon them\, expecting to receive somethi
 ng from them. But Peter said\, "I have no silver and gold\, but I give you 
 what I have\; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, walk." And he took 
 him by the right hand and raised him up\; and immediately his feet and ankl
 es were made strong. And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the tem
 ple with them\, walking and leaping and praising God.\n\nGospel Reading: Jo
 hn 2:12-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Capernaum with his mother and his 
 brothers and his disciples\; and there they stayed for a few days.\n\nThe P
 assover of the Jews was at hand\, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the te
 mple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the m
 oney-changers at their business. And making a whip of cords\, he drove them
  all\, with the sheep and oxen\, out of the temple\; and he poured out the 
 coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those 
 who sold the pigeons\, "Take these things away\; you shall not make my Fath
 er's house a house of trade." His disciples remembered that it was written\
 , "Zeal for your house will consume me." The Jews then said to him\, "What 
 sign have you to show us for doing this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy th
 is temple\, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "It
  has taken forty-six years to build this temple\, and will you raise it up 
 in three days?" But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he w
 as raised from the dead\, his disciples remembered that he had said this\; 
 and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\; Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\; Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\; John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\; Righteous Philotheus\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6-11\
 nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sow
 s bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made u
 p his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful
  giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance\, s
 o that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundanc
 e for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to
  the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to th
 e sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and incr
 ease the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way f
 or great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 9:49-56\nAt that time\, one of Jesus' disciples came 
 to him and said\, "Master\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, 
 and we forbade him\, because he does not follow with us." But Jesus said to
  him\, "Do not forbid him\; for he that is not against you is for you." Whe
 n the days drew near for him to be received up\, he set his face to go to J
 erusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went and entered a vill
 age of the Samaritans\, to make ready for him\; but the people would not re
 ceive him\, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his discipl
 es James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lord\, do you want us to bid fire c
 ome down from heaven and consume them as Elijah did?" But he turned and reb
 uked them. And they went on to another village.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joannicius the Great\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra
 \, and Hermias the Presbyter\; Porphyrios the Mime\; Emperor John Batatze t
 he Merciful\; George Karslidis of Pontos\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 3:
 1-8\nBrethren\, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not
  irksome to me\, and is safe for you. Look out for the dogs\, look out for 
 the evil-workers\, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are th
 e true circumcision\, who worship God in spirit\, and glory in Christ Jesus
 \, and put no confidence in the flesh. Though  I myself have reason for con
 fidence in the flesh also. If any other man  thinks he has reason for confi
 dence in the flesh\, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day\, of the pe
 ople of Israel\, of the tribe of Benjamin\, a Hebrew born of Hebrews\; as t
 o the law a Pharisee\, as to zeal a persecutor of the church\, as to righte
 ousness under the law blameless. But whatever gain I had\, I counted as los
 s for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as loss because of the 
 surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffe
 red the loss of all things\, and count them as refuse\, in order that I may
  gain Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:47-54\; 12:1\nThe Lord said to the
  Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the pro
 phets whom your fathers killed. So you are witnesses and consent to the dee
 ds of your fathers\; for they killed them\, and you build their tombs. Ther
 efore also the Wisdom of God said\, 'I will send them prophets and apostles
 \, some of whom they will kill and persecute\,' that the blood of all the p
 rophets\, shed from the foundation of the world\, may be required of this g
 eneration\, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias\, who perished
  between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes\, I tell you\, it shall be requir
 ed of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key 
 of knowledge\; you did not enter yourselves\, and you hindered those who we
 re entering." As he went away from there\, the scribes and the Pharisees be
 gan to press him hard\, and to provoke him to speak of many things\, lying 
 in wait for him\, to catch at something he might say. In the meantime\, whe
 n so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod u
 pon one another\, he began to say to his disciples first\, "Beware of the l
 eaven of the Pharisees\, which is hypocrisy."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologi
 an\, & John Chrysostom\; Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\; Athanasia the Martyr &
  her 3 daughters\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I
  am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in 
 and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destr
 oy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the goo
 d shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is
  a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wol
 f coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and sc
 atters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the s
 heep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the F
 ather knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep
 .  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them a
 lso\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shephe
 rd."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren
 \, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; conside
 r the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is th
 e same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and
  strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace
 \, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an alt
 ar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodie
 s of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high pr
 iest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suf
 fered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own bloo
 d.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he
  endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is
  to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of prai
 se to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not 
 neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are ple
 asing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be h
 id.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, a
 nd it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\
 , that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in
  heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; 
 I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to 
 you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass
  from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the l
 east of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in th
 e kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called
  great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Ac
 acius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\; Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonder
 worker\; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Ap
 ostles 12:25\; 13:1-12\nIn those days\, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jer
 usalem when they had fulfilled their mission\, bringing with them John whos
 e other name was Mark. Now in the Church at Antioch there were prophets and
  teachers\, Barnabas\, Simeon who was called Niger\, Lucius of Cyrene\, Man
 aen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch\, and Saul. While they were
  worshipping the Lord and fasting\, the Holy Spirit said\, "Set apart for m
 e Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then after f
 asting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. So\, be
 ing sent out by the Holy Spirit\, they went down to Seleucia\; and from the
 re they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis\, they proclaimed th
 e word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist th
 em. When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos\, they cam
 e upon a certain magician\, a Jewish false prophet\, named Bar-Jesus. He wa
 s with the proconsul\, Sergius Paulus\, a man of intelligence\, who summone
 d Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the magi
 cian (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them\, seeking to turn
  away the proconsul from the faith. But Saul\, who is also called Paul\, fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit\, looked intently at him and said\, "You son of t
 he devil\, you enemy of all righteousness\, full of all deceit and villainy
 \, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? And now
 \, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon you\, and you shall be blind and u
 nable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon h
 im and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. Then the proco
 nsul believed\, when he saw what had occurred\, for he was astonished at th
 e teaching of the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:51-59\nThe Lord said to t
 he Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps 
 my word\, he will never see death." The Jews said to him\, "Now we know tha
 t you have a demon. Abraham died\, as did the prophets\; and you say\, 'If 
 any one keeps my word\, he will never taste death.' Are you greater than ou
 r father Abraham\, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?
 " Jesus answered\, "If I glorify myself\, my glory is nothing\; it is my Fa
 ther who glorifies me\, of whom you say that he is your God. But you have n
 ot known him\; I know him. If I said\, I do not know him\, I should be a li
 ar like you\; but I do know him and I keep his word. Your father Abraham re
 joiced that he was to see my day\; and he saw it and was glad." The Jews th
 en said to him\, "You are not yet fifty years old\, and have you seen Abrah
 am?" Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, before Abraham wa
 s\, I am." So they took up stones to throw at him\; but Jesus hid himself\,
  and went out of the temple.\n\n
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  Acacius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Luke\; Paul of Thebes\; John the Hut-Dweller\; Pansophi
 os the Martyr of Alexandria\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the
  evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut whe
 re the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among the
 m and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed
  them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw th
 e Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has se
 nt Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on the
 m and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of a
 ny\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained.
 " Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when
  Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But
  he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and 
 place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, 
 I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the hou
 se\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and sto
 od among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put
  your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it
  in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "
 My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you hav
 e seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus 
 did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not writt
 en in this book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is 
 the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His
  name.\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, when Christ who is
  our life appears\, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to dea
 th therefore what is earthly in you: fornication\, impurity\, passion\, evi
 l desire\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. On account of these the wr
 ath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walke
 d\, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger\, wrath\, mali
 ce\, slander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another\, s
 eeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put 
 on the new nature\, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of 
 its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and uncircumc
 ised\, barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, and in
  all.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:12-19\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered a v
 illage\, he was met by ten lepers\, who stood at a distance and lifted up t
 heir voices and said:  "Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us."  When he saw th
 em he said to them\, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they w
 ent they were cleansed.  Then one of them\, when he saw that he was healed\
 , turned back\, praising God with a loud voice\; and he fell on his face at
  Jesus's feet\, giving him thanks.  Now he was a Samaritan.  Then said Jesu
 s: "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?  Was no one found to return 
 and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Rise an
 d go your way\; your faith has made you well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Righteous\; John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusta
 thius\, Bishop of Antioch\; Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day 
 (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Jude 1:1-10\nJude\, a
  servant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of James\,\n\nTo those who are calle
 d\, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:\n\nMay mercy\, pea
 ce\, and love be multiplied to you.\n\nBeloved\, being very eager to write 
 to you of our common salvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing to
  you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saint
 s.  For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were design
 ated for this condemnation\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our G
 od into licentiousness and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ.\
 n\nNow I desire to remind you\, though you were once for all fully informed
 \, that the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt\, afterward destro
 yed those who did not believe.  And the angels that did not keep their own 
 position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal ch
 ains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day\; just as Sodo
 m and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities\, which likewise acted immorally 
 and indulged in unnatural lust\, serve as an example by undergoing a punish
 ment of eternal fire.\n\nYet in like manner these men in their dreamings de
 file the flesh\, reject authority\, and revile the glorious ones.  But when
  the archangel Michael\, contending with the devil\, disputed about the bod
 y of Moses\, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him\,
  but said\, "The Lord rebuke you."  But these men revile whatever they do n
 ot understand\, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrationa
 l animals\, they are destroyed. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 22:39-42\, 45-71\;
  23:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus came out\, he went\, as was his custom\, t
 o the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.  And when he came t
 o the place he said to them\, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation.
 "  And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw\, and knelt down and pra
 yed\, "Father\, if you are willing\, remove this cup from me\; nevertheless
  not my will\, but yours\, be done."  And when he rose from prayer\, he cam
 e to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow\, and he said to them
 \, "Why do you sleep?  Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation
 ."\n\nWhile he was still speaking\, there came a crowd\, and the man called
  Judas\, one of the twelve\, was leading them.  He drew near to Jesus to ki
 ss him\; but Jesus said to him\, "Judas\, would you betray the Son of man w
 ith a kiss?"  And when those who were about him saw what would follow\, the
 y said\, "Lord\, shall we strike with the sword?"  And one of them struck t
 he slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.  But Jesus said\, "N
 o more of this!"  And he touched his ear and healed him.  Then Jesus said t
 o the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders\, who had come ou
 t against him\, "Have you come out as against a robber\, with swords and cl
 ubs?  When I was with you day after day in the temple\, you did not lay han
 ds on me.  But this is your hour\, and the power of darkness."\n\nThen they
  seized him and led him away\, bringing him into the high priest's house.  
 Peter followed at a distance\; and when they had kindled a fire in the midd
 le of the courtyard and sat down together\, Peter sat among them.  Then a m
 aid\, seeing him as he sat in the light and gazing at him\, said\, "This ma
 n also was with him."  But he denied it\, saying "Woman\, I do not know him
 ."  And a little later someone else saw him and said\, "You also are one of
  them."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I am not."  And after an interval of about
  an hour still another insisted\, saying\, "Certainly this man also was wit
 h him\; for he is a Galilean."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I do not know what 
 you are saying."  And immediately\, while he was still speaking\, the cock 
 crowed.  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.  And Peter remembered the
  word of the Lord\, how he had said to him\, "Before the cock crows today\,
  you will deny me three times."  And he went out and wept bitterly.\n\nNow 
 the men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him\; they also blindfol
 ded him and asked him\, "Prophesy!  Who is it that struck you?"  And they s
 poke many other words against him\, reviling him.\n\nWhen day came\, the as
 sembly of the elders of the people gathered together\, both chief priests a
 nd scribes\; and they led him away to their council\, and they said\, "If y
 ou are the Christ\, tell us."  But he said to them\, "If I tell you\, you w
 ill not believe\; and if I ask you\, you will not answer.  But from now on 
 the Son of man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God."  And
  they all said\, "Are you the Son of God\, then?"  And he said to them\, "Y
 ou say that I am."  And they said\, "What further testimony do we need?  We
  have heard it ourselves from his own lips."\n\nThen the whole company of t
 hem arose\, and brought him before Pilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\; Pachomios the Righteou
 s New Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am 
 the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and 
 out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\;
  I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good sh
 epherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a h
 ireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf co
 ming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatte
 rs them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep
 .  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Fathe
 r knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  A
 nd I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\
 , and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 26:1\,12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to
  Paul\, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched ou
 t his hand and made his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the authorit
 y and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the wa
 y a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and those 
 who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a
  voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you pers
 ecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who are yo
 u\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But ri
 se and stand upon your feet\; for I have appeared to you for this purpose\,
  to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have s
 een me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you from the
  people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, that 
 they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\, t
 hat they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sa
 nctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedie
 nt to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, then 
 at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Gent
 iles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of 
 their repentance." \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Je
 ws who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not en
 ter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a 
 thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the s
 heep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls
  his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his 
 own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his vo
 ice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for th
 ey do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, 
 but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said
  to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All 
 who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed the
 m. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go
  in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\; Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip
 \; Righteous Auxentius\; The Pious Rulers Marcian and Pulcheria\; Theodore 
 the New Martyr of Byzantium\; Hermogenes (Germogen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n
 \nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTi
 mothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what 
 you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who wi
 ll be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Ch
 rist Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, sin
 ce his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowne
 d unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer w
 ho ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for 
 the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Chri
 st\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\
 , the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. 
 But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the 
 sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus wit
 h its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord sa
 id to his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long
  robes\, and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in th
 e synagogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses 
 and for a pretense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater condem
 nation."  He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasu
 ry\; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly
 \, I tell you\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they
  all contributed out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in
  all the living that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who 
 has ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Averkios\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker\, Bishop of Hierapol
 is\; Seven Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Ephesians 6:18-24\nBrethren\, pray at all times in the Spirit\, with all
  prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance\, ma
 king supplication for all the saints\, and also for me\, that utterance may
  be given me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gosp
 el\, for which I am an ambassador in chains\; that I may declare it boldly\
 , as I ought to speak.\n\nNow that you also may know how I am and what I am
  doing\, Tychicos the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord wil
 l tell you everything. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\, that 
 you may know how we are\, and that he may encourage your hearts.\n\nPeace b
 e to the brethren\, and love with faith\, from God the Father and the Lord 
 Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love un
 dying. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:1-15\nAt that time\, the Lord appoi
 nted seventy other disciples\, and sent them on ahead of him\, two by two\,
  into every town and place where he himself was about to come. And he said 
 to them\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray there
 fore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your
  way\; behold\, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no pu
 rse\, no bag\, no sandals\; and salute no one on the road. Whatever house y
 ou enter\, first say\, 'Peace be to this house!' And if a son of peace is t
 here\, your peace shall rest upon him\; but if not\, it shall return to you
 . And remain in the same house\, eating and drinking what they provide\, fo
 r the laborer deserves his wages\; do not go from house to house. Whenever 
 you enter a town and they receive you\, eat what is set before you\; heal t
 he sick in it and say to them\, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 
 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you\, go into its str
 eets and say\, 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet\, we wip
 e off against you\; nevertheless know this\, that the kingdom of God has co
 me near.' I tell you\, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom tha
 n for that town.\n\n'Woe to you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if 
 the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would h
 ave repented long ago\, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be mor
 e tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you\, Cape
 rnaum\, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades."
 \n\n
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 polis
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\; Eroteis the Martyr of Cappadoci
 a\; Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-1
 6\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sente
 nced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels
  and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. W
 e are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disreput
 e. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted 
 and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we
  bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliat
 e\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-sco
 uring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admon
 ish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Chr
 ist\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesu
 s through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week
 \, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jes
 us came and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When H
 e had said this\, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples
  were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be wit
 h you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send you." And when He had sai
 d this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. I
 f you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins 
 of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Tw
 in\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "
 We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands th
 e print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and p
 lace my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disc
 iples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were sh
 ut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Th
 en He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put o
 ut your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believin
 g." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have y
 ou believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen a
 nd yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disc
 iples\, which are not written in this book\; but these are written that you
  may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing
 \, you may have life in His name.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Germanos\, Patriarch of Constantinople
 \; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\
 ; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts 10:44-48\;11:1-10\nIn those days\, while Peter was st
 ill saying this\, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the b
 elievers from among the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed\, becau
 se the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. Fo
 r they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declare
 d\, "Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have received 
 the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he commanded them to be baptized in t
 he name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days. Now t
 he apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also
  had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem\, the cir
 cumcision party criticized him\, saying\, "Why did you go to uncircumcised 
 men and eat with them?" But Peter began and explained to them in order: "I 
 was in the city of Joppa praying\; and in a trance I saw a vision\, somethi
 ng descending\, like a great sheet\, let down from heaven by four corners\;
  and it came down to me. Looking at it closely I observed animals and beast
 s of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to 
 me\, 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.' But I said\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing c
 ommon or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But the voice answered a secon
 d time from heaven\, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' This
  happened three times\, and all was drawn up again into heaven."\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "I go aw
 ay\, and you will seek me and die in your sin\; where I am going\, you cann
 ot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Whe
 re I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are from below\,
  I am from above\; you are of this world\, I am not of this world. I told y
 ou that you would die in your sins\, for you will die in your sins unless y
 ou believe that I am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to t
 hem\, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I have much to say abo
 ut you and much to judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I declare to th
 e world what I have heard from him." They did not understand that he spoke 
 to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted up the Son of 
 man\, then you will know that I am he\, and that I do nothing on my own aut
 hority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with m
 e\; he has not left me alone\, for I always do what is pleasing to him." As
  he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Wednesday\; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\; John the Martyr of
  Romania\; Memnon the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 2:17-50\nAt that time\, the crowd that had been with Jesus when he called L
 azarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reaso
 n why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
   The Pharisees then said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing
 \; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to 
 worship at the feast were some Greeks.  So these came to Philip\, who was f
 rom Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." 
 Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. 
  And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glor
 ified.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into t
 he earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit
 .  He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world
  will keep it for eternal life.  If any one serves me\, he must follow me\;
  and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, t
 he Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say
 ? 'Father\, save me from this hour'? No\, for this purpose I have come to t
 his hour.  Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I 
 have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by hea
 rd it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to
  him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. 
  Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be c
 ast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to
  myself."  He said this to show by what death he was to die.  The crowd ans
 wered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. H
 ow can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of ma
 n?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk w
 hile you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in 
 the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believ
 e in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nWhen Jesus had said
  this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many s
 igns before them\, yet they did not believe in him\;  it was that the word 
 spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed o
 ur report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore t
 hey could not believe. For Isaiah again said\,  "He has blinded their eyes 
 and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perceiv
 e with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them."  Isaiah said this becau
 se he saw his glory and spoke of him.  Nevertheless many even of the author
 ities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess 
 it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the prais
 e of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He
  who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who
  sees me sees him who sent me.  I have come as light into the world\, that 
 whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayi
 ngs and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to jud
 ge the world but to save the world.  He who rejects me and does not receive
  my sayings has a judge\; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on 
 the last day.  For I have not spoken on my own authority\; the Father who s
 ent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. And 
 I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say\, therefore\, I say
  as the Father has bidden me."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:6-16\nWhen Jes
 us was at Bethany at the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him 
 with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment and she poured it on his
  head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were indig
 nant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for
  a large sum\, and given to the poor." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said to 
 them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to
  me. For you always have the poor with you\, but you will not always have m
 e. In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for bu
 rial. Truly\, I say to you wherever this gospel is preached in the whole wo
 rld\, what she has done will be told in memory of her." Then one of the twe
 lve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief priests and said\, 
 "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him thirty p
 ieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray hi
 m.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\; Caesarios the Righteous\n\nFast D
 ay (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and
  persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you 
 will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be
  a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not 
 to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisd
 om\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict
 . You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and fri
 ends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all fo
 r my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your enduranc
 e you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:1-10\nBRETHREN\
 , since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also la
 y aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run wit
 h perseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pionee
 r and perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy that was set before him endu
 red the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seated at the right hand of th
 e throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility again
 st himself\, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your strugg
 le against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your bloo
 d. And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My 
 son\, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord\, nor lose courage w
 hen you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves\, a
 nd chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you hav
 e to endure. God is treating you as sons\; for what son is there whom his f
 ather does not discipline? If you are left without discipline\, in which al
 l have participated\, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besi
 des this\, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected th
 em. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a
  householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vin
 eyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day\, he sent them
  into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standi
 ng idle in the marketplace\; and to them he said\, 'You go into the vineyar
 d too\, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Going out aga
 in about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. And about the
  eleventh hour he went out and found others standing\; and he said to them\
 , 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They said to him\, 'Because no one 
 has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into the vineyard too.' And when e
 vening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward\, 'Call the lab
 orers and pay them their wages\, beginning with the last\, up to the first.
 ' And when those hired about the eleventh hour came\, each of them received
  a denarius. Now when the first came\, they thought they would receive more
 \; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grum
 bled at the householder\, saying\, 'These last worked only one hour\, and y
 ou have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the 
 scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you n
 o wrong\; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to yo
 u\, and go\; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allow
 ed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because
  I am good?' So the last will be first\, and the first last. For many are c
 alled\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\;
  Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch\; Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios t
 he Hieromartyrs\; Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: I John 1:8-10\;2:1-6\nBrethren\, if we say we have no sin\, we deceive o
 urselves\, and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins\, he is fait
 hful and just\, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteo
 usness.  If we say we have not sinned\, we make him a liar\, and his word i
 s not in us.  My little children\, I am writing this to you so that you may
  not sin\; but if any one does sin\, we have an advocate with the Father\, 
 Jesus Christ the righteous\; and he is the expiation for our sins\, and not
  for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.  And by this we ma
 y be sure that we know him\, if we keep his commandments.  He who says "I k
 now him" but disobeys his commandments is a liar\, and the truth is not in 
 him\; but whoever keeps his word\, in him truly love for God is perfected. 
  By this we may be sure that we are in him: he who says he abides in him ou
 ght to walk in the same way in which he walked. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13
 :31-37: 14:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Heaven and earth will pas
 s away\, but my words will not pass away.  But of that day or that hour no 
 one knows\, not even the angels in heaven\, nor the Son\, but only the Fath
 er.  Take heed\, watch\; for you do not know when the time will come.  It i
 s like a man going on a journey\, when he leaves home and puts his servants
  in charge\, each with his work\, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the 
 watch.  Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master of the house
  will come\, in the evening\, or at midnight\, or at cockcrow\, or in the m
 orning -- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.  And what I say to you
  I say to all: Watch."  It was now two days before the Passover and the fea
 st of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking 
 how to arrest him by stealth\, and kill him\; for they said\, "Not during t
 he feast\, lest there be a tumult of the people."\n\n
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 le
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and O
 nesimus\; Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\; Niketas the Younger\n\
 nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 6:11-16\nTimothy\, my son\, aim at
  righteousness\, godliness\, faith\, love\, steadfastness\, gentleness.  Fi
 ght the good fight of the faith\; take hold of the eternal life to which yo
 u were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many wit
 nesses.  In the presence of God who gives life to all things\, and of Chris
 t Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession
 \, I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach un
 til the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; and this will be made manifest
  at the proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign\, and King of kings a
 nd Lord of lords\, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable l
 ight\, whom no man has ever seen or can see.  To him be honor and eternal d
 ominion.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said t
 o his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long rob
 es\, and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the sy
 nagogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and 
 for a pretense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater condemnati
 on."  He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury\;
  and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I
  tell you\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they all
  contributed out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in all
  the living that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has 
 ears let him hear."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, an
 d Onesimus
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\
 ; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\; Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 10:12-22\nBrethren\, let any one who thi
 nks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you 
 that is not common to man. God is faithful\, and he will not let you be tem
 pted beyond your strength\, but with the temptation will also provide the w
 ay of escape\, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore\, my beloved\, 
 shun the worship of idols. I speak as to sensible men: judge for yourselves
  what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless\, is it not a communion in 
 the blood of Christ? The bread which we break\, is it not a communion in th
 e body of Christ? Because there is one bread\, we who are many are one body
 \, for we all partake of the one bread. Consider Israel according to the fl
 esh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? What do I 
 imply then? That food offered to idols is anything\, or that an idol is any
 thing? No\, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not
  to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. You cannot drink the
  cup of the Lord and the cup of the demons. You cannot partake of the table
  of the Lord and the table of the demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jeal
 ousy? Are we stronger than he?\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:20-24\nAt that
  time\, Jesus strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the
  Christ. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go t
 o Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and sc
 ribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him 
 and began to rebuke him\, saying\, "God forbid\, Lord! This shall never hap
 pen to you." But he turned and said to Peter\, "Get behind me\, Satan! You 
 are a hindrance to me\; for you are not on the side of God\, but of men." T
 hen Jesus told his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him de
 ny himself\, and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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 ry
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221101
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/31/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stachys\, Andrew\, Amplias\, Apelles\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus
  of the 70\; Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria\, Egypt\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you
  our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, that you may 
 receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in whatever she
  may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as 
 well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, who ris
 ked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all the churches 
 of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in their house. Greet m
 y beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ. Greet M
 ary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsm
 en and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among the apostles\, and 
 they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Gr
 eet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet A
 pelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of
  Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong
  to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina an
 d Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the Lord. Gre
 et Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos
 \, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are with the
 m. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all
  the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the 
 churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:29-33\nAt that tim
 e\, when the crowds were increasing\, Jesus began to say\, "This generation
  is an evil generation\; it seeks a sign\, but no sign shall be given to it
  except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh
 \, so will the Son of man be to this generation. The queen of the South wil
 l arise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them\; 
 for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon\, and
  behold\, something greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will a
 rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it\; for they repente
 d at the preaching of Jonah\, and behold\, something greater than Jonah is 
 here. No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel\, 
 but on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light."\n\n
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 ssus of the 70
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191113
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\; Martin\, Bishop of Tours\; Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11\nB
 rethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows 
 bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up 
 his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful g
 iver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance\, so 
 that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance 
 for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to t
 he poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to the 
 sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increa
 se the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for
  great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are t
 he light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men lig
 ht a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light t
 o all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see
  your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not
  that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to 
 abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven a
 nd earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until
  all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these comma
 ndments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven
 \; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingd
 om of heaven."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210105
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles\; Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, A
 bbot of Cucomo in Sicily\; Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savio
 ur Jesus Christ\; Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios the Notary\; Righteous Ap
 ollinaria the Senator\; Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euphemia\; Righteous Euthym
 ios the Younger\; New Martyr Onuphrios\; Righteous Euthymios of Vatopedi\; 
 Righteous John Scholarios\; Eustathios Archbishop of Serbia\; Nikephoros th
 e Leper\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, G
 od has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\;
  because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We
  are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, bu
 t you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the prese
 nt hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, 
 and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when p
 ersecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have bec
 ome\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all th
 ings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my b
 eloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do no
 t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the g
 ospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18
 -28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom
  of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of Joh
 n\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who
  are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the C
 hrist." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am n
 ot." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\,
  "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say
  about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness
 \, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNo
 w they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you
  baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?"
  John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom
  you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I
  am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, wh
 ere John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermola
 us\, Hermippus\, and Hermocrates\; Prisca the Righteous Martyr\; Moses the 
 Hungarian\; Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska\n\nEpistle Reading: G
 alatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined un
 der the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that 
 the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by
  faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; 
 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of
  you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew 
 nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor fem
 ale\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then y
 ou are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the he
 ir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is th
 e owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until th
 e date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slav
 es to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully co
 me\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to red
 eem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as son
 s.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed J
 esus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of bl
 ood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, an
 d had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She
  had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd an
 d touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I sha
 ll be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in h
 er body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himse
 lf that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the cro
 wd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, 
 "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?
 '" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing wha
 t had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before hi
 m\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your fai
 th has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\; Nikitas\, Bishop of Chalc
 edon\; Helikonis the Martyr\; Heladios the Hieromartyr of the East\; Zachar
 ias the New Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul 
 and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word of the L
 ord\, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas\, "C
 ome\, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaime
 d the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas wanted to take
  with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them on
 e who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with them to 
 the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separated from 
 each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus\, but Pa
 ul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to the grace 
 of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening the chur
 ches. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:27-38\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came
  to him\, "My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; 
 and I give them eternal life\, and they shall never perish\, and no one sha
 ll snatch them out of my hand. My Father\, who has given them to me\, is gr
 eater than all\, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand
 . I and the Father are one."\n\nThe Jews took up stones again to stone him.
  Jesus answered them\, "I have shown you many good works from the Father\; 
 for which of these do you stone me?" The Jews answered him\, "It is not for
  a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy\; because you\, being a ma
 n\, make yourself God." Jesus answered them\, "Is it not written in your la
 w\, 'I said\, you are gods?' If he called them gods to whom the word of God
  came (and scripture cannot be broken)\, do you say of him whom the Father 
 consecrated and sent into the world\, 'You are blaspheming\,' because I sai
 d\, 'I am the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of my Father\, then 
 do not believe me\; but if I do them\, even though you do not believe me\, 
 believe my works\, that you may know and understand that the Father is in m
 e and I am in the Father."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete\; John 
 Climacus the Righteous\, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent\; Sosthenes\
 , Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphroditos\, the Apostles of the 70\; Zac
 harias the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld Testament R
 eading: Isaiah 42:5-16\nThus says God\, the LORD\, who created the heavens 
 and stretched them out\, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it\
 , who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it
 :  "I am the LORD\, I have called you in righteousness\, I have taken you b
 y the hand and kept you\; I have given you as a covenant to the people\, a 
 light to the nations\, to open the eyes that are blind\, to bring out the p
 risoners from the dungeon\, from the prison those who sit in darkness.  I a
 m the LORD\, that is my name\; my glory I give to no other\, nor my praise 
 to graven images.  Behold\, the former things have come to pass\, and new t
 hings I now declare\; before they spring forth I tell you of them." \n\n  S
 ing to the LORD a new song\, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the 
 sea roar and all that fills it\, the coastlands and their inhabitants.  Let
  the desert and its cities lift up their voice\, the villages that Kedar in
 habits\; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy\, let them shout from the
  top of the mountains.  Let them give glory to the LORD\, and declare his p
 raise in the coastlands.  The LORD goes forth like a mighty man\, like a ma
 n of war he stirs up his fury\; he cries out\, he shouts aloud\, he shows h
 imself mighty against his foes. \n\n  For a long time I have held my peace\
 , I have kept still and restrained myself\; now I will cry out like a woman
  in travail\, I will gasp and pant.  I will lay waste mountains and hills\,
  and dry up all their herbage\; I will turn the rivers into islands\, and d
 ry up the pools.  And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not\, i
 n paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darknes
 s before them into light\, the rough places into level ground. These are th
 e things I will do\, and I will not forsake them.\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Genesis 18:20-33\n Then the LORD said\, "Because the outcry against Sodom 
 and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave\, I will go down to see w
 hether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to 
 me\; and if not\, I will know."  So the men turned from there\, and went to
 ward Sodom\; but Abraham still stood before the LORD.  Then Abraham drew ne
 ar\, and said\, "Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?  S
 uppose there are fifty righteous within the city\; wilt thou then destroy t
 he place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?  Far be it
  from thee to do such a thing\, to slay the righteous with the wicked\, so 
 that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the
  Judge of all the earth do right?"  And the LORD said\, "If I find at Sodom
  fifty righteous in the city\, I will spare the whole place for their sake.
 "  Abraham answered\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lo
 rd\, I who am but dust and ashes.  Suppose five of the fifty righteous are 
 lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said\, 
 "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."  Again he spoke to him\
 , and said\, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake o
 f forty I will not do it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, 
 and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered\, "I will no
 t do it\, if I find thirty there."  He said\, "Behold\, I have taken upon m
 yself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered\, 
 "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not
  the Lord be angry\, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are 
 found there." He answered\, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."  A
 nd the LORD went his way\, when he had finished speaking to Abraham\; and A
 braham returned to his place.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 16:17-17:1
 7\nThe highway of the upright turns aside from evil\; he who guards his way
  preserves his life.  Pride goes before destruction\, and a haughty spirit 
 before a fall.  It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to 
 divide the spoil with the proud.  He who gives heed to the word will prospe
 r\, and happy is he who trusts in the LORD.  The wise of heart is called a 
 man of discernment\, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.  Wisdom 
 is a fountain of life to him who has it\, but folly is the chastisement of 
 fools.  The mind of the wise makes his speech judicious\, and adds persuasi
 veness to his lips.  Pleasant words are like a honeycomb\, sweetness to the
  soul and health to the body.  There is a way which seems right to a man\, 
 but its end is the way to death.  A worker's appetite works for him\; his m
 outh urges him on.  A worthless man plots evil\, and his speech is like a s
 corching fire.  A perverse man spreads strife\, and a whisperer separates c
 lose friends.  A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a wa
 y that is not good.  He who winks his eyes plans perverse things\, he who c
 ompresses his lips brings evil to pass.  A hoary head is a crown of glory\;
  it is gained in a righteous life.  He who is slow to anger is better than 
 the mighty\, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.  The lot
  is cast into the lap\, but the decision is wholly from the LORD.\n\n  Bett
 er is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.  A
  slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully\, and will
  share the inheritance as one of the brothers.  The crucible is for silver\
 , and the furnace is for gold\, and the LORD tries hearts.  An evildoer lis
 tens to wicked lips\; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.  He wh
 o mocks the poor insults his Maker\; he who is glad at calamity will not go
  unpunished.  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged\, and the glory of so
 ns is their fathers.  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool\; still less is
  false speech to a prince.  A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of hi
 m who gives it\; wherever he turns he prospers.  He who forgives an offense
  seeks love\, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.  A rebuke goe
 s deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.  An 
 evil man seeks only rebellion\, and a cruel messenger will be sent against 
 him.  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs\, rather than a fool in 
 his folly.  If a man returns evil for good\, evil will not depart from his 
 house.  The beginning of strife is like letting out water\; so quit before 
 the quarrel breaks out.  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns th
 e righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.  Why should a fool h
 ave a price in his hand to buy wisdom\, when he has no mind?  A friend love
 s at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Saturday\; Crescens the Martyr\; Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\; Mi
 chael the New Martyr of Smyrna\; The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\; Padarn\, B
 ishop and Founder of Llandabarn Fawr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Readin
 g: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that is\, after the day of Preparati
 on\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, 
 "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, while he was still alive\, 'Aft
 er three days I will rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made 
 secure until the third day\, lest his disciples go and steal him away\, and
  tell the people\, 'He has risen from the dead\,' and the last fraud will b
 e worse than the first." Pilate said to them\, "You have a guard of soldier
 s\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher
  secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.\n\nEpistle Reading: Roman
 s 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were bapt
 ized into His death.  We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into dea
 th\, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father\
 , we too might walk in newness of life.  For if we have been united with Hi
 m in a death like His\, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrec
 tion like His.  We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that th
 e sinful body might be destroyed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to si
 n.  For he who has died is freed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ
 \, we believe that we shall also live with Him.  For we know that Christ be
 ing raised from the dead will never die again\; death no longer has dominio
 n over Him.  The death He died He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life
  He lives He lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin
  and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 28:1
 -20\nAfter the sabbath\, toward the dawn of the first day of the week\, Mar
 y Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher. And behold\, ther
 e was a great earthquake\; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven a
 nd came and rolled back the stone\, and sat upon it. His appearance was lik
 e lightning\, and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the guards
  trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women\, "Do n
 ot be afraid\; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not 
 here\; for he has risen\, as he said. Come\, see the place where he lay. Th
 en go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead\, and 
 behold\, he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him. Lo\, I
  have told you." So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great
  joy\, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold\, Jesus met them and said\
 , "Hail!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. The
 n Jesus said to them\, "Do not be afraid\; go and tell my brethren to go to
  Galilee\, and there they will see me."\n\nWhile they were going\, behold\,
  some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that h
 ad taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken couns
 el\, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers and said\, "Tell people\, 'Hi
 s disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' And if 
 this comes to the governor's ears\, we will satisfy him and keep you out of
  trouble." So they took the money and did as they were directed\; and this 
 story has been spread among the Jews to this day.\n\nNow the eleven discipl
 es went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And 
 when they saw him they worshiped him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and
  said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the nam
 e of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to ob
 serve all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to th
 e close of the age. Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Climacus the Righteous\, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent\; 
 Sosthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphroditos\, the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Is
 aiah 9:9-10:4\nThus says the LORD: "And all the people will know\, Ephraim 
 and the inhabitants of Samaria\, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart
 :  'The bricks have fallen\, but we will build with dressed stones\; the sy
 camores have been cut down\, but we will put cedars in their place.'"  So t
 he LORD raises adversaries against them\, and stirs up their enemies.  The 
 Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open
  mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched
  out still.  The people did not turn to him who smote them\, nor seek the L
 ORD of hosts.  So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail\, palm branch 
 and reed in one day - the elder and honored man is the head\, and the proph
 et who teaches lies is the tail\; for those who lead this people lead them 
 astray\, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.  Therefore the Lor
 d does not rejoice over their young men\, and has no compassion on their fa
 therless and widows\; for every one is godless and an evildoer\, and every 
 mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand 
 is stretched out still.  For wickedness burns like a fire\, it consumes bri
 ers and thorns\; it kindles the thickets of the forest\, and they roll upwa
 rd in a column of smoke.  Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land i
 s burned\, and the people are like fuel for the fire\; no man spares his br
 other.  They snatch on the right\, but are still hungry\, and they devour o
 n the left\, but are not satisfied\; each devours his neighbor's flesh\, Ma
 nasseh\, Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and together they are against J
 udah. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched o
 ut still.  \n\n Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees\, and the writer
 s who keep writing oppression\, to turn aside the needy from justice and to
  rob the poor of my people of their right\, that widows may be their spoil\
 , and that they may make the fatherless their prey!  What will you do on th
 e day of punishment\, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will 
 you flee for help\, and where will you leave your wealth?  Nothing remains 
 but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his
  anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testa
 ment Reading: Genesis 7:1-5\n Then the LORD said to Noah\, "Go into the ark
 \, you and all your household\, for I have seen that you are righteous befo
 re me in this generation.  Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals\,
  the male and his mate\; and a pair of the animals that are not clean\, the
  male and his mate\; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also\, male an
 d female\, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.  For in
  seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights\; a
 nd every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the
  ground."  And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Proverbs 8:32-9:11\nAnd now\, my sons\, listen to me: happy are
  those who keep my ways.  Hear instruction and be wise\, and do not neglect
  it.  Happy is the man who listens to me\, watching daily at my gates\, wai
 ting beside my doors.  For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor fro
 m the LORD\; but he who misses me injures himself\; all who hate me love de
 ath."  Wisdom has built her house\, she has set up her seven pillars.  She 
 has slaughtered her beasts\, she has mixed her wine\, she has also set her 
 table.  She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the t
 own\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" To him who is without se
 nse she says\,  "Come\, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
   Leave simpleness\, and live\, and walk in the way of insight."  He who co
 rrects a scoffer gets himself abuse\, and he who reproves a wicked man incu
 rs injury.  Do not reprove a scoffer\, or he will hate you\; reprove a wise
  man\, and he will love you.  Give instruction to a wise man\, and he will 
 be still wiser\; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.  T
 he fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom\, and the knowledge of the H
 oly One is insight.  For by me your days will be multiplied\, and years wil
 l be added to your life. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Habakkuk the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\; Myrope 
 the Martyr of Chios\; Joannicos the Monk of Devich\; Porphyrios of Kavsokal
 yvia\; Theophilos the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 First Letter to Timothy 1:18-20\; 2:8-15\nTimothy\, my son\, this charge I 
 commit to you in accordance with the prophetic utterances which pointed to 
 you\, that inspired by them you may wage the good warfare\, holding faith a
 nd a good conscience. By rejecting conscience\, certain persons have made s
 hipwreck of their faith\, among them Hymenaios and Alexander\, whom I have 
 delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. I desire then that
  in every place the men should pray\, lifting holy hands without anger or q
 uarreling\; also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly i
 n seemly apparel\, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire
  but by good deeds\, as befits women who profess religion. Let a woman lear
 n in silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have
  authority over men\; she is to keep silent. For Adam was formed first\, th
 en Eve\; and Adam was not deceived\, but the woman was deceived and became 
 a transgressor. Yet woman will be saved through bearing children\, if she c
 ontinues in faith and love and holiness\, with modesty.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple 
 and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests and the scribes with the elder
 s came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what authority you do these things\
 , or who it is that gave you this authority."  He answered them\, "I also w
 ill ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the baptism of John from heaven 
 or from men?"  And they discussed it with one another\, saying\, "If we say
 \, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you not believe him?'  But if we 
 say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone us\; for they are convinced th
 at John was a prophet."  So they answered that they did not know whence it 
 was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I
  do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\; The Consecration of the
  Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\; Cornelius the Centurion
  & Martyr\; Aristides the Philosopher\; Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron 
 Monastery\, Mount Athos\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 3:1-4\nHoly brethren\, 
 who share in a heavenly call\, consider Jesus\, the apostle and high priest
  of our confession. He was faithful to him who appointed him\, just as Mose
 s also was faithful in all God's house. Yet Jesus has been counted worthy o
 f as much more glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor th
 an the house. (For every house is built by some one\, but the builder of al
 l things is God.)\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when 
 Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\
 , "Who do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said\, "Some say John t
 he Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets
 ." He said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, 
 "You are the Christ\, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him\, 
 "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed thi
 s to you\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\,
  and on this rock I will build my church\, and the gates of Hades shall not
  prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, an
 d whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you lo
 ose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\; Therapon 
 the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Finding of the Icon of St. Demetrios t
 he Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer on Syros\; Aldhelm\, Bishop of Sherborne
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\
 nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Jud
 ea and all the surrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all t
 hese things. And John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to 
 the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for anoth
 er?" And when the men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has s
 ent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for 
 another?'" In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spir
 its\, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\,
  "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their si
 ght\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead ar
 e raised up\, the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he w
 ho takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he be
 gan to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the w
 ilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to
  see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously app
 areled and live in luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to
  see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of 
 whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who s
 hall prepare your way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women n
 one is greater than John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is gre
 ater than he." When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors j
 ustified God\, having been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Phar
 isees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not havi
 ng been baptized by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethre
 n\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has sh
 one in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
  the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to s
 how that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are affli
 cted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair
 \; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always
  carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may al
 so be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being give
 n up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested
  in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSinc
 e we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and 
 so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised
  the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into hi
 s presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more
  and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison abou
 t the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\,
  "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answ
 ered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive thei
 r sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the
  dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And ble
 ssed is he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to 
 speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderne
 ss to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A
  man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in k
 ings' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\
 , and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I s
 end my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.'
  Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one gr
 eater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven 
 is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom
  of heaven has been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. 
 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are wil
 ling to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, 
 let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Martyr Emilian\; Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\; Stephen
 \, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Our Holy Father John\, Archbishop of Cons
 tantinople\; Holy New Martyrs Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Ba
 rbara\; Theneva of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:17-24\nBrethren\, 
 I appeal to you to take note of those who create dissensions and difficulti
 es\, in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught\; avoid them.
  For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ\, but their own appetites\, 
 and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-mind
 ed. For while your obedience is known to all\, so that I rejoice over you\,
  I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil\
 ; then the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of
  our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Timothy\, my fellow worker\, greets you
 \; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater\, my kinsmen. I Tertius\, the write
 r of this letter\, greet you in the Lord. Gaius\, who is host to me and to 
 the whole church\, greets you. Erastos\, the city treasurer\, and our broth
 er Quartus\, greet you. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:10-23\,43\nAt that time\, the disciple
 s of Jesus came to him and said to him\, "Why do you speak to the crowds in
  parables?" And he answered them\, "To you it has been given to know the se
 crets of the kingdom of heaven\, but to them it has not been given. For to 
 him who has will more be given\, and he will have abundance\; but from him 
 who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to t
 hem in parables\, because seeing they do not see\, and hearing they do not 
 hear\, nor do they understand. With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy o
 f Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understand\, and you 
 shall indeed see but never perceive. For this people's heart has grown dull
 \, and their ears are heavy of hearing\, and their eyes they have closed\, 
 lest they should perceive with their eyes\, and hear with their ears\, and 
 understand with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them.' But blessed ar
 e your eyes\, for they see\, and your ears\, for they hear. Truly\, I say t
 o you\, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see\, and di
 d not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it.\n\n"Hear th
 en the parable of the sower. When any one hears the word of the kingdom and
  does not understand it\, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown
  in his heart\; this is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown 
 on rocky ground\, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it
  with joy\; yet he has no root in himself\, but endures for a while\, and w
 hen tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word\, immediately 
 he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns\, this is he who hears the
  word\, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word
 \, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil\, this is he
  who hears the word and understands it\; he indeed bears fruit\, and yields
 \, in one case a hundredfold\, in another sixty\, and in another thirty. He
  who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\; George the Confessor\; Tryphon\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\; Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael a
 nd the other George of Samothrace\; Aelphege the Hieromartyr of Canterbury\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 48:17-49:4\nThus says the L
 ORD\, your Redeemer\, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God\, who
  teaches you to profit\, who leads you in the way you should go.  O that yo
 u had hearkened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a 
 river\, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea\; your offspring w
 ould have been like the sand\, and your descendants like its grains\; their
  name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me."\n\nGo forth from
  Babylon\, flee from Chaldea\, declare this with a shout of joy\, proclaim 
 it\, send it forth to the end of the earth\; say\, "The LORD has redeemed h
 is servant Jacob!"  They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts\
 ; he made water flow for them from the rock\; he cleft the rock and the wat
 er gushed out.  "There is no peace\," says the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n\n
 Listen to me\, O coastlands\, and hearken\, you peoples from afar. The LORD
  called me from the womb\, from the body of my mother he named my name.  He
  made my mouth like a sharp sword\, in the shadow of his hand he hid me\; h
 e made me a polished arrow\, in his quiver he hid me away.  And he said to 
 me\, "You are my servant\, Israel\, in whom I will be glorified."  But I sa
 id\, "I have labored in vain\, I have spent my strength for nothing and van
 ity\; yet surely my right is with the LORD\, and my recompense with my God.
 "\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 27:1-41\nWhen Isaac was old and his eye
 s were dim so that he could not see\, he called Esau his older son\, and sa
 id to him\, "My son"\; and he answered\, "Here I am."  He said\, "Behold\, 
 I am old\; I do not know the day of my death.  Now then\, take your weapons
 \, your quiver and your bow\, and go out to the field\, and hunt game for m
 e\, and prepare for me savory food\, such as I love\, and bring it to me th
 at I may eat\; that I may bless you before I die."  Now Rebekah was listeni
 ng when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt
  for game and bring it\, Rebekah said to her son Jacob\, "I heard your fath
 er speak to your brother Esau\,  'Bring me game\, and prepare for me savory
  food\, that I may eat it\, and bless you before the LORD before I die.'  N
 ow therefore\, my son\, obey my word as I command you.  Go to the flock\, a
 nd fetch me two good kids\, that I may prepare from them savory food for yo
 ur father\, such as he loves\; and you shall bring it to your father to eat
 \, so that he may bless you before he dies."  But Jacob said to Rebekah his
  mother\, "Behold\, my brother Esau is a hairy man\, and I am a smooth man.
   Perhaps my father will feel me\, and I shall seem to be mocking him\, and
  bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."  His mother said to him\, "
 Upon me be your curse\, my son\; only obey my word\, and go\, fetch them to
  me."  So he went and took them and brought them to his mother\; and his mo
 ther prepared savory food\, such as his father loved.  Then Rebekah took th
 e best garments of Esau her older son\, which were with her in the house\, 
 and put them on Jacob her younger son\; and the skins of the kids she put u
 pon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck\; and she gave the savor
 y food and the bread\, which she had prepared\, into the hand of her son Ja
 cob.\n\nSo he went in to his father\, and said\, "My father"\; and he said\
 , "Here I am\; who are you\, my son?"  Jacob said to his father\, "I am Esa
 u your first-born. I have done as you told me\; now sit up and eat of my ga
 me\, that you may bless me."  But Isaac said to his son\, "How is it that y
 ou have found it so quickly\, my son?" He answered\, "Because the LORD your
  God granted me success."  Then Isaac said to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I m
 ay feel you\, my son\, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not." 
  So Jacob went near to Isaac his father\, who felt him and said\, "The voic
 e is Jacob's voice\, but the hands are the hands of Esau."  And he did not 
 recognize him\, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands\
 ; so he blessed him.  He said\, "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered\,
  "I am."  Then he said\, "Bring it to me\, that I may eat of my son's game 
 and bless you." So he brought it to him\, and he ate\; and he brought him w
 ine\, and he drank.  Then his father Isaac said to him\, "Come near and kis
 s me\, my son."  So he came near and kissed him\; and he smelled the smell 
 of his garments\, and blessed him\, and said\, "See\, the smell of my son i
 s as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed!  May God give you of 
 the dew of heaven\, and of the fatness of the earth\, and plenty of grain a
 nd wine.  Let peoples serve you\, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over
  your brothers\, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be ever
 y one who curses you\, and blessed be every one who blesses you!"\n\nAs soo
 n as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob\, when Jacob had scarcely gone out f
 rom the presence of Isaac his father\, Esau his brother came in from his hu
 nting.  He also prepared savory food\, and brought it to his father. And he
  said to his father\, "Let my father arise\, and eat of his son's game\, th
 at you may bless me."  His father Isaac said to him\, "Who are you?" He ans
 wered\, "I am your son\, your first-born\, Esau."  Then Isaac trembled viol
 ently\, and said\, "Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me\,
  and I ate it all before you came\, and I have blessed him? - Yes\, and he 
 shall be blessed."  When Esau heard the words of his father\, he cried out 
 with an exceedingly great and bitter cry\, and said to his father\, "Bless 
 me\, even me also\, O my father!"  But he said\, "Your brother came with gu
 ile\, and he has taken away your blessing."  Esau said\, "Is he not rightly
  named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my bir
 thright\; and behold\, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said\, "
 Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"  Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, 
 I have made him your lord\, and all his brothers I have given to him for se
 rvants\, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do f
 or you\, my son?"  Esau said to his father\, "Have you but one blessing\, m
 y father? Bless me\, even me also\, O my father." And Esau lifted up his vo
 ice and wept.  Then Isaac his father answered him: "Behold\, away from the 
 fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be\, and away from the dew of heav
 en on high.  By your sword you shall live\, and you shall serve your brothe
 r\; but when you break loose you shall break his yoke from your neck."  Now
  Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed
  him\, and Esau said to himself\, "The days of mourning for my father are a
 pproaching\; then I will kill my brother Jacob."\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Proverbs 19:16-25\nHe who keeps the commandment keeps his life\; he who des
 pises the word will die.  He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD\, an
 d he will repay him for his deed.  Discipline your son while there is hope\
 ; do not set your heart on his destruction.  A man of great wrath will pay 
 the penalty\; for if you deliver him\, you will only have to do it again.  
 Listen to advice and accept instruction\, that you may gain wisdom for the 
 future.  Many are the plans in the mind of a man\, but it is the purpose of
  the LORD that will be established.  What is desired in a man is loyalty\, 
 and a poor man is better than a liar.  The fear of the LORD leads to life\;
  and he who has it rests satisfied\; he will not be visited by harm.  The s
 luggard buries his hand in the dish\, and will not even bring it back to hi
 s mouth.  Strike a scoffer\, and the simple will learn prudence\; reprove a
  man of understanding\, and he will gain knowledge.\n\n
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 sts: Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian\; Cosma
 s of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\; The Translation of the Relics of Dio
 nysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\; The Translation of the Holy Relics
  of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 
 15:29-38\nBrethren\, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the
  dead? If the dead are not raised at all\, why are people baptized on their
  behalf? Why am I in peril every hour? I protest\, brethren\, by my pride i
 n you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord\, I die every day! What do I ga
 in if\, humanly speaking\, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If the dead are
  not raised\, "Let us eat and drink\, for tomorrow we die." Do not be decei
 ved: "Bad company ruins good morals." Come to your right mind\, and sin no 
 more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But some
  one will ask\, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they co
 me?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. An
 d what you sow is not the body which is to be\, but a bare kernel\, perhaps
  of wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen\, a
 nd to each kind of seed its own body.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-27\n
 At that time\, when Jesus entered the temple\, the chief priests and the el
 ders of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what 
 authority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?" Je
 sus answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell me th
 e answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. T
 he baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argu
 ed with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why
  then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid 
 of the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered 
 Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by
  what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lazarus Saturday\; The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\
 , Rufus\, Asyncritus\, Phlegon\, and Hermes\; The Holy New Martyr John the 
 Ship-Builder who was martyred in Kos\; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves
 \; Celestine\, Pope of Rome\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Hebrews 12:28-29\;13:1-8\nBRETHREN\, let us be grateful for receivi
 ng a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, and thus let us offer to God acceptabl
 e worship\, with reverence and awe\; for our God is a consuming fire. Let b
 rotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers\, f
 or thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in
  prison\, as though in prison with them\; and those who are ill-treated\, s
 ince you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all\, an
 d let the marriage bed be undefiled\; for God will judge the immoral and ad
 ulterous. Keep your life free from love of money\, and be content with what
  you have\; for he has said\, "I will never fail you nor forsake you." Henc
 e we can confidently say\, "The Lord is my helper\, I will not be afraid\; 
 what can man do to me?" Remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the 
 word of God\; consider the outcome of their life\, and imitate their faith.
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. \n\nGospel Read
 ing: John 11:1-45\nAt that time\, a certain man was ill\, Lazaros of Bethan
 y\, from the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointe
 d the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair\, whose brother L
 azaros was ill. So the sisters sent to him\, saying\, "Lord\, he whom you l
 ove is ill." But when Jesus heard it he said\, "This illness is not unto de
 ath\; it is for the glory of God\, so that the Son of God may be glorified 
 by means of it."\n\n Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazaros. So 
 when he heard that he was ill\, he stayed two days longer in the place wher
 e he was. Then after this he said to the disciples\, "Let us go into Judea 
 again." The disciples said to him\, "Rabbi\, the Jews were but now seeking 
 to stone you\, and are you going there again?" Jesus answered\, "Are there 
 not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day\, he does not stum
 ble\, because he sees the light of this world. But if any one walks in the 
 night\, he stumbles\, because the light is not in him." Thus he spoke\, and
  then he said to them\, "Our friend Lazaros has fallen asleep\, but I go to
  awake him out of sleep." The disciples said to him\, "Lord\, if he has fal
 len asleep\, he will recover." Now Jesus had spoken of his death\, but they
  thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly\,
  "Lazaros is dead\; and for your sake I am glad that I was not there\, so t
 hat you may believe. But let us go to him." Thomas\, called the Twin\, said
  to his fellow disciples\, "Let us also go\, that we may die with him."\n\n
  Now when Jesus came\, he found that Lazaros had already been in the tomb f
 our days. Bethany was near Jerusalem\, about two miles off\, and many of th
 e Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother
 . When Martha heard that Jesus was coming\, she went and met him\, while Ma
 ry sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, 
 my brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever you ask f
 rom God\, God will give you." Jesus said to her\, "Your brother will rise a
 gain." Martha said to him\, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrec
 tion at the last day." Jesus said to her\, "I am the resurrection and the l
 ife\; he who believes in me\, though he die\, yet shall he live\, and whoev
 er lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said
  to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe that you are the Christ\, the Son of God\
 , he who is coming into the world."\n\n When she had said this\, she went a
 nd called her sister Mary\, saying quietly\, "The Teacher is here and is ca
 lling for you." And when she heard it\, she rose quickly and went to him. N
 ow Jesus had not yet come to the village\, but was still in the place where
  Martha had met him. When the Jews who were with her in the house\, consoli
 ng her\, saw Mary rise quickly and go out\, they followed her\, supposing t
 hat she was going to the tomb to weep there. Then Mary\, when she came wher
 e Jesus was and saw him\, fell at his feet\, saying to him\, "Lord\, if you
  had been here\, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weepin
 g\, and the Jews who came with her also weeping\, he was deeply moved in sp
 irit and troubled\; and he said\, "Where have you laid him?" They said to h
 im\, "Lord\, come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said\, "See how he love
 d him!" But some of them said\, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the bl
 ind man have kept this man from dying?"\n\n Then Jesus\, deeply moved again
 \, came to the tomb\; it was a cave\, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said\,
  "Take away the stone." Martha\, the sister of the dead man\, said to him\,
  "Lord\, by this time there will be an odor\, for he has been dead four day
 s." Jesus said to her\, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you w
 ould see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted u
 p his eyes and said\, "Father\, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew 
 that you have heard me always\, but I have said this on account of the peop
 le standing by\, that they may believe that you did send me." When he had s
 aid this\, he cried with a loud voice\, "Lazaros\, come out." The dead man 
 came out\, his hands and feet bound with bandages\, and his face wrapped wi
 th a cloth. Jesus said to them\, "Unbind him\, and let him go." Many of the
  Jews therefore\, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did\, believe
 d in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/31/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\; Holy Women Martyrs Theodote\, Theokti
 ste and Eudoxia\; Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\; Elias Ardounis t
 he New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\; Aed from Ferns\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and 
 individually members of it.  And God has appointed in the church first apos
 tles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then h
 ealers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  
 Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracl
 es?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all i
 nterpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a st
 ill more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, b
 ut have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have p
 rophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I
  have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am noth
 ing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, b
 ut have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not j
 ealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on it
 s own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong
 \, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\,
  hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciple
 s and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to 
 heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, char
 ging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samar
 itans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach
  as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, 
 raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without pa
 ying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\; Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\; Ri
 ghteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: II Thessalonians 1:10-12\;2:1-2\nBrethren\, our testimony 
 to you was believed. To this end we always pray for you\, that our God may 
 make you worthy of his call\, and may fulfil every good resolve and work of
  faith by his power\, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified i
 n you\, and you in him\, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jes
 us Christ.\n\nNow concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our as
 sembling to meet him\, we beg you\, brethren\, not to be quickly shaken in 
 mind or excited\, either by spirit or by word\, or by letter purporting to 
 be from us\, to the effect that the day of Christ has come.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will
  lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synago
 gues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for m
 y name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it the
 refore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I wil
 l give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able
  to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and b
 rothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; 
 you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head wi
 ll perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ
 \; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\; Timothy of Euripus\, founder
  of the Monastery of Pentele\; Holy Monk Penteles\; Gerasimus of Cephalonia
 \; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and 
 Basil who contested in Megara\; Joseph the Hesychast\; Nicodemus the New Ma
 rtyr of Meteora\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the The
 otokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Manuel and John the New Martyrs\; Stamatios t
 he Martyr\; Apostolos the New-Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I T
 imothy 3:13-16\;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons g
 ain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith w
 hich is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing thes
 e instructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ough
 t to behave in the household of God\, which is the church of the living God
 \, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the 
 mystery of our religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified i
 n the Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved
  on in the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says th
 at in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitf
 ul spirits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose
  consciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from fo
 ods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe
  and know the truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is
  to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consec
 rated by the word of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51-57\, 10:2
 2-24\, 13:22\nAt that time\, when the days drew near for him to be received
  up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of h
 im\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for h
 im\; but the people would not receive him\, because his face was set toward
  Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lor
 d\, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as El
 ijah did?" But he turned and rebuked them\, and he said\, "You do not know 
 what manner of spirit you are of\; for the Son of man came not to destroy m
 en's lives but to save them." And they went on to another village.\n\nAs th
 ey were going along the road\, he said to those who followed him\, "All thi
 ngs have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the Son i
 s except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to wh
 om the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said pr
 ivately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that
  many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\,
  and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it."\n\nAnd he went on his wa
 y through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towards Jerusalem.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Qua
 dratus the Apostle\; Jonah the Prophet\; Isaakios & Meletios\, Bishops of C
 yprus\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 12:20-21\;13:1-2\nBrethren\, I fea
 r that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish\, and that you may f
 ind me not what you wish\; that perhaps there may be quarreling\, jealousy\
 , anger\, selfishness\, slander\, gossip\, conceit\, and disorder. I fear t
 hat when I come again my God may humble me before you\, and I may have to m
 ourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impu
 rity\, immorality\, and licentiousness which they have practiced.\n\nThis i
 s the third time I am coming to you. Any charge must be sustained by the ev
 idence of two or three witnesses. I warned those who sinned before and all 
 the others\, and I warn them now while absent\, as I did when present on my
  second visit\, that if I come again I will not spare them.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 3:23-38\, 4:1\nAt that time\, Jesus\, when he began his ministry\,
  was about thirty years of age\, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph\
 , the son of Heli\, the son of Matthat\, the son of Levi\, the son of Melch
 i\, the son of Jannai\, the son of Joseph\, the son of Mattathias\, the son
  of Amos\, the son of Nahum\, the son of Esli\, the son of Naggai\, the son
  of Maath\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Semein\, the son of Josech\,
  the son of Joda\, the son of Joanan\, the son of Rhesa\, the son of Zerubb
 abel\, the son of Salathiel\, the son of Neri\, the son of Melchi\, the son
  of Addi\, the son of Cosam\, the son of Elmadam\, the son of Er\, the son 
 of Joshua\, the son of Eliezer\, the son of Jorim\, the son of Matthat\, th
 e son of Levi\, the son of Simeon\, the son of Judah\, the son of Joseph\, 
 the son of Jonam\, the son of Eliakim\, the son of Melea\, the son of Menna
 \, the son of Mattatha\, the son of Nathan\, the son of David\, the son of 
 Jesse\, the son of Obed\, the son of Boaz\, the son of Sala\, the son of Na
 hshon\, the son of Amminadab\, the son of Admin\, the son of Arni\, the son
  of Hezron\, the son of Perez\, the son of Judah\, the son of Jacob\, the s
 on of Isaac\, the son of Abraham\, the son of Terah\, the son of Nahor\, th
 e son of Serug\, the son of Reu\, the son of Peleg\, the son of Eber\, the 
 son of Shelah\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Arphaxad\, the son of Shem\,
  the son of Noah\, the son of Lamech\, the son of Methuselah\, the son of E
 noch\, the son of Jared\, the son of Mahalaleel\, the son of Cainan\, the s
 on of Enos\, the son of Seth\, the son of Adam\, the son of God. And Jesus\
 , full of the Holy Spirit\, returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the S
 pirit in the wilderness.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onuphrius of Egypt\; Peter the Athonite\; Holy Martyr Antonine\; John 
 the Soldier of Egypt\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 20:7-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when
  the apostles were gathered together to break bread\, Paul talked with them
 \, intending to depart on the morrow\; and he prolonged his speech until mi
 dnight. There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered.
  And a young man named Euthychos was sitting in the window. He sank into a 
 deep sleep as Paul talked still longer\; and being overcome by sleep\, he f
 ell down from the third story and was taken up dead.  But Paul went down an
 d bent over him\, and embracing him said\, "Do not be alarmed\, for his lif
 e is in him." And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten\, he
  conversed with them a long while\, until daybreak\, and so departed. And t
 hey took the lad away alive\, and were not a little comforted. \n\nGospel R
 eading: John 14:10-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "The words that I s
 ay to you I do not speak on my own authority\; but the Father who dwells in
  me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me
 \; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.\n\n"Truly\, tru
 ly\, I say to you\, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do\
 ; and greater works than these will he do\, because I go to the Father. Wha
 tever you ask in my name\, I will do it\, that the Father may be glorified 
 in the Son\; if you ask anything in my name\, I will do it. "If you love me
 \, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray to the Father\, and he wi
 ll give you another Counselor\, to be with you for ever\, even the Spirit o
 f truth\, whom the world cannot receive\, because it neither sees him nor k
 nows him\; you know him\, for he dwells with you\, and will be in you.\n\n"
 I will not leave you desolate\; I will come to you. Yet a little while\, an
 d the world will see me no more\, but you will see me\; because I live\, yo
 u will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father\, and yo
 u in me\, and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them\, he it i
 s who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\, and I wil
 l love him and manifest myself to him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Simon the Zealot & Apostle\; Laurence of Egypt\; Isodora of Egypt\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apost
 les as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a
  spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's s
 ake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are
  held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thi
 rst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working wi
 th our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; w
 hen slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as th
 e refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this
  to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For thou
 gh you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For 
 I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\
 , be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:12-19\nAt that time\, Jesus
  went out to the mountain to pray\; and all night he continued in prayer to
  God. And when it was day\, he called his disciples\, and chose from them t
 welve\, whom he named apostles\; Simon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew h
 is brother\, and James and John\, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthe
 w\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Simon who was called t
 he Zealot\, and Judas the son of James\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a 
 traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a level place\, with a gre
 at crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea an
 d Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and t
 o be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean sp
 irits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came fo
 rth from him and healed them all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\; Our Holy Father Michael of Ma
 leinus\; Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic\; Paisios the
  Athonite\; Veronica\, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by 
 Jesus\; Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: Rom
 ans 9:18-33\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and he hardens
  the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he sti
 ll find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a man\, to a
 nswer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why have you ma
 de me thus?" Has the potter no right over the clay\, to make out of the sam
 e lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use? What if God\, desi
 ring to show his wrath and to make known his power\, has endured with much 
 patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to make known
  the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has prepared b
 eforehand for glory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the Jews only b
 ut also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those who were not
  my people I will call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved I will cal
 l 'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where it was said to them\, 'You ar
 e not my people\,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" And Isaia
 h cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be 
 as the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; for the Lor
 d will execute his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatch." And as
  Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us children\, we wou
 ld have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall we say\, 
 then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it\, tha
 t is\, righteousness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued the righte
 ousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? 
 Because they did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were based on w
 orks. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is written\, "Beh
 old\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that 
 will make them fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in pris
 on about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said t
 o him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jes
 us answered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind recei
 ve their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, 
 and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. 
 And blessed is he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus be
 gan to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the w
 ilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to
  see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment a
 re in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I te
 ll you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behol
 d\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way befor
 e you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no
  one greater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of 
 heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the 
 kingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men of violence take it by 
 force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you 
 are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to 
 hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\; The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:
 27-30\; 2:1-4\nBrethren\, let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel o
 f Christ\, so that whether I come and see you or am absent\, I may hear of 
 you that you stand firm in one spirit\, with one mind striving side by side
  for the faith of the gospel\, and not frightened in anything by your oppon
 ents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction\, but of your salva
 tion\, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake 
 of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake\,
  engaged in the same conflict which you saw and now hear to be mine. So if 
 there is any encouragement in Christ\, any incentive of love\, any particip
 ation in the Spirit\, any affection and sympathy\, complete my joy by being
  of the same mind\, having the same love\, being in full accord and of one 
 mind. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit\, but in humility count others
  better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests
  but also to the interests of others.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:33-54\n
 At that time\, when the soldiers came to a place called Golgotha (which mea
 ns the place of a skull)\, they offered him wine to drink\, mingled with ga
 ll\; but when he tasted it\, he would not drink it. And when they had cruci
 fied him\, they divided his garments among them by casting lots\; then they
  sat down and kept watch over him there. And over his head they put the cha
 rge against him\, which read\, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Then t
 wo robbers were crucified with him\, one on the right and one on the left. 
 And those who passed by derided him\, wagging their heads and saying\, "You
  who would destroy the temple and build it in three days\, save yourself! I
 f you are the Son of God\, come down from the cross." So also the chief pri
 ests\, with the scribes and elders\, mocked him\, saying\, "He saved others
 \; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel\; let him come down now
  from the cross\, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God\; let God de
 liver him now\, if he desires him\; for he said\, 'I am the Son of God.'" A
 nd the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way
 . \n\n Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until t
 he ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "El
 i\, Eli\, lama sabachthani?" that is\, "My God\, my God\, why have you fors
 aken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing it said\, "This man is calling
  Elijah." And one of them at once ran and took a sponge\, filled it with vi
 negar\, and put it on a reed\, and gave it to him to drink. But the others 
 said\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him." And Jesus 
 cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. \n\n And behold\, 
 the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from top to bottom\; and the ea
 rth shook\, and the rocks were split\; the tombs also were opened\, and man
 y bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised\, and coming out o
 f the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeare
 d to many. When the centurion and those who were with him\, keeping watch o
 ver Jesus\, saw the earthquake and what took place\, they were filled with 
 awe\, and said\, "Truly this was the Son of God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Gabriel the Ne
 w Martyr of Constantinople\; Jordan the New Martyr\; Agathadoros the Martyr
  of Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2:
 25-32\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\
 , and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolation of Is
 rael\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him b
 y the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord'
 s Christ.  And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when th
 e parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to the custo
 m of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\
 , now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; for my ey
 es have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all 
 peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your pe
 ople Israel."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:7-17\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond d
 ispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. Here tithes are receiv
 ed by mortal men\; there\, by one whom it is testified that he lives. One m
 ight even say that Levi himself\, who receives tithes\, paid tithes through
  Abraham\, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek m
 et him. Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesth
 ood (for under it the people received the law)\, what further need would th
 ere have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek\, 
 rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change 
 in the priesthood\, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. For t
 he one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe\, from whi
 ch no one has ever served at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was
  descended from Judah\, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothin
 g about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises 
 in the likeness of Melchizedek\, who has become a priest\, not according to
  a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indes
 tructible life. For it is witnessed of him\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, 
 after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40\nAt that 
 time\, the parents brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him t
 o the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord\, "Every male that open
 s the womb shall be called holy to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice acco
 rding to what is said in the law of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or
  two young pigeons."  Now there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Sym
 eon\, and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolation o
 f Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to h
 im by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the L
 ord's Christ.  And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and whe
 n the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to the c
 ustom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,\n\
 n"Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; fo
 r my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence 
 of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to 
 your people Israel."\n\nAnd his father and his mother marveled at what was 
 said about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Beh
 old\, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for
  a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own so
 ul also)\, that thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."  And there was a 
 prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she w
 as of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years from her virg
 inity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four.  She did not depart from t
 he temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.  And coming u
 p at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who we
 re looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.  And when they had performed ev
 erything according to the law of the Lord\, they returned into Galilee\, to
  their own city\, Nazareth.  And the child grew and became strong\, filled 
 with wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/31/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\; The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:15-16\;2:1-10\nTi
 tus\, my son\, to the pure all things are pure\, but to the corrupt and unb
 elieving nothing is pure\; their very minds and consciences are corrupted. 
 They profess to know God\, but they deny him by their deeds\; they are dete
 stable\, disobedient\, unfit for any good deed.\n\nBut as for you\, teach w
 hat befits sound doctrine. Bid the older men be temperate\, serious\, sensi
 ble\, sound in faith\, in love\, and in steadfastness. Bid the older women 
 likewise to be reverent in behavior\, not to be slanderous or slaves to dri
 nk\; they are to teach what is good\, and so train the young women to love 
 their husbands and children\, to be sensible\, chaste\, domestic\, kind\, a
 nd submissive to their husbands\, that the word of God may not be discredit
 ed. Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves. Show yourself in a
 ll respects a model of good deeds\, and in your teaching show integrity\, g
 ravity\, and sound speech that cannot be censured\, so that an opponent may
  be put to shame\, having nothing evil to say to us. Bid slaves to be submi
 ssive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect\; they are
  not to be refractory\, nor to pilfer\, but to show entire and true fidelit
 y\, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 16:10-15\nThe Lord said\, "He who is faithful in a ve
 ry little is faithful also in much\; and he who is dishonest in a very litt
 le is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unr
 ighteous mammon\, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have 
 not been faithful in that which is another's\, who will give you that which
  is your own? No servant can serve two masters\; for either he will hate th
 e one and love the other\, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the
  other. You cannot serve God and mammon." The Pharisees\, who were lovers o
 f money\, heard all this\, and they scoffed at him. But he said to them\, "
 You are those who justify yourselves before men\, but God knows your hearts
 \; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria\; Leontios the 
 Myrrh-Streamer of Argos\; Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 5:10-16\nBr
 ethren\, if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of
  his Son\, much more\, now that we are reconciled\, shall we be saved by hi
 s life. Not only so\, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Chr
 ist\, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.\n\nTherefore as
  sin came into the world through one man and death through sin\, and so dea
 th spread to all men because all men sinned -- sin indeed was in the world 
 before the law was given\, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Ye
 t death reigned from Adam to Moses\, even over those whose sins were not li
 ke the transgression of Adam\, who was a type of the one who was to come.\n
 \nBut the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one 
 man's trespass\, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the g
 race of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is n
 ot like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one tr
 espass brought condemnation\, but the free gift following many trespasses b
 rings justification.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:23-27\nAt that time\, whe
 n Jesus got into the boat\, his disciples followed him. And behold\, there 
 arose a great storm on the sea\, so that the boat was being swamped by the 
 waves\; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him\, saying\, "Save us\,
  O Lord\; we are perishing." And he said to them\, "Why are you afraid\, O 
 men of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea\; and 
 there was a great calm. And the men marveled\, saying\, "What sort of man i
 s this\, that even winds and sea obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Luke\; Anthony the Great\; Anthony the New of the Berro
 pas Skete\; George the New Martyr of Ioannina\; Theodosius the Emperor\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, being raised from the de
 ad\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and h
 e revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, Nath
 anael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of his disc
 iples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They 
 said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\; 
 but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood 
 on the beach\; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said
  to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He sai
 d to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find
  some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for th
 e quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is th
 e Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothe
 s\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other d
 isciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were n
 ot far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen they got out 
 on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\, with fish lying on it\, and brea
 d. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."
  So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\
 , a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the
  net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none
  of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
  Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. 
 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after 
 he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren
 \, obey your leaders and submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over y
 our souls\, as men who will have to give account.  Let them do this joyfull
 y\, and not sadly\, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\
 , for we are sure that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorab
 ly in all things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I
  may be restored to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought a
 gain from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by th
 e blood of the eternal covenant\, equip you with everything good that you m
 ay do His will\, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, throu
 gh Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 17:12-19\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered a village\, he was met
  by ten lepers\, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and sai
 d:  "Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us."  When he saw them he said to them\
 , "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were clean
 sed.  Then one of them\, when he saw that he was healed\, turned back\, pra
 ising God with a loud voice\; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet\, giv
 ing him thanks.  Now he was a Samaritan.  Then said Jesus: "Were not ten cl
 eansed? Where are the nine?  Was no one found to return and give praise to 
 God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Rise and go your way\; you
 r faith has made you well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\; Zenia the Martyr\n\n
 Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe 
 Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\,
  he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another w
 ay\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is th
 e shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his v
 oice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has b
 rought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, f
 or they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will fle
 e from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesu
 s used with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 
 So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door
  of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the she
 ep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be 
 saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the w
 ord of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.
   Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led
  away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be s
 trengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adhere
 nts.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to
  eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanc
 tuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp
 .  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people 
 through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp a
 nd bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we se
 ek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up
  a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledg
 e his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for suc
 h sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set o
 n a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\
 , but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light 
 so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to y
 our Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law
  and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  F
 or truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, n
 ot a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then 
 relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall b
 e called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches 
 them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\; Marinos the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossian
 s 4:5-11\,14-18\nBrethren\, conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, ma
 king the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious\, seasoned wi
 th salt\, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos 
 will tell you all about my affairs\; he is a beloved brother and faithful m
 inister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this ver
 y purpose\, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hea
 rts\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful and beloved brother\, who is one
  of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place. Aris
 tarchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (co
 ncerning whom you have received instructions if he comes to you\, receive h
 im)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circumc
 ision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and they have been a
  comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my gre
 etings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and to Nympha and the church in her ho
 use. And when this letter has been read among you\, have it read also in th
 e church of the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the letter from Lao
 dicea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you 
 have received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand
 . Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:
 16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he
  who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me
 ." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are sub
 ject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like ligh
 tning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpen
 ts and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall 
 hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subjec
 t to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same
  hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lor
 d of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and
  understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was you
 r gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him\; Our Holy Father Ma
 ximian\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mothe
 r Philippa of Perge\; Alexandra the Martyr\; Anastasios the Monk of Sinai\;
  Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5
 8:1-11\nThus says the LORD: "Cry aloud\, spare not\, lift up your voice lik
 e a trumpet\; declare to my people their transgression\, to the house of Ja
 cob their sins.  Yet they seek me daily\, and delight to know my ways\, as 
 if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordina
 nce of their God\; they ask of me righteous judgments\, they delight to dra
 w near to God.  'Why have we fasted\, and thou seest it not? Why have we hu
 mbled ourselves\, and thou takest no knowledge of it?' Behold\, in the day 
 of your fast you seek your own pleasure\, and oppress all your workers.  Be
 hold\, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. F
 asting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.  I
 s such the fast that I choose\, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to
  bow down his head like a rush\, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under hi
 m? Will you call this a fast\, and a day acceptable to the LORD?  \n\n "Is 
 not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness\, to undo
  the thongs of the yoke\, to let the oppressed go free\, and to break every
  yoke?  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry\, and bring the homel
 ess poor into your house\; when you see the naked\, to cover him\, and not 
 to hide yourself from your own flesh?  Then shall your light break forth li
 ke the dawn\, and your healing shall spring up speedily\; your righteousnes
 s shall go before you\, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.  Th
 en you shall call\, and the LORD will answer\; you shall cry\, and he will 
 say\, "Here I am." \n\n "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke\, 
 the pointing of the finger\, and speaking wickedness\, if you pour yourself
  out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted\, then shall yo
 ur light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.  And the LO
 RD will guide you continually\, and satisfy your desire with good things\, 
 and make your bones strong\; and you shall be like a watered garden\, like 
 a spring of water\, whose waters fail not.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesi
 s 43:26-31\; 45:1-16\n When Joseph came home\, they brought into the house 
 to him the present which they had with them\, and bowed down to him to the 
 ground.  And he inquired about their welfare\, and said\, "Is your father w
 ell\, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"  They said\, "Your
  servant our father is well\, he is still alive." And they bowed their head
 s and made obeisance.  And he lifted up his eyes\, and saw his brother Benj
 amin\, his mother's son\, and said\, "Is this your youngest brother\, of wh
 om you spoke to me? God be gracious to you\, my son!"  Then Joseph made has
 te\, for his heart yearned for his brother\, and he sought a place to weep.
  And he entered his chamber and wept there.  Then he washed his face and ca
 me out\; and controlling himself he said\, "Let food be served." \n\n (Chap
 ter 45:1-16) Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who sto
 od by him\; and he cried\, "Make every one go out from me." So no one staye
 d with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.  And he wept alo
 ud\, so that the Egyptians heard it\, and the household of Pharaoh heard it
 .  And Joseph said to his brothers\, "I am Joseph\; is my father still aliv
 e?" But his brothers could not answer him\, for they were dismayed at his p
 resence.  So Joseph said to his brothers\, "Come near to me\, I pray you." 
 And they came near. And he said\, "I am your brother\, Joseph\, whom you so
 ld into Egypt.  And now do not be distressed\, or angry with yourselves\, b
 ecause you sold me here\; for God sent me before you to preserve life.  For
  the famine has been in the land these two years\; and there are yet five y
 ears in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.  And God sent me b
 efore you to preserve for you a remnant on earth\, and to keep alive for yo
 u many survivors.  So it was not you who sent me here\, but God\; and he ha
 s made me a father to Pharaoh\, and lord of all his house and ruler over al
 l the land of Egypt.  Make haste and go up to my father and say to him\, 'T
 hus says your son Joseph\, God has made me lord of all Egypt\; come down to
  me\, do not tarry\; you shall dwell in the land of Goshen\, and you shall 
 be near me\, you and your children and your children's children\, and your 
 flocks\, your herds\, and all that you have\; and there I will provide for 
 you\, for there are yet five years of famine to come\; lest you and your ho
 usehold\, and all that you have\, come to poverty.'  And now your eyes see\
 , and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see\, that it is my mouth that speaks
  to you.  You must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt\, and of all 
 that you have seen. Make haste and bring my father down here."  Then he fel
 l upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept\; and Benjamin wept upon his ne
 ck.  And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them\; and after that his
  brothers talked with him.  When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house\, 
 "Joseph's brothers have come\," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.\n
 \nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 21:23-22:4\nHe who keeps his mouth and hi
 s tongue keeps himself out of trouble.  "Scoffer" is the name of the proud\
 , haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.  The desire of the sluggard kil
 ls him for his hands refuse to labor.  All day long the wicked covets\, but
  the righteous gives and does not hold back.  The sacrifice of the wicked i
 s an abomination\; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.  A fal
 se witness will perish\, but the word of a man who hears will endure.  A wi
 cked man puts on a bold face\, but an upright man considers his ways.  No w
 isdom\, no understanding\, no counsel\, can avail against the LORD.  The ho
 rse is made ready for the day of battle\, but the victory belongs to the LO
 RD.  A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches\, and favor is be
 tter than silver or gold.  The rich and the poor meet together\; the LORD i
 s the maker of them all.  A prudent man sees danger and hides himself\; but
  the simple go on\, and suffer for it.  The reward for humility and fear of
  the LORD is riches and honor and life.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\; Righteous Artemon\, B
 ishop of Seleucia\; Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; 
 Zachariah the Recluse\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 29:13
 -23\n And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth an
 d honor me with their lips\, while their hearts are far from me\, and their
  fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote\; therefore\, behold\, 
 I will again do marvelous things with this people\, wonderful and marvelous
 \; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish\, and the discernment of t
 heir discerning men shall be hid."  Woe to those who hide deep from the LOR
 D their counsel\, whose deeds are in the dark\, and who say\, "Who sees us?
  Who knows us?"  You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded 
 as the clay\; that the thing made should say of its maker\, "He did not mak
 e me"\; or the thing formed say of him who formed it\, "He has no understan
 ding"?  \n\n Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turne
 d into a fruitful field\, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a for
 est?  In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book\, and out of thei
 r gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.  The meek shall obtai
 n fresh joy in the LORD\, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy On
 e of Israel.  For the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease\,
  and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off\, who by a word make a man o
 ut to be an offender\, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate\, a
 nd with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.  \n\n Therefore t
 hus says the LORD\, who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: "
 Jacob shall no more be ashamed\, no more shall his face grow pale.  For whe
 n he sees his children\, the work of my hands\, in his midst\, they will sa
 nctify my name\; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\, and will stand 
 in awe of the God of Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-7\n Now
  the LORD said to Abram\, "Go from your country and your kindred and your f
 ather's house to the land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a g
 reat nation\, and I will bless you\, and make your name great\, so that you
  will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you\, and him who curses
  you I will curse\; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless th
 emselves."  \n\n So Abram went\, as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went wi
 th him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.  And 
 Abram took Sarai his wife\, and Lot his brother's son\, and all their posse
 ssions which they had gathered\, and the persons that they had gotten in Ha
 ran\; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to
  the land of Canaan\, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem
 \, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  Then
  the LORD appeared to Abram\, and said\, "To your descendants I will give t
 his land." So he built there an altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to him
 .\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:15-26\nThe simple believes everythi
 ng\, but the prudent looks where he is going.  A wise man is cautious and t
 urns away from evil\, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.  A m
 an of quick temper acts foolishly\, but a man of discretion is patient.  Th
 e simple acquire folly\, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.  The e
 vil bow down before the good\, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.  T
 he poor is disliked even by his neighbor\, but the rich has many friends.  
 He who despises his neighbor is a sinner\, but happy is he who is kind to t
 he poor.  Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loya
 lty and faithfulness.  In all toil there is profit\, but mere talk tends on
 ly to want.  The crown of the wise is their wisdom\, but folly is the garla
 nd of fools.  A truthful witness saves lives\, but one who utters lies is a
  betrayer.  In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence\, and his chi
 ldren will have a refuge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & Aeithalas the Deacon\,
  Martyrs of Persia\; Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr Geor
 ge in Lydda\; George of Neapolis the New Martyr\; Holy Father and New Hiero
 martyr Gregory of Neapolis\; Theodore the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Wi
 nifred of Treffynnon\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren
 \, now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I complet
 e what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, that i
 s\, the church\, of which I became a minister according to the divine offic
 e which was given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\, the
  mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saint
 s. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the ric
 hes of the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glo
 ry. Him we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdo
 m\, that we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, striv
 ing with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I want yo
 u to know how greatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:47-54\; 
 12:1\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you! for you 
 build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. So you are witnes
 ses and consent to the deeds of your fathers\; for they killed them\, and y
 ou build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said\, 'I will send 
 them prophets and apostles\, some of whom they will kill and persecute\,' t
 hat the blood of all the prophets\, shed from the foundation of the world\,
  may be required of this generation\, from the blood of Abel to the blood o
 f Zacharias\, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes\, I tel
 l you\, it shall be required of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! for yo
 u have taken away the key of knowledge\; you did not enter yourselves\, and
  you hindered those who were entering." As he went away from there\, the sc
 ribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard\, and to provoke him to spe
 ak of many things\, lying in wait for him\, to catch at something he might 
 say. In the meantime\, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered
  together that they trod upon one another\, he began to say to his disciple
 s first\, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees\, which is hypocrisy."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ephraim the Syrian\; Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\; James the 
 Righteous\; Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\; Theodosius of Totma\; Grace t
 he Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the frui
 t of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, fa
 ithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And
  those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passion
 s and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit. 
  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one
  another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are s
 piritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, 
 lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the l
 aw of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood o
 n a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude
  of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\
 , who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who w
 ere troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to 
 touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lift
 ed up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for you
 rs is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall 
 be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blesse
 d are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, an
 d cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in th
 at day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\; Matrona the Righteous of Chios\
 ; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Andronicus the Righteous Martyr\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is i
 n Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entr
 ust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in sufferi
 ng as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled 
 in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him
 . An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It i
 s the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Th
 ink over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everythi
 ng.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\,
  as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing
  fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I 
 endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain sal
 vation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:49
 -56\nAt that time\, one of Jesus' disciples came to him and said\, "Master\
 , we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, becau
 se he does not follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do not forbid him\
 ; for he that is not against you is for you." When the days drew near for h
 im to be received up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent mess
 engers ahead of him\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to
  make ready for him\; but the people would not receive him\, because his fa
 ce was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\,
  they said\, "Lord\, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and c
 onsume them as Elijah did?" But he turned and rebuked them. And they went o
 n to another village.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Luke\; Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & hi
 s wife\, Apphia\, Onesimos the Disciple of Paul\; Holy Martyr Cecilia and t
 hose with her\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; 
 Kallistos Xanthopoulos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthimos\, President
  of Crete\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\
 nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\
 , and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And
  very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun
  had risen.  And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the 
 stone for us from the door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that th
 e stone was rolled back\, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, t
 hey saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; a
 nd they were amazed.  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Je
 sus of Nazareth\, who was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see t
 he place where they laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that h
 e is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you.
 "  And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishmen
 t had come upon them\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they were afr
 aid.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22\nBrethr
 en\, Christ is our peace\, who has made us both one\, and has broken down t
 he dividing wall of hostility\, by abolishing in his flesh the law of comma
 ndments and ordinances\, that he might create in himself one new man in pla
 ce of the two\, so making peace\, and might reconcile us both to God in one
  body through the cross\, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And he 
 came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were
  near\; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So
  then you are no longer strangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citiz
 ens with the saints and members of the household of God\, built upon the fo
 undation of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the corn
 erstone\, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a h
 oly temple in the Lord\; in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling 
 place of God in the Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:16-21\nThe Lord said
  this parable: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully\; and he t
 hought to himself\, 'What shall I do\, for I have nowhere to store my crops
 ?' And he said\, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns\, and build lar
 ger ones\; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say
  to my soul\, 'Soul\, you have ample goods laid up for many years\; take yo
 ur ease\, eat\, drink\, be merry.' But God said to him\, 'Fool! This night 
 your soul is required of you\; and the things you have prepared\, whose wil
 l they be?'  So is he who lays up treasure for himself\, and is not rich to
 ward God." As he said these things\, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear
 \, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Holy Cross\; Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy L
 ady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\; Autonomos the Martyr\; Hieromartyr
  Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconium\; Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bis
 hop of Iconium\; Daniel of Thassos\; Julian the Martyr\; Theodore the Hiero
 martyr of Alexandria\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that ti
 me\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus 
 had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but some do
 ubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on e
 arth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\
 , baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy S
 pirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I
  am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see with what large letters I am writing to y
 ou with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the fle
 sh that would compel you to be circumcised\, and only in order that they ma
 y not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive cir
 cumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but they desire to have you circ
 umcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory e
 xcept in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, by which the world has been c
 rucified to me\, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for an
 ything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon a
 ll who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man tr
 ouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: John 
 3:13-17\nThe Lord said\, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descen
 ded from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up t
 he serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that w
 hoever believes in him may have eternal life.\n\n"For God so loved the worl
 d that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not peris
 h but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to conde
 mn the world\, but that the world might be saved through him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\; Pachomios the Righteou
 s New Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am 
 the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and 
 out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\;
  I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good sh
 epherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a h
 ireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf co
 ming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatte
 rs them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep
 .  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Fathe
 r knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  A
 nd I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\
 , and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Kin
 g Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then 
 Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus 
 with the authority and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\
 , I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining ro
 und me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the g
 round\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\
 , why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I s
 aid\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are pe
 rsecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have appeared to you f
 or this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in
  which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delive
 ring you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open t
 heir eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of
  Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among
  those who are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I 
 was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at
  Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and
  also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform
  deeds worthy of their repentance." \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lo
 rd said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, h
 e who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way
 \, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the 
 shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voi
 ce\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has bro
 ught out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for
  they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee 
 from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus 
 used with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So
  Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door o
 f the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep
  did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be sa
 ved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\; Paul & his sister Juliana and thei
 r Companions\; Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\; Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\
 nEpistle Reading: I John 4:20-21\;5:1-21\nBeloved\, if any one says\, "I lo
 ve God\," and hates his brother\, he is a liar\; for he who does not love h
 is brother whom he has seen\, cannot love God whom he has not seen.  And th
 is commandment we have from him\, that he who loves God should love his bro
 ther also.\n\nEvery one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of
  God\, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.  By this we know
  that we love the children of God\, when we love God and obey his commandme
 nts.  For this is the love of God\, that we keep his commandments.  And his
  commandments are not burdensome.  For whatever is born of God overcomes th
 e world\; and this is the victory that overcomes the world\, our faith.  Wh
 o is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son 
 of God?\n\nThis is he who came by water and blood\, Jesus Christ\, not with
  the water only but with the water and the blood.  And the Spirit is the wi
 tness\, because the Spirit is the truth.  There are three witnesses\, the S
 pirit\, the water\, and the blood\; and these three agree.  If we receive t
 he testimony of men\, the testimony of God is greater\; for this is the tes
 timony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.  He who believes in the
  Son of God has the testimony in himself.  He who does not believe God has 
 made him a liar\, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has
  borne to his Son.  And this is the testimony\, that God gave us eternal li
 fe\, and this life is in his Son.  He who has the Son has life\; he who has
  not the Son of God has not life.\n\nI write this to you who believe in the
  name of the Son of God\, that you may know that you have eternal life.  An
 d this is the confidence which we have in him\, that if we ask anything acc
 ording to his will he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in whateve
 r we ask\, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.  If any 
 one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin\, he will ask\, an
 d God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal.  There is sin w
 hich is mortal\; I do not say that one is to pray for that.  All wrongdoing
  is sin\, but there is sin which is not mortal.\n\nWe know that any one bor
 n of God does not sin\, but He who was born of God keeps him\, and the evil
  one does not touch him.\n\nWe know that we are of God\, and the whole worl
 d is in the power of the evil one.\n\nAnd we know that the Son of God has c
 ome and has given us understanding\, to know him who is true\; and we are i
 n him who is true\, in his Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God and eter
 nal life.  Little children\, keep yourselves from idols.  Amen. \n\nGospel 
 Reading: Mark 15:1-15\nAt that time\, the chief priests\, with the elders\,
  and scribes and the whole council held a consultation\; and they bound Jes
 us and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.  And Pilate asked him\, "A
 re you the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You have said so."  A
 nd the chief priests accused him of many things.  And Pilate again asked hi
 m\, "Have you no answer to make?  See how many charges they bring against y
 ou."  But Jesus made no further answer\, so that Pilate wondered.  Now at t
 he feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.  And
  among the rebels in prison\, who had committed murder in the insurrection\
 , there was a man called Barabbas.  And the crowd came up and began to ask 
 Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.  And he answered them\, "Do you
  want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"  For he perceived that i
 t was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.  But the chi
 ef priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas inste
 ad.  And Pilate again said to them\, "Then what shall I do with the man who
 m you call the King of the Jews?"  And they cried out again\, "Crucify him.
 "  And Pilate said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?"  But they shout
 ed all the more\, "Crucify him."  So Pilate\, wishing to satisfy the crowd\
 , released for them Barabbas\; and having scourged Jesus\, he delivered him
  to be crucified.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Holy Cross\; Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and t
 wo children\; Our Righteous Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\
 ; Hilarion the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; John th
 e Foreigner\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the
  week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spices whic
 h they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, 
 but when they went in they did not find the body.  While they were perplexe
 d about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as 
 they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to 
 them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how he told yo
 u\, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be delivered i
 n to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise
 ."  And they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb they told a
 ll this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and
  Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told
  this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and t
 hey did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping 
 and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home w
 ondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the
  Galatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by works
  of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in Ch
 rist Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by works
  of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if
 \, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to b
 e sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build u
 p again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgressor
 . For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I have 
 been crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who li
 ves in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son
  of God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:3
 4-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, let him den
 y himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his l
 ife will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's 
 will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole world and f
 orfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoeve
 r is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation\, 
 of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the glory of 
 his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to y
 ou\, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see 
 the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Barnabas the Holy Apostle\; Revelation 
 of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel\; L
 uke of Simferopol\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readi
 ng: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears
  me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him
  who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the de
 mons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fa
 ll like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread
  upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and no
 thing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirit
 s are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." 
 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, 
 Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from 
 the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for 
 such was your gracious will."\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBre
 thren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced t
 o death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and t
 o men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are 
 weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To 
 the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and ho
 meless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless
 \; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we
  have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring 
 of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish yo
 u as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, 
 you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus thro
 ugh the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the
  world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and p
 ut it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the ho
 use.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good work
 s and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have co
 me to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them bu
 t to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass a
 way\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accompl
 ished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and tea
 ches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who d
 oes them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\; Rom
 anos\, Prince of Uglich\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\; Cumine the Whi
 te\, Abbot of Iona\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt 
 that time\, the report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea a
 nd all the surrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these
  things. And John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the 
 Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?"
  And when the men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent 
 us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for anot
 her?'" In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\
 , and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go
  and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\
 , the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are ra
 ised up\, the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who t
 akes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began 
 to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilde
 rness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see
 ? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously apparel
 ed and live in luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see
 ? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom
  it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall
  prepare your way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none 
 is greater than John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater
  than he." When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justi
 fied God\, having been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisee
 s and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having b
 een baptized by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, 
 it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone 
 in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
  face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show 
 that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted
  in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; p
 ersecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always car
 rying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also b
 e manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up
  to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in 
 our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we
  have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I
  spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the
  Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his pr
 esence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and
  more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about th
 e deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Ar
 e you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered
  them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their si
 ght and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dea
 d are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed
  is he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to spea
 k to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness t
 o behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man
  clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings
 ' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, an
 d more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send 
 my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Tru
 ly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greate
 r than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is g
 reater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of 
 heaven has been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For 
 all the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing
  to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let 
 him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\; Theodota the Martyr and her Children\; Co
 nstantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Pious King Theodosius the New
 \; Holy Virgin Martyr Theodota\; Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; O
 laf of Norway\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:1-10\nBrethren\, let every pers
 on be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority excep
 t from God\, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he
  who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed\, and those who
  resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct bu
 t to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what i
 s good\, and you will receive his approval\, for he is God's servant for yo
 ur own good. But if you do wrong\, be afraid\, for he does not bear the swo
 rd in vain\; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer
 . Therefore one must be subject\, not only to avoid God's wrath but also fo
 r the sake of conscience. For the same reasons you also pay taxes\, for the
  authorities are ministers of God\, attending this very thing. Pay all of t
 heir dues\, taxes to whom taxes are due\, revenue to whom revenue is due\, 
 respect to whom respect is due\, honor to whom honor is due. Owe no one any
 thing\, except to love one another\, for he who loves his neighbor has fulf
 illed the law. The commandments\, "You shall not commit adultery\, You shal
 l not kill\, You shall not steal\, You shall not covet\," and any other com
 mandment\, are summed up in this sentence\, "You shall love your neighbor a
 s yourself." Love does no wrong to a neighbor\; therefore love is the fulfi
 lling of the law.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:30-37\nThe Lord said\, "He 
 who is not with me is against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatt
 ers. Therefore I tell you\, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men\, 
 but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever says
  a word against the Son of man will be forgiven\; but whoever speaks agains
 t the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven\, either in this age or in the age t
 o come.\n\n"Either make the tree good\, and its fruit good\; or make the tr
 ee bad\, and its fruit bad\; for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood 
 of vipers! How can you speak good\, when you are evil? For out of the abund
 ance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of his good treasure b
 rings forth good\, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth e
 vil. I tell you\, on the day of judgment men will render account for every 
 careless word they utter\; for by your words you will be justified\, and by
  your words you will be condemned."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\; Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him
 \; The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\; Eustathios the Confessor\, Bish
 op of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 41:4-14\nWho
  has performed and done this\, calling the generations from the beginning? 
 I\, the LORD\, the first\, and with the last\; I am He.  The coastlands hav
 e seen and are afraid\, the ends of the earth tremble\; they have drawn nea
 r and come.  Every one helps his neighbor\, and says to his brother\, "Take
  courage!"  The craftsman encourages the goldsmith\, and he who smoothes wi
 th the hammer him who strikes the anvil\, saying of the soldering\, "It is 
 good"\; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.  \n\n But
  you\, Israel\, my servant\, Jacob\, whom I have chosen\, the offspring of 
 Abraham\, my friend\; you whom I took from the ends of the earth\, and call
 ed from its farthest corners\, saying to you\, "You are my servant\, I have
  chosen you and not cast you off"\; fear not\, for I am with you\, be not d
 ismayed\, for I am your God\; I will strengthen you\, I will help you\, I w
 ill uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n\n  Behold\, all who are in
 censed against you shall be put to shame and confounded\; those who strive 
 against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.  You shall seek those who
  contend with you\, but you shall not find them\; those who war against you
  shall be as nothing at all.  For I\, the LORD your God\, hold your right h
 and\; it is I who say to you\, "Fear not\, I will help you."  Fear not\, yo
 u worm Jacob\, you men of Israel! I will help you\, says the LORD\; your Re
 deemer is the Holy One of Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 17:1-9\
 n When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram\, and sai
 d to him\, "I am God Almighty\; walk before me\, and be blameless.  And I w
 ill make my covenant between me and you\, and will multiply you exceedingly
 ."  Then Abram fell on his face\; and God said to him\,  "Behold\, my coven
 ant is with you\, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.  N
 o longer shall your name be Abram\, but your name shall be Abraham\; for I 
 have made you the father of a multitude of nations.  I will make you exceed
 ingly fruitful\; and I will make nations of you\, and kings shall come fort
 h from you.  And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your d
 escendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covena
 nt\, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.  And I will give t
 o you\, and to your descendants after you\, the land of your sojournings\, 
 all the land of Canaan\, for an everlasting possession\; and I will be thei
 r God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:20-16:9\nA wise son makes a g
 lad father\, but a foolish man despises his mother.  Folly is a joy to him 
 who has no sense\, but a man of understanding walks aright.  Without counse
 l plans go wrong\, but with many advisers they succeed.  To make an apt ans
 wer is a joy to a man\, and a word in season\, how good it is!  The wise ma
 n's path leads upward to life\, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.  The LORD 
 tears down the house of the proud\, but maintains the widow's boundaries.  
 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD\, the words of th
 e pure are pleasing to him.  He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble
  for his household\, but he who hates bribes will live.  The mind of the ri
 ghteous ponders how to answer\, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil 
 things.  The LORD is far from the wicked\, but he hears the prayer of the r
 ighteous.  The light of the eyes rejoices the heart\, and good news refresh
 es the bones.  He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abide among the
  wise.  He who ignores instruction despises himself\, but he who heeds admo
 nition gains understanding.  The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom\
 , and humility goes before honor.  The plans of the mind belong to man\, bu
 t the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.  All the ways of a man are pur
 e in his own eyes\, but the LORD weighs the spirit.  Commit your work to th
 e LORD\, and your plans will be established.  The LORD has made everything 
 for its purpose\, even the wicked for the day of trouble.  Every one who is
  arrogant is an abomination to the LORD\; be assured\, he will not go unpun
 ished.  By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for\, and by the fea
 r of the LORD a man avoids evil.  When a man's ways please the LORD\, he ma
 kes even his enemies to be at peace with him.  Better is a little with righ
 teousness than great revenues with injustice.  A man's mind plans his way\,
  but the LORD directs his steps.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Second Saturday of Lent\; The Holy Matrona of Thessalonica\; Paul\, Bi
 shop of Corinth\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebr
 ews 3:12-16\nBRETHREN\, take care lest there be in any of you an evil\, unb
 elieving heart\, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort o
 ne another every day\, as long as it is called "today\," that none of you m
 ay be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we share in Christ\, if onl
 y we hold our first confidence firm to the end\, while it is said\, "Today\
 , when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."
  Who were they that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who
  left Egypt under the leadership of Moses? \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44
 \nAt that time\, Jesus went out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed. An
 d Simon and those who were with him pursued him\, and they found him and sa
 id to him\, "Everyone is searching for you." And he said to them\, "Let us 
 go on to the next towns\, that I may preach there also\; for that is why I 
 came out." And he went throughout all Galilee\, preaching in their synagogu
 es and casting out demons. And a leper came to him beseeching him\, and kne
 eling said to him\, "If you will\, you can make me clean." Moved with pity\
 , he stretched out his hand and touched him\, and said to him\, "I will\; b
 e clean." And immediately the leprosy left him\, and he was made clean. And
  he sternly charged him\, and sent him away at once\, and said to him\, "Se
 e that you say nothing to any one\; but go\, show yourself to a priest\, an
 d offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, Iren
 e\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos\; Holy Father John the R
 ighteous\, disciple of St. Gregory of Decapolis\; Euthemios the Enlightener
  of Karelia\; Cosmas\, Bishop of Calcydon\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\;
  Athanasia the Wonderworker of Aegina\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts
  2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing with the eleven\, lifted up his 
 voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, l
 et this be known to you\, and give ear to my words. For these men are not d
 runk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the third hour of the day\; but th
 is is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in the last days it shall b
 e\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh\, and your
  sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and your young men shall see visi
 ons\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; yea\, and on my menservants and
  my maid servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit\; and they shall 
 prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the eart
 h beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun shall be turned
  into darkness and the moon into blood\, before the day of the Lord comes\,
  the great and manifest day. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name
  of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that ti
 me\, Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the 
 linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happene
 d.\n\nAnd behold\, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about
  seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these t
 hings that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together\, 
 Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from r
 ecognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is this conversation which you 
 are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad.
  Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visito
 r to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in the
 se days?" And he said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Conc
 erning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
  God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered hi
 m up to be condemned to death\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he
  was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the t
 hird day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed u
 s. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body\; a
 nd they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who s
 aid that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, an
 d found it just as the women had said\; but him they did not see." And he s
 aid to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the pr
 ophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer thes
 e things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the pr
 ophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning
  himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to which they were going. He 
 appeared to be going further\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay wi
 th us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went 
 in to stay with them. When he was at table with them\, he took the bread an
 d blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened 
 and they recognized him\; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to 
 each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on th
 e road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hou
 r and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together a
 nd those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and h
 as appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road\, and h
 ow he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\n
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 Irene\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\; Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian
  the Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Marty
 r of Samaria\; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\; Paul\, J
 uliana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 Epistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:4-12\nBrethren\, if it seems advisable th
 at I should go also\, they will accompany me. I will visit you after passin
 g through Macedonia\, for I intend to pass through Macedonia\, and perhaps 
 I will stay with you or even spend the winter\, so that you may speed me on
  my journey\, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now just in passi
 ng\; I hope to spend some time with you\, if the Lord permits. But I will s
 tay in Ephesos until Pentecost\, for a wide door for effective work has ope
 ned to me\, and there are many adversaries. When Timothy comes\, see that y
 ou put him at ease among you\, for he is doing the work of the Lord\, as I 
 am. So let no one despise him. Speed him on his way in peace\, that he may 
 return to me\; for I am expecting him with the brethren. As for our brother
  Apollos\, I strongly urge him to visit you with the other brethren\, but i
 t was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has the opportu
 nity.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:28-32\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A 
 man had two sons\; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work i
 n the vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he re
 pented and went. And he went to the second and said the same\; and he answe
 red\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his f
 ather?" They said\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you
 \, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you
 . For John came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believ
 e him\, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him and even when y
 ou saw it\, you did not afterward repent and believe him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\; Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\; Di
 onysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ischyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, we 
 beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus\, that as you learned from us how 
 you ought to live and to please God\, just as you are doing\, you do so mor
 e and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jes
 us. For this is the will of God\, your sanctification: that you abstain fro
 m unchastity\; that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in 
 holiness and honor\, not in the passion of lust like the heathen who do not
  know God\; that no man transgress\, and wrong his brother in this matter\,
  because the Lord is an avenger in all these things\, as we solemnly forewa
 rned you. For God has not called us for uncleanness\, but in holiness. Ther
 efore whoever disregards this\, disregards not man but God\, who gives his 
 Holy Spirit to you. But concerning the love of the brethren you have no nee
 d to have any one write to you\, for you yourselves have been taught by God
  to love one another\; and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout M
 acedonia. But we exhort you\, brethren\, to do so more and more\, to aspire
  to live quietly\, to mind your own affairs\, and to work with your hands\,
  as we charged you\; so that you may command the respect of outsiders\, and
  be dependent on nobody.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:15-17\, 26-30\nAt that 
 time\, they were bringing infants to Jesus that he might touch them\; and w
 hen the disciples saw it\, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him\
 , saying\, "Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to s
 uch belongs the kingdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not rec
 eive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."\n\nThose who hear
 d it said\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with
  men is possible with God." And Peter said\, "Lo\, we have left our homes a
 nd followed you." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no
  man who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children\, for th
 e sake of the kingdom of God\, who will not receive manifold more in this t
 ime\, and in the age to come eternal life."\n\n
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 sts: 11th Sunday of Matthew\; Moses the Black of Scete\; Diomedes & Laurenc
 e the Martyrs\; 33 Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Job of Pochaev \; Synaxis of the 
 Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\
 , and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more t
 han  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He sa
 id to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son o
 f John\, do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I l
 ove you."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time
 \, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he sa
 id to him the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, 
 you know everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed
  my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded
  yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stre
 tch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do n
 ot wish to go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.
 )  And after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw fol
 lowing them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breas
 t at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray yo
 u?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" 
  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what i
 s that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that
  this disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would n
 ot die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that
  to you?"  This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, an
 d who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  B
 ut there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of the
 m to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the boo
 ks that would be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12\n
 Brethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defen
 se to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and 
 drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the other 
 apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas an
 d I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a
  soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of it
 s fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say this 
 on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in the
  law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the gra
 in." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for o
 ur sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in h
 ope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have sown
  spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benefit
 s? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? Nev
 ertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything rat
 her than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 18:23-35\nThe Lord said this parable:  "The kingdom of heaven 
 may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. 
  When he began the reckoning\, one was brought to him who owed him ten thou
 sand talents\; and as he could not pay\, his lord ordered him to be sold\, 
 with his wife and children and all that he had\, and payment to be made.  S
 o the servant fell on his knees\, imploring him\, 'Lord\, have patience wit
 h me\, and I will pay you everything.'  And out of pity for him the lord of
  that servant released him and forgave him the debt.  But that same servant
 \, as he went out\, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hun
 dred denarii\; and seizing him by the throat he said\, 'Pay what you owe.' 
 So his fellow servant fell down and besought him\, 'Have patience with me\,
  and I will pay you.'  He refused and went and put him in prison till he sh
 ould pay the debt.  When his fellow servants saw what had taken place\, the
 y were greatly distressed\, and they went and reported to their lord all th
 at had taken place.  Then his lord summoned him and said to him\, 'You wick
 ed servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me\; and shoul
 d not you have had mercy on your fellow servant\, as I had mercy on you?'  
 And in anger his lord delivered him to the torturers\, till he should pay a
 ll his debt.  So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you\, if y
 ou do not forgive your brother from your heart."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose 
 and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she en
 tered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth hear
 d the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are 
 you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gr
 anted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when 
 the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for
  joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of 
 what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarde
 d the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations
  will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\,
  and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and
  returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the fi
 rst covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a te
 nt was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table
  and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the se
 cond curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden alt
 ar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, 
 which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budde
 d\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory ov
 ershadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. 
 These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into 
 the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the second only 
 the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking bloo
 d which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; 
 and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister
  called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But
  Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "
 Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell 
 her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you ar
 e anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has c
 hosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he sai
 d this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed i
 s the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, 
 "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forgiveness Sunday\; Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\; The Holy Great Mart
 yr Photine\, the Samaritan Women\; Holy Martyr Theocletus\; John Claphas th
 e new Martyr\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the wo
 men went to the tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they fo
 und the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did no
 t find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, b
 ehold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were fright
 ened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do y
 ou seek the living among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember
  how He told you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must
  be delivered into the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the 
 third day rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb 
 they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magda
 lene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them 
 who told this to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale
 \, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stoo
 ping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went h
 ome wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:11-14\;14
 :1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed\
 ; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off the wor
 ks of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourselves bec
 omingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery
  and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord 
 Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its desires
 .\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disput
 es over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, while the weak man ea
 ts only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains\, and le
 t not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed
  him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?  It is befor
 e his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God 
 is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\nThe Lord sa
 id\, "If you forgive men their trespasses\, your heavenly Father also will 
 forgive you\; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses\, neither will
  your Father forgive your trespasses.\n\n"And when you fast\, do not look d
 ismal\, like the hypocrites\, for they disfigure their faces that their fas
 ting may be seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their r
 eward.  But when you fast\, anoint your head and wash your face\, that your
  fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret\; and y
 our Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"Do not lay up for yourse
 lves treasures on earth\, where moth and rust consume and where thieves bre
 ak in and steal\, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, where nei
 ther moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.  F
 or where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\; The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Per
 sia\; Joseph the Sanctified\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: II Timothy 1:3-8\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank God whom I serve with 
 a clear conscience\, as did my fathers\, when I remember you constantly in 
 my prayers.  As I remember your tears\, I long night and day to see you\, t
 hat I may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith\, a fait
 h that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now\
 , I am sure\, dwells in you.  Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of Go
 d that is within you through the laying on of my hands\; for God did not gi
 ve us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.
 \n\nDo not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prison
 er\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge befo
 re my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also w
 ill deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves father or mot
 her more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter mor
 e than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and foll
 ow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left 
 everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit
  on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve 
 thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has left 
 houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, fo
 r my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  
 But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Blaise the Holy Martyr of Sebastia\; Theodora the Empress\; Finding of
  the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\; Geor
 ge the Serbian\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the He
 brews 4:14-16\; 5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passe
 d through the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confe
 ssion. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our w
 eaknesses\, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet w
 ithout sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, 
 that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every
  high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in 
 relation to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gentl
 y with the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. 
 Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as 
 for those of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but
  he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt hims
 elf to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "
 Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another 
 place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his 
 twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast the
 m out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus 
 sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no to
 wn of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isra
 el.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  H
 eal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You rece
 ived without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Great and Holy Pascha\; Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs
 \; Righteous Amphilochios of Patmos\; Leonidas and Charissa\, Nike\, Galene
 \, Kallida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Martyrs\n\nFast Free
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:1-8\nIn the
  first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do a
 nd teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, after he had given commandm
 ent through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he 
 presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to the
 m during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying
  with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for t
 he promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John 
 baptized with water\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the H
 oly Spirit."\n\nSo when they had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, w
 ill you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them\, "it 
 is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his o
 wn authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upo
 n you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sam
 aria and to the end of the earth."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:1-17\nIn the b
 eginning was the Word\, and the Word was with God\, and the Word was God. H
 e was in the beginning with God\; all things were made through him\, and wi
 thout him was not anything made that was made. In him was life\, and the li
 fe was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness\, and the darknes
 s has not overcome it. \n\nThere was a man sent from God\, whose name was J
 ohn. He came for testimony\, to bear witness to the light\, that all might 
 believe through him. He was not the light\, but came to bear witness to the
  light.\n\nThe true light that enlightens every man was coming into the wor
 ld. He was in the world\, and the world was made through him\, yet the worl
 d knew him not. He came to his own home\, and his own people received him n
 ot. But to all who received him\, who believed in his name\, he gave power 
 to become children of God\; who were born\, not of blood nor of the will of
  the flesh nor of the will of man\, but of God.\n\nAnd the Word became fles
 h and dwelt among us\, full of grace and truth\; we have beheld his glory\,
  glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him\, and 
 cried\, "This was he of whom I said\, 'He who comes after me ranks before m
 e\, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received\, g
 race upon grace. For the law was given through Moses\; grace and truth came
  through Jesus Christ.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\; Hol
 y Godbearing Nectarius\, the Builder of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Me
 teora\; Theodotos the Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\; Athanasios\
 , Archbishop of Christianopolis\; The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\; Nic
 holas the Younger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and powe
 r\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who be
 longed to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyr
 enians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, aro
 se and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and t
 he Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said
 \, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And t
 hey stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came up
 on him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up false
  witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this ho
 ly place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazaret
 h will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses deliver
 ed to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face
  was like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?"
  And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appear
 ed to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in 
 Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and 
 go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of 
 the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed
  him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave hi
 m no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it
  to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no chi
 ld.\n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High doe
 s not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my
  throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says t
 he Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these t
 hings?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you
  always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of t
 he prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who annou
 nced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betraye
 d and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did no
 t keep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and the
 y ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed 
 into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand
  of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of
  man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voi
 ce and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him 
 out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments
  at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, 
 he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried w
 ith a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he 
 had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:46-54\nAt that ti
 me\, there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus had 
 come from Judea to Galilee\, he went and begged him to come down and heal h
 is son\, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him\, "U
 nless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official said to
  him\, "Sir\, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him\, "Go\; yo
 ur son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and we
 nt his way. As he was going down\, his servants met him and told him that h
 is son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend\, and th
 ey said to him\, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." The fa
 ther knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him\, "Your son will liv
 e"\; and he himself believed\, and all his household. This was now the seco
 nd sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Matthew\; Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner 
 John the Baptist\; The Righteous Martyr Febronia\; Methodius of Nevritos\; 
 Prokopios the New Martyr\; Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Mount Atho
 s\; Orentios\, Pharmakios\, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, and Lon
 ginos the Martyrs and Brothers\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\,
  He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demo
 ns. She went and told those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wep
 t. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they wo
 uld not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of the
 m\, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the 
 rest\, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven 
 themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief an
 d hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after
  He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the 
 gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved
 \; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will acco
 mpany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will s
 peak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any de
 adly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\
 , and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken t
 o them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. 
 And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with th
 em and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: Romans 5:1-10\nBrethren\, since we are justified by faith\, we h
 ave peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obtai
 ned access by faith to this grace in which we stand\, and we rejoice in our
  hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that\, we rejoice in our suffe
 rings\, knowing that suffering produces endurance\, and endurance produces 
 character\, and character produces hope\, and hope does not disappoint us\,
  because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit
  which has been given to us. While we were still weak\, at the right time C
 hrist died for the ungodly. Why\, one will hardly die for a righteous man -
 - though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. But God shows hi
 s love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since\,
  therefore\, we are now justified by his blood\, much more shall we be save
 d by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconc
 iled to God by the death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are reconcile
 d\, shall we be saved by his life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:22-33\nThe 
 Lord said\, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So\, if your eye is sound\, y
 our whole body will be full of light\; but if your eye is not sound\, your 
 whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness\,
  how great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters\; for either he wi
 ll hate the one and love the other\, or he will be devoted to the one and d
 espise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you\, d
 o not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat or what you shall dri
 nk\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on. Is not life more than foo
 d\, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they nei
 ther sow nor reap nor gather into barns\, and yet your heavenly Father feed
 s them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxi
 ous can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about cl
 othing? Consider the lilies of the field\, how they grow\; they neither toi
 l nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
  like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field\, which to
 day is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, will he not much more c
 lothe you\, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious\, saying\, '
 What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? For t
 he Gentiles seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father knows you need
  them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\, and all these
  things shall be yours as well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. John Climacus\; Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabrie
 l\; 26 Martyrs in Crimea\; Irenaeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that tim
 e\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to lo
 ok into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body
  of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her\
 , "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they have take
 n away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this\,
  she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was
  Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?
 " Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have c
 arried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him awa
 y." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rab
 boni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I h
 ave not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren and say to them\
 , I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God." Ma
 ry Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and 
 she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Heb
 rews 6:13-20\nBRETHREN\, when God made a promise to Abraham\, since he had 
 no one greater by whom to swear\, he swore to himself\, saying\, "Surely I 
 will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham\, having patiently endur
 ed\, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves\, 
 and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God de
 sired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeabl
 e character of his purpose\, he interposed with an oath\, so that through t
 wo unchangeable things\, in which it is impossible that God should prove fa
 lse\, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize 
 the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the 
 soul\, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain\, where 
 Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf\, having become a high priest 
 for ever after the order of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:17-31\n
 At that time\, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher\, I brough
 t my son to you\, for he has a dumb spirit\; and wherever it seizes him it 
 dashes him down\; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid\; and
  I asked your disciples to cast it out\, and they were not able." And he an
 swered them\, "O faithless generation\, how long am I to be with you? How l
 ong am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to hi
 m\; and when the spirit saw him\, immediately it convulsed the boy\, and he
  fell on the ground and rolled about\, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus aske
 d his father\, "How long has he had this?" And he said\, "From childhood. A
 nd it has often cast him into the fire and into the water\, to destroy him\
 ; but if you can do anything\, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said
  to him\, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immedi
 ately the father of the child cried out and said\, "I believe\; help my unb
 elief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together\, he rebuked 
 the unclean spirit\, saying to it\, "You dumb and deaf spirit\, I command y
 ou\, come out of him\, and never enter him again." And after crying out and
  convulsing him terribly\, it came out\, and the boy was like a corpse\; so
  that most of them said\, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and 
 lifted him up\, and he arose. And when he had entered the house\, his disci
 ples asked him privately\, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to t
 hem\, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." 
 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have a
 ny one know it\; for he was teaching his disciples\, saying to them\, "The 
 Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will kill him
 \; and when he is killed\, after three days he will rise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Confessor\; Thomas I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Philemo
 n and Domninos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 8:13-9:7\nBu
 t the LORD of hosts\, him you shall regard as holy\; let him be your fear\,
  and let him be your dread.  And he will become a sanctuary\, and a stone o
 f offense\, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel\, a trap and a
  snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble thereon\; t
 hey shall fall and be broken\; they shall be snared and taken."  \n\n Bind 
 up the testimony\, seal the teaching among my disciples.  I will wait for t
 he LORD\, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob\, and I will hope 
 in him.  Behold\, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs a
 nd portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts\, who dwells on Mount Zion.  A
 nd when they say to you\, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp an
 d mutter\," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the 
 dead on behalf of the living?  To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely
  for this word which they speak there is no dawn.  They will pass through t
 he land\, greatly distressed and hungry\; and when they are hungry\, they w
 ill be enraged and will curse their king and their God\, and turn their fac
 es upward\; and they will look to the earth\, but behold\, distress and dar
 kness\, the gloom of anguish\; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.
   \n\n But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the forme
 r time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtal
 i\, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea\, the l
 and beyond the Jordan\, Galilee of the nations.  The people who walked in d
 arkness have seen a great light\; those who dwelt in a land of deep darknes
 s\, on them has light shined.  Thou hast multiplied the nation\, thou hast 
 increased its joy\; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest\, a
 s men rejoice when they divide the spoil.  For the yoke of his burden\, and
  the staff for his shoulder\, the rod of his oppressor\, thou hast broken a
 s on the day of Midian.  For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle t
 umult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire
 .  For to us a child is born\, to us a son is given\; and the government wi
 ll be upon his shoulder\, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor\
 , Mighty God\, Everlasting Father\, Prince of Peace."  Of the increase of h
 is government and of peace there will be no end\, upon the throne of David\
 , and over his kingdom\, to establish it\, and to uphold it with justice an
 d with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the
  LORD of hosts will do this.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 6:9-22\n The
 se are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man\, blameless in his
  generation\; Noah walked with God.  And Noah had three sons\, Shem\, Ham\,
  and Japheth.  Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight\, and the earth was
  filled with violence.  And God saw the earth\, and behold\, it was corrupt
 \; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.  And God said to N
 oah\, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh\; for the earth is fil
 led with violence through them\; behold\, I will destroy them with the eart
 h.  Make yourself an ark of gopher wood\; make rooms in the ark\, and cover
  it inside and out with pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the length 
 of the ark three hundred cubits\, its breadth fifty cubits\, and its height
  thirty cubits.  Make a roof for the ark\, and finish it to a cubit above\;
  and set the door of the ark in its side\; make it with lower\, second\, an
 d third decks.  For behold\, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth\
 , to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven\; e
 verything that is on the earth shall die.  But I will establish my covenant
  with you\; and you shall come into the ark\, you\, your sons\, your wife\,
  and your sons' wives with you.  And of every living thing of all flesh\, y
 ou shall bring two of every sort into the ark\, to keep them alive with you
 \; they shall be male and female.  Of the birds according to their kinds\, 
 and of the animals according to their kinds\, of every creeping thing of th
 e ground according to its kind\, two of every sort shall come in to you\, t
 o keep them alive.  Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten\, a
 nd store it up\; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."  Noah di
 d this\; he did all that God commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prove
 rbs 8:1-21\nDoes not wisdom call\, does not understanding raise her voice? 
 On the heights beside the way\, in the paths she takes her stand\; beside t
 he gates in front of the town\, at the entrance of the portals she cries al
 oud:  "To you\, O men\, I call\, and my cry is to the sons of men.O simple 
 ones\, learn prudence\; O foolish men\, pay attention.  Hear\, for I will s
 peak noble things\, and from my lips will come what is right\; for my mouth
  will utter truth\; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  All the words
  of my mouth are righteous\; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.  
 They are all straight to him who understands and right to those who find kn
 owledge.  Take my instruction instead of silver\, and knowledge rather than
  choice gold\; for wisdom is better than jewels\, and all that you may desi
 re cannot compare with her.  I\, wisdom\, dwell in prudence\, and I find kn
 owledge and discretion.  The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and 
 arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.  I have counsel 
 and sound wisdom\, I have insight\, I have strength.  By me kings reign\, a
 nd rulers decree what is just\; by me princes rule\, and nobles govern the 
 earth.  I love those who love me\, and those who seek me diligently find me
 .  Riches and honor are with me\, enduring wealth and prosperity.  My fruit
  is better than gold\, even fine gold\, and my yield than choice silver.  I
  walk in the way of righteousness\, in the paths of justice\, endowing with
  wealth those who love me\, and filling their treasuries.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\; Apodosis of the Presentatio
 n of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading:
  Matthew 25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall
  be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bride
 groom. Five of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish
  took their lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks o
 f oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered 
 and slept. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come
  out to meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And
  the foolish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps a
 re going out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for
  us and for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And whi
 le they went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went i
 n with him to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the oth
 er maidens came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\
 , 'Truly\, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you kno
 w neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, 
 before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint u
 ntil faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Chri
 st came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\
 , we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons
  of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ ha
 ve put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave n
 or free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ 
 Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs a
 ccording to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is n
 o better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he i
 s under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us
 \; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the u
 niverse. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born o
 f a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, s
 o that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\n
 At that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And the
 re was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had s
 uffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and w
 as no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\,
  and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\
 , "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately th
 e hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her d
 isease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from hi
 m\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garm
 ents?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around y
 ou\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who h
 ad done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fea
 r and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. An
 d he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\,
  and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\; Our Holy Father Myronus th
 e Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\; Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagor
 as and Anastasius of Thessolonica\; Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\; Kall
 inikos\, Metropolitan of Edessa and Pella\; Afterfeast of the Transfigurati
 on of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anastatios the Martyr from Bulgari
 a\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 11:31-34\;12:1-6\nBrethr
 en\, if we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we ar
 e judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned alo
 ng with the world. So then\, my brethren\, when you come together to eat\, 
 wait for one another - if any one is hungry\, let him eat at home - lest yo
 u come together to be condemned. About the other things I will give directi
 ons when I come. Now concerning the spiritual gifts\, brethren\, I do not w
 ant you to be uninformed. You know that when you were heathen\, you were le
 d astray to dumb idols\, however you may have been moved. Therefore I want 
 you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesu
 s be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.
  Now there are varieties of gifts\, but the same spirit\; and there are var
 ieties of service\, but the same Lord\; and there are varieties of working\
 , but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 18:1-11\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\,
  "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child
 \, he put him in the midst of them and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unles
 s you turn and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of h
 eaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the 
 kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives 
 me\; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\,
  it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his ne
 ck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.\n\n"Woe to the world for temp
 tations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come\, but woe to the 
 man by whom the temptation comes! And if your hand or your foot causes you 
 to sin\, cut it off and throw it away\; it is better for you to enter life 
 maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eterna
 l fire. And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\
 ; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be 
 thrown into the Gehenna of fire.\n\n"See that you do not despise one of the
 se little ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold t
 he face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save the 
 lost."\n\n
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 sts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; P
 atapius the Righteous of Thebes\; Apollo\, Tychikos\, Sosthenes\, Cephas\, 
 Epaphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\n\nFast Day (Fis
 h Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:11-21\n
 Timothy\, my son\, refuse to enrol younger widows\; for when they grow want
 on against Christ they desire to marry\, and so they incur condemnation for
  having violated their first pledge. Besides that\, they learn to be idlers
 \, gadding about from house to house\, and not only idlers but gossips and 
 busybodies\, saying what they should not. So I would have younger widows ma
 rry\, bear children\, rule their households\, and give the enemy no occasio
 n to revile us. For some have already strayed after Satan. If any believing
  man or woman has relatives who are widows\, let him assist them\; let the 
 church not be burdened\, so that it may assist those who are real widows. L
 et the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor\, especial
 ly those who labor in preaching and teaching\; for the scripture says\, "Yo
 u shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain\," and\, "The la
 borer deserves his wages." Never admit any charge against an elder except o
 n the evidence of two or three witnesses. As for those who persist in sin\,
  rebuke them in the presence of all\, so that the rest may stand in fear. I
 n the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge 
 you to keep these rules without favor\, doing nothing from partiality.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of m
 en who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to
  the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and gove
 rnors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Se
 ttle it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\
 ; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries w
 ill be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by pa
 rents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put 
 to death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of y
 our head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Paralytic\; Commemoration of the Precious Cross that app
 eared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.\; Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerusal
 em\; Akakios the Centurion of Byzantium\; Repose of St. Nilus\, abbot of So
 ra\; Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1
 3-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking
  in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at
  what had happened. That very day] two of them were going to a village name
 d Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other a
 bout all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discus
 sing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes 
 were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this convers
 ation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood st
 ill\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are y
 ou the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have hap
 pened there in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they s
 aid to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in de
 ed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and r
 ulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we
  had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this
 \, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of ou
 r company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not
  find His body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision
  of angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us wen
 t to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did 
 not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to belie
 ve all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ 
 should suffer these things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with M
 oses and all the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures th
 e things concerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they
  were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, s
 aying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spe
 nt." So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He t
 ook the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their e
 yes were opened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sigh
 t. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He ta
 lked to us on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they ro
 se that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gat
 hered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has rise
 n indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on 
 the road and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: Acts 9:32-42\nIn those days\, as Peter went here and there amo
 ng them all\, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he
  found a man named Aeneas\, who had been bedridden for eight years and was 
 paralyzed. And Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you\; rise 
 and make your bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda
  and Sharon saw him\, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a
  disciple named Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works an
 d acts of charity. In those days she fell sick and died\; and when they had
  washed her\, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa\, 
 the disciples\, hearing that Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreati
 ng him\, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went with the
 m. And when he had come\, they took him to the upper room. All the widows s
 tood beside him weeping\, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorca
 s made while she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt do
 wn and prayed\; then turning to the body he said\, "Tabitha\, rise." And sh
 e opened her eyes\, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his 
 hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her
  alive. And it became known throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the
  Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:1-15\nAt that time\, Jesus went up to Jeru
 salem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool\, in Hebrew calle
 d Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids\,
  blind\, lame\, paralyzed\, waiting for the moving of the water\; for an an
 gel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool\, and troubled t
 he water\; whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was he
 aled of whatever disease he had. One man was there\, who had been ill for t
 hirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there
  a long time\, he said to him\, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man an
 swered him\, "Sir\, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is
  troubled\, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said 
 to him\, "Rise\, take up your pallet\, and walk." And at once the man was h
 ealed\, and he took up his pallet and walked.\n\nNow that day was the sabba
 th. So the Jews said to the man who was cured\, "It is the sabbath\, it is 
 not lawful for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them\, "The man w
 ho healed me said to me\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk.' "They asked him
 \, "Who is the man who said to you\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk'?" Now
  the man who had been healed did not know who it was\, for Jesus had withdr
 awn\, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward\, Jesus found him in the
  temple\, and said to him\, "See\, you are well! Sin no more\, that nothing
  worse befall you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus w
 ho had healed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Luke\; James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord
 \; Our Righteous Father Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the 
 tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two 
 angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the hea
 d and one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" Sh
 e said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know 
 where they have laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus sta
 nding\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\
 , why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\
 , she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you
  have laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She
  turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus 
 said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\
 ; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and y
 our Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the d
 isciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said thes
 e things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would 
 have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel.
  For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came thro
 ugh a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in J
 udaism\, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy 
 it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people\, 
 so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he wh
 o had set me apart before I was born\, and had called me through his grace\
 , was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order that I might preach him am
 ong the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up 
 to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me\, but I went away into Ar
 abia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up t
 o Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw
  none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 8:26-39\nAt that time\, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Ga
 darenes\, there met him a man from the city who had demons\; for a long tim
 e he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. W
 hen he saw Jesus\, he cried out and fell down before him\, and said with a 
 loud voice\, "What have you to do with me\, Jesus\, Son of the Most High Go
 d? I beseech you\, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spi
 rit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him\; he was kep
 t under guard\, and bound with chains and fetters\, but he broke the bonds 
 and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him\, "What 
 is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"\; for many demons had entered him. An
 d they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large
  herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside\; and they begged him to l
 et them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the
  man and entered the swine\, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into t
 he lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw what happened\, they fled\,
  and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see wh
 at had happened\, and they came to Jesus\, and found the man from whom the 
 demons had gone\, sitting at the feet of Jesus\, clothed and in his right m
 ind\; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who 
 had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surro
 unding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them\; for they we
 re seized with great fear\; so he got into the boat and returned. The man f
 rom whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him\; but he sent
  him away\, saying\, "Return to your home\, and declare how much God has do
 ne for you." And he went away\, proclaiming throughout the whole city how m
 uch Jesus had done for him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Palm Sunday\; The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea\; Raphael\, Nicho
 las\, Irene\, & Olympias of Mytilene\; Vadim the Righteous of Persia\n\nFas
 t Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-11\; 15-17\nAt 
 that time\, when Jesus drew near to  Jerusalem and came to Bethphage\, to t
 he Mount of Olives\, he sent two disciples\, saying to them\, "Go into the 
 village opposite you\, and immediately you will find a donkey tied\, and a 
 colt with her\; untie them and bring them to me. If any one says anything t
 o you\, you shall say\, 'The Lord has need of them\,' and he will send them
  immediately." This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet\, 
 saying\,\n\n"Tell the daughter of Zion\,\nBehold\, your king is coming to y
 ou\,\nhumble and mounted on a donkey\,\nand on a colt\, the foal of a donke
 y."\n\nThe disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them\; they brought
  the donkey and the colt\, and put their garments on them\, and he sat ther
 eon. Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road\, and others cut b
 ranches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that wen
 t before him and that followed him shouted\, "Hosanna to the Son of David! 
 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" A
 nd when he entered Jerusalem\, all the city was stirred\, saying\, "Who is 
 this?" And the crowds said\, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Ga
 lilee." But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things tha
 t he did\, and the children crying out in the temple\, "Hosanna to the Son 
 of David!" they were indignant\; and they said to him\, "Do you hear what t
 hey are saying?" And Jesus said to them\, "Yes\; have you never read\,\n\n'
 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings\,\nyou have brought perfect praise
 '?"\n\nAnd leaving them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged the
 re.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 4:4-9\nBRETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord a
 lways\; again I will say\, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The 
 Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything\, but in everything by pray
 er and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to Go
 d. And the peace of God\, which passes all understanding\, will keep your h
 earts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally\, brethren\, whatever is true
 \, whatever is honorable\, whatever is just\, whatever is pure\, whatever i
 s lovely\, whatever is gracious\, if there is any excellence\, if there is 
 anything worthy of praise\, think about these things. What you have learned
  and received and heard and seen in me\, do\; and the God of peace will be 
 with you. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:1-18\nSix days before Passover\, Jesu
 s came to Bethany\, where Lazaros was\, whom Jesus had raised from the dead
 . There they made him a supper\; Martha served\, and Lazaros was one of tho
 se at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and
  anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair\; and the hous
 e was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot\, one o
 f his disciples (he who was to betray him)\, said "Why was this ointment no
 t sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said\, not
  that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief\, and as he had the 
 money box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said\, "Let her alone
 \, let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with 
 you\, but you do not always have me."\n\n When the great crowd of the Jews 
 learned that he was there\, they came\, not only on account of Jesus but al
 so to see Lazaros\, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests 
 planned to put Lazaros also to death\, because on account of him many of th
 e Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.\n\n The next day a great cro
 wd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So t
 hey took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him\, crying\, "Hosann
 a! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord\, even the King of Israe
 l!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it\; as it is written\, "Fe
 ar not\, daughter of Zion\; behold\, your king is coming\, sitting on a don
 key's colt!" His disciples did not understand this at first\; but when Jesu
 s was glorified\, then they remembered that this had been written of him an
 d had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Laz
 aros out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason 
 why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apos
 tle\; Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\; Melitina the Martyr\; Afterfeast of t
 he Holy Cross\; Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\; Edith the Nun of Wilto
 n Abbey\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the 
 Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you n
 ot to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable tim
 e I have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\
 , now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put
  no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our mini
 stry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through gr
 eat endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, impris
 onments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, fo
 rbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, a
 nd the power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand 
 and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. W
 e are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well k
 nown\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; a
 s sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as ha
 ving nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-
 50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and h
 e went into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\
 , a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at 
 table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, an
 d standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet wit
 h her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his fee
 t\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invi
 ted him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he woul
 d have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for s
 he is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have somethin
 g to say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain cred
 itor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty.
  When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will lov
 e him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave mor
 e." And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the
  woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, yo
 u gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and
  wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came i
 n she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\,
  but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sin
 s\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forg
 iven little\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven."
  Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who
  is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith 
 has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Friday after Pascha\; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\; John the 
 Martyr of Romania\; Memnon the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allow
 ed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:1-11\nIn those days\, a man named Ananias wi
 th his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property\, and with his wife's knowled
 ge he kept back some of the proceeds\, and brought only a part and laid it 
 at the apostles' feet. But Peter said\, "Ananias\, why has Satan filled you
 r heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of 
 the land? While it remained unsold\, did it not remain your own? And after 
 it was sold\, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have contrive
 d this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." When Anani
 as heard these words\, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all 
 who heard of it. The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out 
 and buried him. After an interval of about three hours his wife came in\, n
 ot knowing what had happened. And Peter said to her\, "Tell me whether you 
 sold the land for so much." And she said\, "Yes\, for so much." But Peter s
 aid to her\, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit o
 f the Lord? Hark\, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at t
 he door\, and they will carry you out." Immediately she fell down at his fe
 et and died. When the young men came in they found her dead\, and they carr
 ied her out and buried her beside her husband. And great fear came upon the
  whole church\, and upon all who heard of these things.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 John 5:30-47\; 6:1-2\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "I can do 
 nothing on my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just
 \, because I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me. I
 f I bear witness to myself\, my testimony is not true\; there is another wh
 o bears witness to me\, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me 
 is true. You sent to John\, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that
  the testimony which I receive is from man\; but I say this that you may be
  saved. He was a burning and shining lamp\, and you were willing to rejoice
  for a while in his light. But the testimony which I have is greater than t
 hat of John\; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish\,
  these very works which I am doing\, bear me witness that the Father has se
 nt me. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voic
 e you have never heard\, his form you have never seen\; and you do not have
  his word abiding in you\, for you do not believe him whom he has sent. You
  search the scriptures\, because you think that in them you have eternal li
 fe\; and it is they that bear witness to me\; yet you refuse to come to me 
 that you may have life. I do not receive glory from men. But I know that yo
 u have not the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name\, an
 d you do not receive me\; if another comes in his own name\, him you will r
 eceive. How can you believe\, who receive glory from one another and do not
  seek the glory that comes from the only God? Do not think that I shall acc
 use you to the Father\; it is Moses who accuses you\, on whom you set your 
 hope. If you believed Moses\, you would believe me\, for he wrote of me. Bu
 t if you do not believe his writings\, how will you believe my words?"\n\nA
 fter this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee\, which is the
  Sea of Tiberias. And a multitude followed him\, because they saw the signs
  which he did on those who were diseased.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, Rufus\, Asyncritu
 s\, Phlegon\, and Hermes\; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\; Celestine
 \, Pope of Rome\; The Holy New Martyr John the Ship-Builder who was martyre
 d in Kos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 28:14-22\n Thus sa
 ys the LORD\, you scoffers\, who rule this people in Jerusalem!  Because yo
 u have said\, "We have made a covenant with death\, and with Sheol we have 
 an agreement\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not com
 e to us\; for we have made lies our refuge\, and in falsehood we have taken
  shelter"\; therefore thus says the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zio
 n for a foundation a stone\, a tested stone\, a precious cornerstone\, of a
  sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in haste.'  And I will make 
 justice the line\, and righteousness the plummet\; and hail will sweep away
  the refuge of lies\, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."  Then your co
 venant with death will be annulled\, and your agreement with Sheol will not
  stand\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through you will be beaten do
 wn by it.  As often as it passes through it will take you\; for morning by 
 morning it will pass through\, by day and by night\; and it will be sheer t
 error to understand the message.  For the bed is too short to stretch onese
 lf on it\, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.  For the LORD
  will rise up as on Mount Perazim\, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gi
 beon\; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien i
 s his work!  Now therefore do not scoff\, lest your bonds be made strong\; 
 for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts upon th
 e whole land.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 10:32-11:9\n These are the 
 families of the sons of Noah\, according to their genealogies\, in their na
 tions\; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flo
 od.  Now the whole earth had one language and few words.  And as men migrat
 ed from the east\, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled the
 re.  And they said to one another\, "Come\, let us make bricks\, and burn t
 hem thoroughly." And they had brick for stone\, and bitumen for mortar.  Th
 en they said\, "Come\, let us build ourselves a city\, and a tower with its
  top in the heavens\, and let us make a name for ourselves\, lest we be sca
 ttered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."  And the LORD came down to
  see the city and the tower\, which the sons of men had built.  And the LOR
 D said\, "Behold\, they are one people\, and they have all one language\; a
 nd this is only the beginning of what they will do\; and nothing that they 
 propose to do will now be impossible for them.  Come\, let us go down\, and
  there confuse their language\, that they may not understand one another's 
 speech."  So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all
  the earth\, and they left off building the city.  Therefore its name was c
 alled Babel\, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth
 \; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the e
 arth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 13:19-14:6\nA desire fulfilled is 
 sweet to the soul\; but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools. 
  He who walks with wise men becomes wise\, but the companion of fools will 
 suffer harm.  Misfortune pursues sinners\, but prosperity rewards the right
 eous.  A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children\, but th
 e sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.  The fallow ground of the p
 oor yields much food\, but it is swept away through injustice.  He who spar
 es the rod hates his son\, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline h
 im.  The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite\, but the belly of th
 e wicked suffers want.  Wisdom builds her house\, but folly with her own ha
 nds tears it down.  He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD\, but he who
  is devious in his ways despises him.  The talk of a fool is a rod for his 
 back\, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.  Where there are no oxe
 n\, there is no grain\; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. 
  A faithful witness does not lie\, but a false witness breathes out lies.  
 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain\, but knowledge is easy for a man of underst
 anding.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus of Milan\; Cosmas the Hagi
 opolite\; Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\; Righteous Paraskeve o
 f Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:25-32\nBr
 ethren\, putting away falsehood\, let every one speak the truth with his ne
 ighbor\, for we are members one of another. Be angry but do not sin\; do no
 t let the sun go down on your anger\, and give no opportunity to the devil.
  Let the thief no longer steal\, but rather let him labor\, doing honest wo
 rk with his hands\, so that he may be able to give to those in need. Let no
  evil talk come out of your mouths\, but only such as is good for edifying\
 , as fits the occasion\, that it may impart grace to those who hear. And do
  not grieve the Holy Spirit of God\, in whom you were sealed for the day of
  redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander 
 be put away from you\, with all malice\, and be kind to one another\, tende
 rhearted\, forgiving one another\, as God in Christ forgave you.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 9:18-22\nAt that time\, it happened that as Jesus was praying
  alone the disciples were with him\; and he asked them\, "Who do the people
  say that I am?" And they answered\, "John the Baptist\; but others say\, E
 lijah\; and others\, that one of the old prophets has risen." And he said t
 o them\, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered\, "The Christ o
 f God." But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one\, saying\,
  "The Son of man must suffer many things\, and be rejected by the elders an
 d chief priests and scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raise
 d."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\; Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\; Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the scripture\,
  foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gos
 pel beforehand to Abraham\, saying\, "in you shall all the nations be bless
 ed." So then\, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had 
 faith. For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse\; for it is w
 ritten\, "Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in t
 he book of the law\, and do them." Now it is evident that no man is justifi
 ed before God by the law\; for "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but th
 e law does not rest on faith\, for "He who does them shall live by them."\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom 
 of God is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his ga
 rden\; and it grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests 
 in its branches." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom 
 of God? It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of f
 lour\, till it was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and vill
 ages\, teaching\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him
 \, "Lord\, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive 
 to enter by the narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter an
 d will not be able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the doo
 r\, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lo
 rd\, open to us.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.'
  Then you will begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you 
 taught in our streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where
  you come from\; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you w
 ill weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and 
 all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And m
 en will come from east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at tab
 le in the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\; Matrona the Righteous of Chios\
 ; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Andronicus the Righteous Martyr\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be stro
 ng in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me b
 efore many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach othe
 rs also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier o
 n service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy
  the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes acc
 ording to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the fir
 st share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you 
 understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead
 \, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I
  am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is n
 ot fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that
  they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 9:23-27\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "If any man 
 would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and 
 follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses
  his life for my sake\, he will save it. For what does it profit a man if h
 e gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is asham
 ed of me and of my words\, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he co
 mes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I 
 tell you truly\, there are some standing here who will not taste death befo
 re they see the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/28/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Chariton the Confessor\; Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolita
 n of Nicopolis\; Old Epirus\; Baruch the Prophet\; Neophytos & Auxentios th
 e Martyrs of Cyprus\; Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, 
 it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone 
 in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
  face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show 
 that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted
  in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; p
 ersecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always car
 rying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also b
 e manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up
  to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in 
 our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we
  have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I
  spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the
  Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his pr
 esence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and
  more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a
  great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Jude
 a and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him a
 nd to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclea
 n spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power ca
 me forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His di
 sciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God
 .  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed a
 re you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate 
 you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as 
 evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for jo
 y\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\; 26 Martyrs in Crimea\; Ire
 naeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Isaiah 7:1-14\nIn the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, s
 on of Uzziah\, king of Judah\, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of
  Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it\, 
 but they could not conquer it.  When the house of David was told\, "Syria i
 s in league with Ephraim\," his heart and the heart of his people shook as 
 the trees of the forest shake before the wind.\n\nAnd the LORD said to Isai
 ah\, "Go forth to meet Ahaz\, you and Shearjashub your son\, at the end of 
 the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field\, and sa
 y to him\, 'Take heed\, be quiet\, do not fear\, and do not let your heart 
 be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands\, at the fier
 ce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with 
 Ephraim and the son of Remaliah\, has devised evil against you\, saying\,  
 "Let us go up against Judah and terrify it\, and let us conquer it for ours
 elves\, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it\," thus say
 s the Lord GOD: It shall not stand\, and it shall not come to pass.  For th
 e head of Syria is Damascus\, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within si
 xty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer b
 e a people.)  And the head of Ephraim is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria 
 is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe\, surely you shall not be e
 stablished.'"\n\nAgain the LORD spoke to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD yo
 ur God\; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I wi
 ll not ask\, and I will not put the LORD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear
  then\, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men\, that you 
 weary my God also?  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold
 \, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and shall call his name Immanue
 l.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 5:32-6:8\n After Noah was five hundred
  years old\, Noah became the father of Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men 
 began to multiply on the face of the ground\, and daughters were born to th
 em\, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair\; and they too
 k to wife such of them as they chose.  Then the LORD said\, "My spirit shal
 l not abide in man for ever\, for he is flesh\, but his days shall be a hun
 dred and twenty years."  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days\, and
  also afterward\, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men\, an
 d they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old\, 
 the men of renown.  \n\n The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great 
 in the earth\, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was 
 only evil continually.  And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the 
 earth\, and it grieved him to his heart.  So the LORD said\, "I will blot o
 ut man whom I have created from the face of the ground\, man and beast and 
 creeping things and birds of the air\, for I am sorry that I have made them
 ."  But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Proverbs 6:20-7:1\nMy son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake n
 ot your mother's teaching.  Bind them upon your heart always\; tie them abo
 ut your neck.  When you walk\, they will lead you\; when you lie down\, the
 y will watch over you\; and when you awake\, they will talk with you.  For 
 the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light\, and the reproofs of di
 scipline are the way of life\, to preserve you from the evil woman\, from t
 he smooth tongue of the adventuress.  Do not desire her beauty in your hear
 t\, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes\; for a harlot may be
  hired for a loaf of bread\, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.  C
 an a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?  Or can one
  walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?  So is he who goes in to
  his neighbor's wife\; none who touches her will go unpunished.  Do not men
  despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?  A
 nd if he is caught\, he will pay sevenfold\; he will give all the goods of 
 his house.  He who commits adultery has no sense\; he who does it destroys 
 himself.  Wounds and dishonor will he get\, and his disgrace will not be wi
 ped away.  For jealousy makes a man furious\, and he will not spare when he
  takes revenge.  He will accept no compensation\, nor be appeased though yo
 u multiply gifts.  My son\, keep my words and treasure up my commandments w
 ith you.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of S
 aint John the Theologian \; Arsenios the Great\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 21:15-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disc
 iples after he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A seco
 nd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to
  him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my s
 heep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love m
 e?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love 
 me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I lov
 e you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but 
 when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird 
 you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by wh
 at death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me
 ." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who 
 had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it
  that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lor
 d\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he rem
 ain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroa
 d among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not 
 say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing wi
 tness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that
  his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus di
 d\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself 
 could not contain the books that would be written.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts
  3:11-16\nIn those days\, while the healed lame man clung to Peter and John
 \, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's\, as
 tounded. And when Peter saw it he addressed the people\, "Men of Israel\, w
 hy do you wonder at this\, or why do you stare at us\, as though by our own
  power or piety we had made him walk? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and o
 f Jacob\, the God of our fathers\, glorified his servant Jesus\, whom you d
 elivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate\, when he had decided to r
 elease him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One\, and asked for a mur
 derer to be granted to you\, and killed the Author of life\, whom God raise
 d from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And his name\, by faith in his n
 ame\, has made this man strong whom you see and know\; and the faith which 
 is through him has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you
  all."\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\, 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing
  by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the
  wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the d
 isciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, beho
 ld\, your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And 
 from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple 
 who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\;
  and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other thin
 gs which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that 
 the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Holy Cross\; Theodora of Alexandria\; Euphrosynos the Co
 ok\; Demetrios & Evanthea the Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\; Sergius and
  Herman of Valaam\, Finland\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\;
  Deinol the First Bishop of Bangor\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nW
 hen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James an
 d Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very
  early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had 
 risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone 
 for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone
  was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a yo
 ung man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were
  amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazare
 th\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place where
  they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going befo
 re you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they went
  out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon 
 them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see with what large letters I am writ
 ing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in
  the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised\, and only in order that
  they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who rec
 eive circumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but they desire to have 
 you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to
  glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, by which the world ha
 s been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For neither circumcision count
 s for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creation. Peace and mercy b
 e upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let n
 o man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of o
 ur Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. Amen.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 3:13-17\nThe Lord said\, "No one has ascended into heaven but he wh
 o descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lif
 ted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\
 , that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.\n\n"For God so loved 
 the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should n
 ot perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not 
 to condemn the world\, but that the world might be saved through him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Luke\; The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notari
 es\; Tabitha\, who was raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\; Chrysaph
 ios (or Chrysaphos) the Martyr\; Martyr Chrysanthe\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, t
 he doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus c
 ame and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he ha
 d said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the disciples we
 re glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with 
 you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had sai
 d this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. 
  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sin
 s of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called t
 he Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told h
 im: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hand
 s the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, a
 nd place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, h
 is disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors
  were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with
  you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\;
  and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, bu
 t believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to hi
 m\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who hav
 e not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the prese
 nce of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these are w
 ritten that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and
  that believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that t
 he gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not recei
 ve it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of 
 Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I perse
 cuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced 
 in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous
  was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart b
 efore I was born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to rev
 eal his Son to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I
  did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to thos
 e who were apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I r
 eturned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit
  Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other a
 postles except James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\nA
 t that time\, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes\, there met 
 him a man from the city who had demons\; for a long time he had worn no clo
 thes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, h
 e cried out and fell down before him\, and said with a loud voice\, "What h
 ave you to do with me\, Jesus\, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you\, d
 o not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of t
 he man. (For many a time it had seized him\; he was kept under guard\, and 
 bound with chains and fetters\, but he broke the bonds and was driven by th
 e demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him\, "What is your name?" And h
 e said\, "Legion"\; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him no
 t to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was f
 eeding there on the hillside\; and they begged him to let them enter these.
  So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the
  swine\, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were dro
 wned. When the herdsmen saw what happened\, they fled\, and told it in the 
 city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened\, an
 d they came to Jesus\, and found the man from whom the demons had gone\, si
 tting at the feet of Jesus\, clothed and in his right mind\; and they were 
 afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed w
 ith demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of th
 e Gadarenes asked him to depart from them\; for they were seized with great
  fear\; so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons 
 had gone begged that he might be with him\; but he sent him away\, saying\,
  "Return to your home\, and declare how much God has done for you." And he 
 went away\, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done f
 or him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tychon the Wonderworker\; 40 Martyrs of Rome\; Mark the Just of Apollo
 nia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 23:1-11\nIN
  THOSE DAYS\, Paul\, looking intently at the council\, said\, "Brethren\, I
  have lived before God in all good conscience up to this day." And the high
  priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth
 . Then Paul said to him\, "God shall strike you\, you whitewashed wall! Are
  you sitting to judge me according to the law\, and yet contrary to the law
  you order me to be struck?" Those who stood by said\, "Would you revile Go
 d's high priest?" And Paul said\, "I did not know\, brethren\, that he was 
 the high priest\; for it is written\, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler 
 of your people.' " But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and
  the other Pharisees\, he cried out in the council\, "Brethren\, I am a Pha
 risee\, a son of Pharisees\; with respect to the hope and the resurrection 
 of the dead I am on trial." And when he had said this\, a dissension arose 
 between the Pharisees and the Sadducees\; and the assembly was divided. For
  the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection\, nor angel\, nor spirit\;
  but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. Then a great clamor arose\; and so
 me of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended\, "We find
  nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?" And
  when the dissension became violent\, the tribune\, afraid that Paul would 
 be torn in pieces by them\, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him 
 by force from among them and bring him into the barracks. The following nig
 ht the Lord stood by him and said\, "Take courage\, for as you have testifi
 ed about me at Jerusalem\, so you must bear witness also at Rome."\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 16:15-23\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All that the Fa
 ther has is mine\; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and decl
 are it to you.\n\n"A little while\, and you will see me no more\; again a l
 ittle while\, and you will see me." Some of his disciples said to one anoth
 er\, "What is this that he says to us\, 'A little while\, and you will not 
 see me\, and again a little while\, and you will see me'\; and\, 'because I
  go to the Father'? " They said\, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? W
 e do not know what he means." Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him\; so h
 e said to them\, "Is this what you are asking yourselves\, what I meant by 
 saying\, 'A little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little whi
 le\, and you will see me'? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will weep and
  lament\, but the world will rejoice\; you will be sorrowful\, but your sor
 row will turn into joy. When a woman is in travail she has sorrow\, because
  her hour has come\; but when she is delivered of the child\, she no longer
  remembers the anguish\, for joy that a human being is born into the world.
  So you have sorrow now\, but I will see you again and your hearts will rej
 oice\, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day\, you will ask n
 othing of me. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the Fat
 her\, he will give it to you in my name."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Pentecost\; Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\; Kallistos 
 I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Nicholas Cabasilas\n\nMatins Gospel Readi
 ng: John 20:19-23\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\,
  the doors being shut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear of the J
 ews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you
 ." When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the 
 disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Pea
 ce be with you. As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." And when h
 e had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, "Receive the Hol
 y Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retai
 n the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:1-11\nWH
 EN THE DAY of Pentecost had come\, they were all together in one place. And
  suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it 
 filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them to
 ngues as of fire\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they we
 re all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as
  the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\
 , devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitud
 e came together\, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them sp
 eaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, "A
 re not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear\, e
 ach of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and 
 residents of Mesopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia
  and Pamphylia\, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and vis
 itors from Rome\, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear
  them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." \n\nGospel Readi
 ng: John 7:37-52\; 8:12\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\, Jes
 us stood up and proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, let him come to me and dr
 ink. He who believes in me\, as the scripture has said\, 'Out of his heart 
 shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit\, wh
 ich those who believed in him were to receive\; for as yet the Spirit had n
 ot been given\, because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n\nWhen they heard the
 se words\, some of the people said\, "This is really the prophet." Others s
 aid\, "This is the Christ." But some said\, "Is the Christ to come from Gal
 ilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David\, 
 and comes from Bethlehem\, the village where David was?" So there was a div
 ision among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, but no
  one laid hands on him.\n\nThe officers then went back to the chief priests
  and Pharisees\, who said to them\, "Why did you not bring him?" The office
 rs answered\, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered the
 m\, "Are you led astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the P
 harisees believed in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, are ac
 cursed." Nikodemos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of them\,
  said to them\, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearin
 g and learning what he does?" They replied\, "Are you from Galilee too? Sea
 rch and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus 
 spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me w
 ill not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thomas Sunday\; The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\; Christopher the Mar
 tyr of Lycea\; Monk-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in The
 ssaly\; Epimachos the New Martyr of Alexandria\; The New Martyrs of Novo Se
 lo\, Bulgaria\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, th
 e eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had dir
 ected them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but some doubted. 
  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth ha
 s been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, bapti
 zing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\,
  teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am wit
 h you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:
 12-20\nIn those days\, many signs and wonders were done among the people by
  the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico
 . None of the rest dared join them\, but the people held them in high honor
 . And more than ever believers were added to the Lord\, multitudes both of 
 men and women\, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets\, a
 nd laid them on beds and pallets\, that as Peter came by at least his shado
 w might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns aroun
 d Jerusalem\, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits\, 
 and they were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with
  him\, that is\, the party of the Sadducees\, and filled with jealousy they
  arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an a
 ngel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said\, "G
 o and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Lif
 e."\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the firs
 t day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear 
 of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be w
 ith you."  When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  
 Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them ag
 ain\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."
   And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Rece
 ive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; 
 if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of 
 the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the o
 ther disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unl
 ess I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the 
 mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\
 nEight days later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was 
 with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and
  said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here
 \, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do 
 not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my G
 od!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Bles
 sed are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many oth
 er signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this b
 ook\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\,
  the Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201013
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\; Symeon the New 
 Theologian\; Martin the Merciful\, Bishop of Tours\; Cosmas the Hymnographe
 r\, Bishop of Maiuma\; Domnina the Martyr\; Wilfrid of York\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:1-7\nPaul and Timothy\, servant
 s of Christ Jesus\, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi\,
  with the bishops and deacons: Grace to you and peace from God our Father a
 nd the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you\, alw
 ays in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy\, thankfu
 l for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am
  sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at t
 he day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel thus about you all\, bec
 ause I hold you in my heart\, for you are all partakers with me of grace\, 
 both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked 
 Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took hi
 s place at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, whe
 n she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an ala
 baster flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, 
 she began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of 
 her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now w
 hen the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this
  man were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this i
 s who is touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to h
 im\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is i
 t\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred d
 enarii\, and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them bot
 h. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I sup
 pose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged righ
 tly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this wom
 an? I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has w
 et my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss
 \, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did 
 not anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. T
 herefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she lo
 ved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to he
 r\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began t
 o say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he sai
 d to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\; Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \; Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\; Nicholas Chrysoberges\,
  Patriarch of Constantinople\; Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:1-2\;8-18\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ
  Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of life which is in Chri
 st Jesus\,\n\nTo Timothy\, my beloved child:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace f
 rom God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nDo not be ashamed then of 
 testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suffering fo
 r the gospel in the power of God\, who saved us and called us with a holy c
 alling\, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and th
 e grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago\, and now has manifested 
 through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus\, who abolished death and 
 brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I
  was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher\, and therefore I suffer 
 as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I know whom I have believed\, and I am 
 sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
  Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me\, in th
 e faith and love which are in Christ Jesus\; guard the truth that has been 
 entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.\n\nYou are aware 
 that all who are in Asia turned away from me\, and among them Phygelos and 
 Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphoros\, for 
 he often refreshed me\; he was not ashamed of my chains\, but when he arriv
 ed in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me - may the Lord grant him
  to find mercy from the Lord on that Day - and you well know all the servic
 e he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, J
 esus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the house he 
 asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they were silent\;
  for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.  
 And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one w
 ould be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And he took a 
 child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he 
 said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me\; an
 d whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  John said to
  him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we for
 bade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forb
 id him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon aft
 er to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.  For trul
 y\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you be
 ar the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer\; Laurence the Reclu
 se of the Kiev Caves\; Ignatius and Nicandrus of Sinai\; Gildas the Wise\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the fo
 rmer days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle w
 ith sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\,
  and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassio
 n on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your prope
 rty\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abi
 ding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great 
 reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of Go
 d and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming o
 ne shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by fait
 h."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples
  came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What wer
 e you discussing on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they h
 ad discussed with one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and ca
 lled the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he mus
 t be last of all and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in
  the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoeve
 r receives one such child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\
 , receives not me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we s
 aw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he 
 was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one wh
 o does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me
 .  For he that is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, who
 ever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\
 , will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220323
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\; Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs\; 
 Euthemios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 9:
 9-10:4\nThus says the LORD: "And all the people will know\, Ephraim and the
  inhabitants of Samaria\, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:  'The
  bricks have fallen\, but we will build with dressed stones\; the sycamores
  have been cut down\, but we will put cedars in their place.'"  So the LORD
  raises adversaries against them\, and stirs up their enemies.  The Syrians
  on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth.
  For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out st
 ill.  The people did not turn to him who smote them\, nor seek the LORD of 
 hosts.  So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail\, palm branch and ree
 d in one day - the elder and honored man is the head\, and the prophet who 
 teaches lies is the tail\; for those who lead this people lead them astray\
 , and those who are led by them are swallowed up.  Therefore the Lord does 
 not rejoice over their young men\, and has no compassion on their fatherles
 s and widows\; for every one is godless and an evildoer\, and every mouth s
 peaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stre
 tched out still.  For wickedness burns like a fire\, it consumes briers and
  thorns\; it kindles the thickets of the forest\, and they roll upward in a
  column of smoke.  Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is burne
 d\, and the people are like fuel for the fire\; no man spares his brother. 
  They snatch on the right\, but are still hungry\, and they devour on the l
 eft\, but are not satisfied\; each devours his neighbor's flesh\, Manasseh\
 , Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and together they are against Judah. F
 or all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out stil
 l.  \n\n Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees\, and the writers who k
 eep writing oppression\, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob th
 e poor of my people of their right\, that widows may be their spoil\, and t
 hat they may make the fatherless their prey!  What will you do on the day o
 f punishment\, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will you fle
 e for help\, and where will you leave your wealth?  Nothing remains but to 
 crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger 
 is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Genesis 7:1-5\n Then the LORD said to Noah\, "Go into the ark\, you 
 and all your household\, for I have seen that you are righteous before me i
 n this generation.  Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals\, the ma
 le and his mate\; and a pair of the animals that are not clean\, the male a
 nd his mate\; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also\, male and femal
 e\, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.  For in seven 
 days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights\; and ever
 y living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground
 ."  And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Proverbs 8:32-9:11\nAnd now\, my sons\, listen to me: happy are those 
 who keep my ways.  Hear instruction and be wise\, and do not neglect it.  H
 appy is the man who listens to me\, watching daily at my gates\, waiting be
 side my doors.  For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the L
 ORD\; but he who misses me injures himself\; all who hate me love death."  
 Wisdom has built her house\, she has set up her seven pillars.  She has sla
 ughtered her beasts\, she has mixed her wine\, she has also set her table. 
  She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the town\,  
 "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she
  says\,  "Come\, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.  Leave
  simpleness\, and live\, and walk in the way of insight."  He who corrects 
 a scoffer gets himself abuse\, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs inju
 ry.  Do not reprove a scoffer\, or he will hate you\; reprove a wise man\, 
 and he will love you.  Give instruction to a wise man\, and he will be stil
 l wiser\; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.  The fear
  of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom\, and the knowledge of the Holy One
  is insight.  For by me your days will be multiplied\, and years will be ad
 ded to your life. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\; Agapetus the Confessor\, Bishop of Sina
 i\; Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. John's First Universal Letter 3:9-22\nBRETHREN\, no one born of God co
 mmits sin\; for God's nature abides in him\, and he cannot sin because he i
 s born of God. By this it may be seen who are the children of God\, and who
  are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God\, n
 or he who does not love his brother. For this is the message which you have
  heard from the beginning\, that we should love one another\, and not be li
 ke Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he mu
 rder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do n
 ot wonder\, brethren\, that the world hates you. We know that we have passe
 d out of death into life\, because we love the brethren. He who does not lo
 ve abides in death. Any one who hates his brother is a murderer\, and you k
 now that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love\
 , that he laid down his life for us\; and we ought to lay down our lives fo
 r the brethren. But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother i
 n need\, yet closes his heart against him\, how does God's love abide in hi
 m? Little children\, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in t
 ruth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth\, and reassure our hea
 rts before him whenever our hearts condemn us\; for God is greater than our
  hearts\, and he knows everything. Beloved\, if our hearts do not condemn u
 s\, we have confidence before God\; and we receive from him whatever we ask
 . \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:10-42\nAt that time\, Judas Iscariot\, who wa
 s one of the twelve\, went to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to
  them. And when they heard it they were glad\, and promised to give him mon
 ey. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. And on the first day of Unl
 eavened Bread\, when they sacrificed the passover lamb\, his disciples said
  to him\, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passove
 r?" And he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\, "Go into the city
 \, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him\, and where
 ver he enters\, say to the householder\, 'The Teacher says\, Where is my gu
 est room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?' And he will s
 how you a large upper room furnished and ready\; there prepare for us." And
  the disciples set out and went to the city\, and found it as he had told t
 hem\; and they prepared the passover. And when it was evening he came with 
 the twelve. And as they were at table eating\, Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say 
 to you\, one of you will betray me\, one who is eating with me." They began
  to be sorrowful\, and to say to him one after another\, "Is it I?" He said
  to them\, "It is one of the twelve\, one who is dipping bread into the dis
 h with me. For the Son of man goes as it is written of him\, but woe to tha
 t man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for tha
 t man if he had not been born." And as they were eating\, he took bread\, a
 nd blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them\, and said\, "Take\; this i
 s my body." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he gave it to 
 them\, and they all drank of it. And he said to them\, "This is my blood of
  the new covenant\, which is poured out for many. Truly\, I say to you\, I 
 shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink 
 it new in the kingdom of God." And when they had sung a hymn\, they went ou
 t to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them\, "You will all fall away\
 ; for it is written\, 'I will strike the shepherd\, and the sheep will be s
 cattered.' But after I am raised up\, I will go before you to Galilee." Pet
 er said to him\, "Even though they all fall away\, I will not." And Jesus s
 aid to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this very night\, before the cock crow
 s twice\, you will deny me three times." But he said vehemently\, "If I mus
 t die with you\, I will not deny you." And they all said the same. And they
  went to a place which was called Gethsemane\; and he said to his disciples
 \, "Sit here\, while I pray." And he took with him Peter and James and John
 \, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them\, "
 My soul is very sorrowful\, even to death\; remain here\, and watch." And g
 oing a little farther\, he fell on the ground and prayed that\, if it were 
 possible\, the hour might pass from him. And he said\, 'Abba\, Father\, all
  things are possible to you\; remove this cup from me\; yet not what I will
 \, but what you will." And he came and found them sleeping\, and he said to
  Peter\, "Simon\, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? Watch and p
 ray that you may not enter into temptation\; the spirit indeed is willing\,
  but the flesh is weak." And again he went away and prayed\, saying the sam
 e words. And again he came and found them sleeping\, for their eyes were ve
 ry heavy\; and they did not know what to answer him. And he came the third 
 time\, and said to them\, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It 
 is enough\; the hour has come\; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands o
 f sinners. Rise\, let us be going\; see\, my betrayer is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martinian of Palestine\; Apostles Aquila and Priscilla\; Eulogios\, Pa
 triarch of Alexandria\; Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading
 : I John 2:18-29\;3:1-8\nBrethren\, it is the last hour\; and as you have h
 eard that antichrist is coming\, so now many antichrists have come\; theref
 ore we know that it is the last hour.  They went out from us\, but they wer
 e not of us\; for if they had been of us\, they would have continued with u
 s\; but they went out\, that it might be plain that they all are not of us.
   But you have been anointed by the Holy One\, and you all know that I writ
 e to you\, not because you do not know the truth\, but because you know it\
 , and know that no lie is of the truth.  Who is the liar but he who denies 
 that Jesus is the Christ?  This is the antichrist\, he who denies the Fathe
 r and the Son.  No one who denies the Son has the Father.  He who confesses
  the Son has the Father also.  Let what you heard from the beginning abide 
 in you.  If what you heard from the beginning abides in you\, then you will
  abide in the Son and in the Father.  And this is what he has promised us\,
  eternal life.\n\nI write this to you about those who would deceive you\; b
 ut the anointing which you received from him abides in you\, and you have n
 o need that any one should teach you\; as his anointing teaches you about e
 verything\, and is true\, and is no lie\, just as it has taught you\, abide
  in him.\n\nAnd now\, little children\, abide in him\, so that when he appe
 ars we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 
  If you know that he is righteous\, you may be sure that every one who does
  right is born of him.\n\nSee what love the Father has given us\, that we s
 hould be called children of God\; and so we are.  The reason why the world 
 does not know us is that it did not know him.  Beloved\, we are God's child
 ren now\; it does not yet appear what we shall be\, but we know that when h
 e appears we shall be like him\, for we shall see him as he is.  And every 
 one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.\n\nEvery one who 
 commits sin is guilty of lawlessness\; sin is lawlessness.  You know that h
 e appeared to take away sins\, and in him there is no sin.  No one who abid
 es in him sins\; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.  Little 
 children\, let no one deceive you.  He who does right is righteous\, as he 
 is righteous.  He who commits sin is of the devil\; for the devil has sinne
 d from the beginning.  The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy th
 e works of the devil. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:1-11\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s drew near to Jerusalem\, to Bethsphage and Bethany\, at the Mount of Oliv
 es\, and he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\, "Go into the vil
 lage opposite you\, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt ti
 ed\, on which no one has ever sat\; untie it and bring it.  If any one says
  to you\, 'Why are you doing this?' say\, 'The Lord has need of it and will
  send it back here immediately.'"  And they went away\, and found a colt ti
 ed at the door out in the open street\; and they untied it.  And those who 
 stood there said to them\, "What are you doing\, untying the colt?"  And th
 ey told them what Jesus had said\; and they let them go.  And they brought 
 the colt to Jesus\, and threw their garments on it\; and he sat upon it.  A
 nd many spread their garments on the road\, and others spread leafy branche
 s which they had cut from the fields.  And those who went before and those 
 who followed cried out\, "Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of 
 the Lord!  Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming!  Hosa
 nna in the highest!"  And he entered Jerusalem\, and went into the temple\;
  and when he had looked round at everything\, as it was already late\, he w
 ent out to Bethany with the twelve disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Luke\; James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\; Andronicus 
 & his wife Athanasia of Egypt\; Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\; The Right
 eous Patriarch Abraham and his nephew Lot\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24
 :36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood
  among His disciples and said to them\, "Peace be with you." But they were 
 startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said 
 to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hear
 ts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; 
 for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when He h
 ad said this\, He showed them His hands and His feet. And while they still 
 disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anything h
 ere to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, a
 nd He took it and ate before them. Then He said to them\, "These are My wor
 ds which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything writ
 ten about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fu
 lfilled." Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and sai
 d to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the 
 third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins 
 should be preached in His name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. Y
 ou are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of My Fat
 her upon you\; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from o
 n high." Then He led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\
 , He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was ca
 rried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem wi
 th great joy\, and were continually in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: II Corinthians 6:16-18\;7:1\nBrethren\, you are the temple of the 
 living God\; as God said\, "I will live in them and move among them\, and I
  will be their God\, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from t
 hem\, and be separate from them\, says the Lord\, and touch nothing unclean
 \; then I will welcome you\, and I will be a father to you\, and you shall 
 be my sons and daughters\, says the Lord Almighty."\n\nSince we have these 
 promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body
  and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 7:11-16\nAt that time\, Jesus went to a city called Nain\, and his
  disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of 
 the city\, behold\, a man who had died was being carried out\, the only son
  of his mother\, and she was a widow\; and a large crowd from the city was 
 with her. And when the Lord saw her\, he had compassion on her and said to 
 her\, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier\, and the bearers sto
 od still. And he said\, "Young man\, I say to you\, arise." And the dead ma
 n sat up\, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized t
 hem all\; and they glorified God\, saying\, "A great prophet has arisen amo
 ng us!" and "God has visited his people!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Second Saturday of Lent\; The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\; Dem
 etrios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Hebrews 3:12-16\nBRETHREN\, take care lest there be in any of you an evil
 \, unbelieving heart\, leading you to fall away from the living God. But ex
 hort one another every day\, as long as it is called "today\," that none of
  you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we share in Christ\, 
 if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end\, while it is said\, "
 Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts as in the rebel
 lion." Who were they that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all tho
 se who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses? \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1
 :35-44\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to a lonely place\, and there he pray
 ed. And Simon and those who were with him pursued him\, and they found him 
 and said to him\, "Everyone is searching for you." And he said to them\, "L
 et us go on to the next towns\, that I may preach there also\; for that is 
 why I came out." And he went throughout all Galilee\, preaching in their sy
 nagogues and casting out demons. And a leper came to him beseeching him\, a
 nd kneeling said to him\, "If you will\, you can make me clean." Moved with
  pity\, he stretched out his hand and touched him\, and said to him\, "I wi
 ll\; be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him\, and he was made clea
 n. And he sternly charged him\, and sent him away at once\, and said to him
 \, "See that you say nothing to any one\; but go\, show yourself to a pries
 t\, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded\, for a proof to them
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/31/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hermias the Martyr at Comana\; Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyr
 s\; Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:12
 -17\nIn those days\, Peter went to the house of Mary\, the mother of John w
 hose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and were prayi
 ng. And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda cam
 e to answer. Recognizing Peter's voice\, in her joy she did not open the ga
 te but ran and told that Peter was standing at the gate. They said to her\,
  "You are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said\, "It is his ang
 el!" But Peter continued knocking\; and when they opened\, they saw him and
  were amazed. But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, he describ
 ed to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said\, "T
 ell this to James and to the brethren." Then he departed and went to anothe
 r place.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:42-51\nThe Lord said to the Jews who cam
 e to him\, "If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded a
 nd came forth from God\; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me. Why 
 do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my 
 word. You are of your father the devil\, and your will is to do your father
 's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning\, and has nothing to do wi
 th the truth\, because there is no truth in him. When he lies\, he speaks a
 ccording to his own nature\, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But\,
  because I tell the truth\, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me
  of sin? If I tell the truth\, why do you not believe me? He who is of God 
 hears the words of God\; the reason why you do not hear them is that you ar
 e not of God."\n\nThe Jews answered him\, "Are we not right in saying that 
 you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Jesus answered\, "I have not a demon
 \; but I honor my Father\, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own gl
 ory\; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. Truly\, truly\, I
  say to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\; Joseph the Hymnographer
 \; Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Isaiah 48:17-49:4\nThus says the LORD\, your Redeemer\, the Holy One of Is
 rael: "I am the LORD your God\, who teaches you to profit\, who leads you i
 n the way you should go.  O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then
  your peace would have been like a river\, and your righteousness like the 
 waves of the sea\; your offspring would have been like the sand\, and your 
 descendants like its grains\; their name would never be cut off or destroye
 d from before me."\n\nGo forth from Babylon\, flee from Chaldea\, declare t
 his with a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, send it forth to the end of the ear
 th\; say\, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!"  They thirsted not wh
 en he led them through the deserts\; he made water flow for them from the r
 ock\; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.  "There is no peace\," sa
 ys the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n\nListen to me\, O coastlands\, and hearke
 n\, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb\, from the body
  of my mother he named my name.  He made my mouth like a sharp sword\, in t
 he shadow of his hand he hid me\; he made me a polished arrow\, in his quiv
 er he hid me away.  And he said to me\, "You are my servant\, Israel\, in w
 hom I will be glorified."  But I said\, "I have labored in vain\, I have sp
 ent my strength for nothing and vanity\; yet surely my right is with the LO
 RD\, and my recompense with my God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 27:1
 -41\nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see\, he
  called Esau his older son\, and said to him\, "My son"\; and he answered\,
  "Here I am."  He said\, "Behold\, I am old\; I do not know the day of my d
 eath.  Now then\, take your weapons\, your quiver and your bow\, and go out
  to the field\, and hunt game for me\, and prepare for me savory food\, suc
 h as I love\, and bring it to me that I may eat\; that I may bless you befo
 re I die."  Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So 
 when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it\, Rebekah said to
  her son Jacob\, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau\,  'Bring 
 me game\, and prepare for me savory food\, that I may eat it\, and bless yo
 u before the LORD before I die.'  Now therefore\, my son\, obey my word as 
 I command you.  Go to the flock\, and fetch me two good kids\, that I may p
 repare from them savory food for your father\, such as he loves\; and you s
 hall bring it to your father to eat\, so that he may bless you before he di
 es."  But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother\, "Behold\, my brother Esau is a
  hairy man\, and I am a smooth man.  Perhaps my father will feel me\, and I
  shall seem to be mocking him\, and bring a curse upon myself and not a ble
 ssing."  His mother said to him\, "Upon me be your curse\, my son\; only ob
 ey my word\, and go\, fetch them to me."  So he went and took them and brou
 ght them to his mother\; and his mother prepared savory food\, such as his 
 father loved.  Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son\, 
 which were with her in the house\, and put them on Jacob her younger son\; 
 and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part o
 f his neck\; and she gave the savory food and the bread\, which she had pre
 pared\, into the hand of her son Jacob.\n\nSo he went in to his father\, an
 d said\, "My father"\; and he said\, "Here I am\; who are you\, my son?"  J
 acob said to his father\, "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you to
 ld me\; now sit up and eat of my game\, that you may bless me."  But Isaac 
 said to his son\, "How is it that you have found it so quickly\, my son?" H
 e answered\, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."  Then Isaac sa
 id to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I may feel you\, my son\, to know whether y
 ou are really my son Esau or not."  So Jacob went near to Isaac his father\
 , who felt him and said\, "The voice is Jacob's voice\, but the hands are t
 he hands of Esau."  And he did not recognize him\, because his hands were h
 airy like his brother Esau's hands\; so he blessed him.  He said\, "Are you
  really my son Esau?" He answered\, "I am."  Then he said\, "Bring it to me
 \, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it to him\
 , and he ate\; and he brought him wine\, and he drank.  Then his father Isa
 ac said to him\, "Come near and kiss me\, my son."  So he came near and kis
 sed him\; and he smelled the smell of his garments\, and blessed him\, and 
 said\, "See\, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD
  has blessed!  May God give you of the dew of heaven\, and of the fatness o
 f the earth\, and plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you\, and na
 tions bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers\, and may your mother's s
 ons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you\, and blessed be ev
 ery one who blesses you!"\n\nAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob\,
  when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father\, E
 sau his brother came in from his hunting.  He also prepared savory food\, a
 nd brought it to his father. And he said to his father\, "Let my father ari
 se\, and eat of his son's game\, that you may bless me."  His father Isaac 
 said to him\, "Who are you?" He answered\, "I am your son\, your first-born
 \, Esau."  Then Isaac trembled violently\, and said\, "Who was it then that
  hunted game and brought it to me\, and I ate it all before you came\, and 
 I have blessed him? - Yes\, and he shall be blessed."  When Esau heard the 
 words of his father\, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry
 \, and said to his father\, "Bless me\, even me also\, O my father!"  But h
 e said\, "Your brother came with guile\, and he has taken away your blessin
 g."  Esau said\, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me t
 hese two times. He took away my birthright\; and behold\, now he has taken 
 away my blessing." Then he said\, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
 "  Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, I have made him your lord\, and all his 
 brothers I have given to him for servants\, and with grain and wine I have 
 sustained him. What then can I do for you\, my son?"  Esau said to his fath
 er\, "Have you but one blessing\, my father? Bless me\, even me also\, O my
  father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.  Then Isaac his father ans
 wered him: "Behold\, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling
  be\, and away from the dew of heaven on high.  By your sword you shall liv
 e\, and you shall serve your brother\; but when you break loose you shall b
 reak his yoke from your neck."  Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessin
 g with which his father had blessed him\, and Esau said to himself\, "The d
 ays of mourning for my father are approaching\; then I will kill my brother
  Jacob."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 19:16-25\nHe who keeps the comm
 andment keeps his life\; he who despises the word will die.  He who is kind
  to the poor lends to the LORD\, and he will repay him for his deed.  Disci
 pline your son while there is hope\; do not set your heart on his destructi
 on.  A man of great wrath will pay the penalty\; for if you deliver him\, y
 ou will only have to do it again.  Listen to advice and accept instruction\
 , that you may gain wisdom for the future.  Many are the plans in the mind 
 of a man\, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.  Wha
 t is desired in a man is loyalty\, and a poor man is better than a liar.  T
 he fear of the LORD leads to life\; and he who has it rests satisfied\; he 
 will not be visited by harm.  The sluggard buries his hand in the dish\, an
 d will not even bring it back to his mouth.  Strike a scoffer\, and the sim
 ple will learn prudence\; reprove a man of understanding\, and he will gain
  knowledge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/06/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colos
 sae (Chonae)\; Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the 
 message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedienc
 e received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a gr
 eat salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested t
 o us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wond
 ers and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed accord
 ing to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the world 
 to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What
  is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest
  for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\, th
 ou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection
  under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he left 
 nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in sub
 jection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower th
 an the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of de
 ath\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. For i
 t was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing
  many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect th
 rough suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, a
 nd he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with jo
 y\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And h
 e said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I h
 ave given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all
  the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not r
 ejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that you
 r names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy S
 pirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that yo
 u have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed the
 m to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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 lossae (Chonae)
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\; Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra\; Jo
 hn the Hieromartyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I
 I Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine 
 out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the kno
 wledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treas
 ure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God
  and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexe
 d\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down
 \, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so 
 that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we 
 live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the li
 fe of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in 
 us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had w
 ho wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak
 \, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus 
 and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so 
 that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\
 , to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great 
 multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre a
 nd Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and th
 ose who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd s
 ought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  An
 d he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\
 , for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for y
 ou shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh
 .  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile
  you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejo
 ice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in h
 eaven."\n\n
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 sts: Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\; Sergius II\, Patriarch of Con
 stantinople\; Anthousa the Righteous of Constantinople\; Akakios of Kavsoka
 lyvia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 49:6-10\nThus says th
 e LORD: "I will give you as a light to the nations\, that my salvation may 
 reach to the end of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Redeemer of Israe
 l and his Holy One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by the nations\, the
  servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, and they shall p
 rostrate themselves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\, the Holy One 
 of Israel\, who has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a time of favor I
  have answered you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you\; I have kept 
 you and given you as a covenant to the people\, to establish the land\, to 
 apportion the desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\, 'Come forth\,'
  to those who are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways\, 
 on all bare heights shall be their pasture\; they shall not hunger or thirs
 t\, neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he who has pity o
 n them will lead them\, and by springs of water will guide them.\n\nOld Tes
 tament Reading: Genesis 31:3-16\n Then the LORD said to Jacob\, "Return to 
 the land of your fathers and to your kindred\, and I will be with you."  So
  Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was\,
  and said to them\, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor a
 s he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.  You know that 
 I have served your father with all my strength\; yet your father has cheate
 d me and changed my wages ten times\, but God did not permit him to harm me
 .  If he said\, 'The spotted shall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore
  spotted\; and if he said\, 'The striped shall be your wages\,' then all th
 e flock bore striped.  Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father\, 
 and given them to me.  In the mating season of the flock I lifted up my eye
 s\, and saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were s
 triped\, spotted\, and mottled.  Then the angel of God said to me in the dr
 eam\, 'Jacob\,' and I said\, 'Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up your eyes
  and see\, all the goats that leap upon the flock are striped\, spotted\, a
 nd mottled\; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.  I am the God 
 of Bethel\, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise\, g
 o forth from this land\, and return to the land of your birth.'"  Then Rach
 el and Leah answered him\, "Is there any portion or inheritance left to us 
 in our father's house?  Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he ha
 s sold us\, and he has been using up the money given for us.  All the prope
 rty which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our child
 ren\; now then\, whatever God has said to you\, do."\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Proverbs 21:3-21\nTo do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to
  the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty eyes and a proud heart\, the lamp of the
  wicked\, are sin.  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance\, bu
 t every one who is hasty comes only to want.  The getting of treasures by a
  lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.  The violence of th
 e wicked will sweep them away\, because they refuse to do what is just.  Th
 e way of the guilty is crooked\, but the conduct of the pure is right.  It 
 is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a
  contentious woman.  The soul of the wicked desires evil\; his neighbor fin
 ds no mercy in his eyes.  When a scoffer is punished\, the simple becomes w
 ise\; when a wise man is instructed\, he gains knowledge.  The righteous ob
 serves the house of the wicked\; the wicked are cast down to ruin.  He who 
 closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard
 .  A gift in secret averts anger\; and a bribe in the bosom\, strong wrath.
   When justice is done\, it is a joy to the righteous\, but dismay to evild
 oers.  A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the ass
 embly of the dead.  He who loves pleasure will be a poor man\; he who loves
  wine and oil will not be rich.  The wicked is a ransom for the righteous\,
  and the faithless for the upright.  It is better to live in a desert land 
 than with a contentious and fretful woman.  Precious treasure remains in a 
 wise man's dwelling\, but a foolish man devours it.  He who pursues righteo
 usness and kindness will find life and honor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew\; Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\; Ma
 rtha\, mother of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger\; Asclepias the Wonderwork
 er\; Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia\; Michael Choniates\, Metropolitan of Ath
 ens\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary
  Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so
  that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And very early on the first day of t
 he week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And they were saying
  to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the
  tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back\, for it 
 was very large.  And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on th
 e right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed.  And he said
  to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucifi
 ed.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where they laid him.  Bu
 t go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee\
 ; there you will see him\, as he told you."  And they went out and fled fro
 m the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they s
 aid nothing to any one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 2
 :10-16\nBrethren\, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good\, 
 the Jew first and also the Greek.  For God shows no partiality.  All who ha
 ve sinned without the law will also perish without the law\, and all who ha
 ve sinned under the law will be judged by the law.  For it is not the heare
 rs of the law who are righteous before God\, but the doers of the law who w
 ill be justified.  When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the
  law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even though they do not have
  the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts\,
  while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts a
 ccuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, according to my gospel\, Go
 d judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:
 18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two br
 others\, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net i
 nto the sea\; for they were fishermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, a
 nd I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and fo
 llowed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers\, James the s
 on of Zebedee and John his brother\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\
 , mending their nets\, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat
  and their father\, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee\, teach
 ing in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing
  every disease and every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alexis the Man of God\; Paul the Righteous Martyr\; Patrick the Enligh
 tener of Ireland\; Marinos the Martyr\; Theocteristos the Confessor\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 13:2-13\n On a bare hill raise a s
 ignal\, cry aloud to them\; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of th
 e nobles.  I myself have commanded my consecrated ones\, have summoned my m
 ighty men to execute my anger\, my proudly exulting ones.  \n\n Hark\, a tu
 mult on the mountains as of a great multitude! Hark\, an uproar of kingdoms
 \, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for
  battle.  They come from a distant land\, from the end of the heavens\, the
  LORD and the weapons of his indignation\, to destroy the whole earth.  \n\
 n Wail\, for the day of the LORD is near\; as destruction from the Almighty
  it will come!  Therefore all hands will be feeble\, and every man's heart 
 will melt\, and they will be dismayed. Pangs and agony will seize them\; th
 ey will be in anguish like a woman in travail. They will look aghast at one
  another\; their faces will be aflame.  \n\n Behold\, the day of the LORD c
 omes\, cruel\, with wrath and fierce anger\, to make the earth a desolation
  and to destroy its sinners from it.  For the stars of the heavens and thei
 r constellations will not give their light\; the sun will be dark at its ri
 sing and the moon will not shed its light.  I will punish the world for its
  evil\, and the wicked for their iniquity\; I will put an end to the pride 
 of the arrogant\, and lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.  I will make
  men more rare than fine gold\, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.  Theref
 ore I will make the heavens tremble\, and the earth will be shaken out of i
 ts place\, at the wrath of the LORD of hosts in the day of his fierce anger
 .\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 8:4-21\n And in the seventh month\, on 
 the seventeenth day of the month\, the ark came to rest upon the mountains 
 of Ararat.  And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month\; in th
 e tenth month\, on the first day of the month\, the tops of the mountains w
 ere seen.  \n\n At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark 
 which he had made\, and sent forth a raven\; and it went to and fro until t
 he waters were dried up from the earth.  Then he sent forth a dove from him
 \, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground\; but the 
 dove found no place to set her foot\, and she returned to him to the ark\, 
 for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put forth h
 is hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.  He waited anot
 her seven days\, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark\; and the 
 dove came back to him in the evening\, and lo\, in her mouth a freshly pluc
 ked olive leaf\; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. 
  Then he waited another seven days\, and sent forth the dove\; and she did 
 not return to him any more.  \n\n In the six hundred and first year\, in th
 e first month\, the first day of the month\, the waters were dried from off
  the earth\; and Noah removed the covering of the ark\, and looked\, and be
 hold\, the face of the ground was dry.  In the second month\, on the twenty
 -seventh day of the month\, the earth was dry.  Then God said to Noah\,  "G
 o forth from the ark\, you and your wife\, and your sons and your sons' wiv
 es with you.  Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of a
 ll flesh - birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the ea
 rth - that they may breed abundantly on the earth\, and be fruitful and mul
 tiply upon the earth."  So Noah went forth\, and his sons and his wife and 
 his sons' wives with him.  And every beast\, every creeping thing\, and eve
 ry bird\, everything that moves upon the earth\, went forth by families out
  of the ark.  \n\n Then Noah built an altar to the LORD\, and took of every
  clean animal and of every clean bird\, and offered burnt offerings on the 
 altar.  And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\, the LORD said in his 
 heart\, "I will never again curse the ground because of man\, for the imagi
 nation of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neither will I ever again de
 stroy every living creature as I have done."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prov
 erbs 10:31-11:12\nThe mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom\, but the 
 perverse tongue will be cut off.  The lips of the righteous know what is ac
 ceptable\, but the mouth of the wicked\, what is perverse.  A false balance
  is an abomination to the LORD\, but a just weight is his delight.  When pr
 ide comes\, then comes disgrace\; but with the humble is wisdom.  The integ
 rity of the upright guides them\, but the crookedness of the treacherous de
 stroys them.  Riches do not profit in the day of wrath\, but righteousness 
 delivers from death.  The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way stra
 ight\, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.  The righteousness of th
 e upright delivers them\, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lu
 st.  When the wicked dies\, his hope perishes\, and the expectation of the 
 godless comes to nought.  The righteous is delivered from trouble\, and the
  wicked gets into it instead.  With his mouth the godless man would destroy
  his neighbor\, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.  When it goes
  well with the righteous\, the city rejoices\; and when the wicked perish t
 here are shouts of gladness.  By the blessing of the upright a city is exal
 ted\, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.  He who belittles hi
 s neighbor lacks sense\, but a man of understanding remains silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Blind Man\; Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\; Saint V
 incent of Lerins\; Meletios the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\; Gregory
 \, Archbishop of Novgorod\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that 
 time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to
  look into the tomb\; and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the b
 ody of Jesus had lain\, one at the head and one at the feet.  They said to 
 her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have
  taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him."  Saying 
 this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that 
 it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do yo
 u seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if yo
 u have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take
  Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Heb
 rew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold m
 e\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to my brethren and s
 ay to them\, I am ascending to my Father and your Father\, to my God and yo
 ur God."  Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the 
 Lord"\; and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts of the Apostles 16:16-34\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as we apostles were
  going to the place of prayer\, we were met by a slave girl who had a spiri
 t of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying. She follow
 ed Paul and us\, crying\, "These men are servants of the Most High God\, wh
 o proclaim to you the way of salvation." And this she did for many days. Bu
 t Paul was annoyed\, and turned and said to the spirit\, "I charge you in t
 he name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour
 . But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone\, they seized Pa
 ul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers\; and
  when they had brought them to the magistrates they said\, "These men are J
 ews and they are disturbing our city. They advocate customs which it is not
  lawful for us Romans to accept or practice." The crowd joined in attacking
  them\; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to b
 eat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them\, they
  threw them into prison\, charging the jailer to keep them safely. Having r
 eceived this charge\, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their 
 feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and sing
 ing hymns to God\, and the prisoners were listening to them\, and suddenly 
 there was a great earthquake\, so that the foundations of the prison were s
 haken\; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one's fetters w
 ere unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were ope
 n\, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself\, supposing that the pr
 isoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice\, "Do not harm yourse
 lf\, for we are all here." And he called for lights and rushed in\, and tre
 mbling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas\, and brought them out 
 and said\, "Men\, what must I do to be saved?" And they said\, "Believe in 
 the Lord Jesus\, and you will be saved\, you and your household." And they 
 spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. And he
  took them the same hour of the night\, and washed their wounds\, and he wa
 s baptized at once\, with all his family. Then he brought them up into his 
 house\, and set food before them\; and he rejoiced with all his household t
 hat he had believed in God. \n\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38\nAt that time\,
  as Jesus passed by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples 
 asked him\, "Rabbi\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was bor
 n blind?" Jesus answered\, "It was not that this man sinned\, or his parent
 s\, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work t
 he works of him who sent me\, while it is day\; night comes\, when no one c
 an work. As long as I am in the world\, I am the light of the world." As he
  said this\, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointe
 d the man's eyes with the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\, wash in the pool of 
 Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The
  neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, "Is not t
 his the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It is he"\; others said\
 , "No\, but he is like him." He said\, "I am the man." They said to him\, "
 Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered\, "The man called Jesus made c
 lay and anointed my eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloam and wash'\; so I we
 nt and washed and received my sight." They said to him\, "Where is he?" He 
 said\, "I do not know."\n\nThey brought to the Pharisees the man who had fo
 rmerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and op
 ened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight.
  And he said to them\, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed\, and I see." S
 ome of the Pharisees said\, "This man is not from God\, for he does not kee
 p the sabbath." But others said\, "How can a man who is a sinner do such si
 gns?" There was a division among them. So they again said to the blind man\
 , "What do you say about him\, since he has opened your eyes?" He said\, "H
 e is a prophet."\n\nThe Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had
  received his sight\, until they called the parents of the man who had rece
 ived his sight\, and asked them\, "Is this your son\, who you say was born 
 blind? How then does he now see?" His parents answered\, "We know that this
  is our son\, and that he was born blind\; but how he now sees we do not kn
 ow\, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he is of age\, he will s
 peak for himself." His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for
  the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ
  he was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said\, "He is
  of age\, ask him."\n\nSo for the second time they called the man who had b
 een blind\, and said to him\, "Give God the praise\; we know that this man 
 is a sinner." He answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know\; one t
 hing I know\, that though I was blind\, now I see." They said to him\, "Wha
 t did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them\, "I have 
 told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again
 ? Do you too want to become his disciples?" And they reviled him\, saying\,
  "You are his disciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God ha
 s spoken to Moses\, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes fro
 m." The man answered\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he co
 mes from\, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to s
 inners\, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listen
 s to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened 
 the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God\, he could do n
 othing." They answered him\, "You were born in utter sin\, and would you te
 ach us?" And they cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that they had cast him out\,
  and having found him he said\, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answ
 ered\, "And who is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him
 \, "You have seen him\, and it is he who speaks to you." He said\, "Lord\, 
 I believe"\; and he worshiped him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\; Marinos the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossian
 s 4:5-11\,14-18\nBrethren\, conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, ma
 king the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious\, seasoned wi
 th salt\, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos 
 will tell you all about my affairs\; he is a beloved brother and faithful m
 inister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this ver
 y purpose\, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hea
 rts\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful and beloved brother\, who is one
  of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place. Aris
 tarchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (co
 ncerning whom you have received instructions if he comes to you\, receive h
 im)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circumc
 ision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and they have been a
  comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my gre
 etings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and to Nympha and the church in her ho
 use. And when this letter has been read among you\, have it read also in th
 e church of the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the letter from Lao
 dicea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you 
 have received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand
 . Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:
 16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he
  who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me
 ." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are sub
 ject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like ligh
 tning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpen
 ts and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall 
 hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subjec
 t to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same
  hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lor
 d of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and
  understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was you
 r gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Friday after Pascha\; Isidore the Martyr of Chios\; Holy Hieromart
 yr Therapontus\; Holy New Martyrs Mark and John\; Serapion the Holy Martyr\
 ; Leontius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Acts 5:1-11\nIn those days\, a man named Ananias with his w
 ife Sapphira sold a piece of property\, and with his wife's knowledge he ke
 pt back some of the proceeds\, and brought only a part and laid it at the a
 postles' feet. But Peter said\, "Ananias\, why has Satan filled your heart 
 to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land
 ? While it remained unsold\, did it not remain your own? And after it was s
 old\, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this d
 eed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." When Ananias heard
  these words\, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who hear
 d of it. The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buri
 ed him. After an interval of about three hours his wife came in\, not knowi
 ng what had happened. And Peter said to her\, "Tell me whether you sold the
  land for so much." And she said\, "Yes\, for so much." But Peter said to h
 er\, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lo
 rd? Hark\, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at the door\
 , and they will carry you out." Immediately she fell down at his feet and d
 ied. When the young men came in they found her dead\, and they carried her 
 out and buried her beside her husband. And great fear came upon the whole c
 hurch\, and upon all who heard of these things.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:3
 0-47\; 6:1-2\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "I can do nothing 
 on my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, becau
 se I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me. If I bear
  witness to myself\, my testimony is not true\; there is another who bears 
 witness to me\, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.
  You sent to John\, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the tes
 timony which I receive is from man\; but I say this that you may be saved. 
 He was a burning and shining lamp\, and you were willing to rejoice for a w
 hile in his light. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of J
 ohn\; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish\, these v
 ery works which I am doing\, bear me witness that the Father has sent me. A
 nd the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you ha
 ve never heard\, his form you have never seen\; and you do not have his wor
 d abiding in you\, for you do not believe him whom he has sent. You search 
 the scriptures\, because you think that in them you have eternal life\; and
  it is they that bear witness to me\; yet you refuse to come to me that you
  may have life. I do not receive glory from men. But I know that you have n
 ot the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name\, and you do
  not receive me\; if another comes in his own name\, him you will receive. 
 How can you believe\, who receive glory from one another and do not seek th
 e glory that comes from the only God? Do not think that I shall accuse you 
 to the Father\; it is Moses who accuses you\, on whom you set your hope. If
  you believed Moses\, you would believe me\, for he wrote of me. But if you
  do not believe his writings\, how will you believe my words?"\n\nAfter thi
 s Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee\, which is the Sea of 
 Tiberias. And a multitude followed him\, because they saw the signs which h
 e did on those who were diseased.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\; Theodoretos 
 the Holy Martyr of Antioch\; Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nFast Day (D
 airy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Jud. 1:11-25\nBeloved\,
  woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and abandon themse
 lves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah's rebelli
 on.  These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carouse toget
 her\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along by winds\
 ; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of th
 e sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars for whom t
 he nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.\n\nIt was of these 
 also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "
 Behold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on all\,
  and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which the
 y have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things which
  ungodly sinners have spoken against him."  These are grumblers\, malconten
 ts\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering peop
 le to gain advantage.\n\nBut you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions 
 of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "In the last 
 time there will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions."  It is
  these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit.  But y
 ou\, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Ho
 ly Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.  And convince some\, who doubt\; save 
 some\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, h
 ating even the garment spotted by the flesh.\n\nNow to him who is able to k
 eep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence
  of his glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus C
 hrist our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all
  time and now and for ever.  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\, 4
 4-56\nAt that time\, the chief priests\, the scribes\, and elders of the pe
 ople brought Jesus before Pilate.  And they began to accuse him\, saying\, 
 "We found this man perverting our nation\, and forbidding us to give tribut
 e to Caesar\, and saying that he himself is Christ a king."  And Pilate ask
 ed him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You have s
 aid so."  And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes\, "I find
  no crime in this man."  But they were urgent\, saying\, "He stirs up the p
 eople\, teaching throughout all Judea\, from Galilee even to this place."\n
 \nWhen Pilate heard this\, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.  And wh
 en he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction\, he sent him over t
 o Herod\, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.  When Herod saw Jesus\
 , he was very glad\, for he had long desired to see him\, because he had he
 ard about him\, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.  So he ques
 tioned him at some length\; but he made no answer.  The chief priests and t
 he scribes stood by\, vehemently accusing him.  And Herod with his soldiers
  treated him with contempt and mocked him\; then\, arraying him in gorgeous
  apparel\, he sent him back to Pilate.  And Herod and Pilate became friends
  with each other that very day\, for before this they had been at enmity wi
 th each other.\n\nPilate then called together the chief priests and the rul
 ers and the people\, and said to them\, "You brought me this man as one who
  was perverting the people\; and after examining him before you\, behold\, 
 I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him\; neither
  did Herod\, for he sent him back to us.  Behold\, nothing deserving death 
 has been done by him\; I will therefore chastise him and release him." Now 
 he was obliged to release one man to them at the festival.\n\nBut they all 
 cried out together\, "Away with this man\, and release to us Barabbas" -- a
  man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the cit
 y\, and for murder.  Pilate addressed them once more\, desiring to release 
 Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "Crucify\, crucify him!"  A third time he sa
 id to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?  I have found in him no crime de
 serving death\; I will therefore chastise him and release him."  But they w
 ere urgent\, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified.  And th
 eir voices prevailed.  So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be 
 granted.  He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrect
 ion and murder\, whom they asked for\; but Jesus he delivered up to their w
 ill.\n\nAnd as they led him away\, they seized one Simon of Cyrene\, who wa
 s coming in from the country\, and laid on him the cross\, to carry it behi
 nd Jesus.  And there followed him a great multitude of the people\, and of 
 women who bewailed and lamented him.  But Jesus turning to them said\, "Dau
 ghters of Jerusalem\, do not weep for me\, but weep for yourselves and for 
 your children.  For behold\, the days are coming when they will say\, 'Bles
 sed are the barren\, and the wombs that never bore\, and the breasts that n
 ever gave suck!'  Then they will begin to say to the mountains\, 'Fall on u
 s'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.'  For if they do this when the wood is g
 reen\, what will happen when it is dry?"\n\nAnd when they came to the place
  which is called The Skull\, there they crucified him\, and the criminals\,
  one on the right and one on the left.\n\nIt was now about the sixth hour\,
  and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour\, while th
 e sun's light failed\; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.  Then
  Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\, said\, "Father\, into your hands I comm
 it my spirit!"  And having said this he breathed his last.  Now when the ce
 nturion saw what had taken place\, he praised God\, and said\, "Certainly t
 his man was innocent!"  And all the multitudes who assembled to see the sig
 ht\, when they saw what had taken place\, returned home beating their breas
 ts.  And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Gali
 lee stood at a distance and saw these things.\n\nNow there was a man named 
 Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea.  He was a member of the council\,
  a good and righteous man\, who had not consented to their purpose and deed
 \, and he was looking for the kingdom of God.  This man went to Pilate and 
 asked for the body of Jesus.  Then he took it down and wrapped it in a line
 n shroud\, and laid him in a rock hewn tomb\, where no one had ever yet bee
 n laid.  It was the day of Preparation\, and the sabbath was beginning.  Th
 e women who had come with him from Galilee followed\, and saw the tomb\, an
 d how his body was laid\; then they returned\, and prepared spices and oint
 ments.\n\nOn the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\; Methodius the Confessor\, Patriar
 ch of Constantinople\; Cyril\, Bishop of Gortyna\; The Holy Martyrs of Esto
 nia: the Priests Basil\, John\, John\, Artemios\, and Nicholas\; the Deacon
 s Vasili and Peter\; the Presytera Martha\; and John\, Theodor\, and Anna.\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 4:13-25\nBrethren\, the promise t
 o Abraham and his descendants\, that they should inherit the world\, did no
 t come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the
  adherents of the law who are to be the heirs\, faith is null and the promi
 se is void. For the law brings wrath\, but where there is no law there is n
 o transgression. That is why it depends on faith\, in order that the promis
 e may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants -- not only to
  the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham\
 , for he is the father of us all\, as it is written\, "I have made you the 
 father of many nations" -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed\,
  who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not
  exist. In hope he believed against hope\, that he should become the father
  of many nations\; as he had been told\, "So shall your descendants be." He
  did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body\, which was as goo
 d as dead because he was about a hundred years old\, or when he considered 
 the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the p
 romise of God\, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God\, f
 ully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why hi
 s faith was "reckoned to him as righteousness." But the words\, "it was rec
 koned to him\," were written not for his sake alone\, but for ours also. It
  will be reckoned to us who believe in him that raised from the dead Jesus 
 our Lord\, who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justi
 fication.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wondere
 d at the gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and the
 y said\, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you w
 ill quote to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have he
 ard you did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he said\
 , "Truly\, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But 
 in truth\, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Eli
 jah\, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there c
 ame a great famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them 
 but only to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. 
 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; an
 d none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard th
 is\, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put 
 him out of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their ci
 ty was built\, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through
  the midst of them he went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Epiphany\; George of Hozeva\; Domnica the Righteous of Co
 nstantinople\; Atticus and Cyrus\, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Afte
 rfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Emilianos th
 e Confessor\, Bishop of Cyzikos\; Gregory of the Kiev Caves\; Pega the Virg
 in\, Hermitess of Peakirk\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that 
 time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to
  look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the b
 ody of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to h
 er\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they have t
 aken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying thi
 s\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it 
 was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you se
 ek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you hav
 e carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him 
 away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "
 Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for 
 I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren and say to th
 em\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God."
  Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," a
 nd she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us according to the
  measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he ascended on high
  he led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He as
 cended\," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower p
 arts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all t
 he heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some s
 hould be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and tea
 chers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for building up the 
 body of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the k
 nowledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of the stat
 ure of the fullness of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:12-17\nAt that 
 time\, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested\, he withdrew into Gali
 lee\; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea\, in t
 he territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, that what was spoken by the prophet 
 Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\, 
 toward the sea\, across the Jordan\, Galilee of the Gentiles\, the people w
 ho sat in darkness have seen a great light\, and for those who sat in the r
 egion and shadow of death light has dawned."  From that time Jesus began to
  preach\, saying\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; Elizabeth\, Mother of th
 e Forerunner\; Panagiotis the New Martyr\; Athanasios Parios\n\nFast Free\n
 \nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt that time\, Eli
 zabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for five months hid herself\
 , saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\,
  to take away my reproach among men." Now the time came for Elizabeth to be
  delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk he
 ard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rejoiced with her
 . And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; and they would 
 have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his mother said\, "Not so\;
  he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "None of your kindred is 
 called by this name." And they made signs to his father\, inquiring what he
  would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "Hi
 s name is John." And they all marveled. And immediately his mouth was opene
 d and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fear came on all
  their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hi
 ll country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts\,
  saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with
  him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit\, and prophe
 sied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he has visited and
  redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be called the prophet of the 
 Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways." And the c
 hild grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wilderness till t
 he day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:11-14\
 ;14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believ
 ed\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off the 
 works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourselves 
 becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in debauch
 ery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lo
 rd Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its desi
 res.\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not for dis
 putes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, while the weak man
  eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains\, and
  let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has welco
 med him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?  It is be
 fore his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for G
 od is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76
 \, 80\nAt that time\, Elizabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for
  five months hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the da
 ys when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the time
  came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her 
 neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, a
 nd they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise th
 e child\; and they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but hi
 s mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\, 
 "None of your kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his f
 ather\, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing
  tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immedi
 ately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing 
 God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked
  about through all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid 
 them up in their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the 
 hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the
  Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
 \, for he has visited and redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be c
 alled the prophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to pre
 pare his ways." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was
  in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\; Euschemon the Confessor\, Bishop of
  Lampasakos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 9:9-10:4\nThus 
 says the LORD: "And all the people will know\, Ephraim and the inhabitants 
 of Samaria\, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:  'The bricks have 
 fallen\, but we will build with dressed stones\; the sycamores have been cu
 t down\, but we will put cedars in their place.'"  So the LORD raises adver
 saries against them\, and stirs up their enemies.  The Syrians on the east 
 and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this
  his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.  The peo
 ple did not turn to him who smote them\, nor seek the LORD of hosts.  So th
 e LORD cut off from Israel head and tail\, palm branch and reed in one day 
 - the elder and honored man is the head\, and the prophet who teaches lies 
 is the tail\; for those who lead this people lead them astray\, and those w
 ho are led by them are swallowed up.  Therefore the Lord does not rejoice o
 ver their young men\, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows\
 ; for every one is godless and an evildoer\, and every mouth speaks folly. 
 For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out sti
 ll.  For wickedness burns like a fire\, it consumes briers and thorns\; it 
 kindles the thickets of the forest\, and they roll upward in a column of sm
 oke.  Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is burned\, and the p
 eople are like fuel for the fire\; no man spares his brother.  They snatch 
 on the right\, but are still hungry\, and they devour on the left\, but are
  not satisfied\; each devours his neighbor's flesh\, Manasseh\, Ephraim\, a
 nd Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and together they are against Judah. For all this h
 is anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.  \n\n Woe 
 to those who decree iniquitous decrees\, and the writers who keep writing o
 ppression\, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my 
 people of their right\, that widows may be their spoil\, and that they may 
 make the fatherless their prey!  What will you do on the day of punishment\
 , in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help\, 
 and where will you leave your wealth?  Nothing remains but to crouch among 
 the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned
  away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesi
 s 7:1-5\n Then the LORD said to Noah\, "Go into the ark\, you and all your 
 household\, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this genera
 tion.  Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals\, the male and his ma
 te\; and a pair of the animals that are not clean\, the male and his mate\;
  and seven pairs of the birds of the air also\, male and female\, to keep t
 heir kind alive upon the face of all the earth.  For in seven days I will s
 end rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights\; and every living thin
 g that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."  And Noah 
 did all that the LORD had commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs
  8:32-9:11\nAnd now\, my sons\, listen to me: happy are those who keep my w
 ays.  Hear instruction and be wise\, and do not neglect it.  Happy is the m
 an who listens to me\, watching daily at my gates\, waiting beside my doors
 .  For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD\; but he 
 who misses me injures himself\; all who hate me love death."  Wisdom has bu
 ilt her house\, she has set up her seven pillars.  She has slaughtered her 
 beasts\, she has mixed her wine\, she has also set her table.  She has sent
  out her maids to call from the highest places in the town\,  "Whoever is s
 imple\, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she says\,  "Com
 e\, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.  Leave simpleness\,
  and live\, and walk in the way of insight."  He who corrects a scoffer get
 s himself abuse\, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.  Do not r
 eprove a scoffer\, or he will hate you\; reprove a wise man\, and he will l
 ove you.  Give instruction to a wise man\, and he will be still wiser\; tea
 ch a righteous man and he will increase in learning.  The fear of the LORD 
 is the beginning of wisdom\, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. 
  For by me your days will be multiplied\, and years will be added to your l
 ife. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/09/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus\; Matrona\, Abbess of Constantin
 ople\; Theoktisti of the Isle of Lesbos\; Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metr
 opolitan of Pentapolis\; Symeon the Translator\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Jo
 hn 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs 
 in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by
  the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the s
 heep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out
 . When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep
  follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, bu
 t they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." T
 his figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was s
 aying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robber
 s\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by m
 e\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 3:12-18\nBrethren\, s
 ince we have such a hope\, we are very bold\, not like Moses\, who put a ve
 il over his face so that the Israelites might not see the end of the fading
  splendor. But their minds were hardened\; for to this day\, when they read
  the old covenant\, that same veil remains unlifted\, because only through 
 Christ is it taken away.  Yes\, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil l
 ies over their minds\; but when a man turns to the Lord the veil is removed
 . Now the Lord is the Spirit\, and where the Spirit of the Lord is\, there 
 is freedom. And we all\, with unveiled face\, beholding the glory of the Lo
 rd\, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to anothe
 r\; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  9:37-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus had come down from the mountain\, a great
  crowd met him. And behold\, a man from the crowd cried\, "Teacher\, I beg 
 you to look upon my son\, for he is my only child\; and behold\, a spirit s
 eizes him\, and he suddenly cries out\; it convulses him till he foams\, an
 d shatters him\, and will hardly leave him. And I begged your disciples to 
 cast it out\, but they could not." Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perver
 se generation\, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your 
 son here." While he was coming the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Je
 sus rebuked the unclean spirit\, and healed the boy\, and gave him back to 
 his father. And all were astonished at the majesty of God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\; Raphael of Brooklyn\; Stephen t
 he Monk\; Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopolis\; Nesios the Martyr\n
 \nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 6:11-16\nTimothy\, my son\, aim a
 t righteousness\, godliness\, faith\, love\, steadfastness\, gentleness.  F
 ight the good fight of the faith\; take hold of the eternal life to which y
 ou were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many wi
 tnesses.  In the presence of God who gives life to all things\, and of Chri
 st Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confessio
 n\, I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach u
 ntil the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; and this will be made manifes
 t at the proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign\, and King of kings 
 and Lord of lords\, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable 
 light\, whom no man has ever seen or can see.  To him be honor and eternal 
 dominion.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long ro
 bes\, and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the s
 ynagogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and
  for a pretense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater condemnat
 ion."  He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury\
 ; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, 
 I tell you\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they al
 l contributed out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in al
 l the living that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has
  ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thomas Sunday\; Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael and the
  other George of Samothrace\; Jeremias the Prophet\; New Martyr Maria of Fo
 urna\, Mirabella in Crete\; Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\; Nikiforos t
 he Monk of Chios\; Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy M
 ountain\, Euthymius\, Ignatius\, and Acacius\; Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples
  went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.  And w
 hen they saw him they worshipped him\; but some doubted.  And Jesus came an
 d said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me
 .  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the n
 ame of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to 
 observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to 
 the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:12-20\nIn those da
 ys\, many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the 
 apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. None of the rest
  dared join them\, but the people held them in high honor. And more than ev
 er believers were added to the Lord\, multitudes both of men and women\, so
  that they even carried out the sick into the streets\, and laid them on be
 ds and pallets\, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on so
 me of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem\, brin
 ging the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits\, and they were all 
 healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with him\, that is\, t
 he party of the Sadducees\, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apos
 tles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel of the Lord o
 pened the prison doors and brought them out and said\, "Go and stand in the
  temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\
 , the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesu
 s came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he
  had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the disciples
  were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be wi
 th you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had 
 said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spiri
 t.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the 
 sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, calle
 d the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples tol
 d him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his h
 ands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\
 , and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\
 , his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The do
 ors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be w
 ith you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hand
 s\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\,
  but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to
  him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who 
 have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the pr
 esence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these ar
 e written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, 
 and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\; A
 fterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Cedd\, Bi
 shop of Scotland\; Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\
 nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upp
 er country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said 
 to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they sai
 d\, "No\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he sai
 d\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." 
 And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the
  people to believe in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus."
  On hearing this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And wh
 en Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and t
 hey spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in a
 ll. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguin
 g and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:29-34\nA
 t that time\, John saw Jesus coming toward him\, and said\, "Behold\, the L
 amb of God\, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said
 \, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me\, for he was before me.' I mys
 elf did not know him\; but for this I came baptizing with water\, that he m
 ight be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness\, "I saw the Spirit desc
 end as a dove from heaven\, and it remained on him. I myself did not know h
 im\; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me\, 'He on whom you 
 see the Spirit descend and remain\, this is he who baptizes with the Holy S
 pirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Luke\; Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska & First Saint 
 of America\; The Holy Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\,
  and Orestes of Greater Armenia\; Lucia the Virgin-martyr\; Gabriel the Hie
 romartyr\, Archbishop of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatin
 s Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were going to a
  village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with
  each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talki
 ng and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. Bu
 t their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is
  this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And 
 they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered h
 im\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things th
 at have happened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "What things?"
  And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet m
 ighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief pr
 iests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified 
 him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besid
 es all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some 
 women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning 
 and did not find his body\; and they came back saying that they had even se
 en a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were 
 with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but hi
 m they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of hea
 rt to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that 
 the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginn
 ing with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scr
 iptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village 
 to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constr
 ained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day i
 s now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table wit
 h them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them
 . And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he vanished out 
 of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within u
 s while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?
 " And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found t
 he eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The 
 Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had
  happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the
  bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11\nBre
 thren\, when Christ who is our life appears\, then you also will appear wit
 h him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication\
 , impurity\, passion\, evil desire\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. 
 On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedienc
 e. In these you once walked\, when you lived in them. But now put them all 
 away: anger\, wrath\, malice\, slander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do 
 not lie to one another\, seeing that you have put off the old nature with i
 ts practices and have put on the new nature\, which is being renewed in kno
 wledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\,
  circumcised and uncircumcised\, barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, 
 but Christ is all\, and in all.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24\nThe Lord 
 said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet\, and invited many\; an
 d at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had be
 en invited\, 'Come\; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to mak
 e excuses. The first said to him\, 'I have bought a field\, and I go out an
 d see it\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I have bought
  five yoke of oxen\, and I must go to examine them\; I pray you\, have me e
 xcused.' And another said\, 'I have married a wife\, and therefore I cannot
  come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the house
 holder in anger said to his servant\, 'Go out quickly to the streets and la
 nes of the city\, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And
  the servant said\, 'Sir\, what you commanded has been done\, and there is 
 still room.' And the master said to the servant\, 'Go out to the highways a
 nd hedges\, and compel people to come in\, that my house may be filled. For
  I tell you\, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. Fo
 r many are called\, but few are chosen.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\; Holy Martyr Glycerus\; Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\; Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 5:11-14\;6:1-8\
 nBrethren\, about Melchizedek we have much to say which is hard to explain\
 , since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought 
 to be teachers\, you need some one to teach you again the first principles 
 of God's word. You need milk\, not solid food\; for every one who lives on 
 milk is unskilled in the work of righteousness\, for he is a child. But sol
 id food is for the mature\, for those who have their faculties trained by p
 ractice to distinguish good from evil. Therefore let us leave the elementar
 y doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity\, not laying again a foundation 
 of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God\, with instruction ab
 out ablutions\, the laying on of hands\, the resurrection of the dead\, and
  eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits. For it is impossible
  to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened\, who 
 have tasted the heavenly gift\, and have become partakers of the Holy Spiri
 t\, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the a
 ge to come\, if they then commit apostasy\, since they crucify the Son of G
 od on their own account and hold him up to contempt. For land which has dru
 nk the rain that often falls upon it\, and brings forth vegetation useful t
 o those for whose sake it is cultivated\, receives a blessing from God. But
  if it bears thorns and thistles\, it is worthless and near to being cursed
 \; its end is to be burned.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35\nAt that time\
 , great multitudes accompanied Jesus\; and he turned and said to them\, "If
  any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife a
 nd children and brothers and sisters\, yes\, and even his own life\, he can
 not be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me\,
  cannot be my disciple. For which of you\, desiring to build a tower\, does
  not first sit down and count the cost\, whether he has enough to complete 
 it? Otherwise\, when he has laid a foundation\, and is not able to finish\,
  all who see it begin to mock him\, saying\, 'This man began to build\, and
  was not able to finish.' Or what king\, going to encounter another king in
  war\, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten
  thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if no
 t\, while the other is yet a great way off\, he sends an embassy and asks t
 erms of peace. So therefore\, whoever of you does not renounce all that he 
 has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good\; but if salt has lost its taste\, 
 how shall its saltness be restored? It is fit neither for the land nor for 
 the dunghill\; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\; Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\; Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\; Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:18-33\nBr
 ethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and he hardens the heart of w
 homever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still find fault? 
 For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a man\, to answer back to G
 od? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why have you made me thus?" Ha
 s the potter no right over the clay\, to make out of the same lump one vess
 el for beauty and another for menial use? What if God\, desiring to show hi
 s wrath and to make known his power\, has endured with much patience the ve
 ssels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to make known the riches of 
 his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has prepared beforehand for g
 lory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the Jews only but also from th
 e Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those who were not my people I wi
 ll call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'
 " "And in the very place where it was said to them\, 'You are not my people
 \,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" And Isaiah cries out con
 cerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of 
 the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; for the Lord will execute 
 his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatch." And as Isaiah predict
 ed\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us children\, we would have fared l
 ike Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall we say\, then? That Gent
 iles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it\, that is\, righteou
 sness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which i
 s based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? Because they di
 d not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were based on works. They have
  stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is written\, "Behold\, I am layi
 ng in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them 
 fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 9:18-22\nAt that time\, it happened that as Jesus was praying alo
 ne the disciples were with him\; and he asked them\, "Who do the people say
  that I am?" And they answered\, "John the Baptist\; but others say\, Elija
 h\; and others\, that one of the old prophets has risen." And he said to th
 em\, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered\, "The Christ of Go
 d." But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one\, saying\, "Th
 e Son of man must suffer many things\, and be rejected by the elders and ch
 ief priests and scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Luke\; Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\
 , and their mother Theodota\; David the Righteous of Evia\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, being raised from the dead\, Jesus re
 vealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and he revealed hi
 mself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana
  in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of his disciples were to
 gether. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\,
  "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\; but that nigh
 t they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\
 ; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "C
 hildren\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "
 Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So th
 ey cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of
  fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When
  Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he wa
 s stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came
  in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from t
 he land\, but about a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen they got out on land\, the
 y saw a charcoal fire there\, with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said
  to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Pet
 er went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred a
 nd fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not 
 torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disci
 ples dared ask him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came a
 nd took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now 
 the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised
  from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthi
 ans 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individual
 ly members of it.  And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, sec
 ond prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, h
 elpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all ap
 ostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do al
 l possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret? 
  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more e
 xcellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have no
 t love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic p
 owers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all 
 faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I
  give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have no
 t love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or 
 boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\
 ; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rej
 oices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all
  things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:1
 9-31\nThe Lord said\, "There was a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and
  fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a po
 or man named Lazaros\, full of sores\, who desired to be fed with what fell
  from the rich man's table\; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. T
 he poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich
  man also died and was buried\; and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted
  up his eyes\, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he cal
 led out\, 'Father Abraham\, have mercy upon me\, and send Lazaros to dip th
 e end of his finger in water and cool my tongue\; for I am in anguish in th
 is flame.' But Abraham said\, 'Son\, remember that you in your lifetime rec
 eived your good things\, and Lazaros in like manner evil things\; but now h
 e is comforted here\, and you are in anguish. And besides all this\, betwee
 n us and you a great chasm has been fixed\, in order that those who would p
 ass from here to you may not be able\, and none may cross from there to us.
 ' And he said\, 'Then I beg you\, father\, to send him to my father's house
 \, for I have five brothers\, so that he may warn them\, lest they also com
 e into this place of torment.' But Abraham said\, 'They have Moses\, and th
 e prophets\; let them hear them.' And he said\, 'No\, father Abraham\; but 
 if some one goes to them from the dead\, they will repent.' He said to them
 \, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets\, neither will they be convi
 nced if some one should rise from the dead.'"\n\n
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 sts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Eld
 er of Chios\; Eusebius the Righteous of Syria\; Onesimos\, Patriarch of Con
 stantinople\; Ma?or the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:1-25\n PAUL\,
  a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Philemon our be
 loved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fellow soldie
 r\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Fathe
 r and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in m
 y prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have tow
 ard the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sharing of your
  faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ. Fo
 r I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother\, because
  the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accordingly\, th
 ough I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required\, yet
  for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and n
 ow a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesim
 os\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useles
 s to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him 
 back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him wit
 h me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonmen
 t for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in or
 der that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will
 . Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that you might h
 ave him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slave\, as a b
 eloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both in the fl
 esh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive him as yo
 u would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you anything\, c
 harge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\, I will r
 epay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes\, brother
 \, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Co
 nfident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you will do even 
 more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\, for I am 
 hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow pris
 oner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarcho
 s\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Chris
 t be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:13-17\nAt that time
 \, the chief priests and scribes sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees and so
 me of the Herodians\, to entrap him in his talk. And they came and said to 
 him\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and care for no man\; for you 
 do not regard the position of men\, but truly teach the way of God. Is it l
 awful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not? Should we pay them\, or should we no
 t?" But knowing their hypocrisy\, he said to them\, "Why put me to the test
 ? Bring me a coin\, and let me look at it." And they brought one. And he sa
 id to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him\, "
 Caesar's." Jesus said to them\, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesa
 r's\, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at him.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Ascension\; Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Erasmos of Ochrid & his Companion Martyrs\; Demetrios the New Martyr of
  Philadelphia\; Constantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week
 \, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons
 .  She went and told those who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept
 .  But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they wo
 uld not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of the
 m\, as they were walking into the country.  And they went back and told the
  rest\, but they did not believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the elev
 en themselves as they sat at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbeli
 ef and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw him 
 after he had risen.  And he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preac
 h the gospel to the whole creation.  He who believes and is baptized will b
 e saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs w
 ill accompany those who believe:  in my name they will cast out demons\; th
 ey will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they dri
 nk any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on 
 the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had
  spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand
  of God.  And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord work
 ed with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:1-12\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I hav
 e dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day when he w
 as taken up\, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the
  apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his 
 passion by many proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking
  of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to 
 depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\,
  he said\, "you heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but before m
 any days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they had come
  together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the king
 dom of Israel?" He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times or seaso
 ns which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive p
 ower when the Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses
  in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." An
 d when he had said this\, as they were looking on\, he was lifted up\, and 
 a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven
  as he went\, behold\, two men stood by them in white robes\, and said\,"Me
 n of Galilee\, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus\, who was t
 aken up from you into heaven\, will come in the same way as you saw him go 
 into heaven." Then they returned from the mount called Olivet\, which is ne
 ar Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-
 53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, stood in the midst 
 of his disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled 
 and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\,
  "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See m
 y hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit
  has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this\, h
 e showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for 
 joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" The
 y gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n\
 nThen he said to them\, "These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I 
 was still with you\, that everything written about me in the law of Moses a
 nd the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their mind
 s to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, t
 hat the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and 
 that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to a
 ll nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. A
 nd behold\, I send the promise of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city
 \, until you are clothed with power from on high."\n\nThen he led them out 
 as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed them. While he bl
 essed them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they
  worshiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were c
 ontinually in the temple blessing God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Cross\; George the Righteous of Maleon\; Righteous 
 Plato the Studite\; Nicetas the Hieromartyr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\; 
 Righteous Zosimas\; Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Reno
 vator of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkid
 iki\; Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, being raised
  from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tibe
 rias\; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas called the
  Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others
  of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fis
 hing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into
  the boat\; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, 
 Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus
 . Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, 
 "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and y
 ou will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it
  in\, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter
 \, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put o
 n his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But
  the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for
  they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen t
 hey got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\, with fish lying on i
 t\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have j
 ust caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of
  large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were s
 o many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfas
 t." Now none of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who are you?" They knew it w
 as the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so wit
 h the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disc
 iples after he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 4:14-1
 6\;5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed through the
  heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confession. For we
  have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses\, b
 ut one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet without sin. L
 et us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that we may r
 eceive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest 
 chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to G
 od\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ig
 norant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of th
 is he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of 
 the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called
  by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be mad
 e a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my S
 on\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou
  art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Readin
 g: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, 
 let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would
  save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and th
 e gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole 
 world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life?
  For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful ge
 neration\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in th
 e glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\,
  I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste death befor
 e they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas of Egypt\; Victor and Stephanie\; Martyr Vincent\; Theodore the 
 Studite\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God
  who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts
  to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chri
 st.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tran
 scendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way
 \, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, b
 ut not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the 
 body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested 
 in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for
  Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal fl
 esh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the sam
 e spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we 
 too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus w
 ill raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For 
 it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people 
 it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  13:1-9\nAt that time\, there were some present who told Jesus of the Galil
 eans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered 
 them\, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the o
 ther Galileans\, because they suffered thus? I tell you\, No\; but unless y
 ou repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen upon whom the tow
 er in Siloam fell and killed them\, do you think that they were worse offen
 ders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you\, No\; but unle
 ss you repent you will all likewise perish." And he told this parable: "A m
 an had a fig tree planted in his vineyard\; and he came seeking fruit on it
  and found none. And he said to the vinedresser\, 'Lo\, these three years I
  have come seeking fruit on this fig tree\, and I find none. Cut it down\; 
 why should it use up the ground?' And he answered him\, 'Let it alone\, sir
 \, this year also\, till I dig about it and put on manure. And if it bears 
 fruit next year\, well and good\; but if not\, you can cut it down.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Cyprian
  the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\; Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folk
 estone\; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an 
 earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were 
 the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called th
 e Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Hol
 ies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covere
 d on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\,
  and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it we
 re the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we c
 annot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the p
 riests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\
 ; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, 
 and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors
  of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\,
  Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her 
 house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and li
 stened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and s
 he went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left m
 e to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\
 , "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one t
 hing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be take
 n away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice a
 nd said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that 
 you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of G
 od and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\; Anthousa the Righteous of Con
 stantinople\; Akakios of Kavsokalyvia\; Sergius II\, Patriarch of Constanti
 nople\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 37:33-38:6\n"Therefor
 e thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into
  this city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come before it with a shield\, or
  cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came\, by the same h
 e shall return\, and he shall not come into this city\, says the LORD.  For
  I will defend this city to save it\, for my own sake and for the sake of m
 y servant David."  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, and slew a hundre
 d and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; and when men aros
 e early in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies.  Then Sennach
 erib king of Assyria departed\, and went home and dwelt at Nineveh.  And as
  he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adrammelech and Sharez
 er\, his sons\, slew him with the sword\, and escaped into the land of Arar
 at. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. \n\n  In those days Hezeki
 ah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the so
 n of Amoz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LORD: Set your hou
 se in order\; for you shall die\, you shall not recover."  Then Hezekiah tu
 rned his face to the wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and said\, "Remember n
 ow\, O LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked before thee in faithfulnes
 s and with a whole heart\, and have done what is good in thy sight." And He
 zekiah wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:  "Go and s
 ay to Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of David your father: I have 
 heard your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will add fifteen ye
 ars to your life.  I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the 
 king of Assyria\, and defend this city.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1
 3:12-18\n Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwelt among the cit
 ies of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now the men of Sodom
  were wicked\, great sinners against the LORD.  \n\n The LORD said to Abram
 \, after Lot had separated from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, and look from th
 e place where you are\, northward and southward and eastward and westward\;
  for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants 
 for ever.  I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth\; so that 
 if one can count the dust of the earth\, your descendants also can be count
 ed.  Arise\, walk through the length and the breadth of the land\, for I wi
 ll give it to you."  So Abram moved his tent\, and came and dwelt by the oa
 ks of Mamre\, which are at Hebron\; and there he built an altar to the LORD
 .\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4\nThe fear of the LORD is a 
 fountain of life\, that one may avoid the snares of death.  In a multitude 
 of people is the glory of a king\, but without people a prince is ruined.  
 He who is slow to anger has great understanding\, but he who has a hasty te
 mper exalts folly.  A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh\, but passion m
 akes the bones rot.  He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker\, but he
  who is kind to the needy honors him.  The wicked is overthrown through his
  evil-doing\, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.  Wisdom
  abides in the mind of a man of understanding\, but it is not known in the 
 heart of fools.  Righteousness exalts a nation\, but sin is a reproach to a
 ny people.  A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor\, but his wrath
  falls on one who acts shamefully.  A soft answer turns away wrath\, but a 
 harsh word stirs up anger.  The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge\, bu
 t the mouths of fools pour out folly.  The eyes of the LORD are in every pl
 ace\, keeping watch on the evil and the good.  A gentle tongue is a tree of
  life\, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\; Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\; Ri
 ghteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: I Timothy 1:18-20\;2:8-15\nTimothy\, my son\, this charge I commit to 
 you in accordance with the prophetic utterances which pointed to you\, that
  inspired by them you may wage the good warfare\, holding faith and a good 
 conscience. By rejecting conscience\, certain persons have made shipwreck o
 f their faith\, among them Hymenaios and Alexander\, whom I have delivered 
 to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. I desire then that in every 
 place the men should pray\, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling\
 ; also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly a
 pparel\, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire but by go
 od deeds\, as befits women who profess religion. Let a woman learn in silen
 ce with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority
  over men\; she is to keep silent. For Adam was formed first\, then Eve\; a
 nd Adam was not deceived\, but the woman was deceived and became a transgre
 ssor. Yet woman will be saved through bearing children\, if she continues i
 n faith and love and holiness\, with modesty.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:5-
 8\, 10-11\, 20-24\nAt that time\, as some spoke to Jesus of the temple\, ho
 w it was adorned with noble stones and offerings\, he said\, "As for these 
 things\, which you see\, the days will come when there shall not be left he
 re one stone upon another that will not be thrown down." And they asked him
 \, "Teacher\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign when this is ab
 out to take place?" And he said\, "Take heed that you are not led astray\; 
 for many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The time is at h
 and!' Do not go after them. And when you hear of wars and tumults\, do not 
 be terrified\; for this must first take place\, but the end will not be at 
 once."\n\nThen he said to them\, "Nation will rise against nation\, and kin
 gdom against kingdom\; there will be great earthquakes\, and in various pla
 ces famines and pestilences\; and there will be terrors and great signs fro
 m heaven.\n\nBut when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies\, then know th
 at its desolation has come near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to th
 e mountains\, and let those who are inside the city depart\, and let not th
 ose who are out in the country enter it\; for these are days of vengeance\,
  to fulfill all that is written. Alas for those who are with child and for 
 those who give suck in those days! For great distress shall be upon the ear
 th and wrath upon this people\; they will fall by the edge of the sword\, a
 nd be led captive among all nations\; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by
  the Gentiles\, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mammas the Martyr\; John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ammon & Aeithalas the Martyrs of Thra
 ce\; Cosmas the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to the Romans 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good w
 ith those who love God\, who are called according to his purpose.  For thos
 e whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his 
 Son\, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And th
 ose whom he predestined he also called\; and those whom he called he also j
 ustified\; and those whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shal
 l we say to this?  If God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not sp
 are his own Son but gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all t
 hings with him?  Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God
  who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, 
 who was raised from the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed
  intercedes for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall t
 ribulation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or p
 eril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all 
 the day long\; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all th
 ese things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am 
 sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor 
 things present\, nor things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\,
  nor anything else in all creation\, will be able to separate us from the l
 ove of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:20-27\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus came to a home\, and the crowd came together again\, so tha
 t they could not even eat. And when his family heard it\, they went out to 
 seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is beside himself." And the scribe
 s who came down from Jerusalem said\, "He is possessed by Beelzebul\, and b
 y the prince of demons he casts out the demons." And he called them to him\
 , and said to them in parables\, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdo
 m is divided against itself\, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is 
 divided against itself\, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan
  has risen up against himself and is divided\, he cannot stand\, but is com
 ing to an end. But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his go
 ods\, unless he first binds the strong man\; then indeed he may plunder his
  house."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\; Kalliope the Martyr\
 ; Melania the Righteous\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Constantinople\; The
 ophanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\
 , out of the great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead thr
 ough our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have
  been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the 
 heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the
  immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Fo
 r by grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doi
 ng\, it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boas
 t. For we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, wh
 ich God prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you 
 out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent a
 s doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flo
 g you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and ki
 ngs for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they
  deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to
  say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it i
 s not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. B
 rother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and ch
 ildren will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will 
 be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be s
 aved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\; Our Righteous Father Michael S
 yngellon the Confessor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Galatians 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that God would j
 ustify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, 
 saying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, those who are
  men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on w
 orks of the law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed be every on
 e who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law\, and do 
 them." Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law\; f
 or "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not rest on faith
 \, for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19
 -29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like a grain of mu
 stard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it grew and becam
 e a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." And again 
 he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven wh
 ich a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it was all leave
 ned." He went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journe
 ying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, will those who ar
 e saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by the narrow door\
 ; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not be able. When onc
 e the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you will begin to stand 
 outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to us.' He will an
 swer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say\
 , 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in our streets.' But 
 he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come from\; depart from
  me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep and gnash your teet
 h when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the king
 dom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will come from east and w
 est\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the kingdom of God."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\; Zenia the Martyr\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come 
 to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfol
 d by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robb
 er\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
  gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep b
 y name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes be
 fore them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger 
 they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know t
 he voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not
  understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before 
 me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door
 \; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and 
 find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember you
 r leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome o
 f their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterda
 y and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachi
 ngs\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods
 \, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which t
 hose who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those anim
 als whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacri
 fice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside t
 he gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore l
 et us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For 
 here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thro
 ugh him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, tha
 t is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do g
 ood and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You a
 re the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men
  light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives lig
 ht to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may
  see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think
  not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not
  to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heav
 en and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law u
 ntil all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these c
 ommandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of he
 aven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the k
 ingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pelagia the Righteous\; Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; Phillip
 \, Bishop of Gortyna\; Taisia the Harlot of Egypt\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cor
 inthians 14:20-25\nBrethren\, do not be children in your thinking\; be babe
 s in evil\, but in thinking be mature. In the law it is written\, "By men o
 f strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people
 \, and even then they will not listen to me\, says the Lord." Thus\, tongue
 s are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers\, while prophecy is not 
 for unbelievers but for believers. If\, therefore\, the whole church assemb
 les and all speak in tongues\, and outsiders or unbelievers enter\, will th
 ey not say that you are mad? But if all prophesy\, and an unbeliever or out
 sider enters\, he is convicted by all\, he is called to account by all\, th
 e secrets of his heart are disclosed\; and so falling on his face\, he will
  worship God and declare that God is really among you.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 5:27-32\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a tax collector\, n
 amed Levi\, sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." A
 nd he left everything\, and rose and followed him. And Levi made him a grea
 t feast in his house\; and there was a large company of tax collectors and 
 others sitting at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes murm
 ured against his disciples\, saying\, "Why do you eat and drink with tax co
 llectors and sinners?" And Jesus answered them\, "Those who are well have n
 o need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I have not come to call th
 e righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Matthew\; Apodosis of the Transfiguration\; Maximus the
  Confessor\; Our Righteous Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamon
 us\; Dorotheus\, Abba of Gaza\; Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus rev
 ealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He reveal
 ed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael 
 of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples 
 were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said t
 o him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but th
 at night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the
  beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to th
 em\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to t
 hem\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some.
 " So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quan
 tity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lor
 d!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, f
 or he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other discip
 les came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not fa
 r from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land\
 , they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus s
 aid to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon 
 Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundre
 d and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was n
 ot torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the di
 sciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus cam
 e and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was n
 ow the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was rai
 sed from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, Go
 d has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; 
 because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We 
 are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but
  you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the presen
 t hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, a
 nd we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when pe
 rsecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have beco
 me\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all thi
 ngs. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my be
 loved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not
  have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the go
 spel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17
 :14-23\nAt that time\, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said\
 , "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terr
 ibly\; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the water.  And I 
 brought him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him."  And Jesus an
 swered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I to be with yo
 u?  How long am I to bear with you?  Bring him here to me."  And Jesus rebu
 ked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly. 
  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said\, "Why could we not ca
 st it out?"  He said to them\, "Because of your little faith.  For truly I 
 say to you\, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will say to
  this mountain\, 'Move hence to yonder place\,' and it will move\; and noth
 ing will be impossible to you.  But this kind never comes out except by pra
 yer and fasting."  As they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to them\,
   "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will 
 kill him\, and he will be raised on the third day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Matthew\; Euphemia the Great Martyr\; The All-Praised Ol
 ga\, Equal-to-the-Apostles\, Princess of Kiev\; Nektarios the New Martyr\; 
 Nicodemos the New Martyr of Mt. Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-2
 0\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first t
 o Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told t
 hose who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard
  that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\
 nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walki
 ng into the country.  And they went back and told the rest\, but they did n
 ot believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they 
 sat at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of hea
 rt\, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  A
 nd he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the wh
 ole creation.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who d
 oes not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those wh
 o believe:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new t
 ongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, 
 it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they wi
 ll recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was 
 taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they wen
 t forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confi
 rmed the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat yo
 u not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable 
 time I have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Beho
 ld\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We 
 put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our m
 inistry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through
  great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imp
 risonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\,
  forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\
 , and the power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right ha
 nd and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute
 . We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet wel
 l known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\
 ; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as
  having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  6:22-33\nThe Lord said\, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So\, if your ey
 e is sound\, your whole body will be full of light\; but if your eye is not
  sound\, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you
  is darkness\, how great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters\; fo
 r either he will hate the one and love the other\, or he will be devoted to
  the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore 
 I tell you\, do not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat or what
  you shall drink\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on. Is not life
  more than food\, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the
  air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns\, and yet your heaven
 ly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you
  by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you an
 xious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field\, how they grow\; th
 ey neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory w
 as not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the fi
 eld\, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, will he n
 ot much more clothe you\, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxiou
 s\, saying\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall 
 we wear? For the Gentiles seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father 
 knows you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\,
  and all these things shall be yours as well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\; Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\;
  John the Hermit\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22\;3:1-7\nBrethren\, y
 ou are no longer strangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citizens wit
 h the saints and members of the household of God\, built upon the foundatio
 n of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone
 \, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy tem
 ple in the Lord in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of 
 God in the Spirit. For this reason I\, Paul\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus o
 n behalf of you Gentiles -- assuming that you have heard of the stewardship
  of God's grace that was given to me for you\, how the mystery was made kno
 wn to me by revelation\, as I have written briefly. When you read this you 
 can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ\, which was not made kno
 wn to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to h
 is holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit\; that is\, how the Gentiles ar
 e fellow heirs\, members of the same body\, and partakers of the promise in
  Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this gospel I was made a minister acco
 rding to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the working of his p
 ower.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:37-45\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, and you
  will not be judged\; condemn not\, and you will not be condemned\; forgive
 \, and you will be forgiven\; give\, and it will be given to you\; good mea
 sure\, pressed down\, shaken together\, running over\, will be put into you
 r lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back."\n\nHe al
 so told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not bo
 th fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher\, but every one whe
 n he is fully taught will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck tha
 t is in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own 
 eye? Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Brother\, let me take out the sp
 eck that is in your eye\,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in 
 your own eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and 
 then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's e
 ye.\n\n"For no good tree bears bad fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear g
 ood fruit\; for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathe
 red from thorns\, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good man o
 ut of the good treasure of his heart produces good\, and the evil man out o
 f his evil treasure produces evil\; for out of the abundance of the heart h
 is mouth speaks."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forgiveness Sunday\; 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\; Finding the Pr
 ecious Cross by St. Helen\; Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Dairy\,
  Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the fi
 rst day of the week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking t
 he spices which they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away fr
 om the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body.  While they
  were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling app
 arel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, th
 e men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember 
 how he told you\, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must 
 be delivered in to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the 
 third day rise."  And they remembered his words\, and returning from the to
 mb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary M
 agdalene\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with
  them who told this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idl
 e tale\, and they did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the to
 mb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and 
 he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:
 11-14\;14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first 
 believed\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast of
 f the works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us conduct ours
 elves becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in d
 ebauchery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on 
 the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gratify it
 s desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not f
 or disputes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, while the we
 ak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains
 \, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has
  welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?  It
  is before his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\,
  for God is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\nTh
 e Lord said\, "If you forgive men their trespasses\, your heavenly Father a
 lso will forgive you\; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses\, nei
 ther will your Father forgive your trespasses.\n\n"And when you fast\, do n
 ot look dismal\, like the hypocrites\, for they disfigure their faces that 
 their fasting may be seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have receive
 d their reward.  But when you fast\, anoint your head and wash your face\, 
 that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secre
 t\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"Do not lay up f
 or yourselves treasures on earth\, where moth and rust consume and where th
 ieves break in and steal\, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, 
 where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and 
 steal.  For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Charitina the Martyr\; Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\; Eudokimos t
 he Unknown of Mount Athos\; Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, 
 Metropolitans of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesi
 ans 4:25-32\nBrethren\, putting away falsehood\, let every one speak the tr
 uth with his neighbor\, for we are members one of another. Be angry but do 
 not sin\; do not let the sun go down on your anger\, and give no opportunit
 y to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal\, but rather let him labor\, 
 doing honest work with his hands\, so that he may be able to give to those 
 in need. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths\, but only such as is goo
 d for edifying\, as fits the occasion\, that it may impart grace to those w
 ho hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God\, in whom you were sealed
  for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clam
 or and slander be put away from you\, with all malice\, and be kind to one 
 another\, tenderhearted\, forgiving one another\, as God in Christ forgave 
 you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:24-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had com
 e to him\, "Woe to you that are rich\, for you have received your consolati
 on.\n\n"Woe to you that are full now\, for you shall hunger.\n\n"Woe to you
  that laugh now\, for you shall mourn and weep.\n\n"Woe to you\, when all m
 en speak well of you\, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.\n\n"
 But I say to you that hear\, Love your enemies\, do good to those who hate 
 you\, bless those who curse you\, pray for those who abuse you. To him who 
 strikes you on the cheek\, offer the other also\; and from him who takes aw
 ay your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to every one who begs fr
 om you\; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Saturday\; Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch 
 of Constantinople\; Pouplios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\; Christina the 
 Martyr of Persia\; Gerald\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and 
 Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the 
 fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\
 , faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law. 
  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its pas
 sions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spir
 it.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of
  one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who a
 re spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yoursel
 f\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill t
 he law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-13\nThe Lord said\, "Bewar
 e of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them\; for the
 n you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.\n\n"Thus\, whe
 n you give alms\, sound no trumpet before you\, as the hypocrites do in the
  synagogues and in the streets\, that they may be praised by men.  Truly\, 
 I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when you give alms\, d
 o not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing\, so that your 
 alms may be in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
 \n\n"And when you pray\, you must not be like the hypocrites\; for they lov
 e to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners\, that they
  may be seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their rewar
 d.  But when you pray\, go into your room and shut the door and pray to you
 r Father who is in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward 
 you.\n\n"And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do\; f
 or they think they will be heard for their many words.  Do not be like them
 \, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.  Pray then like 
 this:\n\nOur Father who are in heaven\,\n Hallowed be your name\,\n Your ki
 ngdom come\,\n Your will be done\,\n On earth as it is in heaven.\n Give us
  this day our daily bread\,\n And forgive us our debts\,\n As we also have 
 forgiven our debtors\;\n And lead us not into temptation\,\n But deliver us
  from evil.\n For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory\, for ev
 er.\n Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\; Poulcheria the Empre
 ss\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 2:6-9\nBrethren\, among the mature we do impart wisdom\, although i
 t is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age\, who are doomed
  to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, which God 
 decreed before the ages for our glorification. None of the rulers of this a
 ge understood this\; for if they had\, they would not have crucified the Lo
 rd of glory. But\, as it is written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard
 \, nor the heart of man conceived\, what God has prepared for those who lov
 e him."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\nThe Lord said\, "He who
  loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves
  son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not tak
 e his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will l
 ose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. He who receive
 s you receives me\, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who
  receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's rewar
 d\, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall
  receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever gives to one of these little
  ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to 
 you\, he shall not lose his reward." And when Jesus had finished instructin
 g his twelve disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach in their
  cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Matthias  \; Constantine\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan of Rhodes\; Afterfeast of the 
 Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anthony the Martyr of
  Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn tho
 se days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\,
  which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\; and when they had
  entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter
  and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthe
 w\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of Jam
 es. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with 
 the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his brothers.\n\nIn those
  days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all 
 about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the scripture had to b
 e fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\
 , concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was nu
 mbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this ministry. "So one of t
 he men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went
  in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of John until the day whe
 n he was taken up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness
  to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabba
 s\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they prayed and said\, "Lor
 d\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one of these two thou ha
 st chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Jud
 as turned aside\, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them\, an
 d the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:28-32\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A man ha
 d two sons\; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the 
 vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented
  and went. And he went to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 
 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?
 " They said\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the
  tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For 
 John came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\
 , but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him and even when you saw
  it\, you did not afterward repent and believe him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension\; Leontius\, Hypatius\
 , & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria\; Leontios the Myrrh-Streamer of Argos\;
  Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Acts 27:1-44\;28:1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it was decided that
  we should sail for Italy\, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to
  a centurion of the Augustan Cohort\, named Julius. And embarking in a ship
  of Adramyttium\, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of A
 sia\, we put to sea\, accompanied by Aristarchos\, a Macedonian from Thessa
 lonica. The next day we put in at Sidon\; and Julius treated Paul kindly\, 
 and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. And putting to se
 a from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus\, because the winds were aga
 inst us. And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pam
 phylia\, we came to Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found a ship of Alex
 andria sailing for Italy\, and put us on board. We sailed slowly for a numb
 er of days\, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidos\, and as the wind did n
 ot allow us to go on\, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. Coasti
 ng along it with difficulty\, we came to a place called Fair Havens\, near 
 which was the city of Lasea.\n\nAs much time had been lost\, and the voyage
  was already dangerous because the fast had already gone by\, Paul advised 
 them\, saying\, "Sirs\, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and 
 much loss\, not only of the cargo and the ship\, but also of our lives." Bu
 t the centurion paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the 
 ship than to what Paul said. And because the harbor was not suitable to win
 ter in\, the majority advised to put to sea from there\, on the chance that
  somehow they could reach Phoenix\, a harbor of Crete\, looking northeast a
 nd southeast\, and winter there.\n\nAnd when the south wind blew gently\, s
 upposing that they had obtained their purpose\, they weighed anchor and sai
 led along Crete\, close inshore. But soon a tempestuous wind\, called the n
 ortheaster\, struck down from the land\; and when the ship was caught and c
 ould not face the wind\, we gave way to it and were driven. And running und
 er the lee of a small island called Cauda\, we managed with difficulty to s
 ecure the boat\; after hoisting it up\, they took measures to undergird the
  ship\; then\, fearing that they should run on the Syrtis\, they lowered th
 e gear\, and so were driven. As we were violently storm-tossed\, they began
  next day to throw cargo overboard\; and the third day they cast with their
  own hands the tackle of the ship. And when neither sun nor stars appeared 
 for many a day\, and no small tempest lay on us\, all hope of our being sav
 ed was at last abandoned.\n\nAs they had been long without food\, Paul then
  came forward among them and said\, "Men\, you should have listened to me\,
  and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
  I now bid you take heart\; for there will be no loss of life among you\, b
 ut only of the ship. For this very night there stood by me an angel of the 
 God to whom I belong and whom I worship\, and he said\, 'Do not be afraid\,
  Paul\; you must stand before Caesar\; and lo\, God has granted you all tho
 se who sail with you.' So take heart\, men\, for I have faith in God that i
 t will be exactly as I have been told. But we shall have to run on some isl
 and."\n\nWhen the fourteenth night had come\, as we were drifting across th
 e sea of Adria\, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearin
 g land. So they sounded and found twenty fathoms\; a little farther on they
  sounded again and found fifteen fathoms. And fearing that we might run on 
 the rocks\, they let out four anchors from the stern\, and prayed for the d
 ay to come. And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship\, and h
 ad lowered the boat into the sea\, under pretense of laying out anchors fro
 m the bow\, Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers\, 'Unless these men
  stay in the ship\, you cannot be saved." Then the soldiers cut away the ro
 pes of the boat\, and let it go.\n\nAs day was about to dawn\, Paul urged t
 hem all to take some food\, saying\, "Today is the fourteenth day that you 
 have continued in suspense and without food\, having taken nothing. Therefo
 re I urge you to take some food\; it will give you strength\, since not a h
 air is to perish from the head of any of you." And when he had said this\, 
 he took bread\, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it
  and began to eat. Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselv
 es. (We were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.) And w
 hen they had eaten enough\, they lightened the ship\, throwing out the whea
 t into the sea.\n\nNow when it was day\, they did not recognize the land\, 
 but they noticed a bay with a beach\, on which they planned if possible to 
 bring the ship ashore. So they cast off the anchors and left them in the se
 a\, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders\; then hoist
 ing the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. But striking a shoal 
 they ran the vessel aground\; the bow stuck and remained immovable\, and th
 e stern was broken up by the surf. The soldiers' plan was to kill the priso
 ners\, lest any should swim away and escape\; but the centurion\, wishing t
 o save Paul\, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those w
 ho could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land\, a
 nd the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all esca
 ped to land.\n\nAfter we had escaped\, we then learned that the island was 
 called Malta. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:18-26\nAt that time\, Jesus lifte
 d up his eyes to heaven and said\, "As you\, Father\, did send me into the 
 world\, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate
  myself\, that they also may be consecrated in truth.\n\n"I do not pray for
  these only\, but also for those who believe in me through their word\, tha
 t they may all be one\; even as you\, Father\, are in me\, and I in you\, t
 hat they also may be in us\, so that the world may believe that you have se
 nt me. The glory which you have given me I have given to them\, that they m
 ay be one even as we are one\, I in them and you in me\, that they may beco
 me perfectly one\, so that the world may know that you have sent me and hav
 e loved them even as you have loved me. Father\, I desire that they also\, 
 whom you have given me\, may be with me where I am\, to behold my glory whi
 ch you have given me in your love for me before the foundation of the world
 . O righteous Father\, the world has not known you\, but I have known you\;
  and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name\, and
  I will make it known\, that the love with which you have loved me may be i
 n them\, and I in them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council\; Hosea the Prophet\; Holy Martyr
 s Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\; Andrew the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\;
  Removal and Placing of the Sacred Relics of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having ris
 en from the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "
 Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that th
 ey saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do q
 uestionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I mysel
 f\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see t
 hat I have." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet.
  And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\
 , "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, 
 and he took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my
  words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything 
 written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must b
 e fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and 
 said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on t
 he third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of si
 ns should be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem
 . You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my 
 Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power f
 rom on high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up hi
 s hands\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, an
 d was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to
  Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I
  desire you to insist on these things\, so that those who have believed in 
 God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excellent 
 and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, diss
 ensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.
   As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\, have
  nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perverted and 
 sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, 
 do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the w
 inter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their w
 ay\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to apply themsel
 ves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfr
 uitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love u
 s in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:5-15
 \nThe Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed\; and as he
  sowed\, some fell along the path\, and was trodden under foot\, and the bi
 rds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock\; and as it grew up\,
  it withered away\, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns\
 ; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil a
 nd grew\, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what
  this parable meant\, he said\, "To you it has been given to know the secre
 ts of the kingdom of God\; but for others they are in parables\, so that se
 eing they may not see\, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parabl
 e is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those w
 ho have heard\; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hea
 rts\, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are 
 those who\, when they hear the word\, receive it with joy\; but these have 
 no root\, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And
  as for what fell among the thorns\, they are those who hear\, but as they 
 go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of li
 fe\, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil\, th
 ey are those who\, hearing the word\, hold it fast in an honest and good he
 art\, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things\, he cr
 ied out "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Thursday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Glyceria\; Sergios the Con
 fessor\; Alexandros the Martyr\; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts 4:23-31\nIn those days\, when the apostles were released they
  went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders h
 ad said to them. And when they heard it\, they lifted their voices together
  to God and said\, "Sovereign Lord\, who didst make the heaven and the eart
 h and the sea and everything in them\, who by the mouth of our father David
 \, thy servant\, didst say by the Holy Spirit\, 'Why did the Gentiles rage\
 , and the peoples imagine vain things? The kings of the earth set themselve
 s in array\, and the rulers were gathered together\, against the Lord and a
 gainst his Anointed'- for truly in this city there were gathered together a
 gainst thy holy servant Jesus\, whom thou didst anoint\, both Herod and Pon
 tius Pilate\, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel\, to do whatever 
 thy hand and thy plan had predestined to take place. And now\, Lord\, look 
 upon their threats\, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all b
 oldness\, while thou stretchest out thy hand to heal\, and signs and wonder
 s are performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus." And when they 
 had prayed\, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken\; an
 d they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with 
 boldness.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:24-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who ca
 me to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who hears my word and believ
 es him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he does not come into judgment\, bu
 t has passed from death to life. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the hour is
  coming\, and now is\, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God\
 , and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself\, so 
 he has granted the Son also to have life in himself\, and has given him aut
 hority to execute judgment\, because he is the Son of man. Do not marvel at
  this\; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his 
 voice and come forth\, those who have done good\, to the resurrection of li
 fe\, and those who have done evil\, to the resurrection of judgment. I can 
 do nothing on my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is j
 ust\, because I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Tuesday\; Hieromartyr Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\; Pharmuthios 
 the Anchorite\; Guthlac the Hermit of Crowland\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\nAt that time\, the Pharisees went and too
 k counsel against Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. And they sent th
 eir disciples to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we kn
 ow that you are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\, and care for n
 o man\; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\, then\, what yo
 u think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware o
 f their malice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocrites? Show me t
 he money for the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesus said to them\
 , "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he
  said to them\, "Render\, therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\
 , and to God the things that are God's. " When they heard it\, they marvele
 d\; and they left him and went away.\n\nThe same day the Sadducees came to 
 him\, who say that there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a question
  saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children\, his
  brother must marry the widow\, and raise up children for his brother.' Now
  there were seven brothers among us\; the first married\, and died\, and ha
 ving no children left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third\
 , down to the seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In the resurrection
 \, therefore\, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her
 ."\n\nBut Jesus answered them\, "You are wrong\, because you know neither t
 he scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither ma
 rry nor are given in marriage\, but are like angels of God in heaven. And a
 s for the resurrection of the dead\, have you not read what was said to you
  by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of 
 Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, but of the living." And when the crowd 
 heard it\, they were astonished at his teaching.\n\nBut when the Pharisees 
 heard that he had silenced the Sadducees\, they came together. And one of t
 hem\, a lawyer\, asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is th
 e great commandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the L
 ord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all yo
 ur mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it. 
 You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend 
 all the law and the prophets."\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered tog
 ether\, Jesus asked them a question\, saying: "What do you think of the Chr
 ist? Whose son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He said to th
 em\, "How is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\,
  saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, sit at my right hand\, till I put you
 r enemies under your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his so
 n?" And no one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did any on
 e dare to ask him any more questions.\n\nThen said Jesus to the crowds and 
 to his disciples\, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat\; so p
 ractice and observe whatever they tell you\, but not what they do\; for the
 y preach but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens\, hard to bear\, and 
 lay them on men's shoulders\; but they themselves will not move them with t
 heir finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by men\; for they make thei
 r phylacteries broad and their fringes long\, and they love the place of ho
 nor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues\, and salutations in the
  market places\, and being called rabbi by men\, but you are not to be call
 ed rabbi\, for you have one teacher\, and you are all brethren. And call no
  man your father on earth\, for you have one Father\, who is in heaven. Nei
 ther be called masters\, for you have one master\, the Christ. He who is gr
 eatest among you shall be your servant\; whoever exalts himself will be hum
 bled\, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.\n\n"But woe to you\, sc
 ribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a p
 retense you make long prayers\; therefore you will receive the greater cond
 emnation. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut
  the kingdom of heaven against men\; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor
  allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\,
  hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and
  when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of Gehenn
 a as yourselves.\n\n"Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, 'If any one swea
 rs by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gold of the
  temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater\,
  the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If an
 y one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gi
 ft that is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For whic
 h is greater\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who 
 swears by the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it\; and he who swe
 ars by the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it\; and he who s
 wears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.\
 n\n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and
  dill and cumin\, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, jus
 tice and mercy and faith\; these you ought to have done without neglecting 
 the others. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
  "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outs
 ide of the cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion and
  rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of t
 he plate\, that the outside also may be clean. Woe to you\, scribes and Pha
 risees\, hypocrites! for you are like white-washed tombs\, which outwardly 
 appear beautiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all unc
 leanness. So you also outwardly appear to men\, but within you are full of 
 hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! fo
 r you build  the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the right
 eous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not 
 have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you 
 witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the pr
 ophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you br
 ood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to Gehenna? Therefore
  I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill 
 and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute fr
 om town to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on ea
 rth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of 
 Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, 
 I say to you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n\n"O Jerusalem\, J
 erusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How 
 often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her bro
 od under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and
  desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Bl
 essed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  24:36-51\; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Of that day
  and hour no one knows\, not even the angels of heaven\, but the Father onl
 y. As were the days of Noah\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For 
 as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking\, marrying 
 and giving in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, and they
  did not know until the flood came and swept them all away\, so will be the
  coming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field\; one is taken
  and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill\; one is taken and
  one is left. Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day your Lord i
 s coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of
  the ni
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 sts: 5th Sunday of Luke\; Stachys\, Andrew\, Amplias\, Apelles\, Urban\, Ar
 istobulus & Narcissus of the 70\; Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria\, Egypt\; 
 Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nA
 t that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she sto
 oped to look into the tomb\; and she saw two angels in white\, sitting wher
 e the body of Jesus had lain\, one at the head and one at the feet.  They s
 aid to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because th
 ey have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him."  
 Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not kno
 w that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Who
 m do you seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\
 , if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I wi
 ll take Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him
  in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not
  hold me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to my brethre
 n and say to them\, I am ascending to my Father and your Father\, to my God
  and your God."  Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have se
 en the Lord"\; and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nE
 pistle Reading: II Corinthians 11:31-33\;12:1-9\nBrethren\, the God and Fat
 her of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not li
 e. At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascu
 s in order to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in
  the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be
  gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I 
 know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heav
 en -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And
  I know that this man was caught up into Paradise --whether in the body or 
 out of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that canno
 t be told\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, b
 ut on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I
  wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth.
  But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees i
 n me or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundanc
 e of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan
 \, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought 
 the Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My gra
 ce is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I wil
 l all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may
  rest upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31\nThe Lord said\, "There was
  a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sump
 tuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros\, full of s
 ores\, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table\; mor
 eover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried
  by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried\; 
 and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted up his eyes\, and saw Abraham f
 ar off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out\, 'Father Abraham\, have
  mercy upon me\, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and
  cool my tongue\; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said\, 'S
 on\, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things\, and Laz
 aros in like manner evil things\; but now he is comforted here\, and you ar
 e in anguish. And besides all this\, between us and you a great chasm has b
 een fixed\, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be 
 able\, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said\, 'Then I beg you\
 , father\, to send him to my father's house\, for I have five brothers\, so
  that he may warn them\, lest they also come into this place of torment.' B
 ut Abraham said\, 'They have Moses\, and the prophets\; let them hear them.
 ' And he said\, 'No\, father Abraham\; but if some one goes to them from th
 e dead\, they will repent.' He said to them\, 'If they do not hear Moses an
 d the prophets\, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise fro
 m the dead.'"\n\n
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 sts: George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Isaiah 66:10-24\n"Rejoice with Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, 
 all you who love her\; rejoice with her in joy\, all you who mourn over her
 \; that you may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts\; that you
  may drink deeply with delight from the abundance of her glory."  For thus 
 says the LORD: "Behold\, I will extend prosperity to her like a river\, and
  the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream\; and you shall suck\
 , you shall be carried upon her hip\, and dandled upon her knees.  As one w
 hom his mother comforts\, so I will comfort you\; you shall be comforted in
  Jerusalem.  You shall see\, and your heart shall rejoice\; your bones shal
 l flourish like the grass\; and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD
  is with his servants\, and his indignation is against his enemies.  "For b
 ehold\, the LORD will come in fire\, and his chariots like the stormwind\, 
 to render his anger in fury\, and his rebuke with flames of fire.  For by f
 ire will the LORD execute judgment\, and by his sword\, upon all flesh\; an
 d those slain by the LORD shall be many.  "Those who sanctify and purify th
 emselves to go into the gardens\, following one in the midst\, eating swine
 's flesh and the abomination and mice\, shall come to an end together\, say
 s the LORD.  "For I know their works and their thoughts\, and I am coming t
 o gather all nations and tongues\; and they shall come and shall see my glo
 ry\, and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors 
 to the nations\, to Tarshish\, Put\, and Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal 
 and Javan\, to the coastlands afar off\, that have not heard my fame or see
 n my glory\; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.  And they s
 hall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LOR
 D\, upon horses\, and in chariots\, and in litters\, and upon mules\, and u
 pon dromedaries\, to my holy mountain Jerusalem\, says the LORD\, just as t
 he Israelites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of
  the LORD.  And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites\,
  says the LORD.  "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will mak
 e shall remain before me\, says the LORD\; so shall your descendants and yo
 ur name remain.  From new moon to new moon\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, 
 all flesh shall come to worship before me\, says the LORD.  "And they shall
  go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against
  me\; for their worm shall not die\, their fire shall not be quenched\, and
  they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genes
 is 49:33-50:26\nWhen Jacob finished charging his sons\, he drew up his feet
  into the bed\, and breathed his last\, and was gathered to his people.  Th
 en Joseph fell on his father's face\, and wept over him\, and kissed him.  
 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So t
 he physicians embalmed Israel\; forty days were required for it\, for so ma
 ny are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
 \n\nAnd when the days of weeping for him were past\, Joseph spoke to the ho
 usehold of Pharaoh\, saying\, "If now I have found favor in your eyes\, spe
 ak\, I pray you\, in the ears of Pharaoh\, saying\, My father made me swear
 \, saying\, 'I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in 
 the land of Canaan\, there shall you bury me.' Now therefore let me go up\,
  I pray you\, and bury my father\; then I will return."  And Pharaoh answer
 ed\, "Go up\, and bury your father\, as he made you swear."  So Joseph went
  up to bury his father\; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh\,
  the elders of his household\, and all the elders of the land of Egypt\, as
  well as all the household of Joseph\, his brothers\, and his father's hous
 ehold\; only their children\, their flocks\, and their herds were left in t
 he land of Goshen.  And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen\;
  it was a very great company.  When they came to the threshing floor of Ata
 d\, which is beyond the Jordan\, they lamented there with a very great and 
 sorrowful lamentation\; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.  
 When the inhabitants of the land\, the Canaanites\, saw the mourning on the
  threshing floor of Atad\, they said\, "This is a grievous mourning to the 
 Egyptians." Therefore the place was named Abelmizraim\; it is beyond the Jo
 rdan.  Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them\; for his sons ca
 rried him to the land of Canaan\, and buried him in the cave of the field a
 t Machpelah\, to the east of Mamre\, which Abraham bought with the field fr
 om Ephron the Hittite\, to possess as a burying place.  After he had buried
  his father\, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had go
 ne up with him to bury his father.  When Joseph's brothers saw that their f
 ather was dead\, they said\, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us
  back for all the evil which we did to him."  So they sent a message to Jos
 eph\, saying\, "Your father gave this command before he died\,  'Say to Jos
 eph\, Forgive\, I pray you\, the transgression of your brothers and their s
 in\, because they did evil to you.' And now\, we pray you\, forgive the tra
 nsgression of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when the
 y spoke to him.  His brothers also came and fell down before him\, and said
 \, "Behold\, we are your servants."  But Joseph said to them\, "Fear not\, 
 for am I in the place of God?  As for you\, you meant evil against me\; but
  God meant it for good\, to bring it about that many people should be kept 
 alive\, as they are today.  So do not fear\; I will provide for you and you
 r little ones." Thus he reassured them and comforted them.\n\nSo Joseph dwe
 lt in Egypt\, he and his father's house\; and Joseph lived a hundred and te
 n years.  And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation\; the c
 hildren also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.  
 And Joseph said to his brothers\, "I am about to die\; but God will visit y
 ou\, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraha
 m\, to Isaac\, and to Jacob."  Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Isra
 el\, saying\, "God will visit you\, and you shall carry up my bones from he
 re."  So Joseph died\, being a hundred and ten years old\; and they embalme
 d him\, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prov
 erbs 31:8-31\nOpen your mouth for the dumb\, for the rights of all who are 
 left desolate.  Open your mouth\, judge righteously\, maintain the rights o
 f the poor and needy.  A good wife who can find? She is far more precious t
 han jewels.  The heart of her husband trusts in her\, and he will have no l
 ack of gain.  She does him good\, and not harm\, all the days of her life. 
  She seeks wool and flax\, and works with willing hands.  She is like the s
 hips of the merchant\, she brings her food from afar.  She rises while it i
 s yet night and provides food for her household and tasks for her maidens. 
  She considers a field and buys it\; with the fruit of her hands she plants
  a vineyard.  She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong. 
  She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out
  at night.  She puts her hands to the distaff\, and her hands hold the spin
 dle.  She opens her hand to the poor\, and reaches out her hands to the nee
 dy.  She is not afraid of snow for her household\, for all her household ar
 e clothed in scarlet.  She makes herself coverings\; her clothing is fine l
 inen and purple.  Her husband is known in the gates\, when he sits among th
 e elders of the land.  She makes linen garments and sells them\; she delive
 rs girdles to the merchant.  Strength and dignity are her clothing\, and sh
 e laughs at the time to come.  She opens her mouth with wisdom\, and the te
 aching of kindness is on her tongue.  She looks well to the ways of her hou
 sehold\, and does not eat the bread of idleness.  Her children rise up and 
 call her blessed\; her husband also\, and he praises her:  "Many women have
  done excellently\, but you surpass them all."  Charm is deceitful\, and be
 auty is vain\, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be prais
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 sts: Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, and Philemo
 n\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Timothy 5:22-25\;6:1-11\nTimothy\, my son\, do not be hasty in the layin
 g on of hands\, nor participate in another man's sins\; keep yourself pure.
  No longer drink only water\, but use a little wine for the sake of your st
 omach and your frequent ailments. The sins of some men are conspicuous\, po
 inting to judgment\, but the sins of others appear later. So also good deed
 s are conspicuous\; and even when they are not\, they cannot remain hidden.
  Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy o
 f all honor\, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed. 
 Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground th
 at they are brethren\; rather they must serve all the better since those wh
 o benefit by their service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these 
 duties. If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound word
 s of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness\, 
 he is puffed up with conceit\, he knows nothing\; he has a morbid craving f
 or controversy and for disputes about words\, which produce envy\, dissensi
 on\, slander\, base suspicions\, and wrangling among men who are depraved i
 n mind and bereft of the truth\, imagining that godliness is a means of gai
 n. There is great gain in godliness with contentment\; for we brought nothi
 ng into the world\, and we cannot take anything out of the world\; but if w
 e have food and clothing\, with these we shall be content. But those who de
 sire to be rich fall into temptation\, into a snare\, into many senseless a
 nd hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love 
 of money is the root of all evils\; it is through this craving that some ha
 ve wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs. B
 ut as for you\, man of God\, shun all this.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:30-34
 \nAt that time\, Jesus charged his disciples to tell no one about him\, tha
 t he is the Christ. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suf
 fer many things\, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and t
 he scribes\, and be killed\, and after three days rise again. And he said t
 his plainly. And Peter took him\, and began to rebuke him. But turning and 
 seeing his disciples\, he rebuked Peter\, and said\, "Get behind me\, Satan
 ! For you are not on the side of God\, but of men." And he called to him th
 e multitude with his disciples\, and said to them\, "If any man would come 
 after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Matthew\; Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Ez
 ekiel the Prophet\; Pelagia the Righteous of Tinos\; Trophimos & Theophilio
 s and the 13 others martyred in Lycia\; St. Anna of Levkadio\; The Icons of
  the Most Holy Theotokos of Pochaev\; Icon of the Mother of God\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene 
 came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone h
 ad been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and 
 the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They ha
 ve taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid
  Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward t
 he tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached th
 e tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying ther
 e\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went 
 into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had be
 en on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place
  by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also wen
 t in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture
 \, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their h
 omes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:1-7\nBrethren\, we who are strong ought
  to bear with the failings of the weak\, and not to please ourselves\; let 
 each of us please his neighbor for his good\, to edify him. For Christ did 
 not please himself\; but\, as it is written\, "The reproaches of those who 
 reproached thee fell on me." For whatever was written in former days was wr
 itten for our instruction\, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement 
 of the scriptures we might have hope. May the God of steadfastness and enco
 uragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another\, in accord wi
 th Christ Jesus\, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another\, therefore\, as Chris
 t has welcomed you\, for the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:27-
 35\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, two blind men followed him\, crying
  aloud\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David." When he entered the house\, the
  blind men came to him\; and Jesus said to them\, "Do you believe that I am
  able to do this?" They said to him\, "Yes\, Lord." Then he touched their e
 yes\, saying\, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes 
 were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them\, "See that no one knows it." B
 ut they went away and spread his fame through all that district.\n\nAs they
  were going away\, behold\, a dumb demoniac was brought to him. And when th
 e demon had been cast out\, the dumb man spoke\; and the crowds marveled\, 
 saying\, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel." But the Pharisees s
 aid\, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."\n\nAnd Jesus went abou
 t all the cities and villages\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching 
 the gospel of the kingdom\, and healing every disease and every infirmity a
 mong the people.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY: 7th Sunday of Matthew
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210629
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries\; Pappias th
 e Martyr\; Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman\, Founders of Valaam Monast
 ery\; Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos \; Paul the P
 hysician of Corinth\; Sergios the Magister\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Romans 2:28-29\;3:1-18\nBrethren\, he is not a real Jew who 
 is one outwardly\, nor is true circumcision something external and physical
 . He is a Jew who is one inwardly\, and real circumcision is a matter of th
 e heart\, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men but from Go
 d. Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? M
 uch in every way. To begin with\, the Jews are entrusted with the oracles o
 f God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the f
 aithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every man be false\
 , as it is written\, "That thou mayest be justified in thy words\, and prev
 ail when thou art judged." But if our wickedness serves to show the justice
  of God\, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I 
 speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
  But if through my falsehood God's truthfulness abounds to his glory\, why 
 am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good may c
 ome? - as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnatio
 n is just. What then? Are we Jews any better off? No\, not at all\; for we 
 have already charged that all men\, both Jews and Greeks\, are under the po
 wer of sin\, as it is written:\n\n"None is righteous\, no\, not one\; no on
 e understands\, no one seeks for God. All have turned aside\, together they
  have gone wrong\; no one does good\, not even one."\n\n"Their throat is an
  open grave\, they use their tongues to deceive."\n\n"The venom of asps is 
 under their lips."\n\n"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."\n\n"T
 heir feet are swift to shed blood\, in their paths are ruin and misery\, an
 d the way of peace they do not know." \n\n"There is no fear of God before 
 their eyes."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:31-34\; 7:9-11\nThe Lord said\, "
 Do not be anxious\, saying\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?'
  or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things\; and your
  heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom a
 nd his righteousness\, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefo
 re do not be anxious about tomorrow\, for tomorrow will be anxious for itse
 lf. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. Or what man of you
 \, if his son asks him for bread\, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for
  a fish\, will give him a serpent? If you then\, who are evil\, know how to
  give good gifts to your children\, how much more will your Father who is i
 n heaven give good things to those who ask him!"\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230708
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20230707
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Kyriake the Great Martyr\; Thomas the Righteous of Malea\; Akakios of 
 Sinai\; Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined u
 nder the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that
  the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified b
 y faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\;
  for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many o
 f you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew
  nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor fe
 male\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then 
 you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the h
 eir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is t
 he owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until t
 he date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were sla
 ves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully c
 ome\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to re
 deem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as so
 ns.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed 
 Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of b
 lood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, a
 nd had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. Sh
 e had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd a
 nd touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I sh
 all be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in 
 her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in hims
 elf that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the cr
 owd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\,
  "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me
 ?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing wh
 at had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before h
 im\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your fa
 ith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:☦️ Kyriake the Great Martyr
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221109
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20221108
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\
 , Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\nMatins Gospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, "See that you do not despise one of
  these little ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always beho
 ld the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save 
 the lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them
  has gone astray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in
  search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to 
 you\, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went as
 tray. So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of the
 se little ones should perish.\n\n"If your brother sins against you\, go and
  tell him his fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\, you
  have gained your brother. But if he does not listen\, take one or two othe
 rs along with you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two
  or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the churc
 h\; and if he refuses to listen even to the church\, let him be to you as a
  Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on e
 arth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be lo
 osed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about any
 thing they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven\, for wher
 e two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by a
 ngels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just ret
 ribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was
  declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who hea
 rd him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various mirac
 les and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. 
 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we
  are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art
  mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst 
 make him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him w
 ith glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now
  in putting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his c
 ontrol. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But w
 e see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crown
 ed with glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the 
 grace of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he
 \, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\,
  should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hear
 s you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me 
 rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, 
 even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I s
 aw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authori
 ty to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the ene
 my\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that
  the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written i
 n heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I t
 hank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these t
 hings from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Fa
 ther\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabr
 iel\, Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230512
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20230511
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal of Constantinople\; Hieromartyr Mocius\; Methodius & Cyril\, E
 qual-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs\; Theopemptos the Martyr & h
 is Companions\; Dioscoros the New Martyr\; Argyrios the New-Martyr of Epano
 mi\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:34-43\nIn those days\, Peter opened his mout
 h and said: "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality\, but in every n
 ation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. Yo
 u know the word which he sent to Israel\, preaching good news of peace by J
 esus Christ (he is Lord of all)\, the word which was proclaimed throughout 
 all Judea\, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: h
 ow God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power\; how
  he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil\
 , for God was with him. And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the
  country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him
  on a tree\; but God raised him on the third day and made him manifest\; no
 t to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses\, who ate
  and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to pre
 ach to the people\, and to testify that he is the one ordained by God to be
  judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness tha
 t every one who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his na
 me."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:12-20\nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, 
 "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\
 , but will have the light of life." The Pharisees then said to him\, "You a
 re bearing witness to yourself\; your testimony is not true." Jesus answere
 d\, "Even if I do bear witness to myself\, my testimony is true\, for I kno
 w whence I have come and whither I am going\, but you do not know whence I 
 come or whither I am going. You judge according to the flesh\, I judge no o
 ne. Yet even if I do judge\, my judgment is true\, for it is not I alone th
 at judge\, but I and he who sent me. In your law it is written that the tes
 timony of two men is true\; I bear witness to myself\, and the Father who s
 ent me bears witness to me." They said to him therefore\, "Where is your Fa
 ther?" Jesus answered\, "You know neither me nor my Father\; if you knew me
 \, you would know my Father also." These words he spoke in the treasury\, a
 s he taught in the temple\; but no one arrested him\, because his hour had 
 not yet come.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY: Renewal of Constantinople
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210523
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical754d0e9b109cf990518cb742d1abc3e3
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Saturday after Pascha\; Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\;
  Holy New Martyrs Demetrius and Paul of Tripoli\; John-Vladimir\, Ruler of 
 Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 9:19-31\nIn those days\, Saul was with the 
 disciples at Damascus. And in the synagogues immediately he proclaimed Jesu
 s\, saying\, "He is the Son of God." And all who heard him were amazed\, an
 d said\, "is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who call
 ed on this name? And he has come here for this purpose\, to bring them boun
 d before the chief priests." But Saul increased all the more in strength\, 
 and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the
  Christ. When many days had passed\, the Jews plotted to kill him\, but the
 ir plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night\, 
 to kill him\; but his disciples took him by night and let him down over the
  wall\, lowering him in a basket. And when he had come to Jerusalem he atte
 mpted to join the disciples\; and they were all afraid of him\, for they di
 d not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him\, and brought h
 im to the apostles\, and declared to them how on the road he had seen the L
 ord\, who spoke to him\, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the 
 name of Jesus. So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem\, preaching bo
 ldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and disputed against the Helleni
 sts\; but they were seeking to kill him. And when the brethren knew it\, th
 ey brought him down to Caesarea\, and sent him off to Tarsus. So the church
  throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was built up\; 
 and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit i
 t was multiplied.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the world 
 hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of 
 the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not of the w
 orld\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  R
 emember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his ma
 ster.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my w
 ord\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my ac
 count\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and sp
 oken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for th
 eir sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among th
 em the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they
  have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that
  is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when t
 he Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Sp
 irit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\;
  and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the beginn
 ing.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will
  put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever k
 ills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:3rd Saturday after Pascha
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200919
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical6cddc84dfa54065524f411c9b1d5c932
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia\; Ariadne the Martyr\; 
 Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Galatians 4:8-21\nBrethren\, formerly\, when you did not know
  God\, you were in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods\; but now t
 hat you have come to know God\, or rather to be known by God\, how can you 
 turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits\, whose slaves y
 ou want to be once more? You observe days\, and months\, and seasons\, and 
 years! I am afraid I have labored over you in vain. Brethren\, I beseech yo
 u\, become as I am\, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong
 \; you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel t
 o you at first\; and though my condition was a trial to you\, you did not s
 corn or despise me\, but received me as an angel of God\, as Christ Jesus. 
 What has become of the satisfaction you felt? For I bear you witness that\,
  if possible\, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. H
 ave I then become your enemy by telling you the truth? They make much of yo
 u\, but for no good purpose\; they want to shut you out\, that you may make
  much of them\, and not only when I am present with you. My little children
 \, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you! I could w
 ish to be present with you now and to change my tone\, for I am perplexed a
 bout you. Tell me\, you who desire to be under law\, do you not hear the la
 w?\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:45-53\nAt that time\, Jesus made his disciples
  get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, to Bethsaida\, whi
 le he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them\, he went u
 p on the mountain to pray. And when evening came\, the boat was out on the 
 sea\, and he was alone on the land. And he saw that they were making headwa
 y painfully\, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of 
 the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them\, 
 but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost\, and 
 cried out\; for they all saw him\, and were terrified. But immediately he s
 poke to them and said\, "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear." And he enter
 ed the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded\
 , for they did not understand about the loaves\, but their hearts were hard
 ened. And when they had crossed over\, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210502
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical4b51a252b1dd7a4b661b3a42d814c5df
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Saturday\; Jeremias the Prophet\; New Martyr Maria of Fourna\, Mi
 rabella in Crete\; Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\; Nikiforos the Monk o
 f Chios\; Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain\,
  Euthymius\, Ignatius\, and Acacius\; Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\nStrict Fas
 t\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that is\, a
 fter the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered 
 before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, while 
 he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore order 
 the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, lest his disciples go
  and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has risen from the dead\,' 
 and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them\, "Yo
 u have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So they we
 nt and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have been baptized in
 to Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were buried therefore wit
 h Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by
  the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of life.  For if we
  have been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall certainly be unit
 ed with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our old self was cruc
 ified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\, and we might no
  longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed from sin.  But if
  we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also live with Him.  F
 or we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again\; de
 ath no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He died to sin\, on
 ce for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you also must consid
 er yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 28:1-20\nAfter the sabbath\, toward the dawn of the fi
 rst day of the week\, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sep
 ulcher. And behold\, there was a great earthquake\; for an angel of the Lor
 d descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone\, and sat upon i
 t. His appearance was like lightning\, and his raiment white as snow. And f
 or fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel 
 said to the women\, "Do not be afraid\; for I know that you seek Jesus who 
 was crucified. He is not here\; for he has risen\, as he said. Come\, see t
 he place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has r
 isen from the dead\, and behold\, he is going before you to Galilee\; there
  you will see him. Lo\, I have told you." So they departed quickly from the
  tomb with fear and great joy\, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold\,
  Jesus met them and said\, "Hail!" And they came up and took hold of his fe
 et and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them\, "Do not be afraid\; go and 
 tell my brethren to go to Galilee\, and there they will see me."\n\nWhile t
 hey were going\, behold\, some of the guard went into the city and told the
  chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with t
 he elders and taken counsel\, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers and 
 said\, "Tell people\, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while
  we were asleep.' And if this comes to the governor's ears\, we will satisf
 y him and keep you out of trouble." So they took the money and did as they 
 were directed\; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.\
 n\nNow the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesu
 s had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him\; but some do
 ubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on ea
 rth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, 
 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spi
 rit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I a
 m with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Holy Saturday
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210719
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210720
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalfe0eb252c948e8e939a666c9abc34d6c
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\; Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\
 ; Saint Theodore\, Bishop of Edessa\; Translation of the Holy Relics of Rig
 hteous Seraphim of Sarov\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 12:4-5\,15-21\nBrethren
 \, as in one body we have many members\, and all the members do not have th
 e same function\, so we\, though many\, are one body in Christ\, and indivi
 dually members of one another. Rejoice with those who rejoice\, weep with t
 hose who weep. Live in harmony with one another\; do not be haughty\, but a
 ssociate with the lowly\; never be conceited. Repay no one evil for evil\, 
 but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If possible\, so fa
 r as it depends upon you\, live peaceably with all. Beloved\, never avenge 
 yourselves\, but leave it to the wrath of God\; for it is written\, "Vengea
 nce is mine\, I will repay\, says the Lord." No\, "if your enemy is hungry\
 , feed him\; if he is thirsty\, give him drink\; for by so doing you will h
 eap burning coals upon his head." Do not be overcome by evil\, but overcome
  evil with good.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:9-13\nAt that time\, Jesus e
 ntered the synagogue of the Jews. And behold\, there was a man with a withe
 red hand. And they asked him\, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" so th
 at they might accuse him. He said to them\, "What man of you\, if he has on
 e sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath\, will not lay hold of it an
 d lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawfu
 l to do good on the sabbath." Then he said to the man\, "Stretch out your h
 and." And the man stretched it out\, and it was restored\, whole like the o
 ther.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200918
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love\; Herakleides & 
 Myron\, Bishops of Cyprus\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before fai
 th came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith
  should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, 
 that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are n
 o longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, 
 through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on 
 Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, 
 there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And
  if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according t
 o promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better t
 han a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under gu
 ardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we
  were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. B
 ut when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\
 , born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we 
 might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:30-45\nAt that ti
 me\, the apostles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done a
 nd taught. And he said to them\, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place
 \, and rest a while." For many were coming and going\, and they had no leis
 ure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themse
 lves. Now many saw them going\, and knew them\, and they ran there on foot 
 from all the towns\, and got there ahead of them. As he went ashore he saw 
 a great throng\, and he had compassion on them\, because they were like she
 ep without a shepherd\; and he began to teach them many things. And when it
  grew late\, his disciples came to him and said\, "This is a lonely place\,
  and the hour is now late\; send them away\, to go into the country and vil
 lages round about and buy themselves something to eat." But he answered the
 m\, "You give them something to eat." And they said to him\, "Shall we go a
 nd buy two hundred denarii worth of bread\, and give it to them to eat?" An
 d he said to them\, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." And when they h
 ad found out\, they said\, "Five\, and two fish." Then he commanded them al
 l to sit down by companies upon the green grass. So they sat down in groups
 \, by hundreds and by fifties. And taking the five loaves and the two fish 
 he looked up to heaven\, and blessed\, and broke the loaves\, and gave them
  to the disciples to set before the people\; and he divided the two fish am
 ong them all. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve 
 baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. And those who ate the loaves
  were five thousand men. Immediately he made his disciples get into the boa
 t and go before him to the other side\, to Bethsaida\, while he dismissed t
 he crowd.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\; Marinos the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11\, 14-18\nBrethren\, conduc
 t yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let you
 r speech always be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know how
  you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs
 \; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the 
 Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know how 
 we are and that he may encourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, the 
 faithful and beloved brother\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you
  of everything that has taken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets 
 you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received in
 structions if he comes to you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is called Just
 os. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for 
 the kingdom of God\, and they have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved p
 hysician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea
 \, and to Nympha and the church in her house. And when this letter has been
  read among you\, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans\; and s
 ee that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, "See
  that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I\, Pa
 ul\, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be wi
 th you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his discip
 les\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and 
 he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\,
  saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he s
 aid to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have
  given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all th
 e power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejo
 ice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your n
 ames are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spir
 it and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you h
 ave hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them t
 o babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Luke the Evangelist
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210615
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\; Methodius the Confessor\, Patriar
 ch of Constantinople\; Cyril\, Bishop of Gortyna\; The Holy Hieromartyrs of
  Estonia: Basil the Protopresbyter\, John\, John\, and Artemios\; The Holy 
 Martyrs Martha the Presvytera\, John\, Theodore and Anna\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Acts 21:8-14\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the apostles departed and came to Caesarea\
 ; and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist\, who was one of the se
 ven\, and stayed with him. And he had four unmarried daughters\, who prophe
 sied. While we were staying for some days\, a prophet named Agabos came dow
 n from Judea. And coming to us he took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet
  and hands\, and said\, "Thus says the Holy Spirit\, 'So shall the Jews at 
 Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands 
 of the Gentiles.'" When we heard this\, we and the people there begged him 
 not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered\, "What are you doing\, weepi
 ng and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even
  to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." And when he would not
  be persuaded\, we ceased and said\, "The will of the Lord be done." \n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 14:27-15:7\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let not yo
 ur hearts be troubled\, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you
 \, 'I go away\, and I will come to you.' If you loved me\, you would have r
 ejoiced\, because I go to the Father\; for the Father is greater than I. An
 d now I have told you before it takes place\, so that when it does take pla
 ce\, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you\, for the ruler o
 f this world is coming. He has no power over me\; but I do as the Father ha
 s commanded me\, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise\, 
 let us go hence.\n\n"I am the true vine\, and my Father is the vinedresser.
  Every branch of mine that bears no fruit\, he takes away\, and every branc
 h that does bear fruit he prunes\, that it may bear more fruit. You are alr
 eady made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me\, and I
  in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself\, unless it abides in th
 e vine\, neither can you\, unless you abide in me. I am the vine\, you are 
 the branches. He who abides in me\, and I in him\, he it is that bears much
  fruit\, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man does not abide in m
 e\, he is cast forth as a branch and withers\; and the branches are gathere
 d\, thrown into the fire and burned. If you abide in me\, and my words abid
 e in you\, ask whatever you will\, and it shall be done for you."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211207
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I 
 say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in 
 by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by th
 e door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the shee
 p hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. W
 hen he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep fo
 llow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but t
 hey will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This
  figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was sayi
 ng to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I
  am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\;
  but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\,
  he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit to them\; 
 for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have to give a
 ccount.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would be of n
 o advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a clear con
 science\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you the more ear
 nestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.  Now m
 ay the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the gr
 eat Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, equip yo
 u with everything good that you may do His will\, working in you that which
  is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for eve
 r and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus s
 tood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great mul
 titude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and 
 Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those
  who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd soug
 ht to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And h
 e lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, f
 or yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you 
 shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  
 Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile yo
 u\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice
  in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heav
 en."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220928
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\; Mark\, Aristarchos\, and
  Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\; Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gide
 on the Righteous\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:11-21\nBrethren\, if I sti
 ll preach circumcision\, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stumbl
 ing block of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettle you woul
 d mutilate themselves! For you were called to freedom\, brethren\; only do 
 not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh\, but through love be 
 servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word\, "You 
 shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one anoth
 er take heed that you are not consumed by one another. But I say\, walk by 
 the Spirit\, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires o
 f the flesh are against the Spirit\, and the desires of the Spirit are agai
 nst the flesh\; for these are opposed to each other\, to prevent you from d
 oing what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the
  law. Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication\, impurity\, licent
 iousness\, idolatry\, sorcery\, enmity\, strife\, jealousy\, anger\, selfis
 hness\, dissension\, party spirit\, envy\, murder\, drunkenness\, carousing
 \, and the like. I warn you\, as I warned you before\, that those who do su
 ch things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:1
 2-16\nAt that time\, Jesus was in one of the cities\, and there came a man 
 full of leprosy\; and when he saw Jesus\, he fell on his face and besought 
 him\, "Lord\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out hi
 s hand\, and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately th
 e leprosy left him. And he charged him to tell no one\; but "go and show yo
 urself to the priest\, and make an offering for your cleansing\, as Moses c
 ommanded\, for a proof to the people." But so much the more the report went
  abroad concerning him\; and great multitudes gathered to hear and to be he
 aled of their infirmities. But he withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nikitas the Great Martyr\; Philotheos the Righteous\; Bessarion of Lar
 issa\; Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the New 
 Martyr of Sfakion\, Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; Porphyrios the A
 ctor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren\
 , now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I complete
  what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, that is
 \, the church\, of which I became a minister according to the divine office
  which was given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\, the 
 mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints
 . To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the rich
 es of the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glor
 y. Him we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom
 \, that we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, strivi
 ng with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I want you
  to know how greatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the 
 midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of m
 en\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synag
 ogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to
  bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do
  not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you 
 are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\
 , but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver 
 up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will rise aga
 inst parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for 
 my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Nikitas the Great Martyr
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200924
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\; Xanthippe & Polyxene the Righ
 teous\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nFast Day
  (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galati
 ans 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a 
 free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the 
 son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women
  are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\
 ; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the
  present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerus
 alem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, 
 O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in
  travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the chil
 dren of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:5-25\nAt that time\
 , in the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a priest named Zacharias
 \, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\
 , and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God\, wal
 king in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they
  had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and both were advanced in ye
 ars.\n\nNow while he was serving as priest before God when his division was
  on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lo
 t to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the whole multitude
  of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. And there appea
 red to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of 
 incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, and fear fell upon
  him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your 
 prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son\, and you sha
 ll call his name John.\n\nAnd you will have joy and gladness\, and many wil
 l rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lord\, and he shal
 l drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled with the Holy Spir
 it\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the sons of Isra
 el to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the spirit and powe
 r of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children\, and the d
 isobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the Lord a people 
 prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I know this? For I 
 am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the angel answered h
 im\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and I was sent to 
 speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\, you will be si
 lent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass\, bec
 ause you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled in their time."
  And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wondered at his delay
  in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to them\, and the
 y perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he made signs to 
 them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was ended\, he went to
  his home.\n\nAfter these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five 
 months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days
  when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar
  Their Teacher\; Procession of the Precious Cross\; Timothy the Wonderworke
 r\, Archbishop of Priconissus\; Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the 
 saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promi
 ses\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge
  of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put f
 oreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some we
 re tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a 
 better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and im
 prisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, 
 they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goa
 ts\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy
  - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of th
 e earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not rece
 ive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, th
 at apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are 
 surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every w
 eight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance 
 the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter
  of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be 
 wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliv
 er you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be 
 dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before t
 hem and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you 
 are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given
  to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your
  Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, an
 d the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and have th
 em put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he w
 ho endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Elea
 zar Their Teacher
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/25/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\; Apodosis of the Presentatio
 n of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew
  25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be comp
 ared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. F
 ive of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took th
 eir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil wi
 th their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slep
 t. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to 
 meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foo
 lish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going
  out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and 
 for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they 
 went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with h
 im to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maide
 ns came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly
 \, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neithe
 r the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before f
 aith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until fai
 th should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\
 , that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are
  no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\
 , through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put o
 n Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\
 , there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. A
 nd if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according
  to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better
  than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under 
 guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when 
 we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe.
  But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woma
 n\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that w
 e might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that 
 time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a
  woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered 
 much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no be
 tter but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and cam
 e up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I 
 touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorr
 hage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 
 And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, imme
 diately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" A
 nd his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and
  yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done 
 it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and tr
 embling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he sai
 d to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be 
 healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/31/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 15th Sunday of Luke\; Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\; Holy Women Mart
 yrs Theodote\, Theoktiste and Eudoxia\; Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Pa
 rus\; Elias Ardounis the New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\; Aed from Fer
 ns\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven di
 sciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
   And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but some doubted.  And Jesus 
 came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been give
 n to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them i
 n the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching t
 hem to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you alway
 s\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 4:9-15\n
 Timothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance. For to
  this end we toil and suffer reproach\, because we have our hope set on the
  living God\, who is the Savior of all men\, especially of those who believ
 e. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise your youth\, but set 
 the believers an example in speech and conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in pu
 rity. Till I come\, attend to the public reading of scripture\, to preachin
 g\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have\, which was given you by 
 prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you. P
 ractice these duties\, devote yourself to them\, so that all may see your p
 rogress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus was passing 
 through Jericho. And there was a man named Zacchaios\; he was a chief colle
 ctor\, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was\, but could not\, on ac
 count of the crowd\, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead an
 d climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him\, for he was to pass that way.
  And when Jesus came to the place\, he looked up and said to him\, "Zacchai
 os\, make haste and come down\; for I must stay at your house today." So he
  made haste and came down\, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it
  they all murmured\, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinn
 er." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord\, "Behold\, Lord\, the half o
 f my goods I give to the poor\; and if I have defrauded any one of anything
 \, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him\, "Today salvation has com
 e to this house\, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man cam
 e to seek and to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Pentecost\; Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople
 \; Mary & Martha\, the sisters of Lazarus\; Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother o
 f Orphans\; Petroc\, Abbot of Padstow\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-
 23\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors bein
 g shut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear of the Jews\, Jesus cam
 e and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When he had 
 said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were 
 glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.
  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." And when he had said this
 \, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If yo
 u forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of a
 ny\, they are retained."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:1-11\nWHEN THE DAY of P
 entecost had come\, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sou
 nd came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it filled all the 
 house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fir
 e\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled w
 ith the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as the Spirit gav
 e them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men fr
 om every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together
 \, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them speaking in his o
 wn language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, "Are not all thes
 e who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear\, each of us in hi
 s own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Me
 sopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia and Pamphylia\
 , Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rome
 \, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear them telling i
 n our own tongues the mighty works of God." \n\nGospel Reading: John 7:37-5
 2\; 8:12\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\, Jesus stood up and
  proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, let him come to me and drink. He who bel
 ieves in me\, as the scripture has said\, 'Out of his heart shall flow rive
 rs of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit\, which those who b
 elieved in him were to receive\; for as yet the Spirit had not been given\,
  because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n\nWhen they heard these words\, some
  of the people said\, "This is really the prophet." Others said\, "This is 
 the Christ." But some said\, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not t
 he scripture said that the Christ is descended from David\, and comes from 
 Bethlehem\, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the
  people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, but no one laid hands
  on him.\n\nThe officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees\
 , who said to them\, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered\, "
 No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them\, "Are you le
 d astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believ
 ed in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, are accursed." Nikode
 mos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of them\, said to them\,
  "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning 
 what he does?" They replied\, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you wil
 l see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them\,
  saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me will not walk in
  darkness\, but will have the light of life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Pentecost\; Onuphrius of Egypt\; Peter the Athonite\; Holy Martyr
  Antonine\; John the Soldier of Egypt\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-
 23\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors bein
 g shut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear of the Jews\, Jesus cam
 e and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When he had 
 said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were 
 glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.
  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." And when he had said this
 \, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If yo
 u forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of a
 ny\, they are retained."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:1-11\nWHEN THE DAY of P
 entecost had come\, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sou
 nd came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it filled all the 
 house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fir
 e\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled w
 ith the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as the Spirit gav
 e them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men fr
 om every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together
 \, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them speaking in his o
 wn language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, "Are not all thes
 e who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear\, each of us in hi
 s own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Me
 sopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia and Pamphylia\
 , Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rome
 \, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear them telling i
 n our own tongues the mighty works of God." \n\nGospel Reading: John 7:37-5
 2\; 8:12\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\, Jesus stood up and
  proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, let him come to me and drink. He who bel
 ieves in me\, as the scripture has said\, 'Out of his heart shall flow rive
 rs of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit\, which those who b
 elieved in him were to receive\; for as yet the Spirit had not been given\,
  because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n\nWhen they heard these words\, some
  of the people said\, "This is really the prophet." Others said\, "This is 
 the Christ." But some said\, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not t
 he scripture said that the Christ is descended from David\, and comes from 
 Bethlehem\, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the
  people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, but no one laid hands
  on him.\n\nThe officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees\
 , who said to them\, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered\, "
 No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them\, "Are you le
 d astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believ
 ed in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, are accursed." Nikode
 mos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of them\, said to them\,
  "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning 
 what he does?" They replied\, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you wil
 l see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them\,
  saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me will not walk in
  darkness\, but will have the light of life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\;
  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\; 
 Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Christos the New Martyr of Prevez
 is\; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: I Peter 1:1-25\;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to the ex
 iles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithyn
 ia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for
  obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:\n\nMay grace 
 and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord J
 esus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope thr
 ough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inheritance
  which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven for you\
 , who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be 
 revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\, though now for a little wh
 ile you may have to suffer various trials\, so that the genuineness of your
  faith\, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire\
 , may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Chri
 st. Without having known him you love him\; though you do not now see him y
 ou believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outc
 ome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.\n\nThe prophets w
 ho prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about
  this salvation\; they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Sp
 irit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the
  subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not thems
 elves but you\, in the things which have now been announced to you by those
  who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven
 \, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTherefore gird up your minds\,
  be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the
  revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do not be conformed to 
 the passions of your former ignorance\, but as he who called you is holy\, 
 be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since it is written\, "You shall b
 e holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as Father him who judges each on
 e impartially according to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear through
 out the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile
  ways inherited from your fathers\, not with perishable things such as silv
 er or gold\, but with the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a lamb wi
 thout blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world b
 ut was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you
  have confidence in God\, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory\,
  so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHaving purified your souls by y
 our obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love one an
 other earnestly from the heart. You have been born anew\, not of perishable
  seed but of imperishable\, through the living and abiding word of God\; fo
 r "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The 
 grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abides for 
 ever." That word is the good news which was preached to you.\n\nSo put away
  all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like ne
 wborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may grow up
  to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\n\nCome to hi
 m\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and pr
 ecious\; and like living stones be yourselves built <span id="en-RSV-30381
 " class="text 1Pet-2-5">into a spiritual house\, to be a holy priesthood\, 
 to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.</span
 ><span id="en-RSV-30382" class="text 1Pet-2-6"><span class="versenum"> </s
 pan>For it stands in scripture: </span>“Behold\, I am laying in Zion a s
 tone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and he who believes in him will 
 not be put to shame.” To you therefore who believe\, he is precious\, but
  for those who do not believe\, “The very stone which the builders reject
 ed has become the head of the corner\,” and “A stone that will make men
  stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”\; for they stumble because th
 ey disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. <span id="en-RSV-30385"
  class="text 1Pet-2-9">But you are a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a h
 oly nation\, God’s own people\, that you may declare the wonderful deeds
  of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. </span><s
 pan id="en-RSV-30386" class="text 1Pet-2-10">Once you were no people but no
 w you are God’s people\; once you had not received mercy but now you have
  received mercy.</span>\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:12-21\nAt that time\,
  the disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Do you know that the Pharis
 ees were offended when they heard this saying?" He answered\, "Every plant 
 which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone\
 ; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man\, both will f
 all into a pit." But Peter said to him\, "Explain the parable to us." And h
 e said\, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that wha
 tever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach\, and so passes on? But w
 hat comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart\, and this defiles a man
 . For out of the heart come evil thoughts\, murder\, adultery\, fornication
 \, theft\, false witness\, slander. These are what defile a man\; but to ea
 t with unwashed hands does not defile a man." And Jesus went away from ther
 e and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Eve
 r Virgin Mary\; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\; Holy Hieromartyr Marce
 llus\, Bishop of Apameia\; Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 2:3-15\nBrethren\, my joy i
 s the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of
  heart and with many tears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the 
 abundant love that I have for you.\n\nBut if any one has caused pain\, he h
 as caused it not to me\, but in some measure - not to put it too severely -
  to you all. For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough\; so 
 you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him\, for he may be overwhelm
 ed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. For thi
 s is why I wrote\, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient 
 in everything. Any one whom you forgive\, I also forgive. What I have forgi
 ven\, if I have forgiven anything\, has been for your sake in the presence 
 of Christ\, to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us\; for we are n
 ot ignorant of his designs.\n\nWhen I came to Troas to preach the gospel of
  Christ\, a door was opened for me in the Lord\; but my mind could not rest
  because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and
  went on to Macedonia.\n\nBut thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads
  us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of h
 im everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are be
 ing saved and among those who are perishing.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:
 13-22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribe
 s and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a prete
 nse you make long prayers\; therefore you will receive the greater condemna
 tion. But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut
  the kingdom of heaven against men\; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor
  allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\,
  hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and
  when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of hell a
 s yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by t
 he temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple
 \, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater\, the go
 ld or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one s
 wears by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gift that
  is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is gr
 eater\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears 
 by the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it\; and he who swears by 
 the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it\; and he who swears b
 y heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it."\n\n
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 nd Ever Virgin Mary
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201210
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Hannah the Rig
 hteous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\; Narses the Martyr of Persia\; The C
 onsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy 
 City of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\,
  one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born 
 according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now thi
 s is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, 
 bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Ar
 abia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery wit
 h her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. Fo
 r it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth a
 nd shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate on
 e are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it wi
 th a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those 
 who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made mani
 fest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take 
 heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from h
 im who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nTh
 en his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him f
 or the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing
  outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my br
 others are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)\; Veronika & Speratos the Mart
 yrs\; Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia\; Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were co
 nfined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.
  So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be jus
 tified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a cus
 todian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For a
 s many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is nei
 ther Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither mal
 e nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's
 \, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean th
 at the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though
  he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees
  until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we 
 were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had
  fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law
 \, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adopti
 on as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd f
 ollowed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a f
 low of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physic
 ians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew w
 orse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the
  crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garment
 s\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she 
 felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving
  in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about i
 n the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said 
 to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who to
 uched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, kn
 owing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down 
 before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\,
  your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Sunday of Luke\; Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\; Mar
 k\, Aristarchos\, and Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\; Akylina the New Martyr o
 f Thessaloniki\; Gideon the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-
 35\nAt that time\, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about
  seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these t
 hings that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together\, 
 Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from r
 ecognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is this conversation which you 
 are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad.
  Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visito
 r to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in the
 se days?" And he said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Conc
 erning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
  God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered hi
 m up to be condemned to death\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he
  was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the t
 hird day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed u
 s. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body\; a
 nd they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who s
 aid that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, an
 d found it just as the women had said\; but him they did not see." And he s
 aid to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the pr
 ophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer thes
 e things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the pr
 ophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning
  himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to which they were going. He 
 appeared to be going further\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay wi
 th us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went 
 in to stay with them. When he was at table with them\, he took the bread an
 d blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened 
 and they recognized him\; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to 
 each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on th
 e road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hou
 r and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together a
 nd those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and h
 as appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road\, and h
 ow he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working toget
 her with him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For h
 e says\, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on
  the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now 
 is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no f
 ault may be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend our
 selves in every way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\,
  calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hung
 er\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, gen
 uine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of ri
 ghteousness for the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, i
 n ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are tru
 e\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as pu
 nished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor
 \, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:1-11\nAt that time\, as Jesus was standing by t
 he lake of Gennesaret\, he saw two boats by the lake\; but the fishermen ha
 d gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boa
 ts\, which was Simon's\, he asked him to put out a little from the land. An
 d he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased s
 peaking\, he said to Simon\, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets 
 for a catch." And Simon answered\, "Master\, we toiled all night and took n
 othing! But at your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done 
 this\, they enclosed a great shoal of fish\; and as their nets were breakin
 g\, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them
 . And they came and filled both the boats\, so that they began to sink. But
  when Simon Peter saw it\, he fell down at Jesus' knees\, saying\, "Depart 
 from me\, for I am a sinful man\, O Lord." For he was astonished\, and all 
 who were with him\, at the catch of fish which they had taken\; and so also
  were James and John\, sons of Zebedee\, who were partners with Simon. And 
 Jesus said to Simon\, "Do not be afraid\; henceforth you will be catching m
 en." And when they had brought their boats to land\, they left everything a
 nd followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica\; Paul\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 37:33-38:6\n"Therefore thus says the LO
 RD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city\, or sh
 oot an arrow there\, or come before it with a shield\, or cast up a siege m
 ound against it.  By the way that he came\, by the same he shall return\, a
 nd he shall not come into this city\, says the LORD.  For I will defend thi
 s city to save it\, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David." 
  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, and slew a hundred and eighty-five 
 thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; and when men arose early in the mor
 ning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies.  Then Sennacherib king of Assyr
 ia departed\, and went home and dwelt at Nineveh.  And as he was worshiping
  in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adrammelech and Sharezer\, his sons\, sl
 ew him with the sword\, and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon
  his son reigned in his stead. \n\n  In those days Hezekiah became sick and
  was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to 
 him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order\; for 
 you shall die\, you shall not recover."  Then Hezekiah turned his face to t
 he wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and said\, "Remember now\, O LORD\, I be
 seech thee\, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole
  heart\, and have done what is good in thy sight." And Hezekiah wept bitter
 ly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:  "Go and say to Hezekiah\, T
 hus says the LORD\, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer\
 , I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will add fifteen years to your life. 
  I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria\, 
 and defend this city.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 13:12-18\n Abram dw
 elt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwelt among the cities of the valley 
 and moved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now the men of Sodom were wicked\, gre
 at sinners against the LORD.  \n\n The LORD said to Abram\, after Lot had s
 eparated from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, and look from the place where you 
 are\, northward and southward and eastward and westward\; for all the land 
 which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever.  I will 
 make your descendants as the dust of the earth\; so that if one can count t
 he dust of the earth\, your descendants also can be counted.  Arise\, walk 
 through the length and the breadth of the land\, for I will give it to you.
 "  So Abram moved his tent\, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre\, whic
 h are at Hebron\; and there he built an altar to the LORD.\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4\nThe fear of the LORD is a fountain of life\,
  that one may avoid the snares of death.  In a multitude of people is the g
 lory of a king\, but without people a prince is ruined.  He who is slow to 
 anger has great understanding\, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
   A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh\, but passion makes the bones rot
 .  He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker\, but he who is kind to th
 e needy honors him.  The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing\, but 
 the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.  Wisdom abides in the min
 d of a man of understanding\, but it is not known in the heart of fools.  R
 ighteousness exalts a nation\, but sin is a reproach to any people.  A serv
 ant who deals wisely has the king's favor\, but his wrath falls on one who 
 acts shamefully.  A soft answer turns away wrath\, but a harsh word stirs u
 p anger.  The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge\, but the mouths of fo
 ols pour out folly.  The eyes of the LORD are in every place\, keeping watc
 h on the evil and the good.  A gentle tongue is a tree of life\, but perver
 seness in it breaks the spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\; Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him
 \; The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\; Eustathios the Confessor\, Bish
 op of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 8:13-9:7\nBu
 t the LORD of hosts\, him you shall regard as holy\; let him be your fear\,
  and let him be your dread.  And he will become a sanctuary\, and a stone o
 f offense\, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel\, a trap and a
  snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble thereon\; t
 hey shall fall and be broken\; they shall be snared and taken."  \n\n Bind 
 up the testimony\, seal the teaching among my disciples.  I will wait for t
 he LORD\, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob\, and I will hope 
 in him.  Behold\, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs a
 nd portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts\, who dwells on Mount Zion.  A
 nd when they say to you\, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp an
 d mutter\," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the 
 dead on behalf of the living?  To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely
  for this word which they speak there is no dawn.  They will pass through t
 he land\, greatly distressed and hungry\; and when they are hungry\, they w
 ill be enraged and will curse their king and their God\, and turn their fac
 es upward\; and they will look to the earth\, but behold\, distress and dar
 kness\, the gloom of anguish\; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.
   \n\n But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the forme
 r time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtal
 i\, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea\, the l
 and beyond the Jordan\, Galilee of the nations.  The people who walked in d
 arkness have seen a great light\; those who dwelt in a land of deep darknes
 s\, on them has light shined.  Thou hast multiplied the nation\, thou hast 
 increased its joy\; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest\, a
 s men rejoice when they divide the spoil.  For the yoke of his burden\, and
  the staff for his shoulder\, the rod of his oppressor\, thou hast broken a
 s on the day of Midian.  For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle t
 umult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire
 .  For to us a child is born\, to us a son is given\; and the government wi
 ll be upon his shoulder\, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor\
 , Mighty God\, Everlasting Father\, Prince of Peace."  Of the increase of h
 is government and of peace there will be no end\, upon the throne of David\
 , and over his kingdom\, to establish it\, and to uphold it with justice an
 d with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the
  LORD of hosts will do this.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 6:9-22\n The
 se are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man\, blameless in his
  generation\; Noah walked with God.  And Noah had three sons\, Shem\, Ham\,
  and Japheth.  Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight\, and the earth was
  filled with violence.  And God saw the earth\, and behold\, it was corrupt
 \; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.  And God said to N
 oah\, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh\; for the earth is fil
 led with violence through them\; behold\, I will destroy them with the eart
 h.  Make yourself an ark of gopher wood\; make rooms in the ark\, and cover
  it inside and out with pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the length 
 of the ark three hundred cubits\, its breadth fifty cubits\, and its height
  thirty cubits.  Make a roof for the ark\, and finish it to a cubit above\;
  and set the door of the ark in its side\; make it with lower\, second\, an
 d third decks.  For behold\, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth\
 , to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven\; e
 verything that is on the earth shall die.  But I will establish my covenant
  with you\; and you shall come into the ark\, you\, your sons\, your wife\,
  and your sons' wives with you.  And of every living thing of all flesh\, y
 ou shall bring two of every sort into the ark\, to keep them alive with you
 \; they shall be male and female.  Of the birds according to their kinds\, 
 and of the animals according to their kinds\, of every creeping thing of th
 e ground according to its kind\, two of every sort shall come in to you\, t
 o keep them alive.  Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten\, a
 nd store it up\; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."  Noah di
 d this\; he did all that God commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prove
 rbs 8:1-21\nDoes not wisdom call\, does not understanding raise her voice? 
 On the heights beside the way\, in the paths she takes her stand\; beside t
 he gates in front of the town\, at the entrance of the portals she cries al
 oud:  "To you\, O men\, I call\, and my cry is to the sons of men.O simple 
 ones\, learn prudence\; O foolish men\, pay attention.  Hear\, for I will s
 peak noble things\, and from my lips will come what is right\; for my mouth
  will utter truth\; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  All the words
  of my mouth are righteous\; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.  
 They are all straight to him who understands and right to those who find kn
 owledge.  Take my instruction instead of silver\, and knowledge rather than
  choice gold\; for wisdom is better than jewels\, and all that you may desi
 re cannot compare with her.  I\, wisdom\, dwell in prudence\, and I find kn
 owledge and discretion.  The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and 
 arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.  I have counsel 
 and sound wisdom\, I have insight\, I have strength.  By me kings reign\, a
 nd rulers decree what is just\; by me princes rule\, and nobles govern the 
 earth.  I love those who love me\, and those who seek me diligently find me
 .  Riches and honor are with me\, enduring wealth and prosperity.  My fruit
  is better than gold\, even fine gold\, and my yield than choice silver.  I
  walk in the way of righteousness\, in the paths of justice\, endowing with
  wealth those who love me\, and filling their treasuries.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Wednesday\; Irene the Great Martyr\; Neophytos\, Gaius\, & Cai
 anus the Monk-martyrs\; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\; Euthymio
 s the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Heb
 rews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the
  word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their fait
 h.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be l
 ed away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be
  strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adhe
 rents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right 
 to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sa
 nctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the ca
 mp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the peopl
 e through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp
  and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we 
 seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer 
 up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowle
 dge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for s
 uch sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-51\nAt th
 at time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he looked at Je
 sus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The two disciples
  heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and saw them 
 following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said to him\, "
 Rabbi"  (which means Teacher)\, "where are you staying?"  He said to them\,
  "Come and see."  They came and saw where he was staying\; and they stayed 
 with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two who hea
 rd John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother. He f
 irst found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found the Messiah
 " (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and sa
 id\, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which 
 means Peter).\n\nThe next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found 
 Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the 
 city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and said to him\, "We ha
 ve found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus o
 f Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything goo
 d come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nat
 hanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in
  whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus a
 nswered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\
 , I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! Yo
 u are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I
  saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see greater things 
 than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will 
 see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the
  Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\; Andronicus & his wife Athanasia 
 of Egypt\; Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\; The Righteous Patriarch Abraha
 m and his nephew Lot\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Le
 tter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as
  last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spect
 acle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, 
 but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held 
 in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, 
 we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our
  own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when sl
 andered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refu
 se of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to ma
 ke you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you
  have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I beca
 me your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be i
 mitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\,
  when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were
  harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his
  disciples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray th
 erefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n\n
 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over uncl
 ean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirm
 ity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is cal
 led Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John hi
 s brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\;
  James the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cana
 naean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\
 , charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the
  Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And p
 reach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sic
 k\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without
  paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Habakkuk the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\; Myrope 
 the Martyr of Chios\; Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia\; Joannicos the Monk of De
 vich\; Theophilos the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalo
 nians 3:6-18\nBrethren\, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Chris
 t\, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not i
 n accord with the tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves k
 now how you ought to imitate us\; we were not idle when we were with you\, 
 we did not eat any one's bread without paying\, but with toil and labor we 
 worked night and day\, that we might not burden any of you. It was not beca
 use we have not that right\, but to give you in our conduct an example to i
 mitate. For even when we were with you\, we gave you this command: If any o
 ne will not work\, let him not eat. For we hear that some of you are living
  in idleness\, mere busybodies\, not doing any work. Now such persons we co
 mmand and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and
  to earn their own living. Brethren\, do not be weary in well-doing.\n\nIf 
 any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter\, note that man\, and ha
 ve nothing to do with him\, that he may be ashamed. Do not look on him as a
 n enemy\, but warn him as a brother.\n\nNow may the Lord of peace himself g
 ive you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all. I\, Paul\
 , write this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of
  mine\; it is the way I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with y
 ou all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:19-26\nAt that time\, the scribes 
 and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour\, but t
 hey feared the people\; for they perceived that he had told this parable ag
 ainst them. So they watched him\, and sent spies\, who pretended to be sinc
 ere\, that they might take hold of what he said\, so as to deliver him up t
 o the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. They asked him\, "Teacher
 \, we know that you speak and teach rightly\, and show no partiality\, but 
 truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar\,
  or not?" But he perceived their craftiness\, and said to them\, "Show me a
  coin. Whose likeness and inscription has it?" They said\, "Caesar's." He s
 aid to them\, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to 
 God the things that are God's." And they were not able in the presence of t
 he people to catch him by what he said\; but marveling at his answer they w
 ere silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took 
 with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and h
 is raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Mo
 ses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which h
 e was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him wer
 e heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two m
 en who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to
  Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\,
  one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he sa
 id. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them\; and they were af
 raid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\
 , "This is my Son\, my Beloved\; listen to him!" And when the voice had spo
 ken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those
  days anything of what they had seen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:10-19\
 nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you 
 do this you will never fall\; so there will be richly provided for you an e
 ntrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n\nTh
 erefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know the
 m and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as lon
 g as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know th
 at the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ showe
 d me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any t
 ime to recall these things.\n\nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths
  when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glo
 ry from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory
 \, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\," we heard this v
 oice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we 
 have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention t
 o this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the m
 orning star rises in your hearts.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\, and led
  them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them\, and h
 is face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light. And be
 hold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. And Pete
 r said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are here\; if you wish\, I wil
 l make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah
 ." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed them\, and
  a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am wel
 l pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples heard this\, they fell on th
 eir faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them\, say
 ing\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes\, they 
 saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain\, Jesu
 s commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man is raised
  from the dead."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Ky
 thyra\; Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\; Silouan of Athos\;
  Stephen the Martyr\; The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\; Coprios the Rig
 hteous\; Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with hast
 e into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of
  Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of 
 Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
  Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, 
 and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that th
 e mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your 
 greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed 
 is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to
  her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and
  my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate o
 f his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bles
 sed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his n
 ame." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her h
 ome.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOT
 HY\, my son\, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\,
  my faith\, my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my
  sufferings\, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what
  persecutions I endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all
  who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while
  evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceiv
 ed. But as for you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly beli
 eved\, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have bee
 n acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for sa
 lvation through faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:12-16\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus was in one of the cities\, and there came a man full of l
 eprosy\; and when he saw Jesus\, he fell on his face and besought him\, "Lo
 rd\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out his hand\, 
 and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately the leprosy
  left him. And he charged him to tell no one\; but "go and show yourself to
  the priest\, and make an offering for your cleansing\, as Moses commanded\
 , for a proof to the people." But so much the more the report went abroad c
 oncerning him\; and great multitudes gathered to hear and to be healed of t
 heir infirmities. But he withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; Our Ri
 ghteous Father Panagis (Paisios) Basias\; Tarasios & John the Martyrs\; Seb
 astian the Wonderworker\; Zenais the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:1-9
 \nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles had passed through Amphipolis and Apoll
 onia\, they came to Thessalonica\, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
  And Paul went in\, as was his custom\, and for three weeks he argued with 
 them from the scriptures\, explaining and proving that it was necessary for
  the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead\, and saying\, "This Jesus\
 , whom I proclaim to you\, is the Christ." And some of them were persuaded\
 , and joined Paul and Silas\; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and 
 not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were jealous\, and taking some
  wicked fellows of the rabble\, they gathered a crowd\, set the city in an 
 uproar\, and attacked the house of Jason\, seeking to bring them out to the
  people. And when they could not find them\, they dragged Jason and some of
  the brethren before the city authorities\, crying\, "These men who have tu
 rned the world upside down have come here also\, and Jason has received the
 m\; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar\, saying that the
 re is another king\, Jesus." And the people and the city authorities were d
 isturbed when they heard this. And when they had taken security from Jason 
 and the rest\, they let them go. \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that
  time\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said
 \, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go o
 n thus\, every one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destr
 oy both our place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was hig
 h priest that year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not u
 nderstand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the peop
 le\, and that the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of h
 is own accord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus sh
 ould die for the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into 
 one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they 
 took counsel how to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer went abo
 ut openly among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wild
 erness\, to a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\; Forefeast of the Nativit
 y of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\; John the New Martyr of Thassos\; Holy Father John of 
 Kronstadt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, a
 fter you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, s
 ometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes bei
 ng partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion on the prisoners
 \, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property\, since you kn
 ew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.  Therefo
 re do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For you h
 ave need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and receive what
  is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall come and 
 shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum
 \, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you discussing o
 n the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discussed with 
 one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; 
 and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be last of all a
 nd servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them
 \; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one suc
 h child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me 
 but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting o
 ut demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not following 
 us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty wo
 rk in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is 
 not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a c
 up of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means
  lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\; The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25\nThe birth of Jesus C
 hrist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jo
 seph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy
  Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put he
 r to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, b
 ehold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\
 , son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is con
 ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall c
 all his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this
  took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a
  virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanu
 el" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as th
 e angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not unt
 il she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-7\nBRETHREN\, when the time had full
 y come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of woman\, born under the law\, to r
 edeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as s
 ons. And because you are sons\, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our
  hearts\, crying\, "Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son\,
  and if a son then also an heir of God through Christ. \n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 2:1-12\nWhen Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of He
 rod the king\, behold\, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\,
  "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star
  in the East\, and have come to worship him." When Herod the king heard thi
 s\, he was troubled\, and all Jerusalem with him\; and assembling all the c
 hief priests and scribes of the people\, he inquired of them where the Chri
 st was to be born. They told him\, "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is wr
 itten by the prophet: 'And you\, O Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are b
 y no means least among the rulers of Judah\; for from you shall come a rule
 r who will govern my people Israel.'"\n\nThen Herod summoned the wise men s
 ecretly and ascertained from them what time the star appeared\; and he sent
  them to Bethlehem\, saying\, "Go and search diligently for the child\, and
  when you have found him bring me word\, that I too may come and worship hi
 m." When they had heard the king they went their way\; and lo the star whic
 h they had seen in the East went before them\, till it came to rest over th
 e place where the child was. When they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedi
 ngly with great joy\; and going into the house they saw the child with Mary
  his mother\, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then\, opening their tr
 easures\, they offered him gifts\, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And bei
 ng warned in a dream not to return to Herod\, they departed to their own co
 untry by another way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\; Vavylas the Holy Martyr\; Xenia of St. Pet
 ersburg\, Fool-for-Christ\; Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in 
 Cyprus\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit o
 f the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faith
 fulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And th
 ose who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions a
 nd desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Le
 t us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one an
 other.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spir
 itual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, les
 t you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law 
 of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:2-14\nThe Lord said this parable\,
  "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast
  for his son\, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the 
 marriage feast\; but they would not come. Again he sent other servants\, sa
 ying\, 'Tell those who are invited\, Behold\, I have made ready my dinner\,
  my oxen and my fat calves are killed\, and everything is ready\; come to t
 he marriage feast.' But they made light of it and went off\, one to his far
 m\, another to his business\, while the rest seized his servants\, treated 
 them shamefully\, and killed them. The king was angry\, and he sent his tro
 ops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to hi
 s servants\, 'The wedding is ready\, but those invited were not worthy. Go 
 therefore to the thoroughfares\, and invite to the marriage feast as many a
 s you find.' And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all 
 whom they found\, both bad and good\; so the wedding hall was filled with g
 uests.\n\n  But when the king came in to look at the guests\, he saw there 
 a man who had no wedding garment\; and he said to him\, 'Friend\, how did y
 ou get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. Then the 
 king said to the attendants\, 'Bind him hand and foot\, and cast him into t
 he outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.' For many ar
 e called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\; Mar
 kella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12
 \nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my def
 ense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food an
 d drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the othe
 r apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas 
 and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as
  a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of 
 its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say thi
 s on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in t
 he law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the g
 rain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for
  our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in
  hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have so
 wn spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benef
 its? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? N
 evertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything r
 ather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villages\,
  preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve
  were with him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits an
 d infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone ou
 t\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and ma
 ny others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Monday\; Symeon the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Persepolis\, and t
 hose with him\; Makarios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Agapetos of Rome\; Hadrian t
 he New-Martyr\; Donnan\, Abbot of Eigg\, and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\nF
 ast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn those days\, the apos
 tles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jer
 usalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\; and when they had entered\, they we
 nt up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter and John and Jame
 s and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthew\, James the son 
 of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with
  one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with the women and Mary
  the mother of Jesus\, and with his brothers.\n\nIn those days Peter stood 
 up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred an
 d twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the scripture had to be fulfilled\, whic
 h the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\, concerning Judas
  who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us\, 
 and was allotted his share in this ministry. "So one of the men who have ac
 companied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among 
 us\, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up 
 from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrecti
 on."\n\nAnd they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabbas\, who was surnam
 ed Justos\, and Matthias. And they prayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowest th
 e hearts of all men\, show which one of these two thou hast chosen to take 
 the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside\, 
 to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them\, and the lot fell on 
 Matthias\; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.\n\nGospel Reading:
  John 1:18-28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in
  the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testim
 ony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask 
 him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am
  not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said
 \, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to 
 him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What 
 do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the 
 wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah sa
 id."\n\nNow they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then w
 hy are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the
  prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stand
 s one whom you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whos
 e sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the J
 ordan\, where John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples\; Anatolios & Pr
 otoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George\; Luke the New
  Martyr of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:7-16\
 nThus says the Lord: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of 
 Israel\, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he looked for
  justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!
   Woe to those who join house to house\, who add field to field\, until the
 re is no more room\, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the la
 nd.  The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many houses shall b
 e desolate\, large and beautiful houses\, without inhabitant.  For ten acre
 s of vineyard shall yield but one bath\, and a homer of seed shall yield bu
 t an ephah."  Woe to those who rise early in the morning\, that they may ru
 n after strong drink\, who tarry late into the evening till wine inflames t
 hem!  They have lyre and harp\, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts\
 ; but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD\, or see the work of his han
 ds.  Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge\; their honore
 d men are dying of hunger\, and their multitude is parched with thirst.  Th
 erefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure
 \, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down\, her throng and
  he who exults in her.  Man is bowed down\, and men are brought low\, and t
 he eyes of the haughty are humbled.  But the LORD of hosts is exalted in ju
 stice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Genesis 4:8-15\n Cain said to Abel his brother\, "Let us go ou
 t to the field." And when they were in the field\, Cain rose up against his
  brother Abel\, and killed him.  Then the LORD said to Cain\, "Where is Abe
 l your brother?" He said\, "I do not know\; am I my brother's keeper?"  And
  the LORD said\, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is 
 crying to me from the ground.  And now you are cursed from the ground\, whi
 ch has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.  Wh
 en you till the ground\, it shall no longer yield to you its strength\; you
  shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."  Cain said to the LORD\,
  "My punishment is greater than I can bear.  Behold\, thou hast driven me t
 his day away from the ground\; and from thy face I shall be hidden\; and I 
 shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth\, and whoever finds me will
  slay me."  Then the LORD said to him\, "Not so! If any one slays Cain\, ve
 ngeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain\,
  lest any who came upon him should kill him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prov
 erbs 5:1-15\nMy son\, be attentive to my wisdom\, incline your ear to my un
 derstanding\; that you may keep discretion\, and your lips may guard knowle
 dge.  For the lips of a loose woman drip honey\, and her speech is smoother
  than oil\; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood\, sharp as a two-edged
  sword.  Her feet go down to death\; her steps follow the path to Sheol\; s
 he does not take heed to the path of life\; her ways wander\, and she does 
 not know it.\n\n  And now\, O sons\, listen to me\, and do not depart from 
 the words of my mouth.  Keep your way far from her\, and do not go near the
  door of her house\; lest you give your honor to others and your years to t
 he merciless\; lest strangers take their fill of your strength\, and your l
 abors go to the house of an alien\; and at the end of your life you groan\,
  when your flesh and body are consumed\, and you say\, "How I hated discipl
 ine\, and my heart despised reproof!  I did not listen to the voice of my t
 eachers or incline my ear to my instructors.  I was at the point of utter r
 uin in the assembled congregation."  Drink water from your own cistern\, fl
 owing water from your own well.\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201023
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Abercius\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis\; Seve
 n Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Philippians 3:1-8\nBrethren\, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same th
 ings to you is not irksome to me\, and is safe for you. Look out for the do
 gs\, look out for the evil-workers\, look out for those who mutilate the fl
 esh. For we are the true circumcision\, who worship God in spirit\, and glo
 ry in Christ Jesus\, and put no confidence in the flesh. Though  I myself h
 ave reason for confidence in the flesh also. If any other man  thinks he ha
 s reason for confidence in the flesh\, I have more: circumcised on the eigh
 th day\, of the people of Israel\, of the tribe of Benjamin\, a Hebrew born
  of Hebrews\; as to the law a Pharisee\, as to zeal a persecutor of the chu
 rch\, as to righteousness under the law blameless. But whatever gain I had\
 , I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as lo
 ss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his
  sake I have suffered the loss of all things\, and count them as refuse\, i
 n order that I may gain Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:49-56\nAt that ti
 me\, one of Jesus' disciples came to him and said\, "Master\, we saw a man 
 casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he does not 
 follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do not forbid him\; for he that i
 s not against you is for you." When the days drew near for him to be receiv
 ed up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of
  him\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for
  him\; but the people would not receive him\, because his face was set towa
 rd Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, "L
 ord\, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as 
 Elijah did?" But he turned and rebuked them. And they went on to another vi
 llage.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\; Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\; Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\; Martyr Chrysanthe\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:16-23\nBret
 hren\, I do not run in vain or labor in vain. Even if I am to be poured as 
 a libation upon the sacrifical offering of your faith\, I am glad and rejoi
 ce with you all. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. I ho
 pe in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon\, so that I may be cheered
  by news of you. I have no one like him\, who will be genuinely anxious for
  your welfare. They all look after their own interests\, not those of Jesus
  Christ. But Timothy's worth you know\, how as a son with a father he has s
 erved with me in the gospel. I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I
  see how it will go with me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:1-10\nAt that time\
 , Jesus was praying in a certain place\, and when he ceased\, one of his di
 sciples said to him\, "Lord\, teach us to pray\, as John taught his discipl
 es." And he said to them\, "When you pray\, say: 'Our Father which art in h
 eaven\, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done\, as in
  heaven\, so in earth. Give us each day our daily bread\; and forgive us ou
 r sins\, for we ourselves forgive every one who is indebted to us\; and lea
 d us not into temptation\; but deliver us from evil.'" And he said to them\
 , "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him\
 , 'Friend\, lend me three loaves\; for a friend of mine has arrived on a jo
 urney\, and I have nothing to set before him'\; and he will answer from wit
 hin\, 'Do not bother me\; the door is now shut\, and my children are with m
 e in bed\; I cannot get up and give you anything'? I tell you\, though he w
 ill not get up and give him anything because he is his friend\, yet because
  of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs. And I tell
  you\, Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, 
 and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who 
 seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210317
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\; Christodulus the Wonderworker of Patmos\;
  Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\; Julian the Martyr\; Romanos the Hieroma
 rtyr of Parium\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:19-2:3\n"I
 f you are willing and obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; but i
 f you refuse and rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth
  of the Lord has spoken."\n\nHow the faithful city has become a harlot\, sh
 e that was full of justice!  Righteousness lodged in her\, but now murderer
 s.  Your silver has become dross\, your wine mixed with water.  Your prince
 s are rebels and companions of thieves.  Every one loves a bribe and runs a
 fter gifts.  They do not defend the fatherless\, and the widow's cause does
  not come to them.\n\nTherefore the Lord says\, the Lord of hosts\, the Mig
 hty One of Israel:  "Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\, and avenge m
 yself on my foes.  I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your
  dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.  And I will restore your judg
 es as at the first\, and your counselors as at the beginning.  Afterward yo
 u shall be called the city of righteousness\, the faithful city."\n\nZion s
 hall be redeemed by justice\, and those in her who repent\, by righteousnes
 s.  But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together\, and those who fors
 ake the Lord shall be consumed.  For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in wh
 ich you delighted\; and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chos
 en.  For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers\, and like a garden wi
 thout water.  And the strong shall become tow\, and his work a spark\, and 
 both of them shall burn together\, with none to quench them.\n\nThe word wh
 ich Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  It shall co
 me to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord sh
 all be established as the highest of the mountains\, and shall be raised ab
 ove the hills\; and all the nations shall flow to it\, and many peoples sha
 ll come\, and say:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to t
 he house of the God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we ma
 y walk in his paths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the wor
 d of the Lord from Jerusalem.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:14-23\n A
 nd God said\, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separ
 ate the day from the night\; and let them be for signs and for seasons and 
 for days and years\, and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens
  to give light upon the earth."  And it was so.  And God made the two great
  lights\, the greater light to rule the day\, and the lesser light to rule 
 the night\; he made the stars also.  And God set them in the firmament of t
 he heavens to give light upon the earth\, to rule over the day and over the
  night\, and to separate the light from the darkness.  And God saw that it 
 was good.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fourth day.\n\nA
 nd God said\, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures\, and 
 let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens."  So God
  created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves\, with
  which the waters swarm\, according to their kinds\, and every winged bird 
 according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And God blessed them
 \, saying\, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas\, and
  let birds multiply on the earth."  And there was evening and there was mor
 ning\, a fifth day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33\nWisdom crie
 s aloud in the street\; in the markets she raises her voice\; on the top of
  the walls she cries out\; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:  "
 How long\, O simple ones\, will you love being simple?  How long will scoff
 ers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? \n\n Give heed to m
 y reproof\; behold\, I will pour out my thoughts to you\; I will make my wo
 rds known to you.\n\n  Because I have called and you refused to listen\, ha
 ve stretched out my hand and no one has heeded\, and you have ignored all m
 y counsel and would have none of my reproof\, I also will laugh at your cal
 amity\; I will mock when panic strikes you\, when panic strikes you like a 
 storm\, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind\, when distress and anguis
 h come upon you. \n\nThen they will call upon me\, but I will not answer\; 
 they will seek me diligently but will not find me.\n\n  Because they hated 
 knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord\, would have none of my c
 ounsel\, and despised all my reproof\, therefore they shall eat the fruit o
 f their way and be sated with their own devices.\n\n  For the simple are ki
 lled by their turning away\, and the complacence of fools destroys them\; b
 ut he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease\, without dre
 ad of evil."\n\n
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\; Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs\; 
 Euthemios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 4:
 2-5:7\nIn that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious\,
  and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of
  Israel.  And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be calle
 d holy\, every one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem\, when the L
 ord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed 
 the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by 
 a spirit of burning.  Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Moun
 t Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day\, and smoke and the shining o
 f a flaming fire by night\; for over all the glory there will be a canopy a
 nd a pavilion.  It will be for a shade by day from the heat\, and for a ref
 uge and a shelter from the storm and rain.  Let me sing for my beloved a lo
 ve song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertil
 e hill.  He digged it and cleared it of stones\, and planted it with choice
  vines\; he built a watchtower in the midst of it\, and hewed out a wine va
 t in it\; and he looked for it to yield grapes\, but it yielded wild grapes
 .  And now\, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah\, judge\, I pray y
 ou\, between me and my vineyard.  What more was there to do for my vineyard
 \, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes\, why d
 id it yield wild grapes?  And now I will tell you what I will do to my vine
 yard. I will remove its hedge\, and it shall be devoured\; I will break dow
 n its wall\, and it shall be trampled down.  I will make it a waste\; it sh
 all not be pruned or hoed\, and briers and thorns shall grow up\; I will al
 so command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.  For the vineyard of 
 the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men of Judah are his ple
 asant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for r
 ighteousness\, but behold\, a cry!\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 3:21-4
 :7\n And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins\, an
 d clothed them.  Then the LORD God said\, "Behold\, the man has become like
  one of us\, knowing good and evil\; and now\, lest he put forth his hand a
 nd take also of the tree of life\, and eat\, and live for ever"- therefore 
 the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden\, to till the ground fr
 om which he was taken.  He drove out the man\; and at the east of the garde
 n of Eden he placed the cherubim\, and a flaming sword which turned every w
 ay\, to guard the way to the tree of life.  \n\n Now Adam knew Eve his wife
 \, and she conceived and bore Cain\, saying\, "I have gotten a man with the
  help of the LORD."  And again\, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a 
 keeper of sheep\, and Cain a tiller of the ground.  In the course of time C
 ain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground\, and Abel b
 rought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LO
 RD had regard for Abel and his offering\, but for Cain and his offering he 
 had no regard. So Cain was very angry\, and his countenance fell.  The LORD
  said to Cain\, "Why are you angry\, and why has your countenance fallen?  
 If you do well\, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well\, sin 
 is couching at the door\; its desire is for you\, but you must master it."\
 n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:34-4:22\nToward the scorners he is sco
 rnful\, but to the humble he shows favor.  The wise will inherit honor\, bu
 t fools get disgrace.\n\n  Hear\, O sons\, a father's instruction\, and be 
 attentive\, that you may gain insight\; for I give you good precepts: do no
 t forsake my teaching.  When I was a son with my father\, tender\, the only
  one in the sight of my mother\, he taught me\, and said to me\, "Let your 
 heart hold fast my words\; keep my commandments\, and live\; do not forget\
 , and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom\; get insight
 .  Do not forsake her\, and she will keep you\; love her\, and she will gua
 rd you.  The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom\, and whatever you get
 \, get insight.  Prize her highly\, and she will exalt you\; she will honor
  you if you embrace her.  She will place on your head a fair garland\; she 
 will bestow on you a beautiful crown."\n\n  Hear\, my son\, and accept my w
 ords\, that the years of your life may be many.  I have taught you the way 
 of wisdom\; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.  When you walk\, yo
 ur step will not be hampered\; and if you run\, you will not stumble.  Keep
  hold of instruction\, do not let go\; guard her\, for she is your life.  D
 o not enter the path of the wicked\, and do not walk in the way of evil men
 .  Avoid it\; do not go on it\; turn away from it and pass on.  For they ca
 nnot sleep unless they have done wrong\; they are robbed of sleep unless th
 ey have made some one stumble.  For they eat the bread of wickedness and dr
 ink the wine of violence.  But the path of the righteous is like the light 
 of dawn\, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.  The way of th
 e wicked is like deep darkness\; they do not know over what they stumble.\n
 \n  My son\, be attentive to my words\; incline your ear to my sayings.  Le
 t them not escape from your sight\; keep them within your heart.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\; Manuel\, Sabel\, 
 & Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\; Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the M
 onastery of Ikanhoe\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Romans 4:13-25\nBrethren\, the promise to Abraham and his descendants\
 , that they should inherit the world\, did not come through the law but thr
 ough the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are 
 to be the heirs\, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings
  wrath\, but where there is no law there is no transgression. That is why i
 t depends on faith\, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be gua
 ranteed to all his descendants -- not only to the adherents of the law but 
 also to those who share the faith of Abraham\, for he is the father of us a
 ll\, as it is written\, "I have made you the father of many nations" -- in 
 the presence of the God in whom he believed\, who gives life to the dead an
 d calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed ag
 ainst hope\, that he should become the father of many nations\; as he had b
 een told\, "So shall your descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when 
 he considered his own body\, which was as good as dead because he was about
  a hundred years old\, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb
 . No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God\, but he grew st
 rong in his faith as he gave glory to God\, fully convinced that God was ab
 le to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was "reckoned to him a
 s righteousness." But the words\, "it was reckoned to him\," were written n
 ot for his sake alone\, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who be
 lieve in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord\, who was put to deat
 h for our trespasses and raised for our justification.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 7:21-23\nThe Lord said\, "Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lor
 d\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my Fat
 her who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\, did 
 we not prophesy in your name\, and cast out demons in your name\, and do ma
 ny mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them\, 'I never k
 new you\; depart from me\, you evildoers.'"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201024
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\; Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed
 )\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\
 , I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man
 's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it
  came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former
  life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried t
 o destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my
  people\, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But 
 when he who had set me apart before I was born\, and had called me through 
 his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order that I might pre
 ach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor di
 d I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me\, but I went aw
 ay into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I
  went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days.
  But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own count
 ry\, and taught the people in their synagogue so that they were astonished\
 , and said\, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is
  not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not h
 is brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his siste
 rs with us? Where then did this man get all this?" And they took offense at
  him. But Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not without honor except in hi
 s own country and in his own house." And he did not do many mighty works th
 ere\, because of their unbelief.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210823
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DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever
  Virgin Mary\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Lyons\; Our Holy Father
  Kallinikos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Lupus the Martyr\; Our Righteou
 s Father Nicholas of Sikelion\; 38 Martyrs of Thrace\; Our Holy Father Iren
 aeus\, Bishop of Sirmium\; Haralambos of Kalyviani\n\nEpistle Reading: Phil
 ippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours
  in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count e
 quality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the f
 orm of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in hu
 man form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on 
 a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name 
 which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
 \, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess th
 at Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a 
 woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister calle
 d Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Marth
 a was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\,
  do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her th
 en to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxi
 ous and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen 
 the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this
 \, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the 
 womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Bless
 ed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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 ver Virgin Mary
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210503
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Great and Holy Pascha\; Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Gr
 eat\; Hesperos & Zoe the Righteous\; Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria
  (Michael in Baptism)\; Jordan the Wonderworker\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Acts 1:1-8\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all 
 that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, aft
 er he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he
  had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many p
 roofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom o
 f God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerus
 alem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you h
 eard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but before many days you shal
 l be baptized with the Holy Spirit."\n\nSo when they had come together\, th
 ey asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?
 " He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the F
 ather has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the 
 Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem 
 and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth."\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 1:1-17\nIn the beginning was the Word\, and the Word was with God\,
  and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God\; all things were m
 ade through him\, and without him was not anything made that was made. In h
 im was life\, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the da
 rkness\, and the darkness has not overcome it. \n\nThere was a man sent fro
 m God\, whose name was John. He came for testimony\, to bear witness to the
  light\, that all might believe through him. He was not the light\, but cam
 e to bear witness to the light.\n\nThe true light that enlightens every man
  was coming into the world. He was in the world\, and the world was made th
 rough him\, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home\, and his o
 wn people received him not. But to all who received him\, who believed in h
 is name\, he gave power to become children of God\; who were born\, not of 
 blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man\, but of God.\n\n
 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us\, full of grace and truth\; we
  have beheld his glory\, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bo
 re witness to him\, and cried\, "This was he of whom I said\, 'He who comes
  after me ranks before me\, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness 
 have we all received\, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Mose
 s\; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\; Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\; Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\; John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\; Righteous Philotheus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparing
 ly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bo
 untifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or
  under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to prov
 ide you with every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enou
 gh of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is
  written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness e
 ndures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will
  supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righte
 ousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which thr
 ough us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:44-50\n
 The Lord said to his disciples\, "Let these words sink into your ears\; for
  the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men." But they did not
  understand this saying\, and it was concealed from them\, that they should
  not perceive it\; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. And a
 n argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. But when 
 Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts\, he took a child and put him b
 y his side\, and said to them\, "Whoever receives this child in my name rec
 eives me\, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me\; for he who is
  least among you all is the one who is great." John answered\, "Master\, we
  saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because h
 e does not follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do not forbid him\; fo
 r he that is not against you is for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council\; Longinus the Centurion\; The Tw
 o Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1
 -10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\,
  while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken away from 
 the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the
  one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of
  the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Peter then came o
 ut with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran\,
  but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stoop
 ing to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did not go in
 . Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw t
 he linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on His head\, not lyi
 ng with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the oth
 er disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and be
 lieved\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that He must rise fro
 m the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to insis
 t on these things\, so that those who have believed in God may be careful t
 o apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excellent and profitable to me
 n.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarre
 ls over the law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man who i
 s factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\, have nothing more to do 
 with him\, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful\; he is self-
 condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come
  to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter there.  Do you
 r best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that they l
 ack nothing.  And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, 
 so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who a
 re with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grac
 e be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:5-15\nThe Lord said this
  parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed\; and as he sowed\, some fell a
 long the path\, and was trodden under foot\, and the birds of the air devou
 red it. And some fell on the rock\; and as it grew up\, it withered away\, 
 because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns\; and the thorns gre
 w with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew\, and yielde
 d a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant\
 , he said\, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of
  God\; but for others they are in parables\, so that seeing they may not se
 e\, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed 
 is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard\; then
  the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts\, that they may 
 not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who\, when the
 y hear the word\, receive it with joy\; but these have no root\, they belie
 ve for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell am
 ong the thorns\, they are those who hear\, but as they go on their way they
  are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life\, and their fruit
  does not mature. And as for that in the good soil\, they are those who\, h
 earing the word\, hold it fast in an honest and good heart\, and bring fort
 h fruit with patience." As he said these things\, he cried out "He who has 
 ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Eld
 er of Chios\; Eusebius the Righteous of Syria\; Onesimos\, Patriarch of Con
 stantinople\; Ma?or the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to Philemon 1:1-25\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timoth
 y our brother\, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sist
 er and Archippos our fellow soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace t
 o you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my G
 od always when I remember you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love a
 nd of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, a
 nd I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all t
 he good that is ours in Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort fro
 m your love\, my brother\, because the hearts of the saints have been refre
 shed through you. Accordingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to comman
 d you to do what is required\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to yo
 u - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I a
 ppeal to you for my child\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my imp
 risonment. (Formerly he was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to
  you and to me.) I am sending him back to you\, sending my very heart. I wo
 uld have been glad to keep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on
  your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do 
 nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by co
 mpulsion but of your own free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from 
 you for a while\, that you might have him back for ever\, no longer as a sl
 ave but more than a slave\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how
  much more to you\, both in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider m
 e your partner\, receive him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you
  at all\, or owes you anything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, writ
 e this with my own hand\, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me
  even your own self. Yes\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lo
 rd. Refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to yo
 u\, knowing that you will do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepa
 re a guest room for me\, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted
  to you. Epaphras\, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to
  you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers.
  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of 
 the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\, and love salutations in 
 the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of ho
 nor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long pray
 ers.  They will receive the greater condemnation."  He looked up and saw th
 e rich putting their gifts into the treasury\; and he saw a poor widow put 
 in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I tell you\, this poor widow h
 as put in more than all of them\; for they all contributed out of their abu
 ndance\, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had."  H
 aving said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Saturday\; Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Reginos
 \, Bishop of Skopelos\; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\; Markellos\, Bisho
 p of Apamea\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, j
 oy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, s
 elf-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ
  Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live 
 by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-concei
 t\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a 
 man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him
  in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  B
 ear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 6:1-13\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of practicing your piety befo
 re men in order to be seen by them\; for then you will have no reward from 
 your Father who is in heaven.\n\n"Thus\, when you give alms\, sound no trum
 pet before you\, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets\
 , that they may be praised by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have receiv
 ed their reward.  But when you give alms\, do not let your left hand know w
 hat your right hand is doing\, so that your alms may be in secret\; and you
 r Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"And when you pray\, you mu
 st not be like the hypocrites\; for they love to stand and pray in the syna
 gogues and at the street corners\, that they may be seen by men.  Truly\, I
  say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when you pray\, go into
  your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret\; and
  your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"And in praying do not 
 heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do\; for they think they will be hear
 d for their many words.  Do not be like them\, for your Father knows what y
 ou need before you ask him.  Pray then like this:\n\nOur Father who are in 
 heaven\,\n Hallowed be your name\,\n Your kingdom come\,\n Your will be don
 e\,\n On earth as it is in heaven.\n Give us this day our daily bread\,\n A
 nd forgive us our debts\,\n As we also have forgiven our debtors\;\n And le
 ad us not into temptation\,\n But deliver us from evil.\n For yours is the 
 kingdom and the power and the glory\, for ever.\n Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Agathangelus the Martyr\; Rig
 hteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 3:20-21\
 ;4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a S
 avior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be like h
 is glorious body\, by the power which enables him even to subject all thing
 s to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy 
 and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and
  I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefe
 llow\, help these women\, for they have labored side by side with me in the
  gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose nam
 es are in the book of life. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they made their 
 way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to
  him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And 
 he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in need
  and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house 
 of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\
 , which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it 
 to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made f
 or man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of the sa
 bbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who had a w
 ithered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him on t
 he sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man who had
  the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on t
 he sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they w
 ere silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at their har
 dness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was 
 restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\; Flavianos\, Patriarch of Const
 antinople\; Romanos the Younger\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 4:20-21\;5:1-21\
 nBeloved\, if any one says\, "I love God\," and hates his brother\, he is a
  liar\; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen\, cannot love
  God whom he has not seen.  And this commandment we have from him\, that he
  who loves God should love his brother also.\n\nEvery one who believes that
  Jesus is the Christ is a child of God\, and every one who loves the parent
  loves the child.  By this we know that we love the children of God\, when 
 we love God and obey his commandments.  For this is the love of God\, that 
 we keep his commandments.  And his commandments are not burdensome.  For wh
 atever is born of God overcomes the world\; and this is the victory that ov
 ercomes the world\, our faith.  Who is it that overcomes the world but he w
 ho believes that Jesus is the Son of God?\n\nThis is he who came by water a
 nd blood\, Jesus Christ\, not with the water only but with the water and th
 e blood.  And the Spirit is the witness\, because the Spirit is the truth. 
  There are three witnesses\, the Spirit\, the water\, and the blood\; and t
 hese three agree.  If we receive the testimony of men\, the testimony of Go
 d is greater\; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness t
 o his Son.  He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.
   He who does not believe God has made him a liar\, because he has not beli
 eved in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.  And this is the testi
 mony\, that God gave us eternal life\, and this life is in his Son.  He who
  has the Son has life\; he who has not the Son of God has not life.\n\nI wr
 ite this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God\, that you may kn
 ow that you have eternal life.  And this is the confidence which we have in
  him\, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.  And if w
 e know that he hears us in whatever we ask\, we know that we have obtained 
 the requests made of him.  If any one sees his brother committing what is n
 ot a mortal sin\, he will ask\, and God will give him life for those whose 
 sin is not mortal.  There is sin which is mortal\; I do not say that one is
  to pray for that.  All wrongdoing is sin\, but there is sin which is not m
 ortal.\n\nWe know that any one born of God does not sin\, but He who was bo
 rn of God keeps him\, and the evil one does not touch him.\n\nWe know that 
 we are of God\, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.\n\nAnd
  we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding\, to k
 now him who is true\; and we are in him who is true\, in his Son Jesus Chri
 st.  This is the true God and eternal life.  Little children\, keep yoursel
 ves from idols.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:1-15\nAt that time\, the
  chief priests\, with the elders\, and scribes and the whole council held a
  consultation\; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to 
 Pilate.  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he ans
 wered him\, "You have said so."  And the chief priests accused him of many 
 things.  And Pilate again asked him\, "Have you no answer to make?  See how
  many charges they bring against you."  But Jesus made no further answer\, 
 so that Pilate wondered.  Now at the feast he used to release for them one 
 prisoner for whom they asked.  And among the rebels in prison\, who had com
 mitted murder in the insurrection\, there was a man called Barabbas.  And t
 he crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for the
 m.  And he answered them\, "Do you want me to release for you the King of t
 he Jews?"  For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests 
 had delivered him up.  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have h
 im release for them Barabbas instead.  And Pilate again said to them\, "The
 n what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"  And th
 ey cried out again\, "Crucify him."  And Pilate said to them\, "Why\, what 
 evil has he done?"  But they shouted all the more\, "Crucify him."  So Pila
 te\, wishing to satisfy the crowd\, released for them Barabbas\; and having
  scourged Jesus\, he delivered him to be crucified.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\; Nikon Metanoeite\; Stylianos the
  Monk of Paphlagonia\; George the New Martyr of Chios\; Akakios of Sinai wh
 o is mentioned in The Ladder\; Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: I Thessalonians 2:14-20\nBrethren\, you became imitators of the 
 churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea\; for you suffered the s
 ame things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews\, who killed 
 both the Lord Jesus and the prophets\, and drove us out\, and displease God
  and oppose all men by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they
  may be saved - so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God'
 s wrath has come upon them at last! But since we were bereft of you\, breth
 ren\, for a short time\, in person not in heart\, we endeavored the more ea
 gerly and with great desire to see you face to face\; because we wanted to 
 come to you - I\, Paul\, again and again - but Satan hindered us. For what 
 is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming
 ? Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:
 12-28\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A nobleman went into a far country to 
 receive a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servants\, he gave th
 em ten pounds\, and said to them\, 'Trade with these till I come.' But his 
 citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him\, saying\, 'We do not want
  this man to reign over us.' When he returned\, having received the kingdom
 \, he commanded these servants\, to whom he had given the money\, to be cal
 led to him\, that he might know what they had gained by trading. The first 
 came before him\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made ten pounds more.' An
 d he said to him\, 'Well done\, good servant! Because you have been faithfu
 l in a very little\, you shall have authority over ten cities.' And the sec
 ond came\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made five pounds.' And he said t
 o him\, 'And you are to be over five cities.' Then another came\, saying\, 
 'Lord\, here is your pound\, which I kept laid away in a napkin\; for I was
  afraid of you\, because you are a severe man\; you take up what you did no
 t lay down\, and reap what you did not sow.' He said to him\, 'I will conde
 mn you out of your own mouth\, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a se
 vere man\, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow
 ? Why then did you not put my money into the bank\, and at my coming I shou
 ld have collected it with interest?' And he said to those who stood by\, 'T
 ake the pound from him\, and give it to him who has the ten pounds.' (And t
 hey said to him\, 'Lord\, he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you\, that to every 
 one who has will more be given\; but from him who has not\, even what he ha
 s will be taken away. But as for these enemies of mine\, who did not want m
 e to reign over them\, bring them here and slay them before me.'" And when 
 he had said this\, he went on ahead\, going up to Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Moses the Black of Scete\; Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\; 33 Martyr
 s of Nicomedea\; Job of Pochaev \; Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 7:
 10-16\nBrethren\, godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation
  and brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces death. For see what earn
 estness this godly grief has produced in you\, what eagerness to clear your
 selves\, what indignation\, what alarm\, what longing\, what zeal\, what pu
 nishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter
 . So although I wrote to you\, it was not on account of the one who did the
  wrong\, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong\, but in order th
 at your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.\n\nTheref
 ore we are comforted.\n\nAnd besides our own comfort we rejoiced still more
  at the joy of Titus\, because his mind has been set at rest by you all. Fo
 r if I have expressed to him some pride in you\, I was not put to shame\; b
 ut just as everything we said to you was true\, so our boasting before Titu
 s has proved true. And his heart goes out all the more to you\, as he remem
 bers the obedience of you all\, and the fear and trembling with which you r
 eceived him. I rejoice\, because I have perfect confidence in you.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 2:18-22\nAt that time\, John's disciples and the Pharisees 
 were fasting\; and people came and said to him\, "Why do John's disciples a
 nd the disciples of the Pharisees fast\, but your disciples do not fast? An
 d Jesus said to them\, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is
  with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them\, they cannot fas
 t. The days will come\, when the bridegroom is taken away from them\, and t
 hen they will fast in that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an
  old garment\; if he does\, the patch tears away from it\, the new from the
  old\, and a worse tear is made. And no one puts new wine into old wineskin
 s\; if he does\, the wine will burst the skins\, and the wine is lost\, and
  so are the skins\; but new wine is for fresh skins."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\; Euschemon the Confessor\, Bishop of
  Lampasakos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 4:2-5:7\nIn tha
 t day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious\, and the frui
 t of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.  And
  he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy\, ever
 y one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem\, when the Lord shall hav
 e washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstai
 ns of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of b
 urning.  Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and ov
 er her assemblies a cloud by day\, and smoke and the shining of a flaming f
 ire by night\; for over all the glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion
 .  It will be for a shade by day from the heat\, and for a refuge and a she
 lter from the storm and rain.  Let me sing for my beloved a love song conce
 rning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.  He d
 igged it and cleared it of stones\, and planted it with choice vines\; he b
 uilt a watchtower in the midst of it\, and hewed out a wine vat in it\; and
  he looked for it to yield grapes\, but it yielded wild grapes.  And now\, 
 O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah\, judge\, I pray you\, between 
 me and my vineyard.  What more was there to do for my vineyard\, that I hav
 e not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes\, why did it yield w
 ild grapes?  And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will 
 remove its hedge\, and it shall be devoured\; I will break down its wall\, 
 and it shall be trampled down.  I will make it a waste\; it shall not be pr
 uned or hoed\, and briers and thorns shall grow up\; I will also command th
 e clouds that they rain no rain upon it.  For the vineyard of the LORD of h
 osts is the house of Israel\, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plantin
 g\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\
 , but behold\, a cry!\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 3:21-4:7\n And the 
 LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins\, and clothed the
 m.  Then the LORD God said\, "Behold\, the man has become like one of us\, 
 knowing good and evil\; and now\, lest he put forth his hand and take also 
 of the tree of life\, and eat\, and live for ever"- therefore the LORD God 
 sent him forth from the garden of Eden\, to till the ground from which he w
 as taken.  He drove out the man\; and at the east of the garden of Eden he 
 placed the cherubim\, and a flaming sword which turned every way\, to guard
  the way to the tree of life.  \n\n Now Adam knew Eve his wife\, and she co
 nceived and bore Cain\, saying\, "I have gotten a man with the help of the 
 LORD."  And again\, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of she
 ep\, and Cain a tiller of the ground.  In the course of time Cain brought t
 o the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground\, and Abel brought of the
  firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard
  for Abel and his offering\, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard
 . So Cain was very angry\, and his countenance fell.  The LORD said to Cain
 \, "Why are you angry\, and why has your countenance fallen?  If you do wel
 l\, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well\, sin is couching a
 t the door\; its desire is for you\, but you must master it."\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Proverbs 3:34-4:22\nToward the scorners he is scornful\, but t
 o the humble he shows favor.  The wise will inherit honor\, but fools get d
 isgrace.\n\n  Hear\, O sons\, a father's instruction\, and be attentive\, t
 hat you may gain insight\; for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my 
 teaching.  When I was a son with my father\, tender\, the only one in the s
 ight of my mother\, he taught me\, and said to me\, "Let your heart hold fa
 st my words\; keep my commandments\, and live\; do not forget\, and do not 
 turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom\; get insight.  Do not for
 sake her\, and she will keep you\; love her\, and she will guard you.  The 
 beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom\, and whatever you get\, get insigh
 t.  Prize her highly\, and she will exalt you\; she will honor you if you e
 mbrace her.  She will place on your head a fair garland\; she will bestow o
 n you a beautiful crown."\n\n  Hear\, my son\, and accept my words\, that t
 he years of your life may be many.  I have taught you the way of wisdom\; I
  have led you in the paths of uprightness.  When you walk\, your step will 
 not be hampered\; and if you run\, you will not stumble.  Keep hold of inst
 ruction\, do not let go\; guard her\, for she is your life.  Do not enter t
 he path of the wicked\, and do not walk in the way of evil men.  Avoid it\;
  do not go on it\; turn away from it and pass on.  For they cannot sleep un
 less they have done wrong\; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made 
 some one stumble.  For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine 
 of violence.  But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn\, whi
 ch shines brighter and brighter until full day.  The way of the wicked is l
 ike deep darkness\; they do not know over what they stumble.\n\n  My son\, 
 be attentive to my words\; incline your ear to my sayings.  Let them not es
 cape from your sight\; keep them within your heart.\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\; John the Russian of Evia\; Theodora t
 he Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\; Venerable Bede\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Acts 20:7-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles were gathered together to b
 reak bread\, Paul talked with them\, intending to depart on the morrow\; an
 d he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lights in the upp
 er chamber where we were gathered. And a young man named Euthychos was sitt
 ing in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer\; 
 and being overcome by sleep\, he fell down from the third story and was tak
 en up dead.  But Paul went down and bent over him\, and embracing him said\
 , "Do not be alarmed\, for his life is in him." And when Paul had gone up a
 nd had broken bread and eaten\, he conversed with them a long while\, until
  daybreak\, and so departed. And they took the lad away alive\, and were no
 t a little comforted. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:10-21\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own author
 ity\; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am 
 in the Father and the Father in me\; or else believe me for the sake of the
  works themselves.\n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who believes in me
  will also do the works that I do\; and greater works than these will he do
 \, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name\, I will do it\,
  that the Father may be glorified in the Son\; if you ask anything in my na
 me\, I will do it. "If you love me\, you will keep my commandments. And I w
 ill pray to the Father\, and he will give you another Counselor\, to be wit
 h you for ever\, even the Spirit of truth\, whom the world cannot receive\,
  because it neither sees him nor knows him\; you know him\, for he dwells w
 ith you\, and will be in you.\n\n"I will not leave you desolate\; I will co
 me to you. Yet a little while\, and the world will see me no more\, but you
  will see me\; because I live\, you will live also. In that day you will kn
 ow that I am in my Father\, and you in me\, and I in you. He who has my com
 mandments and keeps them\, he it is who loves me\; and he who loves me will
  be loved by my Father\, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monday of the Holy Spirit\; The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop of
  Tyre\; Holy Martyrs Nicandrus\, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\;
  Christophoros & Konon the Martyrs of Rome\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of l
 ight is found in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn wh
 at is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darknes
 s\, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things 
 that they do in secret\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becom
 es visible\, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is sa
 id\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give y
 ou light." Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise
 \, making the most of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do no
 t be foolish\, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get 
 drunk with wine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, 
 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing an
 d making melody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, "See that you do not despise one of these little
  ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face o
 f my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save the lost. Wha
 t do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone ast
 ray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of th
 e one that went astray? And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejo
 ices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it i
 s not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little one
 s should perish.\n\n"If your brother sins against you\, go and tell him his
  fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained 
 your brother. But if he does not listen\, take one or two others along with
  you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three wit
 nesses. If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he
  refuses to listen even to the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and 
 a tax collector. Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be
  bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heave
 n. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything they as
 k\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven\, for where two or thre
 e are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\; Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\; Is
 chyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into t
 he Temple\; Dionysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter t
 o the Thessalonians 1:1-10\nPaul\, Silvanus\, and Timothy\,\n\nTo the churc
 h of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:\n\nGrac
 e to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nWe are
  bound to give thanks to God always for you\, brethren\, as is fitting\, be
 cause your faith is growing abundantly\, and the love of every one of you f
 or one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast of you in the ch
 urches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and
  in the afflictions which you are enduring.\n\nThis is evidence of the righ
 teous judgment of God\, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of God\,
  for which you are suffering - since indeed God deems it just to repay with
  affliction those who afflict you\, and to grant rest with us to you who ar
 e afflicted\, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty a
 ngels in flaming fire\, inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God
  and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They shall su
 ffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence 
 of the Lord and from the glory of his might\, when he comes on that day to 
 be glorified in his saints\, and to be marveled at in all who have believed
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:20-25\nAt that time\, when Jesus was asked by 
 the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming\, he answered them\, "The 
 kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed\; nor will they say\
 , 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold\, the kingdom of God is in the 
 midst of you." And he said to the disciples\, "The days are coming when you
  will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man\, and you will not se
 e it. And they will say to you\, 'Lo\, there!' or 'Lo\, here!' Do not go\, 
 do not follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from
  one side to the other\, so will the Son of man be in his day. But first he
  must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\; Agathus\, Pope of Rome\; Bessarion the Great
 \; Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\; Plotinus\n\nFast 
 Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: III John 1:1-15\n
 The elder to the beloved Gaius\, whom I love in the truth.\n\nBeloved\, I p
 ray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health\; I know th
 at it is well with your soul.  For I greatly rejoiced when some of the bret
 hren arrived and testified to the truth of your life\, as indeed you do fol
 low the truth.  No greater joy can I have than this\, to hear that my child
 ren follow the truth.\n\nBeloved\, it is a loyal thing you do when you rend
 er any service to the brethren\, especially to strangers\, who have testifi
 ed to your love before the church.  You will do well to send them on their 
 journey as befits God's service.  For they have set out for his sake and ha
 ve accepted nothing from the heathen.  So we ought to support such men\, th
 at we may be fellow workers in the truth.\n\nI have written something to th
 e church\; but Diotrephes\, who likes to put himself first\, does not ackno
 wledge my authority.  So if I come I will bring up what he is doing\, prati
 ng against me with evil words.  And not content with that\, he refuses hims
 elf to welcome the brethren\, and also stops those who want to welcome them
  and puts them out of the church.\n\nBeloved\, do not imitate evil but imit
 ate good.  He who does good is of God\; he who does evil has not seen God. 
  Demetrios has testimony from every one\, and from the truth itself\; I tes
 tify to him too\, and you know my testimony is true.\n\nI had much to write
  to you\, but I would rather not write with pen and ink\; I hope to see you
  soon\, and we will talk together face to face.\n\nPeace be to you.  The fr
 iends greet you.  Greet the friends\, every one of them. \n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 19:29-40\; 22:7-39\nAt that time\, when Jesus drew near to Bethphage
  and Bethany\, at the mount that is called Olivet\, he sent two of the disc
 iples\, saying\, "Go into the village opposite\, where on entering you will
  find a colt tied\, on which no one has ever yet sat\; untie it and bring i
 t here.  If any one asks you\, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this
 \, 'The Lord has need of it.'"  So those who were sent went away and found 
 it as he had told them.  And as they were untying the colt\, its owners sai
 d to them\, "Why are you untying the colt?"  And they said\, "The Lord has 
 need of it."  And they brought it to Jesus\, and throwing their garments on
  the colt they set Jesus upon it.  And as he rode along\, they spread their
  garments on the road.  As he was now drawing near\, at the descent of the 
 Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and
  praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen\,
  saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!  Peace in
  heaven and glory in the highest!"  And some of the Pharisees in the multit
 ude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disciples."  He answered\, "I tell
  you\, if these were silent\, the very stones would cry out."\n\nThen came 
 the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrific
 ed.  So he sent Peter and John\, saying\; "Go and prepare the passover for 
 us\, that we may eat it."  They said to him\, "Where will you have us prepa
 re it?"  He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have entered the city\, a man
  carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him into the house which he
  enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is th
 e guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'  And he w
 ill show you a large upper room furnished\; there make ready."  And they we
 nt\, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover.\n\n
 And when the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the apostles with him.  And 
 he said to them\, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you b
 efore I suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat it again until it is fulf
 illed in the kingdom of God."  And he took a cup\, and when he had given th
 anks he said\, "Take this\, and divide it among yourselves\; for I tell you
  that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the king
 dom of God comes."  And he took bread\, and when he had given thanks he bro
 ke it and gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my body which is given for yo
 u.  Do this in remembrance of me."  And likewise the cup after supper\, say
 ing\, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood
 .  But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.  For 
 the Son of man goes as it has been determined\; but woe to that man by whom
  he is betrayed!"  And they began to question one another\, which of them i
 t was that would do this.\n\nA dispute also arose among them\, which of the
 m was to be regarded as the greatest.  And he said to them\, "The kings of 
 the Gentiles exercise lordship over them\; and those in authority over them
  are called benefactors.  But not so with you\; rather let the greatest amo
 ng you become as the youngest\, and the leader as one who serves.  For whic
 h is the greater\, one who sits at table\, or one who serves?  Is it not th
 e one who sits at table?  But I am among you as one who serves.\n\nYou are 
 those who have continued with me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as my
  Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my table
  in my kingdom\, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.\n\
 nSimon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demanded to have you\, that he might sift y
 ou like wheat\, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail\; an
 d when you have turned again\, strengthen your brethren."  And he said to h
 im\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."  He said\, 
 "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will not crow this day\, until you three tim
 es deny that you know me."\n\nAnd he said to them\, "When I sent you out wi
 th no purse or bag or sandals\, did you lack anything?"  They said\, "Nothi
 ng."  He said to them\, "But now\, let him who has a purse take it\, and li
 kewise a bag.  And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one.  F
 or I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me\, 'And he was rec
 koned with transgressors'\; for what is written about me has its fulfillmen
 t."  And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, here are two swords."  And he said to t
 hem\, "It is enough."\n\nAnd he came out\, and went\, as was his custom\, t
 o the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\; John the Hieromartyr\; Zacharias the N
 ew Martyr of Patra\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I
 I Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine 
 out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the kno
 wledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treas
 ure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God
  and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexe
 d\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down
 \, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so 
 that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we 
 live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the li
 fe of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in 
 us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had w
 ho wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak
 \, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus 
 and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so 
 that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\
 , to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great 
 multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre a
 nd Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and th
 ose who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd s
 ought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  An
 d he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\
 , for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for y
 ou shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh
 .  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile
  you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejo
 ice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in h
 eaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diodore\, Victor\, Victorinus\, and those with
  them\; Theodora the Righteous of Thessaloniki\; Agathopodes and Theodulos 
 the Martyrs\; George the new Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading
 : Isaiah 14:24-32\n The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so sh
 all it be\, and as I have purposed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break 
 the Assyrian in my land\, and upon my mountains trample him under foot\; an
 d his yoke shall depart from them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  T
 his is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth\; and this i
 s the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hos
 ts has purposed\, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and wh
 o will turn it back?  In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "R
 ejoice not\, O Philistia\, all of you\, that the rod which smote you is bro
 ken\, for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit 
 will be a flying serpent.  And the first-born of the poor will feed\, and t
 he needy lie down in safety\; but I will kill your root with famine\, and y
 our remnant I will slay.  Wail\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O P
 hilistia\, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north\, and there is no s
 traggler in his ranks."  What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
  "The LORD has founded Zion\, and in her the afflicted of his people find r
 efuge."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 8:21-9:7\n And when the LORD smel
 led the pleasing odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again cu
 rse the ground because of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil 
 from his youth\; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as
  I have done.  While the earth remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and he
 at\, summer and winter\, day and night\, shall not cease."  \n\n And God bl
 essed Noah and his sons\, and said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, an
 d fill the earth.  The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every
  beast of the earth\, and upon every bird of the air\, upon everything that
  creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea\; into your hand they are
  delivered.  Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you\; and as I
  gave you the green plants\, I give you everything.  Only you shall not eat
  flesh with its life\, that is\, its blood.  For your lifeblood I will sure
 ly require a reckoning\; of every beast I will require it and of man\; of e
 very man's brother I will require the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood
  of man\, by man shall his blood be shed\; for God made man in his own imag
 e.  And you\, be fruitful and multiply\, bring forth abundantly on the eart
 h and multiply in it."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 11:19-12:6\nHe wh
 o is steadfast in righteousness will live\, but he who pursues evil will di
 e.  Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the LORD\, but those of blam
 eless ways are his delight.  Be assured\, an evil man will not go unpunishe
 d\, but those who are righteous will be delivered.  Like a gold ring in a s
 wine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.  The desire of the ri
 ghteous ends only in good\; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.  One ma
 n gives freely\, yet grows all the richer\; another withholds what he shoul
 d give\, and only suffers want.  A liberal man will be enriched\, and one w
 ho waters will himself be watered.  The people curse him who holds back gra
 in\, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.  He who diligently 
 seeks good seeks favor\, but evil comes to him who searches for it.  He who
  trusts in his riches will wither\, but the righteous will flourish like a 
 green leaf.  He who troubles his household will inherit wind\, and the fool
  will be servant to the wise.  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life
 \, but lawlessness takes away lives.  If the righteous is requited on earth
 \, how much more the wicked and the sinner!  Whoever loves discipline loves
  knowledge\, but he who hates reproof is stupid.  A good man obtains favor 
 from the LORD\, but a man of evil devices he condemns.  A man is not establ
 ished by wickedness\, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.  A
  good wife is the crown of her husband\, but she who brings shame is like r
 ottenness in his bones.  The thoughts of the righteous are just\; the couns
 els of the wicked are treacherous.  The words of the wicked lie in wait for
  blood\, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthony the Great\; Anthony the New of Veria\; George the New Martyr o
 f Ioannina\; Theodosius the Emperor\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:27
 -30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me
  by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one kno
 ws the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal 
 him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you 
 rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowl
 y in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, 
 and my burden is light."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, o
 bey your leaders and submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over your 
 souls\, as men who will have to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, 
 and not sadly\, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, fo
 r we are sure that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably i
 n all things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may
  be restored to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought again
  from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the bl
 ood of the eternal covenant\, equip you with everything good that you may d
 o His will\, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, through J
 esus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great 
 crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and J
 erusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to b
 e healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spiri
 ts were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came fort
 h from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples
 \, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Bles
 sed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you 
 that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, a
 nd when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, 
 on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for
  behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\; The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Per
 sia\; Joseph the Sanctified\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:3-8\nTimothy\, my son\, I tha
 nk God whom I serve with a clear conscience\, as did my fathers\, when I re
 member you constantly in my prayers.  As I remember your tears\, I long nig
 ht and day to see you\, that I may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of yo
 ur sincere faith\, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and yo
 ur mother Eunice and now\, I am sure\, dwells in you.  Hence I remind you t
 o rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my h
 ands\; for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power a
 nd love and self-control.\n\nDo not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lo
 rd\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the 
 power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe L
 ord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I a
 lso will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies
  me before men\, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  H
 e who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who 
 loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does no
 t take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in re
 ply\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed you.  What then shall we h
 ave?"  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when
  the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me
  will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  An
 d every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother 
 or children or lands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, an
 d inherit eternal life.  But many that are first will be last\, and the las
 t first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Hut-Dweller\; Paul of Thebes\; Pansophios the Martyr of Alexa
 ndria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren
 \, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, go
 odness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is n
 o law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with 
 its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by t
 he Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no 
 envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, yo
 u who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to 
 yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fu
 lfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40\nThe Lord said\, 
 "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give yo
 u the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\; provide yourselves 
 with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasure in the heavens that does
  not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.  For where your
  treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  Let your loins be girded and
  your lamps burning\, and be like men who are waiting for their master to c
 ome home from the marriage feast\, so that they may open to him at once whe
 n he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom the master finds aw
 ake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird himself and have th
 em sit at table\, and he will come and serve them.  If he comes in the seco
 nd watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\, blessed are those servants
 !  But know this\, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief
  was coming\, he would not have left his house to be broken into.  You also
  must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201207
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Luke\; Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\;
  Nicholas the New Martyr of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins
  Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week\, at early dawn
 \, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spices which they had prepared. 
  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in
  they did not find the body.  While they were perplexed about this\, behold
 \, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened 
 and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you se
 ek the living among the dead?  Remember how he told you\, while he was stil
 l in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sin
 ful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise."  And they remember
 ed his words\, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven
  and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and Joanna and Mary the 
 mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the apostles
 \; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe t
 hem.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he s
 aw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had 
 happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\nBr
 ethren\, obey your leaders and submit to them\; for they are keeping watch 
 over your souls\, as men who will have to give account.  Let them do this j
 oyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray f
 or us\, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act h
 onorably in all things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order 
 that I may be restored to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who bro
 ught again from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\,
  by the blood of the eternal covenant\, equip you with everything good that
  you may do His will\, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight\,
  through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 13:10-17\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in one of the 
 synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of infirm
 ity for eighteen years\; she was bent over and could not fully straighten h
 erself. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and said to her\, "Woman\, y
 ou are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her\, and imm
 ediately she was made straight\, and she praised God. But the ruler of the 
 synagogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath\, said to the
  people\, "There are six days on which work ought to be done\; come on thos
 e days and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord answered 
 him\, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or 
 his donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water it? And ought not th
 is woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years\, be l
 oosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this\, all his adversa
 ries were put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious th
 ings that were done by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hesychius the Martyr\; Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas\; Joachim of Va
 topedi who was given the name Papoulakis\; Andronikos & Athanasia the Marty
 rs\; Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\; Euthalia the Virgin-Ma
 rtyr of Sicily\; Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and
  Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 3:12-21\nLet the nations best
 ir themselves\, and come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat\; for there I wil
 l sit to judge all the nations round about.\n\nPut in the sickle\, for the 
 harvest is ripe.  Go in\, tread\, for the wine press is full.  The vats ove
 rflow\, for their wickedness is great.\n\nMultitudes\, multitudes\, in the 
 valley of decision!  For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decis
 ion.  The sun and the moon are darkened\, and the stars withdraw their shin
 ing.\n\nAnd the Lord roars from Zion\, and utters his voice from Jerusalem\
 , and the heavens and the earth shake.  But the Lord is a refuge to his peo
 ple\, a stronghold to the people of Israel.\n\n"So you shall know that I am
  the Lord your God\, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mountain.  And Jerusalem s
 hall be holy and strangers shall never again pass through it.\n\n"And in th
 at day the mountains shall drip sweet wine\, and the hills shall flow with 
 milk\, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water\; and a fount
 ain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the valley of Shi
 ttim.\n\n"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness\, 
 for the violence done to the people of Judah\, because they have shed innoc
 ent blood in their land.  But Judah shall be inhabited for ever\, and Jerus
 alem to all generations.  I will avenge their blood\, and I will not clear 
 the guilty\, for the Lord dwells in Zion." \n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 
 2:12-26\n"Yet even now\," says the Lord\, "return to me with all your heart
 \, with fasting\, with weeping\, and with mourning\; and rend your hearts a
 nd not your garments."  Return to the Lord\, your God\, for he is gracious 
 and merciful\, slow to anger\, and abounding in steadfast love\, and repent
 s of evil.  Who knows whether he will not turn and repent\, and leave a ble
 ssing behind him\, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord\, yo
 ur God?\n\nBlow the trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fast\; call a solemn assem
 bly\; gather the people.  Sanctify the congregation\; assemble the elders\;
  gather the children\, even nursing infants.  Let the bridegroom leave his 
 room\, and the bride her chamber.\n\nBetween the vestibule and the altar le
 t the priests\, the ministers of the Lord\, weep and say\, "Spare thy peopl
 e\, O Lord\, and make not thy heritage a reproach\, a byword among the nati
 ons.  Why should they say among the peoples\, 'Where is their God?'"\n\nThe
 n the Lord became jealous for his land\, and had pity on his people.  The L
 ord answered and said to his people\, "Behold\, I am sending to you grain\,
  wine\, and oil\, and you will be satisfied\; and I will no more make you a
  reproach among the nations.\n\n"I will remove the northerner far from you\
 , and drive him into a parched and desolate land\, his front into the easte
 rn sea\, and his rear into the western sea\; the stench and foul smell of h
 im will rise\, for he has done great things.\n\n"Fear not\, O land\; be gla
 d and rejoice\, for the Lord has done great things!  Fear not\, you beasts 
 of the field\, for the pastures of the wilderness are green\; the tree bear
 s its fruit\, the fig tree and vine give their full yield.\n\n"Be glad\, O 
 sons of Zion\, and rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; for he has given the ea
 rly rain for your vindication\, he has poured down for you abundant rain\, 
 the early and the latter rain\, as before.\n\n"The threshing floors shall b
 e full of grain\, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  I will restor
 e to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten\, the hopper\, the d
 estroyer\, and the cutter\, my great army\, which I sent among you.\n\n"You
  shall eat in plenty and be satisfied\, and praise the name of the Lord you
 r God\, who has dealt wondrously with you.  And my people shall never again
  be put to shame."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Ca
 pito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius\; Lavrentios of Megara\, the 
 Righteous\; Paul the Simple\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah
  5:7-16\nThus says the Lord: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the h
 ouse of Israel\, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he lo
 oked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\
 , a cry!  Woe to those who join house to house\, who add field to field\, u
 ntil there is no more room\, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst o
 f the land.  The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many houses
  shall be desolate\, large and beautiful houses\, without inhabitant.  For 
 ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath\, and a homer of seed shall 
 yield but an ephah."  Woe to those who rise early in the morning\, that the
 y may run after strong drink\, who tarry late into the evening till wine in
 flames them!  They have lyre and harp\, timbrel and flute and wine at their
  feasts\; but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD\, or see the work of
  his hands.  Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge\; thei
 r honored men are dying of hunger\, and their multitude is parched with thi
 rst.  Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond
  measure\, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down\, her th
 rong and he who exults in her.  Man is bowed down\, and men are brought low
 \, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.  But the LORD of hosts is exalt
 ed in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Genesis 4:8-15\n Cain said to Abel his brother\, "Let 
 us go out to the field." And when they were in the field\, Cain rose up aga
 inst his brother Abel\, and killed him.  Then the LORD said to Cain\, "Wher
 e is Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do not know\; am I my brother's keepe
 r?"  And the LORD said\, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's b
 lood is crying to me from the ground.  And now you are cursed from the grou
 nd\, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your h
 and.  When you till the ground\, it shall no longer yield to you its streng
 th\; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."  Cain said to th
 e LORD\, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.  Behold\, thou hast dri
 ven me this day away from the ground\; and from thy face I shall be hidden\
 ; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth\, and whoever finds
  me will slay me."  Then the LORD said to him\, "Not so! If any one slays C
 ain\, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark o
 n Cain\, lest any who came upon him should kill him.\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Proverbs 5:1-15\nMy son\, be attentive to my wisdom\, incline your ear 
 to my understanding\; that you may keep discretion\, and your lips may guar
 d knowledge.  For the lips of a loose woman drip honey\, and her speech is 
 smoother than oil\; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood\, sharp as a t
 wo-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death\; her steps follow the path to S
 heol\; she does not take heed to the path of life\; her ways wander\, and s
 he does not know it.\n\n  And now\, O sons\, listen to me\, and do not depa
 rt from the words of my mouth.  Keep your way far from her\, and do not go 
 near the door of her house\; lest you give your honor to others and your ye
 ars to the merciless\; lest strangers take their fill of your strength\, an
 d your labors go to the house of an alien\; and at the end of your life you
  groan\, when your flesh and body are consumed\, and you say\, "How I hated
  discipline\, and my heart despised reproof!  I did not listen to the voice
  of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.  I was at the point of
  utter ruin in the assembled congregation."  Drink water from your own cist
 ern\, flowing water from your own well.\n\n
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 e\, Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\; Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:7-16\nBrethren\, welcome one anoth
 er\, as Christ has welcomed you\, for the glory of God. For I tell you that
  Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness\, in
  order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs\, and in order that 
 the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written\, "Therefore
  I will praise thee among the Gentiles\, and sing to thy name"\; and again 
 it is said\, "Rejoice\, O Gentiles\, with his people"\; and again\, "Praise
  the Lord\, all Gentiles\, and let all the peoples praise him"\; and furthe
 r Isaiah says\, "The root of Jesse shall come\, he who rises to rule the Ge
 ntiles\; in him shall the Gentiles hope." May the God of hope fill you with
  all joy and peace in believing\, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit y
 ou may abound in hope. I myself am satisfied about you\, my brethren\, that
  you yourselves are full of goodness\, filled with all knowledge\, and able
  to instruct one another. But on some points I have written to you very bol
 dly by way of reminder\, because of the grace given me by God to be a minis
 ter of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel o
 f God\, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable\, sanctified
  by the Holy Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:38-45\nAt that time\, th
 e scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus saying\, "Teacher\, we wish to see a 
 sign from you." But he answered them\, "An evil and adulterous generation s
 eeks for a sign\; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the p
 rophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of 
 the whale\, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the he
 art of the earth. The men of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with this g
 eneration and condemn it\; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah\, an
 d behold\, something greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South wil
 l arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it\; for she came 
 from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon\, and behold\, som
 ething greater than Solomon is here.\n\n"When the unclean spirit has gone o
 ut of a man\, he passes through waterless places seeking rest\, but he find
 s none. Then he says\, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And w
 hen he comes he finds it empty\, swept\, and put in order. Then he goes and
  brings with him seven other spirits more evil than himself\, and they ente
 r and dwell there\; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the f
 irst. So shall it be also with this evil generation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Nativity\; Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\; Our R
 ighteous Father Michael Syngellon the Confessor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose
  and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by
  themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very da
 y] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles fro
 m Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had h
 appened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself dr
 ew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. 
 And He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with
  each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of t
 hem\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
  who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And 
 He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus o
 f Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all t
 he people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be con
 demned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one t
 o redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since
  this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were a
 t the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came b
 ack saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He wa
 s alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it jus
 t as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, 
 "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have sp
 oken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and e
 nter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He i
 nterpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So 
 they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be g
 oing further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it i
 s toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with 
 them. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and 
 broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recogni
 zed Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Di
 d not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while H
 e opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned t
 o Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who wer
 e with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to S
 imon!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how He was known to
  them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:9-10\; 3
 2-40\nBRETHREN\, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise\, as in 
 a foreign land\, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of t
 he same promise.  For he looked forward to the city which has foundation\, 
 whose builder and maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time wou
 ld fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Sam
 uel and the prophets - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced just
 ice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fir
 e\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became m
 ighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight.  Women received their dead by 
 resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they 
 might rise again to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\,
  and even chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in tw
 o\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about i
 n skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom 
 the world was not worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in de
 ns and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by their
  faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen somethi
 ng better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 1:1-25\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, 
 the son of David\, the son of Abraham.\n\nAbraham was the father of Isaac\,
  and Isaac the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brot
 hers\, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and Perez the fat
 her of Hezron\, and Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the father of Ammi
 nadab\, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the father of Sal
 mon\, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the father of Obed 
 by Ruth\, and Obed the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father of David the 
 king.\n\nAnd David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah\, and Sol
 omon the father of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah\, and Abija
 h the father of Asa\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat t
 he father of Joram\, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father
  of Jotham\, and Jotham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the father of Hezekia
 h\, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the father of Amon\,
  and Amon the father of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his
  brothers\, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.\n\nAnd after the dep
 ortation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\, and Salathiel 
 the father of Zerubbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud\, and Abiud t
 he father of Eliakim\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and Azor the father
  of Zadok\, and Zadok the father of Achim\, and Achim the father of Eliud\,
  and Eliud the father of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of Matthan\, and 
 Matthan the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of
  Mary\, of whom Jesus was born\, who is called Christ.\n\nSo all the genera
 tions from Abraham to David were fourteen generations\, and from David to t
 he deportation to Babylon fourteen generations\, and from the deportation t
 o Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Chr
 ist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jose
 ph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy S
 pirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put her 
 to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, beh
 old\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, 
 son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is conce
 ived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall cal
 l his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this t
 ook place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a v
 irgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanuel
 " (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as the 
 angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not until
  she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\; Nicon\; Stylianos the Monk of Pa
 phlagonia\; Akakios of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder\; George the Ne
 w Martyr of Chios\; Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians 2:13-17\; 3:1-5\n
 Brethren\, we are bound to give thanks to God always for you\, brethren bel
 oved by the Lord\, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved\, t
 hrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he cal
 led you through our gospel\, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord J
 esus Christ. So then\, brethren\, stand firm and hold to the traditions whi
 ch you were taught by us\, either by word of mouth or by letter.\n\nNow may
  our Lord Jesus Christ himself\, and God our Father\, who loved us and gave
  us eternal comfort and good hope through grace\, comfort your hearts and e
 stablish them in every good work and word.\n\nFinally\, brethren\, pray for
  us\, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph\, as it did among 
 you\, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men\; for not all h
 ave faith. But the Lord is faithful\; he will strengthen you and guard you 
 from evil. And we have confidence in the Lord about you\, that you are doin
 g and will do the things which we command. May the Lord direct your hearts 
 to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 18:31-34\nAt that time\, Jesus\, taking his twelve disciples\, said to 
 them\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\, and everything that is writ
 ten of the Son of man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be 
 delivered to the Gentiles\, and will be mocked and shamefully treated and s
 pit upon\; they will scourge him and kill him\, and on the third day he wil
 l rise." But they understood none of these things\; this saying was hid fro
 m them\, and they did not grasp what was said.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)\; The Holy Apostles of the Seventy P
 hilemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and Onesimus\; Philothei the Righteous Marty
 r of Athens\; Niketas the Younger\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nW
 hen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first to Ma
 ry Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told th
 ose who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard t
 hat He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nA
 fter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking
  into the country. And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not 
 believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat a
 t table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, be
 cause they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He sa
 id to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole crea
 tion. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not b
 elieve will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe:
  in My name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; th
 ey will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not
  hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover.
 "\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up in
 to heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and 
 preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the mes
 sage by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians
  8:8-13\;9:1-2\nBrethren\, food will not commend us to God.  We are no wors
 e off if we do not eat\, and no better off if we do.  Only take care lest t
 his liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.  For if 
 any one sees you\, a man of knowledge\, at table in an idol's temple\, migh
 t he not be encouraged\, if his conscience is weak\, to eat food offered to
  idols?  And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed\, the brother 
 for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sinning against your brethren and wounding th
 eir conscience when it is weak\, you sin against Christ.  Therefore\, if fo
 od is a cause of my brother's falling\, I will never eat meat\, lest I caus
 e my brother to fall.\n\nAm I not free?  Am I not an apostle?  Have I not s
 een Jesus our Lord?  Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?  If to others 
 I am not an apostle\, at least I am to you\; for you are the seal of my apo
 stleship in the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:31-46\nThe Lord said\,
  "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him\,
  then he will sit on his glorious throne.  Before him will be gathered all 
 the nations\, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd sepa
 rates the sheep from the goats\, and he will place the sheep at his right h
 and\, but the goats at the left.  Then the king will say to those at his ri
 ght hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my Father\, inherit the kingdom prepared fo
 r you from the foundation of the world\; for I was hungry and you gave me f
 ood\, I was thirsty and you gave me drink\, I was a stranger and you welcom
 ed me\, I was naked and you clothed me\, I was sick and you visited me\, I 
 was in prison and you came to me.'  Then the righteous will answer him\, 'L
 ord\, when did we see you hungry and feed you\, or thirsty and give you dri
 nk?  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you\, or naked and clot
 he you?  And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'  And the
  King will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it to one of th
 e least of these my brethren\, you did it to me.'  Then he will say to thos
 e at his left hand\, 'Depart from me\, you cursed\, into the eternal fire p
 repared for the devil and his angels\; for I was hungry and you gave me no 
 food\, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink\, I was a stranger and you di
 d not welcome me\, naked and you did not clothe me\, sick and in prison and
  you did not visit me.'  Then they also will answer\, 'Lord\, when did we s
 ee you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison\, and 
 did not minister to you?'  Then he will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you
 \, as you did it not to one of the least of these\, you did it not to me.' 
  And they will go away into eternal punishment\, but the righteous into ete
 rnal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\; Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian
  the Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Marty
 r of Samaria\; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\; Paul\, J
 uliana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : II Corinthians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, having this ministry as we have receive
 d mercy\, we do not lose heart. We have renounced disgraceful\, underhanded
  ways\; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word\, but by
  the open statement of truth we would commend ourselves to every man's cons
 cience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled\, it is veiled
  only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has b
 linded the minds of the unbelievers\, to keep them from seeing the light of
  the gospel of the glory of Christ\, who is the likeness of God. For what w
 e preach is not ourselves\, but Jesus Christ as Lord\, with ourselves as yo
 ur servants for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who said\, "Let light shine 
 out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the kno
 wledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treas
 ure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God
  and not to us. We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed
 \, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\
 , but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so t
 hat the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we li
 ve we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life
  of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us\
 , but life in you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:13-28\nThe Lord said to hi
 s disciples\, "He who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of 
 the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to
  all nations\; and then the end will come.\n\n"So when you see the desolati
 ng sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (
 let the reader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mo
 untains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his
  house\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. 
 And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those 
 days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then 
 there will be great tribulation\, such as has not been from the beginning o
 f the world until now\, no\, and never will be. And if those days had not b
 een shortened\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of the ele
 ct those days will be shortened. Then if any one says to you\, 'Lo\, here i
 s the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and f
 alse prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead a
 stray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\,
  if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if t
 hey say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the l
 ightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the
  coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be 
 gathered together."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Luke\; Sabbas the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Diogenes\; P
 hilotheos the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast D
 ay (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath w
 as past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\, boug
 ht spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And very early on the 
 first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And th
 ey were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from t
 he door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled 
 back\, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man
  sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed
 .  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, w
 ho was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where they
  laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before y
 ou to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you."  And they went ou
 t and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon the
 m\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\
 , joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\
 , self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Chr
 ist Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we li
 ve by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-con
 ceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if
  a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore 
 him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.
   Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 13:10-17\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in one of the syn
 agogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity
  for eighteen years\; she was bent over and could not fully straighten hers
 elf. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and said to her\, "Woman\, you 
 are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her\, and immedi
 ately she was made straight\, and she praised God. But the ruler of the syn
 agogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath\, said to the pe
 ople\, "There are six days on which work ought to be done\; come on those d
 ays and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him
 \, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his
  donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this 
 woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years\, be loos
 ed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this\, all his adversarie
 s were put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious thing
 s that were done by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\; Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas o
 f Philadelphia\; Anastasia the Serbian\; Alban the Protomartyr of Britain\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:22-27\nBrethren\, we
  know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until n
 ow\; and not only the creation\, but we ourselves\, who have the first frui
 ts of the Spirit\, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons\, the red
 emption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is see
 n is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we d
 o not see\, we wait for it with patience.\n\nLikewise the Spirit helps us i
 n our weakness\; for we do not know how to pray as we ought\, but the Spiri
 t himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. And he who searc
 hes the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 10:23-31\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "When the
 y persecute you in one town\, flee to the next\; for truly\, I say to you\,
  you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of m
 an comes. A disciple is not above his teacher\, nor a servant above his mas
 ter\; it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher\, and the servan
 t like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul\, 
 how much more will they malign those of his household. So have no fear of t
 hem\; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed\, or hidden that wil
 l not be known. What I tell you in the dark\, utter in the light\; and what
  you hear whispered\, proclaim upon the housetops. And do not fear those wh
 o kill the body but cannot kill the soul\; rather fear him who can destroy 
 both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And n
 ot one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will. But even
  the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not\, therefore\; you are of
  more value than many sparrows."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of the
  Lord\; Eulogios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts o
 f the Apostles 3:19-26\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent 
 and turn again\, that your sins may be blotted out\, that times of refreshi
 ng may come from the presence of the Lord\, and that he may send the Christ
  appointed for you\, Jesus\, whom heaven must receive until the time for es
 tablishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old
 . Moses said\, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your bret
 hren as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. 
 And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall 
 be destroyed from the people.' And all the prophets who have spoken\, from 
 Samuel and those who came afterwards\, also proclaimed these days. You are 
 the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers
 \, saying to Abraham\, 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the
  earth be blessed.' God\, having raised up his servant\, sent him to you fi
 rst\, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness."\n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 2:1-11\nAt that time\, there was a wedding at Cana in Ga
 lilee\, and the mother of Jesus was there\; Jesus also was invited to the w
 edding\, with his disciples. When the wine gave out\, the mother of Jesus s
 aid to him\, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her\, "O woman\, what h
 ave you to do with me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the se
 rvants\, "Do whatever he tells you." Now six stone jars were standing there
 \, for the Jewish rites of purification\, each holding twenty or thirty gal
 lons. Jesus said to them\, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them
  up to the brim. He said to them\, "Now draw some out\, and take it to the 
 steward of the feast." So they took it. When the steward of the feast taste
 d the water now become wine\, and did not know where it came from (though t
 he servants who had drawn the water knew)\, the steward of the feast called
  the bridegroom and said to him\, "Every man serves the good wine first\; a
 nd when men have drunk freely\, then the poor wine\; but you have kept the 
 good wine until now." This\, the first of his signs\, Jesus did at Cana in 
 Galilee\, and manifested his glory\; and his disciples believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\; Constantine the New Martyr of
  Cyprus\; Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\; Germanus\, Bishop of t
 he Isle of Man\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren
 \, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has 
 appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\,
  then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speak
 ers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are
  all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do
  all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the highe
 r gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in th
 e tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a
  clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all myst
 eries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountai
 ns\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if 
 I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love i
 s patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant o
 r rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resent
 ful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears 
 all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. L
 ove never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus
  called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean sp
 irits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  
 These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentile
 s\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep o
 f the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of hea
 ven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast ou
 t demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/31/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\; Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\; 
 Eudocimus the Righteous of Cappadocia\; Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of V
 atopaidi\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:1-5\nBrethren\, I am speaking the tru
 th in Christ\, I am not lying\; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy 
 Spirit\, that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I 
 could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake
  of my brethren\, my kinsmen by race. They are Israelites\, and to them bel
 ong the patriarchs\, and of their race\, according to the flesh\, is the Ch
 rist\, who is God over all\, blessed for ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 9:18-26\nAt that time\, a ruler came in and knelt before Jesus\, sayin
 g\, "My daughter has just died\; but come and lay your hand on her\, and sh
 e will live." And Jesus rose and followed him\, with his disciples. And beh
 old\, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up b
 ehind him and touched the fringe of his garment\; for she said to herself\,
  "If I only touch his garment\, I shall be made well." Jesus turned\, and s
 eeing her he said\, "Take heart\, daughter\; your faith has made you well."
  And instantly the woman was made well. And when Jesus came to the ruler's 
 house\, and saw the flute players\, and the crowd making a tumult\, he said
 \, "Depart\; for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at hi
 m. But when the crowd had been put outside\, he went in and took her by the
  hand\, and the girl arose. And the report of this went through all that di
 strict.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasius of Mount Athos\; Righteous Father Lampadus the Wonderworker
 \; Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monastery\; Uncovering of the
  Holy Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spir
 it is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, 
 gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who be
 long to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires
 .  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have 
 no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Br
 ethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual shou
 ld restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too 
 be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All
  things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son e
 xcept the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one t
 o whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are h
 eavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn f
 rom me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for yo
 ur souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\; Holy Martyr Philetaerus\; Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1
 :5-14\nTitus\, my son\, appoint elders in every town as I directed you\, if
  any man is blameless\, the husband of one wife\, and his children are beli
 evers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate. For 
 a bishop\, as God's steward\, must be blameless\; he must not be arrogant o
 r quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain\, but hospitab
 le\, a lover of goodness\, master of himself\, upright\, holy\, and self-co
 ntrolled\; he must hold firm to the sure word as taught\, so that he may be
  able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who c
 ontradict it. For there are many insubordinate men\, empty talkers and dece
 ivers especially the circumcision party\; they must be silenced\, since the
 y are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no 
 right to teach. One of themselves\, a prophet of their own\, said\, "Cretan
 s are always liars\, evil beasts\, lazy gluttons." This testimony is true. 
 Therefore rebuke them sharply\, that they may be sound in the faith\, inste
 ad of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the trut
 h.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:24-32\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "How 
 hard it will be for these who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! It i
 s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man 
 to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished\, and sa
 id to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "With 
 men it is impossible\, but not with God\; for all things are possible with 
 God." Peter began to say to him\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followe
 d you." Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no one who has left h
 ouse or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands\, for 
 my sake and for the gospel\, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this
  time\, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands\
 , with persecutions\, and in the age to come eternal life. But many that ar
 e first will be last\, and the last first." And they were on the road\, goi
 ng up to Jerusalem\, and Jesus was walking ahead of them\; and they were am
 azed\, and those who followed were afraid.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Kyriake the Great Martyr\; Thomas the Righteous of Malea\; Akakios of 
 Sinai\; Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined u
 nder the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that
  the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified b
 y faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\;
  for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many o
 f you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew
  nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor fe
 male\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then 
 you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the h
 eir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is t
 he owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until t
 he date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were sla
 ves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully c
 ome\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to re
 deem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as so
 ns.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed 
 Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of b
 lood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, a
 nd had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. Sh
 e had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd a
 nd touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I sh
 all be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in 
 her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in hims
 elf that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the cr
 owd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\,
  "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me
 ?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing wh
 at had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before h
 im\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your fa
 ith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; Elizabeth\, Mother of th
 e Forerunner\; Athanasios Parios\; Panagiotis the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt t
 hat time\, Elizabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for five month
 s hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he 
 looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the time came for E
 lizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors a
 nd kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rej
 oiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; a
 nd they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his mother sa
 id\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "None of yo
 ur kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his father\, inq
 uiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, a
 nd wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immediately his m
 outh was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fe
 ar came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about thro
 ugh all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in 
 their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the
  Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spiri
 t\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he h
 as visited and redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be called the p
 rophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his wa
 ys." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wil
 derness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ro
 mans 13:11-14\;14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when w
 e first believed\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then
  cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us cond
 uct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, 
 not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But
  put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gr
 atify its desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, b
 ut not for disputes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, whil
 e the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who 
 abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for
  God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of anot
 her?  It is before his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be 
 upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:1-25
 \, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nInasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative
  of the things which have been accomplished among us\, just as they were de
 livered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministe
 rs of the word\, it seemed good to me also\, having followed all things clo
 sely for some time past\, to write an orderly account for you\, most excell
 ent Theophilos\, that you may know the truth concerning the things of which
  you have been informed. In the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a
  priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of 
 the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both rig
 hteous before God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the L
 ord blameless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and b
 oth were advanced in years. Now while he was serving as priest before God w
 hen his division was on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, 
 it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And
  the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of ince
 nse. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right s
 ide of the altar of incense. And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, a
 nd fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zach
 arias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a 
 son\, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness\
 , and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lord
 \, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled with
  the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of th
 e sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the s
 pirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the childr
 en\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the 
 Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I kno
 w this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the an
 gel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and 
 I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\, 
 you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come
  to pass\, because you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled i
 n their time." And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wondere
 d at his delay in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to 
 them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he 
 made signs to them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was ende
 d\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\,
  and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to 
 me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." 
 Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a s
 on. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great merc
 y to her\, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to c
 ircumcise the child\; and they would have named him Zacharias after his fat
 her\, but his mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they sa
 id to her\, "None of your kindred is called by this name." And they made si
 gns to his father\, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked f
 or a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled
 . And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke
 \, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things
  were talked about through all the hill country of Judea\; and all who hear
 d them laid them up in their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child b
 e?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. \n\nAnd his father Zacharias was
  filled with the Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lo
 rd God of Israel\, for he has visited and redeemed his people. And you\, ch
 ild\, will be called the prophet of the Most High\; for you will go before 
 the Lord to prepare his ways." And the child grew and became strong in spir
 it\, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Isra
 el.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Matthias  \; Anthony the Martyr of Alexandria\; After
 feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Constant
 ine\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolita
 n of Rhodes\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn tho
 se days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\,
  which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\; and when they had
  entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter
  and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthe
 w\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of Jam
 es. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with 
 the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his brothers.\n\nIn those
  days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all 
 about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the scripture had to b
 e fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\
 , concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was nu
 mbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this ministry. "So one of t
 he men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went
  in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of John until the day whe
 n he was taken up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness
  to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabba
 s\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they prayed and said\, "Lor
 d\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one of these two thou ha
 st chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Jud
 as turned aside\, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them\, an
 d the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:1-6\nAt that time\, the Pharisees and Sadduce
 es came to Jesus and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from he
 aven. He answered them\, "When it is evening\, you say\, 'It will be fair w
 eather\; for the sky is red.' And in the morning\, 'It will be stormy today
 \, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appea
 rance of the sky\, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil
  and adulterous generation seeks for a sign\, but no sign shall be given to
  it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.\n\nWhen the di
 sciples reached the other side\, they had forgotten to bring any bread. Jes
 us said to them\, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and 
 Sadducees."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Epiphany\; Gregory of Nyssa\; Dometian\, Bishop of Melite
 ne\; Theosebia the Deaconess\, sister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa
 \; Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Marki
 anos\, Priest and Oikonomos of the Great Church\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the 
 doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came
  and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had s
 aid this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the disciples were 
 glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you
 .  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had said t
 his\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If
  you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins o
 f any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the 
 Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him:
  "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands t
 he print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and 
 place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his 
 disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors we
 re shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with yo
 u."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; an
 d put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but b
 elieving."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\,
  "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have n
 ot seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence
  of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these are writ
 ten that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and th
 at believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4
 :7-13\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of
  Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he ascended on high he led a h
 ost of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He ascended\," w
 hat does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the
  earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens\
 , that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be ap
 ostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, to 
 equip the saints for the work of ministry\, for building up the body of Chr
 ist\, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of
  the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of the stature of the 
 fullness of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:12-17\nAt that time\, when
  Jesus heard that John had been arrested\, he withdrew into Galilee\; and l
 eaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea\, in the territor
 y of Zebulun and Naphtali\, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah migh
 t be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\, toward the 
 sea\, across the Jordan\, Galilee of the Gentiles\, the people who sat in d
 arkness have seen a great light\, and for those who sat in the region and s
 hadow of death light has dawned."  From that time Jesus began to preach\, s
 aying\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. John Climacus\; Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medi
 cium\; Joseph the Hymnographer\; Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nFast Da
 y (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that t
 ime\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to 
 look into the tomb\; and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the bo
 dy of Jesus had lain\, one at the head and one at the feet.  They said to h
 er\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have 
 taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him."  Saying t
 his\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that i
 t was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you
  seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you
  have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take 
 Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Hebr
 ew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me
 \, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to my brethren and sa
 y to them\, I am ascending to my Father and your Father\, to my God and you
 r God."  Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the L
 ord"\; and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Hebrews 6:13-20\nBRETHREN\, when God made a promise to Abraham\, si
 nce he had no one greater by whom to swear\, he swore to himself\, saying\,
  "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham\, having pati
 ently endured\, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than th
 emselves\, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So 
 when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the 
 unchangeable character of his purpose\, he interposed with an oath\, so tha
 t through two unchangeable things\, in which it is impossible that God shou
 ld prove false\, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragemen
 t to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anc
 hor of the soul\, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curta
 in\, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf\, having become a h
 igh priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: Mar
 k 9:17-31\nAt that time\, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher
 \, I brought my son to you\, for he has a dumb spirit\; and wherever it sei
 zes him it dashes him down\; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes 
 rigid\; and I asked your disciples to cast it out\, and they were not able.
 " And he answered them\, "O faithless generation\, how long am I to be with
  you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought th
 e boy to him\; and when the spirit saw him\, immediately it convulsed the b
 oy\, and he fell on the ground and rolled about\, foaming at the mouth. And
  Jesus asked his father\, "How long has he had this?" And he said\, "From c
 hildhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water\, to d
 estroy him\; but if you can do anything\, have pity on us and help us." And
  Jesus said to him\, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believ
 es." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said\, "I believe\; 
 help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together\, 
 he rebuked the unclean spirit\, saying to it\, "You dumb and deaf spirit\, 
 I command you\, come out of him\, and never enter him again." And after cry
 ing out and convulsing him terribly\, it came out\, and the boy was like a 
 corpse\; so that most of them said\, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by th
 e hand and lifted him up\, and he arose. And when he had entered the house\
 , his disciples asked him privately\, "Why could we not cast it out?" And h
 e said to them\, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and
  fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would
  not have any one know it\; for he was teaching his disciples\, saying to t
 hem\, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men\, and they wi
 ll kill him\; and when he is killed\, after three days he will rise."\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\; Andonina the New Mar
 tyr\; David the Archbishop\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 2:18-29\;3:1-8\nBreth
 ren\, it is the last hour\; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming
 \, so now many antichrists have come\; therefore we know that it is the las
 t hour.  They went out from us\, but they were not of us\; for if they had 
 been of us\, they would have continued with us\; but they went out\, that i
 t might be plain that they all are not of us.  But you have been anointed b
 y the Holy One\, and you all know that I write to you\, not because you do 
 not know the truth\, but because you know it\, and know that no lie is of t
 he truth.  Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  Thi
 s is the antichrist\, he who denies the Father and the Son.  No one who den
 ies the Son has the Father.  He who confesses the Son has the Father also. 
  Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.  If what you heard fro
 m the beginning abides in you\, then you will abide in the Son and in the F
 ather.  And this is what he has promised us\, eternal life.\n\nI write this
  to you about those who would deceive you\; but the anointing which you rec
 eived from him abides in you\, and you have no need that any one should tea
 ch you\; as his anointing teaches you about everything\, and is true\, and 
 is no lie\, just as it has taught you\, abide in him.\n\nAnd now\, little c
 hildren\, abide in him\, so that when he appears we may have confidence and
  not shrink from him in shame at his coming.  If you know that he is righte
 ous\, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.\n\nSee 
 what love the Father has given us\, that we should be called children of Go
 d\; and so we are.  The reason why the world does not know us is that it di
 d not know him.  Beloved\, we are God's children now\; it does not yet appe
 ar what we shall be\, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him
 \, for we shall see him as he is.  And every one who thus hopes in him puri
 fies himself as he is pure.\n\nEvery one who commits sin is guilty of lawle
 ssness\; sin is lawlessness.  You know that he appeared to take away sins\,
  and in him there is no sin.  No one who abides in him sins\; no one who si
 ns has either seen him or known him.  Little children\, let no one deceive 
 you.  He who does right is righteous\, as he is righteous.  He who commits 
 sin is of the devil\; for the devil has sinned from the beginning.  The rea
 son the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: Mark 11:1-11\nAt that time\, Jesus drew near to Jerusalem\, to 
 Bethsphage and Bethany\, at the Mount of Olives\, and he sent two of his di
 sciples\, and said to them\, "Go into the village opposite you\, and immedi
 ately as you enter it you will find a colt tied\, on which no one has ever 
 sat\; untie it and bring it.  If any one says to you\, 'Why are you doing t
 his?' say\, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately
 .'"  And they went away\, and found a colt tied at the door out in the open
  street\; and they untied it.  And those who stood there said to them\, "Wh
 at are you doing\, untying the colt?"  And they told them what Jesus had sa
 id\; and they let them go.  And they brought the colt to Jesus\, and threw 
 their garments on it\; and he sat upon it.  And many spread their garments 
 on the road\, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the 
 fields.  And those who went before and those who followed cried out\, "Hosa
 nna!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!  Blessed is the king
 dom of our father David that is coming!  Hosanna in the highest!"  And he e
 ntered Jerusalem\, and went into the temple\; and when he had looked round 
 at everything\, as it was already late\, he went out to Bethany with the tw
 elve disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Luke\; Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\; Domnina the Marty
 r and her daughters\; John the Hermit\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-
 53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, stood in the midst 
 of his disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled 
 and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\,
  "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See m
 y hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit
  has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this\, h
 e showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for 
 joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" The
 y gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n\
 nThen he said to them\, "These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I 
 was still with you\, that everything written about me in the law of Moses a
 nd the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their mind
 s to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, t
 hat the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and 
 that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to a
 ll nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. A
 nd behold\, I send the promise of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city
 \, until you are clothed with power from on high."\n\nThen he led them out 
 as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed them. While he bl
 essed them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they
  worshiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were c
 ontinually in the temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Secon
 d Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18\; 7:1\nBrethren\, you are the temple of
  the living God\; as God said\, "I will live in them and move among them\, 
 and I will be their God\, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out f
 rom them\, and be separate from them\, says the Lord\, and touch nothing un
 clean\; then I will welcome you\, and I will be a father to you\, and you s
 hall be my sons and daughters\, says the Lord Almighty."\n\nSince we have t
 hese promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of
  body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 6:31-36\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish that men would do to yo
 u\, do so to them. If you love those who love you\, what credit is that to 
 you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those
  who do good to you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the s
 ame. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive\, what credit i
 s that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, to receive as much again. But
  love your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, expecting nothing in return\;
  and your reward will be great\, and you will be sons of the Most High\; fo
 r he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful\, even as your 
 Father is merciful."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of Orthodoxy\; Conon the Gardener\; Parthenios the New Martyr w
 ho contested in Didymoteichos\; Mark the Ascetic\; Righteous Father Mark of
  Athens\; John the Bulgarian\; Mark the Faster\; George the New-Martyr of R
 apsani\; Eulogios the Martyr\; Eulabios the Martyr\; Conon the Isaurian\; A
 rchelaos the Martyr of Egypt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tom
 b\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and h
 e went home wondering at what had happened. That very day] two of them were
  going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and t
 alking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they
  were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went wi
 th them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them
 \, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you 
 walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas
 \, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know 
 the things that have happened there in these days?" And He said to them\, "
 What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who wa
 s a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how
  our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death\, a
 nd crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Ye
 s\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Mor
 eover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in
  the morning and did not find His body\; and they came back saying that the
 y had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of th
 ose who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had 
 said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, an
 d slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it ne
 cessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into this glor
 y?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted to them 
 in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So they drew near to t
 he village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but 
 they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening an
 d the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He was a
 t table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave
  it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; and He va
 nished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts bu
 rn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to us the 
 scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and t
 hey found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who s
 aid\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they to
 ld what had happened on the road and how He was known to them in the breaki
 ng of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:24-26\,32-40\nBrethren\, by
  faith Moses\, when he was grown up\, refused to be called the son of Phara
 oh's daughter\, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of G
 od than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffere
 d for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt\, for he looked
  to the reward.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fail me to te
 ll of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prop
 hets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received 
 promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the
  edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, 
 put foreign enemies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurrection. 
  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise aga
 in to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chai
 ns and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were 
 killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, desti
 tute\, afflicted\, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wande
 ring over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAn
 d all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what wa
 s promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart fr
 om us they should not be made perfect. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt
  that time\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said 
 to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew a
 nd Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him
  of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\,
  the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out o
 f Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael com
 ing to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is n
 o guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered hi
 m\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw yo
 u."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the
  King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you 
 under the fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall see greater things than the
 se."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see hea
 ven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of
  man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\; Cyril\, Equal-to-the-Apostles 
 & Teacher of the Slavs\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth\; Abraham\, Bis
 hop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:2
 0-21\;2:1-9\nBeloved\, first of all you must understand this\, that no prop
 hecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation\, because no prop
 hecy ever came by the impulse of man\, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spo
 ke from God.\n\nBut false prophets also arose among the people\, just as th
 ere will be false teachers among you\, who will secretly bring in destructi
 ve heresies\, even denying the Master who bought them\, bringing upon thems
 elves swift destruction.  And many will follow their licentiousness\, and b
 ecause of them the way of truth will be reviled.  And in their greed they w
 ill exploit you with false words\; from of old their condemnation has not b
 een idle\, and their destruction has not been asleep.\n\nFor if God did not
  spare the angels when they sinned\, but cast them into hell and committed 
 them to pits of nether gloom to be kept until the judgment\; if he did not 
 spare the ancient world\, but preserved Noah\, a herald of righteousness\, 
 with seven other persons\, when he brought a flood upon the world of the un
 godly\; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemne
 d them to extinction and made them an example to those who were to be ungod
 ly\; and if he rescued righteous Lot\, greatly distressed by the licentious
 ness of the wicked (for by what that righteous man saw and heard as he live
 d among them\, he was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their 
 lawless deeds)\, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial\, a
 nd to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Mark 13:9-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Take heed to
  yourselves\; for they will deliver you up to councils\; and you will be be
 aten in synagogues\; and you will stand before governors and kings for my s
 ake\, to bear testimony before them. And the gospel must first be preached 
 to all nations. And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up\, do no
 t be anxious beforehand what you are to say\; but say whatever is given you
  in that hour\, for it is not you who speak\, but the Holy Spirit. And brot
 her will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and child
 ren will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be 
 hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be save
 d."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn\; Symeon the Holy Martyr and B
 ishop of Persia\; Makarios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Agapetos of Rome\; Hadrian
  the New-Martyr\; Donnan\, Abbot of Eigg\, and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\
 nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHRE
 N\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary
 . For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and
  the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Beh
 ind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the 
 golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides wi
 th gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod 
 that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim o
 f glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak i
 n detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continu
 ally into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the se
 cond only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without t
 aking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went wi
 th haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the h
 ouse of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greet
 ing of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with t
 he Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among w
 omen\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, 
 that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice o
 f your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And b
 lessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was sp
 oken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lor
 d\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low e
 state of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call 
 me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy i
 s his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned t
 o her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost\; Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the
  Martyrs of Syria\; Leontios the Myrrh-Streamer of Argos\; Aitherios the Ma
 rtyr of Nicomedia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:7-12\nBrethren\
 , grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Fir
 st\, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you\, because your fait
 h is proclaimed in all the world. For God is my witness\, whom I serve with
  my spirit in the gospel of his Son\, that without ceasing I mention you al
 ways in my prayers\, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last su
 cceed in coming to you. For I long to see you\, that I may impart to you so
 me spiritual gift to strengthen you\, that is\, that we may be mutually enc
 ouraged by each other's faith\, both yours and mine.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 5:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Give to him who begs from you\, and do not r
 efuse him who would borrow from you. You have heard that it was said\, 'You
  shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you\, Love you
 r enemies and pray for those who persecute you\, so that you may be sons of
  your Father who is in heaven\; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and o
 n the good\, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love 
 those who love you\, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors d
 o the same? And if you salute only your brethren\, what more are you doing 
 than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You\, therefore\, must b
 e perfect\, as your heavenly Father is perfect."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14th Sunday of Luke\; Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\; Vavylas the Holy Mar
 tyr\; Xenia of St. Petersburg\, Fool-for-Christ\; Philo the Wonderworker\, 
 Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from
  the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love
  me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love yo
 u."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you kno
 w that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the 
 third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved bec
 ause he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\
 , "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to h
 im\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, 
 you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you
  will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you wher
 e you do not wish to go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to gl
 orify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned a
 nd saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to
  his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to
  betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about t
 his man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I com
 e\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the bre
 thren that this disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that 
 he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, wh
 at is that to you?"  This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these t
 hings\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony i
 s true.  But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every 
 one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not conta
 in the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:
 15-17\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance\
 , that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.  And I am the fore
 most of sinners\; but I received mercy for this reason\, that in me\, as th
 e foremost\, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example
  to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.  To the King of ages
 \, immortal\, invisible\, the only God\, be honor and glory to the ages of 
 ages.  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus drew
  near to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging\; and he
 aring a multitude going by\, he inquired what this meant. They told him\, "
 Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried\, "Jesus\, Son of David\, ha
 ve mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him\, telling him to b
 e silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of David\, have mercy on me
 !" And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to be brought to him\; and when he
  came near\, he asked him\, "What do you want me to do for you?" He said\, 
 "Lord\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him\, "Receive your sig
 ht\; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight a
 nd followed him\, glorifying God\; and all the people\, when they saw it\, 
 gave praise to God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Matthew\; Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotoko
 s\; Olympias the Deaconess\; Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\; Gr
 egory Kallidis\, Metropolitan of Heraclea\; Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical 
 Council in Constantinople (553)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt
  that time\, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven
  miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things 
 that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus 
 himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recogni
 zing him. And he said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are ho
 lding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then 
 one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visitor to J
 erusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these day
 s?" And he said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning
  Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God a
 nd all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up t
 o be condemned to death\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was t
 he one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third d
 ay since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. The
 y were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body\; and the
 y came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said th
 at he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and foun
 d it just as the women had said\; but him they did not see." And he said to
  them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets
  have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these thin
 gs and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets
 \, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himse
 lf.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appear
 ed to be going further\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\
 , for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to 
 stay with them. When he was at table with them\, he took the bread and bles
 sed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and th
 ey recognized him\; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each o
 ther\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road
 \, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and 
 returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and tho
 se who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has app
 eared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road\, and how he 
 was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatia
 ns 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a f
 ree woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the s
 on of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women 
 are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\;
  she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the 
 present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusa
 lem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O
  barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in 
 travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the child
 ren of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:28-34\; 9:1\nAt t
 hat time\, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes\, two demoniacs
  met him\, coming out of the tombs\, so fierce that no one would pass that 
 way. And behold\, they cried out\, "What have you to do with us\, O Son of 
 God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many 
 swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him\, "
 If you cast us out\, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to t
 hem\, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine\; and behold\, the who
 le herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea\, and perished in the water
 s. The herdsmen fled\, and going into the city they told everything\, and w
 hat had happened to the demoniacs. And behold\, all the city came out to me
 et Jesus\; and when they saw him\, they begged him to leave their neighborh
 ood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-
 Virgin Mary\; Autonomos the Martyr\; Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconi
 um\; Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\; Daniel of 
 Thassos\; Julian the Martyr\; Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: II Corinthians 12:10-19\nBrethren\, for the sake of Christ I 
 am content with weaknesses\, insults\, hardships\, persecutions\, and calam
 ities\; for when I am weak\, then I am strong.\n\nI have been a fool! You f
 orced me to it\, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not a
 t all inferior to these superlative apostles\, even though I am nothing. Th
 e signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience\, with s
 igns and wonders and mighty works. For in what were you less favored than t
 he rest of the churches\, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive 
 me this wrong!\n\nHere for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I 
 will not be a burden\, for I seek not what is yours but you\; for children 
 ought not to lay up for their parents\, but parents for their children. I w
 ill most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more\,
  am I to be loved the less? But granting that I myself did not burden you\,
  I was crafty\, you say\, and got the better of you by guile. Did I take ad
 vantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you? I urged Titus to go
 \, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we n
 ot act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?\n\nHave you been
  thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is
  in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ\, and all for you
 r upbuilding\, beloved.\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, th
 e chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What a
 re we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, e
 very one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both ou
 r place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest t
 hat year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand 
 that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people\, and t
 hat the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of his own acc
 ord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die f
 or the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the ch
 ildren of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took couns
 el how to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer went about openly 
 among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wilderness\, t
 o a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\; Removal
  of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the discip
 les after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\
 , son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lo
 rd\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second 
 time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to hi
 m\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my shee
 p." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"
  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?
 " And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love y
 ou." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, whe
 n you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but whe
 n you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you
  and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what 
 death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." 
 Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had
  lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it th
 at is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\,
  what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain
  until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad a
 mong the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say
  to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain unt
 il I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witne
 ss to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that hi
 s testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\;
  were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself cou
 ld not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I
  John 4:12-19\nNo man has ever seen God\; if we love one another\, God abid
 es in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in 
 him and he in us\, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have s
 een and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world
 . Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God\, God abides in him\, and 
 he in God. So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love\, an
 d he who abides in love abides in God\, and God abides in him. In this is l
 ove perfected with us\, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment
 \, because as he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love\, but
  perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment\, and he w
 ho fears is not perfected in love. We love\, because he first loved us.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 19:25-27\; 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cr
 oss of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of C
 lopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple wh
 om he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your 
 son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that 
 hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is bea
 ring witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we kn
 ow that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which J
 esus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world 
 itself could not contain the books that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\; Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 7:35-40\;8:1-7\nBrethren\, I a
 m speaking for your own benefit\, not to lay any restraint upon you\, but t
 o promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. If 
 any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his virgin\, if his 
 passions are strong\, and it has to be\, let him do as he wishes: let them 
 marry - it is not sin. But whoever is firmly established in his heart\, bei
 ng under no necessity but having his desire under control\, and has determi
 ned this in his heart\, to keep her as his virgin\, he will do well. So tha
 t he who married his virgin does well\; and he who refrains from marriage w
 ill do better. A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If the h
 usband dies\, she is free to be married to whom she wishes\, only in the Lo
 rd. But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think
  that I have the Spirit of God.\n\nNow concerning food offered to idols: we
  know that "all of us possess knowledge." "Knowledge" puffs up\, but love b
 uilds up. If any one imagines that he knows something\, he does not yet kno
 w as he ought to know. But if one loves God\, one is known by him. Hence\, 
 as to the eating of food offered to idols\, we know that "an idol has no re
 al existence\," and that "there is no God but one." For although there may 
 be so-called gods in heaven or on earth as indeed there are many "gods" and
  many "lords" - yet for us there is one God\, the Father\, from whom are al
 l things and for whom we exist\, and one Lord\, Jesus Christ\, through whom
  are all things and through whom we exist. However\, not all possess this k
 nowledge. But some\, though being hitherto accustomed to idols\, eat food a
 s really offered to an idol\; and their conscience\, being weak is defiled.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:29-31\nAt that time\, Jesus passed along the
  Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain\, and sat down there. And g
 reat crowds came to him\, bringing with them the lame\, the maimed\, the bl
 ind\, the dumb\, and many others\, and they put them at his feet\, and he h
 ealed them\, so that the throng wondered\, when they saw the dumb speaking\
 , the maimed whole\, the lame walking\, and the blind seeing\; and they glo
 rified the God of Israel.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Monday\; George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\; The Holy Mar
 tyrs Timothy and Maura\; Peter the Wonderworker\; Xenia of Kalamata the Gre
 at Martyr\; Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\; Ahmet the Calli
 grapher & Martyr\; Theophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\; Oikoumenios the Wond
 erworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:
 12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their h
 ands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and pri
 sons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sak
 e. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in yo
 ur minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a
  mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstan
 d or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and 
 kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be 
 hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. B
 y your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-1
 1\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belong
 ed to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and 
 when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. T
 his was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, h
 e put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard
  him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Pete
 r was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Ch
 urch.\n\nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was s
 leeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before 
 the door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appea
 red\, and a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and w
 oke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And
  the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And h
 e went out and followed him\; he did not know that what was done by the ang
 el was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the 
 first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the ci
 ty. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on t
 hrough one street\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to h
 imself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and res
 cued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were exp
 ecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the on
 ly-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known
 .\n\nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Lev
 ites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not d
 eny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What the
 n? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he ans
 wered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer f
 or those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the 
 voice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\
 ,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNow they had been sent from the Pharisee
 s. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Ch
 rist\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with 
 water\; but among you stands one whom you do not know\, even he who comes a
 fter me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took pl
 ace in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, where John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Maximus the Confessor\; Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\; Martyrs Neoph
 ytos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximus the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Philippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to know that what 
 has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that it has
  become known throughout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that my i
 mprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made confide
 nt in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak
  the word of God without fear.  Some indeed preach Christ from envy and riv
 alry\, but others from good will.  The latter do it out of love\, knowing t
 hat I am put here for the defense of the gospel\; the former proclaim Chris
 t out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my impr
 isonment.  What then?  Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or in t
 ruth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shall rej
 oice.  For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of J
 esus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\, as it is my eager expec
 tation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord said to His dis
 ciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of Man also wi
 ll acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies me before men w
 ill be denied before the angels of God.  And every one who speaks a word ag
 ainst the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes against the H
 oly Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they bring you before the synago
 gues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious how or what you
  are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you 
 in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210221
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\; Agathus\, Pope of Rome\; Bessarion the Great
 \; Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\; Plotinus\n\nEpist
 le Reading: II Timothy 2:11-19\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, the saying is sure: If w
 e have died with him\, we shall also live with him\; if we endure\, we shal
 l also reign with him\; if we deny him\, he also will deny us\; if we are f
 aithless\, he remains faithful - for he cannot deny himself.\n\nRemind them
  of this\, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words\,
  which does no good\, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present y
 ourself to God as one approved\, a workman who has no need to be ashamed\, 
 rightly handling the word of truth. Avoid such godless chatter\, for it wil
 l lead people into more and more ungodliness\, and their talk will eat its 
 way like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaios and Philetos\, who have swerved
  from the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are 
 upsetting the faith of some. But God's firm foundation stands\, bearing thi
 s seal: "The Lord knows those who are his\," and\, "Let every one who names
  the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:2-8
 \nThe Lord said this parable\, "In a certain city there was a judge who nei
 ther feared God nor regarded man\; and there was a widow in that city who k
 ept coming to him and saying\, 'Vindicate me against my adversary.' For a w
 hile he refused\; but afterward he said to himself\, 'Though I neither fear
  God nor regard man\, yet because this widow bothers me\, I will vindicate 
 her\, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" And the Lord said\
 , "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God vindicate his ele
 ct\, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you
 \, he will vindicate them speedily."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of Pascha\; Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\; Saint Vincen
 t of Lerins\; Meletios the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\; Gregory\, Ar
 chbishop of Novgorod\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 18
 :22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he went up and g
 reeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spending some time
  there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galat
 ia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos\,
  a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\, well ve
 rsed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord\; and
  being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately the things co
 ncerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak
  boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\, they t
 ook him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And when he wi
 shed to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrote to the di
 sciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped those who throu
 gh grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public\, sho
 wing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGospel Reading: John 
 12:36-47\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "While you have the l
 ight\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light. When Jesus
  had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done 
 so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him\; it was that t
 he word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has be
 lieved our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" The
 refore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, "He has blinded thei
 r eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and 
 perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them." Isaiah said this
  because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, many even of the
  authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not c
 onfess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved th
 e praise of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and sai
 d\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And
  he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world\,
  that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears m
 y sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come 
 to judge the world but to save the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\; Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\; Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\; Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 ; Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's First Letter to Timothy 6:11-16\nTimothy\, my son\, aim at righteousness
 \, godliness\, faith\, love\, steadfastness\, gentleness.  Fight the good f
 ight of the faith\; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called 
 when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.  In th
 e presence of God who gives life to all things\, and of Christ Jesus who in
  his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession\, I charge yo
 u to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appear
 ing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; and this will be made manifest at the proper
  time by the blessed and only Sovereign\, and King of kings and Lord of lor
 ds\, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light\, whom no
  man has ever seen or can see.  To him be honor and eternal dominion.  Amen
 . \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:15-21\nAt that time\, many followed Jesus\
 , and he healed them all\, and ordered them not to make him known. This was
  to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold\, my servant who
 m I have chosen\, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put 
 my Spirit upon him\, and he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will
  not wrangle or cry aloud\, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets\;
  he will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick\, till he bri
 ngs justice to victory\; and in his name will the Gentiles hope."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/09/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\; Andronicus & his wife Athanasia 
 of Egypt\; Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\; The Righteous Patriarch Abraha
 m and his nephew Lot\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Le
 tter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as
  last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spect
 acle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, 
 but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held 
 in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, 
 we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our
  own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when sl
 andered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refu
 se of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to ma
 ke you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you
  have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I beca
 me your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be i
 mitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\,
  when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were
  harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his
  disciples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray th
 erefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n\n
 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over uncl
 ean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirm
 ity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is cal
 led Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John hi
 s brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\;
  James the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cana
 naean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\
 , charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the
  Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And p
 reach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sic
 k\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without
  paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Averkios\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker\, Bishop of Hierapol
 is\; Seven Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthian
 s 15:58\;16:1-3\nBrethren\, be steadfast\, immovable\, always abounding in 
 the work of the Lord\, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. 
 Now concerning the contribution for the saints: as I directed the churches 
 of Galatia\, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week\, each o
 f you is to put something aside and store it up\, as he may prosper\, so th
 at contributions need not be made when I come. And when I arrive\, I will s
 end those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 7:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum. Now a c
 enturion had a slave who was dear to him\, who was sick and at the point of
  death. When he heard of Jesus\, he sent to him elders of the Jews\, asking
  him to come and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus\, they besough
 t him earnestly\, saying\, "He is worthy to have you do this for him\, for 
 he loves our nation\, and he built us our synagogue." And Jesus went with t
 hem. When he was not far from the house\, the centurion sent friends to him
 \, saying to him\, "Lord\, do not trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy to
  have you come under my roof\; therefore I did not presume to come to you. 
 But say the word\, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man set under a
 uthority\, with soldiers under me: and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\; 
 and to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\; and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and 
 he does it." When Jesus heard this he marveled at him\, and turned and said
  to the multitude that followed him\, "I tell you\, not even in Israel have
  I found such faith." And when those who had been sent returned to the hous
 e\, they found the slave well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lazarus Saturday\; Elizabeth the Wonderworker\; Savvas the General of 
 Rome\; Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia\; Mellitus\, Archbishop of Cante
 rbury\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:28-
 29\;13:1-8\nBRETHREN\, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cann
 ot be shaken\, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship\, with rever
 ence and awe\; for our God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue
 . Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers\, for thereby some have e
 ntertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison\, as though in
  prison with them\; and those who are ill-treated\, since you also are in t
 he body. Let marriage be held in honor among all\, and let the marriage bed
  be undefiled\; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous. Keep your li
 fe free from love of money\, and be content with what you have\; for he has
  said\, "I will never fail you nor forsake you." Hence we can confidently s
 ay\, "The Lord is my helper\, I will not be afraid\; what can man do to me?
 " Remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider
  the outcome of their life\, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the s
 ame yesterday and today and for ever. \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:1-45\nAt 
 that time\, a certain man was ill\, Lazaros of Bethany\, from the village o
 f Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointme
 nt and wiped his feet with her hair\, whose brother Lazaros was ill. So the
  sisters sent to him\, saying\, "Lord\, he whom you love is ill." But when 
 Jesus heard it he said\, "This illness is not unto death\; it is for the gl
 ory of God\, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it."\n\n N
 ow Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazaros. So when he heard that he 
 was ill\, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after t
 his he said to the disciples\, "Let us go into Judea again." The disciples 
 said to him\, "Rabbi\, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you\, and are
  you going there again?" Jesus answered\, "Are there not twelve hours in th
 e day? If any one walks in the day\, he does not stumble\, because he sees 
 the light of this world. But if any one walks in the night\, he stumbles\, 
 because the light is not in him." Thus he spoke\, and then he said to them\
 , "Our friend Lazaros has fallen asleep\, but I go to awake him out of slee
 p." The disciples said to him\, "Lord\, if he has fallen asleep\, he will r
 ecover." Now Jesus had spoken of his death\, but they thought that he meant
  taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly\, "Lazaros is dead\; an
 d for your sake I am glad that I was not there\, so that you may believe. B
 ut let us go to him." Thomas\, called the Twin\, said to his fellow discipl
 es\, "Let us also go\, that we may die with him."\n\n Now when Jesus came\,
  he found that Lazaros had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was 
 near Jerusalem\, about two miles off\, and many of the Jews had come to Mar
 tha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard th
 at Jesus was coming\, she went and met him\, while Mary sat in the house. M
 artha said to Jesus\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not h
 ave died. And even now I know that whatever you ask from God\, God will giv
 e you." Jesus said to her\, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to 
 him\, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
  Jesus said to her\, "I am the resurrection and the life\; he who believes 
 in me\, though he die\, yet shall he live\, and whoever lives and believes 
 in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\
 ; I believe that you are the Christ\, the Son of God\, he who is coming int
 o the world."\n\n When she had said this\, she went and called her sister M
 ary\, saying quietly\, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And wh
 en she heard it\, she rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet c
 ome to the village\, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. W
 hen the Jews who were with her in the house\, consoling her\, saw Mary rise
  quickly and go out\, they followed her\, supposing that she was going to t
 he tomb to weep there. Then Mary\, when she came where Jesus was and saw hi
 m\, fell at his feet\, saying to him\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my br
 other would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping\, and the Jews who c
 ame with her also weeping\, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled\; an
 d he said\, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him\, "Lord\, come and 
 see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said\, "See how he loved him!" But some of th
 em said\, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this
  man from dying?"\n\n Then Jesus\, deeply moved again\, came to the tomb\; 
 it was a cave\, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said\, "Take away the stone.
 " Martha\, the sister of the dead man\, said to him\, "Lord\, by this time 
 there will be an odor\, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her\
 , "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of 
 God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said\, 
 "Father\, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you have heard me
  always\, but I have said this on account of the people standing by\, that 
 they may believe that you did send me." When he had said this\, he cried wi
 th a loud voice\, "Lazaros\, come out." The dead man came out\, his hands a
 nd feet bound with bandages\, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said
  to them\, "Unbind him\, and let him go." Many of the Jews therefore\, who 
 had come with Mary and had seen what he did\, believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Luke\; James the Great Martyr of Persia\; Nathaniel of 
 Nitria & Pinouphrios of Egypt\, the Righteous\; Gregory of Sinai and his di
 sciple Gerasimos\; Arsenios of Rhaxos\; James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of 
 Rostov\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWh
 en the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James and
  Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very 
 early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had r
 isen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone f
 or us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone 
 was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a you
 ng man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were 
 amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazaret
 h\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place where 
 they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going befor
 e you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they went 
 out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon t
 hem\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Ephesians 2:14-22\nBrethren\, Christ is our peace\, who has made us 
 both one\, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility\, by abolishi
 ng in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances\, that he might crea
 te in himself one new man in place of the two\, so making peace\, and might
  reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross\, thereby bringing 
 the hostility to an end. And he came and preached peace to you who were far
  off and peace to those who were near\; for through him we both have access
  in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojou
 rners\, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the hous
 ehold of God\, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets\, Chr
 ist Jesus himself being the cornerstone\, in whom the whole structure is jo
 ined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord\; in whom you also a
 re built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 18:18-27\nAt that time\, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him\, "Go
 od Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to hi
 m\, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the co
 mmandments: 'Do not commit adultery\, Do not kill\, Do not steal\, Do not b
 ear false witness\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said\, "All the
 se I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it\, he said to him
 \, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to t
 he poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." But
  when he heard this he became sad\, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at 
 him said\, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom o
 f God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than 
 for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said\, "The
 n who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men is possible
  with God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Luke\; Barbara the Great Martyr\; John the Righteous of
  Damascus\; New Hieromartyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\; Jul
 iana the Martyr of Heliopolis\; Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of R
 ussia\, Missionary to America\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel R
 eading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, 
 He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demon
 s. She went and told those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept
 . But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they wou
 ld not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them
 \, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the r
 est\, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven t
 hemselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and
  hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after 
 He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the g
 ospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\
 ; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accom
 pany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will sp
 eak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any dea
 dly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\,
  and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to
  them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. A
 nd they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with the
 m and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were 
 confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be reveale
 d. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be j
 ustified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a c
 ustodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For
  as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is n
 either Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither m
 ale nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ
 's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean 
 that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, thou
 gh he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and truste
 es until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, w
 e were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time h
 ad fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the l
 aw\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adop
 tion as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:10-17\nAt that time\, Jesus was te
 aching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who h
 ad a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years\; she was bent over and could n
 ot fully straighten herself. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and sai
 d to her\, "Woman\, you are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his han
 ds upon her\, and immediately she was made straight\, and she praised God. 
 But the ruler of the synagogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the 
 sabbath\, said to the people\, "There are six days on which work ought to b
 e done\; come on those days and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Th
 en the Lord answered him\, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sab
 bath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water
  it? And ought not this woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for 
 eighteen years\, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said t
 his\, all his adversaries were put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced a
 t all the glorious things that were done by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Gre
 gory of Nyssa\; Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\; Theosebia the Deaconess\, s
 ister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\; Markianos\, Priest and Oikono
 mos of the Great Church\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, gr
 ace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Ther
 efore it is said\, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives\, an
 d he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He ascended\," what does it mean but
  that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who desce
 nded is he who also ascended far above all the heavens\, that he might fill
  all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles\, some prophe
 ts\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, to equip the saints for
  the work of ministry\, for building up the body of Christ\, until we all a
 ttain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to
  mature manhood\, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who ha
 d been reproved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, and for all the
  evil things that Herod had done\, added this to them all\, that he shut up
  John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, and when Jesus als
 o had been baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened\, and the Holy 
 Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a voice came fro
 m heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ
 \; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\; Timothy of Euripus\, founder
  of the Monastery of Pentele\; Holy Monk Penteles\; Gerasimus of Cephalonia
 \; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and 
 Basil who contested in Megara\; Joseph the Hesychast\; Nicodemus the New Ma
 rtyr of Meteora\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the The
 otokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Manuel and John the New Martyrs\; Stamatios t
 he Martyr\; Apostolos the New-Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16\
 ;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good stan
 ding for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Chri
 st Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions 
 to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in 
 the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the pillar a
 nd bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our 
 religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\, 
 \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in the worl
 d\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later tim
 es some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and 
 doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences ar
 e seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God c
 reated to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the t
 ruth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected
  if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the wo
 rd of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51-57\, 10:22-24\, 13:22\nA
 t that time\, when the days drew near for him to be received up\, he set hi
 s face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went a
 nd entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for him\; but the pe
 ople would not receive him\, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And
  when his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lord\, do you want
  us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as Elijah did?" But 
 he turned and rebuked them\, and he said\, "You do not know what manner of 
 spirit you are of\; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but 
 to save them." And they went on to another village.\n\nAs they were going a
 long the road\, he said to those who followed him\, "All things have been d
 elivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the Son is except the Fa
 ther\, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son choo
 ses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said privately\, "Bles
 sed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets 
 and kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear wh
 at you hear\, and did not hear it."\n\nAnd he went on his way through towns
  and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towards Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\; Forefeast of the Nativit
 y of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\; John the New Martyr of Thassos\; Holy Father John of 
 Kronstadt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10
 :32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened
 \, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly e
 xposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so
  treated.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accep
 ted the plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves ha
 d a better possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your
  confidence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, s
 o that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a
  little while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my 
 righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the
  house he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they wer
 e silent\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the g
 reatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If
  any one would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And 
 he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his 
 arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receiv
 es me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  Jo
 hn said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, 
 and we forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "D
 o not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be abl
 e soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.
   For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink beca
 use you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\; The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:20-25\nBrethren\, do not be children 
 in your thinking\; be babes in evil\, but in thinking be mature. In the law
  it is written\, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners w
 ill I speak to this people\, and even then they will not listen to me\, say
 s the Lord." Thus\, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbeliever
 s\, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers. If\, therefore
 \, the whole church assembles and all speak in tongues\, and outsiders or u
 nbelievers enter\, will they not say that you are mad? But if all prophesy\
 , and an unbeliever or outsider enters\, he is convicted by all\, he is cal
 led to account by all\, the secrets of his heart are disclosed\; and so fal
 ling on his face\, he will worship God and declare that God is really among
  you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:33-54\nAt that time\, when the soldiers
  came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull)\, they 
 offered him wine to drink\, mingled with gall\; but when he tasted it\, he 
 would not drink it. And when they had crucified him\, they divided his garm
 ents among them by casting lots\; then they sat down and kept watch over hi
 m there. And over his head they put the charge against him\, which read\, "
 This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Then two robbers were crucified with h
 im\, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided 
 him\, wagging their heads and saying\, "You who would destroy the temple an
 d build it in three days\, save yourself! If you are the Son of God\, come 
 down from the cross." So also the chief priests\, with the scribes and elde
 rs\, mocked him\, saying\, "He saved others\; he cannot save himself. He is
  the King of Israel\; let him come down now from the cross\, and we will be
 lieve in him. He trusts in God\; let God deliver him now\, if he desires hi
 m\; for he said\, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucifie
 d with him also reviled him in the same way. \n\n Now from the sixth hour t
 here was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the nin
 th hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eli\, Eli\, lama sabachthani?" tha
 t is\, "My God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystan
 ders hearing it said\, "This man is calling Elijah." And one of them at onc
 e ran and took a sponge\, filled it with vinegar\, and put it on a reed\, a
 nd gave it to him to drink. But the others said\, "Wait\, let us see whethe
 r Elijah will come to save him." And Jesus cried again with a loud voice an
 d yielded up his spirit. \n\n And behold\, the curtain of the temple was to
 rn in two\, from top to bottom\; and the earth shook\, and the rocks were s
 plit\; the tombs also were opened\, and many bodies of the saints who had f
 allen asleep were raised\, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrecti
 on they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion an
 d those who were with him\, keeping watch over Jesus\, saw the earthquake a
 nd what took place\, they were filled with awe\, and said\, "Truly this was
  the Son of God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\;
  Anatolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Kar
 enesi\; Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Phili
 p\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 3:19-24\nBrethren\, w
 e know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law\
 , so that every mouth may be stopped\, and the whole world may be held acco
 untable to God. For no human being will be justified in his sight by works 
 of the law\, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righ
 teousness of God has been manifested apart from law\, although the law and 
 the prophets bear witness to it\, the righteousness of God through faith in
  Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction\; since all 
 have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\, they are justified by his 
 grace as a gift\, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 7:1-8\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, that you be not judg
 ed. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged\, and the measur
 e you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in
  your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or
  how can you say to your brother\, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye\,
 ' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log
  out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out 
 of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy\; and do not throw you
 r pearls before swine\, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attac
 k you. Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, 
 and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who 
 seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt\; Titus the Wonderworker\; Theodora the Vi
 rgin-martyr of Palestine\; Amphianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nFas
 t Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn th
 e evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut wh
 ere the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among th
 em and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showe
 d them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw t
 he Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has s
 ent Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on th
 em and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of 
 any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained
 ." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them whe
 n Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." Bu
 t he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and
  place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\,
  I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the ho
 use\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and st
 ood among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Pu
 t your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place i
 t in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, 
 "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you ha
 ve seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus
  did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not writ
 ten in this book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is
  the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in Hi
 s name.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeare
 d as a high priest of the good things that have come\, then through the gre
 ater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\, that is\, not of this cre
 ation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place\, taking not the blood o
 f goats and calves but his own blood\, thus securing an eternal redemption.
  For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls
  and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the fles
 h\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, who through the eternal Spiri
 t offered himself without blemish to God\, purify your conscience from dead
  works to serve the living God. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus took his twelve disciples\, and he began to tell them what was
  to happen to him\, saying\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\; and t
 he Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes\, and 
 they will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to the Gentiles\; and they
  will mock him\, and spit upon him\, and scourge him\, and kill him\; and a
 fter three days he will rise." And James and John\, the sons of Zebedee\, c
 ame forward to him\, and said to him\, "Teacher\, we want you to do for us 
 whatever we ask of you." And he said to them\, "What do you want me to do f
 or you?" And they said to him\, "Grant us to sit\, one at your right hand a
 nd one at your left\, in your glory." But Jesus said to them\, "You do not 
 know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink\, or t
 o be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to 
 him\, "We are able." And Jesus said to them\, "The cup that I drink you wil
 l drink\; and with the baptism with which I am baptized\, you will be bapti
 zed\; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant\, but 
 it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it\,
  they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him
  and said to them\, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the 
 Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great men exercise authority over th
 em. But it shall not be so among you\; but whoever would be great among you
  must be your servant\, and whoever would be first among you must be slave 
 of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve\, and to
  give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\; Leontus the martyr\; Her
 mos the Martyr\; John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Relics of A
 rsenios the Righteous of Paros\; Constantine the New Martyr of Capua\; Matt
 hew the New Martyr of Gerakari\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Ho
 ly Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: II Corinthians 4:13-18\nBrethren\, since we have the same spirit of fait
 h as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, an
 d so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us als
 o with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for you
 r sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase t
 hanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nSo we do not lose heart. Though our o
 uter nature is wasting away\, our inner nature is being renewed every day. 
 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight 
 of glory beyond all comparison\, because we look not to the things that are
  seen but to the things that are unseen\; for the things that are seen are 
 transient\, but the things that are unseen are eternal.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 24:27-33\, 42-51\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "As the lightnin
 g comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming
  of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathere
 d together.\n\n"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun wil
 l be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will f
 all from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; then will 
 appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of th
 e earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds 
 of heaven with power and great glory\; and he will send out his angels with
  a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\,
  from one end of heaven to the other.\n\n"From the fig tree learn its lesso
 n: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you kno
 w that summer is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know t
 hat he is near\, at the very gates.\n\n"Watch therefore\, for you do not kn
 ow on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder
  had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have w
 atched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also 
 must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.\
 n\n"Who then is the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has set ove
 r his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is th
 at servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say 
 to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked serva
 nt says to himself\, 'My master is delayed\,' and begins to beat his fellow
  servants\, and eats and drinks with the drunken\, the master of that serva
 nt will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does no
 t know\, and will punish him\, and put him with the hypocrites\; there men 
 will weep and gnash their teeth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas\; Hilarion the New\; Herodion the Apostl
 e of the 70\; Stephen the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n
 \nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the fi
 rst day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fea
 r of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be
  with you."  When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.
   Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them 
 again\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you
 ."  And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Re
 ceive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\
 ; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one o
 f the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the
  other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "U
 nless I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in th
 e mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\
 n\nEight days later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas wa
 s with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, a
 nd said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger he
 re\, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; d
 o not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my
  God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Bl
 essed are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many o
 ther signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this
  book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ
 \, the Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Hebrews 1:10-14\;2:1-3\n<span class="versetext">"</span><spa
 n class="versetext">IN THE BEGINNING\, Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth 
 in the beginning\, and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; </span> <spa
 n class="versetext"> </span>they will perish\, but thou remainest\; they wi
 ll all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wilt roll them up\, and
  they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy years will never end
 ." But to what angel has he ever said\, "Sit at my right hand\, till I make
  thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all ministering spirits se
 nt forth to serve\, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?\n\nT
 herefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard\, lest we drift
  away from it. For if the message declared by angels was valid and every tr
 ansgression or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we esca
 pe if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lo
 rd\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 2:1-12\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that
  he was at home. And many were gathered together\, so that there was no lon
 ger room for them\, not even about the door\; and he was preaching the word
  to them. And they came\, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 
 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd\, they removed th
 e roof above him\; and when they had made an opening\, they let down the pa
 llet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith\, he said t
 o the paralytic\, "My son\, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribe
 s were sitting there\, questioning in their hearts\, "Why does this man spe
 ak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immedi
 ately Jesus\, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within the
 mselves\, said to them\, "Why do you question thus in your hearts? Which is
  easier\, to say to the paralytic\, 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say\, 
 'Rise\, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may know that the Son of
  man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said to the paralytic-"I sa
 y to you\, rise\, take up your pallet and go home." And he rose\, and immed
 iately took up the pallet and went out before them all\; so that they were 
 all amazed and glorified God\, saying\, "We never saw anything like this!"\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trypho the Martyr\; Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savi
 or in the Temple\; Perpetua & her Companions\; Our Holy Father Basil\, Arch
 bishop of Thessolonica\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Navplion\; The Four M
 artyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\, Plato and George who contested in Megara\; 
 Timothy the Confessor\; Bridget of Ireland\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Romans 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good with t
 hose who love God\, who are called according to his purpose.  For those who
 m he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\,
  in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And those w
 hom he predestined he also called\; and those whom he called he also justif
 ied\; and those whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we 
 say to this?  If God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare h
 is own Son but gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things
  with him?  Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who 
 justifies\; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who w
 as raised from the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed inte
 rcedes for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribul
 ation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\
 , or sword?  As it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the d
 ay long\; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these t
 hings we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure 
 that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor thing
 s present\, nor things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor 
 anything else in all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love o
 f God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord 
 said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon 
 serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing 
 shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are 
 subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In tha
 t same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father
 \, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wi
 se and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such w
 as your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-
 Virgin Mary\; Autonomos the Martyr\; Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconi
 um\; Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\; Daniel of 
 Thassos\; Julian the Martyr\; Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 2:6-9\nBrethren\, 
 among the mature we do impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisdom of this 
 age or of the rulers of this age\, who are doomed to pass away. But we impa
 rt a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, which God decreed before the ages fo
 r our glorification. None of the rulers of this age understood this\; for i
 f they had\, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But\, as it i
 s written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man co
 nceived\, what God has prepared for those who love him."\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mother mo
 re than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than
  me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me 
 is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses 
 his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me\, and he
  who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet becaus
 e he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receives a 
 righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's
  reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold w
 ater because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose hi
 s reward." And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, h
 e went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Eve
 r Virgin Mary\; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\; Holy Hieromartyr Marce
 llus\, Bishop of Apameia\; Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\
 nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:1-10\nBrethr
 en\, let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is
  no authority except from God\, and those that exist have been instituted b
 y God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appoin
 ted\, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror
  to good conduct but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in author
 ity? Then do what is good\, and you will receive his approval\, for he is G
 od's servant for your own good. But if you do wrong\, be afraid\, for he do
 es not bear the sword in vain\; he is the servant of God to execute his wra
 th on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject\, not only to avoid God'
 s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For the same reasons you also 
 pay taxes\, for the authorities are ministers of God\, attending this very 
 thing. Pay all of their dues\, taxes to whom taxes are due\, revenue to who
 m revenue is due\, respect to whom respect is due\, honor to whom honor is 
 due. Owe no one anything\, except to love one another\, for he who loves hi
 s neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments\, "You shall not commit 
 adultery\, You shall not kill\, You shall not steal\, You shall not covet\,
 " and any other commandment\, are summed up in this sentence\, "You shall l
 ove your neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong to a neighbor\; therefor
 e love is the fulfilling of the law.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:30-37\nT
 he Lord said\, "He who is not with me is against me\, and he who does not g
 ather with me scatters. Therefore I tell you\, every sin and blasphemy will
  be forgiven men\, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgive
 n. And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven\; but wh
 oever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven\, either in this 
 age or in the age to come.\n\n"Either make the tree good\, and its fruit go
 od\; or make the tree bad\, and its fruit bad\; for the tree is known by it
 s fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good\, when you are evil? F
 or out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of 
 his good treasure brings forth good\, and the evil man out of his evil trea
 sure brings forth evil. I tell you\, on the day of judgment men will render
  account for every careless word they utter\; for by your words you will be
  justified\, and by your words you will be condemned."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Theodora the Righteous\; Pionios
  the Presbyter\; George the New Wonderworker of Constantinople\; Trophimos 
 and Thallos the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 3:1
 -14\n For\, behold\, the Lord\, the Lord of hosts\, is taking away from Jer
 usalem and from Judah stay and staff\, the whole stay of bread\, and the wh
 ole stay of water\; the mighty man and the soldier\, the judge and the prop
 het\, the diviner and the elder\, the captain of fifty and the man of rank\
 , the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.  And I 
 will make boys their princes\, and babes shall rule over them.  And the peo
 ple will oppress one another\, every man his fellow and every man his neigh
 bor\; the youth will be insolent to the elder\, and the base fellow to the 
 honorable.\n\nWhen a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his fath
 er\, saying:  "You have a mantle\; you shall be our leader\, and this heap 
 of ruins shall be under your rule"\; in that day he will speak out\, saying
 :  "I will not be a healer\; in my house there is neither bread nor mantle\
 ; you shall not make me leader of the people."  For Jerusalem has stumbled\
 , and Judah has fallen\; because their speech and their deeds are against t
 he Lord\, defying his glorious presence.\n\nTheir partiality witnesses agai
 nst them\; they proclaim their sin like Sodom\, they do not hide it.  Woe t
 o them!  For they have brought evil upon themselves.  Tell the righteous th
 at it shall be well with them\, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds
 .  Woe to the wicked!  It shall be ill with him\, for what his hands have d
 one shall be done to him.  My people -- children are their oppressors\, and
  women rule over them.  O my people\, your leaders mislead you\, and confus
 e the course of your paths.\n\nThe Lord has taken his place to contend\, he
  stands to judge his people.  The Lord enters into judgment with the elders
  and princes of his people:  "It is you who have devoured the vineyard\, th
 e spoil of the poor is in your houses."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2
 :20-3:20\n The man gave names to all cattle\, and to the birds of the air\,
  and to every beast of the field\; but for the man there was not found a he
 lper fit for him.  So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man
 \, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with fle
 sh\; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a w
 oman and brought her to the man.  Then the man said\, "This at last is bone
  of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; she shall be called Woman\, because sh
 e was taken out of Man."  Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother 
 and cleaves to his wife\, and they become one flesh.  And the man and his w
 ife were both naked\, and were not ashamed.\n\nNow the serpent was more sub
 tle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made.  He said to th
 e woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"  A
 nd the woman said to the serpent\, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of
  the garden\; but God said\, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree wh
 ich is in the midst of the garden\, neither shall you touch it\, lest you d
 ie.'"  But the serpent said to the woman\, "You will not die.  For God know
 s that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened\, and you will be like G
 od\, knowing good and evil."  So when the woman saw that the tree was good 
 for food\, and that it was a delight to the eyes\, and that the tree was to
  be desired to make one wise\, she took of its fruit and ate\; and she also
  gave some to her husband\, and he ate.  Then the eyes of both were opened\
 , and they knew that they were naked\; and they sewed fig leaves together a
 nd made themselves aprons.\n\nAnd they heard the sound of the Lord God walk
 ing in the garden in the cool of the day\, and the man and his wife hid the
 mselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  B
 ut the Lord God called to the man\, and said to him\, "Where are you?"  And
  he said\, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden\, and I was afraid\, be
 cause I was naked\; and I hid myself."  He said\, "Who told you that you we
 re naked?  Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
   The man said\, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me\, she gave me fr
 uit of the tree\, and I ate."  Then the Lord God said to the woman\, "What 
 is this that you have done?"  The woman said\, "The serpent beguiled me\, a
 nd I ate."  The Lord God said to the serpent\, "Because you have done this\
 , cursed are you above all cattle\, and above all wild animals\; upon your 
 belly you shall go\, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.  I w
 ill put enmity between you and the woman\, and between your seed and her se
 ed\; he shall bruise your head\, and you shall bruise his heel."  To the wo
 man he said\, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing\; in pain 
 you shall bring forth children\, yet your desire shall be for your husband\
 , and he shall rule over you."  And to Adam he said\, "Because you have lis
 tened to the voice of your wife\, and have eaten of the tree of which I com
 manded you\, 'You shall not eat of it\,' cursed is the ground because of yo
 u\; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life\; thorns and this
 tles it shall bring forth to you\; and you shall eat the plants of the fiel
 d.  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the gr
 ound\, for out of it you were taken\; you are dust\, and to dust you shall 
 return."\n\nThe man called his wife's name Eve\, because she was the mother
  of all living.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:19-34\nThe Lord by wis
 dom founded the earth\; by understanding he established the heavens\; by hi
 s knowledge the deeps broke forth\, and the clouds drop down the dew.\n\nMy
  son\, keep sound wisdom and discretion\; let them not escape from your sig
 ht\, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.  Then
  you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stumble.  If you
  sit down\, you will not be afraid\; when you lie down\, your sleep will be
  sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden panic\, or of the ruin of the wicked\, 
 when it comes\; for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foo
 t from being caught.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due\, w
 hen it is in your power to do it.\n\nDo not say to your neighbor\, "Go\, an
 d come again\, tomorrow I will give it" -- when you have it with you.  Do n
 ot plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly beside you.  Do no
 t contend with a man for no reason\, when he has done you no harm.  Do not 
 envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways\; for the perverse
  man is an abomination to the Lord\, but the upright are in his confidence.
   The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked\, but he blesses the abode
  of the righteous.  Toward the scorners he is scornful\, but to the humble 
 he shows favor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The
  Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\; Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokaly
 via\, Mount Athos\; Hilary of Poitiers\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
  - Mediatress\; Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were conf
 ined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. S
 o that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justi
 fied by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custo
 dian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as 
 many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neith
 er Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male 
 nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\,
  then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that
  the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though h
 e is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees u
 ntil the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we we
 re slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had f
 ully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\,
  to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption
  as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teach
 ing the people in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests a
 nd the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what a
 uthority you do these things\, or who it is that gave you this authority." 
  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the
  baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed it with one 
 another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you 
 not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone u
 s\; for they are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they answered that
  they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I
  tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Hannah the Rig
 hteous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\; Narses the Martyr of Persia\; The C
 onsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy 
 City of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ga
 latians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one b
 y a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, 
 the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these w
 omen are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slav
 ery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to
  the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the J
 erusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoic
 e\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are no
 t in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the 
 children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord
  said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it 
 under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the lig
 ht. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secre
 t that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; 
 for to him who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, even wha
 t he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his bro
 thers came to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was 
 told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to se
 e you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear
  the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\; Holy Martyr Romanus\; Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\; Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\; Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\; Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, we beseech and exhor
 t you in the Lord Jesus\, that as you learned from us how you ought to live
  and to please God\, just as you are doing\, you do so more and more. For y
 ou know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is t
 he will of God\, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity\; th
 at each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holiness and hono
 r\, not in the passion of lust like the heathen who do not know God\; that 
 no man transgress\, and wrong his brother in this matter\, because the Lord
  is an avenger in all these things\, as we solemnly forewarned you. For God
  has not called us for uncleanness\, but in holiness. Therefore whoever dis
 regards this\, disregards not man but God\, who gives his Holy Spirit to yo
 u. But concerning the love of the brethren you have no need to have any one
  write to you\, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one anot
 her\; and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we 
 exhort you\, brethren\, to do so more and more\, to aspire to live quietly\
 , to mind your own affairs\, and to work with your hands\, as we charged yo
 u\; so that you may command the respect of outsiders\, and be dependent on 
 nobody.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:1-10\nAt that time\, the tax collectors 
 and sinners were all drawing near to Jesus to hear him. And the Pharisees a
 nd the scribes murmured\, saying\, "This man receives sinners and eats with
  them." So he told them this parable: "What man of you\, having a hundred s
 heep\, if he has lost one of them\, does not leave the ninety-nine in the w
 ilderness\, and go after the one which is lost\, until he finds it? And whe
 n he has found it\, he lays it on his shoulders\, rejoicing. And when he co
 mes home\, he calls together his friends and his neighbors\, saying to them
 \, 'Rejoice with me\, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' Just so\, 
 I tell you\, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents t
 han over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. "Or what wom
 an\, having ten silver coins\, if she loses one coin\, does not light a lam
 p and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she 
 has found it\, she calls together her friends and neighbors\, saying\, 'Rej
 oice with me\, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Just so\, I tel
 l you\, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/03/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\; Holy Father Theoctistus and his fello
 w struggler Euthymius the Great\; Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\; Tra
 nslation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentop
 olis\; Chariton the Martyr\; Phoebe the Deaconess\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 5:15-21\nBrethren\, Christ died for 
 all\, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him w
 ho for their sake died and was raised.\n\nFrom now on\, therefore\, we rega
 rd no one from a human point of view\; even though we once regarded Christ 
 from a human point of view\, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore\, if a
 ny one is in Christ\, he is a new creation\; the old has passed away\, beho
 ld\, the new has come. All this is from God\, who through Christ reconciled
  us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation\; that is\, God w
 as in Christ reconciling the world to himself\, not counting their trespass
 es against them\, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we
  are ambassadors for Christ\, God making his appeal through us. We beseech 
 you on behalf of Christ\, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to
  be sin who knew no sin\, so that in him we might become the righteousness 
 of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus\, passing alo
 ng by the Sea of Galilee\, saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon castin
 g a net in the sea\; for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them\, "Fol
 low me and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they lef
 t their nets and followed him. And going on a little farther\, he saw James
  the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, who were in their boats mending 
 the nets. And immediately he called them\; and they left their father Zebed
 ee in the boat with the hired servants\, and followed him. And they went in
 to Capernaum\; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and 
 taught. And they were astonished at his teaching\, for he taught them as on
 e who had authority\, and not as the scribes.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\; Rom
 anos\, Prince of Uglich\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\; Cumine the Whi
 te\, Abbot of Iona\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins 
 Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus sp
 read through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. The discip
 les of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to him two of 
 his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come
 \, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come to him\, they s
 aid\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to
  come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured many of disea
 ses and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed 
 sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have seen and hear
 d: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, an
 d the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached
  to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messen
 gers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "W
 hat did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind
 ? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\,
  those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts
 . What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more t
 han a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messe
 nger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' I tell you\
 , among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet he who is least
  in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this all the pe
 ople and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized with the b
 aptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of 
 God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: I
 I Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine 
 out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the kno
 wledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treas
 ure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God
  and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexe
 d\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down
 \, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so 
 that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we 
 live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the li
 fe of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in 
 us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had w
 ho wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak
 \, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus 
 and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so 
 that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\
 , to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, w
 hen John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by hi
 s disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look
  for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear an
 d see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleanse
 d and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good n
 ews preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me." As the
 y went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did
  you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What 
 then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those w
 ho wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see?
  A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom 
 it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall 
 prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of wo
 men there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is le
 ast in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the 
 Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men o
 f violence take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied un
 til John\; and if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to com
 e. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\; Holy Father Theoctistus and his fello
 w struggler Euthymius the Great\; Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\; Tra
 nslation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentop
 olis\; Chariton the Martyr\; Phoebe the Deaconess\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Corinthians 4:13-18\nBrethren\, since we have the same spirit 
 of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too belie
 ve\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise
  us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all 
 for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may inc
 rease thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nSo we do not lose heart. Thoug
 h our outer nature is wasting away\, our inner nature is being renewed ever
 y day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal 
 weight of glory beyond all comparison\, because we look not to the things t
 hat are seen but to the things that are unseen\; for the things that are se
 en are transient\, but the things that are unseen are eternal.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 24:27-33\, 42-51\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "As the l
 ightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the
  coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be 
 gathered together.\n\n"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the 
 sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars
  will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; the
 n will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribe
 s of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the 
 clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; and he will send out his ange
 ls with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect from the four 
 winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n\n"From the fig tree learn it
 s lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, 
 you know that summer is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, you
  know that he is near\, at the very gates.\n\n"Watch therefore\, for you do
  not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the hous
 eholder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would
  have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore yo
 u also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not e
 xpect.\n\n"Who then is the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has 
 set over his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blesse
 d is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\,
  I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicke
 d servant says to himself\, 'My master is delayed\,' and begins to beat his
  fellow servants\, and eats and drinks with the drunken\, the master of tha
 t servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he 
 does not know\, and will punish him\, and put him with the hypocrites\; the
 re men will weep and gnash their teeth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Commemoration o
 f the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 12:28-36\nThe Lord said\, "Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came f
 rom heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd
  standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An ang
 el has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\
 , not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of 
 this world be cast out: and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will d
 raw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die. T
 he crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains
  for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is th
 is Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little lo
 nger. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he w
 ho walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\
 , believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:18-24\nBrethren\, the wo
 rd of the cross is folly to those who are perishing\, but to us who are bei
 ng saved it is the power of God. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wi
 sdom of the wise\, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where i
 s the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has 
 not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of 
 God\, the world did not know God through wisdom\, it pleased God through th
 e folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs 
 and Greeks seek wisdom\, but we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block
  to Jews and folly to Gentiles\, but to those who are called\, both Jews an
 d Greeks\, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading
 : John 19:6-11\, 13-20\, 25-28\, 30\nAt that time\, when the chief priests 
 and the officers saw him\, they cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pi
 late said to them\, "Take him yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no cr
 ime in him." The Jews answered him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ou
 ght to die\, because he has made himself the Son of God."\n\nWhen Pilate he
 ard these words\, he was the more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again 
 and said to Jesus\, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate 
 therefore said to him\, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I h
 ave power to release you\, and power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, 
 "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above\; 
 therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin." When Pilate hear
 d these words\, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a
  place called the Pavement\, and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day o
 f Preparation of the Passover\; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the
  Jews\, "Behold your King!" They cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him
 \, crucify him!" Pilate said to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chi
 ef priests answered\, "We have no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over
  to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing hi
 s own cross\, to the place called the place of a skull\, which is called in
  Hebrew Golgotha. There they crucified him\, and with him two others\, one 
 on either side\, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote a title and put 
 it on the cross\; it read\, "Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Man
 y of the Jews read this title\, for the place where Jesus was crucified was
  near the city\; and it was written in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n\
 nBut standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sist
 er\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mothe
 r\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, 
 "Woman\, behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold your moth
 er!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. Then when Je
 sus had received the vinegar\, he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed hi
 s head and gave up his spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\; Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \; Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\; Nicholas Chrysoberges\,
  Patriarch of Constantinople\; Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:1-13\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is 
 sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop\, he desires a noble task.
  Now a bishop must be above reproach\, the husband of one wife\, temperate\
 , sensible\, dignified\, hospitable\, an apt teacher\, no drunkard\, not vi
 olent but gentle\, not quarrelsome\, and no lover of money. He must manage 
 his own household well\, keeping his children submissive and respectful in 
 every way\; for if a man does not know how to manage his own household\, ho
 w can he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert\, or he may
  be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil\; mo
 reover he must be well thought of by outsiders\, or he may fall into reproa
 ch and the snare of the devil. Deacons likewise must be serious\, not doubl
 e-tongued\, not addicted to much wine\, not greedy for gain\; they must hol
 d the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be te
 sted first\; then if they prove themselves blameless let them serve as deac
 ons. The women likewise must be serious\, not slanderers\, but temperate\, 
 faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husband of one wife\, and let th
 em manage their children and their households well\; for those who serve we
 ll as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence
  in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:10-15\nAt
  that time\, the disciples kept the word of Jesus to themselves\, questioni
 ng what the rising from the dead meant. And they asked him\, "Why do the sc
 ribes say that first Elijah must come?" And he said to them\, "Elijah does 
 come first to restore all things\; and how is it written of the Son of man\
 , that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? But I tel
 l you that Elijah has come\, and they did to him whatever they pleased\, as
  it is written of him." And when they came to the disciples\, they saw a gr
 eat crowd about them\, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all t
 he crowd\, when they saw him\, were greatly amazed\, and ran up to him and 
 greeted him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Luke\; Nativity Fast Begins\; Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habi
 b\, Martyrs and Confessors of Edessa\; Thomas\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt
  that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to whic
 h Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but
  some doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven 
 and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all 
 nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of th
 e Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; an
 d lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is ri
 ch in mercy\, out of the great love with which he loved us\, even when we w
 ere dead through our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (by gr
 ace you have been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with
  him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he mi
 ght show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Chri
 st Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is not 
 your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man
  should boast. For we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for goo
 d works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 10:25-37\nAt that time\, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus
  to the test\, saying\, "Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
 " He said to him\, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he an
 swered\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with a
 ll your soul\, and with all your strength\, and with all your mind\; and yo
 ur neighbor as yourself." And he said to him\, "You have answered right\; d
 o this\, and you will live." \n\n But he\, desiring to justify himself\, sa
 id to Jesus\, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied\, "A man was going do
 wn from Jerusalem to Jericho\, and he fell among robbers\, who stripped him
  and beat him\, and departed\, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a pries
 t was going down that road\; and when he saw him he passed by on the other 
 side. So likewise a Levite\, when he came to the place and saw him\, passed
  by on the other side. But a Samaritan\, as he journeyed\, came to where he
  was\; and when he saw him\, he had compassion\, and went to him and bound 
 up his wounds\, pouring on oil and wine\; then he set him on his own beast 
 and brought him to an inn\, and took care of him. And the next day he took 
 out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper\, saying\, 'Take care of him
 \; and whatever more you spend\, I will repay you when I come back.' Which 
 of these three\, do you think\, proved neighbor to the man who fell among t
 he robbers?" He said\, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to
  him\, "Go and do likewise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Luke\; The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Marty
 r Justina\; Theophilus the Confessor\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-3
 5\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in
 \, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at wh
 at had happened. That very day] two of them were going to a village named E
 mmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other abou
 t all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussin
 g together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes wer
 e kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversati
 on which you are holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood still
 \, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you 
 the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happen
 ed there in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said
  to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed 
 and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rule
 rs delivered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we ha
 d hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, 
 it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our c
 ompany amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not fi
 nd His body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of
  angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went t
 o the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did not
  see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe 
 all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ sho
 uld suffer these things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Mose
 s and all the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the t
 hings concerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they we
 re going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, sayi
 ng\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.
 " So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He took
  the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes
  were opened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. 
 They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talke
 d to us on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose 
 that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gather
 ed together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen i
 ndeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the
  road and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we 
 entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the a
 cceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvat
 ion." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salv
 ation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found 
 with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every wa
 y: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beat
 ings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, k
 nowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthf
 ul speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for th
 e right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and g
 ood repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, a
 nd yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet n
 ot killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many
  rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 6:31-36\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish that men would do to you\, do
  so to them. If you love those who love you\, what credit is that to you? F
 or even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who d
 o good to you\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. A
 nd if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive\, what credit is that
  to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, to receive as much again. But love 
 your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, expecting nothing in return\; and y
 our reward will be great\, and you will be sons of the Most High\; for he i
 s kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful\, even as your Father
  is merciful."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nikitas the Great Martyr\; Philotheos the Righteous\; Bessarion of Lar
 issa\; Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the New 
 Martyr of Sfakion\, Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; Porphyrios the A
 ctor\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren\, now I rejoice
  in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I complete what is lackin
 g in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, that is\, the church\,
  of which I became a minister according to the divine office which was give
 n to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\, the mystery hidden 
 for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints. To them God c
 hose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory
  of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glory. Him we procl
 aim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom\, that we may 
 present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, striving with all the
  energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I want you to know how gr
 eatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves
 \; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they w
 ill deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you
  will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony
  before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious
  how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will
  be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spiri
 t of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to d
 eath\, and the father his child\, and children will rise against parents an
 d have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake.
  But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr\; Holy Glorious N
 ew Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\; Phocas the Martyr\; Plegmund\, Archbish
 op of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-
 60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders a
 nd signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue
  of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Ale
 xandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with St
 ephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he
  spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard him s
 peak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the peop
 le and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him a
 nd brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who said\, "
 This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law\; 
 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this pla
 ce\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And gazing a
 t him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of a
 n angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Bre
 thren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraha
 m\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said to him
 \, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which 
 I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and liv
 ed in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there into th
 is land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\
 , not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in possession a
 nd to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it was Solo
 mon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses m
 ade with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and earth my 
 footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what is th
 e place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-n
 ecked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy
  Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did not you
 r fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the com
 ing of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, you wh
 o received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNow when
  they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth ag
 ainst him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the
  glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he said\,
  "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the ri
 ght hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ea
 rs and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and sto
 ned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young
  man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus
 \, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, "Lor
 d\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, he fell
  asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A m
 an planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the w
 ine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into a
 nother country. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to 
 get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat
  him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent to them another servan
 t\, and they wounded him in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he s
 ent another\, and him they killed\; and so with many others\, some they bea
 t and some they killed. He had still one other\, a beloved son\; finally he
  sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants 
 said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the 
 inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and killed him\, and cast him 
 out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come a
 nd destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read
  this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the
  head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in ou
 r eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for the
 y perceived that he had told the parable against them\; so they left him an
 d went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amos the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Hieronymus\; Augustine the Ble
 ssed\, Bishop of Hippo\; Jerome the Righteous\; Achikos\, Stephanas\, & For
 tuanatos the Apostles\; Father among the Saints Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kie
 v\; Lazar of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 5
 :10-16\nBrethren\, if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by th
 e death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are reconciled\, shall we be s
 aved by his life. Not only so\, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord
  Jesus Christ\, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.\n\nTh
 erefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin\, 
 and so death spread to all men because all men sinned -- sin indeed was in 
 the world before the law was given\, but sin is not counted where there is 
 no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses\, even over those whose sins w
 ere not like the transgression of Adam\, who was a type of the one who was 
 to come.\n\nBut the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died th
 rough one man's trespass\, much more have the grace of God and the free gif
 t in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free
  gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment follow
 ing one trespass brought condemnation\, but the free gift following many tr
 espasses brings justification.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:23-27\nAt that 
 time\, when Jesus got into the boat\, his disciples followed him. And behol
 d\, there arose a great storm on the sea\, so that the boat was being swamp
 ed by the waves\; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him\, saying\, 
 "Save us\, O Lord\; we are perishing." And he said to them\, "Why are you a
 fraid\, O men of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the 
 sea\; and there was a great calm. And the men marveled\, saying\, "What sor
 t of man is this\, that even winds and sea obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Nativity\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Stephen\, Archdea
 con & First Martyr\; Theodore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes t
 he Poet\; Theodore\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came
  to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had b
 een taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the 
 other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have t
 aken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid him
 ." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the t
 omb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the to
 mb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, 
 but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into
  the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\, which had been
  on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by 
 itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in
 \, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, t
 hat he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\nIn those
  days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders and signs amo
 ng the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Free
 dmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, 
 and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with Stephen. But t
 hey could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then
  they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard him speak blasphe
 mous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the people and the e
 lders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him and brought h
 im before the council\, and set up false witnesses who said\, "This man nev
 er ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law\; for we have 
 heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place\, and wil
 l change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And gazing at him\, all 
 who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.\n\n
 And the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fa
 thers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham\, when he 
 was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart f
 rom your land and from your kindred and go into the land which I will show 
 you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran.
  And after his father died\, God removed him from there into this land in w
 hich you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\, not even a
  foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in possession and to his po
 sterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it was Solomon who buil
 t a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with han
 ds\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and earth my footstool. W
 hat house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what is the place of m
 y rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people
 \, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As 
 your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers pe
 rsecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the R
 ighteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, you who received t
 he law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNow when they heard 
 these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth against him. B
 ut he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of Go
 d\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I
  see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of 
 God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushe
 d together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him\; an
 d the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named S
 aul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive m
 y spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not h
 old this sin against them." And when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, an a
 ngel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the 
 child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you
 \; for Herod is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he ros
 e and took the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and 
 remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord 
 had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen He
 rod\, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a furio
 us rage\, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in 
 all that region who were two years old or under\, according to the time whi
 ch he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken
  by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud la
 mentation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be consoled\, 
 because they were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the 
 Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the chi
 ld and his mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the
  child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\, an
 d went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over
  Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and being
  warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and 
 dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets migh
 t be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Nativity\; Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Sav
 ior\, Jesus Christ\; Anastasia the Great Martyr\; Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, 
 Evodias\, & Eutychianus\, the Martyrs\; The opening of the gates of the Gre
 at Church of God\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readin
 g: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were going to a village named 
 Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other abo
 ut all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussi
 ng together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes we
 re kept from recognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is this conversat
 ion which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood stil
 l looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you t
 he only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happene
 d there in these days?" And he said to them\, "What things?" And they said 
 to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed a
 nd word before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and ruler
 s delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified him. But we had
  hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, i
 t is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our co
 mpany amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not fin
 d his body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of 
 angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to
  the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but him they did not 
 see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe a
 ll that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ shou
 ld suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses 
 and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the thi
 ngs concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to which they w
 ere going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained him\, say
 ing\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent
 ." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them\, he too
 k the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eye
 s were opened and they recognized him\; and he vanished out of their sight.
  They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talk
 ed to us on the road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose
  that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathe
 red together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen 
 indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on th
 e road\, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:9-10\; 32-40\nBRETHREN\, b
 y faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise\, as in a foreign land\, l
 iving in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same promise.  
 For he looked forward to the city which has foundation\, whose builder and 
 maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fail me to tell
  of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophe
 ts - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received pro
 mises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the ed
 ge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put
  foreign armies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurrection.  Som
 e were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again t
 o a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains a
 nd imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were temp
 ted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep a
 nd goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not 
 worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and caves of th
 e earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not r
 eceive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\,
  that apart from us they should not be made perfect.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 1:1-25\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, the son of David\,
  the son of Abraham.\n\nAbraham was the father of Isaac\, and Isaac the fat
 her of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers\, and Judah t
 he father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and Perez the father of Hezron\, an
 d Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the father of Amminadab\, and Ammina
 dab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the father of Salmon\, and Salmon t
 he father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth\, and Obed
  the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father of David the king.\n\nAnd David
  was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah\, and Solomon the father of
  Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah\, and Abijah the father of As
 a\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram
 \, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father of Jotham\, and J
 otham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah\, and Hezekiah t
 he father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the father of Amon\, and Amon the fath
 er of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers\, at the
  time of the deportation to Babylon.\n\nAnd after the deportation to Babylo
 n: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\, and Salathiel the father of Zeru
 bbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud\, and Abiud the father of Eliak
 im\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and Azor the father of Zadok\, and Za
 dok the father of Achim\, and Achim the father of Eliud\, and Eliud the fat
 her of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of Matthan\, and Matthan the father
  of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary\, of whom Je
 sus was born\, who is called Christ.\n\nSo all the generations from Abraham
  to David were fourteen generations\, and from David to the deportation to 
 Babylon fourteen generations\, and from the deportation to Babylon to the C
 hrist fourteen generations.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ took place in 
 this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph\, before they c
 ame together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit\; and her hu
 sband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame\, resolve
 d to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, behold\, an angel of 
 the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, son of David\, do 
 not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is conceived in her is of 
 the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall call his name Jesus\,
  for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfi
 ll what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a virgin shall concei
 ve and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (which means\, G
 od with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as the angel of the Lord 
 commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not until she had borne a s
 on\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\; Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\; Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:5-11\, 17-19\nBrethren\, Moses was faithful
  in all God's house as a servant\, to testify to the things that were to be
  spoken later\, but Christ was faithful over his house as a son. And we are
  his house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope firm to the
  end. Therefore\, as the Holy Spirit says\, "Today\, when you hear his voic
 e\, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion\, on the day of testing i
 n the wilderness\, where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works f
 or forty years. Therefore I was provoked with that generation\, and said\, 
 'They always go astray in their hearts\; they have not known my ways.' As I
  swore in my wrath\, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And with whom was h
 e provoked forty years? Was it not with those who sinned\, whose bodies fel
 l in the wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they should never enter 
 his rest\, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unab
 le to enter because of unbelief.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:42-50\; 10:1\nTh
 e Lord said\, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to
  sin\, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his 
 neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin\, 
 cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands 
 to go to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, where their worm does not die\, 
 and the fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes you to sin\, cut it o
 ff\; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be throw
 n into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched.
  And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out\; it is better for you to
  enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into
  hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. For e
 very one will be salted with fire and every sacrifice will be salted with s
 alt. Salt is good\; but if the salt has lost its saltness\, how will you se
 ason it? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at peace with one another." And h
 e left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan\, and cr
 owds gathered to him again\; and again\, as his custom was\, he taught them
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Wednesday after Pentecost\; The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; 
 Our Righteous Father Panagis (Paisios) Basias\; Tarasios & John the Martyrs
 \; Sebastian the Wonderworker\; Zenais the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Romans 1:18-27\nBrethren\, the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
  against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness supp
 ress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them\, because 
 God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisibl
 e nature\, namely\, his eternal power and deity\, has been clearly perceive
 d in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse\; for altho
 ugh they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him\, but
  they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darken
 ed. Claiming to be wise\, they became fools\, and exchanged the glory of th
 e immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or rept
 iles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity\,
  to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves\, because they exchang
 ed the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rath
 er than the Creator\, who is blessed for ever! Amen. For this reason God ga
 ve them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relation
 s for unnatural\, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women
  and were consumed with passion for one another\, men committing shameless 
 acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their 
 error.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26\nThe Lord said to his disciples\,
  "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees\, you
  will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to
  the men of old\, 'You shall not kill\; and whoever kills shall be liable t
 o judgment.' But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother 
 without cause shall be liable to judgment\; whoever insults his brother sha
 ll be liable to the council\, and whoever says\, 'You fool!' shall be liabl
 e to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar\, and 
 there remember that your brother has something against you\, leave your gif
 t there before the altar and go\; first be reconciled to your brother\, and
  then come and offer your gift. Make friends quickly with your accuser\, wh
 ile you are going with him to court\, lest your accuser hand you over to th
 e judge\, and the judge to the guard\, and you be put in prison\; truly\, I
  say to you\, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions\; Pyrros the Hier
 omartyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:25\;13.1-12\nIn those days\, Barnabas a
 nd Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission\, bri
 nging with them John whose other name was Mark. Now in the Church at Antioc
 h there were prophets and teachers\, Barnabas\, Simeon who was called Niger
 \, Lucius of Cyrene\, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch\, 
 and Saul. While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting\, the Holy Spiri
 t said\, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have c
 alled them." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them a
 nd sent them off. So\, being sent out by the Holy Spirit\, they went down t
 o Seleucia\; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Sal
 amis\, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And t
 hey had John to assist them. When they had gone through the whole island as
  far as Paphos\, they came upon a certain magician\, a Jewish false prophet
 \, named Bar-Jesus. He was with the proconsul\, Sergius Paulus\, a man of i
 ntelligence\, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God. But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withsto
 od them\, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. But Saul\, who
  is also called Paul\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, looked intently at him
  and said\, "You son of the devil\, you enemy of all righteousness\, full o
 f all deceit and villainy\, will you not stop making crooked the straight p
 aths of the Lord? And now\, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon you\, and
  you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist
  and darkness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by
  the hand. Then the proconsul believed\, when he saw what had occurred\, fo
 r he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:
 51-59\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say t
 o you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death." The Jews said 
 to him\, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died\, as did the prop
 hets\; and you say\, 'If any one keeps my word\, he will never taste death.
 ' Are you greater than our father Abraham\, who died? And the prophets died
 ! Who do you claim to be?" Jesus answered\, "If I glorify myself\, my glory
  is nothing\; it is my Father who glorifies me\, of whom you say that he is
  your God. But you have not known him\; I know him. If I said\, I do not kn
 ow him\, I should be a liar like you\; but I do know him and I keep his wor
 d. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day\; and he saw it a
 nd was glad." The Jews then said to him\, "You are not yet fifty years old\
 , and have you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say t
 o you\, before Abraham was\, I am." So they took up stones to throw at him\
 ; but Jesus hid himself\, and went out of the temple.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Theophan the Recl
 use\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-11\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And
  when he came up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened a
 nd the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heave
 n\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Titus 2:11-14\;3:4-7\nTITUS\, my son\, the grace of God has appeared fo
 r the salvation of all men\, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly
  passions\, and to live sober\, upright\, and godly lives in this world\, a
 waiting our blessed hope\, the appearing of the glory of the great God and 
 Savior Jesus Christ\, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquit
 y and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good de
 eds.\n\nBut when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeare
 d\, he saved us\, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness\, but in
  virtue of his own mercy\, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in th
 e Holy Spirit\, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our
  Savior\, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in ho
 pe of eternal life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s came from Galilee to the Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him. John wou
 ld have prevented him\, saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, and do you
  come to me?" But Jesus answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thus it is f
 itting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Je
 sus was baptized\, he went up immediately from the water\, and behold\, the
  heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove\, 
 and alighting on him\; and lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "This is my 
 beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sisoes the Great\; Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\; L
 oukia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\; Juliana the
  Virgin-martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 7:14-8:2\nBrethren\, we know that
  the law is spiritual\; but I am carnal\, sold under sin. I do not understa
 nd my own actions. For I do not do what I want\, but I do the very thing I 
 hate. Now if I do what I do not want\, I agree that the law is good. So the
 n it is no longer I that do it\, but sin which dwells within me. For I know
  that nothing good dwells within me\, that is\, in my flesh. I can will wha
 t is right\, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want\, but the 
 evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want\, it is no 
 longer I that do it\, but sin which dwells within me.\n\nSo I find it to be
  a law that when I want to do right\, evil lies close at hand. For I deligh
 t in the law of God\, in my inmost self\, but I see in my members another l
 aw at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin w
 hich dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from
  this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So the
 n\, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind\, but with my flesh I ser
 ve the law of sin.\n\nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who 
 are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has 
 set me free from the law of sin and death.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:9-
 15\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Take no gold\, nor silver\, nor coppe
 r in your belts\, no bag for your journey\, nor two tunics\, nor sandals\, 
 nor a staff\; for the laborer deserves his food. And whatever town or villa
 ge you enter\, find out who is worthy in it\, and stay with him until you d
 epart. As you enter the house\, salute it. And if the house is worthy\, let
  your peace come upon it\; but if it is not worthy\, let your peace return 
 to you. And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words\, shake
  off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I say t
 o you\, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of S
 odom and Gomorrah than for that town."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\, & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamu
 s\; Benjamin the Deacon\; Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece\; Meletios of Pe
 gas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Florentios the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Hie
 romartyr Jacob of Hamatoura\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 3:
 8-21\nBrethren\, to me\, though I am the very least of all the saints\, thi
 s grace was given\, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Ch
 rist\, and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for a
 ges in God who created all things\; that through the church the manifold wi
 sdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the
  heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose which he has re
 alized in Christ Jesus our Lord\, in whom we have boldness and confidence o
 f access through our faith in him. So l ask you not to lose heart over what
  I am suffering for you\, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my kne
 es before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, from whom every family in h
 eaven and on earth is named\, that according to the riches of his glory he 
 may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner
  man\, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith\, that you\, 
 being rooted and grounded in love\, may have power to comprehend with all t
 he saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth\, and to know
  the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge\, that you may be filled with
  the fulness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able 
 to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think\, to him be glory i
 n the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations\, for ever and ever. Am
 en.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:22-25\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a boat wi
 th his disciples\, and he said to them\, "Let us go across to the other sid
 e of the lake." So they set out\, and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a 
 storm of wind came down on the lake\, and they were filling with water\, an
 d were in danger. And they went and woke him\, saying\, "Master\, Master\, 
 we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves\;
  and they ceased\, and there was a calm. He said to them\, "Where is your f
 aith?" And they were afraid\, and they marveled\, saying to one another\, "
 Who then is this\, that he commands even wind and water\, and they obey him
 ?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Confessor\; Kyranna the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Jonah t
 he Righteous Martyr of Lerios\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Zechariah 8:7-17\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts: 
  Behold\, I will save my people from the east country and from the west cou
 ntry\; and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem\; and they 
 shall be my people and I will be their God\, in faithfulness and in righteo
 usness."\n\nThus says the Lord of hosts:  "Let your hands be strong\, you w
 ho in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophe
 ts\, since the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts wa
 s laid\, that the temple might be built.  For before those days there was n
 o wage for man or any wage for beast\, neither was there any safety from th
 e foe for him who went out or came in\; for I set every man against his fel
 low.  But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the for
 mer days\, says the Lord of hosts.  For there shall be a sowing of peace\; 
 the vine shall yield its fruit\, and the ground shall give its increase\, a
 nd the heavens shall give their dew\; and I will cause the remnant of this 
 people to possess all these things.  And as you have been a byword of cursi
 ng among the nations\, O house of Judah and house of Israel\, so will I sav
 e you and you shall be a blessing.  Fear not\, but let your hands be strong
 ."\n\nFor thus says the Lord of hosts:  "As I purposed to do evil to you\, 
 when your fathers provoked me to wrath\, and I did not relent\, says the Lo
 rd of hosts\,  so again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusal
 em and to the house of Judah\; fear not.  These are the things that you sha
 ll do: Speak the truth to one another\, render in your gates judgments that
  are true and make for peace\, do not devise evil in your hearts against on
 e another\, and love no false oath\, for all these things I hate\, says the
  Lord."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Zechariah 8:19-23\n"Thus says the Lord of
  hosts:  The fast of the fourth month\, and the fast of the fifth\, and the
  fast of the seventh\, and the fast of the tenth\, shall be to the house of
  Judah seasons of joy and gladness\, and cheerful feasts\; therefore love t
 ruth and peace.\n\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Peoples shall yet come\, 
 even the inhabitants of many cities\; the inhabitants of one city shall go 
 to another\, saying\, 'Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord\,
  and to seek the Lord of hosts\; I am going.'  Many peoples and strong nati
 ons shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem\, and to entreat the 
 favor of the Lord.  Thus says the Lord of hosts:  In those days ten men fro
 m the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew\, saying
 \, 'Let us go with you\, for we have heard that God is with you.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn\; Mary of Egypt\; Euthemios of
  Suzdal\; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allow
 ed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had re
 gulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, t
 he outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of t
 he Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood 
 a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and t
 he ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a g
 olden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables 
 of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mer
 cy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations 
 having thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, pe
 rforming their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goe
 s\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers f
 or himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-4
 9\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill countr
 y\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted
  Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped
  in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclai
 med with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fru
 it of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord sh
 ould come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ea
 rs\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed th
 at there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n
 \n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in
  God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For 
 behold\, henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mi
 ghty has done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remaine
 d with her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\;
  Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch\; Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios t
 he Hieromartyrs\; Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: I Peter 4:1-11\nBeloved\, since Christ suffered in the flesh for us\, 
 arm yourselves with the same thought\, for whoever has suffered in the fles
 h has ceased from sin\, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh
  no longer by human passions but by the will of God. Let the time that is p
 ast suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do\, living in licentiousne
 ss\, passions\, drunkenness\, revels\, carousing\, and lawless idolatry. Th
 ey are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy\
 , and they abuse you\; but they will give account to him who is ready to ju
 dge the living and the dead. For this is why the gospel was preached even t
 o the dead\, that though judged in the flesh like men\, they might live in 
 the spirit like God.\n\nThe end of all things is at hand\; therefore keep s
 ane and sober for your prayers. Above all hold unfailing your love for one 
 another\, since love covers a multitude of sins. Practice hospitality ungru
 dgingly to one another. As each has received a gift\, employ it for one ano
 ther\, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks\, as one who 
 utters oracles of God\; whoever renders service\, as one who renders it by 
 the strength which God supplies\; in order that in everything God may be gl
 orified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion for ever and
  ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:28-37\nAt that time\, one of the sc
 ribes came up to Jesus. Hearing the Sadducees disputing with him\, and seei
 ng that he answered them well\, asked him\, "Which commandment is the first
  of all?" Jesus answered\, "The first is\, 'Hear\, O Israel: The Lord our G
 od\, the Lord is one\; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your h
 eart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your mind\, and with all your 
 strength.' The second is this\, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  There is no other commandment greater than these." And the scribe said to 
 him\, "You are right\, Teacher\; you have truly said that he is one\, and t
 here is no other but he\; and to love him with all the heart\, and with all
  the understanding\, and with all the strength\, and to love one's neighbor
  as oneself\, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 
 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely\, he said to him\, "You are not 
 far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any qu
 estion. And as Jesus taught in the temple\, he said\, "How can the scribes 
 say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself\, inspired by the Ho
 ly Spirit\, declared\,\n\n'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\
 , till I put your enemies under your feet.'\n\nDavid himself calls him Lord
 \; so how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\; Paul & his sister Juliana and thei
 r Companions\; Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\; Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\
 nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Zecha
 riah 8:7-17\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Behold\, I will save my people 
 from the east country and from the west country\; and I will bring them to 
 dwell in the midst of Jerusalem\; and they shall be my people and I will be
  their God\, in faithfulness and in righteousness."\n\nThus says the Lord o
 f hosts:  "Let your hands be strong\, you who in these days have been heari
 ng these words from the mouth of the prophets\, since the day that the foun
 dation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid\, that the temple might b
 e built.  For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for b
 east\, neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or ca
 me in\; for I set every man against his fellow.  But now I will not deal wi
 th the remnant of this people as in the former days\, says the Lord of host
 s.  For there shall be a sowing of peace\; the vine shall yield its fruit\,
  and the ground shall give its increase\, and the heavens shall give their 
 dew\; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these thin
 gs.  And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations\, O house o
 f Judah and house of Israel\, so will I save you and you shall be a blessin
 g.  Fear not\, but let your hands be strong."\n\nFor thus says the Lord of 
 hosts:  "As I purposed to do evil to you\, when your fathers provoked me to
  wrath\, and I did not relent\, says the Lord of hosts\,  so again have I p
 urposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah\; f
 ear not.  These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one an
 other\, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace\, d
 o not devise evil in your hearts against one another\, and love no false oa
 th\, for all these things I hate\, says the Lord."\n\nOld Testament Reading
 : Zechariah 8:19-23\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  The fast of the fourth 
 month\, and the fast of the fifth\, and the fast of the seventh\, and the f
 ast of the tenth\, shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladne
 ss\, and cheerful feasts\; therefore love truth and peace.\n\n"Thus says th
 e Lord of hosts:  Peoples shall yet come\, even the inhabitants of many cit
 ies\; the inhabitants of one city shall go to another\, saying\, 'Let us go
  at once to entreat the favor of the Lord\, and to seek the Lord of hosts\;
  I am going.'  Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord 
 of hosts in Jerusalem\, and to entreat the favor of the Lord.  Thus says th
 e Lord of hosts:  In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue sh
 all take hold of the robe of a Jew\, saying\, 'Let us go with you\, for we 
 have heard that God is with you.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose an
 d went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she ente
 red the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard 
 the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fill
 ed with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are yo
 u among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gran
 ted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when th
 e voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for j
 oy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wh
 at was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifie
 s the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded 
 the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations w
 ill call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, a
 nd holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and r
 eturned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, hav
 e this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, thoug
 h he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be
  grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born 
 in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself an
 d became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has hig
 hly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, th
 at at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and 
 under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to t
 he glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt
  that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received h
 im into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's
  feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much ser
 ving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my siste
 r has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord a
 nswered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many th
 ings\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall
  not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised
  her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the b
 reasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear t
 he word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Kyriake the Great Martyr\; Thomas the Righteous of Malea\; Akakios of 
 Sinai\; Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were
  confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be reveal
 ed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be 
 justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a 
 custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. Fo
 r as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is 
 neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither 
 male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Chris
 t's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean
  that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, tho
 ugh he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trust
 ees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, 
 we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time 
 had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the 
 law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive ado
 ption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crow
 d followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had 
 a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many phy
 sicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather gre
 w worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in 
 the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garm
 ents\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and s
 he felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiv
 ing in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned abou
 t in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples sa
 id to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who
  touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\,
  knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell do
 wn before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughte
 r\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your dise
 ase."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of Orthodoxy\; Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of Nicomedia\
 ; Hermas the Apostle of the 70\; Paul the Confessor\; Dometios the Righteou
 s\; Felix of Burgundy\, Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of t
 hem were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem
 \, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. Wh
 ile they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and
  went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said
  to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other
  as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named C
 leopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not
  know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to th
 em\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, 
 who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, a
 nd how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to dea
 th\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Isra
 el. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happene
 d. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb ea
 rly in the morning and did not find his body\; and they came back saying th
 at they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some
  of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the wome
 n had said\; but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish me
 n\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it 
 not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his
  glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to 
 them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew n
 ear to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going furthe
 r\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward ev
 ening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When 
 he was at table with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, 
 and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; a
 nd he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our h
 earts burn within us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to
  us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem
 \; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them
 \, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then
  they told what had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in 
 the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Heb
 rews 11:24-26\, 32-40\nBrethren\, by faith Moses\, when he was grown up\, r
 efused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter\, choosing rather to shar
 e ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures
  of sin.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fail me to tell of G
 ideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophets --
  who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promise
 s\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge o
 f the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put for
 eign enemies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurrection.  Some w
 ere tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a
  better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and 
 imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were killed 
 with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, 
 afflicted\, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering ov
 er deserts and mountains\, and in dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all t
 hese\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promi
 sed\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us t
 hey should not be made perfect. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that t
 ime\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\
 , "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Pete
 r.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him of who
 m Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the so
 n of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazar
 eth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to 
 him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile
 !"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Be
 fore Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Na
 thanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the King o
 f Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under t
 he fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall see greater things than these."  A
 nd he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven ope
 ned\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\; Alexander\, John\, and Paul 
 the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Phantinos the Righteous of Calabri
 a\; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\; 6 Martyrs of Melitene\; The Synaxis of the 
 Holy Hierarchs of Serbia\; The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia\; Fiacre the Herm
 it of Meaux\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:12-15\;10:1
 -7\nBrethren\, the rendering of this service not only supplies the wants of
  the saints but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God. Under the test
  of this service\, you will glorify God by your obedience in acknowledging 
 the gospel of Christ\, and by the generosity of your contribution for them 
 and for all others\; while they long for you and pray for you\, because of 
 the surpassing grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible 
 gift!\n\nI\, Paul\, myself entreat you\, by the meekness and gentleness of 
 Christ - I who am humble when face to face with you\, but bold to you when 
 I am away! - I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show bol
 dness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect u
 s of acting in worldly fashion. For though we live in the world we are not 
 carrying on a worldly war\, for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly 
 but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and ever
 y proud obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and take every thought captive t
 o obey Christ\, being ready to punish every disobedience\, when your obedie
 nce is complete.\n\nLook at what is before your eyes. If any one is confide
 nt that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself that as he is Christ's\, so
  are we.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:20-27\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a ho
 me\, and the crowd came together again\, so that they could not even eat. A
 nd when his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were 
 saying\, "He is beside himself." And the scribes who came down from Jerusal
 em said\, "He is possessed by Beelzebul\, and by the prince of demons he ca
 sts out the demons." And he called them to him\, and said to them in parabl
 es\, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself\
 , that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself\, tha
 t house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himsel
 f and is divided\, he cannot stand\, but is coming to an end. But no one ca
 n enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods\, unless he first binds 
 the strong man\; then indeed he may plunder his house."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\; Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonder
 worker\; Theodosius the New\; Joseph Gerontogiannis of Lithines Sitia\; Soz
 on of Nicomedea\; The Holy Ten Thousand Ascetics of Thebes\; Narcissus the 
 Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1
 5:12-19\nBrethren\, if Christ is preached as raised from the dead\, how can
  some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is
  no resurrection of the dead\, then Christ has not been raised\; if Christ 
 has not been raised\, then our preaching is in vain. We are even found to b
 e misrepresenting God\, because we testified of God that he raised Christ\,
  whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if t
 he dead are not raised\, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not
  been raised\, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then th
 ose also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If for this life o
 nly we have hoped in Christ\, we are of all men most to be pitied.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 9:2-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James a
 nd John\, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves\; and he was 
 transfigured before them\, and his garments became glistening\, intensely w
 hite\, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them 
 Elijah with Moses\; and they were talking to Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus
 \, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\, one f
 or you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." For he did not know what to s
 ay\, for they were exceedingly afraid. And a cloud overshadowed them\, and 
 a voice came out of the cloud\, "This is my beloved son\; listen to him." A
 nd suddenly\, looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus
  only. And as they were coming down the mountain he charged them to tell no
  one what they had seen\, until the Son of man should have risen from the d
 ead.\n\n
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 hrist
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel\; Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\; Holy 
 Martyr Golinduc\; Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\; Serapion the Martyr\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels
  was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribut
 ion\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was decl
 ared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard hi
 m\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles a
 nd by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For i
 t was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are 
 speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mind
 ful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make 
 him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with g
 lory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in p
 utting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his contro
 l. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see
  Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned wi
 th glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace
  of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, fo
 r whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, shou
 ld make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you
  hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejec
 ts him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even 
 the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Sa
 tan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to
  tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; 
 and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the 
 spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in hea
 ven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank 
 you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things
  from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\
 , for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Moses the Black of Scete\; Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\; 33 Martyr
 s of Nicomedea\; Job of Pochaev \; Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nEpi
 stle Reading: II Corinthians 8:7-15\nBrethren\, as you excel in everything 
 in faith\, in utterance\, in knowledge\, in all earnestness\, and in your l
 ove for us see that you excel in this gracious work also.\n\nI say this not
  as a command\, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love al
 so is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that thoug
 h he was rich\, yet for your sake he became poor\, so that by his poverty y
 ou might become rich. And in this matter I give my advice: it is best for y
 ou now to complete what a year ago you began not only to do but to desire\,
  so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it
  out of what you have. For if the readiness is there\, it is acceptable acc
 ording to what a man has\, not according to what he has not. I do not mean 
 that others should be eased and you burdened\, but that as a matter of equa
 lity your abundance at the present time should supply their want\, so that 
 their abundance may supply your want\, that there may be equality. As it is
  written\, "He who gathered much has nothing over\, and he who gathered lit
 tle had no lack."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:6-12\nAt that time\, the Pharis
 ees held counsel with the Herodians against Jesus\, how to destroy him. Jes
 us withdrew with his disciples to the sea\, and a great multitude from Gali
 lee followed\; also from Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the
  Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude\, hearing all that 
 he did\, came to him. And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for hi
 m because of the crowd\, lest they should crush him\; for he had healed man
 y\, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. And wheneve
 r the unclean spirits beheld him\, they fell down before him and cried out\
 , "You are the Son of God." And he strictly ordered them not to make him kn
 own.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\; R
 omanos the Melodist\; John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 9:10-19\nIn those days\, there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. Th
 e Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord
 ." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go to the street called Straight\, 
 and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul\; for beho
 ld\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay hi
 s hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Ananias answered\, "
 Lord\, I have heard from many about this man\, how much evil he has done to
  thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has authority from the chief priests
  to bind all who call upon thy name." But the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for 
 he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and 
 kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will show him how much he must suffer 
 for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered the house. And la
 ying his hands on him he said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared
  to you on the road by which you came\, has sent me that you may regain you
 r sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediately something like
  scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was 
 baptized\, and took food and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:17
 -26\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching\, there were Pharisees and teache
 rs of the law sitting by\, who had come from every village of Galilee and J
 udea and from Jerusalem\; and the power of the Lord was present to heal the
 m. And behold\, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed\, and th
 ey sought to bring him in and lay him before him\; but finding no way to br
 ing him in\, because of the crowd\, they went up on the roof and let him do
 wn with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he 
 saw their faith he said\, "Man\, your sins are forgiven you." And the scrib
 es and the Pharisees began to question\, saying\, "Who is this that speaks 
 blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?" When Jesus perceived their
  questionings\, he answered them\, "Why do you question in your hearts? Whi
 ch is easier\, to say\, 'Your sins are forgiven you\,' or to say\, 'Rise an
 d walk'? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth t
 o forgive sins" -- he said to the man who was paralyzed -- "I say to you\, 
 rise\, take up your bed and go home." And immediately he rose before them\,
  and took up that on which he lay\, and went home\, glorifying God. And ama
 zement seized them all\, and they glorified God and were filled with awe\, 
 saying\, "We have seen strange things today."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nahum the Prophet\; Ananias the Persian\; Philaret the Merciful of Amn
 ia\; Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia\;
  Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops of Ephesus\n\nFast Day
  (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:8-
 14\nTimothy\, my son\, we know that the law is good\, if any one uses it la
 wfully\, understanding this\, that the law is not laid down for the just bu
 t for the lawless and disobedient\, for the ungodly and sinners\, for the u
 nholy and profane\, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers\, for
  manslayers\, immoral persons\, sodomites\, kidnapers\, liars\, perjurers\,
  and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine\, in accordance with the g
 lorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. I thank
  him who has given me strength for this\, Christ Jesus our Lord\, because h
 e judged me faithful by appointing me to his service\, though I formerly bl
 asphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but I received mercy because I h
 ad acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for 
 me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 19:45-48\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out 
 those who sold\, saying to them\, "It is written\, 'My house shall be a hou
 se of prayer'\; but you have made it a den of robbers." And he was teaching
  daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal m
 en of the people sought to destroy him\; but they did not find anything the
 y could do\, for all the people hung upon his words.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\; Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Martin\, Bishop of Tour
 s\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparing
 ly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bo
 untifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or
  under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to prov
 ide you with every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enou
 gh of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is
  written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness e
 ndures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will
  supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righte
 ousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which thr
 ough us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-1
 9\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A cit
 y set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a 
 bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your
  light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glo
 ry to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish 
 the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill t
 hem.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an i
 ota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoeve
 r then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, 
 shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and t
 eaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\; Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren\, no
 w I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I complete wha
 t is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, that is\, t
 he church\, of which I became a minister according to the divine office whi
 ch was given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\, the myst
 ery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints. To
  them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches o
 f the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glory. H
 im we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom\, t
 hat we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, striving w
 ith all the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I want you to 
 know how greatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:14-23\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus was casting out a demon that was dumb\; when the demon had g
 one out\, the dumb man spoke\, and the people marveled. But some of them sa
 id\, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul\, the prince of demons"\; while othe
 rs\, to test him\, sought from him a sign from heaven. But he\, knowing the
 ir thoughts\, said to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid 
 waste\, and a divided household falls. And if Satan also is divided against
  himself\, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons b
 y Beelzebul. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons c
 ast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the fing
 er of God that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon yo
 u. When a strong man\, fully armed\, guards his own palace\, his goods are 
 in peace\; but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him\, he
  takes away his armor in which he trusted\, and divides his spoil. He who i
 s not with me is against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Luke\; Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodi
 less Powers: Gabriel\, Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed him
 self to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to S
 imon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He sa
 id to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed 
 my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you lo
 ve me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said
  to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of
  John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the thir
 d time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everythin
 g\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\
 , truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walk
 ed where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands
 \, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (
 This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this 
 he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the di
 sciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper an
 d had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter sa
 w him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him
 \, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Fo
 llow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple wou
 ld not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If
  it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is
  the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written 
 these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also 
 many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, 
 I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be w
 ritten.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\
 nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgres
 sion or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if w
 e neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, an
 d it was attested to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witnes
 s by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit
  distributed according to his own will. For it was not to angels that God s
 ubjected the world to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testifie
 d somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man
 \, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower t
 han the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting every
 thing in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjectio
 n to him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet se
 e everything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little whil
 e was made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of 
 the suffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death f
 or every one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things 
 exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their s
 alvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\nAt tha
 t time\, there came to Jesus a man named Jairus\, who was a ruler of the sy
 nagogue\; and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house\,
  for he had an only daughter\, about twelve years of age\, and she was dyin
 g. As he went\, the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flo
 w of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians an
 d could not be healed by anyone\, came up behind him\, and touched the frin
 ge of his garment\; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus sai
 d\, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it\, Peter and those who 
 were with him said\, "Master\, the multitudes surround you and press upon y
 ou!" But Jesus said\, "Some one touched me\; for I perceive that power has 
 gone forth from me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden\, she c
 ame trembling\, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all
  the people why she had touched him\, and how she had been immediately heal
 ed. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in p
 eace." While he was still speaking\, a man from the ruler's house came and 
 said\, "Your daughter is dead\; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But J
 esus on hearing this answered him\, "Do not fear\; only believe\, and she s
 hall be well." And when he came to the house\, he permitted no one to enter
  with him\, except Peter and John and James\, and the father and mother of 
 the child. And all were weeping and bewailing her\; but he said\, "Do not w
 eep\; for she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him\, knowing 
 that she was dead. But taking her by the hand he called\, saying\, "Child\,
  arise." And her spirit returned\, and she got up at once\; and he directed
  that something should be given her to eat. And her parents were amazed\; b
 ut he charged them to tell no one what had happened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\; Theophilu
 s the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter 
 to Timothy 1:12-17\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank him who has given me strengt
 h for this\, Christ Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appoi
 nting me to his service\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and i
 nsulted him\; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbeli
 ef\, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love th
 at are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance\, 
 that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremos
 t of sinners\; but I received mercy for this reason\, that in me\, as the f
 oremost\, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to
  those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages\, i
 mmortal\, invisible\, the only God\, be honor and glory for ever and ever. 
 Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a leve
 l place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of peop
 le from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who ca
 me to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were trou
 bled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch hi
 m\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up hi
 s eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is th
 e Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satis
 fied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are yo
 u when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast o
 ut your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\,
  and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Anas
 tasia the Great Martyr\; Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, Evodias\, & Eutychianus\,
  the Martyrs\; The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 5:22-25\;6:1-11\nTimothy\, my son\, do
  not be hasty in the laying on of hands\, nor participate in another man's 
 sins\; keep yourself pure. No longer drink only water\, but use a little wi
 ne for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. The sins of som
 e men are conspicuous\, pointing to judgment\, but the sins of others appea
 r later. So also good deeds are conspicuous\; and even when they are not\, 
 they cannot remain hidden. Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard
  their masters as worthy of all honor\, so that the name of God and the tea
 ching may not be defamed. Those who have believing masters must not be disr
 espectful on the ground that they are brethren\; rather they must serve all
  the better since those who benefit by their service are believers and belo
 ved. Teach and urge these duties. If any one teaches otherwise and does not
  agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which
  accords with godliness\, he is puffed up with conceit\, he knows nothing\;
  he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words\, whi
 ch produce envy\, dissension\, slander\, base suspicions\, and wrangling am
 ong men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth\, imagining that g
 odliness is a means of gain. There is great gain in godliness with contentm
 ent\; for we brought nothing into the world\, and we cannot take anything o
 ut of the world\; but if we have food and clothing\, with these we shall be
  content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation\, into a sna
 re\, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and 
 destruction. For the love of money is the root of all evils\; it is through
  this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their
  hearts with many pangs. But as for you\, man of God\, shun all this.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Mark 10:11-16\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever divorces his wife and
  marries another\, commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces her h
 usband and marries another\, she commits adultery." And they were bringing 
 children to him\, that he might touch them\; and the disciples rebuked them
 . But when Jesus saw it he was indignant\, and said to them\, "Let the chil
 dren come to me\, do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kingdom of G
 od. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like
  a child shall not enter it." And he took them in his arms and blessed them
 \, laying his hands upon them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\; Savinos the Bishop of Catania\; Barsus 
 the Confessor\; Euthymios the New\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:39-4
 5\nBrethren\, not all flesh is alike\, but there is one kind for men\, anot
 her for animals\, another for birds\, and another for fish. There are celes
 tial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies\; but the glory of the celesti
 al is one\, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory
  of the sun\, and another glory of the moon\, and another glory of the star
 s\; for star differs from star in glory. So is it with the resurrection of 
 the dead. What is sown is perishable\, what is raised is imperishable. It i
 s sown in dishonor\, it is raised in glory.  It is sown in weakness\, it is
  raised in power. It is sown a physical body\, it is raised a spiritual bod
 y. If there is a physical body\, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is
  written\, "The first man Adam became a living being"\; the last Adam becam
 e a life-giving spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s was going through the grainfields on the sabbath\, and his disciples pluc
 ked and ate some heads of grain\, rubbing them in their hands. But some of 
 the Pharisees said\, "Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sab
 bath?" And Jesus answered\, "Have you not read what David did when he was h
 ungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God\, a
 nd took and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any 
 but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those with him?" And he said t
 o them\, "The Son of man is lord of the sabbath." On another sabbath\, when
  he entered the synagogue and taught\, a man was there whose right hand was
  withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him\, to see whether h
 e would heal on the sabbath\, so that they might find an accusation against
  him. But he knew their thoughts\, and he said to the man who had the withe
 red hand\, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood there. And Jesus sa
 id to them\, "I ask you\, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do h
 arm\, to save life or to destroy it?" And he looked around on them all\, an
 d said to him\, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so\, and his hand was r
 estored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Jo
 hn\; Theodora of Thessaloniki\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod t
 he tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he said to his servants\, "
 This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from the dead\; that is why t
 hese powers are at work in him." For Herod had seized John and bound him an
 d put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\
 ; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for you to have her." And th
 ough he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the people\, because they he
 ld him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday came\, the daughter of He
 rodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so that he promised wi
 th an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she
  said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." And the k
 ing was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to 
 be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\, and his head was b
 rought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she brought it to her mothe
 r. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it\; and they went a
 nd told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat
  to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\, they followed him 
 on foot from the towns.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:25-33\nIN THOSE DAYS\, 
 as John was finishing his course\, he said\, "What do you suppose that I am
 ? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandals of whose feet 
 I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, sons of the family of Abraham\, and t
 hose among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the message of this salv
 ation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, because they did 
 not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are r
 ead every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Though they could ch
 arge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pilate to have him k
 illed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him\, they took 
 him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from th
 e dead\; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from G
 alilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we bring
  you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, this he has fulf
 illed to us their children by raising Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:14-3
 0\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Jesus\, for his na
 me had become known. He said\, "John the baptizer has been raised from the 
 dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." But others said\, "It 
 is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a prophet\, like one of the prophets o
 f old." But when Herod heard of it he said\, "John\, whom I beheaded\, has 
 been raised." For Herod had sent and seized John\, and bound him in prison 
 for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because he had marri
 ed her. For John said to Herod\, "It is not lawful for you to have your bro
 ther's wife." And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and wanted to kill hi
 m. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that he was a righte
 ous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, he was much perpl
 exed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came when Herod on h
 is birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading m
 en of Galilee. For when Herodias' daughter came in and danced\, she pleased
  Herod and his guests\; and the king said to the girl\, "Ask me for whateve
 r you wish\, and I will grant it." And he vowed to her\, "Whatever you ask 
 me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom." And she went out\, and sai
 d to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" And she said\, "The head of John the 
 baptizer." And she came in immediately with haste to the king\, and asked\,
  saying\, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a 
 platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry\; but because of his oaths and
  his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediately the k
 ing sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went 
 and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a platter\, and ga
 ve it to the girl\; and the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples 
 heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in a tomb. The apos
 tles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and taught.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus\; Matrona\, Abbess of Constantin
 ople\; Theoktisti of the Isle of Lesbos\; Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metr
 opolitan of Pentapolis\; Symeon the Translator\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Jo
 hn 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs 
 in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by
  the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the s
 heep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out
 . When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep
  follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, bu
 t they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." T
 his figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was s
 aying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robber
 s\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by m
 e\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 1:1-5\nPaul\, Silvan
 us\, and Timothy\, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and
  the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God alway
 s for you all\, constantly mentioning you in our prayers\, remembering befo
 re our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastnes
 s of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know\, brethren beloved by God\,
  that he has chosen you\; for our gospel came to you not only in word\, but
  also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know wh
 at kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 12:13-15\, 22-31\nAt that time\, while Jesus was teaching\, one of the
  multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, bid my brother divide the inheritance w
 ith me." But he said to him\, "Man\, who made me a judge or divider over yo
 u?" And he said to them\, "Take heed\, and beware of all covetousness\; for
  a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. Therefo
 re I tell you\, do not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat\, no
 r about your body\, what you shall put on. For life is more than food\, and
  the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor rea
 p\, they have neither storehouse nor barn\, and yet God feeds them. Of how 
 much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious c
 an add a cubit to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small
  a thing as that\, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies\
 , how they grow\; they neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomo
 n in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes
  the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into th
 e oven\, how much more will he clothe you\, O men of little faith! And do n
 ot seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink\, nor be of anxious m
 ind. For all the nations of the world seek these things\; and your Father k
 nows that you need them. Instead\, seek his kingdom\, and these things shal
 l be yours as well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/14/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, an
 d Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12\nBr
 ethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by 
 faith\, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, saying\, "in you shall 
 all the nations be blessed." So then\, those who are men of faith are bless
 ed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on works of the law are und
 er a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed be every one who does not abide by
  all things written in the book of the law\, and do them." Now it is eviden
 t that no man is justified before God by the law\; for "the righteous shall
  live by faith"\; but the law does not rest on faith\, for "He who does the
 m shall live by them."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:1-11\nAt that time\, one 
 sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the
  Pharisees\, they were watching him. And behold\, there was a man before hi
 m who had dropsy. And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees\, saying\, "
 Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath\, or not?" But they were silent. Then h
 e took him and healed him\, and let him go. And he said to them\, "Which of
  you\, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well\, will not immedia
 tely pull him out on a sabbath day?" And they could not reply to this. Now 
 he told a parable to those who were invited\, when he marked how they chose
  the places of honor\, saying to them\, "When you are invited by any one to
  a marriage feast\, do not sit down in a place of honor\, lest a more emine
 nt man than you be invited by him\; and he who invited you both will come a
 nd say to you\, 'Give place to this man\,' and then you will begin with sha
 me to take the lowest place. But when you are invited\, go and sit in the l
 owest place\, so that when your host comes he may say to you\, 'Friend\, go
  up higher'\; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at ta
 ble with you. For every one who exalts himself will be humbled\, and he who
  humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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  and Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\; Leonidas and Charissa
 \, Nike\, Galene\, Kallida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Mart
 yrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:11-17\nThus says the
  LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will you question me about
  my children\, or command me concerning the work of my hands?  I made the e
 arth\, and created man upon it\; it was my hands that stretched out the hea
 vens\, and I commanded all their host.  I have aroused him in righteousness
 \, and I will make straight all his ways\; he shall build my city and set m
 y exiles free\, not for price or reward\," says the LORD of hosts.  \n\n Th
 us says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia\, an
 d the Sabeans\, men of stature\, shall come over to you and be yours\, they
  shall follow you\; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. The
 y will make supplication to you\, saying: 'God is with you only\, and there
  is no other\, no god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art a God who hidest thy
 self\, O God of Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are put to shame and conf
 ounded\, the makers of idols go in confusion together.  But Israel is saved
  by the LORD with everlasting salvation\; you shall not be put to shame or 
 confounded to all eternity.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 22:1-18\n Aft
 er these things God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Abraham!" And he sa
 id\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Take your son\, your only son Isaac\, whom yo
 u love\, and go to the land of Moriah\, and offer him there as a burnt offe
 ring upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."  So Abraham rose
  early in the morning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of his young men wit
 h him\, and his son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering\, an
 d arose and went to the place of which God had told him.  On the third day 
 Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Then Abraham said t
 o his young men\, "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad will go yonder an
 d worship\, and come again to you."  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
  offering\, and laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in his hand the fire
  and the knife. So they went both of them together.  And Isaac said to his 
 father Abraham\, "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, my son." He said\,
  "Behold\, the fire and the wood\; but where is the lamb for a burnt offeri
 ng?"  Abraham said\, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offerin
 g\, my son." So they went both of them together.  \n\n When they came to th
 e place of which God had told him\, Abraham built an altar there\, and laid
  the wood in order\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid him on the altar\, 
 upon the wood.  Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took the knife to sla
 y his son.  But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven\, and said\
 , "Abraham\, Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Do not lay yo
 ur hand on the lad or do anything to him\; for now I know that you fear God
 \, seeing you have not withheld your son\, your only son\, from me."  And A
 braham lifted up his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind him was a ram\, 
 caught in a thicket by his horns\; and Abraham went and took the ram\, and 
 offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called th
 e name of that place The LORD will provide\; as it is said to this day\, "O
 n the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."  And the angel of the LORD c
 alled to Abraham a second time from heaven\, and said\, "By myself I have s
 worn\, says the LORD\, because you have done this\, and have not withheld y
 our son\, your only son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I will multiply you
 r descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seasho
 re. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies\, and by y
 our descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves\, becau
 se you have obeyed my voice."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 17:17-18:5
 \nA friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.  A man
  without sense gives a pledge\, and becomes surety in the presence of his n
 eighbor.  He who loves transgression loves strife\; he who makes his door h
 igh seeks destruction.  A man of crooked mind does not prosper\, and one wi
 th a perverse tongue falls into calamity.  A stupid son is a grief to a fat
 her\; and the father of a fool has no joy.  A cheerful heart is a good medi
 cine\, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.  A wicked man accepts a br
 ibe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.  A man of understanding 
 sets his face toward wisdom\, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the
  earth.  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who b
 ore him.  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good\; to flog noble m
 en is wrong.  He who restrains his words has knowledge\, and he who has a c
 ool spirit is a man of understanding.  Even a fool who keeps silent is cons
 idered wise\; when he closes his lips\, he is deemed intelligent.\n\n  He w
 ho is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment.  A 
 fool takes no pleasure in understanding\, but only in expressing his opinio
 n.  When wickedness comes\, contempt comes also\; and with dishonor comes d
 isgrace.  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters\; the fountain of wisd
 om is a gushing stream.  It is not good to be partial to a wicked man\, or 
 to deprive a righteous man of justice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\; Alexander\, John\, and Paul 
 the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Phantinos the Righteous of Calabri
 a\; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\; 6 Martyrs of Melitene\; The Synaxis of the 
 Holy Hierarchs of Serbia\; The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia\; Fiacre the Herm
 it of Meaux\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 2:3-15\nBrethren\, my joy is
  the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of 
 heart and with many tears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the a
 bundant love that I have for you.\n\nBut if any one has caused pain\, he ha
 s caused it not to me\, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - 
 to you all. For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough\; so y
 ou should rather turn to forgive and comfort him\, for he may be overwhelme
 d by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. For this
  is why I wrote\, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient i
 n everything. Any one whom you forgive\, I also forgive. What I have forgiv
 en\, if I have forgiven anything\, has been for your sake in the presence o
 f Christ\, to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us\; for we are no
 t ignorant of his designs.\n\nWhen I came to Troas to preach the gospel of 
 Christ\, a door was opened for me in the Lord\; but my mind could not rest 
 because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and 
 went on to Macedonia.\n\nBut thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads 
 us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of hi
 m everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are bei
 ng saved and among those who are perishing.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:1
 3-22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes
  and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a preten
 se you make long prayers\; therefore you will receive the greater condemnat
 ion. But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut 
 the kingdom of heaven against men\; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor 
 allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, 
 hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and 
 when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of hell as
  yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by th
 e temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple\
 , he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater\, the gol
 d or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one sw
 ears by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gift that 
 is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is gre
 ater\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears b
 y the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it\; and he who swears by t
 he temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it\; and he who swears by
  heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210119
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\; Zenia the Martyr\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come 
 to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfol
 d by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robb
 er\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
  gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep b
 y name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes be
 fore them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger 
 they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know t
 he voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not
  understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before 
 me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door
 \; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and 
 find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember you
 r leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome o
 f their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterda
 y and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachi
 ngs\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods
 \, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which t
 hose who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those anim
 als whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacri
 fice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside t
 he gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore l
 et us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For 
 here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thro
 ugh him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, tha
 t is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do g
 ood and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You a
 re the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men
  light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives lig
 ht to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may
  see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think
  not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not
  to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heav
 en and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law u
 ntil all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these c
 ommandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of he
 aven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the k
 ingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201028
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical40d575ac45e18f16e75b512e978bc288
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Nestor the Martyr of Thessalo
 niki\; Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Colossians 1:1-3\; 7-11\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the 
 will of God and Timothy our brother\, to the saints and faithful brethren i
 n Christ at Colossai: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lo
 rd Jesus Christ. We thank God\, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ from th
 e day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth\, as you learned i
 t from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Ch
 rist on our behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. And so
 \, from the day we heard of it\, we have not ceased to pray for you asking 
 that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisd
 om and understanding\, to lead a life worthy of the Lord\, fully pleasing t
 o him\, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of
  God. May you be strengthened with all power\, according to his glorious mi
 ght\, for all endurance and patience with joy.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:1
 -10\nAt that time\, Jesus was praying in a certain place\, and when he ceas
 ed\, one of his disciples said to him\, "Lord\, teach us to pray\, as John 
 taught his disciples." And he said to them\, "When you pray\, say: 'Father\
 , hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily brea
 d\; and forgive us our sins\, for we ourselves forgive every one who is ind
 ebted to us\; and lead us not into temptation.'" And he said to them\, "Whi
 ch of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him\, 'Fri
 end\, lend me three loaves\; for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey\
 , and I have nothing to set before him'\; and he will answer from within\, 
 'Do not bother me\; the door is now shut\, and my children are with me in b
 ed\; I cannot get up and give you anything'? I tell you\, though he will no
 t get up and give him anything because he is his friend\, yet because of hi
 s importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs. And I tell you\,
  Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it
  will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who seeks 
 finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantinople
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221129
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20221128
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\; Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\; Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: II Thessalonians 1:1-10\nPaul\, Silvanus\, and Timothy\,\n\nTo the 
 church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:\n\
 nGrace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nW
 e are bound to give thanks to God always for you\, brethren\, as is fitting
 \, because your faith is growing abundantly\, and the love of every one of 
 you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast of you in t
 he churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecution
 s and in the afflictions which you are enduring.\n\nThis is evidence of the
  righteous judgment of God\, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of 
 God\, for which you are suffering - since indeed God deems it just to repay
  with affliction those who afflict you\, and to grant rest with us to you w
 ho are afflicted\, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mig
 hty angels in flaming fire\, inflicting vengeance upon those who do not kno
 w God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They sha
 ll suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the pres
 ence of the Lord and from the glory of his might\, when he comes on that da
 y to be glorified in his saints\, and to be marveled at in all who have bel
 ieved.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:37-44\nAt that time\, as Jesus was drawin
 g near\, at the descent of the Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the
  disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mi
 ghty works that they had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in 
 the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" And some o
 f the Pharisees in the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disci
 ples." He answered\, "I tell you\, if these were silent\, the very stones w
 ould cry out." And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it\, say
 ing\, "Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But n
 ow they are hid from your eyes. For the days shall come upon you\, when you
 r enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you\, and hem you in o
 n every side\, and dash you to the ground\, you and your children within yo
 u\, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you\; because you did
  not know the time of your visitation."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🐟 Stephen the New
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221022
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\; Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\; Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\; John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\; Righteous Philotheus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Cori
 nthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\,
  and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do a
 s he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God l
 oves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing i
 n abundance\, so that you may always have enough of everything and may prov
 ide in abundance for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroa
 d\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supp
 lies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your res
 ources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched
  in every way for great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgi
 ving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:1-15\nAt that time\, the Lord appoi
 nted seventy other disciples\, and sent them on ahead of him\, two by two\,
  into every town and place where he himself was about to come. And he said 
 to them\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray there
 fore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your
  way\; behold\, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no pu
 rse\, no bag\, no sandals\; and salute no one on the road. Whatever house y
 ou enter\, first say\, 'Peace be to this house!' And if a son of peace is t
 here\, your peace shall rest upon him\; but if not\, it shall return to you
 . And remain in the same house\, eating and drinking what they provide\, fo
 r the laborer deserves his wages\; do not go from house to house. Whenever 
 you enter a town and they receive you\, eat what is set before you\; heal t
 he sick in it and say to them\, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 
 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you\, go into its str
 eets and say\, 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet\, we wip
 e off against you\; nevertheless know this\, that the kingdom of God has co
 me near.' I tell you\, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom tha
 n for that town.\n\n'Woe to you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if 
 the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would h
 ave repented long ago\, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be mor
 e tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you\, Cape
 rnaum\, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades."
 \n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Hilarion the Great
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210724
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210725
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical4536608630d42161fb9906e058c1506a
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\; Athenagorus the Apologist\; Boris
  and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\; Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the M
 artyrs\; Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 
 8:14-21\nBrethren\, all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.\n
 \nFor you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear\, bu
 t you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry\, "Abba! Father!" it
  is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children
  of God\, and if children\, then heirs\, heirs of God and fellow heirs with
  Christ\, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorifie
 d with him.\n\nI consider that the sufferings of this present time are not 
 worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creati
 on waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God\; for the 
 creation was subjected to futility\, not of its own will but by the will of
  him who subjected it in hope\; because the creation itself will be set fre
 e from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children
  of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed 
 on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he said to
  him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at table
  in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down 
 with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they said t
 o his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinner
 s?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need of a 
 physician\, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I desir
 e mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, but si
 nners to repentance."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201219
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical4fa9528345d08ef1a321842f3ddf4dd4
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\; Our Righteous Father Michael S
 yngellon the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to Titus 1:15-16\; 2:1-10\nTitus\, my son\, to the pure all things are pur
 e\, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure\; their very minds a
 nd consciences are corrupted. They profess to know God\, but they deny him 
 by their deeds\; they are detestable\, disobedient\, unfit for any good dee
 d.\n\nBut as for you\, teach what befits sound doctrine. Bid the older men 
 be temperate\, serious\, sensible\, sound in faith\, in love\, and in stead
 fastness. Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior\, not to 
 be slanderous or slaves to drink\; they are to teach what is good\, and so 
 train the young women to love their husbands and children\, to be sensible\
 , chaste\, domestic\, kind\, and submissive to their husbands\, that the wo
 rd of God may not be discredited. Likewise urge the younger men to control 
 themselves. Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds\, and in yo
 ur teaching show integrity\, gravity\, and sound speech that cannot be cens
 ured\, so that an opponent may be put to shame\, having nothing evil to say
  to us. Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfacti
 on in every respect\; they are not to be refractory\, nor to pilfer\, but t
 o show entire and true fidelity\, so that in everything they may adorn the 
 doctrine of God our Savior.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\,
  Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the house h
 e asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they were silent
 \; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.
   And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one
  would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And he took 
 a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\, h
 e said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me\; 
 and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  John said 
 to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we f
 orbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not fo
 rbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon a
 fter to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.  For tr
 uly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you 
 bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201206
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalc4b3c5387e19323718b2a24a3da973d2
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabbas the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Diogenes\; Philotheos the Righteou
 s of Mount Athos\; Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level p
 lace\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people 
 from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came 
 to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were trouble
 d with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\,
  for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his e
 yes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the K
 ingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfie
 d.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you w
 hen men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out 
 your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, an
 d leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the 
 fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\
 , faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law. 
  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its pas
 sions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spir
 it.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of
  one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who a
 re spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yoursel
 f\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill t
 he law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his
  disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no on
 e knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the 
 Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all wh
 o labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon 
 you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will
  find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\
 n\n
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SUMMARY:Sabbas the Sanctified
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221211
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20221210
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas\, Hermogenes\, & Eugraphos\, Martyrs of Alexandria\; Thomas the 
 Righteous of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galati
 ans 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that God would justify th
 e Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, saying\, 
 "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, those who are men of f
 aith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on works of t
 he law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed be every one who doe
 s not abide by all things written in the book of the law\, and do them." No
 w it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law\; for "the r
 ighteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not rest on faith\, for "H
 e who does them shall live by them."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe 
 Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard see
 d which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it grew and became a tree\
 , and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." And again he said\,
  "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven which a wom
 an took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it was all leavened." He 
 went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towa
 rd Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, will those who are saved b
 e few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by the narrow door\; for man
 y\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the hou
 seholder has risen up and shut the door\, you will begin to stand outside a
 nd to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to us.' He will answer you\
 , 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say\, 'We ate
  and drank in your presence\, and you taught in our streets.' But he will s
 ay\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come from\; depart from me\, all
  you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep and gnash your teeth when yo
 u see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of Go
 d and you yourselves thrust out. And men will come from east and west\, and
  from north and south\, and sit at table in the kingdom of God."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🐟 Menas\, Hermogenes\, & Eugraphos\, Martyrs of Alexandria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201215
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical852104931eefe0e241f55e0c1bc09aca
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, an
 d Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:20-26\nTimothy\, my son\, i
 n a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of w
 ood and earthenware\, and some for noble use\, some for ignoble. If any one
  purifies himself from what is ignoble\, then he will be a vessel for noble
  use\, consecrated and useful to the master of the house\, ready for any go
 od work. So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness\, faith\, love\
 , and peace\, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart. Ha
 ve nothing to do with stupid\, senseless controversies\; you know that they
  breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly 
 to every one\, an apt teacher\, forbearing\, correcting his opponents with 
 gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know th
 e truth\, and they may escape from the snare of the devil\, after being cap
 tured by him to do his will.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:11-21\nAt that time\
 , the Pharisees came to Jesus and began to argue with him\, seeking from hi
 m a sign from heaven\, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit\, an
 d said\, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly\, I say to you\, no s
 ign shall be given to this generation." And he left them\, and getting into
  the boat again he departed to the other side. Now they had forgotten to br
 ing bread\; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautio
 ned them\, saying\, "Take heed\, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and 
 the leaven of Herod." And they discussed it with one another\, saying\, "We
  have no bread." And being aware of it\, Jesus said to them\, "Why do you d
 iscuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understa
 nd? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see\, and having ears 
 do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for 
 the five thousand\, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?
 " They said to him\, "Twelve." "And the seven for the four thousand\, how m
 any baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him\, 
 "Seven." And he said to them\, "Do you not yet understand?"\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\,
  and Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191109
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icale73b35dfa8869277bfa2d60c8bb98330
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/08/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\
 , Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, 
 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you that
  in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heave
 n. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man ha
 s a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave the
  ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? And
  if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than over
  the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Fath
 er who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n\n"If you
 r brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and hi
 m alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he doe
 s not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word may 
 be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to li
 sten to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen even to 
 the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I 
 say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and what
 ever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if 
 two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for the
 m by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my name\,
  there am I in the midst of them."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels was valid
  and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution\, how 
 shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at fi
 rst by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him\, while 
 God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gift
 s of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For it was not 
 to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are speaking. 
 It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him
 \, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a 
 little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and h
 onor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting eve
 rything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it i
 s\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, w
 ho for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory a
 nd honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he
  might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and
  by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make th
 e pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\
 , and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who
  sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons
  are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall l
 ike lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upo
 n serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothin
 g shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits ar
 e subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In t
 hat same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Fath
 er\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the 
 wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such
  was your gracious will."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabri
 el\, Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amos the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Hieronymus\; Augustine the Ble
 ssed\, Bishop of Hippo\; Jerome the Righteous\; Achikos\, Stephanas\, & For
 tuanatos the Apostles\; Father among the Saints Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kie
 v\; Lazar of Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 21:26-32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul
  took the men\, and the next day he purified himself with them and went int
 o the temple\, to give notice when the days of purification would be fulfil
 led and the offering presented for every one of them. When the seven days w
 ere almost completed\, the Jews from Asia\, who had seen him in the temple\
 , stirred up all the crowd\, and laid hands on him\, crying out\, "Men of I
 srael\, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the pe
 ople and the law and this place\; moreover he also brought Greeks into the 
 temple\, and he has defiled this holy place." For they had previously seen 
 Trophimos the Ephesian with him in the city\, and they supposed that Paul h
 ad brought him into the temple. Then all the city was aroused\, and the peo
 ple ran together\; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple\, and
  at once the gates were shut. And as they were trying to kill him\, word ca
 me to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. He at 
 once took soldiers and centurions\, and ran down to them\; and when they sa
 w the tribune and the soldiers\, they stopped beating Paul.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "The hour is coming when
  whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will 
 do this because they have not known the Father\, nor me. But I have said th
 ese things to you\, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told
  you of them.\n\n"I did not say these things to you from the beginning\, be
 cause I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me\; yet none of y
 ou asks me\, 'Where are you going?' But because I have said these things to
  you\, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it
  is to your advantage that I go away\, for if I do not go away\, the Counse
 lor will not come to you\; but if I go\, I will send him to you. And when h
 e comes\, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and j
 udgment: concerning sin\, because they do not believe in me\; concerning ri
 ghteousness\, because I go to the Father\, and you will see me no more\; co
 ncerning judgment\, because the ruler of this world is judged.\n\n"I have y
 et many things to say to you\, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spiri
 t of truth comes\, he will guide you into all the truth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the 
 Holy Prophetess Anna\; Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spets
 es\; Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener of Japan\; Afterfeast of the Prese
 ntation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Synaxis of the Most Holy The
 otokos \; Werburga\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRET
 HREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have c
 ome\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\,
  that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Plac
 e\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus secur
 ing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with th
 e blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for th
 e purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, who
  through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, purify
  your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 2:25-38\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name w
 as Symeon and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolati
 on of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed t
 o him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen th
 e Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and w
 hen the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to the
  custom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\, 
 "Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; for
  my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence o
 f all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to y
 our people Israel." And his father and his mother marveled at what was said
  about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold\
 , this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a s
 ign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul a
 lso)\, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed." And there was a p
 rophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she wa
 s of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years from her virgi
 nity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the
  temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up a
 t that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were 
 looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n
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 he Holy Prophetess Anna
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pachomius the Great\; Achillius the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Laris
 sa\; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus\; Barbaros the Myrr
 hbearer of Kerkyra\; Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: A
 cts 12:12-17\nIn those days\, Peter went to the house of Mary\, the mother 
 of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and w
 ere praying. And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named 
 Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter's voice\, in her joy she did not op
 en the gate but ran and told that Peter was standing at the gate. They said
  to her\, "You are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said\, "It i
 s his angel!" But Peter continued knocking\; and when they opened\, they sa
 w him and were amazed. But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, h
 e described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he 
 said\, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then he departed and went 
 to another place.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:42-51\nThe Lord said to the Jew
 s who came to him\, "If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I pr
 oceeded and came forth from God\; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent
  me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to
  hear my word. You are of your father the devil\, and your will is to do yo
 ur father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning\, and has nothing
  to do with the truth\, because there is no truth in him. When he lies\, he
  speaks according to his own nature\, for he is a liar and the father of li
 es. But\, because I tell the truth\, you do not believe me. Which of you co
 nvicts me of sin? If I tell the truth\, why do you not believe me? He who i
 s of God hears the words of God\; the reason why you do not hear them is th
 at you are not of God."\n\nThe Jews answered him\, "Are we not right in say
 ing that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Jesus answered\, "I have no
 t a demon\; but I honor my Father\, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek 
 my own glory\; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. Truly\, 
 truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\, & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamu
 s\; Benjamin the Deacon\; Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece\; Meletios of Pe
 gas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Florentios the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Hie
 romartyr Jacob of Hamatoura\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:33\;6:1-9\nBret
 hren\, let each one of you love his wife as himself\, and let the wife see 
 that she respects her husband. Children\, obey your parents in the Lord\, f
 or this is right. "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first command
 ment with a promise)\, "that it may be well with you and that you may live 
 long on the earth." Fathers\, do not provoke your children to anger\, but b
 ring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves\, be obe
 dient to those who are your earthly masters\, with fear and trembling\, in 
 singleness of heart\, as to Christ\; not in the way of eye-service\, as men
 -pleasers\, but as servants of Christ\, doing the will of God from the hear
 t\, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men\, know
 ing that whatever good any one does\, he will receive the same again from t
 he Lord\, whether he is a slave or free. Masters\, do the same to them\, an
 d forbear threatening\, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours 
 is in heaven\, and that there is no partiality with him.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 9:7-11\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done 
 by Jesus\, and he was perplexed\, because it was said by some that John had
  been raised from the dead\, by some that Elijah had appeared\, and by othe
 rs that one of the old prophets had risen. Herod said\, "John I beheaded\; 
 but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him. O
 n their return the apostles told him what they had done. And he took them a
 nd withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida. When the crowds learned it\, 
 they followed him\; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom o
 f God\, and cured those who had need of healing.\n\n
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 gamus
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200416
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Wednesday\; Crescens the Martyr\; Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\; M
 ichael the New Martyr of Smyrna\; The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\; Padarn\, 
 Bishop and Founder of Llandabarn Fawr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 26:6-16\nWhen Jesus was at Bethany at the house of Simon the leper\, a
  woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment an
 d she poured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples sa
 w it\, they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment mi
 ght have been sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor." But Jesus\, aw
 are of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has don
 e a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you\, but you 
 will not always have me. In pouring this ointment on my body she has done i
 t to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you wherever this gospel is pr
 eached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory of her
 ." Then one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chi
 ef priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And 
 they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an op
 portunity to betray him.\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:17-50\nAt that time\, t
 he crowd that had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus out of the tomb an
 d raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to m
 eet him was that they heard he had done this sign.  The Pharisees then said
  to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has g
 one after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to worship at the feast were
  some Greeks.  So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\
 , and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andr
 ew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.  And Jesus answered them\
 , "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.  Truly\, truly\, I
  say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it re
 mains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit.  He who loves his life 
 loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal
  life.  If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there s
 hall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.
 \n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from 
 this hour'? No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour.  Father\, glori
 fy your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I
  will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it ha
 d thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "
 This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine.  Now is the judgment of t
 his world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I 
 am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself."  He said this t
 o show by what death he was to die.  The crowd answered him\, "We have hear
 d from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the S
 on of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, 
 "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\,
  lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not kno
 w where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you
  may become sons of light."\n\nWhen Jesus had said this\, he departed and h
 id himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them\, yet th
 ey did not believe in him\;  it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isa
 iah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed our report\, and to whom h
 as the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe. Fo
 r Isaiah again said\,  "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\
 , lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart\, and 
 turn for me to heal them."  Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and s
 poke of him.  Nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him\, b
 ut for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\, lest they should be 
 put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the pr
 aise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He who believes in me\, bel
 ieves not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sen
 t me.  I have come as light into the world\, that whoever believes in me ma
 y not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and does not keep the
 m\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to judge the world but to save 
 the world.  He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge\;
  the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.  For I have
  not spoken on my own authority\; the Father who sent me has himself given 
 me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandme
 nt is eternal life. What I say\, therefore\, I say as the Father has bidden
  me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\; Triphyllos the Bishop of Nicosia\n\nFas
 t Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 4:4-12\nBrethren\, to one w
 ho works\, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due. And to one 
 who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly\, his faith is r
 eckoned as righteousness. So also David pronounces a blessing upon the man 
 to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: "Blessed are those whos
 e iniquities are forgiven\, and whose sins are covered\; blessed is the man
  against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin." Is this blessing pronounce
 d only upon the circumcised\, or also upon the uncircumcised? We say that f
 aith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness. How then was it reckoned to 
 him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after\, but
  before he was circumcised. He received circumcision as a sign or seal of t
 he righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. Th
 e purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circu
 mcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them\, and likewise the 
 father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but also follow th
 e example of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcis
 ed.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:15-21\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of false pr
 ophets\, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolv
 es. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns\, o
 r figs from thistles? So\, every sound tree bears good fruit\, but the bad 
 tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit\, nor can a bad 
 tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down 
 and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them by their fruits. Not ever
 y one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, 
 but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210828
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pimen the Great\; Holy Martyr Phanurius\; Anthousa the Martyr\; Poimen
  of Palestine\; Hosisos the Confessor\; Liverios\, Pope of Rome\; Monica\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, our boa
 st is this\, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the wo
 rld\, and still more toward you\, with holiness and godly sincerity\, not b
 y earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. For we write you nothing but what
  you can read and understand\; I hope you will understand fully\, as you ha
 ve understood in part\, that you can be proud of us as we can be of you\, o
 n the day of the Lord Jesus.\n\nBecause I was sure of this\, I wanted to co
 me to you first\, so that you might have a double favor\; I wanted to visit
  you on my way to Macedonia\, and to come back to you from Macedonia and ha
 ve you send me on my way to Judea. Was I vacillating when I wanted to do th
 is? Do I make my plans like a worldly man\, ready to say Yes and No at once
 ? For the Son of God\, Jesus Christ\, whom we preached among you\, Silvanus
  and Timothy and I\, was not Yes and No\; but in him it is always Yes. For 
 all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Ame
 n through him\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:23-33\nA
 t that time\, Sadducees\, who say that there is no resurrection\, came to J
 esus\; and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If
  a man dies\, having no children\, his brother must marry the widow\, and r
 aise up children for his brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us\;
  the first married\, and died\, and having no children left his wife to his
  brother. So too the second and third\, down to the seventh. After them all
 \, the woman died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, to which of the seven 
 will she be wife? For they all had her." But Jesus answered them\, "You are
  wrong\, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For 
 in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but are 
 like angels of God in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead\, hav
 e you not read what was said to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and
  the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob?' He is not God of the dead\, but 
 of the living." And when the crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his t
 eaching.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\; Theodoretos 
 the Holy Martyr of Antioch\; Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 3:1-14\n For\, behold\, the Lord\, the Lo
 rd of hosts\, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff\,
  the whole stay of bread\, and the whole stay of water\; the mighty man and
  the soldier\, the judge and the prophet\, the diviner and the elder\, the 
 captain of fifty and the man of rank\, the counselor and the skillful magic
 ian and the expert in charms.  And I will make boys their princes\, and bab
 es shall rule over them.  And the people will oppress one another\, every m
 an his fellow and every man his neighbor\; the youth will be insolent to th
 e elder\, and the base fellow to the honorable.\n\nWhen a man takes hold of
  his brother in the house of his father\, saying:  "You have a mantle\; you
  shall be our leader\, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule"\; i
 n that day he will speak out\, saying:  "I will not be a healer\; in my hou
 se there is neither bread nor mantle\; you shall not make me leader of the 
 people."  For Jerusalem has stumbled\, and Judah has fallen\; because their
  speech and their deeds are against the Lord\, defying his glorious presenc
 e.\n\nTheir partiality witnesses against them\; they proclaim their sin lik
 e Sodom\, they do not hide it.  Woe to them!  For they have brought evil up
 on themselves.  Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them\, for th
 ey shall eat the fruit of their deeds.  Woe to the wicked!  It shall be ill
  with him\, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.  My people -
 - children are their oppressors\, and women rule over them.  O my people\, 
 your leaders mislead you\, and confuse the course of your paths.\n\nThe Lor
 d has taken his place to contend\, he stands to judge his people.  The Lord
  enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people:  "It is yo
 u who have devoured the vineyard\, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
 "\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2:20-3:20\n The man gave names to all c
 attle\, and to the birds of the air\, and to every beast of the field\; but
  for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.  So the Lord God cau
 sed a deep sleep to fall upon the man\, and while he slept took one of his 
 ribs and closed up its place with flesh\; and the rib which the Lord God ha
 d taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.  Then
  the man said\, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; s
 he shall be called Woman\, because she was taken out of Man."  Therefore a 
 man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife\, and they bec
 ome one flesh.  And the man and his wife were both naked\, and were not ash
 amed.\n\nNow the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that 
 the Lord God had made.  He said to the woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall no
 t eat of any tree of the garden'?"  And the woman said to the serpent\, "We
  may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden\; but God said\, 'You shal
 l not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden\, ne
 ither shall you touch it\, lest you die.'"  But the serpent said to the wom
 an\, "You will not die.  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes wi
 ll be opened\, and you will be like God\, knowing good and evil."  So when 
 the woman saw that the tree was good for food\, and that it was a delight t
 o the eyes\, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise\, she too
 k of its fruit and ate\; and she also gave some to her husband\, and he ate
 .  Then the eyes of both were opened\, and they knew that they were naked\;
  and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.\n\nAnd they
  heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the d
 ay\, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord 
 God among the trees of the garden.  But the Lord God called to the man\, an
 d said to him\, "Where are you?"  And he said\, "I heard the sound of thee 
 in the garden\, and I was afraid\, because I was naked\; and I hid myself."
   He said\, "Who told you that you were naked?  Have you eaten of the tree 
 of which I commanded you not to eat?"  The man said\, "The woman whom thou 
 gavest to be with me\, she gave me fruit of the tree\, and I ate."  Then th
 e Lord God said to the woman\, "What is this that you have done?"  The woma
 n said\, "The serpent beguiled me\, and I ate."  The Lord God said to the s
 erpent\, "Because you have done this\, cursed are you above all cattle\, an
 d above all wild animals\; upon your belly you shall go\, and dust you shal
 l eat all the days of your life.  I will put enmity between you and the wom
 an\, and between your seed and her seed\; he shall bruise your head\, and y
 ou shall bruise his heel."  To the woman he said\, "I will greatly multiply
  your pain in childbearing\; in pain you shall bring forth children\, yet y
 our desire shall be for your husband\, and he shall rule over you."  And to
  Adam he said\, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife\, and 
 have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you\, 'You shall not eat of it\
 ,' cursed is the ground because of you\; in toil you shall eat of it all th
 e days of your life\; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you\; and
  you shall eat the plants of the field.  In the sweat of your face you shal
 l eat bread till you return to the ground\, for out of it you were taken\; 
 you are dust\, and to dust you shall return."\n\nThe man called his wife's 
 name Eve\, because she was the mother of all living.\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Proverbs 3:19-34\nThe Lord by wisdom founded the earth\; by understandi
 ng he established the heavens\; by his knowledge the deeps broke forth\, an
 d the clouds drop down the dew.\n\nMy son\, keep sound wisdom and discretio
 n\; let them not escape from your sight\, and they will be life for your so
 ul and adornment for your neck.  Then you will walk on your way securely an
 d your foot will not stumble.  If you sit down\, you will not be afraid\; w
 hen you lie down\, your sleep will be sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden pa
 nic\, or of the ruin of the wicked\, when it comes\; for the Lord will be y
 our confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.  Do not withhold 
 good from those to whom it is due\, when it is in your power to do it.\n\nD
 o not say to your neighbor\, "Go\, and come again\, tomorrow I will give it
 " -- when you have it with you.  Do not plan evil against your neighbor who
  dwells trustingly beside you.  Do not contend with a man for no reason\, w
 hen he has done you no harm.  Do not envy a man of violence and do not choo
 se any of his ways\; for the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord\, b
 ut the upright are in his confidence.  The Lord's curse is on the house of 
 the wicked\, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.  Toward the scorner
 s he is scornful\, but to the humble he shows favor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\; Synaxis of the Russians who were
  perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii
  Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fonda
 minskii\; Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\nEpistle Reading:
  James 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, take as an example of suffering and patience the
  prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold\, we call those happy w
 ho were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job\, and you hav
 e seen the purpose of the Lord\, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful
 . But above all\, my brethren\, do not swear\, either by heaven or by earth
  or with any other oath\, but let your yes be yes and your no be no\, that 
 you may not fall under condemnation. Is any one among you suffering? Let hi
 m pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let hi
 m call for the elders of the church\, and let them pray over him\, anointin
 g him with oil in the name of the Lord\; and the prayer of faith will save 
 the sick man\, and the Lord will raise him up\; and if he has committed sin
 s\, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another\, and p
 ray for one another\, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man
  has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man of like nature with ourse
 lves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain\, and for three years a
 nd six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again and the he
 aven gave rain\, and the earth brought forth its fruit. My brethren\, if an
 y one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back\, let h
 im know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will sa
 ve his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.Gospel Reading: L
 uke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the gracious words which 
 proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\, "Is not this Joseph's
  son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb\,
  'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you did at Capernaum\, do 
 here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no p
 rophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth\, I tell you\, there 
 were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, when the heaven was shut
  up three years and six months\, when there came a great famine over all th
 e land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath\, in the
  land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in 
 Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none of them was cleansed bu
 t only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all in the synagogue were
  filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city\, and led 
 him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built\, that they might
  throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went awa
 y.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Saturday of Souls\; Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and
  Paula the Virgin\; Athanasios the Wonderworker\; Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalo
 ugh\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you 
 ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you may not gr
 ieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died a
 nd rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who
  have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, 
 that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall n
 ot precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend
  from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's call\, and with t
 he sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; t
 hen we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together with them
  in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with
  the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed 
 himself to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to 
 Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He sa
 id to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed
  my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you lo
 ve me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said t
 o him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of Jo
 hn\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third ti
 me\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; y
 ou know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly
 \, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked wher
 e you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and 
 another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he 
 said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said t
 o him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom 
 Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\,
  "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he sa
 id to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is m
 y will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The s
 aying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; 
 yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my wi
 ll that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple
  who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\
 ; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other thi
 ngs which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that
  the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Gennadios I and Ma
 ximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Righteous Mother Hilda of Whitby\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:7-11\nBrethren\, to each i
 s given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is give
 n through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom\, and to another the utterance
  of knowledge according to the same Spirit\, to another faith by the same S
 pirit\, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit\, to another the work
 ing of miracles\, to another prophecy\, to another the ability to distingui
 sh between spirits\, to another various kinds of tongues\, to another the i
 nterpretation of tongues. All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit
 \, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 15:1-10\nAt that time\, the tax collectors and sinners were all drawin
 g near to Jesus to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured\, s
 aying\, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." So he told them thi
 s parable: "What man of you\, having a hundred sheep\, if he has lost one o
 f them\, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness\, and go after th
 e one which is lost\, until he finds it? And when he has found it\, he lays
  it on his shoulders\, rejoicing. And when he comes home\, he calls togethe
 r his friends and his neighbors\, saying to them\, 'Rejoice with me\, for I
  have found my sheep which was lost.' Just so\, I tell you\, there will be 
 more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righte
 ous persons who need no repentance. "Or what woman\, having ten silver coin
 s\, if she loses one coin\, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and s
 eek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it\, she calls to
 gether her friends and neighbors\, saying\, 'Rejoice with me\, for I have f
 ound the coin which I had lost.' Just so\, I tell you\, there is joy before
  the angels of God over one sinner who repents."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Trichinas\; Zacchaeus the Apostle of Caesaria\; Gregory &
  Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\; Athanasios\, Founder of the Monastery
  of Meteora\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 49:6-10\nThus s
 ays the LORD: "I will give you as a light to the nations\, that my salvatio
 n may reach to the end of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Redeemer of
  Israel and his Holy One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by the nations
 \, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, and they s
 hall prostrate themselves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\, the Hol
 y One of Israel\, who has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a time of f
 avor I have answered you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you\; I have
  kept you and given you as a covenant to the people\, to establish the land
 \, to apportion the desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\, 'Come fo
 rth\,' to those who are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the w
 ays\, on all bare heights shall be their pasture\; they shall not hunger or
  thirst\, neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he who has 
 pity on them will lead them\, and by springs of water will guide them.\n\nO
 ld Testament Reading: Genesis 31:3-16\n Then the LORD said to Jacob\, "Retu
 rn to the land of your fathers and to your kindred\, and I will be with you
 ."  So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock
  was\, and said to them\, "I see that your father does not regard me with f
 avor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.  You know
  that I have served your father with all my strength\; yet your father has 
 cheated me and changed my wages ten times\, but God did not permit him to h
 arm me.  If he said\, 'The spotted shall be your wages\,' then all the floc
 k bore spotted\; and if he said\, 'The striped shall be your wages\,' then 
 all the flock bore striped.  Thus God has taken away the cattle of your fat
 her\, and given them to me.  In the mating season of the flock I lifted up 
 my eyes\, and saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock 
 were striped\, spotted\, and mottled.  Then the angel of God said to me in 
 the dream\, 'Jacob\,' and I said\, 'Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up you
 r eyes and see\, all the goats that leap upon the flock are striped\, spott
 ed\, and mottled\; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.  I am th
 e God of Bethel\, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now ari
 se\, go forth from this land\, and return to the land of your birth.'"  The
 n Rachel and Leah answered him\, "Is there any portion or inheritance left 
 to us in our father's house?  Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For
  he has sold us\, and he has been using up the money given for us.  All the
  property which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our
  children\; now then\, whatever God has said to you\, do."\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Proverbs 21:3-21\nTo do righteousness and justice is more accepta
 ble to the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty eyes and a proud heart\, the lamp 
 of the wicked\, are sin.  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundanc
 e\, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.  The getting of treasure
 s by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.  The violence
  of the wicked will sweep them away\, because they refuse to do what is jus
 t.  The way of the guilty is crooked\, but the conduct of the pure is right
 .  It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared 
 with a contentious woman.  The soul of the wicked desires evil\; his neighb
 or finds no mercy in his eyes.  When a scoffer is punished\, the simple bec
 omes wise\; when a wise man is instructed\, he gains knowledge.  The righte
 ous observes the house of the wicked\; the wicked are cast down to ruin.  H
 e who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be
  heard.  A gift in secret averts anger\; and a bribe in the bosom\, strong 
 wrath.  When justice is done\, it is a joy to the righteous\, but dismay to
  evildoers.  A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in t
 he assembly of the dead.  He who loves pleasure will be a poor man\; he who
  loves wine and oil will not be rich.  The wicked is a ransom for the right
 eous\, and the faithless for the upright.  It is better to live in a desert
  land than with a contentious and fretful woman.  Precious treasure remains
  in a wise man's dwelling\, but a foolish man devours it.  He who pursues r
 ighteousness and kindness will find life and honor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricum\, and his mother Ant
 hia\; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:8-18\nTIMOTHY\, m
 y son\, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his pr
 isoner\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God\, who sa
 ved us and called us with a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works but i
 n virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus 
 ages ago\, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Chris
 t Jesus\, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light thr
 ough the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and
  teacher\, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I kno
 w whom I have believed\, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that 
 Day what has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound words wh
 ich you have heard from me\, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesu
 s\; guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who d
 wells within us.\n\nYou are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from
  me\, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to t
 he household of Onesiphoros\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not ashame
 d of my chains\, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and
  found me -  may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day
  and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through the grainfi
 elds\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of gra
 in.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not
  lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never read what D
 avid did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who were with 
 him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and 
 ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but the prie
 sts to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And he said to 
 them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son
  of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, a
 nd a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see 
 whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  
 And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he sai
 d to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save
  life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around at them wit
 h anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stret
 ch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\; Severian th
 e Martyr of Sebastia\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativit
 y of the Theotokos\; Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\n
 Brethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. B
 ut the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the fr
 ee woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two cove
 nants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Haga
 r. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jeru
 salem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is
  free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one 
 who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; fo
 r the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her t
 hat is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one a
 fter lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but
  puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing i
 s hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not 
 be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who ha
 s will more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that 
 he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him
 \, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your moth
 er and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he sa
 id to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God 
 and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Eve
 r Virgin Mary\; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\; Holy Hieromartyr Marce
 llus\, Bishop of Apameia\; Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthian
 s 1:12-20\nBrethren\, our boast is this\, the testimony of our conscience t
 hat we have behaved in the world\, and still more toward you\, with holines
 s and godly sincerity\, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. For 
 we write you nothing but what you can read and understand\; I hope you will
  understand fully\, as you have understood in part\, that you can be proud 
 of us as we can be of you\, on the day of the Lord Jesus.\n\nBecause I was 
 sure of this\, I wanted to come to you first\, so that you might have a dou
 ble favor\; I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia\, and to come back
  to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. Was I vacil
 lating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man\, re
 ady to say Yes and No at once? For the Son of God\, Jesus Christ\, whom we 
 preached among you\, Silvanus and Timothy and I\, was not Yes and No\; but 
 in him it is always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him.
  That is why we utter the Amen through him\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Matthew 22:23-33\nAt that time\, Sadducees\, who say that there i
 s no resurrection\, came to Jesus\; and they asked him a question\, saying\
 , "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children\, his brother
  must marry the widow\, and raise up children for his brother.' Now there w
 ere seven brothers among us\; the first married\, and died\, and having no 
 children left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third\, down t
 o the seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In the resurrection\, there
 fore\, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her." But J
 esus answered them\, "You are wrong\, because you know neither the scriptur
 es nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are
  given in marriage\, but are like angels of God in heaven. And as for the r
 esurrection of the dead\, have you not read what was said to you by God\, '
 I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob?' He 
 is not God of the dead\, but of the living." And when the crowd heard it\, 
 they were astonished at his teaching.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and 
 Ever Virgin Mary
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Prodigal Son\; Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\; Antoni
 us\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Meletios of Ypseni\; Christos the New M
 artyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Ma
 ry Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so
  that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of th
 e week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying t
 o one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the t
 omb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back - it was ver
 y large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right 
 side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\
 , "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He ha
 s risen\, He is not here\; see the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell
  His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee\; there you
  will see Him\, as He told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\,
  for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing 
 to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 6:12-20
 \nBrethren\, "all things are lawful for me\," but not all things are helpfu
 l.  "All things are lawful for me\," but I will not be enslaved by anything
 .  "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God will
  destroy both one and the other.  The body is not meant for immorality\, bu
 t for the Lord\, and the Lord for the body.  And God raised the Lord and wi
 ll also raise us up by his power.  Do you not know that your bodies are mem
 bers of Christ?  Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make them
  members of a prostitute?  Never!  Do you not know that he who joins himsel
 f to a prostitute becomes one body with her?  For\, as it is written\, "The
  two shall become one flesh."  But he who is united to the Lord becomes one
  spirit with him.  Shun immorality.  Every other sin which a man commits is
  outside the body\; but the immoral man sins against his own body.  Do you 
 not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you\, which y
 ou have from God?  You are not your own\; you were bought with a price.  So
  glorify God in your body and in your spirit which belong to God. \n\nGospe
 l Reading: Luke 15:11-32\nThe Lord said this parable: "There was a man who 
 had two sons\; and the younger of them said to his father\, 'Father\, give 
 me the share of the property that falls to me.'  And he divided his living 
 between them.  Not many days later\, the younger son gathered all he had an
 d took his journey into a far country\, and there he squandered his propert
 y in loose living.  And when he had spent everything\, a great famine arose
  in that country\, and he began to be in want.  So he went and joined himse
 lf to one of the citizens of that country\, who sent him into his fields to
  feed swine.  And he would gladly have filled his belly with the pods that 
 the swine ate\; and no one gave him anything.  But when he came to himself 
 he said\, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to 
 spare\, but I perish here with hunger!  I will arise and go to my father\, 
 and I will say to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before y
 ou\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son\; treat me as one of your 
 hired servants.'  And he arose and came to his father.  But while he was ye
 t at a distance\, his father saw him and had compassion\, and ran and embra
 ced him and kissed him.  And the son said to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned 
 against heaven and before you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son
 .'  But the father said to his servants\, 'Bring quickly the best robe\, an
 d put it on him\; and put a ring on his hand\, and shoes on his feet\; and 
 bring the fatted calf and kill it\, and let us eat and make merry\; for thi
 s my son was dead\, and is alive again\; he was lost\, and is found.'  And 
 they began to make merry.  Now his elder son was in the field\; and as he c
 ame and drew near to the house\, he heard music and dancing.  And he called
  one of the servants and asked what this meant.  And he said to him\, 'Your
  brother has come\, and your father has killed the fatted calf\, because he
  has received him safe and sound.'  But he was angry and refused to go in. 
  His father came out and entreated him\, but he answered his father\, 'Lo\,
  these many years I have served you\, and I never disobeyed your command\; 
 yet you never gave me a kid\, that I might make merry with my friends.  But
  when this son of yours came\, who has devoured your living with harlots\, 
 you killed for him the fatted calf!'  And he said to him\, 'Son\, you are a
 lways with me\, and all that is mine is yours.  It was fitting to make merr
 y and be glad\, for this your brother was dead\, and is alive\; he was lost
 \, and is found.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\; Severian th
 e Martyr of Sebastia\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativit
 y of the Theotokos\; Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave a
 nd one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the 
 flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory:
  these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children 
 for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corres
 ponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. B
 ut the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\,
  "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you wh
 o are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many more t
 han the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\n
 The Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or 
 puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see
  the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anythi
 ng secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you
  hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, 
 even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and
  his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And
  he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiri
 ng to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those 
 who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210721
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\; Synaxis of the Russians who were
  perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii
  Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fonda
 minskii\; Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\nEpistle Reading:
  James 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, take as an example of suffering and patience the
  prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold\, we call those happy w
 ho were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job\, and you hav
 e seen the purpose of the Lord\, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful
 . But above all\, my brethren\, do not swear\, either by heaven or by earth
  or with any other oath\, but let your yes be yes and your no be no\, that 
 you may not fall under condemnation. Is any one among you suffering? Let hi
 m pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let hi
 m call for the elders of the church\, and let them pray over him\, anointin
 g him with oil in the name of the Lord\; and the prayer of faith will save 
 the sick man\, and the Lord will raise him up\; and if he has committed sin
 s\, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another\, and p
 ray for one another\, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man
  has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man of like nature with ourse
 lves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain\, and for three years a
 nd six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again and the he
 aven gave rain\, and the earth brought forth its fruit. My brethren\, if an
 y one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back\, let h
 im know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will sa
 ve his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.Gospel Reading: L
 uke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the gracious words which 
 proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\, "Is not this Joseph's
  son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb\,
  'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you did at Capernaum\, do 
 here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no p
 rophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth\, I tell you\, there 
 were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, when the heaven was shut
  up three years and six months\, when there came a great famine over all th
 e land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath\, in the
  land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in 
 Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none of them was cleansed bu
 t only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all in the synagogue were
  filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city\, and led 
 him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built\, that they might
  throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went awa
 y.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Thursday\; Job the Prophet\; Our Holy Father Seraphim the Stru
 ggler of Mt. Domvu\; Sophia of Kleisoura\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: A
 cts 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and be bapt
 ized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of yo
 ur sins\; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promis
 e is to you and to your children and to all that are far off\, every one wh
 om the Lord our God calls to him." And he testified with many other words a
 nd exhorted them\, saying\, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."
  So those who received his word were baptized\, and there were added that d
 ay about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles'
  teaching and fellowship\, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fe
 ar came upon every soul\; and many wonders and signs were done through the 
 apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\nAt that time\, there was a man of
  the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Je
 sus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a teacher come
  from God\; for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless God is with 
 him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is bo
 rn from above\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said to him\, 
 "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his 
 mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , unless one is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter the kingdom 
 of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which is born o
 f the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You must be bor
 n from above.' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the sound of 
 it\, and you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so it is with
  everyone who is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can this
  be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet you do no
 t understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of what we know\
 , and bear witness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive our testim
 ony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe\, how can you
  believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven but
  he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Mos
 es lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of man be lift
 ed up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Renewal Thursday
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\; Holy Martyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, D
 emetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\; The Holy New Bishop Martyrs
  Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hiero
 theos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, Gerasimos of Rethy
 mno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Diopo
 los\, and those Martyred with them (1821-1822)\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\;
  Etheldreda the Queen\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:6-19\nBre
 thren\, it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are
  descended from Israel belong to Israel\, and not all are children of Abrah
 am because they are his descendants\; but "Through Isaac shall your descend
 ants be named." This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are
  the children of God\, but the children of the promise are reckoned as desc
 endants. For this is what the promise said\, "About this time I will return
  and Sarah shall have a son." And not only so\, but also when Rebecca had c
 onceived children by one man\, our forefather Isaac\, though they were not 
 yet born and had done nothing either good or bad\, in order that God's purp
 ose of election might continue\, not because of works but because of his ca
 ll\, she was told\, "The elder will serve the younger." As it is written\, 
 "Jacob I loved\, but Esau I hated." What shall we say then? Is there injust
 ice on God's part? By no means! For he says to Moses\, "I will have mercy o
 n whom I have mercy\, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
 " So it depends not upon man's will or exertion\, but upon God's mercy. For
  the scripture says to Pharoah\, "I have raised you up for the very purpose
  of showing my power in you\, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the 
 earth." So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills\, and he hardens the he
 art of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still find
  fault? For who can resist his will?"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-36\;
  11:1\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me befo
 re men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but wh
 oever denies me before men\, I also will deny before my Father who is in he
 aven. Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth\; I have not co
 me to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his fat
 her\, and a daughter against her mother\, and a daughter-in-law against her
  mother-in-law\; and a man's foes will be those of his own household."\n\nA
 nd when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on fr
 om there to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230627
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samson the Hospitable\; Joanna the Myrrhbearer\; Anektos the Martyr\; 
 Luke the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 10:11
 -21\;11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture says\, "No one who believes in God wi
 ll be put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek\; th
 e same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon hi
 m. For\, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." But
  how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are t
 hey to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to he
 ar without a preacher? And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it i
 s written\, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!" But
  they have not all obeyed the gospel\; for Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has be
 lieved what he has heard from us?" So faith comes from what is heard\, and 
 what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I ask\, have they not h
 eard? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth\, a
 nd their words to the ends of the world." Again I ask\, did Israel not unde
 rstand? First Moses says\, "I will make you jealous of those who are not a 
 nation\; with a foolish nation I will make you angry." Then Isaiah is so bo
 ld as to say\, "I have been found by those who did not seek me\; I have sho
 wn myself to those who did not ask for me." But of Israel he says\, "All da
 y long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people." I as
 k\, then\, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israeli
 te\, a descendant of Abraham\, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has n
 ot rejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:16-2
 0\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like chi
 ldren sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates\, 'We pipe
 d to you\, and you did not dance\; we wailed\, and you did not mourn.' For 
 John came neither eating nor drinking\, and they say\, 'He has a demon'\; t
 he Son of man came eating and drinking\, and they say\, 'Behold\, a glutton
  and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is ju
 stified by her children." Then he began to upbraid the cities where most of
  his mighty works had been done\, because they did not repent.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210928
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\; Mark\, Aristarchos\, and
  Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\; Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gide
 on the Righteous\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 2:11-16\nBrethren\, when Cep
 has came to Antioch I opposed him to his face\, because he stood condemned.
  For before certain men came from James\, he ate with the Gentiles\; but wh
 en they came he drew back and separated himself\, fearing the circumcision 
 party. And with him the rest of the Jews acted insincerely\, so that even B
 arnabas was carried away by their insincerity. But when I saw that they wer
 e not straightforward about the truth of the gospel\, I said to Cephas befo
 re them all\, "if you\, though a Jew\, live like a Gentile and not like a J
 ew\, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" We ourselves\, who
  are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners\, yet who know that a man is not
  justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we 
 have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ
 \, and not by works of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one b
 e justified.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:38-44\nAt that time\, Jesus entered 
 Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever\, and th
 ey besought him for her. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever\, and 
 it left her\; and immediately she rose and served them. Now when the sun wa
 s setting\, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brou
 ght them to him\; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed the
 m. And demons also came out of many\, crying\, "You are the Son of God!" Bu
 t he rebuked them\, and would not allow them to speak\, because they knew t
 hat he was the Christ. And when it was day he departed and went into a lone
 ly place. And the people sought him and came to him\, and would have kept h
 im from leaving them\; but he said to them\, "I must preach the good news o
 f the kingdom of God to the other cities also\; for I was sent for this pur
 pose." And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211113
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\; Martin\, Bishop of Tours\; Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6
 -11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who
  sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has ma
 de up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a chee
 rful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance
 \, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abun
 dance for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he give
 s to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed t
 o the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and 
 increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every w
 ay for great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You
  are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do m
 en light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives l
 ight to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they m
 ay see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Thi
 nk not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come n
 ot to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till he
 aven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law
  until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these
  commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of 
 heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the
  kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\; Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\; Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 ; Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 
 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all
  one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\,
  "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregatio
 n I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\
 , "Here am I\, and the children God has given me. Since therefore the child
 ren share in flesh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same natu
 re\, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, t
 hat is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were s
 ubject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is con
 cerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made lik
 e his brethren in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and fa
 ithful high priest in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins o
 f the people. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is 
 able to help those who are tempted. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWh
 en the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph
  in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to 
 Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for
  the child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother
  by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of H
 erod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of
  Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been 
 tricked by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed al
 l the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years 
 old or under\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise
  men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice 
 was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her 
 children\; she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But whe
 n Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph 
 in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the l
 and of Israel\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he ros
 e and took the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But w
 hen he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod
 \, he was afraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to t
 he district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, t
 hat what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be calle
 d a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\; Our Holy Father Michael of Ma
 leinus\; Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic\; Paisios the
  Athonite\; Veronica\, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by 
 Jesus\; Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpist
 le Reading: I Corinthians 2:9-16\;3:1-8\nBrethren\, "What no eye has seen\,
  nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man conceived\, what God has prepared for
  those who love him\," God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the S
 pirit searches everything\, even the depths of God. For what person knows a
  man's thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no on
 e comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have rec
 eived not the spirit of the world\, but the Spirit which is from God\, that
  we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. And we impart this in
  words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit\, comparing spir
 itual things with spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit. The uns
 piritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God\, for they are
  folly to him\, and he is not able to understand them because they are spir
 itually discerned. The spiritual man judges all things\, but is himself to 
 be judged by no one. "For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instr
 uct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. But I\, brethren\, could not addr
 ess you as spiritual men\, but as men of the flesh\, as babes in Christ. I 
 fed you with milk\, not solid food\; for you were not ready for it\; and ev
 en yet you are not ready\, for you are still of the flesh. For while there 
 is jealousy and strife among you\, are you not of the flesh\, and behaving 
 like ordinary men? For when one says\, "I belong to Paul\," and another\, "
 I belong to Apollos\," are you not merely men? What then is Apollos? What i
 s Paul? Servants through whom you believed\, as the Lord assigned to each. 
 I planted\, Apollos watered\, but God gave the growth. So neither he who pl
 ants nor he who waters is anything\, but only God who gives the growth. He 
 who plants and he who waters are equal\, and each shall receive his wages a
 ccording to his labor.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:31-36\nThe Lord said t
 his parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which 
 a man took and sowed in his field\; it is the smallest of all seeds\, but w
 hen it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree\, so that 
 the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." He told them ano
 ther parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and 
 hid in three measures of flour\, till it was all leavened."\n\nAll this Jes
 us said to the crowds in parables\; indeed he said nothing to them without 
 a parable. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open
  my mouth in parables\, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundat
 ion of the world." Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joel the Prophet\; Varys the Martyr\; John of Rilas\; Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\; John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing wi
 th the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and 
 all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my 
 words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the 
 third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'A
 nd in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Sp
 irit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and
  your young men shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; y
 ea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour o
 ut my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heav
 en above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of s
 moke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, befo
 re the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be 
 that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 7:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum. Now a centurion h
 ad a slave who was dear to him\, who was sick and at the point of death. Wh
 en he heard of Jesus\, he sent to him elders of the Jews\, asking him to co
 me and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus\, they besought him earn
 estly\, saying\, "He is worthy to have you do this for him\, for he loves o
 ur nation\, and he built us our synagogue." And Jesus went with them. When 
 he was not far from the house\, the centurion sent friends to him\, saying 
 to him\, "Lord\, do not trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy to have you 
 come under my roof\; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say th
 e word\, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man set under authority\,
  with soldiers under me: and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\; and to ano
 ther\, 'Come\,' and he comes\; and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it
 ." When Jesus heard this he marveled at him\, and turned and said to the mu
 ltitude that followed him\, "I tell you\, not even in Israel have I found s
 uch faith." And when those who had been sent returned to the house\, they f
 ound the slave well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metropolitan of Pentapolis\; Onesiphorus 
 and Porphyrius of Ephesus\; Matrona\, Abbess of Constantinople\; Theoktisti
  of the Isle of Lesbos\; Symeon the Translator\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Matthew 24:42-47\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not know
  on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder h
 ad known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have wat
 ched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also mu
 st be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Wh
 o then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has set over his ho
 usehold\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that serva
 nt whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\,
  he will set him over all his possessions."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5
 :8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is foun
 d in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasi
 ng to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but inst
 ead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do
  in secret\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\,
  for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\
 , O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." L
 ook carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making th
 e most of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish
 \, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with w
 ine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing o
 ne another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making mel
 ody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:25\, 5:1-
 12\nAt that time\, great crowds followed Jesus from Galilee and the Decapol
 is and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. Seeing the crowds\, 
 he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat down his disciples came to him
 . And he opened his mouth and taught them\, saying: "Blessed are the poor i
 n spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn
 \, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inher
 it the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, f
 or they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtai
 n mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God. Blessed ar
 e the peacemakers\, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those
  who are persecuted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of 
 heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all
  kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for
  your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/31/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\; Theophilos the Mart
 yr and those with him\; Innocent\, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska\; Akakio
 s the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:11-17\nT
 hus says the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will you quest
 ion me about my children\, or command me concerning the work of my hands?  
 I made the earth\, and created man upon it\; it was my hands that stretched
  out the heavens\, and I commanded all their host.  I have aroused him in r
 ighteousness\, and I will make straight all his ways\; he shall build my ci
 ty and set my exiles free\, not for price or reward\," says the LORD of hos
 ts.  \n\n Thus says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of E
 thiopia\, and the Sabeans\, men of stature\, shall come over to you and be 
 yours\, they shall follow you\; they shall come over in chains and bow down
  to you. They will make supplication to you\, saying: 'God is with you only
 \, and there is no other\, no god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art a God wh
 o hidest thyself\, O God of Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are put to sh
 ame and confounded\, the makers of idols go in confusion together.  But Isr
 ael is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation\; you shall not be put 
 to shame or confounded to all eternity.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2
 2:1-18\n After these things God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Abraham
 !" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Take your son\, your only son Isa
 ac\, whom you love\, and go to the land of Moriah\, and offer him there as 
 a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."  So 
 Abraham rose early in the morning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of his y
 oung men with him\, and his son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the burnt o
 ffering\, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.  On th
 e third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Then Ab
 raham said to his young men\, "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad will 
 go yonder and worship\, and come again to you."  And Abraham took the wood 
 of the burnt offering\, and laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in his h
 and the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.  And Isaac 
 said to his father Abraham\, "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, my son
 ." He said\, "Behold\, the fire and the wood\; but where is the lamb for a 
 burnt offering?"  Abraham said\, "God will provide himself the lamb for a b
 urnt offering\, my son." So they went both of them together.  \n\n When the
 y came to the place of which God had told him\, Abraham built an altar ther
 e\, and laid the wood in order\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid him on 
 the altar\, upon the wood.  Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took the 
 knife to slay his son.  But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven
 \, and said\, "Abraham\, Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "D
 o not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him\; for now I know that 
 you fear God\, seeing you have not withheld your son\, your only son\, from
  me."  And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind him 
 was a ram\, caught in a thicket by his horns\; and Abraham went and took th
 e ram\, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abrah
 am called the name of that place The LORD will provide\; as it is said to t
 his day\, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."  And the angel o
 f the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven\, and said\, "By mys
 elf I have sworn\, says the LORD\, because you have done this\, and have no
 t withheld your son\, your only son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I will 
 multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is o
 n the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemie
 s\, and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themse
 lves\, because you have obeyed my voice."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverb
 s 17:17-18:5\nA friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born for adver
 sity.  A man without sense gives a pledge\, and becomes surety in the prese
 nce of his neighbor.  He who loves transgression loves strife\; he who make
 s his door high seeks destruction.  A man of crooked mind does not prosper\
 , and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.  A stupid son is a gr
 ief to a father\; and the father of a fool has no joy.  A cheerful heart is
  a good medicine\, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.  A wicked man 
 accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.  A man of un
 derstanding sets his face toward wisdom\, but the eyes of a fool are on the
  ends of the earth.  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness 
 to her who bore him.  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good\; to 
 flog noble men is wrong.  He who restrains his words has knowledge\, and he
  who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.  Even a fool who keeps si
 lent is considered wise\; when he closes his lips\, he is deemed intelligen
 t.\n\n  He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all sound j
 udgment.  A fool takes no pleasure in understanding\, but only in expressin
 g his opinion.  When wickedness comes\, contempt comes also\; and with dish
 onor comes disgrace.  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters\; the foun
 tain of wisdom is a gushing stream.  It is not good to be partial to a wick
 ed man\, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\; Synax
 is of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\; Juvenal\, Patriarch of Jerusa
 lem\; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\; John Maximovitch\, Arch
 bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRE
 THREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanct
 uary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand
  and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place.
  Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having 
 the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all side
 s with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's 
 rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherub
 im of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now spe
 ak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go con
 tinually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into th
 e second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not witho
 ut taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the peopl
 e.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and wen
 t with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered t
 he house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the g
 reeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled wi
 th the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you amo
 ng women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted m
 e\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voi
 ce of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. A
 nd blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what wa
 s spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the
  Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the l
 ow estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will c
 all me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and ho
 ly is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and return
 ed to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; Theodore the Sanctified\; Holy Mar
 tyr Peter of Blachernae\; New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovos (1617)\; Nicholas
  the Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jeru
 salem\; Brendan the Navigator\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn th
 e first day of the week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taki
 ng the spices which they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled awa
 y from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body.  While 
 they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling
  apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\
 , the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remem
 ber how he told you\, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man m
 ust be delivered in to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on 
 the third day rise."  And they remembered his words\, and returning from th
 e tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Ma
 ry Magdalene\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women 
 with them who told this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an
  idle tale\, and they did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to th
 e tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; 
 and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6
 :1-7\nIn those days\, when the disciples were increasing in number\, the He
 llenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected i
 n the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples
  and said\, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of G
 od to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick out from among you seven me
 n of good repute\, full of the Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint t
 o this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of 
 the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude\, and they chose 
 Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Pro
 choros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyt
 e of Antioch. These they set before the apostles\, and they prayed and laid
  their hands upon them. And the word of God increased\; and the number of t
 he disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the prie
 sts were obedient to the faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:43-47\; 16:1-8\n
 At that time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected member of the council\, wh
 o was also himself looking for the kingdom of God\, took courage and went t
 o Pilate\, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were 
 already dead\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked him whether he was al
 ready dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead\, he gr
 anted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud\, and taking him dow
 n\, wrapped him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in a tomb which had been
  hewn out of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
  Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.\n\nAnd 
 when the sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\,
  and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint him. And ver
 y early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had
  risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone
  for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the ston
 e was rolled back\; for it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw
  a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they
  were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of N
 azareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place 
 where they laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going
  before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you." And they
  went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come 
 upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nahum the Prophet\; Philaret the Merciful of Amnia\; Ananias the Persi
 an\; Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia\;
  Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops of Ephesus\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, we beseech and e
 xhort you in the Lord Jesus\, that as you learned from us how you ought to 
 live and to please God\, just as you are doing\, you do so more and more. F
 or you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this 
 is the will of God\, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity\
 ; that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holiness and 
 honor\, not in the passion of lust like the heathen who do not know God\; t
 hat no man transgress\, and wrong his brother in this matter\, because the 
 Lord is an avenger in all these things\, as we solemnly forewarned you. For
  God has not called us for uncleanness\, but in holiness. Therefore whoever
  disregards this\, disregards not man but God\, who gives his Holy Spirit t
 o you. But concerning the love of the brethren you have no need to have any
  one write to you\, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one 
 another\; and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But
  we exhort you\, brethren\, to do so more and more\, to aspire to live quie
 tly\, to mind your own affairs\, and to work with your hands\, as we charge
 d you\; so that you may command the respect of outsiders\, and be dependent
  on nobody.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus was tea
 ching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests
  and the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what
  authority you do these things\, or who it is that gave you this authority.
 "  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell me\, was t
 he baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed it with on
 e another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did yo
 u not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone
  us\; for they are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they answered th
 at they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will
  I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday of Souls\; Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\; Agapetus the Confes
 sor\, Bishop of Sinai\; Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you ign
 orant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you may not griev
 e as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and 
 rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who ha
 ve fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, tha
 t we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not 
 precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend fr
 om heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's call\, and with the 
 sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then
  we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together with them in
  the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with th
 e Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\nThe Lord said\, "Take
  heed that you are not led astray\; for many will come in my name\, saying\
 , 'I am he!' and\, 'The time is at hand!'  Do not go after them.  And when 
 you hear of wars and tumults\, do not be terrified\; for this must first ta
 ke place\, but the end will not be at once.  And there will be signs in sun
  and moon and stars\, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity 
 at the roaring of the sea and the waves\, men fainting with fear and with f
 oreboding of what is coming on the world\; for the powers of the heavens wi
 ll be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with
  power and great glory.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words wil
 l not pass away.  But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed d
 own with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of life\, and that day come 
 upon you suddenly like a snare\; for it will come upon all who dwell upon t
 he face of the whole earth.  But watch at all times\, praying that you may 
 have strength to escape all these things that will take place\, and to stan
 d before the Son of man."\n\n
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 sts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete\; Cresc
 ens the Martyr\; Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\; Michael the New Martyr of Sm
 yrna\; The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\; Padarn\, Bishop and Founder of Lland
 abarn Fawr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 42:5-16\nThus sa
 ys God\, the LORD\, who created the heavens and stretched them out\, who sp
 read forth the earth and what comes from it\, who gives breath to the peopl
 e upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:  "I am the LORD\, I have call
 ed you in righteousness\, I have taken you by the hand and kept you\; I hav
 e given you as a covenant to the people\, a light to the nations\, to open 
 the eyes that are blind\, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon\, fro
 m the prison those who sit in darkness.  I am the LORD\, that is my name\; 
 my glory I give to no other\, nor my praise to graven images.  Behold\, the
  former things have come to pass\, and new things I now declare\; before th
 ey spring forth I tell you of them." \n\n  Sing to the LORD a new song\, hi
 s praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it\
 , the coastlands and their inhabitants.  Let the desert and its cities lift
  up their voice\, the villages that Kedar inhabits\; let the inhabitants of
  Sela sing for joy\, let them shout from the top of the mountains.  Let the
 m give glory to the LORD\, and declare his praise in the coastlands.  The L
 ORD goes forth like a mighty man\, like a man of war he stirs up his fury\;
  he cries out\, he shouts aloud\, he shows himself mighty against his foes.
  \n\n  For a long time I have held my peace\, I have kept still and restrai
 ned myself\; now I will cry out like a woman in travail\, I will gasp and p
 ant.  I will lay waste mountains and hills\, and dry up all their herbage\;
  I will turn the rivers into islands\, and dry up the pools.  And I will le
 ad the blind in a way that they know not\, in paths that they have not know
 n I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light\, the 
 rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do\, and I will
  not forsake them.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 18:20-33\n Then the LO
 RD said\, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their
  sin is very grave\, I will go down to see whether they have done altogethe
 r according to the outcry which has come to me\; and if not\, I will know."
   So the men turned from there\, and went toward Sodom\; but Abraham still 
 stood before the LORD.  Then Abraham drew near\, and said\, "Wilt thou inde
 ed destroy the righteous with the wicked?  Suppose there are fifty righteou
 s within the city\; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for t
 he fifty righteous who are in it?  Far be it from thee to do such a thing\,
  to slay the righteous with the wicked\, so that the righteous fare as the 
 wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do righ
 t?"  And the LORD said\, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city\, 
 I will spare the whole place for their sake."  Abraham answered\, "Behold\,
  I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord\, I who am but dust and ashe
 s.  Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the 
 whole city for lack of five?" And he said\, "I will not destroy it if I fin
 d forty-five there."  Again he spoke to him\, and said\, "Suppose forty are
  found there." He answered\, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."  The
 n he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak. Suppose thirt
 y are found there." He answered\, "I will not do it\, if I find thirty ther
 e."  He said\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Sup
 pose twenty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake of twenty I will 
 not destroy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will
  speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered\, "Fo
 r the sake of ten I will not destroy it."  And the LORD went his way\, when
  he had finished speaking to Abraham\; and Abraham returned to his place.\n
 \nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 16:17-17:17\nThe highway of the upright t
 urns aside from evil\; he who guards his way preserves his life.  Pride goe
 s before destruction\, and a haughty spirit before a fall.  It is better to
  be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud
 .  He who gives heed to the word will prosper\, and happy is he who trusts 
 in the LORD.  The wise of heart is called a man of discernment\, and pleasa
 nt speech increases persuasiveness.  Wisdom is a fountain of life to him wh
 o has it\, but folly is the chastisement of fools.  The mind of the wise ma
 kes his speech judicious\, and adds persuasiveness to his lips.  Pleasant w
 ords are like a honeycomb\, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.  
 There is a way which seems right to a man\, but its end is the way to death
 .  A worker's appetite works for him\; his mouth urges him on.  A worthless
  man plots evil\, and his speech is like a scorching fire.  A perverse man 
 spreads strife\, and a whisperer separates close friends.  A man of violenc
 e entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.  He who win
 ks his eyes plans perverse things\, he who compresses his lips brings evil 
 to pass.  A hoary head is a crown of glory\; it is gained in a righteous li
 fe.  He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty\, and he who rules h
 is spirit than he who takes a city.  The lot is cast into the lap\, but the
  decision is wholly from the LORD.\n\n  Better is a dry morsel with quiet t
 han a house full of feasting with strife.  A slave who deals wisely will ru
 le over a son who acts shamefully\, and will share the inheritance as one o
 f the brothers.  The crucible is for silver\, and the furnace is for gold\,
  and the LORD tries hearts.  An evildoer listens to wicked lips\; and a lia
 r gives heed to a mischievous tongue.  He who mocks the poor insults his Ma
 ker\; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.  Grandchildren are
  the crown of the aged\, and the glory of sons is their fathers.  Fine spee
 ch is not becoming to a fool\; still less is false speech to a prince.  A b
 ribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it\; wherever he tu
 rns he prospers.  He who forgives an offense seeks love\, but he who repeat
 s a matter alienates a friend.  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understa
 nding than a hundred blows into a fool.  An evil man seeks only rebellion\,
  and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.  Let a man meet a she-bear
  robbed of her cubs\, rather than a fool in his folly.  If a man returns ev
 il for good\, evil will not depart from his house.  The beginning of strife
  is like letting out water\; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.  He who
  justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an a
 bomination to the LORD.  Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy 
 wisdom\, when he has no mind?  A friend loves at all times\, and a brother 
 is born for adversity.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\; The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theog
 nis\, Agapius\, and Pistus\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy L
 ady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch o
 f Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 14:6-9\nBrethren\, he who obser
 ves the day\, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats\, eats in 
 honor of the Lord\, since he gives thanks to God\; while he who abstains\, 
 abstains in honor of the Lord\, and gives thanks to God. None of us lives t
 o himself\, and none of us dies to himself. If we live\, we live to the Lor
 d\, and if we die\, we die to the Lord\; so then\, whether we live or wheth
 er we die\, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again\
 , that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Mark 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the mountain\, and called
  to him those whom he desired\; and they came to him. And he appointed twel
 ve\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to ca
 st out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\; James the son of Zebedee and 
 John the brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, that is\, sons of 
 thunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, an
 d James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon the Cananaean\, and
  Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home\; and the crowd came 
 together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard
  it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is beside h
 imself."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost\; Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dio
 nysius\, Andrew\, Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius\, Paulinus and Benedimus\; S
 tephen I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Julian the Martyr\; Euphrasia the 
 Martyr of Nicea\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:6-18
 \nIn those days\, the apostles fled to Lystra and Derbe\, cities of Lycaoni
 a\, and to the surrounding country\; and there they preached the gospel. No
 w at Lystra there was a man sitting\, who could not use his feet\; he was a
  cripple from birth\, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking\; 
 and Paul\, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made 
 well\, said in a loud voice\, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang u
 p and walked. And when the crowds saw what Paul had done\, they lifted up t
 heir voices\, saying in Lycaonian\, "The gods have come down to us in the l
 ikeness of men!" Barnabas they called Zeus\, and Paul\, because he was the 
 chief speaker\, they called Hermes. And the priest of Zeus\, whose temple w
 as in front of the city\, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted
  to offer sacrifice with the people. But when the apostles Barnabas and Pau
 l heard of it\, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude
 \, crying\, "Men\, why are you doing this? We also are men\, of like nature
  with you\, and bring you good news\, that you should turn from these vain 
 things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and al
 l that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk i
 n their own ways\; yet he did not leave himself without witness\, for he di
 d good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons\, satisfying you
 r hearts with food and gladness." With these words they scarcely restrained
  the people from offering sacrifice to them.\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:14-3
 0\nAbout the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 
 The Jews marveled at it saying\, "How is it that this man has learning\, wh
 en he has never studied?" So Jesus answered them\, "My teaching is not mine
 \, but his who sent me\; if any man's will is to do his will\, he shall kno
 w whether the teacher is from God or whether I am speaking on my own author
 ity. He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory\; but he who se
 eks the glory of him who sent him is true\, and in him there is not falseho
 od. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do y
 ou seek to kill me?" The people answered\, "You have a demon! Who is seekin
 g to kill you?" Jesus answered them\, "I did one deed\, and you all marvel 
 at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses\, but from th
 e fathers)\, and you circumcise a man upon the sabbath. If on the sabbath a
  man receives circumcision\, so that the law of Moses may not be broken\, a
 re you angry with me because on the sabbath I made a man's whole body well?
  Do not judge by appearances\, but judge with right judgment."\n\nSome of t
 he people of Jerusalem therefore said\, "Is not this the man whom they seek
  to kill? And here he is\, speaking openly\, and they say nothing to him! C
 an it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? Yet we k
 now where this man comes from\; and when the Christ appears\, no one will k
 now where he comes from." So Jesus proclaimed\, as he taught in the temple\
 , "You know me\, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my 
 own accord\; he who sent me is true\, and him you do not know. I know him\,
  for I come from him\, and he sent me." So they sought to arrest him\; but 
 no one laid hands on him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\; Holy Martyr Philetaerus\; Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews
  7:18-25\nBrethren\, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakn
 ess and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect)\; on the other hand\
 , a better hope is introduced\, through which we draw near to God. And it w
 as not without an oath. Those who formerly became priests took their office
  without an oath\, but this one was addressed with an oath\, "The Lord has 
 sworn and will not change his mind\, 'Thou art a priest for ever.'" This ma
 kes Jesus the surety of a better covenant. The former priests were many in 
 number\, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office\; b
 ut he holds his priesthood permanently\, because he continues for ever. Con
 sequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God throug
 h him\, since he always lives to make intercession for them.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A man planted a vineyard\,
  and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the wine press\, and built a
  tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. When th
 e time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to get from them some of t
 he fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him\, and sent him awa
 y empty handed. Again he sent to them another servant\, and they wounded hi
 m in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another\, and him t
 hey killed\; and so with many others\, some they beat and some they killed.
  He had still one other\, a beloved son\; finally he sent him to them\, say
 ing\, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another\, '
 This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the inheritance will be our
 s.' And they took him and killed him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. Wh
 at will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants\
 , and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture: 'The v
 ery stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; t
 his was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" And they trie
 d to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for they perceived that he had
  told the parable against them\; so they left him and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Martyr Emilian\; Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\; Stephen
 \, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Our Holy Father John\, Archbishop of Cons
 tantinople\; Holy New Martyrs Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Ba
 rbara\; Theneva of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 6:20\;7:1-12\n
 Brethren\, glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are from God. 
 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not 
 to touch a woman. But because of the temptation to immorality\, each man sh
 ould have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should g
 ive to his wife her conjugal rights\, and likewise the wife to her husband.
  For the wife does not rule over her own body\, but the husband does\; like
 wise the husband does not rule over his own body\, but the wife does. Do no
 t refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season\, that you ma
 y devote yourselves to prayer\; but then come together again\, lest Satan t
 empt you through lack of self-control. I say this by way of concession\, no
 t of command. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own spe
 cial gift from God\, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried a
 nd the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do. But 
 if they cannot excercise self-control\, they should marry. For it is better
  to marry than to be aflame with passion. To the married I give charge\, no
 t I but the Lord\, that the wife should not separate from her husband (but 
 if she does\, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband) -
  and that the husband should not divorce the wife. To the rest I say\, not 
 the Lord\, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever\, and she co
 nsents to live with him\, he should not divorce her.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jes
 us\; and he said to his servants\, "This is John the Baptist\; he has been 
 raised from the dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." For He
 rod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison\, for the sake of H
 erodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because John said to him\, "It is not
  lawful for you to have her." And though he wanted to put him to death\, he
  feared the people\, because they held him to be a prophet. But when Herod'
 s birthday came\, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pl
 eased Herod\, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she mig
 ht ask. Prompted by her mother\, she said\, "Give me the head of John the B
 aptist here on a platter." And the king was sorry\; but because of his oath
 s and his guests he commanded it to be given\; he sent and had John beheade
 d in the prison\, and his head was brought on a platter and given to the gi
 rl\, and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came and took the 
 body and buried it\; and they went and told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard thi
 s\, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the 
 crowds heard it\, they followed him on foot from the towns.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)\; The Holy Martyred Bishops of Chers
 on: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and El
 pidius\; Lavrentios of Megara\, the Righteous\; Paul the Simple\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the 
 dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you
 ." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spi
 rit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings 
 rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle m
 e\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have."
  And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while t
 hey still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you 
 anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took 
 it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my words which
  I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written abou
 t me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.
  Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them
 \, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day
  rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be
  preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are wi
 tnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my Father upon 
 you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from on high.
 "\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he
  blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and was carrie
 d up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem w
 ith great joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: I Corinthians 8:8-13\;9:1-2\nBrethren\, food will not commend us 
 to God.  We are no worse off if we do not eat\, and no better off if we do.
   Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling bloc
 k to the weak.  For if any one sees you\, a man of knowledge\, at table in 
 an idol's temple\, might he not be encouraged\, if his conscience is weak\,
  to eat food offered to idols?  And so by your knowledge this weak man is d
 estroyed\, the brother for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sinning against your b
 rethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak\, you sin against Chr
 ist.  Therefore\, if food is a cause of my brother's falling\, I will never
  eat meat\, lest I cause my brother to fall.\n\nAm I not free?  Am I not an
  apostle?  Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?  Are not you my workmanship in t
 he Lord?  If to others I am not an apostle\, at least I am to you\; for you
  are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25
 :31-46\nThe Lord said\, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the
  holy angels with him\, then he will sit on his glorious throne.  Before hi
 m will be gathered all the nations\, and he will separate them one from ano
 ther as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats\, and he will place t
 he sheep at his right hand\, but the goats at the left.  Then the king will
  say to those at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my Father\, inherit 
 the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world\; for I was h
 ungry and you gave me food\, I was thirsty and you gave me drink\, I was a 
 stranger and you welcomed me\, I was naked and you clothed me\, I was sick 
 and you visited me\, I was in prison and you came to me.'  Then the righteo
 us will answer him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry and feed you\, or t
 hirsty and give you drink?  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome 
 you\, or naked and clothe you?  And when did we see you sick or in prison a
 nd visit you?'  And the King will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as 
 you did it to one of the least of these my brethren\, you did it to me.'  T
 hen he will say to those at his left hand\, 'Depart from me\, you cursed\, 
 into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels\; for I was hun
 gry and you gave me no food\, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink\, I wa
 s a stranger and you did not welcome me\, naked and you did not clothe me\,
  sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'  Then they also will answer\
 , 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or s
 ick or in prison\, and did not minister to you?'  Then he will answer them\
 , 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it not to one of the least of these\, 
 you did it not to me.'  And they will go away into eternal punishment\, but
  the righteous into eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\; Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople\; Eata of Hexham\n\nMatins Gospel Re
 ading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who w
 ill lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the syn
 agogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors fo
 r my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it 
 therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I 
 will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be a
 ble to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents an
 d brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death
 \; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head
  will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be stron
 g in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me be
 fore many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach other
 s also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on
  service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy 
 the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes acco
 rding to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the firs
 t share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you u
 nderstanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\
 , descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I 
 am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is no
 t fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that 
 they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "Thi
 s I command you\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that 
 it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world 
 would love its own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you
  out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that 
 I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persec
 uted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep y
 ours also.  But all this they will do to you on my account\, because they d
 o not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they wo
 uld not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates
  me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among them the works which no 
 one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated b
 oth me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their l
 aw\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, w
 hom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who pr
 oceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witn
 esses\, because you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all 
 this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the sy
 nagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he
  is offering service to God."\n\n
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 sts: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\; Artemon the Presbyter
 \; Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Zachariah the Rec
 luse\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 25:1-9\n O LORD\, thou
  art my God\; I will exalt thee\, I will praise thy name\; for thou hast do
 ne wonderful things\, plans formed of old\, faithful and sure.  For thou ha
 st made the city a heap\, the fortified city a ruin\; the palace of aliens 
 is a city no more\, it will never be rebuilt.  Therefore strong peoples wil
 l glorify thee\; cities of ruthless nations will fear thee.  For thou hast 
 been a stronghold to the poor\, a stronghold to the needy in his distress\,
  a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat\; for the blast of the 
 ruthless is like a storm against a wall\, like heat in a dry place. Thou do
 st subdue the noise of the aliens\; as heat by the shade of a cloud\, so th
 e song of the ruthless is stilled.  \n\n On this mountain the LORD of hosts
  will make for all peoples a feast of fat things\, a feast of wine on the l
 ees\, of fat things full of marrow\, of wine on the lees well refined.  And
  he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all people
 s\, the veil that is spread over all nations.  He will swallow up death for
  ever\, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces\, and the repr
 oach of his people he will take away from all the earth\; for the LORD has 
 spoken.  It will be said on that day\, "Lo\, this is our God\; we have wait
 ed for him\, that he might save us. This is the LORD\; we have waited for h
 im\; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading
 : Genesis 9:8-17\n Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him\,  "Behol
 d\, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you\, and w
 ith every living creature that is with you\, the birds\, the cattle\, and e
 very beast of the earth with you\, as many as came out of the ark.  I estab
 lish my covenant with you\, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by 
 the waters of a flood\, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy t
 he earth."  And God said\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make b
 etween me and you and every living creature that is with you\, for all futu
 re generations:  I set my bow in the cloud\, and it shall be a sign of the 
 covenant between me and the earth.  When I bring clouds over the earth and 
 the bow is seen in the clouds\, I will remember my covenant which is betwee
 n me and you and every living creature of all flesh\; and the waters shall 
 never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is in the cl
 ouds\, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between Go
 d and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."  God said
  to Noah\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established betwe
 en me and all flesh that is upon the earth."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prov
 erbs 12:8-22\nA man is commended according to his good sense\, but one of p
 erverse mind is despised.  Better is a man of humble standing who works for
  himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.  A righteous man
  has regard for the life of his beast\, but the mercy of the wicked is crue
 l.  He who tills his land will have plenty of bread\, but he who follows wo
 rthless pursuits has no sense.  The strong tower of the wicked comes to rui
 n\, but the root of the righteous stands firm.  An evil man is ensnared by 
 the transgression of his lips\, but the righteous escapes from trouble.  Fr
 om the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good\, and the work of a 
 man's hand comes back to him.  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes\,
  but a wise man listens to advice.  The vexation of a fool is known at once
 \, but the prudent man ignores an insult.  He who speaks the truth gives ho
 nest evidence\, but a false witness utters deceit.  There is one whose rash
  words are like sword thrusts\, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 
  Truthful lips endure for ever\, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.  D
 eceit is in the heart of those who devise evil\, but those who plan good ha
 ve joy.  No ill befalls the righteous\, but the wicked are filled with trou
 ble.  Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD\, but those who act faithfu
 lly are his delight.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bis
 hop of Assa\; Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\; 10\,000 Fathers martyr
 ed in Egypt\; Apollonios the Martyr\; Deposition of the Precious Robe of Ou
 r Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\; Righteous Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:17-24\nBrethren\, I appeal to you to take not
 e of those who create dissensions and difficulties\, in opposition to the d
 octrine which you have been taught\; avoid them. For such persons do not se
 rve our Lord Christ\, but their own appetites\, and by fair and flattering 
 words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded. For while your obedienc
 e is known to all\, so that I rejoice over you\, I would have you wise as t
 o what is good and guileless as to what is evil\; then the God of peace wil
 l soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be w
 ith you. Timothy\, my fellow worker\, greets you\; so do Lucius and Jason a
 nd Sosipater\, my kinsmen. I Tertius\, the writer of this letter\, greet yo
 u in the Lord. Gaius\, who is host to me and to the whole church\, greets y
 ou. Erastos\, the city treasurer\, and our brother Quartus\, greet you. The
  grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 13:10-23\,43\nAt that time\, the disciples of Jesus came to him and 
 said to him\, "Why do you speak to the crowds in parables?" And he answered
  them\, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of hea
 ven\, but to them it has not been given. For to him who has will more be gi
 ven\, and he will have abundance\; but from him who has not\, even what he 
 has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables\, because s
 eeing they do not see\, and hearing they do not hear\, nor do they understa
 nd. With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You s
 hall indeed hear but never understand\, and you shall indeed see but never 
 perceive. For this people's heart has grown dull\, and their ears are heavy
  of hearing\, and their eyes they have closed\, lest they should perceive w
 ith their eyes\, and hear with their ears\, and understand with their heart
 \, and turn for me to heal them.' But blessed are your eyes\, for they see\
 , and your ears\, for they hear. Truly\, I say to you\, many prophets and r
 ighteous men longed to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear 
 what you hear\, and did not hear it.\n\n"Hear then the parable of the sower
 . When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it\, t
 he evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart\; this is wha
 t was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground\, this is h
 e who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy\; yet he has no r
 oot in himself\, but endures for a while\, and when tribulation or persecut
 ion arises on account of the word\, immediately he falls away. As for what 
 was sown among thorns\, this is he who hears the word\, but the cares of th
 e world and the delight in riches choke the word\, and it proves unfruitful
 . As for what was sown on good soil\, this is he who hears the word and und
 erstands it\; he indeed bears fruit\, and yields\, in one case a hundredfol
 d\, in another sixty\, and in another thirty. He who has ears to hear\, let
  him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Barbara the Great Martyr\; John the Righteous of Damascus\; New Hierom
 artyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\; Juliana the Martyr of Hel
 iopolis\; Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to 
 America\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthe
 w 25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be com
 pared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 
 Five of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took t
 heir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil w
 ith their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and sle
 pt. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to
  meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the fo
 olish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are goin
 g out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and
  for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they
  went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with 
 him to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maid
 ens came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Trul
 y\, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neith
 er the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before 
 faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until fa
 ith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came
 \, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we ar
 e no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God
 \, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put 
 on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free
 \, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 
 And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs accordin
 g to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no bette
 r than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under
  guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when
  we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe
 . But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a wom
 an\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that 
 we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that
  time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was 
 a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered
  much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no b
 etter but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and ca
 me up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I
  touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemor
 rhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
  And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, imm
 ediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" 
 And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, an
 d yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done
  it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and t
 rembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he sa
 id to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be
  healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hesychius the Martyr\; Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas\; Andronikos & 
 Athanasia the Martyrs\; Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\; Joa
 chim of Vatopedi who was given the name Papoulakis\; Euthalia the Virgin-Ma
 rtyr of Sicily\; Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 3:9-
 22\nBRETHREN\, no one born of God commits sin\; for God's nature abides in 
 him\, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. By this it may be seen w
 ho are the children of God\, and who are the children of the devil: whoever
  does not do right is not of God\, nor he who does not love his brother. Fo
 r this is the message which you have heard from the beginning\, that we sho
 uld love one another\, and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and mur
 dered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were ev
 il and his brother's righteous. Do not wonder\, brethren\, that the world h
 ates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life\, because we l
 ove the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. Any one who hates h
 is brother is a murderer\, and you know that no murderer has eternal life a
 biding in him. By this we know love\, that he laid down his life for us\; a
 nd we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But if any one has the 
 world's goods and sees his brother in need\, yet closes his heart against h
 im\, how does God's love abide in him? Little children\, let us not love in
  word or speech but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are
  of the truth\, and reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts cond
 emn us\; for God is greater than our hearts\, and he knows everything. Belo
 ved\, if our hearts do not condemn us\, we have confidence before God\; and
  we receive from him whatever we ask. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:10-42\nAt
  that time\, Judas Iscariot\, who was one of the twelve\, went to the chief
  priests in order to betray Jesus to them. And when they heard it they were
  glad\, and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to bet
 ray him. And on the first day of Unleavened Bread\, when they sacrificed th
 e passover lamb\, his disciples said to him\, "Where will you have us go an
 d prepare for you to eat the passover?" And he sent two of his disciples\, 
 and said to them\, "Go into the city\, and a man carrying a jar of water wi
 ll meet you\; follow him\, and wherever he enters\, say to the householder\
 , 'The Teacher says\, Where is my guest room\, where I am to eat the passov
 er with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper room furnished an
 d ready\; there prepare for us." And the disciples set out and went to the 
 city\, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. A
 nd when it was evening he came with the twelve. And as they were at table e
 ating\, Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, one of you will betray me\, on
 e who is eating with me." They began to be sorrowful\, and to say to him on
 e after another\, "Is it I?" He said to them\, "It is one of the twelve\, o
 ne who is dipping bread into the dish with me. For the Son of man goes as i
 t is written of him\, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betraye
 d! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." And as 
 they were eating\, he took bread\, and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it
  to them\, and said\, "Take\; this is my body." And he took a cup\, and whe
 n he had given thanks he gave it to them\, and they all drank of it. And he
  said to them\, "This is my blood of the new covenant\, which is poured out
  for many. Truly\, I say to you\, I shall not drink again of the fruit of t
 he vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." And when
  they had sung a hymn\, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus sai
 d to them\, "You will all fall away\; for it is written\, 'I will strike th
 e shepherd\, and the sheep will be scattered.' But after I am raised up\, I
  will go before you to Galilee." Peter said to him\, "Even though they all 
 fall away\, I will not." And Jesus said to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, th
 is very night\, before the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three times.
 " But he said vehemently\, "If I must die with you\, I will not deny you." 
 And they all said the same. And they went to a place which was called Geths
 emane\; and he said to his disciples\, "Sit here\, while I pray." And he to
 ok with him Peter and James and John\, and began to be greatly distressed a
 nd troubled. And he said to them\, "My soul is very sorrowful\, even to dea
 th\; remain here\, and watch." And going a little farther\, he fell on the 
 ground and prayed that\, if it were possible\, the hour might pass from him
 . And he said\, 'Abba\, Father\, all things are possible to you\; remove th
 is cup from me\; yet not what I will\, but what you will." And he came and 
 found them sleeping\, and he said to Peter\, "Simon\, are you asleep? Could
  you not watch one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptat
 ion\; the spirit indeed is willing\, but the flesh is weak." And again he w
 ent away and prayed\, saying the same words. And again he came and found th
 em sleeping\, for their eyes were very heavy\; and they did not know what t
 o answer him. And he came the third time\, and said to them\, "Are you stil
 l sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough\; the hour has come\; the Son
  of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise\, let us be going\; see
 \, my betrayer is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Gennadios I and Ma
 ximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Righteous Mother Hilda of Whitby\n\n
 Fast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:7-11\nBrethren
 \, to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To
  one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom\, and to another t
 he utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit\, to another faith b
 y the same Spirit\, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit\, to anot
 her the working of miracles\, to another prophecy\, to another the ability 
 to distinguish between spirits\, to another various kinds of tongues\, to a
 nother the interpretation of tongues. All these are inspired by one and the
  same Spirit\, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 16:1-9\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There was a rich man
  who had a steward\, and charges were brought to him that this man was wast
 ing his goods. And he called him and said to him\, 'What is this that I hea
 r about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship\, for you can no longe
 r be steward.' And the steward said to himself\, 'What shall I do\, since m
 y master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to 
 dig\, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do\, so that people m
 ay receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.' So\,
  summoning his master's debtors one by one\, he said to the first\, 'How mu
 ch do you owe my master?' He said\, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he sai
 d to him\, 'Take your bill\, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' Then he
  said to another\, 'And how much do you owe?' He said\, 'A hundred measures
  of wheat.' He said to him\, 'Take your bill\, and write eighty.' The maste
 r commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness\; for the sons of this
  world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons o
 f light. And I tell you\, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteo
 us mammon\, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal hab
 itations.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Luke\; Stephen the New\; Irenarchos & his Companion Mar
 tyrs at Sebaste\; Auxentius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nFast Day (Fish
  Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the el
 even disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directe
 d them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but some doubted.  And
  Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has be
 en given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing
  them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, tea
 ching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with yo
 u always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2
 :4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the great love with whi
 ch he loved us\, even when we were dead through our trespasses\, made us al
 ive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, and raised us up 
 with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\
 , that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grac
 e in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved t
 hrough faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not 
 because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship\, 
 created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepared beforehand\, th
 at we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:18-27\nAt that time\,
  a ruler came to Jesus and asked him\, "Good Teacher\, what shall I do to i
 nherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No 
 one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adulte
 ry\, Do not kill\, Do not steal\, Do not bear false witness\, Honor your fa
 ther and mother.' " And he said\, "All these I have observed from my youth.
 " And when Jesus heard it\, he said to him\, "One thing you still lack. Sel
 l all that you have and distribute it to the poor\, and you will have treas
 ure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." But when he heard this he became sad
 \, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said\, "How hard it is for th
 ose who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a cam
 el to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingd
 om of God." Those who heard it said\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said\
 , "What is impossible with men is possible with God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cleopas and Artemas of the 70 Apostles\; The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and
  His Sister Zenobia\; Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:24-30\nBrethren\,
  I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself shall come also. I have thought 
 it necessary to send to you Epaphroditos my brother and fellow worker and f
 ellow soldier\, and your messenger and minister to my need\, for he has bee
 n longing for you all\, and has been distressed because you heard that he w
 as ill. Indeed he was ill\, near to death. But God had mercy on him\, and n
 ot only on him but on me also\, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I am
  the more eager to send him\, therefore\, that you may rejoice at seeing hi
 m again\, and that I may be less anxious. So receive him in the Lord with a
 ll joy\; and honor such men\, for he nearly died for the work of Christ\, r
 isking his life to complete your service to me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:
 42-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you Pharisee
 s! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb\, and neglect justice and the 
 love of God\; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting the others.
  Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and sal
 utations in the market places. Woe to you! For you are like graves which ar
 e not seen\, and men walk over them without knowing it." One of the lawyers
  answered him\, "Teacher\, in saying this you reproach us also." And he sai
 d\, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens hard to bear\, 
 and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/17/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love\; Herakleides & 
 Myron\, Bishops of Cyprus\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 12:20-21\; 13:1-2\nBrethren\,
  I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish\, and that you
  may find me not what you wish\; that perhaps there may be quarreling\, jea
 lousy\, anger\, selfishness\, slander\, gossip\, conceit\, and disorder. I 
 fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you\, and I may hav
 e to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of th
 e impurity\, immorality\, and licentiousness which they have practiced.\n\n
 This is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge must be sustained by 
 the evidence of two or three witnesses. I warned those who sinned before an
 d all the others\, and I warn them now while absent\, as I did when present
  on my second visit\, that if I come again I will not spare them.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 3:23-38\, 4:1\nAt that time\, Jesus\, when he began his mini
 stry\, was about thirty years of age\, being the son (as was supposed) of J
 oseph\, the son of Heli\, the son of Matthat\, the son of Levi\, the son of
  Melchi\, the son of Jannai\, the son of Joseph\, the son of Mattathias\, t
 he son of Amos\, the son of Nahum\, the son of Esli\, the son of Naggai\, t
 he son of Maath\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Semein\, the son of Jo
 sech\, the son of Joda\, the son of Joanan\, the son of Rhesa\, the son of 
 Zerubbabel\, the son of Salathiel\, the son of Neri\, the son of Melchi\, t
 he son of Addi\, the son of Cosam\, the son of Elmadam\, the son of Er\, th
 e son of Joshua\, the son of Eliezer\, the son of Jorim\, the son of Mattha
 t\, the son of Levi\, the son of Simeon\, the son of Judah\, the son of Jos
 eph\, the son of Jonam\, the son of Eliakim\, the son of Melea\, the son of
  Menna\, the son of Mattatha\, the son of Nathan\, the son of David\, the s
 on of Jesse\, the son of Obed\, the son of Boaz\, the son of Sala\, the son
  of Nahshon\, the son of Amminadab\, the son of Admin\, the son of Arni\, t
 he son of Hezron\, the son of Perez\, the son of Judah\, the son of Jacob\,
  the son of Isaac\, the son of Abraham\, the son of Terah\, the son of Naho
 r\, the son of Serug\, the son of Reu\, the son of Peleg\, the son of Eber\
 , the son of Shelah\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Arphaxad\, the son of 
 Shem\, the son of Noah\, the son of Lamech\, the son of Methuselah\, the so
 n of Enoch\, the son of Jared\, the son of Mahalaleel\, the son of Cainan\,
  the son of Enos\, the son of Seth\, the son of Adam\, the son of God. And 
 Jesus\, full of the Holy Spirit\, returned from the Jordan\, and was led by
  the Spirit in the wilderness.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Prodigal Son\; Leo\, Bishop of Catania\; Agathus\, Pope 
 of Rome\; Bessarion the Great\; Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs 
 of Persia\; Plotinus\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbat
 h was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\, b
 ought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And very early on t
 he first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And
  they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us fro
 m the door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the stone was roll
 ed back\, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, they saw a young 
 man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were ama
 zed.  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\
 , who was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where t
 hey laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going befor
 e you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you."  And they went
  out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon 
 them\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: I Corinthians 6:12-20\nBrethren\, "all things are lawful for me\,"
  but not all things are helpful.  "All things are lawful for me\," but I wi
 ll not be enslaved by anything.  "Food is meant for the stomach and the sto
 mach for food" -- and God will destroy both one and the other.  The body is
  not meant for immorality\, but for the Lord\, and the Lord for the body.  
 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.  Do you not
  know that your bodies are members of Christ?  Shall I therefore take the m
 embers of Christ and make them members of a prostitute?  Never!  Do you not
  know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? 
  For\, as it is written\, "The two shall become one flesh."  But he who is 
 united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.  Shun immorality.  Every ot
 her sin which a man commits is outside the body\; but the immoral man sins 
 against his own body.  Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Ho
 ly Spirit within you\, which you have from God?  You are not your own\; you
  were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body and in your spirit 
 which belong to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32\nThe Lord said this 
 parable: "There was a man who had two sons\; and the younger of them said t
 o his father\, 'Father\, give me the share of the property that falls to me
 .'  And he divided his living between them.  Not many days later\, the youn
 ger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country\, and t
 here he squandered his property in loose living.  And when he had spent eve
 rything\, a great famine arose in that country\, and he began to be in want
 .  So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country\, w
 ho sent him into his fields to feed swine.  And he would gladly have filled
  his belly with the pods that the swine ate\; and no one gave him anything.
   But when he came to himself he said\, 'How many of my father's hired serv
 ants have bread enough and to spare\, but I perish here with hunger!  I wil
 l arise and go to my father\, and I will say to him\, 'Father\, I have sinn
 ed against heaven and before you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your 
 son\; treat me as one of your hired servants.'  And he arose and came to hi
 s father.  But while he was yet at a distance\, his father saw him and had 
 compassion\, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.  And the son said to 
 him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before you\; I am no longe
 r worthy to be called your son.'  But the father said to his servants\, 'Br
 ing quickly the best robe\, and put it on him\; and put a ring on his hand\
 , and shoes on his feet\; and bring the fatted calf and kill it\, and let u
 s eat and make merry\; for this my son was dead\, and is alive again\; he w
 as lost\, and is found.'  And they began to make merry.  Now his elder son 
 was in the field\; and as he came and drew near to the house\, he heard mus
 ic and dancing.  And he called one of the servants and asked what this mean
 t.  And he said to him\, 'Your brother has come\, and your father has kille
 d the fatted calf\, because he has received him safe and sound.'  But he wa
 s angry and refused to go in.  His father came out and entreated him\, but 
 he answered his father\, 'Lo\, these many years I have served you\, and I n
 ever disobeyed your command\; yet you never gave me a kid\, that I might ma
 ke merry with my friends.  But when this son of yours came\, who has devour
 ed your living with harlots\, you killed for him the fatted calf!'  And he 
 said to him\, 'Son\, you are always with me\, and all that is mine is yours
 .  It was fitting to make merry and be glad\, for this your brother was dea
 d\, and is alive\; he was lost\, and is found.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Wednesday after Pascha\; The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\; 
 Theophanes and Nectarios\, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Met
 eora\; Nicholas the Younger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\; Theodoto
 s the Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\; Athanasios\, Archbishop of 
 Christianopolis\; The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:13-24\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and h
 is company set sail from Paphos\, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John 
 left them and returned to Jerusalem\; but they passed on from Perga and cam
 e to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogu
 e and sat down. After the reading of the law and the prophets\, the rulers 
 of the synagogue sent to them\, saying\, "Brethren\, if you have any word o
 f exhortation for the people\, say it." So Paul stood up\, and motioning wi
 th his hand said: "Men of Israel\, and you that fear God\, listen. The God 
 of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during th
 eir stay in the land of Egypt\, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it
 . And for about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness. And when h
 e had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan\, he gave them their la
 nd as an inheritance\, for about four hundred and fifty years. And after th
 at he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. Then they asked for a king
 \; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish\, a man of the tribe of Benjamin\
 , for forty years. And when he had removed him\, he raised up David to be t
 heir king\; of whom he testified and said\, 'I have found in David the son 
 of Jesse a man after my heart\, who will do all my will.' Of this man's pos
 terity God has brought to Israel a Savior\, Jesus\, as he promised. Before 
 his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of I
 srael." \n\nGospel Reading: John 6:5-14\nAt that time\, Jesus\, lifting up 
 his eyes and seeing that a multitude was coming to him\, said to Philip\, "
 How are we to buy bread\, so that these people may eat?" This he said to te
 st him\, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him\, "Two h
 undred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.
 " One of his disciples\, Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother\, said to him\, "Th
 ere is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish\; but what are th
 ey among so many?" Jesus said\, "Make the people sit down." Now there was m
 uch grass in the place\; so the men sat down\, in number about five thousan
 d. Jesus then took the loaves\, and when he had given thanks\, he distribut
 ed them to those who were seated\; so also the fish\, as much as they wante
 d. And when they had eaten their fill\, he told his disciples\, "Gather up 
 the fragments left over\, that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them 
 up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves\, l
 eft by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign which he had done\
 , they said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!"\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\; Synaxis of the Russians who were
  perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii
  Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fonda
 minskii\; Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. James' Universal Letter 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, take as an example of suff
 ering and patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold\,
  we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastnes
 s of Job\, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord\, how the Lord is comp
 assionate and merciful. But above all\, my brethren\, do not swear\, either
  by heaven or by earth or with any other oath\, but let your yes be yes and
  your no be no\, that you may not fall under condemnation. Is any one among
  you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is any 
 among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church\, and let them pr
 ay over him\, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord\; and the pray
 er of faith will save the sick man\, and the Lord will raise him up\; and i
 f he has committed sins\, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins 
 to one another\, and pray for one another\, that you may be healed. The pra
 yer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man of 
 like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain\,
  and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he p
 rayed again and the heaven gave rain\, and the earth brought forth its frui
 t. My brethren\, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some one b
 rings him back\, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the er
 ror of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of 
 sins.Gospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the
  gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\,
  "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quot
 e to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you 
 did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly
 \, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth
 \, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, wh
 en the heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there came a gr
 eat famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only
  to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And ther
 e were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none o
 f them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all
  in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out 
 of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was b
 uilt\, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the mid
 st of them he went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Geo
 rge of Hozeva\; Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\; Atticus and Cyrus
 \, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Gregory of the Kiev Caves\; Emiliano
 s the Confessor\, Bishop of Cyzikos\; Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakir
 k\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have
  been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were bur
 ied therefore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised
  from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of
  life.  For if we have been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall 
 certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our 
 old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\
 , and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed 
 from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also 
 live with Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will nev
 er die again\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He
  died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you
  also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus
  our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus and his di
 sciples went into the land of Judea\; there He remained with them and bapti
 zed.  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much 
 water there\; and people came and were baptized.  For John had not yet been
  put in prison.\n\nNow a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Je
 w over purifying.  And they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he wh
 o was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, 
 baptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive
  anything except what is given him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me wit
 ness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.
   He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, w
 ho stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; ther
 efore this joy of mine is now full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease
 .\n\n"He who comes from above is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs
  to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is ab
 ove all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no one recei
 ves his testimony\; he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this\, t
 hat God is true."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/01/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\; R
 omanos the Melodist\; John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 of the Apostles 9:10-19\nIn those days\, there was a disciple at Damascus n
 amed Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "
 Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go to the street ca
 lled Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named
  Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man named Ananias co
 me in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Anan
 ias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about this man\, how much evi
 l he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has authority from t
 he chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name." But the Lord said to 
 him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before t
 he Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will show him how much
  he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered t
 he house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Je
 sus who appeared to you on the road by which you came\, has sent me that yo
 u may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediatel
 y something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then 
 he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 6:37-45\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, and you will not be judge
 d\; condemn not\, and you will not be condemned\; forgive\, and you will be
  forgiven\; give\, and it will be given to you\; good measure\, pressed dow
 n\, shaken together\, running over\, will be put into your lap. For the mea
 sure you give will be the measure you get back."\n\nHe also told them a par
 able: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit
 ? A disciple is not above his teacher\, but every one when he is fully taug
 ht will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in your broth
 er's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can yo
 u say to your brother\, 'Brother\, let me take out the speck that is in you
 r eye\,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You 
 hypocrite\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see 
 clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.\n\n"For no goo
 d tree bears bad fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit\; for ea
 ch tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns\, 
 nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good man out of the good tre
 asure of his heart produces good\, and the evil man out of his evil treasur
 e produces evil\; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\; Martha\, mother of St. Sym
 eon Stylites the Younger\; Asclepias the Wonderworker\; Michael Choniates\,
  Metropolitan of Athens\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 14:9-18\nBrethren\, to t
 his end Christ died and lived again\, that he might be Lord both of the dea
 d and of the living. Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you\, why
  do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment se
 at of God\; for it is written. "As I live\, says the Lord\, every knee shal
 l bow to me\, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So each of us sha
 ll give account of himself to God. Then let us no more pass judgment on one
  another\, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in
  the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothi
 ng is unclean in itself\; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it uncle
 an. If your brother is being injured by what you eat\, you are no longer wa
 lking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Chris
 t died. So do not let your good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of Go
 d is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spi
 rit\; he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:14-16\; 22-30\nAt that time\, the Pharisees to
 ok counsel against Jesus\, how to destroy him. Jesus\, aware of this\, with
 drew from there. And many followed him\, and he healed them all\, and order
 ed them not to make him known.\n\nThen a blind and dumb demoniac was brough
 t to him\, and he healed him\, so that the dumb man spoke and saw. And all 
 the people were amazed\, and said\, "Can this be the Son of David?" But whe
 n the Pharisees heard it they said\, "It is only by Beelzebul\, the prince 
 of demons\, that this man casts out demons." Knowing their thoughts\, he sa
 id to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste\, and no c
 ity or house divided against itself will stand\; and if Satan casts out Sat
 an\, he is divided against himself\; how then will his kingdom stand? And i
 f I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cast them out? Ther
 efore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I c
 ast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can one 
 enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods\, unless he first binds th
 e strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. He who is not with me i
 s against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\; The Holy Great Martyr Photine\, the Sama
 ritan Women\; Holy Martyr Theocletus\; John Claphas the new Martyr\n\nFast 
 Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 2:7-17\nBrethren\, I am writing you no new 
 commandment\, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning\; the
  old commandment is the word which you have heard.  Yet I am writing you a 
 new commandment\, which is true in him and in you\, because the darkness is
  passing away and the true light is already shining.  He who says he is in 
 the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.  He who loves his
  brother abides in the light\, and in it there is no cause for stumbling.  
 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness\,
  and does not know where he is going\, because the darkness has blinded his
  eyes.  I am writing to you\, little children\, because your sins are forgi
 ven for his sake.  I am writing to you\, fathers\, because you know him who
  is from the beginning.  I am writing to you\, young men\, because you have
  overcome the evil one.  I write to you\, children\, because you know the F
 ather.  I write to you\, fathers\, because you know him who is from the beg
 inning.  I write to you\, young men\, because you are strong\, and the word
  of God abides in you\, and you have overcome the evil one.  Do not love th
 e world or the things in the world.  If any one loves the world\, love for 
 the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world\, the lust of the f
 lesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life\, is not of the Father 
 but is of the world.  And the world passes away\, and the lust of it\; but 
 he who does the will of God abides for ever. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:3-
 9\nAt that time\, while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the lepe
 r\, as he sat at table\, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment o
 f pure nard\, very costly\, and she broke the flask and poured it over his 
 head.  But there were some who said to themselves indignantly\, "Why was th
 e ointment thus wasted?  For this ointment might have been sold for more th
 an three hundred denarii\, and given to the poor."  And they reproached her
 .  But Jesus said\, "Let her alone\; why do you trouble her?  She has done 
 a beautiful thing to me.  For you always have the poor with you\, and whene
 ver you will\, you can do good to them\; but you will not always have me.  
 She has done what she could\; she has anointed my body beforehand for buryi
 ng.  And truly\, I say to you\, wherever the gospel is preached in the whol
 e world\, what she has done will be told in memory of her."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macarius the Great of Egypt\; Makarios of Alexandria\; Mark\, Bishop o
 f Ephesus\; Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patmos\; Arsenius of Corfu
 \; Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian\; Branwa
 llader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBre
 thren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness
 \, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there
  is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh 
 with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk
  by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\
 , no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass
 \, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Loo
 k to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and 
 so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:2-14\nThe Lord 
 said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who ga
 ve a marriage feast for his son\, and sent his servants to call those who w
 ere invited to the marriage feast\; but they would not come. Again he sent 
 other servants\, saying\, 'Tell those who are invited\, Behold\, I have mad
 e ready my dinner\, my oxen and my fat calves are killed\, and everything i
 s ready\; come to the marriage feast.' But they made light of it and went o
 ff\, one to his farm\, another to his business\, while the rest seized his 
 servants\, treated them shamefully\, and killed them. The king was angry\, 
 and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
  Then he said to his servants\, 'The wedding is ready\, but those invited w
 ere not worthy. Go therefore to the thoroughfares\, and invite to the marri
 age feast as many as you find.' And those servants went out into the street
 s and gathered all whom they found\, both bad and good\; so the wedding hal
 l was filled with guests.\n\n  But when the king came in to look at the gue
 sts\, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment\; and he said to him\, 
 'Friend\, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was sp
 eechless. Then the king said to the attendants\, 'Bind him hand and foot\, 
 and cast him into the outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their 
 teeth.' For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Tat
 iana the Martyr of Rome\; Basil and John the Hieromartyrs\; Martyr Mertios\
 ; Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\; Peter of Absalom\; Benedict\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he we
 nt up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spendin
 g some time there he departed and went from place to place through the regi
 on of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew name
 d Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent ma
 n\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the
  Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately th
 e things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He beg
 an to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard h
 im\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And
  when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrot
 e to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped thos
 e who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in p
 ublic\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: John 10:39-42\nAt that time\, the Jews tried to arrest Jesus\, but he
  escaped from their hands.  He went away again across the Jordan to the pla
 ce where John at first baptized\, and there he remained.  And many came to 
 him\; and they said\, "John did no sign\, but everything that John said abo
 ut this man was true." And many believed in him there.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\; Our Righteous Father John\, B
 ishop and Hesychast\; Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\; Theodore\, Archb
 ishop of Alexandria\; Angelis the New Martyr\; Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nFa
 st Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:3-10\nBrethren\, grac
 e to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ\, who gave
  himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age\, according t
 o the will of our God and Father\; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. 
 Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you 
 in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel - not that there i
 s another gospel\, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert t
 he gospel of Christ. But even if we\, or an angel of heaven\, should preach
  to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you\, let him be acc
 ursed. As we have said before\, so now I say again\, If any one is preachin
 g to you a gospel contrary to that which you received\, let him be accursed
 . Am I now seeking the favor of men\, or of God? Or am I trying to please m
 en? If I were still pleasing men\, I should not be a servant of Christ.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, little flock\, f
 or it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.  Sell your po
 ssessions\, and give alms\; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow
  old\, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail\, where no thief a
 pproaches and no moth destroys.  For where your treasure is\, there will yo
 ur heart be also.  Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning\, and be
  like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage f
 east\, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and knocks.  Bles
 sed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes\; truly\, 
 I say to you\, he will gird himself and have them sit at table\, and he wil
 l come and serve them.  If he comes in the second watch\, or in the third\,
  and finds them so\, blessed are those servants!  But know this\, that if t
 he householder had known at what hour the thief was coming\, he would not h
 ave left his house to be broken into.  You also must be ready\; for the Son
  of man is coming at an unexpected hour."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nikitas the Great Martyr\; Philotheos the Righteous\; Bessarion of Lar
 issa\; Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the New 
 Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; Porphyrios the Actor\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren\
 , now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I complete
  what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, that is
 \, the church\, of which I became a minister according to the divine office
  which was given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\, the 
 mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints
 . To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the rich
 es of the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glor
 y. Him we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom
 \, that we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, strivi
 ng with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I want you
  to know how greatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the 
 midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of m
 en\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synag
 ogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to
  bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do
  not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you 
 are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\
 , but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver 
 up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will rise aga
 inst parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for 
 my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Wednesday\; Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\; Sergius II\,
  Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthousa the Righteous of Constantinople\; A
 kakios of Kavsokalyvia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:17-50\nAt 
 that time\, the crowd that had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus out o
 f the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the cr
 owd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.  The Pharis
 ees then said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, th
 e world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to worship at t
 he feast were some Greeks.  So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaid
 a in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went 
 and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.  And Jesus a
 nswered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.  Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and
  dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit.  He who lo
 ves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will keep i
 t for eternal life.  If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I
  am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father wi
 ll honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, 
 save me from this hour'? No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour.  F
 ather\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorifi
 ed it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and sa
 id that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus
  answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine.  Now is the 
 judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; an
 d I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself."  H
 e said this to show by what death he was to die.  The crowd answered him\, 
 "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you s
 ay that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus sa
 id to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you hav
 e the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness
  does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the lig
 ht\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nWhen Jesus had said this\, he d
 eparted and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before 
 them\, yet they did not believe in him\;  it was that the word spoken by th
 e prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed our report\, 
 and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could no
 t believe. For Isaiah again said\,  "He has blinded their eyes and hardened
  their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their
  heart\, and turn for me to heal them."  Isaiah said this because he saw hi
 s glory and spoke of him.  Nevertheless many even of the authorities believ
 ed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\, lest th
 ey should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men mor
 e than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He who believe
 s in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me see
 s him who sent me.  I have come as light into the world\, that whoever beli
 eves in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and does
  not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to judge the world
  but to save the world.  He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings 
 has a judge\; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day
 .  For I have not spoken on my own authority\; the Father who sent me has h
 imself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know that 
 his commandment is eternal life. What I say\, therefore\, I say as the Fath
 er has bidden me."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:6-16\nWhen Jesus was at Be
 thany at the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him with an alab
 aster flask of very expensive ointment and she poured it on his head\, as h
 e sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were indignant\, sayin
 g\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum
 \, and given to the poor." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said to them\, "Why 
 do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For you
  always have the poor with you\, but you will not always have me. In pourin
 g this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly\
 , I say to you wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world\, what s
 he has done will be told in memory of her." Then one of the twelve\, who wa
 s called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief priests and said\, "What will y
 ou give me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of sil
 ver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Eld
 er of Chios\; Onesimos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusebius the Righteo
 us of Syria\; Major the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:
 1-25\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Ph
 ilemon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our 
 fellow soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from 
 God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I reme
 mber you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which
  you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sh
 aring of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours 
 in Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brot
 her\, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Acc
 ordingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is r
 equired\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an amb
 assador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my c
 hild\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly 
 he was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am
  sending him back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to
  keep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during m
 y imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your 
 consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your 
 own free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, tha
 t you might have him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a s
 lave\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, b
 oth in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, rece
 ive him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you
  anything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own ha
 nd\, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. 
 Yes\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart 
 in Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you 
 will do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for m
 e\, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, m
 y fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark
 \, Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lor
 d Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:14-23\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "When you see the desolating sacrilege sp
 oken of by Daniel the prophet\, set up where it ought not to be (let the re
 ader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; 
 let him who is on the housetop not go down\, nor enter his house\, to take 
 anything away\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his m
 antle.  And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck i
 n those days!  Pray that it may not happen in winter.  For in those days th
 ere will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the crea
 tion which God created until now\, and never will be.  And if the Lord had 
 not shortened the days\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake o
 f the elect\, whom he chose\, he shortened the days.  And then if any one s
 ays to you\, 'Look\, here is the Christ!' or 'Look\, there he is!' do not b
 elieve it.  False Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and 
 wonders\, to lead astray\, if possible\, the elect.  But take heed\; I have
  told you all things beforehand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\; Elizabet
 h\, Mother of the Forerunner\; Urban\, Theodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromarty
 rs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 8:
 7-15\nBrethren\, as you excel in everything in faith\, in utterance\, in kn
 owledge\, in all earnestness\, and in your love for us see that you excel i
 n this gracious work also.\n\nI say this not as a command\, but to prove by
  the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the
  grace of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that though he was rich\, yet for your sa
 ke he became poor\, so that by his poverty you might become rich. And in th
 is matter I give my advice: it is best for you now to complete what a year 
 ago you began not only to do but to desire\, so that your readiness in desi
 ring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. For if t
 he readiness is there\, it is acceptable according to what a man has\, not 
 according to what he has not. I do not mean that others should be eased and
  you burdened\, but that as a matter of equality your abundance at the pres
 ent time should supply their want\, so that their abundance may supply your
  want\, that there may be equality. As it is written\, "He who gathered muc
 h has nothing over\, and he who gathered little had no lack."\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Wo
 e to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of t
 he prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had 
 lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them i
 n shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\
 , that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, th
 e measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you
  to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise 
 men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you wil
 l scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon yo
 u may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innoce
 nt Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered 
 between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will c
 ome upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets
  and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered you
 r children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you wo
 uld not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you
  will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the na
 me of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Great and Holy Pascha\; Elizabeth the Wonderworker\; Savvas the Genera
 l of Rome\; Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia\; Mellitus\, Archbishop of 
 Canterbury\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sab
 bath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\
 , bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And very early o
 n the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.  
 And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us 
 from the door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the stone was r
 olled back\, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, they saw a you
 ng man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were 
 amazed.  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazare
 th\, who was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place wher
 e they laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going be
 fore you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you."  And they w
 ent out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come up
 on them\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Acts 1:1-8\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt wit
 h all that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day when he was taken up
 \, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles w
 hom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by 
 many proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking of the kin
 gdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from
  Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, 
 "you heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but before many days yo
 u shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."\n\nSo when they had come togethe
 r\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the kingdom of l
 srael?" He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which
  the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power whe
 n the Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jeru
 salem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth."\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 1:1-17\nIn the beginning was the Word\, and the Word was with
  God\, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God\; all things 
 were made through him\, and without him was not anything made that was made
 . In him was life\, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in 
 the darkness\, and the darkness has not overcome it. \n\nThere was a man se
 nt from God\, whose name was John. He came for testimony\, to bear witness 
 to the light\, that all might believe through him. He was not the light\, b
 ut came to bear witness to the light.\n\nThe true light that enlightens eve
 ry man was coming into the world. He was in the world\, and the world was m
 ade through him\, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home\, and
  his own people received him not. But to all who received him\, who believe
 d in his name\, he gave power to become children of God\; who were born\, n
 ot of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man\, but of Go
 d.\n\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us\, full of grace and trut
 h\; we have beheld his glory\, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (J
 ohn bore witness to him\, and cried\, "This was he of whom I said\, 'He who
  comes after me ranks before me\, for he was before me.'") And from his ful
 lness have we all received\, grace upon grace. For the law was given throug
 h Moses\; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Saturday after Pascha\; Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 70
  and their Companions\; Holy Martyr Cercyra\; Our Holy Father John of Kalok
 tenos\, Metropolitan of Thebes\; Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\; Nektarios t
 he New Martyr of Optina\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:21-32\nIn those days\, t
 he apostles entered the temple and taught. Now the high priest came and tho
 se who were with him and called together the council and all the senate of 
 Israel\, and sent to the prison to have them brought. But when the officers
  came\, they did not find them in the prison\, and they returned and report
 ed\, 'We found the prison securely locked and the sentries standing at the 
 doors\, but when we opened it we found no one inside." Now when the captain
  of the temple and the chief priests heard these words\, they were much per
 plexed about them\, wondering what this would come to. And some one came an
 d told them\, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple an
 d teaching the people." Then the captain with the officers went and brought
  them\, but without violence\, for they were afraid of being stoned by the 
 people.\n\nAnd when they had brought them\, they set them before the counci
 l. And the high priest questioned them\, saying\, "We strictly charged you 
 not to teach in this name\, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your te
 aching and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and the
  apostles answered\, "We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fath
 ers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging on a tree. God exalted him at h
 is right hand as Leader and Savior\, to give repentance to Israel and forgi
 veness of sins. And we are witnesses to these things\, and so is the Holy S
 pirit whom God has given to those who obey him."\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:
 14-27\nAt that time\, when the people saw the sign which Jesus had done\, t
 hey said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!"\n\nP
 erceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make h
 im king\, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.\n\nWhen evening 
 came\, his disciples went down to the sea\, entered a boat\, and started ac
 ross the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark\, and Jesus had not yet come to 
 them. The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed a
 bout three or four miles\, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing ne
 ar to the boat. They were frightened\, but he said to them\, "It is I\; do 
 not be afraid." Then they were glad to take him into the boat\, and immedia
 tely the boat was at the land to which they were going.\n\nOn the next day 
 the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had bee
 n only one boat there\, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his di
 sciples\, but that his disciples had gone away alone. However\, boats from 
 Tiberias came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had gi
 ven thanks. So when the people saw that Jesus was not there\, nor his disci
 ples\, they themselves entered the boats and went to Capernaum\, seeking Je
 sus.\n\nWhen they found him on the other side of the sea\, they said to him
 \, "Rabbi\, when did you come here?" Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, you seek me\, not because you saw signs\, but because you a
 te your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but 
 for the food which endures to eternal life which the Son of man will give t
 o you\; for on him has God the Father set his seal."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Wednesday after Pascha\; Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of C
 onstantinople\; Erasmos of Ochrid & his Companion Martyrs\; Demetrios the N
 ew Martyr of Philadelphia\; Constantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\n\n
 Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:13-24\nIN THOSE
  DAYS\, Paul and his company set sail from Paphos\, and came to Perga in Pa
 mphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem\; but they passed on 
 from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day they went
  into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading of the law and the prop
 hets\, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them\, saying\, "Brethren\, if y
 ou have any word of exhortation for the people\, say it." So Paul stood up\
 , and motioning with his hand said: "Men of Israel\, and you that fear God\
 , listen. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the peop
 le great during their stay in the land of Egypt\, and with uplifted arm he 
 led them out of it. And for about forty years he bore with them in the wild
 erness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan\, he 
 gave them their land as an inheritance\, for about four hundred and fifty y
 ears. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. Then the
 y asked for a king\; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish\, a man of the 
 tribe of Benjamin\, for forty years. And when he had removed him\, he raise
 d up David to be their king\; of whom he testified and said\, 'I have found
  in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart\, who will do all my will.'
  Of this man's posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior\, Jesus\, as he
  promised. Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to a
 ll the people of Israel." \n\nGospel Reading: John 6:5-14\nAt that time\, J
 esus\, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a multitude was coming to him\, 
 said to Philip\, "How are we to buy bread\, so that these people may eat?" 
 This he said to test him\, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip ans
 wered him\, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of the
 m to get a little." One of his disciples\, Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother\,
  said to him\, "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish
 \; but what are they among so many?" Jesus said\, "Make the people sit down
 ." Now there was much grass in the place\; so the men sat down\, in number 
 about five thousand. Jesus then took the loaves\, and when he had given tha
 nks\, he distributed them to those who were seated\; so also the fish\, as 
 much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill\, he told his disci
 ples\, "Gather up the fragments left over\, that nothing may be lost." So t
 hey gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five
  barley loaves\, left by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign 
 which he had done\, they said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come 
 into the world!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\; Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me and those with her\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 1:1-12\n I
 N MANY AND VARIOUS WAYS God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets\; b
 ut in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son\, whom he appointed the 
 heir of all things\, through whom also he created the world. He reflects th
 e glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature\, upholding the unive
 rse by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins\, he sat d
 own at the right hand of the Majesty on high\, having become as much superi
 or to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs. For
  to what angel did God ever say\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten 
 thee"? Or again\, "I will be to him a father\, and he shall be to me a son"
 ? And again\, when he brings the first-born into the world\, he says\, "Let
  all God's angels worship him." Of the angels he says\, "Who makes his ange
 ls winds\, and his servants flames of fire." But of the Son he says\, "Thy 
 throne\, O God\, is for ever and ever\, the righteous scepter is the scepte
 r of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness\; the
 refore God\, thy God\, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond th
 y comrades." And\, "Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth in the beginning\, 
 and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; they will perish\, but thou rem
 ainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wilt ro
 ll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy year
 s will never end."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20\nIn those days a decree w
 ent out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This wa
 s the first enrollment\, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went
  to be enrolled\, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galile
 e\, from the city of Nazareth\, to Judea\, to the city of David\, which is 
 called Bethlehem\, because he was of the house and lineage of David\, to be
  enrolled with Mary\, his betrothed\, who was with child. And while they we
 re there\, the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her
  first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes\, and laid him in a ma
 nger\, because there was no place for them in the inn.\n\nAnd in that regio
 n there were shepherds out in the field\, keeping watch over their flock by
  night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them\, and the glory of the Lo
 rd shone around them\, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said t
 o them\, "Be not afraid\; for behold\, I bring you good news of a great joy
  which will come to all the people\; for to you is born this day in the cit
 y of David a Savior\, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for y
 ou: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger
 ." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host p
 raising God and saying\, "Glory to God in the highest\, and on earth peace\
 , good will among men!"\n\nWhen the angels went away from them into heaven\
 , the shepherds said to one another\, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see 
 this thing that has happened\, which the Lord has made known to us." And th
 ey went with haste\, and found Mary and Joseph\, and the babe lying in a ma
 nger. And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told t
 hem concerning this child\; and all who heard it wondered at what the sheph
 erds told them. But Mary kept all these things\, pondering them in her hear
 t. And the shepherds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they ha
 d heard and seen\, as it had been told them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)\; Veronika & Speratos the Mart
 yrs\; Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-
 5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept und
 er restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custod
 ian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that f
 aith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus yo
 u are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized 
 into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is n
 either slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all 
 one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offsp
 ring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is 
 a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the est
 ate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the fath
 er. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental sp
 irits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth hi
 s Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were und
 er the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged abou
 t him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\,
  and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that s
 he had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports
  about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
  For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And 
 immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was h
 ealed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone
  forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who t
 ouched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pre
 ssing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked aroun
 d to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her
 \, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the w
 hole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\;
  go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\; Di
 onysios the Orator\; Metrophanes of Mount Athos\; Methodios the Hieromartyr
 \, Bishop of Lampis\; Patermuthius the Monk\; Euthymios of Karelia\; Michae
 l Paknanas the Gardener\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:11-17\nBrethren\, you 
 also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
 \n\nLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies\, to make you obey th
 eir passions. Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness
 \, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to l
 ife\, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will
  have no dominion over you\, since you are not under law but under grace.\n
 \nWhat then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By
  no means! Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedi
 ent slaves\, you are slaves of the one whom you obey\, either of sin\, whic
 h leads to death\, or of obedience\, which leads to righteousness? But than
 ks be to God\, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient fr
 om the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 8:14-23\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered Peter's ho
 use\, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever\; he touched her han
 d\, and the fever left her\, and she rose and served him. That evening they
  brought to him many who were possessed with demons\; and he cast out the s
 pirits with a word\, and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what
  was spoken by the prophet Isaiah\, "He took our infirmities and bore our d
 iseases."\n\nNow when Jesus saw great crowds around him\, he gave orders to
  go over to the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him\, "Teacher
 \, I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have 
 holes\, and birds of the air have nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to
  lay his head." Another of the disciples said to him\, "Lord\, let me first
  go and bury my father." But Jesus said to him\, "Follow me\, and leave the
  dead to bury their own dead." And when he entered the boat\, his disciples
  followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of Orthodoxy\; James the Confessor\; Thomas I\, Patriarch of Co
 nstantinople\; Philemon and Domninos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping out
 side the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\; and she
  saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain\, one a
 t the head and one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you we
 eping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I d
 o not know where they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned round and s
 aw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to 
 her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing Him to be
  the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tel
 l me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus said to he
 r\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which means
  Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not yet ascend
 ed to the Father\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am ascending t
 o my Father and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdalene went
  and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told them tha
 t He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:24-26\,32
 -40\nBrethren\, by faith Moses\, when he was grown up\, refused to be calle
 d the son of Pharaoh's daughter\, choosing rather to share ill-treatment wi
 th the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.\n\nAnd wh
 at more shall I say?  For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Sa
 mson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith
  conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mo
 uths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won 
 strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign enemies to fl
 ight.  Women received their dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, ref
 using to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life.  Oth
 ers suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  The
 y were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were killed with the sword\; t
 hey went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-tr
 eated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mou
 ntains\, and in dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well
  attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God ha
 d foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be 
 made perfect. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus decide
 d to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  No
 w Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found N
 athanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law
  and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nat
 hanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said
  to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of 
 him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said
  to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called
  you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered h
 im\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus 
 answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do y
 ou believe?  You shall see greater things than these."  And he said to him\
 , "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the ange
 ls of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\; Michael the New Martyr of Athens
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-1
 6\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sente
 nced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels
  and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. W
 e are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disreput
 e. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted 
 and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we
  bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliat
 e\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-sco
 uring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admon
 ish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Chr
 ist\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesu
 s through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he 
 had compassion for them\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like sh
 eep without a shepherd. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave 
 them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every 
 disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: fi
 rst\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son 
 of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Mat
 thew the tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon 
 the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus se
 nt out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town
  of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel
 . And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal 
 the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received 
 without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colos
 sae (Chonae)\; Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBre
 thren\, if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression
  or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we ne
 glect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it
  was attested to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by
  signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit dis
 tributed according to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subje
 cted the world to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified so
 mewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, t
 hat thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than 
 the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everythin
 g in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to
  him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see ev
 erything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while wa
 s made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the 
 suffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for e
 very one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exis
 t\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salva
 tion perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord 
 said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you
  rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy r
 eturned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in yo
 ur name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heave
 n. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions
 \, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevert
 heless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but r
 ejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoice
 d in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and 
 earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding a
 nd revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will.
 "\n\n
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 sts: Holy Friday\; Aristarchus\, Pudens\, Trophimus the Apostles of the 70\
 ; Thomais the Martyr of Alexandria\; Ardalion the Actor and Martyr\; Demetr
 ios the New-Martyr of Arcadia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthi
 ans 5:6-8\n BRETHREN\, a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Cleanse out 
 the old leaven that you may be a new lump\, as you really are unleavened. F
 or Christ\, our paschal lamb\, has been sacrificed. Let us\, therefore\, ce
 lebrate the festival\, not with the old leaven\, the leaven of malice and e
 vil\, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (Galatians 3.13
 -14) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law\, having become a curse f
 or us - for it is written\, "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree" - that
  in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles\, tha
 t we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that is\, after the day of Preparat
 ion\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\,
  "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, while he was still alive\, 'Af
 ter three days I will rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made
  secure until the third day\, lest his disciples go and steal him away\, an
 d tell the people\, 'He has risen from the dead\,' and the last fraud will 
 be worse than the first." Pilate said to them\, "You have a guard of soldie
 rs\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the sepulche
 r secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Blind Man\; Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre\; Theodo
 sia\, Virgin-Martyr of Constantinople\; Seven New Martyrs of Kastoria\; And
 rew the New Martyr of Argentes\; John of Smyrna the New Martyr\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the 
 tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\; and she saw two 
 angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain\, one at the hea
 d and one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  
 She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not kno
 w where they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus 
 standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Wo
 man\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gard
 ener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me wher
 e you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary
 ."  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher)
 .  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not yet ascended to the
  Father\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to my Fath
 er and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdalene went and said
  to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told them that He had 
 said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 16:16-34\nIN THOSE DAYS\
 , as we apostles were going to the place of prayer\, we were met by a slave
  girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by so
 othsaying. She followed Paul and us\, crying\, "These men are servants of t
 he Most High God\, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." And this she 
 did for many days. But Paul was annoyed\, and turned and said to the spirit
 \, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it ca
 me out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was 
 gone\, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place be
 fore the rulers\; and when they had brought them to the magistrates they sa
 id\, "These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city. They advocate cu
 stoms which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice." The crow
 d joined in attacking them\; and the magistrates tore the garments off them
  and gave orders to beat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many b
 lows upon them\, they threw them into prison\, charging the jailer to keep 
 them safely. Having received this charge\, he put them into the inner priso
 n and fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas 
 were praying and singing hymns to God\, and the prisoners were listening to
  them\, and suddenly there was a great earthquake\, so that the foundations
  of the prison were shaken\; and immediately all the doors were opened and 
 every one's fetters were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the 
 prison doors were open\, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself\, 
 supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice\
 , "Do not harm yourself\, for we are all here." And he called for lights an
 d rushed in\, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas\, 
 and brought them out and said\, "Men\, what must I do to be saved?" And the
 y said\, "Believe in the Lord Jesus\, and you will be saved\, you and your 
 household." And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were
  in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night\, and washed the
 ir wounds\, and he was baptized at once\, with all his family. Then he brou
 ght them up into his house\, and set food before them\; and he rejoiced wit
 h all his household that he had believed in God. \n\nGospel Reading: John 9
 :1-38\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a man blind from his birt
 h. And his disciples asked him\, "Rabbi\, who sinned\, this man or his pare
 nts\, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered\, "It was not that this man s
 inned\, or his parents\, but that the works of God might be made manifest i
 n him. We must work the works of him who sent me\, while it is day\; night 
 comes\, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world\, I am the light
  of the world." As he said this\, he spat on the ground and made clay of th
 e spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\,
  wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and 
 came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a begg
 ar\, said\, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It 
 is he"\; others said\, "No\, but he is like him." He said\, "I am the man."
  They said to him\, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered\, "The ma
 n called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloa
 m and wash'\; so I went and washed and received my sight." They said to him
 \, "Where is he?" He said\, "I do not know."\n\nThey brought to the Pharise
 es the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus
  made the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he ha
 d received his sight. And he said to them\, "He put clay on my eyes and I w
 ashed\, and I see." Some of the Pharisees said\, "This man is not from God\
 , for he does not keep the sabbath." But others said\, "How can a man who i
 s a sinner do such signs?" There was a division among them. So they again s
 aid to the blind man\, "What do you say about him\, since he has opened you
 r eyes?" He said\, "He is a prophet."\n\nThe Jews did not believe that he h
 ad been blind and had received his sight\, until they called the parents of
  the man who had received his sight\, and asked them\, "Is this your son\, 
 who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" His parents answered
 \, "We know that this is our son\, and that he was born blind\; but how he 
 now sees we do not know\, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he 
 is of age\, he will speak for himself." His parents said this because they 
 feared the Jews\, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should con
 fess him to be Christ he was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his 
 parents said\, "He is of age\, ask him."\n\nSo for the second time they cal
 led the man who had been blind\, and said to him\, "Give God the praise\; w
 e know that this man is a sinner." He answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, 
 I do not know\; one thing I know\, that though I was blind\, now I see." Th
 ey said to him\, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He ans
 wered them\, "I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you 
 want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?" And they r
 eviled him\, saying\, "You are his disciple\, but we are disciples of Moses
 . We know that God has spoken to Moses\, but as for this man\, we do not kn
 ow where he comes from." The man answered\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do
  not know where he comes from\, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God
  does not listen to sinners\, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does 
 his will\, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been hear
 d that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not fro
 m God\, he could do nothing." They answered him\, "You were born in utter s
 in\, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that th
 ey had cast him out\, and having found him he said\, "Do you believe in the
  Son of man?" He answered\, "And who is he\, sir\, that I may believe in hi
 m?" Jesus said to him\, "You have seen him\, and it is he who speaks to you
 ." He said\, "Lord\, I believe"\; and he worshiped him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Tat
 iana the Martyr of Rome\; Martyr Mertios\; Basil and John the Hieromartyrs\
 ; Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\; Peter of Absalom\; Benedict\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he we
 nt up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spendin
 g some time there he departed and went from place to place through the regi
 on of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew name
 d Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent ma
 n\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the
  Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately th
 e things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He beg
 an to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard h
 im\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And
  when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrot
 e to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped thos
 e who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in p
 ublic\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: John 10:39-42\nAt that time\, the Jews tried to arrest Jesus\, but he
  escaped from their hands.  He went away again across the Jordan to the pla
 ce where John at first baptized\, and there he remained.  And many came to 
 him\; and they said\, "John did no sign\, but everything that John said abo
 ut this man was true." And many believed in him there.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\; Artemon the Presbyter
 \; Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Zachariah the Rec
 luse\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:16-25\nBut the LORD 
 of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in rig
 hteousness.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture\, fatlings and 
 kids shall feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords
  of falsehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, who say: "Let him make ha
 ste\, let him speed his work that we may see it\; let the purpose of the Ho
 ly One of Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that we may know it!"  Woe t
 o those who call evil good and good evil\, who put darkness for light and l
 ight for darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!  Woe to 
 those who are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd in their own sight!  Woe 
 to those who are heroes at drinking wine\, and valiant men in mixing strong
  drink\, who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and deprive the innocent of hi
 s right!  Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble\, and as dr
 y grass sinks down in the flame\, so their root will be as rottenness\, and
  their blossom go up like dust\; for they have rejected the law of the LORD
  of hosts\, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.  Therefor
 e the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people\, and he stretched o
 ut his hand against them and smote them\, and the mountains quaked\; and th
 eir corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his an
 ger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testamen
 t Reading: Genesis 4:16-26\n Then Cain went away from the presence of the L
 ORD\, and dwelt in the land of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain knew his wife\, an
 d she conceived and bore Enoch\; and he built a city\, and called the name 
 of the city after the name of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch was born Irad\; an
 d Irad was the father of Mehujael\, and Mehujael the father of Methushael\,
  and Methushael the father of Lamech.  And Lamech took two wives\; the name
  of the one was Adah\, and the name of the other Zillah.  Adah bore Jabal\;
  he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.  His brothe
 r's name was Jubal\; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and p
 ipe.  Zillah bore Tubalcain\; he was the forger of all instruments of bronz
 e and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech said to his wives: 
 "Adah and Zillah\, hear my voice\; you wives of Lamech\, hearken to what I 
 say: I have slain a man for wounding me\, a young man for striking me.  If 
 Cain is avenged sevenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." \n\n  And Adam
  knew his wife again\, and she bore a son and called his name Seth\, for sh
 e said\, "God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel\, for Cain
  slew him."  To Seth also a son was born\, and he called his name Enosh. At
  that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Proverbs 5:15-6:3\nDrink water from your own cistern\, flowing water
  from your own well.  Should your springs be scattered abroad\, streams of 
 water in the streets?  Let them be for yourself alone\, and not for strange
 rs with you.  Let your fountain be blessed\, and rejoice in the wife of you
 r youth\, a lovely hind\, a graceful doe. Let her affection fill you at all
  times with delight\, be infatuated always with her love.  Why should you b
 e infatuated\, my son\, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adve
 nturess?  For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD\, and he watches
  all his paths.  The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him\, and he is caugh
 t in the toils of his sin.  He dies for lack of discipline\, and because of
  his great folly he is lost.\n\n  My son\, if you have become surety for yo
 ur neighbor\, have given your pledge for a stranger\; if you are snared in 
 the utterance of your lips\, caught in the words of your mouth\; then do th
 is\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's po
 wer: go\, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Maximus the Confessor\; Martyrs Neophytos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximu
 s the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\; Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Philippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to know that what 
 has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that it has
  become known throughout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that my i
 mprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made confide
 nt in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak
  the word of God without fear.  Some indeed preach Christ from envy and riv
 alry\, but others from good will.  The latter do it out of love\, knowing t
 hat I am put here for the defense of the gospel\; the former proclaim Chris
 t out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my impr
 isonment.  What then?  Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or in t
 ruth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shall rej
 oice.  For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of J
 esus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\, as it is my eager expec
 tation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord said to His dis
 ciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of Man also wi
 ll acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies me before men w
 ill be denied before the angels of God.  And every one who speaks a word ag
 ainst the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes against the H
 oly Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they bring you before the synago
 gues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious how or what you
  are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you 
 in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Ac
 acius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\; Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonder
 worker\; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:5-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, some believers who belon
 ged to the party of the Pharisees rose up\, and said\, "it is necessary to 
 circumcise them\, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses." The apostle
 s and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after 
 there had been much debate\, Peter rose and said to them\, "Brethren\, you 
 know that in the early days God made choice among you\, that by my mouth th
 e Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God who know
 s the heart bore witness to them\, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he d
 id to us\; and he made no distinction between us and them\, but cleansed th
 eir hearts by faith. Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting 
 a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have
  been able to bear? But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace
  of the Lord Jesus\, just as they will." And all the assembly kept silence\
 ; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and won
 ders God had done through them among the Gentiles. \n\nGospel Reading: John
  10:17-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For this reason the
  Father loves me\, because I lay down my life\, that I may take it again. N
 o one takes it from me\, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power t
 o lay it down\, and I have power to take it again\; this charge I have rece
 ived from my Father." \n\nThere was again a division among the Jews because
  of these words. Many of them said\, "He has a demon\, and he is mad\; why 
 listen to him?" Others said\, "These are not the sayings of one who has a d
 emon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"\n\nIt was the feast of the D
 edication at Jerusalem\; it was winter\, and Jesus was walking in the templ
 e\, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered round him and said to h
 im\, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ\, tell u
 s plainly." Jesus answered them\, "I told you\, and you do not believe. The
  works that I do in my Father's name\, they bear witness to me\; but you do
  not believe\, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voic
 e\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and I give them eternal life."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\; Finding the Precious Cross by St. H
 elen\; Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Isaiah 3:1-14\n For\, behold\, the Lord\, the Lord of hosts\, is taking awa
 y from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff\, the whole stay of bread\, 
 and the whole stay of water\; the mighty man and the soldier\, the judge an
 d the prophet\, the diviner and the elder\, the captain of fifty and the ma
 n of rank\, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charm
 s.  And I will make boys their princes\, and babes shall rule over them.  A
 nd the people will oppress one another\, every man his fellow and every man
  his neighbor\; the youth will be insolent to the elder\, and the base fell
 ow to the honorable.\n\nWhen a man takes hold of his brother in the house o
 f his father\, saying:  "You have a mantle\; you shall be our leader\, and 
 this heap of ruins shall be under your rule"\; in that day he will speak ou
 t\, saying:  "I will not be a healer\; in my house there is neither bread n
 or mantle\; you shall not make me leader of the people."  For Jerusalem has
  stumbled\, and Judah has fallen\; because their speech and their deeds are
  against the Lord\, defying his glorious presence.\n\nTheir partiality witn
 esses against them\; they proclaim their sin like Sodom\, they do not hide 
 it.  Woe to them!  For they have brought evil upon themselves.  Tell the ri
 ghteous that it shall be well with them\, for they shall eat the fruit of t
 heir deeds.  Woe to the wicked!  It shall be ill with him\, for what his ha
 nds have done shall be done to him.  My people -- children are their oppres
 sors\, and women rule over them.  O my people\, your leaders mislead you\, 
 and confuse the course of your paths.\n\nThe Lord has taken his place to co
 ntend\, he stands to judge his people.  The Lord enters into judgment with 
 the elders and princes of his people:  "It is you who have devoured the vin
 eyard\, the spoil of the poor is in your houses."\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Genesis 2:20-3:20\n The man gave names to all cattle\, and to the birds of
  the air\, and to every beast of the field\; but for the man there was not 
 found a helper fit for him.  So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall up
 on the man\, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its plac
 e with flesh\; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he mad
 e into a woman and brought her to the man.  Then the man said\, "This at la
 st is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; she shall be called Woman\, 
 because she was taken out of Man."  Therefore a man leaves his father and h
 is mother and cleaves to his wife\, and they become one flesh.  And the man
  and his wife were both naked\, and were not ashamed.\n\nNow the serpent wa
 s more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made.  He 
 said to the woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the ga
 rden'?"  And the woman said to the serpent\, "We may eat of the fruit of th
 e trees of the garden\; but God said\, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of t
 he tree which is in the midst of the garden\, neither shall you touch it\, 
 lest you die.'"  But the serpent said to the woman\, "You will not die.  Fo
 r God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened\, and you will
  be like God\, knowing good and evil."  So when the woman saw that the tree
  was good for food\, and that it was a delight to the eyes\, and that the t
 ree was to be desired to make one wise\, she took of its fruit and ate\; an
 d she also gave some to her husband\, and he ate.  Then the eyes of both we
 re opened\, and they knew that they were naked\; and they sewed fig leaves 
 together and made themselves aprons.\n\nAnd they heard the sound of the Lor
 d God walking in the garden in the cool of the day\, and the man and his wi
 fe hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the 
 garden.  But the Lord God called to the man\, and said to him\, "Where are 
 you?"  And he said\, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden\, and I was a
 fraid\, because I was naked\; and I hid myself."  He said\, "Who told you t
 hat you were naked?  Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you no
 t to eat?"  The man said\, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me\, she 
 gave me fruit of the tree\, and I ate."  Then the Lord God said to the woma
 n\, "What is this that you have done?"  The woman said\, "The serpent begui
 led me\, and I ate."  The Lord God said to the serpent\, "Because you have 
 done this\, cursed are you above all cattle\, and above all wild animals\; 
 upon your belly you shall go\, and dust you shall eat all the days of your 
 life.  I will put enmity between you and the woman\, and between your seed 
 and her seed\; he shall bruise your head\, and you shall bruise his heel." 
  To the woman he said\, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing\
 ; in pain you shall bring forth children\, yet your desire shall be for you
 r husband\, and he shall rule over you."  And to Adam he said\, "Because yo
 u have listened to the voice of your wife\, and have eaten of the tree of w
 hich I commanded you\, 'You shall not eat of it\,' cursed is the ground bec
 ause of you\; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life\; thorn
 s and thistles it shall bring forth to you\; and you shall eat the plants o
 f the field.  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return
  to the ground\, for out of it you were taken\; you are dust\, and to dust 
 you shall return."\n\nThe man called his wife's name Eve\, because she was 
 the mother of all living.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:19-34\nThe L
 ord by wisdom founded the earth\; by understanding he established the heave
 ns\; by his knowledge the deeps broke forth\, and the clouds drop down the 
 dew.\n\nMy son\, keep sound wisdom and discretion\; let them not escape fro
 m your sight\, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your n
 eck.  Then you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stumbl
 e.  If you sit down\, you will not be afraid\; when you lie down\, your sle
 ep will be sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden panic\, or of the ruin of the
  wicked\, when it comes\; for the Lord will be your confidence and will kee
 p your foot from being caught.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it 
 is due\, when it is in your power to do it.\n\nDo not say to your neighbor\
 , "Go\, and come again\, tomorrow I will give it" -- when you have it with 
 you.  Do not plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly beside y
 ou.  Do not contend with a man for no reason\, when he has done you no harm
 .  Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways\; for th
 e perverse man is an abomination to the Lord\, but the upright are in his c
 onfidence.  The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked\, but he blesses
  the abode of the righteous.  Toward the scorners he is scornful\, but to t
 he humble he shows favor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\; Agapetus the Confessor\, Bishop of Sina
 i\; Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Peter 4:12-19\;5:1-5\nBELOVED\, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal 
 which comes upon you to prove you\, as though something strange were happen
 ing to you. But rejoice in so far as you share Christ's sufferings\, that y
 ou may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are repr
 oached for the name of Christ\, you are blessed\, because the spirit of glo
 ry and of God rests upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer\, or
  a thief\, or a wrongdoer\, or a mischiefmaker\; yet if one suffers as a Ch
 ristian\, let him not be ashamed\, but under that name let him glorify God.
  For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God\; an
 d if it begins with us\, what will be the end of those who do not obey the 
 gospel of God? And "if the righteous man is scarcely saved\, where will the
  impious and sinner appear?" Therefore let those who suffer according to Go
 d's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.\n\nSo I ex
 hort the elders among you\, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferin
 gs of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed. Ten
 d the flock of God that is your charge\, not by constraint but willingly\, 
 not for shameful gain but eagerly\, not as domineering over those in your c
 harge but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd is manif
 ested you will obtain the unfading crown of glory. Likewise you that are yo
 unger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves\, all of you\, with humil
 ity toward one another\, for "God opposes the proud\, but gives grace to th
 e humble."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:38-44\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of the
  scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\, and to have salutations in 
 the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of ho
 nor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long pray
 ers. They will receive the greater condemnation." And he sat down opposite 
 the treasury\, and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury. M
 any rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came\, and put in two c
 opper coins\, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him\, and 
 said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this poor widow has put in more than
  all those who are contributing to the treasury. For they all contributed o
 ut of their abundance\; but she out of her poverty has put in everything sh
 e had\, her whole living."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Friday after Pentecost\; Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Foreru
 nner John the Baptist\; Prokopios the New Martyr\; The Righteous Martyr Feb
 ronia\; Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Methodius of Ne
 vritos\; Orentios\, Pharmakios\, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, an
 d Longinos the Martyrs and Brothers\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans
  2:14-28\nBrethren\, when Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what t
 he law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even though they do not ha
 ve the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts
 \, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts
  accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, according to my gospel\, 
 God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. But if you call yourself a J
 ew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God and know his wil
 l and approve what is excellent\, because you are instructed in the law\, a
 nd if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind\, a light to those who
  are in darkness\, a corrector of the foolish\, a teacher of children\, hav
 ing in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - you then who teach o
 thers\, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing\, do
  you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery\, do you commit a
 dultery? You who abhor idols\, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law
 \, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? For\, as it is written\, "The n
 ame of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." Circumcision i
 ndeed is of value if you obey the law\; but if you break the law\, your cir
 cumcision becomes uncircumcision. So\, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps 
 the precepts of the law\, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circum
 cision? Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will c
 ondemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. Fo
 r he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true circumcision some
 thing external and physical.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:33-41\nThe Lord s
 aid\, "You have heard that it was said to the men of old\, 'You shall not s
 wear falsely\, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' But I sa
 y to you\, Do not swear at all\, either by heaven\, for it is the throne of
  God\, or by the earth\, for it is his footstool\, or by Jerusalem\, for it
  is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head\, for you can
 not make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'\
 ; anything more than this comes from evil. You have heard that it was said\
 , 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you\, Do not re
 sist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek\, turn 
 to him the other also\; and if any one would sue you and take your coat\, l
 et him have your cloak as well\; and if any one forces you to go one mile\,
  go with him two miles."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\; Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\; Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II 
 Timothy 4:9-22\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, do your best to come to me soon. For Dem
 as\, in love with this present world\, has deserted me and gone to Thessalo
 nica\; Crescens has gone to Galatia\, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with
  me. Get Mark and bring him with you\; for he is very useful in serving me.
  Tychicos I have sent to Ephesos. When you come\, bring the cloak that I le
 ft with Carpos at Troas\, also the books\, and above all the parchments. Al
 exander the coppersmith did me great harm\; the Lord will requite him for h
 is deeds. Beware of him yourself\, for he strongly opposed our message. At 
 my first defense no one took my part\; all deserted me. May it not be charg
 ed against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim 
 the message fully\, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued f
 rom the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me f
 or his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGr
 eet Prisca and Aquila\, and the household of Onesiphoros. Erastos remained 
 at Corinth\; Trophimos I left ill at Miletos. Do your best to come before w
 inter. Eubulos sends greetings to you\, as do Pudens and Linos and Claudia 
 and all the brethren.\n\nThe Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. A
 men.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:11-16\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever divorces hi
 s wife and marries another\, commits adultery against her\; and if she divo
 rces her husband and marries another\, she commits adultery." And they were
  bringing children to him\, that he might touch them\; and the disciples re
 buked them. But when Jesus saw it he was indignant\, and said to them\, "Le
 t the children come to me\, do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the ki
 ngdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not receive the kingdom o
 f God like a child shall not enter it." And he took them in his arms and bl
 essed them\, laying his hands upon them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apos
 tle\; Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\; Melitina the Martyr\; Afterfeast of t
 he Holy Cross\; Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\; Edith the Nun of Wilto
 n Abbey\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working toget
 her with him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For h
 e says\, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on
  the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now 
 is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no f
 ault may be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend our
 selves in every way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\,
  calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hung
 er\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, gen
 uine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of ri
 ghteousness for the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, i
 n ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are tru
 e\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as pu
 nished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor
 \, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees aske
 d Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took 
 his place at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, w
 hen she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an a
 labaster flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\
 , she began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair o
 f her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now
  when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If th
 is man were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this
  is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to
  him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is
  it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred
  denarii\, and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them b
 oth. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I s
 uppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged ri
 ghtly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this w
 oman? I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has
  wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no ki
 ss\, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You di
 d not anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
  Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she 
 loved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to 
 her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began
  to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he s
 aid to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\; Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\
 ; Saint Theodore\, Bishop of Edessa\; Translation of the Holy Relics of Rig
 hteous Seraphim of Sarov\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:1-9\nPaul\, ca
 lled by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus\, and our brother 
 Sosthenes\, To the church of God which is at Corinth\, to those sanctified 
 in Christ Jesus\, called to be saints together with all those who in every 
 place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, both their Lord and ours:
  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I gi
 ve thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God which was gi
 ven you in Christ Jesus\, that in every way you were enriched in him with a
 ll speech and all knowledge - even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed
  among you  - so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift\, as you wa
 it for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; who will sustain you to the
  end\, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful\, by 
 whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:24-30\nThe Lord said this parable. "The kin
 gdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field\; 
 but while men were sleeping\, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the whea
 t\, and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain\, then the wee
 ds appeared also. And the servants of the householder came and said to him\
 , 'Sir\, did you not sow good seeds in your field? How then has it weeds?' 
 He said to them\, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him\, 'The
 n do you want us to go and gather them?' But he said\, 'No\; lest in gather
 ing the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together
  until the harvest\; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers\, Gather t
 he weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned\, but gather the wheat
  into my barn.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Phocas the Gardener\; Martyrs I
 saac\, Martin\, and the 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monastery\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were co
 nfined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.
  So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be jus
 tified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a cus
 todian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For a
 s many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is nei
 ther Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither mal
 e nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's
 \, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean th
 at the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though
  he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees
  until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we 
 were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had
  fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law
 \, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adopti
 on as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to N
 azareth\, where he had been brought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as 
 his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read\; and there wa
 s given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found
  the place where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, beca
 use he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to p
 roclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind\, to s
 et at liberty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of 
 the Lord." And he closed the book\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and
  sat down\; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he 
 began to say to them\, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hea
 ring." And all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the gracious words which
  proceeded out of his mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\; Therapon 
 the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Memory of the Finding of the Holy Icon
  of Saint Demetrios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer in Syria\; Aldhelm\
 , Bishop of Sherborne\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\
 , the report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the
  surrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these things. A
 nd John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, say
 ing\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when 
 the men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\
 , saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In 
 that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on m
 any that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell 
 John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame
  walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, 
 the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no of
 fense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak t
 o the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to b
 ehold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man cl
 othed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and liv
 e in luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophe
 t? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is wri
 tten\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare y
 our way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater
  than John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
  When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\,
  having been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the 
 lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptiz
 ed by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the 
 God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hea
 rts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of C
 hrist.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the t
 ranscendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every 
 way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\
 , but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in t
 he body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifest
 ed in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death 
 for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal
  flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the 
 same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," 
 we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesu
 s will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  F
 or it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more peop
 le it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of
  the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he w
 ho is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "G
 o and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and th
 e lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are rais
 ed up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who
  takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the c
 rowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? 
 A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed i
 n soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. 
 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more tha
 n a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messeng
 er before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say
  to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than Joh
 n the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater tha
 n he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has
  been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all the pr
 ophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept
  it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\; Apodosis of the Presentatio
 n of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading:
  Matthew 25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall
  be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bride
 groom. Five of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish
  took their lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks o
 f oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered 
 and slept. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come
  out to meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And
  the foolish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps a
 re going out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for
  us and for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And whi
 le they went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went i
 n with him to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the oth
 er maidens came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\
 , 'Truly\, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you kno
 w neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we wer
 e confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revea
 led. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be
  justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a
  custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. F
 or as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is
  neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither
  male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Chri
 st's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mea
 n that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, th
 ough he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trus
 tees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\,
  we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time
  had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the
  law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive ad
 option as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great cro
 wd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had
  a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many ph
 ysicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather gr
 ew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in
  the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his gar
 ments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and 
 she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, percei
 ving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned abo
 ut in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples s
 aid to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Wh
 o touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\
 , knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell d
 own before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daught
 er\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your dis
 ease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with ha
 ste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house 
 of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting o
 f Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho
 ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\
 , and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of you
 r greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blesse
 d is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken 
 to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, a
 nd my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate
  of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bl
 essed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his
  name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her
  home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies an
 d those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not asham
 ed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethre
 n\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I wi
 ll put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has 
 given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himsel
 f likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy
  him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all tho
 se who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely i
 t is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abrah
 am. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so tha
 t he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God
 \, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has
  suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\nIn those days\, Elizabeth the wife of Zachari
 as conceived and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord 
 had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach 
 among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a cit
 y of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was
  Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he ca
 me to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the Lord is with you! Blessed 
 are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying\, and cons
 idered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said 
 to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have found favor with God. And 
 behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son\, and you shall call
  his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be called the Son of the Most 
 High\; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David\, a
 nd he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\; and of his kingdom ther
 e will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "How shall this be\, since 
 I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "The Holy Spirit will come 
 upon you\, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you\; therefore t
 he child to be born will be called holy\, the Son of God.\n\nAnd behold\, y
 our kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son\; and this 
 is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing wil
 l be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am the handmaid of the Lord\;
  let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\; Kalliope the Martyr\
 ; Melania the Righteous\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Constantinople\; The
 ophanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: E
 phesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the great lov
 e with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our trespasses\, 
 made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, and rai
 sed us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Chr
 ist Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches o
 f his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have be
 en saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is the gift of
  God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are his work
 manship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepared befor
 ehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nT
 he Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the mi
 dst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men
 \; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagog
 ues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to b
 ear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do n
 ot be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you ar
 e to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, 
 but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up
  brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will rise again
 st parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my
  name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/25/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\; Olympias the Deacone
 ss\; Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\; Gregory Kallidis\, Metropo
 litan of Heraclea\; Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinopl
 e (553)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBre
 thren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But 
 the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free 
 woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenan
 ts. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. 
 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusal
 em\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is fr
 ee\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who
  does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for t
 he children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that
  is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one afte
 r lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but pu
 ts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is h
 id that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be 
 known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has w
 ill more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that he 
 has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, 
 but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother 
 and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he said 
 to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and
  do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took 
 with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and h
 is raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Mo
 ses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which h
 e was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him wer
 e heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two m
 en who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to
  Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\,
  one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he sa
 id. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them\; and they were af
 raid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\
 , "This is my Son\, my Beloved\; listen to him!" And when the voice had spo
 ken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those
  days anything of what they had seen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:10-19\
 nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you 
 do this you will never fall\; so there will be richly provided for you an e
 ntrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n\nTh
 erefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know the
 m and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as lon
 g as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know th
 at the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ showe
 d me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any t
 ime to recall these things.\n\nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths
  when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glo
 ry from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory
 \, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\," we heard this v
 oice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we 
 have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention t
 o this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the m
 orning star rises in your hearts.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\, and led
  them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them\, and h
 is face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light. And be
 hold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. And Pete
 r said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are here\; if you wish\, I wil
 l make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah
 ." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed them\, and
  a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am wel
 l pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples heard this\, they fell on th
 eir faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them\, say
 ing\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes\, they 
 saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain\, Jesu
 s commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man is raised
  from the dead."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\; Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\; Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\; Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has ex
 hibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because 
 we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fool
 s for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are
  strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour w
 e hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we la
 bor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted
 \, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and
  are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I d
 o not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved ch
 ildren. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have ma
 ny fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I 
 urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to
  him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and
  Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him o
 f whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, t
 he son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of 
 Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael comin
 g to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no 
 guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\
 , "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you.
 "  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the K
 ing of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you un
 der the fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall see greater things than these
 ."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heave
 n opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of m
 an."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples\; Anatolios & Pr
 otoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George\; Luke the New
  Martyr of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 28:14-2
 2\n Thus says the LORD\, you scoffers\, who rule this people in Jerusalem! 
  Because you have said\, "We have made a covenant with death\, and with She
 ol we have an agreement\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it w
 ill not come to us\; for we have made lies our refuge\, and in falsehood we
  have taken shelter"\; therefore thus says the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I am la
 ying in Zion for a foundation a stone\, a tested stone\, a precious corners
 tone\, of a sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in haste.'  And I
  will make justice the line\, and righteousness the plummet\; and hail will
  sweep away the refuge of lies\, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."  T
 hen your covenant with death will be annulled\, and your agreement with She
 ol will not stand\; when the overwhelming scourge passes through you will b
 e beaten down by it.  As often as it passes through it will take you\; for 
 morning by morning it will pass through\, by day and by night\; and it will
  be sheer terror to understand the message.  For the bed is too short to st
 retch oneself on it\, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.  F
 or the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim\, he will be wroth as in the v
 alley of Gibeon\; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his wor
 k - alien is his work!  Now therefore do not scoff\, lest your bonds be mad
 e strong\; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of ho
 sts upon the whole land.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 10:32-11:9\n The
 se are the families of the sons of Noah\, according to their genealogies\, 
 in their nations\; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth af
 ter the flood.  Now the whole earth had one language and few words.  And as
  men migrated from the east\, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and 
 settled there.  And they said to one another\, "Come\, let us make bricks\,
  and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone\, and bitumen for 
 mortar.  Then they said\, "Come\, let us build ourselves a city\, and a tow
 er with its top in the heavens\, and let us make a name for ourselves\, les
 t we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."  And the LORD c
 ame down to see the city and the tower\, which the sons of men had built.  
 And the LORD said\, "Behold\, they are one people\, and they have all one l
 anguage\; and this is only the beginning of what they will do\; and nothing
  that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.  Come\, let us go
  down\, and there confuse their language\, that they may not understand one
  another's speech."  So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the 
 face of all the earth\, and they left off building the city.  Therefore its
  name was called Babel\, because there the LORD confused the language of al
 l the earth\; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face o
 f all the earth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 13:19-14:6\nA desire fu
 lfilled is sweet to the soul\; but to turn away from evil is an abomination
  to fools.  He who walks with wise men becomes wise\, but the companion of 
 fools will suffer harm.  Misfortune pursues sinners\, but prosperity reward
 s the righteous.  A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's childr
 en\, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.  The fallow grou
 nd of the poor yields much food\, but it is swept away through injustice.  
 He who spares the rod hates his son\, but he who loves him is diligent to d
 iscipline him.  The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite\, but the 
 belly of the wicked suffers want.  Wisdom builds her house\, but folly with
  her own hands tears it down.  He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD\,
  but he who is devious in his ways despises him.  The talk of a fool is a r
 od for his back\, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.  Where there
  are no oxen\, there is no grain\; but abundant crops come by the strength 
 of the ox.  A faithful witness does not lie\, but a false witness breathes 
 out lies.  A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain\, but knowledge is easy for a man
  of understanding.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\; Demetrios the New Martyr\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 3:1-14\n For\, behold\, the Lor
 d\, the Lord of hosts\, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay a
 nd staff\, the whole stay of bread\, and the whole stay of water\; the migh
 ty man and the soldier\, the judge and the prophet\, the diviner and the el
 der\, the captain of fifty and the man of rank\, the counselor and the skil
 lful magician and the expert in charms.  And I will make boys their princes
 \, and babes shall rule over them.  And the people will oppress one another
 \, every man his fellow and every man his neighbor\; the youth will be inso
 lent to the elder\, and the base fellow to the honorable.\n\nWhen a man tak
 es hold of his brother in the house of his father\, saying:  "You have a ma
 ntle\; you shall be our leader\, and this heap of ruins shall be under your
  rule"\; in that day he will speak out\, saying:  "I will not be a healer\;
  in my house there is neither bread nor mantle\; you shall not make me lead
 er of the people."  For Jerusalem has stumbled\, and Judah has fallen\; bec
 ause their speech and their deeds are against the Lord\, defying his glorio
 us presence.\n\nTheir partiality witnesses against them\; they proclaim the
 ir sin like Sodom\, they do not hide it.  Woe to them!  For they have broug
 ht evil upon themselves.  Tell the righteous that it shall be well with the
 m\, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.  Woe to the wicked!  It sh
 all be ill with him\, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.  M
 y people -- children are their oppressors\, and women rule over them.  O my
  people\, your leaders mislead you\, and confuse the course of your paths.\
 n\nThe Lord has taken his place to contend\, he stands to judge his people.
   The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: 
  "It is you who have devoured the vineyard\, the spoil of the poor is in yo
 ur houses."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2:20-3:20\n The man gave name
 s to all cattle\, and to the birds of the air\, and to every beast of the f
 ield\; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.  So the Lo
 rd God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man\, and while he slept took o
 ne of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh\; and the rib which the L
 ord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the 
 man.  Then the man said\, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my
  flesh\; she shall be called Woman\, because she was taken out of Man."  Th
 erefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife\, an
 d they become one flesh.  And the man and his wife were both naked\, and we
 re not ashamed.\n\nNow the serpent was more subtle than any other wild crea
 ture that the Lord God had made.  He said to the woman\, "Did God say\, 'Yo
 u shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"  And the woman said to the ser
 pent\, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden\; but God said\,
  'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the g
 arden\, neither shall you touch it\, lest you die.'"  But the serpent said 
 to the woman\, "You will not die.  For God knows that when you eat of it yo
 ur eyes will be opened\, and you will be like God\, knowing good and evil."
   So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food\, and that it was a
  delight to the eyes\, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise
 \, she took of its fruit and ate\; and she also gave some to her husband\, 
 and he ate.  Then the eyes of both were opened\, and they knew that they we
 re naked\; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.\n
 \nAnd they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the coo
 l of the day\, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of
  the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  But the Lord God called to th
 e man\, and said to him\, "Where are you?"  And he said\, "I heard the soun
 d of thee in the garden\, and I was afraid\, because I was naked\; and I hi
 d myself."  He said\, "Who told you that you were naked?  Have you eaten of
  the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"  The man said\, "The woman 
 whom thou gavest to be with me\, she gave me fruit of the tree\, and I ate.
 "  Then the Lord God said to the woman\, "What is this that you have done?"
   The woman said\, "The serpent beguiled me\, and I ate."  The Lord God sai
 d to the serpent\, "Because you have done this\, cursed are you above all c
 attle\, and above all wild animals\; upon your belly you shall go\, and dus
 t you shall eat all the days of your life.  I will put enmity between you a
 nd the woman\, and between your seed and her seed\; he shall bruise your he
 ad\, and you shall bruise his heel."  To the woman he said\, "I will greatl
 y multiply your pain in childbearing\; in pain you shall bring forth childr
 en\, yet your desire shall be for your husband\, and he shall rule over you
 ."  And to Adam he said\, "Because you have listened to the voice of your w
 ife\, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you\, 'You shall not 
 eat of it\,' cursed is the ground because of you\; in toil you shall eat of
  it all the days of your life\; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to
  you\; and you shall eat the plants of the field.  In the sweat of your fac
 e you shall eat bread till you return to the ground\, for out of it you wer
 e taken\; you are dust\, and to dust you shall return."\n\nThe man called h
 is wife's name Eve\, because she was the mother of all living.\n\nOld Testa
 ment Reading: Proverbs 3:19-34\nThe Lord by wisdom founded the earth\; by u
 nderstanding he established the heavens\; by his knowledge the deeps broke 
 forth\, and the clouds drop down the dew.\n\nMy son\, keep sound wisdom and
  discretion\; let them not escape from your sight\, and they will be life f
 or your soul and adornment for your neck.  Then you will walk on your way s
 ecurely and your foot will not stumble.  If you sit down\, you will not be 
 afraid\; when you lie down\, your sleep will be sweet.  Do not be afraid of
  sudden panic\, or of the ruin of the wicked\, when it comes\; for the Lord
  will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.  Do not
  withhold good from those to whom it is due\, when it is in your power to d
 o it.\n\nDo not say to your neighbor\, "Go\, and come again\, tomorrow I wi
 ll give it" -- when you have it with you.  Do not plan evil against your ne
 ighbor who dwells trustingly beside you.  Do not contend with a man for no 
 reason\, when he has done you no harm.  Do not envy a man of violence and d
 o not choose any of his ways\; for the perverse man is an abomination to th
 e Lord\, but the upright are in his confidence.  The Lord's curse is on the
  house of the wicked\, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.  Toward t
 he scorners he is scornful\, but to the humble he shows favor.\n\n
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 sts: Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of G
 reater Armenia\; Lucia the Virgin-martyr\; Herman the Wonderworker of Alask
 a & First Saint of America\; Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop of Serbia
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 5:11-21\nTimothy\, my son\, r
 efuse to enrol younger widows\; for when they grow wanton against Christ th
 ey desire to marry\, and so they incur condemnation for having violated the
 ir first pledge. Besides that\, they learn to be idlers\, gadding about fro
 m house to house\, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies\, saying 
 what they should not. So I would have younger widows marry\, bear children\
 , rule their households\, and give the enemy no occasion to revile us. For 
 some have already strayed after Satan. If any believing man or woman has re
 latives who are widows\, let him assist them\; let the church not be burden
 ed\, so that it may assist those who are real widows. Let the elders who ru
 le well be considered worthy of double honor\, especially those who labor i
 n preaching and teaching\; for the scripture says\, "You shall not muzzle a
 n ox when it is treading out the grain\," and\, "The laborer deserves his w
 ages." Never admit any charge against an elder except on the evidence of tw
 o or three witnesses. As for those who persist in sin\, rebuke them in the 
 presence of all\, so that the rest may stand in fear. In the presence of Go
 d and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these ru
 les without favor\, doing nothing from partiality.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 
 8:22-26\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to
  him a blind man\, and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man b
 y the hand\, and led him out of the village\; and when he had spit on his e
 yes and laid his hands upon him\, he asked him\, "Do you see anything?" And
  he looked up and said\, "I see men\; but they look like trees\, walking." 
 Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes\; and he looked intently and was
  restored\, and saw everything clearly. And he sent him away to his home\, 
 saying\, "Do not even enter the village."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Climacus the Righteous\, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent\; 
 Sosthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphroditos\, the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Is
 aiah 37:33-38:6\n"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyr
 ia: He shall not come into this city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come be
 fore it with a shield\, or cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way th
 at he came\, by the same he shall return\, and he shall not come into this 
 city\, says the LORD.  For I will defend this city to save it\, for my own 
 sake and for the sake of my servant David."  And the angel of the LORD went
  forth\, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Ass
 yrians\; and when men arose early in the morning\, behold\, these were all 
 dead bodies.  Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed\, and went home and
  dwelt at Nineveh.  And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his go
 d\, Adrammelech and Sharezer\, his sons\, slew him with the sword\, and esc
 aped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. 
 \n\n  In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And
  Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus s
 ays the LORD: Set your house in order\; for you shall die\, you shall not r
 ecover."  Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall\, and prayed to the LOR
 D\, and said\, "Remember now\, O LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked 
 before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart\, and have done what is 
 good in thy sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD 
 came to Isaiah:  "Go and say to Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of 
 David your father: I have heard your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; beho
 ld\, I will add fifteen years to your life.  I will deliver you and this ci
 ty out of the hand of the king of Assyria\, and defend this city.\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Genesis 13:12-18\n Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, whi
 le Lot dwelt among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as So
 dom.  Now the men of Sodom were wicked\, great sinners against the LORD.  \
 n\n The LORD said to Abram\, after Lot had separated from him\, "Lift up yo
 ur eyes\, and look from the place where you are\, northward and southward a
 nd eastward and westward\; for all the land which you see I will give to yo
 u and to your descendants for ever.  I will make your descendants as the du
 st of the earth\; so that if one can count the dust of the earth\, your des
 cendants also can be counted.  Arise\, walk through the length and the brea
 dth of the land\, for I will give it to you."  So Abram moved his tent\, an
 d came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre\, which are at Hebron\; and there he 
 built an altar to the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4\n
 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life\, that one may avoid the snares 
 of death.  In a multitude of people is the glory of a king\, but without pe
 ople a prince is ruined.  He who is slow to anger has great understanding\,
  but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.  A tranquil mind gives life to
  the flesh\, but passion makes the bones rot.  He who oppresses a poor man 
 insults his Maker\, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.  The wicked
  is overthrown through his evil-doing\, but the righteous finds refuge thro
 ugh his integrity.  Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding\, b
 ut it is not known in the heart of fools.  Righteousness exalts a nation\, 
 but sin is a reproach to any people.  A servant who deals wisely has the ki
 ng's favor\, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.  A soft answer
  turns away wrath\, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  The tongue of the wis
 e dispenses knowledge\, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.  The eyes o
 f the LORD are in every place\, keeping watch on the evil and the good.  A 
 gentle tongue is a tree of life\, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension\; Nicephorus the Confe
 ssor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Erasmos of Ochrid & his Companion Mart
 yrs\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Philadelphia\; Constantine the New Martyr
  of the Hagarenes\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ac
 ts 27:1-44\;28:1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it was decided that we should sail f
 or Italy\, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of t
 he Augustan Cohort\, named Julius. And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium\,
  which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia\, we put to s
 ea\, accompanied by Aristarchos\, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. The next 
 day we put in at Sidon\; and Julius treated Paul kindly\, and gave him leav
 e to go to his friends and be cared for. And putting to sea from there we s
 ailed under the lee of Cyprus\, because the winds were against us. And when
  we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia\, we came 
 to Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing fo
 r Italy\, and put us on board. We sailed slowly for a number of days\, and 
 arrived with difficulty off Cnidos\, and as the wind did not allow us to go
  on\, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. Coasting along it with 
 difficulty\, we came to a place called Fair Havens\, near which was the cit
 y of Lasea.\n\nAs much time had been lost\, and the voyage was already dang
 erous because the fast had already gone by\, Paul advised them\, saying\, "
 Sirs\, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss\, not o
 nly of the cargo and the ship\, but also of our lives." But the centurion p
 aid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what
  Paul said. And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in\, the majo
 rity advised to put to sea from there\, on the chance that somehow they cou
 ld reach Phoenix\, a harbor of Crete\, looking northeast and southeast\, an
 d winter there.\n\nAnd when the south wind blew gently\, supposing that the
 y had obtained their purpose\, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete\,
  close inshore. But soon a tempestuous wind\, called the northeaster\, stru
 ck down from the land\; and when the ship was caught and could not face the
  wind\, we gave way to it and were driven. And running under the lee of a s
 mall island called Cauda\, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat\; 
 after hoisting it up\, they took measures to undergird the ship\; then\, fe
 aring that they should run on the Syrtis\, they lowered the gear\, and so w
 ere driven. As we were violently storm-tossed\, they began next day to thro
 w cargo overboard\; and the third day they cast with their own hands the ta
 ckle of the ship. And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day\, 
 and no small tempest lay on us\, all hope of our being saved was at last ab
 andoned.\n\nAs they had been long without food\, Paul then came forward amo
 ng them and said\, "Men\, you should have listened to me\, and should not h
 ave set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. I now bid you ta
 ke heart\; for there will be no loss of life among you\, but only of the sh
 ip. For this very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I bel
 ong and whom I worship\, and he said\, 'Do not be afraid\, Paul\; you must 
 stand before Caesar\; and lo\, God has granted you all those who sail with 
 you.' So take heart\, men\, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly
  as I have been told. But we shall have to run on some island."\n\nWhen the
  fourteenth night had come\, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria\, 
 about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. So they s
 ounded and found twenty fathoms\; a little farther on they sounded again an
 d found fifteen fathoms. And fearing that we might run on the rocks\, they 
 let out four anchors from the stern\, and prayed for the day to come. And a
 s the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship\, and had lowered the bo
 at into the sea\, under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow\, Paul 
 said to the centurion and the soldiers\, 'Unless these men stay in the ship
 \, you cannot be saved." Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat\,
  and let it go.\n\nAs day was about to dawn\, Paul urged them all to take s
 ome food\, saying\, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in
  suspense and without food\, having taken nothing. Therefore I urge you to 
 take some food\; it will give you strength\, since not a hair is to perish 
 from the head of any of you." And when he had said this\, he took bread\, a
 nd giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat
 . Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves. (We were in a
 ll two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.) And when they had eate
 n enough\, they lightened the ship\, throwing out the wheat into the sea.\n
 \nNow when it was day\, they did not recognize the land\, but they noticed 
 a bay with a beach\, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship as
 hore. So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea\, at the same t
 ime loosening the ropes that tied the rudders\; then hoisting the foresail 
 to the wind they made for the beach. But striking a shoal they ran the vess
 el aground\; the bow stuck and remained immovable\, and the stern was broke
 n up by the surf. The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners\, lest any s
 hould swim away and escape\; but the centurion\, wishing to save Paul\, kep
 t them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to 
 throw themselves overboard first and make for the land\, and the rest on pl
 anks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.\n\nA
 fter we had escaped\, we then learned that the island was called Malta. \n\
 nGospel Reading: John 17:18-26\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to 
 heaven and said\, "As you\, Father\, did send me into the world\, so I have
  sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself\, that th
 ey also may be consecrated in truth.\n\n"I do not pray for these only\, but
  also for those who believe in me through their word\, that they may all be
  one\; even as you\, Father\, are in me\, and I in you\, that they also may
  be in us\, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory 
 which you have given me I have given to them\, that they may be one even as
  we are one\, I in them and you in me\, that they may become perfectly one\
 , so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even
  as you have loved me. Father\, I desire that they also\, whom you have giv
 en me\, may be with me where I am\, to behold my glory which you have given
  me in your love for me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Fat
 her\, the world has not known you\, but I have known you\; and these know t
 hat you have sent me. I made known to them your name\, and I will make it k
 nown\, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them\, and I in
  them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologi
 an\, & John Chrysostom\; Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\; Athanasia the Martyr &
  her 3 daughters\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I
  am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in 
 and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destr
 oy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the goo
 d shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is
  a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wol
 f coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and sc
 atters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the s
 heep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the F
 ather knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep
 .  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them a
 lso\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shephe
 rd."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\
 , those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their li
 ves\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and toda
 y and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for 
 it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which h
 ave not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who s
 erve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose 
 blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for s
 in are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in
  order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go f
 orth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we ha
 ve no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him th
 en let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the
  fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to
  share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the lig
 ht of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a l
 amp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all 
 in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your 
 good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that 
 I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolis
 h them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and ear
 th pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all i
 s accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandment
 s and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but
  he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of 
 heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joannicius the Great\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra
 \, and Hermias the Presbyter\; Porphyrios the Mime\; Emperor John Batatze t
 he Merciful\; George Karslidis of Pontos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Colossians 2:1-7\nBrethren\, I want you to know how greatly I strive for y
 ou\, and for those at Laodicea\, and for all who have not seen my face\, th
 at their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love\, to ha
 ve all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God's myste
 ry\, of Christ\, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  I say this in order that no one may delude you with beguiling speech. For 
 though I am absent in body\, yet I am with you in spirit\, rejoicing to see
  your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. As therefore you
  received Christ Jesus the Lord\, so live in him\, rooted and built up in h
 im and established in the faith\, just as you were taught\, abounding in th
 anksgiving.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:2-12\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed\, or hidden that will n
 ot be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in
  the light\, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaim
 ed upon the housetops. \n\n I tell you\, my friends\, do not fear those who
  kill the body\, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will w
 arn you whom to fear: fear him who\, after he has killed\, has power to cas
 t into Gehenna\; yes\, I tell you\, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold fo
 r two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why\, even the 
 hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not\; you are of more value than 
 many sparrows. \n\n And I tell you\, every one who acknowledges me before m
 en\, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he
  who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. And ever
 y one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven\; but he wh
 o blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And when they br
 ing you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not b
 e anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Ho
 ly Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Nativity\; Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Sav
 ior\, Jesus Christ\; Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\; Our Righ
 teous Father Philogonius\, Bishop of Antioch\; John the New Martyr of Thass
 os\; Holy Father John of Kronstadt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMa
 tins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen fro
 m the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "Peace 
 to you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw
  a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questio
 nings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; ha
 ndle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I 
 have." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet. And w
 hile they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Hav
 e you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he
  took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my words
  which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything writte
 n about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulf
 illed. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said t
 o them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the thi
 rd day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins sho
 uld be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You 
 are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my Father
  upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from on
  high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hand
 s\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and was 
 carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to Jerus
 alem with great joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God.\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:9-10\; 32-40\nBRETHREN\
 , by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise\, as in a foreign land\
 , living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same promise
 .  For he looked forward to the city which has foundation\, whose builder a
 nd maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fail me to t
 ell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the pro
 phets - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received 
 promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the
  edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, 
 put foreign armies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurrection.  
 Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise agai
 n to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chain
 s and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were t
 empted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of shee
 p and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was n
 ot worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and caves of
  the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did no
 t receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for u
 s\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 1:1-25\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, the son of Davi
 d\, the son of Abraham.\n\nAbraham was the father of Isaac\, and Isaac the 
 father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers\, and Juda
 h the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and Perez the father of Hezron\,
  and Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the father of Amminadab\, and Amm
 inadab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the father of Salmon\, and Salmo
 n the father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth\, and O
 bed the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father of David the king.\n\nAnd Da
 vid was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah\, and Solomon the father
  of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah\, and Abijah the father of
  Asa\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat the father of Jo
 ram\, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father of Jotham\, an
 d Jotham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah\, and Hezekia
 h the father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the father of Amon\, and Amon the f
 ather of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers\, at 
 the time of the deportation to Babylon.\n\nAnd after the deportation to Bab
 ylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\, and Salathiel the father of Z
 erubbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud\, and Abiud the father of El
 iakim\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and Azor the father of Zadok\, and
  Zadok the father of Achim\, and Achim the father of Eliud\, and Eliud the 
 father of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of Matthan\, and Matthan the fat
 her of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary\, of whom
  Jesus was born\, who is called Christ.\n\nSo all the generations from Abra
 ham to David were fourteen generations\, and from David to the deportation 
 to Babylon fourteen generations\, and from the deportation to Babylon to th
 e Christ fourteen generations.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ took place 
 in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph\, before the
 y came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit\; and her
  husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame\, reso
 lved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, behold\, an angel 
 of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, son of David\, 
 do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is conceived in her is 
 of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall call his name Jesu
 s\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fu
 lfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a virgin shall con
 ceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (which means\
 , God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as the angel of the Lo
 rd commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not until she had borne 
 a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Canaanite\; Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\; Cyri
 l\, Equal-to-the-Apostles & Teacher of the Slavs\; Nicholas the New Martyr 
 of Corinth\; Abraham\, Bishop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nMatins Gospel Re
 ading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, h
 e appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  S
 he went and told those who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  B
 ut when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would 
 not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, 
 as they were walking into the country.  And they went back and told the res
 t\, but they did not believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven t
 hemselves as they sat at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief a
 nd hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw him afte
 r he had risen.  And he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach th
 e gospel to the whole creation.  He who believes and is baptized will be sa
 ved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will 
 accompany those who believe:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they w
 ill speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink a
 ny deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the 
 sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spo
 ken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of 
 God.  And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked w
 ith them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:16-18\;7:1\nBrethren\, you are the templ
 e of the living God\; as God said\, "I will live in them and move among the
 m\, and I will be their God\, and they shall be my people. Therefore come o
 ut from them\, and be separate from them\, says the Lord\, and touch nothin
 g unclean\; then I will welcome you\, and I will be a father to you\, and y
 ou shall be my sons and daughters\, says the Lord Almighty."\n\nSince we ha
 ve these promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilemen
 t of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 15:21-28\nAt that time\, Jesus went to the district of
  Tyre and Sidon. And behold\, a Canaanite woman from that region came out a
 nd cried\, "Have mercy on me\, O Lord\, Son of David\; my daughter is sever
 ely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her a word. And his discip
 les came and begged him\, saying\,  "Send her away\, for she is crying afte
 r us." He answered\,  "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Is
 rael." But she came and knelt before him\, saying\,  "Lord\, help me." And 
 he answered\,  "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to
  the dogs." She said\,  "Yes\, Lord\, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that
  fall from their master's table." Then Jesus answered her\,  "O woman\, gre
 at is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was h
 ealed instantly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries\; Sergios th
 e Magister\; Pappias the Martyr\; Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman\, Fo
 unders of Valaam Monastery\; Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the 
 Theotokos \; Paul the Physician of Corinth\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Romans 11:2-12\nBrethren\, do you not know what the scripture says of El
 ijah\, how he pleads with God against Israel? "Lord\, they have killed thy 
 prophets\, they have demolished thy altars\, and I alone am left\, and they
  seek my life." But what is God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself sev
 en thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." So too at the present
  time there is a remnant\, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace\, it is n
 o longer on the basis of works\; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. 
 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it\, 
 but the rest were hardened\, as it is written\, "God gave them a spirit of 
 stupor\, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear\, down to t
 his very day." And David says\, "Let their table become a snare and a trap\
 , a pitfall and a retribution for them\; let their eyes be darkened so that
  they cannot see\, and bend their backs for ever." So I ask\, have they stu
 mbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has 
 come to the Gentiles\, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their trespass 
 means riches for the world\, and if their failure means riches for the Gent
 iles\, how much more will their full inclusion mean?\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 11:20-26\nAt that time\, the Lord began to upbraid the cities where mo
 st of his mighty works had been done\, because they did not repent. "Woe to
  you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in yo
 u had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would have repented long ago in sa
 ckcloth and ashes. But I tell you\, it shall be more tolerable on the day o
 f judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you\, Capernaum\, will you 
 be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty
  works done in you had been done in Sodom\, it would have remained until th
 is day. But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgme
 nt for the land of Sodom than for you." At that time Jesus declared\, "I th
 ank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these th
 ings from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yea\, Fat
 her\, so it was well pleasing before you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Luke\; Arethas the Great Martyr and His Fellow Martyrs\;
  Sebastiane the Martyr\; Maglorious of Sark\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early
 \, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken away fro
 m the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, t
 he one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lord out 
 of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid him." Peter then came
  out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran
 \, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; and sto
 oping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did not go 
 in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw
  the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\, which had been on his head\, not
  lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the o
 ther disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and 
 believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that he must rise f
 rom the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: II Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap 
 sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each on
 e must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\
 , for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every
  blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enough of everything a
 nd may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is written\, "He sca
 tters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." 
 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multip
 ly your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will 
 be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which through us will produ
 ce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\nAt that time\, as 
 Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes\, there met him a man from th
 e city who had demons\; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived
  not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, he cried out and f
 ell down before him\, and said with a loud voice\, "What have you to do wit
 h me\, Jesus\, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you\, do not torment me.
 " For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many
  a time it had seized him\; he was kept under guard\, and bound with chains
  and fetters\, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the 
 desert.) Jesus then asked him\, "What is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"
 \; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them
  to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on t
 he hillside\; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them 
 leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine\, and the 
 herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the he
 rdsmen saw what happened\, they fled\, and told it in the city and in the c
 ountry. Then people went out to see what had happened\, and they came to Je
 sus\, and found the man from whom the demons had gone\, sitting at the feet
  of Jesus\, clothed and in his right mind\; and they were afraid. And those
  who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was he
 aled. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked
  him to depart from them\; for they were seized with great fear\; so he got
  into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged t
 hat he might be with him\; but he sent him away\, saying\, "Return to your 
 home\, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away\, procl
 aiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\; Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-
 for-Christ\; Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\; 853 Martyrs of Thrace who w
 ere drowned\; Manuel the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands o
 n you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\,
  and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. Thi
 s will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your min
 ds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth
  and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or c
 ontradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsme
 n and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated 
 by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your
  endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10
 \nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and w
 hat you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men wh
 o will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier o
 f Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\,
  since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not cr
 owned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farm
 er who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, 
 for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus 
 Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gos
 pel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a crimin
 al. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for 
 the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus
  with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the
  world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you w
 ere of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not o
 f the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates 
 you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than
  his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they ke
 pt my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you o
 n my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come
  and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse
  for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done a
 mong them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but n
 ow they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the wo
 rd that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But
  when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even
  the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness 
 to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the
  beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  Th
 ey will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when wh
 oever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Romans 10:11-21\;11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture says\, 
 "No one who believes in God will be put to shame." For there is no distinct
 ion between Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his ri
 ches upon all who call upon him. For\, "every one who calls upon the name o
 f the Lord will be saved." But how are men to call upon him in whom they ha
 ve not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never
  heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach
  unless they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful are the feet of th
 ose who preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed the gospel\; for Is
 aiah says\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard from us?" So faith c
 omes from what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Chris
 t. But I ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice has
  gone out to all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the world." Aga
 in I ask\, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, "I will make you j
 ealous of those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nation I will make yo
 u angry." Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been found by those wh
 o did not seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me." B
 ut of Israel he says\, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedi
 ent and contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected his people? By no
  means! I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraham\, a member of th
 e tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed on\, he saw a
  man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follo
 w me." And he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at table in the house
 \, behold\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus an
 d his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they said to his discipl
 es\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when 
 he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need of a physician\, b
 ut those who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and
  not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, but sinners to repe
 ntance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\; Righteous Hierodeacon 
 Makarios of Kalogeras\; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\; Nicholas the New-M
 artyr of Mytilene\; Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and
  their grandmother Neonilla\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that ti
 me\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church
 . He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that
  it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during t
 he days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in pri
 son\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending
  after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in pr
 ison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe ver
 y night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between 
 two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were gu
 arding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a ligh
 t shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying
 \, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said 
 to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and f
 ollowed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, bu
 t thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the se
 cond guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to
  them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one stree
 t\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and sai
 d\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the
  hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the dis
 ciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A seco
 nd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to
  him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my s
 heep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love m
 e?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love 
 me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I lov
 e you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but 
 when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird 
 you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by wh
 at death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me
 ." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who 
 had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it
  that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lor
 d\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he rem
 ain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroa
 d among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not 
 say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing wi
 tness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that
  his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus di
 d\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself 
 could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Saturday after Pascha\; Isidore the Martyr of Chios\; Holy Hieroma
 rtyr Therapontus\; Holy New Martyrs Mark and John\; Leontius\, Patriarch of
  Jerusalem\; Serapion the Holy Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 9:19-31\nIn 
 those days\, Saul was with the disciples at Damascus. And in the synagogues
  immediately he proclaimed Jesus\, saying\, "He is the Son of God." And all
  who heard him were amazed\, and said\, "is not this the man who made havoc
  in Jerusalem of those who called on this name? And he has come here for th
 is purpose\, to bring them bound before the chief priests." But Saul increa
 sed all the more in strength\, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascu
 s by proving that Jesus was the Christ. When many days had passed\, the Jew
 s plotted to kill him\, but their plot became known to Saul. They were watc
 hing the gates day and night\, to kill him\; but his disciples took him by 
 night and let him down over the wall\, lowering him in a basket. And when h
 e had come to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples\; and they were 
 all afraid of him\, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. But Ba
 rnabas took him\, and brought him to the apostles\, and declared to them ho
 w on the road he had seen the Lord\, who spoke to him\, and how at Damascus
  he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. So he went in and out among t
 hem at Jerusalem\, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke a
 nd disputed against the Hellenists\; but they were seeking to kill him. And
  when the brethren knew it\, they brought him down to Caesarea\, and sent h
 im off to Tarsus. So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samari
 a had peace and was built up\; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in t
 he comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15
 :17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to l
 ove one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before
  it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; b
 ut because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, th
 erefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A ser
 vant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will pe
 rsecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all th
 is they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sen
 t me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but
  now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father al
 so.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they wo
 uld not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 
  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me wi
 thout a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to yo
 u from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father
 \, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you ha
 ve been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep yo
 u from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, th
 e hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service t
 o God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Our
  Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\; Vitalis of Gaza\; Nikephoros 
 the New Martyr of Crete\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and 
 a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast o
 f Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\
 ; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the
  crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them 
 all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are y
 ou poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now
 \, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you sha
 ll laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you an
 d revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of ma
 n!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is gr
 eat in heaven."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember yo
 ur leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome 
 of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterd
 ay and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teach
 ings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by food
 s\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which 
 those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those ani
 mals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacr
 ifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside 
 the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore 
 let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For
  here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thr
 ough him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, th
 at is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do 
 good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jorda
 n\, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by
  the devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, h
 e was hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command 
 this stone to become bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man
  shall not live by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed hi
 m all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To
  you I will give all this authority and their glory\; for it has been deliv
 ered to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worshi
 p me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Y
 ou shall worship the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd
  he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and
  said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\;
  for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\
 ,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot ag
 ainst a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not temp
 t the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he d
 eparted from him until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power o
 f the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through al
 l the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorif
 ied by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\; Urban\, 
 Theodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromartyrs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 2:6-9\nBrethr
 en\, among the mature we do impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisdom of 
 this age or of the rulers of this age\, who are doomed to pass away. But we
  impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, which God decreed before the ag
 es for our glorification. None of the rulers of this age understood this\; 
 for if they had\, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But\, as
  it is written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of m
 an conceived\, what God has prepared for those who love him."\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Wo
 e to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of t
 he prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had 
 lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them i
 n shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\
 , that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, th
 e measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you
  to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise 
 men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you wil
 l scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon yo
 u may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innoce
 nt Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered 
 between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will c
 ome upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets
  and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered you
 r children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you wo
 uld not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you
  will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the na
 me of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Mary & Martha\
 , the sisters of Lazarus\; Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\; Petro
 c\, Abbot of Padstow\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such
  a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, ex
 alted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to off
 er sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the peop
 le\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law
  appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\
 , which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect 
 for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high
  priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty 
 in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up n
 ot by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said t
 o the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who doe
 s not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that m
 an is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd 
 of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and 
 he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out 
 all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they kno
 w his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\
 , for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with
  them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus ag
 ain said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the she
 ep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not 
 heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and
  will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\; Titus the Apo
 stle of the 70\; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs o
 f Constantinople\; Holy Father John of Karpathos\; Ebba\, First Abbess of C
 oldingham\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:1-5\;2:15\;3:1-2\,12-1
 5\nPAUL\, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to further the 
 faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with go
 dliness\, in hope of eternal life which God\, who never lies\, promised age
 s ago and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching w
 ith which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior\;\n\nTo Titus\
 , my true child in a common faith:\n\nGrace and peace from God the Father a
 nd Christ Jesus our Savior.\n\nDeclare these things\; exhort and reprove wi
 th all authority. Let no one disregard you.\n\nRemind them to be submissive
  to rulers and authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready for any honest wo
 rk\, to speak evil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to be gentle\, and to 
 show perfect courtesy toward all men.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to
  you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spen
 d the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on t
 heir way\; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply th
 emselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be
  unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who 
 love us in the faith.\n\nGrace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the w
 orld.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put
  it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the hous
 e.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works 
 and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come
  to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but 
 to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass awa
 y\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplis
 hed.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teach
 es men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who doe
 s them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\
 n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220407
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; 120 Martyrs of Persia\; Greg
 ory of Sinai\; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Isaiah 41:4-14\nWho has performed and done this\, calling the gene
 rations from the beginning? I\, the LORD\, the first\, and with the last\; 
 I am He.  The coastlands have seen and are afraid\, the ends of the earth t
 remble\; they have drawn near and come.  Every one helps his neighbor\, and
  says to his brother\, "Take courage!"  The craftsman encourages the goldsm
 ith\, and he who smoothes with the hammer him who strikes the anvil\, sayin
 g of the soldering\, "It is good"\; and they fasten it with nails so that i
 t cannot be moved.  \n\n But you\, Israel\, my servant\, Jacob\, whom I hav
 e chosen\, the offspring of Abraham\, my friend\; you whom I took from the 
 ends of the earth\, and called from its farthest corners\, saying to you\, 
 "You are my servant\, I have chosen you and not cast you off"\; fear not\, 
 for I am with you\, be not dismayed\, for I am your God\; I will strengthen
  you\, I will help you\, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \
 n\n  Behold\, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and co
 nfounded\; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall peris
 h.  You shall seek those who contend with you\, but you shall not find them
 \; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all.  For I\, the LORD 
 your God\, hold your right hand\; it is I who say to you\, "Fear not\, I wi
 ll help you."  Fear not\, you worm Jacob\, you men of Israel! I will help y
 ou\, says the LORD\; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Genesis 17:1-9\n When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD
  appeared to Abram\, and said to him\, "I am God Almighty\; walk before me\
 , and be blameless.  And I will make my covenant between me and you\, and w
 ill multiply you exceedingly."  Then Abram fell on his face\; and God said 
 to him\,  "Behold\, my covenant is with you\, and you shall be the father o
 f a multitude of nations.  No longer shall your name be Abram\, but your na
 me shall be Abraham\; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nati
 ons.  I will make you exceedingly fruitful\; and I will make nations of you
 \, and kings shall come forth from you.  And I will establish my covenant b
 etween me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generatio
 ns for an everlasting covenant\, to be God to you and to your descendants a
 fter you.  And I will give to you\, and to your descendants after you\, the
  land of your sojournings\, all the land of Canaan\, for an everlasting pos
 session\; and I will be their God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:2
 0-16:9\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish man despises his mot
 her.  Folly is a joy to him who has no sense\, but a man of understanding w
 alks aright.  Without counsel plans go wrong\, but with many advisers they 
 succeed.  To make an apt answer is a joy to a man\, and a word in season\, 
 how good it is!  The wise man's path leads upward to life\, that he may avo
 id Sheol beneath.  The LORD tears down the house of the proud\, but maintai
 ns the widow's boundaries.  The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination t
 o the LORD\, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.  He who is greedy f
 or unjust gain makes trouble for his household\, but he who hates bribes wi
 ll live.  The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer\, but the mouth o
 f the wicked pours out evil things.  The LORD is far from the wicked\, but 
 he hears the prayer of the righteous.  The light of the eyes rejoices the h
 eart\, and good news refreshes the bones.  He whose ear heeds wholesome adm
 onition will abide among the wise.  He who ignores instruction despises him
 self\, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.  The fear of the LO
 RD is instruction in wisdom\, and humility goes before honor.  The plans of
  the mind belong to man\, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.  A
 ll the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes\, but the LORD weighs the spi
 rit.  Commit your work to the LORD\, and your plans will be established.  T
 he LORD has made everything for its purpose\, even the wicked for the day o
 f trouble.  Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the LORD\; be as
 sured\, he will not go unpunished.  By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is
  atoned for\, and by the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.  When a man's 
 ways please the LORD\, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.  
 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.  
 A man's mind plans his way\, but the LORD directs his steps.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pachomius the Great\; Achillius the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Laris
 sa\; Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra\; Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker
 \; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:44-48\; 11:1-10\n
 In those days\, while Peter was still saying this\, the Holy Spirit fell on
  all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who c
 ame with Peter were amazed\, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been p
 oured out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and
  extolling God. Then Peter declared\, "Can any one forbid water for baptizi
 ng these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he 
 commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked 
 him to remain for some days. Now the apostles and the brethren who were in 
 Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Pe
 ter went up to Jerusalem\, the circumcision party criticized him\, saying\,
  "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" But Peter began a
 nd explained to them in order: "I was in the city of Joppa praying\; and in
  a trance I saw a vision\, something descending\, like a great sheet\, let 
 down from heaven by four corners\; and it came down to me. Looking at it cl
 osely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the a
 ir. And I heard a voice saying to me\, 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.' But I
  said\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mout
 h.' But the voice answered a second time from heaven\, 'What God has cleans
 ed you must not call common.' This happened three times\, and all was drawn
  up again into heaven."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to t
 he Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your
  sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he k
 ill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He sa
 id to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\
 , I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins\, for 
 you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to hi
 m\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you from the
  beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he who sen
 t me is true\, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." They
  did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "W
 hen you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, a
 nd that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taugh
 t me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I alwa
 ys do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\; Tikhon\, Patriarch of Moscow and E
 nlightener of North America\; Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kalymnos\;
  George\, Bishop of Lesvos\; Gerasimos the God-Bearer of Byzantium\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 26:21-27:9\n For behold\, the LORD 
 is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for
  their iniquity\, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her\, and
  will no more cover her slain.  In that day the LORD with his hard and grea
 t and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent\, Leviathan th
 e twisting serpent\, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.  \n\n 
 In that day: "A pleasant vineyard\, sing of it!  I\, the LORD\, am its keep
 er\; every moment I water it. Lest any one harm it\, I guard it night and d
 ay\;  I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I woul
 d set out against them\, I would burn them up together.  Or let them lay ho
 ld of my protection\, let them make peace with me\, let them make peace wit
 h me."  \n\n In days to come Jacob shall take root\, Israel shall blossom a
 nd put forth shoots\, and fill the whole world with fruit.  \n\n Has he smi
 tten them as he smote those who smote them? Or have they been slain as thei
 r slayers were slain?  Measure by measure\, by exile thou didst contend wit
 h them\; he removed them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.
   Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated\, and this will be 
 the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of t
 he altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces\, no Asherim or incense altars
  will remain standing.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 9:18-10:1\nThe son
 s of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth. Ham wa
 s the father of Canaan.  These three were the sons of Noah\; and from these
  the whole earth was peopled.\n\nNoah was the first tiller of the soil. He 
 planted a vineyard\; and he drank of the wine\, and became drunk\, and lay 
 uncovered in his tent.  And Ham\, the father of Canaan\, saw the nakedness 
 of his father\, and told his two brothers outside.  Then Shem and Japheth t
 ook a garment\, laid it upon both their shoulders\, and walked backward and
  covered the nakedness of their father\; their faces were turned away\, and
  they did not see their father's nakedness.  When Noah awoke from his wine 
 and knew what his youngest son had done to him\, he said\, "Cursed be Canaa
 n\; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers."  He also said\, "Blesse
 d by the LORD my God be Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave.  God enlarge Ja
 pheth\, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem\; and let Canaan be his slav
 e."  After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.  All the day
 s of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years\; and he died.  These are the g
 enerations of the sons of Noah\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth\; sons were born 
 to them after the flood.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 12:23-13:9\nA p
 rudent man conceals his knowledge\, but fools proclaim their folly.  The ha
 nd of the diligent will rule\, while the slothful will be put to forced lab
 or.  Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down\, but a good word makes him g
 lad.  A righteous man turns away from evil\, but the way of the wicked lead
 s them astray.  A slothful man will not catch his prey\, but the diligent m
 an will get precious wealth.  In the path of righteousness is life\, but th
 e way of error leads to death.  A wise son hears his father's instruction\,
  but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.  From the fruit of his mouth a go
 od man eats good\, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.  He w
 ho guards his mouth preserves his life\; he who opens wide his lips comes t
 o ruin.  The soul of the sluggard craves\, and gets nothing\, while the sou
 l of the diligent is richly supplied.  A righteous man hates falsehood\, bu
 t a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.  Righteousness guards him
  whose way is upright\, but sin overthrows the wicked.  One man pretends to
  be rich\, yet has nothing\; another pretends to be poor\, yet has great we
 alth.  The ransom of a man's life is his wealth\, but a poor man has no mea
 ns of redemption.  The light of the righteous rejoices\, but the lamp of th
 e wicked will be put out.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother Th
 eodota\; David the Righteous of Evia\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:2
 7-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individually member
 s of it.  And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, second proph
 ets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, 
 administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  
 Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess
  gifts of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earn
 estly desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent 
 way.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, 
 I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, a
 nd understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, s
 o as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give awa
 y all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, 
 I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\
 ; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is n
 ot irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in 
 the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\,
  endures all things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8
 \nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them aut
 hority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease 
 and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go now
 here among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rath
 er to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying
 \, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cl
 eanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without
  pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Matthew\; Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\; Ou
 r Holy Father Myronus the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\; Holy New Martyrs
  Triantaphillus of Zagoras and Anastasius of Thessolonica\; Gregory of Sina
 i and Mount Athos\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savio
 r Jesus Christ\; Anastatios the Martyr from Bulgaria\n\nFast Day (Wine and 
 Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of th
 e week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, an
 d saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and we
 nt to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and s
 aid to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not kno
 w where they have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, 
 and they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outra
 n Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the l
 inen cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, fol
 lowing him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and t
 he napkin\, which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths bu
 t rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the
  tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did 
 not know the scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciple
 s went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:1-7\nBrethren\, w
 e who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak\, and not to p
 lease ourselves\; let each of us please his neighbor for his good\, to edif
 y him. For Christ did not please himself\; but\, as it is written\, "The re
 proaches of those who reproached thee fell on me." For whatever was written
  in former days was written for our instruction\, that by steadfastness and
  by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. May the God of 
 steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one 
 another\, in accord with Christ Jesus\, that together you may with one voic
 e glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another\
 , therefore\, as Christ has welcomed you\, for the glory of God.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 9:27-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, two blind men
  followed him\, crying aloud\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David." When he e
 ntered the house\, the blind men came to him\; and Jesus said to them\, "Do
  you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him\, "Yes\, Lord." T
 hen he touched their eyes\, saying\, "According to your faith be it done to
  you." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them\, "See th
 at no one knows it." But they went away and spread his fame through all tha
 t district.\n\nAs they were going away\, behold\, a dumb demoniac was broug
 ht to him. And when the demon had been cast out\, the dumb man spoke\; and 
 the crowds marveled\, saying\, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel
 ." But the Pharisees said\, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."\
 n\nAnd Jesus went about all the cities and villages\, teaching in their syn
 agogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom\, and healing every disease
  and every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr\; Holy Glorious N
 ew Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\; Phocas the Martyr\; Plegmund\, Archbish
 op of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-
 60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders a
 nd signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue
  of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Ale
 xandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with St
 ephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he
  spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard him s
 peak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the peop
 le and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him a
 nd brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who said\, "
 This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law\; 
 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this pla
 ce\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And gazing a
 t him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of a
 n angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Bre
 thren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraha
 m\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said to him
 \, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which 
 I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and liv
 ed in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there into th
 is land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\
 , not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in possession a
 nd to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it was Solo
 mon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses m
 ade with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and earth my 
 footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what is th
 e place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-n
 ecked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy
  Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did not you
 r fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the com
 ing of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, you wh
 o received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNow when
  they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth ag
 ainst him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the
  glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he said\,
  "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the ri
 ght hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ea
 rs and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and sto
 ned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young
  man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus
 \, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, "Lor
 d\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, he fell
  asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A m
 an planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the w
 ine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into a
 nother country. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to 
 get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat
  him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent to them another servan
 t\, and they wounded him in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he s
 ent another\, and him they killed\; and so with many others\, some they bea
 t and some they killed. He had still one other\, a beloved son\; finally he
  sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants 
 said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the 
 inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and killed him\, and cast him 
 out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come a
 nd destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read
  this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the
  head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in ou
 r eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for the
 y perceived that he had told the parable against them\; so they left him an
 d went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forgiveness Sunday\; Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\; Euschemon the 
 Confessor\, Bishop of Lampasakos\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allow
 ed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Ma
 ry Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw tha
 t the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Sim
 on Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to th
 em\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where t
 hey have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they 
 went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter a
 nd reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen clot
 hs lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following hi
 m\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin
 \, which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled 
 up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb fir
 st\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know 
 the scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went ba
 ck to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:11-14\;14:1-4\nBrethren\, 
 salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed\; the night is fa
 r gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness an
 d put on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the
  day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousne
 ss\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, an
 d make no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n\nAs for the m
 an who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.
   One believes he may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetable
 s.  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who abs
 tains pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are yo
 u to pass judgment on the servant of another?  It is before his own master 
 that he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make h
 im stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\nThe Lord said\, "If you forg
 ive men their trespasses\, your heavenly Father also will forgive you\; but
  if you do not forgive men their trespasses\, neither will your Father forg
 ive your trespasses.\n\n"And when you fast\, do not look dismal\, like the 
 hypocrites\, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen 
 by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when 
 you fast\, anoint your head and wash your face\, that your fasting may not 
 be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret\; and your Father who se
 es in secret will reward you.\n\n"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on
  earth\, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal\,
  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, where neither moth nor rus
 t consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your tre
 asure is\, there will your heart be also."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\; Chitus of Athens\, Bis
 hop of Rome\; Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\; Afterfeast of the Transfigura
 tion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Corinthians 10:5-12\nBrethren\, God was not pleased with most of the fat
 hers\; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things are war
 nings for us\, not to desire evil as they did. Do not be idolators as some 
 of them were\; as it is written\, "The people sat down to eat and drink and
  rose up to dance." We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did\,
  and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to 
 the test\, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now the
 se things happened to them as a warning\, but they were written down for ou
 r instruction\, upon whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let any o
 ne who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 16:6-12\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Take heed and beware of the
  leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." And they discussed it among themse
 lves\, saying\, "We brought no bread." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said\, "
 O men of little faith\, why do you discuss among yourselves the fact that y
 ou have no bread? Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loa
 ves of the five thousand\, and how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven 
 loaves of the four thousand\, and how many baskets you gathered? How is it 
 that you fail to perceive that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the l
 eaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." Then they understood that he did not
  tell them to beware of the leaven of bread\, but of the teaching of the Ph
 arisees and Sadducees.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew\; Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs 
 of Syria\; Leontios the Myrrh-Streamer of Argos\; Aitherios the Martyr of N
 icomedia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\n
 When the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James a
 nd Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And ver
 y early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had
  risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone
  for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the ston
 e was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a y
 oung man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they wer
 e amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazar
 eth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place wher
 e they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going bef
 ore you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they wen
 t out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon
  them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Romans 2:10-16\nBrethren\, glory and honor and peace for every one
  who does good\, the Jew first and also the Greek.  For God shows no partia
 lity.  All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law
 \, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.  For it
  is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God\, but the doers
  of the law who will be justified.  When Gentiles who have not the law do b
 y nature what the law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even though
  they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written 
 on their hearts\, while their conscience also bears witness and their confl
 icting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, according 
 to my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. \n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galile
 e\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother\
 , casting a net into the sea\; for they were fishermen. And he said to them
 \, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left 
 their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other broth
 ers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, in the boat with Zebe
 dee their father\, mending their nets\, and he called them. Immediately the
 y left their boat and their father\, and followed him. And he went about al
 l Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the ki
 ngdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\; Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith 
 conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mou
 ths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won s
 trength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flig
 ht. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusin
 g to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Others s
 uffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were
  stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with
  the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, affl
 icted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering         
 over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all thes
 e\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised
 \, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they
  should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so grea
 t a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which
  clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set 
 before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to C
 apernaum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you disc
 ussing on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discuss
 ed with one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the t
 welve\; and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be last 
 of all and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the midst
  of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives
  one such child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receives
  not me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man c
 asting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not fo
 llowing us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a m
 ighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For he 
 that is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives
  you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will by 
 no means lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Thursday\; The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him\; Ou
 r Holy Father Maximian\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Theodore the Holy Ma
 rtyr & his mother Philippa of Perge\; Alexandra the Martyr\; Anastasios the
  Monk of Sinai\; Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed
 )\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 22:1-39\nAt that time\, the feast of Unlea
 vened Bread drew near\, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests
  and the scribes were seeking how to put Jesus to death. For they feared th
 e people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot\, who was of the nu
 mber of the twelve\; he went away and conferred with the chief priests and 
 officers how he might betray him to them. And they were glad\, and engaged 
 to give him money. So he agreed\, and sought an opportunity to betray him t
 o them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the day of Unleavened Bre
 ad\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So he sent Peter and 
 John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover for us\, that we may eat it." 
 They said to him\, "Where will you have us prepare it?" He said to them\, "
 Behold\, when you have entered the city\, a man carrying a jar of water wil
 l meet you\; follow him into the house which he enters\, and tell the house
 holder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is the guest room\, where I am to
  eat the passover with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper ro
 om furnished\; there make ready." And they went\, and found it as he had to
 ld them\; and they prepared the passover. And when the hour came\, he sat a
 t table\, and the apostles with him. And he said to them. "I have earnestly
  desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer\; for I tell you I s
 hall never eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." And h
 e took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he said\, "Take this\, and divi
 de it among yourselves\; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink 
 of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. " And he took brea
 d\, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them\, saying\,
  "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." An
 d likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "This cup which is poured out fo
 r you is the new covenant in my blood. But behold the hand of him who betra
 ys me is with me on the table. For the Son of man goes as it has been deter
 mined\; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!" And they began to ques
 tion one another\, which of them it was that would do this. A dispute also 
 arose among them\, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he
  said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them\; an
 d those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you\
 ; rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest\, and the leader
  as one who serves. For which is the greater\, one who sits at table\, or o
 ne who serves? Is it not the one who sits at table? But I am among you as o
 ne who serves. You are those who have continued with me in my trials\; and 
 I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, that you may ea
 t and drink at my table in my Kingdom\, and sit on thrones judging the twel
 ve tribes of Israel. Simon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demanded to have you\, 
 that he might sift you like wheat\, but I have prayed for you that your fai
 th may not fail\; and when you have turned again\, strengthen your brethren
 ." And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you to prison and to 
 death." He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will not crow this day\, u
 ntil you three times deny that you know me. " And he said to them\, "When I
  sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals\, did you lack anything?" The
 y said\, "Nothing." He said to them\, "But now\, let him who has a purse ta
 ke it\, and likewise a bag. And let him who has no sword sell his mantle an
 d buy one. For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me\, "An
 d he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for what is written about me has it
 s fulfillment." And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, here are two swords. " And h
 e said to them\, "It is enough." \n And he came out\, and went\, as was his
  custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.\n\nEpist
 le Reading: I Corinthians 11:23-32\nBRETHREN\, I received from the Lord wha
 t I also delivered to you\, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was be
 trayed took bread\, and when he had given thanks\, he broke it\, and said\,
  "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the s
 ame way also the cup\, after supper\, saying\, "This cup is the new covenan
 t in my blood. Do this\, as often as you drink it\, in remembrance of me." 
 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup\, you proclaim the Lor
 d's death until he comes.\n\nWhoever\, therefore\, eats the bread or drinks
  the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the 
 body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself\, and so eat of the b
 read and drink of the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerni
 ng the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. That is why many of you 
 are weak and ill\, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly\, w
 e should not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chasten
 ed so that we may not be condemned along with the world.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 26:1-20\; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 26:21-39\; Luke 22:43-44\; Matthe
 w 26:40-75\; 27:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You know that after 
 two days the Passover is coming\, and the Son of man will be delivered up t
 o be crucified."\n\nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gat
 hered in the palace of the high priest\, who was called Caiaphas\, and took
  counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But the
 y said\, "Not during the feast\, lest there be a tumult among the people."\
 n\nNow when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, a woman 
 came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment\, and she
  poured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\
 , they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might h
 ave been sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor."\n\nBut Jesus\, awar
 e of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done 
 a beautiful thing to me.\n\nFor you always have the poor with you\, but you
  will not always have me.\n\nIn pouring this ointment on my body she has do
 ne it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you\, wherever this gospel
  is preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory 
 of her."\n\nThen one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went t
 o the chief priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to y
 ou?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sou
 ght an opportunity to betray him.\n\nNow on the first day of Unleavened Bre
 ad the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where will you have us prepare f
 or you to eat the Passover?" He said\, "Go into the city to a certain one\,
  and say to him\, ‘The Teacher says\, My time is at hand\; I will keep th
 e Passover at your house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did as Jesu
 s had directed them\, and they prepared the Passover. When it was evening\,
  he sat at table with the twelve disciples.\n\nJesus\, knowing that the Fat
 her had given all things into his hands\, and that he had come from God and
  was going to God\, rose from supper\, laid aside his garments\, and girded
  himself with a towel. Then he poured water into a basin\, and began to was
 h the disciples' feet\, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was g
 irded.\n\nHe came to Simon Peter\; and Peter said to him\, "Lord\, do you w
 ash my feet?" Jesus answered him\, "What I am doing you do not know now\, b
 ut afterward you will understand." Peter said to him\, "You shall never was
 h my feet." Jesus answered him\, "If I do not wash you\, you have no part i
 n me." Simon Peter said to him\, "Lord\, not my feet only but also my hands
  and my head!" Jesus said to him\, "He who has bathed does not need to wash
 \, except for his feet\, but he is clean all over\; and you are clean\, but
  not every one of you." For he knew who was to betray him\; that was why he
  sa
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 sts: Third Saturday of Lent\; Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Trophimos & 
 Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs of Nicomedea\; Edward the Martyr\, King of England
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nB
 rethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you en
 dured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to
  abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
   For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the p
 lundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a bette
 r possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confiden
 ce\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that yo
 u may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little w
 hile\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous
  one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\nAt that time\, 
 as Jesus passed on\, he saw Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax off
 ice\, and he said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And a
 s he sat at table in his house\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitti
 ng with Jesus and his disciples\; for there were many who followed him. And
  the scribes of the Pharisees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinne
 rs and tax collectors\, said to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax c
 ollectors and sinners?" And when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those 
 who are well have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came 
 not to call the righteous\, but sinners."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Nativity\; Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, 
 Polyeuktos\, Eutychios and Thessaloniki\; Our Righteous Father Gregentius\,
  Bishop of Ethiopia\; Aglaia the Righteous of Rome\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the 
 week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the spices which
  they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, b
 ut when they went in they did not find the body.  While they were perplexed
  about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as t
 hey were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to t
 hem\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how he told you
 \, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be delivered in
  to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise.
 "  And they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb they told al
 l this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magdalene\, and 
 Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told 
 this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and th
 ey did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping a
 nd looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wo
 ndering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:9-10\; 32-40\n
 BRETHREN\, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise\, as in a fore
 ign land\, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the sam
 e promise.  For he looked forward to the city which has foundation\, whose 
 builder and maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fai
 l me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel an
 d the prophets - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, 
 received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, es
 caped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty 
 in war\, put foreign armies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurr
 ection.  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might 
 rise again to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and e
 ven chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, th
 ey were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skin
 s of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the wo
 rld was not worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and
  caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by their faith
 \, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something bet
 ter for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 1:1-25\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, the so
 n of David\, the son of Abraham.\n\nAbraham was the father of Isaac\, and I
 saac the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers\,
  and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and Perez the father of
  Hezron\, and Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the father of Amminadab\
 , and Amminadab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the father of Salmon\, 
 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the father of Obed by Rut
 h\, and Obed the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father of David the king.\
 n\nAnd David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah\, and Solomon t
 he father of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah\, and Abijah the 
 father of Asa\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat the fat
 her of Joram\, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father of Jo
 tham\, and Jotham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah\, an
 d Hezekiah the father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the father of Amon\, and A
 mon the father of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his broth
 ers\, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.\n\nAnd after the deportati
 on to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\, and Salathiel the fa
 ther of Zerubbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud\, and Abiud the fat
 her of Eliakim\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and Azor the father of Za
 dok\, and Zadok the father of Achim\, and Achim the father of Eliud\, and E
 liud the father of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of Matthan\, and Mattha
 n the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary\
 , of whom Jesus was born\, who is called Christ.\n\nSo all the generations 
 from Abraham to David were fourteen generations\, and from David to the dep
 ortation to Babylon fourteen generations\, and from the deportation to Baby
 lon to the Christ fourteen generations.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ to
 ok place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph\, b
 efore they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit\
 ; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put her to sha
 me\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, behold\, 
 an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, son of
  David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is conceived i
 n her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall call his 
 name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took pl
 ace to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a virgin 
 shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (whi
 ch means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as the angel 
 of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not until she h
 ad borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary of Egypt\; Euthemios of Suzdal\; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyr
 s\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:10-12:2\n Thus says th
 e LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peopl
 es\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings shall be glorious. \n\n
  In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the
  remnant which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, from Egypt\, from Pat
 hros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from Hamath\, and from the
  coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for the nations\, and will
  assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the dispersed of Judah from t
 he four corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart\, and t
 hose who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Ju
 dah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they shall swoop down upon t
 he shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, and together they shall plunde
 r the people of the east. They shall put forth their hand against Edom and 
 Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LORD will utterly destro
 y the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his hand over the River wi
 th his scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channels that men may cross
  dryshod.  And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant which i
 s left of his people\, as there was for Israel when they came up from the l
 and of Egypt.  \n\n You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to thee\,
  O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy anger turned away\, and 
 thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\; I will trust\, and 
 will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song\, and he h
 as become my salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:11-8:3\n In th
 e six hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second month\, on the seventee
 nth day of the month\, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burs
 t forth\, and the windows of the heavens were opened.  And rain fell upon t
 he earth forty days and forty nights.  On the very same day Noah and his so
 ns\, Shem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his 
 sons with them entered the ark\, they and every beast according to its kind
 \, and all the cattle according to their kinds\, and every creeping thing t
 hat creeps on the earth according to its kind\, and every bird according to
  its kind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into the ark with Noah\, t
 wo and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.  And they th
 at entered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as God had commanded hi
 m\; and the LORD shut him in.  \n\n The flood continued forty days upon the
  earth\; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ark\, and it rose high 
 above the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth
 \; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And the waters prevailed
  so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole hea
 ven were covered\; the waters prevailed above the mountains\, covering them
  fifteen cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved upon the earth\, birds
 \, cattle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth\, and
  every man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of
  life died.  He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of th
 e ground\, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air\; they 
 were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, and those that were w
 ith him in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and 
 fifty days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle 
 that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth\, an
 d the waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and the windows of the he
 avens were closed\, the rain from the heavens was restrained\, and the wate
 rs receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty da
 ys the waters had abated.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 10:1-22\nA wis
 e son makes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.  T
 reasures gained by wickedness do not profit\, but righteousness delivers fr
 om death.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry\, but he thwarts t
 he craving of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty\, but the hand of th
 e diligent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is prudent\, but a son 
 who sleeps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on the head of the right
 eous\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  The memory of the ri
 ghteous is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked will rot.  The wise of h
 eart will heed commandments\, but a prating fool will come to ruin.  He who
  walks in integrity walks securely\, but he who perverts his ways will be f
 ound out.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but he who boldly reproves
  makes peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life\, but the m
 outh of the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up strife\, but love co
 vers all offenses.  On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is foun
 d\, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.  Wise men lay up know
 ledge\, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  A rich man's wealth i
 s his strong city\; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.  The wage of the
  righteous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to sin.  He who heeds ins
 truction is on the path to life\, but he who rejects reproof goes astray.  
 He who conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utters slander is a fool
 .  When words are many\, transgression is not lacking\, but he who restrain
 s his lips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is choice silver\; the 
 mind of the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of the righteous feed many
 \, but fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of the LORD makes rich\, 
 and he adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Acindynos\, Pegasios\, Aphthonios\, Elpidophoros\, an
 d Anempodistos\; Domnina\, Domna\, & Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Colossians 1:18-23\nBrethren\, Christ is the head of the
  body\, the church\; he is the beginning\, the first-born from the dead\, t
 hat in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of Go
 d was pleased to dwell\, and through him to reconcile to himself all things
 \, whether on earth or in heaven\, making peace by the blood of his cross. 
 And you\, who once were estranged and hostile in mind\, doing evil deeds\, 
 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death\, in order to prese
 nt you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him\, provided that you
  continue in the fight\, stable and steadfast\, not shifting from the hope 
 of the gospel which you heard\, which has been preached to every creature u
 nder heaven\, and of which I\, Paul\, became a minister.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 11:42-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you
  Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb\, and neglect justice
  and the love of God\; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting th
 e others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogue
 s and salutations in the market places. Woe to you! For you are like graves
  which are not seen\, and men walk over them without knowing it." One of th
 e lawyers answered him\, "Teacher\, in saying this you reproach us also." A
 nd he said\, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens hard t
 o bear\, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your finge
 rs."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\; Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor
 \, Archbishop of Thessalonica\; Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Pe
 ter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Melissourgeio Kissamos\
 ; Justus the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:1-16\nBret
 hren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Ce
 nchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and h
 elp her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of
  many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in
  Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but
  also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church 
 in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in A
 sia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronico
 s and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note am
 ong the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my 
 beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my b
 eloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who 
 belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those
  in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in 
 the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worke
 d hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and
  mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the br
 ethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\
 , and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one another wit
 h a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 13:44-54\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like 
 treasure hidden in a field\, which a man found and covered up\; then in his
  joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. \n\n Again\, th
 e kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls\, who\, on 
 finding one pearl of great value\, went and sold all that he had and bought
  it. \n\n Again\, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into
  the sea and gathered fish of every kind\; when it was full\, men drew it a
 shore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad.
  So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separa
 te the evil from the righteous\, and throw them into the furnace of fire\; 
 there men will weep and gnash their teeth. \n\n Have you understood all thi
 s?" They said to him\, "Yes." And he said to them\, "Therefore every scribe
  who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who b
 rings out of his treasure what is new and what is old." And when Jesus had 
 finished these parables\, he went away from there\, and coming to his own c
 ountry he taught them in their synagogue.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\; Chitus of Athens\, Bis
 hop of Rome\; Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\; Afterfeast of the Transfigura
 tion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  II Corinthians 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God
  and Timothy our brother.\n\nTo the church of God which is at Corinth\, wit
 h all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:\n\nGrace to you and peace 
 from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nBlessed be the God and Fa
 ther of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of mercies and God of all comfor
 t\, who comforts us in all our affliction\, so that we may be able to comfo
 rt those who are in any affliction\, with the comfort with which we ourselv
 es are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us\, so
  also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are afflicted\, it is for y
 our comfort and salvation\; and if we are comforted\, it is for your comfor
 t\, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that
  we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken\; for we know that as you share in
  our sufferings\, you all also share in our comfort.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 21:43-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him: "I tell you\,
  the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation produ
 cing the fruits of it. And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pie
 ces\; but when it falls on any one\, it will crush him."\n\nWhen the chief 
 priests and the Pharisees heard his parables\, they perceived that he was s
 peaking about them. But when they tried to arrest him\, they feared the mul
 titudes\, because they held him to be a prophet.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Friday\; James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian
 \; Argyra the New Martyr\; Clement the Hymnographer\; Erconwald\, Bishop of
  London\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 5:6-8\n BRETHREN\,
  a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven that yo
 u may be a new lump\, as you really are unleavened. For Christ\, our pascha
 l lamb\, has been sacrificed. Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festival\,
  not with the old leaven\, the leaven of malice and evil\, but with the unl
 eavened bread of sincerity and truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeemed u
 s from the curse of the law\, having become a curse for us - for it is writ
 ten\, "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus the b
 lessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles\, that we might receive the
  promise of the Spirit through faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\n
 On the next day\, that is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priest
 s and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember ho
 w that impostor said\, while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will 
 rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until the thir
 d day\, lest his disciples go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'H
 e has risen from the dead\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the firs
 t." Pilate said to them\, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as s
 ecure as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing th
 e stone and setting a guard.\n\n
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 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\; The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16\;4:1-5\
 nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing fo
 r themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesu
 s. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions to you 
 so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in the hou
 sehold of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the pillar and bulw
 ark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our religio
 n:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\, \nseen 
 by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in the world\, \nt
 aken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later times some
  will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrin
 es of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seare
 d\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created 
 to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. F
 or everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected if it 
 is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the word of G
 od and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:1-6\nAt that time\, John the Ba
 ptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea\, "Repent\, for the kingdom
  of heaven is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isa
 iah when he said\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the 
 way of the Lord\, make his paths straight." Now John wore a garment of came
 l's hair\, and a leather girdle around his waist\; and his food was locusts
  and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the r
 egion about the Jordan\, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\
 , confessing their sins.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete\; Calli
 opus and Akylina the Martyrs\; George\, Bishop of Mytilene\; Gerasimos the 
 God-Bearer of Byzantium\; Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kalymnos\; Tik
 hon\, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America\n\nFast Day (Win
 e and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 42:5-16\nThus says God\
 , the LORD\, who created the heavens and stretched them out\, who spread fo
 rth the earth and what comes from it\, who gives breath to the people upon 
 it and spirit to those who walk in it:  "I am the LORD\, I have called you 
 in righteousness\, I have taken you by the hand and kept you\; I have given
  you as a covenant to the people\, a light to the nations\, to open the eye
 s that are blind\, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon\, from the p
 rison those who sit in darkness.  I am the LORD\, that is my name\; my glor
 y I give to no other\, nor my praise to graven images.  Behold\, the former
  things have come to pass\, and new things I now declare\; before they spri
 ng forth I tell you of them." \n\n  Sing to the LORD a new song\, his prais
 e from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it\, the c
 oastlands and their inhabitants.  Let the desert and its cities lift up the
 ir voice\, the villages that Kedar inhabits\; let the inhabitants of Sela s
 ing for joy\, let them shout from the top of the mountains.  Let them give 
 glory to the LORD\, and declare his praise in the coastlands.  The LORD goe
 s forth like a mighty man\, like a man of war he stirs up his fury\; he cri
 es out\, he shouts aloud\, he shows himself mighty against his foes. \n\n  
 For a long time I have held my peace\, I have kept still and restrained mys
 elf\; now I will cry out like a woman in travail\, I will gasp and pant.  I
  will lay waste mountains and hills\, and dry up all their herbage\; I will
  turn the rivers into islands\, and dry up the pools.  And I will lead the 
 blind in a way that they know not\, in paths that they have not known I wil
 l guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light\, the rough p
 laces into level ground. These are the things I will do\, and I will not fo
 rsake them.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 18:20-33\n Then the LORD said
 \, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is
  very grave\, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether accor
 ding to the outcry which has come to me\; and if not\, I will know."  So th
 e men turned from there\, and went toward Sodom\; but Abraham still stood b
 efore the LORD.  Then Abraham drew near\, and said\, "Wilt thou indeed dest
 roy the righteous with the wicked?  Suppose there are fifty righteous withi
 n the city\; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fift
 y righteous who are in it?  Far be it from thee to do such a thing\, to sla
 y the righteous with the wicked\, so that the righteous fare as the wicked!
  Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"  An
 d the LORD said\, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city\, I will 
 spare the whole place for their sake."  Abraham answered\, "Behold\, I have
  taken upon myself to speak to the Lord\, I who am but dust and ashes.  Sup
 pose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole c
 ity for lack of five?" And he said\, "I will not destroy it if I find forty
 -five there."  Again he spoke to him\, and said\, "Suppose forty are found 
 there." He answered\, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."  Then he sa
 id\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are f
 ound there." He answered\, "I will not do it\, if I find thirty there."  He
  said\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose tw
 enty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake of twenty I will not des
 troy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak 
 again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered\, "For the s
 ake of ten I will not destroy it."  And the LORD went his way\, when he had
  finished speaking to Abraham\; and Abraham returned to his place.\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Proverbs 16:17-17:17\nThe highway of the upright turns as
 ide from evil\; he who guards his way preserves his life.  Pride goes befor
 e destruction\, and a haughty spirit before a fall.  It is better to be of 
 a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.  He w
 ho gives heed to the word will prosper\, and happy is he who trusts in the 
 LORD.  The wise of heart is called a man of discernment\, and pleasant spee
 ch increases persuasiveness.  Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has i
 t\, but folly is the chastisement of fools.  The mind of the wise makes his
  speech judicious\, and adds persuasiveness to his lips.  Pleasant words ar
 e like a honeycomb\, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.  There i
 s a way which seems right to a man\, but its end is the way to death.  A wo
 rker's appetite works for him\; his mouth urges him on.  A worthless man pl
 ots evil\, and his speech is like a scorching fire.  A perverse man spreads
  strife\, and a whisperer separates close friends.  A man of violence entic
 es his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.  He who winks his 
 eyes plans perverse things\, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass
 .  A hoary head is a crown of glory\; it is gained in a righteous life.  He
  who is slow to anger is better than the mighty\, and he who rules his spir
 it than he who takes a city.  The lot is cast into the lap\, but the decisi
 on is wholly from the LORD.\n\n  Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a h
 ouse full of feasting with strife.  A slave who deals wisely will rule over
  a son who acts shamefully\, and will share the inheritance as one of the b
 rothers.  The crucible is for silver\, and the furnace is for gold\, and th
 e LORD tries hearts.  An evildoer listens to wicked lips\; and a liar gives
  heed to a mischievous tongue.  He who mocks the poor insults his Maker\; h
 e who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.  Grandchildren are the cr
 own of the aged\, and the glory of sons is their fathers.  Fine speech is n
 ot becoming to a fool\; still less is false speech to a prince.  A bribe is
  like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it\; wherever he turns he 
 prospers.  He who forgives an offense seeks love\, but he who repeats a mat
 ter alienates a friend.  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding t
 han a hundred blows into a fool.  An evil man seeks only rebellion\, and a 
 cruel messenger will be sent against him.  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed
  of her cubs\, rather than a fool in his folly.  If a man returns evil for 
 good\, evil will not depart from his house.  The beginning of strife is lik
 e letting out water\; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.  He who justif
 ies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abominat
 ion to the LORD.  Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom\
 , when he has no mind?  A friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born
  for adversity.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Wednesday after Pentecost\; Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\; Holy Ma
 rtyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, Demetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Read
 er\; The Holy New Bishop Martyrs Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\
 , Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hierotheos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joach
 im of Petra\, Gerasimos of Rethymno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek o
 f Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Diopolos\, and those Martyred with them (1821-18
 22)\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\; Etheldreda the Queen\n\nFast Free\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Romans 1:18-27\nBrethren\, the wrath of God is revealed from he
 aven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness 
 suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them\, beca
 use God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invi
 sible nature\, namely\, his eternal power and deity\, has been clearly perc
 eived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse\; for a
 lthough they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him\,
  but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were da
 rkened. Claiming to be wise\, they became fools\, and exchanged the glory o
 f the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or 
 reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impuri
 ty\, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves\, because they exc
 hanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature 
 rather than the Creator\, who is blessed for ever! Amen. For this reason Go
 d gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural rela
 tions for unnatural\, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with w
 omen and were consumed with passion for one another\, men committing shamel
 ess acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for th
 eir error.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26\nThe Lord said to his discipl
 es\, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees\,
  you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was sai
 d to the men of old\, 'You shall not kill\; and whoever kills shall be liab
 le to judgment.' But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brot
 her without cause shall be liable to judgment\; whoever insults his brother
  shall be liable to the council\, and whoever says\, 'You fool!' shall be l
 iable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar\, 
 and there remember that your brother has something against you\, leave your
  gift there before the altar and go\; first be reconciled to your brother\,
  and then come and offer your gift. Make friends quickly with your accuser\
 , while you are going with him to court\, lest your accuser hand you over t
 o the judge\, and the judge to the guard\, and you be put in prison\; truly
 \, I say to you\, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Paralytic\; Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\; 
 Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife of Cleopas\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13
 -35\nAt that time\, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, abou
 t seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these 
 things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together\,
  Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from 
 recognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is this conversation which you
  are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad
 . Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visit
 or to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in th
 ese days?" And he said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Con
 cerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word befor
 e God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered h
 im up to be condemned to death\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that h
 e was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the 
 third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed 
 us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body\; 
 and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who 
 said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, a
 nd found it just as the women had said\; but him they did not see." And he 
 said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the p
 rophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer the
 se things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the p
 rophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concernin
 g himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to which they were going. He
  appeared to be going further\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay w
 ith us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went
  in to stay with them. When he was at table with them\, he took the bread a
 nd blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened
  and they recognized him\; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to
  each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on t
 he road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same ho
 ur and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together 
 and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and 
 has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road\, and 
 how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Acts 9:32-42\nIn those days\, as Peter went here and there among them all\,
  he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man 
 named Aeneas\, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. An
 d Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you\; rise and make your
  bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon s
 aw him\, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple nam
 ed Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of cha
 rity. In those days she fell sick and died\; and when they had washed her\,
  they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa\, the disciples
 \, hearing that Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreating him\, "Ple
 ase come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went with them. And when h
 e had come\, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside h
 im weeping\, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while 
 she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed
 \; then turning to the body he said\, "Tabitha\, rise." And she opened her 
 eyes\, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and lift
 ed her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. And i
 t became known throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the Lord.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: John 5:1-15\nAt that time\, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now th
 ere is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool\, in Hebrew called Bethesda wh
 ich has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids\, blind\, lame
 \, paralyzed\, waiting for the moving of the water\; for an angel of the Lo
 rd went down at certain seasons into the pool\, and troubled the water\; wh
 oever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whate
 ver disease he had. One man was there\, who had been ill for thirty-eight y
 ears. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time\
 , he said to him\, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered him\, 
 "Sir\, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled\, a
 nd while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him\, "Ris
 e\, take up your pallet\, and walk." And at once the man was healed\, and h
 e took up his pallet and walked.\n\nNow that day was the sabbath. So the Je
 ws said to the man who was cured\, "It is the sabbath\, it is not lawful fo
 r you to carry your pallet." But he answered them\, "The man who healed me 
 said to me\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk.' "They asked him\, "Who is th
 e man who said to you\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk'?" Now the man who 
 had been healed did not know who it was\, for Jesus had withdrawn\, as ther
 e was a crowd in the place. Afterward\, Jesus found him in the temple\, and
  said to him\, "See\, you are well! Sin no more\, that nothing worse befall
  you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed
  him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\
 ; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\; Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\nFast Fr
 ee\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 1:8-10\;2:1-6\nBrethren\, if we say we have n
 o sin\, we deceive ourselves\, and the truth is not in us.  If we confess o
 ur sins\, he is faithful and just\, and will forgive our sins and cleanse u
 s from all unrighteousness.  If we say we have not sinned\, we make him a l
 iar\, and his word is not in us.  My little children\, I am writing this to
  you so that you may not sin\; but if any one does sin\, we have an advocat
 e with the Father\, Jesus Christ the righteous\; and he is the expiation fo
 r our sins\, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world
 .  And by this we may be sure that we know him\, if we keep his commandment
 s.  He who says "I know him" but disobeys his commandments is a liar\, and 
 the truth is not in him\; but whoever keeps his word\, in him truly love fo
 r God is perfected.  By this we may be sure that we are in him: he who says
  he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 13:31-37: 14:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Heave
 n and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away.  But of that 
 day or that hour no one knows\, not even the angels in heaven\, nor the Son
 \, but only the Father.  Take heed\, watch\; for you do not know when the t
 ime will come.  It is like a man going on a journey\, when he leaves home a
 nd puts his servants in charge\, each with his work\, and commands the door
 keeper to be on the watch.  Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the
  master of the house will come\, in the evening\, or at midnight\, or at co
 ckcrow\, or in the morning -- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.  A
 nd what I say to you I say to all: Watch."  It was now two days before the 
 Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the s
 cribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth\, and kill him\; for they 
 said\, "Not during the feast\, lest there be a tumult of the people."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of Nicomedia\; Hermas the Apostle o
 f the 70\; Dometios the Righteous\; Paul the Confessor\; Felix of Burgundy\
 , Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaia
 h 5:16-25\nBut the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God s
 hows himself holy in righteousness.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their
  pasture\, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who 
 draw iniquity with cords of falsehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, w
 ho say: "Let him make haste\, let him speed his work that we may see it\; l
 et the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that
  we may know it!"  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil\, who put 
 darkness for light and light for darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and sw
 eet for bitter!  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd i
 n their own sight!  Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine\, and vali
 ant men in mixing strong drink\, who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and de
 prive the innocent of his right!  Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours
  the stubble\, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame\, so their root wil
 l be as rottenness\, and their blossom go up like dust\; for they have reje
 cted the law of the LORD of hosts\, and have despised the word of the Holy 
 One of Israel.  Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his peo
 ple\, and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them\, and the m
 ountains quaked\; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the stre
 ets. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched ou
 t still.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 4:16-26\n Then Cain went away fr
 om the presence of the LORD\, and dwelt in the land of Nod\, east of Eden. 
  Cain knew his wife\, and she conceived and bore Enoch\; and he built a cit
 y\, and called the name of the city after the name of his son\, Enoch.  To 
 Enoch was born Irad\; and Irad was the father of Mehujael\, and Mehujael th
 e father of Methushael\, and Methushael the father of Lamech.  And Lamech t
 ook two wives\; the name of the one was Adah\, and the name of the other Zi
 llah.  Adah bore Jabal\; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and 
 have cattle.  His brother's name was Jubal\; he was the father of all those
  who play the lyre and pipe.  Zillah bore Tubalcain\; he was the forger of 
 all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  La
 mech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah\, hear my voice\; you wives of Lam
 ech\, hearken to what I say: I have slain a man for wounding me\, a young m
 an for striking me.  If Cain is avenged sevenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-se
 venfold." \n\n  And Adam knew his wife again\, and she bore a son and calle
 d his name Seth\, for she said\, "God has appointed for me another child in
 stead of Abel\, for Cain slew him."  To Seth also a son was born\, and he c
 alled his name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the L
 ORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 5:15-6:3\nDrink water from your own
  cistern\, flowing water from your own well.  Should your springs be scatte
 red abroad\, streams of water in the streets?  Let them be for yourself alo
 ne\, and not for strangers with you.  Let your fountain be blessed\, and re
 joice in the wife of your youth\, a lovely hind\, a graceful doe. Let her a
 ffection fill you at all times with delight\, be infatuated always with her
  love.  Why should you be infatuated\, my son\, with a loose woman and embr
 ace the bosom of an adventuress?  For a man's ways are before the eyes of t
 he LORD\, and he watches all his paths.  The iniquities of the wicked ensna
 re him\, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.  He dies for lack of dis
 cipline\, and because of his great folly he is lost.\n\n  My son\, if you h
 ave become surety for your neighbor\, have given your pledge for a stranger
 \; if you are snared in the utterance of your lips\, caught in the words of
  your mouth\; then do this\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you have come
  into your neighbor's power: go\, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, Iren
 e\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos\; Mark the Apostle and E
 vangelist\; Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\; Glaphyra the Righteous
 \; Justa the Nun\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:14-21\nIn those da
 ys\, Peter\, standing with the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed t
 hem\, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to y
 ou\, and give ear to my words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose
 \, since it is only the third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken
  by the prophet Joel: 'And in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, th
 at I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daught
 ers shall prophesy\, and your young men shall see visions\, and your old me
 n shall dream dreams\; yea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in 
 those days I will pour out my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will 
 show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, a
 nd fire\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and th
 e moon into blood\, before the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manife
 st day. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be
  saved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\
 , "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he w
 ho rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, say
 ing\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said 
 to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have giv
 en you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the po
 wer of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice 
 in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names
  are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit a
 nd said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have 
 hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to ba
 bes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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 rene\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae\; Nicholas t
 he Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovos (
 1617)\; Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Brendan the Navigator\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts 12:25\;13.1-12\nIn those days\, Barnabas and Saul return
 ed from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission\, bringing with the
 m John whose other name was Mark. Now in the Church at Antioch there were p
 rophets and teachers\, Barnabas\, Simeon who was called Niger\, Lucius of C
 yrene\, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch\, and Saul. Whil
 e they were worshipping the Lord and fasting\, the Holy Spirit said\, "Set 
 apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." T
 hen after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them o
 ff. So\, being sent out by the Holy Spirit\, they went down to Seleucia\; a
 nd from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis\, they pr
 oclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John t
 o assist them. When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos
 \, they came upon a certain magician\, a Jewish false prophet\, named Bar-J
 esus. He was with the proconsul\, Sergius Paulus\, a man of intelligence\, 
 who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elym
 as the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them\, seek
 ing to turn away the proconsul from the faith. But Saul\, who is also calle
 d Paul\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, looked intently at him and said\, "Y
 ou son of the devil\, you enemy of all righteousness\, full of all deceit a
 nd villainy\, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lo
 rd? And now\, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon you\, and you shall be 
 blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness 
 fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. The
 n the proconsul believed\, when he saw what had occurred\, for he was aston
 ished at the teaching of the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:51-59\nThe Lor
 d said to the Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any
  one keeps my word\, he will never see death." The Jews said to him\, "Now 
 we know that you have a demon. Abraham died\, as did the prophets\; and you
  say\, 'If any one keeps my word\, he will never taste death.' Are you grea
 ter than our father Abraham\, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you c
 laim to be?" Jesus answered\, "If I glorify myself\, my glory is nothing\; 
 it is my Father who glorifies me\, of whom you say that he is your God. But
  you have not known him\; I know him. If I said\, I do not know him\, I sho
 uld be a liar like you\; but I do know him and I keep his word. Your father
  Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day\; and he saw it and was glad." 
 The Jews then said to him\, "You are not yet fifty years old\, and have you
  seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, before
  Abraham was\, I am." So they took up stones to throw at him\; but Jesus hi
 d himself\, and went out of the temple.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\; Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \; Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\; Nicholas\, Patriarch of
  Constantinople\; Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 4:9-22\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, d
 o your best to come to me soon. For Demas\, in love with this present world
 \, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica\; Crescens has gone to Galatia\
 , Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you
 \; for he is very useful in serving me. Tychicos I have sent to Ephesos. Wh
 en you come\, bring the cloak that I left with Carpos at Troas\, also the b
 ooks\, and above all the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me great
  harm\; the Lord will requite him for his deeds. Beware of him yourself\, f
 or he strongly opposed our message. At my first defense no one took my part
 \; all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! But the Lord stood 
 by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully\, that all the Gen
 tiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth. The Lord will 
 rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be t
 he glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGreet Prisca and Aquila\, and the hous
 ehold of Onesiphoros. Erastos remained at Corinth\; Trophimos I left ill at
  Miletos. Do your best to come before winter. Eubulos sends greetings to yo
 u\, as do Pudens and Linos and Claudia and all the brethren.\n\nThe Lord be
  with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:30-34
 \nAt that time\, Jesus charged his disciples to tell no one about him\, tha
 t he is the Christ. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suf
 fer many things\, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and t
 he scribes\, and be killed\, and after three days rise again. And he said t
 his plainly. And Peter took him\, and began to rebuke him. But turning and 
 seeing his disciples\, he rebuked Peter\, and said\, "Get behind me\, Satan
 ! For you are not on the side of God\, but of men." And he called to him th
 e multitude with his disciples\, and said to them\, "If any man would come 
 after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200927
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\; Removal
  of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his discip
 les after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simo
 n\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, L
 ord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A seco
 nd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said t
 o him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my
  sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you lov
 e me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you l
 ove me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that 
 I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would
 \; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another wil
 l gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to sh
 ow by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "
 Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus 
 loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord
 \, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to
  Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my wi
 ll that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, th
 e word went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; but J
 esus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will tha
 t he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple who 
 is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and
  we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also many other things 
 which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the
  world itself could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:12-19\nNo man has ever
  seen God\; if we love one another\, God abides in us and his love is perfe
 cted in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us\, because he 
 has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Fathe
 r has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus
  is the Son of God\, God abides in him\, and he in God. So we know and beli
 eve the love God has for us. God is love\, and he who abides in love abides
  in God\, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us\, that w
 e may have confidence for the day of judgment\, because as he is so are we 
 in this world. There is no fear in love\, but perfect love casts out fear. 
 For fear has to do with punishment\, and he who fears is not perfected in l
 ove. We love\, because he first loved us.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-27\
 ; 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\,
  and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. Wh
 en Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he
  said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disc
 iple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to 
 his own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\,
  and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.
  But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of t
 hem to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the b
 ooks that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Qua
 dratus the Apostle\; Jonah the Prophet\; Isaakios & Meletios\, Bishops of C
 yprus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:15-22\nBrethren\, to g
 ive a human example: no one annuls even a man's covenant\, or adds to it\, 
 once it has been ratified. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his
  offspring. It does not say\, "And to your offsprings\," referring to many\
 ; but\, referring to one\, "And to your offspring\," which is Christ. This 
 is what I mean: the law\, which came four hundred and thirty years afterwar
 d\, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God\, so as to make th
 e promise void. For if the inheritance is by the law\, it is no longer by p
 romise\; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise. Why then the law? It was 
 added because of transgressions\, till the offspring should come to whom th
 e promise had been made\; and it was ordained by angels through an intermed
 iary. Now an intermediary implies more than one\; but God is one. Is the la
 w then against the promises of God? Certainly not\; for if a law had been g
 iven which could make alive\, then righteousness would indeed be by the law
 . But the scripture consigned all things to sin\, that what was promised to
  faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was led 
 by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And 
 he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. Th
 e devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command this stone to be
 come bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live 
 by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed him all the kingdo
 ms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will give
  all this authority and their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, and
  I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall 
 all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship
  the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him to 
 Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "
 If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is writt
 en\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their
  hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"
  And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your 
 God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he departed from him
  until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit int
 o Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through all the surroundin
 g country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210821
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samuel the Prophet\; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\; Afterfeast of the
  Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Steph
 en\, First King of Hungary\; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\; Oswin the Mar
 tyr\, King of Deira\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:26-
 40\nBRETHREN\, when you come together\, each one has a hymn\, a lesson\, a 
 revelation\, a tongue\, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for ed
 ification. If any speak in a tongue\, let there be only two or at most thre
 e\, and each in turn\; and let one interpret. But if there is no one to int
 erpret\, let each one of them keep silence in church and speak to himself a
 nd to God. Let two or three prophets speak\, and let the others weigh what 
 is said. If a revelation is made to another by sitting by\, let the first b
 e silent. For you can all prophesy one by one\, so that all may learn and a
 ll be encouraged\; and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. But
  God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the 
 saints\, the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not pe
 rmitted to speak\, but should be subordinate\, as even the law says. If the
 re is anything they desire to know\, let them ask their husbands at home. F
 or it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. What! Did the word of God
  originate with you\, or are you the only one it has reached? If any one th
 inks that he is a prophet\, or spiritual\, he should acknowledge that what 
 I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. If any one does not recognize
  this\, he is not recognized. So\, my brethren\, earnestly desire to prophe
 sy\, and do not forbid speaking in tongues\; but all things should be done 
 decently and in order. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:12-14\; 17-20\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bou
 ght in the temple\, and he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and t
 he seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them\, "It is written\, 'My 
 house shall be called a house of prayer'\; but you make it a den of robbers
 ." And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple\, and he healed the
 m. And leaving them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.\
 n\nIn the morning\, as he was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And se
 eing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but 
 leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" A
 nd the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\,
  saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220908
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Sozon the Martyr\; Ka
 ssiani the Hymnographer\; John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\; Daniel Kato
 unakiotis of Smyrna\; Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\; John th
 e Wonderworker of Novgorod\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthian
 s 9:12-15\;10:1-7\nBrethren\, the rendering of this service not only suppli
 es the wants of the saints but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God.
  Under the test of this service\, you will glorify God by your obedience in
  acknowledging the gospel of Christ\, and by the generosity of your contrib
 ution for them and for all others\; while they long for you and pray for yo
 u\, because of the surpassing grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for his
  inexpressible gift!\n\nI\, Paul\, myself entreat you\, by the meekness and
  gentleness of Christ - I who am humble when face to face with you\, but bo
 ld to you when I am away! - I beg of you that when I am present I may not h
 ave to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against som
 e who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion. For though we live in the wo
 rld we are not carrying on a worldly war\, for the weapons of our warfare a
 re not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arg
 uments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and take every th
 ought captive to obey Christ\, being ready to punish every disobedience\, w
 hen your obedience is complete.\n\nLook at what is before your eyes. If any
  one is confident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself that as he i
 s Christ's\, so are we.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:20-27\nAt that time\, Jes
 us came to a home\, and the crowd came together again\, so that they could 
 not even eat. And when his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, f
 or people were saying\, "He is beside himself." And the scribes who came do
 wn from Jerusalem said\, "He is possessed by Beelzebul\, and by the prince 
 of demons he casts out the demons." And he called them to him\, and said to
  them in parables\, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided 
 against itself\, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided again
 st itself\, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up
  against himself and is divided\, he cannot stand\, but is coming to an end
 . But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods\, unless 
 he first binds the strong man\; then indeed he may plunder his house."\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220523
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DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wif
 e of Cleopas\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:12-17\nIn those days\, Peter went 
 to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose other name was Mark\, where
  many were gathered together and were praying. And when he knocked at the d
 oor of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter's
  voice\, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran and told that Peter w
 as standing at the gate. They said to her\, "You are mad." But she insisted
  that it was so. They said\, "It is his angel!" But Peter continued knockin
 g\; and when they opened\, they saw him and were amazed. But motioning to t
 hem with his hand to be silent\, he described to them how the Lord had brou
 ght him out of the prison. And he said\, "Tell this to James and to the bre
 thren." Then he departed and went to another place.\n\nGospel Reading: John
  8:42-51\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "If God were your Fat
 her\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I came 
 not of my own accord\, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say
 ? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the
  devil\, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer fr
 om the beginning\, and has nothing to do with the truth\, because there is 
 no truth in him. When he lies\, he speaks according to his own nature\, for
  he is a liar and the father of lies. But\, because I tell the truth\, you 
 do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth\, w
 hy do you not believe me? He who is of God hears the words of God\; the rea
 son why you do not hear them is that you are not of God."\n\nThe Jews answe
 red him\, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a d
 emon?" Jesus answered\, "I have not a demon\; but I honor my Father\, and y
 ou dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory\; there is One who seeks it 
 and he will be the judge. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps m
 y word\, he will never see death."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201113
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\; Martin\, Bishop of Tours\; Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11\nB
 rethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows 
 bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up 
 his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful g
 iver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance\, so 
 that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance 
 for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to t
 he poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to the 
 sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increa
 se the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for
  great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are t
 he light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men lig
 ht a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light t
 o all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see
  your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not
  that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to 
 abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven a
 nd earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until
  all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these comma
 ndments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven
 \; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingd
 om of heaven."\n\n
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SUMMARY:John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230301
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\; Basil the Confessor\; Jonah the
  Righteous Martyr of Lerios\; Kyranna the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:19-2:3\n"If you are willing and
  obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; but if you refuse and rebe
 l\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has spok
 en."\n\nHow the faithful city has become a harlot\, she that was full of ju
 stice!  Righteousness lodged in her\, but now murderers.  Your silver has b
 ecome dross\, your wine mixed with water.  Your princes are rebels and comp
 anions of thieves.  Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts.  They do 
 not defend the fatherless\, and the widow's cause does not come to them.\n\
 nTherefore the Lord says\, the Lord of hosts\, the Mighty One of Israel:  "
 Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\, and avenge myself on my foes.  I 
 will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye an
 d remove all your alloy.  And I will restore your judges as at the first\, 
 and your counselors as at the beginning.  Afterward you shall be called the
  city of righteousness\, the faithful city."\n\nZion shall be redeemed by j
 ustice\, and those in her who repent\, by righteousness.  But rebels and si
 nners shall be destroyed together\, and those who forsake the Lord shall be
  consumed.  For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted\; a
 nd you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.  For you shall be
  like an oak whose leaf withers\, and like a garden without water.  And the
  strong shall become tow\, and his work a spark\, and both of them shall bu
 rn together\, with none to quench them.\n\nThe word which Isaiah the son of
  Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  It shall come to pass in the lat
 ter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as
  the highest of the mountains\, and shall be raised above the hills\; and a
 ll the nations shall flow to it\, and many peoples shall come\, and say:  "
 Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the God o
 f Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths."
   For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord from Je
 rusalem.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:14-23\n And God said\, "Let th
 ere be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the 
 night\; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years\, 
 and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon t
 he earth."  And it was so.  And God made the two great lights\, the greater
  light to rule the day\, and the lesser light to rule the night\; he made t
 he stars also.  And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give li
 ght upon the earth\, to rule over the day and over the night\, and to separ
 ate the light from the darkness.  And God saw that it was good.  And there 
 was evening and there was morning\, a fourth day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let th
 e waters bring forth swarms of living creatures\, and let birds fly above t
 he earth across the firmament of the heavens."  So God created the great se
 a monsters and every living creature that moves\, with which the waters swa
 rm\, according to their kinds\, and every winged bird according to its kind
 .  And God saw that it was good.  And God blessed them\, saying\, "Be fruit
 ful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas\, and let birds multiply o
 n the earth."  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fifth day.\n
 \nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33\nWisdom cries aloud in the street
 \; in the markets she raises her voice\; on the top of the walls she cries 
 out\; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:  "How long\, O simple o
 nes\, will you love being simple?  How long will scoffers delight in their 
 scoffing and fools hate knowledge? \n\n Give heed to my reproof\; behold\, 
 I will pour out my thoughts to you\; I will make my words known to you.\n\n
   Because I have called and you refused to listen\, have stretched out my h
 and and no one has heeded\, and you have ignored all my counsel and would h
 ave none of my reproof\, I also will laugh at your calamity\; I will mock w
 hen panic strikes you\, when panic strikes you like a storm\, and your cala
 mity comes like a whirlwind\, when distress and anguish come upon you. \n\n
 Then they will call upon me\, but I will not answer\; they will seek me dil
 igently but will not find me.\n\n  Because they hated knowledge and did not
  choose the fear of the Lord\, would have none of my counsel\, and despised
  all my reproof\, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sa
 ted with their own devices.\n\n  For the simple are killed by their turning
  away\, and the complacence of fools destroys them\; but he who listens to 
 me will dwell secure and will be at ease\, without dread of evil."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Cantania\; Our Holy Father Niph
 onus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracl
 e in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\; Afterfeast of the Transfi
 guration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, our boast 
 is this\, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world
 \, and still more toward you\, with holiness and godly sincerity\, not by e
 arthly wisdom but by the grace of God. For we write you nothing but what yo
 u can read and understand\; I hope you will understand fully\, as you have 
 understood in part\, that you can be proud of us as we can be of you\, on t
 he day of the Lord Jesus.\n\nBecause I was sure of this\, I wanted to come 
 to you first\, so that you might have a double favor\; I wanted to visit yo
 u on my way to Macedonia\, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have 
 you send me on my way to Judea. Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this?
  Do I make my plans like a worldly man\, ready to say Yes and No at once? F
 or the Son of God\, Jesus Christ\, whom we preached among you\, Silvanus an
 d Timothy and I\, was not Yes and No\; but in him it is always Yes. For all
  the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Amen t
 hrough him\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:23-33\nAt t
 hat time\, Sadducees\, who say that there is no resurrection\, came to Jesu
 s\; and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a 
 man dies\, having no children\, his brother must marry the widow\, and rais
 e up children for his brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us\; th
 e first married\, and died\, and having no children left his wife to his br
 other. So too the second and third\, down to the seventh. After them all\, 
 the woman died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, to which of the seven wil
 l she be wife? For they all had her." But Jesus answered them\, "You are wr
 ong\, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in 
 the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but are lik
 e angels of God in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead\, have y
 ou not read what was said to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and th
 e God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob?' He is not God of the dead\, but of 
 the living." And when the crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his teac
 hing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\; R
 omanos the Melodist\; John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 of the Apostles 9:10-19\nIn those days\, there was a disciple at Damascus n
 amed Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "
 Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go to the street ca
 lled Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named
  Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man named Ananias co
 me in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Anan
 ias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about this man\, how much evi
 l he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has authority from t
 he chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name." But the Lord said to 
 him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before t
 he Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will show him how much
  he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered t
 he house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Je
 sus who appeared to you on the road by which you came\, has sent me that yo
 u may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediatel
 y something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then 
 he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 6:12-19\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to the mountain to pray\
 ; and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when it was day\, he cal
 led his disciples\, and chose from them twelve\, whom he named apostles\; S
 imon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew his brother\, and James and John\, 
 and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the son
  of Alphaios\, and Simon who was called the Zealot\, and Judas the son of J
 ames\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a traitor. And he came down with the
 m and stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a gr
 eat multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Ty
 re and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; an
 d those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crow
 d sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Ezekiel the Prophet\; Pela
 gia the Righteous of Tinos\; Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others mart
 yred in Lycia\; St. Anna of Levkadio\; The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos
  of Pochaev\; Icon of the Mother of God\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess
  of the church at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befit
 s the saints\, and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she 
 has been a helper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, 
 my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to
  whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; gr
 eet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was th
 e first convert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among 
 you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; the
 y are men of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. G
 reet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker 
 in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Chri
 st. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman H
 erodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Gre
 et those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Pe
 rsis\, who has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\,
  also his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\,
  Hermas\, and the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Ne
 reus and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. G
 reet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:3-9\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A sower went
  out to sow. And as he sowed\, some seeds fell along the path\, and the bir
 ds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground\, where they ha
 d not much soil\, and immediately they sprang up\, since they had no depth 
 of soil\, but when the sun rose they were scorched\; and since they had no 
 root they withered away. Other seeds fell upon thorns\, and the thorns grew
  up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain\
 , some a hundredfold\, some sixty\, some thirty. He who has ears to hear\, 
 let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\; Titus the Apo
 stle of the 70\; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs o
 f Constantinople\; Holy Father John of Carpathia\; Ebba\, First Abbess of C
 oldingham\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:1-5\;2:15\;3:1-2\,12-1
 5\nPAUL\, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to further the 
 faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with go
 dliness\, in hope of eternal life which God\, who never lies\, promised age
 s ago and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching w
 ith which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior\;\n\nTo Titus\
 , my true child in a common faith:\n\nGrace and peace from God the Father a
 nd Christ Jesus our Savior.\n\nDeclare these things\; exhort and reprove wi
 th all authority. Let no one disregard you.\n\nRemind them to be submissive
  to rulers and authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready for any honest wo
 rk\, to speak evil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to be gentle\, and to 
 show perfect courtesy toward all men.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to
  you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spen
 d the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on t
 heir way\; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply th
 emselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be
  unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who 
 love us in the faith.\n\nGrace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the w
 orld.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put
  it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the hous
 e.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works 
 and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come
  to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but 
 to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass awa
 y\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplis
 hed.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teach
 es men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who doe
 s them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs 
 of Nicomedea\; Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Isaiah 10:12-20\n When the Lord has finished all his work 
 on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he will punish the arrogant boasting of the 
 king of Assyria and his haughty pride.  For he says: "By the strength of my
  hand I have done it\, and by my wisdom\, for I have understanding\; I have
  removed the boundaries of peoples\, and have plundered their treasures\; l
 ike a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.  My hand has found
  like a nest the wealth of the peoples\; and as men gather eggs that have b
 een forsaken so I have gathered all the earth\; and there was none that mov
 ed a wing\, or opened the mouth\, or chirped."  Shall the axe vaunt itself 
 over him who hews with it\, or the saw magnify itself against him who wield
 s it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it\, or as if a staff should l
 ift him who is not wood!  Therefore the Lord\, the LORD of hosts\, will sen
 d wasting sickness among his stout warriors\, and under his glory a burning
  will be kindled\, like the burning of fire.  The light of Israel will beco
 me a fire\, and his Holy One a flame\; and it will burn and devour his thor
 ns and briers in one day.  The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land
  the LORD will destroy\, both soul and body\, and it will be as when a sick
  man wastes away.  The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few th
 at a child can write them down.  In that day the remnant of Israel and the 
 survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean upon him that smote them\
 , but will lean upon the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, in truth.\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Genesis 7:6-9\n Noah was six hundred years old when the f
 lood of waters came upon the earth.  And Noah and his sons and his wife and
  his sons' wives with him went into the ark\, to escape the waters of the f
 lood.  Of clean animals\, and of animals that are not clean\, and of birds\
 , and of everything that creeps on the ground\, two and two\, male and fema
 le\, went into the ark with Noah\, as God had commanded Noah.\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Proverbs 9:12-18\nIf you are wise\, you are wise for yourself\
 ; if you scoff\, you alone will bear it.  A foolish woman is noisy\; she is
  wanton and knows no shame.  She sits at the door of her house\, she takes 
 a seat on the high places of the town\, calling to those who pass by\, who 
 are going straight on their way\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in her
 e!" And to him who is without sense she says\,  "Stolen water is sweet\, an
 d bread eaten in secret is pleasant."  But he does not know that the dead a
 re there\, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose 
 and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she en
 tered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth hear
 d the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are 
 you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gr
 anted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when 
 the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for
  joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of 
 what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarde
 d the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations
  will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\,
  and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and
  returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the fi
 rst covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a te
 nt was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table
  and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the se
 cond curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden alt
 ar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, 
 which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budde
 d\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory ov
 ershadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. 
 These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into 
 the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the second only 
 the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking bloo
 d which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; 
 and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister
  called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But
  Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "
 Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell 
 her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you ar
 e anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has c
 hosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he sai
 d this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed i
 s the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, 
 "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Babylas the Holy Martyr\; Moses the Prophet & Godseer\; Our Righteous 
 Father Anthimus of Coroucle in Cephallenia\; Anthimos the new ascetic\; Her
 mione the Martyr\, daughter of St. Philip the Deacon\n\nEpistle Reading: I 
 Corinthians 1:3-9\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God our Father an
 d the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of 
 the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus\, that in every way yo
 u were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge - even as the test
 imony to Christ was confirmed among you - so that you are not lacking in an
 y spiritual gift\, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ\;
  who will sustain you to the end\, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus C
 hrist. God is faithful\, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his
  Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:3-12\nAt that t
 ime\, Pharisees came up to Jesus and tested him by asking\, "Is it lawful t
 o divorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered\, "Have you not read that 
 he who made them from the beginning made them male and female\, and said\, 
 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to h
 is wife\, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two bu
 t one flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, let not man put asund
 er." They said to him\, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certifica
 te of divorce\, and to put her away?" He said to them\, "For your hardness 
 of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives\, but from the beginning i
 t was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife\, except for unch
 astity\, and marries another\, commits adultery." The disciples said to him
 \, "If such is the case of a man with his wife\, it is not expedient to mar
 ry." But he said to them\, "Not all men can receive this saying\, but only 
 those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birt
 h\, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men\, and there are
  eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of he
 aven. He who is able to receive this\, let him receive it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa\; Patrobos\, Gaio
 s\, Hermas\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:2-9\nBrethren\, continue steadfastly 
 in prayer\, being watchful in it with thanksgiving\; and pray for us also\,
  that God may open to us a door for the word\, to declare the mystery of Ch
 rist\, on account of which I am in prison\, that I may make it clear\, as I
  ought to speak. Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, making the mo
 st of the time. Let your speech always be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, s
 o that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell y
 ou all about my affairs\; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and
  fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\,
  that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts\, and w
 ith him Onesimos\, the faithful and beloved brother\, who is one of yoursel
 ves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 11:47-54\; 12:1\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to hi
 m\, "Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers 
 killed. So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers\; for
  they killed them\, and you build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of
  God said\, 'I will send them prophets and apostles\, some of whom they wil
 l kill and persecute\,' that the blood of all the prophets\, shed from the 
 foundation of the world\, may be required of this generation\, from the blo
 od of Abel to the blood of Zacharias\, who perished between the altar and t
 he sanctuary. Yes\, I tell you\, it shall be required of this generation. W
 oe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge\; you did n
 ot enter yourselves\, and you hindered those who were entering." As he went
  away from there\, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard\, 
 and to provoke him to speak of many things\, lying in wait for him\, to cat
 ch at something he might say. In the meantime\, when so many thousands of t
 he multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another\, he beg
 an to say to his disciples first\, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees\,
  which is hypocrisy."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/15/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Luke\; Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricu
 m\, and his mother Anthia\; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (
 Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first 
 day of the week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the s
 pices which they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from t
 he tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body.  While they wer
 e perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel
 \; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the me
 n said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember how 
 he told you\, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be d
 elivered in to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the thir
 d day rise."  And they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb t
 hey told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Magda
 lene\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with the
 m who told this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle ta
 le\, and they did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb\;
  stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he w
 ent home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Sec
 ond Letter to Timothy 1:8-18\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, do not be ashamed then of 
 testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suffering fo
 r the gospel in the power of God\, who saved us and called us with a holy c
 alling\, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and th
 e grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago\, and now has manifested 
 through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus\, who abolished death and 
 brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I
  was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher\, and therefore I suffer 
 as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I know whom I have believed\, and I am 
 sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
  Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me\, in th
 e faith and love which are in Christ Jesus\; guard the truth that has been 
 entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.\n\nYou are aware 
 that all who are in Asia turned away from me\, and among them Phygelos and 
 Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphoros\, for 
 he often refreshed me\; he was not ashamed of my chains\, but when he arriv
 ed in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me -  may the Lord grant hi
 m to find mercy from the Lord on that Day and you well know all the service
  he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24\nThe Lord said th
 is parable: "A man once gave a great banquet\, and invited many\; and at th
 e time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invi
 ted\, 'Come\; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excus
 es. The first said to him\, 'I have bought a field\, and I go out and see i
 t\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I have bought five y
 oke of oxen\, and I must go to examine them\; I pray you\, have me excused.
 ' And another said\, 'I have married a wife\, and therefore I cannot come.'
  So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder 
 in anger said to his servant\, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of 
 the city\, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the se
 rvant said\, 'Sir\, what you commanded has been done\, and there is still r
 oom.' And the master said to the servant\, 'Go out to the highways and hedg
 es\, and compel people to come in\, that my house may be filled. For I tell
  you\, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many 
 are called\, but few are chosen.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\; Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 6:20\; 7:1-12\nB
 rethren\, glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are from God. N
 ow concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not t
 o touch a woman. But because of the temptation to immorality\, each man sho
 uld have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should gi
 ve to his wife her conjugal rights\, and likewise the wife to her husband. 
 For the wife does not rule over her own body\, but the husband does\; likew
 ise the husband does not rule over his own body\, but the wife does. Do not
  refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season\, that you may
  devote yourselves to prayer\; but then come together again\, lest Satan te
 mpt you through lack of self-control. I say this by way of concession\, not
  of command. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own spec
 ial gift from God\, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried an
 d the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do. But i
 f they cannot excercise self-control\, they should marry. For it is better 
 to marry than to be aflame with passion. To the married I give charge\, not
  I but the Lord\, that the wife should not separate from her husband (but i
 f she does\, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband) - 
 and that the husband should not divorce the wife. To the rest I say\, not t
 he Lord\, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever\, and she con
 sents to live with him\, he should not divorce her.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesu
 s\; and he said to his servants\, "This is John the Baptist\; he has been r
 aised from the dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." For Her
 od had seized John and bound him and put him in prison\, for the sake of He
 rodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because John said to him\, "It is not 
 lawful for you to have her." And though he wanted to put him to death\, he 
 feared the people\, because they held him to be a prophet. But when Herod's
  birthday came\, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and ple
 ased Herod\, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she migh
 t ask. Prompted by her mother\, she said\, "Give me the head of John the Ba
 ptist here on a platter." And the king was sorry\; but because of his oaths
  and his guests he commanded it to be given\; he sent and had John beheaded
  in the prison\, and his head was brought on a platter and given to the gir
 l\, and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came and took the b
 ody and buried it\; and they went and told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this
 \, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the c
 rowds heard it\, they followed him on foot from the towns.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday of Souls\; 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\; Finding the Pre
 cious Cross by St. Helen\; Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: I
  Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you ignorant\, brethren\, con
 cerning those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve as others do who hav
 e no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\,
  through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  For
  this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, w
 ho are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not precede those who have
  fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry o
 f command\, with the archangel's call\, and with the sound of the trumpet o
 f God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then we who are alive\, wh
 o are left\, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet th
 e Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\nThe Lord said\, "Take heed that you are not
  led astray\; for many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'Th
 e time is at hand!'  Do not go after them.  And when you hear of wars and t
 umults\, do not be terrified\; for this must first take place\, but the end
  will not be at once.  And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars\, 
 and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the 
 sea and the waves\, men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is c
 oming on the world\; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.  And the
 n they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory
 .  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away.  But 
 take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation a
 nd drunkenness and cares of life\, and that day come upon you suddenly like
  a snare\; for it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the whole e
 arth.  But watch at all times\, praying that you may have strength to escap
 e all these things that will take place\, and to stand before the Son of ma
 n."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201101
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/31/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amplias\, Apelles\, Stachys\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus of the 7
 0\; The Holy Martyr Epimachus of Egypt\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios\n
 \nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I co
 mmend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, t
 hat you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in 
 whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and o
 f myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jes
 us\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all t
 he churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in their ho
 use. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia for Chr
 ist. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junia
 s\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among the apo
 stles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in 
 the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stac
 hys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to t
 he family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lor
 d who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, 
 Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in t
 he Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Gree
 t Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who 
 are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olymp
 as\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy ki
 ss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\n
 The Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or 
 puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see
  the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anythi
 ng secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you
  hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, 
 even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and
  his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And
  he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiri
 ng to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those 
 who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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 e 70
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\; Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian
  the Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Marty
 r of Samaria\; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\; Paul\, J
 uliana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : I Corinthians 12:12-26\nBrethren\, just as the body is one and has many m
 embers\, and all the members of the body\, though many\, are one body\, so 
 it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body - J
 ews or Greeks\, slaves or free - and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 
 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should
  say\, "because I am not a hand\, I do not belong to the body\," that would
  not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye\, w
 here would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear\, where would be t
 he sense of smell? But as it is\, God arranged the organs in the body\, eac
 h one of them\, as he chose. If all were a single organ\, where would the b
 ody be? As it is\, there are many parts\, yet one body. The eye cannot say 
 to the hand\, "I have no need of you\," nor again the head to the feet\, "I
  have no need of you." On the contrary\, the parts of the body which seem t
 o be weaker are indispensable\, and those parts of the body which we think 
 less honorable we invest with the greater honor\, and our unpresentable par
 ts are treated with greater modesty\, which our presentable parts do not re
 quire. But God has so composed the body\, giving the greater honor to the i
 nferior part\, that there may be no discord in the body\, but that the memb
 ers may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers\, all suf
 fer together\; if one member is honored\, all rejoice together.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13-15\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, 
 "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven
 \, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say t
 o you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be d
 one for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in
  my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\nThen Peter came up and said
  to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my brother sin against me\, and I forgive
  him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him\, "I do not say to you sev
 en times\, but seventy times seven."\n\nNow when Jesus had finished these s
 ayings\, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond t
 he Jordan\; and large crowds followed him\, and he healed them there.\n\nTh
 en children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pra
 y. The disciples rebuked the people\; but Jesus said\, "Let the children co
 me to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kingdom of heav
 en." And he laid his hands on them and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Pol
 yeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\; Eustratios the Wonderworker\; P
 eter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa\
 ; Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTi
 mothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what 
 you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who wi
 ll be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Ch
 rist Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, sin
 ce his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowne
 d unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer w
 ho ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for 
 the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Chri
 st\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\
 , the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. 
 But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the 
 sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus wit
 h its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:9-15\nIn those days Jesus ca
 me from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  And wh
 en he came up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and 
 the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\,
  "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."  The Spirit immedia
 tely drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty 
 days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with the wild beasts\; and the angels 
 ministered to him. Now after John was arrested\, Jesus came into Galilee\, 
 preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\, "The time is fulfilled\, and the
  kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and believe in the gospel."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211229
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\; Holy Martyr Glycerus\; Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\; Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:16-17\;4:1
 -4\nTimothy\, my son\, all scripture is inspired by God and profitable for 
 teaching\, for reproof\, for correction\, and for training in righteousness
 \, that the man of God may be complete\, equipped for every good work.\n\nI
  charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the 
 living and the dead\, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word
 \, be urgent in season and out of season\, convince\, rebuke\, and exhort\,
  be unfailing in patience and in teaching. For the time is coming when peop
 le will not endure sound teaching\, but having itching ears they will accum
 ulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings\, and will turn awa
 y from listening to the truth and wander into myths.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 14:25-35\nAt that time\, great multitudes accompanied Jesus\; and he turn
 ed and said to them\, "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own fat
 her and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters\, yes\, and e
 ven his own life\, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own 
 cross and come after me\, cannot be my disciple. For which of you\, desirin
 g to build a tower\, does not first sit down and count the cost\, whether h
 e has enough to complete it? Otherwise\, when he has laid a foundation\, an
 d is not able to finish\, all who see it begin to mock him\, saying\, 'This
  man began to build\, and was not able to finish.' Or what king\, going to 
 encounter another king in war\, will not sit down first and take counsel wh
 ether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with t
 wenty thousand? And if not\, while the other is yet a great way off\, he se
 nds an embassy and asks terms of peace. So therefore\, whoever of you does 
 not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good\; but if s
 alt has lost its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is fit neit
 her for the land nor for the dunghill\; men throw it away. He who has ears 
 to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\
 ; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\; Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 11:31-34\; 
 12:1-6\nBrethren\, if we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. 
 But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be
  condemned along with the world. So then\, my brethren\, when you come toge
 ther to eat\, wait for one another - if any one is hungry\, let him eat at 
 home - lest you come together to be condemned. About the other things I wil
 l give directions when I come. Now concerning the spiritual gifts\, brethre
 n\, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were heathen
 \, you were led astray to dumb idols\, however you may have been moved. The
 refore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God e
 ver says "Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by th
 e Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts\, but the same spirit\; and
  there are varieties of service\, but the same Lord\; and there are varieti
 es of working\, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:1-11\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Je
 sus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling 
 to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them and said\, "Truly\, I say 
 to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will never enter th
 e kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the gr
 eatest in the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Whoever receives one such child in my 
 name receives me\; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe 
 in me to sin\, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastene
 d round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.\n\n"Woe to the 
 world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come\, b
 ut woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! And if your hand or your fo
 ot causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it away\; it is better for you 
 to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown i
 nto the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and 
 throw it away\; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with t
 wo eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.\n\n"See that you do not desp
 ise one of these little ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels a
 lways behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man cam
 e to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\; Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\; Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\; Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 
 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men 
 sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to a
 ngels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Chri
 st. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in dis
 repute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buff
 eted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled
 \, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conc
 iliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the of
 f-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to 
 admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides i
 n Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ
  Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  An
 d he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Beths
 aida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said 
 to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets 
 wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "C
 an anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see
 ."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Isra
 elite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you k
 now me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were un
 der the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are t
 he Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because
  I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall 
 see greater things than these."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I sa
 y to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and
  descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\; Flavianos\, Patriarch of Const
 antinople\; Romanos the Younger\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 3:10-22\nBelove
 d\, "He that would love life and see good days\, let him keep his tongue fr
 om evil and his lips from speaking guile\; let him turn away from evil and 
 do right\; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are u
 pon the righteous\, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of 
 the Lord is against those that do evil."\n\nNow who is there to harm you if
  you are zealous for what is right? But even if you do suffer for righteous
 ness' sake\, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them\, nor be troubled\, 
 but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a d
 efense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you\, ye
 t do it with gentleness and reverence\; and keep your conscience clear\, so
  that\, when you are abused\, those who revile your good behavior in Christ
  may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing right\, if that 
 should be God's will\, than for doing wrong. For Christ also died for sins 
 once for all\, the righteous for the unrighteous\, that he might bring us t
 o God\, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit\; in w
 hich he went and preached to the spirits in prison\, who formerly did not o
 bey\, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah\, during the building 
 of the ark\, in which a few\, that is\, eight persons\, were saved through 
 water. Baptism\, which corresponds to this\, now saves you\, not as a remov
 al of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience\, t
 hrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ\, who has gone into heaven and is a
 t the right hand of God\, with angels\, authorities\, and powers subject to
  him.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:18-27\nAt that time\, Sadducees came to Je
 sus\, who say that there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a question
 \, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and 
 leaves a wife\, but leaves no child\, the man must take the wife\, and rais
 e up children for his brother. There were seven brothers\; the first took a
  wife\, and when he died left no children\; and the second took her\, and d
 ied\, leaving no children\; and the third likewise\; and the seven left no 
 children. Last of all the woman also died. In the resurrection whose wife w
 ill she be? For the seven had her as wife." Jesus said to them\, "Is not th
 is why you are wrong\, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power o
 f God? For when they rise from the dead\, they neither marry nor are given 
 in marriage\, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being rais
 ed\, have you not read in the book of Moses\, in the passage about the bush
 \, how God said to him\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, 
 and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, but of the living\; you 
 are quite wrong."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; 3 Virgin-martyrs of Chios\; 5 Nuns b
 eheaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha\, Mary\, & Enmatha\; Righteo
 us Father Columba of Iona\; Righteous Father Cyril of Belozersk\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts 25:13-19\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrive
 d at Caesarea to welcome Festus. And as they stayed there many days\, Festu
 s laid Paul's case before the king\, saying\, "There is a man left prisoner
  by Felix\; and when I was at Jerusalem\, the chief priests and the elders 
 of the Jews gave information about him\, asking for sentence against him. I
  answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any one 
 before the accused met the accusers face to face\, and had opportunity to m
 ake his defense concerning the charge laid against him. When therefore they
  came together here\, I made no delay\, but on the next day took my seat on
  the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in. When the accusers stood
  up\, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed\; but 
 they had certain points of dispute with him about their own superstition an
 d about one Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom Paul asserted to be alive."\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 16:23-33\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Truly\, tr
 uly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he will give it to
  you in my name. Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name\; ask\, and you
  will receive\, that your joy may be full.\n\n"I have said this to you in f
 igures\; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures 
 but tell you plainly of the Father. In that day you will ask in my name\; a
 nd I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you\; for the Fathe
 r himself loves you\, because you have loved me and have believed that I ca
 me from the Father. I came from the Father and have come into the world\; a
 gain\, I am leaving the world and going to the Father."\n\nHis disciples sa
 id\, "Ah\, now you are speaking plainly\, not in any figure! Now we know th
 at you know all things\, and need none to question you\; by this we believe
  that you came from God." Jesus answered them\, "Do you now believe? The ho
 ur is coming\, indeed it has come\, when you will be scattered\, every man 
 to his home\, and will leave me alone\; yet I am not alone\, for the Father
  is with me. I have said this to you\, that in me you may have peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\;
  Anatolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Kar
 enesi\; Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Phili
 p\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Romans 11:25-36\nBrethren\, lest you be wise in your own concei
 ts\, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part 
 of Israel\, until the full number of Gentiles come in\, and so all Israel w
 ill be saved\; as it is written\, "The Deliverer will come from Zion\, he w
 ill banish ungodliness from Jacob"\; "and this will be my covenant with the
 m when I take away their sins." As regards the gospel they are enemies of G
 od\, for your sake\; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake 
 of their forefathers. For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Ju
 st as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because 
 of their disobedience\, so they have now been disobedient in order that by 
 the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy. For God has consigned a
 ll men to disobedience\, that he may have mercy upon all. O the depth of th
 e riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgment
 s and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord\, o
 r who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he migh
 t be repaid?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To hi
 m be glory for ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:1-8\nAt that time\
 , Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath\; his disciples were h
 ungry\, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pha
 risees saw it\, they said to him\, "Look\, your disciples are doing what is
  not lawful to do on the sabbath." He said to them\, "Have you not read wha
 t David did\, when he was hungry\, and those who were with him: how he ente
 red the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it was not l
 awful for him to eat nor for those who were with him\, but only for the pri
 ests? Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the
  temple profane the sabbath\, and are guiltless? I tell you\, something gre
 ater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this means\, 'I des
 ire mercy\, and not sacrifice\,' you would not have condemned the guiltless
 . For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & Aeithalas the Deacon\,
  Martyrs of Persia\; Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr Geor
 ge in Lydda\; Holy Father and New Hieromartyr Gregory of Neapolis\; Theodor
 e the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\; George of Neapolis the New Martyr\; Wi
 nifred of Treffynnon\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossian
 s 2:20-23\; 3:1-3\nBrethren\, if with Christ you died to the elemental spir
 its of the universe\, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world
 ? Why do you submit to regulations\, "Do not handle\, Do not taste\, Do not
  touch" (referring to things which all perish as they are used)\, according
  to human precepts and doctrines? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom
  in promoting rigor of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body
 \, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh. If the
 n you have been raised with Christ\, seek the things that are above\, where
  Christ is\, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that
  are above\, not on things that are on earth. For you have died\, and your 
 life is hid with Christ in God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:34-41\nThe Lord 
 said\, "Your eye is the lamp of your body\; when your eye is sound\, your w
 hole body is full of light\; but when it is not sound\, your body is full o
 f darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then
  your whole body is full of light\, having no part dark\, it will be wholly
  bright\, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light." While he was speak
 ing\, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him\; so he went in and sat at tabl
 e. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before din
 ner. And the Lord said to him\, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of t
 he cup and of the dish\, but inside you are full of extortion and wickednes
 s. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But giv
 e for alms those things which are within and behold\, everything is clean f
 or you."\n\n
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 n\, Martyrs of Persia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Ag
 nes the Virgin-martyr\; Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\; The Holy Fat
 hers slain at Sinai and Raitho\; Plato the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Tallini 
 and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicholas\; Nina of Geo
 rgia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter said to the pe
 ople\, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
  for the forgiveness of your sins\; and you shall receive the gift of the H
 oly Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that 
 are far off\, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him." And he testifi
 ed with many other words and exhorted them\, saying\, "Save yourselves from
  this crooked generation." So those who received his word were baptized\, a
 nd there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted t
 hemselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship\, to the breaking of bre
 ad and the prayers. And fear came upon every soul\; and many wonders and si
 gns were done through the apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that
  time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit for forty 
 days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those 
 days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. The devil said to him\, "I
 f you are the Son of God\, command this stone to become bread." And Jesus a
 nswered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" And th
 e devil took him up\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a mom
 ent of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will give all this authority and 
 their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, and I will give it to whom 
 I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus
  answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God\, and
  him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him 
 on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of Go
 d\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is written\, 'He will give his a
 ngels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear yo
 u up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\
 , "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" And when the devi
 l had ended every temptation\, he departed from him until an opportune time
 . And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report
  concerning him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught
  in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/01/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ecclesiastical New Year\; Symeon the Stylite\; Synaxis of the Recovery
  of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \; The 40 Holy Ascetic 
 Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\; Holy Martyrs 
 Calliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\; Righteous Meletius\, The St
 ruggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\; Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\; Nicholas of K
 ourtaliotis\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus r
 evealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and h
 e said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  th
 ese?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to h
 im\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\
 , do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you
 ."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to h
 im the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you kno
 w everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my she
 ep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourse
 lf and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out
  your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish
  to go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And 
 after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following 
 them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at th
 e supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  Wh
 en Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus 
 said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that 
 to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this d
 isciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\
 , but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you
 ?"  This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who h
 as written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But ther
 e are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be
  written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that
  would be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Ti
 mothy 2:1-7\nTimothy\, my son\, first of all\, I urge that supplications\, 
 prayers\, intercessions\, and thanksgivings be made for all men\, for kings
  and all who are in high positions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable
  life\, godly and respectful in every way. This is good\, and it is accepta
 ble in the sight of God our Savior\, who desires all men to be saved and to
  come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God\, and there is on
 e mediator between God and men\, the man Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as
  a ransom for all\, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time. Fo
 r this I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I a
 m not lying)\, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he had bee
 n brought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sa
 bbath day. And he stood up to read\; and there was given to him the book of
  the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was wr
 itten\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has anointed me to 
 preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the cap
 tives and recovering of sight to the blind\, to set at liberty those who ar
 e oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed t
 he book\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes o
 f all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them\, "To
 day this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke well 
 of him\, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mout
 h.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples\; Anatolios & Pr
 otoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George\; Luke the New
  Martyr of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 10:12-2
 0\n When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem 
 he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty
  pride.  For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it\, and by m
 y wisdom\, for I have understanding\; I have removed the boundaries of peop
 les\, and have plundered their treasures\; like a bull I have brought down 
 those who sat on thrones.  My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the 
 peoples\; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered
  all the earth\; and there was none that moved a wing\, or opened the mouth
 \, or chirped."  Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it\, or 
 the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield 
 him who lifts it\, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!  There
 fore the Lord\, the LORD of hosts\, will send wasting sickness among his st
 out warriors\, and under his glory a burning will be kindled\, like the bur
 ning of fire.  The light of Israel will become a fire\, and his Holy One a 
 flame\; and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.  The 
 glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy\, both s
 oul and body\, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.  The remnant 
 of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
   In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob
  will no more lean upon him that smote them\, but will lean upon the LORD\,
  the Holy One of Israel\, in truth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:6-9
 \n Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the ea
 rth.  And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went 
 into the ark\, to escape the waters of the flood.  Of clean animals\, and o
 f animals that are not clean\, and of birds\, and of everything that creeps
  on the ground\, two and two\, male and female\, went into the ark with Noa
 h\, as God had commanded Noah.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 9:12-18\n
 If you are wise\, you are wise for yourself\; if you scoff\, you alone will
  bear it.  A foolish woman is noisy\; she is wanton and knows no shame.  Sh
 e sits at the door of her house\, she takes a seat on the high places of th
 e town\, calling to those who pass by\, who are going straight on their way
 \,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" And to him who is without s
 ense she says\,  "Stolen water is sweet\, and bread eaten in secret is plea
 sant."  But he does not know that the dead are there\, that her guests are 
 in the depths of Sheol.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\; The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25\nThe birth of Jesus C
 hrist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jo
 seph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy
  Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put he
 r to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, b
 ehold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\
 , son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is con
 ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall c
 all his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this
  took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a
  virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanu
 el" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as th
 e angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not unt
 il she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Galatians 4:4-7\nBRETHREN\, when the time had fully come\, God sent forth h
 is Son\, born of woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were unde
 r the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are 
 sons\, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts\, crying\, "Abba!
  Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son\, and if a son then also a
 n heir of God through Christ. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12\nWhen Jesu
 s was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king\, behold\, w
 ise men from the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\, "Where is he who has bee
 n born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East\, and have c
 ome to worship him." When Herod the king heard this\, he was troubled\, and
  all Jerusalem with him\; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes 
 of the people\, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They t
 old him\, "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is written by the prophet: 'An
 d you\, O Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are by no means least among th
 e rulers of Judah\; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my peop
 le Israel.'"\n\nThen Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained f
 rom them what time the star appeared\; and he sent them to Bethlehem\, sayi
 ng\, "Go and search diligently for the child\, and when you have found him 
 bring me word\, that I too may come and worship him." When they had heard t
 he king they went their way\; and lo the star which they had seen in the Ea
 st went before them\, till it came to rest over the place where the child w
 as. When they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy\; and
  going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother\, and they fe
 ll down and worshiped him. Then\, opening their treasures\, they offered hi
 m gifts\, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not 
 to return to Herod\, they departed to their own country by another way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt\; Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diodore\, Victor
 \, Victorinus\, and those with them\; Theodora the Righteous of Thessalonik
 i\; Agathopodes and Theodulos the Martyrs\; George the new Martyr\n\nFast D
 ay (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the e
 vening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where
  the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them 
 and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had said this\, he showed t
 hem his hands and his side.  Then the disciples were glad when they saw the
  Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has s
 ent me\, even so I send you."  And when he had said this\, he breathed on t
 hem\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins 
 of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retai
 ned."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with th
 em when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lor
 d." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails\
 , and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his s
 ide\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his disciples were again i
 n the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus ca
 me and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to T
 homas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, 
 and place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas ans
 wered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed be
 cause you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believ
 e."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, wh
 ich are not written in this book\; but these are written that you may belie
 ve that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing you may h
 ave life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 
 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good thing
 s that have come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made
  with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into 
 the Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood
 \, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled pe
 rsons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanc
 tifies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of
  Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to
  God\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45\nAt that time\, Jesus took his twelve discipl
 es\, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him\, saying\, "Behold
 \, we are going up to Jerusalem\; and the Son of man will be delivered to t
 he chief priests and the scribes\, and they will condemn him to death\, and
  deliver him to the Gentiles\; and they will mock him\, and spit upon him\,
  and scourge him\, and kill him\; and after three days he will rise." And J
 ames and John\, the sons of Zebedee\, came forward to him\, and said to him
 \, "Teacher\, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said
  to them\, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him\, "Gra
 nt us to sit\, one at your right hand and one at your left\, in your glory.
 " But Jesus said to them\, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you ab
 le to drink the cup that I drink\, or to be baptized with the baptism with 
 which I am baptized?" And they said to him\, "We are able." And Jesus said 
 to them\, "The cup that I drink you will drink\; and with the baptism with 
 which I am baptized\, you will be baptized\; but to sit at my right hand or
  at my left is not mine to grant\, but it is for those for whom it has been
  prepared." And when the ten heard it\, they began to be indignant of James
  and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them\, "You know that t
 hose who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them\, and the
 ir great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you
 \; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant\, and whoever 
 would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came
  not to be served but to serve\, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenophon & his Companions\; Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 6:18-23\nBrethren\, having been set free from sin\, you ha
 ve become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms\, because o
 f your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to im
 purity and to greater and greater iniquity\, so now yield your members to r
 ighteousness for sanctification.\n\nWhen you were slaves of sin\, you were 
 free in regard to righteousness. But then what return did you get from the 
 things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. But 
 now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God\, th
 e return you get is sanctification and its end\, eternal life. For the wage
 s of sin is death\, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesu
 s our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:35-46\nAt that time\, a lawyer ca
 me up to Jesus and asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is 
 the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the
  Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all 
 your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it
 \, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depe
 nd all the law and the prophets."\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered 
 together\, Jesus asked them a question\, saying\, "What do you think of the
  Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He said t
 o them\, "How is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lo
 rd\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put
  your enemies under your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he hi
 s son?" And no one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did an
 yone dare to ask him any more questions.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Damaskinos the New Ma
 rtyr of Mount Athos\; Anthousa\, the Mother of John Chrysostom\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said
  to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who d
 oes not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that
  man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepher
 d of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, an
 d he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought ou
 t all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they k
 now his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from hi
 m\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used wi
 th them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus 
 again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the s
 heep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did no
 t heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, a
 nd will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we shoul
 d have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from s
 inners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high pries
 ts\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those 
 of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indee
 d\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word o
 f the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been ma
 de perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have 
 such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of t
 he Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which 
 is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe
  Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, 
 and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and
  kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly
 .  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sh
 eep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not
 \, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatc
 hes them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares no
 thing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own kno
 w me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my lif
 e for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I mu
 st bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flo
 ck\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\; Maximus the Confessor\; Our Righteou
 s Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\; Dorotheus\, Abba of 
 Gaza\; Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Romans 14:6-9\nBrethren\, he who observes the day\, observes it in ho
 nor of the Lord. He also who eats\, eats in honor of the Lord\, since he gi
 ves thanks to God\; while he who abstains\, abstains in honor of the Lord\,
  and gives thanks to God. None of us lives to himself\, and none of us dies
  to himself. If we live\, we live to the Lord\, and if we die\, we die to t
 he Lord\; so then\, whether we live or whether we die\, we are the Lord's. 
 For to this end Christ died and lived again\, that he might be Lord both of
  the dead and of the living.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:32-39\nAt that t
 ime\, Jesus called his disciples to him and said\, "I have compassion on th
 e crowd\, because they have been with me now three days\, and have nothing 
 to eat\; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry\, lest they faint on t
 he way." And the disciples said to him\, "Where are we to get bread enough 
 in the desert to feed so great a crowd?" And Jesus said to them\, "How many
  loaves have you?" They said\, "Seven\, and a few small fish." And commandi
 ng the crowd to sit down on the ground\, he took the seven loaves and the f
 ish\, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples\
 , and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were sati
 sfied\; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
  Those who ate were four thousand men\, besides women and children. And sen
 ding away the crowds\, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magad
 an.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\; Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\nBrethren\, all
  the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received 
 promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the
  edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, 
 put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. So
 me were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again 
 to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains a
 nd imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempt
 ed\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep an
 d goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not w
 orthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves 
 of the earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not
  receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us
 \, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we
  are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside ev
 ery weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with persever
 ance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perf
 ecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:10-15\nAt that time\, the dis
 ciples kept the word of Jesus to themselves\, questioning what the rising f
 rom the dead meant. And they asked him\, "Why do the scribes say that first
  Elijah must come?" And he said to them\, "Elijah does come first to restor
 e all things\; and how is it written of the Son of man\, that he should suf
 fer many things and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah ha
 s come\, and they did to him whatever they pleased\, as it is written of hi
 m." And when they came to the disciples\, they saw a great crowd about them
 \, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd\, when they
  saw him\, were greatly amazed\, and ran up to him and greeted him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Luke\; The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotoko
 s into the Temple\; Gregory the Righteous of Decapolis\; Proclus\, Archbish
 op of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: M
 atthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to t
 he mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they wo
 rshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All auth
 ority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make di
 sciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the S
 on and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
  you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out
  of the great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through 
 our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been
  saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heave
 nly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the imme
 asurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by 
 grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, 
 it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. Fo
 r we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which G
 od prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 12:16-21\nThe Lord said this parable: "The land of a rich man brought fo
 rth plentifully\; and he thought to himself\, 'What shall I do\, for I have
  nowhere to store my crops?' And he said\, 'I will do this: I will pull dow
 n my barns\, and build larger ones\; and there I will store all my grain an
 d my goods. And I will say to my soul\, 'Soul\, you have ample goods laid u
 p for many years\; take your ease\, eat\, drink\, be merry.' But God said t
 o him\, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you\; and the things you
  have prepared\, whose will they be?'  So is he who lays up treasure for hi
 mself\, and is not rich toward God." As he said these things\, he cried out
 : "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Luke\; John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; 
 Anthousa\, the Mother of John Chrysostom\; Damaskinos the New Martyr of Mou
 nt Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus reve
 aled himself to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And he sai
 d to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" 
 He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, 
 "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do y
 ou love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He s
 aid to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son 
 of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the thi
 rd time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everythin
 g\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, 
 truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked
  where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\,
  and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (Thi
 s he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he s
 aid to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple 
 whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had s
 aid\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, 
 he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it
  is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" 
 The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to d
 ie\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is 
 my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the dis
 ciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these th
 ings\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many othe
 r things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose
  that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. A
 men.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting 
 that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, sep
 arated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like tho
 se high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and th
 en for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up hi
 mself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, b
 ut the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son wh
 o has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is t
 his: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of th
 e throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the tru
 e tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  10:25-37\nAt that time\, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test\, sayi
 ng\, "Teacher\, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him\, 
 "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered\, "You shall
  love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and 
 with all your strength\, and with all your mind\; and your neighbor as your
 self." And he said to him\, "You have answered right\; do this\, and you wi
 ll live." \n\n But he\, desiring to justify himself\, said to Jesus\, "And 
 who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied\, "A man was going down from Jerusalem t
 o Jericho\, and he fell among robbers\, who stripped him and beat him\, and
  departed\, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down th
 at road\; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a
  Levite\, when he came to the place and saw him\, passed by on the other si
 de. But a Samaritan\, as he journeyed\, came to where he was\; and when he 
 saw him\, he had compassion\, and went to him and bound up his wounds\, pou
 ring on oil and wine\; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to 
 an inn\, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and
  gave them to the innkeeper\, saying\, 'Take care of him\; and whatever mor
 e you spend\, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three\, do
  you think\, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He sai
 d\, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him\, "Go and do l
 ikewise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Tuesday\; The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of the Lord\; Eul
 ogios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\nAt that time\, the Pharisees went and took counsel
  against Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. And they sent their disci
 ples to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we know that y
 ou are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\, and care for no man\; f
 or you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\, then\, what you think. 
 Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware of their m
 alice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocrites? Show me the money 
 for the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesus said to them\, "Whose 
 likeness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he said to 
 them\, "Render\, therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to 
 God the things that are God's. " When they heard it\, they marveled\; and t
 hey left him and went away.\n\nThe same day the Sadducees came to him\, who
  say that there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a question saying\,
  "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children\, his brother 
 must marry the widow\, and raise up children for his brother.' Now there we
 re seven brothers among us\; the first married\, and died\, and having no c
 hildren left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third\, down to
  the seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In the resurrection\, theref
 ore\, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her."\n\nBut
  Jesus answered them\, "You are wrong\, because you know neither the script
 ures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor a
 re given in marriage\, but are like angels of God in heaven. And as for the
  resurrection of the dead\, have you not read what was said to you by God\,
  'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob'? H
 e is not God of the dead\, but of the living." And when the crowd heard it\
 , they were astonished at his teaching.\n\nBut when the Pharisees heard tha
 t he had silenced the Sadducees\, they came together. And one of them\, a l
 awyer\, asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great c
 ommandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your 
 God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your mind. 
 This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it. You shall
  love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the l
 aw and the prophets."\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered together\, J
 esus asked them a question\, saying: "What do you think of the Christ? Whos
 e son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How
  is it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\,
  'The Lord said to my Lord\, sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies
  under your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And n
 o one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did any one dare to
  ask him any more questions.\n\nThen said Jesus to the crowds and to his di
 sciples\, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat\; so practice a
 nd observe whatever they tell you\, but not what they do\; for they preach 
 but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens\, hard to bear\, and lay them 
 on men's shoulders\; but they themselves will not move them with their fing
 er. They do all their deeds to be seen by men\; for they make their phylact
 eries broad and their fringes long\, and they love the place of honor at fe
 asts and the best seats in the synagogues\, and salutations in the market p
 laces\, and being called rabbi by men\, but you are not to be called rabbi\
 , for you have one teacher\, and you are all brethren. And call no man your
  father on earth\, for you have one Father\, who is in heaven. Neither be c
 alled masters\, for you have one master\, the Christ. He who is greatest am
 ong you shall be your servant\; whoever exalts himself will be humbled\, an
 d whoever humbles himself will be exalted.\n\n"But woe to you\, scribes and
  Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a pretense y
 ou make long prayers\; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.
  Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut the king
 dom of heaven against men\; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow th
 ose who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrit
 es! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and when he 
 becomes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of Gehenna as your
 selves.\n\n"Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the
  temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple\,
  he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater\, the gold
  or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swe
 ars by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gift that i
 s on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is grea
 ter\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by
  the altar\, swears by it and by everything on it\; and he who swears by th
 e temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it\; and he who swears by 
 heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.\n\n"Woe t
 o you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and
  cumin\, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, justice and 
 mercy and faith\; these you ought to have done without neglecting the other
 s. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! "Woe to 
 you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of th
 e cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity
 . You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate\
 , that the outside also may be clean. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, 
 hypocrites! for you are like white-washed tombs\, which outwardly appear be
 autiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
  So you also outwardly appear to men\, but within you are full of hypocrisy
  and iniquity. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you bui
 ld  the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, sa
 ying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have take
 n part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness a
 gainst yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. F
 ill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vi
 pers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to Gehenna? Therefore I send y
 ou prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and cruci
 fy\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town t
 o town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, fro
 m the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah
 \, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to 
 you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n\n"O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\
 , killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often wou
 ld I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under 
 her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate
 . For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is 
 he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:36-51
 \; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Of that day and hour
  no one knows\, not even the angels of heaven\, but the Father only. As wer
 e the days of Noah\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For as in tho
 se days before the flood they were eating and drinking\, marrying and givin
 g in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, and they did not 
 know until the flood came and swept them all away\, so will be the coming o
 f the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field\; one is taken and one 
 is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill\; one is taken and one is l
 eft. Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
  But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of the nigh
 t the 
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 sts: Sunday of the Prodigal Son\; Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\; Ba
 sil the Confessor\; Kyranna the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Jonah the Righ
 teous Martyr of Lerios\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that tim
 e\, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles fr
 om Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had 
 happened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself d
 rew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
  And he said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding wit
 h each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of th
 em\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem 
 who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And h
 e said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of
  Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all th
 e people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be cond
 emned to death\, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to
  redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since 
 this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at
  the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body\; and they came ba
 ck saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was
  alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just
  as the women had said\; but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "
 O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spo
 ken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and en
 ter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he int
 erpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo
  they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be 
 going further\, but they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it 
 is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with
  them. When he was at table with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and
  broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recogn
 ized him\; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "D
 id not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road\, while 
 he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned 
 to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who we
 re with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to 
 Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road\, and how he was known
  to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 6:
 12-20\nBrethren\, "all things are lawful for me\," but not all things are h
 elpful.  "All things are lawful for me\," but I will not be enslaved by any
 thing.  "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God
  will destroy both one and the other.  The body is not meant for immorality
 \, but for the Lord\, and the Lord for the body.  And God raised the Lord a
 nd will also raise us up by his power.  Do you not know that your bodies ar
 e members of Christ?  Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make
  them members of a prostitute?  Never!  Do you not know that he who joins h
 imself to a prostitute becomes one body with her?  For\, as it is written\,
  "The two shall become one flesh."  But he who is united to the Lord become
 s one spirit with him.  Shun immorality.  Every other sin which a man commi
 ts is outside the body\; but the immoral man sins against his own body.  Do
  you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you\, wh
 ich you have from God?  You are not your own\; you were bought with a price
 .  So glorify God in your body and in your spirit which belong to God. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32\nThe Lord said this parable: "There was a man
  who had two sons\; and the younger of them said to his father\, 'Father\, 
 give me the share of the property that falls to me.'  And he divided his li
 ving between them.  Not many days later\, the younger son gathered all he h
 ad and took his journey into a far country\, and there he squandered his pr
 operty in loose living.  And when he had spent everything\, a great famine 
 arose in that country\, and he began to be in want.  So he went and joined 
 himself to one of the citizens of that country\, who sent him into his fiel
 ds to feed swine.  And he would gladly have filled his belly with the pods 
 that the swine ate\; and no one gave him anything.  But when he came to him
 self he said\, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough an
 d to spare\, but I perish here with hunger!  I will arise and go to my fath
 er\, and I will say to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and bef
 ore you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son\; treat me as one of 
 your hired servants.'  And he arose and came to his father.  But while he w
 as yet at a distance\, his father saw him and had compassion\, and ran and 
 embraced him and kissed him.  And the son said to him\, 'Father\, I have si
 nned against heaven and before you\; I am no longer worthy to be called you
 r son.'  But the father said to his servants\, 'Bring quickly the best robe
 \, and put it on him\; and put a ring on his hand\, and shoes on his feet\;
  and bring the fatted calf and kill it\, and let us eat and make merry\; fo
 r this my son was dead\, and is alive again\; he was lost\, and is found.' 
  And they began to make merry.  Now his elder son was in the field\; and as
  he came and drew near to the house\, he heard music and dancing.  And he c
 alled one of the servants and asked what this meant.  And he said to him\, 
 'Your brother has come\, and your father has killed the fatted calf\, becau
 se he has received him safe and sound.'  But he was angry and refused to go
  in.  His father came out and entreated him\, but he answered his father\, 
 'Lo\, these many years I have served you\, and I never disobeyed your comma
 nd\; yet you never gave me a kid\, that I might make merry with my friends.
   But when this son of yours came\, who has devoured your living with harlo
 ts\, you killed for him the fatted calf!'  And he said to him\, 'Son\, you 
 are always with me\, and all that is mine is yours.  It was fitting to make
  merry and be glad\, for this your brother was dead\, and is alive\; he was
  lost\, and is found.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Moses the Black of Scete\; Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\; 33 Martyr
 s of Nicomedea\; Job of Pochaev \; Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Romans 15:30-33\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by our Lord Jes
 us Christ and by the love of the Spirit\, to strive together with me in you
 r prayers to God on my behalf\, that I may be delivered from the unbeliever
 s in Judea\, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the sai
 nts\, so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in 
 your company. The God of peace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-shekel t
 ax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" He said
 \, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\, "What
  do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute
 ? From their sons or from others?" And when he said\, "From others\," Jesus
  said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not to give offense to th
 em\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that comes up\
 , and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and give i
 t to them for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples came to
  Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calli
 ng to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Truly\, I
  say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will never ent
 er the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is t
 he greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; 
 The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy 
 Prophetess Anna\; Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spetses\; 
 Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos \; Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener o
 f Japan\; Ansgar of Hamburg-Bremen\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good th
 ings that have come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not m
 ade with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all in
 to the Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own bl
 ood\, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled
  persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer s
 anctifies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood
  of Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish
  to God\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:25-38\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusale
 m\, whose name was Symeon and this man was righteous and devout\, looking f
 or the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had
  been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death befor
 e he had seen the Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into th
 e temple\; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him 
 according to the custom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed
  God and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to
  your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared i
 n the presence of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, an
 d for glory to your people Israel." And his father and his mother marveled 
 at what was said about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his m
 other\, "Behold\, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Isra
 el\, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through
  your own soul also)\, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed." A
 nd there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe o
 f Asher\; she was of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven year
 s from her virginity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not
  depart from the temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
  And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him 
 to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dionysios the Areopagite\; Rusticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\; John
  the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:16-34\nIn t
 hose days\, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens\, his spirit was prov
 oked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. So he argued in 
 the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons\, and in the market plac
 e every day with those who chanced to be there. Some also of the Epicurean 
 and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said\, "What would this babbler sa
 y?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" - becau
 se he preached Jesus and the resurrection. And they took hold of him and br
 ought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what this new teaching i
 s which you present? For you bring some strange things to our ears\; we wis
 h to know therefore what these things mean." Now all the Athenians and the 
 foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or he
 aring something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagos\, sa
 id: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. F
 or as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found a
 lso an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore yo
 u worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world a
 nd everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shr
 ines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed an
 ything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. 
 And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the ear
 th\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitat
 ion\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after hi
 m and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for 'In him we live
  and move and have our being'\; as even some of your poets have said\, 'For
  we are indeed his offspring.' Being then God's offspring\, we ought not to
  think that the Deity is like gold\, or silver\, or stone\, a representatio
 n by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked\
 , but now he commands all men everywhere to repent\, because he has fixed a
  day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has
  appointed\, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him f
 rom the dead." Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead\, some m
 ocked\; but others said\, "We will hear you again about this." So Paul went
  out from among them. But some men joined him and believed\, among them Dio
 nysios the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 6:24-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\,
  "Woe to you that are rich\, for you have received your consolation.\n\n"Wo
 e to you that are full now\, for you shall hunger.\n\n"Woe to you that laug
 h now\, for you shall mourn and weep.\n\n"Woe to you\, when all men speak w
 ell of you\, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.\n\n"But I say 
 to you that hear\, Love your enemies\, do good to those who hate you\, bles
 s those who curse you\, pray for those who abuse you. To him who strikes yo
 u on the cheek\, offer the other also\; and from him who takes away your co
 at do not withhold even your shirt. Give to every one who begs from you\; a
 nd of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity Fast Begins\; Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confe
 ssors of Edessa\; Thomas II the New\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nFast 
 Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 1:6-10\nBrethren\, y
 ou became imitators of us and of the Lord\, for you received the word in mu
 ch affliction\, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit\; so that you became a
 n example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has
  the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia\, but 
 your faith in God has gone forth everywhere\, so that we need not say anyth
 ing. For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among y
 ou\, and how you turned to God from idols\, to serve a living and true God\
 , and to wait for his Son from heaven\, whom he raised from the dead\, Jesu
 s who delivers us from the wrath to come.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35\
 nAt that time\, great multitudes accompanied Jesus\; and he turned and said
  to them\, "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mot
 her and wife and children and brothers and sisters\, yes\, and even his own
  life\, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and c
 ome after me\, cannot be my disciple. For which of you\, desiring to build 
 a tower\, does not first sit down and count the cost\, whether he has enoug
 h to complete it? Otherwise\, when he has laid a foundation\, and is not ab
 le to finish\, all who see it begin to mock him\, saying\, 'This man began 
 to build\, and was not able to finish.' Or what king\, going to encounter a
 nother king in war\, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is
  able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thous
 and? And if not\, while the other is yet a great way off\, he sends an emba
 ssy and asks terms of peace. So therefore\, whoever of you does not renounc
 e all that he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good\; but if salt has los
 t its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is fit neither for the
  land nor for the dunghill\; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear\, l
 et him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar
  Their Teacher\; Procession of the Precious Cross\; Timothy the Wonderworke
 r\, Archbishop of Priconissus\; Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the 
 saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promi
 ses\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge
  of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put f
 oreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some we
 re tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a 
 better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and im
 prisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, 
 they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goa
 ts\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy
  - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of th
 e earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not rece
 ive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, th
 at apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are 
 surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every w
 eight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance 
 the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter
  of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be 
 wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliv
 er you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be 
 dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before t
 hem and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you 
 are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given
  to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your
  Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, an
 d the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and have th
 em put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he w
 ho endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\; Eroteis the Martyr of Cappadoci
 a\; Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apost
 les as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a
  spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's s
 ake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are
  held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thi
 rst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working wi
 th our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; w
 hen slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as th
 e refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this
  to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For thou
 gh you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For 
 I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\
 , be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of t
 hat day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the discip
 les were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to
  them: "Peace be with you."  When he had said this\, he showed them his han
 ds and his side.  Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jes
 us said to them again\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, ev
 en so I send you."  And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and s
 aid to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, th
 ey are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNo
 w Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jes
 us came.  So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he 
 said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place
  my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I wil
 l not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his disciples were again in the house
 \, and Thomas was with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stoo
 d among them\, and said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Pu
 t your finger here\, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place i
 t in my side\; do not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\,
  "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you h
 ave seen me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow 
 Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not
  written in this book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jes
 us is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in
  his name.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\; Manuel\, Sabel\, 
 & Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\; Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the M
 onastery of Ikanhoe\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 25:13-19\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agri
 ppa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. And as they
  stayed there many days\, Festus laid Paul's case before the king\, saying\
 , "There is a man left prisoner by Felix\; and when I was at Jerusalem\, th
 e chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him\, ask
 ing for sentence against him. I answered them that it was not the custom of
  the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to 
 face\, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid a
 gainst him. When therefore they came together here\, I made no delay\, but 
 on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brou
 ght in. When the accusers stood up\, they brought no charge in his case of 
 such evils as I supposed\; but they had certain points of dispute with him 
 about their own superstition and about one Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom 
 Paul asserted to be alive."\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:23-33\nThe Lord said
  to his disciples\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of 
 the Father\, he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have asked not
 hing in my name\; ask\, and you will receive\, that your joy may be full.\n
 \n"I have said this to you in figures\; the hour is coming when I shall no 
 longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father. In that 
 day you will ask in my name\; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the
  Father for you\; for the Father himself loves you\, because you have loved
  me and have believed that I came from the Father. I came from the Father a
 nd have come into the world\; again\, I am leaving the world and going to t
 he Father."\n\nHis disciples said\, "Ah\, now you are speaking plainly\, no
 t in any figure! Now we know that you know all things\, and need none to qu
 estion you\; by this we believe that you came from God." Jesus answered the
 m\, "Do you now believe? The hour is coming\, indeed it has come\, when you
  will be scattered\, every man to his home\, and will leave me alone\; yet 
 I am not alone\, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you\, that 
 in me you may have peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\; The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Za
 chariah)\; Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\; Afterfeast of the Presentat
 ion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Cuthman of Steyning\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the 
 great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our tres
 passes\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\
 , and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly plac
 es in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable
  riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace yo
 u have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is th
 e gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are
  his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepa
 red beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep 
 in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Bewa
 re of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in thei
 r synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sa
 ke\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you 
 up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for wh
 at you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who
  speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will d
 eliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will r
 ise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by a
 ll for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70\; Iren
 e the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\; Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamo
 u\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the d
 isciples were increasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the He
 brews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And th
 e twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not right tha
 t we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, 
 brethren\, pick out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of the S
 pirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote 
 ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pl
 eased the whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith an
 d of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon
 \, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set bef
 ore the apostles\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the 
 word of God increased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly 
 in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:10-18\nAt that time\, the disciples asked Jes
 us\, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" He replied\
 , "Elijah does come and he is to restore all things\; but I tell you that E
 lijah has already come\, and they did not know him\, but did to him whateve
 r they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands." Then th
 e disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist. An
 d when they came to the crowd\, a man came up to him and kneeling before hi
 m said\, "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffe
 rs terribly\; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the water. 
 And I brought him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him." And Jes
 us answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I to be wi
 th you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus re
 buked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\; Pachomios the Righteou
 s New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he 
 will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes o
 nly to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and ha
 ve it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his
  life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own t
 he sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; an
 d the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hirel
 ing and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my ow
 n and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I
  lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of 
 this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there 
 shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 26:1\,12-20\nI
 N THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have permission to speak fo
 r yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: "I jour
 neyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. A
 t midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than th
 e sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had a
 ll fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew langua
 ge\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against t
 he goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jes
 us whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have
  appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witnes
 s to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appe
 ar to you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I 
 send you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and
  from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins
  and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O
  King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared
  first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the coun
 try of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn 
 to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance." \n\nGospel Reading: J
 ohn 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs
  in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters b
 y the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the 
 sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them ou
 t. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the shee
 p follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, b
 ut they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." 
 This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was 
 saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you
 \, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbe
 rs\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by 
 me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\; Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantok
 rator Monastery\; Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaza
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is su
 re and worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproa
 ch\, because we have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of 
 all men\, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. 
 Let no one despise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech 
 and conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the p
 ublic reading of scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the
  gift you have\, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the counci
 l of elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yours
 elf to them\, so that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:
 17-19\, 9:1-2\, 10:16-21\nAt that time\, a crowd of his disciples and a gre
 at multitude of people came to Jesus from all Judea and Jerusalem and the s
 eacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their 
 diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And
  all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and heal
 ed them all. And he called the twelve together and gave them power and auth
 ority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and sent them out to preach th
 e kingdom of God and to heal\, and He said to them: "He who hears you hears
  me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him
  who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the de
 mons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fa
 ll like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread
  upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and no
 thing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirit
 s are subject to you: but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." I
 n that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, F
 ather\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from t
 he wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for s
 uch was your gracious will.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\; Holy Martyrs Timot
 hy\, Agapius and Thecla\; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\; Af
 terfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virg
 in Mary\; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 14:6-19\nBrethren\, if I come to you speaking in tongues\, how shal
 l I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy
  or teaching? If even lifeless instruments\, such as the flute or the harp\
 , do not give distinct notes\, how will any one know what is played? And if
  the bugle gives an indistinct sound\, who will get ready for battle? So wi
 th yourselves\; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible\, 
 how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air. 
 There are doubtless many different languages in the world\, and none is wit
 hout meaning\; but if I do not know the meaning of the language\, I shall b
 e a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. So with you
 rselves\; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit\, strive to 
 excell in building up the church. Therefore\, he who speaks in a tongue sho
 uld pray for the power to interpret. For if I pray in a tongue\, my spirit 
 prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with spirit a
 nd I will sing with the mind also. Otherwise\, if you bless with the spirit
 \, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your th
 anksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? For you may give than
 ks well enough\, but the other man is not edified. I thank God that I speak
  in tongues more than you all\; nevertheless\, in church I would rather spe
 ak five words with my mind\, in order to instruct others\, than ten thousan
 d words in a tongue.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:17-28\nAt that time\, as
  Jesus was going up to Jerusalem\, he took the twelve disciples aside\, and
  on the way he said to them\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\; and 
 the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes\, and the
 y will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked 
 and scourged and crucified\, and he will be raised on the third day."\n\nTh
 en the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him\, with her sons\, and k
 neeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her\, "What 
 do you want?" She said to him\, "Command that these two sons of mine may si
 t\, one at your right hand and one at your left\, in your kingdom." But Jes
 us answered\, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink t
 he cup that I am to drink?" They said to him\, "We are able." He said to th
 em\, "You will drink my cup\, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is
  not mine to grant\, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by m
 y Father." And when the ten heard it\, they were indignant at the two broth
 ers. But Jesus called them to him and said\, "You know that the rulers of t
 he Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great men exercise authority over
  them. It shall not be so among you\; but whoever would be great among you 
 must be your servant\, and whoever would be first among you must be your sl
 ave\; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve\, and to gi
 ve his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alexis the Man of God\; Paul the Righteous Martyr\; Patrick the Enligh
 tener of Ireland\; Marinos the Martyr\; Theocteristos the Confessor\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 6:1-12\nIn the year that King Uzzi
 ah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, high and lifted up\; and his
  train filled the temple.  Above him stood the seraphim\; each had six wing
 s: with two he covered his face\, and with two he covered his feet\, and wi
 th two he flew.  And one called to another and said: "Holy\, holy\, holy is
  the LORD of hosts\; the whole earth is full of his glory."  And the founda
 tions of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called\, and the hous
 e was filled with smoke.  And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost\; for I am 
 a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lip
 s\; for my eyes have seen the King\, the LORD of hosts!"  Then flew one of 
 the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken w
 ith tongs from the altar.  And he touched my mouth\, and said: "Behold\, th
 is has touched your lips\; your guilt is taken away\, and your sin forgiven
 ."  And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, "Whom shall I send\, and who
  will go for us?" Then I said\, "Here am I! Send me."  And he said\, "Go\, 
 and say to this people: 'Hear and hear\, but do not understand\; see and se
 e\, but do not perceive.'  Make the heart of this people fat\, and their ea
 rs heavy\, and shut their eyes\; lest they see with their eyes\, and hear w
 ith their ears\, and understand with their hearts\, and turn and be healed.
 "  Then I said\, "How long\, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste 
 without inhabitant\, and houses without men\, and the land is utterly desol
 ate\, and the LORD removes men far away\, and the forsaken places are many 
 in the midst of the land."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 5:1-24\n This 
 is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man\, he made him 
 in the likeness of God.  Male and female he created them\, and he blessed t
 hem and named them Man when they were created.  When Adam had lived a hundr
 ed and thirty years\, he became the father of a son in his own likeness\, a
 fter his image\, and named him Seth.  The days of Adam after he became the 
 father of Seth were eight hundred years\; and he had other sons and daughte
 rs.  Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years\;
  and he died.  \n\n When Seth had lived a hundred and five years\, he becam
 e the father of Enosh.  Seth lived after the birth of Enosh eight hundred a
 nd seven years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Se
 th were nine hundred and twelve years\; and he died.  \n\n When Enosh had l
 ived ninety years\, he became the father of Kenan.  Enosh lived after the b
 irth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years\, and had other sons and daug
 hters.  Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years\; and h
 e died.  \n\n When Kenan had lived seventy years\, he became the father of 
 Mahalalel.  Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel eight hundred and fort
 y years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Kenan wer
 e nine hundred and ten years\; and he died.  \n\n When Mahalalel had lived 
 sixty-five years\, he became the father of Jared.  Mahalalel lived after th
 e birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years\, and had other sons and da
 ughters.  Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five
  years\; and he died.  \n\n When Jared had lived a hundred and sixty-two ye
 ars he became the father of Enoch.  Jared lived after the birth of Enoch ei
 ght hundred years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of
  Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years\; and he died.  When Enoch had
  lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Methuselah.  Enoch walked
  with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years\, and had other
  sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred and six
 ty-five years.  Enoch walked with God\; and he was not\, for God took him.\
 n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:3-20\nThen do this\, my son\, and save
  yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go\, hasten\, and
  importune your neighbor.  Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slum
 ber\; save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter\, like a bird from the h
 and of the fowler.\n\n  Go to the ant\, O sluggard\; consider her ways\, an
 d be wise.  Without having any chief\, officer or ruler\, she prepares her 
 food in summer\, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.  How long will you 
 lie there\, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?  A little slee
 p\, a little slumber\, a little folding of the hands to rest\, and poverty 
 will come upon you like a vagabond\, and want like an armed man.  A worthle
 ss person\, a wicked man\, goes about with crooked speech\, winks with his 
 eyes\, scrapes with his feet\, points with his finger\, with perverted hear
 t devises evil\, continually sowing discord\; therefore calamity will come 
 upon him suddenly\; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.\n\n  Ther
 e are six things which the LORD hates\, seven which are an abomination to h
 im:  haughty eyes\, a lying tongue\, and hands that shed innocent blood\, a
  heart that devises wicked plans\, feet that make haste to run to evil\, a 
 false witness who breathes out lies\, and a man who sows discord among brot
 hers.  My son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake not your mothe
 r's teaching.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\; Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\; Ri
 ghteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:1-10\nTimothy\, my so
 n\, do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father\; treat
  younger men like brothers\, older women like mothers\, younger women like 
 sisters\, in all purity. Honor widows who are real widows. If a widow has c
 hildren or grandchildren\, let them first learn their religious duty to the
 ir own family and make some return to their parents\; for this is acceptabl
 e in the sight of God. She who is a real widow\, and is left all alone\, ha
 s set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and 
 day\; whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Comma
 nd this\, so that they may be without reproach. If any one does not provide
  for his relatives\, and especially for his own family\, he has disowned th
 e faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Let a widow be enrolled if she is 
 not less than sixty years of age\, having been the wife of one husband\; an
 d she must be well attested for her good deeds\, as one who has brought up 
 children\, shown hospitality\, washed the feet of the saints\, relieved the
  afflicted\, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 20:27-44\nAt that time\, there came to Jesus some Sadducees\, tho
 se who say that there is no resurrection\, and they asked him a question\, 
 saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies\, havin
 g a wife but no children\, the man must take the wife and raise up children
  for his brother. Now there were seven brothers\; the first took a wife\, a
 nd died without children\; and the second and the third took her\, and like
 wise all seven left no children and died. Afterward the woman also died. In
  the resurrection\, therefore\, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven
  had her as wife." And Jesus said to them\, "The sons of this age marry and
  are given in marriage\; but those who are accounted worthy to attain to th
 at age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in
  marriage\, for they cannot die any more\, because they are equal to angels
  and are sons of God\, being sons of the resurrection. But that the dead ar
 e raised\, even Moses showed\, in the passage about the bush\, where he cal
 ls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. N
 ow he is not God of the dead\, but of the living\; for all live to him." An
 d some of the scribes answered\, "Teacher\, you have spoken well." For they
  no longer dared to ask him any question. But he said to them\, "How can th
 ey say that the Christ is David's son? For David himself says in the Book o
 f Psalms\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I make t
 hy enemies a stool for thy feet.' David thus calls him Lord\; so how is he 
 his son?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theophanes the Confessor\; Symeon the New Theologian\; Gregory Dialogo
 s\, Bishop of Rome\; Phineas\, grandson of Prophet Aaron\; Paul Aurelian\, 
 Bishop of Brittany\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Tes
 tament Reading: Zechariah 8:7-17\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Behold\, I
  will save my people from the east country and from the west country\; and 
 I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem\; and they shall be my
  people and I will be their God\, in faithfulness and in righteousness."\n\
 nThus says the Lord of hosts:  "Let your hands be strong\, you who in these
  days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets\, since 
 the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid\, th
 at the temple might be built.  For before those days there was no wage for 
 man or any wage for beast\, neither was there any safety from the foe for h
 im who went out or came in\; for I set every man against his fellow.  But n
 ow I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days\, 
 says the Lord of hosts.  For there shall be a sowing of peace\; the vine sh
 all yield its fruit\, and the ground shall give its increase\, and the heav
 ens shall give their dew\; and I will cause the remnant of this people to p
 ossess all these things.  And as you have been a byword of cursing among th
 e nations\, O house of Judah and house of Israel\, so will I save you and y
 ou shall be a blessing.  Fear not\, but let your hands be strong."\n\nFor t
 hus says the Lord of hosts:  "As I purposed to do evil to you\, when your f
 athers provoked me to wrath\, and I did not relent\, says the Lord of hosts
 \,  so again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to t
 he house of Judah\; fear not.  These are the things that you shall do: Spea
 k the truth to one another\, render in your gates judgments that are true a
 nd make for peace\, do not devise evil in your hearts against one another\,
  and love no false oath\, for all these things I hate\, says the Lord."\n\n
 Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 8:19-23\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Th
 e fast of the fourth month\, and the fast of the fifth\, and the fast of th
 e seventh\, and the fast of the tenth\, shall be to the house of Judah seas
 ons of joy and gladness\, and cheerful feasts\; therefore love truth and pe
 ace.\n\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Peoples shall yet come\, even the in
 habitants of many cities\; the inhabitants of one city shall go to another\
 , saying\, 'Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord\, and to see
 k the Lord of hosts\; I am going.'  Many peoples and strong nations shall c
 ome to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem\, and to entreat the favor of th
 e Lord.  Thus says the Lord of hosts:  In those days ten men from the natio
 ns of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew\, saying\, 'Let us 
 go with you\, for we have heard that God is with you.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70\; Iren
 e the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\; Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamo
 u\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the d
 isciples were increasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the He
 brews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And th
 e twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not right tha
 t we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, 
 brethren\, pick out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of the S
 pirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote 
 ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pl
 eased the whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith an
 d of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon
 \, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set bef
 ore the apostles\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the 
 word of God increased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly 
 in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:31-36\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The king
 dom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in
  his field\; it is the smallest of all seeds\, but when it has grown it is 
 the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree\, so that the birds of the air co
 me and make nests in its branches." He told them another parable. "The king
 dom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures o
 f flour\, till it was all leavened."\n\nAll this Jesus said to the crowds i
 n parables\; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to 
 fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables\,
  I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world." Then
  Jesus left the crowds and went into the house.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Gennadios I and Ma
 ximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Righteous Mother Hilda of Whitby\n\n
 Fast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 12:7-11\nBrethren\, to each is given the manifestation of the S
 pirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance
  of wisdom\, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the sam
 e Spirit\, to another faith by the same Spirit\, to another gifts of healin
 g by the one Spirit\, to another the working of miracles\, to another proph
 ecy\, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits\, to another va
 rious kinds of tongues\, to another the interpretation of tongues. All thes
 e are inspired by one and the same Spirit\, who apportions to each one indi
 vidually as he wills.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35\nAt that time\, grea
 t multitudes accompanied Jesus\; and he turned and said to them\, "If any o
 ne comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and chi
 ldren and brothers and sisters\, yes\, and even his own life\, he cannot be
  my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me\, canno
 t be my disciple. For which of you\, desiring to build a tower\, does not f
 irst sit down and count the cost\, whether he has enough to complete it? Ot
 herwise\, when he has laid a foundation\, and is not able to finish\, all w
 ho see it begin to mock him\, saying\, 'This man began to build\, and was n
 ot able to finish.' Or what king\, going to encounter another king in war\,
  will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thous
 and to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not\, wh
 ile the other is yet a great way off\, he sends an embassy and asks terms o
 f peace. So therefore\, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has ca
 nnot be my disciple. Salt is good\; but if salt has lost its taste\, how sh
 all its saltness be restored? It is fit neither for the land nor for the du
 nghill\; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\, & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamu
 s\; Benjamin the Deacon\; Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece\; Florentios the
  Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Meletios of Pegas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:8-14\nBrethren\, God 
 is my witness\, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
  And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more\, with knowled
 ge and all discernment\, so that you may approve what is excellent\, and ma
 y be pure and blameless for the day of Christ\, filled with the fruits of r
 ighteousness which come through Jesus Christ\, to the glory and praise of G
 od. I want you to know\, brethren\, that what has happened to me has really
  served to advance the gospel\, so that it has become known throughout the 
 whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Chri
 st\; and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because 
 of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak the word of God withou
 t fear.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through c
 ities and villages\, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of
  God. And the twelve were with him\, and also some women who had been heale
 d of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seve
 n demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, 
 and Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Theodora the Righteous\; Pionios
  the Presbyter\; George the New Wonderworker of Constantinople\; Trophimos 
 and Thallos the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Jud. 1:11-25\nBeloved\, woe to the ungodly\, for they walk i
 n the way of Cain\, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's
  error\, and perish in Korah's rebellion.  These are blemishes on your love
  feasts\, as they boldly carouse together\, looking after themselves\; wate
 rless clouds\, carried along by winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, tw
 ice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the sea\, casting up the foam of their 
 own shame\; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been 
 reserved for ever.\n\nIt was of these also that Enoch in the seventh genera
 tion from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy 
 myriads\, to execute judgment on all\, and to convict all the ungodly of al
 l their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly w
 ay\, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against 
 him."  These are grumblers\, malcontents\, following their own passions\, l
 oud-mouthed boasters\, flattering people to gain advantage.\n\nBut you must
  remember\, beloved\, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Chr
 ist\; they said to you\, "In the last time there will be scoffers\, followi
 ng their own ungodly passions."  It is these who set up divisions\, worldly
  people\, devoid of the Spirit.  But you\, beloved\, build yourselves up on
  your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yourselves in the lo
 ve of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 
  And convince some\, who doubt\; save some\, by snatching them out of the f
 ire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hating even the garment spotted by the
  flesh.\n\nNow to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present y
 ou without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing\, to the
  only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\,
  dominion\, and authority\, before all time and now and for ever.  Amen.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\, 44-56\nAt that time\, the chief priest
 s\, the scribes\, and elders of the people brought Jesus before Pilate.  An
 d they began to accuse him\, saying\, "We found this man perverting our nat
 ion\, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar\, and saying that he hims
 elf is Christ a king."  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jew
 s?"  And he answered him\, "You have said so."  And Pilate said to the chie
 f priests and the multitudes\, "I find no crime in this man."  But they wer
 e urgent\, saying\, "He stirs up the people\, teaching throughout all Judea
 \, from Galilee even to this place."\n\nWhen Pilate heard this\, he asked w
 hether the man was a Galilean.  And when he learned that he belonged to Her
 od's jurisdiction\, he sent him over to Herod\, who was himself in Jerusale
 m at that time.  When Herod saw Jesus\, he was very glad\, for he had long 
 desired to see him\, because he had heard about him\, and he was hoping to 
 see some sign done by him.  So he questioned him at some length\; but he ma
 de no answer.  The chief priests and the scribes stood by\, vehemently accu
 sing him.  And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked
  him\; then\, arraying him in gorgeous apparel\, he sent him back to Pilate
 .  And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day\, for 
 before this they had been at enmity with each other.\n\nPilate then called 
 together the chief priests and the rulers and the people\, and said to them
 \, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people\; and afte
 r examining him before you\, behold\, I did not find this man guilty of any
  of your charges against him\; neither did Herod\, for he sent him back to 
 us.  Behold\, nothing deserving death has been done by him\; I will therefo
 re chastise him and release him." Now he was obliged to release one man to 
 them at the festival.\n\nBut they all cried out together\, "Away with this 
 man\, and release to us Barabbas" -- a man who had been thrown into prison 
 for an insurrection started in the city\, and for murder.  Pilate addressed
  them once more\, desiring to release Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "Cruci
 fy\, crucify him!"  A third time he said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he 
 done?  I have found in him no crime deserving death\; I will therefore chas
 tise him and release him."  But they were urgent\, demanding with loud crie
 s that he should be crucified.  And their voices prevailed.  So Pilate gave
  sentence that their demand should be granted.  He released the man who had
  been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder\, whom they asked for\
 ; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.\n\nAnd as they led him away\, th
 ey seized one Simon of Cyrene\, who was coming in from the country\, and la
 id on him the cross\, to carry it behind Jesus.  And there followed him a g
 reat multitude of the people\, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. 
  But Jesus turning to them said\, "Daughters of Jerusalem\, do not weep for
  me\, but weep for yourselves and for your children.  For behold\, the days
  are coming when they will say\, 'Blessed are the barren\, and the wombs th
 at never bore\, and the breasts that never gave suck!'  Then they will begi
 n to say to the mountains\, 'Fall on us'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.'  
 For if they do this when the wood is green\, what will happen when it is dr
 y?"\n\nAnd when they came to the place which is called The Skull\, there th
 ey crucified him\, and the criminals\, one on the right and one on the left
 .\n\nIt was now about the sixth hour\, and there was darkness over the whol
 e land until the ninth hour\, while the sun's light failed\; and the curtai
 n of the temple was torn in two.  Then Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\, s
 aid\, "Father\, into your hands I commit my spirit!"  And having said this 
 he breathed his last.  Now when the centurion saw what had taken place\, he
  praised God\, and said\, "Certainly this man was innocent!"  And all the m
 ultitudes who assembled to see the sight\, when they saw what had taken pla
 ce\, returned home beating their breasts.  And all his acquaintances and th
 e women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these
  things.\n\nNow there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimat
 hea.  He was a member of the council\, a good and righteous man\, who had n
 ot consented to their purpose and deed\, and he was looking for the kingdom
  of God.  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Then he
  took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud\, and laid him in a rock hew
 n tomb\, where no one had ever yet been laid.  It was the day of Preparatio
 n\, and the sabbath was beginning.  The women who had come with him from Ga
 lilee followed\, and saw the tomb\, and how his body was laid\; then they r
 eturned\, and prepared spices and ointments.\n\nOn the sabbath they rested 
 according to the commandment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Tuesday after Pascha\; Methodius & Cyril\, Equal-to-the Apostles I
 lluminators of the Slavs\; Renewal of Constantinople\; Hieromartyr Mocius\;
  Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; Dioscoros the New Martyr\; Argyr
 ios the New-Martyr of Epanomi\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:1-10\nIn those day
 s\, while the apostles were speaking to the people\, the priests and the ca
 ptain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them\, annoyed because they
  were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from th
 e dead. And they arrested them and put them in custody until the morrow\, f
 or it was already evening. But many of those who heard the word believed\; 
 and the number of the men came to about five thousand.\n\nOn the morrow the
 ir rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem\, with
  Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander\, and all who we
 re of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst\, t
 hey inquired\, "By what power or by what name did you do this?" Then Peter\
 , filled with the Holy Spirit\, said to them\, "Rulers of the people and el
 ders\, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crip
 ple\, by what means this man has been healed\, be it known to you all\, and
  to all the people of Israel\, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
 \, whom you crucified\, whom God raised from the dead\, by him this man is 
 standing before you well."\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said t
 o his disciples: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that w
 hoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sen
 t the Son into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world mi
 ght be saved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned\; he who 
 does not believe is condemned already\, because he has not believed in the 
 name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment\, that the light has 
 come into the world\, and men loved darkness rather than light\, because th
 eir deeds were evil. For every one who does evil hates the light\, and does
  not come to the light\, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does 
 what is true comes to the light\, that it may be clearly seen that his deed
 s have been wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Ascension\; The Holy Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\;
  Nikitas\, Bishop of Chalcedon\; Eutechios\, Bishop of Mytilene\; Helikonis
  the Martyr\; Heladios the Hieromartyr of the East\; Zacharias the New Mart
 yr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the fir
 st day of the week\, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had
  cast seven demons.  She went and told those who had been with him\, as the
 y mourned and wept.  But when they heard that he was alive and had been see
 n by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another 
 form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country.  And they went
  back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them.\n\nAfterward he ap
 peared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table\; and he upbraided the
 m for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed 
 those who saw him after he had risen.  And he said to them\, "Go into all t
 he world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.  He who believes and 
 is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 
  And these signs will accompany those who believe:  in my name they will ca
 st out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents
 \, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will l
 ay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Je
 sus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down
  at the right hand of God.  And they went forth and preached everywhere\, w
 hile the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that 
 attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-12\nIn the
  first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do a
 nd teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, after he had given commandm
 ent through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he 
 presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to the
 m during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying
  with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for t
 he promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John 
 baptized with water\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the H
 oly Spirit." So when they had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will
  you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?" He said to them\, "it is 
 not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own 
 authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon y
 ou\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samari
 a and to the end of the earth." And when he had said this\, as they were lo
 oking on\, he was lifted up\, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And 
 while they were gazing into heaven as he went\, behold\, two men stood by t
 hem in white robes\, and said\,"Men of Galilee\, why do you stand looking i
 nto heaven? This Jesus\, who was taken up from you into heaven\, will come 
 in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." Then they returned from the
  mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey aw
 ay.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen f
 rom the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "Peac
 e to you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they s
 aw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do quest
 ionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; 
 handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that 
 I have." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet. And
  while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "H
 ave you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and 
 he took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my wor
 ds which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything writ
 ten about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fu
 lfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said
  to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the t
 hird day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins s
 hould be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. Yo
 u are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my Fath
 er upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from 
 on high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his ha
 nds\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and wa
 s carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to Jer
 usalem with great joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God.\n\
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: David the Righteous of Thessalonika\; Appearance of the Icon of Our Mo
 st Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 9:18-33\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, a
 nd he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Wh
 y does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are you\,
  a man\, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Wh
 y have you made me thus?" Has the potter no right over the clay\, to make o
 ut of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use? What 
 if God\, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power\, has endur
 ed with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction\, in order 
 to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he h
 as prepared beforehand for glory\, even us whom he has called\, not from th
 e Jews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those
  who were not my people I will call 'my people\,' and her who was not belov
 ed I will call 'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where it was said to t
 hem\, 'You are not my people\,' they will be called 'sons of the living God
 .'" And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons 
 of Israel be as the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\
 ; for the Lord will execute his sentence upon the earth with rigor and disp
 atch." And as Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us chil
 dren\, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What sh
 all we say\, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have atta
 ined it\, that is\, righteousness through faith\; but that Israel who pursu
 ed the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling th
 at law. Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it we
 re based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is w
 ritten\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\,
  a rock that will make them fall\; and he who believes in him will not be p
 ut to shame."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John 
 heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his discipl
 es and said to him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for anot
 her?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: th
 e blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the
  deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preac
 hed to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me." As they went aw
 ay\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go o
 ut into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did 
 you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear s
 oft raiment are in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophe
 t? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is wri
 tten\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare y
 our way before you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there
  has risen no one greater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in th
 e kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist u
 ntil now the kingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men of violenc
 e take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John\
 ; and if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who
  has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dionysios the Areopagite\; John the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\; R
 usticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostle
 s 17:16-34\nIn those days\, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens\, his
  spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 
 So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons\, and in
  the market place every day with those who chanced to be there. Some also o
 f the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said\, "What would
  this babbler say?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign div
 inities" - because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. And they took ho
 ld of him and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what thi
 s new teaching is which you present? For you bring some strange things to o
 ur ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things mean." Now all the At
 henians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing exce
 pt telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of th
 e Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are v
 ery religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your wor
 ship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' W
 hat therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who 
 made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does
  not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as tho
 ugh he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath 
 and everything. And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the
  face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries 
 of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that they mig
 ht feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for
  'In him we live and move and have our being'\; as even some of your poets 
 have said\, 'For we are indeed his offspring.' Being then God's offspring\,
  we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold\, or silver\, or stone\,
  a representation by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance
  God overlooked\, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent\, becaus
 e he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a
  man whom he has appointed\, and of this he has given assurance to all men 
 by raising him from the dead." Now when they heard of the resurrection of t
 he dead\, some mocked\; but others said\, "We will hear you again about thi
 s." So Paul went out from among them. But some men joined him and believed\
 , among them Dionysios the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others 
 with them.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:17-26\nAt that time\, as Jesus was tea
 ching\, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by\, who had c
 ome from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem\; and the po
 wer of the Lord was present to heal them. And behold\, men were bringing on
  a bed a man who was paralyzed\, and they sought to bring him in and lay hi
 m before him\; but finding no way to bring him in\, because of the crowd\, 
 they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles in
 to the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith he said\, "Man\, you
 r sins are forgiven you." And the scribes and the Pharisees began to questi
 on\, saying\, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins bu
 t God only?" When Jesus perceived their questionings\, he answered them\, "
 Why do you question in your hearts? Which is easier\, to say\, 'Your sins a
 re forgiven you\,' or to say\, 'Rise and walk'? But that you may know that 
 the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the ma
 n who was paralyzed -- "I say to you\, rise\, take up your bed and go home.
 " And immediately he rose before them\, and took up that on which he lay\, 
 and went home\, glorifying God. And amazement seized them all\, and they gl
 orified God and were filled with awe\, saying\, "We have seen strange thing
 s today."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1
 4-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after  he was 
 raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, 
 do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know tha
 t I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to
  him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lor
 d\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said 
 to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was 
 grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he s
 aid to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesu
 s said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you we
 re young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you ar
 e old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and car
 ry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said to show by what death h
 e was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPet
 er turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had la
 in close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that 
 is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, w
 hat about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out am
 ong the brethren that this disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say t
 o him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until 
 I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple who is bearing witness
  to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his 
 testimony is true.  But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; 
 were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself coul
 d not contain the books that would be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I
 I Corinthians 11:21-33\;12:1-9\nBrethren\, whatever anyone dares to boast o
 f -- I am speaking as a fool -- I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebr
 ews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham
 ? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one -- I am talking l
 ike a madman -- with far greater labors\, far more imprisonments\, with cou
 ntless beatings\, and often near death. Five times I have received at the h
 ands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I have been beaten 
 with rods\; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked\; a nigh
 t and a day I have been adrift at sea\; on frequent journeys\, in danger fr
 om rivers\, danger from robbers\, danger from my own people\, danger from G
 entiles\, danger in the city\, danger in the wilderness\, danger at sea\, d
 anger from false brethren\; in toil and hardship\, through many a sleepless
  night\, in hunger and thirst\, often without food\, in cold and exposure. 
 And\, apart from other things\, there is the daily pressure upon me of my a
 nxiety for all the churches. Who is weak\, and I am not weak? Who is made t
 o fall\, and I am not indignant?\n\nIf I must boast\, I will boast of the t
 hings that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus\, he who 
 is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus\, the governor u
 nder King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me\, but I 
 was let down in a basket through a window in the wall\, and escaped his han
 ds.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go o
 n to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourte
 en years ago was caught up to the third heaven -- whether in the body or ou
 t of the body I do not know\, God knows. And I know that this man was caugh
 t up into Paradise -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\
 , God knows -- and he heard things that cannot be told\, which man may not 
 utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not
  boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not b
 e a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so th
 at no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. And to 
 keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was
  given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me f
 rom being too elated. Three times I besought the Lord about this\, that it 
 should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grace is sufficient for you\, for
  my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of
  my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus came into the district of C
 aesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who do men say that the Son of
  man is?" And they said\, "Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, 
 and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them\, "But who do 
 you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\, the Son of 
 the living God." And Jesus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona
 ! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is i
 n heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my
  church\, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give 
 you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shal
 l be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in h
 eaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Canaanite\; Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-b
 earer\; Ignatius and Nicandrus of Sinai\; Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev 
 Caves\; Gildas the Wise\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from the d
 ead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me mor
 e than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He
  said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son
  of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I 
 love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\
 , "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said
  to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you
  know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my 
 sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded your
 self and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch o
 ut your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wi
 sh to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And 
 after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following the
 m the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the s
 upper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When P
 eter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said 
 to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to yo
 u? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this discip
 le was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, b
 ut\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" 
 This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has w
 ritten these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are
  also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be writ
 ten\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that woul
 d be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:16-18\;7:1\nBrethr
 en\, you are the temple of the living God\; as God said\, "I will live in t
 hem and move among them\, and I will be their God\, and they shall be my pe
 ople. Therefore come out from them\, and be separate from them\, says the L
 ord\, and touch nothing unclean\; then I will welcome you\, and I will be a
  father to you\, and you shall be my sons and daughters\, says the Lord Alm
 ighty."\n\nSince we have these promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselve
 s from every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in t
 he fear of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:21-28\nAt that time\, Jesus w
 ent to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold\, a Canaanite woman from 
 that region came out and cried\, "Have mercy on me\, O Lord\, Son of David\
 ; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her 
 a word. And his disciples came and begged him\, saying\,  "Send her away\, 
 for she is crying after us." He answered\,  "I was sent only to the lost sh
 eep of the house of Israel." But she came and knelt before him\, saying\,  
 "Lord\, help me." And he answered\,  "It is not fair to take the children's
  bread and throw it to the dogs." She said\,  "Yes\, Lord\, yet even the do
 gs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." Then Jesus answered
  her\,  "O woman\, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." 
 And her daughter was healed instantly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\; Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\; Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Pe
 ter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for they were fis
 hermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of m
 en." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from t
 here he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brot
 her\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he c
 alled them. Immediately they left their boat and their father\, and followe
 d him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and pre
 aching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirm
 ity among the people.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Co
 rinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\,
  like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the wo
 rld\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wi
 se in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but
  we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-cla
 d and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. Wh
 en reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we t
 ry to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the worl
 d\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed
 \, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countles
 s guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father
  in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me
 .\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-51\nAt that time\, John was standing with tw
 o of his disciples\; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Beho
 ld\, the Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they foll
 owed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "Wha
 t do you seek?" And they said to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Whe
 re are you staying?" He said to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw wh
 ere he was staying\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about t
 he tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was
  Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and sai
 d to him\, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him
  to Jesus. Jesus looked at him\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of Jo
 hn? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter). \n\n The next day Jesu
 s decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow m
 e." Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip fo
 und Nathanael\, and said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the l
 aw and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Na
 thanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said
  to him\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of h
 im\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said 
 to him\, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called y
 ou\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\
 , "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answe
 red him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you be
 lieve? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of G
 od ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\; Anastasios\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Porphyr
 ios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins 
 Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of 
 men who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up t
 o the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and gov
 ernors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. S
 ettle it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer
 \; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries 
 will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by p
 arents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put
  to death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of 
 your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace t
 hat is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnes
 ses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in
  suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets en
 tangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enli
 sted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rul
 es. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the c
 rops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in 
 everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from
  David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and
  wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Ther
 efore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may ob
 tain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: J
 ohn 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\
 , to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me 
 before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its o
 wn\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the worl
 d\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 
 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they w
 ill persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But 
 all this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him w
 ho sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin
 \; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Fat
 her also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, t
 hey would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Fa
 ther.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated
  me without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send
  to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the 
 Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because 
 you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to k
 eep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indee
 d\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering ser
 vice to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost\; Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apo
 stles of the 70\; Alexandros the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; George the Ne
 w of Sofia\; Augustine\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed
 )\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:6-18\nIn those days\, the apostles fled to Ly
 stra and Derbe\, cities of Lycaonia\, and to the surrounding country\; and 
 there they preached the gospel. Now at Lystra there was a man sitting\, who
  could not use his feet\; he was a cripple from birth\, who had never walke
 d. He listened to Paul speaking\; and Paul\, looking intently at him and se
 eing that he had faith to be made well\, said in a loud voice\, "Stand upri
 ght on your feet." And he sprang up and walked. And when the crowds saw wha
 t Paul had done\, they lifted up their voices\, saying in Lycaonian\, "The 
 gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" Barnabas they called Zeu
 s\, and Paul\, because he was the chief speaker\, they called Hermes. And t
 he priest of Zeus\, whose temple was in front of the city\, brought oxen an
 d garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people. But 
 when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it\, they tore their garments 
 and rushed out among the multitude\, crying\, "Men\, why are you doing this
 ? We also are men\, of like nature with you\, and bring you good news\, tha
 t you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heave
 n and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he
  allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways\; yet he did not leave h
 imself without witness\, for he did good and gave you from heaven rains and
  fruitful seasons\, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." With th
 ese words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to th
 em.\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:14-30\nAbout the middle of the feast Jesus we
 nt up into the temple and taught. The Jews marveled at it saying\, "How is 
 it that this man has learning\, when he has never studied?" So Jesus answer
 ed them\, "My teaching is not mine\, but his who sent me\; if any man's wil
 l is to do his will\, he shall know whether the teacher is from God or whet
 her I am speaking on my own authority. He who speaks on his own authority s
 eeks his own glory\; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true
 \, and in him there is not falsehood. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet n
 one of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?" The people answered\
 , "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?" Jesus answered them\, "I 
 did one deed\, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not t
 hat it is from Moses\, but from the fathers)\, and you circumcise a man upo
 n the sabbath. If on the sabbath a man receives circumcision\, so that the 
 law of Moses may not be broken\, are you angry with me because on the sabba
 th I made a man's whole body well? Do not judge by appearances\, but judge 
 with right judgment."\n\nSome of the people of Jerusalem therefore said\, "
 Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is\, speaking openl
 y\, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know
  that this is the Christ? Yet we know where this man comes from\; and when 
 the Christ appears\, no one will know where he comes from." So Jesus procla
 imed\, as he taught in the temple\, "You know me\, and you know where I com
 e from? But I have not come of my own accord\; he who sent me is true\, and
  him you do not know. I know him\, for I come from him\, and he sent me." S
 o they sought to arrest him\; but no one laid hands on him\, because his ho
 ur had not yet come.\n\n
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SUMMARY:4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenophon & his Companions\; Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Corinthians 1:21-24\;2:1-4\nBrethren\, it is God who establish
 es us with you in Christ\, and has commissioned us\; he has put his seal up
 on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.\n\nBut I call G
 od to witness against me - it was to spare you that I refrained from coming
  to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith\; we work with you for you
 r joy\, for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind not to make
  you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain\, who is there to make 
 me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did\, so that when
  I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice\
 , for I felt sure of all of you\, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 
 For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many t
 ears\, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I h
 ave for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:14-30\nThe Lord said this parabl
 e: "A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his 
 property\; to one he gave five talents\, to another two\, to another one\, 
 to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received th
 e five talents went at once and traded with them\; and he made five talents
  more. So also\, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he w
 ho had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his maste
 r's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and sett
 led accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forwa
 rd\, bringing five talents more\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivered to me fi
 ve talents\; here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him\, 
 'Well done\, good and faithful servant\; you have been faithful over a litt
 le\, I will set you over much\; enter into the joy of your master.' And he 
 also who had the two talents came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, you delivere
 d to me two talents\; here I have made two talents more.' His master said t
 o him\, 'Well done\, good and faithful servant\; you have been faithful ove
 r a little\, I will set you over much\; enter into the joy of your master.'
  He also who had received the one talent came forward\, saying\, 'Master\, 
 I knew you to be a hard man\, reaping where you did not sow\, and gathering
  where you did not winnow\; so I was afraid\, and I went and hid your talen
 t in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him\
 , 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not s
 owed\, and gather where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have investe
 d my money with the bankers\, and at my coming I should have received what 
 was my own with interest. So take the talent from him\, and give it to him 
 who has the ten talents. For to every one who has will more be given\, and 
 he will have abundance\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will b
 e taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness\; ther
 e men will weep and gnash their teeth." As he said these things he cried ou
 t: "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear!"\n\n
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SUMMARY: Xenophon & his Companions
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\; Nikon Metanoeite\; Stylianos the
  Monk of Paphlagonia\; Akakios of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder\; Ge
 orge the New Martyr of Chios\; Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 11:1-6\nBrethren\, I wish you would b
 ear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! I feel a divine jealo
 usy for you\, for I betrothed you to Christ to present you as a pure bride 
 to her one husband. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his
  cunning\, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotio
 n to Christ. For if some one comes and preaches another Jesus than the one 
 we preached\, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you receive
 d\, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted\, you sub
 mit to it readily enough. I think that I am not in the least inferior to th
 ese superlative apostles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking\, I am not in 
 knowledge\; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I 
 have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over al
 l the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not 
 rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that yo
 ur names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy 
 Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that y
 ou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed th
 em to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🐟 Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230809
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\; Our Holy Father Myronus th
 e Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\; Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagor
 as and Anastasius of Thessolonica\; Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\; Kall
 inikos\, Metropolitan of Edessa and Pella\; Afterfeast of the Transfigurati
 on of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anastatios the Martyr from Bulgari
 a\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:29-38\nBrethren\, wha
 t do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are n
 ot raised at all\, why are people baptized on their behalf? Why am I in per
 il every hour? I protest\, brethren\, by my pride in you which I have in Ch
 rist Jesus our Lord\, I die every day! What do I gain if\, humanly speaking
 \, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If the dead are not raised\, "Let us ea
 t and drink\, for tomorrow we die." Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins 
 good morals." Come to your right mind\, and sin no more. For some have no k
 nowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But some one will ask\, "How are
  the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish man! Wh
 at you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not th
 e body which is to be\, but a bare kernel\, perhaps of wheat or some other 
 grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen\, and to each kind of seed 
 its own body.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-27\nAt that time\, when Jesu
 s entered the temple\, the chief priests and the elders of the people came 
 up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what authority are you doing 
 these things\, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I a
 lso will ask you a question\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also w
 ill tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John\, whe
 nce was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued with one another\, "I
 f we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not believ
 e him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for a
 ll hold that John was a prophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know.
 " And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do the
 se things."\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230128
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\; Peter the Righteous of Egypt\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinop
 le\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9
 \nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by ano
 ther way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door
  is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear
  his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he
  has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow h
 im\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they wi
 ll flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figur
 e Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to 
 them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am th
 e door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but t
 he sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he wi
 ll be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such
  a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, ex
 alted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to off
 er sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the peop
 le\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law
  appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\
 , which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect 
 for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high
  priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty 
 in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up n
 ot by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\
 , "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go
  in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and d
 estroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the
  good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He wh
 o is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the
  wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them an
 d scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for t
 he sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as t
 he Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the s
 heep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring th
 em also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one sh
 epherd."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🍇 Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constan
 tinople
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Wednesday after Pascha\; Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\; 
 Glaphyra the Righteous\; Justa the Nun\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:13-22\nIn those days\, when the Jews saw the bold
 ness of Peter and John\, and perceived that they were uneducated\, common m
 en\, they wondered\; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But
  seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them\, they had nothin
 g to say in opposition. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of
  the council\, they conferred with one another\, saying\, "What shall we do
  with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is
  manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem\, and we cannot deny it. But 
 in order that it may spread no further among the people\, let us warn them 
 to speak no more to any one in this name." So they called them and charged 
 them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John 
 answered them\, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you r
 ather than to God\, you must judge\; for we cannot but speak of what we hav
 e seen and heard." And when they had further threatened them\, they let the
 m go\, finding no way to punish them\, because of the people\; for all men 
 praised God for what had happened. For the man on whom the sign of healing 
 was performed was more than forty years old.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:17-2
 4\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "My Father is working still\,
  and I am working." This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him\,
  because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his own Father\,
  making himself equal with God.\n\n Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I
  say to you\, the Son can do nothing of his own accord\, but only what he s
 ees the Father doing\; for whatever he does\, that the Son does likewise. F
 or the Father loves the Son\, and shows him all that he himself is doing\; 
 and greater works than these he will show him\, that you may marvel. For as
  the Father raises the dead and gives them life\, so also the Son gives lif
 e to whom he will. The Father judges no one\, but has given all judgment to
  the Son\, that all may honor the Son\, even as they honor the Father. He w
 ho does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly\, t
 ruly\, I say to you\, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me\, h
 as eternal life\; he does not come into judgment\, but has passed from deat
 h to life."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🍇 2nd Wednesday after Pascha
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210730
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical4e339a81bda7293a724d8aa0422a805b
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\; Theodota the Martyr and her Children\; Ho
 ly Virgin Martyr Theodota\; Constantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Pious King Theodosius the New\; Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; O
 laf of Norway\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 3:18-23\nBrethren\, let no 
 one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this ag
 e\, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this w
 orld is folly with God. For it is written\, "He catches the wise in their c
 raftiness\," and again\, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are 
 futile." So let no one boast of men. For all things are yours\, whether Pau
 l or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the 
 future\, all are yours\; and you are Christ's\; and Christ is God's.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 13:36-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus went into the house\
 , his disciples came to him\, saying\, "Explain to us the parable of the we
 eds of the field." He answered\, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of m
 an\; the field is the world\, and the good seed means the sons of the kingd
 om\; the weeds are the sons of the evil one\, and the enemy who sowed them 
 is the devil\; the harvest is the close of the age\, and the reapers are an
 gels. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire\, so will it be a
 t the close of the age. The Son of man will send his angels\, and they will
  gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers\, and throw 
 them into the furnace of fire\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. 
 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 
 He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyr Callinicus
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210520
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical66c2d2233180f0e8e64ca5fd5c503996
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Wednesday after Pascha\; Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Pr
 usa and His Fellow Martyrs Acacius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\; Our Righteo
 us Father Memnonus the Wonderworker\; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\nFa
 st Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:18-25\nIn those da
 ys\, when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the 
 apostles' hands\, he offered them money\, saying\, "Give me also this power
 \, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." But Pe
 ter said to him\, "Your silver perish with you\, because you thought you co
 uld obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in thi
 s matter\, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of this
  wickedness of yours\, and pray to the Lord that\, if possible\, the intent
  of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of b
 itterness and in the bond of iniquity." And Simon answered\, "Pray for me t
 o the Lord\, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."\n\nNow w
 hen they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord\, they returned to J
 erusalem\, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 6:35-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "I
  am the bread of life\; he who comes to me shall not hunger\, and he who be
 lieves in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me an
 d yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me\; and hi
 m who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven\, n
 ot to do my own will\, but the will of him who sent me\; and this is the wi
 ll of him who sent me\, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given
  me\, but raise it up at the last day."\n\n
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SUMMARY:3rd Wednesday after Pascha
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210813
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalebd10db49d3ee10097d86b3f94ac9c21
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\; Sergios\, Stephen an
 d Kastor\; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\; Soldier-martyrs o
 f Crete\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 10:28-33\;11:1-8\n
 Brethren\, if someone says to you\, "This has been offered in sacrifice\," 
 then out of consideration for the man who informed you\, and for conscience
 's sake - I mean his conscience\, not yours - do not eat it. For why should
  my liberty be determined by another man's scruples? If I partake with than
 kfulness\, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? So\,
  whether you eat or drink\, or whatever you do\, do all to the glory of God
 . Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God\, just as I 
 try to please all men in everything I do\, not seeking my own advantage\, b
 ut that of many\, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me\, as I am of C
 hrist. I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the
  traditions even as I have delivered them to you. But I want you to underst
 and that the head of every man is Christ\, the head of a woman is her husba
 nd\, and the head of Christ is God. Any man who prays or prophesies with hi
 s head covered dishonors his head\, but any woman who prays of prophesies w
 ith her head unveiled dishonors her head - it is the same as if her head we
 re shaven. For if a woman will not veil herself\, then she should cut off h
 er hair\, but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven\, let 
 her wear a veil. For a man ought not to cover his head\, since he is the im
 age and glory of God\; but woman is the glory of man. (For man was not made
  from woman\, but woman from man.)\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:24-28\nThe
  Lord said to his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him den
 y himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his l
 ife will lose it\, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For
  what will it profit a man\, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his l
 ife? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? For the Son of man is
  to come with his angels in the glory of his Father and then he will repay 
 every man for what he has done. Truly\, I say to you\, there are some stand
 ing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in 
 his kingdom."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Chri
 st
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230709
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\; Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantok
 rator Monastery\; Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaza
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is su
 re and worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproa
 ch\, because we have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of 
 all men\, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. 
 Let no one despise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech 
 and conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the p
 ublic reading of scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the
  gift you have\, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the counci
 l of elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yours
 elf to them\, so that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:
 17-19\, 9:1-2\, 10:16-21\nAt that time\, a crowd of his disciples and a gre
 at multitude of people came to Jesus from all Judea and Jerusalem and the s
 eacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their 
 diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And
  all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and heal
 ed them all. And he called the twelve together and gave them power and auth
 ority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and sent them out to preach th
 e kingdom of God and to heal\, and He said to them: "He who hears you hears
  me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him
  who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the de
 mons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fa
 ll like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread
  upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and no
 thing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirit
 s are subject to you: but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." I
 n that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, F
 ather\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from t
 he wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for s
 uch was your gracious will.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 7:12-24\nBrethren\, if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever\
 , and she consents to live with him\, he should not divorce her. If any wom
 an has a husband who is an unbeliever\, and he consents to live with her\, 
 she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is consecrated thro
 ugh his wife\, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband.
  Otherwise\, your children would be unclean\, but as it is they are holy. B
 ut if the unbelieving partner desires to separate\, let it be so\; in such 
 a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace. 
 Wife\, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband\, how do
  you know whether you will save your wife? Only\, let every one lead the li
 fe which the Lord has assigned to him\, and in which God has called him. Th
 is is my rule in all the churches. Was any one at the time of his call alre
 ady circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was 
 any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcisio
 n. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision\, but ke
 eping the commandments of God. Every one should remain in the state in whic
 h he was called. Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can g
 ain your freedom\, avail yourself of the opportunity. \nFor he who was cal
 led in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was f
 ree when called is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price\; do no
 t become slaves of men. So\, brethren\, in whatever state each was called\,
  there let him remain with God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:35-36\;15:1-1
 1\nAt that time\, when the men of Gennesaret recognized Jesus\, they sent r
 ound to all that region and brought to him all that were sick\, and besough
 t him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment\; and as many as
  touched it were made well.\n\nThen Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus fro
 m Jerusalem and said\, "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of t
 he elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." He answered the
 m\, "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your 
 tradition? For God commanded\, 'Honor your father and your mother\,' and\, 
 'He who speaks evil of father or mother\, let him surely die.' But you say\
 , 'If any one tells his father or his mother\, What you would have gained f
 rom me is given to God\, he need not honor his father.' So\, for the sake o
 f your tradition\, you have made void the word of God. You hypocrites! Well
  did Isaiah prophesy of you\, when he said: 'This people honors me with the
 ir lips\, but their heart is far from me\; in vain do they worship me\, tea
 ching as doctrines the precepts of men.' " And he called the people to him 
 and said to them\, "Hear and understand: not what goes into the mouth defil
 es a man\, but what comes out of the mouth\, this defiles a man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\
 ; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\; Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 6:20\;7:1-12\nBrethren\, glorify God in 
 your body and in your spirit which are from God. Now concerning the matters
  about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman. But beca
 use of the temptation to immorality\, each man should have his own wife and
  each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjug
 al rights\, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not rul
 e over her own body\, but the husband does\; likewise the husband does not 
 rule over his own body\, but the wife does. Do not refuse one another excep
 t perhaps by agreement for a season\, that you may devote yourselves to pra
 yer\; but then come together again\, lest Satan tempt you through lack of s
 elf-control. I say this by way of concession\, not of command. I wish that 
 all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God\, one o
 f one kind and one of another. To the unmarried and the widows I say that i
 t is well for them to remain single as I do. But if they cannot excercise s
 elf-control\, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflam
 e with passion. To the married I give charge\, not I but the Lord\, that th
 e wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does\, let her rema
 in single or else be reconciled to her husband) - and that the husband shou
 ld not divorce the wife. To the rest I say\, not the Lord\, that if any bro
 ther has a wife who is an unbeliever\, and she consents to live with him\, 
 he should not divorce her.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time
 \, Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he said to his se
 rvants\, "This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from the dead\; tha
 t is why these powers are at work in him." For Herod had seized John and bo
 und him and put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Phil
 ip's wife\; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for you to have he
 r." And though he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the people\, becau
 se they held him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday came\, the daug
 hter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so that he p
 romised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mo
 ther\, she said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."
  And the king was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he comman
 ded it to be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\, and his 
 head was brought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she brought it to
  her mother. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it\; and t
 hey went and told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew from there
  in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\, they fol
 lowed him on foot from the towns.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the New\; Herodion the Apostle of the 70\; Stephen the Wonder
 worker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 14:24-32\n The LORD 
 of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, and as I have pur
 posed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian in my land\, and
  upon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke shall depart from 
 them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the purpose that is pu
 rposed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand that is stretched 
 out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purposed\, and who wil
 l annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn it back?  In the 
 year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, O Philistia\, al
 l of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for from the serpent's 
 root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a flying serpent.  An
 d the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie down in safety\;
  but I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I will slay.  Wai
 l\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, all of you! For sm
 oke comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in his ranks."  What
  will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founded Zion\,
  and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Genesis 8:21-9:7\n And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\, the L
 ORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground because of man
 \, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neither will
  I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.  While the eart
 h remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer and winter\, day 
 and night\, shall not cease."  \n\n And God blessed Noah and his sons\, and
  said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth.  The fear o
 f you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth\, and upo
 n every bird of the air\, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all
  the fish of the sea\; into your hand they are delivered.  Every moving thi
 ng that lives shall be food for you\; and as I gave you the green plants\, 
 I give you everything.  Only you shall not eat flesh with its life\, that i
 s\, its blood.  For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning\; of e
 very beast I will require it and of man\; of every man's brother I will req
 uire the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by man shall his bl
 ood be shed\; for God made man in his own image.  And you\, be fruitful and
  multiply\, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it."\n\nOld
  Testament Reading: Proverbs 11:19-12:6\nHe who is steadfast in righteousne
 ss will live\, but he who pursues evil will die.  Men of perverse mind are 
 an abomination to the LORD\, but those of blameless ways are his delight.  
 Be assured\, an evil man will not go unpunished\, but those who are righteo
 us will be delivered.  Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful w
 oman without discretion.  The desire of the righteous ends only in good\; t
 he expectation of the wicked in wrath.  One man gives freely\, yet grows al
 l the richer\; another withholds what he should give\, and only suffers wan
 t.  A liberal man will be enriched\, and one who waters will himself be wat
 ered.  The people curse him who holds back grain\, but a blessing is on the
  head of him who sells it.  He who diligently seeks good seeks favor\, but 
 evil comes to him who searches for it.  He who trusts in his riches will wi
 ther\, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.  He who troubles 
 his household will inherit wind\, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
   The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life\, but lawlessness takes away
  lives.  If the righteous is requited on earth\, how much more the wicked a
 nd the sinner!  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge\, but he who hates
  reproof is stupid.  A good man obtains favor from the LORD\, but a man of 
 evil devices he condemns.  A man is not established by wickedness\, but the
  root of the righteous will never be moved.  A good wife is the crown of he
 r husband\, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.  The 
 thoughts of the righteous are just\; the counsels of the wicked are treache
 rous.  The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood\, but the mouth of the
  upright delivers men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\; Anastasios\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Porphyr
 ios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2
 1:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their
  hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and p
 risons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's s
 ake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in 
 your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you
  a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withst
 and or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers an
 d kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will b
 e hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish.
  By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timoth
 y 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus
 \, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithfu
 l men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good s
 oldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pu
 rsuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete i
 s not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardwork
 ing farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what 
 I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemembe
 r Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached i
 n my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like 
 a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everyth
 ing for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Chri
 st Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.
   If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  
 If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you a
 re not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the worl
 d hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not grea
 ter than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if
  they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do 
 to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had 
 not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have n
 o excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had no
 t done among them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin
 \; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfil
 l the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\
 n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Fathe
 r\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear 
 witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me 
 from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling a
 way.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming
  when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:11-21\; 11:1-2\nBrethren\, the
  scripture says\, "No one who believes in God will be put to shame." For th
 ere is no distinction between Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all 
 and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For\, "every one who cal
 ls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." But how are men to call upon h
 im in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of wh
 om they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And 
 how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful 
 are the feet of those who preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed t
 he gospel\; for Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard fr
 om us?" So faith comes from what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the 
 preaching of Christ. But I ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; fo
 r "Their voice has gone out to all the earth\, and their words to the ends 
 of the world." Again I ask\, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, 
 "I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nat
 ion I will make you angry." Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been
  found by those who did not seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did 
 not ask for me." But of Israel he says\, "All day long I have held out my h
 ands to a disobedient and contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected
  his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraha
 m\, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom
  he foreknew.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus pa
 ssed on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he sa
 id to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at 
 table in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat 
 down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they s
 aid to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and s
 inners?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need 
 of a physician\, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I 
 desire mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, b
 ut sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs in the Quarter 
 of Eugenius\; Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus\; Anthousa the
  Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:20-21
 \;2:1-9\nBeloved\, first of all you must understand this\, that no prophecy
  of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation\, because no prophecy
  ever came by the impulse of man\, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke f
 rom God.\n\nBut false prophets also arose among the people\, just as there 
 will be false teachers among you\, who will secretly bring in destructive h
 eresies\, even denying the Master who bought them\, bringing upon themselve
 s swift destruction.  And many will follow their licentiousness\, and becau
 se of them the way of truth will be reviled.  And in their greed they will 
 exploit you with false words\; from of old their condemnation has not been 
 idle\, and their destruction has not been asleep.\n\nFor if God did not spa
 re the angels when they sinned\, but cast them into hell and committed them
  to pits of nether gloom to be kept until the judgment\; if he did not spar
 e the ancient world\, but preserved Noah\, a herald of righteousness\, with
  seven other persons\, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodl
 y\; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned th
 em to extinction and made them an example to those who were to be ungodly\;
  and if he rescued righteous Lot\, greatly distressed by the licentiousness
  of the wicked (for by what that righteous man saw and heard as he lived am
 ong them\, he was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their lawl
 ess deeds)\, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial\, and t
 o keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 13:9-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Take heed to you
 rselves\; for they will deliver you up to councils\; and you will be beaten
  in synagogues\; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake\
 , to bear testimony before them. And the gospel must first be preached to a
 ll nations. And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up\, do not be
  anxious beforehand what you are to say\; but say whatever is given you in 
 that hour\, for it is not you who speak\, but the Holy Spirit. And brother 
 will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children 
 will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hate
 d by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onuphrius of Egypt\; Peter the Athonite\; Holy Martyr Antonine\; John 
 the Soldier of Egypt\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 
 2:28-29\;3:1-18\nBrethren\, he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly\, nor
  is true circumcision something external and physical. He is a Jew who is o
 ne inwardly\, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart\, spiritual an
 d not literal. His praise is not from men but from God. Then what advantage
  has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To b
 egin with\, the Jews are entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some we
 re unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By
  no means! Let God be true though every man be false\, as it is written\, "
 That thou mayest be justified in thy words\, and prevail when thou art judg
 ed." But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God\, what shall w
 e say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
  By no means! For then how could God judge the world? But if through my fal
 sehood God's truthfulness abounds to his glory\, why am I still being conde
 mned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good may come? - as some people 
 slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just. What then? 
 Are we Jews any better off? No\, not at all\; for we have already charged t
 hat all men\, both Jews and Greeks\, are under the power of sin\, as it is 
 written:\n\n"None is righteous\, no\, not one\; no one understands\, no one
  seeks for God. All have turned aside\, together they have gone wrong\; no 
 one does good\, not even one."\n\n"Their throat is an open grave\, they use
  their tongues to deceive."\n\n"The venom of asps is under their lips."\n\n
 "Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."\n\n"Their feet are swift to
  shed blood\, in their paths are ruin and misery\, and the way of peace the
 y do not know." \n\n"There is no fear of God before their eyes."\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 6:31-34\; 7:9-11\nThe Lord said\, "Do not be anxious\, say
 ing\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear
 ?' For the Gentiles seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father knows 
 that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\, 
 and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious ab
 out tomorrow\, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own t
 rouble be sufficient for the day. Or what man of you\, if his son asks him 
 for bread\, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish\, will give him
  a serpent? If you then\, who are evil\, know how to give good gifts to you
 r children\, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good thin
 gs to those who ask him!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Holy Cross\; Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortyn
 ia\; Ariadne the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nMatins Gospel Rea
 ding: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He
  appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
  She went and told those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. 
 But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would
  not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\,
  as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the res
 t\, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven the
 mselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and h
 ardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He
  had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gos
 pel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; 
 but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompa
 ny those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will spea
 k in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadl
 y thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, a
 nd they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to t
 hem\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And
  they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them 
 and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified b
 y works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believe
 d in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not b
 y works of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified.
  But if\, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were fou
 nd to be sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I 
 build up again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a trans
 gressor. For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. 
 I have been crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ
  who lives in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in 
 the Son of God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, let 
 him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would sav
 e his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the go
 spel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole worl
 d and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For
  whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful genera
 tion\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the gl
 ory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I s
 ay to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste death before th
 ey see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Cantania\; Our Holy Father Niph
 onus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracl
 e in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\; Afterfeast of the Transfi
 guration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:6-19\nBrethren\, if I come t
 o you speaking in tongues\, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some
  revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? If even lifeless instrume
 nts\, such as the flute or the harp\, do not give distinct notes\, how will
  any one know what is played? And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound\, 
 who will get ready for battle? So with yourselves\; if you in a tongue utte
 r speech that is not intelligible\, how will any one know what is said? For
  you will be speaking into the air. There are doubtless many different lang
 uages in the world\, and none is without meaning\; but if I do not know the
  meaning of the language\, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the sp
 eaker a foreigner to me. So with yourselves\; since you are eager for manif
 estations of the Spirit\, strive to excell in building up the church. There
 fore\, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. Fo
 r if I pray in a tongue\, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. What a
 m I to do? I will pray with spirit and I will sing with the mind also. Othe
 rwise\, if you bless with the spirit\, how can any one in the position of a
 n outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what y
 ou are saying? For you may give thanks well enough\, but the other man is n
 ot edified. I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all\; neverth
 eless\, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind\, in order t
 o instruct others\, than ten thousand words in a tongue.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 20:17-28\nAt that time\, as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem\, he t
 ook the twelve disciples aside\, and on the way he said to them\, "Behold\,
  we are going up to Jerusalem\; and the Son of man will be delivered to the
  chief priests and scribes\, and they will condemn him to death\, and deliv
 er him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified\, and he wil
 l be raised on the third day."\n\nThen the mother of the sons of Zebedee ca
 me up to him\, with her sons\, and kneeling before him she asked him for so
 mething. And he said to her\, "What do you want?" She said to him\, "Comman
 d that these two sons of mine may sit\, one at your right hand and one at y
 our left\, in your kingdom." But Jesus answered\, "You do not know what you
  are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said t
 o him\, "We are able." He said to them\, "You will drink my cup\, but to si
 t at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant\, but it is for thos
 e for whom it has been prepared by my Father." And when the ten heard it\, 
 they were indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and s
 aid\, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them\, and the
 ir great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you\; b
 ut whoever would be great among you must be your servant\, and whoever woul
 d be first among you must be your slave\; even as the Son of man came not t
 o be served but to serve\, and to give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\; Polychronios the Martyr
 \; Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\; John the Hermit of Crete\;
  Jonah of Manchuria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Ephesians 5:25-33\nBrethren\, husbands\, love your wives\, as Christ l
 oved the church and gave himself up for her\, that he might sanctify her\, 
 having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word\, that he might p
 resent the church to himself in splendor\, without spot or wrinkle or any s
 uch thing\, that she might be holy and without blemish. Even so husbands sh
 ould love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves hims
 elf. For no man ever hates his own flesh\, but nourishes and cherishes it\,
  as Christ does the church\, because we are members of his body. "For this 
 reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife\, 
 and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is a profound one\, and I
  am saying that it refers to Christ and the church\; however\, let each one
  of you love his wife as himself\, and let the wife see that she respects h
 er husband.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:46-49\, 7:1\nThe Lord said\, "Why do 
 you call me 'Lord\, Lord\,' and not do what I tell you? Every one who comes
  to me and hears my words and does them\, I will show you what he is like: 
 he is like a man building a house\, who dug deep\, and laid the foundation 
 upon rock\; and when a flood arose\, the stream broke against that house\, 
 and could not shake it\, because it had been founded upon the rock. But he 
 who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the groun
 d without a foundation\; against which the stream broke\, and immediately i
 t fell\, and the ruin of that house was great." After he had ended all his 
 sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle of the 70\, one of the 7 Deacons\; Theophanes the C
 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\; Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\; Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\; Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\; Kenneth\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Acts of the Apostles 8:26-39\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord s
 aid to Philip\, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down fr
 om Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And beh
 old\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of the Et
 hiopians\, in charge of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship
  and was returning\; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isa
 iah. And the Spirit said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So Phil
 ip ran to him\, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do 
 you understand what you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless som
 e one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now th
 e passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led t
 o the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his 
 mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his gene
 ration? For his life is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said to Ph
 ilip\, "About whom\, pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself or ab
 out some one else?" Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with this 
 scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. And as they went along the ro
 ad they came to some water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! Wh
 at is to prevent my being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe with
  all your heart\, you may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ i
 s the Son of God." And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both wen
 t down into the water\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And wh
 en they came up out of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\
 ; and the eunuch saw him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 9:12-18\nAt that time\, the twelve disciples came to Jesus a
 nd said to him\, "Send the crowd away\, to go into the villages and country
  round about\, to lodge and get provisions\; for we are here in a lonely pl
 ace." But he said to them\, "You give them something to eat." They said\, "
 We have no more than five loaves and two fish -- unless we are to go and bu
 y food for all these people." For there were about five thousand men. And h
 e said to his disciples\, "Make them sit down in companies\, about fifty ea
 ch." And they did so\, and made them all sit down. And taking the five loav
 es and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, and blessed and broke them\, a
 nd gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And all ate and were
  satisfied. And they took up what was left over\, twelve baskets of broken 
 pieces. Now it happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were wit
 h him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\; Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea\; Martyr Heliodorus\;
  Anthimos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Marty
 rs\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 8:1-5\nBre
 thren\, I want you to know about the grace of God which has been shown in t
 he churches of Macedonia\, for in a severe test of affliction\, their abund
 ance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of libera
 lity on their part. For they gave according to their means\, as I can testi
 fy\, and beyond their means\, of their own free will\, begging us earnestly
  for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints - and this\, not 
 as we expected\, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us by th
 e will of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:57-62\nAt that time\, as Jesus was
  going along the road\, a man said to him\, "I will follow you wherever you
  go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and birds of the air have
  nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." To another he sai
 d\, "Follow me." But he said\, "Lord\, let me first go and bury my father."
  But he said to him\, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead\; but as for y
 ou\, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Another said\, "I will follow you
 \, Lord\; but let me first say farewell to those at my home." Jesus said to
  him\, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the 
 kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Thursday after Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of t
 he Lord\; Eulogios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts
  4:23-31\nIn those days\, when the apostles were released they went to thei
 r friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to th
 em. And when they heard it\, they lifted their voices together to God and s
 aid\, "Sovereign Lord\, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea
  and everything in them\, who by the mouth of our father David\, thy servan
 t\, didst say by the Holy Spirit\, 'Why did the Gentiles rage\, and the peo
 ples imagine vain things? The kings of the earth set themselves in array\, 
 and the rulers were gathered together\, against the Lord and against his An
 ointed'- for truly in this city there were gathered together against thy ho
 ly servant Jesus\, whom thou didst anoint\, both Herod and Pontius Pilate\,
  with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel\, to do whatever thy hand and 
 thy plan had predestined to take place. And now\, Lord\, look upon their th
 reats\, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness\, whi
 le thou stretchest out thy hand to heal\, and signs and wonders are perform
 ed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus." And when they had prayed\, 
 the place in which they were gathered together was shaken\; and they were a
 ll filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 5:24-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who hears my word and believes him who se
 nt me\, has eternal life\; he does not come into judgment\, but has passed 
 from death to life. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the hour is coming\, and
  now is\, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God\, and those w
 ho hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself\, so he has grante
 d the Son also to have life in himself\, and has given him authority to exe
 cute judgment\, because he is the Son of man. Do not marvel at this\; for t
 he hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and com
 e forth\, those who have done good\, to the resurrection of life\, and thos
 e who have done evil\, to the resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing on
  my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, because
  I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Commemoration o
 f the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 12:28-36\nThe Lord said\, "Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came f
 rom heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd
  standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An ang
 el has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\
 , not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of 
 this world be cast out: and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will d
 raw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die. T
 he crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains
  for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is th
 is Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little lo
 nger. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he w
 ho walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\
 , believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 1:18-24\nBrethren\, the word of the cross is folly to t
 hose who are perishing\, but to us who are being saved it is the power of G
 od. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise\, and the cl
 everness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man? Where is the 
 scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisd
 om of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of God\, the world did not know 
 God through wisdom\, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to 
 save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom\, but 
 we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentile
 s\, but to those who are called\, both Jews and Greeks\, Christ the power o
 f God and the wisdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:6-11\, 13-20\, 25-2
 8\, 30\nAt that time\, when the chief priests and the officers saw him\, th
 ey cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pilate said to them\, "Take him
  yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no crime in him." The Jews answere
 d him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ought to die\, because he has m
 ade himself the Son of God."\n\nWhen Pilate heard these words\, he was the 
 more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus\, "Where ar
 e you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate therefore said to him\, "You 
 will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you\, an
 d power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, "You would have no power over
  me unless it had been given you from above\; therefore he who delivered me
  to you has the greater sin." When Pilate heard these words\, he brought Je
 sus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement\, 
 and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover
 \; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews\, "Behold your King!" T
 hey cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him\, crucify him!" Pilate said 
 to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered\, "We hav
 e no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So 
 they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing his own cross\, to the place ca
 lled the place of a skull\, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha. There they 
 crucified him\, and with him two others\, one on either side\, and Jesus be
 tween them. Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross\; it read\, "
 Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Many of the Jews read this title
 \, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city\; and it was w
 ritten in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n\nBut standing by the cross of
  Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\
 , and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he 
 loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold your son!" Th
 en he said to the disciple\, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour the d
 isciple took her to his own home. Then when Jesus had received the vinegar\
 , he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The
  Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
  - Mediatress\; Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokalyvia\, Mount Athos\; Hilar
 y of Poitiers\; Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were conf
 ined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. S
 o that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justi
 fied by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custo
 dian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as 
 many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neith
 er Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male 
 nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\,
  then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that
  the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though h
 e is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees u
 ntil the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we we
 re slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had f
 ully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\,
  to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption
  as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teach
 ing the people in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests a
 nd the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what a
 uthority you do these things\, or who it is that gave you this authority." 
  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the
  baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed it with one 
 another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you 
 not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone u
 s\; for they are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they answered that
  they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I
  tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Th
 e Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raitho\; Plato the Hieromartyr\, Bishop o
 f Tallini and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicholas\; A
 gnes the Virgin-martyr\; Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\; Nina of Geo
 rgia\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lor
 d and in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor of God\, that y
 ou may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we are not con
 tending against flesh and blood\, but against the principalities\, against 
 the powers\, against the world rulers of this present darkness\, against th
 e spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore take the
  whole armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day\, a
 nd having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having girded your loin
 s with truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness\, and hav
 ing shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace\; besides all 
 these\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can quench all the flam
 ing darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvation\, and the swor
 d of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-
 11\nAt that time\, Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
  tempted by the devil.  And he fasted forty days and forty nights\, and aft
 erward he was hungry.  And the tempter came and said to him\, "If you are t
 he Son of God\, command these stones to become loaves of bread."  But he an
 swered\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone\, but by every
  word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"  Then the devil took him to th
 e holy city\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\,
  "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down\; for it is written\, 'He
  will give his angels charge of you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear y
 ou up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"  Jesus said to him\, "
 Again\, it is written\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"  Again\, 
 the devil took him to a very high mountain\, and showed him all the kingdom
 s of the world and the glory of them\; and he said to him\, "All these I wi
 ll give you\, if you will fall down and worship me."  Then Jesus said to hi
 m\, "Be gone\, Satan! for it is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your 
 God and him only shall you serve.'"  Then the devil left him\, and behold\,
  angels came and ministered to him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\; Our Holy Father Michael of Ma
 leinus\; Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic\; Paisios the
  Athonite\; Veronica\, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by 
 Jesus\; Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: Rom
 ans 14:9-18\nBrethren\, to this end Christ died and lived again\, that he m
 ight be Lord both of the dead and of the living. Why do you pass judgment o
 n your brother? Or you\, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all 
 stand before the judgment seat of God\; for it is written. "As I live\, say
 s the Lord\, every knee shall bow to me\, and every tongue shall give prais
 e to God." So each of us shall give account of himself to God. Then let us 
 no more pass judgment on one another\, but rather decide never to put a stu
 mbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded 
 in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself\; but it is unclean for
  any one who thinks it unclean. If your brother is being injured by what yo
 u eat\, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause th
 e ruin of one for whom Christ died. So do not let your good be spoken of as
  evil. For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and p
 eace and joy in the Holy Spirit\; he who thus serves Christ is acceptable t
 o God and approved by men.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:14-16\; 22-30\nAt 
 that time\, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus\, how to destroy him. 
 Jesus\, aware of this\, withdrew from there. And many followed him\, and he
  healed them all\, and ordered them not to make him known.\n\nThen a blind 
 and dumb demoniac was brought to him\, and he healed him\, so that the dumb
  man spoke and saw. And all the people were amazed\, and said\, "Can this b
 e the Son of David?" But when the Pharisees heard it they said\, "It is onl
 y by Beelzebul\, the prince of demons\, that this man casts out demons." Kn
 owing their thoughts\, he said to them\, "Every kingdom divided against its
 elf is laid waste\, and no city or house divided against itself will stand\
 ; and if Satan casts out Satan\, he is divided against himself\; how then w
 ill his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do y
 our sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is b
 y the Spirit of God that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has co
 me upon you. Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his good
 s\, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his ho
 use. He who is not with me is against me\, and he who does not gather with 
 me scatters."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/31/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\; Innocent\, Enlighte
 ner of Siberia & Alaska\; Akakios the Confessor\; Theophilos the Martyr and
  those with him\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 10:12-20\n 
 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he w
 ill punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pri
 de.  For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it\, and by my wi
 sdom\, for I have understanding\; I have removed the boundaries of peoples\
 , and have plundered their treasures\; like a bull I have brought down thos
 e who sat on thrones.  My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peop
 les\; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered all
  the earth\; and there was none that moved a wing\, or opened the mouth\, o
 r chirped."  Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it\, or the 
 saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him 
 who lifts it\, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!  Therefore
  the Lord\, the LORD of hosts\, will send wasting sickness among his stout 
 warriors\, and under his glory a burning will be kindled\, like the burning
  of fire.  The light of Israel will become a fire\, and his Holy One a flam
 e\; and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.  The glor
 y of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy\, both soul 
 and body\, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.  The remnant of t
 he trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.  In
  that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob wil
 l no more lean upon him that smote them\, but will lean upon the LORD\, the
  Holy One of Israel\, in truth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:6-9\n N
 oah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
   And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into
  the ark\, to escape the waters of the flood.  Of clean animals\, and of an
 imals that are not clean\, and of birds\, and of everything that creeps on 
 the ground\, two and two\, male and female\, went into the ark with Noah\, 
 as God had commanded Noah.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 9:12-18\nIf y
 ou are wise\, you are wise for yourself\; if you scoff\, you alone will bea
 r it.  A foolish woman is noisy\; she is wanton and knows no shame.  She si
 ts at the door of her house\, she takes a seat on the high places of the to
 wn\, calling to those who pass by\, who are going straight on their way\,  
 "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" And to him who is without sense
  she says\,  "Stolen water is sweet\, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant
 ."  But he does not know that the dead are there\, that her guests are in t
 he depths of Sheol.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\; Galaktion & his wife Episteme\,
  the Martyrs of Emesa\; Hermas\, Patrobos\, Gaios\, Linos\, & Philologos\, 
 Apostles of the 70\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 3:12-18\nBrethren\, s
 ince we have such a hope\, we are very bold\, not like Moses\, who put a ve
 il over his face so that the Israelites might not see the end of the fading
  splendor. But their minds were hardened\; for to this day\, when they read
  the old covenant\, that same veil remains unlifted\, because only through 
 Christ is it taken away.  Yes\, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil l
 ies over their minds\; but when a man turns to the Lord the veil is removed
 . Now the Lord is the Spirit\, and where the Spirit of the Lord is\, there 
 is freedom. And we all\, with unveiled face\, beholding the glory of the Lo
 rd\, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to anothe
 r\; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  9:1-6\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power
  and authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and he sent them out 
 to preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them\, "Take nothi
 ng for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; and do n
 ot have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, stay there\, and from th
 ere depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, when you leave that town
  shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." And they d
 eparted and went through the villages\, preaching the gospel and healing ev
 erywhere.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel\; Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\; Holy 
 Martyr Golinduc\; Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\; Serapion the Martyr\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message dec
 lared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received 
 a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvati
 on? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by tho
 se who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and var
 ious miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his 
 own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, o
 f which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man tha
 t thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? T
 hou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast cro
 wned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his 
 feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing out
 side his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to 
 him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the ange
 ls\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so th
 at by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitti
 ng that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons 
 to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffe
 ring.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "H
 e who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who r
 ejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\
 , "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to t
 hem\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given y
 ou authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power 
 of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in t
 his\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are
  written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and s
 aid\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidd
 en these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\
 ; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia\; Cleopas and Artemas
  of the 70 Apostles\; Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: I Corinthians 15:58\;16:1-3\nBrethren\, be steadfast\, immovable\, alwa
 ys abounding in the work of the Lord\, knowing that in the Lord your labor 
 is not in vain. Now concerning the contribution for the saints: as I direct
 ed the churches of Galatia\, so you also are to do. On the first day of eve
 ry week\, each of you is to put something aside and store it up\, as he may
  prosper\, so that contributions need not be made when I come. And when I a
 rrive\, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to
  Jerusalem.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after 
 lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts
  it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid
  that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be kn
 own and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has wil
 l more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that he ha
 s will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, bu
 t they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother an
 d your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to
  them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and d
 o it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fathers of the 1st Council\; Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\; Triphyllos
  the Bishop of Nicosia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time
 \, being raised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by 
 the Sea of Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Th
 omas called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\,
  and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, 
 "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went o
 ut and got into the boat\; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day 
 was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disciples did not know th
 at it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They 
 answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of t
 he boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not 
 able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus love
 d said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the 
 Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang in
 to the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net ful
 l of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards
  off.\n\nWhen they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\, with 
 fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish 
 that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net a
 shore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and althou
 gh there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come an
 d have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who are you?"
  They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to th
 em\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revea
 led to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Acts 20:16-18\,28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Epheso
 s\, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia\; for he was hastening 
 to be at Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Mileto
 s he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when t
 hey came to him\, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the 
 flock\, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the c
 hurch of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that a
 fter my departure fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the fl
 ock\; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse thing
 s\, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, remembering
  that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one wi
 th tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, which
  is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those wh
 o are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yoursel
 ves know that these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who w
 ere with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must hel
 p the weak\, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, 'it is
  more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus\, he 
 knelt down and prayed with them all. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "Father\, the hour
  has come\; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you have 
 given him power over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you have 
 given him. And this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true God\
 , and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, having ac
 complished the work which you gave me to do\; and now\, Father\, you glorif
 y me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the wo
 rld was made.\n\n"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me o
 ut of the world\; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and they have
  kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is fr
 om you\; for I have given them the words which you gave me\, and they have 
 received them and know in truth that I came from you\; and they have believ
 ed that you did send me. I am praying for them\; I am not praying for the w
 orld but for those whom you have given me\, for they are mine\; all mine ar
 e yours\, and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no 
 more in the world\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to you. Hol
 y Father\, keep them in your name\, which you have given me\, that they may
  be one\, even as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in your n
 ame\, which you have given me\; I have guarded them\, and none of them is l
 ost but the son of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But n
 ow I am coming to you\; and these things I speak in the world\, that they m
 ay have my joy fulfilled in themselves."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Matthew\; Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God 
 and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\; Nic
 odemus the New Martyr of Meteora\; Timothy of Euripus\, founder of the Mona
 stery of Pentele\; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Holy Monk Penteles\; Afterfeas
 t of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and 
 Basil who contested in Megara\; Manuel and John the New Martyrs\; Stamatios
  the Martyr\; Apostolos the New-Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-
 14\nAt that time\, being raised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself to t
 he disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this way. 
 Simon Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the s
 ons of Zebedee\, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter
  said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with y
 ou." They went out and got into the boat\; but that night they caught nothi
 ng. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disciples
  did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you 
 any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the
  right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and no
 w they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. The disciple
  whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard 
 that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work
 \, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, drag
 ging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about
  a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fi
 re there\, with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring s
 ome of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and 
 hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of t
 hem\; and although there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to
  them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him\
 , "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread a
 nd gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that
  Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethre
 n\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to de
 ath\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to me
 n. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak
 \, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the 
 present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homele
 ss\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; w
 hen persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we hav
 e become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of a
 ll things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as
  my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you 
 do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through 
 the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 17:14-23\nAt that time\, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him
  said\, "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffer
 s terribly\; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the water.  
 And I brought him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him."  And Je
 sus answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I to be w
 ith you?  How long am I to bear with you?  Bring him here to me."  And Jesu
 s rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured insta
 ntly.  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said\, "Why could we 
 not cast it out?"  He said to them\, "Because of your little faith.  For tr
 uly I say to you\, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will 
 say to this mountain\, 'Move hence to yonder place\,' and it will move\; an
 d nothing will be impossible to you.  But this kind never comes out except 
 by prayer and fasting."  As they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to 
 them\,  "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men\, and they
  will kill him\, and he will be raised on the third day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose an
 d went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she ente
 red the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard 
 the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fill
 ed with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are yo
 u among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gran
 ted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when th
 e voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for j
 oy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wh
 at was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifie
 s the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded 
 the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations w
 ill call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, a
 nd holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and r
 eturned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, hav
 e this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, thoug
 h he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be
  grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born 
 in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself an
 d became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has hig
 hly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, th
 at at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and 
 under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to t
 he glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt
  that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received h
 im into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's
  feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much ser
 ving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my siste
 r has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord a
 nswered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many th
 ings\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall
  not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised
  her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the b
 reasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear t
 he word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Wednesday after Pascha\; Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Germanos\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\; Remova
 l of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\n\nFast D
 ay (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:13-22\nIn those days\,
  when the Jews saw the boldness of Peter and John\, and perceived that they
  were uneducated\, common men\, they wondered\; and they recognized that th
 ey had been with Jesus. But seeing the man that had been healed standing be
 side them\, they had nothing to say in opposition. But when they had comman
 ded them to go aside out of the council\, they conferred with one another\,
  saying\, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has bee
 n performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem\, 
 and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may spread no further among the
  people\, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name." So th
 ey called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of
  Jesus. But Peter and John answered them\, "Whether it is right in the sigh
 t of God to listen to you rather than to God\, you must judge\; for we cann
 ot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when they had further thr
 eatened them\, they let them go\, finding no way to punish them\, because o
 f the people\; for all men praised God for what had happened. For the man o
 n whom the sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 5:17-24\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "M
 y Father is working still\, and I am working." This was why the Jews sought
  all the more to kill him\, because he not only broke the sabbath but also 
 called God his own Father\, making himself equal with God.\n\n Jesus said t
 o them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the Son can do nothing of his own 
 accord\, but only what he sees the Father doing\; for whatever he does\, th
 at the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son\, and shows him all 
 that he himself is doing\; and greater works than these he will show him\, 
 that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life\
 , so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father judges no one\, bu
 t has given all judgment to the Son\, that all may honor the Son\, even as 
 they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Fat
 her who sent him. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who hears my word and b
 elieves him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he does not come into judgment
 \, but has passed from death to life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\; Holy Martyr Philetaerus\; Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Letter to the Hebrews 10:1-18\nBrethren\, since the law has but a shado
 w of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities\, 
 it can never\, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year af
 ter year\, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise\, would they not hav
 e ceased to be offered? If the worshipers had once been cleansed\, they wou
 ld no longer have any consciousness of sin. But in these sacrifices there i
 s a reminder of sin year after year. For it is impossible that the blood of
  bulls and goats should take away sins. Consequently\, when he came into th
 e world\, he said\, "Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired\, but a
  body hast thou prepared for me\; in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou
  hast taken no pleasure. Then I said\, 'Lo\, I have come to do thy will\, O
  God\,' as it is written of me in the roll of the book." When he said above
 \, "Thou hast neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offering
 s and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to th
 e law)\, then he added\, "Lo\, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes th
 e first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been san
 ctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And 
 every priest stands daily at his service\, offering repeatedly the same sac
 rifices\, which can never take away sins. But when this one had offered for
  all time a single sacrifice for sins\, he sat down at the right hand of Go
 d\, then to wait until his enemies should be made a stool for his feet. For
  by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctifie
 d. And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us\; for after saying\, "This 
 is the covenant that I will make with them after those days\, says the Lord
 : I will put my laws on their hearts\, and write them on their minds\," the
 n he adds\, "I will remember their sins and their misdeeds no more." Where 
 there is forgiveness of these\, there is no longer any offering for sin.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Mark 8:22-26\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Bethsaida. And 
 some people brought to him a blind man\, and begged him to touch him. And h
 e took the blind man by the hand\, and led him out of the village\; and whe
 n he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him\, he asked him\, "Do 
 you see anything?" And he looked up and said\, "I see men\; but they look l
 ike trees\, walking." Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes\; and he l
 ooked intently and was restored\, and saw everything clearly. And he sent h
 im away to his home\, saying\, "Do not even enter the village."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\; Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\; Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\n
 In those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a
  city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabe
 th. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her 
 womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with
  a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of yo
 ur womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should com
 e to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the
  babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there
  would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And 
 Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my 
 Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\,
  henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has
  done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with h
 er about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regula
 tions for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the o
 uter one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the P
 resence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a te
 nt called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the a
 rk of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golde
 n urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of t
 he covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy s
 eat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations havi
 ng thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, perfor
 ming their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, 
 and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for h
 imself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\,
  11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Mart
 ha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat 
 at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted 
 with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care 
 that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." B
 ut the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled 
 about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\
 , which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the
  crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore yo
 u\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are tho
 se who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221224
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\; Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\; Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\; Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:15-16\;2:1-10\nTitus\, my
  son\, to the pure all things are pure\, but to the corrupt and unbelieving
  nothing is pure\; their very minds and consciences are corrupted. They pro
 fess to know God\, but they deny him by their deeds\; they are detestable\,
  disobedient\, unfit for any good deed.\n\nBut as for you\, teach what befi
 ts sound doctrine. Bid the older men be temperate\, serious\, sensible\, so
 und in faith\, in love\, and in steadfastness. Bid the older women likewise
  to be reverent in behavior\, not to be slanderous or slaves to drink\; the
 y are to teach what is good\, and so train the young women to love their hu
 sbands and children\, to be sensible\, chaste\, domestic\, kind\, and submi
 ssive to their husbands\, that the word of God may not be discredited. Like
 wise urge the younger men to control themselves. Show yourself in all respe
 cts a model of good deeds\, and in your teaching show integrity\, gravity\,
  and sound speech that cannot be censured\, so that an opponent may be put 
 to shame\, having nothing evil to say to us. Bid slaves to be submissive to
  their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect\; they are not to 
 be refractory\, nor to pilfer\, but to show entire and true fidelity\, so t
 hat in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Mark 10:24-32\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "How hard it will 
 be for these who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for 
 a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the 
 kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished\, and said to him\, "
 Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "With men it is imp
 ossible\, but not with God\; for all things are possible with God." Peter b
 egan to say to him\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed you." Jesus
  said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no one who has left house or broth
 ers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands\, for my sake and f
 or the gospel\, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time\, house
 s and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands\, with persec
 utions\, and in the age to come eternal life. But many that are first will 
 be last\, and the last first." And they were on the road\, going up to Jeru
 salem\, and Jesus was walking ahead of them\; and they were amazed\, and th
 ose who followed were afraid.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221027
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\; Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople (740)\; Eata of Hexham\n\nFast Day (
 Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and per
 secute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will
  be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be a t
 ime for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to m
 editate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\,
  which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. Yo
 u will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends
 \, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all for my
  name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance yo
 u will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, m
 y son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have 
 heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be abl
 e to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesu
 s. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his ai
 m is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless 
 he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought 
 to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord 
 will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, rise
 n from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gos
 pel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the w
 ord of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of t
 he elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its ete
 rnal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his
  disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the world hates 
 you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were of the wo
 rld\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not of the world\,
  but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remembe
 r the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'
   If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, 
 they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my account\
 , because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken t
 o them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for their si
 n.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among them the
  works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now they have 
 seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is wr
 itten in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Cou
 nselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit o
 f truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and y
 ou also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the beginning.  
 I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  They will put y
 ou out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills y
 ou will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210212
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Blaise the Holy Martyr of Sebastia\; Theodora the Empress\; Finding of
  the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\; Geor
 ge the Serbian\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since
  we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son
  of God\, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest wh
 o is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses\, but one who in every respec
 t has been tempted as we are\, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence
  draw near to the throne of grace\, that we may receive mercy and find grac
 e to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from among men is a
 ppointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God\, to offer gifts and sa
 crifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward\, since
  he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer sa
 crifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does n
 ot take the honor upon himself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron wa
 s. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was 
 appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten
  thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, a
 fter the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authorit
 y over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and e
 very infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere 
 among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to
  the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'T
 he kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse
  lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay.
 "\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221029
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\; Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\; Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\n
 In those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a
  city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabe
 th. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her 
 womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with
  a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of yo
 ur womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should com
 e to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the
  babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there
  would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And 
 Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my 
 Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\,
  henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has
  done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with h
 er about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an 
 earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were 
 the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called th
 e Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Hol
 ies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covere
 d on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\,
  and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it we
 re the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we c
 annot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the p
 riests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\
 ; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, 
 and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors
  of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\,
  Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her 
 house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and li
 stened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and s
 he went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left m
 e to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\
 , "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one t
 hing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be take
 n away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice a
 nd said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that 
 you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of G
 od and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Tuesday after Pascha\; Irene the Great Martyr\; Neophytos\, Gaius\
 , & Caianus the Monk-martyrs\; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\; E
 uthymios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of t
 he Apostles 8:5-17\nIn those days\, Philip went down to a city of Samaria\,
  and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the multitudes with one accord gave
  heed to what was said by Philip\, when they heard him and saw the signs wh
 ich he did. For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed\, cryin
 g with a loud voice\; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. So t
 here was much joy in the city.\n\nBut there was a man named Simon who had p
 reviously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation of Samaria\, sa
 ying that he himself was somebody great. They all gave heed to him\, from t
 he least to the greatest\, saying\, "This man is that power of God which is
  called Great." And they gave heed to him\, because for a long time he had 
 amazed them with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached go
 od news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ\, they were b
 aptized\, both men and women. Even Simon himself believed\, and after being
  baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles per
 formed\, he was amazed.\n\nNow when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Sa
 maria had received the word of God\, they sent to them Peter and John\, who
  came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit\; fo
 r it had not yet fallen on any of them\, but they had only been baptized in
  the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they re
 ceived the Holy Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:27-33\nThe Lord said to t
 he Jews who came to him: "Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but fo
 r the food which endures to eternal life\, which the Son of man will give t
 o you\; for on him has God the Father set his seal." Then they said to him\
 , "What must we do\, to be doing the works of God?" Jesus answered them\, "
 This is the work of God\, that you believe in him whom he has sent." So the
 y said to him\, "Then what sign do you do\, that we may see\, and believe y
 ou? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness\;
  as it is written\, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Jesus then sa
 id to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, it was not Moses who gave you 
 the bread from heaven\; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For
  the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to th
 e world."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221008
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\; Polychronios the Martyr
 \; Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\; John the Hermit of Crete\;
  Jonah of Manchuria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:17-25\nB
 rethren\, this I affirm and testify in the Lord\, that you must no longer l
 ive as the Gentiles do\, in the futility of their minds\; they are darkened
  in their understanding\, alienated from the life of God because of the ign
 orance that is in them\, due to their hardness of heart\; they have become 
 callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness\, greedy to practice
  every kind of uncleanness. You did not so learn Christ! - assuming that yo
 u have heard about him and were taught in him\, as the truth is in Jesus. P
 ut off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is c
 orrupt through deceitful lusts\, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds
 \, and put on the new nature\, created after the likeness of God in true ri
 ghteousness and holiness. Therefore\, putting away falsehood\, speak the tr
 uth.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:31-35\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall I comp
 are the men of this generation\, and what are they like? They are like chil
 dren sitting in the market place and calling to one another\, 'We piped to 
 you\, and you did not dance\; we wailed\, and you did not weep.' For John t
 he Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine\; and you say\, 'H
 e has a demon.' The Son of man has come eating and drinking\; and you say\,
  'Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collectors and sinner
 s!' Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230106
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The Holy M
 artyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\; Righteous Syncletike of Alexandria\; Grego
 ry of Akrita\; Apollinaria of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Co
 rinthians 9:19-27\nBRETHREN\, though I am free from all men\, I have made m
 yself a slave to all\, that I might win the more. To the Jews I became as a
  Jew\, in order to win Jews\; to those under the law I became as one under 
 the law - though not being myself under the law - that I might win those un
 der the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law - not
  being without law toward God but under the law of Christ - that I might wi
 n those outside the law. To the weak I became weak\, that I might win the w
 eak. I have become all things to all men\, that I might by all means save s
 ome. I do it all for the sake of the gospel\, that I may share in its bless
 ings. Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete\, but only one
  receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises
  self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath\, bu
 t we an imperishable. Well\, I do not run aimlessly\, I do not box as one b
 eating the air\; but I pommel my body and subdue it\, lest after preaching 
 to others I myself should be disqualified. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:1-18\
 nIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar\, Pontius Pilate bei
 ng governor of Judea\, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee\, and his brothe
 r Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis\, and Lysanias t
 etrarch of Abilene\, in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas\, the wor
 d of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness\; and he went 
 into all the region about the Jordan\, preaching a baptism of repentance fo
 r the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in the book of the words of Isa
 iah the prophet\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the w
 ay of the Lord\, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled\, an
 d every mountain and hill shall be brought low\, and the crooked shall be m
 ade straight\, and the rough ways shall be made smooth\; and all flesh shal
 l see the salvation of God." He said therefore to the multitudes that came 
 out to be baptized by him\, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee fr
 om the wrath to come? Bear fruits that befit repentance\, and do not begin 
 to say to yourselves\, 'We have Abraham as our father"\; for I tell you\, G
 od is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the 
 axe is laid to the root of the trees\; every tree therefore that does not b
 ear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." And the multitudes as
 ked him\, "What then shall we do?" And he answered them\, "He who has two c
 oats\, let him share with him who has none\; and he who has food\, let him 
 do likewise." Tax collectors also came to be baptized\, and said to him\, "
 Teacher\, what shall we do?" And he said to them\, "Collect no more than is
  appointed you." Soldiers also asked him\, "And we\, what shall we do?" And
  he said to them\, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation\, and be 
 content with your wages." As the people were in expectation\, and all men q
 uestioned in their hearts concerning John\, whether perhaps he were the Chr
 ist\, John answered them all\, "I baptize you with water\; but he who is mi
 ghtier than I is coming\, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to unt
 ie\; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing 
 fork is in his hand\, to clear his threshing floor\, and to gather the whea
 t into his granary\, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." So
 \, with many other exhortations\, he preached good news to the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\; 33 Martyrs of Melitene\; Lazaru
 s the Wonderworker\; Martyr Athenodorus\; Alexander the Martyr of Thessalon
 iki\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 5:1-10\
 nBrethren\, we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed\, we h
 ave a building from God\, a house not made with hands\, eternal in the heav
 ens. Here indeed we groan\, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling\, so t
 hat by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in t
 his tent\, we sigh with anxiety\; not that we would be unclothed\, but that
  we would be further clothed\, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up b
 y life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God\, who has given u
 s the Spirit as a guarantee.\n\nSo we are always of good courage\; we know 
 that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord\, for we wa
 lk by faith\, not by sight. We are of good courage\, and we would rather be
  away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or
  away\, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the
  judgment seat of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:1-6\nAt that time\, Jes
 us called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all de
 mons and to cure diseases\, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of G
 od and to heal. And he said to them\, "Take nothing for your journey\, no s
 taff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; and do not have two tunics. And wh
 atever house you enter\, stay there\, and from there depart. And wherever t
 hey do not receive you\, when you leave that town shake off the dust from y
 our feet as a testimony against them." And they departed and went through t
 he villages\, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\; Ti
 mothy\, Bishop of Proussa\; Theophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\; Our Holy Fat
 her Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\; The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nFast Day (Wine
  and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God 
 has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; be
 cause we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We ar
 e fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but y
 ou are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present 
 hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and
  we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when pers
 ecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become
 \, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all thing
 s. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my belo
 ved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not h
 ave many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gosp
 el. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14
 -19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A c
 ity set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under 
 a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let yo
 ur light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give g
 lory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolis
 h the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill
  them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an
  iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoe
 ver then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\
 , shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and
  teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children\; Our Righteou
 s Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the Foreigner\; Hil
 arion the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the streng
 th of his might.  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to s
 tand against the wiles of the devil.  For we are not contending against fle
 sh and blood\, but against the principalities\, against the powers\, agains
 t the world rulers of this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts o
 f wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God
 \, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\
 , to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and 
 having put on the breastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet 
 with the equipment of the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the 
 shield of faith\, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the ev
 il one.  And take the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, w
 hich is the word of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to
  his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and persecu
 te you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be 
 brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be a time 
 for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to medit
 ate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, whi
 ch none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You wi
 ll be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, a
 nd some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all for my nam
 e's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you wi
 ll gain your lives."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Gabriel the Ne
 w Martyr of Constantinople\; Jordan the New Martyr\; Agathadoros the Martyr
  of Cappadocia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2:25-32\nAt that time\, there
  was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righteou
 s and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit 
 was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he s
 hould not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired by 
 the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the ch
 ild Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him 
 up in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depa
 rt in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation
  which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for revel
 ation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Hebrews 7:7-17\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond dispute that the inferior is
  blessed by the superior. Here tithes are received by mortal men\; there\, 
 by one whom it is testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi him
 self\, who receives tithes\, paid tithes through Abraham\, for he was still
  in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. Now if perfection h
 ad been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the peopl
 e received the law)\, what further need would there have been for another p
 riest to arise after the order of Melchizedek\, rather than one named after
  the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood\, there i
 s necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things
  are spoken belonged to another tribe\, from which no one has ever served a
 t the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah\, and
  in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becom
 es even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchize
 dek\, who has become a priest\, not according to a legal requirement concer
 ning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is w
 itnessed of him\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchize
 dek." \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40\nAt that time\, the parents brought 
 the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is writte
 n in the law of the Lord\, "Every male that opens the womb shall be called 
 holy to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in th
 e law of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or two young pigeons."  Now t
 here was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righ
 teous and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spi
 rit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that 
 he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired
  by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in th
 e child Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took 
 him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,\n\n"Lord\, now let your serva
 nt depart in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your sa
 lvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light fo
 r revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n\nAnd
  his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him\; and Symeon
  blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold\, this child is set for
  the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a sign that is spoken agai
 nst (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also)\, that thoughts of
  many hearts may be revealed."  And there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the dau
 ghter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she was of a great age\, having 
 lived with her husband seven years from her virginity\, and as a widow till
  she was eighty-four.  She did not depart from the temple\, worshiping with
  fasting and prayer night and day.  And coming up at that very hour she gav
 e thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redempti
 on of Jerusalem.  And when they had performed everything according to the l
 aw of the Lord\, they returned into Galilee\, to their own city\, Nazareth.
   And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and the favor
  of God was upon him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\; Holy New Martyr Peter the Al
 eut\; John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk 
 as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good a
 nd right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no
  part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it
  is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but when a
 nything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that beco
 mes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise
  from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how 
 you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, be
 cause the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what 
 the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debau
 chery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms an
 d hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with al
 l your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the do
 or\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out an
 d find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I cam
 e that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd
 .  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hirelin
 g and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming a
 nd leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the
 m.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I a
 m the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father know
 s me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I h
 ave other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and 
 they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joel the Prophet\; Varys the Martyr\; John of Rilas\; Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\; John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing wit
 h the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and a
 ll who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my w
 ords. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the t
 hird hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'An
 d in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Spi
 rit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and 
 your young men shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; ye
 a\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour ou
 t my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heave
 n above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of sm
 oke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, befor
 e the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be t
 hat whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 9:44-50\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let these words sink in
 to your ears\; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.
 " But they did not understand this saying\, and it was concealed from them\
 , that they should not perceive it\; and they were afraid to ask him about 
 this saying. And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the g
 reatest. But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts\, he took a c
 hild and put him by his side\, and said to them\, "Whoever receives this ch
 ild in my name receives me\, and whoever receives me receives him who sent 
 me\; for he who is least among you all is the one who is great." John answe
 red\, "Master\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forba
 de him\, because he does not follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do n
 ot forbid him\; for he that is not against you is for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council\; Athenogenes
  the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\; Julia the Virgin-martyr of Carthage\; 1
 \,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\; Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Jersey\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the dead\, J
 esus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them\, "Peace be wit
 h you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw 
 a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do question
 ings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I Myself\; 
 handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that 
 I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His feet.
  And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said to them\
 , "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish [a
 nd some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. Then He said to th
 em\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\
 , that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and
  the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to understand th
 e scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ sho
 uld suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance an
 d forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations\, begin
 ning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send
  the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city until you are clo
 thed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far as Bethany\, and
  lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He parted 
 from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\, and re
 turned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the Temple ble
 ssing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is
  sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that those who have bel
 ieved in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are e
 xcellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogi
 es\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable an
 d futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him once or twi
 ce\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perve
 rted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos 
 to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to sp
 end the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos o
 n their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to appl
 y themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not t
 o be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those w
 ho love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the w
 orld.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put
  it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the hous
 e.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works 
 and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come
  to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but 
 to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass awa
 y\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplis
 hed.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teach
 es men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who doe
 s them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\; Manuel the New Martyr of Crete\;
  Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bishop of Britain\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 10:12-20\n When the Lord has finished all
  his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he will punish the arrogant boasti
 ng of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.  For he says: "By the stre
 ngth of my hand I have done it\, and by my wisdom\, for I have understandin
 g\; I have removed the boundaries of peoples\, and have plundered their tre
 asures\; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.  My hand
  has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples\; and as men gather eggs t
 hat have been forsaken so I have gathered all the earth\; and there was non
 e that moved a wing\, or opened the mouth\, or chirped."  Shall the axe vau
 nt itself over him who hews with it\, or the saw magnify itself against him
  who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it\, or as if a staf
 f should lift him who is not wood!  Therefore the Lord\, the LORD of hosts\
 , will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors\, and under his glory
  a burning will be kindled\, like the burning of fire.  The light of Israel
  will become a fire\, and his Holy One a flame\; and it will burn and devou
 r his thorns and briers in one day.  The glory of his forest and of his fru
 itful land the LORD will destroy\, both soul and body\, and it will be as w
 hen a sick man wastes away.  The remnant of the trees of his forest will be
  so few that a child can write them down.  In that day the remnant of Israe
 l and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean upon him that s
 mote them\, but will lean upon the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, in truth
 .\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:6-9\n Noah was six hundred years old 
 when the flood of waters came upon the earth.  And Noah and his sons and hi
 s wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark\, to escape the water
 s of the flood.  Of clean animals\, and of animals that are not clean\, and
  of birds\, and of everything that creeps on the ground\, two and two\, mal
 e and female\, went into the ark with Noah\, as God had commanded Noah.\n\n
 Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 9:12-18\nIf you are wise\, you are wise for
  yourself\; if you scoff\, you alone will bear it.  A foolish woman is nois
 y\; she is wanton and knows no shame.  She sits at the door of her house\, 
 she takes a seat on the high places of the town\, calling to those who pass
  by\, who are going straight on their way\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him t
 urn in here!" And to him who is without sense she says\,  "Stolen water is 
 sweet\, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."  But he does not know that 
 the dead are there\, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; 120 Martyrs of Persia\; Greg
 ory of Sinai\; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Isaiah 25:1-9\n O LORD\, thou art my God\; I will exalt thee\, I w
 ill praise thy name\; for thou hast done wonderful things\, plans formed of
  old\, faithful and sure.  For thou hast made the city a heap\, the fortifi
 ed city a ruin\; the palace of aliens is a city no more\, it will never be 
 rebuilt.  Therefore strong peoples will glorify thee\; cities of ruthless n
 ations will fear thee.  For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor\, a str
 onghold to the needy in his distress\, a shelter from the storm and a shade
  from the heat\; for the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wa
 ll\, like heat in a dry place. Thou dost subdue the noise of the aliens\; a
 s heat by the shade of a cloud\, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.  \
 n\n On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of
  fat things\, a feast of wine on the lees\, of fat things full of marrow\, 
 of wine on the lees well refined.  And he will destroy on this mountain the
  covering that is cast over all peoples\, the veil that is spread over all 
 nations.  He will swallow up death for ever\, and the Lord GOD will wipe aw
 ay tears from all faces\, and the reproach of his people he will take away 
 from all the earth\; for the LORD has spoken.  It will be said on that day\
 , "Lo\, this is our God\; we have waited for him\, that he might save us. T
 his is the LORD\; we have waited for him\; let us be glad and rejoice in hi
 s salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 9:8-17\n Then God said to N
 oah and to his sons with him\,  "Behold\, I establish my covenant with you 
 and your descendants after you\, and with every living creature that is wit
 h you\, the birds\, the cattle\, and every beast of the earth with you\, as
  many as came out of the ark.  I establish my covenant with you\, that neve
 r again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood\, and never aga
 in shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."  And God said\, "This is t
 he sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living cr
 eature that is with you\, for all future generations:  I set my bow in the 
 cloud\, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.  W
 hen I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds\, I wil
 l remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creatur
 e of all flesh\; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy
  all flesh.  When the bow is in the clouds\, I will look upon it and rememb
 er the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all fl
 esh that is upon the earth."  God said to Noah\, "This is the sign of the c
 ovenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the 
 earth."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 12:8-22\nA man is commended acco
 rding to his good sense\, but one of perverse mind is despised.  Better is 
 a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great
  man but lacks bread.  A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast
 \, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.  He who tills his land will have p
 lenty of bread\, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.  The s
 trong tower of the wicked comes to ruin\, but the root of the righteous sta
 nds firm.  An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips\, but t
 he righteous escapes from trouble.  From the fruit of his words a man is sa
 tisfied with good\, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.  The wa
 y of a fool is right in his own eyes\, but a wise man listens to advice.  T
 he vexation of a fool is known at once\, but the prudent man ignores an ins
 ult.  He who speaks the truth gives honest evidence\, but a false witness u
 tters deceit.  There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts\, but t
 he tongue of the wise brings healing.  Truthful lips endure for ever\, but 
 a lying tongue is but for a moment.  Deceit is in the heart of those who de
 vise evil\, but those who plan good have joy.  No ill befalls the righteous
 \, but the wicked are filled with trouble.  Lying lips are an abomination t
 o the LORD\, but those who act faithfully are his delight.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 33 Martyrs of Melitene\; Lazarus the Wonderworker\; Martyr Athenodorus
 \; Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:13
 -20\nBrethren\, you who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of y
 our flesh\, Christ made alive together with him\, having forgiven us all ou
 r trespasses\, having canceled the bond which stood against us with its leg
 al demands\; this he set aside\, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the p
 rincipalities and powers and made a public example of them\, triumphing ove
 r them in him. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of fo
 od and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath. These
  are only a shadow of what is to come\; but the substance belongs to Christ
 . Let no one disqualify you\, insisting on self-abasement and worship of an
 gels\, taking his stand on visions\, puffed up without reason by his sensuo
 us mind\, and not holding fast to the Head\, from whom the whole body\, nou
 rished and knit together through its joints and ligaments\, grows with a gr
 owth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of 
 the universe\, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world?\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 12:13-15\, 22-31\nAt that time\, while Jesus was teachin
 g\, one of the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, bid my brother divide the
  inheritance with me." But he said to him\, "Man\, who made me a judge or d
 ivider over you?" And he said to them\, "Take heed\, and beware of all cove
 tousness\; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his posses
 sions. Therefore I tell you\, do not be anxious about your life\, what you 
 shall eat\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on. For life is more t
 han food\, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neith
 er sow nor reap\, they have neither storehouse nor barn\, and yet God feeds
  them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by b
 eing anxious can add a cubit to his span of life? If then you are not able 
 to do as small a thing as that\, why are you anxious about the rest? Consid
 er the lilies\, how they grow\; they neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you
 \, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if 
 God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is 
 thrown into the oven\, how much more will he clothe you\, O men of little f
 aith! And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink\, nor b
 e of anxious mind. For all the nations of the world seek these things\; and
  your Father knows that you need them. Instead\, seek his kingdom\, and the
 se things shall be yours as well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Sunday of Matthew\; Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotok
 os in Blachernae\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\; Juven
 al\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\;
  John Maximovitch\, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the 
 women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they 
 found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did 
 not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\,
  behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frig
 htened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do
  you seek the living among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Rememb
 er how He told you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man mu
 st be delivered into the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on th
 e third day rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tom
 b they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Mag
 dalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with the
 m who told this to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle ta
 le\, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; st
 ooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went
  home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBR
 ETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanc
 tuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstan
 d and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place
 . Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having
  the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sid
 es with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's
  rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cheru
 bim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now sp
 eak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go co
 ntinually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into t
 he second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not with
 out taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the peop
 le.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:5-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered Cape
 rnaum\, a centurion came forward to him\, beseeching him and saying\, "Lord
 \, my servant is lying paralyzed at home\, in terrible distress." And he sa
 id to him\, "I will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him\, "L
 ord\, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof\; but only say the wor
 d\, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority\, with so
 ldiers under me\; and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\, and to another\, 
 'Come\,' and he comes\, and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it." When
  Jesus heard him\, he marveled\, and said to those who followed him\, "Trul
 y\, I say to you\, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you\,
  many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham\, Isaac\, 
 and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven\, while the sons of the kingdom will be 
 thrown into the outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.
 " And to the centurion Jesus said\, "Go\; be it done for you as you have be
 lieved." And the servant was healed at that very moment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Confessor\; Thomas I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Philemo
 n and Domninos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 25:1-9\n O L
 ORD\, thou art my God\; I will exalt thee\, I will praise thy name\; for th
 ou hast done wonderful things\, plans formed of old\, faithful and sure.  F
 or thou hast made the city a heap\, the fortified city a ruin\; the palace 
 of aliens is a city no more\, it will never be rebuilt.  Therefore strong p
 eoples will glorify thee\; cities of ruthless nations will fear thee.  For 
 thou hast been a stronghold to the poor\, a stronghold to the needy in his 
 distress\, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat\; for the bla
 st of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall\, like heat in a dry plac
 e. Thou dost subdue the noise of the aliens\; as heat by the shade of a clo
 ud\, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.  \n\n On this mountain the LOR
 D of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things\, a feast of win
 e on the lees\, of fat things full of marrow\, of wine on the lees well ref
 ined.  And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over 
 all peoples\, the veil that is spread over all nations.  He will swallow up
  death for ever\, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces\, an
 d the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth\; for the
  LORD has spoken.  It will be said on that day\, "Lo\, this is our God\; we
  have waited for him\, that he might save us. This is the LORD\; we have wa
 ited for him\; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Genesis 9:8-17\n Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him
 \,  "Behold\, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after y
 ou\, and with every living creature that is with you\, the birds\, the catt
 le\, and every beast of the earth with you\, as many as came out of the ark
 .  I establish my covenant with you\, that never again shall all flesh be c
 ut off by the waters of a flood\, and never again shall there be a flood to
  destroy the earth."  And God said\, "This is the sign of the covenant whic
 h I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you\, fo
 r all future generations:  I set my bow in the cloud\, and it shall be a si
 gn of the covenant between me and the earth.  When I bring clouds over the 
 earth and the bow is seen in the clouds\, I will remember my covenant which
  is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh\; and the wat
 ers shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is
  in the clouds\, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant 
 between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."
   God said to Noah\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have establi
 shed between me and all flesh that is upon the earth."\n\nOld Testament Rea
 ding: Proverbs 12:8-22\nA man is commended according to his good sense\, bu
 t one of perverse mind is despised.  Better is a man of humble standing who
  works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.  A rig
 hteous man has regard for the life of his beast\, but the mercy of the wick
 ed is cruel.  He who tills his land will have plenty of bread\, but he who 
 follows worthless pursuits has no sense.  The strong tower of the wicked co
 mes to ruin\, but the root of the righteous stands firm.  An evil man is en
 snared by the transgression of his lips\, but the righteous escapes from tr
 ouble.  From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good\, and the 
 work of a man's hand comes back to him.  The way of a fool is right in his 
 own eyes\, but a wise man listens to advice.  The vexation of a fool is kno
 wn at once\, but the prudent man ignores an insult.  He who speaks the trut
 h gives honest evidence\, but a false witness utters deceit.  There is one 
 whose rash words are like sword thrusts\, but the tongue of the wise brings
  healing.  Truthful lips endure for ever\, but a lying tongue is but for a 
 moment.  Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil\, but those who pl
 an good have joy.  No ill befalls the righteous\, but the wicked are filled
  with trouble.  Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD\, but those who a
 ct faithfully are his delight.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; P
 atapius the Righteous of Thebes\; Sosthenes\, Apollo\, Cephas\, Tychikos\, 
  Epaphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:1-13\nTimothy\, my son\, the sa
 ying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop\, he desires a nob
 le task. Now a bishop must be above reproach\, the husband of one wife\, te
 mperate\, sensible\, dignified\, hospitable\, an apt teacher\, no drunkard\
 , not violent but gentle\, not quarrelsome\, and no lover of money. He must
  manage his own household well\, keeping his children submissive and respec
 tful in every way\; for if a man does not know how to manage his own househ
 old\, how can he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert\, o
 r he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the de
 vil\; moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders\, or he may fall int
 o reproach and the snare of the devil. Deacons likewise must be serious\, n
 ot double-tongued\, not addicted to much wine\, not greedy for gain\; they 
 must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them al
 so be tested first\; then if they prove themselves blameless let them serve
  as deacons. The women likewise must be serious\, not slanderers\, but temp
 erate\, faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husband of one wife\, an
 d let them manage their children and their households well\; for those who 
 serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great co
 nfidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:
 28-33\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Look up and raise your heads\, bec
 ause your redemption is drawing near." And he told them a parable: "Look at
  the fig tree\, and all the trees\; as soon as they come out in leaf\, you 
 see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. So also\, when
  you see these things taking place\, you know that the kingdom of God is ne
 ar. Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away till all has 
 taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass a
 way."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord\; Holy Martyr Zosima
 \; Our Righteous Father Zenonus\; Paisius the Great of Egypt\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Jude 1:1-25\nJUDE\, a servant of Jesus Chr
 ist\, and brother of James\, To those who are called\, beloved in God the F
 ather and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy\, peace\, and love be multiplied
  to you. Beloved\, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation
 \, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith 
 which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has been secr
 etly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation\, un
 godly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny
  the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I desire to remind you\, th
 ough you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord saved a people ou
 t of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And
  the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwel
 ling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the 
 judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding 
 cities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust\, se
 rve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like m
 anner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reject authority\, an
 d revile the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael\, contending wit
 h the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did not presume to pron
 ounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord rebuke you." But 
 these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by those things that
  they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are destroyed. Woe to t
 he ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and abandon themselves for 
 the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah's rebellion. These
  are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carouse together\, look
 ing after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along by winds\; fruitles
 s trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the sea\, ca
 sting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars for whom the nether 
 gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever. It was of these also that Eno
 ch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the 
 Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on all\, and to convi
 ct all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have commit
 ted in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinn
 ers have spoken against him." These are grumblers\, malcontents\, following
  their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering people to gain adv
 antage. But you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions of the apostles o
 f our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "in the last time there will b
 e scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions." It is these who set up 
 divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit. But you\, beloved\, buil
 d yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yo
 urselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ u
 nto eternal life. And convince some\, who doubt\; save some\, by snatching 
 them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hating even the garme
 nt spotted by the flesh. Now to him who is able to keep you from falling an
 d to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejo
 icing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glo
 ry\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time and now and for e
 ver. Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:21-24\nThe Lord said to his disciple
 s\, "He who has my commandments and keeps them\,  he it is who loves me\; a
 nd he who loves me will be loved by my Father\,  and I will love him and ma
 nifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot)  said to him\, "Lord\, how is i
 t that you will manifest yourself to us\, and  not to the world?" Jesus ans
 wered him\, "If a man loves me\, he will keep  my word\, and my Father will
  love him\, and we will come to him and make  our home with him. He who doe
 s not love me does not keep my words\; and  the word which you hear is not 
 mine but the Father's who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/23/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\; Holy Martyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, D
 emetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\; The Holy New Bishop Martyrs
  Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hiero
 theos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, Gerasimos of Rethy
 mno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Diopo
 los\, and those Martyred with them (1821-1822)\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\;
  Etheldreda the Queen\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Romans 7:14-8:2\nBrethren\, we know that the law is spir
 itual\; but I am carnal\, sold under sin. I do not understand my own action
 s. For I do not do what I want\, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I d
 o what I do not want\, I agree that the law is good. So then it is no longe
 r I that do it\, but sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothing go
 od dwells within me\, that is\, in my flesh. I can will what is right\, but
  I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want\, but the evil I do not wa
 nt is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want\, it is no longer I that do
  it\, but sin which dwells within me.\n\nSo I find it to be a law that when
  I want to do right\, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of 
 God\, in my inmost self\, but I see in my members another law at war with t
 he law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in m
 y members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of de
 ath? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then\, I of myself 
 serve the law of God with my mind\, but with my flesh I serve the law of si
 n.\n\nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Je
 sus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from
  the law of sin and death.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:9-15\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "Take no gold\, nor silver\, nor copper in your belts\
 , no bag for your journey\, nor two tunics\, nor sandals\, nor a staff\; fo
 r the laborer deserves his food. And whatever town or village you enter\, f
 ind out who is worthy in it\, and stay with him until you depart. As you en
 ter the house\, salute it. And if the house is worthy\, let your peace come
  upon it\; but if it is not worthy\, let your peace return to you. And if a
 ny one will not receive you or listen to your words\, shake off the dust fr
 om your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I say to you\, it shall
  be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorra
 h than for that town."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Matthew\; The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by A
 rchangel Michael in Colossae (Chonae)\; Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and M
 ary the mother of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might g
 o and anoint Jesus.  And very early on the first day of the week they went 
 to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And they were saying to one another\, 
 "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"  And looki
 ng up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back\, for it was very large.  A
 nd entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dre
 ssed in a white robe\; and they were amazed.  And he said to them\, "Do not
  be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified.  He has risen\
 , he is not here\; see the place where they laid him.  But go\, tell his di
 sciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will s
 ee him\, as he told you."  And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for t
 rembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to any
  one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to
  the Corinthians 16:13-24\nBrethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your fait
 h\, be courageous\, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, b
 rethren\, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts 
 in Achaia\, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints\;
  I urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and labore
 r. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, becau
 se they have made up for your absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as wel
 l as yours. Give recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetin
 gs. Aquila and Prisca\, together with the church in their house\, send you 
 hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one an
 other with a holy kiss. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If
  any one has no love for the Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! T
 he grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ J
 esus. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33-42\nThe Lord said this parable
 \, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around
  it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to te
 nants\, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near\,
  he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants t
 ook his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again 
 he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to the
 m. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying 'They will respect my son.' B
 ut when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the he
 ir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him an
 d cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of 
 the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, 
 "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard
  to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus sai
 d to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which t
 he builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord'
 s doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samuel the Prophet\; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\; Stephen\, First K
 ing of Hungary\; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\; Oswin the Martyr\, King o
 f Deira\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos a
 nd Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:30-33\nBrethren\, I appea
 l to you\, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit\, to stri
 ve together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf\, that I may be del
 ivered from the unbelievers in Judea\, and that my service for Jerusalem ma
 y be acceptable to the saints\, so that by God's will I may come to you wit
 h joy and be refreshed in your company. The God of peace be with you all. A
 men.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the colle
 ctors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your tea
 cher pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to 
 him first\, saying\, "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the 
 earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?" And when he sa
 id\, "From others\," Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\,
  not to give offense to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the
  first fish that comes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a she
 kel\; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that 
 time the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kin
 gdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of th
 em\, and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like chi
 ldren\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself
  like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\; The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Za
 chariah)\; Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\; Afterfeast of the Presentat
 ion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Cuthman of Steyning\n\nFast Free
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\
 , out of the great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead thr
 ough our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have
  been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the 
 heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the
  immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Fo
 r by grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doi
 ng\, it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boas
 t. For we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, wh
 ich God prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you 
 out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent a
 s doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flo
 g you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and ki
 ngs for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they
  deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to
  say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it i
 s not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. B
 rother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and ch
 ildren will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will 
 be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be s
 aved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Blind Man\; Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monastery\; Be
 ssarion the Wonderworker of Egypt\; 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\, Mary\,
  Cyris\, Valeria & Marcia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that 
 time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to
  look into the tomb\; and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the b
 ody of Jesus had lain\, one at the head and one at the feet.  They said to 
 her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have
  taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him."  Saying 
 this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that 
 it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do yo
 u seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if yo
 u have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take
  Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Heb
 rew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold m
 e\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to my brethren and s
 ay to them\, I am ascending to my Father and your Father\, to my God and yo
 ur God."  Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the 
 Lord"\; and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts 16:16-34\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as we apostles were going to the pl
 ace of prayer\, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination 
 and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying. She followed Paul and us\,
  crying\, "These men are servants of the Most High God\, who proclaim to yo
 u the way of salvation." And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoy
 ed\, and turned and said to the spirit\, "I charge you in the name of Jesus
  Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. But when her o
 wners saw that their hope of gain was gone\, they seized Paul and Silas and
  dragged them into the market place before the rulers\; and when they had b
 rought them to the magistrates they said\, "These men are Jews and they are
  disturbing our city. They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us R
 omans to accept or practice." The crowd joined in attacking them\; and the 
 magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with ro
 ds. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them\, they threw them into
  prison\, charging the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this cha
 rge\, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stoc
 ks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God
 \, and the prisoners were listening to them\, and suddenly there was a grea
 t earthquake\, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken\; and imme
 diately all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened. 
 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open\, he drew his 
 sword and was about to kill himself\, supposing that the prisoners had esca
 ped. But Paul cried with a loud voice\, "Do not harm yourself\, for we are 
 all here." And he called for lights and rushed in\, and trembling with fear
  he fell down before Paul and Silas\, and brought them out and said\, "Men\
 , what must I do to be saved?" And they said\, "Believe in the Lord Jesus\,
  and you will be saved\, you and your household." And they spoke the word o
 f the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. And he took them the s
 ame hour of the night\, and washed their wounds\, and he was baptized at on
 ce\, with all his family. Then he brought them up into his house\, and set 
 food before them\; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had belie
 ved in God. \n\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed
  by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him\, "Rab
 bi\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was born blind?" Jesus 
 answered\, "It was not that this man sinned\, or his parents\, but that the
  works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him 
 who sent me\, while it is day\; night comes\, when no one can work. As long
  as I am in the world\, I am the light of the world." As he said this\, he 
 spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes
  with the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which m
 eans Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and t
 hose who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, "Is not this the man who 
 used to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It is he"\; others said\, "No\, but he i
 s like him." He said\, "I am the man." They said to him\, "Then how were yo
 ur eyes opened?" He answered\, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed
  my eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloam and wash'\; so I went and washed an
 d received my sight." They said to him\, "Where is he?" He said\, "I do not
  know."\n\nThey brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blin
 d. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. T
 he Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to 
 them\, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed\, and I see." Some of the Phari
 sees said\, "This man is not from God\, for he does not keep the sabbath." 
 But others said\, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was 
 a division among them. So they again said to the blind man\, "What do you s
 ay about him\, since he has opened your eyes?" He said\, "He is a prophet."
 \n\nThe Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his si
 ght\, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight\,
  and asked them\, "Is this your son\, who you say was born blind? How then 
 does he now see?" His parents answered\, "We know that this is our son\, an
 d that he was born blind\; but how he now sees we do not know\, nor do we k
 now who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he is of age\, he will speak for himself
 ." His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for the Jews had al
 ready agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be pu
 t out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said\, "He is of age\, ask hi
 m."\n\nSo for the second time they called the man who had been blind\, and 
 said to him\, "Give God the praise\; we know that this man is a sinner." He
  answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know\; one thing I know\, th
 at though I was blind\, now I see." They said to him\, "What did he do to y
 ou? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them\, "I have told you already
  and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too wan
 t to become his disciples?" And they reviled him\, saying\, "You are his di
 sciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Mose
 s\, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes from." The man answ
 ered\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from\, and y
 et he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners\, but if 
 anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listens to him. Never 
 since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a ma
 n born blind. If this man were not from God\, he could do nothing." They an
 swered him\, "You were born in utter sin\, and would you teach us?" And the
 y cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that they had cast him out\, and having foun
 d him he said\, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered\, "And who 
 is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him\, "You have see
 n him\, and it is he who speaks to you." He said\, "Lord\, I believe"\; and
  he worshiped him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Charitina the Martyr\; Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\; Eudokimos t
 he Unknown of Mount Athos\; Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, 
 Metropolitans of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 3:8-21
 \nBrethren\, to me\, though I am the very least of all the saints\, this gr
 ace was given\, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ
 \, and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages 
 in God who created all things\; that through the church the manifold wisdom
  of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the hea
 venly places. This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realiz
 ed in Christ Jesus our Lord\, in whom we have boldness and confidence of ac
 cess through our faith in him. So l ask you not to lose heart over what I a
 m suffering for you\, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees b
 efore the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, from whom every family in heave
 n and on earth is named\, that according to the riches of his glory he may 
 grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man
 \, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith\, that you\, bein
 g rooted and grounded in love\, may have power to comprehend with all the s
 aints what is the breadth and length and height and depth\, and to know the
  love of Christ which surpasses knowledge\, that you may be filled with the
  fulness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to d
 o far more abundantly than all that we ask or think\, to him be glory in th
 e church and in Christ Jesus to all generations\, for ever and ever. Amen.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:46-49\, 7:1\nThe Lord said\, "Why do you call me 
 'Lord\, Lord\,' and not do what I tell you? Every one who comes to me and h
 ears my words and does them\, I will show you what he is like: he is like a
  man building a house\, who dug deep\, and laid the foundation upon rock\; 
 and when a flood arose\, the stream broke against that house\, and could no
 t shake it\, because it had been founded upon the rock. But he who hears an
 d does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a 
 foundation\; against which the stream broke\, and immediately it fell\, and
  the ruin of that house was great." After he had ended all his sayings in t
 he hearing of the people he entered Capernaum.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\; Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-
 5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great won
 ders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the syn
 agogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of t
 he Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed w
 ith Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with wh
 ich he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard
  him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up th
 e people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized
  him and brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who sa
 id\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the 
 law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy th
 is place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And ga
 zing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the fac
 e of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said
 : "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father 
 Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said 
 to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land 
 which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, a
 nd lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there i
 nto this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance 
 in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in posses
 sion and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it wa
 s Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in ho
 uses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and ear
 th my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what
  is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You s
 tiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist th
 e Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did n
 ot your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand t
 he coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, 
 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNo
 w when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their te
 eth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and s
 aw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he 
 said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at 
 the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped th
 eir ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city a
 nd stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a
  young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord
  Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\
 , "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, h
 e fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33-42\nThe Lord said this para
 ble\, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge aro
 und it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to
  tenants\, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew nea
 r\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenant
 s took his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Aga
 in he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to 
 them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying 'They will respect my son.
 ' But when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the
  heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him
  and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner 
 of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him
 \, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the viney
 ard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus 
 said to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone whic
 h the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lo
 rd's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of S
 aint John the Theologian \; Arsenios the Great\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Jo
 hn 21:15-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after h
 e was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of J
 ohn\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you k
 now that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he sa
 id to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He sai
 d to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was
  grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he s
 aid to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus
  said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were
  young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are 
 old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry
  you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he w
 as to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turn
 ed and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain clos
 e to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is goin
 g to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what abou
 t this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I c
 ome\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the b
 rethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him th
 at he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\
 , what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to thes
 e things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimon
 y is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were ever
 y one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not con
 tain the books that would be written.\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 1:1-7\nTHA
 T WHICH WAS from the beginning\, which we have heard\, which we have seen w
 ith our eyes\, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands\, conce
 rning the word of life - the life was made manifest\, and we saw it\, and t
 estify to it\, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Fath
 er and was made manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we procl
 aim also to you\, so that you may have fellowship with us\; and our fellows
 hip is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing th
 is that our joy may be complete.\n\nThis is the message we have heard from 
 him and proclaim to you\, that God is light and in him is no darkness at al
 l. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness\, we lie
  and do not live according to the truth\; but if we walk in the light\, as 
 he is in the light\, we have fellowship with one another\, and the blood of
  Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\,
  21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, 
 and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. Whe
 n Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he 
 said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disci
 ple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to h
 is own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, 
 and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. 
 But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of th
 em to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the bo
 oks that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Sylv
 ester\, Pope of Rome\; Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Seraphim the
  Wonderworker of Sarov\; Juliana the Righteous\; Theagenes the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Parios\; Theopemptos\; Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargy
 roi\; Righteous Mark the Deaf\; Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\; Sergios\; Theo
 pistos the Martyr\; George the New Martyr of Georgia\; Nilos the Sanctified
 \; Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3
 :13-16\;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a go
 od standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is 
 in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instru
 ctions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to beh
 ave in the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the p
 illar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery 
 of our religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Sp
 irit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in t
 he world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in la
 ter times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spiri
 ts and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose conscie
 nces are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods whic
 h God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and kno
 w the truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be r
 ejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by
  the word of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:1-6\nAt that time
 \, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea\, "Repent\, f
 or the kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of by t
 he prophet Isaiah when he said\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness
 : prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight." Now John wore a g
 arment of camel's hair\, and a leather girdle around his waist\; and his fo
 od was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea
  and all the region about the Jordan\, and they were baptized by him in the
  river Jordan\, confessing their sins.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\; Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonder
 worker\; Theodosius the New\; Sozon of Nicomedea\; The Holy Ten Thousand As
 cetics of Thebes\; Narcissus the Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\; Joseph Gerontog
 iannis of Lithines Sitia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Romans 12:1-3\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by the mercies of God\, to
  present your bodies as a living sacrifice\, holy and acceptable to God\, w
 hich is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be tr
 ansformed by the renewal of your mind\, that you may prove what is the will
  of God\, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given t
 o me I bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he 
 ought to think\, but think with sober judgment\, each according to the meas
 ure of faith which God has assigned him.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:2-9\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John\, and led them up 
 a high mountain apart by themselves\; and he was transfigured before them\,
  and his garments became glistening\, intensely white\, as no fuller on ear
 th could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses\; and th
 ey were talking to Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus\, "Master\, it is well th
 at we are here\; let us make three booths\, one for you and one for Moses a
 nd one for Elijah." For he did not know what to say\, for they were exceedi
 ngly afraid. And a cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice came out of the cl
 oud\, "This is my beloved son\; listen to him." And suddenly\, looking arou
 nd they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. And as they were co
 ming down the mountain he charged them to tell no one what they had seen\, 
 until the Son of man should have risen from the dead.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Matthew\; Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andro
 nicus the Apostles of the 70\; Julitta of Caesaria\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and a
 s she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in wh
 ite\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at
  the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to th
 em\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they h
 ave laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but 
 she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are yo
 u weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said t
 o Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid H
 im\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and 
 said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\
 , "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to 
 My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\,
  to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "
 I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things to 
 her.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:10-17\nBrethren\, I appeal to you 
 by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that all of you agree and that there
  be no dissensions among you\, but that you be united in the same mind and 
 the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that th
 ere is quarreling among you\, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of 
 you says\, "I belong to Paul\," or "I belong to Apollos\," or "I belong to 
 Cephas\," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified fo
 r you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptize
 d none of you except Crispos and Gaius\; lest any one should say that you w
 ere baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Be
 yond that\, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did 
 not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel\, and not with eloquent wis
 dom\, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 14:14-22\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a great throng\; and he had comp
 assion on them\, and healed their sick. When it was evening\, the disciples
  came to him and said\, "This is a lonely place\, and the day is now over\;
  send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves."
  Jesus said\, "They need not go away\; you give them something to eat." The
 y said to him\, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said\,
  "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the gra
 ss\; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, a
 nd blessed\, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate 
 and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken piec
 es left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men\, besides wome
 n and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before 
 him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Symeon the 
 New Theologian\; Gregory Dialogos\, Bishop of Rome\; Phineas\, grandson of 
 Prophet Aaron\; Paul Aurelian\, Bishop of Brittany\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having r
 isen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said t
 o them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and s
 upposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled
 \, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, 
 that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and 
 bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them H
 is hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wonde
 red\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a pi
 ece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before th
 em. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while
  I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Mose
 s and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their 
 minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written
 \, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, 
 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name 
 in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these thing
 s. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the 
 city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out a
 s far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He ble
 ssed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they 
 worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continu
 ally in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 1:10-14\;2:1-3
 \nIN THE BEGINNING\, Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth in the beginning\,
  and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; they will perish\, but thou re
 mainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wilt r
 oll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy yea
 rs will never end." But to what angel has he ever said\, "Sit at my right h
 and\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all minis
 tering spirits sent forth to serve\, for the sake of those who are to obtai
 n salvation?\n\nTherefore we must pay closer attention to what we have hear
 d\, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels was v
 alid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution\, 
 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared a
 t first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum and it 
 was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together\, so that
  there was no longer room for them\, not even about the door\; and he was p
 reaching the word to them. And they came\, bringing to him a paralytic carr
 ied by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd\
 , they removed the roof above him\; and when they had made an opening\, the
 y let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their 
 faith\, he said to the paralytic\, "My son\, your sins are forgiven." Now s
 ome of the scribes were sitting there\, questioning in their hearts\, "Why 
 does this man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God a
 lone?" And immediately Jesus\, perceiving in his spirit that they thus ques
 tioned within themselves\, said to them\, "Why do you question thus in your
  hearts? Which is easier\, to say to the paralytic\, 'Your sins are forgive
 n\,' or to say\, 'Rise\, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may kno
 w that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said to th
 e paralytic-"I say to you\, rise\, take up your pallet and go home." And he
  rose\, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all\; s
 o that they were all amazed and glorified God\, saying\, "We never saw anyt
 hing like this!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\; John the Russian of Evia\; Theodora t
 he Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\; Venerable Bede\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:5-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, some belie
 vers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up\, and said\, "it is
  necessary to circumcise them\, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses
 ." The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matt
 er. And after there had been much debate\, Peter rose and said to them\, "B
 rethren\, you know that in the early days God made choice among you\, that 
 by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. An
 d God who knows the heart bore witness to them\, giving them the Holy Spiri
 t just as he did to us\; and he made no distinction between us and them\, b
 ut cleansed their hearts by faith. Now therefore why do you make trial of G
 od by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathe
 rs nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we shall be saved thr
 ough the grace of the Lord Jesus\, just as they will." And all the assembly
  kept silence\; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what
  signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. \n\nGospel
  Reading: John 10:17-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For t
 his reason the Father loves me\, because I lay down my life\, that I may ta
 ke it again. No one takes it from me\, but I lay it down of my own accord. 
 I have power to lay it down\, and I have power to take it again\; this char
 ge I have received from my Father." \n\nThere was again a division among th
 e Jews because of these words. Many of them said\, "He has a demon\, and he
  is mad\; why listen to him?" Others said\, "These are not the sayings of o
 ne who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"\n\nIt was the 
 feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem\; it was winter\, and Jesus was walkin
 g in the temple\, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered round him
  and said to him\, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the C
 hrist\, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them\, "I told you\, and you do no
 t believe. The works that I do in my Father's name\, they bear witness to m
 e\; but you do not believe\, because you do not belong to my sheep. My shee
 p hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and I give them et
 ernal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/14/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Sunday of All Saints\; The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\; Method
 ius the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cyril\, Bishop of Gortyna
 \; The Holy Hieromartyrs of Estonia: Basil the Protopresbyter\, John\, John
 \, and Artemios\; The Holy Martyrs Martha the Presvytera\, John\, Theodore 
 and Anna\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the ele
 ven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed
  them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but some doubted.  And 
 Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has bee
 n given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing 
 them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teac
 hing them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you
  always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through f
 aith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped th
 e mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, 
 won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to
  flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, re
 fusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Oth
 ers suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They
  were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed
  with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\,
  afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering    
      over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all
  these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was pro
 mised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us
  they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so
  great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin 
 which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is
  set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his
  disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknow
 ledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\
 , I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves fat
 her or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or da
 ughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cros
 s and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we 
 have left everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus sa
 id to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man
  shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit 
 on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who
  has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or 
 lands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit etern
 al life.  But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today\; Leavetaki
 ng of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Nicephoros th
 e Martyr of Antioch\; Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios the Hieromartyr
 s\; Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\n
 At that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to wh
 ich Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; b
 ut some doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heave
 n and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of al
 l nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of 
 the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; 
 and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, y
 ou have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my 
 patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, w
 hat befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I
  endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to 
 live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and i
 mpostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for 
 you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing 
 from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted wi
 th the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through
  faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\nThe Lord said thi
 s parable\, "Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee and t
 he other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself\
 , 'God\, I thank you that I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unjust\,
  adulterers\, or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week\, I giv
 e tithes of all that I get.'  But the tax collector\, standing far off\, wo
 uld not even lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\, 'G
 od\, be merciful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went down to his h
 ouse justified rather than the other\; for everyone who exalts himself will
  be humbled\, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Blaise the Hieromartyr of Sebastia\; Theodora the Empress\; Finding of
  the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\; Geor
 ge the Serbian\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBRE
 THREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens\, Je
 sus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a h
 igh priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses\, but one who in
  every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet without sin. Let us then wi
 th confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that we may receive mercy 
 and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from a
 mong men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God\, to offer
  gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wa
 yward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is boun
 d to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. A
 nd one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called by God\, jus
 t as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high prie
 st\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I 
 have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou art a priest
  for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave 
 them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every 
 disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\,
  "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but
  go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\
 , saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the d
 ead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give
  without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus\; Macrina\, grandmother 
 of St. Basil the Great\; Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea\; Natalios the Martyr
 \; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the
  Apostles 20:7-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles were gathered together
  to break bread\, Paul talked with them\, intending to depart on the morrow
 \; and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lights in th
 e upper chamber where we were gathered. And a young man named Euthychos was
  sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still long
 er\; and being overcome by sleep\, he fell down from the third story and wa
 s taken up dead.  But Paul went down and bent over him\, and embracing him 
 said\, "Do not be alarmed\, for his life is in him." And when Paul had gone
  up and had broken bread and eaten\, he conversed with them a long while\, 
 until daybreak\, and so departed. And they took the lad away alive\, and we
 re not a little comforted. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:10-21\nThe Lord said
  to his disciples\, "The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own a
 uthority\; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that 
 I am in the Father and the Father in me\; or else believe me for the sake o
 f the works themselves.\n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who believes 
 in me will also do the works that I do\; and greater works than these will 
 he do\, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name\, I will do
  it\, that the Father may be glorified in the Son\; if you ask anything in 
 my name\, I will do it. "If you love me\, you will keep my commandments. An
 d I will pray to the Father\, and he will give you another Counselor\, to b
 e with you for ever\, even the Spirit of truth\, whom the world cannot rece
 ive\, because it neither sees him nor knows him\; you know him\, for he dwe
 lls with you\, and will be in you.\n\n"I will not leave you desolate\; I wi
 ll come to you. Yet a little while\, and the world will see me no more\, bu
 t you will see me\; because I live\, you will live also. In that day you wi
 ll know that I am in my Father\, and you in me\, and I in you. He who has m
 y commandments and keeps them\, he it is who loves me\; and he who loves me
  will be loved by my Father\, and I will love him and manifest myself to hi
 m."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Anas
 tasia the Great Martyr\; Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, Evodias\, & Eutychianus\,
  the Martyrs\; The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:1-13\nBrethre
 n\, while the promise of entering his rest remains\, let us fear lest any o
 f you be judged to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just a
 s to them\; but the message which they heard did not benefit them\, because
  it did not meet with faith in the hearers. For we who have believed enter 
 that rest\, as he has said\, "As I swore in my wrath\, 'They shall never en
 ter my rest\,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the
  world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way\, "And G
 od rested on the seventh day from all his works." And again in this place h
 e said\, "They shall never enter my rest." Since therefore it remains for s
 ome to enter it\, and those who formerly received the good news failed to e
 nter because of disobedience\, again he sets a certain day\, "Today\," sayi
 ng through David so long afterward\, in the words already quoted\, "Today\,
  when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts." For if Joshua had gi
 ven them rest\, God would not speak later of another day. So then\, there r
 emains a sabbath rest for the people of God\; for whoever enters God's rest
  also ceases from his labors as God did from his. Let us therefore strive t
 o enter that rest\, that no one fall by the same sort of disobedience. For 
 the word of God is living and active\, sharper than any two-edged sword\, p
 iercing to the division of soul and spirit\, of joints and marrow\, and dis
 cerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before him no creatur
 e is hidden\, but all are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom w
 e have to do.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:2-12\nAt that time\, the Pharisees
  came up to Jesus and in order to test him\, asked\, "Is it lawful for a ma
 n to divorce his wife?" He answered them\, "What did Moses command you?" Th
 ey said\, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce\, and to p
 ut her away." But Jesus said to them\, "For your hardness of heart he wrote
  you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation\, 'God made them 
 male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother an
 d be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are 
 no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, let n
 ot man put asunder." And in the house the disciples asked him again about t
 his matter. And he said to them\, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries an
 other commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces her husband and ma
 rries another\, she commits adultery."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210819
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\; Hermos the Martyr\; Leon
 tus the martyr\; John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Relics of A
 rsenios the Righteous of Paros\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Ho
 ly Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Constantine the New Martyr of 
 Capua\; Matthew the New Martyr of Gerakari\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: I Corinthians 13:4-13\;14:1-5\nBrethren\, love is patient and kind\; lov
 e is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not in
 sist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoic
 e at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes al
 l things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends\; as for 
 prophecies\, they will pass away\; as for tongues\, they will cease\; as fo
 r knowledge\, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our pro
 phecy is imperfect\; but when the perfect comes\, the imperfect will pass a
 way. When I was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I
  reasoned like a child\; when I became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For
  now we see in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I know in part\;
  then I shall understand fully\, even as I have been fully understood. So f
 aith\, hope\, love abide\, these three\; but the greatest of these is love.
  Make love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially
  that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men bu
 t to God\; for no one understands him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spir
 it. On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuildin
 g and encouragement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies hims
 elf\, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want you all to speak
  in tongues\, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than 
 he who speaks in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so that the church 
 may be edified.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this para
 ble\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in th
 e morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labore
 rs for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out abo
 ut the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to t
 hem he said\, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will 
 give you.' So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth
  hour\, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found 
 others standing\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all day
 ?' They said to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You
  go into the vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the vineya
 rd said to his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, begi
 nning with the last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the elev
 enth hour came\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came\
 , they thought they would receive more\; but each of them also received a d
 enarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, 'T
 hese last worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who hav
 e borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to on
 e of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me f
 or a denarius? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to this
  last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belo
 ngs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be firs
 t\, and the first last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230507
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Saturday after Pascha\; Job the Prophet\; Our Holy Father Seraphim
  the Struggler of Mt. Domvu\; Sophia of Kleisoura\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 9:19-31\nIn those days\, Saul was with the disciples at Damascus. And in th
 e synagogues immediately he proclaimed Jesus\, saying\, "He is the Son of G
 od." And all who heard him were amazed\, and said\, "is not this the man wh
 o made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name? And he has come
  here for this purpose\, to bring them bound before the chief priests." But
  Saul increased all the more in strength\, and confounded the Jews who live
 d in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ. When many days had pass
 ed\, the Jews plotted to kill him\, but their plot became known to Saul. Th
 ey were watching the gates day and night\, to kill him\; but his disciples 
 took him by night and let him down over the wall\, lowering him in a basket
 . And when he had come to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples\; an
 d they were all afraid of him\, for they did not believe that he was a disc
 iple. But Barnabas took him\, and brought him to the apostles\, and declare
 d to them how on the road he had seen the Lord\, who spoke to him\, and how
  at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. So he went in and
  out among them at Jerusalem\, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. An
 d he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists\; but they were seeking to k
 ill him. And when the brethren knew it\, they brought him down to Caesarea\
 , and sent him off to Tarsus. So the church throughout all Judea and Galile
 e and Samaria had peace and was built up\; and walking in the fear of the L
 ord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I comman
 d you\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hat
 ed me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love
  its own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of th
 e world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to 
 you\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, 
 they will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.
   But all this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know
  him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not ha
 ve sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates 
 my Father also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else d
 id\, they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and
  my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They
  hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shal
 l send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds fro
 m the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, be
 cause you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to yo
 u to keep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\;
  indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offeri
 ng service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodora of Alexandria\; Euphrosynos the Cook\; Demetrios & Evanthea t
 he Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\; Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland
 \; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Deinol the First Bishop of
  Bangor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatia
 ns 2:6-10\nBrethren\, from those who were reputed to be something (what the
 y were makes no difference to me\; God shows no partiality) - those\, I say
 \, who were of repute added nothing to me\; but on the contrary\, when they
  saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised\, just 
 as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for he who 
 worked through Peter for the mission to the circumcised worked through me a
 lso for the Gentiles)\, and when they perceived the grace that was given to
  me\, James and Cephas and John\, who were reputed to be pillars\, gave to 
 me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship\, that we should go to the Gen
 tiles and they to the circumcised\; only they would have us remember the po
 or\, which very thing I was eager to do.\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\n
 At that time\, the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said to one ano
 ther\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after h
 im."\n\nNow among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greek
 s. So these came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said t
 o him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew 
 went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "The hour h
 as come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; 
 but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and 
 he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any o
 ne serves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant 
 be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my s
 oul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour?' No\,
  for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name." Th
 en a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it 
 again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Othe
 rs said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has co
 me for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now sh
 all the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from 
 the earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what deat
 h he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that 
 the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be li
 fted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with y
 ou for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness o
 vertake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. Whi
 le you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of 
 light."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200922
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/21/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Qua
 dratus the Apostle\; Jonah the Prophet\; Isaakios & Meletios\, Bishops of C
 yprus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:28-31\; 5:1-
 10\nBrethren\, we\, like Isaac\, are children of promise. But as at that ti
 me he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born accor
 ding to the Spirit\, so it is now. But what does the scripture say? "Cast o
 ut the slave and her son\; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with 
 the son of the free woman." So\, brethren\, we are not children of the slav
 e but of the free woman. For freedom Christ has set us free\; stand fast th
 erefore\, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Now I\, Paul\, say 
 to you that if you receive circumcision\, Christ will be of no advantage to
  you. I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bou
 nd to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ\, you who would be ju
 stified by the law\; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spiri
 t\, by faith\, we wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus n
 either circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail\, but faith working 
 through love. You were running well\; who hindered you from obeying the tru
 th? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens 
 the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other v
 iew than mine\; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment\, whoeve
 r he is.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch
 \, who had been reproved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, and fo
 r all the evil things that Herod had done\, added this to them all\, that h
 e shut up John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, and when 
 Jesus also had been baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened\, and 
 the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a voice
  came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\
 n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211024
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\; Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:1
 1-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached b
 y me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I tau
 ght it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have hea
 rd of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of God violen
 tly and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my o
 wn age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of m
 y fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born\, and had cal
 led me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order t
 hat I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh and
  blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me\
 , but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then afte
 r three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with hi
 m fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord'
 s brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\nAt that time\, Jesus came t
 o his own country\, and taught the people in their synagogue so that they w
 ere astonished\, and said\, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these m
 ighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary
 ? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are no
 t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?" And they 
 took offense at him. But Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not without hon
 or except in his own country and in his own house." And he did not do many 
 mighty works there\, because of their unbelief.\n\n
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SUMMARY:James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200802
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar
  Their Teacher\; Procession of the Precious Cross\; Timothy the Wonderworke
 r\, Archbishop of Priconissus\; Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nFa
 st Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith conquere
 d kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of l
 ions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength 
 out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. Wome
 n received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to acc
 ept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered 
 mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned\
 , they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the swo
 rd\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, 
 ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering         over des
 erts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these\, thou
 gh well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since
  God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they should 
 not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so great a clou
 d of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings 
 so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before u
 s\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send yo
 u out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent
  as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and f
 log you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and 
 kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When th
 ey deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are 
 to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it
  is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and 
 children will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you wil
 l be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be
  saved."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Elea
 zar Their Teacher
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230314
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Po
 uplios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\; Christina the Martyr of Persia\; Ger
 ald\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 8:13-9
 :7\nBut the LORD of hosts\, him you shall regard as holy\; let him be your 
 fear\, and let him be your dread.  And he will become a sanctuary\, and a s
 tone of offense\, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel\, a trap
  and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble there
 on\; they shall fall and be broken\; they shall be snared and taken."  \n\n
  Bind up the testimony\, seal the teaching among my disciples.  I will wait
  for the LORD\, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob\, and I will
  hope in him.  Behold\, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are s
 igns and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts\, who dwells on Mount Zi
 on.  And when they say to you\, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who ch
 irp and mutter\," should not a people consult their God? Should they consul
 t the dead on behalf of the living?  To the teaching and to the testimony! 
 Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.  They will pass thr
 ough the land\, greatly distressed and hungry\; and when they are hungry\, 
 they will be enraged and will curse their king and their God\, and turn the
 ir faces upward\; and they will look to the earth\, but behold\, distress a
 nd darkness\, the gloom of anguish\; and they will be thrust into thick dar
 kness.  \n\n But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the
  former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of N
 aphtali\, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea\,
  the land beyond the Jordan\, Galilee of the nations.  The people who walke
 d in darkness have seen a great light\; those who dwelt in a land of deep d
 arkness\, on them has light shined.  Thou hast multiplied the nation\, thou
  hast increased its joy\; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harve
 st\, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.  For the yoke of his burden
 \, and the staff for his shoulder\, the rod of his oppressor\, thou hast br
 oken as on the day of Midian.  For every boot of the tramping warrior in ba
 ttle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for th
 e fire.  For to us a child is born\, to us a son is given\; and the governm
 ent will be upon his shoulder\, and his name will be called "Wonderful Coun
 selor\, Mighty God\, Everlasting Father\, Prince of Peace."  Of the increas
 e of his government and of peace there will be no end\, upon the throne of 
 David\, and over his kingdom\, to establish it\, and to uphold it with just
 ice and with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal 
 of the LORD of hosts will do this.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 6:9-22
 \n These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man\, blameless 
 in his generation\; Noah walked with God.  And Noah had three sons\, Shem\,
  Ham\, and Japheth.  Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight\, and the ear
 th was filled with violence.  And God saw the earth\, and behold\, it was c
 orrupt\; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.  And God sai
 d to Noah\, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh\; for the earth 
 is filled with violence through them\; behold\, I will destroy them with th
 e earth.  Make yourself an ark of gopher wood\; make rooms in the ark\, and
  cover it inside and out with pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the l
 ength of the ark three hundred cubits\, its breadth fifty cubits\, and its 
 height thirty cubits.  Make a roof for the ark\, and finish it to a cubit a
 bove\; and set the door of the ark in its side\; make it with lower\, secon
 d\, and third decks.  For behold\, I will bring a flood of waters upon the 
 earth\, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heav
 en\; everything that is on the earth shall die.  But I will establish my co
 venant with you\; and you shall come into the ark\, you\, your sons\, your 
 wife\, and your sons' wives with you.  And of every living thing of all fle
 sh\, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark\, to keep them alive wi
 th you\; they shall be male and female.  Of the birds according to their ki
 nds\, and of the animals according to their kinds\, of every creeping thing
  of the ground according to its kind\, two of every sort shall come in to y
 ou\, to keep them alive.  Also take with you every sort of food that is eat
 en\, and store it up\; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."  N
 oah did this\; he did all that God commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Proverbs 8:1-21\nDoes not wisdom call\, does not understanding raise her v
 oice? On the heights beside the way\, in the paths she takes her stand\; be
 side the gates in front of the town\, at the entrance of the portals she cr
 ies aloud:  "To you\, O men\, I call\, and my cry is to the sons of men.O s
 imple ones\, learn prudence\; O foolish men\, pay attention.  Hear\, for I 
 will speak noble things\, and from my lips will come what is right\; for my
  mouth will utter truth\; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  All the
  words of my mouth are righteous\; there is nothing twisted or crooked in t
 hem.  They are all straight to him who understands and right to those who f
 ind knowledge.  Take my instruction instead of silver\, and knowledge rathe
 r than choice gold\; for wisdom is better than jewels\, and all that you ma
 y desire cannot compare with her.  I\, wisdom\, dwell in prudence\, and I f
 ind knowledge and discretion.  The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Prid
 e and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.  I have co
 unsel and sound wisdom\, I have insight\, I have strength.  By me kings rei
 gn\, and rulers decree what is just\; by me princes rule\, and nobles gover
 n the earth.  I love those who love me\, and those who seek me diligently f
 ind me.  Riches and honor are with me\, enduring wealth and prosperity.  My
  fruit is better than gold\, even fine gold\, and my yield than choice silv
 er.  I walk in the way of righteousness\, in the paths of justice\, endowin
 g with wealth those who love me\, and filling their treasuries.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\; Cyril\, Equal-to-the-Apostles 
 & Teacher of the Slavs\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth\; Abraham\, Bis
 hop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 3:9-22\nBRETHREN\,
  no one born of God commits sin\; for God's nature abides in him\, and he c
 annot sin because he is born of God. By this it may be seen who are the chi
 ldren of God\, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do r
 ight is not of God\, nor he who does not love his brother. For this is the 
 message which you have heard from the beginning\, that we should love one a
 nother\, and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brot
 her. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his bro
 ther's righteous. Do not wonder\, brethren\, that the world hates you. We k
 now that we have passed out of death into life\, because we love the brethr
 en. He who does not love abides in death. Any one who hates his brother is 
 a murderer\, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
  By this we know love\, that he laid down his life for us\; and we ought to
  lay down our lives for the brethren. But if any one has the world's goods 
 and sees his brother in need\, yet closes his heart against him\, how does 
 God's love abide in him? Little children\, let us not love in word or speec
 h but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth\
 , and reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us\; for G
 od is greater than our hearts\, and he knows everything. Beloved\, if our h
 earts do not condemn us\, we have confidence before God\; and we receive fr
 om him whatever we ask. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:10-42\nAt that time\, J
 udas Iscariot\, who was one of the twelve\, went to the chief priests in or
 der to betray Jesus to them. And when they heard it they were glad\, and pr
 omised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. And o
 n the first day of Unleavened Bread\, when they sacrificed the passover lam
 b\, his disciples said to him\, "Where will you have us go and prepare for 
 you to eat the passover?" And he sent two of his disciples\, and said to th
 em\, "Go into the city\, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; 
 follow him\, and wherever he enters\, say to the householder\, 'The Teacher
  says\, Where is my guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my dis
 ciples?' And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready\; ther
 e prepare for us." And the disciples set out and went to the city\, and fou
 nd it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. And when it was
  evening he came with the twelve. And as they were at table eating\, Jesus 
 said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, one of you will betray me\, one who is eatin
 g with me." They began to be sorrowful\, and to say to him one after anothe
 r\, "Is it I?" He said to them\, "It is one of the twelve\, one who is dipp
 ing bread into the dish with me. For the Son of man goes as it is written o
 f him\, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would ha
 ve been better for that man if he had not been born." And as they were eati
 ng\, he took bread\, and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them\, and
  said\, "Take\; this is my body." And he took a cup\, and when he had given
  thanks he gave it to them\, and they all drank of it. And he said to them\
 , "This is my blood of the new covenant\, which is poured out for many. Tru
 ly\, I say to you\, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until 
 that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." And when they had sung
  a hymn\, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them\, "Y
 ou will all fall away\; for it is written\, 'I will strike the shepherd\, a
 nd the sheep will be scattered.' But after I am raised up\, I will go befor
 e you to Galilee." Peter said to him\, "Even though they all fall away\, I 
 will not." And Jesus said to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this very night\
 , before the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three times." But he said 
 vehemently\, "If I must die with you\, I will not deny you." And they all s
 aid the same. And they went to a place which was called Gethsemane\; and he
  said to his disciples\, "Sit here\, while I pray." And he took with him Pe
 ter and James and John\, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. A
 nd he said to them\, "My soul is very sorrowful\, even to death\; remain he
 re\, and watch." And going a little farther\, he fell on the ground and pra
 yed that\, if it were possible\, the hour might pass from him. And he said\
 , 'Abba\, Father\, all things are possible to you\; remove this cup from me
 \; yet not what I will\, but what you will." And he came and found them sle
 eping\, and he said to Peter\, "Simon\, are you asleep? Could you not watch
  one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation\; the spir
 it indeed is willing\, but the flesh is weak." And again he went away and p
 rayed\, saying the same words. And again he came and found them sleeping\, 
 for their eyes were very heavy\; and they did not know what to answer him. 
 And he came the third time\, and said to them\, "Are you still sleeping and
  taking your rest? It is enough\; the hour has come\; the Son of man is bet
 rayed into the hands of sinners. Rise\, let us be going\; see\, my betrayer
  is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Eld
 er of Chios\; Onesimos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusebius the Righteo
 us of Syria\; Major the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 
 1:1-25\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To 
 Philemon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos ou
 r fellow soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace fro
 m God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I re
 member you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith whi
 ch you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the 
 sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is our
 s in Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my br
 other\, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. A
 ccordingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is
  required\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an a
 mbassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my
  child\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerl
 y he was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I 
 am sending him back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad 
 to keep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during
  my imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without you
 r consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of you
 r own free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, t
 hat you might have him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a
  slave\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\,
  both in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, re
 ceive him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes y
 ou anything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own 
 hand\, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self
 . Yes\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my hear
 t in Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that yo
 u will do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for
  me\, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\,
  my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Ma
 rk\, Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the L
 ord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:43-7
 2\; 15:1\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the disciples\, Judas 
 Iscariot came\, one of the twelve\, and with him a crowd with swords and cl
 ubs\, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.  Now the betra
 yer had given them a sign\, saying\, "The one I shall kiss is the man\; sei
 ze him and lead him away under guard."  And when he came\, he went up to hi
 m at once\, and said\, "Rabbi!"  And he kissed him.  And they laid hands on
  him and seized him.  But one of those who stood by drew his sword\, and st
 ruck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.  And Jesus said to t
 hem\, "Have you come out as against a robber\, with swords and clubs to cap
 ture me?  Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching\, and you did
  not seize me.  But let the scriptures be fulfilled."  And they all forsook
  him\, and fled.  And a young man followed him\, with nothing but a linen c
 loth about his body\; and they seized him\, but he left the linen cloth and
  ran away naked.  And they led Jesus to the high priest\; and all the chief
  priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.  And Peter had foll
 owed him at a distance\, right into the courtyard of the high priest\; and 
 he was sitting with the guards\, and warming himself at the fire.  Now the 
 chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put h
 im to death\; but they found none.  For many bore false witness against him
 \, and their witness did not agree.  And some stood up and bore false witne
 ss against him\, saying\, "We heard him say\, 'I will destroy this temple t
 hat is made with hands\, and in three days I will build another\, not made 
 with hands.'"  Yet not even so did their testimony agree.  And the high pri
 est stood up in the midst\, and asked Jesus\, "Have you no answer to make? 
  What is it that these men testify against you?"  But he was silent and mad
 e no answer.  Again the high priest asked him\, "Are you the Christ\, the S
 on of the Blessed?"  And Jesus said\, "I am\; and you will see the Son of m
 an seated at the right hand of Power\, and coming with the clouds of heaven
 ."  And the high priest tore his garments\, and said\, "Why do we still nee
 d witnesses?  You have heard his blasphemy.  What is your decision?"  And t
 hey all condemned him as deserving death.  And some began to spit on him\, 
 and to cover his face\, and to strike him\, saying to him\, "Prophesy!"  An
 d the guards received him with blows.  And as Peter was below in the courty
 ard\, one of the maids of the high priest came\; and seeing Peter warming h
 imself\, she looked at him\, and said\, "You also were with the Nazarene\, 
 Jesus."  But he denied it\, saying\, "I neither know nor understand what yo
 u mean."  And he went out into the gateway\, and the cock crowed.  And the 
 maid saw him\, and began again to say to the bystanders\, "This man is one 
 of them."  But again he denied it.  And after a little while again the byst
 anders said to Peter\, "Certainly you are one of them\; for you are a Galil
 ean."  But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear\, "I do not k
 now this man of whom you speak."  And immediately the cock crowed a second 
 time.  And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him\, "Before the cock cr
 ows twice\, you will deny me three times."  And he broke down and wept.  An
 d as soon as it was morning the chief priests\, with the elders and scribes
 \, and the whole council held a consultation\; and they bound Jesus and led
  him away and delivered him to Pilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost\; Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\; Zenon th
 e Martyr & his servant Zenas of Philadelphia\; Anastasia the Serbian\; Alba
 n the Protomartyr of Britain\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:1-7\
 ,13-17\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\, set ap
 art for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his prophets
  in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was descended
  from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power accor
 ding to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, Jesus Ch
 rist our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to brin
 g about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the natio
 ns\, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ\; To all
  God's beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peac
 e from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know\, breth
 ren\, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been pre
 vented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among 
 the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barba
 rians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach the go
 spel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is
  the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the Jew fir
 st and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed th
 rough faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous shall live by fai
 th."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went 
 about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel o
 f the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the peopl
 e. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him all the s
 ick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\, epilept
 ics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds followed him fr
 om Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jo
 rdan.\n\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat d
 own his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them\, sa
 ying:\n\n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of hea
 ven.\n\n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted.\n\n"Ble
 ssed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n"Blessed are those
  who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied.\n\n
 "Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n"Blessed are th
 e pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n\n"Blessed are the peacemakers\,
  for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n"Blessed are those who are persec
 uted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Ble
 ssed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of e
 vil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your rewar
 d is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before y
 ou.\n\n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has lost its taste\, ho
 w shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except 
 to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The Holy M
 artyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\; Righteous Syncletike of Alexandria\; Apoll
 inaria of Egypt\; Gregory of Akrita\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Co
 rinthians 9:19-27\nBRETHREN\, though I am free from all men\, I have made m
 yself a slave to all\, that I might win the more. To the Jews I became as a
  Jew\, in order to win Jews\; to those under the law I became as one under 
 the law - though not being myself under the law - that I might win those un
 der the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law - not
  being without law toward God but under the law of Christ - that I might wi
 n those outside the law. To the weak I became weak\, that I might win the w
 eak. I have become all things to all men\, that I might by all means save s
 ome. I do it all for the sake of the gospel\, that I may share in its bless
 ings. Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete\, but only one
  receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises
  self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath\, bu
 t we an imperishable. Well\, I do not run aimlessly\, I do not box as one b
 eating the air\; but I pommel my body and subdue it\, lest after preaching 
 to others I myself should be disqualified. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:1-18\
 nIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar\, Pontius Pilate bei
 ng governor of Judea\, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee\, and his brothe
 r Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis\, and Lysanias t
 etrarch of Abilene\, in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas\, the wor
 d of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness\; and he went 
 into all the region about the Jordan\, preaching a baptism of repentance fo
 r the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in the book of the words of Isa
 iah the prophet\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the w
 ay of the Lord\, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled\, an
 d every mountain and hill shall be brought low\, and the crooked shall be m
 ade straight\, and the rough ways shall be made smooth\; and all flesh shal
 l see the salvation of God." He said therefore to the multitudes that came 
 out to be baptized by him\, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee fr
 om the wrath to come? Bear fruits that befit repentance\, and do not begin 
 to say to yourselves\, 'We have Abraham as our father"\; for I tell you\, G
 od is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the 
 axe is laid to the root of the trees\; every tree therefore that does not b
 ear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." And the multitudes as
 ked him\, "What then shall we do?" And he answered them\, "He who has two c
 oats\, let him share with him who has none\; and he who has food\, let him 
 do likewise." Tax collectors also came to be baptized\, and said to him\, "
 Teacher\, what shall we do?" And he said to them\, "Collect no more than is
  appointed you." Soldiers also asked him\, "And we\, what shall we do?" And
  he said to them\, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation\, and be 
 content with your wages." As the people were in expectation\, and all men q
 uestioned in their hearts concerning John\, whether perhaps he were the Chr
 ist\, John answered them all\, "I baptize you with water\; but he who is mi
 ghtier than I is coming\, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to unt
 ie\; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing 
 fork is in his hand\, to clear his threshing floor\, and to gather the whea
 t into his granary\, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." So
 \, with many other exhortations\, he preached good news to the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/01/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ecclesiastical New Year\; Symeon the Stylite\; Synaxis of the Recovery
  of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \; The 40 Holy Ascetic 
 Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\; Holy Martyrs 
 Calliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\; Righteous Meletius\, The St
 ruggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\; Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\; Nicholas of K
 ourtaliotis\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 2:1-7\nT
 imothy\, my son\, first of all\, I urge that supplications\, prayers\, inte
 rcessions\, and thanksgivings be made for all men\, for kings and all who a
 re in high positions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life\, godly 
 and respectful in every way. This is good\, and it is acceptable in the sig
 ht of God our Savior\, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the k
 nowledge of the truth. For there is one God\, and there is one mediator bet
 ween God and men\, the man Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as a ransom for 
 all\, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time. For this I was a
 ppointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I am not lying)\,
  a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16
 -22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he had been brought up\;
  and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And
  he stood up to read\; and there was given to him the book of the prophet I
 saiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written\, "The S
 pirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has anointed me to preach good ne
 ws to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and reco
 vering of sight to the blind\, to set at liberty those who are oppressed\, 
 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the book\, and 
 gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of all in the s
 ynagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them\, "Today this scrip
 ture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke well of him\, and w
 ondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of Nicomedia\; Hermas the Apostle o
 f the 70\; Paul the Confessor\; Dometios the Righteous\; Felix of Burgundy\
 , Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: III John 1:1-15\nThe elder to the beloved Gaius\, whom 
 I love in the truth.\n\nBeloved\, I pray that all may go well with you and 
 that you may be in health\; I know that it is well with your soul.  For I g
 reatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the trut
 h of your life\, as indeed you do follow the truth.  No greater joy can I h
 ave than this\, to hear that my children follow the truth.\n\nBeloved\, it 
 is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren\, espec
 ially to strangers\, who have testified to your love before the church.  Yo
 u will do well to send them on their journey as befits God's service.  For 
 they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen. 
  So we ought to support such men\, that we may be fellow workers in the tru
 th.\n\nI have written something to the church\; but Diotrephes\, who likes 
 to put himself first\, does not acknowledge my authority.  So if I come I w
 ill bring up what he is doing\, prating against me with evil words.  And no
 t content with that\, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren\, and also
  stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.\n\nB
 eloved\, do not imitate evil but imitate good.  He who does good is of God\
 ; he who does evil has not seen God.  Demetrios has testimony from every on
 e\, and from the truth itself\; I testify to him too\, and you know my test
 imony is true.\n\nI had much to write to you\, but I would rather not write
  with pen and ink\; I hope to see you soon\, and we will talk together face
  to face.\n\nPeace be to you.  The friends greet you.  Greet the friends\, 
 every one of them. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:29-40\; 22:7-39\nAt that tim
 e\, when Jesus drew near to Bethphage and Bethany\, at the mount that is ca
 lled Olivet\, he sent two of the disciples\, saying\, "Go into the village 
 opposite\, where on entering you will find a colt tied\, on which no one ha
 s ever yet sat\; untie it and bring it here.  If any one asks you\, 'Why ar
 e you untying it?' you shall say this\, 'The Lord has need of it.'"  So tho
 se who were sent went away and found it as he had told them.  And as they w
 ere untying the colt\, its owners said to them\, "Why are you untying the c
 olt?"  And they said\, "The Lord has need of it."  And they brought it to J
 esus\, and throwing their garments on the colt they set Jesus upon it.  And
  as he rode along\, they spread their garments on the road.  As he was now 
 drawing near\, at the descent of the Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude 
 of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all 
 the mighty works that they had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King who com
 es in the name of the Lord!  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"  An
 d some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke yo
 ur disciples."  He answered\, "I tell you\, if these were silent\, the very
  stones would cry out."\n\nThen came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which
  the passover lamb had to be sacrificed.  So he sent Peter and John\, sayin
 g\; "Go and prepare the passover for us\, that we may eat it."  They said t
 o him\, "Where will you have us prepare it?"  He said to them\, "Behold\, w
 hen you have entered the city\, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you
 \; follow him into the house which he enters\, and tell the householder\, '
 The Teacher says to you\, Where is the guest room\, where I am to eat the p
 assover with my disciples?'  And he will show you a large upper room furnis
 hed\; there make ready."  And they went\, and found it as he had told them\
 ; and they prepared the passover.\n\nAnd when the hour came\, he sat at tab
 le\, and the apostles with him.  And he said to them\, "I have earnestly de
 sired to eat this passover with you before I suffer\; for I tell you I shal
 l never eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."  And he 
 took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he said\, "Take this\, and divide
  it among yourselves\; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of
  the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."  And he took bread\
 , and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them\, saying\, "
 This is my body which is given for you.  Do this in remembrance of me."  An
 d likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "This cup which is poured out fo
 r you is the new covenant in my blood.  But behold the hand of him who betr
 ays me is with me on the table.  For the Son of man goes as it has been det
 ermined\; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"  And they began to q
 uestion one another\, which of them it was that would do this.\n\nA dispute
  also arose among them\, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 
  And he said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over th
 em\; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.  But not so w
 ith you\; rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest\, and th
 e leader as one who serves.  For which is the greater\, one who sits at tab
 le\, or one who serves?  Is it not the one who sits at table?  But I am amo
 ng you as one who serves.\n\nYou are those who have continued with me in my
  trials\; and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, t
 hat you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom\, and sit on thrones ju
 dging the twelve tribes of Israel.\n\nSimon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demand
 ed to have you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I have prayed for 
 you that your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned again\, strengt
 hen your brethren."  And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you
  to prison and to death."  He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will no
 t crow this day\, until you three times deny that you know me."\n\nAnd he s
 aid to them\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals\, did yo
 u lack anything?"  They said\, "Nothing."  He said to them\, "But now\, let
  him who has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag.  And let him who has no 
 sword sell his mantle and buy one.  For I tell you that this scripture must
  be fulfilled in me\, 'And he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for what i
 s written about me has its fulfillment."  And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, he
 re are two swords."  And he said to them\, "It is enough."\n\nAnd he came o
 ut\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the discip
 les followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr and His Fellow Martyrs\; Sebastiane the Marty
 r\; Maglorious of Sark\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:12-15\nBrethren\, 
 as you have always obeyed\, so now\, not only as in my presence but much mo
 re in my absence\, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling\; fo
 r God is at work in you\, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. D
 o all things without grumbling or questioning\, that you may be blameless a
 nd innocent\, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and
  perverse generation\, among whom you shine as lights in the world\, holdin
 g fast the word of life\, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 10:22-24\nThe Lord said\, "All things have been deliver
 ed to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father\,
  or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to
  reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said privately\, "Blessed ar
 e the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and ki
 ngs desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what you
  hear\, and did not hear it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Julitta of Caesaria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41
 \nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and prea
 ching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Pau
 l said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every 
 city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And 
 Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best n
 ot to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had
  not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so th
 at they separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed 
 away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the
  brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\,
  strengthening the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:44-54\nThe Lord
  said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a fi
 eld\, which a man found and covered up\; then in his joy he goes and sells 
 all that he has and buys that field. \n\n Again\, the kingdom of heaven is 
 like a merchant in search of fine pearls\, who\, on finding one pearl of gr
 eat value\, went and sold all that he had and bought it. \n\n Again\, the k
 ingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered f
 ish of every kind\; when it was full\, men drew it ashore and sat down and 
 sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. So it will be at the c
 lose of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the ri
 ghteous\, and throw them into the furnace of fire\; there men will weep and
  gnash their teeth. \n\n Have you understood all this?" They said to him\, 
 "Yes." And he said to them\, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained f
 or the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasu
 re what is new and what is old." And when Jesus had finished these parables
 \, he went away from there\, and coming to his own country he taught them i
 n their synagogue.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\; Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthimos\, President of Crete\; Righteous
  Jacob of Evia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:1-
 25\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Phil
 emon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fe
 llow soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from Go
 d our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I rememb
 er you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which y
 ou have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the shar
 ing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in
  Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brothe
 r\, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accor
 dingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is req
 uired\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambas
 sador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my chi
 ld\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he
  was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am s
 ending him back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to k
 eep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my 
 imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your co
 nsent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your ow
 n free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that 
 you might have him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a sla
 ve\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, bot
 h in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receiv
 e him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you a
 nything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand
 \, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Ye
 s\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in
  Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you wi
 ll do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\
 , for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my 
 fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\,
  Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord 
 Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:20-25\nA
 t that time\, when Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God
  was coming\, he answered them\, "The kingdom of God is not coming with sig
 ns to be observed\; nor will they say\, 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'There!' for 
 behold\, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." And he said to the dis
 ciples\, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days o
 f the Son of man\, and you will not see it. And they will say to you\, 'Lo\
 , there!' or 'Lo\, here!' Do not go\, do not follow them. For as the lightn
 ing flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other\, so will the 
 Son of man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be rejec
 ted by this generation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Nativity\; 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Hero
 d in Bethlehem\; Our Righteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of
  the Unsleeping Ones\; Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\; Afterf
 east of the Nativity\; George\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, 
 Kanons\, and Troparia\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\
 nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, stood in the midst of 
 his disciples and said to them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled and
  frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "W
 hy are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my h
 ands and feet\, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit ha
 s not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this\, he s
 howed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy
 \, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They g
 ave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n\nTh
 en he said to them\, "These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I was
  still with you\, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and 
 the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds t
 o understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that
  the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and tha
 t repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all 
 nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And 
 behold\, I send the promise of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, 
 until you are clothed with power from on high."\n\nThen he led them out as 
 far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed them. While he bless
 ed them\, he parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they wo
 rshiped him\, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were cont
 inually in the temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel w
 hich was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from 
 man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Chris
 t. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the c
 hurch of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism 
 beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for 
 the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was
  born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son
  to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not co
 nfer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were 
 apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to 
 Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, a
 nd remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles exc
 ept James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the 
 wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a d
 ream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\,
  and remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for the ch
 ild\, to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother by nig
 ht\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of Herod. T
 his was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt 
 have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been tricked
  by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed all the m
 ale children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or 
 under\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. T
 hen was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was hea
 rd in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her childre
 n\; she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But when Herod
  died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egyp
 t\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the land of 
 Israel\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose and t
 ook the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But when he 
 heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he w
 as afraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the dist
 rict of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that wha
 t was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Naz
 arene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus\; Cosmas the Hagio
 polite\; Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\; Righteous Paraskeve of
  Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 6:18-24\nBrethren\, pr
 ay at all times in the Spirit\, with all prayer and supplication. To that e
 nd keep alert with all perseverance\, making supplication for all the saint
 s\, and also for me\, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth bo
 ldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel\, for which I am an ambassador i
 n chains\; that I may declare it boldly\, as I ought to speak.\n\nNow that 
 you also may know how I am and what I am doing\, Tychicos the beloved broth
 er and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. I have sent 
 him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know how we are\, and that 
 he may encourage your hearts.\n\nPeace be to the brethren\, and love with f
 aith\, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who
  love our Lord Jesus Christ with love undying. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 9:12-18\nAt that time\, the twelve disciples came to Jesus and said to hi
 m\, "Send the crowd away\, to go into the villages and country round about\
 , to lodge and get provisions\; for we are here in a lonely place." But he 
 said to them\, "You give them something to eat." They said\, "We have no mo
 re than five loaves and two fish -- unless we are to go and buy food for al
 l these people." For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his
  disciples\, "Make them sit down in companies\, about fifty each." And they
  did so\, and made them all sit down. And taking the five loaves and the tw
 o fish he looked up to heaven\, and blessed and broke them\, and gave them 
 to the disciples to set before the crowd. And all ate and were satisfied. A
 nd they took up what was left over\, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Now i
 t happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ecclesiastical New Year\; Symeon the Stylite\; Synaxis of the Recovery
  of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \; The 40 Holy Ascetic 
 Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\; Holy Martyrs 
 Calliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\; Righteous Meletius\, The St
 ruggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\; Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\; Nicholas of K
 ourtaliotis\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 2:1-7\nTimothy\, my son\, first o
 f all\, I urge that supplications\, prayers\, intercessions\, and thanksgiv
 ings be made for all men\, for kings and all who are in high positions\, th
 at we may lead a quiet and peaceable life\, godly and respectful in every w
 ay. This is good\, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior\, wh
 o desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Fo
 r there is one God\, and there is one mediator between God and men\, the ma
 n Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as a ransom for all\, the testimony to wh
 ich was borne at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and a
 postle (I am telling the truth\, I am not lying)\, a teacher of the Gentile
 s in faith and truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus
  came to Nazareth\, where he had been brought up\; and he went to the synag
 ogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read\; an
 d there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book
  and found the place where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon
  me\, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has se
 nt me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the bl
 ind\, to set at liberty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptabl
 e year of the Lord." And he closed the book\, and gave it back to the atten
 dant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on hi
 m. And he began to say to them\, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled i
 n your hearing." And all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the gracious w
 ords which proceeded out of his mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Apostle Matthias  \; Anthony the Mart
 yr of Alexandria\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior
  Jesus Christ\; Constantine\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Euthymios the H
 ieromartyr\, Metropolitan of Rhodes\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first
  day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear o
 f the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be wi
 th you."  When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  T
 hen the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them aga
 in\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." 
  And when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Recei
 ve the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; i
 f you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of t
 he twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the ot
 her disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unle
 ss I see in his hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the m
 ark of the nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\n
 Eight days later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was w
 ith them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and 
 said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\
 , and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do n
 ot be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my Go
 d!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Bless
 ed are those who have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many othe
 r signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this bo
 ok\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, 
 the Son of God\, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9-17\nBrethren\, w
 e are God's fellow workers\; you are God's field\, God's building. Accordin
 g to the grace of God given to me\, like a skilled master builder I laid a 
 foundation\, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care ho
 w he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that whic
 h is laid\, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation 
 with gold\, silver\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, straw - each man's work
  will become manifest\; for the Day will disclose it\, because it will be r
 evealed with fire\, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has d
 one. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives\, he wi
 ll receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up\, he will suffer loss\,
  though he himself will be saved\, but only as through fire. Do you not kno
 w that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one
  destroys God's temple\, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy\, a
 nd that temple you are.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-34\nAt that time\,
  Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other 
 side\, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds
 \, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came\, he was
  there alone\, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the
  land\, beaten by the waves\; for the wind was against them. And in the fou
 rth watch of the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. But when the d
 isciples saw him walking on the sea\, they were terrified\, saying\, "It is
  a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them\, 
 saying "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear." \n\n And Peter answered him\,
  "Lord\, if it is you\, bid me come to you on the water." He said\, "Come."
  So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus\; b
 ut when he saw the wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning to sink he cried ou
 t\, "Lord\, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him
 \, saying to him\, "O man of little faith\, why did you doubt?" And when th
 ey entered the boat\, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him\
 , saying\, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over\,
  they came to land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas\; Myron the New 
 Martyr of Crete\; Cuthbert the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Photi
 ni the Samaritan Woman\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 14:2
 4-32\n The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, a
 nd as I have purposed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian 
 in my land\, and upon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke sh
 all depart from them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the pu
 rpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand th
 at is stretched out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purpos
 ed\, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn i
 t back?  In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, 
 O Philistia\, all of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for fro
 m the serpent's root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a fly
 ing serpent.  And the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie 
 down in safety\; but I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I
  will slay.  Wail\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, al
 l of you! For smoke comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in h
 is ranks."  What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD ha
 s founded Zion\, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Genesis 8:21-9:7\n And when the LORD smelled the pleas
 ing odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the groun
 d because of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his yout
 h\; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
   While the earth remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer a
 nd winter\, day and night\, shall not cease."  \n\n And God blessed Noah an
 d his sons\, and said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the ea
 rth.  The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the
  earth\, and upon every bird of the air\, upon everything that creeps on th
 e ground and all the fish of the sea\; into your hand they are delivered.  
 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you\; and as I gave you the
  green plants\, I give you everything.  Only you shall not eat flesh with i
 ts life\, that is\, its blood.  For your lifeblood I will surely require a 
 reckoning\; of every beast I will require it and of man\; of every man's br
 other I will require the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by 
 man shall his blood be shed\; for God made man in his own image.  And you\,
  be fruitful and multiply\, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multipl
 y in it."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 11:19-12:6\nHe who is steadfas
 t in righteousness will live\, but he who pursues evil will die.  Men of pe
 rverse mind are an abomination to the LORD\, but those of blameless ways ar
 e his delight.  Be assured\, an evil man will not go unpunished\, but those
  who are righteous will be delivered.  Like a gold ring in a swine's snout 
 is a beautiful woman without discretion.  The desire of the righteous ends 
 only in good\; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.  One man gives freel
 y\, yet grows all the richer\; another withholds what he should give\, and 
 only suffers want.  A liberal man will be enriched\, and one who waters wil
 l himself be watered.  The people curse him who holds back grain\, but a bl
 essing is on the head of him who sells it.  He who diligently seeks good se
 eks favor\, but evil comes to him who searches for it.  He who trusts in hi
 s riches will wither\, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.  
 He who troubles his household will inherit wind\, and the fool will be serv
 ant to the wise.  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life\, but lawles
 sness takes away lives.  If the righteous is requited on earth\, how much m
 ore the wicked and the sinner!  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge\, 
 but he who hates reproof is stupid.  A good man obtains favor from the LORD
 \, but a man of evil devices he condemns.  A man is not established by wick
 edness\, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.  A good wife is
  the crown of her husband\, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in 
 his bones.  The thoughts of the righteous are just\; the counsels of the wi
 cked are treacherous.  The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood\, but 
 the mouth of the upright delivers men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\; Vladimir\, Equal-to-
 the-Apostles of Kiev\; The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\; Do
 nald and his Nine Daughters\; Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 13:11-14\;14:1-5\nBRETHREN\, when I was a child\, I spo
 ke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned like a child\; when I
  became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly\,
  but then face to face. Now I know in part\; then I shall understand fully\
 , even as I have been fully understood. So faith\, hope\, love abide\, thes
 e three\; but the greatest of these is love. Make love your aim\, and earne
 stly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may prophesy. For one
  who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God\; for no one understan
 ds him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand\, he who 
 prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consola
 tion. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he who prophesies edi
 fies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues\, but even more to 
 prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues\, unle
 ss some one interprets\, so that the church may be edified. \n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-s
 hekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" 
 He said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\
 , "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or 
 tribute? From their sons or from others?" And when he said\, "From others\,
 " Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not to give offens
 e to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that co
 mes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and
  give it to them for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples 
 came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" An
 d calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will ne
 ver enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, 
 he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/07/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Sozon the Martyr\; Ka
 ssiani the Hymnographer\; Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\; Joh
 n the Wonderworker of Novgorod\; John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 12:10-19\nBrethre
 n\, for the sake of Christ I am content with weaknesses\, insults\, hardshi
 ps\, persecutions\, and calamities\; for when I am weak\, then I am strong.
 \n\nI have been a fool! You forced me to it\, for I ought to have been comm
 ended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative apostles\,
  even though I am nothing. The signs of a true apostle were performed among
  you in all patience\, with signs and wonders and mighty works. For in what
  were you less favored than the rest of the churches\, except that I myself
  did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!\n\nHere for the third time I am
  ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden\, for I seek not what is 
 yours but you\; for children ought not to lay up for their parents\, but pa
 rents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent for your so
 uls. If I love you the more\, am I to be loved the less? But granting that 
 I myself did not burden you\, I was crafty\, you say\, and got the better o
 f you by guile. Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sen
 t to you? I urged Titus to go\, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus ta
 ke advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the
  same steps?\n\nHave you been thinking all along that we have been defendin
 g ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speakin
 g in Christ\, and all for your upbuilding\, beloved.\n\nGospel Reading: Mar
 k 4:10-23\nAt that time\, when Jesus was alone\, <span>the disciples\, wit
 h the twelve\, asked him concerning the parable of the sower</span>. And he
  said to them\, "To you has been given the secrets of the kingdom but for t
 hose outside everything is in parables\; so that they may indeed see but no
 t perceive\, and may indeed hear but not understand\; lest they should turn
  again\, and be forgiven." And he said to them\, "Do you not understand thi
 s parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows th
 e word. And these are the ones along the path\, where the word is sown\; wh
 en they hear\, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sow
 n in them. And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground\, w
 ho\, when they hear the word\, immediately receive it with joy\; and they h
 ave no root in themselves\, but endure for a while\; then\, when tribulatio
 n or persecution arises on account of the word\, immediately they fall away
 . And others are the ones sown among thorns\; they are those who hear the w
 ord\, but the cares of the world\, and the delight in riches\, and the desi
 re for other things\, enter in and choke the word\, and it proves unfruitfu
 l. But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the wo
 rd and accept it and bear fruit\, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfol
 d."\n\nAnd he said to them\, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel
 \, or under a bed\, and not on a stand? For there is nothing hid\, except t
 o be made manifest\; nor is anything secret\, except to come to light. If a
 ny man has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Matthew\; Samuel the Prophet\; Holy Martyr Luke of Boul
 eutos\; Stephen\, First King of Hungary\; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\; 
 Oswin the Martyr\, King of Deira\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most 
 Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John
  21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he 
 was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John
 \, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know
  that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said 
 to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lo
 rd\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said t
 o him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was gr
 ieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said
  to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus sa
 id to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were yo
 ung\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old
 \, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry yo
 u where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was 
 to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned 
 and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close t
 o his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going t
 o betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about t
 his man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come
 \, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the bret
 hren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that 
 he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, w
 hat is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these t
 hings\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony i
 s true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every o
 ne of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contai
 n the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 
 9:2-12\nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is 
 my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our f
 ood and drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as th
 e other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Bar
 nabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who ser
 ves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating a
 ny of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I s
 ay this on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is writte
 n in the law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out
  the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entire
 ly for our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should p
 low in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we h
 ave sown spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material
  benefits? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still m
 ore? Nevertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anyt
 hing rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 18:23-35\nThe Lord said this parable:  "The kingdom of
  heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his se
 rvants.  When he began the reckoning\, one was brought to him who owed him 
 ten thousand talents\; and as he could not pay\, his lord ordered him to be
  sold\, with his wife and children and all that he had\, and payment to be 
 made.  So the servant fell on his knees\, imploring him\, 'Lord\, have pati
 ence with me\, and I will pay you everything.'  And out of pity for him the
  lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.  But that same
  servant\, as he went out\, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed h
 im a hundred denarii\; and seizing him by the throat he said\, 'Pay what yo
 u owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and besought him\, 'Have patience w
 ith me\, and I will pay you.'  He refused and went and put him in prison ti
 ll he should pay the debt.  When his fellow servants saw what had taken pla
 ce\, they were greatly distressed\, and they went and reported to their lor
 d all that had taken place.  Then his lord summoned him and said to him\, '
 You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me\; a
 nd should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant\, as I had mercy on
  you?'  And in anger his lord delivered him to the torturers\, till he shou
 ld pay all his debt.  So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of yo
 u\, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost\; Simon the Zealot & Apostl
 e\; Laurence of Egypt\; Isodora of Egypt\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: Acts 14:6-18\nIn those days\, the apostles fled to Lystra and 
 Derbe\, cities of Lycaonia\, and to the surrounding country\; and there the
 y preached the gospel. Now at Lystra there was a man sitting\, who could no
 t use his feet\; he was a cripple from birth\, who had never walked. He lis
 tened to Paul speaking\; and Paul\, looking intently at him and seeing that
  he had faith to be made well\, said in a loud voice\, "Stand upright on yo
 ur feet." And he sprang up and walked. And when the crowds saw what Paul ha
 d done\, they lifted up their voices\, saying in Lycaonian\, "The gods have
  come down to us in the likeness of men!" Barnabas they called Zeus\, and P
 aul\, because he was the chief speaker\, they called Hermes. And the priest
  of Zeus\, whose temple was in front of the city\, brought oxen and garland
 s to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people. But when the 
 apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it\, they tore their garments and rushe
 d out among the multitude\, crying\, "Men\, why are you doing this? We also
  are men\, of like nature with you\, and bring you good news\, that you sho
 uld turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the
  earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed 
 all the nations to walk in their own ways\; yet he did not leave himself wi
 thout witness\, for he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful
  seasons\, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." With these words
  they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 7:14-30\nAbout the middle of the feast Jesus went up int
 o the temple and taught. The Jews marveled at it saying\, "How is it that t
 his man has learning\, when he has never studied?" So Jesus answered them\,
  "My teaching is not mine\, but his who sent me\; if any man's will is to d
 o his will\, he shall know whether the teacher is from God or whether I am 
 speaking on my own authority. He who speaks on his own authority seeks his 
 own glory\; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true\, and in
  him there is not falsehood. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of yo
 u keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?" The people answered\, "You ha
 ve a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?" Jesus answered them\, "I did one d
 eed\, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is
  from Moses\, but from the fathers)\, and you circumcise a man upon the sab
 bath. If on the sabbath a man receives circumcision\, so that the law of Mo
 ses may not be broken\, are you angry with me because on the sabbath I made
  a man's whole body well? Do not judge by appearances\, but judge with righ
 t judgment."\n\nSome of the people of Jerusalem therefore said\, "Is not th
 is the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is\, speaking openly\, and t
 hey say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that thi
 s is the Christ? Yet we know where this man comes from\; and when the Chris
 t appears\, no one will know where he comes from." So Jesus proclaimed\, as
  he taught in the temple\, "You know me\, and you know where I come from? B
 ut I have not come of my own accord\; he who sent me is true\, and him you 
 do not know. I know him\, for I come from him\, and he sent me." So they so
 ught to arrest him\; but no one laid hands on him\, because his hour had no
 t yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\; Martyr Petronius\; Theophanes the M
 erciful of Gaza\; Dionysios I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Malachi the N
 ew Righteous Martyr of Lindos\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy
 \, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, sel
 f-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ J
 esus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by
  the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\
 , no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a ma
 n is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him i
 n a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bea
 r one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 5:12-16\nAt that time\, Jesus was in one of the cities\, and there
  came a man full of leprosy\; and when he saw Jesus\, he fell on his face a
 nd besought him\, "Lord\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stre
 tched out his hand\, and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And im
 mediately the leprosy left him. And he charged him to tell no one\; but "go
  and show yourself to the priest\, and make an offering for your cleansing\
 , as Moses commanded\, for a proof to the people." But so much the more the
  report went abroad concerning him\; and great multitudes gathered to hear 
 and to be healed of their infirmities. But he withdrew to the wilderness an
 d prayed.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Paralytic\; Pachomius the Great\; Achillius the Wonderwo
 rker\, Archbishop of Larissa\; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle
  Titus\; Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra\; Andrew the Hermit & Wonderwo
 rker\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them we
 re going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and
  talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While th
 ey were talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went 
 with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to th
 em\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as yo
 u walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas
 \, answered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know 
 the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "
 What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who wa
 s a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how
  our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, a
 nd crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Ye
 s\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Mor
 eover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in
  the morning and did not find his body\; and they came back saying that the
 y had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of th
 ose who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had 
 said\; but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, an
 d slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not ne
 cessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory
 ?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them i
 n all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to
  the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, bu
 t they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening 
 and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was
  at table with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and ga
 ve it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he 
 vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts 
 burn within us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us th
 e scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and
  they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who
  said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they 
 told what had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the br
 eaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 9:32-42\nIn those days\, as P
 eter went here and there among them all\, he came down also to the saints t
 hat lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas\, who had been bedrid
 den for eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Je
 sus Christ heals you\; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose. An
 d all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him\, and they turned to the Lo
 rd. Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. S
 he was full of good works and acts of charity. In those days she fell sick 
 and died\; and when they had washed her\, they laid her in an upper room. S
 ince Lydda was near Joppa\, the disciples\, hearing that Peter was there\, 
 sent two men to him entreating him\, "Please come to us without delay." So 
 Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come\, they took him to the 
 upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping\, and showing tunics an
 d other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put t
 hem all outside and knelt down and prayed\; then turning to the body he sai
 d\, "Tabitha\, rise." And she opened her eyes\, and when she saw Peter she 
 sat up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints
  and widows he presented her alive. And it became known throughout all Jopp
 a\, and many believed in the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:1-15\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep G
 ate a pool\, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these l
 ay a multitude of invalids\, blind\, lame\, paralyzed\, waiting for the mov
 ing of the water\; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons in
 to the pool\, and troubled the water\; whoever stepped in first after the t
 roubling of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. One man was th
 ere\, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew 
 that he had been lying there a long time\, he said to him\, "Do you want to
  be healed?" The sick man answered him\, "Sir\, I have no man to put me int
 o the pool when the water is troubled\, and while I am going another steps 
 down before me." Jesus said to him\, "Rise\, take up your pallet\, and walk
 ." And at once the man was healed\, and he took up his pallet and walked.\n
 \nNow that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured\,
  "It is the sabbath\, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet." But h
 e answered them\, "The man who healed me said to me\, 'Take up your pallet\
 , and walk.' "They asked him\, "Who is the man who said to you\, 'Take up y
 our pallet\, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who i
 t was\, for Jesus had withdrawn\, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterw
 ard\, Jesus found him in the temple\, and said to him\, "See\, you are well
 ! Sin no more\, that nothing worse befall you." The man went away and told 
 the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. John Climacus\; Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\; Pharmuthi
 os the Anchorite\; Guthlac the Hermit of Crowland\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus rev
 ealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he 
 said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  thes
 e?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him
 \, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, 
 do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."
   He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon
 \, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him
  the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know 
 everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep
 .  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself
  and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out y
 our hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish t
 o go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And af
 ter this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following th
 em the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the 
 supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When
  Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus sa
 id to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to
  you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this dis
 ciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, 
 but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"
   This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has
  written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there 
 are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be w
 ritten\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that w
 ould be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 6:13-20\nBRETHREN\, whe
 n God made a promise to Abraham\, since he had no one greater by whom to sw
 ear\, he swore to himself\, saying\, "Surely I will bless you and multiply 
 you." And thus Abraham\, having patiently endured\, obtained the promise. M
 en indeed swear by a greater than themselves\, and in all their disputes an
  oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincin
 gly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose\,
  he interposed with an oath\, so that through two unchangeable things\, in 
 which it is impossible that God should prove false\, we who have fled for r
 efuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We h
 ave this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul\, a hope that enters in
 to the inner shrine behind the curtain\, where Jesus has gone as a forerunn
 er on our behalf\, having become a high priest for ever after the order of 
 Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:17-31\nAt that time\, a man came to
  Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher\, I brought my son to you\, for he has
  a dumb spirit\; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down\; and he foa
 ms and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid\; and I asked your disciples to c
 ast it out\, and they were not able." And he answered them\, "O faithless g
 eneration\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? B
 ring him to me." And they brought the boy to him\; and when the spirit saw 
 him\, immediately it convulsed the boy\, and he fell on the ground and roll
 ed about\, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father\, "How long has
  he had this?" And he said\, "From childhood. And it has often cast him int
 o the fire and into the water\, to destroy him\; but if you can do anything
 \, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him\, "If you can! All t
 hings are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the chil
 d cried out and said\, "I believe\; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw t
 hat a crowd came running together\, he rebuked the unclean spirit\, saying 
 to it\, "You dumb and deaf spirit\, I command you\, come out of him\, and n
 ever enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly\, i
 t came out\, and the boy was like a corpse\; so that most of them said\, "H
 e is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up\, and he arose
 . And when he had entered the house\, his disciples asked him privately\, "
 Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them\, "This kind cannot be d
 riven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and 
 passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it\; for he was 
 teaching his disciples\, saying to them\, "The Son of man will be delivered
  into the hands of men\, and they will kill him\; and when he is killed\, a
 fter three days he will rise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Luke\; Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion
  Martyrs in Bithynia\; Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thesso
 lonica\; Dionysios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early 
 on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from w
 hom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told those who had been with hi
 m\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard that he was alive and ha
 d been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared i
 n another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country.  And
  they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them.\n\nAfter
 ward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table\; and he upb
 raided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not
  believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And he said to them\, "Go 
 into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.  He who bel
 ieves and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be c
 ondemned.  And these signs will accompany those who believe:  in my name th
 ey will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick u
 p serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; t
 hey will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then t
 he Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, an
 d sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went forth and preached ever
 ywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the s
 igns that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Ephesians 4:1-7\nBrethren\, I\, a prisoner for the Lord\, beg you to lead a
  life worthy of the calling to which you have been called\, with all lowlin
 ess and meekness\, with patience\, forbearing one another in love\, eager t
 o maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body 
 and one Spirit\, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to yo
 ur call\, one Lord\, one faith\, one baptism\, one God and Father of us all
 \, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each
  of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1
 8:18-27\nAt that time\, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him\, "Good Teacher
 \, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why d
 o you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments
 : 'Do not commit adultery\, Do not kill\, Do not steal\, Do not bear false 
 witness\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said\, "All these I have 
 observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it\, he said to him\, "One th
 ing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor\, 
 and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." But when he h
 eard this he became sad\, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said\,
  "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For
  it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich
  man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said\, "Then who can 
 be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men is possible with God.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea\; Vadim the Righteous of Persia
 \; Raphael\, Nicholas\, Irene\, & Olympias of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Isaiah 29:13-23\n And the Lord said: "Because this peo
 ple draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips\, while their h
 earts are far from me\, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learne
 d by rote\; therefore\, behold\, I will again do marvelous things with this
  people\, wonderful and marvelous\; and the wisdom of their wise men shall 
 perish\, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hid."  Woe to
  those who hide deep from the LORD their counsel\, whose deeds are in the d
 ark\, and who say\, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"  You turn things upside do
 wn! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay\; that the thing made should s
 ay of its maker\, "He did not make me"\; or the thing formed say of him who
  formed it\, "He has no understanding"?  \n\n Is it not yet a very little w
 hile until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field\, and the fruitful
  field shall be regarded as a forest?  In that day the deaf shall hear the 
 words of a book\, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind
  shall see.  The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD\, and the poor amo
 ng men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.  For the ruthless shall come 
 to nought and the scoffer cease\, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut
  off\, who by a word make a man out to be an offender\, and lay a snare for
  him who reproves in the gate\, and with an empty plea turn aside him who i
 s in the right.  \n\n Therefore thus says the LORD\, who redeemed Abraham\,
  concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no more be ashamed\, no more s
 hall his face grow pale.  For when he sees his children\, the work of my ha
 nds\, in his midst\, they will sanctify my name\; they will sanctify the Ho
 ly One of Jacob\, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Genesis 12:1-7\n Now the LORD said to Abram\, "Go from your co
 untry and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show
  you.  And I will make of you a great nation\, and I will bless you\, and m
 ake your name great\, so that you will be a blessing.  I will bless those w
 ho bless you\, and him who curses you I will curse\; and by you all the fam
 ilies of the earth shall bless themselves."  \n\n So Abram went\, as the LO
 RD had told him\; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old w
 hen he departed from Haran.  And Abram took Sarai his wife\, and Lot his br
 other's son\, and all their possessions which they had gathered\, and the p
 ersons that they had gotten in Haran\; and they set forth to go to the land
  of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan\, Abram passed through
  the land to the place at Shechem\, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the C
 anaanites were in the land.  Then the LORD appeared to Abram\, and said\, "
 To your descendants I will give this land." So he built there an altar to t
 he LORD\, who had appeared to him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:15
 -26\nThe simple believes everything\, but the prudent looks where he is goi
 ng.  A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil\, but a fool throws of
 f restraint and is careless.  A man of quick temper acts foolishly\, but a 
 man of discretion is patient.  The simple acquire folly\, but the prudent a
 re crowned with knowledge.  The evil bow down before the good\, the wicked 
 at the gates of the righteous.  The poor is disliked even by his neighbor\,
  but the rich has many friends.  He who despises his neighbor is a sinner\,
  but happy is he who is kind to the poor.  Do they not err that devise evil
 ? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.  In all toil there i
 s profit\, but mere talk tends only to want.  The crown of the wise is thei
 r wisdom\, but folly is the garland of fools.  A truthful witness saves liv
 es\, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.  In the fear of the LORD one ha
 s strong confidence\, and his children will have a refuge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 3:1-
 8\nBrethren\, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not i
 rksome to me\, and is safe for you. Look out for the dogs\, look out for th
 e evil-workers\, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the 
 true circumcision\, who worship God in spirit\, and glory in Christ Jesus\,
  and put no confidence in the flesh. Though  I myself have reason for confi
 dence in the flesh also. If any other man  thinks he has reason for confide
 nce in the flesh\, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day\, of the peop
 le of Israel\, of the tribe of Benjamin\, a Hebrew born of Hebrews\; as to 
 the law a Pharisee\, as to zeal a persecutor of the church\, as to righteou
 sness under the law blameless. But whatever gain I had\, I counted as loss 
 for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as loss because of the su
 rpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffere
 d the loss of all things\, and count them as refuse\, in order that I may g
 ain Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:14-23\nAt that time\, Jesus was cast
 ing out a demon that was dumb\; when the demon had gone out\, the dumb man 
 spoke\, and the people marveled. But some of them said\, "He casts out demo
 ns by Beelzebul\, the prince of demons"\; while others\, to test him\, soug
 ht from him a sign from heaven. But he\, knowing their thoughts\, said to t
 hem\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste\, and a divided h
 ousehold falls. And if Satan also is divided against himself\, how will his
  kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. And if I c
 ast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore
  they shall be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I cast o
 ut demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man\, 
 fully armed\, guards his own palace\, his goods are in peace\; but when one
  stronger than he assails him and overcomes him\, he takes away his armor i
 n which he trusted\, and divides his spoil. He who is not with me is agains
 t me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Mary & Martha\
 , the sisters of Lazarus\; Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\; Petro
 c\, Abbot of Padstow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7
 :26-28\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high p
 riest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted abo
 ve the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrif
 ices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he d
 id this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints
  men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which c
 ame later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.
   Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\,
  one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven
 \, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man
  but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jew
 s who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not ent
 er the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a t
 hief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sh
 eep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls 
 his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his o
 wn\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voi
 ce. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for the
 y do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, b
 ut they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said 
 to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All w
 ho came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them
 . I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go 
 in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Ascension\; Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Ba
 ptist\; Therapon the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Finding of the Icon o
 f St. Demetrios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer on Syros\; Aldhelm\, Bi
 shop of Sherborne\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose e
 arly on the first day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, f
 rom whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been
  with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive
  and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he app
 eared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the countr
 y. And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. Af
 ter this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He u
 pbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had n
 ot believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go
  into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who bel
 ieves and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be c
 ondemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they
  will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up 
 serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; the
 y will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the
  Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and 
 sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywh
 ere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the sign
 s that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:1-12\nIn the first boo
 k\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach\,
  until the day when he was taken up\, after he had given commandment throug
 h the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented 
 himself alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to them during f
 orty days\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them
  he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise
  of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John baptized w
 ith water\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit
 ." So when they had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at th
 is time restore the kingdom of Israel?" He said to them\, "it is not for yo
 u to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.
  But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and y
 ou shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to t
 he end of the earth." And when he had said this\, as they were looking on\,
  he was lifted up\, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they
  were gazing into heaven as he went\, behold\, two men stood by them in whi
 te robes\, and said\,"Men of Galilee\, why do you stand looking into heaven
 ? This Jesus\, who was taken up from you into heaven\, will come in the sam
 e way as you saw him go into heaven." Then they returned from the mount cal
 led Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the dead\, Jes
 us went up and stood among His disciples and said to them\, "Peace be with 
 you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a 
 spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionin
 gs rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I Myself\; ha
 ndle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I 
 have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His feet. A
 nd while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said to them\, 
 "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish [and
  some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. Then He said to them
 \, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, 
 that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and t
 he psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to understand the 
 scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ shoul
 d suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and 
 forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations\, beginni
 ng from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send t
 he promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city until you are cloth
 ed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far as Bethany\, and l
 ifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He parted fr
 om them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\, and retu
 rned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the Temple bless
 ing God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thomas Sunday\; George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\; Martyrs Emman
 uel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael and the other George of Samothrace\n\nMat
 ins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples w
 ent to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when
  they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and sai
 d to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go 
 therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of
  the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all 
 that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of
  the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod 
 the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed
  James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased
  the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of 
 Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and d
 elivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the 
 Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but 
 earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night whe
 n Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldier
 s\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the 
 prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in 
 the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up 
 quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "W
 rap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him
 \; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought h
 e was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\
 , they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of it
 s own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and imm
 ediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I 
 am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of He
 rod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading:
  John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, th
 e doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus ca
 me and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had
  said this\, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were
  glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you
 . As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said thi
 s\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you
  forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of an
 y\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, 
 was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We ha
 ve seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the pri
 nt of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place 
 my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples
  were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, 
 but Jesus came and stood among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He
  said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out yo
 ur hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." T
 homas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you be
 lieved because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and ye
 t believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples
 \, which are not written in this book\; but these are written that you may 
 believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, yo
 u may have life in His name.\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191030
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UID:Icale8e44beaa9439caeff16592c3113dcd4
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\; Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:16-23\nBrethren\, I do no
 t run in vain or labor in vain. Even if I am to be poured as a libation upo
 n the sacrifical offering of your faith\, I am glad and rejoice with you al
 l. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. I hope in the Lord
  Jesus to send Timothy to you soon\, so that I may be cheered by news of yo
 u. I have no one like him\, who will be genuinely anxious for your welfare.
  They all look after their own interests\, not those of Jesus Christ. But T
 imothy's worth you know\, how as a son with a father he has served with me 
 in the gospel. I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it wi
 ll go with me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:34-41\nThe Lord said\, "Your eye 
 is the lamp of your body\; when your eye is sound\, your whole body is full
  of light\; but when it is not sound\, your body is full of darkness. There
 fore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body 
 is full of light\, having no part dark\, it will be wholly bright\, as when
  a lamp with its rays gives you light." While he was speaking\, a Pharisee 
 asked him to dine with him\; so he went in and sat at table. The Pharisee w
 as astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. And the Lord
  said to him\, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the
  dish\, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. You fools! Did
  not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give for alms those 
 things which are within and behold\, everything is clean for you."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Anastasia the Martyr of Rome
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191003
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/02/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\; Theophilu
 s the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter 
 to Timothy 1:12-17\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank him who has given me strengt
 h for this\, Christ Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appoi
 nting me to his service\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and i
 nsulted him\; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbeli
 ef\, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love th
 at are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance\, 
 that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremos
 t of sinners\; but I received mercy for this reason\, that in me\, as the f
 oremost\, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to
  those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages\, i
 mmortal\, invisible\, the only God\, be honor and glory for ever and ever. 
 Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:46-49\, 7:1\nThe Lord said\, "Why do you ca
 ll me 'Lord\, Lord\,' and not do what I tell you? Every one who comes to me
  and hears my words and does them\, I will show you what he is like: he is 
 like a man building a house\, who dug deep\, and laid the foundation upon r
 ock\; and when a flood arose\, the stream broke against that house\, and co
 uld not shake it\, because it had been founded upon the rock. But he who he
 ars and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground with
 out a foundation\; against which the stream broke\, and immediately it fell
 \, and the ruin of that house was great." After he had ended all his saying
 s in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum.\n\n
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UID:Icale4955ef133fd7147023e51958b4d6914
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\; Symeon the New 
 Theologian\; Martin the Merciful\, Bishop of Tours\; Cosmas the Hymnographe
 r\, Bishop of Maiuma\; Domnina the Martyr\; Wilfrid of York\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 14:20-25\nBrethren\, do not
  be children in your thinking\; be babes in evil\, but in thinking be matur
 e. In the law it is written\, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of
  foreigners will I speak to this people\, and even then they will not liste
 n to me\, says the Lord." Thus\, tongues are a sign not for believers but f
 or unbelievers\, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers. I
 f\, therefore\, the whole church assembles and all speak in tongues\, and o
 utsiders or unbelievers enter\, will they not say that you are mad? But if 
 all prophesy\, and an unbeliever or outsider enters\, he is convicted by al
 l\, he is called to account by all\, the secrets of his heart are disclosed
 \; and so falling on his face\, he will worship God and declare that God is
  really among you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus was
  going through the grainfields on the sabbath\, and his disciples plucked a
 nd ate some heads of grain\, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the P
 harisees said\, "Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?
 " And Jesus answered\, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry
 \, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God\, and to
 ok and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but t
 he priests to eat\, and also gave it to those with him?" And he said to the
 m\, "The Son of man is lord of the sabbath." On another sabbath\, when he e
 ntered the synagogue and taught\, a man was there whose right hand was with
 ered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him\, to see whether he wou
 ld heal on the sabbath\, so that they might find an accusation against him.
  But he knew their thoughts\, and he said to the man who had the withered h
 and\, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to
  them\, "I ask you\, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\,
  to save life or to destroy it?" And he looked around on them all\, and sai
 d to him\, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so\, and his hand was restor
 ed.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tychon the Wonderworker\; 40 Martyrs of Rome\; Mark the Just of Apollo
 nia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 5:17-21\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, i
 f\, because of one man's trespass\, death reigned through that one man\, mu
 ch more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of 
 righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.\n\nThen as on
 e man's trespass led to condemnation for all men\, so one man's act of righ
 teousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. For as by one man's diso
 bedience many were made sinners\, so by one man's obedience many will be ma
 de righteous. Law came in\, to increase the trespass\; but where sin increa
 sed\, grace abounded all the more\, so that\, as sin reigned in death\, gra
 ce also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nWhat shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that gra
 ce may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:14-17\nAt that time\, the disciples of John came
  to Jesus\, saying\, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast\, but your disciples
  do not fast?" And Jesus said to them\, "Can the wedding guests mourn as lo
 ng as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come\, when the bridegroom
  is taken away from them\, and then they will fast. And no one puts a piece
  of unshrunk cloth on an old garment\, for the patch tears away from the ga
 rment\, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskin
 s\; if it is\, the skins burst\, and the wine is spilled\, and the skins ar
 e destroyed\; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins\, and so both are pr
 eserved."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191214
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska & First Saint of America\; The Holy 
 Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of Greate
 r Armenia\; Lucia the Virgin-martyr\; Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop 
 of Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Tim
 othy 4:4-8\, 16\nTimothy\, my son\, everything created by God is good\, and
  nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then i
 t is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. If you put these instructio
 ns before the brethren\, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus\, nour
 ished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have fol
 lowed. Have nothing to do with godless and silly myths. Train yourself in g
 odliness\; for while bodily training is of some value\, godliness is of val
 ue in every way\, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the
  life to come. Take heed to yourself and to your teaching\; hold to that\, 
 for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernau
 m\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you discussing 
 on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discussed with
  one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\;
  and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be last of all 
 and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the midst of the
 m\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one su
 ch child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me
  but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting 
 out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not following
  us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty w
 ork in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is
  not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a 
 cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will by no mean
 s lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Jo
 hn\; Theodora of Thessaloniki\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod t
 he tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he said to his servants\, "
 This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from the dead\; that is why t
 hese powers are at work in him." For Herod had seized John and bound him an
 d put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\
 ; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for you to have her." And th
 ough he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the people\, because they he
 ld him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday came\, the daughter of He
 rodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so that he promised wi
 th an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she
  said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." And the k
 ing was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to 
 be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\, and his head was b
 rought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she brought it to her mothe
 r. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it\; and they went a
 nd told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat
  to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\, they followed him 
 on foot from the towns.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:25-33\nIN THOSE DAYS\, 
 as John was finishing his course\, he said\, "What do you suppose that I am
 ? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandals of whose feet 
 I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, sons of the family of Abraham\, and t
 hose among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the message of this salv
 ation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, because they did 
 not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are r
 ead every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Though they could ch
 arge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pilate to have him k
 illed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him\, they took 
 him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from th
 e dead\; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from G
 alilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we bring
  you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, this he has fulf
 illed to us their children by raising Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:14-3
 0\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Jesus\, for his na
 me had become known. He said\, "John the baptizer has been raised from the 
 dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." But others said\, "It 
 is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a prophet\, like one of the prophets o
 f old." But when Herod heard of it he said\, "John\, whom I beheaded\, has 
 been raised." For Herod had sent and seized John\, and bound him in prison 
 for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because he had marri
 ed her. For John said to Herod\, "It is not lawful for you to have your bro
 ther's wife." And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and wanted to kill hi
 m. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that he was a righte
 ous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, he was much perpl
 exed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came when Herod on h
 is birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading m
 en of Galilee. For when Herodias' daughter came in and danced\, she pleased
  Herod and his guests\; and the king said to the girl\, "Ask me for whateve
 r you wish\, and I will grant it." And he vowed to her\, "Whatever you ask 
 me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom." And she went out\, and sai
 d to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" And she said\, "The head of John the 
 baptizer." And she came in immediately with haste to the king\, and asked\,
  saying\, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a 
 platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry\; but because of his oaths and
  his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediately the k
 ing sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went 
 and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a platter\, and ga
 ve it to the girl\; and the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples 
 heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in a tomb. The apos
 tles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and taught.\n\
 n
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SUMMARY:Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist
  John
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\; Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\; James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\; Grego
 ry of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\; Arsenios of Rhaxos\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:1-12\nBr
 ethren\, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus\, that as you learned 
 from us how you ought to live and to please God\, just as you are doing\, y
 ou do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through 
 the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God\, your sanctification: that you
  abstain from unchastity\; that each one of you know how to take a wife for
  himself in holiness and honor\, not in the passion of lust like the heathe
 n who do not know God\; that no man transgress\, and wrong his brother in t
 his matter\, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things\, as we sol
 emnly forewarned you. For God has not called us for uncleanness\, but in ho
 liness. Therefore whoever disregards this\, disregards not man but God\, wh
 o gives his Holy Spirit to you. But concerning the love of the brethren you
  have no need to have any one write to you\, for you yourselves have been t
 aught by God to love one another\; and indeed you do love all the brethren 
 throughout Macedonia. But we exhort you\, brethren\, to do so more and more
 \, to aspire to live quietly\, to mind your own affairs\, and to work with 
 your hands\, as we charged you\; so that you may command the respect of out
 siders\, and be dependent on nobody.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt tha
 t time\, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the g
 ospel\, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said 
 to Him\, "Tell us by what authority you do these things\, or who it is that
  gave you this authority."  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a quest
 ion\; now tell me\, was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And 
 they discussed it with one another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' 
 he will say\, 'Why did you not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' 
 all the people will stone us\; for they are convinced that John was a proph
 et."  So they answered that they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus sai
 d to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."\
 n\n
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SUMMARY:James the Great Martyr of Persia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220616
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Wednesday after Pentecost\; Amos the Prophet\; Our Righteous Fathe
 r Hieronymus\; Augustine the Blessed\, Bishop of Hippo\; Jerome the Righteo
 us\; Achikos\, Stephanas\, & Fortuanatos the Apostles\; Father among the Sa
 ints Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kiev\; Lazar of Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 1:18-27\nBrethren\, the wrath of God is revealed from heav
 en against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness su
 ppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them\, becaus
 e God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisi
 ble nature\, namely\, his eternal power and deity\, has been clearly percei
 ved in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse\; for alt
 hough they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him\, b
 ut they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were dark
 ened. Claiming to be wise\, they became fools\, and exchanged the glory of 
 the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or re
 ptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity
 \, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves\, because they excha
 nged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature ra
 ther than the Creator\, who is blessed for ever! Amen. For this reason God 
 gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relati
 ons for unnatural\, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with wom
 en and were consumed with passion for one another\, men committing shameles
 s acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for thei
 r error.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees\, y
 ou will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said 
 to the men of old\, 'You shall not kill\; and whoever kills shall be liable
  to judgment.' But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brothe
 r without cause shall be liable to judgment\; whoever insults his brother s
 hall be liable to the council\, and whoever says\, 'You fool!' shall be lia
 ble to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar\, an
 d there remember that your brother has something against you\, leave your g
 ift there before the altar and go\; first be reconciled to your brother\, a
 nd then come and offer your gift. Make friends quickly with your accuser\, 
 while you are going with him to court\, lest your accuser hand you over to 
 the judge\, and the judge to the guard\, and you be put in prison\; truly\,
  I say to you\, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny."\
 n\n
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SUMMARY:1st Wednesday after Pentecost
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210930
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia\; Mardonios & Stratonikos 
 the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:13-24\nBrethren\, be watch
 ful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, be strong. Let all that yo
 u do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know that the household of Steph
 anas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they have devoted themselves t
 o the service of the saints\; I urge you to be subject to such men and to e
 very fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fo
 rtunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up for your absence\; for th
 ey refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men. The 
 churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca\, together with the chur
 ch in their house\, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren
  send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I\, Paul\, write this 
 greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lord\, let him be
  accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My lov
 e be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:42-4
 7\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is co
 ming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of the
  night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would not have let 
 his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; for the Son of
  man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is the faithful and w
 ise servant whom his master has set over his household\, to give them their
  food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he c
 omes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all hi
 s possessions."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Tuesday after Pascha\; Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\, 
 Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius\, Paulinus and Benedimus\; Julian the Martyr\;
  Euphrasia the Martyr of Nicea\; Stephen I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:5-17\nIn those days\, Philip went down to a city o
 f Samaria\, and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the multitudes with one 
 accord gave heed to what was said by Philip\, when they heard him and saw t
 he signs which he did. For unclean spirits came out of many who were posses
 sed\, crying with a loud voice\; and many who were paralyzed or lame were h
 ealed. So there was much joy in the city.\n\nBut there was a man named Simo
 n who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation of S
 amaria\, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all gave heed to h
 im\, from the least to the greatest\, saying\, "This man is that power of G
 od which is called Great." And they gave heed to him\, because for a long t
 ime he had amazed them with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he 
 preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ\, 
 they were baptized\, both men and women. Even Simon himself believed\, and 
 after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great m
 iracles performed\, he was amazed.\n\nNow when the apostles at Jerusalem he
 ard that Samaria had received the word of God\, they sent to them Peter and
  John\, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy 
 Spirit\; for it had not yet fallen on any of them\, but they had only been 
 baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them 
 and they received the Holy Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:27-33\nThe Lor
 d said to the Jews who came to him: "Do not labor for the food which perish
 es\, but for the food which endures to eternal life\, which the Son of man 
 will give to you\; for on him has God the Father set his seal." Then they s
 aid to him\, "What must we do\, to be doing the works of God?" Jesus answer
 ed them\, "This is the work of God\, that you believe in him whom he has se
 nt." So they said to him\, "Then what sign do you do\, that we may see\, an
 d believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the w
 ilderness\; as it is written\, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Je
 sus then said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, it was not Moses wh
 o gave you the bread from heaven\; my Father gives you the true bread from 
 heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives
  life to the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\; Anastasia of Alexandria\; Mich
 ael Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 3:12-21\nLet the nations bestir themselves\
 , and come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat\; for there I will sit to judge
  all the nations round about.\n\nPut in the sickle\, for the harvest is rip
 e.  Go in\, tread\, for the wine press is full.  The vats overflow\, for th
 eir wickedness is great.\n\nMultitudes\, multitudes\, in the valley of deci
 sion!  For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.  The sun 
 and the moon are darkened\, and the stars withdraw their shining.\n\nAnd th
 e Lord roars from Zion\, and utters his voice from Jerusalem\, and the heav
 ens and the earth shake.  But the Lord is a refuge to his people\, a strong
 hold to the people of Israel.\n\n"So you shall know that I am the Lord your
  God\, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mountain.  And Jerusalem shall be holy a
 nd strangers shall never again pass through it.\n\n"And in that day the mou
 ntains shall drip sweet wine\, and the hills shall flow with milk\, and all
  the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water\; and a fountain shall come
  forth from the house of the Lord and water the valley of Shittim.\n\n"Egyp
 t shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness\, for the violen
 ce done to the people of Judah\, because they have shed innocent blood in t
 heir land.  But Judah shall be inhabited for ever\, and Jerusalem to all ge
 nerations.  I will avenge their blood\, and I will not clear the guilty\, f
 or the Lord dwells in Zion." \n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 2:12-26\n"Yet 
 even now\," says the Lord\, "return to me with all your heart\, with fastin
 g\, with weeping\, and with mourning\; and rend your hearts and not your ga
 rments."  Return to the Lord\, your God\, for he is gracious and merciful\,
  slow to anger\, and abounding in steadfast love\, and repents of evil.  Wh
 o knows whether he will not turn and repent\, and leave a blessing behind h
 im\, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord\, your God?\n\nBlo
 w the trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fast\; call a solemn assembly\; gather t
 he people.  Sanctify the congregation\; assemble the elders\; gather the ch
 ildren\, even nursing infants.  Let the bridegroom leave his room\, and the
  bride her chamber.\n\nBetween the vestibule and the altar let the priests\
 , the ministers of the Lord\, weep and say\, "Spare thy people\, O Lord\, a
 nd make not thy heritage a reproach\, a byword among the nations.  Why shou
 ld they say among the peoples\, 'Where is their God?'"\n\nThen the Lord bec
 ame jealous for his land\, and had pity on his people.  The Lord answered a
 nd said to his people\, "Behold\, I am sending to you grain\, wine\, and oi
 l\, and you will be satisfied\; and I will no more make you a reproach amon
 g the nations.\n\n"I will remove the northerner far from you\, and drive hi
 m into a parched and desolate land\, his front into the eastern sea\, and h
 is rear into the western sea\; the stench and foul smell of him will rise\,
  for he has done great things.\n\n"Fear not\, O land\; be glad and rejoice\
 , for the Lord has done great things!  Fear not\, you beasts of the field\,
  for the pastures of the wilderness are green\; the tree bears its fruit\, 
 the fig tree and vine give their full yield.\n\n"Be glad\, O sons of Zion\,
  and rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; for he has given the early rain for y
 our vindication\, he has poured down for you abundant rain\, the early and 
 the latter rain\, as before.\n\n"The threshing floors shall be full of grai
 n\, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  I will restore to you the y
 ears which the swarming locust has eaten\, the hopper\, the destroyer\, and
  the cutter\, my great army\, which I sent among you.\n\n"You shall eat in 
 plenty and be satisfied\, and praise the name of the Lord your God\, who ha
 s dealt wondrously with you.  And my people shall never again be put to sha
 me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore of Sykeon\; Nathaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente the Apostles\; Near
 chos the Martyr\; Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Isaiah 65:8-16\nThus says the LORD: "As the wine is found in th
 e cluster\, and they say\, 'Do not destroy it\, for there is a blessing in 
 it\,' so I will do for my servants' sake\, and not destroy them all.  I wil
 l bring forth descendants from Jacob\, and from Judah inheritors of my moun
 tains\; my chosen shall inherit it\, and my servants shall dwell there.  Sh
 aron shall become a pasture for flocks\, and the Valley of Achor a place fo
 r herds to lie down\, for my people who have sought me.  But you who forsak
 e the LORD\, who forget my holy mountain\, who set a table for Fortune and 
 fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny\; I will destine you to the sword\, and
  all of you shall bow down to the slaughter\; because\, when I called\, you
  did not answer\, when I spoke\, you did not listen\, but you did what was 
 evil in my eyes\, and chose what I did not delight in."  Therefore thus say
 s the Lord GOD: "Behold\, my servants shall eat\, but you shall be hungry\;
  behold\, my servants shall drink\, but you shall be thirsty\; behold\, my 
 servants shall rejoice\, but you shall be put to shame\; behold\, my servan
 ts shall sing for gladness of heart\, but you shall cry out for pain of hea
 rt\, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.  You shall leave your name to my
  chosen for a curse\, and the Lord GOD will slay you\; but his servants he 
 will call by a different name.  So that he who blesses himself in the land 
 shall bless himself by the God of truth\, and he who takes an oath in the l
 and shall swear by the God of truth\; because the former troubles are forgo
 tten and are hid from my eyes.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 46:1-7\n S
 o Israel took his journey with all that he had\, and came to Beersheba\, an
 d offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  And God spoke to Isra
 el in visions of the night\, and said\, "Jacob\, Jacob." And he said\, "Her
 e am I."  Then he said\, "I am God\, the God of your father\; do not be afr
 aid to go down to Egypt\; for I will there make of you a great nation.  I w
 ill go down with you to Egypt\, and I will also bring you up again\; and Jo
 seph's hand shall close your eyes."  Then Jacob set out from Beersheba\; an
 d the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father\, their little ones\, and t
 heir wives\, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.  They also 
 took their cattle and their goods\, which they had gained in the land of Ca
 naan\, and came into Egypt\, Jacob and all his offspring with him\, his son
 s\, and his sons' sons with him\, his daughters\, and his sons' daughters\;
  all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading
 : Proverbs 23:15-24:5\nMy son\, if your heart is wise\, my heart too will b
 e glad.  My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.  Let not 
 your heart envy sinners\, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.
   Surely there is a future\, and your hope will not be cut off.  Hear\, my 
 son\, and be wise\, and direct your mind in the way.  Be not among winebibb
 ers\, or among gluttonous eaters of meat\; for the drunkard and the glutton
  will come to poverty\, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.  Hearke
 n to your father who begot you\, and do not despise your mother when she is
  old.  Buy truth\, and do not sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruction\, and unde
 rstanding.  The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice\; he who beget
 s a wise son will be glad in him.  Let your father and mother be glad\, let
  her who bore you rejoice.  My son\, give me your heart\, and let your eyes
  observe my ways.  For a harlot is a deep pit\; an adventuress is a narrow 
 well.  She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men
 .  Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who ha
 s wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who tarry long over
  wine\, those who go to try mixed wine.  Do not look at wine when it is red
 \, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.  At the last it bite
 s like a serpent\, and stings like an adder.  Your eyes will see strange th
 ings\, and your mind utter perverse things.  You will be like one who lies 
 down in the midst of the sea\, like one who lies on the top of a mast.  "Th
 ey struck me\," you will say\, "but I was not hurt\; they beat me\, but I d
 id not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."  Be not env
 ious of evil men\, nor desire to be with them\; for their minds devise viol
 ence\, and their lips talk of mischief.  By wisdom a house is built\, and b
 y understanding it is established\; by knowledge the rooms are filled with 
 all precious and pleasant riches.  A wise man is mightier than a strong man
 \, and a man of knowledge than he who has strength.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today\; Agatha th
 e Martyr\; Polyeuktos\, Patriarch Of Constantinople\; Antonios the New Mart
 yr of Athens\; Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\; Afterfeast of the Pre
 sentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Theodosios of Antioch\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples
  went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And wh
 en they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and s
 aid to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. G
 o therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name 
 of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe al
 l that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close 
 of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son
 \, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\,
  my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings
 \, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutio
 ns I endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire
  to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men a
 nd impostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as 
 for you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, know
 ing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainte
 d with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation thr
 ough faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\nThe Lord said
  this parable\, "Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee a
 nd the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with hims
 elf\, 'God\, I thank you that I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unju
 st\, adulterers\, or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week\, I
  give tithes of all that I get.'  But the tax collector\, standing far off\
 , would not even lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\
 , 'God\, be merciful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went down to h
 is house justified rather than the other\; for everyone who exalts himself 
 will be humbled\, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\; Xanthippe & Polyxene the Righ
 teous\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nFast Day
  (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, A
 braham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son o
 f the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman thr
 ough promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One i
 s from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar
  is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for 
 she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and 
 she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not
  bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the childr
 en of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is marri
 ed."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:5-25\nAt that time\, in the days of Herod\, 
 king of Judea\, there was a priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abi
 jah\; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizab
 eth. And they were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandme
 nts and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child\, because E
 lizabeth was barren\, and both were advanced in years.\n\nNow while he was 
 serving as priest before God when his division was on duty\, according to t
 he custom of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of 
 the Lord and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were prayi
 ng outside at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of th
 e Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias
  was troubled when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said 
 to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your prayer is heard\, and you
 r wife Elizabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John.\n\
 nAnd you will have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth\; 
 for he will be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor stron
 g drink\, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother
 's womb. And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God\
 , and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the
  hearts of the fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdom 
 of the just\, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias 
 said to the angel\, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wi
 fe is advanced in years." And the angel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who 
 stands in the presence of God\; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to bri
 ng you this good news. And behold\, you will be silent and unable to speak 
 until the day that these things come to pass\, because you did not believe 
 my words\, which will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were wait
 ing for Zacharias\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. And when 
 he came out\, he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had s
 een a vision in the temple\; and he made signs to them and remained dumb. A
 nd when his time of service was ended\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these
  days his wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself\, 
 saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\, t
 o take away my reproach among men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\; Terentios\, Bishop of Iconium\; Nikitas 
 the New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:2-13\
 nBrethren\, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free f
 rom the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law\, weakened by t
 he flesh\, could not do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful fles
 h and for sin\, he condemned sin in the flesh\, in order that the just requ
 irement of the law might be fulfilled in us\, who walk not according to the
  flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the fle
 sh set their minds on the things of the flesh\, but those who live accordin
 g to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the min
 d on the flesh is death\, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and pea
 ce. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God\; it does not s
 ubmit to God's law\, indeed it cannot\; and those who are in the flesh cann
 ot please God.\n\nBut you are not in the flesh\, you are in the Spirit\, if
  in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spi
 rit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you\, although yo
 ur bodies are dead because of sin\, your spirits are alive because of right
 eousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you
 \, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal b
 odies also through his Spirit which dwells in you.\n\nSo then\, brethren\, 
 we are debtors\, not to the flesh\, to live according to the flesh-for if y
 ou live according to the flesh you will die\, but if by the Spirit you put 
 to death the deeds of the body you will live.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep 
 in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Bewa
 re of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in thei
 r synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sa
 ke\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you 
 up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for wh
 at you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who
  speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will d
 eliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will r
 ise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by a
 ll for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martinian of Palestine\; Aquilla & Priscilla the Apostles\; Eulogios\,
  Patriarch of Alexandria\; Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: I Thessalonians 5:14-23\nBrethren\, we exhort you\, admonish the idler
 s\, encourage the fainthearted\, help the weak\, be patient with them all. 
 See that none of you repays evil for evil\, but always seek to do good to o
 ne another and to all. Rejoice always\, pray constantly\, give thanks in al
 l circumstances\; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do n
 ot quench the Spirit\, do not despise prophesying\, but test everything\; h
 old fast what is good\, abstain from every form of evil. May the God of pea
 ce himself sanctify you wholly\; and may your spirit and soul and body be k
 ept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 17:3-10\nThe Lord said\, "Take heed to yourselves\; if your br
 other sins\, rebuke him\, and if he repents\, forgive him\; and if he sins 
 against you seven times in the day\, and turns to you seven times\, and say
 s\, 'I repent\,' you must forgive him." The apostles said to the Lord\, "In
 crease our faith!" And the Lord said\, "If you had faith as a grain of must
 ard seed\, you could say to this sycamore tree\, 'Be rooted up\, and be pla
 nted in the sea\,' and it would obey you. Will any one of you\, who has a s
 ervant plowing or keeping sheep\, say to him when he has come in from the f
 ield\, 'Come at once and sit down at table?'" Will he not rather say to him
 \, 'Prepare supper for me\, and gird yourself and serve me\, till I eat and
  drink\; and afterward you shall eat and drink?' Does he thank the servant 
 because he did what was commanded? So you also\, when you have done all tha
 t is commanded you\, say\, 'We are unworthy servants\; we have only done wh
 at was our duty.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Theophan the Recl
 use\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-11\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And
  when he came up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened a
 nd the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heave
 n\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Titus 2:11-14\;3:4-7\nTITUS\, my son\, the grace of God has appeared fo
 r the salvation of all men\, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly
  passions\, and to live sober\, upright\, and godly lives in this world\, a
 waiting our blessed hope\, the appearing of the glory of the great God and 
 Savior Jesus Christ\, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquit
 y and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good de
 eds.\n\nBut when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeare
 d\, he saved us\, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness\, but in
  virtue of his own mercy\, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in th
 e Holy Spirit\, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our
  Savior\, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in ho
 pe of eternal life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s came from Galilee to the Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him. John wou
 ld have prevented him\, saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, and do you
  come to me?" But Jesus answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thus it is f
 itting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Je
 sus was baptized\, he went up immediately from the water\, and behold\, the
  heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove\, 
 and alighting on him\; and lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "This is my 
 beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Jo
 hn\; Theodora of Thessaloniki\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod t
 he tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he said to his servants\, "
 This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from the dead\; that is why t
 hese powers are at work in him." For Herod had seized John and bound him an
 d put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\
 ; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for you to have her." And th
 ough he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the people\, because they he
 ld him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday came\, the daughter of He
 rodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so that he promised wi
 th an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she
  said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." And the k
 ing was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to 
 be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\, and his head was b
 rought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she brought it to her mothe
 r. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it\; and they went a
 nd told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat
  to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\, they followed him 
 on foot from the towns.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 13:25-33\n
 IN THOSE DAYS\, as John was finishing his course\, he said\, "What do you s
 uppose that I am? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandal
 s of whose feet I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, sons of the family of
  Abraham\, and those among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the mess
 age of this salvation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, b
 ecause they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prop
 hets which are read every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Thou
 gh they could charge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pila
 te to have him killed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of 
 him\, they took him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God ra
 ised him from the dead\; and for many days he appeared to those who came up
  with him from Galilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the peop
 le. And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, 
 this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 6:14-30\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Je
 sus\, for his name had become known. He said\, "John the baptizer has been 
 raised from the dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." But ot
 hers said\, "It is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a prophet\, like one o
 f the prophets of old." But when Herod heard of it he said\, "John\, whom I
  beheaded\, has been raised." For Herod had sent and seized John\, and boun
 d him in prison for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; beca
 use he had married her. For John said to Herod\, "It is not lawful for you 
 to have your brother's wife." And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and w
 anted to kill him. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that
  he was a righteous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, h
 e was much perplexed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came
  when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers a
 nd the leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias' daughter came in and danc
 ed\, she pleased Herod and his guests\; and the king said to the girl\, "As
 k me for whatever you wish\, and I will grant it." And he vowed to her\, "W
 hatever you ask me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom." And she we
 nt out\, and said to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" And she said\, "The h
 ead of John the baptizer." And she came in immediately with haste to the ki
 ng\, and asked\, saying\, "I want you to give me at once the head of John t
 he Baptist on a platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry\; but because 
 of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And i
 mmediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring hi
 s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a 
 platter\, and gave it to the girl\; and the girl gave it to her mother. Whe
 n his disciples heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in 
 a tomb. The apostles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had don
 e and taught.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\; Michael the New Martyr of Athens
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-1
 6\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sente
 nced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels
  and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. W
 e are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disreput
 e. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted 
 and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we
  bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliat
 e\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-sco
 uring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admon
 ish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Chr
 ist\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesu
 s through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he 
 had compassion for them\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like sh
 eep without a shepherd. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave 
 them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every 
 disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: fi
 rst\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son 
 of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Mat
 thew the tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon 
 the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus se
 nt out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town
  of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel
 . And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal 
 the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received 
 without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\; Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\; Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:2
 0-26\nTimothy\, my son\, in a great house there are not only vessels of gol
 d and silver but also of wood and earthenware\, and some for noble use\, so
 me for ignoble. If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble\, then he 
 will be a vessel for noble use\, consecrated and useful to the master of th
 e house\, ready for any good work. So shun youthful passions and aim at rig
 hteousness\, faith\, love\, and peace\, along with those who call upon the 
 Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with stupid\, senseless controve
 rsies\; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not 
 be quarrelsome but kindly to every one\, an apt teacher\, forbearing\, corr
 ecting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will 
 repent and come to know the truth\, and they may escape from the snare of t
 he devil\, after being captured by him to do his will.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 9:42-50\; 10:1\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever causes one of these little one
 s who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him if a great millston
 e were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your han
 d causes you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life maime
 d than with two hands to go to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, where thei
 r worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes
  you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life lame than wit
 h two feet to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the
  fire is not quenched. And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out\; i
 t is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two 
 eyes to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire 
 is not quenched. For every one will be salted with fire and every sacrifice
  will be salted with salt. Salt is good\; but if the salt has lost its salt
 ness\, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at peace wi
 th one another." And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyo
 nd the Jordan\, and crowds gathered to him again\; and again\, as his custo
 m was\, he taught them.\n\n
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 ios and Thessaloniki
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul of Thebes\; John the Hut-Dweller\; Pansophios the Martyr of Alexa
 ndria\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of
  the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithf
 ulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And tho
 se who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions an
 d desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let
  us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one ano
 ther.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiri
 tual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest
  you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law o
 f Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, lit
 tle flock\, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 
  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\; provide yourselves with purses tha
 t do not grow old\, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail\, whe
 re no thief approaches and no moth destroys.  For where your treasure is\, 
 there will your heart be also.  Let your loins be girded and your lamps bur
 ning\, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from t
 he marriage feast\, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and 
 knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he com
 es\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird himself and have them sit at table
 \, and he will come and serve them.  If he comes in the second watch\, or i
 n the third\, and finds them so\, blessed are those servants!  But know thi
 s\, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming\, h
 e would not have left his house to be broken into.  You also must be ready\
 ; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Basil the Great\, A
 rchbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\; Gregory\, Bishop of Nanzianzos\, Fath
 er of Gregory the Theologian\; Peter the New Martyr of the Peloponnesos\; T
 heodotos the Martyr\; Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\; Emmelia\, Mother of
  Basil the Great\, Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\; Tele
 machos the Martyr\; Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the d
 oor but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but h
 e who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeepe
 r opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and
  leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\
 , and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will 
 not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice o
 f strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understan
 d what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thi
 eves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any 
 one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastu
 re."\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:8-12\nBRETHREN\, see to it that no on
 e makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit\, according to human t
 radition\, according to the elemental spirits of the universe\, and not acc
 ording to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily\, and
  you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is the head of all rule and 
 authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made withou
 t hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ\; 
 and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which you were also raised wit
 h him through faith in the working of God\, who raised him from the dead.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\nAt that time\, the shepherds return
 ed\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen\, as it ha
 d been told them. And at the end of eight days\, when he was circumcised\, 
 he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he was conceived i
 n the womb. And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and
  the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every yea
 r at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old\, they wen
 t up according to custom\; and when the feast was ended\, as they were retu
 rning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know 
 it\, but supposing him to be in the company they went a day's journey\, and
  they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances\; and when they did
  not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeking him. After three days\
 , they found him in the temple\, sitting among the teachers\, listening to 
 them and asking them questions\; and all who heard him were amazed at his u
 nderstanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were astonished\; 
 and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you treated us so? Behold\, yo
 ur father and I have been looking for you anxiously." And he said to them\,
  "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Fathe
 r's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. 
 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, and was obedient to them\
 ; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
  wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and man.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\; Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea\; Martyr Heliodorus\;
  Anthimos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Marty
 rs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 4:10-18\nBrethren\, Arista
 rchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (conc
 erning whom you have received instructions -- if he comes to you\, receive 
 him)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circum
 cision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and they have been 
 a comfort to me. Epaphras\, who is one of yourselves\, a servant of Christ 
 Jesus\, greets you\, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers\, that
  you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. For I bear 
 him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and i
 n Hierapolis. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my greet
 ings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and Nympha and the church in her house. 
  And when this letter has been read among you\, have it read also in the ch
 urch of the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the letter from Laodice
 a. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you have
  received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. Re
 member my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:15-1
 8\; 17:1-4\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "You are those who 
 justify yourselves before men\, but God knows your hearts\; for what is exa
 lted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. The law and the proph
 ets were until John\; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is pre
 ached\, and every one enters it violently. But it is easier for heaven and 
 earth to pass away\, than for one dot of the law to become void. Every one 
 who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery\, and he who mar
 ries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery." \n\n And he said 
 to his disciples\, "Temptations to sin are sure to come\; but woe to him by
  whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round 
 his neck and he were cast into the sea\, than that he should cause one of t
 hese little ones to sin. Take heed to yourselves\; if your brother sins\, r
 ebuke him\, and if he repents\, forgive him\; and if he sins against you se
 ven times in the day\, and turns to you seven times\, and says\, 'I repent\
 ,' you must forgive him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/31/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hermias the Martyr at Comana\; Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 23:1-11\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul\, looking inten
 tly at the council\, said\, "Brethren\, I have lived before God in all good
  conscience up to this day." And the high priest Ananias commanded those wh
 o stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him\, "God sha
 ll strike you\, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according
  to the law\, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?" Those
  who stood by said\, "Would you revile God's high priest?" And Paul said\, 
 "I did not know\, brethren\, that he was the high priest\; for it is writte
 n\, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.' " But when Paul p
 erceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees\, he cried ou
 t in the council\, "Brethren\, I am a Pharisee\, a son of Pharisees\; with 
 respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial." And wh
 en he had said this\, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadd
 ucees\; and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is n
 o resurrection\, nor angel\, nor spirit\; but the Pharisees acknowledge the
 m all. Then a great clamor arose\; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees
 ' party stood up and contended\, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What i
 f a spirit or an angel spoke to him?" And when the dissension became violen
 t\, the tribune\, afraid that Paul would be torn in pieces by them\, comman
 ded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring
  him into the barracks. The following night the Lord stood by him and said\
 , "Take courage\, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem\, so you 
 must bear witness also at Rome."\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:15-23\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "All that the Father has is mine\; therefore I sai
 d that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.\n\n"A little while\
 , and you will see me no more\; again a little while\, and you will see me.
 " Some of his disciples said to one another\, "What is this that he says to
  us\, 'A little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little while\
 , and you will see me'\; and\, 'because I go to the Father'? " They said\, 
 "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he means." Jesu
 s knew that they wanted to ask him\; so he said to them\, "Is this what you
  are asking yourselves\, what I meant by saying\, 'A little while\, and you
  will not see me\, and again a little while\, and you will see me'? Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, you will weep and lament\, but the world will rejoi
 ce\; you will be sorrowful\, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a wom
 an is in travail she has sorrow\, because her hour has come\; but when she 
 is delivered of the child\, she no longer remembers the anguish\, for joy t
 hat a human being is born into the world. So you have sorrow now\, but I wi
 ll see you again and your hearts will rejoice\, and no one will take your j
 oy from you. In that day\, you will ask nothing of me. Truly\, truly\, I sa
 y to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he will give it to you in my
  name."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\; Our Righteous Father John\, B
 ishop and Hesychast\; Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\; Theodore\, Archb
 ishop of Alexandria\; Angelis the New Martyr\; Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nFa
 st Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timoth
 y 3:1-13\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure: If any one aspires to the 
 office of bishop\, he desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above repr
 oach\, the husband of one wife\, temperate\, sensible\, dignified\, hospita
 ble\, an apt teacher\, no drunkard\, not violent but gentle\, not quarrelso
 me\, and no lover of money. He must manage his own household well\, keeping
  his children submissive and respectful in every way\; for if a man does no
 t know how to manage his own household\, how can he care for God's church? 
 He must not be a recent convert\, or he may be puffed up with conceit and f
 all into the condemnation of the devil\; moreover he must be well thought o
 f by outsiders\, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. D
 eacons likewise must be serious\, not double-tongued\, not addicted to much
  wine\, not greedy for gain\; they must hold the mystery of the faith with 
 a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first\; then if they prove 
 themselves blameless let them serve as deacons. The women likewise must be 
 serious\, not slanderers\, but temperate\, faithful in all things. Let deac
 ons be the husband of one wife\, and let them manage their children and the
 ir households well\; for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standi
 ng for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ
  Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:9-18\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man
  planted a vineyard\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another cou
 ntry for a long while. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenant
 s\, that they should give him some of the fruit of the vineyard\; but the t
 enants beat him\, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent another serva
 nt\; him also they beat and treated shamefully\, and sent him away empty-ha
 nded. And he sent yet a third\; this one they wounded and cast out. Then th
 e owner of the vineyard said\, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son
 \; it may be they will respect him.' But when the tenants saw him\, they sa
 id to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; let us kill him\, that the inheritan
 ce may be ours.' And they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What
  then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy t
 hose tenants\, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this\, the
 y said\, "God forbid!" But he looked at them and said\, "What then is this 
 that is written: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the
  head of the corner'? Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to p
 ieces\; but when it falls on any one it will crush him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Mala
 chi the Prophet\; Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\; Righteous Genevieve of P
 aris\; Righteous Peter of Atroas\; Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\; Rig
 hteous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 4:5-8\
 nTIMOTHY\, my son\, always be steady\, endure suffering\, do the work of an
  evangelist\, fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor I am already on the point of bei
 ng sacrificed\; the time of my departure has come.  I have fought the good 
 fight\, I have finished the race\, I have kept the faith.  Henceforth there
  is laid up for me the crown of righteousness\, which the Lord\, the righte
 ous judge\, will award to me on that Day\, and not only to me but also to a
 ll who have loved his appearing.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8\nThe beginni
 ng of the Gospel of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God. As it is written in the 
 prophets\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepa
 re your way\; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of
  the Lord\, make his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilderness\
 , preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And there 
 went out to him all the country of Judea\, and all the people of Jerusalem\
 ; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their sins
 . Now John was clothed with camel's hair\, and had a leather girdle around 
 his waist\, and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached\, saying\, "Aft
 er me comes he who is mightier than I\, the thong of whose sandals I am not
  worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water\; but he wi
 ll baptize you with the Holy Spirit."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian\; Cosma
 s of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\; The Translation of the Relics of Dio
 nysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\; The Translation of the Holy Relics
  of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians
  7:1-10\nBrethren\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body 
 and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nOpen your hea
 rts to us\; we have wronged no one\, we have corrupted no one\, we have tak
 en advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you\, for I said befor
 e that you are in our hearts\, to die together and to live together. I have
  great confidence in you\; I have great pride in you\; I am filled with com
 fort. With all our affliction\, I am overjoyed.\n\nFor even when we came in
 to Macedonia\, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn -
 -fighting without and fear within. But God\, who comforts the downcast\, co
 mforted us by the coming of Titus\, and not only by his coming but also by 
 the comfort with which he was comforted in you\, as he told us of your long
 ing\, your mourning\, your zeal for me\, so that I rejoiced still more. For
  even if I made you sorry with my letter\, I do not regret it (though I did
  regret it)\, for I see that that letter grieved you\, though only for a wh
 ile. As it is\, I rejoice\, not because you were grieved\, but because you 
 were grieved into repenting\; for you felt a godly grief\, so that you suff
 ered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads t
 o salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces death.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 1:29-35\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the house of Simon 
 and Andrew\, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a
  fever\, and immediately they told him of her. And he came and took her by 
 the hand and lifted her up\, and the fever left her\; and she served them. 
 That evening\, at sundown\, they brought to him all who were sick or posses
 sed with demons. And the whole city was gathered together about the door. A
 nd he healed many who were sick with various diseases\, and cast out many d
 emons\; and he would not permit the demons to speak\, because they knew him
 . And in the morning\, a great while before day\, he rose and went out to a
  lonely place\, and there he prayed.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/09/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\; Caesarios the Righteous\n\nFast D
 ay (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and
  persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you 
 will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be
  a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not 
 to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisd
 om\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict
 . You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and fri
 ends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all fo
 r my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your enduranc
 e you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the H
 ebrews 12:1-10\nBRETHREN\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of w
 itnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so clo
 sely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, lo
 oking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy tha
 t was set before him endured the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seate
 d at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sin
 ners such hostility against himself\, so that you may not grow weary or fai
 nthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the po
 int of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation which ad
 dresses you as sons? "My son\, do not regard lightly the discipline of the 
 Lord\, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord discipli
 nes him whom he loves\, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is fo
 r discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons\; for wha
 t son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without
  discipline\, in which all have participated\, then you are illegitimate ch
 ildren and not sons. Besides this\, we have had earthly fathers to discipli
 ne us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Fathe
 r.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The ki
 ngdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to 
 hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a dena
 rius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third 
 hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to them he said\,
  'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will give you.' So
  they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he di
 d the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standi
 ng\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They said 
 to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into the 
 vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to hi
 s steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginning with th
 e last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour cam
 e\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came\, they though
 t they would receive more\; but each of them also received a denarius. And 
 on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, 'These last wor
 ked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the b
 urden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them\, '
 Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me for a denarius
 ? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to this last as I gi
 ve to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or
  is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be first\, and the f
 irst last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs 
 of Nicomedea\; Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Isaiah 2:11-21\nThe haughty looks of man shall be brought 
 low\, and the pride of men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be ex
 alted in that day.\n\nFor the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is p
 roud and lofty\, against all that is lifted up and high\; against all the c
 edars of Lebanon\, lofty and lifted up\; and against all the oaks of Bashan
 \; against all the high mountains\, and against all the lofty hills\; again
 st every high tower\, and against every fortified wall\; against all the sh
 ips of Tarshish\, and against all the beautiful craft.  And the haughtiness
  of man shall be humbled\, and the pride of men shall be brought low\; and 
 the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.  And the idols shall utterly pa
 ss away.  And men shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the g
 round\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his maje
 sty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n\nIn that day men will cast fort
 h their idols of silver and their idols of gold\, which they made for thems
 elves to worship\, to the moles and to the bats\, to enter the caverns of t
 he rocks and the clefts of the cliffs\, from before the terror of the Lord\
 , and from the glory of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n
 \nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2:4-19\nThese are the generations of the h
 eavens and the earth when they were created.\n\nIn the day that the Lord Go
 d made the earth and the heavens\, when no plant of the field was yet in th
 e earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up -- for the Lord God had 
 not caused it to rain upon the earth\, and there was no man to till the gro
 und\; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the g
 round -- then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground\, and breathe
 d into his nostrils the breath of life\; and man became a living being.  An
 d the Lord God planted a garden in Eden\, in the east\; and there he put th
 e man whom he had formed.  And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow 
 every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food\, the tree of li
 fe also in the midst of the garden\, and the tree of the knowledge of good 
 and evil.\n\nA river flowed out of Eden to water the garden\, and there it 
 divided and became four rivers.  The name of the first is Pishon\; it is th
 e one which flows around the whole land of Hav'ilah\, where there is gold\;
  and the gold of that land is good\; bdellium and onyx stone are there.  Th
 e name of the second river is Gihon\; it is the one which flows around the 
 whole land of Cush.  And the name of the third river is Tigris\, which flow
 s east of Assyria.  And the fourth river is the Euphra'tes.\n\nThe Lord God
  took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  An
 d the Lord God commanded the man\, saying\, "You may freely eat of every tr
 ee of the garden\; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you sh
 all not eat\, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."\n\nThen the
  Lord God said\, "It is not good that the man should be alone\; I will make
  him a helper fit for him."  So out of the ground the Lord God formed every
  beast of the field and every bird of the air\, and brought them to the man
  to see what he would call them\; and whatever the man called every living 
 creature\, that was its name.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:1-18\nMy
  son\, do not forget my teaching\, but let your heart keep my commandments\
 ; for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare will they give 
 you.\n\nLet not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you\; bind them about your
  neck\, write them on the tablet of your heart.  So you will find favor and
  good repute in the sight of God and man.\n\nTrust in the Lord with all you
 r heart\, and do not rely on your own insight.  In all your ways acknowledg
 e him\, and he will make straight your paths.  Be not wise in your own eyes
 \; fear the Lord\, and turn away from evil.  It will be healing to your fle
 sh and refreshment to your bones.\n\nHonor the Lord with your substance and
  with the first fruits of all your produce\; then your barns will be filled
  with plenty\, and your vats will be bursting with wine.\n\nMy son\, do not
  despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof\, for the Lord re
 proves him whom he loves\, as a father the son in whom he delights.\n\nHapp
 y is the man who finds wisdom\, and the man who gets understanding\, for th
 e gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than g
 old.  She is more precious than jewels\, and nothing you desire can compare
  with her.  Long life is in her right hand\; in her left hand are riches an
 d honor.  Her ways are ways of pleasantness\, and all her paths are peace. 
  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her\; those who hold her fa
 st are called happy.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/06/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Bishop Raphael Hawa
 weeny of Brooklyn\; Luke the Monk of Taormina\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 8
 :1-6\nBrethren\, we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the righ
 t hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary
  and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every hi
 gh priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices\; hence it is necessar
 y for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth\
 , he would not be a priest at all\, since there are priests who offer gifts
  according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctua
 ry\; for when Moses was about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God\
 , saying\, "See that you make everything according to the pattern which was
  shown you on the mountain." But as it is\, he has obtained a ministry whic
 h is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is bet
 ter\, since it is enacted on better promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-
 12\nThe Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before 
 men\, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but h
 e who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And ev
 ery one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he 
 who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they
  bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do no
 t be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the
  Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\; Martyr Petronius\; Malachi the New 
 Righteous Martyr of Lindos\; Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza\; Dionysios I\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\
 nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kind
 ness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such t
 here is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the fl
 esh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also 
 walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one anot
 her\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any tres
 pass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. 
  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, 
 and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:12-19\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus went out to the mountain to pray\; and all night he continued 
 in prayer to God. And when it was day\, he called his disciples\, and chose
  from them twelve\, whom he named apostles\; Simon\, whom he named Peter\, 
 and Andrew his brother\, and James and John\, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\
 , and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Simon who 
 was called the Zealot\, and Judas the son of James\, and Judas Iscariot\, w
 ho became a traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a level place\
 , with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from 
 all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to he
 ar him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled wit
 h unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for p
 ower came forth from him and healed them all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\; Basil the Confessor\; Jonah the
  Righteous Martyr of Lerios\; Kyranna the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nFas
 t Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: III John 1:1-15
 \nThe elder to the beloved Gaius\, whom I love in the truth.\n\nBeloved\, I
  pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health\; I know 
 that it is well with your soul.  For I greatly rejoiced when some of the br
 ethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life\, as indeed you do f
 ollow the truth.  No greater joy can I have than this\, to hear that my chi
 ldren follow the truth.\n\nBeloved\, it is a loyal thing you do when you re
 nder any service to the brethren\, especially to strangers\, who have testi
 fied to your love before the church.  You will do well to send them on thei
 r journey as befits God's service.  For they have set out for his sake and 
 have accepted nothing from the heathen.  So we ought to support such men\, 
 that we may be fellow workers in the truth.\n\nI have written something to 
 the church\; but Diotrephes\, who likes to put himself first\, does not ack
 nowledge my authority.  So if I come I will bring up what he is doing\, pra
 ting against me with evil words.  And not content with that\, he refuses hi
 mself to welcome the brethren\, and also stops those who want to welcome th
 em and puts them out of the church.\n\nBeloved\, do not imitate evil but im
 itate good.  He who does good is of God\; he who does evil has not seen God
 .  Demetrios has testimony from every one\, and from the truth itself\; I t
 estify to him too\, and you know my testimony is true.\n\nI had much to wri
 te to you\, but I would rather not write with pen and ink\; I hope to see y
 ou soon\, and we will talk together face to face.\n\nPeace be to you.  The 
 friends greet you.  Greet the friends\, every one of them. \n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 19:29-40\; 22:7-39\nAt that time\, when Jesus drew near to Bethpha
 ge and Bethany\, at the mount that is called Olivet\, he sent two of the di
 sciples\, saying\, "Go into the village opposite\, where on entering you wi
 ll find a colt tied\, on which no one has ever yet sat\; untie it and bring
  it here.  If any one asks you\, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say th
 is\, 'The Lord has need of it.'"  So those who were sent went away and foun
 d it as he had told them.  And as they were untying the colt\, its owners s
 aid to them\, "Why are you untying the colt?"  And they said\, "The Lord ha
 s need of it."  And they brought it to Jesus\, and throwing their garments 
 on the colt they set Jesus upon it.  And as he rode along\, they spread the
 ir garments on the road.  As he was now drawing near\, at the descent of th
 e Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice a
 nd praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen
 \, saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!  Peace 
 in heaven and glory in the highest!"  And some of the Pharisees in the mult
 itude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disciples."  He answered\, "I te
 ll you\, if these were silent\, the very stones would cry out."\n\nThen cam
 e the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrif
 iced.  So he sent Peter and John\, saying\; "Go and prepare the passover fo
 r us\, that we may eat it."  They said to him\, "Where will you have us pre
 pare it?"  He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have entered the city\, a m
 an carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him into the house which 
 he enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is 
 the guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'  And he
  will show you a large upper room furnished\; there make ready."  And they 
 went\, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover.\n
 \nAnd when the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the apostles with him.  An
 d he said to them\, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you
  before I suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat it again until it is fu
 lfilled in the kingdom of God."  And he took a cup\, and when he had given 
 thanks he said\, "Take this\, and divide it among yourselves\; for I tell y
 ou that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the ki
 ngdom of God comes."  And he took bread\, and when he had given thanks he b
 roke it and gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my body which is given for 
 you.  Do this in remembrance of me."  And likewise the cup after supper\, s
 aying\, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blo
 od.  But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.  Fo
 r the Son of man goes as it has been determined\; but woe to that man by wh
 om he is betrayed!"  And they began to question one another\, which of them
  it was that would do this.\n\nA dispute also arose among them\, which of t
 hem was to be regarded as the greatest.  And he said to them\, "The kings o
 f the Gentiles exercise lordship over them\; and those in authority over th
 em are called benefactors.  But not so with you\; rather let the greatest a
 mong you become as the youngest\, and the leader as one who serves.  For wh
 ich is the greater\, one who sits at table\, or one who serves?  Is it not 
 the one who sits at table?  But I am among you as one who serves.\n\nYou ar
 e those who have continued with me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as 
 my Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my tab
 le in my kingdom\, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.\
 n\nSimon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demanded to have you\, that he might sift
  you like wheat\, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail\; 
 and when you have turned again\, strengthen your brethren."  And he said to
  him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."  He said\
 , "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will not crow this day\, until you three t
 imes deny that you know me."\n\nAnd he said to them\, "When I sent you out 
 with no purse or bag or sandals\, did you lack anything?"  They said\, "Not
 hing."  He said to them\, "But now\, let him who has a purse take it\, and 
 likewise a bag.  And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one. 
  For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me\, 'And he was r
 eckoned with transgressors'\; for what is written about me has its fulfillm
 ent."  And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, here are two swords."  And he said to
  them\, "It is enough."\n\nAnd he came out\, and went\, as was his custom\,
  to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apos
 tle\; Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\; Melitina the Martyr\; Afterfeast of t
 he Holy Cross\; Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\; Edith the Nun of Wilto
 n Abbey\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\
 , working together with him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God
  in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, an
 d helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\
 ; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way
 \, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God
  we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance\, in affliction
 s\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, 
 watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Ho
 ly Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with th
 e weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left\; in honor a
 nd dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, 
 and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold 
 we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejo
 icing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet posses
 sing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the
  Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's ho
 use\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who w
 as a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house
 \, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his 
 feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them 
 with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with th
 e ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to h
 imself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sor
 t of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus an
 swering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you." And he answ
 ered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one ow
 ed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he
  forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\,
  "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You
  have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do
  you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my fee
 t\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. Yo
 u gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss 
 my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet
  with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forg
 iven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." 
 And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table
  with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives 
 sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."
 \n\n
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 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\; Savinos the Bishop of Catania\; Barsus 
 the Confessor\; Euthymios the New\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesi
 ans 4:17-25\nBrethren\, this I affirm and testify in the Lord\, that you mu
 st no longer live as the Gentiles do\, in the futility of their minds\; the
 y are darkened in their understanding\, alienated from the life of God beca
 use of the ignorance that is in them\, due to their hardness of heart\; the
 y have become callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness\, gree
 dy to practice every kind of uncleanness. You did not so learn Christ! - as
 suming that you have heard about him and were taught in him\, as the truth 
 is in Jesus. Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of
  life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts\, and be renewed in the spirit
  of your minds\, and put on the new nature\, created after the likeness of 
 God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore\, putting away falsehood\
 , speak the truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:12-18\nAt that time\, the twel
 ve disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Send the crowd away\, to go i
 nto the villages and country round about\, to lodge and get provisions\; fo
 r we are here in a lonely place." But he said to them\, "You give them some
 thing to eat." They said\, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish -
 - unless we are to go and buy food for all these people." For there were ab
 out five thousand men. And he said to his disciples\, "Make them sit down i
 n companies\, about fifty each." And they did so\, and made them all sit do
 wn. And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, an
 d blessed and broke them\, and gave them to the disciples to set before the
  crowd. And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over
 \, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Now it happened that as he was praying 
 alone the disciples were with him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\; Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\; Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\; Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Romans 9:18-33\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and 
 he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why d
 oes he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a 
 man\, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why h
 ave you made me thus?" Has the potter no right over the clay\, to make out 
 of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use? What if 
 God\, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power\, has endured 
 with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to 
 make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has 
 prepared beforehand for glory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the J
 ews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those wh
 o were not my people I will call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved 
 I will call 'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where it was said to them
 \, 'You are not my people\,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
  And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of 
 Israel be as the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; f
 or the Lord will execute his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatc
 h." And as Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us childre
 n\, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall
  we say\, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attaine
 d it\, that is\, righteousness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued 
 the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that 
 law. Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were 
 based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is writ
 ten\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a 
 rock that will make them fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put 
 to shame."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:49-56\nAt that time\, one of Jesus' di
 sciples came to him and said\, "Master\, we saw a man casting out demons in
  your name\, and we forbade him\, because he does not follow with us." But 
 Jesus said to him\, "Do not forbid him\; for he that is not against you is 
 for you." When the days drew near for him to be received up\, he set his fa
 ce to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went and e
 ntered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for him\; but the people
  would not receive him\, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And whe
 n his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lord\, do you want us 
 to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as Elijah did?" But he t
 urned and rebuked them. And they went on to another village.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Saturday of Souls\; Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our L
 ord\; Holy Martyr Zosima\; Our Righteous Father Zenonus\; Paisius the Great
  of Egypt\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not hav
 e you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you may 
 not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus 
 died and rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him tho
 se who have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the L
 ord\, that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, s
 hall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will d
 escend from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's call\, and 
 with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise fir
 st\; then we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together wit
 h them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always b
 e with the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus rev
 ealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he 
 said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  thes
 e?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him
 \, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, 
 do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."
   He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon
 \, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him
  the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know 
 everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep
 .  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself
  and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out y
 our hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish t
 o go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And af
 ter this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following th
 em the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the 
 supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When
  Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus sa
 id to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to
  you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this dis
 ciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, 
 but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"
   This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has
  written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there 
 are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be w
 ritten\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that w
 ould be written.  Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 15th Sunday of Luke\; Xenophon & his Companions\; Symeon the Elder of 
 Mount Sinai\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, being ra
 ised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of 
 Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas called
  the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two ot
 hers of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going
  fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got 
 into the boat\; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breakin
 g\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disciples did not know that it was J
 esus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered hi
 m\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, a
 nd you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to hau
 l it in\, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to P
 eter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he p
 ut on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea.
  But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\,
  for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off.\n\nWh
 en they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\, with fish lying 
 on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you ha
 ve just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, ful
 l of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there we
 re so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have brea
 kfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who are you?" They knew 
 it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so
  with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the 
 disciples after he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  First Letter to Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and 
 worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproach\, be
 cause we have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of all men
 \, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no 
 one despise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech and con
 duct\, in love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the public r
 eading of scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift y
 ou have\, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of el
 ders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yourself to 
 them\, so that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10\n
 At that time\, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man named
  Zacchaios\; he was a chief collector\, and rich. And he sought to see who 
 Jesus was\, but could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he was small 
 of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see h
 im\, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place\, he loo
 ked up and said to him\, "Zacchaios\, make haste and come down\; for I must
  stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down\, and received h
 im joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured\, "He has gone in to be
  the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the L
 ord\, "Behold\, Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor\; and if I h
 ave defrauded any one of anything\, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said 
 to him\, "Today salvation has come to this house\, since he also is a son o
 f Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose an
 d went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she ente
 red the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard 
 the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fill
 ed with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are yo
 u among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gran
 ted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when th
 e voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for j
 oy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wh
 at was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifie
 s the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded 
 the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations w
 ill call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, a
 nd holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and r
 eturned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, hav
 e this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, thoug
 h he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be
  grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born 
 in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself an
 d became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has hig
 hly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, th
 at at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and 
 under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to t
 he glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt
  that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received h
 im into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's
  feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much ser
 ving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my siste
 r has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord a
 nswered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many th
 ings\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall
  not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised
  her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the b
 reasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear t
 he word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of Pascha\; Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; 3 Virgin-martyr
 s of Chios\; 5 Nuns beheaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha\, Mary\
 , & Enmatha\; Righteous Father Columba of Iona\; Righteous Father Cyril of 
 Belozersk\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 18:22-28\nIN 
 THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he went up and greeted the 
 church\, and then went down to Antioch. After spending some time there he d
 eparted and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phry
 gia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos\, a native o
 f Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\, well versed in the
  scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord\; and being ferv
 ent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Je
 sus\, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in 
 the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\, they took him and
  expounded to him the way of God more accurately. And when he wished to cro
 ss to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, and wrote to the disciples to 
 receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly helped those who through grace ha
 d believed\, for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public\, showing by the
  scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:36-47\nT
 he Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "While you have the light\, beli
 eve in the light\, that you may become sons of light. When Jesus had said t
 his\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many sig
 ns before them\, yet they did not believe in him\; it was that the word spo
 ken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed our 
 report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they
  could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, "He has blinded their eyes and 
 hardened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive wi
 th their heart\, and turn for me to heal them." Isaiah said this because he
  saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, many even of the authoritie
 s believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\,
  lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of
  men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He who
  believes in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who see
 s me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world\, that whoev
 er believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings a
 nd does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to judge th
 e world but to save the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Cross\; The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\; De
 metrios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came t
 o the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had bee
 n taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the ot
 her disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have tak
 en the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him."
  Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tom
 b. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb
  first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, bu
 t he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into t
 he tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on 
 His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by it
 self. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\,
  and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, tha
 t He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high
  priest who has passed through the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let u
 s hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest who is unable to 
 sympathize with our weaknesses\, but one who in every respect has been temp
 ted as we are\, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to t
 he throne of grace\, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in ti
 me of need. For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act
  on behalf of men in relation to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for si
 ns. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is 
 beset with weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his
  own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does not take the hon
 or upon himself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Chri
 st did not exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by hi
 m who said to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he 
 says also in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order 
 of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If
  anyone wishes to come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cros
 s and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever
  loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it
  profit a man\, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can 
 a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my word
 s in this adulterous and sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man als
 o be ashamed\, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angel
 s." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing h
 ere who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with p
 ower."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/19/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday after Holy Cross\; Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Ma
 rtyrs\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; Plato the new Hieromartyr of Patmos\
 ; Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:26-31\; 2:1-5\nBrethren\, consider yo
 ur call\, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards\, not ma
 ny were powerful\, not many were of noble birth\; but God chose what is foo
 lish in the world to shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the world t
 o shame the strong\, God chose what is low and despised in the world\, even
  things that are not\, to bring to nothing things that are\, so that no hum
 an being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life 
 in Christ Jesus\, whom God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanctifi
 cation and redemption\; therefore\, as it is written\, "Let him who boasts\
 , boast of the Lord." When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not come procla
 iming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided t
 o know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was w
 ith you in weakness and in much fear and trembling\; and my speech and my m
 essage were not in plausible words of wisdom\, but in demonstration of the 
 Spirit and of power\, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men b
 ut in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to t
 he Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your
  sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he k
 ill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He sa
 id to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\
 , I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins\, for 
 you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to hi
 m\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you from the
  beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he who sen
 t me is true\, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." They
  did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "W
 hen you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, a
 nd that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taugh
 t me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I alwa
 ys do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\
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 sts: 10th Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\; The Holy Martyr 
 Bassa and Her Sons: Theognis\, Agapius\, and Pistus\; Athanasios Patelaros\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Hol
 y Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21
 :1-14\nAt that time\, being raised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself t
 o the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this wa
 y. Simon Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, th
 e sons of Zebedee\, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Pe
 ter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go wit
 h you." They went out and got into the boat\; but that night they caught no
 thing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the discip
 les did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have y
 ou any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on 
 the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and
  now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. The disci
 ple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter hea
 rd that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for w
 ork\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, d
 ragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but ab
 out a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal
  fire there\, with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Brin
 g some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard a
 nd hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three o
 f them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said
  to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask h
 im\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the brea
 d and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time t
 hat Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.\
 n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us a
 postles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have beco
 me a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ
 's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You
  are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and
  thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, workin
 g with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure
 \; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, a
 s the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write 
 this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For 
 though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. 
 For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, t
 hen\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:14-23\nAt that time
 \, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said\, "Lord\, have mercy
  on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly\; for often he 
 falls into the fire\, and often into the water.  And I brought him to your 
 disciples\, and they could not heal him."  And Jesus answered\, "O faithles
 s and perverse generation\, how long am I to be with you?  How long am I to
  bear with you?  Bring him here to me."  And Jesus rebuked him\, and the de
 mon came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly.  Then the disciples 
 came to Jesus privately and said\, "Why could we not cast it out?"  He said
  to them\, "Because of your little faith.  For truly I say to you\, if you 
 have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will say to this mountain\, 'Mo
 ve hence to yonder place\,' and it will move\; and nothing will be impossib
 le to you.  But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting."  A
 s they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to them\,  "The Son of man is
  to be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will kill him\, and he wi
 ll be raised on the third day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricum\, and his mother Ant
 hia\; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:8-18\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, do not be ashamed
  then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suf
 fering for the gospel in the power of God\, who saved us and called us with
  a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpo
 se and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago\, and now has ma
 nifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus\, who abolished d
 eath and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this
  gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher\, and therefore 
 I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I know whom I have believed\, 
 and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrust
 ed to me. Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from m
 e\, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus\; guard the truth that 
 has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.\n\nYou a
 re aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me\, and among them Phyg
 elos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphor
 os\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not ashamed of my chains\, but when
  he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me -  may the Lord
  grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day and you well know all th
 e service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n
 At that time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they made t
 heir way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees sa
 id to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?" 
  And he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in
  need and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the h
 ouse of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Pres
 ence\, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gav
 e it to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was m
 ade for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of t
 he sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who ha
 d a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him
  on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man wh
 o had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful
  on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But t
 hey were silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at thei
 r hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand
  was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostl
 es\, Princess of Kiev\; Nektarios the New Martyr\; Sophrony the Athonite of
  Essex\; Nicodemos the New Martyr of Mt. Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 rk 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about 
 him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, a
 nd who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she
  had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports a
 bout Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. F
 or she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And im
 mediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was hea
 led of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone f
 orth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who tou
 ched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd press
 ing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around 
 to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\,
  came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the who
 le truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; g
 o in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinth
 ians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to a
 ccept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I hav
 e listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now i
 s the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obs
 tacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, 
 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great end
 urance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments
 \, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearan
 ce\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the 
 power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for
  the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are t
 reated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; 
 as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorro
 wful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having no
 thing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt 
 that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went 
 into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a wom
 an of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table i
 n the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and stand
 ing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her t
 ears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and
  anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him
  saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have 
 known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a
  sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to sa
 y to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor ha
 d two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When t
 hey could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him m
 ore?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And
  he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman 
 he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave 
 me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped 
 them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she h
 as not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but sh
 e has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, whi
 ch are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven li
 ttle\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then t
 hose who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is thi
 s\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has sav
 ed you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hesychius the Martyr\; Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas\; Joachim of Va
 topedi who was given the name Papoulakis\; Andronikos & Athanasia the Marty
 rs\; Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\; Euthalia the Virgin-Ma
 rtyr of Sicily\; Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Isaiah 2:11-21\nThe haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, a
 nd the pride of men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted i
 n that day.\n\nFor the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud an
 d lofty\, against all that is lifted up and high\; against all the cedars o
 f Lebanon\, lofty and lifted up\; and against all the oaks of Bashan\; agai
 nst all the high mountains\, and against all the lofty hills\; against ever
 y high tower\, and against every fortified wall\; against all the ships of 
 Tarshish\, and against all the beautiful craft.  And the haughtiness of man
  shall be humbled\, and the pride of men shall be brought low\; and the Lor
 d alone will be exalted in that day.  And the idols shall utterly pass away
 .  And men shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground\,
  from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, w
 hen he rises to terrify the earth.\n\nIn that day men will cast forth their
  idols of silver and their idols of gold\, which they made for themselves t
 o worship\, to the moles and to the bats\, to enter the caverns of the rock
 s and the clefts of the cliffs\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and f
 rom the glory of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Genesis 2:4-19\nThese are the generations of the heavens 
 and the earth when they were created.\n\nIn the day that the Lord God made 
 the earth and the heavens\, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth
  and no herb of the field had yet sprung up -- for the Lord God had not cau
 sed it to rain upon the earth\, and there was no man to till the ground\; b
 ut a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground -
 - then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground\, and breathed into 
 his nostrils the breath of life\; and man became a living being.  And the L
 ord God planted a garden in Eden\, in the east\; and there he put the man w
 hom he had formed.  And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every t
 ree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food\, the tree of life also
  in the midst of the garden\, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evi
 l.\n\nA river flowed out of Eden to water the garden\, and there it divided
  and became four rivers.  The name of the first is Pishon\; it is the one w
 hich flows around the whole land of Hav'ilah\, where there is gold\; and th
 e gold of that land is good\; bdellium and onyx stone are there.  The name 
 of the second river is Gihon\; it is the one which flows around the whole l
 and of Cush.  And the name of the third river is Tigris\, which flows east 
 of Assyria.  And the fourth river is the Euphra'tes.\n\nThe Lord God took t
 he man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  And the L
 ord God commanded the man\, saying\, "You may freely eat of every tree of t
 he garden\; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not
  eat\, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."\n\nThen the Lord G
 od said\, "It is not good that the man should be alone\; I will make him a 
 helper fit for him."  So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast 
 of the field and every bird of the air\, and brought them to the man to see
  what he would call them\; and whatever the man called every living creatur
 e\, that was its name.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:1-18\nMy son\, 
 do not forget my teaching\, but let your heart keep my commandments\; for l
 ength of days and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you.\n\
 nLet not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you\; bind them about your neck\,
  write them on the tablet of your heart.  So you will find favor and good r
 epute in the sight of God and man.\n\nTrust in the Lord with all your heart
 \, and do not rely on your own insight.  In all your ways acknowledge him\,
  and he will make straight your paths.  Be not wise in your own eyes\; fear
  the Lord\, and turn away from evil.  It will be healing to your flesh and 
 refreshment to your bones.\n\nHonor the Lord with your substance and with t
 he first fruits of all your produce\; then your barns will be filled with p
 lenty\, and your vats will be bursting with wine.\n\nMy son\, do not despis
 e the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof\, for the Lord reproves 
 him whom he loves\, as a father the son in whom he delights.\n\nHappy is th
 e man who finds wisdom\, and the man who gets understanding\, for the gain 
 from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.  S
 he is more precious than jewels\, and nothing you desire can compare with h
 er.  Long life is in her right hand\; in her left hand are riches and honor
 .  Her ways are ways of pleasantness\, and all her paths are peace.  She is
  a tree of life to those who lay hold of her\; those who hold her fast are 
 called happy.\n\n
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 sts: 12th Sunday of Matthew\; Pimen the Great\; Holy Martyr Phanurius\; Ant
 housa the Martyr\; Poimen of Palestine\; Hosisos the Confessor\; Liverios\,
  Pope of Rome\; Monica\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that 
 time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesu
 s had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some do
 ubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on ea
 rth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, 
 baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, 
 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with
  you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians
  6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might
 .  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against th
 e wiles of the devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, 
 but against the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world rul
 ers of this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in
  the heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may
  be able to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  St
 and\, therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put on t
 he breastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipm
 ent of the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith
 \, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And ta
 ke the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the wor
 d of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 19:16-26\nAt that time\, a young man c
 ame up to Jesus\, kneeling and saying\, "Good Teacher\, what good deed must
  I do\, to have eternal life?" And he said to him\, "Why do you call me goo
 d?  One there is who is good.  If you would enter life\, keep the commandme
 nts."  He said to him\, "Which?"  And Jesus said\, "You shall not kill\, Yo
 u shall not commit adultery\, You shall not steal\, You shall not bear fals
 e witness\, Honor your father and mother\, and You shall love your neighbor
  as yourself."  The young man said to him\, "All these I have observed\; wh
 at do I still lack?"  Jesus said to him\, "If you would be perfect\, go\, s
 ell what you possess and give to the poor\, and you will have treasure in h
 eaven\; and come\, follow me."  When the young man heard this he went away 
 sorrowful\; for he had great possessions.\n\nAnd Jesus said to his disciple
 s\, "Truly\, I say to you\, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kin
 gdom of heaven.  Again I tell you\, it is easier for a camel to go through 
 the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."  When
  the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished\, saying\, "Who then
  can be saved?"  But Jesus looked at them and said to them\, "With men this
  is impossible\, but with God all things are possible."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\; Holy Martyr Romanus\; Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\; Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\; Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\; Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Colossians 4:2-9\nBrethren\, continue steadfastly in prayer\, being watc
 hful in it with thanksgiving\; and pray for us also\, that God may open to 
 us a door for the word\, to declare the mystery of Christ\, on account of w
 hich I am in prison\, that I may make it clear\, as I ought to speak. Condu
 ct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let yo
 ur speech always be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know ho
 w you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affair
 s\; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the
  Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know how
  we are and that he may encourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, the
  faithful and beloved brother\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell yo
 u of everything that has taken place here.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:1-9\n
 The Lord said this parable\, "There was a rich man who had a steward\, and 
 charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. And he cal
 led him and said to him\, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the 
 account of your stewardship\, for you can no longer be steward.' And the st
 eward said to himself\, 'What shall I do\, since my master is taking the st
 ewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig\, and I am ashamed to
  beg. I have decided what to do\, so that people may receive me into their 
 houses when I am put out of the stewardship.' So\, summoning his master's d
 ebtors one by one\, he said to the first\, 'How much do you owe my master?'
  He said\, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him\, 'Take your bil
 l\, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' Then he said to another\, 'And h
 ow much do you owe?' He said\, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to hi
 m\, 'Take your bill\, and write eighty.' The master commended the dishonest
  steward for his shrewdness\; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in
  dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you\,
  make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon\, so that when 
 it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/11/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas of Egypt\; Victor and Stephanie\; Theodore the Studite\; Holy Ma
 rtyr Vincent\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to
  the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shi
 ne out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the 
 knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this tr
 easure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to 
 God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perpl
 exed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck d
 own\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, 
 so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while 
 we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the
  life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work 
 in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he ha
 d who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we sp
 eak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jes
 us and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, 
 so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgivi
 ng\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:48-59\nThe Lord said\,
  "Every one to whom much is given\, of him will much be required\; and of h
 im to whom men commit much they will demand the more. I came to cast fire u
 pon the earth\; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to
  be baptized with\; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do y
 ou think that I have come to give peace on earth? No\, I tell you\, but rat
 her division\; for henceforth in one house there will be five divided\, thr
 ee against two and two against three\; they will be divided\, father agains
 t son and son against father\, mother against daughter and daughter against
  her mother\, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law
  against her mother-in-law." \n\n He also said to the multitudes\, "When yo
 u see a cloud rising in the west\, you say at once\, 'A shower is coming'\;
  and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing\, you say\, 'Th
 ere will be scorching heat'\; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how 
 to interpret the appearance of earth and sky\; but why do you not know how 
 to interpret the present time? \n\n And why do you not judge for yourselves
  what is right? As you go with your accuser before the magistrate\, make an
  effort to settle with him on the way\, lest he drag you to the judge\, and
  the judge hand you over to the officer\, and the officer put you in prison
 . I tell you\, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copp
 er."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\; Andonina the New Mar
 tyr\; David the Archbishop\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 
 2:3-11\nThus say the people:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the L
 ord\, to the house of the God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and 
 that we may walk in his paths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, a
 nd the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.  He shall judge between the nations
 \, and shall decide for many peoples\; and they shall beat their swords int
 o plowshares\, and their spears into pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift 
 up sword against nation\, neither shall they learn war any more.\n\nO house
  of Jacob\, come\, let us walk in the light of the Lord.\n\nFor thou hast r
 ejected thy people\, the house of Jacob\, because they are full of diviners
  from the east and of soothsayers like the Philistines\, and they strike ha
 nds with foreigners.  Their land is filled with silver and gold\, and there
  is no end to their treasures\; their land is filled with horses\, and ther
 e is no end to their chariots.  Their land is filled with idols\; they bow 
 down to the work of their hands\, to what their own fingers have made.  So 
 man is humbled\, and men are brought low -- forgive them not!  Enter into t
 he rock\, and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord\, and fro
 m the glory of his majesty.  The haughty looks of man shall be brought low\
 , and the pride of men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalte
 d in that day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:24-2:3\n And God said\, 
 "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds:  catt
 le and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds."  
 And it was so.  And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kin
 ds and the cattle according to their kinds\, and everything that creeps upo
 n the ground according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.\n\nThen 
 God said\, "Let us make man in our image\, after our likeness\; and let the
 m have dominion over the fish of the sea\, and over the birds of the air\, 
 and over the cattle\, and over all the earth\, and over every creeping thin
 g that creeps upon the earth."  So God created man in his own image\, in th
 e image of God he created him\; male and female he created them.  And God b
 lessed them\, and God said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill t
 he earth and subdue it\; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and ove
 r the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the eart
 h."  And God said\, "Behold\, I have given you every plant yielding seed wh
 ich is upon the face of all the earth\, and every tree with seed in its fru
 it\; you shall have them for food.  And to every beast of the earth\, and t
 o every bird of the air\, and to everything that creeps on the earth\, ever
 ything that has the breath of life\, I have given every green plant for foo
 d."  And it was so.  And God saw everything that he had made\, and behold\,
  it was very good.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a sixth d
 ay.\n\nThus the heavens and the earth were finished\, and all the host of t
 hem.  And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done\, and 
 he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.  So God b
 lessed the seventh day and hallowed it\, because on it God rested from all 
 his work which he had done in creation.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 
 2:1-22\nMy son\, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments wi
 th you\, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to un
 derstanding\; yes\, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for und
 erstanding\, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden tre
 asures\; then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowled
 ge of God.  For the Lord gives wisdom\; from his mouth come knowledge and u
 nderstanding\; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright\; he is a shield t
 o those who walk in integrity\, guarding the paths of justice and preservin
 g the way of his saints.  Then you will understand righteousness and justic
 e and equity\, every good path\; for wisdom will come into your heart\, and
  knowledge will be pleasant to your soul\; discretion will watch over you\;
  understanding will guard you\; delivering you from the way of evil\, from 
 men of perverted speech\, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in t
 he ways of darkness\, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverse
 ness of evil\; men whose paths are crooked\, and who are devious in their w
 ays.\n\nYou will be saved from the loose woman\, from the adventuress with 
 her smooth words\, who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the 
 covenant of her God\; for her house sinks down to death\, and her paths to 
 the shades\; none who go to her come back nor do they regain the paths of l
 ife.\n\nSo you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of th
 e righteous.  For the upright will inhabit the land\, and men of integrity 
 will remain in it\; but the wicked will be cut off from the land\, and the 
 treacherous will be rooted out of it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Conon the Gardener\; Mark the Ascetic\; Righteous Father Mark of Athen
 s\; John the Bulgarian\; Mark the Faster\; Parthenios the New Martyr who co
 ntested in Didymoteichos\; George the New-Martyr of Rapsani\; Eulogios the 
 Martyr\; Eulabios the Martyr\; Conon the Isaurian\; Archelaos the Martyr of
  Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II John 1:1-13\nThe elder to the 
 elect lady and her children\, whom I love in the truth\, and not only I but
  also all who know the truth\, because of the truth which abides in us and 
 will be with us for ever:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace will be with us\, fr
 om God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son\, in truth and lov
 e.\n\nI rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth\
 , just as we have been commanded by the Father.  And now I beg you\, lady\,
  not as though I were writing you a new commandment\, but the one we have h
 ad from the beginning\, that we love one another.  And this is love\, that 
 we follow his commandments\; this is the commandment\, as you have heard fr
 om the beginning\, that you follow love.  For many deceivers have gone out 
 into the world\, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in
  the flesh\; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.  Look to yourse
 lves\, that you may not lose what you have worked for\, but may win a full 
 reward.  Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Chris
 t does not have God\; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and
  the Son.  If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine\, do no
 t receive him into the house or give him any greeting\; for he who greets h
 im shares his wicked work.\n\nThough I have much to write to you\, I would 
 rather not use paper and ink\, but I hope to come to see you and talk with 
 you face to face\, so that our joy may be complete.\n\nThe children of your
  elect sister greet you.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:20\,22\,25\,33-
 41\nAt that time\, the soldiers took Jesus and led him out to be crucified.
   And they brought him to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of
  a skull).  And it was the third hour\, when they crucified him.  And when 
 the sixth hour had come there was darkness over the whole land until the ni
 nth hour.  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eloi\, El
 oi\, lama sabachthani?" which means\, "My God\, my God\, why have you forsa
 ken me?"  And some of the bystanders hearing it said\, "Behold\, he is call
 ing Elijah. "  And one ran and\, filling a sponge full of vinegar\, put it 
 on a reed and gave it to him to drink\, saying\, "Wait\, let us see whether
  Elijah will come to take him down."  And Jesus uttered a loud cry\, and br
 eathed his last.  And the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from top 
 to bottom.  And when the centurion\, who stood facing him\, saw that he thu
 s cried out and breathed his last\, he said\, "Truly this man was the Son o
 f God!  There were also women looking on from afar\, among whom were Mary M
 agdalene\, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses\, and Salo
 me who\, when he was in Galilee\, followed him\, and ministered to him\; an
 d also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday after Pascha\; Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\,
  Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius\, Paulinus and Benedimus\; Stephen I\, Patria
 rch of Constantinople\; Julian the Martyr\; Euphrasia the Martyr of Nicea\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:20-28\;15.1-4\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul went on with
  Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel to that city and had 
 made many disciples\, they returned to Lystra and to lconion and to Antioch
 \, strengthening the souls of the disciples\, exhorting them to continue in
  the faith\, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the ki
 ngdom of God. And when they had appointed elders for them in every church\,
  with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they belie
 ved. Then they passed through Pisidia\, and came to Pamphylia. And when the
 y had spoken the word in Perga\, they went down to Attalia\; and from there
  they sailed to Antioch\, where they had been commended to the grace of God
  for the work which they had fulfilled. And when they arrived\, they gather
 ed the church together and declared all that God had done with them\, and h
 ow he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remained no litt
 le time with the disciples. But some men came down from Judea and were teac
 hing the brethren\, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of 
 Moses\, you cannot be saved." And when Paul and Barnabas had no small disse
 nsion and debate with them\, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were 
 appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this q
 uestion. So\, being sent on their way by the church\, they passed through b
 oth Phoenicia and Samaria\, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles\, and 
 they gave great joy to all the brethren. And when they came to Jerusalem\, 
 they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders\, and they
  declared all that God had done with them. \n\nGospel Reading: John 9:39-10
 :9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For judgment I came into t
 his world\, that those who do not see may see\, and that those who see may 
 become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard this\, and they said to
  him\, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them\, "If you were blind\, you w
 ould have no guilt\; but now that you say\, 'We see\,' your guilt remains.\
 n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by t
 he door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; b
 ut he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatek
 eeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name
  and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before t
 hem\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they w
 ill not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voi
 ce of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not under
 stand what he was saying to them.\n\nSo Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me 
 are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; 
 if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and fin
 d pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/02/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\; Hesperos & Zoe the
  Righteous\; Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michael in Baptism)\; 
 Jordan the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrew
 s 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the wo
 rd of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith. 
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led 
 away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be st
 rengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adheren
 ts.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to 
 eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanct
 uary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.
   So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people t
 hrough his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp an
 d bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we see
 k the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up 
 a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge
  his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for such
  sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe L
 ord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on
  a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\,
  but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light s
 o shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to yo
 ur Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law 
 and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  Fo
 r truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, no
 t a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then r
 elaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be
  called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches t
 hem shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman\; The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia
 \; Holy Godbearing Nectarius\, the Builder of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam
  of Meteora\; Theodotos the Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\; Athan
 asios\, Archbishop of Christianopolis\; The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria
 \; Nicholas the Younger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came 
 to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had be
 en taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the o
 ther disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have ta
 ken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid him.
 " Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the to
 mb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tom
 b first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, b
 ut he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into 
 the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\, which had been 
 on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by i
 tself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\
 , and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, th
 at he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30\nIn those days\, those a
 postles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Steph
 en traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the word 
 to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyrene
 \, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lord J
 esus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number that beli
 eved turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jer
 usalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace 
 of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the L
 ord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, full of the Holy Spiri
 t and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went
  to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found him\, he brought him to
  Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a large co
 mpany of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time call
 ed Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antio
 ch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that t
 here would be a great famine over all the world\; and this took place in th
 e days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one according to h
 is ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, and they d
 id so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a city of Samaria\, ca
 lled Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's wel
 l was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was with his journey\, sat down 
 beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\n\nThere came a woman of Sama
 ria to draw water. Jesus said to her\, "Give me a drink." For his disciples
  had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him\,
  "How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of me\, a woman of Samaria?" For
  Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her\, "If you knew t
 he gift of God\, and who it is that is saying to you\, 'Give me a drink\,' 
 you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The wom
 an said to him\, "Sir\, you have nothing to draw with\, and the well is dee
 p\; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jac
 ob\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it himself\, and his sons\, and 
 his cattle?" Jesus said to her\, "Everyone who drinks of this water will th
 irst again\, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will nev
 er thirst\; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of 
 water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, give me t
 his water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come here to draw."\n\nJesus said t
 o her\, "Go\, call your husband\, and come here." The woman answered him\, 
 "I have no husband." Jesus said to her\, "You are right in saying\, 'I have
  no husband'\; for you have had five husbands\, and he whom you now have is
  not your husband\; this you said truly." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, I 
 perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain\; a
 nd you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus s
 aid to her\, "Woman\, believe me\, the hour is coming when neither on this 
 mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you
  do not know\; we worship what we know\, for salvation is from the Jews. Bu
 t the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the true worshipers will worship t
 he Father in spirit and truth\, for such the Father seeks to worship him. G
 od is spirit\, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
  The woman said to him\, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is call
 ed Christ)\; when he comes\, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her
 \, "I who speak to you am he."\n\nJust then his disciples came. They marvel
 ed that he was talking with a woman\, but none said\, "What do you wish?" o
 r\, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar\, and w
 ent away into the city and said to the people\, "Come\, see a man who told 
 me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city 
 and were coming to him.\n\nMeanwhile the disciples besought him\, saying "R
 abbi\, eat." But he said to them\, "I have food to eat of which you do not 
 know." So the disciples said to one another\, "Has anyone brought him food?
 " Jesus said to them\, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me\, and 
 to accomplish his work. Do you not say\, 'There are yet four months\, then 
 comes the harvest'? I tell you\, lift up your eyes\, and see how the fields
  are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages\, and gathers f
 ruit for eternal life\, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For 
 here the saying holds true\, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to re
 ap that for which you did not labor\; others have labored\, and you have en
 tered into their labor."\n\nMany Samaritans from that city believed in him 
 because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when
  the Samaritans came to him\, they asked him to stay with them\; and he sta
 yed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said t
 o the woman\, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe\, for 
 we have heard ourselves\, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior
  of the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Sozon the Martyr\; Ka
 ssiani the Hymnographer\; John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\; Daniel Kato
 unakiotis of Smyrna\; Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\; John th
 e Wonderworker of Novgorod\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 5:15-21\nBret
 hren\, Christ died for all\, that those who live might live no longer for t
 hemselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.\n\nFrom now o
 n\, therefore\, we regard no one from a human point of view\; even though w
 e once regarded Christ from a human point of view\, we regard him thus no l
 onger. Therefore\, if any one is in Christ\, he is a new creation\; the old
  has passed away\, behold\, the new has come. All this is from God\, who th
 rough Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconcili
 ation\; that is\, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself\, not 
 counting their trespasses against them\, and entrusting to us the message o
 f reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ\, God making his appeal 
 through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ\, be reconciled to God. For 
 our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin\, so that in him we might be
 come the righteousness of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:16-22\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus\, passing along by the Sea of Galilee\, saw Simon and Andrew the 
 brother of Simon casting a net in the sea\; for they were fishermen. And Je
 sus said to them\, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." A
 nd immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on a little
  farther\, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, who were 
 in their boats mending the nets. And immediately he called them\; and they 
 left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants\, and followe
 d him. And they went into Capernaum\; and immediately on the sabbath he ent
 ered the synagogue and taught. And they were astonished at his teaching\, f
 or he taught them as one who had authority\, and not as the scribes.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\; Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-
 for-Christ\; Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\; 853 Martyrs of Thrace who w
 ere drowned\; Manuel the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands o
 n you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\,
  and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. Thi
 s will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your min
 ds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth
  and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or c
 ontradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsme
 n and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated 
 by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your
  endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10
 \nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and w
 hat you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men wh
 o will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier o
 f Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\,
  since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not cr
 owned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farm
 er who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, 
 for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus 
 Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gos
 pel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a crimin
 al. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for 
 the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus
  with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the
  world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you w
 ere of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not o
 f the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates 
 you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than
  his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they ke
 pt my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you o
 n my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come
  and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse
  for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done a
 mong them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but n
 ow they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the wo
 rd that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But
  when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even
  the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness 
 to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the
  beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  Th
 ey will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when wh
 oever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\; The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:25
 -33\nBrethren\, husbands\, love your wives\, as Christ loved the church and
  gave himself up for her\, that he might sanctify her\, having cleansed her
  by the washing of water with the word\, that he might present the church t
 o himself in splendor\, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing\, that sh
 e might be holy and without blemish. Even so husbands should love their wiv
 es as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man eve
 r hates his own flesh\, but nourishes and cherishes it\, as Christ does the
  church\, because we are members of his body. "For this reason a man shall 
 leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall b
 ecome one flesh." This mystery is a profound one\, and I am saying that it 
 refers to Christ and the church\; however\, let each one of you love his wi
 fe as himself\, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 27:33-54\nAt that time\, when the soldiers came to a pl
 ace called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull)\, they offered him w
 ine to drink\, mingled with gall\; but when he tasted it\, he would not dri
 nk it. And when they had crucified him\, they divided his garments among th
 em by casting lots\; then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And 
 over his head they put the charge against him\, which read\, "This is Jesus
  the King of the Jews." Then two robbers were crucified with him\, one on t
 he right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided him\, wagging
  their heads and saying\, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in
  three days\, save yourself! If you are the Son of God\, come down from the
  cross." So also the chief priests\, with the scribes and elders\, mocked h
 im\, saying\, "He saved others\; he cannot save himself. He is the King of 
 Israel\; let him come down now from the cross\, and we will believe in him.
  He trusts in God\; let God deliver him now\, if he desires him\; for he sa
 id\, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with him al
 so reviled him in the same way. \n\n Now from the sixth hour there was dark
 ness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus
  cried with a loud voice\, "Eli\, Eli\, lama sabachthani?" that is\, "My Go
 d\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing 
 it said\, "This man is calling Elijah." And one of them at once ran and too
 k a sponge\, filled it with vinegar\, and put it on a reed\, and gave it to
  him to drink. But the others said\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah will
  come to save him." And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up 
 his spirit. \n\n And behold\, the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, f
 rom top to bottom\; and the earth shook\, and the rocks were split\; the to
 mbs also were opened\, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep 
 were raised\, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went 
 into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who w
 ere with him\, keeping watch over Jesus\, saw the earthquake and what took 
 place\, they were filled with awe\, and said\, "Truly this was the Son of G
 od!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Epiphany\; Polyeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\;
  Eustratios the Wonderworker\; Peter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil
  the Great and Gregory of Nyssa\; Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord a
 nd Saviour Jesus Christ\; Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to 
 the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been 
 taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the othe
 r disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken
  the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid him." P
 eter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb.
  They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb f
 irst\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but 
 he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the
  tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\, which had been on 
 his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itse
 lf. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, a
 nd he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that 
 he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of u
 s according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When h
 e ascended on high he led a host of captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (
 in saying\, "He ascended\," what does it mean but that he had also descende
 d into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascend
 ed far above all the heavens\, that he might fill all things.) And his gift
 s were that some should be apostles\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, so
 me pastors and teachers\, to equip the saints for the work of ministry\, fo
 r building up the body of Christ\, until we all attain to the unity of the 
 faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the m
 easure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  4:12-17\nAt that time\, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested\, he 
 withdrew into Galilee\; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum
  by the sea\, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, that what was spok
 en by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the l
 and of Naphtali\, toward the sea\, across the Jordan\, Galilee of the Genti
 les\, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light\, and for thos
 e who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."  From that t
 ime Jesus began to preach\, saying\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is
  at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/26/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thomas Sunday\; Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\; Glaphyra the 
 Righteous\; Justa the Nun\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt th
 at time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which J
 esus had directed them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but so
 me doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and
  on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nat
 ions\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the H
 oly Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and l
 o\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Acts of the Apostles 5:12-20\nIn those days\, many signs and wonders w
 ere done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all t
 ogether in Solomon's Portico. None of the rest dared join them\, but the pe
 ople held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were added to th
 e Lord\, multitudes both of men and women\, so that they even carried out t
 he sick into the streets\, and laid them on beds and pallets\, that as Pete
 r came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also g
 athered from the towns around Jerusalem\, bringing the sick and those affli
 cted with unclean spirits\, and they were all healed. But the high priest r
 ose up and all who were with him\, that is\, the party of the Sadducees\, a
 nd filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the comm
 on prison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and br
 ought them out and said\, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the peop
 le all the words of this Life."\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the ev
 ening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where 
 the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them a
 nd said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had said this\, he showed th
 em his hands and his side.  Then the disciples were glad when they saw the 
 Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has se
 nt me\, even so I send you."  And when he had said this\, he breathed on th
 em\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins o
 f any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retain
 ed."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with the
 m when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord
 ." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails\,
  and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his si
 de\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his disciples were again in
  the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus cam
 e and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Th
 omas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, a
 nd place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answ
 ered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed bec
 ause you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe
 ."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, whi
 ch are not written in this book\; but these are written that you may believ
 e that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing you may ha
 ve life in his name.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/13/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Po
 uplios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\; Christina the Martyr of Persia\; Ger
 ald\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 7:1-14
 \nIn the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son of Uzziah\, king of Judah\, R
 ezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel cam
 e up to Jerusalem to wage war against it\, but they could not conquer it.  
 When the house of David was told\, "Syria is in league with Ephraim\," his 
 heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake be
 fore the wind.\n\nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah\, "Go forth to meet Ahaz\, yo
 u and Shearjashub your son\, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on
  the highway to the Fuller's Field\, and say to him\, 'Take heed\, be quiet
 \, do not fear\, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two sm
 oldering stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and 
 the son of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah\
 , has devised evil against you\, saying\,  "Let us go up against Judah and 
 terrify it\, and let us conquer it for ourselves\, and set up the son of Ta
 beel as king in the midst of it\," thus says the Lord GOD: It shall not sta
 nd\, and it shall not come to pass.  For the head of Syria is Damascus\, an
 d the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be b
 roken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)  And the head of Ep
 hraim is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you w
 ill not believe\, surely you shall not be established.'"\n\nAgain the LORD 
 spoke to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD your God\; let it be deep as Sheol
  or high as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I will not ask\, and I will not put 
 the LORD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear then\, O house of David! Is it 
 too little for you to weary men\, that you weary my God also?  Therefore th
 e Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold\, a virgin shall conceive and b
 ear a son\, and shall call his name Immanuel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Gen
 esis 5:32-6:8\n After Noah was five hundred years old\, Noah became the fat
 her of Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men began to multiply on the face of
  the ground\, and daughters were born to them\, the sons of God saw that th
 e daughters of men were fair\; and they took to wife such of them as they c
 hose.  Then the LORD said\, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever\, fo
 r he is flesh\, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."  The Nep
 hilim were on the earth in those days\, and also afterward\, when the sons 
 of God came in to the daughters of men\, and they bore children to them. Th
 ese were the mighty men that were of old\, the men of renown.  \n\n The LOR
 D saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth\, and that every im
 agination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the 
 LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth\, and it grieved him to hi
 s heart.  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out man whom I have created from 
 the face of the ground\, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the
  air\, for I am sorry that I have made them."  But Noah found favor in the 
 eyes of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:20-7:1\nMy son\, kee
 p your father's commandment\, and forsake not your mother's teaching.  Bind
  them upon your heart always\; tie them about your neck.  When you walk\, t
 hey will lead you\; when you lie down\, they will watch over you\; and when
  you awake\, they will talk with you.  For the commandment is a lamp and th
 e teaching a light\, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life\, t
 o preserve you from the evil woman\, from the smooth tongue of the adventur
 ess.  Do not desire her beauty in your heart\, and do not let her capture y
 ou with her eyelashes\; for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread\, but
  an adulteress stalks a man's very life.  Can a man carry fire in his bosom
  and his clothes not be burned?  Or can one walk upon hot coals and his fee
 t not be scorched?  So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife\; none who 
 touches her will go unpunished.  Do not men despise a thief if he steals to
  satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?  And if he is caught\, he will pay
  sevenfold\; he will give all the goods of his house.  He who commits adult
 ery has no sense\; he who does it destroys himself.  Wounds and dishonor wi
 ll he get\, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.  For jealousy makes a 
 man furious\, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.  He will accept 
 no compensation\, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.  My son\, keep
  my words and treasure up my commandments with you.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Saturday after Pascha\; Commemoration of the Precious Cross that a
 ppeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.\; Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerus
 alem\; Akakios the Centurion of Byzantium\; Repose of St. Nilus\, abbot of 
 Sora\; Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 26:1\,12
 -20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have permission to sp
 eak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: "
 I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief prie
 sts. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter t
 han the sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we
  had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew 
 language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick aga
 inst the goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I 
 am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet\; for 
 I have appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear 
 witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I wil
 l appear to you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to w
 hom I send you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to lig
 ht and from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness o
 f sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefo
 re\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but de
 clared first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all th
 e country of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and
  turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance." \n\nGospel Read
 ing: John 6:14-27\nAt that time\, when the people saw the sign which Jesus 
 had done\, they said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the 
 world!"\n\nPerceiving then that they were about to come and take him by for
 ce to make him king\, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.\n\nW
 hen evening came\, his disciples went down to the sea\, entered a boat\, an
 d started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark\, and Jesus had not 
 yet come to them. The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing. When they
  had rowed about three or four miles\, they saw Jesus walking on the sea an
 d drawing near to the boat. They were frightened\, but he said to them\, "I
 t is I\; do not be afraid." Then they were glad to take him into the boat\,
  and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.\n\nOn t
 he next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that t
 here had been only one boat there\, and that Jesus had not entered the boat
  with his disciples\, but that his disciples had gone away alone. However\,
  boats from Tiberias came near the place where they ate the bread after the
  Lord had given thanks. So when the people saw that Jesus was not there\, n
 or his disciples\, they themselves entered the boats and went to Capernaum\
 , seeking Jesus.\n\nWhen they found him on the other side of the sea\, they
  said to him\, "Rabbi\, when did you come here?" Jesus answered them\, "Tru
 ly\, truly\, I say to you\, you seek me\, not because you saw signs\, but b
 ecause you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food which per
 ishes\, but for the food which endures to eternal life which the Son of man
  will give to you\; for on him has God the Father set his seal."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Epiphany\; Malachi the Prophet\; Gordios the Martyr of C
 aesarea\; Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\;
  Righteous Genevieve of Paris\; Righteous Peter of Atroas\; Righteous Akaki
 os the Wonderworker\; Righteous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the 
 tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\; and she saw two 
 angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain\, one at the hea
 d and one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  
 She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not kno
 w where they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus 
 standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Wo
 man\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gard
 ener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me wher
 e you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary
 ."  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher)
 .  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not yet ascended to the
  Father\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to my Fath
 er and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdalene went and said
  to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told them that He had 
 said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 4:5-8\nTIMOTHY\, m
 y son\, always be steady\, endure suffering\, do the work of an evangelist\
 , fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor I am already on the point of being sacrifice
 d\; the time of my departure has come.  I have fought the good fight\, I ha
 ve finished the race\, I have kept the faith.  Henceforth there is laid up 
 for me the crown of righteousness\, which the Lord\, the righteous judge\, 
 will award to me on that Day\, and not only to me but also to all who have 
 loved his appearing.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8\nThe beginning of the Go
 spel of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophets\, '
 Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way\
 ; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord\, 
 make his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilderness\, preaching 
 a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And there went out to 
 him all the country of Judea\, and all the people of Jerusalem\; and they w
 ere baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their sins. Now John w
 as clothed with camel's hair\, and had a leather girdle around his waist\, 
 and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached\, saying\, "After me comes 
 he who is mightier than I\, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to s
 toop down and untie. I have baptized you with water\; but he will baptize y
 ou with the Holy Spirit."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs in the Quarter 
 of Eugenius\; Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus\; Anthousa the
  Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\n
 Old Testament Reading: Joel 3:12-21\nLet the nations bestir themselves\, an
 d come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat\; for there I will sit to judge all
  the nations round about.\n\nPut in the sickle\, for the harvest is ripe.  
 Go in\, tread\, for the wine press is full.  The vats overflow\, for their 
 wickedness is great.\n\nMultitudes\, multitudes\, in the valley of decision
 !  For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.  The sun and 
 the moon are darkened\, and the stars withdraw their shining.\n\nAnd the Lo
 rd roars from Zion\, and utters his voice from Jerusalem\, and the heavens 
 and the earth shake.  But the Lord is a refuge to his people\, a stronghold
  to the people of Israel.\n\n"So you shall know that I am the Lord your God
 \, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mountain.  And Jerusalem shall be holy and s
 trangers shall never again pass through it.\n\n"And in that day the mountai
 ns shall drip sweet wine\, and the hills shall flow with milk\, and all the
  stream beds of Judah shall flow with water\; and a fountain shall come for
 th from the house of the Lord and water the valley of Shittim.\n\n"Egypt sh
 all become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness\, for the violence d
 one to the people of Judah\, because they have shed innocent blood in their
  land.  But Judah shall be inhabited for ever\, and Jerusalem to all genera
 tions.  I will avenge their blood\, and I will not clear the guilty\, for t
 he Lord dwells in Zion." \n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 2:12-26\n"Yet even
  now\," says the Lord\, "return to me with all your heart\, with fasting\, 
 with weeping\, and with mourning\; and rend your hearts and not your garmen
 ts."  Return to the Lord\, your God\, for he is gracious and merciful\, slo
 w to anger\, and abounding in steadfast love\, and repents of evil.  Who kn
 ows whether he will not turn and repent\, and leave a blessing behind him\,
  a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord\, your God?\n\nBlow th
 e trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fast\; call a solemn assembly\; gather the p
 eople.  Sanctify the congregation\; assemble the elders\; gather the childr
 en\, even nursing infants.  Let the bridegroom leave his room\, and the bri
 de her chamber.\n\nBetween the vestibule and the altar let the priests\, th
 e ministers of the Lord\, weep and say\, "Spare thy people\, O Lord\, and m
 ake not thy heritage a reproach\, a byword among the nations.  Why should t
 hey say among the peoples\, 'Where is their God?'"\n\nThen the Lord became 
 jealous for his land\, and had pity on his people.  The Lord answered and s
 aid to his people\, "Behold\, I am sending to you grain\, wine\, and oil\, 
 and you will be satisfied\; and I will no more make you a reproach among th
 e nations.\n\n"I will remove the northerner far from you\, and drive him in
 to a parched and desolate land\, his front into the eastern sea\, and his r
 ear into the western sea\; the stench and foul smell of him will rise\, for
  he has done great things.\n\n"Fear not\, O land\; be glad and rejoice\, fo
 r the Lord has done great things!  Fear not\, you beasts of the field\, for
  the pastures of the wilderness are green\; the tree bears its fruit\, the 
 fig tree and vine give their full yield.\n\n"Be glad\, O sons of Zion\, and
  rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; for he has given the early rain for your 
 vindication\, he has poured down for you abundant rain\, the early and the 
 latter rain\, as before.\n\n"The threshing floors shall be full of grain\, 
 the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  I will restore to you the years
  which the swarming locust has eaten\, the hopper\, the destroyer\, and the
  cutter\, my great army\, which I sent among you.\n\n"You shall eat in plen
 ty and be satisfied\, and praise the name of the Lord your God\, who has de
 alt wondrously with you.  And my people shall never again be put to shame."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/27/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\; Raphael of Brooklyn\; Stephen t
 he Monk\; Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopolis\; Nesios the Martyr\n
 \nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's
  First Universal Letter 1:11-25\nBeloved\, woe to the ungodly\, for they wa
 lk in the way of Cain\, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Bala
 am's error\, and perish in Korah's rebellion.  These are blemishes on your 
 love feasts\, as they boldly carouse together\, looking after themselves\; 
 waterless clouds\, carried along by winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\
 , twice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the sea\, casting up the foam of th
 eir own shame\; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has b
 een reserved for ever.\n\nIt was of these also that Enoch in the seventh ge
 neration from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his h
 oly myriads\, to execute judgment on all\, and to convict all the ungodly o
 f all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungod
 ly way\, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken agai
 nst him."  These are grumblers\, malcontents\, following their own passions
 \, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering people to gain advantage.\n\nBut you 
 must remember\, beloved\, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus
  Christ\; they said to you\, "In the last time there will be scoffers\, fol
 lowing their own ungodly passions."  It is these who set up divisions\, wor
 ldly people\, devoid of the Spirit.  But you\, beloved\, build yourselves u
 p on your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yourselves in th
 e love of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal li
 fe.  And convince some\, who doubt\; save some\, by snatching them out of t
 he fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hating even the garment spotted by
  the flesh.\n\nNow to him who is able to keep you from falling and to prese
 nt you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing\, to
  the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majes
 ty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time and now and for ever.  Amen
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\, 44-56\nAt that time\, the chief pr
 iests\, the scribes\, and elders of the people brought Jesus before Pilate.
   And they began to accuse him\, saying\, "We found this man perverting our
  nation\, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar\, and saying that he 
 himself is Christ a king."  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the
  Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You have said so."  And Pilate said to the 
 chief priests and the multitudes\, "I find no crime in this man."  But they
  were urgent\, saying\, "He stirs up the people\, teaching throughout all J
 udea\, from Galilee even to this place."\n\nWhen Pilate heard this\, he ask
 ed whether the man was a Galilean.  And when he learned that he belonged to
  Herod's jurisdiction\, he sent him over to Herod\, who was himself in Jeru
 salem at that time.  When Herod saw Jesus\, he was very glad\, for he had l
 ong desired to see him\, because he had heard about him\, and he was hoping
  to see some sign done by him.  So he questioned him at some length\; but h
 e made no answer.  The chief priests and the scribes stood by\, vehemently 
 accusing him.  And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mo
 cked him\; then\, arraying him in gorgeous apparel\, he sent him back to Pi
 late.  And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day\, 
 for before this they had been at enmity with each other.\n\nPilate then cal
 led together the chief priests and the rulers and the people\, and said to 
 them\, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people\; and 
 after examining him before you\, behold\, I did not find this man guilty of
  any of your charges against him\; neither did Herod\, for he sent him back
  to us.  Behold\, nothing deserving death has been done by him\; I will the
 refore chastise him and release him." Now he was obliged to release one man
  to them at the festival.\n\nBut they all cried out together\, "Away with t
 his man\, and release to us Barabbas" -- a man who had been thrown into pri
 son for an insurrection started in the city\, and for murder.  Pilate addre
 ssed them once more\, desiring to release Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "C
 rucify\, crucify him!"  A third time he said to them\, "Why\, what evil has
  he done?  I have found in him no crime deserving death\; I will therefore 
 chastise him and release him."  But they were urgent\, demanding with loud 
 cries that he should be crucified.  And their voices prevailed.  So Pilate 
 gave sentence that their demand should be granted.  He released the man who
  had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder\, whom they asked 
 for\; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.\n\nAnd as they led him away\
 , they seized one Simon of Cyrene\, who was coming in from the country\, an
 d laid on him the cross\, to carry it behind Jesus.  And there followed him
  a great multitude of the people\, and of women who bewailed and lamented h
 im.  But Jesus turning to them said\, "Daughters of Jerusalem\, do not weep
  for me\, but weep for yourselves and for your children.  For behold\, the 
 days are coming when they will say\, 'Blessed are the barren\, and the womb
 s that never bore\, and the breasts that never gave suck!'  Then they will 
 begin to say to the mountains\, 'Fall on us'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us
 .'  For if they do this when the wood is green\, what will happen when it i
 s dry?"\n\nAnd when they came to the place which is called The Skull\, ther
 e they crucified him\, and the criminals\, one on the right and one on the 
 left.\n\nIt was now about the sixth hour\, and there was darkness over the 
 whole land until the ninth hour\, while the sun's light failed\; and the cu
 rtain of the temple was torn in two.  Then Jesus\, crying with a loud voice
 \, said\, "Father\, into your hands I commit my spirit!"  And having said t
 his he breathed his last.  Now when the centurion saw what had taken place\
 , he praised God\, and said\, "Certainly this man was innocent!"  And all t
 he multitudes who assembled to see the sight\, when they saw what had taken
  place\, returned home beating their breasts.  And all his acquaintances an
 d the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw t
 hese things.\n\nNow there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Ar
 imathea.  He was a member of the council\, a good and righteous man\, who h
 ad not consented to their purpose and deed\, and he was looking for the kin
 gdom of God.  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  The
 n he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud\, and laid him in a rock
  hewn tomb\, where no one had ever yet been laid.  It was the day of Prepar
 ation\, and the sabbath was beginning.  The women who had come with him fro
 m Galilee followed\, and saw the tomb\, and how his body was laid\; then th
 ey returned\, and prepared spices and ointments.\n\nOn the sabbath they res
 ted according to the commandment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ecclesiastical New Year\; Symeon the Stylite\; Synaxis of the Recovery
  of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \; The 40 Holy Ascetic 
 Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\; Holy Martyrs 
 Calliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\; Righteous Meletius\, The St
 ruggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\; Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\; Nicholas of K
 ourtaliotis\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timoth
 y 2:1-7\nTimothy\, my son\, first of all\, I urge that supplications\, pray
 ers\, intercessions\, and thanksgivings be made for all men\, for kings and
  all who are in high positions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable lif
 e\, godly and respectful in every way. This is good\, and it is acceptable 
 in the sight of God our Savior\, who desires all men to be saved and to com
 e to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God\, and there is one me
 diator between God and men\, the man Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as a r
 ansom for all\, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time. For th
 is I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I am no
 t lying)\, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he had been br
 ought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbat
 h day. And he stood up to read\; and there was given to him the book of the
  prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was writte
 n\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has anointed me to prea
 ch good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captive
 s and recovering of sight to the blind\, to set at liberty those who are op
 pressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the b
 ook\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of al
 l in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them\, "Today 
 this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke well of h
 im\, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring\; Commemoration of
  the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.\; C
 yril\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Akakios the Centurion of Byzantium\; Repos
 e of St. Nilus\, abbot of Sora\; Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\n\nFast
  Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:1-8\nIn those days\, Peter and John were g
 oing up to the temple at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. And a man lam
 e from birth was being carried\, whom they laid daily at the gate of the te
 mple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple.
  Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple\, he asked for alms. And
  Peter directed his gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look at us." And 
 he fixed his attention upon them\, expecting to receive something from them
 . But Peter said\, "I have no silver and gold\, but I give you what I have\
 ; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, walk." And he took him by the r
 ight hand and raised him up\; and immediately his feet and ankles were made
  strong. And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple with the
 m\, walking and leaping and praising God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:12-22\n
 At that time\, Jesus came to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and
  his disciples\; and there they stayed for a few days.\n\nThe Passover of t
 he Jews was at hand\, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he foun
 d those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the money-changer
 s at their business. And making a whip of cords\, he drove them all\, with 
 the sheep and oxen\, out of the temple\; and he poured out the coins of the
  money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the
  pigeons\, "Take these things away\; you shall not make my Father's house a
  house of trade." His disciples remembered that it was written\, "Zeal for 
 your house will consume me." The Jews then said to him\, "What sign have yo
 u to show us for doing this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy this temple\, 
 and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "It has taken f
 orty-six years to build this temple\, and will you raise it up in three day
 s?" But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised fr
 om the dead\, his disciples remembered that he had said this\; and they bel
 ieved the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; Elizabeth\, Mother of th
 e Forerunner\; Athanasios Parios\; Panagiotis the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt t
 hat time\, Elizabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for five month
 s hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he 
 looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the time came for E
 lizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors a
 nd kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rej
 oiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; a
 nd they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his mother sa
 id\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "None of yo
 ur kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his father\, inq
 uiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, a
 nd wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immediately his m
 outh was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fe
 ar came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about thro
 ugh all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in 
 their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the
  Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spiri
 t\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he h
 as visited and redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be called the p
 rophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his wa
 ys." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wil
 derness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ro
 mans 13:11-14\;14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when w
 e first believed\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then
  cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us cond
 uct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, 
 not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But
  put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gr
 atify its desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, b
 ut not for disputes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, whil
 e the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who 
 abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for
  God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of anot
 her?  It is before his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be 
 upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:24-2
 5\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt that time\, Elizabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conce
 ived\, and for five months hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done t
 o me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men.
 " Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a
  son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great me
 rcy to her\, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to
  circumcise the child\; and they would have named him Zacharias after his f
 ather\, but his mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they 
 said to her\, "None of your kindred is called by this name." And they made 
 signs to his father\, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked
  for a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marvel
 ed. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spo
 ke\, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these thin
 gs were talked about through all the hill country of Judea\; and all who he
 ard them laid them up in their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child
  be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was f
 illed with the Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord
  God of Israel\, for he has visited and redeemed his people\, and you\, chi
 ld\, will be called the prophet of the Most High\; for you will go before t
 he Lord to prepare his ways." And the child grew and became strong in spiri
 t\, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israe
 l.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; James the Apostle and brother of S
 t. John the Theologian\; Argyra the New Martyr\; Clement the Hymnographer\;
  Erconwald\, Bishop of London\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn th
 e first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking
  spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away fro
 m the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord J
 esus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them
  in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to
  the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the 
 dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He w
 as still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands 
 of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they rem
 embered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the ele
 ven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the 
 mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles
 \; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe t
 hem. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw 
 the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had hap
 pened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the disciples w
 ere increasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews beca
 use their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve s
 ummoned the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not right that we shoul
 d give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\,
  pick out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of the Spirit and 
 of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves 
 to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the 
 whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the H
 oly Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Par
 menas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the ap
 ostles\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of Go
 d increased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusal
 em\, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Mark 15:43-47\; 16:1-8\nAt that time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a res
 pected member of the council\, who was also himself looking for the kingdom
  of God\, took courage and went to Pilate\, and asked for the body of Jesus
 . And Pilate wondered if he were already dead\; and summoning the centurion
 \, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the c
 enturion that he was dead\, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a 
 linen shroud\, and taking him down\, wrapped him in the linen shroud\, and 
 laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock\; and he rolled a st
 one against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jos
 es saw where he was laid.\n\nAnd when the sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene
 \, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they
  might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they 
 went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one anothe
 r\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And lo
 oking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back\; for it was very large.
  And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, d
 ressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do no
 t be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\
 , he is not here\; see the place where they laid him. But go\, tell his dis
 ciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will se
 e him\, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for tre
 mbling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyon
 e\, for they were afraid.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Friday after Pentecost\; Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions 
 of Athens\; Manuel\, Sabel\, & Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\; Righteous Fa
 ther Botolph\, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Romans 2:14-28\nBrethren\, when Gentiles who have not the law do by 
 nature what the law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even though t
 hey do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on
  their hearts\, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflic
 ting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, according to
  my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. But if you call
  yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God and
  know his will and approve what is excellent\, because you are instructed i
 n the law\, and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind\, a light
  to those who are in darkness\, a corrector of the foolish\, a teacher of c
 hildren\, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - you the
 n who teach others\, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against 
 stealing\, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery\, do
  you commit adultery? You who abhor idols\, do you rob temples? You who boa
 st in the law\, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? For\, as it is wri
 tten\, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." C
 ircumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law\; but if you break the l
 aw\, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. So\, if a man who is uncircu
 mcised keeps the precepts of the law\, will not his uncircumcision be regar
 ded as circumcision? Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep t
 he law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but brea
 k the law. For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true circ
 umcision something external and physical.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:33-4
 1\nThe Lord said\, "You have heard that it was said to the men of old\, 'Yo
 u shall not swear falsely\, but shall perform to the Lord what you have swo
 rn.' But I say to you\, Do not swear at all\, either by heaven\, for it is 
 the throne of God\, or by the earth\, for it is his footstool\, or by Jerus
 alem\, for it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head\
 , for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply '
 Yes' or 'No'\; anything more than this comes from evil. You have heard that
  it was said\, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to yo
 u\, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right 
 cheek\, turn to him the other also\; and if any one would sue you and take 
 your coat\, let him have your cloak as well\; and if any one forces you to 
 go one mile\, go with him two miles."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/03/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Malachi the Prophet\; Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\; Forefeast of th
 e Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Righteous Genevieve of P
 aris\; Righteous Peter of Atroas\; Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\; Rig
 hteous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 10:44-48\; 11:1-10\nIn those days\, while Peter was still saying this\,
  the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from amo
 ng the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed\, because the gift of th
 e Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them
  speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared\, "Can any one 
 forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit j
 ust as we have?" And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus 
 Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days. Now the apostles and t
 he brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the
  word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem\, the circumcision party c
 riticized him\, saying\, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with 
 them?" But Peter began and explained to them in order: "I was in the city o
 f Joppa praying\; and in a trance I saw a vision\, something descending\, l
 ike a great sheet\, let down from heaven by four corners\; and it came down
  to me. Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and rep
 tiles and birds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to me\, 'Rise\, Pete
 r\; kill and eat.' But I said\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing common or unclean 
 has ever entered my mouth.' But the voice answered a second time from heave
 n\, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' This happened three t
 imes\, and all was drawn up again into heaven."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:1
 8-28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the boso
 m of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of Jo
 hn\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Wh
 o are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the 
 Christ." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am 
 not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\
 , "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you sa
 y about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wildernes
 s\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nN
 ow they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are yo
 u baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?
 " John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one who
 m you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal 
 I am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, w
 here John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\; Removal
  of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\,
  he appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons. 
  She went and told those who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept. 
  But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they woul
 d not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\
 , as they were walking into the country.  And they went back and told the r
 est\, but they did not believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven
  themselves as they sat at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief
  and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw him af
 ter he had risen.  And he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach 
 the gospel to the whole creation.  He who believes and is baptized will be 
 saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs wil
 l accompany those who believe:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they
  will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink
  any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on th
 e sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had s
 poken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand o
 f God.  And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked
  with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\
 n\nEpistle Reading: I John 4:12-19\nNo man has ever seen God\; if we love o
 ne another\, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we k
 now that we abide in him and he in us\, because he has given us of his own 
 Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as th
 e Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God\, God
  abides in him\, and he in God. So we know and believe the love God has for
  us. God is love\, and he who abides in love abides in God\, and God abides
  in him. In this is love perfected with us\, that we may have confidence fo
 r the day of judgment\, because as he is so are we in this world. There is 
 no fear in love\, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with 
 punishment\, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We love\, because h
 e first loved us.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-27\; 21:24-25\nAt that time
 \, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister
 \, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\
 , and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "W
 oman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mo
 ther!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is th
 e disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written the
 se things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many
  other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I su
 ppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be writt
 en.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/24/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\; Athenagorus the Apologist\; Boris
  and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\; Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the M
 artyrs\; Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 7:35-40\; 8:1-7\nBrethre
 n\, I am speaking for your own benefit\, not to lay any restraint upon you\
 , but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lo
 rd. If any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his virgin\, 
 if his passions are strong\, and it has to be\, let him do as he wishes: le
 t them marry - it is not sin. But whoever is firmly established in his hear
 t\, being under no necessity but having his desire under control\, and has 
 determined this in his heart\, to keep her as his virgin\, he will do well.
  So that he who married his virgin does well\; and he who refrains from mar
 riage will do better. A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. I
 f the husband dies\, she is free to be married to whom she wishes\, only in
  the Lord. But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And 
 I think that I have the Spirit of God.\n\nNow concerning food offered to id
 ols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." "Knowledge" puffs up\, but
  love builds up. If any one imagines that he knows something\, he does not 
 yet know as he ought to know. But if one loves God\, one is known by him. H
 ence\, as to the eating of food offered to idols\, we know that "an idol ha
 s no real existence\," and that "there is no God but one." For although the
 re may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth as indeed there are many "go
 ds" and many "lords" - yet for us there is one God\, the Father\, from whom
  are all things and for whom we exist\, and one Lord\, Jesus Christ\, throu
 gh whom are all things and through whom we exist. However\, not all possess
  this knowledge. But some\, though being hitherto accustomed to idols\, eat
  food as really offered to an idol\; and their conscience\, being weak is d
 efiled.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:29-31\nAt that time\, Jesus passed al
 ong the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain\, and sat down there
 . And great crowds came to him\, bringing with them the lame\, the maimed\,
  the blind\, the dumb\, and many others\, and they put them at his feet\, a
 nd he healed them\, so that the throng wondered\, when they saw the dumb sp
 eaking\, the maimed whole\, the lame walking\, and the blind seeing\; and t
 hey glorified the God of Israel.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\; Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas o
 f Philadelphia\; Anastasia the Serbian\; Alban the Protomartyr of Britain\n
 \nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 4:13-25\nBrethren\, the promise to
  Abraham and his descendants\, that they should inherit the world\, did not
  come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the 
 adherents of the law who are to be the heirs\, faith is null and the promis
 e is void. For the law brings wrath\, but where there is no law there is no
  transgression. That is why it depends on faith\, in order that the promise
  may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants -- not only to 
 the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham\,
  for he is the father of us all\, as it is written\, "I have made you the f
 ather of many nations" -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed\, 
 who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not 
 exist. In hope he believed against hope\, that he should become the father 
 of many nations\; as he had been told\, "So shall your descendants be." He 
 did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body\, which was as good
  as dead because he was about a hundred years old\, or when he considered t
 he barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the pr
 omise of God\, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God\, fu
 lly convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his
  faith was "reckoned to him as righteousness." But the words\, "it was reck
 oned to him\," were written not for his sake alone\, but for ours also. It 
 will be reckoned to us who believe in him that raised from the dead Jesus o
 ur Lord\, who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justif
 ication.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:21-23\nThe Lord said\, "Not every one
  who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but h
 e who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will sa
 y to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\, did we not prophesy in your name\, and cast out de
 mons in your name\, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I
  declare to them\, 'I never knew you\; depart from me\, you evildoers.'"\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alexis the Man of God\; Patrick the Enlightener of Ireland\; Marinos t
 he Martyr\; Theocteristos the Confessor\; Paul the Righteous Martyr\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:3-11\nThus say the people:  "Com
 e\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the God of J
 acob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths."  F
 or out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord from Jerus
 alem.  He shall judge between the nations\, and shall decide for many peopl
 es\; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares\, and their spears in
 to pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift up sword against nation\, neither 
 shall they learn war any more.\n\nO house of Jacob\, come\, let us walk in 
 the light of the Lord.\n\nFor thou hast rejected thy people\, the house of 
 Jacob\, because they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsayers 
 like the Philistines\, and they strike hands with foreigners.  Their land i
 s filled with silver and gold\, and there is no end to their treasures\; th
 eir land is filled with horses\, and there is no end to their chariots.  Th
 eir land is filled with idols\; they bow down to the work of their hands\, 
 to what their own fingers have made.  So man is humbled\, and men are broug
 ht low -- forgive them not!  Enter into the rock\, and hide in the dust fro
 m before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty.  The h
 aughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall be hu
 mbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Genesis 1:24-2:3\n And God said\, "Let the earth bring forth living 
 creatures according to their kinds:  cattle and creeping things and beasts 
 of the earth according to their kinds."  And it was so.  And God made the b
 easts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to the
 ir kinds\, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind
 .  And God saw that it was good.\n\nThen God said\, "Let us make man in our
  image\, after our likeness\; and let them have dominion over the fish of t
 he sea\, and over the birds of the air\, and over the cattle\, and over all
  the earth\, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."  So
  God created man in his own image\, in the image of God he created him\; ma
 le and female he created them.  And God blessed them\, and God said to them
 \, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth and subdue it\; and have 
 dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over ev
 ery living thing that moves upon the earth."  And God said\, "Behold\, I ha
 ve given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the ea
 rth\, and every tree with seed in its fruit\; you shall have them for food.
   And to every beast of the earth\, and to every bird of the air\, and to e
 verything that creeps on the earth\, everything that has the breath of life
 \, I have given every green plant for food."  And it was so.  And God saw e
 verything that he had made\, and behold\, it was very good.  And there was 
 evening and there was morning\, a sixth day.\n\nThus the heavens and the ea
 rth were finished\, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day God f
 inished his work which he had done\, and he rested on the seventh day from 
 all his work which he had done.  So God blessed the seventh day and hallowe
 d it\, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in crea
 tion.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 2:1-22\nMy son\, if you receive my
  words and treasure up my commandments with you\, making your ear attentive
  to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding\; yes\, if you cry out
  for insight and raise your voice for understanding\, if you seek it like s
 ilver and search for it as for hidden treasures\; then you will understand 
 the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.  For the Lord gives wis
 dom\; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding\; he stores up sound 
 wisdom for the upright\; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity\, gu
 arding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.  Then you
  will understand righteousness and justice and equity\, every good path\; f
 or wisdom will come into your heart\, and knowledge will be pleasant to you
 r soul\; discretion will watch over you\; understanding will guard you\; de
 livering you from the way of evil\, from men of perverted speech\, who fors
 ake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness\, who rejoice 
 in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil\; men whose paths are
  crooked\, and who are devious in their ways.\n\nYou will be saved from the
  loose woman\, from the adventuress with her smooth words\, who forsakes th
 e companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God\; for her hous
 e sinks down to death\, and her paths to the shades\; none who go to her co
 me back nor do they regain the paths of life.\n\nSo you will walk in the wa
 y of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.  For the upright will
  inhabit the land\, and men of integrity will remain in it\; but the wicked
  will be cut off from the land\, and the treacherous will be rooted out of 
 it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2019\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\; Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\; Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the 
 scripture\, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith\, preac
 hed the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, saying\, "in you shall all the natio
 ns be blessed." So then\, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abrah
 am who had faith. For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse\; 
 for it is written\, "Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things w
 ritten in the book of the law\, and do them." Now it is evident that no man
  is justified before God by the law\; for "the righteous shall live by fait
 h"\; but the law does not rest on faith\, for "He who does them shall live 
 by them."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "T
 he kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowe
 d in his garden\; and it grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air 
 made nests in its branches." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare t
 he kingdom of God? It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three me
 asures of flour\, till it was all leavened." He went on his way through tow
 ns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one 
 said to him\, "Lord\, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them
 \, "Strive to enter by the narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek 
 to enter and will not be able. When once the householder has risen up and s
 hut the door\, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, s
 aying\, 'Lord\, open to us.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you 
 come from.' Then you will begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence
 \, and you taught in our streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not
  know where you come from\; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' 
 There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and
  Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust
  out. And men will come from east and west\, and from north and south\, and
  sit at table in the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/31/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\; Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of Va
 topaidi\; Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\; Eudocimus the Righteous of Ca
 ppadocia\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 11:31-34\;12:1-6\nBrethren\, if 
 we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we are judged
  by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with 
 the world. So then\, my brethren\, when you come together to eat\, wait for
  one another - if any one is hungry\, let him eat at home - lest you come t
 ogether to be condemned. About the other things I will give directions when
  I come. Now concerning the spiritual gifts\, brethren\, I do not want you 
 to be uninformed. You know that when you were heathen\, you were led astray
  to dumb idols\, however you may have been moved. Therefore I want you to u
 nderstand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be cur
 sed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now the
 re are varieties of gifts\, but the same spirit\; and there are varieties o
 f service\, but the same Lord\; and there are varieties of working\, but it
  is the same God who inspires them all in every one.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 18:1-11\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is
  the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he pu
 t him in the midst of them and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you tu
 rn and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. W
 hoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom 
 of heaven.\n\n"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me\; but
  whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\, it woul
 d be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and t
 o be drowned in the depth of the sea.\n\n"Woe to the world for temptations 
 to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come\, but woe to the man by w
 hom the temptation comes! And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin\,
  cut it off and throw it away\; it is better for you to enter life maimed o
 r lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. 
 And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\; it is 
 better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown i
 nto the Gehenna of fire.\n\n"See that you do not despise one of these littl
 e ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face 
 of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save the lost."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\
 ; Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56
 \nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to
  a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Eliza
 beth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in he
 r womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed wi
 th a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of 
 your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should c
 ome to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, t
 he babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that the
 re would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  An
 d Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God m
 y Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold
 \, henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty h
 as done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with
  her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Phi
 lippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is your
 s in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count 
 equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the 
 form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in h
 uman form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on
  a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name
  which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bo
 w\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess t
 hat Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a
  woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister call
 ed Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Mart
 ha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\
 , do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her t
 hen to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anx
 ious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen
  the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said thi
 s\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the
  womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Bles
 sed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\; Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\; Pinytos\, Bishop of Knossos\; The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedi
 a\; Vassianos the Righteous of Constantinople\; The 14 Holy Elders of Optin
 a Monastery\; Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4
 :25-32\nBrethren\, putting away falsehood\, let every one speak the truth w
 ith his neighbor\, for we are members one of another. Be angry but do not s
 in\; do not let the sun go down on your anger\, and give no opportunity to 
 the devil. Let the thief no longer steal\, but rather let him labor\, doing
  honest work with his hands\, so that he may be able to give to those in ne
 ed. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths\, but only such as is good for
  edifying\, as fits the occasion\, that it may impart grace to those who he
 ar. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God\, in whom you were sealed for 
 the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor an
 d slander be put away from you\, with all malice\, and be kind to one anoth
 er\, tenderhearted\, forgiving one another\, as God in Christ forgave you.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked 
 Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took hi
 s place at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, whe
 n she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an ala
 baster flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, 
 she began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of 
 her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now w
 hen the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this
  man were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this i
 s who is touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to h
 im\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is i
 t\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred d
 enarii\, and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them bot
 h. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I sup
 pose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged righ
 tly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this wom
 an? I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has w
 et my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss
 \, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did 
 not anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. T
 herefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she lo
 ved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to he
 r\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began t
 o say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he sai
 d to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\; Zenia the Martyr\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come 
 to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfol
 d by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robb
 er\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
  gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep b
 y name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes be
 fore them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger 
 they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know t
 he voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not
  understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before 
 me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door
 \; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and 
 find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:7-16
 \nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God
 \; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Ch
 rist is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by d
 iverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthene
 d by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We h
 ave an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For
  the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by t
 he high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesu
 s also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through hi
 s own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear th
 e abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the cit
 y which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifi
 ce of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name
 .  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for such sacrific
 es are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill c
 annot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a
  stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine b
 efore men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father
  who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the p
 rophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\,
  I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\,
  will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes on
 e of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called l
 east in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall
  be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Ta
 uromenium in Sicily\; Dionysios the Orator\; Metrophanes of Mount Athos\; M
 ethodios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Lampis\; Patermuthius the Monk\; Euthy
 mios of Karelia\; Michael Paknanas the Gardener\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: L
 uke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and
  looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wond
 ering at what had happened. That very day] two of them were going to a vill
 age named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each
  other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking an
 d discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But the
 ir eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this
  conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" and they 
 stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\
 , "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that 
 have happened there in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" An
 d they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet migh
 ty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief pries
 ts and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him
 . But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides 
 all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some wom
 en of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and
  did not find His body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen 
 a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were wit
 h us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Him t
 hey did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart 
 to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the
  Christ should suffer these things and enter into this glory?" And beginnin
 g with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scrip
 tures the things concerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to wh
 ich they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained
  Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now
  far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with the
 m\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And
  their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of th
 eir sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us whi
 le He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And
  they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the el
 even gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord 
 has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happ
 ened on the road and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 10:1-10\nBrethren\, my heart's desire and praye
 r to God for Israel is that they may be saved. I bear them witness that the
 y have a zeal for God\, but it is not enlightened. For\, being ignorant of 
 the righteousness that comes from God\, and seeking to establish their own\
 , they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the 
 law\, that every one who has faith may be justified. Moses writes that the 
 man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by
  it. But the righteousness based on faith says\, Do not say in your heart\,
  "Who will ascend into heaven?" (that is\, to bring Christ down) or "Who wi
 ll descend into the abyss?" (that is\, to bring Christ up from the dead). B
 ut what does it say? The word is near you\, on your lips and in your heart 
 (that is\, the word of faith which we preach)\; because\, if you confess wi
 th your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised h
 im from the dead\, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart and s
 o is justified\, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 8:28-34\; 9:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus came to the count
 ry of the Gergesenes\, two demoniacs met him\, coming out of the tombs\, so
  fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold\, they cried out\, "Wha
 t have you to do with us\, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us b
 efore the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from
  them. And the demons begged him\, "If you cast us out\, send us away into 
 the herd of swine." And he said to them\, "Go." So they came out and went i
 nto the swine\; and behold\, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into
  the sea\, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled\, and going into t
 he city they told everything\, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And 
 behold\, all the city came out to meet Jesus\; and when they saw him\, they
  begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed
  over and came to his own city.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/04/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Babylas the Holy Martyr\; Moses the Prophet & Godseer\; Hermione the M
 artyr\, daughter of St. Philip the Deacon\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus o
 f Coroucle in Cephallenia\; Anthimos the new ascetic\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:5-21\nBrethren\
 , I think that I am not in the least inferior to these superlative apostles
 . Even if I am unskilled in speaking\, I am not in knowledge\; in every way
  we have made this plain to you in all things.\n\nDid I commit a sin in aba
 sing myself so that you might be exalted\, because I preached God's gospel 
 without cost to you? I robbed other churches by accepting support from them
  in order to serve you. And when I was with you and was in want\, I did not
  burden any one\, for my needs were supplied by the brethren who came from 
 Macedonia. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way. A
 s the truth of Christ is in me\, this boast of mine shall not be silenced i
 n the regions of Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do
 !\n\nAnd what I do I will continue to do\, in order to undermine the claim 
 of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on
  the same terms as we do. For such men are false apostles\, deceitful workm
 en\, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder\, for even 
 Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his s
 ervants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end wi
 ll correspond to their deeds.\n\nI repeat\, let no one think me foolish\; b
 ut even if you do\, accept me as a fool\, so that I too may boast a little.
  (What I am saying I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool\, in t
 his boastful confidence\; since many boast of worldly things\, I too will b
 oast.) For you gladly bear with fools\, being wise yourselves! For you bear
  it if a man makes slaves of you\, or preys upon you\, or takes advantage o
 f you\, or puts on airs\, or strikes you in the face. To my shame\, I must 
 say\, we were too weak for that!\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 4:1-9\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered ab
 out him\, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea\; and the who
 le crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he taught them many things in 
 parables\, and in his teaching he said to them: "Listen! A sower went out t
 o sow. And as he sowed\, some seed fell along the path\, and the birds came
  and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground\, where it had not much s
 oil\, and immediately it sprang up\, since it had no depth of soil\; and wh
 en the sun rose it was scorched\, and since it had no root it withered away
 . Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it\, and i
 t yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth g
 rain\, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and 
 a hundredfold." And he said\, "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\; Holy New Martyr Peter the Al
 eut\; John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
  5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is fo
 und in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is plea
 sing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but in
 stead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they 
 do in secret\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible
 \, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awak
 e\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light."
  Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making 
 the most of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be fooli
 sh\, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with
  wine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing
  one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making m
 elody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe
  Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, 
 and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and
  kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly
 .  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sh
 eep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not
 \, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatc
 hes them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares no
 thing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own kno
 w me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my lif
 e for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I mu
 st bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flo
 ck\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Ky
 thyra\; Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\; Silouan of Athos\;
  Stephen the Martyr\; The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\; Coprios the Rig
 hteous\; Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with hast
 e into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of
  Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of 
 Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
  Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, 
 and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that th
 e mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your 
 greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed 
 is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to
  her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and
  my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate o
 f his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bles
 sed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his n
 ame." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her h
 ome.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have ob
 served my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\,
  my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell
  me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\;
  yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a god
 ly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and impostors w
 ill go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for you\, cont
 inue in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing from whom 
 you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sac
 red writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in 
 Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, J
 esus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her ho
 use. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and list
 ened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she
  went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me 
 to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, 
 "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thi
 ng is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken 
 away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and
  said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that yo
 u sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God
  and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\; Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\
 ; Saint Theodore\, Bishop of Edessa\; Translation of the Holy Relics of Rig
 hteous Seraphim of Sarov\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 7
 :12-24\nBrethren\, if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever\, and she
  consents to live with him\, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a 
 husband who is an unbeliever\, and he consents to live with her\, she shoul
 d not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his w
 ife\, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwis
 e\, your children would be unclean\, but as it is they are holy. But if the
  unbelieving partner desires to separate\, let it be so\; in such a case th
 e brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace. Wife\, ho
 w do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband\, how do you know
  whether you will save your wife? Only\, let every one lead the life which 
 the Lord has assigned to him\, and in which God has called him. This is my 
 rule in all the churches. Was any one at the time of his call already circu
 mcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one a
 t the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. For ne
 ither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision\, but keeping the
  commandments of God. Every one should remain in the state in which he was 
 called. Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can gain your 
 freedom\, avail yourself of the opportunity. \nFor he who was called in the
  Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when c
 alled is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price\; do not become sl
 aves of men. So\, brethren\, in whatever state each was called\, there let 
 him remain with God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:35-36\;15:1-11\nAt that 
 time\, when the men of Gennesaret recognized Jesus\, they sent round to all
  that region and brought to him all that were sick\, and besought him that 
 they might only touch the fringe of his garment\; and as many as touched it
  were made well.\n\nThen Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem
  and said\, "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? 
 For they do not wash their hands when they eat." He answered them\, "And wh
 y do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 
 For God commanded\, 'Honor your father and your mother\,' and\, 'He who spe
 aks evil of father or mother\, let him surely die.' But you say\, 'If any o
 ne tells his father or his mother\, What you would have gained from me is g
 iven to God\, he need not honor his father.' So\, for the sake of your trad
 ition\, you have made void the word of God. You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah
  prophesy of you\, when he said: 'This people honors me with their lips\, b
 ut their heart is far from me\; in vain do they worship me\, teaching as do
 ctrines the precepts of men.' " And he called the people to him and said to
  them\, "Hear and understand: not what goes into the mouth defiles a man\, 
 but what comes out of the mouth\, this defiles a man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\; Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\; Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\; Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Romans 9:18-33\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and 
 he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why d
 oes he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a 
 man\, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why h
 ave you made me thus?" Has the potter no right over the clay\, to make out 
 of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use? What if 
 God\, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power\, has endured 
 with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to 
 make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has 
 prepared beforehand for glory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the J
 ews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those wh
 o were not my people I will call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved 
 I will call 'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where it was said to them
 \, 'You are not my people\,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
  And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of 
 Israel be as the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; f
 or the Lord will execute his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatc
 h." And as Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us childre
 n\, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall
  we say\, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attaine
 d it\, that is\, righteousness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued 
 the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that 
 law. Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were 
 based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is writ
 ten\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a 
 rock that will make them fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put 
 to shame."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus was going t
 hrough the grainfields on the sabbath\, and his disciples plucked and ate s
 ome heads of grain\, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the Pharisees
  said\, "Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?" And Je
 sus answered\, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry\, he an
 d those who were with him: how he entered the house of God\, and took and a
 te the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but the pries
 ts to eat\, and also gave it to those with him?" And he said to them\, "The
  Son of man is lord of the sabbath." On another sabbath\, when he entered t
 he synagogue and taught\, a man was there whose right hand was withered. An
 d the scribes and the Pharisees watched him\, to see whether he would heal 
 on the sabbath\, so that they might find an accusation against him. But he 
 knew their thoughts\, and he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "C
 ome and stand here." And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them\, 
 "I ask you\, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save
  life or to destroy it?" And he looked around on them all\, and said to him
 \, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so\, and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trypho the Martyr\; Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savi
 or in the Temple\; Timothy the Confessor\; Perpetua & her Companions\; Brid
 get of Ireland\; Our Holy Father Basil\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Anast
 asios the New Martyr of Navplion\; The Four Martyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\
 , Plato and George who contested in Megara\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-
 39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good with those who love G
 od\, who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew h
 e also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that 
 he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predesti
 ned he also called\; and those whom he called he also justified\; and those
  whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  I
 f God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but 
 gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who
  shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who
  is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from 
 the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. 
 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or dist
 ress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As
  it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we ar
 e regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are mo
 re than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither de
 ath\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor
  things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else i
 n all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ
  Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and sc
 orpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you.
  Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\
 ; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he 
 rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heav
 en and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understa
 nding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your graciou
 s will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\; Agapetus the Confessor\, Bishop of Sina
 i\; Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: I John 2:7-17\nBrethren\, I am writing you no new commandment
 \, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning\; the old comman
 dment is the word which you have heard.  Yet I am writing you a new command
 ment\, which is true in him and in you\, because the darkness is passing aw
 ay and the true light is already shining.  He who says he is in the light a
 nd hates his brother is in the darkness still.  He who loves his brother ab
 ides in the light\, and in it there is no cause for stumbling.  But he who 
 hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness\, and does n
 ot know where he is going\, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.  I a
 m writing to you\, little children\, because your sins are forgiven for his
  sake.  I am writing to you\, fathers\, because you know him who is from th
 e beginning.  I am writing to you\, young men\, because you have overcome t
 he evil one.  I write to you\, children\, because you know the Father.  I w
 rite to you\, fathers\, because you know him who is from the beginning.  I 
 write to you\, young men\, because you are strong\, and the word of God abi
 des in you\, and you have overcome the evil one.  Do not love the world or 
 the things in the world.  If any one loves the world\, love for the Father 
 is not in him.  For all that is in the world\, the lust of the flesh and th
 e lust of the eyes and the pride of life\, is not of the Father but is of t
 he world.  And the world passes away\, and the lust of it\; but he who does
  the will of God abides for ever. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:3-9\nAt that 
 time\, while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, as he s
 at at table\, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard
 \, very costly\, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.  But 
 there were some who said to themselves indignantly\, "Why was the ointment 
 thus wasted?  For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hu
 ndred denarii\, and given to the poor."  And they reproached her.  But Jesu
 s said\, "Let her alone\; why do you trouble her?  She has done a beautiful
  thing to me.  For you always have the poor with you\, and whenever you wil
 l\, you can do good to them\; but you will not always have me.  She has don
 e what she could\; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying.  And tr
 uly\, I say to you\, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world\, w
 hat she has done will be told in memory of her."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/06/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Luke the Monk of Ta
 ormina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 
 8:1-6\nBrethren\, we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the rig
 ht hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuar
 y and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every h
 igh priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices\; hence it is necessa
 ry for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth
 \, he would not be a priest at all\, since there are priests who offer gift
 s according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctu
 ary\; for when Moses was about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God
 \, saying\, "See that you make everything according to the pattern which wa
 s shown you on the mountain." But as it is\, he has obtained a ministry whi
 ch is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is be
 tter\, since it is enacted on better promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8
 -12\nThe Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before
  men\, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but 
 he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And e
 very one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he
  who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when the
 y bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do n
 ot be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for th
 e Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\; Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\;
  John the Hermit\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:28-31\;5:1-10\nBrethren\, 
 we\, like Isaac\, are children of promise. But as at that time he who was b
 orn according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spi
 rit\, so it is now. But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave an
 d her son\; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the 
 free woman." So\, brethren\, we are not children of the slave but of the fr
 ee woman. For freedom Christ has set us free\; stand fast therefore\, and d
 o not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Now I\, Paul\, say to you that if 
 you receive circumcision\, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify
  again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the 
 whole law. You are severed from Christ\, you who would be justified by the 
 law\; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit\, by faith\, 
 we wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumci
 sion nor uncircumcision is of any avail\, but faith working through love. Y
 ou were running well\; who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persua
 sion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
  I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine\;
  and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment\, whoever he is.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 6:24-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, 
 "Woe to you that are rich\, for you have received your consolation.\n\n"Woe
  to you that are full now\, for you shall hunger.\n\n"Woe to you that laugh
  now\, for you shall mourn and weep.\n\n"Woe to you\, when all men speak we
 ll of you\, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.\n\n"But I say t
 o you that hear\, Love your enemies\, do good to those who hate you\, bless
  those who curse you\, pray for those who abuse you. To him who strikes you
  on the cheek\, offer the other also\; and from him who takes away your coa
 t do not withhold even your shirt. Give to every one who begs from you\; an
 d of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\; Theodosios the Martyr\; Zoilos t
 he Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 40:18-31\nThus sa
 ys the LORD: To whom then will you liken God\, or what likeness compare wit
 h him?  The idol! a workman casts it\, and a goldsmith overlays it with gol
 d\, and casts for it silver chains.  He who is impoverished chooses for an 
 offering wood that will not rot\; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set u
 p an image that will not move.  \n\n Have you not known? Have you not heard
 ? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from
  the foundations of the earth?  It is he who sits above the circle of the e
 arth\, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers\; who stretches out the he
 avens like a curtain\, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in\; who bring
 s princes to nought\, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.  \n\n S
 carcely are they planted\, scarcely sown\, scarcely has their stem taken ro
 ot in the earth\, when he blows upon them\, and they wither\, and the tempe
 st carries them off like stubble.  \n\n To whom then will you compare me\, 
 that I should be like him? Says the Holy One.  Lift up your eyes on high an
 d see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number\, calling 
 them all by name\; by the greatness of his might\, and because he is strong
  in power not one is missing.  \n\n Why do you say\, O Jacob\, and speak\, 
 O Israel\, "My way is hid from the LORD\, and my right is disregarded by my
  God"?  Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting
  God\, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow wear
 y\, his understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the faint\, and t
 o him who has no might he increases strength.  Even youths shall faint and 
 be weary\, and young men shall fall exhausted\; but they who wait for the L
 ORD shall renew their strength\, they shall mount up with wings like eagles
 \, they shall run and not be weary\, they shall walk and not faint.\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Genesis 15:1-15\n After these things the word of the LOR
 D came to Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abram\, I am your shield\; your r
 eward shall be very great."  But Abram said\, "O Lord GOD\, what wilt thou 
 give me\, for I continue childless\, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of
  Damascus?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou hast given me no offspring\; a
 nd a slave born in my house will be my heir."  And behold\, the word of the
  LORD came to him\, "This man shall not be your heir\; your own son shall b
 e your heir."  And he brought him outside and said\, "Look toward heaven\, 
 and number the stars\, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him
 \, "So shall your descendants be."  And he believed the LORD\; and he recko
 ned it to him as righteousness.  \n\n And he said to him\, "I am the LORD w
 ho brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to give you this land to possess.
 "  But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"  
 He said to him\, "Bring me a heifer three years old\, a she-goat three year
 s old\, a ram three years old\, a turtledove\, and a young pigeon."  And he
  brought him all these\, cut them in two\, and laid each half over against 
 the other\; but he did not cut the birds in two.  And when birds of prey ca
 me down upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them away.  \n\n As the sun was go
 ing down\, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo\, a dread and great darkness
  fell upon him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\, "Know of a surety that your 
 descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs\, and will be s
 laves there\, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years\; but I wil
 l bring judgment on the nation which they serve\, and afterward they shall 
 come out with great possessions.  As for yourself\, you shall go to your fa
 thers in peace\; you shall be buried in a good old age.\n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Proverbs 15:7-19\nThe lips of the wise spread knowledge\; not so the
  minds of fools.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD
 \, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.  The way of the wicked is 
 an abomination to the LORD\, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.  T
 here is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way\; he who hates repro
 of will die.  Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD\, how much more th
 e hearts of men!  A scoffer does not like to be reproved\; he will not go t
 o the wise.  A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance\, but by sorrow of h
 eart the spirit is broken.  The mind of him who has understanding seeks kno
 wledge\, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.  All the days of the afflic
 ted are evil\, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  Better is a lit
 tle with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.  Bet
 ter is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
   A hot-tempered man stirs up strife\, but he who is slow to anger quiets c
 ontention.  The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns\, but the path o
 f the upright is a level highway.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\; Anastasios\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Porphyr
 ios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you
  and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and 
 you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This wil
 l be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, 
 not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and 
 wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contra
 dict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and
  friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by al
 l for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endu
 rance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTim
 othy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what y
 ou have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who wil
 l be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Chr
 ist Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, sinc
 e his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned
  unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer wh
 o ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for t
 he Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Chris
 t\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\,
  the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. B
 ut the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the s
 ake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with
  its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the worl
 d hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were o
 f the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not of the
  world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you. 
  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his 
 master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my
  word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my 
 account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and 
 spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for 
 their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among 
 them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now th
 ey have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word th
 at is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when
  the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the 
 Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me
 \; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the begi
 nning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  They wi
 ll put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever
  kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pelagia the Righteous\; Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; Taisia 
 the Harlot of Egypt\; Phillip\, Bishop of Gortyna\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:33\; 6:1-9\nBrethren\, let each one of you 
 love his wife as himself\, and let the wife see that she respects her husba
 nd. Children\, obey your parents in the Lord\, for this is right. "Honor yo
 ur father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise)\, "tha
 t it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth." Fathers
 \, do not provoke your children to anger\, but bring them up in the discipl
 ine and instruction of the Lord. Slaves\, be obedient to those who are your
  earthly masters\, with fear and trembling\, in singleness of heart\, as to
  Christ\; not in the way of eye-service\, as men-pleasers\, but as servants
  of Christ\, doing the will of God from the heart\, rendering service with 
 a good will as to the Lord and not to men\, knowing that whatever good any 
 one does\, he will receive the same again from the Lord\, whether he is a s
 lave or free. Masters\, do the same to them\, and forbear threatening\, kno
 wing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven\, and that the
 re is no partiality with him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time
 \, the report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all th
 e surrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these things. 
 And John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, sa
 ying\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when
  the men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you
 \, saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In
  that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on 
 many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell
  John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lam
 e walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\,
  the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no o
 ffense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak 
 to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to 
 behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man c
 lothed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and li
 ve in luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A proph
 et? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is wr
 itten\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare 
 your way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greate
 r than John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
 " When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\
 , having been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the
  lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been bapti
 zed by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\; Marinos the Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Joh
 n 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she
  wept she stooped to look into the tomb\; and she saw two angels in white\,
  sitting where the body of Jesus had lain\, one at the head and one at the 
 feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?"  She said to them\
 , "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have
  laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but sh
 e did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you
  weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said t
 o Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid H
 im\, and I will take Him away."  Jesus said to her\, "Mary."  She turned an
 d said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).  Jesus said to 
 her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go 
 to my brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to my Father and your Fathe
 r\, to my God and your God."  Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples
 \, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she told them that He had said these things
  to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11\, 1
 4-18\nBrethren\, conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, making the mo
 st of the time. Let your speech always be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, s
 o that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell y
 ou all about my affairs\; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and
  fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\,
  that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts\, and w
 ith him Onesimos\, the faithful and beloved brother\, who is one of yoursel
 ves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place. Aristarchos my 
 fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning wh
 om you have received instructions if he comes to you\, receive him)\, and J
 esus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circumcision among
  my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and they have been a comfort to
  me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to t
 he brethren at Laodicea\, and to Nympha and the church in her house. And wh
 en this letter has been read among you\, have it read also in the church of
  the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And 
 say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you have receiv
 ed in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember 
 my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who reject
 s you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seve
 nty returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us 
 in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from 
 heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scor
 pions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. N
 evertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; 
 but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he re
 joiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven
  and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understand
 ing and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious 
 will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isidore of Pelusium\; Nicholas the Confessor\; Hieromartyr Abramius\; 
 John the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\; Theodosios the Righteous\; Jose
 ph the New Martyr of Aleppo\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord an
 d Savior in the Temple\n\nEpistle Reading: James 1:19-27\nMy beloved brethr
 en\, let every man be quick to hear\, slow to speak\, slow to anger\, for t
 he anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. Therefore put away 
 all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the 
 implanted word\, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word
 \, and not hearers only\, deceiving yourselves. For if any one is a hearer 
 of the word and not a doer\, he is like a man who observes his natural face
  in a mirror\; for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets wh
 at he was like. But he who looks into the perfect law\, the law of liberty\
 , and perseveres\, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts\, he s
 hall be blessed in his doing. If any one thinks he is religious\, and does 
 not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart\, this man's religion is vain.
  Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to 
 visit orphans and widows in their affliction\, and to keep oneself unstaine
 d from the world.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:17-27\nAt that time\, as Jesus
  was setting out on his journey\, a man ran up and knelt before him\, and a
 sked him\, "Good Teacher\, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jes
 us said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. Yo
 u know the commandments: 'Do not kill\, Do not commit adultery\, Do not ste
 al\, Do not bear false witness\, Do not defraud\, Honor your father and mot
 her.' " And he said to him\, "Teacher\, all these I have observed from my y
 outh." And Jesus looking upon him loved him\, and said to him\, "You lack o
 ne thing\; go\, sell what you have\, and give to the poor\, and you will ha
 ve treasure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." At that saying his countenan
 ce fell\, and he went away sorrowful\; for he had great possessions. And Je
 sus looked around and said to his disciples\, "How hard it will be for thos
 e who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amaz
 ed at his words. But Jesus said to them again\, "Children\, how hard it is 
 to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye
  of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." And they wer
 e exceedingly astonished\, and said to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus
  looked at them and said\, "With men it is impossible\, but not with God\; 
 for all things are possible with God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Blaise the Heiromartyr of Sebastia\; Theodora the Empress\; Finding of
  the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\; Geor
 ge the Serbian\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed th
 rough the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confessio
 n. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakn
 esses\, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet witho
 ut sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that
  we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every hig
 h priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in rela
 tion to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently wi
 th the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Beca
 use of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for 
 those of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he 
 is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself 
 to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou
  art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another plac
 e\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twel
 ve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them ou
 t\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent
  out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town o
 f the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 
  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal 
 the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received
  without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt\; Holy Father John the Righteous\, discipl
 e of St. Gregory of Decapolis\; Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia\; Cosm
 as\, Bishop of Calcydon\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Athanasia the Won
 derworker of Aegina\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee
 \, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him
  they worshipped him\; but some doubted.  And Jesus came and said to them\,
  "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore 
 and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Fathe
 r and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that
  I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the
  age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ a
 ppeared as a high priest of the good things that have come\, then through t
 he greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\, that is\, not of th
 is creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place\, taking not the b
 lood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus securing an eternal redem
 ption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and
  bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of th
 e flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, who through the eternal
  Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, purify your conscience fro
 m dead works to serve the living God. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45\nAt
  that time\, Jesus took his twelve disciples\, and he began to tell them wh
 at was to happen to him\, saying\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\;
  and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes\
 , and they will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to the Gentiles\; an
 d they will mock him\, and spit upon him\, and scourge him\, and kill him\;
  and after three days he will rise." And James and John\, the sons of Zebed
 ee\, came forward to him\, and said to him\, "Teacher\, we want you to do f
 or us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them\, "What do you want me t
 o do for you?" And they said to him\, "Grant us to sit\, one at your right 
 hand and one at your left\, in your glory." But Jesus said to them\, "You d
 o not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink\
 , or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they sa
 id to him\, "We are able." And Jesus said to them\, "The cup that I drink y
 ou will drink\; and with the baptism with which I am baptized\, you will be
  baptized\; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant\
 , but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten hear
 d it\, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them 
 to him and said to them\, "You know that those who are supposed to rule ove
 r the Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great men exercise authority o
 ver them. But it shall not be so among you\; but whoever would be great amo
 ng you must be your servant\, and whoever would be first among you must be 
 slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve\, 
 and to give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\; G
 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\; Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 5:1-10\nBreth
 ren\, we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed\, we have a 
 building from God\, a house not made with hands\, eternal in the heavens. H
 ere indeed we groan\, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling\, so that by
  putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this te
 nt\, we sigh with anxiety\; not that we would be unclothed\, but that we wo
 uld be further clothed\, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life
 . He who has prepared us for this very thing is God\, who has given us the 
 Spirit as a guarantee.\n\nSo we are always of good courage\; we know that w
 hile we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord\, for we walk by 
 faith\, not by sight. We are of good courage\, and we would rather be away 
 from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away\
 , we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgm
 ent seat of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:57-62\nAt that time\, as Jesu
 s was going along the road\, a man said to him\, "I will follow you whereve
 r you go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and birds of the air
  have nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." To another h
 e said\, "Follow me." But he said\, "Lord\, let me first go and bury my fat
 her." But he said to him\, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead\; but as 
 for you\, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Another said\, "I will follo
 w you\, Lord\; but let me first say farewell to those at my home." Jesus sa
 id to him\, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for
  the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/08/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\
 ; Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56
 \nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to
  a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Eliza
 beth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in he
 r womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed wi
 th a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of 
 your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should c
 ome to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, t
 he babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that the
 re would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  An
 d Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God m
 y Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold
 \, henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty h
 as done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with
  her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among y
 ourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the for
 m of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but empt
 ied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of 
 men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient u
 nto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and
  bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of J
 esus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, a
 nd every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the
  Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus 
 entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. 
 And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened 
 to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went
  to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to se
 rve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Mart
 ha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is
  needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away 
 from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said
  to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you suc
 ked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and 
 keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fourth Saturday of Lent\; Hilarion the New\; Herodion the Apostle of t
 he 70\; Stephen the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRETHREN\, we feel su
 re of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not so unjust as t
 o overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving 
 the saints\, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the sam
 e earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end\, so th
 at you may not be sluggish\, but imitators of those who through faith and p
 atience inherit the promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 7:31-37\nAt that time
 \, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre\, and went through Sidon to the S
 ea of Galilee\, through the region of Dekapolis. And they brought to him a 
 man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech\; and they besought hi
 m to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude private
 ly\, he put his fingers into his ears\, and he spat and touched his tongue\
 ; and looking up to heaven\, he sighed\, and said to him\, "Ephphatha\," th
 at is\, "Be opened." And his ears were opened\, his tongue was released\, a
 nd he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one\; but the more he c
 harged them\, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonish
 ed beyond measure\, saying\, "He has done all things well: he even makes th
 e deaf hear and the dumb speak."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210611
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Ascension\; Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\; Timothy\, Bishop
  of Proussa\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\; Theophanes & Pans
 emne of Antioch\; The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 
 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared f
 irst to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and 
 told those who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they
  heard that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe 
 it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were
  walking into the country.  And they went back and told the rest\, but they
  did not believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as
  they sat at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness 
 of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had ris
 en.  And he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to 
 the whole creation.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he
  who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany th
 ose who believe:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in
  new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly th
 ing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and t
 hey will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\
 , was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And th
 ey went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and
  confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Acts 1:1-12\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with all
  that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, af
 ter he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom h
 e had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many 
 proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom 
 of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jeru
 salem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you 
 heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but before many days you sha
 ll be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they had come together\, they
  asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?" 
 He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Fat
 her has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Ho
 ly Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem an
 d in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." And when he had sa
 id this\, as they were looking on\, he was lifted up\, and a cloud took him
  out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went\, be
 hold\, two men stood by them in white robes\, and said\,"Men of Galilee\, w
 hy do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus\, who was taken up from you
  into heaven\, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." Th
 en they returned from the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a
  sabbath day's journey away.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time
 \, Jesus\, having risen from the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples
  and said to them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened\,
  and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you tr
 oubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet
 \, that it is I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh a
 nd bones as you see that I have." And when he said this\, he showed them hi
 s hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wonder
 ed\, he said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a pie
 ce of broiled fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to
  them\, "These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with y
 ou\, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets 
 and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand 
 the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ s
 hould suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance 
 and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations\, beg
 inning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I se
 nd the promise of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are
  clothed with power from on high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethan
 y\, and lifting up his hands\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he 
 parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\,
  and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in th
 e temple blessing God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday after Holy Cross\; Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope
 \, and Love\; Herakleides & Myron\, Bishops of Cyprus\; Afterfeast of the H
 oly Cross\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:26-31\;2:1-5\nBrethren\, cons
 ider your call\, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards\,
  not many were powerful\, not many were of noble birth\; but God chose what
  is foolish in the world to shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the 
 world to shame the strong\, God chose what is low and despised in the world
 \, even things that are not\, to bring to nothing things that are\, so that
  no human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of you
 r life in Christ Jesus\, whom God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and s
 anctification and redemption\; therefore\, as it is written\, "Let him who 
 boasts\, boast of the Lord." When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not come
  proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I de
 cided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And 
 I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling\; and my speech a
 nd my message were not in plausible words of wisdom\, but in demonstration 
 of the Spirit and of power\, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom o
 f men but in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord sa
 id to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die 
 in your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Wi
 ll he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? 
 " He said to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this
  world\, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins
 \, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They sai
 d to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you f
 rom the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he 
 who sent me is true\, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him
 ." They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus sa
 id\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am
  he\, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Fathe
 r taught me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for
  I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in 
 him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Our
  Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\; Nikephoros the New Martyr of 
 Crete\; Vitalis of Gaza\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with 
 a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Jud
 ea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him 
 and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with uncle
 an spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power c
 ame forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His d
 isciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of Go
 d.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed 
 are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate
  you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as
  evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for j
 oy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebr
 ews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the 
 word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith
 .  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be le
 d away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be 
 strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adher
 ents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right t
 o eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the san
 ctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the cam
 p.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people
  through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp 
 and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we s
 eek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer u
 p a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowled
 ge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for su
 ch sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that
  time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit for forty 
 days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those 
 days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. The devil said to him\, "I
 f you are the Son of God\, command this stone to become bread." And Jesus a
 nswered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" And th
 e devil took him up\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a mom
 ent of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will give all this authority and 
 their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, and I will give it to whom 
 I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus
  answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God\, and
  him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him 
 on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of Go
 d\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is written\, 'He will give his a
 ngels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear yo
 u up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\
 , "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" And when the devi
 l had ended every temptation\, he departed from him until an opportune time
 . And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report
  concerning him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught
  in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Gabriel the Ne
 w Martyr of Constantinople\; Jordan the New Martyr\; Agathadoros the Martyr
  of Cappadocia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2:25-32\nAt that time\, there
  was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righteou
 s and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit 
 was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he s
 hould not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired by 
 the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the ch
 ild Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him 
 up in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depa
 rt in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation
  which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for revel
 ation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Hebrews 7:7-17\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond dispute that the inferior is
  blessed by the superior. Here tithes are received by mortal men\; there\, 
 by one whom it is testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi him
 self\, who receives tithes\, paid tithes through Abraham\, for he was still
  in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. Now if perfection h
 ad been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the peopl
 e received the law)\, what further need would there have been for another p
 riest to arise after the order of Melchizedek\, rather than one named after
  the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood\, there i
 s necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things
  are spoken belonged to another tribe\, from which no one has ever served a
 t the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah\, and
  in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becom
 es even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchize
 dek\, who has become a priest\, not according to a legal requirement concer
 ning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is w
 itnessed of him\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchize
 dek." \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40\nAt that time\, the parents brought 
 the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is writte
 n in the law of the Lord\, "Every male that opens the womb shall be called 
 holy to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in th
 e law of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or two young pigeons."  Now t
 here was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righ
 teous and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spi
 rit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that 
 he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired
  by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in th
 e child Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took 
 him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,\n\n"Lord\, now let your serva
 nt depart in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your sa
 lvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light fo
 r revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n\nAnd
  his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him\; and Symeon
  blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold\, this child is set for
  the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a sign that is spoken agai
 nst (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also)\, that thoughts of
  many hearts may be revealed."  And there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the dau
 ghter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she was of a great age\, having 
 lived with her husband seven years from her virginity\, and as a widow till
  she was eighty-four.  She did not depart from the temple\, worshiping with
  fasting and prayer night and day.  And coming up at that very hour she gav
 e thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redempti
 on of Jerusalem.  And when they had performed everything according to the l
 aw of the Lord\, they returned into Galilee\, to their own city\, Nazareth.
   And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and the favor
  of God was upon him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Blind Man\; Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostle
 s\; Pachomios the Righteous New Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11
 -18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept s
 he stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sittin
 g where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. T
 hey said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Becaus
 e they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him
 ." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not 
 know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? W
 hom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir
 \, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I w
 ill take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him 
 in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not to
 uch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren 
 and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My God a
 nd your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen 
 the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: Acts 26:1\,12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, 
 "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his ha
 nd and made his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and co
 mmission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a ligh
 t from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and those who jour
 neyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice s
 aying to me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me
 ? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord
 ?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and s
 tand upon your feet\; for I have appeared to you for this purpose\, to appo
 int you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me a
 nd to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you from the people 
 and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, that they may
  turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\, that they
  may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified
  by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to th
 e heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerus
 alem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, t
 hat they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their re
 pentance." \n\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed 
 by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him\, "Rabb
 i\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was born blind?" Jesus a
 nswered\, "It was not that this man sinned\, or his parents\, but that the 
 works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him w
 ho sent me\, while it is day\; night comes\, when no one can work. As long 
 as I am in the world\, I am the light of the world." As he said this\, he s
 pat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes 
 with the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which me
 ans Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and th
 ose who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, "Is not this the man who u
 sed to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It is he"\; others said\, "No\, but he is
  like him." He said\, "I am the man." They said to him\, "Then how were you
 r eyes opened?" He answered\, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed 
 my eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloam and wash'\; so I went and washed and
  received my sight." They said to him\, "Where is he?" He said\, "I do not 
 know."\n\nThey brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind
 . Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Th
 e Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to t
 hem\, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed\, and I see." Some of the Pharis
 ees said\, "This man is not from God\, for he does not keep the sabbath." B
 ut others said\, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a
  division among them. So they again said to the blind man\, "What do you sa
 y about him\, since he has opened your eyes?" He said\, "He is a prophet."\
 n\nThe Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sig
 ht\, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight\, 
 and asked them\, "Is this your son\, who you say was born blind? How then d
 oes he now see?" His parents answered\, "We know that this is our son\, and
  that he was born blind\; but how he now sees we do not know\, nor do we kn
 ow who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he is of age\, he will speak for himself.
 " His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for the Jews had alr
 eady agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put
  out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said\, "He is of age\, ask him
 ."\n\nSo for the second time they called the man who had been blind\, and s
 aid to him\, "Give God the praise\; we know that this man is a sinner." He 
 answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know\; one thing I know\, tha
 t though I was blind\, now I see." They said to him\, "What did he do to yo
 u? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them\, "I have told you already 
 and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want
  to become his disciples?" And they reviled him\, saying\, "You are his dis
 ciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses
 \, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes from." The man answe
 red\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from\, and ye
 t he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners\, but if a
 nyone is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listens to him. Never s
 ince the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man
  born blind. If this man were not from God\, he could do nothing." They ans
 wered him\, "You were born in utter sin\, and would you teach us?" And they
  cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that they had cast him out\, and having found
  him he said\, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered\, "And who i
 s he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him\, "You have seen
  him\, and it is he who speaks to you." He said\, "Lord\, I believe"\; and 
 he worshiped him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\; Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\; Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:3-10\nBrethren\, grace to you 
 and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ\, who gave himself 
 for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age\, according to the wil
 l of our God and Father\; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. I a
 m astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the gr
 ace of Christ and turning to a different gospel - not that there is another
  gospel\, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel
  of Christ. But even if we\, or an angel of heaven\, should preach to you a
  gospel contrary to that which we preached to you\, let him be accursed. As
  we have said before\, so now I say again\, If any one is preaching to you 
 a gospel contrary to that which you received\, let him be accursed. Am I no
 w seeking the favor of men\, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I 
 were still pleasing men\, I should not be a servant of Christ.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I have giv
 en you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the po
 wer of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice 
 in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names
  are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit a
 nd said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have 
 hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to ba
 bes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Monday after Pascha\; Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\; Saint V
 incent of Lerins\; Meletios the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\; Gregory
 \, Archbishop of Novgorod\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:1-16\nIn those days\,
  at Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius\, a centurion of what was know
 n as the Italian Cohort\, a devout man who feared God with all his househol
 d\, gave alms liberally to the people\, and prayed constantly to God. About
  the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God comin
 g in and saying to him\, "Cornelius." And he stared at him in terror\, and 
 said\, "What is it\, Lord?" And he said to him\, "Your prayers and your alm
 s have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa\, and b
 ring one Simon who is called Peter\; he is lodging with Simon\, a tanner\, 
 whose house is by the seaside." When the angel who spoke to him had departe
 d\, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those tha
 t waited on him\, and having related everything to them\, he sent them to J
 oppa. The next day\, as they were on their journey and coming near the city
 \, Peter went up on the housetop to pray\, about the sixth hour. And he bec
 ame hungry and desired something to eat\; but while they were preparing it\
 , he fell into a trance and saw the heaven opened\, and something descendin
 g\, like a great sheet\, let down by four corners upon the earth. In it wer
 e all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a 
 voice to him\, "Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat." But Peter said\, "No\, Lord\;
  for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." And the voice 
 came to him again a second time\, "What God has cleansed\, you must not cal
 l common." This happened three times\, and the thing was taken up at once t
 o heaven.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:56-69\nThe Lord said to the Jews who ha
 d believed in him\, "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me\
 , and I in him. As the living Father sent me\, and I live because of the Fa
 ther\, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which c
 ame down from heaven\, not such as the fathers ate and died\; he who eats t
 his bread will live forever." This he said in the synagogue\, as he taught 
 at Capernaum.\n\nMany of his disciples\, when they heard it\, said\, "This 
 is a hard saying\; who can listen to it?" But Jesus\, knowing in himself th
 at his disciples murmured at it\, said to them\, "Do you take offense at th
 is?" Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was bef
 ore? It is the spirit that gives life\, the flesh is of no avail\; the word
 s that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you 
 that do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did
  not believe\, and who it was that would betray him. And he said\, "This is
  why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the 
 Father."\n\nAfter this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went a
 bout with him. Jesus said to the twelve\, "Do you also wish to go away?" Si
 mon Peter answered him\, "Lord\, to whom shall we go? You have the words of
  eternal life\; and we have believed\, and have come to know\, that you are
  Christ\, the Son of the living God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ephraim the Syrian\; Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\; James the 
 Righteous\; Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\; Theodosius of Totma\; Grace t
 he Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the frui
 t of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, fa
 ithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And
  those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passion
 s and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit. 
  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one
  another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are s
 piritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, 
 lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the l
 aw of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood o
 n a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude
  of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\
 , who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who w
 ere troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to 
 touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lift
 ed up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for you
 rs is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall 
 be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blesse
 d are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, an
 d cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in th
 at day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/28/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Chariton the Confessor\; Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolita
 n of Nicopolis\; Old Epirus\; Baruch the Prophet\; Neophytos & Auxentios th
 e Martyrs of Cyprus\; Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, 
 it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone 
 in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
  face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show 
 that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted
  in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; p
 ersecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always car
 rying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also b
 e manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up
  to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in 
 our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we
  have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I
  spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the
  Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his pr
 esence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and
  more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a
  great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Jude
 a and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him a
 nd to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclea
 n spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power ca
 me forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His di
 sciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God
 .  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed a
 re you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate 
 you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as 
 evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for jo
 y\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\; Peter the Righteous of Egypt\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinop
 le\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9
 \nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by ano
 ther way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door
  is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear
  his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he
  has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow h
 im\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they wi
 ll flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figur
 e Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to 
 them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am th
 e door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but t
 he sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he wi
 ll be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such
  a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, ex
 alted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to off
 er sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the peop
 le\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law
  appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\
 , which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect 
 for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high
  priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty 
 in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up n
 ot by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\
 , "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go
  in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and d
 estroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the
  good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He wh
 o is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the
  wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them an
 d scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for t
 he sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as t
 he Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the s
 heep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring th
 em also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one sh
 epherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\; Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip
 \, and Equal to the Apostles\; Righteous Auxentius\; The Pious Rulers Marci
 an and Pulcheria\; Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium\; Hermogenes (Germo
 gen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is
  in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses en
 trust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffe
 ring as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangle
 d in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted h
 im. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It
  is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. 
 Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everyt
 hing.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David
 \, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and weari
 ng fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore 
 I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain s
 alvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20
 :46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, 
 who like to go about in long robes\, and love salutations in the market pla
 ces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts\
 , who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers.  They wil
 l receive the greater condemnation."  He looked up and saw the rich putting
  their gifts into the treasury\; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper 
 coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I tell you\, this poor widow has put in more
  than all of them\; for they all contributed out of their abundance\, but s
 he out of her poverty put in all the living that she had."  Having said thi
 s\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Matthew\; Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\
 ; Holy Hieromartyr Marcellus\, Bishop of Apameia\; Holy New Martyr Symeon o
 f Trapezoundos (1653)\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel R
 eading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the we
 ek\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, J
 esus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  When
  he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the discip
 les were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be
  with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when he h
 ad said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Sp
 irit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain t
 he sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, ca
 lled the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other disciples 
 told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in hi
 s hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nai
 ls\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days lat
 er\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The
  doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Peace b
 e with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my h
 ands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be faithles
 s\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said
  to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those w
 ho have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the
  presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these
  are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God
 \, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: I 
 Corinthians 3:9-17\nBrethren\, we are God's fellow workers\; you are God's 
 field\, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me\, like a 
 skilled master builder I laid a foundation\, and another man is building up
 on it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundatio
 n can any one lay than that which is laid\, which is Jesus Christ. Now if a
 ny one builds on the foundation with gold\, silver\, precious stones\, wood
 \, hay\, straw - each man's work will become manifest\; for the Day will di
 sclose it\, because it will be revealed with fire\, and the fire will test 
 what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on
  the foundation survives\, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is b
 urned up\, he will suffer loss\, though he himself will be saved\, but only
  as through fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's 
 Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple\, God will destroy h
 im. For God's temple is holy\, and that temple you are.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 14:22-34\nAt that time\, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat
  and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds. And a
 fter he had dismissed the crowds\, he went up into the hills by himself to 
 pray. When evening came\, he was there alone\, but the boat by this time wa
 s many furlongs distant from the land\, beaten by the waves\; for the wind 
 was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them\, wa
 lking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea\, they 
 were terrified\, saying\, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But
  immediately he spoke to them\, saying "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear
 ." \n\n And Peter answered him\, "Lord\, if it is you\, bid me come to you 
 on the water." He said\, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on
  the water and came to Jesus\; but when he saw the wind\, he was afraid\, a
 nd beginning to sink he cried out\, "Lord\, save me." Jesus immediately rea
 ched out his hand and caught him\, saying to him\, "O man of little faith\,
  why did you doubt?" And when they entered the boat\, the wind ceased. And 
 those in the boat worshiped him\, saying\, "Truly you are the Son of God." 
 And when they had crossed over\, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/05/2020\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agatha the Martyr\; Polyeuktos\, Patriarch Of Constantinople\; Antonio
 s the New Martyr of Athens\; Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\; Afterfe
 ast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Theodosios o
 f Antioch\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephes
 ians 3:8-21\nBrethren\, to me\, though I am the very least of all the saint
 s\, this grace was given\, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riche
 s of Christ\, and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidde
 n for ages in God who created all things\; that through the church the mani
 fold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers
  in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose which he
  has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord\, in whom we have boldness and confi
 dence of access through our faith in him. So l ask you not to lose heart ov
 er what I am suffering for you\, which is your glory. For this reason I bow
  my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, from whom every fami
 ly in heaven and on earth is named\, that according to the riches of his gl
 ory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in th
 e inner man\, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith\, that
  you\, being rooted and grounded in love\, may have power to comprehend wit
 h all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth\, and 
 to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge\, that you may be fill
 ed with the fulness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us i
 s able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think\, to him be 
 glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations\, for ever and e
 ver. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:7-13\nAt that time\, Jesus called to h
 im his twelve disciples and began to send them out two by two\, and gave th
 em authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for 
 their journey except a staff\; no bread\, no bag\, no money in their belts\
 ; but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And he said to them\, "Whe
 re you enter a house\, stay there until you leave the place. And if any pla
 ce will not receive you and they refuse to hear you\, when you leave\, shak
 e off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them." So they 
 went out and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many demons
 \, and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\; Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\nStrict
  Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 1:27-30\;2:1-4\nBrethren\, let your m
 anner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ\, so that whether I come an
 d see you or am absent\, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spiri
 t\, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel\, and n
 ot frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them o
 f their destruction\, but of your salvation\, and that from God. For it has
  been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believ
 e in him but also suffer for his sake\, engaged in the same conflict which 
 you saw and now hear to be mine. So if there is any encouragement in Christ
 \, any incentive of love\, any participation in the Spirit\, any affection 
 and sympathy\, complete my joy by being of the same mind\, having the same 
 love\, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfishness or
  conceit\, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of
  you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:23-26\nThe Lord said\, "He who is not with me 
 is against me he who does not gather with me scatters.\n\n"When the unclean
  spirit has gone out of a man\, he passes through waterless places seeking 
 rest\; and finding none he says\, 'I will return to my house from which I c
 ame.' And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes an
 d brings seven other spirits more evil than himself\, and they enter and dw
 ell there\; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\; Mark\, Aristarchos\, and
  Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\; Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gide
 on the Righteous\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinth
 ians 10:23-28\nBrethren\, "all things are lawful\," but not all things are 
 helpful. "All things are lawful\," but not all things build up. Let no one 
 seek his own good\, but the good of his neighbor. Eat whatever is sold in t
 he meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. Fo
 r "the earth is the Lord's\, and everything in it." If one of the unbelieve
 rs invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go\, eat whatever is set b
 efore you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. But if 
 some one says to you\, "This has been offered in sacrifice\," then out of c
 onsideration for the man who informed you\, and for conscience' sake\, do n
 ot eat it. For "the earth is the Lord's\, and everything in it."\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 4:31-36\nAt that time\, Jesus went down to Capernaum\, a city
  of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath\; and they were astoni
 shed at his teaching\, for his word was with authority. And in the synagogu
 e there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon\; and he cried out
  with a loud voice\, "Ah! What have you to do with us\, Jesus of Nazareth? 
 Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are\, the Holy One of God." But
  Jesus rebuked him\, saying\, "Be silent\, and come out of him!" And when t
 he demon had thrown him down in the midst\, he came out of him\, having don
 e him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another\, "What is 
 this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits\, a
 nd they come out."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\; Righteous Amphilochio
 s of Patmos\; Leonidas and Charissa\, Nike\, Galene\, Kallida\, Nounenchia\
 , Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Isaiah 40:18-31\nThus says the LORD: To whom then will you liken God\,
  or what likeness compare with him?  The idol! a workman casts it\, and a g
 oldsmith overlays it with gold\, and casts for it silver chains.  He who is
  impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will not rot\; he seeks out
  a skilful craftsman to set up an image that will not move.  \n\n Have you 
 not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning?
  Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?  It is he who s
 its above the circle of the earth\, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppe
 rs\; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain\, and spreads them like a
  tent to dwell in\; who brings princes to nought\, and makes the rulers of 
 the earth as nothing.  \n\n Scarcely are they planted\, scarcely sown\, sca
 rcely has their stem taken root in the earth\, when he blows upon them\, an
 d they wither\, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.  \n\n To who
 m then will you compare me\, that I should be like him? Says the Holy One. 
  Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out th
 eir host by number\, calling them all by name\; by the greatness of his mig
 ht\, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.  \n\n Why do you
  say\, O Jacob\, and speak\, O Israel\, "My way is hid from the LORD\, and 
 my right is disregarded by my God"?  Have you not known? Have you not heard
 ? The LORD is the everlasting God\, the Creator of the ends of the earth. H
 e does not faint or grow weary\, his understanding is unsearchable.  He giv
 es power to the faint\, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 
  Even youths shall faint and be weary\, and young men shall fall exhausted\
 ; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength\, they shall mo
 unt up with wings like eagles\, they shall run and not be weary\, they shal
 l walk and not faint.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 15:1-15\n After the
 se things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abra
 m\, I am your shield\; your reward shall be very great."  But Abram said\, 
 "O Lord GOD\, what wilt thou give me\, for I continue childless\, and the h
 eir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou h
 ast given me no offspring\; and a slave born in my house will be my heir." 
  And behold\, the word of the LORD came to him\, "This man shall not be you
 r heir\; your own son shall be your heir."  And he brought him outside and 
 said\, "Look toward heaven\, and number the stars\, if you are able to numb
 er them." Then he said to him\, "So shall your descendants be."  And he bel
 ieved the LORD\; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.  \n\n And he s
 aid to him\, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to g
 ive you this land to possess."  But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to kno
 w that I shall possess it?"  He said to him\, "Bring me a heifer three year
 s old\, a she-goat three years old\, a ram three years old\, a turtledove\,
  and a young pigeon."  And he brought him all these\, cut them in two\, and
  laid each half over against the other\; but he did not cut the birds in tw
 o.  And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them 
 away.  \n\n As the sun was going down\, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo
 \, a dread and great darkness fell upon him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\,
  "Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that 
 is not theirs\, and will be slaves there\, and they will be oppressed for f
 our hundred years\; but I will bring judgment on the nation which they serv
 e\, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.  As for yours
 elf\, you shall go to your fathers in peace\; you shall be buried in a good
  old age.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:7-19\nThe lips of the wise 
 spread knowledge\; not so the minds of fools.  The sacrifice of the wicked 
 is an abomination to the LORD\, but the prayer of the upright is his deligh
 t.  The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, but he loves him 
 who pursues righteousness.  There is severe discipline for him who forsakes
  the way\; he who hates reproof will die.  Sheol and Abaddon lie open befor
 e the LORD\, how much more the hearts of men!  A scoffer does not like to b
 e reproved\; he will not go to the wise.  A glad heart makes a cheerful cou
 ntenance\, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.  The mind of him wh
 o has understanding seeks knowledge\, but the mouths of fools feed on folly
 .  All the days of the afflicted are evil\, but a cheerful heart has a cont
 inual feast.  Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treas
 ure and trouble with it.  Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a 
 fatted ox and hatred with it.  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife\, but he 
 who is slow to anger quiets contention.  The way of a sluggard is overgrown
  with thorns\, but the path of the upright is a level highway.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Basil the Great\, A
 rchbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\; Emmelia\, Mother of Basil the Great\,
  Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\; Gregory\, Bishop of Na
 nzianzos\, Father of Gregory the Theologian\; Peter the New Martyr of the P
 eloponnesos\; Theodotos the Martyr\; Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\; Tele
 machos the Martyr\; Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the d
 oor but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but h
 e who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeepe
 r opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and
  leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\
 , and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will 
 not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice o
 f strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understan
 d what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thi
 eves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any 
 one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastu
 re."\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:8-12\nBRETHREN\, see to it that no on
 e makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit\, according to human t
 radition\, according to the elemental spirits of the universe\, and not acc
 ording to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily\, and
  you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is the head of all rule and 
 authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made withou
 t hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ\; 
 and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which you were also raised wit
 h him through faith in the working of God\, who raised him from the dead.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\nAt that time\, the shepherds return
 ed\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen\, as it ha
 d been told them. And at the end of eight days\, when he was circumcised\, 
 he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he was conceived i
 n the womb. And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and
  the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every yea
 r at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old\, they wen
 t up according to custom\; and when the feast was ended\, as they were retu
 rning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know 
 it\, but supposing him to be in the company they went a day's journey\, and
  they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances\; and when they did
  not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeking him. After three days\
 , they found him in the temple\, sitting among the teachers\, listening to 
 them and asking them questions\; and all who heard him were amazed at his u
 nderstanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were astonished\; 
 and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you treated us so? Behold\, yo
 ur father and I have been looking for you anxiously." And he said to them\,
  "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Fathe
 r's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. 
 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, and was obedient to them\
 ; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
  wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and man.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Simon the Zealot & Apostle\; Laurence of Egypt\; Isodora of Egypt\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apost
 les as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a
  spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's s
 ake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are
  held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thi
 rst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working wi
 th our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; w
 hen slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as th
 e refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this
  to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For thou
 gh you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For 
 I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\
 , be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:12-19\nAt that time\, Jesus
  went out to the mountain to pray\; and all night he continued in prayer to
  God. And when it was day\, he called his disciples\, and chose from them t
 welve\, whom he named apostles\; Simon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew h
 is brother\, and James and John\, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthe
 w\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Simon who was called t
 he Zealot\, and Judas the son of James\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a 
 traitor. And he came down with them and stood on a level place\, with a gre
 at crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea an
 d Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and t
 o be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean sp
 irits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came fo
 rth from him and healed them all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and O
 nesimus\; Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\; Niketas the Younger\n\
 nEpistle Reading: I Peter 2:21-25\;3:1-9\nBeloved\, Christ suffered for you
 \, leaving you an example\, that you should follow in his steps. He committ
 ed no sin\; no guile was found on his lips. When he was reviled\, he did no
 t revile in return\; when he suffered\, he did not threaten\; but he truste
 d to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tre
 e\, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you h
 ave been healed. For you were straying like sheep\, but have now returned t
 o the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.\n\nLikewise you wives\, be submi
 ssive to your husbands\, so that some\, though they do not obey the word\, 
 may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives\, when they see yo
 ur reverent and chaste behavior. Let not yours be the outward adorning with
  braiding of hair\, decoration of gold\, and wearing of fine clothing\, but
  let it be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable jewel of a 
 gentle and quiet spirit\, which in God's sight is very precious. So once th
 e holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves and were submissive 
 to their husbands\, as Sarah obeyed Abraham\, calling him lord. And you are
  now her children if you do right and let nothing terrify you.\n\nLikewise 
 you husbands\, live considerately with your wives\, bestowing honor on the 
 woman as the weaker sex\, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life\, 
 in order that your prayers may not be hindered.\n\nFinally\, all of you\, h
 ave unity of spirit\, sympathy\, love of the brethren\, a tender heart and 
 a humble mind. Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling\; but o
 n the contrary bless\, for to this you have been called\, that you may obta
 in a blessing.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:13-17\nAt that time\, the chief p
 riests and scribes sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees and some of the Hero
 dians\, to entrap him in his talk. And they came and said to him\, "Teacher
 \, we know that you are true\, and care for no man\; for you do not regard 
 the position of men\, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay t
 axes to Caesar\, or not? Should we pay them\, or should we not?" But knowin
 g their hypocrisy\, he said to them\, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a c
 oin\, and let me look at it." And they brought one. And he said to them\, "
 Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him\, "Caesar's." Jes
 us said to them\, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to G
 od the things that are God's." And they were amazed at him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\; Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs\; 
 Euthemios the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 3:
 1-14\n For\, behold\, the Lord\, the Lord of hosts\, is taking away from Je
 rusalem and from Judah stay and staff\, the whole stay of bread\, and the w
 hole stay of water\; the mighty man and the soldier\, the judge and the pro
 phet\, the diviner and the elder\, the captain of fifty and the man of rank
 \, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.  And I
  will make boys their princes\, and babes shall rule over them.  And the pe
 ople will oppress one another\, every man his fellow and every man his neig
 hbor\; the youth will be insolent to the elder\, and the base fellow to the
  honorable.\n\nWhen a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his fat
 her\, saying:  "You have a mantle\; you shall be our leader\, and this heap
  of ruins shall be under your rule"\; in that day he will speak out\, sayin
 g:  "I will not be a healer\; in my house there is neither bread nor mantle
 \; you shall not make me leader of the people."  For Jerusalem has stumbled
 \, and Judah has fallen\; because their speech and their deeds are against 
 the Lord\, defying his glorious presence.\n\nTheir partiality witnesses aga
 inst them\; they proclaim their sin like Sodom\, they do not hide it.  Woe 
 to them!  For they have brought evil upon themselves.  Tell the righteous t
 hat it shall be well with them\, for they shall eat the fruit of their deed
 s.  Woe to the wicked!  It shall be ill with him\, for what his hands have 
 done shall be done to him.  My people -- children are their oppressors\, an
 d women rule over them.  O my people\, your leaders mislead you\, and confu
 se the course of your paths.\n\nThe Lord has taken his place to contend\, h
 e stands to judge his people.  The Lord enters into judgment with the elder
 s and princes of his people:  "It is you who have devoured the vineyard\, t
 he spoil of the poor is in your houses."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 
 2:20-3:20\n The man gave names to all cattle\, and to the birds of the air\
 , and to every beast of the field\; but for the man there was not found a h
 elper fit for him.  So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the ma
 n\, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with fl
 esh\; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a 
 woman and brought her to the man.  Then the man said\, "This at last is bon
 e of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; she shall be called Woman\, because s
 he was taken out of Man."  Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother
  and cleaves to his wife\, and they become one flesh.  And the man and his 
 wife were both naked\, and were not ashamed.\n\nNow the serpent was more su
 btle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made.  He said to t
 he woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"  
 And the woman said to the serpent\, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees o
 f the garden\; but God said\, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree w
 hich is in the midst of the garden\, neither shall you touch it\, lest you 
 die.'"  But the serpent said to the woman\, "You will not die.  For God kno
 ws that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened\, and you will be like 
 God\, knowing good and evil."  So when the woman saw that the tree was good
  for food\, and that it was a delight to the eyes\, and that the tree was t
 o be desired to make one wise\, she took of its fruit and ate\; and she als
 o gave some to her husband\, and he ate.  Then the eyes of both were opened
 \, and they knew that they were naked\; and they sewed fig leaves together 
 and made themselves aprons.\n\nAnd they heard the sound of the Lord God wal
 king in the garden in the cool of the day\, and the man and his wife hid th
 emselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  
 But the Lord God called to the man\, and said to him\, "Where are you?"  An
 d he said\, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden\, and I was afraid\, b
 ecause I was naked\; and I hid myself."  He said\, "Who told you that you w
 ere naked?  Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
 "  The man said\, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me\, she gave me f
 ruit of the tree\, and I ate."  Then the Lord God said to the woman\, "What
  is this that you have done?"  The woman said\, "The serpent beguiled me\, 
 and I ate."  The Lord God said to the serpent\, "Because you have done this
 \, cursed are you above all cattle\, and above all wild animals\; upon your
  belly you shall go\, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.  I 
 will put enmity between you and the woman\, and between your seed and her s
 eed\; he shall bruise your head\, and you shall bruise his heel."  To the w
 oman he said\, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing\; in pain
  you shall bring forth children\, yet your desire shall be for your husband
 \, and he shall rule over you."  And to Adam he said\, "Because you have li
 stened to the voice of your wife\, and have eaten of the tree of which I co
 mmanded you\, 'You shall not eat of it\,' cursed is the ground because of y
 ou\; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life\; thorns and thi
 stles it shall bring forth to you\; and you shall eat the plants of the fie
 ld.  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the g
 round\, for out of it you were taken\; you are dust\, and to dust you shall
  return."\n\nThe man called his wife's name Eve\, because she was the mothe
 r of all living.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:19-34\nThe Lord by wi
 sdom founded the earth\; by understanding he established the heavens\; by h
 is knowledge the deeps broke forth\, and the clouds drop down the dew.\n\nM
 y son\, keep sound wisdom and discretion\; let them not escape from your si
 ght\, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.  The
 n you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stumble.  If yo
 u sit down\, you will not be afraid\; when you lie down\, your sleep will b
 e sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden panic\, or of the ruin of the wicked\,
  when it comes\; for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your fo
 ot from being caught.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due\, 
 when it is in your power to do it.\n\nDo not say to your neighbor\, "Go\, a
 nd come again\, tomorrow I will give it" -- when you have it with you.  Do 
 not plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly beside you.  Do n
 ot contend with a man for no reason\, when he has done you no harm.  Do not
  envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways\; for the pervers
 e man is an abomination to the Lord\, but the upright are in his confidence
 .  The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked\, but he blesses the abod
 e of the righteous.  Toward the scorners he is scornful\, but to the humble
  he shows favor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Luke\; Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Em
 esa\; Hermas\, Patrobos\, Gaios\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed him
 self to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Sim
 on Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said 
 to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my
  lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love 
 me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to h
 im\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\
 , do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\
 , "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you 
 know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, 
 I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where y
 ou would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and ano
 ther will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he sai
 d to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to h
 im\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jes
 us loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "L
 ord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said 
 to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my w
 ill that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The sayi
 ng spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet
  Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will 
 that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple wh
 o is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; a
 nd we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things
  which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that th
 e world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see with what large letters 
 I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good s
 howing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised\, and only in o
 rder that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even thos
 e who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but they desire
  to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it f
 rom me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, by which the
  world has been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For neither circumcis
 ion counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creation. Peace an
 d mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of God. Hencefo
 rth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The g
 race of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. Amen.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 16:19-31\nThe Lord said\, "There was a rich man\, who was 
 clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And
  at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros\, full of sores\, who desired to 
 be fed with what fell from the rich man's table\; moreover the dogs came an
 d licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abra
 ham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried\; and in Hades\, being i
 n torment\, he lifted up his eyes\, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in 
 his bosom. And he called out\, 'Father Abraham\, have mercy upon me\, and s
 end Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue\; for 
 I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said\, 'Son\, remember that you
  in your lifetime received your good things\, and Lazaros in like manner ev
 il things\; but now he is comforted here\, and you are in anguish. And besi
 des all this\, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed\, in order t
 hat those who would pass from here to you may not be able\, and none may cr
 oss from there to us.' And he said\, 'Then I beg you\, father\, to send him
  to my father's house\, for I have five brothers\, so that he may warn them
 \, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said\, 'The
 y have Moses\, and the prophets\; let them hear them.' And he said\, 'No\, 
 father Abraham\; but if some one goes to them from the dead\, they will rep
 ent.' He said to them\, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets\, neith
 er will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Chariton the Confessor\; Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolita
 n of Nicopolis\; Old Epirus\; Baruch the Prophet\; Neophytos & Auxentios th
 e Martyrs of Cyprus\; Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\nEpist
 le Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let
  light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the lig
 ht of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we ha
 ve this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power b
 elongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crush
 ed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\
 ; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death o
 f Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  
 For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, s
 o that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death i
 s at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of fait
 h as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, an
 d so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us als
 o with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for yo
 ur sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase 
 thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples
  and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seaco
 ast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their dise
 ases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And al
 l the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed 
 them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed 
 are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunge
 r now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for yo
 u shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude y
 ou and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son 
 of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward 
 is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia\; Ariadne the Martyr\; 
 Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the G
 alatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined u
 nder the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that
  the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified b
 y faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\;
  for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many o
 f you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew
  nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor fe
 male\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then 
 you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the h
 eir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is t
 he owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until t
 he date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were sla
 ves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully c
 ome\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to re
 deem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as so
 ns.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:30-45\nAt that time\, the apostles returned t
 o Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to th
 em\, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place\, and rest a while." For ma
 ny were coming and going\, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they we
 nt away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves. Now many saw them goin
 g\, and knew them\, and they ran there on foot from all the towns\, and got
  there ahead of them. As he went ashore he saw a great throng\, and he had 
 compassion on them\, because they were like sheep without a shepherd\; and 
 he began to teach them many things. And when it grew late\, his disciples c
 ame to him and said\, "This is a lonely place\, and the hour is now late\; 
 send them away\, to go into the country and villages round about and buy th
 emselves something to eat." But he answered them\, "You give them something
  to eat." And they said to him\, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii w
 orth of bread\, and give it to them to eat?" And he said to them\, "How man
 y loaves have you? Go and see." And when they had found out\, they said\, "
 Five\, and two fish." Then he commanded them all to sit down by companies u
 pon the green grass. So they sat down in groups\, by hundreds and by fiftie
 s. And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, and
  blessed\, and broke the loaves\, and gave them to the disciples to set bef
 ore the people\; and he divided the two fish among them all. And they all a
 te and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken piece
 s and of the fish. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men. Imm
 ediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the o
 ther side\, to Bethsaida\, while he dismissed the crowd.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Isaiah 49:6-10\nThus says the LORD: "I will give you as a light t
 o the nations\, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."  Thus
  says the LORD\, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One\, to one deeply de
 spised\, abhorred by the nations\, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see 
 and arise\; princes\, and they shall prostrate themselves\; because of the 
 LORD\, who is faithful\, the Holy One of Israel\, who has chosen you."  Thu
 s says the LORD: "In a time of favor I have answered you\, in a day of salv
 ation I have helped you\; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to th
 e people\, to establish the land\, to apportion the desolate heritages\; sa
 ying to the prisoners\, 'Come forth\,' to those who are in darkness\, 'Appe
 ar.' They shall feed along the ways\, on all bare heights shall be their pa
 sture\; they shall not hunger or thirst\, neither scorching wind nor sun sh
 all smite them\, for he who has pity on them will lead them\, and by spring
 s of water will guide them.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 31:3-16\n The
 n the LORD said to Jacob\, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your 
 kindred\, and I will be with you."  So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Lea
 h into the field where his flock was\, and said to them\, "I see that your 
 father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my fa
 ther has been with me.  You know that I have served your father with all my
  strength\; yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times\,
  but God did not permit him to harm me.  If he said\, 'The spotted shall be
  your wages\,' then all the flock bore spotted\; and if he said\, 'The stri
 ped shall be your wages\,' then all the flock bore striped.  Thus God has t
 aken away the cattle of your father\, and given them to me.  In the mating 
 season of the flock I lifted up my eyes\, and saw in a dream that the he-go
 ats which leaped upon the flock were striped\, spotted\, and mottled.  Then
  the angel of God said to me in the dream\, 'Jacob\,' and I said\, 'Here I 
 am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up your eyes and see\, all the goats that leap up
 on the flock are striped\, spotted\, and mottled\; for I have seen all that
  Laban is doing to you.  I am the God of Bethel\, where you anointed a pill
 ar and made a vow to me. Now arise\, go forth from this land\, and return t
 o the land of your birth.'"  Then Rachel and Leah answered him\, "Is there 
 any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's house?  Are we not re
 garded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us\, and he has been using up 
 the money given for us.  All the property which God has taken away from our
  father belongs to us and to our children\; now then\, whatever God has sai
 d to you\, do."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 21:3-21\nTo do righteous
 ness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty ey
 es and a proud heart\, the lamp of the wicked\, are sin.  The plans of the 
 diligent lead surely to abundance\, but every one who is hasty comes only t
 o want.  The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and
  a snare of death.  The violence of the wicked will sweep them away\, becau
 se they refuse to do what is just.  The way of the guilty is crooked\, but 
 the conduct of the pure is right.  It is better to live in a corner of the 
 housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.  The soul of the 
 wicked desires evil\; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.  When a scof
 fer is punished\, the simple becomes wise\; when a wise man is instructed\,
  he gains knowledge.  The righteous observes the house of the wicked\; the 
 wicked are cast down to ruin.  He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor
  will himself cry out and not be heard.  A gift in secret averts anger\; an
 d a bribe in the bosom\, strong wrath.  When justice is done\, it is a joy 
 to the righteous\, but dismay to evildoers.  A man who wanders from the way
  of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.  He who loves plea
 sure will be a poor man\; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.  The 
 wicked is a ransom for the righteous\, and the faithless for the upright.  
 It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful w
 oman.  Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling\, but a foolish m
 an devours it.  He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life an
 d honor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Theophan the Recl
 use\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-11\nAt that time\, Jesus came from N
 azareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came
  up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit
  descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are 
 my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 2:1
 1-14\;3:4-7\nTITUS\, my son\, the grace of God has appeared for the salvati
 on of all men\, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions\, a
 nd to live sober\, upright\, and godly lives in this world\, awaiting our b
 lessed hope\, the appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus 
 Christ\, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to puri
 fy for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.\n\nBut w
 hen the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared\, he saved 
 us\, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness\, but in virtue of hi
 s own mercy\, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit
 \, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior\, so 
 that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal
  life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\nAt that time\, Jesus came from G
 alilee to the Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him. John would have preve
 nted him\, saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, and do you come to me?"
  But Jesus answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thus it is fitting for us
  to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was bapti
 zed\, he went up immediately from the water\, and behold\, the heavens were
  opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove\, and alighting
  on him\; and lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "This is my beloved Son\,
  with whom I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin\; Atha
 nasios the Wonderworker\; Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalough\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Acts 21:26-32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul took the men\, and the next day he puri
 fied himself with them and went into the temple\, to give notice when the d
 ays of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for every
  one of them. When the seven days were almost completed\, the Jews from Asi
 a\, who had seen him in the temple\, stirred up all the crowd\, and laid ha
 nds on him\, crying out\, "Men of Israel\, help! This is the man who is tea
 ching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place\; moreov
 er he also brought Greeks into the temple\, and he has defiled this holy pl
 ace." For they had previously seen Trophimos the Ephesian with him in the c
 ity\, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. Then all
  the city was aroused\, and the people ran together\; they seized Paul and 
 dragged him out of the temple\, and at once the gates were shut. And as the
 y were trying to kill him\, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all
  Jerusalem was in confusion. He at once took soldiers and centurions\, and 
 ran down to them\; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers\, they st
 opped beating Paul.\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to his d
 isciples\, "The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offe
 ring service to God. And they will do this because they have not known the 
 Father\, nor me. But I have said these things to you\, that when their hour
  comes you may remember that I told you of them.\n\n"I did not say these th
 ings to you from the beginning\, because I was with you. But now I am going
  to him who sent me\; yet none of you asks me\, 'Where are you going?' But 
 because I have said these things to you\, sorrow has filled your hearts. Ne
 vertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away\, f
 or if I do not go away\, the Counselor will not come to you\; but if I go\,
  I will send him to you. And when he comes\, he will convince the world con
 cerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin\, because they d
 o not believe in me\; concerning righteousness\, because I go to the Father
 \, and you will see me no more\; concerning judgment\, because the ruler of
  this world is judged.\n\n"I have yet many things to say to you\, but you c
 annot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes\, he will guide you int
 o all the truth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\; Demetrios the New Martyr\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:19-2:3\n"If you are willing a
 nd obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; but if you refuse and re
 bel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has sp
 oken."\n\nHow the faithful city has become a harlot\, she that was full of 
 justice!  Righteousness lodged in her\, but now murderers.  Your silver has
  become dross\, your wine mixed with water.  Your princes are rebels and co
 mpanions of thieves.  Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts.  They d
 o not defend the fatherless\, and the widow's cause does not come to them.\
 n\nTherefore the Lord says\, the Lord of hosts\, the Mighty One of Israel: 
  "Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\, and avenge myself on my foes.  
 I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye 
 and remove all your alloy.  And I will restore your judges as at the first\
 , and your counselors as at the beginning.  Afterward you shall be called t
 he city of righteousness\, the faithful city."\n\nZion shall be redeemed by
  justice\, and those in her who repent\, by righteousness.  But rebels and 
 sinners shall be destroyed together\, and those who forsake the Lord shall 
 be consumed.  For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted\;
  and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.  For you shall 
 be like an oak whose leaf withers\, and like a garden without water.  And t
 he strong shall become tow\, and his work a spark\, and both of them shall 
 burn together\, with none to quench them.\n\nThe word which Isaiah the son 
 of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  It shall come to pass in the l
 atter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established 
 as the highest of the mountains\, and shall be raised above the hills\; and
  all the nations shall flow to it\, and many peoples shall come\, and say: 
  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the God
  of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths
 ."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord from 
 Jerusalem.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:14-23\n And God said\, "Let 
 there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from th
 e night\; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years\
 , and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon
  the earth."  And it was so.  And God made the two great lights\, the great
 er light to rule the day\, and the lesser light to rule the night\; he made
  the stars also.  And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give 
 light upon the earth\, to rule over the day and over the night\, and to sep
 arate the light from the darkness.  And God saw that it was good.  And ther
 e was evening and there was morning\, a fourth day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let 
 the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures\, and let birds fly above
  the earth across the firmament of the heavens."  So God created the great 
 sea monsters and every living creature that moves\, with which the waters s
 warm\, according to their kinds\, and every winged bird according to its ki
 nd.  And God saw that it was good.  And God blessed them\, saying\, "Be fru
 itful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas\, and let birds multiply
  on the earth."  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fifth day.
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33\nWisdom cries aloud in the stre
 et\; in the markets she raises her voice\; on the top of the walls she crie
 s out\; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:  "How long\, O simple
  ones\, will you love being simple?  How long will scoffers delight in thei
 r scoffing and fools hate knowledge? \n\n Give heed to my reproof\; behold\
 , I will pour out my thoughts to you\; I will make my words known to you.\n
 \n  Because I have called and you refused to listen\, have stretched out my
  hand and no one has heeded\, and you have ignored all my counsel and would
  have none of my reproof\, I also will laugh at your calamity\; I will mock
  when panic strikes you\, when panic strikes you like a storm\, and your ca
 lamity comes like a whirlwind\, when distress and anguish come upon you. \n
 \nThen they will call upon me\, but I will not answer\; they will seek me d
 iligently but will not find me.\n\n  Because they hated knowledge and did n
 ot choose the fear of the Lord\, would have none of my counsel\, and despis
 ed all my reproof\, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be 
 sated with their own devices.\n\n  For the simple are killed by their turni
 ng away\, and the complacence of fools destroys them\; but he who listens t
 o me will dwell secure and will be at ease\, without dread of evil."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & Aeithalas the Deacon\,
  Martyrs of Persia\; Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr Geor
 ge in Lydda\; George of Neapolis the New Martyr\; Holy Father and New Hiero
 martyr Gregory of Neapolis\; Theodore the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Wi
 nifred of Treffynnon\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:24-30
 \nBrethren\, I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself shall come also. I h
 ave thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditos my brother and fellow 
 worker and fellow soldier\, and your messenger and minister to my need\, fo
 r he has been longing for you all\, and has been distressed because you hea
 rd that he was ill. Indeed he was ill\, near to death. But God had mercy on
  him\, and not only on him but on me also\, lest I should have sorrow upon 
 sorrow. I am the more eager to send him\, therefore\, that you may rejoice 
 at seeing him again\, and that I may be less anxious. So receive him in the
  Lord with all joy\; and honor such men\, for he nearly died for the work o
 f Christ\, risking his life to complete your service to me.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 11:42-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to 
 you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb\, and neglect just
 ice and the love of God\; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting
  the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synago
 gues and salutations in the market places. Woe to you! For you are like gra
 ves which are not seen\, and men walk over them without knowing it." One of
  the lawyers answered him\, "Teacher\, in saying this you reproach us also.
 " And he said\, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens har
 d to bear\, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fi
 ngers."\n\n
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 n\, Martyrs of Persia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Luke\; Pelagia the Righteous\; Pelagia the Virgin-martyr
  of Antioch\; Phillip\, Bishop of Gortyna\; Taisia the Harlot of Egypt\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Mag
 dalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the 
 stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Pet
 er and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "
 They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they ha
 ve laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went t
 oward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and rea
 ched the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lyi
 ng there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, an
 d went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which
  had been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in 
 a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, a
 lso went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the sc
 ripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to 
 their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who s
 ows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will a
 lso reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not rel
 uctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is a
 ble to provide you with every blessing in abundance\, so that you may alway
 s have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good wor
 k. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righ
 teousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread fo
 r food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of 
 your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\
 , which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 7:11-16\nAt that time\, Jesus went to a city called Nain\, and his discip
 les and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the cit
 y\, behold\, a man who had died was being carried out\, the only son of his
  mother\, and she was a widow\; and a large crowd from the city was with he
 r. And when the Lord saw her\, he had compassion on her and said to her\, "
 Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier\, and the bearers stood stil
 l. And he said\, "Young man\, I say to you\, arise." And the dead man sat u
 p\, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all
 \; and they glorified God\, saying\, "A great prophet has arisen among us!"
  and "God has visited his people!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\; Mar
 kella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12
 \nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my def
 ense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food an
 d drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the othe
 r apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas 
 and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as
  a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of 
 its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say thi
 s on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in t
 he law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the g
 rain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for
  our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in
  hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have so
 wn spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benef
 its? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? N
 evertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything r
 ather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villages\,
  preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve
  were with him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits an
 d infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone ou
 t\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and ma
 ny others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\; Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\; Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:1-
 13\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office
  of bishop\, he desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above reproach\,
  the husband of one wife\, temperate\, sensible\, dignified\, hospitable\, 
 an apt teacher\, no drunkard\, not violent but gentle\, not quarrelsome\, a
 nd no lover of money. He must manage his own household well\, keeping his c
 hildren submissive and respectful in every way\; for if a man does not know
  how to manage his own household\, how can he care for God's church? He mus
 t not be a recent convert\, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall in
 to the condemnation of the devil\; moreover he must be well thought of by o
 utsiders\, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Deacons
  likewise must be serious\, not double-tongued\, not addicted to much wine\
 , not greedy for gain\; they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clea
 r conscience. And let them also be tested first\; then if they prove themse
 lves blameless let them serve as deacons. The women likewise must be seriou
 s\, not slanderers\, but temperate\, faithful in all things. Let deacons be
  the husband of one wife\, and let them manage their children and their hou
 seholds well\; for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for
  themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:17-27\nAt that time\, as Jesus was setting out
  on his journey\, a man ran up and knelt before him\, and asked him\, "Good
  Teacher\, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\,
  "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the comma
 ndments: 'Do not kill\, Do not commit adultery\, Do not steal\, Do not bear
  false witness\, Do not defraud\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he s
 aid to him\, "Teacher\, all these I have observed from my youth." And Jesus
  looking upon him loved him\, and said to him\, "You lack one thing\; go\, 
 sell what you have\, and give to the poor\, and you will have treasure in h
 eaven\; and come\, follow me." At that saying his countenance fell\, and he
  went away sorrowful\; for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked aroun
 d and said to his disciples\, "How hard it will be for those who have riche
 s to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words.
  But Jesus said to them again\, "Children\, how hard it is to enter the kin
 gdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle tha
 n for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly as
 tonished\, and said to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them 
 and said\, "With men it is impossible\, but not with God\; for all things a
 re possible with God."\n\n
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 ios and Thessaloniki
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Charitina the Martyr\; Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\; Eudokimos t
 he Unknown of Mount Athos\; Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, 
 Metropolitans of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:17-21\;5:1-5\nB
 rethren\, therefore I sent to you Timothy\, my beloved and faithful child i
 n Christ\, as I teach them everywhere in every church. Some are arrogant\, 
 as though I were not coming to you. But I will come to you soon\, if the Lo
 rd wills\, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but th
 eir power. For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. Wh
 at do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod\, or with love in a spirit o
 f gentleness? It is actually reported that there is immorality among you\, 
 and of a kind that is not found even among pagans\; for a man is living wit
 h his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? L
 et him who has done this be removed from among you. For though absent in bo
 dy I am present in spirit\, and as if present\, I have already pronounced j
 udgment in the name of the Lord Jesus on the man who has done such a thing.
  When you are assembled\, and my spirit is present\, with the power of our 
 Lord Jesus\, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of th
 e flesh\, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 5:27-32\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a tax
  collector\, named Levi\, sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, 
 "Follow me." And he left everything\, and rose and followed him. And Levi m
 ade him a great feast in his house\; and there was a large company of tax c
 ollectors and others sitting at table with them. And the Pharisees and thei
 r scribes murmured against his disciples\, saying\, "Why do you eat and dri
 nk with tax collectors and sinners?" And Jesus answered them\, "Those who a
 re well have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I have not c
 ome to call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Epiphany\; Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour 
 Jesus Christ\; The Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\; Righteous Synclet
 ike of Alexandria\; Gregory of Akrita\; Apollinaria of Egypt\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\
 , having risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples 
 and said to them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frighten
 ed\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are yo
 u troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and 
 My feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not 
 flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He sho
 wed them His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\,
  and wondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gav
 e Him a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate
  before them. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to y
 ou\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the l
 aw of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He ope
 ned their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it 
 is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from t
 he dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in
  His name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of t
 hese things. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but st
 ay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led 
 them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. Wh
 ile He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven.
  And they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and we
 re continually in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 4
 :5-8\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, always be steady\, endure suffering\, do the work 
 of an evangelist\, fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor I am already on the point o
 f being sacrificed\; the time of my departure has come.  I have fought the 
 good fight\, I have finished the race\, I have kept the faith.  Henceforth 
 there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness\, which the Lord\, the r
 ighteous judge\, will award to me on that Day\, and not only to me but also
  to all who have loved his appearing.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8\nThe be
 ginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God. As it is written in
  the prophets\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall 
 prepare your way\; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the w
 ay of the Lord\, make his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilder
 ness\, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And t
 here went out to him all the country of Judea\, and all the people of Jerus
 alem\; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their
  sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair\, and had a leather girdle ar
 ound his waist\, and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached\, saying\,
  "After me comes he who is mightier than I\, the thong of whose sandals I a
 m not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water\; but 
 he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew\; Thomas the Righteous of Malea\; Kyriake the Gr
 eat Martyr\; Akakios of Sinai\; Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, an
 d Mary the mother of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might 
 go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went 
 to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "
 Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking
  up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And ente
 ring the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in
  a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amaz
 ed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is n
 ot here\; see the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples an
 d Peter that He is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, a
 s He told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling an
 d astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for t
 hey were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, b
 efore faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint un
 til faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Chris
 t came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\,
  we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons 
 of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ hav
 e put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave no
 r free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ J
 esus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs ac
 cording to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no
  better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is
  under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\
 ; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the un
 iverse. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of
  a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so
  that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23
 \nAt that time\, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brother
 s\, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into t
 he sea\; for they were fishermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I 
 will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followe
 d him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers\, James the son of
  Zebedee and John his brother\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, men
 ding their nets\, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and 
 their father\, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching i
 n their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing ever
 y disease and every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of Orthodoxy\; Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch 
 of Constantinople\; Pouplios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\; Christina the 
 Martyr of Persia\; Gerald\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were
  going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and t
 alking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they
  were talking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went wi
 th them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them
 \, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you 
 walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\,
  answered him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know th
 e things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "Wh
 at things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was 
 a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how o
 ur chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and
  crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\
 , and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreo
 ver\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in t
 he morning and did not find his body\; and they came back saying that they 
 had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of thos
 e who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had sa
 id\; but him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and 
 slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not nece
 ssary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"
  And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in 
 all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to t
 he village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but 
 they constrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening an
 d the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was a
 t table with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave
  it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he va
 nished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts bu
 rn within us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the 
 scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and t
 hey found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who s
 aid\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they to
 ld what had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the brea
 king of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:24-26\,32-40\nBrethren\, 
 by faith Moses\, when he was grown up\, refused to be called the son of Pha
 raoh's daughter\, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of
  God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.\n\nAnd what more shall I 
 say?  For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\
 , of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingd
 oms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, 
 quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of 
 weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign enemies to flight.  Women rec
 eived their dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept 
 release\, that they might rise again to a better life.  Others suffered moc
 king and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, 
 they were sawn in two\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about i
 n skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated -- of whom
  the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in 
 dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by the
 ir faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen somet
 hing better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. \n
 \nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to go to Galil
 ee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was fro
 m Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and h
 e said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the pr
 ophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to h
 im\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come 
 and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, 
 an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How d
 o you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you 
 were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, yo
 u are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "
 Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?  You
  shall see greater things than these."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly
 \, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascend
 ing and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\; Demetrios the New Martyr\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 10:12-20\n When the Lord has fi
 nished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he will punish the arrog
 ant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.  For he says: "B
 y the strength of my hand I have done it\, and by my wisdom\, for I have un
 derstanding\; I have removed the boundaries of peoples\, and have plundered
  their treasures\; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones
 .  My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples\; and as men gat
 her eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered all the earth\; and the
 re was none that moved a wing\, or opened the mouth\, or chirped."  Shall t
 he axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it\, or the saw magnify itself a
 gainst him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it\, or as
  if a staff should lift him who is not wood!  Therefore the Lord\, the LORD
  of hosts\, will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors\, and under
  his glory a burning will be kindled\, like the burning of fire.  The light
  of Israel will become a fire\, and his Holy One a flame\; and it will burn
  and devour his thorns and briers in one day.  The glory of his forest and 
 of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy\, both soul and body\, and it wi
 ll be as when a sick man wastes away.  The remnant of the trees of his fore
 st will be so few that a child can write them down.  In that day the remnan
 t of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean upon 
 him that smote them\, but will lean upon the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\
 , in truth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:6-9\n Noah was six hundred 
 years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.  And Noah and his s
 ons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark\, to escape
  the waters of the flood.  Of clean animals\, and of animals that are not c
 lean\, and of birds\, and of everything that creeps on the ground\, two and
  two\, male and female\, went into the ark with Noah\, as God had commanded
  Noah.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 9:12-18\nIf you are wise\, you ar
 e wise for yourself\; if you scoff\, you alone will bear it.  A foolish wom
 an is noisy\; she is wanton and knows no shame.  She sits at the door of he
 r house\, she takes a seat on the high places of the town\, calling to thos
 e who pass by\, who are going straight on their way\,  "Whoever is simple\,
  let him turn in here!" And to him who is without sense she says\,  "Stolen
  water is sweet\, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."  But he does not 
 know that the dead are there\, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Moses the Black of Scete\; Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\; 33 Martyr
 s of Nicomedea\; Job of Pochaev \; Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nEpi
 stle Reading: II Corinthians 7:1-10\nBrethren\, let us cleanse ourselves fr
 om every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the f
 ear of God.\n\nOpen your hearts to us\; we have wronged no one\, we have co
 rrupted no one\, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to co
 ndemn you\, for I said before that you are in our hearts\, to die together 
 and to live together. I have great confidence in you\; I have great pride i
 n you\; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction\, I am overjoyed.
 \n\nFor even when we came into Macedonia\, our bodies had no rest but we we
 re afflicted at every turn --fighting without and fear within. But God\, wh
 o comforts the downcast\, comforted us by the coming of Titus\, and not onl
 y by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you\
 , as he told us of your longing\, your mourning\, your zeal for me\, so tha
 t I rejoiced still more. For even if I made you sorry with my letter\, I do
  not regret it (though I did regret it)\, for I see that that letter grieve
 d you\, though only for a while. As it is\, I rejoice\, not because you wer
 e grieved\, but because you were grieved into repenting\; for you felt a go
 dly grief\, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produc
 es a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly 
 grief produces death.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:29-35\nAt that time\, Jesus
  entered the house of Simon and Andrew\, with James and John. Now Simon's m
 other-in-law lay sick with a fever\, and immediately they told him of her. 
 And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up\, and the fever left
  her\; and she served them. That evening\, at sundown\, they brought to him
  all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathere
 d together about the door. And he healed many who were sick with various di
 seases\, and cast out many demons\; and he would not permit the demons to s
 peak\, because they knew him. And in the morning\, a great while before day
 \, he rose and went out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\; Severian th
 e Martyr of Sebastia\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativit
 y of the Theotokos\; Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 2:6-9\nBrethren\, among the mature we do
  impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers o
 f this age\, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden
  wisdom of God\, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification. N
 one of the rulers of this age understood this\; for if they had\, they woul
 d not have crucified the Lord of glory. But\, as it is written\, "What no e
 ye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man conceived\, what God has
  prepared for those who love him."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11
 :1\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mother more than me is not wort
 hy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of m
 e\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. H
 e who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake w
 ill find it. He who receives you receives me\, and he who receives me recei
 ves him who sent me. He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shal
 l receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receives a righteous man because 
 he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever g
 ives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a d
 isciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose his reward." And when Je
 sus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on from there t
 o teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\; Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions
  in Egypt\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\; 
 Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Finbar the Confessor\, First Bis
 hop of Cork\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 1:22-23\;2:1-3\nBrethren\, God ha
 s put all things under his son's feet and has made him the head over all th
 ings for the church\, which is his body\, the fulness of him who fills all 
 in all. And you he made alive\, when you were dead through the trespasses a
 nd sins in which you once walked\, following the course of this world\, fol
 lowing the prince of the power of the air\, the spirit that is now at work 
 in the sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions 
 of our flesh\, following the desires of body and mind\, and so we were by n
 ature children of wrath\, like the rest of mankind.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  4:38-44\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in
 -law was ill with a high fever\, and they besought him for her. And he stoo
 d over her and rebuked the fever\, and it left her\; and immediately she ro
 se and served them. Now when the sun was setting\, all those who had any th
 at were sick with various diseases brought them to him\; and he laid his ha
 nds on every one of them and healed them. And demons also came out of many\
 , crying\, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them\, and would not al
 low them to speak\, because they knew that he was the Christ. And when it w
 as day he departed and went into a lonely place. And the people sought him 
 and came to him\, and would have kept him from leaving them\; but he said t
 o them\, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other ci
 ties also\; for I was sent for this purpose." And he was preaching in the s
 ynagogues of Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\; The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Per
 sia\; Joseph the Sanctified\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:3-8\nTimothy\,
  my son\, I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience\, as did my fath
 ers\, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.  As I remember your tea
 rs\, I long night and day to see you\, that I may be filled with joy.  I am
  reminded of your sincere faith\, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmot
 her Lois and your mother Eunice and now\, I am sure\, dwells in you.  Hence
  I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the la
 ying on of my hands\; for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a sp
 irit of power and love and self-control.\n\nDo not be ashamed then of testi
 fying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suffering for the
  gospel in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 
 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me b
 efore men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but
  whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny him before my Father who i
 s in heaven.  He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of m
 e\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and
  he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then P
 eter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed you.  What 
 then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the n
 ew world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who h
 ave followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes
  of Israel.  And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or fa
 ther or mother or children or lands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a h
 undredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  But many that are first will be las
 t\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother Th
 eodota\; Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\; David the Righteous of Evia
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 
 13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individually members of i
 t.  And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, 
 third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, admini
 strators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are al
 l prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts
  of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly 
 desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  
 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a
  noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and und
 erstand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as t
 o remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all 
 I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain
  nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it i
 s not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irr
 itable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the ri
 ght. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endur
 es all things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority
  over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and ev
 ery infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere a
 mong the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to 
 the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'Th
 e kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse 
 lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\; Polychronios the Martyr
 \; Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\; John the Hermit of Crete\;
  Jonah of Manchuria\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 
 5:20-25\nBrethren\, always and for everything give thanks in the name of ou
 r Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. Be subject to one another out of rev
 erence for Christ. Wives\, be subject to your husbands\, as to the Lord. Fo
 r the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church\,
  his body\, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ\,
  so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. Husbands\, l
 ove your wives\, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 6:37-45\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, and you will no
 t be judged\; condemn not\, and you will not be condemned\; forgive\, and y
 ou will be forgiven\; give\, and it will be given to you\; good measure\, p
 ressed down\, shaken together\, running over\, will be put into your lap. F
 or the measure you give will be the measure you get back."\n\nHe also told 
 them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall 
 into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher\, but every one when he is 
 fully taught will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in 
 your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or 
 how can you say to your brother\, 'Brother\, let me take out the speck that
  is in your eye\,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own
  eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you
  will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.\n\n"
 For no good tree bears bad fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear good frui
 t\; for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from
  thorns\, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good man out of th
 e good treasure of his heart produces good\, and the evil man out of his ev
 il treasure produces evil\; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth
  speaks."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\; Alexander\, John\, and Paul 
 the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Phantinos the Righteous of Calabri
 a\; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\; 6 Martyrs of Melitene\; The Synaxis of the 
 Holy Hierarchs of Serbia\; The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia\; Fiacre the Herm
 it of Meaux\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 1:12-20\nBret
 hren\, our boast is this\, the testimony of our conscience that we have beh
 aved in the world\, and still more toward you\, with holiness and godly sin
 cerity\, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. For we write you no
 thing but what you can read and understand\; I hope you will understand ful
 ly\, as you have understood in part\, that you can be proud of us as we can
  be of you\, on the day of the Lord Jesus.\n\nBecause I was sure of this\, 
 I wanted to come to you first\, so that you might have a double favor\; I w
 anted to visit you on my way to Macedonia\, and to come back to you from Ma
 cedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. Was I vacillating when I w
 anted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man\, ready to say Yes 
 and No at once? For the Son of God\, Jesus Christ\, whom we preached among 
 you\, Silvanus and Timothy and I\, was not Yes and No\; but in him it is al
 ways Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we
  utter the Amen through him\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 22:23-33\nAt that time\, Sadducees\, who say that there is no resurrecti
 on\, came to Jesus\; and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Mo
 ses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children\, his brother must marry the
  widow\, and raise up children for his brother.' Now there were seven broth
 ers among us\; the first married\, and died\, and having no children left h
 is wife to his brother. So too the second and third\, down to the seventh. 
 After them all\, the woman died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, to which
  of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her." But Jesus answered t
 hem\, "You are wrong\, because you know neither the scriptures nor the powe
 r of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marri
 age\, but are like angels of God in heaven. And as for the resurrection of 
 the dead\, have you not read what was said to you by God\, 'I am the God of
  Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob?' He is not God of t
 he dead\, but of the living." And when the crowd heard it\, they were aston
 ished at his teaching.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241210
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas\, Hermogenes\, & Eugraphos\, Martyrs of Alexandria\; Thomas the 
 Righteous of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II The
 ssalonians 1:10-12\;2:1-2\nBrethren\, our testimony to you was believed. To
  this end we always pray for you\, that our God may make you worthy of his 
 call\, and may fulfil every good resolve and work of faith by his power\, s
 o that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you\, and you in him\
 , according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nNow conce
 rning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him\, 
 we beg you\, brethren\, not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited\, eithe
 r by spirit or by word\, or by letter purporting to be from us\, to the eff
 ect that the day of Christ has come.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:22-26\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind m
 an\, and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand\, a
 nd led him out of the village\; and when he had spit on his eyes and laid h
 is hands upon him\, he asked him\, "Do you see anything?" And he looked up 
 and said\, "I see men\; but they look like trees\, walking." Then again he 
 laid his hands upon his eyes\; and he looked intently and was restored\, an
 d saw everything clearly. And he sent him away to his home\, saying\, "Do n
 ot even enter the village."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Saturday\; Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\; Glaphyra t
 he Righteous\; Justa the Nun\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:11-16\
 nIn those days\, while the healed lame man clung to Peter and John\, all th
 e people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's\, astounded. 
 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people\, "Men of Israel\, why do you
  wonder at this\, or why do you stare at us\, as though by our own power or
  piety we had made him walk? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob\,
  the God of our fathers\, glorified his servant Jesus\, whom you delivered 
 up and denied in the presence of Pilate\, when he had decided to release hi
 m. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One\, and asked for a murderer to 
 be granted to you\, and killed the Author of life\, whom God raised from th
 e dead. To this we are witnesses. And his name\, by faith in his name\, has
  made this man strong whom you see and know\; and the faith which is throug
 h him has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all."\n\
 nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples went 
 into the land of Judea\; there He remained with them and baptized.  John al
 so was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much water there\;
  and people came and were baptized.  For John had not yet been put in priso
 n.\n\nNow a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purify
 ing.  And they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with yo
 u beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, a
 nd all are going to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive anything exc
 ept what is given him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me witness\, that I
  said\, I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.  He who has 
 the bride is the bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, who stands and
  hears him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; therefore this jo
 y of mine is now full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease.\n\n"He who 
 comes from above is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth
 \, and of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is above all.  He 
 bears witness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no one receives his testi
 mony\; he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this\, that God is tr
 ue."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250615
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Sunday of All Saints\; Amos the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Hie
 ronymus\; Augustine the Blessed\, Bishop of Hippo\; Jerome the Righteous\; 
 Achikos\, Stephanas\, & Fortuanatos the Apostles\; Father among the Saints 
 Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kiev\; Lazar of Serbia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to th
 e mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they wor
 shiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All autho
 rity in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make dis
 ciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the So
 n and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded 
 you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through 
 faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped t
 he mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\,
  won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies t
 o flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, r
 efusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Ot
 hers suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. The
 y were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were kille
 d with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\
 , afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering   
       over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And al
 l these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was pr
 omised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from u
 s they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by s
 o great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin
  which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that i
 s set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to hi
 s disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will ackno
 wledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men
 \, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves fa
 ther or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or d
 aughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cro
 ss and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we
  have left everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus s
 aid to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of ma
 n shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit
  on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one wh
 o has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or
  lands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eter
 nal life.  But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mammas the Martyr\; John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cosmas the Hermit\; Ammon & Aeithalas
  the Martyrs of Thrace\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we kn
 ow that everything works for good with those who love God\, who are called 
 according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined t
 o be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that he might be the firs
 t-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predestined he also called\;
  and those whom he called he also justified\; and those whom he justified h
 e also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  If God is for us\, wh
 o is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us a
 ll\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who shall bring any cha
 rge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It 
 is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at
  the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. Who shall separate u
 s from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecutio
 n\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "Fo
 r thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we are regarded as sheep 
 to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors t
 hrough him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor
  angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor things to come\, no
 r powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else in all creation\, wil
 l be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-22\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took counsel
  against Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. And they sent their disci
 ples to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we know that y
 ou are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\, and care for no man\; f
 or you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\, then\, what you think. 
 Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware of their m
 alice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocrites? Show me the money 
 for the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesus said to them\, "Whose 
 likeness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he said to 
 them\, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to Go
 d the things that are God's." When they heard it\, they marveled\; and they
  left him and went away.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220129
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ephraim the Syrian\; Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\; James the 
 Righteous\; Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\; Theodosius of Totma\; Grace t
 he Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBret
 hren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\
 , goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there 
 is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh w
 ith its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk 
 by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\,
  no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\
 , you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look
  to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and s
 o fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\
 , Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a 
 great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of 
 Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; 
 and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the c
 rowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them al
 l.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you
  poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\,
  for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall
  laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and 
 revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!
   Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is grea
 t in heaven."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250917
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love\; Herakleides & 
 Myron\, Bishops of Cyprus\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:15-22\nBrethren\, to 
 give a human example: no one annuls even a man's covenant\, or adds to it\,
  once it has been ratified. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to hi
 s offspring. It does not say\, "And to your offsprings\," referring to many
 \; but\, referring to one\, "And to your offspring\," which is Christ. This
  is what I mean: the law\, which came four hundred and thirty years afterwa
 rd\, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God\, so as to make t
 he promise void. For if the inheritance is by the law\, it is no longer by 
 promise\; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise. Why then the law? It was
  added because of transgressions\, till the offspring should come to whom t
 he promise had been made\; and it was ordained by angels through an interme
 diary. Now an intermediary implies more than one\; but God is one. Is the l
 aw then against the promises of God? Certainly not\; for if a law had been 
 given which could make alive\, then righteousness would indeed be by the la
 w. But the scripture consigned all things to sin\, that what was promised t
 o faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 6:7-13\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples a
 nd began to send them out two by two\, and gave them authority over the unc
 lean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a st
 aff\; no bread\, no bag\, no money in their belts\; but to wear sandals and
  not put on two tunics. And he said to them\, "Where you enter a house\, st
 ay there until you leave the place. And if any place will not receive you a
 nd they refuse to hear you\, when you leave\, shake off the dust that is on
  your feet for a testimony against them." So they went out and preached tha
 t men should repent. And they cast out many demons\, and anointed with oil 
 many that were sick and healed them.\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240615
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\; Methodius the Confessor\, Patriar
 ch of Constantinople\; Cyril\, Bishop of Gortyna\; The Holy Martyrs of Esto
 nia: the Priests Basil\, John\, John\, Artemios\, and Nicholas\; the Deacon
 s Vasili and Peter\; the Presytera Martha\; and John\, Theodor\, and Anna.\
 n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\nIn thos
 e days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper count
 ry and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them\
 , "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said\, "No\
 , we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Int
 o what then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul
  said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the people 
 to believe in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On hear
 ing this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul 
 had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they spok
 e with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And 
 he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pl
 eading about the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 14:1-11\nThe Lord 
 said to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be troubled\; believe in God\,
  believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many rooms\; if it were
  not so\, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And w
 hen I go and prepare a place for you\, I will come again and will take you 
 to myself\, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I a
 m going." Thomas said to him\, "Lord\, we do not know where you are going\;
  how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him\, "I am the way\, and the trut
 h\, and the life\; no one comes to the Father\, but by me. If you had known
  me\, you would have known my Father also\; henceforth you know him and hav
 e seen him."\n\nPhilip said to him\, "Lord\, show us the Father\, and we sh
 all be satisfied." Jesus said to him\, "Have I been with you so long\, and 
 yet you do not know me\, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father\; h
 ow can you say\, 'Show us the Father?' Do you not believe that I am in the 
 Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on 
 my own authority\; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe 
 me that I am in the Father and the Father in me."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🍇 The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220418
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Monday\; Holy Father John the Righteous\, disciple of St. Gregory
  of Decapolis\; Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia\; Cosmas\, Bishop of C
 alcydon\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Athanasia the Wonderworker of Aeg
 ina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-43\nAt that time\, as J
 esus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by th
 e wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he s
 aid to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withe
 red at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How did th
 e fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I say to you
 \, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not only do what has been d
 one to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mountain\, 'Be taken up a
 nd cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever you ask in prayer\, y
 ou will receive\, if you have faith. " And when he entered the temple\, the
  chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teachi
 ng\, and said\, "By what authority are you doing these things\, and who gav
 e you this authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask you a questio
 n\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also will tell you by what autho
 rity I do these things. The baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or
  from men?" And they argued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,'
  he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'F
 rom men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for all hold that John was a pr
 ophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "N
 either will I tell you by what authority I do these things. What do you thi
 nk? A man had two sons\; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and 
 work in the vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward
  he repented and went. And he went to the second and said the same\; and he
  answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the will of
  his father?" They said\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say 
 to you\, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God befo
 re you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not 
 believe him\, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him\; and eve
 n when you saw it\, you did not afterward repent and believe him.\n\n"Hear 
 another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard and set a h
 edge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let i
 t out to tenants\, and went into another country. When the season of fruit 
 drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and th
 e tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned anot
 her. Again he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and they did the 
 same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying\, 'They will respe
 ct my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'T
 his is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And the
 y took him and cast him out of the vineyard\, and killed him. When therefor
 e the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They
  said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let o
 ut the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seas
 ons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The ver
 y stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; thi
 s was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell
  you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation
  producing the fruits of it."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:3-35\nAt that t
 ime\, as Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives\, the disciples came to him priva
 tely\, saying\, "Tell us\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign of
  your coming and of the close of the age?" And Jesus answered them\, "Take 
 heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name\, saying\,
  'I am the Christ\,' and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of w
 ars and rumors of wars\; see that you are not alarmed\; for this must take 
 place\, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation\, and k
 ingdom against kingdom\, and there will be famines and earthquakes in vario
 us places: all this is but the beginning of the sufferings.\n\n Then they w
 ill deliver you up to tribulation\, and put you to death\; and you will be 
 hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away\, and
  betray one another\, and hate one another. And many false prophets will ar
 ise and lead many astray. And because wickedness is multiplied\, most men's
  love will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. And this
  gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world\, as a t
 estimony to all nations\; and then the end will come.\n\n So when you see t
 he desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the h
 oly place (let the reader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea fle
 e to the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take wha
 t is in his house\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take h
 is mantle. And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suc
 k in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath
 . For then there will be great tribulation\, such as has not been from the 
 beginning of the world until now\, no\, and never will be. And if those day
 s had not been shortened\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake
  of the elect those days will be shortened. Then if anyone says to you\, 'L
 o\, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Chr
 ists and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders\, so as
  to lead astray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you before
 hand. So\, if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go 
 out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. Fo
 r as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so w
 ill be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagle
 s will be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those day
 s the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the
  stars will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken
 \; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the
  tribes of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming o
 n the clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; and he will send out hi
 s angels with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect from the
  four winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n\n From the fig tree le
 arn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its lea
 ves\, you know that summer is near. So also\, when you see all these things
 \, you know that he is near\, at the very gates. Truly\, I say to you\, thi
 s generation will not pass away till all these things take place. Heaven an
 d earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. John Climacus\; John Climacus the Righteous\, author of 
 The Divine Ladder of Ascent\; Sosthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epa
 phroditos\, the Apostles of the 70\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (
 Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first 
 day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was stil
 l dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she r
 an\, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus lo
 ved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we
  do not know where they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other 
 disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other dis
 ciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, h
 e saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter
  came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths ly
 ing and the napkin\, which had been on His head\, not lying with the linen 
 cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who 
 reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as ye
 t they did not know the scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then t
 he disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 6:13-20\
 nBRETHREN\, when God made a promise to Abraham\, since he had no one greate
 r by whom to swear\, he swore to himself\, saying\, "Surely I will bless yo
 u and multiply you." And thus Abraham\, having patiently endured\, obtained
  the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves\, and in all th
 eir disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show
  more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character o
 f his purpose\, he interposed with an oath\, so that through two unchangeab
 le things\, in which it is impossible that God should prove false\, we who 
 have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set 
 before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul\, a hope
  that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain\, where Jesus has gon
 e as a forerunner on our behalf\, having become a high priest for ever afte
 r the order of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:17-31\nAt that time\
 , a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher\, I brought my son to y
 ou\, for he has a dumb spirit\; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him do
 wn\; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid\; and I asked your
  disciples to cast it out\, and they were not able." And he answered them\,
  "O faithless generation\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to b
 ear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him\; and when 
 the spirit saw him\, immediately it convulsed the boy\, and he fell on the 
 ground and rolled about\, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father\
 , "How long has he had this?" And he said\, "From childhood. And it has oft
 en cast him into the fire and into the water\, to destroy him\; but if you 
 can do anything\, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him\, "If
  you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the fat
 her of the child cried out and said\, "I believe\; help my unbelief!" And w
 hen Jesus saw that a crowd came running together\, he rebuked the unclean s
 pirit\, saying to it\, "You dumb and deaf spirit\, I command you\, come out
  of him\, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing h
 im terribly\, it came out\, and the boy was like a corpse\; so that most of
  them said\, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up
 \, and he arose. And when he had entered the house\, his disciples asked hi
 m privately\, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them\, "This k
 ind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on 
 from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know i
 t\; for he was teaching his disciples\, saying to them\, "The Son of man wi
 ll be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will kill him\; and when h
 e is killed\, after three days he will rise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\
 , Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, 
 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you that
  in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heave
 n. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man ha
 s a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave the
  ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? And
  if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than over
  the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Fath
 er who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n\n"If you
 r brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and hi
 m alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he doe
 s not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word may 
 be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to li
 sten to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen even to 
 the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I 
 say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and what
 ever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if 
 two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for the
 m by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my name\,
  there am I in the midst of them."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBret
 hren\, if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression 
 or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neg
 lect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it 
 was attested to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by 
 signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit dist
 ributed according to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjec
 ted the world to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified som
 ewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, th
 at thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than t
 he angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything
  in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to 
 him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see eve
 rything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was
  made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the s
 uffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for ev
 ery one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist
 \, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvat
 ion perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord s
 aid to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you 
 rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy re
 turned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in you
 r name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven
 . Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\
 , and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Neverth
 eless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but re
 joice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced
  in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and e
 arth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding an
 d revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."
 \n\n
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 briel\, Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Eld
 er of Chios\; Onesimos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusebius the Righteo
 us of Syria\; Major the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:
 1-25\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Ph
 ilemon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our 
 fellow soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from 
 God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I reme
 mber you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which
  you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sh
 aring of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours 
 in Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brot
 her\, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Acc
 ordingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is r
 equired\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an amb
 assador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my c
 hild\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly 
 he was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am
  sending him back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to
  keep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during m
 y imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your 
 consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your 
 own free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, tha
 t you might have him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a s
 lave\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, b
 oth in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, rece
 ive him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you
  anything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own ha
 nd\, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. 
 Yes\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart 
 in Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you 
 will do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for m
 e\, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, m
 y fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark
 \, Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lor
 d Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\
 ; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who lik
 e to go about in long robes\, and love salutations in the market places and
  the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who d
 evour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers.  They will recei
 ve the greater condemnation."  He looked up and saw the rich putting their 
 gifts into the treasury\; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. 
  And he said\, "Truly\, I tell you\, this poor widow has put in more than a
 ll of them\; for they all contributed out of their abundance\, but she out 
 of her poverty put in all the living that she had."  Having said this\, he 
 proclaimed\, "He who has ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/31/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stachys\, Andrew\, Amplias\, Apelles\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus
  of the 70\; Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria\, Egypt\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you
  our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, that you may 
 receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in whatever she
  may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as 
 well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, who ris
 ked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all the churches 
 of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in their house. Greet m
 y beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ. Greet M
 ary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsm
 en and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among the apostles\, and 
 they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Gr
 eet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet A
 pelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of
  Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong
  to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina an
 d Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the Lord. Gre
 et Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos
 \, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are with the
 m. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all
  the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the 
 churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:34-41\nThe Lord sa
 id\, "Your eye is the lamp of your body\; when your eye is sound\, your who
 le body is full of light\; but when it is not sound\, your body is full of 
 darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then y
 our whole body is full of light\, having no part dark\, it will be wholly b
 right\, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light." While he was speakin
 g\, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him\; so he went in and sat at table.
  The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinne
 r. And the Lord said to him\, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the
  cup and of the dish\, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness.
  You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give 
 for alms those things which are within and behold\, everything is clean for
  you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colos
 sae (Chonae)\; Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels was vali
 d and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution\, how
  shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at f
 irst by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him\, while
  God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gif
 ts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For it was not
  to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are speaking.
  It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of hi
 m\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a
  little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and 
 honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting ev
 erything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it 
 is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, 
 who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory 
 and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace of God h
 e might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom an
 d by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make t
 he pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me
 \, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him wh
 o sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demon
 s are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall 
 like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread up
 on serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothi
 ng shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits a
 re subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In 
 that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Fat
 her\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the
  wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for suc
 h was your gracious will."\n\n
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 olossae (Chonae)
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia\; Ariadne the Martyr\; 
 Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthi
 ans 9:12-15\;10:1-7\nBrethren\, the rendering of this service not only supp
 lies the wants of the saints but also overflows in many thanksgivings to Go
 d. Under the test of this service\, you will glorify God by your obedience 
 in acknowledging the gospel of Christ\, and by the generosity of your contr
 ibution for them and for all others\; while they long for you and pray for 
 you\, because of the surpassing grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for h
 is inexpressible gift!\n\nI\, Paul\, myself entreat you\, by the meekness a
 nd gentleness of Christ - I who am humble when face to face with you\, but 
 bold to you when I am away! - I beg of you that when I am present I may not
  have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against s
 ome who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion. For though we live in the 
 world we are not carrying on a worldly war\, for the weapons of our warfare
  are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy a
 rguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and take every 
 thought captive to obey Christ\, being ready to punish every disobedience\,
  when your obedience is complete.\n\nLook at what is before your eyes. If a
 ny one is confident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself that as he
  is Christ's\, so are we.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesu
 s returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in th
 e wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; and
  when they were ended\, he was hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you are 
 the Son of God\, command this stone to become bread." And Jesus answered hi
 m\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" And the devil to
 ok him up\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of tim
 e\, and said to him\, "To you I will give all this authority and their glor
 y\; for it has been delivered to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. If
  you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus answered 
 him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God\, and him only 
 shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the pin
 nacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw 
 yourself down from here\; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels char
 ge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, les
 t you strike your foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It is s
 aid\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ende
 d every temptation\, he departed from him until an opportune time. And Jesu
 s returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concernin
 g him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in their 
 synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\; Paul & his sister Juliana and thei
 r Companions\; Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\; Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:19-2:3\n"If you are willing
  and obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; but if you refuse and 
 rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has 
 spoken."\n\nHow the faithful city has become a harlot\, she that was full o
 f justice!  Righteousness lodged in her\, but now murderers.  Your silver h
 as become dross\, your wine mixed with water.  Your princes are rebels and 
 companions of thieves.  Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts.  They
  do not defend the fatherless\, and the widow's cause does not come to them
 .\n\nTherefore the Lord says\, the Lord of hosts\, the Mighty One of Israel
 :  "Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\, and avenge myself on my foes.
   I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with ly
 e and remove all your alloy.  And I will restore your judges as at the firs
 t\, and your counselors as at the beginning.  Afterward you shall be called
  the city of righteousness\, the faithful city."\n\nZion shall be redeemed 
 by justice\, and those in her who repent\, by righteousness.  But rebels an
 d sinners shall be destroyed together\, and those who forsake the Lord shal
 l be consumed.  For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted
 \; and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.  For you shal
 l be like an oak whose leaf withers\, and like a garden without water.  And
  the strong shall become tow\, and his work a spark\, and both of them shal
 l burn together\, with none to quench them.\n\nThe word which Isaiah the so
 n of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  It shall come to pass in the
  latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be establishe
 d as the highest of the mountains\, and shall be raised above the hills\; a
 nd all the nations shall flow to it\, and many peoples shall come\, and say
 :  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the G
 od of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his pat
 hs."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord fro
 m Jerusalem.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:14-23\n And God said\, "Le
 t there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from 
 the night\; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and year
 s\, and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light up
 on the earth."  And it was so.  And God made the two great lights\, the gre
 ater light to rule the day\, and the lesser light to rule the night\; he ma
 de the stars also.  And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to giv
 e light upon the earth\, to rule over the day and over the night\, and to s
 eparate the light from the darkness.  And God saw that it was good.  And th
 ere was evening and there was morning\, a fourth day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Le
 t the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures\, and let birds fly abo
 ve the earth across the firmament of the heavens."  So God created the grea
 t sea monsters and every living creature that moves\, with which the waters
  swarm\, according to their kinds\, and every winged bird according to its 
 kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And God blessed them\, saying\, "Be f
 ruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas\, and let birds multip
 ly on the earth."  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fifth da
 y.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33\nWisdom cries aloud in the st
 reet\; in the markets she raises her voice\; on the top of the walls she cr
 ies out\; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:  "How long\, O simp
 le ones\, will you love being simple?  How long will scoffers delight in th
 eir scoffing and fools hate knowledge? \n\n Give heed to my reproof\; behol
 d\, I will pour out my thoughts to you\; I will make my words known to you.
 \n\n  Because I have called and you refused to listen\, have stretched out 
 my hand and no one has heeded\, and you have ignored all my counsel and wou
 ld have none of my reproof\, I also will laugh at your calamity\; I will mo
 ck when panic strikes you\, when panic strikes you like a storm\, and your 
 calamity comes like a whirlwind\, when distress and anguish come upon you. 
 \n\nThen they will call upon me\, but I will not answer\; they will seek me
  diligently but will not find me.\n\n  Because they hated knowledge and did
  not choose the fear of the Lord\, would have none of my counsel\, and desp
 ised all my reproof\, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and b
 e sated with their own devices.\n\n  For the simple are killed by their tur
 ning away\, and the complacence of fools destroys them\; but he who listens
  to me will dwell secure and will be at ease\, without dread of evil."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theophanes the Confessor\; Symeon the New Theologian\; Gregory Dialogo
 s\, Bishop of Rome\; Phineas\, grandson of Prophet Aaron\; Paul Aurelian\, 
 Bishop of Brittany\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Jude 1:1-10\nJude\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of Ja
 mes\,\n\nTo those who are called\, beloved in God the Father and kept for J
 esus Christ:\n\nMay mercy\, peace\, and love be multiplied to you.\n\nBelov
 ed\, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation\, I found it 
 necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once
  for all delivered to the saints.  For admission has been secretly gained b
 y some who long ago were designated for this condemnation\, ungodly persons
  who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the only Mas
 ter and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nNow I desire to remind you\, though you w
 ere once for all fully informed\, that the Lord saved a people out of the l
 and of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.  And the ange
 ls that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have
  been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment 
 of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities\, 
 which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust\, serve as an
  example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.\n\nYet in like manner 
 these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reject authority\, and revi
 le the glorious ones.  But when the archangel Michael\, contending with the
  devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did not presume to pronounce
  a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord rebuke you."  But thes
 e men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by those things that the
 y know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are destroyed. \n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 22:39-42\, 45-71\; 23:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus came out\, 
 he went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples fo
 llowed him.  And when he came to the place he said to them\, "Pray that you
  may not enter into temptation."  And he withdrew from them about a stone's
  throw\, and knelt down and prayed\, "Father\, if you are willing\, remove 
 this cup from me\; nevertheless not my will\, but yours\, be done."  And wh
 en he rose from prayer\, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping f
 or sorrow\, and he said to them\, "Why do you sleep?  Rise and pray that yo
 u may not enter into temptation."\n\nWhile he was still speaking\, there ca
 me a crowd\, and the man called Judas\, one of the twelve\, was leading the
 m.  He drew near to Jesus to kiss him\; but Jesus said to him\, "Judas\, wo
 uld you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"  And when those who were about 
 him saw what would follow\, they said\, "Lord\, shall we strike with the sw
 ord?"  And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his 
 right ear.  But Jesus said\, "No more of this!"  And he touched his ear and
  healed him.  Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temp
 le and elders\, who had come out against him\, "Have you come out as agains
 t a robber\, with swords and clubs?  When I was with you day after day in t
 he temple\, you did not lay hands on me.  But this is your hour\, and the p
 ower of darkness."\n\nThen they seized him and led him away\, bringing him 
 into the high priest's house.  Peter followed at a distance\; and when they
  had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together\, 
 Peter sat among them.  Then a maid\, seeing him as he sat in the light and 
 gazing at him\, said\, "This man also was with him."  But he denied it\, sa
 ying "Woman\, I do not know him."  And a little later someone else saw him 
 and said\, "You also are one of them."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I am not." 
  And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted\, saying\, "
 Certainly this man also was with him\; for he is a Galilean."  But Peter sa
 id\, "Man\, I do not know what you are saying."  And immediately\, while he
  was still speaking\, the cock crowed.  And the Lord turned and looked at P
 eter.  And Peter remembered the word of the Lord\, how he had said to him\,
  "Before the cock crows today\, you will deny me three times."  And he went
  out and wept bitterly.\n\nNow the men who were holding Jesus mocked him an
 d beat him\; they also blindfolded him and asked him\, "Prophesy!  Who is i
 t that struck you?"  And they spoke many other words against him\, reviling
  him.\n\nWhen day came\, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered 
 together\, both chief priests and scribes\; and they led him away to their 
 council\, and they said\, "If you are the Christ\, tell us."  But he said t
 o them\, "If I tell you\, you will not believe\; and if I ask you\, you wil
 l not answer.  But from now on the Son of man shall be seated at the right 
 hand of the power of God."  And they all said\, "Are you the Son of God\, t
 hen?"  And he said to them\, "You say that I am."  And they said\, "What fu
 rther testimony do we need?  We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."
 \n\nThen the whole company of them arose\, and brought him before Pilate.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Saturday\; James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theol
 ogian\; Argyra the New Martyr\; Clement the Hymnographer\; Erconwald\, Bish
 op of London\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:11-16\nIn those days\,
  while the healed lame man clung to Peter and John\, all the people ran tog
 ether to them in the portico called Solomon's\, astounded. And when Peter s
 aw it he addressed the people\, "Men of Israel\, why do you wonder at this\
 , or why do you stare at us\, as though by our own power or piety we had ma
 de him walk? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob\, the God of our 
 fathers\, glorified his servant Jesus\, whom you delivered up and denied in
  the presence of Pilate\, when he had decided to release him. But you denie
 d the Holy and Righteous One\, and asked for a murderer to be granted to yo
 u\, and killed the Author of life\, whom God raised from the dead. To this 
 we are witnesses. And his name\, by faith in his name\, has made this man s
 trong whom you see and know\; and the faith which is through him has given 
 the man this perfect health in the presence of you all."\n\nGospel Reading:
  John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of
  Judea\; there He remained with them and baptized.  John also was baptizing
  at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much water there\; and people came
  and were baptized.  For John had not yet been put in prison.\n\nNow a disc
 ussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.  And they c
 ame to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you beyond the Jor
 dan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and all are going
  to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive anything except what is give
 n him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me witness\, that I said\, I am not
  the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.  He who has the bride is the
  bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, who stands and hears him\, rej
 oices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; therefore this joy of mine is now
  full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease.\n\n"He who comes from above
  is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth\, and of the ea
 rth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is above all.  He bears witness to
  what he has seen and heard\, yet no one receives his testimony\; he who re
 ceives his testimony sets his seal to this\, that God is true."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Commemoration o
 f the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: John 12:28-36\nThe Lord said\, "Father\, glorify your name."
  Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify 
 it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. O
 thers said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has
  come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now
  shall the ruler of this world be cast out: and I\, when I am lifted up fro
 m the earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what de
 ath he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law tha
 t the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be 
 lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with
  you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness
  overtake you\; he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While
  you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of li
 ght."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:18-2
 4\nBrethren\, the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing\, b
 ut to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written\, "I
  will destroy the wisdom of the wise\, and the cleverness of the clever I w
 ill thwart." Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debat
 er of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since
 \, in the wisdom of God\, the world did not know God through wisdom\, it pl
 eased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. Fo
 r Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom\, but we preach Christ crucified
 \, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles\, but to those who are c
 alled\, both Jews and Greeks\, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of Go
 d.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:6-11\, 13-20\, 25-28\, 30\nAt that time\, whe
 n the chief priests and the officers saw him\, they cried out\, "Crucify hi
 m\, crucify him!" Pilate said to them\, "Take him yourselves and crucify hi
 m\, for I find no crime in him." The Jews answered him\, "We have a law\, a
 nd by that law he ought to die\, because he has made himself the Son of God
 ."\n\nWhen Pilate heard these words\, he was the more afraid\; he entered t
 he praetorium again and said to Jesus\, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gav
 e no answer. Pilate therefore said to him\, "You will not speak to me? Do y
 ou not know that I have power to release you\, and power to crucify you?" J
 esus answered him\, "You would have no power over me unless it had been giv
 en you from above\; therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater si
 n." When Pilate heard these words\, he brought Jesus out and sat down on th
 e judgment seat at a place called the Pavement\, and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. 
 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover\; it was about the sixth 
 hour. He said to the Jews\, "Behold your King!" They cried out\, "Away with
  him\, away with him\, crucify him!" Pilate said to them\, "Shall I crucify
  your King?" The chief priests answered\, "We have no king but Caesar." The
 n he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus\, and he w
 ent out\, bearing his own cross\, to the place called the place of a skull\
 , which is called in Hebrew Golgotha. There they crucified him\, and with h
 im two others\, one on either side\, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wr
 ote a title and put it on the cross\; it read\, "Jesus of Nazareth\, the Ki
 ng of the Jews." Many of the Jews read this title\, for the place where Jes
 us was crucified was near the city\; and it was written in Hebrew\, in Lati
 n\, and in Greek.\n\nBut standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, a
 nd his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When
  Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he s
 aid to his mother\, "Woman\, behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple
 \, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his ow
 n home. Then when Jesus had received the vinegar\, he said\, "It is finishe
 d"\; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\; Therapon 
 the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Finding of the Icon of St. Demetrios t
 he Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer on Syros\; Aldhelm\, Bishop of Sherborne
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerni
 ng Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.
  The disciples of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to 
 him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who
  is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come to h
 im\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you h
 e who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured ma
 ny of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind h
 e bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have se
 en and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cl
 eansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good ne
 ws preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen
  the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerni
 ng John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken 
 by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothin
 g? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in ki
 ngs' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\,
  and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I se
 nd my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' 
 I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet he w
 ho is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this
  all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized
  with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the 
 purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let l
 ight shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light
  of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have
  this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power bel
 ongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed
 \; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; 
 struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of 
 Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  Fo
 r while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so 
 that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is 
 at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith 
 as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and 
 so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also 
 with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your
  sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase th
 anksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt th
 at time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent
  word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or sh
 all we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and tell John what 
 you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers 
 are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor 
 have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at 
 me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John
 : "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the 
 wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behol
 d\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. What then did you go 
 out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is 
 he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\,
  who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those
  born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist\; yet h
 e who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days o
 f John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been coming violentl
 y and men of violence take it by force. For all the prophets and the law pr
 ophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah wh
 o is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\; The Consecration of the
  Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\; Cornelius the Centurion
  & Martyr\; Aristides the Philosopher\; Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron 
 Monastery\, Mount Athos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Hebrews 3:1-4\nHoly brethren\, who share in a heavenly call\, consider 
 Jesus\, the apostle and high priest of our confession. He was faithful to h
 im who appointed him\, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. 
 Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the b
 uilder of a house has more honor than the house. (For every house is built 
 by some one\, but the builder of all things is God.)\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea
  Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who do men say that the Son of man is
 ?" And they said\, "Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and oth
 ers Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them\, "But who do you say
  that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\, the Son of the liv
 ing God." And Jesus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For f
 lesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in heave
 n. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my church
 \, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you the
  keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bo
 und in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Anthousa\, the Mother
  of John Chrysostom\; Damaskinos the New Martyr of Mount Athos\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, 
 "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the 
 door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but 
 he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeep
 er opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name an
 d leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them
 \, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will
  not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice 
 of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understa
 nd what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly
 \, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are th
 ieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any
  one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find past
 ure."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\
 nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, 
 blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.
   He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, fi
 rst for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once fo
 r all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their w
 eakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than 
 the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point
  in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is sea
 ted at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister i
 n the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lor
 d. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if an
 y one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pas
 ture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that the
 y may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The goo
 d shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not 
 a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves 
 the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He fle
 es because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good
  shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I
  know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other 
 sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will 
 heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\; Peter the Righteous of Egypt\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinop
 le\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\,
  it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\,
  unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no
  need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his
  own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when 
 he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as 
 high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, a
 ppoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we
  are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the 
 right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanct
 uary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enter
 s by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The 
 thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have 
 life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd 
 lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\
 , whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep a
 nd flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because 
 he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\;
  I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the F
 ather\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, tha
 t are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voi
 ce. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of Pascha\; Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\; Niki
 tas\, Bishop of Chalcedon\; Helikonis the Martyr\; Heladios the Hieromartyr
  of the East\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Acts 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesarea
 \, he went up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. After
  spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through 
 the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now a 
 Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an elo
 quent man\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the wa
 y of the Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught accur
 ately the things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of John
 . He began to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aquila
  heard him\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurat
 ely. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\, 
 and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly hel
 ped those who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the J
 ews in public\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 12:36-47\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "W
 hile you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons o
 f light. When Jesus had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. 
 Though he had done so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in 
 him\; it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
  "Lord\, who has believed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord 
 been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, "
 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see w
 ith their eyes and perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them
 ." Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless
 \, many even of the authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Phari
 sees they did not confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue
 : for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesu
 s cried out and said\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in h
 im who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as lig
 ht into the world\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
  If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; 
 for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readin
 g: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, tr
 uly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but cl
 imbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who ente
 rs by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; 
 the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads the
 m out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the 
 sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow
 \, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of stranger
 s." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he 
 was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and r
 obbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters
  by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit to
  them\; for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have t
 o give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would
  be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a c
 lear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you the 
 more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner
 .  Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\
 , the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, 
 equip you with everything good that you may do His will\, working in you th
 at which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory
  for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\,
  Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a g
 reat multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of T
 yre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; a
 nd those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the cr
 owd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all
 .  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you 
 poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, 
 for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall 
 laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and r
 evile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man! 
  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great
  in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Kastinos\, Arc
 hbishop of Constantinople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord s
 aid to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he wh
 o does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, t
 hat man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shep
 herd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\,
  and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought
  out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for the
 y know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from
  him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used
  with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jes
 us again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of th
 e sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did
  not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\
 , and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:2
 6-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high prie
 st\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above 
 the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifice
 s daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did 
 this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints me
 n in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came
  later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  N
 ow the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, on
 e who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, 
 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man bu
 t by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the 
 door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out 
 and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I c
 ame that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shephe
 rd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hirel
 ing and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming
  and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters t
 hem.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I
  am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father kn
 ows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I
  have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, an
 d they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Symeon the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Persepolis\, and those with him\; M
 akarios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Agapetos of Rome\; Hadrian the New-Martyr\; D
 onnan\, Abbot of Eigg\, and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld
  Testament Reading: Isaiah 41:4-14\nWho has performed and done this\, calli
 ng the generations from the beginning? I\, the LORD\, the first\, and with 
 the last\; I am He.  The coastlands have seen and are afraid\, the ends of 
 the earth tremble\; they have drawn near and come.  Every one helps his nei
 ghbor\, and says to his brother\, "Take courage!"  The craftsman encourages
  the goldsmith\, and he who smoothes with the hammer him who strikes the an
 vil\, saying of the soldering\, "It is good"\; and they fasten it with nail
 s so that it cannot be moved.  \n\n But you\, Israel\, my servant\, Jacob\,
  whom I have chosen\, the offspring of Abraham\, my friend\; you whom I too
 k from the ends of the earth\, and called from its farthest corners\, sayin
 g to you\, "You are my servant\, I have chosen you and not cast you off"\; 
 fear not\, for I am with you\, be not dismayed\, for I am your God\; I will
  strengthen you\, I will help you\, I will uphold you with my victorious ri
 ght hand. \n\n  Behold\, all who are incensed against you shall be put to s
 hame and confounded\; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and 
 shall perish.  You shall seek those who contend with you\, but you shall no
 t find them\; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all.  For I\
 , the LORD your God\, hold your right hand\; it is I who say to you\, "Fear
  not\, I will help you."  Fear not\, you worm Jacob\, you men of Israel! I 
 will help you\, says the LORD\; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.\n\
 nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 17:1-9\n When Abram was ninety-nine years o
 ld the LORD appeared to Abram\, and said to him\, "I am God Almighty\; walk
  before me\, and be blameless.  And I will make my covenant between me and 
 you\, and will multiply you exceedingly."  Then Abram fell on his face\; an
 d God said to him\,  "Behold\, my covenant is with you\, and you shall be t
 he father of a multitude of nations.  No longer shall your name be Abram\, 
 but your name shall be Abraham\; for I have made you the father of a multit
 ude of nations.  I will make you exceedingly fruitful\; and I will make nat
 ions of you\, and kings shall come forth from you.  And I will establish my
  covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout thei
 r generations for an everlasting covenant\, to be God to you and to your de
 scendants after you.  And I will give to you\, and to your descendants afte
 r you\, the land of your sojournings\, all the land of Canaan\, for an ever
 lasting possession\; and I will be their God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Pr
 overbs 15:20-16:9\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish man despi
 ses his mother.  Folly is a joy to him who has no sense\, but a man of unde
 rstanding walks aright.  Without counsel plans go wrong\, but with many adv
 isers they succeed.  To make an apt answer is a joy to a man\, and a word i
 n season\, how good it is!  The wise man's path leads upward to life\, that
  he may avoid Sheol beneath.  The LORD tears down the house of the proud\, 
 but maintains the widow's boundaries.  The thoughts of the wicked are an ab
 omination to the LORD\, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.  He who 
 is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household\, but he who hate
 s bribes will live.  The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer\, but 
 the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.  The LORD is far from the wi
 cked\, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.  The light of the eyes rej
 oices the heart\, and good news refreshes the bones.  He whose ear heeds wh
 olesome admonition will abide among the wise.  He who ignores instruction d
 espises himself\, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.  The fea
 r of the LORD is instruction in wisdom\, and humility goes before honor.  T
 he plans of the mind belong to man\, but the answer of the tongue is from t
 he LORD.  All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes\, but the LORD wei
 ghs the spirit.  Commit your work to the LORD\, and your plans will be esta
 blished.  The LORD has made everything for its purpose\, even the wicked fo
 r the day of trouble.  Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the L
 ORD\; be assured\, he will not go unpunished.  By loyalty and faithfulness 
 iniquity is atoned for\, and by the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.  Wh
 en a man's ways please the LORD\, he makes even his enemies to be at peace 
 with him.  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with i
 njustice.  A man's mind plans his way\, but the LORD directs his steps.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore of Sykeon\; Nathaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente the Apostles\; Greg
 ory Gravanos of Nisyros\; Nearchos the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Isaiah 48:17-49:4\nThus says the LORD\, your Redeemer\, the Hol
 y One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God\, who teaches you to profit\, who 
 leads you in the way you should go.  O that you had hearkened to my command
 ments! Then your peace would have been like a river\, and your righteousnes
 s like the waves of the sea\; your offspring would have been like the sand\
 , and your descendants like its grains\; their name would never be cut off 
 or destroyed from before me."\n\nGo forth from Babylon\, flee from Chaldea\
 , declare this with a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, send it forth to the end
  of the earth\; say\, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!"  They thir
 sted not when he led them through the deserts\; he made water flow for them
  from the rock\; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.  "There is no 
 peace\," says the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n\nListen to me\, O coastlands\,
  and hearken\, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb\, fr
 om the body of my mother he named my name.  He made my mouth like a sharp s
 word\, in the shadow of his hand he hid me\; he made me a polished arrow\, 
 in his quiver he hid me away.  And he said to me\, "You are my servant\, Is
 rael\, in whom I will be glorified."  But I said\, "I have labored in vain\
 , I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity\; yet surely my right is 
 with the LORD\, and my recompense with my God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: G
 enesis 27:1-41\nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could n
 ot see\, he called Esau his older son\, and said to him\, "My son"\; and he
  answered\, "Here I am."  He said\, "Behold\, I am old\; I do not know the 
 day of my death.  Now then\, take your weapons\, your quiver and your bow\,
  and go out to the field\, and hunt game for me\, and prepare for me savory
  food\, such as I love\, and bring it to me that I may eat\; that I may ble
 ss you before I die."  Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his so
 n Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it\, Rebe
 kah said to her son Jacob\, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau
 \,  'Bring me game\, and prepare for me savory food\, that I may eat it\, a
 nd bless you before the LORD before I die.'  Now therefore\, my son\, obey 
 my word as I command you.  Go to the flock\, and fetch me two good kids\, t
 hat I may prepare from them savory food for your father\, such as he loves\
 ; and you shall bring it to your father to eat\, so that he may bless you b
 efore he dies."  But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother\, "Behold\, my brothe
 r Esau is a hairy man\, and I am a smooth man.  Perhaps my father will feel
  me\, and I shall seem to be mocking him\, and bring a curse upon myself an
 d not a blessing."  His mother said to him\, "Upon me be your curse\, my so
 n\; only obey my word\, and go\, fetch them to me."  So he went and took th
 em and brought them to his mother\; and his mother prepared savory food\, s
 uch as his father loved.  Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her o
 lder son\, which were with her in the house\, and put them on Jacob her you
 nger son\; and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the sm
 ooth part of his neck\; and she gave the savory food and the bread\, which 
 she had prepared\, into the hand of her son Jacob.\n\nSo he went in to his 
 father\, and said\, "My father"\; and he said\, "Here I am\; who are you\, 
 my son?"  Jacob said to his father\, "I am Esau your first-born. I have don
 e as you told me\; now sit up and eat of my game\, that you may bless me." 
  But Isaac said to his son\, "How is it that you have found it so quickly\,
  my son?" He answered\, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."  Th
 en Isaac said to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I may feel you\, my son\, to kno
 w whether you are really my son Esau or not."  So Jacob went near to Isaac 
 his father\, who felt him and said\, "The voice is Jacob's voice\, but the 
 hands are the hands of Esau."  And he did not recognize him\, because his h
 ands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands\; so he blessed him.  He said
 \, "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered\, "I am."  Then he said\, "Bri
 ng it to me\, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought
  it to him\, and he ate\; and he brought him wine\, and he drank.  Then his
  father Isaac said to him\, "Come near and kiss me\, my son."  So he came n
 ear and kissed him\; and he smelled the smell of his garments\, and blessed
  him\, and said\, "See\, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field whi
 ch the LORD has blessed!  May God give you of the dew of heaven\, and of th
 e fatness of the earth\, and plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve y
 ou\, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers\, and may your
  mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you\, and bl
 essed be every one who blesses you!"\n\nAs soon as Isaac had finished bless
 ing Jacob\, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his
  father\, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.  He also prepared savo
 ry food\, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father\, "Let my
  father arise\, and eat of his son's game\, that you may bless me."  His fa
 ther Isaac said to him\, "Who are you?" He answered\, "I am your son\, your
  first-born\, Esau."  Then Isaac trembled violently\, and said\, "Who was i
 t then that hunted game and brought it to me\, and I ate it all before you 
 came\, and I have blessed him? - Yes\, and he shall be blessed."  When Esau
  heard the words of his father\, he cried out with an exceedingly great and
  bitter cry\, and said to his father\, "Bless me\, even me also\, O my fath
 er!"  But he said\, "Your brother came with guile\, and he has taken away y
 our blessing."  Esau said\, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supp
 lanted me these two times. He took away my birthright\; and behold\, now he
  has taken away my blessing." Then he said\, "Have you not reserved a bless
 ing for me?"  Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, I have made him your lord\, a
 nd all his brothers I have given to him for servants\, and with grain and w
 ine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you\, my son?"  Esau said 
 to his father\, "Have you but one blessing\, my father? Bless me\, even me 
 also\, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.  Then Isaac his
  father answered him: "Behold\, away from the fatness of the earth shall yo
 ur dwelling be\, and away from the dew of heaven on high.  By your sword yo
 u shall live\, and you shall serve your brother\; but when you break loose 
 you shall break his yoke from your neck."  Now Esau hated Jacob because of 
 the blessing with which his father had blessed him\, and Esau said to himse
 lf\, "The days of mourning for my father are approaching\; then I will kill
  my brother Jacob."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 19:16-25\nHe who kee
 ps the commandment keeps his life\; he who despises the word will die.  He 
 who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD\, and he will repay him for his d
 eed.  Discipline your son while there is hope\; do not set your heart on hi
 s destruction.  A man of great wrath will pay the penalty\; for if you deli
 ver him\, you will only have to do it again.  Listen to advice and accept i
 nstruction\, that you may gain wisdom for the future.  Many are the plans i
 n the mind of a man\, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be establ
 ished.  What is desired in a man is loyalty\, and a poor man is better than
  a liar.  The fear of the LORD leads to life\; and he who has it rests sati
 sfied\; he will not be visited by harm.  The sluggard buries his hand in th
 e dish\, and will not even bring it back to his mouth.  Strike a scoffer\, 
 and the simple will learn prudence\; reprove a man of understanding\, and h
 e will gain knowledge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/22/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Phocas the Gardener\; Martyrs I
 saac\, Martin\, and the 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monastery\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 13:3-13\nBrethren\, since you desire 
 proof that Christ is speaking in me\, he is not weak in dealing with you\, 
 but is powerful in you. For he was crucified in weakness\, but lives by the
  power of God. For we are weak in him\, but in dealing with you we shall li
 ve with him by the power of God.\n\nExamine yourselves\, to see whether you
  are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus 
 Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test! I hope you wil
 l find out that we have not failed. But we pray God that you may not do wro
 ng - not that we may appear to have met the test\, but that you may do what
  is right\, though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything ag
 ainst the truth\, but only for the truth. For we are glad when we are weak 
 and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement. I write this whil
 e I am away from you\, in order that when I come I may not have to be sever
 e in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up an
 d not for tearing down.\n\nFinally\, brethren\, farewell. Mend your ways\, 
 heed my appeal\, agree with one another\, live in peace\, and the God of lo
 ve and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the 
 saints greet you.\n\nThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
  and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was le
 d by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. An
 d he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. 
 The devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command this stone to 
 become bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not liv
 e by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed him all the king
 doms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will gi
 ve all this authority and their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, a
 nd I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shal
 l all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worsh
 ip the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him t
 o Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\,
  "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is wri
 tten\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On the
 ir hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
 '" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord you
 r God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he departed from h
 im until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit i
 nto Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through all the surround
 ing country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Pentecost\; Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\; Holy Martyrs Aristocle
 us the Priest\, Demetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\; The Holy N
 ew Bishop Martyrs Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Ch
 erronisos\, Hierotheos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, G
 erasimos of Rethymno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Ka
 llinikos of Diopolos\, and those Martyred with them (1821-1822)\; Mark\, Bi
 shop of Ephesus\; Etheldreda the Queen\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19
 -23\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors bei
 ng shut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear of the Jews\, Jesus ca
 me and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When he had
  said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were
  glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you
 . As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." And when he had said thi
 s\, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If y
 ou forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of 
 any\, they are retained."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:1-11\nWHEN THE DAY of 
 Pentecost had come\, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a so
 und came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, and it filled all the
  house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fi
 re\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled 
 with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues\, as the Spirit ga
 ve them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men f
 rom every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came togethe
 r\, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard them speaking in his 
 own language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying\, "Are not all the
 se who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear\, each of us in h
 is own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of M
 esopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia and Pamphylia
 \, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rom
 e\, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we hear them telling 
 in our own tongues the mighty works of God." \n\nGospel Reading: John 7:37-
 52\; 8:12\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\, Jesus stood up an
 d proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, let him come to me and drink. He who be
 lieves in me\, as the scripture has said\, 'Out of his heart shall flow riv
 ers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit\, which those who 
 believed in him were to receive\; for as yet the Spirit had not been given\
 , because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n\nWhen they heard these words\, som
 e of the people said\, "This is really the prophet." Others said\, "This is
  the Christ." But some said\, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not 
 the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David\, and comes from
  Bethlehem\, the village where David was?" So there was a division among th
 e people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, but no one laid hand
 s on him.\n\nThe officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees
 \, who said to them\, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered\, 
 "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them\, "Are you l
 ed astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees belie
 ved in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, are accursed." Nikod
 emos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of them\, said to them\
 , "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning
  what he does?" They replied\, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you wi
 ll see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them\
 , saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows me will not walk i
 n darkness\, but will have the light of life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ
 \; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\; Timothy of Euripus\, founder
  of the Monastery of Pentele\; Holy Monk Penteles\; Gerasimus of Cephalonia
 \; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and 
 Basil who contested in Megara\; Joseph the Hesychast\; Nicodemus the New Ma
 rtyr of Meteora\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the The
 otokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Manuel and John the New Martyrs\; Stamatios t
 he Martyr\; Apostolos the New-Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16\
 ;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good stan
 ding for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Chri
 st Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions 
 to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in 
 the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the pillar a
 nd bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our 
 religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\, 
 \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in the worl
 d\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later tim
 es some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and 
 doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences ar
 e seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God c
 reated to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the t
 ruth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected
  if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the wo
 rd of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51-57\, 10:22-24\, 13:22\nA
 t that time\, when the days drew near for him to be received up\, he set hi
 s face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went a
 nd entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for him\; but the pe
 ople would not receive him\, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And
  when his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lord\, do you want
  us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as Elijah did?" But 
 he turned and rebuked them\, and he said\, "You do not know what manner of 
 spirit you are of\; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but 
 to save them." And they went on to another village.\n\nAs they were going a
 long the road\, he said to those who followed him\, "All things have been d
 elivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the Son is except the Fa
 ther\, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son choo
 ses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said privately\, "Bles
 sed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets 
 and kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear wh
 at you hear\, and did not hear it."\n\nAnd he went on his way through towns
  and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towards Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\; Pharmuthios the Anchorite\;
  Guthlac the Hermit of Crowland\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Is
 aiah 66:10-24\n"Rejoice with Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, all you who 
 love her\; rejoice with her in joy\, all you who mourn over her\; that you 
 may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts\; that you may drink d
 eeply with delight from the abundance of her glory."  For thus says the LOR
 D: "Behold\, I will extend prosperity to her like a river\, and the wealth 
 of the nations like an overflowing stream\; and you shall suck\, you shall 
 be carried upon her hip\, and dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his moth
 er comforts\, so I will comfort you\; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 
  You shall see\, and your heart shall rejoice\; your bones shall flourish l
 ike the grass\; and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with his
  servants\, and his indignation is against his enemies.  "For behold\, the 
 LORD will come in fire\, and his chariots like the stormwind\, to render hi
 s anger in fury\, and his rebuke with flames of fire.  For by fire will the
  LORD execute judgment\, and by his sword\, upon all flesh\; and those slai
 n by the LORD shall be many.  "Those who sanctify and purify themselves to 
 go into the gardens\, following one in the midst\, eating swine's flesh and
  the abomination and mice\, shall come to an end together\, says the LORD. 
  "For I know their works and their thoughts\, and I am coming to gather all
  nations and tongues\; and they shall come and shall see my glory\, and I w
 ill set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the natio
 ns\, to Tarshish\, Put\, and Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal and Javan\, 
 to the coastlands afar off\, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory\;
  and they shall declare my glory among the nations.  And they shall bring a
 ll your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD\, upon hor
 ses\, and in chariots\, and in litters\, and upon mules\, and upon dromedar
 ies\, to my holy mountain Jerusalem\, says the LORD\, just as the Israelite
 s bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.  
 And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites\, says the LO
 RD.  "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall rema
 in before me\, says the LORD\; so shall your descendants and your name rema
 in.  From new moon to new moon\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, all flesh sh
 all come to worship before me\, says the LORD.  "And they shall go forth an
 d look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me\; for th
 eir worm shall not die\, their fire shall not be quenched\, and they shall 
 be an abhorrence to all flesh."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 49:33-50:
 26\nWhen Jacob finished charging his sons\, he drew up his feet into the be
 d\, and breathed his last\, and was gathered to his people.  Then Joseph fe
 ll on his father's face\, and wept over him\, and kissed him.  And Joseph c
 ommanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physician
 s embalmed Israel\; forty days were required for it\, for so many are requi
 red for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.\n\nAnd when
  the days of weeping for him were past\, Joseph spoke to the household of P
 haraoh\, saying\, "If now I have found favor in your eyes\, speak\, I pray 
 you\, in the ears of Pharaoh\, saying\, My father made me swear\, saying\, 
 'I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of 
 Canaan\, there shall you bury me.' Now therefore let me go up\, I pray you\
 , and bury my father\; then I will return."  And Pharaoh answered\, "Go up\
 , and bury your father\, as he made you swear."  So Joseph went up to bury 
 his father\; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh\, the elders 
 of his household\, and all the elders of the land of Egypt\, as well as all
  the household of Joseph\, his brothers\, and his father's household\; only
  their children\, their flocks\, and their herds were left in the land of G
 oshen.  And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen\; it was a ve
 ry great company.  When they came to the threshing floor of Atad\, which is
  beyond the Jordan\, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful la
 mentation\; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.  When the inh
 abitants of the land\, the Canaanites\, saw the mourning on the threshing f
 loor of Atad\, they said\, "This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians." 
 Therefore the place was named Abelmizraim\; it is beyond the Jordan.  Thus 
 his sons did for him as he had commanded them\; for his sons carried him to
  the land of Canaan\, and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah\
 , to the east of Mamre\, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron th
 e Hittite\, to possess as a burying place.  After he had buried his father\
 , Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with h
 im to bury his father.  When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was de
 ad\, they said\, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for al
 l the evil which we did to him."  So they sent a message to Joseph\, saying
 \, "Your father gave this command before he died\,  'Say to Joseph\, Forgiv
 e\, I pray you\, the transgression of your brothers and their sin\, because
  they did evil to you.' And now\, we pray you\, forgive the transgression o
 f the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to h
 im.  His brothers also came and fell down before him\, and said\, "Behold\,
  we are your servants."  But Joseph said to them\, "Fear not\, for am I in 
 the place of God?  As for you\, you meant evil against me\; but God meant i
 t for good\, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive\, as t
 hey are today.  So do not fear\; I will provide for you and your little one
 s." Thus he reassured them and comforted them.\n\nSo Joseph dwelt in Egypt\
 , he and his father's house\; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.  An
 d Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation\; the children also
  of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.  And Joseph s
 aid to his brothers\, "I am about to die\; but God will visit you\, and bri
 ng you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham\, to Isaac
 \, and to Jacob."  Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel\, saying\
 , "God will visit you\, and you shall carry up my bones from here."  So Jos
 eph died\, being a hundred and ten years old\; and they embalmed him\, and 
 he was put in a coffin in Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 31:8-31
 \nOpen your mouth for the dumb\, for the rights of all who are left desolat
 e.  Open your mouth\, judge righteously\, maintain the rights of the poor a
 nd needy.  A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 
  The heart of her husband trusts in her\, and he will have no lack of gain.
   She does him good\, and not harm\, all the days of her life.  She seeks w
 ool and flax\, and works with willing hands.  She is like the ships of the 
 merchant\, she brings her food from afar.  She rises while it is yet night 
 and provides food for her household and tasks for her maidens.  She conside
 rs a field and buys it\; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
   She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.  She perceiv
 es that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.  
 She puts her hands to the distaff\, and her hands hold the spindle.  She op
 ens her hand to the poor\, and reaches out her hands to the needy.  She is 
 not afraid of snow for her household\, for all her household are clothed in
  scarlet.  She makes herself coverings\; her clothing is fine linen and pur
 ple.  Her husband is known in the gates\, when he sits among the elders of 
 the land.  She makes linen garments and sells them\; she delivers girdles t
 o the merchant.  Strength and dignity are her clothing\, and she laughs at 
 the time to come.  She opens her mouth with wisdom\, and the teaching of ki
 ndness is on her tongue.  She looks well to the ways of her household\, and
  does not eat the bread of idleness.  Her children rise up and call her ble
 ssed\; her husband also\, and he praises her:  "Many women have done excell
 ently\, but you surpass them all."  Charm is deceitful\, and b
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\; Athenagorus the Apologist\; Boris
  and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\; Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the M
 artyrs\; Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corin
 thians 7:24-35\nBrethren\, in whatever state each was called\, there let hi
 m remain with God. Now concerning the virgins\, I have no command of the Lo
 rd\, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. I
  think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to rema
 in as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free 
 from a wife? Do not seek marriage. But if you marry\, you do not sin\, and 
 if a virgin marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly
  troubles\, and I would spare you that. I mean\, brethren\, the appointed t
 ime has grown very short\; from now on\, let those who have wives live as t
 hough they had none\, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning\
 , and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing\, and those who b
 uy as though they had no goods\, and those who deal with the world as thoug
 h they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.
  I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about t
 he affairs of the Lord\, how to please the Lord\; but the married man is an
 xious about worldly affairs\, how to please his wife\, and his interests ar
 e divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of 
 the Lord\, how to be holy in body and spirit\; but the married woman is anx
 ious about worldly affairs\, how to please her husband. I say this for your
  own benefit\, not to lay any restraint upon you\, but to promote good orde
 r and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 15:12-21\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Jesus and said to him\,
  "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?
 " He answered\, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will 
 be rooted up. Let them alone\; they are blind guides. And if a blind man le
 ads a blind man\, both will fall into a pit." But Peter said to him\, "Expl
 ain the parable to us." And he said\, "Are you also still without understan
 ding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stom
 ach\, and so passes on? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the h
 eart\, and this defiles a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts\, mu
 rder\, adultery\, fornication\, theft\, false witness\, slander. These are 
 what defile a man\; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." 
 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sid
 on.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday after Holy Cross\; Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable
  and Life-Giving Cross\; Quadratus the Apostle\; Jonah the Prophet\; Isaaki
 os & Meletios\, Bishops of Cyprus\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:26-31
 \;2:1-5\nBrethren\, consider your call\, not many of you were wise accordin
 g to worldly standards\, not many were powerful\, not many were of noble bi
 rth\; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise\, God ch
 ose what is weak in the world to shame the strong\, God chose what is low a
 nd despised in the world\, even things that are not\, to bring to nothing t
 hings that are\, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
  He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus\, whom God made our wisdom\,
  our righteousness and sanctification and redemption\; therefore\, as it is
  written\, "Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." When I came to you\, b
 rethren\, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty w
 ords or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ
  and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and tre
 mbling\; and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom
 \, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power\, that your faith might 
 not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: J
 ohn 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and y
 ou will seek me and die in your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." 
 Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am go
 ing\, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are from below\, I am from
  above\; you are of this world\, I am not of this world. I told you that yo
 u would die in your sins\, for you will die in your sins unless you believe
  that I am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Eve
 n what I have told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and
  much to judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I declare to the world wh
 at I have heard from him." They did not understand that he spoke to them of
  the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man\, then
  you will know that I am he\, and that I do nothing on my own authority but
  speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has
  not left me alone\, for I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke 
 thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Tuesday after Pascha\; Isidore the Martyr of Chios\; Holy Hieromar
 tyr Therapontus\; Holy New Martyrs Mark and John\; Leontius\, Patriarch of 
 Jerusalem\; Serapion the Holy Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:1-10\nIn th
 ose days\, while the apostles were speaking to the people\, the priests and
  the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them\, annoyed becau
 se they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection 
 from the dead. And they arrested them and put them in custody until the mor
 row\, for it was already evening. But many of those who heard the word beli
 eved\; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.\n\nOn the mor
 row their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem
 \, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander\, and all
  who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the mi
 dst\, they inquired\, "By what power or by what name did you do this?" Then
  Peter\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, said to them\, "Rulers of the people
  and elders\, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to
  a cripple\, by what means this man has been healed\, be it known to you al
 l\, and to all the people of Israel\, that by the name of Jesus Christ of N
 azareth\, whom you crucified\, whom God raised from the dead\, by him this 
 man is standing before you well."\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\,
  that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For 
 God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the w
 orld might be saved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned\; 
 he who does not believe is condemned already\, because he has not believed 
 in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment\, that the lig
 ht has come into the world\, and men loved darkness rather than light\, bec
 ause their deeds were evil. For every one who does evil hates the light\, a
 nd does not come to the light\, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he wh
 o does what is true comes to the light\, that it may be clearly seen that h
 is deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with ha
 ste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house 
 of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting o
 f Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho
 ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\
 , and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of you
 r greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blesse
 d is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken 
 to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, a
 nd my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate
  of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bl
 essed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his
  name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her
  home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies an
 d those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not asham
 ed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethre
 n\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I wi
 ll put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has 
 given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himsel
 f likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy
  him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all tho
 se who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely i
 t is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abrah
 am. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so tha
 t he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God
 \, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has
  suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\nIn those days\, Elizabeth the wife of Zachari
 as conceived and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord 
 had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach 
 among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a cit
 y of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was
  Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he ca
 me to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the Lord is with you! Blessed 
 are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying\, and cons
 idered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said 
 to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have found favor with God. And 
 behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son\, and you shall call
  his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be called the Son of the Most 
 High\; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David\, a
 nd he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\; and of his kingdom ther
 e will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "How shall this be\, since 
 I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "The Holy Spirit will come 
 upon you\, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you\; therefore t
 he child to be born will be called holy\, the Son of God.\n\nAnd behold\, y
 our kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son\; and this 
 is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing wil
 l be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am the handmaid of the Lord\;
  let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\; Symeon the New 
 Theologian\; Cosmas the Hymnographer\, Bishop of Maiuma\; Domnina the Marty
 r\; Wilfrid of York\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 1:20-27\nBrethren\, I s
 hall not be at all ashamed\, but that with full courage now as always Chris
 t will be honored in my body\, whether by life or by death. For to me to li
 ve is Christ\, and to die is gain. If it is to be life in the flesh\, that 
 means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am h
 ard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ\, fo
 r that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your 
 account. Convinced of this\, I know that I shall remain and continue with y
 ou all\, for your progress and joy in the faith\, so that in me you may hav
 e ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus\, because of my coming to you again.
  Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 9:7-11\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard of all that w
 as done by Jesus\, and he was perplexed\, because it was said by some that 
 John had been raised from the dead\, by some that Elijah had appeared\, and
  by others that one of the old prophets had risen. Herod said\, "John I beh
 eaded\; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to se
 e him. On their return the apostles told him what they had done. And he too
 k them and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida. When the crowds learn
 ed it\, they followed him\; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the k
 ingdom of God\, and cured those who had need of healing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fourth Saturday of Lent\; Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\; Theodo
 sios the Martyr\; Zoilos the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRETHREN\, we feel sure of better things th
 at belong to salvation. For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work a
 nd the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints\, as you st
 ill do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in reali
 zing the full assurance of hope until the end\, so that you may not be slug
 gish\, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the pr
 omises.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 7:31-37\nAt that time\, Jesus returned from
  the region of Tyre\, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee\, throug
 h the region of Dekapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and h
 ad an impediment in his speech\; and they besought him to lay his hand upon
  him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately\, he put his finger
 s into his ears\, and he spat and touched his tongue\; and looking up to he
 aven\, he sighed\, and said to him\, "Ephphatha\," that is\, "Be opened." A
 nd his ears were opened\, his tongue was released\, and he spoke plainly. A
 nd he charged them to tell no one\; but the more he charged them\, the more
  zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure\, sa
 ying\, "He has done all things well: he even makes the deaf hear and the du
 mb speak."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Syna
 xis of the 70 Holy Apostles\; Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, Abbot of C
 ucomo in Sicily\; Nikephoros the Leper\; Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios th
 e Notary\; Righteous Apollinaria the Senator\; Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euph
 emia\; Righteous Euthymios the Younger\; New Martyr Onuphrios\; Righteous E
 uthymios of Vatopedi\; Righteous John Scholarios\; Eustathios Archbishop of
  Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, G
 od has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\;
  because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We
  are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, bu
 t you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the prese
 nt hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, 
 and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when p
 ersecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have bec
 ome\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all th
 ings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my b
 eloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do no
 t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the g
 ospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18
 -28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom
  of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of Joh
 n\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who
  are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the C
 hrist." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am n
 ot." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\,
  "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say
  about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness
 \, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNo
 w they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you
  baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?"
  John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom
  you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I
  am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, wh
 ere John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metropolitan of Pentapolis\; Onesiphorus 
 and Porphyrius of Ephesus\; Matrona\, Abbess of Constantinople\; Theoktisti
  of the Isle of Lesbos\; Symeon the Translator\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 24:42-47\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not know on what day yo
 ur Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in wha
 t part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would 
 not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; f
 or the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is the f
 aithful and wise servant whom his master has set over his household\, to gi
 ve them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his mas
 ter when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set hi
 m over all his possessions."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren
 \, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that i
 s good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
  Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them
 . For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; bu
 t when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything t
 hat becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, a
 nd arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully t
 hen how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the t
 ime\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understa
 nd what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that 
 is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in p
 salms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord
  with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:25\, 5:1-12\nAt that tim
 e\, great crowds followed Jesus from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusale
 m and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. Seeing the crowds\, he went up on t
 he mountain\, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened
  his mouth and taught them\, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for 
 theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn\, for they sha
 ll be comforted. Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth. B
 lessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall b
 e satisfied. Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy. Blesse
 d are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemake
 rs\, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persec
 uted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed
  are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil 
 against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your reward is
  great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; Our Righteous Father Panagis (Pa
 isios) Basias\; Tarasios & John the Martyrs\; Sebastian the Wonderworker\; 
 Zenais the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 21:26-32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul t
 ook the men\, and the next day he purified himself with them and went into 
 the temple\, to give notice when the days of purification would be fulfille
 d and the offering presented for every one of them. When the seven days wer
 e almost completed\, the Jews from Asia\, who had seen him in the temple\, 
 stirred up all the crowd\, and laid hands on him\, crying out\, "Men of Isr
 ael\, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the peop
 le and the law and this place\; moreover he also brought Greeks into the te
 mple\, and he has defiled this holy place." For they had previously seen Tr
 ophimos the Ephesian with him in the city\, and they supposed that Paul had
  brought him into the temple. Then all the city was aroused\, and the peopl
 e ran together\; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple\, and a
 t once the gates were shut. And as they were trying to kill him\, word came
  to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. He at on
 ce took soldiers and centurions\, and ran down to them\; and when they saw 
 the tribune and the soldiers\, they stopped beating Paul.\n\nGospel Reading
 : John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "The hour is coming when w
 hoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do
  this because they have not known the Father\, nor me. But I have said thes
 e things to you\, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told y
 ou of them.\n\n"I did not say these things to you from the beginning\, beca
 use I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me\; yet none of you
  asks me\, 'Where are you going?' But because I have said these things to y
 ou\, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it i
 s to your advantage that I go away\, for if I do not go away\, the Counselo
 r will not come to you\; but if I go\, I will send him to you. And when he 
 comes\, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and jud
 gment: concerning sin\, because they do not believe in me\; concerning righ
 teousness\, because I go to the Father\, and you will see me no more\; conc
 erning judgment\, because the ruler of this world is judged.\n\n"I have yet
  many things to say to you\, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit 
 of truth comes\, he will guide you into all the truth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\; Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\; Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\; Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has ex
 hibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because 
 we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fool
 s for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are
  strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour w
 e hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we la
 bor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted
 \, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and
  are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I d
 o not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved ch
 ildren. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have ma
 ny fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I 
 urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to
  him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and
  Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him o
 f whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, t
 he son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of 
 Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael comin
 g to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no 
 guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\
 , "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you.
 "  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the K
 ing of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you un
 der the fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall see greater things than these
 ."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heave
 n opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of m
 an."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Epiphany\; Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Sa
 viour Jesus Christ\; Tatiana the Martyr of Rome\; Basil and John the Hierom
 artyrs\; Martyr Mertios\; Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\; Peter of Absalom\; B
 enedict\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the wee
 k\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and s
 aw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went 
 to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said
  to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know w
 here they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and
  they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran P
 eter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the line
 n cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, follow
 ing him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the na
 pkin\, which had been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but r
 olled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the to
 mb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not
  know the scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples w
 ent back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, g
 race was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. The
 refore it is said\, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives\, a
 nd he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He ascended\," what does it mean bu
 t that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who desc
 ended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens\, that he might fil
 l all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles\, some proph
 ets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, to equip the saints fo
 r the work of ministry\, for building up the body of Christ\, until we all 
 attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, t
 o mature manhood\, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:12-17\nAt that time\, when Jesus heard that J
 ohn had been arrested\, he withdrew into Galilee\; and leaving Nazareth he 
 went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea\, in the territory of Zebulun and Na
 phtali\, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Th
 e land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\, toward the sea\, across the Jo
 rdan\, Galilee of the Gentiles\, the people who sat in darkness have seen a
  great light\, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death ligh
 t has dawned."  From that time Jesus began to preach\, saying\, "Repent\, f
 or the kingdom of heaven is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\;
  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\; 
 Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Christos the New Martyr of Prevez
 is\; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: I Peter 1:1-25\;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to the ex
 iles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithyn
 ia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for
  obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:\n\nMay grace 
 and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord J
 esus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope thr
 ough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inheritance
  which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven for you\
 , who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be 
 revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\, though now for a little wh
 ile you may have to suffer various trials\, so that the genuineness of your
  faith\, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire\
 , may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Chri
 st. Without having known him you love him\; though you do not now see him y
 ou believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outc
 ome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.\n\nThe prophets w
 ho prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about
  this salvation\; they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Sp
 irit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the
  subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not thems
 elves but you\, in the things which have now been announced to you by those
  who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven
 \, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTherefore gird up your minds\,
  be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the
  revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do not be conformed to 
 the passions of your former ignorance\, but as he who called you is holy\, 
 be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since it is written\, "You shall b
 e holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as Father him who judges each on
 e impartially according to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear through
 out the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile
  ways inherited from your fathers\, not with perishable things such as silv
 er or gold\, but with the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a lamb wi
 thout blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world b
 ut was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you
  have confidence in God\, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory\,
  so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHaving purified your souls by y
 our obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love one an
 other earnestly from the heart. You have been born anew\, not of perishable
  seed but of imperishable\, through the living and abiding word of God\; fo
 r "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The 
 grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abides for 
 ever." That word is the good news which was preached to you.\n\nSo put away
  all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like ne
 wborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may grow up
  to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\n\nCome to hi
 m\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and pr
 ecious\; and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house\
 , to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
  through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “Behold\, I am laying 
 in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and he who believes i
 n him will not be put to shame.” To you therefore who believe\, he is pre
 cious\, but for those who do not believe\, “The very stone which the buil
 ders rejected has become the head of the corner\,” and “A stone that wi
 ll make men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”\; for they stumble
  because they disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. But you are a
  chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s own people\, t
 hat you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkne
 ss into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are God’
 s people\; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13-15\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bou
 nd in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. A
 gain I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, 
 it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are
  gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\nThen Peter came
  up and said to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my brother sin against me\, a
 nd I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him\, "I do not sa
 y to you seven times\, but seventy times seven."\n\nNow when Jesus had fini
 shed these sayings\, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Ju
 dea beyond the Jordan\; and large crowds followed him\, and he healed them 
 there.\n\nThen children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on 
 them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people\; but Jesus said\, "Let the
  children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kin
 gdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Sozon the Martyr\; Ka
 ssiani the Hymnographer\; John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\; Daniel Kato
 unakiotis of Smyrna\; Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\; John th
 e Wonderworker of Novgorod\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 2:6-9\nBrethre
 n\, among the mature we do impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisdom of t
 his age or of the rulers of this age\, who are doomed to pass away. But we 
 impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, which God decreed before the age
 s for our glorification. None of the rulers of this age understood this\; f
 or if they had\, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But\, as 
 it is written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of ma
 n conceived\, what God has prepared for those who love him."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mothe
 r more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more 
 than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow
  me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who lo
 ses his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me\, an
 d he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet be
 cause he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receive
 s a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous m
 an's reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of co
 ld water because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not los
 e his reward." And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples
 \, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\; Our Righteous Father Joseph\; Ic
 on of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebr
 ews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlig
 htened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publ
 icly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with th
 ose so treated.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully
  accepted the plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yoursel
 ves had a better possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw awa
 y your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of enduran
 ce\, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For
  yet a little while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; b
 ut my righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:27-
 33\, 42-51\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "As the lightning comes from t
 he east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of
  man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together.\n\
 n"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened\
 , and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will fall from heave
 n\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; then will appear the sig
 n of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will m
 ourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with
  power and great glory\; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpe
 t call\, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\, from one end 
 of heaven to the other.\n\n"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as 
 its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer 
 is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know that he is near
 \, at the very gates.\n\n"Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day
  your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in 
 what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and wou
 ld not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\
 ; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.\n\n"Who then i
 s the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has set over his househol
 d\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant who
 m his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he wi
 ll set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to him
 self\, 'My master is delayed\,' and begins to beat his fellow servants\, an
 d eats and drinks with the drunken\, the master of that servant will come o
 n a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know\, and w
 ill punish him\, and put him with the hypocrites\; there men will weep and 
 gnash their teeth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\; Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople (740)\; Eata of Hexham\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men
  who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to t
 he synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and govern
 ors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Sett
 le it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; 
 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries wil
 l be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by pare
 nts and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to
  death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of you
 r head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that
  is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses
  entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in su
 ffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entan
 gled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enliste
 d him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
  It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crop
 s. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in eve
 rything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from Da
 vid\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and we
 aring fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefo
 re I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtai
 n salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John
  15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, t
 o love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me bef
 ore it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\
 ; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\,
  therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A 
 servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will
  persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all
  this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who 
 sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; 
 but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father
  also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they
  would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Fathe
 r.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me
  without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to
  you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Fat
 her\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you
  have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep
  you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\,
  the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering servic
 e to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem\; Our Rig
 hteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones\; O
 ur Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; G
 eorge\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, Kanons\, and Troparia\n\
 nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifie
 s and those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not a
 shamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my bre
 thren\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "
 I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God 
 has given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he hi
 mself likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might des
 troy him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all
  those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For sure
 ly it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of A
 braham. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so
  that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of
  God\, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself
  has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, 
 an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take 
 the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell
  you\; for Herod is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he
  rose and took the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, 
 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the L
 ord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThe
 n Herod\, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a f
 urious rage\, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and
  in all that region who were two years old or under\, according to the time
  which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was sp
 oken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and lou
 d lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be console
 d\, because they were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of 
 the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the
  child and his mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought
  the child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\
 , and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned 
 over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and b
 eing warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went 
 and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets 
 might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Righteous\; John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusta
 thius\, Bishop of Antioch\; Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 4:1-11\nBeloved\, since Christ suffered in t
 he flesh for us\, arm yourselves with the same thought\, for whoever has su
 ffered in the flesh has ceased from sin\, so as to live for the rest of the
  time in the flesh no longer by human passions but by the will of God. Let 
 the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do\, livi
 ng in licentiousness\, passions\, drunkenness\, revels\, carousing\, and la
 wless idolatry. They are surprised that you do not now join them in the sam
 e wild profligacy\, and they abuse you\; but they will give account to him 
 who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is why the gospel w
 as preached even to the dead\, that though judged in the flesh like men\, t
 hey might live in the spirit like God.\n\nThe end of all things is at hand\
 ; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers. Above all hold unfailing 
 your love for one another\, since love covers a multitude of sins. Practice
  hospitality ungrudgingly to one another. As each has received a gift\, emp
 loy it for one another\, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever sp
 eaks\, as one who utters oracles of God\; whoever renders service\, as one 
 who renders it by the strength which God supplies\; in order that in everyt
 hing God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dom
 inion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:28-37\nAt that ti
 me\, one of the scribes came up to Jesus. Hearing the Sadducees disputing w
 ith him\, and seeing that he answered them well\, asked him\, "Which comman
 dment is the first of all?" Jesus answered\, "The first is\, 'Hear\, O Isra
 el: The Lord our God\, the Lord is one\; and you shall love the Lord your G
 od with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your mind\, 
 and with all your strength.' The second is this\, 'You shall love your neig
 hbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." And t
 he scribe said to him\, "You are right\, Teacher\; you have truly said that
  he is one\, and there is no other but he\; and to love him with all the he
 art\, and with all the understanding\, and with all the strength\, and to l
 ove one's neighbor as oneself\, is much more than all whole burnt offerings
  and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely\, he said to h
 im\, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared
  to ask him any question. And as Jesus taught in the temple\, he said\, "Ho
 w can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself\, 
 inspired by the Holy Spirit\, declared\,\n\n'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit
  at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under your feet.'\n\nDavid hims
 elf calls him Lord\; so how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him 
 gladly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Theodora the Righteous\; Pionios
  the Presbyter\; George the New Wonderworker of Constantinople\; Trophimos 
 and Thallos the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:7
 -16\nThus says the Lord: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house
  of Israel\, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he looked
  for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a 
 cry!  Woe to those who join house to house\, who add field to field\, until
  there is no more room\, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of th
 e land.  The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: "Surely many houses sha
 ll be desolate\, large and beautiful houses\, without inhabitant.  For ten 
 acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath\, and a homer of seed shall yiel
 d but an ephah."  Woe to those who rise early in the morning\, that they ma
 y run after strong drink\, who tarry late into the evening till wine inflam
 es them!  They have lyre and harp\, timbrel and flute and wine at their fea
 sts\; but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD\, or see the work of his
  hands.  Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge\; their ho
 nored men are dying of hunger\, and their multitude is parched with thirst.
   Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond mea
 sure\, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down\, her throng
  and he who exults in her.  Man is bowed down\, and men are brought low\, a
 nd the eyes of the haughty are humbled.  But the LORD of hosts is exalted i
 n justice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Genesis 4:8-15\n Cain said to Abel his brother\, "Let us g
 o out to the field." And when they were in the field\, Cain rose up against
  his brother Abel\, and killed him.  Then the LORD said to Cain\, "Where is
  Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do not know\; am I my brother's keeper?" 
  And the LORD said\, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood
  is crying to me from the ground.  And now you are cursed from the ground\,
  which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
   When you till the ground\, it shall no longer yield to you its strength\;
  you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."  Cain said to the LO
 RD\, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.  Behold\, thou hast driven 
 me this day away from the ground\; and from thy face I shall be hidden\; an
 d I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth\, and whoever finds me 
 will slay me."  Then the LORD said to him\, "Not so! If any one slays Cain\
 , vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Ca
 in\, lest any who came upon him should kill him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Proverbs 5:1-15\nMy son\, be attentive to my wisdom\, incline your ear to m
 y understanding\; that you may keep discretion\, and your lips may guard kn
 owledge.  For the lips of a loose woman drip honey\, and her speech is smoo
 ther than oil\; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood\, sharp as a two-e
 dged sword.  Her feet go down to death\; her steps follow the path to Sheol
 \; she does not take heed to the path of life\; her ways wander\, and she d
 oes not know it.\n\n  And now\, O sons\, listen to me\, and do not depart f
 rom the words of my mouth.  Keep your way far from her\, and do not go near
  the door of her house\; lest you give your honor to others and your years 
 to the merciless\; lest strangers take their fill of your strength\, and yo
 ur labors go to the house of an alien\; and at the end of your life you gro
 an\, when your flesh and body are consumed\, and you say\, "How I hated dis
 cipline\, and my heart despised reproof!  I did not listen to the voice of 
 my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.  I was at the point of utt
 er ruin in the assembled congregation."  Drink water from your own cistern\
 , flowing water from your own well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\; Xanthippe & Polyxene the Righ
 teous\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slav
 e and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to t
 he flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allego
 ry: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing childr
 en for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she cor
 responds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children
 . But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is writte
 n\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you
  who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many mor
 e than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:5-25
 \nAt that time\, in the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a priest 
 named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of the daug
 hters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous b
 efore God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blam
 eless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and both were
  advanced in years.\n\nNow while he was serving as priest before God when h
 is division was on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, it fe
 ll to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the 
 whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 
 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side o
 f the altar of incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, and
  fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zachar
 ias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a so
 n\, and you shall call his name John.\n\nAnd you will have joy and gladness
 \, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lor
 d\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled wit
 h the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of t
 he sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the 
 spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the child
 ren\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the
  Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I kn
 ow this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the a
 ngel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and
  I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\,
  you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things com
 e to pass\, because you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled 
 in their time." And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wonder
 ed at his delay in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to
  them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he
  made signs to them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was end
 ed\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\
 , and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to
  me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pelagia the Righteous\; Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; Phillip
 \, Bishop of Gortyna\; Taisia the Harlot of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:25-33\nBrethren\, husbands\,
  love your wives\, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her\,
  that he might sanctify her\, having cleansed her by the washing of water w
 ith the word\, that he might present the church to himself in splendor\, wi
 thout spot or wrinkle or any such thing\, that she might be holy and withou
 t blemish. Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He
  who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hates his own flesh\, bu
 t nourishes and cherishes it\, as Christ does the church\, because we are m
 embers of his body. "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mothe
 r and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh." This mys
 tery is a profound one\, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the c
 hurch\; however\, let each one of you love his wife as himself\, and let th
 e wife see that she respects her husband.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:46-49\,
  7:1\nThe Lord said\, "Why do you call me 'Lord\, Lord\,' and not do what I
  tell you? Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them\, I w
 ill show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house\, who dug d
 eep\, and laid the foundation upon rock\; and when a flood arose\, the stre
 am broke against that house\, and could not shake it\, because it had been 
 founded upon the rock. But he who hears and does not do them is like a man 
 who built a house on the ground without a foundation\; against which the st
 ream broke\, and immediately it fell\, and the ruin of that house was great
 ." After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he enter
 ed Capernaum.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\; Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-
 for-Christ\; Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\; 853 Martyrs of Thrace who w
 ere drowned\; Manuel the Righteous\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMa
 tins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Bewar
 e of men who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you
  up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings an
 d governors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimo
 ny. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to a
 nswer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversa
 ries will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even
  by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they wil
 l put to death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hai
 r of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\
 nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the gr
 ace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many w
 itnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Sha
 re in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service ge
 ts entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who
  enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to th
 e rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of 
 the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understandin
 g in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended
  from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am sufferin
 g and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered.
  Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also m
 ay obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command
  you\, to love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hate
 d me before it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love 
 its own\; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the
  world\, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to y
 ou\, 'A servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, t
 hey will persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also. 
  But all this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know 
 him who sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not hav
 e sin\; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates m
 y Father also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else di
 d\, they would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and 
 my Father.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They 
 hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall
  send to you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from
  the Father\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, bec
 ause you have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you
  to keep you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; 
 indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offerin
 g service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Luke\; The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Ananias\, 
 Apostle of the 70\; Romanos the Melodist\; John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the d
 ead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them\, "Peace
  be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that th
 ey saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do q
 uestionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I My
 self\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you se
 e that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His hands and Hi
 s feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said t
 o them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled 
 fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. Then He sai
 d to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was still wi
 th you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the proph
 ets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to unders
 tand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Chr
 ist should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repent
 ance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations\
 , beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\,
  I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city until you 
 are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far as Bethan
 y\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He 
 parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\,
  and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the Tem
 ple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:16-18\;7:1\nBrethren
 \, you are the temple of the living God\; as God said\, "I will live in the
 m and move among them\, and I will be their God\, and they shall be my peop
 le. Therefore come out from them\, and be separate from them\, says the Lor
 d\, and touch nothing unclean\; then I will welcome you\, and I will be a f
 ather to you\, and you shall be my sons and daughters\, says the Lord Almig
 hty."\n\nSince we have these promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselves 
 from every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the
  fear of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:31-36\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish
  that men would do to you\, do so to them. If you love those who love you\,
  what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And
  if you do good to those who do good to you\, what credit is that to you? F
 or even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to
  receive\, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, to re
 ceive as much again. But love your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, expec
 ting nothing in return\; and your reward will be great\, and you will be so
 ns of the Most High\; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be 
 merciful\, even as your Father is merciful."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Syna
 xis of the 70 Holy Apostles\; Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, Abbot of C
 ucomo in Sicily\; Nikephoros the Leper\; Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios th
 e Notary\; Righteous Apollinaria the Senator\; Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euph
 emia\; Righteous Euthymios the Younger\; New Martyr Onuphrios\; Righteous E
 uthymios of Vatopedi\; Righteous John Scholarios\; Eustathios Archbishop of
  Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, G
 od has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\;
  because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We
  are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, bu
 t you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the prese
 nt hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, 
 and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when p
 ersecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have bec
 ome\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all th
 ings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my b
 eloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do no
 t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the g
 ospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18
 -28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom
  of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of Joh
 n\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who
  are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the C
 hrist." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am n
 ot." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\,
  "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say
  about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness
 \, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNo
 w they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you
  baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?"
  John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom
  you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I
  am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, wh
 ere John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (Translated)\, Theophylact the Confessor\, Bi
 shop of Nicomedia\; Hermas the Apostle of the 70\; Dometios the Righteous\;
  Paul the Confessor\; Felix of Burgundy\, Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nWin
 e & Oil Allowed\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:1-10\nBRETHREN\, since we ar
 e surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every
  weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseveranc
 e the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfect
 er of our faith\, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross
 \, despising the shame\, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of G
 od. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself\, 
 so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against si
 n you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have y
 ou forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My son\, do not 
 regard lightly the discipline of the Lord\, nor lose courage when you are p
 unished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves\, and chastises 
 every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you have to endure. 
 God is treating you as sons\; for what son is there whom his father does no
 t discipline? If you are left without discipline\, in which all have partic
 ipated\, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this\, we
  have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we 
 not much more be subject to the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\
 nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a householder 
 who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After 
 agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vin
 eyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in th
 e marketplace\; and to them he said\, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and w
 hatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Going out again about the 
 sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. And about the eleventh hou
 r he went out and found others standing\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you
  stand here idle all day?' They said to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.
 ' He said to them\, 'You go into the vineyard too.' And when evening came\,
  the owner of the vineyard said to his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay
  them their wages\, beginning with the last\, up to the first.' And when th
 ose hired about the eleventh hour came\, each of them received a denarius. 
 Now when the first came\, they thought they would receive more\; but each o
 f them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the h
 ouseholder\, saying\, 'These last worked only one hour\, and you have made 
 them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching hea
 t.' But he replied to one of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did
  you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; 
 I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what
  I choose with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' 
 So the last will be first\, and the first last. For many are called\, but f
 ew are chosen."
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Prodigal Son\; Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\; F
 lavianos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Romanos the Younger\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to G
 alilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they sa
 w Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to the
 m\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefor
 e and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Fat
 her and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I h
 ave commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age
 . Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 6:12-20\nBrethren\, "all things 
 are lawful for me\," but not all things are helpful.  "All things are lawfu
 l for me\," but I will not be enslaved by anything.  "Food is meant for the
  stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God will destroy both one and the
  other.  The body is not meant for immorality\, but for the Lord\, and the 
 Lord for the body.  And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by hi
 s power.  Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?  Shall I 
 therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute?
   Never!  Do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes
  one body with her?  For\, as it is written\, "The two shall become one fle
 sh."  But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.  Shun i
 mmorality.  Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body\; but t
 he immoral man sins against his own body.  Do you not know that your body i
 s a temple of the Holy Spirit within you\, which you have from God?  You ar
 e not your own\; you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body
  and in your spirit which belong to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32\
 nThe Lord said this parable: "There was a man who had two sons\; and the yo
 unger of them said to his father\, 'Father\, give me the share of the prope
 rty that falls to me.'  And he divided his living between them.  Not many d
 ays later\, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a
  far country\, and there he squandered his property in loose living.  And w
 hen he had spent everything\, a great famine arose in that country\, and he
  began to be in want.  So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens
  of that country\, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.  And he woul
 d gladly have filled his belly with the pods that the swine ate\; and no on
 e gave him anything.  But when he came to himself he said\, 'How many of my
  father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare\, but I perish here
  with hunger!  I will arise and go to my father\, and I will say to him\, '
 Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before you\; I am no longer worth
 y to be called your son\; treat me as one of your hired servants.'  And he 
 arose and came to his father.  But while he was yet at a distance\, his fat
 her saw him and had compassion\, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.  
 And the son said to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before
  you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'  But the father said t
 o his servants\, 'Bring quickly the best robe\, and put it on him\; and put
  a ring on his hand\, and shoes on his feet\; and bring the fatted calf and
  kill it\, and let us eat and make merry\; for this my son was dead\, and i
 s alive again\; he was lost\, and is found.'  And they began to make merry.
   Now his elder son was in the field\; and as he came and drew near to the 
 house\, he heard music and dancing.  And he called one of the servants and 
 asked what this meant.  And he said to him\, 'Your brother has come\, and y
 our father has killed the fatted calf\, because he has received him safe an
 d sound.'  But he was angry and refused to go in.  His father came out and 
 entreated him\, but he answered his father\, 'Lo\, these many years I have 
 served you\, and I never disobeyed your command\; yet you never gave me a k
 id\, that I might make merry with my friends.  But when this son of yours c
 ame\, who has devoured your living with harlots\, you killed for him the fa
 tted calf!'  And he said to him\, 'Son\, you are always with me\, and all t
 hat is mine is yours.  It was fitting to make merry and be glad\, for this 
 your brother was dead\, and is alive\; he was lost\, and is found.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\; Xanthippe & Polyxene the Righ
 teous\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slav
 e and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to t
 he flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allego
 ry: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing childr
 en for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she cor
 responds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children
 . But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is writte
 n\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you
  who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many mor
 e than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:5-25
 \nAt that time\, in the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a priest 
 named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of the daug
 hters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous b
 efore God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blam
 eless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and both were
  advanced in years.\n\nNow while he was serving as priest before God when h
 is division was on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, it fe
 ll to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the 
 whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 
 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side o
 f the altar of incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, and
  fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zachar
 ias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a so
 n\, and you shall call his name John.\n\nAnd you will have joy and gladness
 \, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lor
 d\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled wit
 h the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of t
 he sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the 
 spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the child
 ren\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the
  Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I kn
 ow this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the a
 ngel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and
  I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\,
  you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things com
 e to pass\, because you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled 
 in their time." And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wonder
 ed at his delay in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to
  them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he
  made signs to them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was end
 ed\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\
 , and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to
  me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/31/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stachys\, Andrew\, Amplias\, Apelles\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus
  of the 70\; Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria\, Egypt\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you
  our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, that you may 
 receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in whatever she
  may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as 
 well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, who ris
 ked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all the churches 
 of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in their house. Greet m
 y beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ. Greet M
 ary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsm
 en and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among the apostles\, and 
 they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Gr
 eet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet A
 pelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of
  Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong
  to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina an
 d Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the Lord. Gre
 et Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos
 \, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are with the
 m. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all
  the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the 
 churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:47-54\; 12:1\nThe 
 Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you! for you build the 
 tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. So you are witnesses and co
 nsent to the deeds of your fathers\; for they killed them\, and you build t
 heir tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said\, 'I will send them proph
 ets and apostles\, some of whom they will kill and persecute\,' that the bl
 ood of all the prophets\, shed from the foundation of the world\, may be re
 quired of this generation\, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharia
 s\, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes\, I tell you\, it
  shall be required of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! for you have tak
 en away the key of knowledge\; you did not enter yourselves\, and you hinde
 red those who were entering." As he went away from there\, the scribes and 
 the Pharisees began to press him hard\, and to provoke him to speak of many
  things\, lying in wait for him\, to catch at something he might say. In th
 e meantime\, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together 
 that they trod upon one another\, he began to say to his disciples first\, 
 "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees\, which is hypocrisy."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The
  Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
  - Mediatress\; Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokalyvia\, Mount Athos\; Hilar
 y of Poitiers\; Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians
  6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might
 .  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against th
 e wiles of the devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, 
 but against the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world rul
 ers of this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in
  the heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may
  be able to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  St
 and\, therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put on t
 he breastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipm
 ent of the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith
 \, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And ta
 ke the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the wor
 d of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-11\nAt that time\, Jesus was led u
 p by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  And he fas
 ted forty days and forty nights\, and afterward he was hungry.  And the tem
 pter came and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command these ston
 es to become loaves of bread."  But he answered\, "It is written\, 'Man sha
 ll not live by bread alone\, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth
  of God.'"  Then the devil took him to the holy city\, and set him on the p
 innacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, thro
 w yourself down\; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of yo
 u\,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot 
 against a stone.'"  Jesus said to him\, "Again\, it is written\, 'You shall
  not tempt the Lord your God.'"  Again\, the devil took him to a very high 
 mountain\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of th
 em\; and he said to him\, "All these I will give you\, if you will fall dow
 n and worship me."  Then Jesus said to him\, "Be gone\, Satan! for it is wr
 itten\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'
 "  Then the devil left him\, and behold\, angels came and ministered to him
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Saturday\; Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\; Christodulus the Wo
 nderworker of Patmos\; Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\; Julian the Martyr
 \; Romanos the Hieromartyr of Parium\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish A
 llowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit 
 of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, fait
 hfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And t
 hose who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions 
 and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  L
 et us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one a
 nother.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spi
 ritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, le
 st you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law
  of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-13\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of p
 racticing your piety before men in order to be seen by them\; for then you 
 will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.\n\n"Thus\, when you 
 give alms\, sound no trumpet before you\, as the hypocrites do in the synag
 ogues and in the streets\, that they may be praised by men.  Truly\, I say 
 to you\, they have received their reward.  But when you give alms\, do not 
 let your left hand know what your right hand is doing\, so that your alms m
 ay be in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"A
 nd when you pray\, you must not be like the hypocrites\; for they love to s
 tand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners\, that they may b
 e seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  Bu
 t when you pray\, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Fath
 er who is in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n
 \n"And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do\; for the
 y think they will be heard for their many words.  Do not be like them\, for
  your Father knows what you need before you ask him.  Pray then like this:\
 n\nOur Father who are in heaven\,\n Hallowed be your name\,\n Your kingdom 
 come\,\n Your will be done\,\n On earth as it is in heaven.\n Give us this 
 day our daily bread\,\n And forgive us our debts\,\n As we also have forgiv
 en our debtors\;\n And lead us not into temptation\,\n But deliver us from 
 evil.\n For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory\, for ever.\n 
 Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/04/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Barbara the Great Martyr\; John the Righteous of Damascus\; New Hierom
 artyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\; Juliana the Martyr of Hel
 iopolis\; Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to 
 America\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 25:1-1
 3\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be compared to
  ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of 
 them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lam
 ps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil with thei
 r lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slept. But 
 at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to meet hi
 m.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish sa
 id to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going out.' 
 But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you
 \; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they went to
  buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with him to t
 he marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came
  also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly\, I sa
 y to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neither the d
 ay nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Reading: Gal
 atians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined unde
 r the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that th
 e law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by f
 aith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; fo
 r in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of y
 ou as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew no
 r Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor femal
 e\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you
  are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir
 \, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the 
 owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the 
 date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves
  to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come
 \, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redee
 m those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jes
 us and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of bloo
 d for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and 
 had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She h
 ad heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and 
 touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall
  be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her
  body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself
  that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd
 \, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "Y
 ou see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'"
  And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what 
 had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\
 , and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith
  has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Luke the Monk of Ta
 ormina\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 8:1-6\nBrethren\, we have such a high pr
 iest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in 
 heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not 
 by man but by the Lord. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts a
 nd sacrifices\; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have somethin
 g to offer. Now if he were on earth\, he would not be a priest at all\, sin
 ce there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. They serve a cop
 y and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary\; for when Moses was about to erect 
 the tent\, he was instructed by God\, saying\, "See that you make everythin
 g according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain." But as it 
 is\, he has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the ol
 d as the covenant he mediates is better\, since it is enacted on better pro
 mises.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord said to His disciples\, "E
 very one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of Man also will acknowle
 dge before the angels of God\; but he who denies me before men will be deni
 ed before the angels of God.  And every one who speaks a word against the S
 on of Man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit 
 will not be forgiven.  And when they bring you before the synagogues and th
 e rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious how or what you are to ans
 wer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that ver
 y hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250718
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)\; Veronika & Speratos the Mart
 yrs\; Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia\; Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were co
 nfined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.
  So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be jus
 tified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a cus
 todian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For a
 s many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is nei
 ther Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither mal
 e nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's
 \, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean th
 at the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though
  he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees
  until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we 
 were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had
  fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law
 \, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adopti
 on as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd f
 ollowed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a f
 low of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physic
 ians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew w
 orse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the
  crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garment
 s\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she 
 felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving
  in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about i
 n the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said 
 to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who to
 uched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, kn
 owing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down 
 before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\,
  your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease
 ."\n\n
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SUMMARY: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Thursday after Pascha\; Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\
 ; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife of Cleopas\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:26-39\n
 In those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, "Rise and go toward t
 he south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a dese
 rt road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a min
 ister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in charge of all her treas
 ure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning\; seated in his ch
 ariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip\, 
 "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, and heard him reading
  Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
  And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?" And he invited Phil
 ip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the scripture which he w
 as reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its 
 shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was
  denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from
  the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About whom\, pray\, does the 
 prophet say this\, about himself or about some one else?" Then Philip opene
 d his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news o
 f Jesus. And as they went along the road they came to some water\, and the 
 eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?" 
 And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your heart\, you may." And he re
 plied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." And he commanded t
 he chariot to stop\, and they both went down into the water\, Philip and th
 e eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water\, th
 e Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch saw him no more\, an
 d went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:40-44\nThe Lord said
  to the Jews who believed in him: "This is the will of my Father\, that eve
 ry one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life\; and 
 I will raise him up at the last day." The Jews then murmured at him\, becau
 se he said\, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." They said\, "Is 
 not this Jesus\, the son of Joseph\, whose father and mother we know? How d
 oes he now say\, 'I have come down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them\, "Do
  not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who s
 ent me draws him\; and I will raise him up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)\; Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop 
 of Smyrna\; Proterios\, Archbishop of Alexandria\; Gorgonia the Righteous\,
  sister of Gregory the Theologian\; Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\; 
 Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhe
 n the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James and 
 Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very e
 arly on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had ri
 sen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone fo
 r us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone w
 as rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a youn
 g man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were a
 mazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth
 \, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place where t
 hey laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before
  you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they went o
 ut and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon th
 em\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 8:8-13\;9:1-2\nBrethren\, food will not commend us to G
 od.  We are no worse off if we do not eat\, and no better off if we do.  On
 ly take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to
  the weak.  For if any one sees you\, a man of knowledge\, at table in an i
 dol's temple\, might he not be encouraged\, if his conscience is weak\, to 
 eat food offered to idols?  And so by your knowledge this weak man is destr
 oyed\, the brother for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sinning against your breth
 ren and wounding their conscience when it is weak\, you sin against Christ.
   Therefore\, if food is a cause of my brother's falling\, I will never eat
  meat\, lest I cause my brother to fall.\n\nAm I not free?  Am I not an apo
 stle?  Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?  Are not you my workmanship in the L
 ord?  If to others I am not an apostle\, at least I am to you\; for you are
  the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:31-
 46\nThe Lord said\, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the hol
 y angels with him\, then he will sit on his glorious throne.  Before him wi
 ll be gathered all the nations\, and he will separate them one from another
  as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats\, and he will place the s
 heep at his right hand\, but the goats at the left.  Then the king will say
  to those at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my Father\, inherit the 
 kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world\; for I was hungr
 y and you gave me food\, I was thirsty and you gave me drink\, I was a stra
 nger and you welcomed me\, I was naked and you clothed me\, I was sick and 
 you visited me\, I was in prison and you came to me.'  Then the righteous w
 ill answer him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry and feed you\, or thirs
 ty and give you drink?  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you\
 , or naked and clothe you?  And when did we see you sick or in prison and v
 isit you?'  And the King will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you 
 did it to one of the least of these my brethren\, you did it to me.'  Then 
 he will say to those at his left hand\, 'Depart from me\, you cursed\, into
  the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels\; for I was hungry 
 and you gave me no food\, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink\, I was a 
 stranger and you did not welcome me\, naked and you did not clothe me\, sic
 k and in prison and you did not visit me.'  Then they also will answer\, 'L
 ord\, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick 
 or in prison\, and did not minister to you?'  Then he will answer them\, 'T
 ruly\, I say to you\, as you did it not to one of the least of these\, you 
 did it not to me.'  And they will go away into eternal punishment\, but the
  righteous into eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\; Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\nStrict
  Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:18-23\nBret
 hren\, Christ is the head of the body\, the church\; he is the beginning\, 
 the first-born from the dead\, that in everything he might be preeminent. F
 or in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell\, and through him to
  reconcile to himself all things\, whether on earth or in heaven\, making p
 eace by the blood of his cross. And you\, who once were estranged and hosti
 le in mind\, doing evil deeds\, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh 
 by his death\, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachabl
 e before him\, provided that you continue in the fight\, stable and steadfa
 st\, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard\, which has b
 een preached to every creature under heaven\, and of which I\, Paul\, becam
 e a minister.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:9-13\nThe Lord said to his discipl
 es\, "Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, a
 nd it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives\, and he who se
 eks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened. What father among you\
 , if his son asks for bread\, will give him a stone\; or if he asks for a f
 ish\, will instead of a fish give him a serpent\; or if he asks for an egg\
 , will give him a scorpion? If you then\, who are evil\, know how to give g
 ood gifts to your children\, how much more will the heavenly Father give th
 e Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Anastasia the Martyr of Rome
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn\; The Holy Martyr Eupsychius o
 f Caesarea\; Raphael\, Nicholas\, Irene\, & Olympias of Mytilene\; Vadim th
 e Righteous of Persia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship 
 and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in whic
 h were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is ca
 lled the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy
  of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant
  covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the 
 manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; abov
 e it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these thin
 gs we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\
 , the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual 
 duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a 
 year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the
  errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\
 , Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah
 \, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when E
 lizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Eli
 zabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, 
 "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And w
 hy is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For b
 ehold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my wo
 mb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fu
 lfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "M
 y soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for h
 e has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth al
 l generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great th
 ings for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three
  months\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sisoes the Great\; Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\; L
 oukia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\; Juliana the
  Virgin-martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 3:19-24\nBrethren\, we know that 
 whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law\, so that ev
 ery mouth may be stopped\, and the whole world may be held accountable to G
 od. For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law\,
  since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of
  God has been manifested apart from law\, although the law and the prophets
  bear witness to it\, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Chris
 t for all who believe. For there is no distinction\; since all have sinned 
 and fall short of the glory of God\, they are justified by his grace as a g
 ift\, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 7:1-8\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, that you be not judged. For with
  the judgment you pronounce you will be judged\, and the measure you give w
 ill be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brothe
 r's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you
  say to your brother\, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye\,' when there
  is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your
  own eye\, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brot
 her's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy\; and do not throw your pearls bef
 ore swine\, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you. Ask\,
  and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it will 
 be opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who seeks finds\
 , and to him who knocks it will be opened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\; Manuel the New Martyr of Crete\;
  Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bishop of Britain\n\nFast Day (D
 airy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Zechariah 8:7-17\
 n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Behold\, I will save my people from the eas
 t country and from the west country\; and I will bring them to dwell in the
  midst of Jerusalem\; and they shall be my people and I will be their God\,
  in faithfulness and in righteousness."\n\nThus says the Lord of hosts:  "L
 et your hands be strong\, you who in these days have been hearing these wor
 ds from the mouth of the prophets\, since the day that the foundation of th
 e house of the Lord of hosts was laid\, that the temple might be built.  Fo
 r before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast\, neith
 er was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in\; for 
 I set every man against his fellow.  But now I will not deal with the remna
 nt of this people as in the former days\, says the Lord of hosts.  For ther
 e shall be a sowing of peace\; the vine shall yield its fruit\, and the gro
 und shall give its increase\, and the heavens shall give their dew\; and I 
 will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.  And as 
 you have been a byword of cursing among the nations\, O house of Judah and 
 house of Israel\, so will I save you and you shall be a blessing.  Fear not
 \, but let your hands be strong."\n\nFor thus says the Lord of hosts:  "As 
 I purposed to do evil to you\, when your fathers provoked me to wrath\, and
  I did not relent\, says the Lord of hosts\,  so again have I purposed in t
 hese days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah\; fear not.  Th
 ese are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another\, rend
 er in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace\, do not devise
  evil in your hearts against one another\, and love no false oath\, for all
  these things I hate\, says the Lord."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Zechariah 
 8:19-23\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  The fast of the fourth month\, and 
 the fast of the fifth\, and the fast of the seventh\, and the fast of the t
 enth\, shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness\, and che
 erful feasts\; therefore love truth and peace.\n\n"Thus says the Lord of ho
 sts:  Peoples shall yet come\, even the inhabitants of many cities\; the in
 habitants of one city shall go to another\, saying\, 'Let us go at once to 
 entreat the favor of the Lord\, and to seek the Lord of hosts\; I am going.
 '  Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in 
 Jerusalem\, and to entreat the favor of the Lord.  Thus says the Lord of ho
 sts:  In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hol
 d of the robe of a Jew\, saying\, 'Let us go with you\, for we have heard t
 hat God is with you.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\; Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Martin\, Bishop of Tour
 s\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second 
 Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will als
 o reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 
 Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under comp
 ulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you wit
 h every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enough of every
 thing and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is written\, 
 "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for 
 ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and
  multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. Yo
 u will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which through us wil
 l produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a 
 hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, bu
 t on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so s
 hine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to your 
 Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and
  the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For t
 ruly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a
  dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then rela
 xes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be ca
 lled least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them
  shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ephraim the Syrian\; Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\; James the 
 Righteous\; Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\; Theodosius of Totma\; Grace t
 he Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the frui
 t of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, fa
 ithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And
  those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passion
 s and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit. 
  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one
  another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are s
 piritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, 
 lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the l
 aw of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood o
 n a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude
  of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\
 , who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who w
 ere troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to 
 touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lift
 ed up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for you
 rs is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall 
 be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blesse
 d are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, an
 d cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in th
 at day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity Fast Begins\; Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confe
 ssors of Edessa\; Thomas II the New\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:1-7\nBrethren\, I want you to know 
 how greatly I strive for you\, and for those at Laodicea\, and for all who 
 have not seen my face\, that their hearts may be encouraged as they are kni
 t together in love\, to have all the riches of assured understanding and th
 e knowledge of God's mystery\, of Christ\, in whom are hid all the treasure
 s of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you w
 ith beguiling speech. For though I am absent in body\, yet I am with you in
  spirit\, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith i
 n Christ. As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord\, so live in him\
 , rooted and built up in him and established in the faith\, just as you wer
 e taught\, abounding in thanksgiving.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:15-18\; 17
 :1-4\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "You are those who justif
 y yourselves before men\, but God knows your hearts\; for what is exalted a
 mong men is an abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets we
 re until John\; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached\
 , and every one enters it violently. But it is easier for heaven and earth 
 to pass away\, than for one dot of the law to become void. Every one who di
 vorces his wife and marries another commits adultery\, and he who marries a
  woman divorced from her husband commits adultery." \n\n And he said to his
  disciples\, "Temptations to sin are sure to come\; but woe to him by whom 
 they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his ne
 ck and he were cast into the sea\, than that he should cause one of these l
 ittle ones to sin. Take heed to yourselves\; if your brother sins\, rebuke 
 him\, and if he repents\, forgive him\; and if he sins against you seven ti
 mes in the day\, and turns to you seven times\, and says\, 'I repent\,' you
  must forgive him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\; Marinos the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Colossians 4:5-11\,14-18\nBrethren\, conduct yourselves wisely toward
  outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be graciou
 s\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know how you ought to answer every
  one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs\; he is a beloved brother
  and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to y
 ou for this very purpose\, that you may know how we are and that he may enc
 ourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful and beloved broth
 er\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has ta
 ken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin 
 of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions if he comes to 
 you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men
  of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and t
 hey have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet y
 ou. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and to Nympha and the c
 hurch in her house. And when this letter has been read among you\, have it 
 read also in the church of the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the 
 letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the mini
 stry which you have received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting w
 ith my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you he
 ars me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects 
 him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the
  demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan
  fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tr
 ead upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and
  nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spi
 rits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven
 ." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you
 \, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things fr
 om the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, f
 or such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\, & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamu
 s\; Benjamin the Deacon\; Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece\; Meletios of Pe
 gas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Florentios the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Hie
 romartyr Jacob of Hamatoura\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 
 1:27-30\;2:1-4\nBrethren\, let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel 
 of Christ\, so that whether I come and see you or am absent\, I may hear of
  you that you stand firm in one spirit\, with one mind striving side by sid
 e for the faith of the gospel\, and not frightened in anything by your oppo
 nents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction\, but of your salv
 ation\, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake
  of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake\
 , engaged in the same conflict which you saw and now hear to be mine. So if
  there is any encouragement in Christ\, any incentive of love\, any partici
 pation in the Spirit\, any affection and sympathy\, complete my joy by bein
 g of the same mind\, having the same love\, being in full accord and of one
  mind. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit\, but in humility count other
 s better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interest
 s but also to the interests of others.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:12-18\nAt 
 that time\, the twelve disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Send the 
 crowd away\, to go into the villages and country round about\, to lodge and
  get provisions\; for we are here in a lonely place." But he said to them\,
  "You give them something to eat." They said\, "We have no more than five l
 oaves and two fish -- unless we are to go and buy food for all these people
 ." For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples\, "
 Make them sit down in companies\, about fifty each." And they did so\, and 
 made them all sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish he look
 ed up to heaven\, and blessed and broke them\, and gave them to the discipl
 es to set before the crowd. And all ate and were satisfied. And they took u
 p what was left over\, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Now it happened tha
 t as he was praying alone the disciples were with him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord\; Holy Martyr Zosima
 \; Our Righteous Father Zenonus\; Paisius the Great of Egypt\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Jude 1:1-25\nJUDE\, a servant of J
 esus Christ\, and brother of James\, To those who are called\, beloved in G
 od the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy\, peace\, and love be mu
 ltiplied to you. Beloved\, being very eager to write to you of our common s
 alvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for th
 e faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has b
 een secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnat
 ion\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness 
 and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I desire to remind 
 you\, though you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord saved a p
 eople out of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not beli
 eve. And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their pro
 per dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom un
 til the judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surr
 ounding cities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural l
 ust\, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet i
 n like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reject author
 ity\, and revile the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael\, conten
 ding with the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did not presume
  to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord rebuke yo
 u." But these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by those thi
 ngs that they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are destroyed. 
 Woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and abandon themsel
 ves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah's rebellio
 n. These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carouse togethe
 r\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along by winds\; 
 fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the 
 sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars for whom the
  nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever. It was of these also 
 that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "Behol
 d\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on all\, and 
 to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they hav
 e committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things which ungo
 dly sinners have spoken against him." These are grumblers\, malcontents\, f
 ollowing their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering people to 
 gain advantage. But you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions of the ap
 ostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "in the last time ther
 e will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions." It is these who
  set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit. But you\, belove
 d\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\;
  keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ unto eternal life. And convince some\, who doubt\; save some\, by sn
 atching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hating even t
 he garment spotted by the flesh. Now to him who is able to keep you from fa
 lling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory w
 ith rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\
 , be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time and now a
 nd for ever. Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:21-24\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "He who has my commandments and keeps them\,  he it is who love
 s me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\,  and I will love hi
 m and manifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot)  said to him\, "Lord\, 
 how is it that you will manifest yourself to us\, and  not to the world?" J
 esus answered him\, "If a man loves me\, he will keep  my word\, and my Fat
 her will love him\, and we will come to him and make  our home with him. He
  who does not love me does not keep my words\; and  the word which you hear
  is not mine but the Father's who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs in the Quarter 
 of Eugenius\; Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus\; Anthousa the
  Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 4:12-19\;5:1-5\nBELOV
 ED\, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove 
 you\, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in so 
 far as you share Christ's sufferings\, that you may also rejoice and be gla
 d when his glory is revealed. If you are reproached for the name of Christ\
 , you are blessed\, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 
 But let none of you suffer as a murderer\, or a thief\, or a wrongdoer\, or
  a mischiefmaker\; yet if one suffers as a Christian\, let him not be asham
 ed\, but under that name let him glorify God. For the time has come for jud
 gment to begin with the household of God\; and if it begins with us\, what 
 will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? And "if the rig
 hteous man is scarcely saved\, where will the impious and sinner appear?" T
 herefore let those who suffer according to God's will do right and entrust 
 their souls to a faithful Creator.\n\nSo I exhort the elders among you\, as
  a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a part
 aker in the glory that is to be revealed. Tend the flock of God that is you
 r charge\, not by constraint but willingly\, not for shameful gain but eage
 rly\, not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to th
 e flock. And when the chief Shepherd is manifested you will obtain the unfa
 ding crown of glory. Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders
 . Clothe yourselves\, all of you\, with humility toward one another\, for "
 God opposes the proud\, but gives grace to the humble."\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Mark 12:38-44\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go abou
 t in long robes\, and to have salutations in the market places and the best
  seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour wid
 ows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the gre
 ater condemnation." And he sat down opposite the treasury\, and watched the
  multitude putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large s
 ums. And a poor widow came\, and put in two copper coins\, which make a pen
 ny. And he called his disciples to him\, and said to them\, "Truly\, I say 
 to you\, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributin
 g to the treasury. For they all contributed out of their abundance\; but sh
 e out of her poverty has put in everything she had\, her whole living."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\
 ; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\; Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\nFast Da
 y (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Jude 1:1-10\nJude\,
  a servant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of James\,\n\nTo those who are cal
 led\, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:\n\nMay mercy\, p
 eace\, and love be multiplied to you.\n\nBeloved\, being very eager to writ
 e to you of our common salvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing 
 to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the sai
 nts.  For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were desi
 gnated for this condemnation\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our
  God into licentiousness and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ
 .\n\nNow I desire to remind you\, though you were once for all fully inform
 ed\, that the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt\, afterward dest
 royed those who did not believe.  And the angels that did not keep their ow
 n position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal 
 chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day\; just as So
 dom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities\, which likewise acted immorall
 y and indulged in unnatural lust\, serve as an example by undergoing a puni
 shment of eternal fire.\n\nYet in like manner these men in their dreamings 
 defile the flesh\, reject authority\, and revile the glorious ones.  But wh
 en the archangel Michael\, contending with the devil\, disputed about the b
 ody of Moses\, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him
 \, but said\, "The Lord rebuke you."  But these men revile whatever they do
  not understand\, and by those things that they know by instinct as irratio
 nal animals\, they are destroyed. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 22:39-42\, 45-71
 \; 23:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus came out\, he went\, as was his custom\,
  to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.  And when he came
  to the place he said to them\, "Pray that you may not enter into temptatio
 n."  And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw\, and knelt down and p
 rayed\, "Father\, if you are willing\, remove this cup from me\; neverthele
 ss not my will\, but yours\, be done."  And when he rose from prayer\, he c
 ame to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow\, and he said to th
 em\, "Why do you sleep?  Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptati
 on."\n\nWhile he was still speaking\, there came a crowd\, and the man call
 ed Judas\, one of the twelve\, was leading them.  He drew near to Jesus to 
 kiss him\; but Jesus said to him\, "Judas\, would you betray the Son of man
  with a kiss?"  And when those who were about him saw what would follow\, t
 hey said\, "Lord\, shall we strike with the sword?"  And one of them struck
  the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.  But Jesus said\, 
 "No more of this!"  And he touched his ear and healed him.  Then Jesus said
  to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders\, who had come 
 out against him\, "Have you come out as against a robber\, with swords and 
 clubs?  When I was with you day after day in the temple\, you did not lay h
 ands on me.  But this is your hour\, and the power of darkness."\n\nThen th
 ey seized him and led him away\, bringing him into the high priest's house.
   Peter followed at a distance\; and when they had kindled a fire in the mi
 ddle of the courtyard and sat down together\, Peter sat among them.  Then a
  maid\, seeing him as he sat in the light and gazing at him\, said\, "This 
 man also was with him."  But he denied it\, saying "Woman\, I do not know h
 im."  And a little later someone else saw him and said\, "You also are one 
 of them."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I am not."  And after an interval of abo
 ut an hour still another insisted\, saying\, "Certainly this man also was w
 ith him\; for he is a Galilean."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I do not know wha
 t you are saying."  And immediately\, while he was still speaking\, the coc
 k crowed.  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.  And Peter remembered t
 he word of the Lord\, how he had said to him\, "Before the cock crows today
 \, you will deny me three times."  And he went out and wept bitterly.\n\nNo
 w the men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him\; they also blindf
 olded him and asked him\, "Prophesy!  Who is it that struck you?"  And they
  spoke many other words against him\, reviling him.\n\nWhen day came\, the 
 assembly of the elders of the people gathered together\, both chief priests
  and scribes\; and they led him away to their council\, and they said\, "If
  you are the Christ\, tell us."  But he said to them\, "If I tell you\, you
  will not believe\; and if I ask you\, you will not answer.  But from now o
 n the Son of man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God."  A
 nd they all said\, "Are you the Son of God\, then?"  And he said to them\, 
 "You say that I am."  And they said\, "What further testimony do we need?  
 We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."\n\nThen the whole company of
  them arose\, and brought him before Pilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Basil the Great\, A
 rchbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\; Emmelia\, Mother of Basil the Great\,
  Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\; Gregory\, Bishop of Na
 nzianzos\, Father of Gregory the Theologian\; Peter the New Martyr of the P
 eloponnesos\; Theodotos the Martyr\; Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\; Tele
 machos the Martyr\; Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the d
 oor but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but h
 e who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeepe
 r opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and
  leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\
 , and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will 
 not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice o
 f strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understan
 d what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thi
 eves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any 
 one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastu
 re."\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:8-12\nBRETHREN\, see to it that no on
 e makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit\, according to human t
 radition\, according to the elemental spirits of the universe\, and not acc
 ording to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily\, and
  you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is the head of all rule and 
 authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made withou
 t hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ\; 
 and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which you were also raised wit
 h him through faith in the working of God\, who raised him from the dead.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\nAt that time\, the shepherds return
 ed\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen\, as it ha
 d been told them. And at the end of eight days\, when he was circumcised\, 
 he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he was conceived i
 n the womb. And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and
  the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every yea
 r at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old\, they wen
 t up according to custom\; and when the feast was ended\, as they were retu
 rning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know 
 it\, but supposing him to be in the company they went a day's journey\, and
  they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances\; and when they did
  not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeking him. After three days\
 , they found him in the temple\, sitting among the teachers\, listening to 
 them and asking them questions\; and all who heard him were amazed at his u
 nderstanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were astonished\; 
 and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you treated us so? Behold\, yo
 ur father and I have been looking for you anxiously." And he said to them\,
  "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Fathe
 r's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. 
 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, and was obedient to them\
 ; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
  wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and man.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\; Saint Vincent of Lerins\; Meletio
 s the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\; Gregory\, Archbishop of Novgorod\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:25\;13.1-12\nIn those days\, Barnabas and Saul 
 returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission\, bringing wi
 th them John whose other name was Mark. Now in the Church at Antioch there 
 were prophets and teachers\, Barnabas\, Simeon who was called Niger\, Luciu
 s of Cyrene\, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch\, and Saul
 . While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting\, the Holy Spirit said\,
  "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called th
 em." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent 
 them off. So\, being sent out by the Holy Spirit\, they went down to Seleuc
 ia\; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis\, t
 hey proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had 
 John to assist them. When they had gone through the whole island as far as 
 Paphos\, they came upon a certain magician\, a Jewish false prophet\, named
  Bar-Jesus. He was with the proconsul\, Sergius Paulus\, a man of intellige
 nce\, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. Bu
 t Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them\
 , seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. But Saul\, who is also
  called Paul\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, looked intently at him and sai
 d\, "You son of the devil\, you enemy of all righteousness\, full of all de
 ceit and villainy\, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of 
 the Lord? And now\, behold\, the hand of the Lord is upon you\, and you sha
 ll be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and dar
 kness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by the han
 d. Then the proconsul believed\, when he saw what had occurred\, for he was
  astonished at the teaching of the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:51-59\nT
 he Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death." The Jews said to him\,
  "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died\, as did the prophets\; a
 nd you say\, 'If any one keeps my word\, he will never taste death.' Are yo
 u greater than our father Abraham\, who died? And the prophets died! Who do
  you claim to be?" Jesus answered\, "If I glorify myself\, my glory is noth
 ing\; it is my Father who glorifies me\, of whom you say that he is your Go
 d. But you have not known him\; I know him. If I said\, I do not know him\,
  I should be a liar like you\; but I do know him and I keep his word. Your 
 father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day\; and he saw it and was g
 lad." The Jews then said to him\, "You are not yet fifty years old\, and ha
 ve you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 before Abraham was\, I am." So they took up stones to throw at him\; but Je
 sus hid himself\, and went out of the temple.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of Nicomedia\; Hermas the Apostle o
 f the 70\; Dometios the Righteous\; Paul the Confessor\; Felix of Burgundy\
 , Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaia
 h 1:19-2:3\n"If you are willing and obedient\, you shall eat the good of th
 e land\; but if you refuse and rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\;
  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n\nHow the faithful city has become
  a harlot\, she that was full of justice!  Righteousness lodged in her\, bu
 t now murderers.  Your silver has become dross\, your wine mixed with water
 .  Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves.  Every one loves a br
 ibe and runs after gifts.  They do not defend the fatherless\, and the wido
 w's cause does not come to them.\n\nTherefore the Lord says\, the Lord of h
 osts\, the Mighty One of Israel:  "Ah\, I will vent my wrath on my enemies\
 , and avenge myself on my foes.  I will turn my hand against you and will s
 melt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.  And I will res
 tore your judges as at the first\, and your counselors as at the beginning.
   Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness\, the faithful ci
 ty."\n\nZion shall be redeemed by justice\, and those in her who repent\, b
 y righteousness.  But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together\, and 
 those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.  For you shall be ashamed of 
 the oaks in which you delighted\; and you shall blush for the gardens which
  you have chosen.  For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers\, and li
 ke a garden without water.  And the strong shall become tow\, and his work 
 a spark\, and both of them shall burn together\, with none to quench them.\
 n\nThe word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem
 .  It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house 
 of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains\, and shal
 l be raised above the hills\; and all the nations shall flow to it\, and ma
 ny peoples shall come\, and say:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of t
 he Lord\, to the house of the God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways 
 and that we may walk in his paths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law
 \, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genes
 is 1:14-23\n And God said\, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the he
 avens to separate the day from the night\; and let them be for signs and fo
 r seasons and for days and years\, and let them be lights in the firmament 
 of the heavens to give light upon the earth."  And it was so.  And God made
  the two great lights\, the greater light to rule the day\, and the lesser 
 light to rule the night\; he made the stars also.  And God set them in the 
 firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth\, to rule over the da
 y and over the night\, and to separate the light from the darkness.  And Go
 d saw that it was good.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a fo
 urth day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living cr
 eatures\, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the hea
 vens."  So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature tha
 t moves\, with which the waters swarm\, according to their kinds\, and ever
 y winged bird according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And Go
 d blessed them\, saying\, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in 
 the seas\, and let birds multiply on the earth."  And there was evening and
  there was morning\, a fifth day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:20-3
 3\nWisdom cries aloud in the street\; in the markets she raises her voice\;
  on the top of the walls she cries out\; at the entrance of the city gates 
 she speaks:  "How long\, O simple ones\, will you love being simple?  How l
 ong will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? \n\n 
 Give heed to my reproof\; behold\, I will pour out my thoughts to you\; I w
 ill make my words known to you.\n\n  Because I have called and you refused 
 to listen\, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded\, and you have
  ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof\, I also will lau
 gh at your calamity\; I will mock when panic strikes you\, when panic strik
 es you like a storm\, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind\, when distr
 ess and anguish come upon you. \n\nThen they will call upon me\, but I will
  not answer\; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.\n\n  Becau
 se they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord\, would hav
 e none of my counsel\, and despised all my reproof\, therefore they shall e
 at the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.\n\n  For the
  simple are killed by their turning away\, and the complacence of fools des
 troys them\; but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease
 \, without dread of evil."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-
 Virgin Mary\; Autonomos the Martyr\; Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconi
 um\; Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\; Daniel of 
 Thassos\; Julian the Martyr\; Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: II Corinthians 7:1-10\nBrethren\, let us cleanse ourselves fr
 om every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the f
 ear of God.\n\nOpen your hearts to us\; we have wronged no one\, we have co
 rrupted no one\, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to co
 ndemn you\, for I said before that you are in our hearts\, to die together 
 and to live together. I have great confidence in you\; I have great pride i
 n you\; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction\, I am overjoyed.
 \n\nFor even when we came into Macedonia\, our bodies had no rest but we we
 re afflicted at every turn --fighting without and fear within. But God\, wh
 o comforts the downcast\, comforted us by the coming of Titus\, and not onl
 y by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you\
 , as he told us of your longing\, your mourning\, your zeal for me\, so tha
 t I rejoiced still more. For even if I made you sorry with my letter\, I do
  not regret it (though I did regret it)\, for I see that that letter grieve
 d you\, though only for a while. As it is\, I rejoice\, not because you wer
 e grieved\, but because you were grieved into repenting\; for you felt a go
 dly grief\, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produc
 es a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly 
 grief produces death.\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, the 
 chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What are
  we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, eve
 ry one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both our 
 place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest tha
 t year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand th
 at it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people\, and tha
 t the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of his own accor
 d\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for
  the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the chil
 dren of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel
  how to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer went about openly am
 ong the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wilderness\, to 
 a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thomas Sunday\; Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael and the
  other George of Samothrace\; Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Germanos\, Pa
 triarch of Constantinople\; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "
 Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to 
 Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they s
 aw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to th
 em\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefo
 re and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Fa
 ther and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I 
 have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the ag
 e. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:12-20\nIn those days\, many signs and 
 wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they w
 ere all together in Solomon's Portico. None of the rest dared join them\, b
 ut the people held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were ad
 ded to the Lord\, multitudes both of men and women\, so that they even carr
 ied out the sick into the streets\, and laid them on beds and pallets\, tha
 t as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The peop
 le also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem\, bringing the sick and th
 ose afflicted with unclean spirits\, and they were all healed. But the high
  priest rose up and all who were with him\, that is\, the party of the Sadd
 ucees\, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in
  the common prison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doo
 rs and brought them out and said\, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to
  the people all the words of this Life."\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\n
 On the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being sh
 ut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood amo
 ng them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He 
 showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they 
 saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father 
 has sent Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed 
 on them and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sin
 s of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are ret
 ained." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with the
 m when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord
 ." But he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\
 , and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His s
 ide\, I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in t
 he house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came a
 nd stood among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\
 , "Put your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and pl
 ace it in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered H
 im\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because y
 ou have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now 
 Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not
  written in this book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jes
 us is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life 
 in His name.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin\; Atha
 nasios the Wonderworker\; Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalough\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\nIn those days\, while Apoll
 os was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephes
 us. There he found some disciples. And he said to them\, "Did you receive t
 he Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we have never even
  heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into what then were you
  baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptiz
 ed with the baptism of repentance\, telling the people to believe in the on
 e who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were
  baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands u
 pon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they spoke with tongues and p
 rophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synag
 ogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kin
 gdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 14:1-11\nThe Lord said to his disciple
 s\, "Let not your hearts be troubled\; believe in God\, believe also in me.
  In my Father's house there are many rooms\; if it were not so\, would I ha
 ve told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare
  a place for you\, I will come again and will take you to myself\, that whe
 re I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am going." Thomas sai
 d to him\, "Lord\, we do not know where you are going\; how can we know the
  way?" Jesus said to him\, "I am the way\, and the truth\, and the life\; n
 o one comes to the Father\, but by me. If you had known me\, you would have
  known my Father also\; henceforth you know him and have seen him."\n\nPhil
 ip said to him\, "Lord\, show us the Father\, and we shall be satisfied." J
 esus said to him\, "Have I been with you so long\, and yet you do not know 
 me\, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father\; how can you say\, 'Sh
 ow us the Father?' Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Fathe
 r in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority\; b
 ut the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the 
 Father and the Father in me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colos
 sae (Chonae)\; Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angel
 s was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribu
 tion\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was dec
 lared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard h
 im\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles 
 and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For 
 it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are
  speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art min
 dful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make
  him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with 
 glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in 
 putting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his contr
 ol. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we se
 e Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned w
 ith glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grac
 e of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, f
 or whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, sho
 uld make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears yo
 u hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me reje
 cts him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even
  the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw S
 atan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority t
 o tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\;
  and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the
  spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in he
 aven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank
  you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these thing
 s from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father
 \, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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  Colossae (Chonae)
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\; Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\; Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I T
 imothy 5:11-21\nTimothy\, my son\, refuse to enrol younger widows\; for whe
 n they grow wanton against Christ they desire to marry\, and so they incur 
 condemnation for having violated their first pledge. Besides that\, they le
 arn to be idlers\, gadding about from house to house\, and not only idlers 
 but gossips and busybodies\, saying what they should not. So I would have y
 ounger widows marry\, bear children\, rule their households\, and give the 
 enemy no occasion to revile us. For some have already strayed after Satan. 
 If any believing man or woman has relatives who are widows\, let him assist
  them\; let the church not be burdened\, so that it may assist those who ar
 e real widows. Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double 
 honor\, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching\; for the scri
 pture says\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain\
 ," and\, "The laborer deserves his wages." Never admit any charge against a
 n elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. As for those who 
 persist in sin\, rebuke them in the presence of all\, so that the rest may 
 stand in fear. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect 
 angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor\, doing nothing from 
 partiality.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:2-12\nAt that time\, the Pharisees c
 ame up to Jesus and in order to test him\, asked\, "Is it lawful for a man 
 to divorce his wife?" He answered them\, "What did Moses command you?" They
  said\, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce\, and to put
  her away." But Jesus said to them\, "For your hardness of heart he wrote y
 ou this commandment. But from the beginning of creation\, 'God made them ma
 le and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and 
 be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no
  longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, let not
  man put asunder." And in the house the disciples asked him again about thi
 s matter. And he said to them\, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries anot
 her commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces her husband and marr
 ies another\, she commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\; Pachomios the Righteou
 s New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he 
 will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes o
 nly to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and ha
 ve it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his
  life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own t
 he sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; an
 d the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hirel
 ing and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my ow
 n and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I
  lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of 
 this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there 
 shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 26:1\,12-20\nI
 N THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have permission to speak fo
 r yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: "I jour
 neyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. A
 t midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than th
 e sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had a
 ll fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew langua
 ge\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against t
 he goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jes
 us whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have
  appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witnes
 s to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appe
 ar to you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I 
 send you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and
  from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins
  and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O
  King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared
  first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the coun
 try of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn 
 to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance." \n\nGospel Reading: J
 ohn 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs
  in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters b
 y the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the 
 sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them ou
 t. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the shee
 p follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, b
 ut they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." 
 This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was 
 saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you
 \, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbe
 rs\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by 
 me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary of Egypt\; Euthemios of Suzdal\; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyr
 s\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 40:18-31\nThus says the L
 ORD: To whom then will you liken God\, or what likeness compare with him?  
 The idol! a workman casts it\, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold\, and 
 casts for it silver chains.  He who is impoverished chooses for an offering
  wood that will not rot\; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up an ima
 ge that will not move.  \n\n Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it
  not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the fou
 ndations of the earth?  It is he who sits above the circle of the earth\, a
 nd its inhabitants are like grasshoppers\; who stretches out the heavens li
 ke a curtain\, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in\; who brings prince
 s to nought\, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.  \n\n Scarcely 
 are they planted\, scarcely sown\, scarcely has their stem taken root in th
 e earth\, when he blows upon them\, and they wither\, and the tempest carri
 es them off like stubble.  \n\n To whom then will you compare me\, that I s
 hould be like him? Says the Holy One.  Lift up your eyes on high and see: w
 ho created these? He who brings out their host by number\, calling them all
  by name\; by the greatness of his might\, and because he is strong in powe
 r not one is missing.  \n\n Why do you say\, O Jacob\, and speak\, O Israel
 \, "My way is hid from the LORD\, and my right is disregarded by my God"?  
 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God\, t
 he Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary\, his 
 understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the faint\, and to him wh
 o has no might he increases strength.  Even youths shall faint and be weary
 \, and young men shall fall exhausted\; but they who wait for the LORD shal
 l renew their strength\, they shall mount up with wings like eagles\, they 
 shall run and not be weary\, they shall walk and not faint.\n\nOld Testamen
 t Reading: Genesis 15:1-15\n After these things the word of the LORD came t
 o Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abram\, I am your shield\; your reward sh
 all be very great."  But Abram said\, "O Lord GOD\, what wilt thou give me\
 , for I continue childless\, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascu
 s?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou hast given me no offspring\; and a sla
 ve born in my house will be my heir."  And behold\, the word of the LORD ca
 me to him\, "This man shall not be your heir\; your own son shall be your h
 eir."  And he brought him outside and said\, "Look toward heaven\, and numb
 er the stars\, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him\, "So s
 hall your descendants be."  And he believed the LORD\; and he reckoned it t
 o him as righteousness.  \n\n And he said to him\, "I am the LORD who broug
 ht you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to give you this land to possess."  But h
 e said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"  He said 
 to him\, "Bring me a heifer three years old\, a she-goat three years old\, 
 a ram three years old\, a turtledove\, and a young pigeon."  And he brought
  him all these\, cut them in two\, and laid each half over against the othe
 r\; but he did not cut the birds in two.  And when birds of prey came down 
 upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them away.  \n\n As the sun was going down
 \, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo\, a dread and great darkness fell up
 on him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\, "Know of a surety that your descenda
 nts will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs\, and will be slaves th
 ere\, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years\; but I will bring 
 judgment on the nation which they serve\, and afterward they shall come out
  with great possessions.  As for yourself\, you shall go to your fathers in
  peace\; you shall be buried in a good old age.\n\nOld Testament Reading: P
 roverbs 15:7-19\nThe lips of the wise spread knowledge\; not so the minds o
 f fools.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, but t
 he prayer of the upright is his delight.  The way of the wicked is an abomi
 nation to the LORD\, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.  There is 
 severe discipline for him who forsakes the way\; he who hates reproof will 
 die.  Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD\, how much more the hearts
  of men!  A scoffer does not like to be reproved\; he will not go to the wi
 se.  A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance\, but by sorrow of heart the
  spirit is broken.  The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge\,
  but the mouths of fools feed on folly.  All the days of the afflicted are 
 evil\, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  Better is a little with
  the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.  Better is a
  dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.  A hot-
 tempered man stirs up strife\, but he who is slow to anger quiets contentio
 n.  The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns\, but the path of the up
 right is a level highway.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\; Maximus the Confessor\; Our Righteou
 s Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\; Dorotheus\, Abba of 
 Gaza\; Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 
 10:5-12\nBrethren\, God was not pleased with most of the fathers\; for they
  were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things are warnings for us\, 
 not to desire evil as they did. Do not be idolators as some of them were\; 
 as it is written\, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dan
 ce." We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did\, and twenty-thr
 ee thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test\, as s
 ome of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happe
 ned to them as a warning\, but they were written down for our instruction\,
  upon whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let any one who thinks t
 hat he stands take heed lest he fall.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:6-12\nT
 he Lord said to his disciples\, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the 
 Pharisees and Sadducees." And they discussed it among themselves\, saying\,
  "We brought no bread." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said\, "O men of little
  faith\, why do you discuss among yourselves the fact that you have no brea
 d? Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five
  thousand\, and how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves of the f
 our thousand\, and how many baskets you gathered? How is it that you fail t
 o perceive that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Ph
 arisees and Sadducees." Then they understood that he did not tell them to b
 eware of the leaven of bread\, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sad
 ducees.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bis
 hop of Assa\; Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\; 10\,000 Fathers martyr
 ed in Egypt\; Apollonios the Martyr\; Deposition of the Precious Robe of Ou
 r Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\; Righteous Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:17-29\nBrethren\, in Christ Jesus I have reas
 on to be proud of my work for God. For I will not venture to speak of anyth
 ing except what Christ has wrought through me to win obedience from the Gen
 tiles\, by word and deed\, by the power of signs and wonders\, by the power
  of the Holy Spirit\, so that from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum 
 I have fully preached the gospel of Christ\, thus making it my ambition to 
 preach the gospel\, not where Christ has already been named\, lest I build 
 on another man's foundation\, but as it is written\, "They shall see who ha
 ve never been told of him\, and they shall understand who have never heard 
 of him." This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming t
 o you. But now\, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions\
 , and since I have longed for many years to come to you\, I hope to see you
  in passing as I go to Spain\, and to be sped on my journey there by you\, 
 once I have enjoyed your company for a little. At present\, however\, I am 
 going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have b
 een pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jeru
 salem\; they were pleased to do it\, and indeed - they are in debt to them\
 , for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings\, the
 y ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. When therefore
  I have completed this\, and have sealed to them this fruit\, I shall go on
  by way of you to Spain\; and I know that when I come to you I shall come i
 n the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 12:46-50\; 13:1-3\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the pe
 ople\, behold\, his mother and his brothers stood outside\, asking to speak
  to him. But he replied to the man who told him\, "Who is my mother\, and w
 ho are my brothers?" And stretching out his hand toward his disciples\, he 
 said\, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my
  Father in heaven is my brother\, and sister\, and mother."\n\nThat same da
 y Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gath
 ered about him\, so that he entered a boat and sat there\; and the whole cr
 owd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Gennadios I and Ma
 ximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Righteous Mother Hilda of Whitby\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:7-11\nBrethren\, to each i
 s given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is give
 n through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom\, and to another the utterance
  of knowledge according to the same Spirit\, to another faith by the same S
 pirit\, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit\, to another the work
 ing of miracles\, to another prophecy\, to another the ability to distingui
 sh between spirits\, to another various kinds of tongues\, to another the i
 nterpretation of tongues. All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit
 \, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 16:15-18\; 17:1-4\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "You ar
 e those who justify yourselves before men\, but God knows your hearts\; for
  what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. The law a
 nd the prophets were until John\; since then the good news of the kingdom o
 f God is preached\, and every one enters it violently. But it is easier for
  heaven and earth to pass away\, than for one dot of the law to become void
 . Every one who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery\, an
 d he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery." \n\n 
 And he said to his disciples\, "Temptations to sin are sure to come\; but w
 oe to him by whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were
  hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea\, than that he should ca
 use one of these little ones to sin. Take heed to yourselves\; if your brot
 her sins\, rebuke him\, and if he repents\, forgive him\; and if he sins ag
 ainst you seven times in the day\, and turns to you seven times\, and says\
 , 'I repent\,' you must forgive him."\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220128
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\; Peter the Righteous of Egypt\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinop
 le\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\,
  it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\,
  unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no
  need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his
  own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when 
 he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as 
 high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, a
 ppoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we
  are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the 
 right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanct
 uary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enter
 s by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The 
 thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have 
 life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd 
 lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\
 , whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep a
 nd flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because 
 he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\;
  I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the F
 ather\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, tha
 t are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voi
 ce. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop of Tyre\; Holy Martyrs Nicandr
 us\, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\; Christophoros & Konon the M
 artyrs of Rome\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 25:13-19\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agrippa t
 he king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. And as they stay
 ed there many days\, Festus laid Paul's case before the king\, saying\, "Th
 ere is a man left prisoner by Felix\; and when I was at Jerusalem\, the chi
 ef priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him\, asking f
 or sentence against him. I answered them that it was not the custom of the 
 Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face\
 , and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid agains
 t him. When therefore they came together here\, I made no delay\, but on th
 e next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought i
 n. When the accusers stood up\, they brought no charge in his case of such 
 evils as I supposed\; but they had certain points of dispute with him about
  their own superstition and about one Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom Paul 
 asserted to be alive."\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:23-33\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the F
 ather\, he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have asked nothing 
 in my name\; ask\, and you will receive\, that your joy may be full.\n\n"I 
 have said this to you in figures\; the hour is coming when I shall no longe
 r speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father. In that day y
 ou will ask in my name\; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Fath
 er for you\; for the Father himself loves you\, because you have loved me a
 nd have believed that I came from the Father. I came from the Father and ha
 ve come into the world\; again\, I am leaving the world and going to the Fa
 ther."\n\nHis disciples said\, "Ah\, now you are speaking plainly\, not in 
 any figure! Now we know that you know all things\, and need none to questio
 n you\; by this we believe that you came from God." Jesus answered them\, "
 Do you now believe? The hour is coming\, indeed it has come\, when you will
  be scattered\, every man to his home\, and will leave me alone\; yet I am 
 not alone\, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you\, that in me
  you may have peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wif
 e of Cleopas\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15
 :5-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, some believers who belonged to the party of the Phar
 isees rose up\, and said\, "it is necessary to circumcise them\, and to cha
 rge them to keep the law of Moses." The apostles and the elders were gather
 ed together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate\,
  Peter rose and said to them\, "Brethren\, you know that in the early days 
 God made choice among you\, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the w
 ord of the gospel and believe. And God who knows the heart bore witness to 
 them\, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us\; and he made no di
 stinction between us and them\, but cleansed their hearts by faith. Now the
 refore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the 
 disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we b
 elieve that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus\, just as
  they will." And all the assembly kept silence\; and they listened to Barna
 bas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through th
 em among the Gentiles. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:17-28\nThe Lord said to 
 the Jews who came to him\, "For this reason the Father loves me\, because I
  lay down my life\, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me\, but
  I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down\, and I have p
 ower to take it again\; this charge I have received from my Father." \n\nTh
 ere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. Many of the
 m said\, "He has a demon\, and he is mad\; why listen to him?" Others said\
 , "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the e
 yes of the blind?"\n\nIt was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem\; it 
 was winter\, and Jesus was walking in the temple\, in the portico of Solomo
 n. So the Jews gathered round him and said to him\, "How long will you keep
  us in suspense? If you are the Christ\, tell us plainly." Jesus answered t
 hem\, "I told you\, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Fathe
 r's name\, they bear witness to me\; but you do not believe\, because you d
 o not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and th
 ey follow me\; and I give them eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Wednesday after Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop o
 f Tyre\; Holy Martyrs Nicandrus\, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\
 ; Christophoros & Konon the Martyrs of Rome\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allow
 ed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:13-24\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and his company
  set sail from Paphos\, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them 
 and returned to Jerusalem\; but they passed on from Perga and came to Antio
 ch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat 
 down. After the reading of the law and the prophets\, the rulers of the syn
 agogue sent to them\, saying\, "Brethren\, if you have any word of exhortat
 ion for the people\, say it." So Paul stood up\, and motioning with his han
 d said: "Men of Israel\, and you that fear God\, listen. The God of this pe
 ople Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay i
 n the land of Egypt\, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. And for 
 about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness. And when he had dest
 royed seven nations in the land of Canaan\, he gave them their land as an i
 nheritance\, for about four hundred and fifty years. And after that he gave
  them judges until Samuel the prophet. Then they asked for a king\; and God
  gave them Saul the son of Kish\, a man of the tribe of Benjamin\, for fort
 y years. And when he had removed him\, he raised up David to be their king\
 ; of whom he testified and said\, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a
  man after my heart\, who will do all my will.' Of this man's posterity God
  has brought to Israel a Savior\, Jesus\, as he promised. Before his coming
  John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel." \n
 \nGospel Reading: John 6:5-14\nAt that time\, Jesus\, lifting up his eyes a
 nd seeing that a multitude was coming to him\, said to Philip\, "How are we
  to buy bread\, so that these people may eat?" This he said to test him\, f
 or he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him\, "Two hundred den
 arii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little." One of h
 is disciples\, Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother\, said to him\, "There is a l
 ad here who has five barley loaves and two fish\; but what are they among s
 o many?" Jesus said\, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass 
 in the place\; so the men sat down\, in number about five thousand. Jesus t
 hen took the loaves\, and when he had given thanks\, he distributed them to
  those who were seated\; so also the fish\, as much as they wanted. And whe
 n they had eaten their fill\, he told his disciples\, "Gather up the fragme
 nts left over\, that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up and fil
 led twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves\, left by tho
 se who had eaten. When the people saw the sign which he had done\, they sai
 d\, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Thursday after Pascha\; Irene the Great Martyr\; Neophytos\, Gaius
 \, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs\; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\; 
 Euthymios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:2
 3-31\nIn those days\, when the apostles were released they went to their fr
 iends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 
 And when they heard it\, they lifted their voices together to God and said\
 , "Sovereign Lord\, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and
  everything in them\, who by the mouth of our father David\, thy servant\, 
 didst say by the Holy Spirit\, 'Why did the Gentiles rage\, and the peoples
  imagine vain things? The kings of the earth set themselves in array\, and 
 the rulers were gathered together\, against the Lord and against his Anoint
 ed'- for truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy s
 ervant Jesus\, whom thou didst anoint\, both Herod and Pontius Pilate\, wit
 h the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel\, to do whatever thy hand and thy 
 plan had predestined to take place. And now\, Lord\, look upon their threat
 s\, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness\, while t
 hou stretchest out thy hand to heal\, and signs and wonders are performed t
 hrough the name of thy holy servant Jesus." And when they had prayed\, the 
 place in which they were gathered together was shaken\; and they were all f
 illed with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 5:24-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, he who hears my word and believes him who sent m
 e\, has eternal life\; he does not come into judgment\, but has passed from
  death to life. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the hour is coming\, and now
  is\, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God\, and those who h
 ear will live. For as the Father has life in himself\, so he has granted th
 e Son also to have life in himself\, and has given him authority to execute
  judgment\, because he is the Son of man. Do not marvel at this\; for the h
 our is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come fo
 rth\, those who have done good\, to the resurrection of life\, and those wh
 o have done evil\, to the resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing on my 
 own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, because I s
 eek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Monday after Pascha\; Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\; Timothy
 \, Bishop of Proussa\; Theophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\; Our Holy Father G
 regory\, Bishop of Assos\; The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nEpistle Reading: Ac
 ts 17:1-9\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles had passed through Amphipolis 
 and Apollonia\, they came to Thessalonica\, where there was a synagogue of 
 the Jews. And Paul went in\, as was his custom\, and for three weeks he arg
 ued with them from the scriptures\, explaining and proving that it was nece
 ssary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead\, and saying\, "Th
 is Jesus\, whom I proclaim to you\, is the Christ." And some of them were p
 ersuaded\, and joined Paul and Silas\; as did a great many of the devout Gr
 eeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were jealous\, and ta
 king some wicked fellows of the rabble\, they gathered a crowd\, set the ci
 ty in an uproar\, and attacked the house of Jason\, seeking to bring them o
 ut to the people. And when they could not find them\, they dragged Jason an
 d some of the brethren before the city authorities\, crying\, "These men wh
 o have turned the world upside down have come here also\, and Jason has rec
 eived them\; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar\, saying
  that there is another king\, Jesus." And the people and the city authoriti
 es were disturbed when they heard this. And when they had taken security fr
 om Jason and the rest\, they let them go. \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54
 \nAt that time\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\,
  and said\, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let
  him go on thus\, every one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come 
 and destroy both our place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, wh
 o was high priest that year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you
  do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for
  the people\, and that the whole nation should not perish." He did not say 
 this of his own accord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that
  Jesus should die for the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gat
 her into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day
  on they took counsel how to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer
  went about openly among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near
  the wilderness\, to a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the d
 isciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Climacus the Righteous\, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent\; 
 Sosthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphroditos\, the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Is
 aiah 26:21-27:9\n For behold\, the LORD is coming forth out of his place to
  punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity\, and the earth wil
 l disclose the blood shed upon her\, and will no more cover her slain.  In 
 that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Levi
 athan the fleeing serpent\, Leviathan the twisting serpent\, and he will sl
 ay the dragon that is in the sea.  \n\n In that day: "A pleasant vineyard\,
  sing of it!  I\, the LORD\, am its keeper\; every moment I water it. Lest 
 any one harm it\, I guard it night and day\;  I have no wrath. Would that I
  had thorns and briers to battle! I would set out against them\, I would bu
 rn them up together.  Or let them lay hold of my protection\, let them make
  peace with me\, let them make peace with me."  \n\n In days to come Jacob 
 shall take root\, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots\, and fill the 
 whole world with fruit.  \n\n Has he smitten them as he smote those who smo
 te them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?  Measure by m
 easure\, by exile thou didst contend with them\; he removed them with his f
 ierce blast in the day of the east wind.  Therefore by this the guilt of Ja
 cob will be expiated\, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of hi
 s sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed 
 to pieces\, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.\n\nOld Testa
 ment Reading: Genesis 9:18-10:1\nThe sons of Noah who went forth from the a
 rk were Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.  These thre
 e were the sons of Noah\; and from these the whole earth was peopled.\n\nNo
 ah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard\; and he drank o
 f the wine\, and became drunk\, and lay uncovered in his tent.  And Ham\, t
 he father of Canaan\, saw the nakedness of his father\, and told his two br
 others outside.  Then Shem and Japheth took a garment\, laid it upon both t
 heir shoulders\, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their fat
 her\; their faces were turned away\, and they did not see their father's na
 kedness.  When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had 
 done to him\, he said\, "Cursed be Canaan\; a slave of slaves shall he be t
 o his brothers."  He also said\, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem\; and 
 let Canaan be his slave.  God enlarge Japheth\, and let him dwell in the te
 nts of Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave."  After the flood Noah lived thr
 ee hundred and fifty years.  All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fif
 ty years\; and he died.  These are the generations of the sons of Noah\, Sh
 em\, Ham\, and Japheth\; sons were born to them after the flood.\n\nOld Tes
 tament Reading: Proverbs 12:23-13:9\nA prudent man conceals his knowledge\,
  but fools proclaim their folly.  The hand of the diligent will rule\, whil
 e the slothful will be put to forced labor.  Anxiety in a man's heart weigh
 s him down\, but a good word makes him glad.  A righteous man turns away fr
 om evil\, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.  A slothful man will
  not catch his prey\, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.  In th
 e path of righteousness is life\, but the way of error leads to death.  A w
 ise son hears his father's instruction\, but a scoffer does not listen to r
 ebuke.  From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good\, but the desire o
 f the treacherous is for violence.  He who guards his mouth preserves his l
 ife\; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.  The soul of the sluggard c
 raves\, and gets nothing\, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplie
 d.  A righteous man hates falsehood\, but a wicked man acts shamefully and 
 disgracefully.  Righteousness guards him whose way is upright\, but sin ove
 rthrows the wicked.  One man pretends to be rich\, yet has nothing\; anothe
 r pretends to be poor\, yet has great wealth.  The ransom of a man's life i
 s his wealth\, but a poor man has no means of redemption.  The light of the
  righteous rejoices\, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mammas the Martyr\; John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cosmas the Hermit\; Ammon & Aeithalas
  the Martyrs of Thrace\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 
 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good with those who l
 ove God\, who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he forek
 new he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order 
 that he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And those whom he pre
 destined he also called\; and those whom he called he also justified\; and 
 those whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to thi
 s?  If God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son
  but gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him?
   Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\
 ; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised 
 from the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for
  us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or
  distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword
 ?  As it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; 
 we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we a
 re more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neith
 er death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\
 , nor things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything e
 lse in all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in C
 hrist Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus
  went up on the mountain\, and called to him those whom he desired\; and th
 ey came to him. And he appointed twelve\, to be with him\, and to be sent o
 ut to preach and have authority to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed 
 Peter\; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James\, whom he su
 rnamed Boanerges\, that is\, sons of thunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartho
 lomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Thad
 daios\, and Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Th
 en he went home\; and the crowd came together again\, so that they could no
 t even eat. And when his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for
  people were saying\, "He is beside himself."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea\; Raphael\, Nicholas\, Irene\, 
 & Olympias of Mytilene\; Vadim the Righteous of Persia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Isaiah 25:1-9\n O LORD\, thou art my God\; I will exal
 t thee\, I will praise thy name\; for thou hast done wonderful things\, pla
 ns formed of old\, faithful and sure.  For thou hast made the city a heap\,
  the fortified city a ruin\; the palace of aliens is a city no more\, it wi
 ll never be rebuilt.  Therefore strong peoples will glorify thee\; cities o
 f ruthless nations will fear thee.  For thou hast been a stronghold to the 
 poor\, a stronghold to the needy in his distress\, a shelter from the storm
  and a shade from the heat\; for the blast of the ruthless is like a storm 
 against a wall\, like heat in a dry place. Thou dost subdue the noise of th
 e aliens\; as heat by the shade of a cloud\, so the song of the ruthless is
  stilled.  \n\n On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all people
 s a feast of fat things\, a feast of wine on the lees\, of fat things full 
 of marrow\, of wine on the lees well refined.  And he will destroy on this 
 mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples\, the veil that is spre
 ad over all nations.  He will swallow up death for ever\, and the Lord GOD 
 will wipe away tears from all faces\, and the reproach of his people he wil
 l take away from all the earth\; for the LORD has spoken.  It will be said 
 on that day\, "Lo\, this is our God\; we have waited for him\, that he migh
 t save us. This is the LORD\; we have waited for him\; let us be glad and r
 ejoice in his salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 9:8-17\n Then G
 od said to Noah and to his sons with him\,  "Behold\, I establish my covena
 nt with you and your descendants after you\, and with every living creature
  that is with you\, the birds\, the cattle\, and every beast of the earth w
 ith you\, as many as came out of the ark.  I establish my covenant with you
 \, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood\, a
 nd never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."  And God said\
 , "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and eve
 ry living creature that is with you\, for all future generations:  I set my
  bow in the cloud\, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and t
 he earth.  When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the cl
 ouds\, I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every li
 ving creature of all flesh\; and the waters shall never again become a floo
 d to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is in the clouds\, I will look upon i
 t and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creatu
 re of all flesh that is upon the earth."  God said to Noah\, "This is the s
 ign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that 
 is upon the earth."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 12:8-22\nA man is co
 mmended according to his good sense\, but one of perverse mind is despised.
   Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who pla
 ys the great man but lacks bread.  A righteous man has regard for the life 
 of his beast\, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.  He who tills his land
  will have plenty of bread\, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no s
 ense.  The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin\, but the root of the r
 ighteous stands firm.  An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his 
 lips\, but the righteous escapes from trouble.  From the fruit of his words
  a man is satisfied with good\, and the work of a man's hand comes back to 
 him.  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes\, but a wise man listens t
 o advice.  The vexation of a fool is known at once\, but the prudent man ig
 nores an insult.  He who speaks the truth gives honest evidence\, but a fal
 se witness utters deceit.  There is one whose rash words are like sword thr
 usts\, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.  Truthful lips endure for
  ever\, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.  Deceit is in the heart of 
 those who devise evil\, but those who plan good have joy.  No ill befalls t
 he righteous\, but the wicked are filled with trouble.  Lying lips are an a
 bomination to the LORD\, but those who act faithfully are his delight.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of G
 reater Armenia\; Lucia the Virgin-martyr\; Herman the Wonderworker of Alask
 a & First Saint of America\; Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop of Serbia
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 3:6-18\nBrethren\, we 
 command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that you keep away from 
 any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition 
 that you received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate
  us\; we were not idle when we were with you\, we did not eat any one's bre
 ad without paying\, but with toil and labor we worked night and day\, that 
 we might not burden any of you. It was not because we have not that right\,
  but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate. For even when we wer
 e with you\, we gave you this command: If any one will not work\, let him n
 ot eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness\, mere busybodi
 es\, not doing any work. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord
  Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living. B
 rethren\, do not be weary in well-doing.\n\nIf any one refuses to obey what
  we say in this letter\, note that man\, and have nothing to do with him\, 
 that he may be ashamed. Do not look on him as an enemy\, but warn him as a 
 brother.\n\nNow may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times i
 n all ways. The Lord be with you all. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with m
 y own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine\; it is the way I writ
 e. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum
 \, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you discussing o
 n the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discussed with 
 one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; 
 and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be last of all a
 nd servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them
 \; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one suc
 h child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me 
 but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting o
 ut demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not following 
 us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty wo
 rk in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is 
 not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a c
 up of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means
  lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\; R
 omanos the Melodist\; John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 9:10-19\nIn those days\, there was a dis
 ciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Anania
 s." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and 
 go to the street called Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas for a 
 man of Tarsus named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a m
 an named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain h
 is sight." But Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about this
  man\, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he h
 as authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name." Bu
 t the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to car
 ry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I wil
 l show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias dep
 arted and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother
  Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came\, 
 has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spir
 it." And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regain
 ed his sight. Then he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was strengt
 hened.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a lev
 el place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of peo
 ple from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who c
 ame to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were tro
 ubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch h
 im\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up h
 is eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is t
 he Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be sati
 sfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are y
 ou when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast 
 out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\
 , and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Luke\; Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misai
 l\, the Three Holy Youths\; Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having r
 isen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said t
 o them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and s
 upposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled
 \, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, 
 that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and 
 bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them H
 is hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wonde
 red\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a pi
 ece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before th
 em. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while
  I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Mose
 s and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their 
 minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written
 \, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, 
 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name 
 in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these thing
 s. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the 
 city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out a
 s far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He ble
 ssed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they 
 worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continu
 ally in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 3:4-11\nBre
 thren\, when Christ who is our life appears\, then you also will appear wit
 h him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication\
 , impurity\, passion\, evil desire\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. 
 On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedienc
 e. In these you once walked\, when you lived in them. But now put them all 
 away: anger\, wrath\, malice\, slander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do 
 not lie to one another\, seeing that you have put off the old nature with i
 ts practices and have put on the new nature\, which is being renewed in kno
 wledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\,
  circumcised and uncircumcised\, barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, 
 but Christ is all\, and in all.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24\nThe Lord 
 said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet\, and invited many\; an
 d at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had be
 en invited\, 'Come\; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to mak
 e excuses. The first said to him\, 'I have bought a field\, and I go out an
 d see it\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I have bought
  five yoke of oxen\, and I must go to examine them\; I pray you\, have me e
 xcused.' And another said\, 'I have married a wife\, and therefore I cannot
  come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the house
 holder in anger said to his servant\, 'Go out quickly to the streets and la
 nes of the city\, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And
  the servant said\, 'Sir\, what you commanded has been done\, and there is 
 still room.' And the master said to the servant\, 'Go out to the highways a
 nd hedges\, and compel people to come in\, that my house may be filled. For
  I tell you\, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. Fo
 r many are called\, but few are chosen.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\; Peter the Righteous of Egypt\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinop
 le\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\,
  it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\,
  unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no
  need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his
  own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when 
 he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as 
 high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, a
 ppoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we
  are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the 
 right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanct
 uary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enter
 s by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The 
 thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have 
 life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd 
 lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\
 , whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep a
 nd flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because 
 he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\;
  I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the F
 ather\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, tha
 t are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voi
 ce. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Conon the Gardener\; Parthenios the New Martyr who contested in Didymo
 teichos\; Mark the Ascetic\; Righteous Father Mark of Athens\; John the Bul
 garian\; Mark the Faster\; George the New-Martyr of Rapsani\; Eulogios the 
 Martyr\; Eulabios the Martyr\; Conon the Isaurian\; Archelaos the Martyr of
  Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:3-11\nThus say the
  people:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house o
 f the God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in 
 his paths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the L
 ord from Jerusalem.  He shall judge between the nations\, and shall decide 
 for many peoples\; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares\, and t
 heir spears into pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift up sword against nat
 ion\, neither shall they learn war any more.\n\nO house of Jacob\, come\, l
 et us walk in the light of the Lord.\n\nFor thou hast rejected thy people\,
  the house of Jacob\, because they are full of diviners from the east and o
 f soothsayers like the Philistines\, and they strike hands with foreigners.
   Their land is filled with silver and gold\, and there is no end to their 
 treasures\; their land is filled with horses\, and there is no end to their
  chariots.  Their land is filled with idols\; they bow down to the work of 
 their hands\, to what their own fingers have made.  So man is humbled\, and
  men are brought low -- forgive them not!  Enter into the rock\, and hide i
 n the dust from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his m
 ajesty.  The haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of m
 en shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Genesis 1:24-2:3\n And God said\, "Let the earth bring
  forth living creatures according to their kinds:  cattle and creeping thin
 gs and beasts of the earth according to their kinds."  And it was so.  And 
 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle ac
 cording to their kinds\, and everything that creeps upon the ground accordi
 ng to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.\n\nThen God said\, "Let us m
 ake man in our image\, after our likeness\; and let them have dominion over
  the fish of the sea\, and over the birds of the air\, and over the cattle\
 , and over all the earth\, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon t
 he earth."  So God created man in his own image\, in the image of God he cr
 eated him\; male and female he created them.  And God blessed them\, and Go
 d said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth and subdue 
 it\; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the a
 ir and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."  And God said\, 
 "Behold\, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face
  of all the earth\, and every tree with seed in its fruit\; you shall have 
 them for food.  And to every beast of the earth\, and to every bird of the 
 air\, and to everything that creeps on the earth\, everything that has the 
 breath of life\, I have given every green plant for food."  And it was so. 
  And God saw everything that he had made\, and behold\, it was very good.  
 And there was evening and there was morning\, a sixth day.\n\nThus the heav
 ens and the earth were finished\, and all the host of them.  And on the sev
 enth day God finished his work which he had done\, and he rested on the sev
 enth day from all his work which he had done.  So God blessed the seventh d
 ay and hallowed it\, because on it God rested from all his work which he ha
 d done in creation.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 2:1-22\nMy son\, if 
 you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you\, making your
  ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding\; yes\, 
 if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding\, if you 
 seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures\; then you wi
 ll understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.  For the 
 Lord gives wisdom\; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding\; he st
 ores up sound wisdom for the upright\; he is a shield to those who walk in 
 integrity\, guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his sai
 nts.  Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity\, every
  good path\; for wisdom will come into your heart\, and knowledge will be p
 leasant to your soul\; discretion will watch over you\; understanding will 
 guard you\; delivering you from the way of evil\, from men of perverted spe
 ech\, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness\
 , who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil\; men w
 hose paths are crooked\, and who are devious in their ways.\n\nYou will be 
 saved from the loose woman\, from the adventuress with her smooth words\, w
 ho forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God\
 ; for her house sinks down to death\, and her paths to the shades\; none wh
 o go to her come back nor do they regain the paths of life.\n\nSo you will 
 walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.  For th
 e upright will inhabit the land\, and men of integrity will remain in it\; 
 but the wicked will be cut off from the land\, and the treacherous will be 
 rooted out of it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\; Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\; Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Heb
 rews 7:1-6\nBrethren\, Melchizedek\, king of Salem\, priest of the Most Hig
 h God\, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed h
 im\; and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first
 \, by translation of his name\, king of righteousness\, and then he is also
  king of Salem\, that is\, king of peace. He is without father or mother or
  genealogy\, and has neither beginning of days nor end of life\, but resemb
 ling the Son of God he continues a priest for ever. See how great he is! Ab
 raham the patriarch gave him a tithe of the spoils. And those descendants o
 f Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to tak
 e tithes from the people\, that is\, from their brethren\, though these als
 o are descended from Abraham. But this man who has not their genealogy rece
 ived tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Mark 10:17-27\nAt that time\, as Jesus was setting out on his journe
 y\, a man ran up and knelt before him\, and asked him\, "Good Teacher\, wha
 t must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why do you c
 all me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do n
 ot kill\, Do not commit adultery\, Do not steal\, Do not bear false witness
 \, Do not defraud\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said to him\, "
 Teacher\, all these I have observed from my youth." And Jesus looking upon 
 him loved him\, and said to him\, "You lack one thing\; go\, sell what you 
 have\, and give to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and co
 me\, follow me." At that saying his countenance fell\, and he went away sor
 rowful\; for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to 
 his disciples\, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the
  kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus sai
 d to them again\, "Children\, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! I
 t is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich m
 an to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished\, and
  said to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "Wi
 th men it is impossible\, but not with God\; for all things are possible wi
 th God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Cross\; Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\; George\
 , Bishop of Mytilene\; Gerasimos the God-Bearer of Byzantium\; Righteous Fa
 ther Savvas the New of Kalymnos\; Tikhon\, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlighte
 ner of North America\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Re
 ading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciple
 s after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, 
 son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord
 \; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second ti
 me he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\
 , "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep.
 " He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" P
 eter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" 
 And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you
 ." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when 
 you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when 
 you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you a
 nd carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what de
 ath he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Pe
 ter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had l
 ain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that
  is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, w
 hat about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain u
 ntil I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad amo
 ng the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say t
 o him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until
  I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness
  to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his 
 testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; w
 ere every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could
  not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Heb
 rews 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed 
 through the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confess
 ion. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our wea
 knesses\, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet wit
 hout sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, th
 at we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every h
 igh priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in re
 lation to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently 
 with the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Be
 cause of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as fo
 r those of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but h
 e is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himsel
 f to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Th
 ou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another pl
 ace\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGo
 spel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come 
 after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For wh
 oever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my 
 sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain
  the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return fo
 r his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous an
 d sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he 
 comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste 
 death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\, & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamu
 s\; Benjamin the Deacon\; Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece\; Meletios of Pe
 gas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Florentios the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Hie
 romartyr Jacob of Hamatoura\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ph
 ilippians 1:1-7\nPaul and Timothy\, servants of Christ Jesus\, to all the s
 aints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi\, with the bishops and deacons: G
 race to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I than
 k my God in all my remembrance of you\, always in every prayer of mine for 
 you all making my prayer with joy\, thankful for your partnership in the go
 spel from the first day until now. And I am sure that he who began a good w
 ork in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is ri
 ght for me to feel thus about you all\, because I hold you in my heart\, fo
 r you are all partakers with me of grace\, both in my imprisonment and in t
 he defense and confirmation of the gospel.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\
 nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he w
 ent into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a
  woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at tab
 le in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and s
 tanding behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with h
 er tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\,
  and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited
  him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would h
 ave known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she 
 is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something t
 o say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain credito
 r had two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. Wh
 en they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love h
 im more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more."
  And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the wo
 man he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you g
 ave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wi
 ped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in s
 he has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, bu
 t she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\,
  which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgive
 n little\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Th
 en those who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is
  this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has
  saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\; Luke of Mount Stirion\; George the 
 New Martyr of Crete\; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; The Synaxis
  of the New Martyrs of Russia\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord 
 and Savior in the Temple\; Richard\, King of Wessex\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpist
 le Reading: II Peter 1:1-10\nSIMON PETER\, a servant and apostle of Jesus C
 hrist\,\n\nTo those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours i
 n the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:\n\nMay grace and pe
 ace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.\n\n
 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godl
 iness\, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and exc
 ellence\, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promise
 \, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the wor
 ld because of passion\, and become partakers of the divine nature. For this
  very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue\, and v
 irtue with knowledge\, and knowledge with self-control\, and self-control w
 ith steadfastness\, and steadfastness with godliness\, and godliness with b
 rotherly affection\, and brotherly affection with love. For if these things
  are yours and abound\, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful 
 in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these things i
 s blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his ol
 d sins. Therefore\, brethren\, be the more zealous to confirm your call and
  election\, for if you do this you will never fall.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  13:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus came out of the temple\, one of his discip
 les said to him\, "Look\, Teacher\, what wonderful stones and what wonderfu
 l buildings!" And Jesus said to him\, "Do you see these great buildings? Th
 ere will not be left here one stone upon another\, that will not be thrown 
 down." And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple\, Peter and
  James and John and Andrew asked him privately\, "Tell us\, when will this 
 be\, and what will be the sign when these things are all to be accomplished
 ?" And Jesus began to say to them\, "Take heed that no one leads you astray
 . Many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and they will lead many a
 stray. And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars\, do not be alarmed\; t
 his must take place\, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against 
 nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\; there will be earthquakes in various
  places\, there will be famines\; this is but the beginning of the sufferin
 gs."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\; Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonder
 worker\; Theodosius the New\; Joseph Gerontogiannis of Lithines Sitia\; Soz
 on of Nicomedea\; The Holy Ten Thousand Ascetics of Thebes\; Narcissus the 
 Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1
 4:6-19\nBrethren\, if I come to you speaking in tongues\, how shall I benef
 it you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teach
 ing? If even lifeless instruments\, such as the flute or the harp\, do not 
 give distinct notes\, how will any one know what is played? And if the bugl
 e gives an indistinct sound\, who will get ready for battle? So with yourse
 lves\; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible\, how will 
 any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air. There are
  doubtless many different languages in the world\, and none is without mean
 ing\; but if I do not know the meaning of the language\, I shall be a forei
 gner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. So with yourselves\;
  since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit\, strive to excell in
  building up the church. Therefore\, he who speaks in a tongue should pray 
 for the power to interpret. For if I pray in a tongue\, my spirit prays but
  my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with spirit and I will
  sing with the mind also. Otherwise\, if you bless with the spirit\, how ca
 n any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgivin
 g when he does not know what you are saying? For you may give thanks well e
 nough\, but the other man is not edified. I thank God that I speak in tongu
 es more than you all\; nevertheless\, in church I would rather speak five w
 ords with my mind\, in order to instruct others\, than ten thousand words i
 n a tongue.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:2-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with h
 im Peter and James and John\, and led them up a high mountain apart by them
 selves\; and he was transfigured before them\, and his garments became glis
 tening\, intensely white\, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. And the
 re appeared to them Elijah with Moses\; and they were talking to Jesus. And
  Peter said to Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make 
 three booths\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." For he di
 d not know what to say\, for they were exceedingly afraid. And a cloud over
 shadowed them\, and a voice came out of the cloud\, "This is my beloved son
 \; listen to him." And suddenly\, looking around they no longer saw any one
  with them but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain he cha
 rged them to tell no one what they had seen\, until the Son of man should h
 ave risen from the dead.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martinian of Palestine\; Apostles Aquila and Priscilla\; Eulogios\, Pa
 triarch of Alexandria\; Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\nEp
 istle Reading: I John 1:8-10\;2:1-6\nBrethren\, if we say we have no sin\, 
 we deceive ourselves\, and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins\
 , he is faithful and just\, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from a
 ll unrighteousness.  If we say we have not sinned\, we make him a liar\, an
 d his word is not in us.  My little children\, I am writing this to you so 
 that you may not sin\; but if any one does sin\, we have an advocate with t
 he Father\, Jesus Christ the righteous\; and he is the expiation for our si
 ns\, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.  And b
 y this we may be sure that we know him\, if we keep his commandments.  He w
 ho says "I know him" but disobeys his commandments is a liar\, and the trut
 h is not in him\; but whoever keeps his word\, in him truly love for God is
  perfected.  By this we may be sure that we are in him: he who says he abid
 es in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. \n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 13:31-37: 14:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Heaven and ea
 rth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away.  But of that day or t
 hat hour no one knows\, not even the angels in heaven\, nor the Son\, but o
 nly the Father.  Take heed\, watch\; for you do not know when the time will
  come.  It is like a man going on a journey\, when he leaves home and puts 
 his servants in charge\, each with his work\, and commands the doorkeeper t
 o be on the watch.  Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master 
 of the house will come\, in the evening\, or at midnight\, or at cockcrow\,
  or in the morning -- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.  And what 
 I say to you I say to all: Watch."  It was now two days before the Passover
  and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes w
 ere seeking how to arrest him by stealth\, and kill him\; for they said\, "
 Not during the feast\, lest there be a tumult of the people."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\; The Holy Great Martyr Photine\, the Sama
 ritan Women\; Holy Martyr Theocletus\; John Claphas the new Martyr\n\nFast 
 Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 3:12-2
 1\nLet the nations bestir themselves\, and come up to the valley of Jehosh'
 aphat\; for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.\n\nPut i
 n the sickle\, for the harvest is ripe.  Go in\, tread\, for the wine press
  is full.  The vats overflow\, for their wickedness is great.\n\nMultitudes
 \, multitudes\, in the valley of decision!  For the day of the Lord is near
  in the valley of decision.  The sun and the moon are darkened\, and the st
 ars withdraw their shining.\n\nAnd the Lord roars from Zion\, and utters hi
 s voice from Jerusalem\, and the heavens and the earth shake.  But the Lord
  is a refuge to his people\, a stronghold to the people of Israel.\n\n"So y
 ou shall know that I am the Lord your God\, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mou
 ntain.  And Jerusalem shall be holy and strangers shall never again pass th
 rough it.\n\n"And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine\, and the
  hills shall flow with milk\, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow w
 ith water\; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and 
 water the valley of Shittim.\n\n"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a
  desolate wilderness\, for the violence done to the people of Judah\, becau
 se they have shed innocent blood in their land.  But Judah shall be inhabit
 ed for ever\, and Jerusalem to all generations.  I will avenge their blood\
 , and I will not clear the guilty\, for the Lord dwells in Zion." \n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Joel 2:12-26\n"Yet even now\," says the Lord\, "return to
  me with all your heart\, with fasting\, with weeping\, and with mourning\;
  and rend your hearts and not your garments."  Return to the Lord\, your Go
 d\, for he is gracious and merciful\, slow to anger\, and abounding in stea
 dfast love\, and repents of evil.  Who knows whether he will not turn and r
 epent\, and leave a blessing behind him\, a cereal offering and a drink off
 ering for the Lord\, your God?\n\nBlow the trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fas
 t\; call a solemn assembly\; gather the people.  Sanctify the congregation\
 ; assemble the elders\; gather the children\, even nursing infants.  Let th
 e bridegroom leave his room\, and the bride her chamber.\n\nBetween the ves
 tibule and the altar let the priests\, the ministers of the Lord\, weep and
  say\, "Spare thy people\, O Lord\, and make not thy heritage a reproach\, 
 a byword among the nations.  Why should they say among the peoples\, 'Where
  is their God?'"\n\nThen the Lord became jealous for his land\, and had pit
 y on his people.  The Lord answered and said to his people\, "Behold\, I am
  sending to you grain\, wine\, and oil\, and you will be satisfied\; and I 
 will no more make you a reproach among the nations.\n\n"I will remove the n
 ortherner far from you\, and drive him into a parched and desolate land\, h
 is front into the eastern sea\, and his rear into the western sea\; the ste
 nch and foul smell of him will rise\, for he has done great things.\n\n"Fea
 r not\, O land\; be glad and rejoice\, for the Lord has done great things! 
  Fear not\, you beasts of the field\, for the pastures of the wilderness ar
 e green\; the tree bears its fruit\, the fig tree and vine give their full 
 yield.\n\n"Be glad\, O sons of Zion\, and rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; 
 for he has given the early rain for your vindication\, he has poured down f
 or you abundant rain\, the early and the latter rain\, as before.\n\n"The t
 hreshing floors shall be full of grain\, the vats shall overflow with wine 
 and oil.  I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eat
 en\, the hopper\, the destroyer\, and the cutter\, my great army\, which I 
 sent among you.\n\n"You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied\, and praise t
 he name of the Lord your God\, who has dealt wondrously with you.  And my p
 eople shall never again be put to shame."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\; Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-
 5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great won
 ders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the syn
 agogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of t
 he Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed w
 ith Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with wh
 ich he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard
  him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up th
 e people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized
  him and brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who sa
 id\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the 
 law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy th
 is place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And ga
 zing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the fac
 e of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said
 : "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father 
 Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said 
 to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land 
 which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, a
 nd lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there i
 nto this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance 
 in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in posses
 sion and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it wa
 s Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in ho
 uses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and ear
 th my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what
  is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You s
 tiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist th
 e Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did n
 ot your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand t
 he coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, 
 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNo
 w when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their te
 eth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and s
 aw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he 
 said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at 
 the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped th
 eir ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city a
 nd stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a
  young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord
  Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\
 , "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, h
 e fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33-42\nThe Lord said this para
 ble\, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge aro
 und it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to
  tenants\, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew nea
 r\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenant
 s took his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Aga
 in he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to 
 them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying 'They will respect my son.
 ' But when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the
  heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him
  and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner 
 of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him
 \, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the viney
 ard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus 
 said to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone whic
 h the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lo
 rd's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Nilus the Ascetic of Sin
 ai\; Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Martin\, Bishop of Tour
 s\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparing
 ly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bo
 untifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or
  under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to prov
 ide you with every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enou
 gh of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is
  written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness e
 ndures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will
  supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righte
 ousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which thr
 ough us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-1
 9\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A cit
 y set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a 
 bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your
  light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glo
 ry to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish 
 the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill t
 hem.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an i
 ota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoeve
 r then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, 
 shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and t
 eaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Agathangelus the Martyr\; Rig
 hteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 3:20-21\
 ;4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a S
 avior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be like h
 is glorious body\, by the power which enables him even to subject all thing
 s to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy 
 and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and
  I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefe
 llow\, help these women\, for they have labored side by side with me in the
  gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose nam
 es are in the book of life. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they made their 
 way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to
  him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And 
 he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in need
  and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house 
 of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\
 , which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it 
 to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made f
 or man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of the sa
 bbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who had a w
 ithered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him on t
 he sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man who had
  the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on t
 he sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they w
 ere silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at their har
 dness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was 
 restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Gabriel the Ne
 w Martyr of Constantinople\; Jordan the New Martyr\; Agathadoros the Martyr
  of Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2:
 25-32\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\
 , and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolation of Is
 rael\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him b
 y the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord'
 s Christ.  And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when th
 e parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to the custo
 m of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\
 , now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; for my ey
 es have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all 
 peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your pe
 ople Israel."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:7-17\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond d
 ispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. Here tithes are receiv
 ed by mortal men\; there\, by one whom it is testified that he lives. One m
 ight even say that Levi himself\, who receives tithes\, paid tithes through
  Abraham\, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek m
 et him. Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesth
 ood (for under it the people received the law)\, what further need would th
 ere have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek\, 
 rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change 
 in the priesthood\, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. For t
 he one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe\, from whi
 ch no one has ever served at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was
  descended from Judah\, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothin
 g about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises 
 in the likeness of Melchizedek\, who has become a priest\, not according to
  a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indes
 tructible life. For it is witnessed of him\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, 
 after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40\nAt that 
 time\, the parents brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him t
 o the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord\, "Every male that open
 s the womb shall be called holy to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice acco
 rding to what is said in the law of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or
  two young pigeons."  Now there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Sym
 eon\, and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolation o
 f Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to h
 im by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the L
 ord's Christ.  And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and whe
 n the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to the c
 ustom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,\n\
 n"Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; fo
 r my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence 
 of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to 
 your people Israel."\n\nAnd his father and his mother marveled at what was 
 said about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Beh
 old\, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for
  a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own so
 ul also)\, that thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."  And there was a 
 prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she w
 as of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years from her virg
 inity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four.  She did not depart from t
 he temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.  And coming u
 p at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who we
 re looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.  And when they had performed ev
 erything according to the law of the Lord\, they returned into Galilee\, to
  their own city\, Nazareth.  And the child grew and became strong\, filled 
 with wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\; Theodota the Martyr and her Children\; Co
 nstantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Pious King Theodosius the New
 \; Holy Virgin Martyr Theodota\; Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; O
 laf of Norway\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:17-24\nBrethren\, I appeal to y
 ou to take note of those who create dissensions and difficulties\, in oppos
 ition to the doctrine which you have been taught\; avoid them. For such per
 sons do not serve our Lord Christ\, but their own appetites\, and by fair a
 nd flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded. For while
  your obedience is known to all\, so that I rejoice over you\, I would have
  you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil\; then the Go
 d of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jes
 us Christ be with you. Timothy\, my fellow worker\, greets you\; so do Luci
 us and Jason and Sosipater\, my kinsmen. I Tertius\, the writer of this let
 ter\, greet you in the Lord. Gaius\, who is host to me and to the whole chu
 rch\, greets you. Erastos\, the city treasurer\, and our brother Quartus\, 
 greet you. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 13:10-23\,43\nAt that time\, the disciples of Jesus ca
 me to him and said to him\, "Why do you speak to the crowds in parables?" A
 nd he answered them\, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the 
 kingdom of heaven\, but to them it has not been given. For to him who has w
 ill more be given\, and he will have abundance\; but from him who has not\,
  even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parabl
 es\, because seeing they do not see\, and hearing they do not hear\, nor do
  they understand. With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah whic
 h says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understand\, and you shall indeed 
 see but never perceive. For this people's heart has grown dull\, and their 
 ears are heavy of hearing\, and their eyes they have closed\, lest they sho
 uld perceive with their eyes\, and hear with their ears\, and understand wi
 th their heart\, and turn for me to heal them.' But blessed are your eyes\,
  for they see\, and your ears\, for they hear. Truly\, I say to you\, many 
 prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see\, and did not see it\
 , and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it.\n\n"Hear then the parabl
 e of the sower. When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not und
 erstand it\, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart
 \; this is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky grou
 nd\, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy\; y
 et he has no root in himself\, but endures for a while\, and when tribulati
 on or persecution arises on account of the word\, immediately he falls away
 . As for what was sown among thorns\, this is he who hears the word\, but t
 he cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word\, and it pro
 ves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil\, this is he who hears th
 e word and understands it\; he indeed bears fruit\, and yields\, in one cas
 e a hundredfold\, in another sixty\, and in another thirty. He who has ears
  to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Sunday of Matthew\; 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\; Our H
 oly Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\; Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\
 ; 10\,000 Fathers martyred in Egypt\; Apollonios the Martyr\; Deposition of
  the Precious Robe of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\; Righteous Father An
 thony of the Kiev Caves\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the firs
 t day of the week\, at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking the
  spices which they had prepared.  And they found the stone rolled away from
  the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body.  While they w
 ere perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling appar
 el\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the 
 men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?  Remember ho
 w he told you\, while he was still in Galilee\, that the Son of man must be
  delivered in to the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the th
 ird day rise."  And they remembered his words\, and returning from the tomb
  they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.  Now it was Mary Mag
 dalene\, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with t
 hem who told this to the apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle 
 tale\, and they did not believe them.\n\nBut Peter rose and ran to the tomb
 \; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he
  went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:18-
 23\nBrethren\, having been set free from sin\, you have become slaves of ri
 ghteousness. I am speaking in human terms\, because of your natural limitat
 ions. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater 
 and greater iniquity\, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanct
 ification.\n\nWhen you were slaves of sin\, you were free in regard to righ
 teousness. But then what return did you get from the things of which you ar
 e now ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been
  set free from sin and have become slaves of God\, the return you get is sa
 nctification and its end\, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death\, bu
 t the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 8:5-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered Capernaum\, a cent
 urion came forward to him\, beseeching him and saying\, "Lord\, my servant 
 is lying paralyzed at home\, in terrible distress." And he said to him\, "I
  will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him\, "Lord\, I am not
  worthy to have you come under my roof\; but only say the word\, and my ser
 vant will be healed. For I am a man under authority\, with soldiers under m
 e\; and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\, and to another\, 'Come\,' and h
 e comes\, and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it." When Jesus heard h
 im\, he marveled\, and said to those who followed him\, "Truly\, I say to y
 ou\, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you\, many will com
 e from east and west and sit at table with Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob in t
 he kingdom of heaven\, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into th
 e outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the c
 enturion Jesus said\, "Go\; be it done for you as you have believed." And t
 he servant was healed at that very moment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Luke\; The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streame
 r\; Commemoration of the Great Earthquake in Constantinople (740)\; Eata of
  Hexham\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day
 \, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples wer
 e for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\,
  "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and 
 His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said t
 o them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I se
 nd you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\,
  "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiv
 en\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one o
 f the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the 
 other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "
 Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in t
 he mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe."
  Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was 
 with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and sa
 id\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, 
 and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not
  be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!"
  Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed a
 re those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs
  in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; bu
 t these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son
  of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be st
 rong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me
  before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach ot
 hers also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier
  on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satis
 fy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes a
 ccording to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the f
 irst share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant yo
 u understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the de
 ad\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which
  I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is
  not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, th
 at they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\nAt that time\, as Jesus arrived at the coun
 try of the Gadarenes\, there met him a man from the city who had demons\; f
 or a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a house but among
  the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, he cried out and fell down before him\, and
  said with a loud voice\, "What have you to do with me\, Jesus\, Son of the
  Most High God? I beseech you\, do not torment me." For he had commanded th
 e unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him
 \; he was kept under guard\, and bound with chains and fetters\, but he bro
 ke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked
  him\, "What is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"\; for many demons had en
 tered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss
 . Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside\; and they be
 gged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons ca
 me out of the man and entered the swine\, and the herd rushed down the stee
 p bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw what happened\
 , they fled\, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went 
 out to see what had happened\, and they came to Jesus\, and found the man f
 rom whom the demons had gone\, sitting at the feet of Jesus\, clothed and i
 n his right mind\; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told the
 m how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people
  of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them\
 ; for they were seized with great fear\; so he got into the boat and return
 ed. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him\
 ; but he sent him away\, saying\, "Return to your home\, and declare how mu
 ch God has done for you." And he went away\, proclaiming throughout the who
 le city how much Jesus had done for him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\; Holy Martyr Romanus\; Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\; Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\; Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\; Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: II Corinthians 11:1-6\nBrethren\, I wish you would bear with me in a lit
 tle foolishness. Do bear with me! I feel a divine jealousy for you\, for I 
 betrothed you to Christ to present you as a pure bride to her one husband. 
 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning\, your thou
 ghts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if 
 some one comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached\, or if 
 you receive a different spirit from the one you received\, or if you accept
  a different gospel from the one you accepted\, you submit to it readily en
 ough. I think that I am not in the least inferior to these superlative apos
 tles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking\, I am not in knowledge\; in every
  way we have made this plain to you in all things.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 9:57-62\nAt that time\, as Jesus was going along the road\, a man said to h
 im\, "I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes ha
 ve holes\, and birds of the air have nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere
  to lay his head." To another he said\, "Follow me." But he said\, "Lord\, 
 let me first go and bury my father." But he said to him\, "Leave the dead t
 o bury their own dead\; but as for you\, go and proclaim the kingdom of God
 ." Another said\, "I will follow you\, Lord\; but let me first say farewell
  to those at my home." Jesus said to him\, "No one who puts his hand to the
  plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Confessor\; Thomas I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Philemo
 n and Domninos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:11-21\nThe
  haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall be 
 humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\nFor the Lord o
 f hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty\, against all that is
  lifted up and high\; against all the cedars of Lebanon\, lofty and lifted 
 up\; and against all the oaks of Bashan\; against all the high mountains\, 
 and against all the lofty hills\; against every high tower\, and against ev
 ery fortified wall\; against all the ships of Tarshish\, and against all th
 e beautiful craft.  And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled\, and the p
 ride of men shall be brought low\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in th
 at day.  And the idols shall utterly pass away.  And men shall enter the ca
 ves of the rocks and the holes of the ground\, from before the terror of th
 e Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the e
 arth.\n\nIn that day men will cast forth their idols of silver and their id
 ols of gold\, which they made for themselves to worship\, to the moles and 
 to the bats\, to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliff
 s\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\
 , when he rises to terrify the earth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2:4
 -19\nThese are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were 
 created.\n\nIn the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens\, w
 hen no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had
  yet sprung up -- for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth
 \, and there was no man to till the ground\; but a mist went up from the ea
 rth and watered the whole face of the ground -- then the Lord God formed ma
 n of dust from the ground\, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of li
 fe\; and man became a living being.  And the Lord God planted a garden in E
 den\, in the east\; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  And out o
 f the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the s
 ight and good for food\, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden\,
  and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.\n\nA river flowed out of E
 den to water the garden\, and there it divided and became four rivers.  The
  name of the first is Pishon\; it is the one which flows around the whole l
 and of Hav'ilah\, where there is gold\; and the gold of that land is good\;
  bdellium and onyx stone are there.  The name of the second river is Gihon\
 ; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.  And the name of
  the third river is Tigris\, which flows east of Assyria.  And the fourth r
 iver is the Euphra'tes.\n\nThe Lord God took the man and put him in the gar
 den of Eden to till it and keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man\, s
 aying\, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden\; but of the tree o
 f the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat\, for in the day that yo
 u eat of it you shall die."\n\nThen the Lord God said\, "It is not good tha
 t the man should be alone\; I will make him a helper fit for him."  So out 
 of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird o
 f the air\, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them\; an
 d whatever the man called every living creature\, that was its name.\n\nOld
  Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:1-18\nMy son\, do not forget my teaching\, b
 ut let your heart keep my commandments\; for length of days and years of li
 fe and abundant welfare will they give you.\n\nLet not loyalty and faithful
 ness forsake you\; bind them about your neck\, write them on the tablet of 
 your heart.  So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and
  man.\n\nTrust in the Lord with all your heart\, and do not rely on your ow
 n insight.  In all your ways acknowledge him\, and he will make straight yo
 ur paths.  Be not wise in your own eyes\; fear the Lord\, and turn away fro
 m evil.  It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.\n\
 nHonor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your p
 roduce\; then your barns will be filled with plenty\, and your vats will be
  bursting with wine.\n\nMy son\, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be
  weary of his reproof\, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves\, as a fath
 er the son in whom he delights.\n\nHappy is the man who finds wisdom\, and 
 the man who gets understanding\, for the gain from it is better than gain f
 rom silver and its profit better than gold.  She is more precious than jewe
 ls\, and nothing you desire can compare with her.  Long life is in her righ
 t hand\; in her left hand are riches and honor.  Her ways are ways of pleas
 antness\, and all her paths are peace.  She is a tree of life to those who 
 lay hold of her\; those who hold her fast are called happy.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Mary & Martha\
 , the sisters of Lazarus\; Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\; Petro
 c\, Abbot of Padstow\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\,
  it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\,
  unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no
  need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his
  own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when 
 he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as 
 high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, a
 ppoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we
  are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the 
 right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanct
 uary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "T
 ruly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the do
 or but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he
  who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper
  opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and 
 leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\,
  and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will n
 ot follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of
  strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand
  what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thie
 ves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any o
 ne enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastur
 e."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joel the Prophet\; Varys the Martyr\; John of Rilas\; Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\; John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing with the eleven\, 
 lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in
  Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my words. For these
  men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the third hour of th
 e day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in the last d
 ays it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all fl
 esh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and your young men 
 shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; yea\, and on my m
 enservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit\; a
 nd they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven above and sig
 ns on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun s
 hall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, before the day of th
 e Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be that whoever cal
 ls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:49-5
 6\nAt that time\, one of Jesus' disciples came to him and said\, "Master\, 
 we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because
  he does not follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do not forbid him\; 
 for he that is not against you is for you." When the days drew near for him
  to be received up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messen
 gers ahead of him\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to m
 ake ready for him\; but the people would not receive him\, because his face
  was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\, t
 hey said\, "Lord\, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and con
 sume them as Elijah did?" But he turned and rebuked them. And they went on 
 to another village.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\; Kallistos I\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Romans 5:17-21\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, if\, because of one man's tr
 espass\, death reigned through that one man\, much more will those who rece
 ive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life
  through the one man Jesus Christ.\n\nThen as one man's trespass led to con
 demnation for all men\, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquitta
 l and life for all men. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sin
 ners\, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous. Law came in\,
  to increase the trespass\; but where sin increased\, grace abounded all th
 e more\, so that\, as sin reigned in death\, grace also might reign through
  righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nWhat shall
  we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means!
  How can we who died to sin still live in it?\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:
 14-17\nAt that time\, the disciples of John came to Jesus\, saying\, "Why d
 o we and the Pharisees fast\, but your disciples do not fast?" And Jesus sa
 id to them\, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is wit
 h them? The days will come\, when the bridegroom is taken away from them\, 
 and then they will fast. And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an ol
 d garment\, for the patch tears away from the garment\, and a worse tear is
  made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins\; if it is\, the skins bu
 rst\, and the wine is spilled\, and the skins are destroyed\; but new wine 
 is put into fresh wineskins\, and so both are preserved."\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia\; Mardonios & Stratonikos 
 the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 
 16:13-24\nBrethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous
 \, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you kno
 w that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and t
 hey have devoted themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to be
  subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at t
 he coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made
  up for your absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give 
 recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Pr
 isca\, together with the church in their house\, send you hearty greetings 
 in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy
  kiss. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no l
 ove for the Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the L
 ord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 24:42-47\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not kno
 w on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder 
 had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have wa
 tched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also m
 ust be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. W
 ho then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has set over his h
 ousehold\, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that serv
 ant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\
 , he will set him over all his possessions."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs\; Plato the new Hierom
 artyr of Patmos\; Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\; Afterfeas
 t of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:11-21\nBrethren\, if I 
 still preach circumcision\, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stu
 mbling block of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettle you w
 ould mutilate themselves! For you were called to freedom\, brethren\; only 
 do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh\, but through love 
 be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word\, "Y
 ou shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one an
 other take heed that you are not consumed by one another. But I say\, walk 
 by the Spirit\, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desire
 s of the flesh are against the Spirit\, and the desires of the Spirit are a
 gainst the flesh\; for these are opposed to each other\, to prevent you fro
 m doing what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under 
 the law. Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication\, impurity\, lic
 entiousness\, idolatry\, sorcery\, enmity\, strife\, jealousy\, anger\, sel
 fishness\, dissension\, party spirit\, envy\, murder\, drunkenness\, carous
 ing\, and the like. I warn you\, as I warned you before\, that those who do
  such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 3:23-38\, 4:1\nAt that time\, Jesus\, when he began his ministry\, was abou
 t thirty years of age\, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph\, the son
  of Heli\, the son of Matthat\, the son of Levi\, the son of Melchi\, the s
 on of Jannai\, the son of Joseph\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Amos\
 , the son of Nahum\, the son of Esli\, the son of Naggai\, the son of Maath
 \, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Semein\, the son of Josech\, the son 
 of Joda\, the son of Joanan\, the son of Rhesa\, the son of Zerubbabel\, th
 e son of Salathiel\, the son of Neri\, the son of Melchi\, the son of Addi\
 , the son of Cosam\, the son of Elmadam\, the son of Er\, the son of Joshua
 \, the son of Eliezer\, the son of Jorim\, the son of Matthat\, the son of 
 Levi\, the son of Simeon\, the son of Judah\, the son of Joseph\, the son o
 f Jonam\, the son of Eliakim\, the son of Melea\, the son of Menna\, the so
 n of Mattatha\, the son of Nathan\, the son of David\, the son of Jesse\, t
 he son of Obed\, the son of Boaz\, the son of Sala\, the son of Nahshon\, t
 he son of Amminadab\, the son of Admin\, the son of Arni\, the son of Hezro
 n\, the son of Perez\, the son of Judah\, the son of Jacob\, the son of Isa
 ac\, the son of Abraham\, the son of Terah\, the son of Nahor\, the son of 
 Serug\, the son of Reu\, the son of Peleg\, the son of Eber\, the son of Sh
 elah\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Arphaxad\, the son of Shem\, the son 
 of Noah\, the son of Lamech\, the son of Methuselah\, the son of Enoch\, th
 e son of Jared\, the son of Mahalaleel\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Eno
 s\, the son of Seth\, the son of Adam\, the son of God. And Jesus\, full of
  the Holy Spirit\, returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit in 
 the wilderness.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ecclesiastical New Year\; Symeon the Stylite\; Synaxis of the Recovery
  of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \; The 40 Holy Ascetic 
 Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\; Holy Martyrs 
 Calliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\; Righteous Meletius\, The St
 ruggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\; Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\; Nicholas of K
 ourtaliotis\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus re
 vealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revea
 led Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael
  of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples
  were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said 
 to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but t
 hat night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on th
 e beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to t
 hem\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to 
 them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some
 ." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the qua
 ntity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lo
 rd!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, 
 for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disci
 ples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not f
 ar from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land
 \, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus 
 said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon
  Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundr
 ed and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was 
 not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the d
 isciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus ca
 me and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was 
 now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was ra
 ised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 2:1-7\nTimothy\, my son\
 , first of all\, I urge that supplications\, prayers\, intercessions\, and 
 thanksgivings be made for all men\, for kings and all who are in high posit
 ions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life\, godly and respectful i
 n every way. This is good\, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Sa
 vior\, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the 
 truth. For there is one God\, and there is one mediator between God and men
 \, the man Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as a ransom for all\, the testim
 ony to which was borne at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preac
 her and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I am not lying)\, a teacher of th
 e Gentiles in faith and truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he had been brought up\; and he went to 
 the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to 
 read\; and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened
  the book and found the place where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lor
 d is upon me\, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. 
 He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight 
 to the blind\, to set at liberty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the 
 acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the book\, and gave it back to 
 the attendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fi
 xed on him. And he began to say to them\, "Today this scripture has been fu
 lfilled in your hearing." And all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the g
 racious words which proceeded out of his mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian\; Cosma
 s of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\; The Translation of the Relics of Dio
 nysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\; The Translation of the Holy Relics
  of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 14:6-9\
 nBrethren\, he who observes the day\, observes it in honor of the Lord. He 
 also who eats\, eats in honor of the Lord\, since he gives thanks to God\; 
 while he who abstains\, abstains in honor of the Lord\, and gives thanks to
  God. None of us lives to himself\, and none of us dies to himself. If we l
 ive\, we live to the Lord\, and if we die\, we die to the Lord\; so then\, 
 whether we live or whether we die\, we are the Lord's. For to this end Chri
 st died and lived again\, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the
  living.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:32-39\nAt that time\, Jesus called h
 is disciples to him and said\, "I have compassion on the crowd\, because th
 ey have been with me now three days\, and have nothing to eat\; and I am un
 willing to send them away hungry\, lest they faint on the way." And the dis
 ciples said to him\, "Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to fee
 d so great a crowd?" And Jesus said to them\, "How many loaves have you?" T
 hey said\, "Seven\, and a few small fish." And commanding the crowd to sit 
 down on the ground\, he took the seven loaves and the fish\, and having giv
 en thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples\, and the disciples 
 gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied\; and they too
 k up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. Those who ate were 
 four thousand men\, besides women and children. And sending away the crowds
 \, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Monday\; Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Theodora the
  Righteous\; Pionios the Presbyter\; George the New Wonderworker of Constan
 tinople\; Trophimos and Thallos the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and
  Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: III John 1:1-15\nThe elder to the belove
 d Gaius\, whom I love in the truth.\n\nBeloved\, I pray that all may go wel
 l with you and that you may be in health\; I know that it is well with your
  soul.  For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testif
 ied to the truth of your life\, as indeed you do follow the truth.  No grea
 ter joy can I have than this\, to hear that my children follow the truth.\n
 \nBeloved\, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the b
 rethren\, especially to strangers\, who have testified to your love before 
 the church.  You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God's
  service.  For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing fro
 m the heathen.  So we ought to support such men\, that we may be fellow wor
 kers in the truth.\n\nI have written something to the church\; but Diotreph
 es\, who likes to put himself first\, does not acknowledge my authority.  S
 o if I come I will bring up what he is doing\, prating against me with evil
  words.  And not content with that\, he refuses himself to welcome the bret
 hren\, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of t
 he church.\n\nBeloved\, do not imitate evil but imitate good.  He who does 
 good is of God\; he who does evil has not seen God.  Demetrios has testimon
 y from every one\, and from the truth itself\; I testify to him too\, and y
 ou know my testimony is true.\n\nI had much to write to you\, but I would r
 ather not write with pen and ink\; I hope to see you soon\, and we will tal
 k together face to face.\n\nPeace be to you.  The friends greet you.  Greet
  the friends\, every one of them. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:29-40\; 22:7-
 39\nAt that time\, when Jesus drew near to Bethphage and Bethany\, at the m
 ount that is called Olivet\, he sent two of the disciples\, saying\, "Go in
 to the village opposite\, where on entering you will find a colt tied\, on 
 which no one has ever yet sat\; untie it and bring it here.  If any one ask
 s you\, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this\, 'The Lord has need o
 f it.'"  So those who were sent went away and found it as he had told them.
   And as they were untying the colt\, its owners said to them\, "Why are yo
 u untying the colt?"  And they said\, "The Lord has need of it."  And they 
 brought it to Jesus\, and throwing their garments on the colt they set Jesu
 s upon it.  And as he rode along\, they spread their garments on the road. 
  As he was now drawing near\, at the descent of the Mount of Olives\, the w
 hole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud
  voice for all the mighty works that they had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is t
 he King who comes in the name of the Lord!  Peace in heaven and glory in th
 e highest!"  And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to him\, "Teac
 her\, rebuke your disciples."  He answered\, "I tell you\, if these were si
 lent\, the very stones would cry out."\n\nThen came the day of Unleavened B
 read\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed.  So he sent Peter a
 nd John\, saying\; "Go and prepare the passover for us\, that we may eat it
 ."  They said to him\, "Where will you have us prepare it?"  He said to the
 m\, "Behold\, when you have entered the city\, a man carrying a jar of wate
 r will meet you\; follow him into the house which he enters\, and tell the 
 householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is the guest room\, where I 
 am to eat the passover with my disciples?'  And he will show you a large up
 per room furnished\; there make ready."  And they went\, and found it as he
  had told them\; and they prepared the passover.\n\nAnd when the hour came\
 , he sat at table\, and the apostles with him.  And he said to them\, "I ha
 ve earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer\; for I 
 tell you I shall never eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of
  God."  And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he said\, "Take th
 is\, and divide it among yourselves\; for I tell you that from now on I sha
 ll not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."  And
  he took bread\, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to th
 em\, saying\, "This is my body which is given for you.  Do this in remembra
 nce of me."  And likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "This cup which i
 s poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.  But behold the hand 
 of him who betrays me is with me on the table.  For the Son of man goes as 
 it has been determined\; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"  And 
 they began to question one another\, which of them it was that would do thi
 s.\n\nA dispute also arose among them\, which of them was to be regarded as
  the greatest.  And he said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise l
 ordship over them\; and those in authority over them are called benefactors
 .  But not so with you\; rather let the greatest among you become as the yo
 ungest\, and the leader as one who serves.  For which is the greater\, one 
 who sits at table\, or one who serves?  Is it not the one who sits at table
 ?  But I am among you as one who serves.\n\nYou are those who have continue
 d with me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\
 , a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom\, and si
 t on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.\n\nSimon\, Simon\, behold
 \, Satan demanded to have you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I h
 ave prayed for you that your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned 
 again\, strengthen your brethren."  And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready
  to go with you to prison and to death."  He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, t
 he cock will not crow this day\, until you three times deny that you know m
 e."\n\nAnd he said to them\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or s
 andals\, did you lack anything?"  They said\, "Nothing."  He said to them\,
  "But now\, let him who has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag.  And let 
 him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one.  For I tell you that this
  scripture must be fulfilled in me\, 'And he was reckoned with transgressor
 s'\; for what is written about me has its fulfillment."  And they said\, "L
 ook\, Lord\, here are two swords."  And he said to them\, "It is enough."\n
 \nAnd he came out\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\;
  and the disciples followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\; Symeon the New 
 Theologian\; Cosmas the Hymnographer\, Bishop of Maiuma\; Domnina the Marty
 r\; Wilfrid of York\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 10:23-28\nBrethren\, 
 "all things are lawful\," but not all things are helpful. "All things are l
 awful\," but not all things build up. Let no one seek his own good\, but th
 e good of his neighbor. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without rai
 sing any question on the ground of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's
 \, and everything in it." If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner a
 nd you are disposed to go\, eat whatever is set before you without raising 
 any question on the ground of conscience. But if some one says to you\, "Th
 is has been offered in sacrifice\," then out of consideration for the man w
 ho informed you\, and for conscience' sake\, do not eat it. For "the earth 
 is the Lord's\, and everything in it."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:1-10\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields on the sabbath\, and his
  disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain\, rubbing them in their hand
 s. But some of the Pharisees said\, "Why are you doing what is not lawful t
 o do on the sabbath?" And Jesus answered\, "Have you not read what David di
 d when he was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the h
 ouse of God\, and took and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not 
 lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those with him?
 " And he said to them\, "The Son of man is lord of the sabbath." On another
  sabbath\, when he entered the synagogue and taught\, a man was there whose
  right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him\, t
 o see whether he would heal on the sabbath\, so that they might find an acc
 usation against him. But he knew their thoughts\, and he said to the man wh
 o had the withered hand\, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood ther
 e. And Jesus said to them\, "I ask you\, is it lawful on the sabbath to do 
 good or to do harm\, to save life or to destroy it?" And he looked around o
 n them all\, and said to him\, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so\, and
  his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\; The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Za
 chariah)\; Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\; Afterfeast of the Presentat
 ion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Cuthman of Steyning\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the 
 great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our tres
 passes\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\
 , and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly plac
 es in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable
  riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace yo
 u have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is th
 e gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are
  his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepa
 red beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep 
 in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Bewa
 re of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in thei
 r synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sa
 ke\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you 
 up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for wh
 at you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who
  speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will d
 eliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will r
 ise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by a
 ll for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Matthias  \; Constantine\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan of Rhodes\; Afterfeast of the 
 Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anthony the Martyr of
  Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn tho
 se days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\,
  which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\; and when they had
  entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter
  and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthe
 w\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of Jam
 es. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with 
 the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his brothers.\n\nIn those
  days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all 
 about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the scripture had to b
 e fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\
 , concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was nu
 mbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this ministry. "So one of t
 he men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went
  in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of John until the day whe
 n he was taken up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness
  to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabba
 s\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they prayed and said\, "Lor
 d\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one of these two thou ha
 st chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Jud
 as turned aside\, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them\, an
 d the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13-15\nThe Lord said to his d
 isciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be boun
 d in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Ag
 ain I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, i
 t will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are 
 gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\nThen Peter came 
 up and said to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my brother sin against me\, an
 d I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him\, "I do not say
  to you seven times\, but seventy times seven."\n\nNow when Jesus had finis
 hed these sayings\, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Jud
 ea beyond the Jordan\; and large crowds followed him\, and he healed them t
 here.\n\nThen children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on t
 hem and pray. The disciples rebuked the people\; but Jesus said\, "Let the 
 children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the king
 dom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\; Basil the Confessor\; Jonah the
  Righteous Martyr of Lerios\; Kyranna the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nFas
 t Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Zechariah
  8:7-17\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Behold\, I will save my people from
  the east country and from the west country\; and I will bring them to dwel
 l in the midst of Jerusalem\; and they shall be my people and I will be the
 ir God\, in faithfulness and in righteousness."\n\nThus says the Lord of ho
 sts:  "Let your hands be strong\, you who in these days have been hearing t
 hese words from the mouth of the prophets\, since the day that the foundati
 on of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid\, that the temple might be bu
 ilt.  For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast
 \, neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came i
 n\; for I set every man against his fellow.  But now I will not deal with t
 he remnant of this people as in the former days\, says the Lord of hosts.  
 For there shall be a sowing of peace\; the vine shall yield its fruit\, and
  the ground shall give its increase\, and the heavens shall give their dew\
 ; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 
  And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations\, O house of Ju
 dah and house of Israel\, so will I save you and you shall be a blessing.  
 Fear not\, but let your hands be strong."\n\nFor thus says the Lord of host
 s:  "As I purposed to do evil to you\, when your fathers provoked me to wra
 th\, and I did not relent\, says the Lord of hosts\,  so again have I purpo
 sed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah\; fear 
 not.  These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one anothe
 r\, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace\, do no
 t devise evil in your hearts against one another\, and love no false oath\,
  for all these things I hate\, says the Lord."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Ze
 chariah 8:19-23\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  The fast of the fourth mont
 h\, and the fast of the fifth\, and the fast of the seventh\, and the fast 
 of the tenth\, shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness\,
  and cheerful feasts\; therefore love truth and peace.\n\n"Thus says the Lo
 rd of hosts:  Peoples shall yet come\, even the inhabitants of many cities\
 ; the inhabitants of one city shall go to another\, saying\, 'Let us go at 
 once to entreat the favor of the Lord\, and to seek the Lord of hosts\; I a
 m going.'  Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of h
 osts in Jerusalem\, and to entreat the favor of the Lord.  Thus says the Lo
 rd of hosts:  In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall 
 take hold of the robe of a Jew\, saying\, 'Let us go with you\, for we have
  heard that God is with you.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)\; Quadratus the Martyr & his Compani
 ons\; Anastasia of Alexandria\; Michael Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nMatins
  Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalen
 e came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone
  had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter an
 d the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They 
 have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have la
 id Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward
  the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached 
 the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying th
 ere\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and wen
 t into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had 
 been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a pla
 ce by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also w
 ent in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scriptu
 re\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their
  homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 8:8-13\;9:1-2\nBrethren\, food wi
 ll not commend us to God.  We are no worse off if we do not eat\, and no be
 tter off if we do.  Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becom
 e a stumbling block to the weak.  For if any one sees you\, a man of knowle
 dge\, at table in an idol's temple\, might he not be encouraged\, if his co
 nscience is weak\, to eat food offered to idols?  And so by your knowledge 
 this weak man is destroyed\, the brother for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sinn
 ing against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak\, y
 ou sin against Christ.  Therefore\, if food is a cause of my brother's fall
 ing\, I will never eat meat\, lest I cause my brother to fall.\n\nAm I not 
 free?  Am I not an apostle?  Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?  Are not you m
 y workmanship in the Lord?  If to others I am not an apostle\, at least I a
 m to you\; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. \n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 25:31-46\nThe Lord said\, "When the Son of man comes in his
  glory and all the holy angels with him\, then he will sit on his glorious 
 throne.  Before him will be gathered all the nations\, and he will separate
  them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats\, a
 nd he will place the sheep at his right hand\, but the goats at the left.  
 Then the king will say to those at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my
  Father\, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the w
 orld\; for I was hungry and you gave me food\, I was thirsty and you gave m
 e drink\, I was a stranger and you welcomed me\, I was naked and you clothe
 d me\, I was sick and you visited me\, I was in prison and you came to me.'
   Then the righteous will answer him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry a
 nd feed you\, or thirsty and give you drink?  And when did we see you a str
 anger and welcome you\, or naked and clothe you?  And when did we see you s
 ick or in prison and visit you?'  And the King will answer them\, 'Truly\, 
 I say to you\, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren\, you
  did it to me.'  Then he will say to those at his left hand\, 'Depart from 
 me\, you cursed\, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his ange
 ls\; for I was hungry and you gave me no food\, I was thirsty and you gave 
 me no drink\, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me\, naked and you d
 id not clothe me\, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'  Then they
  also will answer\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stra
 nger or naked or sick or in prison\, and did not minister to you?'  Then he
  will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it not to one of the
  least of these\, you did it not to me.'  And they will go away into eterna
 l punishment\, but the righteous into eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Matthew\; The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most
  Holy Theotokos\; Cyprian the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\; Gennadius 
 Scholarus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; E
 answythe\, Abbess of Folkestone\; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disci
 ples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. An
 d when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came a
 nd said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to M
 e. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the n
 ame of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observ
 e all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the cl
 ose of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the fi
 rst covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a te
 nt was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table
  and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the se
 cond curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden alt
 ar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, 
 which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budde
 d\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory ov
 ershadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. 
 These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into 
 the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the second only 
 the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking bloo
 d which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 19:16-26\nAt that time\, a young man came up to Jesus\, kne
 eling and saying\, "Good Teacher\, what good deed must I do\, to have etern
 al life?" And he said to him\, "Why do you call me good?  One there is who 
 is good.  If you would enter life\, keep the commandments."  He said to him
 \, "Which?"  And Jesus said\, "You shall not kill\, You shall not commit ad
 ultery\, You shall not steal\, You shall not bear false witness\, Honor you
 r father and mother\, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself."  The y
 oung man said to him\, "All these I have observed\; what do I still lack?" 
  Jesus said to him\, "If you would be perfect\, go\, sell what you possess 
 and give to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, fo
 llow me."  When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful\; for he ha
 d great possessions.\n\nAnd Jesus said to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to
  you\, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Agai
 n I tell you\, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle t
 han for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."  When the disciples heard 
 this they were greatly astonished\, saying\, "Who then can be saved?"  But 
 Jesus looked at them and said to them\, "With men this is impossible\, but 
 with God all things are possible."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\; Olympias the Deacone
 ss\; Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\; Gregory Kallidis\, Metropo
 litan of Heraclea\; Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinopl
 e (553)\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:
 22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free w
 oman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of
  the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are t
 wo covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she 
 is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the prese
 nt Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem a
 bove is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barr
 en one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in trava
 il\; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children o
 f her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "N
 o one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a be
 d\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For no
 thing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that sha
 ll not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him
  who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he think
 s that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came
  to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Yo
 ur mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." Bu
 t he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word 
 of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\; Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople (740)\; Eata of Hexham\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men
  who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to t
 he synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and govern
 ors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Sett
 le it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; 
 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries wil
 l be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by pare
 nts and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to
  death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of you
 r head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that
  is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses
  entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in su
 ffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entan
 gled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enliste
 d him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
  It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crop
 s. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in eve
 rything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from Da
 vid\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and we
 aring fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefo
 re I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtai
 n salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John
  15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, t
 o love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me bef
 ore it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\
 ; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\,
  therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A 
 servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will
  persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all
  this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who 
 sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; 
 but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father
  also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they
  would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Fathe
 r.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me
  without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to
  you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Fat
 her\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you
  have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep
  you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\,
  the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering servic
 e to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\; Athenagorus the Apologist\; Boris
  and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\; Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the M
 artyrs\; Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Romans 15:7-16\nBrethren\, welcome one another\, as Christ has welc
 omed you\, for the glory of God. For I tell you that Christ became a servan
 t to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness\, in order to confirm the p
 romises given to the patriarchs\, and in order that the Gentiles might glor
 ify God for his mercy. As it is written\, "Therefore I will praise thee amo
 ng the Gentiles\, and sing to thy name"\; and again it is said\, "Rejoice\,
  O Gentiles\, with his people"\; and again\, "Praise the Lord\, all Gentile
 s\, and let all the peoples praise him"\; and further Isaiah says\, "The ro
 ot of Jesse shall come\, he who rises to rule the Gentiles\; in him shall t
 he Gentiles hope." May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in b
 elieving\, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 
 I myself am satisfied about you\, my brethren\, that you yourselves are ful
 l of goodness\, filled with all knowledge\, and able to instruct one anothe
 r. But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder\
 , because of the grace given me by God to be a minister of Christ Jesus to 
 the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God\, so that the off
 ering of the Gentiles may be acceptable\, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:38-45\nAt that time\, the scribes and Pharisees
  came to Jesus saying\, "Teacher\, we wish to see a sign from you." But he 
 answered them\, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign\; but n
 o sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jo
 nah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale\, so will the
  Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The m
 en of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn i
 t\; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah\, and behold\, something gr
 eater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment
  with this generation and condemn it\; for she came from the ends of the ea
 rth to hear the wisdom of Solomon\, and behold\, something greater than Sol
 omon is here.\n\n"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man\, he passes
  through waterless places seeking rest\, but he finds none. Then he says\, 
 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds i
 t empty\, swept\, and put in order. Then he goes and brings with him seven 
 other spirits more evil than himself\, and they enter and dwell there\; and
  the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be al
 so with this evil generation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas\; Righteous Fathers slain at the Monaste
 ry of St. Savas\; Myron the New Martyr of Crete\; Cuthbert the Wonderworker
 \, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Photini the Samaritan Woman\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s\, having risen from the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and sa
 id to them\, "Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened\, and su
 pposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\
 , and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that
  it is I myself\; handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bone
 s as you see that I have." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands
  and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he
  said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of b
 roiled fish\, and he took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\,
  "These are my words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, th
 at everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the
  psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scr
 iptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should s
 uffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and for
 giveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning 
 from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the 
 promise of my Father upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothe
 d with power from on high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and
  lifting up his hands\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted 
 from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and th
 ey returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the templ
 e blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 1:10-14\;2:1-3\n<span class="ve
 rsetext">"</span><span class="versetext">IN THE BEGINNING\, Thou\, Lord\, d
 idst found the earth in the beginning\, and the heavens are the work of thy
  hands\; </span> <span class="versetext"> </span>they will perish\, but tho
 u remainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wi
 lt roll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy
  years will never end." But to what angel has he ever said\, "Sit at my rig
 ht hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all m
 inistering spirits sent forth to serve\, for the sake of those who are to o
 btain salvation?\n\nTherefore we must pay closer attention to what we have 
 heard\, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels w
 as valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retributio
 n\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declar
 ed at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum and
  it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together\, so 
 that there was no longer room for them\, not even about the door\; and he w
 as preaching the word to them. And they came\, bringing to him a paralytic 
 carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the cr
 owd\, they removed the roof above him\; and when they had made an opening\,
  they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw th
 eir faith\, he said to the paralytic\, "My son\, your sins are forgiven." N
 ow some of the scribes were sitting there\, questioning in their hearts\, "
 Why does this man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but G
 od alone?" And immediately Jesus\, perceiving in his spirit that they thus 
 questioned within themselves\, said to them\, "Why do you question thus in 
 your hearts? Which is easier\, to say to the paralytic\, 'Your sins are for
 given\,' or to say\, 'Rise\, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may
  know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said t
 o the paralytic-"I say to you\, rise\, take up your pallet and go home." An
 d he rose\, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all
 \; so that they were all amazed and glorified God\, saying\, "We never saw 
 anything like this!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle of the 70\, one of the 7 Deacons\; Theophanes the C
 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\; Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\; Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\; Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\; Our righteous Father Kenneth\, Found
 er of the Monastery of Aghaboe in Ireland.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:26-39
 \nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, "Rise and go toward
  the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a de
 sert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopian\, a eunuch\, a m
 inister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in charge of all her tre
 asure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning\; seated in his 
 chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip\
 , "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, and heard him readi
 ng Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand what you are reading
 ?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?" And he invited Ph
 ilip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the scripture which he
  was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before it
 s shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice w
 as denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up fr
 om the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About whom\, pray\, does th
 e prophet say this\, about himself or about some one else?" Then Philip ope
 ned his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news
  of Jesus. And as they went along the road they came to some water\, and th
 e eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?
 " And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your heart\, you may." And he 
 replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." And he commanded
  the chariot to stop\, and they both went down into the water\, Philip and 
 the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water\, 
 the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch saw him no more\, 
 and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that tim
 e\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the
  Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a woman of th
 e city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table in the Ph
 arisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and standing behi
 nd him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her tears\, a
 nd wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointe
 d them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\
 , he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have known wh
 o and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner.
 " And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you
 ." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two de
 btors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When they coul
 d not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?" Si
 mon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said
  to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he said 
 to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave me no wa
 ter for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them wit
 h her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she has not c
 eased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but she has an
 ointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are m
 any\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, l
 oves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who
  were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who 
 even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\;
  go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Monday\; Aristarchus\, Pudens\, Trophimus the Apostles of the 70\
 ; Thomais the Martyr of Alexandria\; Ardalion the Actor and Martyr\; Demetr
 ios the New-Martyr of Arcadia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:
 18-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. A
 nd seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it
  but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you agai
 n!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marve
 led\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered th
 em\, "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will n
 ot only do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this
  mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And what
 ever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith. " And when h
 e entered the temple\, the chief priests and the elders of the people came 
 up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what authority are you doing 
 these things\, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I a
 lso will ask you a question\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also w
 ill tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John\, whe
 nce was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued with one another\, "I
 f we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not believ
 e him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for a
 ll hold that John was a prophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know.
 " And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do the
 se things. What do you think? A man had two sons\; and he went to the first
  and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I
  will not'\; but afterward he repented and went. And he went to the second 
 and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which 
 of the two did the will of his father?" They said\, "The first." Jesus said
  to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collectors and the harlots go in
 to the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righte
 ousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the tax collectors and the harl
 ots believed him\; and even when you saw it\, you did not afterward repent 
 and believe him.\n\n"Hear another parable. There was a householder who plan
 ted a vineyard and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and
  built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country.
  When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\,
  to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed
  another\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the
  first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\,
  saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, th
 ey said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have
  his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard\, and
  killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he 
 do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a m
 iserable death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give hi
 m the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read i
 n the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become th
 e head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in o
 ur eyes'? Therefore I tell you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from
  you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it."\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 24:3-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives\, the d
 isciples came to him privately\, saying\, "Tell us\, when will this be\, an
 d what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?" And Je
 sus answered them\, "Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will 
 come in my name\, saying\, 'I am the Christ\,' and they will lead many astr
 ay. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars\; see that you are not ala
 rmed\; for this must take place\, but the end is not yet. For nation will r
 ise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\, and there will be famine
 s and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the beginning of the s
 ufferings.\n\n Then they will deliver you up to tribulation\, and put you t
 o death\; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then
  many will fall away\, and betray one another\, and hate one another. And m
 any false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because wickedness 
 is multiplied\, most men's love will grow cold. But he who endures to the e
 nd will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughou
 t the whole world\, as a testimony to all nations\; and then the end will c
 ome.\n\n So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet 
 Daniel\, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand)\, then let 
 those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let him who is on the houset
 op not go down to take what is in his house\; and let him who is in the fie
 ld not turn back to take his mantle. And alas for those who are with child 
 and for those who give suck in those days! Pray that your flight may not be
  in winter or on a sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation\, such
  as has not been from the beginning of the world until now\, no\, and never
  will be. And if those days had not been shortened\, no human being would b
 e saved\; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Then 
 if anyone says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not
  believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great
  signs and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, if possible\, even the elect. L
 o\, I have told you beforehand. So\, if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in th
 e wilderness\,' do not go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner room
 s\,' do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines
  as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the
  body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together. Immediately after th
 e tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will no
 t give its light\, and the stars will fall from heaven\, and the powers of 
 the heavens will be shaken\; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in
  heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn\, and they will s
 ee the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory
 \; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call\, and they will
  gather his elect from the four winds\, from one end of heaven to the other
 .\n\n From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes ten
 der and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near. So also\, whe
 n you see all these things\, you know that he is near\, at the very gates. 
 Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away till all these th
 ings take place. Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pa
 ss away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\; Vladimir\, Equal-to-
 the-Apostles of Kiev\; The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\; Do
 nald and his Nine Daughters\; Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 13:11-14\;14:1-5\nBRETHREN\, when I was a child\, I spo
 ke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned like a child\; when I
  became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly\,
  but then face to face. Now I know in part\; then I shall understand fully\
 , even as I have been fully understood. So faith\, hope\, love abide\, thes
 e three\; but the greatest of these is love. Make love your aim\, and earne
 stly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may prophesy. For one
  who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God\; for no one understan
 ds him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand\, he who 
 prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consola
 tion. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he who prophesies edi
 fies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues\, but even more to 
 prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues\, unle
 ss some one interprets\, so that the church may be edified. \n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-s
 hekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" 
 He said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\
 , "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or 
 tribute? From their sons or from others?" And when he said\, "From others\,
 " Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not to give offens
 e to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that co
 mes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and
  give it to them for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples 
 came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" An
 d calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will ne
 ver enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, 
 he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost\; Isidore the Martyr of Chi
 os\; Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus\; Holy New Martyrs Mark and John\; Leonti
 us\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Serapion the Holy Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Al
 lowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:6-18\nIn those days\, the apostles fled 
 to Lystra and Derbe\, cities of Lycaonia\, and to the surrounding country\;
  and there they preached the gospel. Now at Lystra there was a man sitting\
 , who could not use his feet\; he was a cripple from birth\, who had never 
 walked. He listened to Paul speaking\; and Paul\, looking intently at him a
 nd seeing that he had faith to be made well\, said in a loud voice\, "Stand
  upright on your feet." And he sprang up and walked. And when the crowds sa
 w what Paul had done\, they lifted up their voices\, saying in Lycaonian\, 
 "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" Barnabas they calle
 d Zeus\, and Paul\, because he was the chief speaker\, they called Hermes. 
 And the priest of Zeus\, whose temple was in front of the city\, brought ox
 en and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people.
  But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it\, they tore their garm
 ents and rushed out among the multitude\, crying\, "Men\, why are you doing
  this? We also are men\, of like nature with you\, and bring you good news\
 , that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the 
 heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generatio
 ns he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways\; yet he did not le
 ave himself without witness\, for he did good and gave you from heaven rain
 s and fruitful seasons\, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." Wi
 th these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice 
 to them.\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:14-30\nAbout the middle of the feast Jes
 us went up into the temple and taught. The Jews marveled at it saying\, "Ho
 w is it that this man has learning\, when he has never studied?" So Jesus a
 nswered them\, "My teaching is not mine\, but his who sent me\; if any man'
 s will is to do his will\, he shall know whether the teacher is from God or
  whether I am speaking on my own authority. He who speaks on his own author
 ity seeks his own glory\; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is
  true\, and in him there is not falsehood. Did not Moses give you the law? 
 Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?" The people answ
 ered\, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?" Jesus answered them\
 , "I did one deed\, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (
 not that it is from Moses\, but from the fathers)\, and you circumcise a ma
 n upon the sabbath. If on the sabbath a man receives circumcision\, so that
  the law of Moses may not be broken\, are you angry with me because on the 
 sabbath I made a man's whole body well? Do not judge by appearances\, but j
 udge with right judgment."\n\nSome of the people of Jerusalem therefore sai
 d\, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is\, speaking 
 openly\, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really
  know that this is the Christ? Yet we know where this man comes from\; and 
 when the Christ appears\, no one will know where he comes from." So Jesus p
 roclaimed\, as he taught in the temple\, "You know me\, and you know where 
 I come from? But I have not come of my own accord\; he who sent me is true\
 , and him you do not know. I know him\, for I come from him\, and he sent m
 e." So they sought to arrest him\; but no one laid hands on him\, because h
 is hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fathers of the 1st Council\; Tychon the Wonderworker\; 40 Martyrs of R
 ome\; Mark the Just of Apollonia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt
  that time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Ti
 berias\; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called
  the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two ot
 hers of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going
  fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got 
 into the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breakin
 g\, Jesus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was J
 esus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered hi
 m\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, a
 nd you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to hau
 l it in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to 
 Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he 
 put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea
 . But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\
 , for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When
  they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on i
 t\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have j
 ust caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of
  large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were s
 o many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfas
 t." Now none of the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it w
 as the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so wit
 h the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disc
 iples after He was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 20:16-18
 \,28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos\, so that he
  might not have to spend time in Asia\; for he was hastening to be at Jerus
 alem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to E
 phesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to hi
 m\, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock\, in whi
 ch the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the church of God w
 hich he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my depart
 ure fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the flock\; and from
  among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things\, to draw aw
 ay the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, remembering that for thre
 e years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And 
 now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, which is able to bu
 ild you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctifi
 ed. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that 
 these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who were with me. I
 n all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak\, r
 emembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, 'it is more blessed 
 to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus\, he knelt down and
  prayed with them all. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\nAt that time\, Jes
 us lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "Father\, the hour has come\; gl
 orify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you have given him powe
 r over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And
  this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true God\, and Jesus Ch
 rist whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, having accomplished the
  work which you gave me to do\; and now\, Father\, you glorify me in your o
 wn presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.\
 n\n"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the worl
 d\; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and they have kept your wor
 d. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you\; for I
  have given them the words which you gave me\, and they have received them 
 and know in truth that I came from you\; and they have believed that you di
 d send me. I am praying for them\; I am not praying for the world but for t
 hose whom you have given me\, for they are mine\; all mine are yours\, and 
 yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the wo
 rld\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to you. Holy Father\, kee
 p them in your name\, which you have given me\, that they may be one\, even
  as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in your name\, which yo
 u have given me\; I have guarded them\, and none of them is lost but the so
 n of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming
  to you\; and these things I speak in the world\, that they may have my joy
  fulfilled in themselves."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\; Tryphon\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; George the Confessor\; Aelphege the Hieromartyr of Canterbury\n\nStrict
  Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:11-17\nThus says the LORD\, the H
 oly One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will you question me about my children\
 , or command me concerning the work of my hands?  I made the earth\, and cr
 eated man upon it\; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens\, and I 
 commanded all their host.  I have aroused him in righteousness\, and I will
  make straight all his ways\; he shall build my city and set my exiles free
 \, not for price or reward\," says the LORD of hosts.  \n\n Thus says the L
 ORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia\, and the Sabeans
 \, men of stature\, shall come over to you and be yours\, they shall follow
  you\; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make s
 upplication to you\, saying: 'God is with you only\, and there is no other\
 , no god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art a God who hidest thyself\, O God 
 of Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are put to shame and confounded\, the 
 makers of idols go in confusion together.  But Israel is saved by the LORD 
 with everlasting salvation\; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to
  all eternity.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 22:1-18\n After these thin
 gs God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am
  I."  He said\, "Take your son\, your only son Isaac\, whom you love\, and 
 go to the land of Moriah\, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one
  of the mountains of which I shall tell you."  So Abraham rose early in the
  morning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of his young men with him\, and h
 is son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering\, and arose and w
 ent to the place of which God had told him.  On the third day Abraham lifte
 d up his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Then Abraham said to his young m
 en\, "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad will go yonder and worship\, a
 nd come again to you."  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering\, a
 nd laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in his hand the fire and the knif
 e. So they went both of them together.  And Isaac said to his father Abraha
 m\, "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, my son." He said\, "Behold\, th
 e fire and the wood\; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"  Abraham
  said\, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering\, my son." 
 So they went both of them together.  \n\n When they came to the place of wh
 ich God had told him\, Abraham built an altar there\, and laid the wood in 
 order\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid him on the altar\, upon the wood
 .  Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took the knife to slay his son.  B
 ut the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven\, and said\, "Abraham\, 
 Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Do not lay your hand on th
 e lad or do anything to him\; for now I know that you fear God\, seeing you
  have not withheld your son\, your only son\, from me."  And Abraham lifted
  up his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind him was a ram\, caught in a t
 hicket by his horns\; and Abraham went and took the ram\, and offered it up
  as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called the name of tha
 t place The LORD will provide\; as it is said to this day\, "On the mount o
 f the LORD it shall be provided."  And the angel of the LORD called to Abra
 ham a second time from heaven\, and said\, "By myself I have sworn\, says t
 he LORD\, because you have done this\, and have not withheld your son\, you
 r only son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I will multiply your descendants
  as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your 
 descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies\, and by your descendan
 ts shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves\, because you have o
 beyed my voice."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 17:17-18:5\nA friend lo
 ves at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.  A man without sens
 e gives a pledge\, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.  He 
 who loves transgression loves strife\; he who makes his door high seeks des
 truction.  A man of crooked mind does not prosper\, and one with a perverse
  tongue falls into calamity.  A stupid son is a grief to a father\; and the
  father of a fool has no joy.  A cheerful heart is a good medicine\, but a 
 downcast spirit dries up the bones.  A wicked man accepts a bribe from the 
 bosom to pervert the ways of justice.  A man of understanding sets his face
  toward wisdom\, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.  A fo
 olish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.  To 
 impose a fine on a righteous man is not good\; to flog noble men is wrong. 
  He who restrains his words has knowledge\, and he who has a cool spirit is
  a man of understanding.  Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise\;
  when he closes his lips\, he is deemed intelligent.\n\n  He who is estrang
 ed seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment.  A fool takes no
  pleasure in understanding\, but only in expressing his opinion.  When wick
 edness comes\, contempt comes also\; and with dishonor comes disgrace.  The
  words of a man's mouth are deep waters\; the fountain of wisdom is a gushi
 ng stream.  It is not good to be partial to a wicked man\, or to deprive a 
 righteous man of justice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\; Our Righteous Father Abramius\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: Philippians 1:8-14\nBrethren\, God is my witness\, how I yearn f
 or you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that you
 r love may abound more and more\, with knowledge and all discernment\, so t
 hat you may approve what is excellent\, and may be pure and blameless for t
 he day of Christ\, filled with the fruits of righteousness which come throu
 gh Jesus Christ\, to the glory and praise of God. I want you to know\, bret
 hren\, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel
 \, so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to
  all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren
  have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are 
 much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 11:34-41\nThe Lord said\, "Your eye is the lamp of your body\; when your
  eye is sound\, your whole body is full of light\; but when it is not sound
 \, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in yo
 u be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light\, having no part da
 rk\, it will be wholly bright\, as when a lamp with its rays gives you ligh
 t." While he was speaking\, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him\; so he w
 ent in and sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not
  first wash before dinner. And the Lord said to him\, "Now you Pharisees cl
 eanse the outside of the cup and of the dish\, but inside you are full of e
 xtortion and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make th
 e inside also? But give for alms those things which are within and behold\,
  everything is clean for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\; Rom
 anos\, Prince of Uglich\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\; Cumine the Whi
 te\, Abbot of Iona\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, t
 he report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the su
 rrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these things. And 
 John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying
 \, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the
  men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, s
 aying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In tha
 t hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many
  that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell Joh
 n what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame wa
 lk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the
  poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offen
 se at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to t
 he crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to beho
 ld? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man cloth
 ed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live i
 n luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? 
 Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is writte
 n\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your
  way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater th
 an John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." Wh
 en they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, ha
 ving been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the law
 yers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized 
 by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God
  who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts
  to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chri
 st.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tran
 scendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way
 \, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, b
 ut not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the 
 body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested 
 in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for
  Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal fl
 esh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the sam
 e spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we 
 too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus w
 ill raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For 
 it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people 
 it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of th
 e Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who 
 is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go a
 nd tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the l
 ame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised 
 up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who ta
 kes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crow
 ds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A r
 eed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in s
 oft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. Wha
 t then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a
  prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger 
 before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to
  you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John t
 he Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than h
 e. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has be
 en coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all the proph
 ets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept it
 \, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/01/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother Th
 eodota\; David the Righteous of Evia\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:2
 7-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and individually member
 s of it.  And God has appointed in the church first apostles\, second proph
 ets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, 
 administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  
 Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess
  gifts of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earn
 estly desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent 
 way.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, 
 I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, a
 nd understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, s
 o as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give awa
 y all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, 
 I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\
 ; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is n
 ot irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in 
 the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\,
  endures all things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8
 \nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them aut
 hority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease 
 and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go now
 here among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rath
 er to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying
 \, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cl
 eanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give without
  pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14th Sunday of Luke\; Nahum the Prophet\; Philaret the Merciful of Amn
 ia\; Ananias the Persian\; Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbi
 shop of Lacedaemonia\; Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops 
 of Ephesus\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:
 16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountai
 n to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Hi
 m\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in h
 eaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of
  all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the
  Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and
  lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the gr
 eat love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our trespa
 sses\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, 
 and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places
  in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable r
 iches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you 
 have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is the 
 gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are h
 is workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepare
 d beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-4
 3\nAt that time\, as Jesus drew near to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting b
 y the roadside begging\; and hearing a multitude going by\, he inquired wha
 t this meant. They told him\, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cri
 ed\, "Jesus\, Son of David\, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front
  rebuked him\, telling him to be silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "
 Son of David\, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to 
 be brought to him\; and when he came near\, he asked him\, "What do you wan
 t me to do for you?" He said\, "Lord\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus 
 said to him\, "Receive your sight\; your faith has made you well." And imme
 diately he received his sight and followed him\, glorifying God\; and all t
 he people\, when they saw it\, gave praise to God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\; Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantin
 ople\; Meletios of Ypseni\; Christos the New Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: II 
 Timothy 2:11-19\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, the saying is sure: If we have died wit
 h him\, we shall also live with him\; if we endure\, we shall also reign wi
 th him\; if we deny him\, he also will deny us\; if we are faithless\, he r
 emains faithful - for he cannot deny himself.\n\nRemind them of this\, and 
 charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words\, which does no 
 good\, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to God 
 as one approved\, a workman who has no need to be ashamed\, rightly handlin
 g the word of truth. Avoid such godless chatter\, for it will lead people i
 nto more and more ungodliness\, and their talk will eat its way like gangre
 ne. Among them are Hymenaios and Philetos\, who have swerved from the truth
  by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the f
 aith of some. But God's firm foundation stands\, bearing this seal: "The Lo
 rd knows those who are his\," and\, "Let every one who names the name of th
 e Lord depart from iniquity."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:2-8\nThe Lord said
  this parable\, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God
  nor regarded man\; and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to h
 im and saying\, 'Vindicate me against my adversary.' For a while he refused
 \; but afterward he said to himself\, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard
  man\, yet because this widow bothers me\, I will vindicate her\, or she wi
 ll wear me out by her continual coming.'" And the Lord said\, "Hear what th
 e unrighteous judge says. And will not God vindicate his elect\, who cry to
  him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you\, he will vind
 icate them speedily."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\; Savinos the Bishop of Catania\; Barsus 
 the Confessor\; Euthymios the New\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Philippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to know that 
 what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that i
 t has become known throughout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that
  my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made co
 nfident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to 
 speak the word of God without fear.  Some indeed preach Christ from envy an
 d rivalry\, but others from good will.  The latter do it out of love\, know
 ing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel\; the former proclaim 
 Christ out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my
  imprisonment.  What then?  Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or
  in truth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shal
 l rejoice.  For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit
  of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\, as it is my eager 
 expectation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:22-25\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s entered a boat with his disciples\, and he said to them\, "Let us go acro
 ss to the other side of the lake." So they set out\, and as they sailed he 
 fell asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake\, and they were fill
 ing with water\, and were in danger. And they went and woke him\, saying\, 
 "Master\, Master\, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and
  the raging waves\; and they ceased\, and there was a calm. He said to them
 \, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid\, and they marveled\, saying
  to one another\, "Who then is this\, that he commands even wind and water\
 , and they obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Saturday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura\; Peter
  the Wonderworker\; Theophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\; Xenia of Kalamata t
 he Great Martyr\; Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\; Ahmet the
  Calligrapher & Martyr\; Oikoumenios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:21-32\nIn those days\, the apostles entered the te
 mple and taught. Now the high priest came and those who were with him and c
 alled together the council and all the senate of Israel\, and sent to the p
 rison to have them brought. But when the officers came\, they did not find 
 them in the prison\, and they returned and reported\, 'We found the prison 
 securely locked and the sentries standing at the doors\, but when we opened
  it we found no one inside." Now when the captain of the temple and the chi
 ef priests heard these words\, they were much perplexed about them\, wonder
 ing what this would come to. And some one came and told them\, "The men who
 m you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people." Th
 en the captain with the officers went and brought them\, but without violen
 ce\, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.\n\nAnd when they h
 ad brought them\, they set them before the council. And the high priest que
 stioned them\, saying\, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name\
 , yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to b
 ring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and the apostles answered\, "We m
 ust obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you 
 killed by hanging on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader an
 d Savior\, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. And we are
  witnesses to these things\, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given t
 o those who obey him."\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:14-27\nAt that time\, when
  the people saw the sign which Jesus had done\, they said\, "This is indeed
  the prophet who is to come into the world!"\n\nPerceiving then that they w
 ere about to come and take him by force to make him king\, Jesus withdrew a
 gain to the mountain by himself.\n\nWhen evening came\, his disciples went 
 down to the sea\, entered a boat\, and started across the sea to Capernaum.
  It was now dark\, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea rose because
  a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles\,
  they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat. They were 
 frightened\, but he said to them\, "It is I\; do not be afraid." Then they 
 were glad to take him into the boat\, and immediately the boat was at the l
 and to which they were going.\n\nOn the next day the people who remained on
  the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there\, an
 d that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples\, but that his dis
 ciples had gone away alone. However\, boats from Tiberias came near the pla
 ce where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. So when the pe
 ople saw that Jesus was not there\, nor his disciples\, they themselves ent
 ered the boats and went to Capernaum\, seeking Jesus.\n\nWhen they found hi
 m on the other side of the sea\, they said to him\, "Rabbi\, when did you c
 ome here?" Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you seek m
 e\, not because you saw signs\, but because you ate your fill of the loaves
 . Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but for the food which endures
  to eternal life which the Son of man will give to you\; for on him has God
  the Father set his seal."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Saturday of Lent\; Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\; Kalliniki &
  Vassilisa the Martyrs\; Euthemios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the forme
 r days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with
  sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, an
 d sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion o
 n the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property
 \, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abidin
 g one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great rew
 ard.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God a
 nd receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming one 
 shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith."
 \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed on\, he sa
 w Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax office\, and he said to him\,
  "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat at table in his h
 ouse\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disc
 iples\; for there were many who followed him. And the scribes of the Pharis
 ees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors\, sa
 id to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?" An
 d when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those who are well have no need 
 of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came not to call the righteous\
 , but sinners."\n\n
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 sts: Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\, and Tertios\, Apost
 les of the 70\; Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\; Holy Father Arsenius of 
 Cappadocia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostle
 s as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a s
 pectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sak
 e\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are h
 eld in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirs
 t\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with
  our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; whe
 n slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the 
 refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this t
 o make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though
  you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I 
 became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, 
 be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:31-35\nAt that time some Pha
 risees came to Jesus and said to him\, "Get away from here\, for Herod want
 s to kill you." And he said to them\, "Go and tell that fox\, 'Behold\, I c
 ast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow\, and the third day I f
 inish my course. Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and th
 e day following\; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from J
 erusalem.' O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those
  who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children togethe
 r as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, 
 your house is forsaken. And I tell you\, you will not see me until you say\
 , 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Matthew\; Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\; Nichol
 as of Novgorod the fool-for-Christ\; Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\; 853
  Martyrs of Thrace who were drowned\; Manuel the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came 
 to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had be
 en taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the o
 ther disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have ta
 ken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him.
 " Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the to
 mb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tom
 b first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, b
 ut he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into 
 the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on
  His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by i
 tself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\
 , and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, th
 at He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.
 \n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the
  grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before man
 y witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 
 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service
  gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one 
 who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to
  the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share 
 of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understan
 ding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descen
 ded from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffe
 ring and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fetter
 ed. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they als
 o may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 9:27-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, two blind men f
 ollowed him\, crying aloud\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David." When he ent
 ered the house\, the blind men came to him\; and Jesus said to them\, "Do y
 ou believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him\, "Yes\, Lord." The
 n he touched their eyes\, saying\, "According to your faith be it done to y
 ou." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them\, "See that
  no one knows it." But they went away and spread his fame through all that 
 district.\n\nAs they were going away\, behold\, a dumb demoniac was brought
  to him. And when the demon had been cast out\, the dumb man spoke\; and th
 e crowds marveled\, saying\, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel."
  But the Pharisees said\, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."\n\
 nAnd Jesus went about all the cities and villages\, teaching in their synag
 ogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom\, and healing every disease a
 nd every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Saturday of Souls\; Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Barnabas the Ho
 ly Apostle\; Revelation of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by t
 he Archangel Gabriel\; Luke of Simferopol\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 10
 :16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and h
 e who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent m
 e." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are su
 bject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lig
 htning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpe
 nts and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall
  hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subje
 ct to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that sam
 e hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lo
 rd of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise an
 d understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was yo
 ur gracious will."\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we woul
 d not have you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that
  you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe th
 at Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring wit
 h him those who have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word
  of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the
  Lord\, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himse
 lf will descend from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's ca
 ll\, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will
  rise first\; then we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up tog
 ether with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall
  always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\
 , and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more t
 han  these?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He sa
 id to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son o
 f John\, do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I l
 ove you."  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time
 \, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he sa
 id to him the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, 
 you know everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed
  my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded
  yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stre
 tch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do n
 ot wish to go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.
 )  And after this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw fol
 lowing them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breas
 t at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray yo
 u?"  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" 
  Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what i
 s that to you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that
  this disciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would n
 ot die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that
  to you?"  This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, an
 d who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  B
 ut there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of the
 m to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the boo
 ks that would be written.  Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\; Michael the New Martyr of Athens
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us 
 apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have bec
 ome a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Chris
 t's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. Yo
 u are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger an
 d thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, worki
 ng with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endur
 e\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, 
 as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write
  this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For
  though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers.
  For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, 
 then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\nAt tha
 t time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because t
 hey were harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. And he call
 ed to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits
 \, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The na
 mes of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\,
  and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\;
  Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James the 
 son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot\,
  who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowher
 e among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather 
 to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, '
 The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse
  lepers\, cast out demons. You received without paying\, give without pay."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\; Flavianos\, Patriarch of Const
 antinople\; Romanos the Younger\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 
 1:1-25\;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to the exiles of the D
 ispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithynia\, chosen a
 nd destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to
  Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:\n\nMay grace and peace be 
 multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! 
 By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resu
 rrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inheritance which is imp
 erishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven for you\, who by God'
 s power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in t
 he last time. In this you rejoice\, though now for a little while you may h
 ave to suffer various trials\, so that the genuineness of your faith\, more
  precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire\, may redound
  to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without h
 aving known him you love him\; though you do not now see him you believe in
  him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outcome of your f
 aith you obtain the salvation of your souls.\n\nThe prophets who prophesied
  of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvati
 on\; they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Spirit of Chris
 t within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent g
 lory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you
 \, in the things which have now been announced to you by those who preached
  the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven\, things int
 o which angels long to look.\n\nTherefore gird up your minds\, be sober\, s
 et your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation o
 f Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do not be conformed to the passions 
 of your former ignorance\, but as he who called you is holy\, be holy yours
 elves in all your conduct\; since it is written\, "You shall be holy\, for 
 I am holy." And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially
  according to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time 
 of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherit
 ed from your fathers\, not with perishable things such as silver or gold\, 
 but with the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a lamb without blemish
  or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made m
 anifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you have confide
 nce in God\, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory\, so that your
  faith and hope are in God.\n\nHaving purified your souls by your obedience
  to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love one another earnest
 ly from the heart. You have been born anew\, not of perishable seed but of 
 imperishable\, through the living and abiding word of God\; for "All flesh 
 is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers
 \, and the flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abides for ever." That w
 ord is the good news which was preached to you.\n\nSo put away all malice a
 nd all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like newborn babes\,
  long for the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may grow up to salvation
 \; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\n\nCome to him\, to that l
 iving stone\, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and precious\; and 
 like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house\, to be a hol
 y priesthood\, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesu
 s Christ. For it stands in scripture: “Behold\, I am laying in Zion a sto
 ne\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and he who believes in him will no
 t be put to shame.� To you therefore who believe\, he is precious\, but f
 or those who do not believe\, “The very stone which the builders rejected
  has become the head of the corner\,� and “A stone that will make men s
 tumble\, a rock that will make them fall�\; for they stumble because they
  disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. But you are a chosen race\
 , a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s own people\, that you may d
 eclare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his m
 arvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are God’s people\; on
 ce you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A man planted a vineyard
 \, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the wine press\, and built
  a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. When 
 the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to get from them some of
  the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him\, and sent him a
 way empty handed. Again he sent to them another servant\, and they wounded 
 him in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another\, and him
  they killed\; and so with many others\, some they beat and some they kille
 d. He had still one other\, a beloved son\; finally he sent him to them\, s
 aying\, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another\,
  'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the inheritance will be o
 urs.' And they took him and killed him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. 
 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenant
 s\, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture: 'The
  very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\;
  this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" And they tr
 ied to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for they perceived that he h
 ad told the parable against them\; so they left him and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\; Pharmuthios the Anchorite\;
  Guthlac the Hermit of Crowland\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Is
 aiah 28:14-22\n Thus says the LORD\, you scoffers\, who rule this people in
  Jerusalem!  Because you have said\, "We have made a covenant with death\, 
 and with Sheol we have an agreement\; when the overwhelming scourge passes 
 through it will not come to us\; for we have made lies our refuge\, and in 
 falsehood we have taken shelter"\; therefore thus says the Lord GOD\, "Beho
 ld\, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone\, a tested stone\, a prec
 ious cornerstone\, of a sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in ha
 ste.'  And I will make justice the line\, and righteousness the plummet\; a
 nd hail will sweep away the refuge of lies\, and waters will overwhelm the 
 shelter."  Then your covenant with death will be annulled\, and your agreem
 ent with Sheol will not stand\; when the overwhelming scourge passes throug
 h you will be beaten down by it.  As often as it passes through it will tak
 e you\; for morning by morning it will pass through\, by day and by night\;
  and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.  For the bed is too
  short to stretch oneself on it\, and the covering too narrow to wrap onese
 lf in it.  For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim\, he will be wroth
  as in the valley of Gibeon\; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to 
 work his work - alien is his work!  Now therefore do not scoff\, lest your 
 bonds be made strong\; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lo
 rd GOD of hosts upon the whole land.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 10:3
 2-11:9\n These are the families of the sons of Noah\, according to their ge
 nealogies\, in their nations\; and from these the nations spread abroad on 
 the earth after the flood.  Now the whole earth had one language and few wo
 rds.  And as men migrated from the east\, they found a plain in the land of
  Shinar and settled there.  And they said to one another\, "Come\, let us m
 ake bricks\, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone\, and 
 bitumen for mortar.  Then they said\, "Come\, let us build ourselves a city
 \, and a tower with its top in the heavens\, and let us make a name for our
 selves\, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."  An
 d the LORD came down to see the city and the tower\, which the sons of men 
 had built.  And the LORD said\, "Behold\, they are one people\, and they ha
 ve all one language\; and this is only the beginning of what they will do\;
  and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.  Come
 \, let us go down\, and there confuse their language\, that they may not un
 derstand one another's speech."  So the LORD scattered them abroad from the
 re over the face of all the earth\, and they left off building the city.  T
 herefore its name was called Babel\, because there the LORD confused the la
 nguage of all the earth\; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad ove
 r the face of all the earth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 13:19-14:6\
 nA desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul\; but to turn away from evil is an
  abomination to fools.  He who walks with wise men becomes wise\, but the c
 ompanion of fools will suffer harm.  Misfortune pursues sinners\, but prosp
 erity rewards the righteous.  A good man leaves an inheritance to his child
 ren's children\, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.  The
  fallow ground of the poor yields much food\, but it is swept away through 
 injustice.  He who spares the rod hates his son\, but he who loves him is d
 iligent to discipline him.  The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetit
 e\, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.  Wisdom builds her house\, bu
 t folly with her own hands tears it down.  He who walks in uprightness fear
 s the LORD\, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.  The talk of a
  fool is a rod for his back\, but the lips of the wise will preserve them. 
  Where there are no oxen\, there is no grain\; but abundant crops come by t
 he strength of the ox.  A faithful witness does not lie\, but a false witne
 ss breathes out lies.  A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain\, but knowledge is ea
 sy for a man of understanding.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-
 Virgin Mary\; Autonomos the Martyr\; Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconi
 um\; Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\; Daniel of 
 Thassos\; Julian the Martyr\; Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:6-10\nBre
 thren\, from those who were reputed to be something (what they were makes n
 o difference to me\; God shows no partiality) - those\, I say\, who were of
  repute added nothing to me\; but on the contrary\, when they saw that I ha
 d been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised\, just as Peter had b
 een entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for he who worked through
  Peter for the mission to the circumcised worked through me also for the Ge
 ntiles)\, and when they perceived the grace that was given to me\, James an
 d Cephas and John\, who were reputed to be pillars\, gave to me and Barnaba
 s the right hand of fellowship\, that we should go to the Gentiles and they
  to the circumcised\; only they would have us remember the poor\, which ver
 y thing I was eager to do.\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\,
  the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "Wha
 t are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\
 , every one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both
  our place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high pries
 t that year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understa
 nd that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people\, an
 d that the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of his own 
 accord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should di
 e for the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the
  children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took co
 unsel how to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer went about open
 ly among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wilderness\
 , to a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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 sts: Holy Thursday\; Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\; He
 speros & Zoe the Righteous\; Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michae
 l in Baptism)\; Jordan the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 22:1-39\nAt that time\, the feast of Unleave
 ned Bread drew near\, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests a
 nd the scribes were seeking how to put Jesus to death. For they feared the 
 people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot\, who was of the numb
 er of the twelve\; he went away and conferred with the chief priests and of
 ficers how he might betray him to them. And they were glad\, and engaged to
  give him money. So he agreed\, and sought an opportunity to betray him to 
 them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread
 \, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So he sent Peter and Jo
 hn\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover for us\, that we may eat it." Th
 ey said to him\, "Where will you have us prepare it?" He said to them\, "Be
 hold\, when you have entered the city\, a man carrying a jar of water will 
 meet you\; follow him into the house which he enters\, and tell the househo
 lder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is the guest room\, where I am to e
 at the passover with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper room
  furnished\; there make ready." And they went\, and found it as he had told
  them\; and they prepared the passover. And when the hour came\, he sat at 
 table\, and the apostles with him. And he said to them. "I have earnestly d
 esired to eat this passover with you before I suffer\; for I tell you I sha
 ll never eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." And he 
 took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he said\, "Take this\, and divide
  it among yourselves\; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of
  the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. " And he took bread\
 , and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them\, saying\, "
 This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." And 
 likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "This cup which is poured out for 
 you is the new covenant in my blood. But behold the hand of him who betrays
  me is with me on the table. For the Son of man goes as it has been determi
 ned\; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!" And they began to questi
 on one another\, which of them it was that would do this. A dispute also ar
 ose among them\, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he s
 aid to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them\; and 
 those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you\; 
 rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest\, and the leader a
 s one who serves. For which is the greater\, one who sits at table\, or one
  who serves? Is it not the one who sits at table? But I am among you as one
  who serves. You are those who have continued with me in my trials\; and I 
 assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, that you may eat 
 and drink at my table in my Kingdom\, and sit on thrones judging the twelve
  tribes of Israel. Simon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demanded to have you\, th
 at he might sift you like wheat\, but I have prayed for you that your faith
  may not fail\; and when you have turned again\, strengthen your brethren."
  And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you to prison and to de
 ath." He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will not crow this day\, unt
 il you three times deny that you know me. " And he said to them\, "When I s
 ent you out with no purse or bag or sandals\, did you lack anything?" They 
 said\, "Nothing." He said to them\, "But now\, let him who has a purse take
  it\, and likewise a bag. And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and 
 buy one. For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me\, "And 
 he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for what is written about me has its 
 fulfillment." And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, here are two swords. " And he 
 said to them\, "It is enough." \n And he came out\, and went\, as was his c
 ustom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: I Corinthians 11:23-32\nBRETHREN\, I received from the Lord what 
 I also delivered to you\, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betr
 ayed took bread\, and when he had given thanks\, he broke it\, and said\, "
 This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the sam
 e way also the cup\, after supper\, saying\, "This cup is the new covenant 
 in my blood. Do this\, as often as you drink it\, in remembrance of me." Fo
 r as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup\, you proclaim the Lord'
 s death until he comes.\n\nWhoever\, therefore\, eats the bread or drinks t
 he cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the bo
 dy and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself\, and so eat of the bre
 ad and drink of the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning
  the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. That is why many of you ar
 e weak and ill\, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly\, we 
 should not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened
  so that we may not be condemned along with the world.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 26:1-20\; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 26:21-39\; Luke 22:43-44\; Matthew 
 26:40-75\; 27:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You know that after tw
 o days the Passover is coming\, and the Son of man will be delivered up to 
 be crucified."\n\nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathe
 red in the palace of the high priest\, who was called Caiaphas\, and took c
 ounsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they 
 said\, "Not during the feast\, lest there be a tumult among the people."\n\
 nNow when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, a woman ca
 me up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment\, and she p
 oured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, 
 they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might hav
 e been sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor."\n\nBut Jesus\, aware 
 of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a 
 beautiful thing to me.\n\nFor you always have the poor with you\, but you w
 ill not always have me.\n\nIn pouring this ointment on my body she has done
  it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you\, wherever this gospel i
 s preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory of
  her."\n\nThen one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to 
 the chief priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you
 ?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sough
 t an opportunity to betray him.\n\nNow on the first day of Unleavened Bread
  the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where will you have us prepare for
  you to eat the Passover?" He said\, "Go into the city to a certain one\, a
 nd say to him\, 'The Teacher says\, My time is at hand\; I will keep the Pa
 ssover at your house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did as Jesus ha
 d directed them\, and they prepared the Passover. When it was evening\, he 
 sat at table with the twelve disciples.\n\nJesus\, knowing that the Father 
 had given all things into his hands\, and that he had come from God and was
  going to God\, rose from supper\, laid aside his garments\, and girded him
 self with a towel. Then he poured water into a basin\, and began to wash th
 e disciples' feet\, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girde
 d.\n\nHe came to Simon Peter\; and Peter said to him\, "Lord\, do you wash 
 my feet?" Jesus answered him\, "What I am doing you do not know now\, but a
 fterward you will understand." Peter said to him\, "You shall never wash my
  feet." Jesus answered him\, "If I do not wash you\, you have no part in me
 ." Simon Peter said to him\, "Lord\, not my feet only but also my hands and
  my head!" Jesus said to him\, "He who has bathed does not need to wash\, e
 xcept for his feet\, but he is clean all over\; and you are clean\, but not
  every one of you." For he knew who was to betray him\; that was why he sai
 d\, "You are not all clean."\n\nWhen he had washed their feet\, and taken h
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage\; 150 and more Righteo
 us Martyr Fathers of the Sacred Monastery of Pantocrator Daou Pentelis\; Gr
 egory V\, the Holy Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\; Holy Father The
 onas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Miltiades\, Pope of Rome\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 65:8-16\nThus says the LORD: "As the wine
  is found in the cluster\, and they say\, 'Do not destroy it\, for there is
  a blessing in it\,' so I will do for my servants' sake\, and not destroy t
 hem all.  I will bring forth descendants from Jacob\, and from Judah inheri
 tors of my mountains\; my chosen shall inherit it\, and my servants shall d
 well there.  Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks\, and the Valley of A
 chor a place for herds to lie down\, for my people who have sought me.  But
  you who forsake the LORD\, who forget my holy mountain\, who set a table f
 or Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny\; I will destine you to 
 the sword\, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter\; because\, when
  I called\, you did not answer\, when I spoke\, you did not listen\, but yo
 u did what was evil in my eyes\, and chose what I did not delight in."  The
 refore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold\, my servants shall eat\, but you sh
 all be hungry\; behold\, my servants shall drink\, but you shall be thirsty
 \; behold\, my servants shall rejoice\, but you shall be put to shame\; beh
 old\, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart\, but you shall cry out 
 for pain of heart\, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.  You shall leave 
 your name to my chosen for a curse\, and the Lord GOD will slay you\; but h
 is servants he will call by a different name.  So that he who blesses himse
 lf in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth\, and he who takes a
 n oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth\; because the former tro
 ubles are forgotten and are hid from my eyes.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Gen
 esis 46:1-7\n So Israel took his journey with all that he had\, and came to
  Beersheba\, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  And Go
 d spoke to Israel in visions of the night\, and said\, "Jacob\, Jacob." And
  he said\, "Here am I."  Then he said\, "I am God\, the God of your father\
 ; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt\; for I will there make of you a gre
 at nation.  I will go down with you to Egypt\, and I will also bring you up
  again\; and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes."  Then Jacob set out from
  Beersheba\; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father\, their litt
 le ones\, and their wives\, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry h
 im.  They also took their cattle and their goods\, which they had gained in
  the land of Canaan\, and came into Egypt\, Jacob and all his offspring wit
 h him\, his sons\, and his sons' sons with him\, his daughters\, and his so
 ns' daughters\; all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Proverbs 23:15-24:5\nMy son\, if your heart is wise\, my h
 eart too will be glad.  My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is r
 ight.  Let not your heart envy sinners\, but continue in the fear of the LO
 RD all the day.  Surely there is a future\, and your hope will not be cut o
 ff.  Hear\, my son\, and be wise\, and direct your mind in the way.  Be not
  among winebibbers\, or among gluttonous eaters of meat\; for the drunkard 
 and the glutton will come to poverty\, and drowsiness will clothe a man wit
 h rags.  Hearken to your father who begot you\, and do not despise your mot
 her when she is old.  Buy truth\, and do not sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruc
 tion\, and understanding.  The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice
 \; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.  Let your father and mothe
 r be glad\, let her who bore you rejoice.  My son\, give me your heart\, an
 d let your eyes observe my ways.  For a harlot is a deep pit\; an adventure
 ss is a narrow well.  She lies in wait like a robber and increases the fait
 hless among men.  Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has comp
 laining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who 
 tarry long over wine\, those who go to try mixed wine.  Do not look at wine
  when it is red\, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.  At t
 he last it bites like a serpent\, and stings like an adder.  Your eyes will
  see strange things\, and your mind utter perverse things.  You will be lik
 e one who lies down in the midst of the sea\, like one who lies on the top 
 of a mast.  "They struck me\," you will say\, "but I was not hurt\; they be
 at me\, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drin
 k."  Be not envious of evil men\, nor desire to be with them\; for their mi
 nds devise violence\, and their lips talk of mischief.  By wisdom a house i
 s built\, and by understanding it is established\; by knowledge the rooms a
 re filled with all precious and pleasant riches.  A wise man is mightier th
 an a strong man\, and a man of knowledge than he who has strength.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; 
 The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy 
 Prophetess Anna\; Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spetses\; 
 Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos \; Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener o
 f Japan\; Ansgar of Hamburg-Bremen\; Werburga\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9
 :11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things
  that have come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made 
 with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into t
 he Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\
 , thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled per
 sons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanct
 ifies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of 
 Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to 
 God\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 2:25-38\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, 
 whose name was Symeon and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for t
 he consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had bee
 n revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he
  had seen the Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into the te
 mple\; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him acco
 rding to the custom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God
  and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to you
 r word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in th
 e presence of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and fo
 r glory to your people Israel." And his father and his mother marveled at w
 hat was said about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mothe
 r\, "Behold\, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\,
  and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through you
 r own soul also)\, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed." And t
 here was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of As
 her\; she was of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years fr
 om her virginity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not dep
 art from the temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And
  coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to a
 ll who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Cross\; The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199
  Disciples\; Anatolios & Protoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom o
 f St. George\; Luke the New Martyr of Mytilene\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Al
 lowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen
  from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to th
 em\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and suppo
 sed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, a
 nd why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that
  it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bone
 s as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His h
 ands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\
 , He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece 
 of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. 
 Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I w
 as still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses an
 d the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their mind
 s to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, t
 hat the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and 
 that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in a
 ll nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. A
 nd behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city
  until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out as fa
 r as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed
  them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they wors
 hiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually
  in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBR
 ETHREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens\, J
 esus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a 
 high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses\, but one who i
 n every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet without sin. Let us then w
 ith confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that we may receive mercy
  and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from 
 among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God\, to offe
 r gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and w
 ayward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is bou
 nd to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. 
 And one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called by God\, ju
 st as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high pri
 est\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I
  have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou art a pries
 t for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34
 -38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, let him deny
  himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his li
 fe will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's w
 ill save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole world and fo
 rfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever
  is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation\, o
 f him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the glory of h
 is Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to yo
 u\, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see t
 he kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Paralytic\; Renewal of Constantinople\; Hieromartyr Moci
 us\; Methodius & Cyril\, Equal-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs\; 
 Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; Dioscoros the New Martyr\; Argyri
 os the New-Martyr of Epanomi\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt th
 at time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he sa
 w the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had h
 appened. That very day] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, 
 about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all th
 ese things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing togeth
 er\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept f
 rom recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversation which
  you are holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looki
 ng sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only
  visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there
  in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\
 , "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
  before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers deliv
 ered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped 
 that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is no
 w the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company a
 mazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find His b
 ody\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\
 , who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the to
 mb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." A
 nd He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that
  the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suff
 er these things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and al
 l the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things co
 ncerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were going
 . He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "St
 ay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He 
 went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He took the bre
 ad and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were op
 ened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They sai
 d to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us 
 on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that sam
 e hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered toget
 her and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, 
 and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road an
 d how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Acts 9:32-42\nIn those days\, as Peter went here and there among them all
 \, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a ma
 n named Aeneas\, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. 
 And Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you\; rise and make yo
 ur bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon
  saw him\, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple n
 amed Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of c
 harity. In those days she fell sick and died\; and when they had washed her
 \, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa\, the discipl
 es\, hearing that Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreating him\, "P
 lease come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went with them. And when
  he had come\, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside
  him weeping\, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made whil
 e she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and pray
 ed\; then turning to the body he said\, "Tabitha\, rise." And she opened he
 r eyes\, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and li
 fted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. And
  it became known throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the Lord.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 5:1-15\nAt that time\, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now 
 there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool\, in Hebrew called Bethesda 
 which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids\, blind\, la
 me\, paralyzed\, waiting for the moving of the water\; for an angel of the 
 Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool\, and troubled the water\; 
 whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of wha
 tever disease he had. One man was there\, who had been ill for thirty-eight
  years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long tim
 e\, he said to him\, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered him\
 , "Sir\, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled\,
  and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him\, "R
 ise\, take up your pallet\, and walk." And at once the man was healed\, and
  he took up his pallet and walked.\n\nNow that day was the sabbath. So the 
 Jews said to the man who was cured\, "It is the sabbath\, it is not lawful 
 for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them\, "The man who healed m
 e said to me\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk.' "They asked him\, "Who is 
 the man who said to you\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk'?" Now the man wh
 o had been healed did not know who it was\, for Jesus had withdrawn\, as th
 ere was a crowd in the place. Afterward\, Jesus found him in the temple\, a
 nd said to him\, "See\, you are well! Sin no more\, that nothing worse befa
 ll you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had heal
 ed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Tat
 iana the Martyr of Rome\; Basil and John the Hieromartyrs\; Martyr Mertios\
 ; Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\; Peter of Absalom\; Benedict\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at C
 aesarea\, he went up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch
 . After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place t
 hrough the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples.
  Now a Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was
  an eloquent man\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in
  the way of the Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taugh
 t accurately the things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism 
 of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and
  Aquila heard him\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more 
 accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged
  him\, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he grea
 tly helped those who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confute
 d the Jews in public\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
  \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:39-42\nAt that time\, the Jews tried to arrest
  Jesus\, but he escaped from their hands.  He went away again across the Jo
 rdan to the place where John at first baptized\, and there he remained.  An
 d many came to him\; and they said\, "John did no sign\, but everything tha
 t John said about this man was true." And many believed in him there.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210912
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodora of Alexandria\; Euphrosynos the Cook\; Demetrios & Evanthea t
 he Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\; Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland
 \; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Deinol the First Bishop of
  Bangor\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 2:6-9\nBrethren\, among the matur
 e we do impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the r
 ulers of this age\, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and
  hidden wisdom of God\, which God decreed before the ages for our glorifica
 tion. None of the rulers of this age understood this\; for if they had\, th
 ey would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But\, as it is written\, "Wh
 at no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man conceived\, what 
 God has prepared for those who love him."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:37-
 42\, 11:1\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mother more than me is n
 ot worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not wort
 hy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy o
 f me. He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my
  sake will find it. He who receives you receives me\, and he who receives m
 e receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet because he is a proph
 et shall receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receives a righteous man b
 ecause he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And wh
 oever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he
  is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose his reward." And 
 when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on from 
 there to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240218
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\; Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip
 \, and Equal to the Apostles\; Righteous Auxentius\; The Pious Rulers Marci
 an and Pulcheria\; Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium\; Hermogenes (Germo
 gen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\,
  my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you hav
 e heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be a
 ble to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Je
 sus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his 
 aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unles
 s he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ough
 t to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lor
 d will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, ri
 sen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the g
 ospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the
  word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of
  the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its e
 ternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\
 , and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synag
 ogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for
  a pretense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater condemnation.
 "  He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury\; an
 d he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I te
 ll you\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they all co
 ntributed out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in all th
 e living that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ear
 s let him hear."\n\n
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SUMMARY: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231026
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\; Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\; Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\; Martyr Chrysanthe\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians
  1:18-23\nBrethren\, Christ is the head of the body\, the church\; he is th
 e beginning\, the first-born from the dead\, that in everything he might be
  preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell\, and 
 through him to reconcile to himself all things\, whether on earth or in hea
 ven\, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you\, who once were estra
 nged and hostile in mind\, doing evil deeds\, he has now reconciled in his 
 body of flesh by his death\, in order to present you holy and blameless and
  irreproachable before him\, provided that you continue in the fight\, stab
 le and steadfast\, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard
 \, which has been preached to every creature under heaven\, and of which I\
 , Paul\, became a minister.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:9-13\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will fi
 nd\; knock\, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives\,
  and he who seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened. What fat
 her among you\, if his son asks for bread\, will give him a stone\; or if h
 e asks for a fish\, will instead of a fish give him a serpent\; or if he as
 ks for an egg\, will give him a scorpion? If you then\, who are evil\, know
  how to give good gifts to your children\, how much more will the heavenly 
 Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220328
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Cross\; Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica\; Paul\, Bis
 hop of Corinth\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading:
  John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb
  early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken aw
 ay from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other discip
 le\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lor
 d out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid him." Peter the
 n came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They bo
 th ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; a
 nd stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did n
 ot go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; 
 he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the napkin\, which had been on his head
 \, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then
  the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he sa
 w and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that he must 
 rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a high priest wh
 o has passed through the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fas
 t our confession. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize
  with our weaknesses\, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we 
 are\, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne 
 of grace\, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need
 . For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf
  of men in relation to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can
  deal gently with the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is beset with
  weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins 
 as well as for those of the people. And one does not take the honor upon hi
 mself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not
  exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said
  to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also 
 in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchiz
 edek." \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wi
 shes to come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and foll
 ow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his
  life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a 
 man\, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give
  in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this 
 adulterous and sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man also be asham
 ed\, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he
  said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who wi
 ll not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love\; Herakleides & 
 Myron\, Bishops of Cyprus\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading
 : II Corinthians 8:16-24\;9:1-5\nBrethren\, thanks be to God who puts the s
 ame earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. For he not only accepted 
 our appeal\, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own a
 ccord. With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the chur
 ches for his preaching of the gospel\; and not only that\, but he has been 
 appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work which we 
 are carrying on\, for the glory of the Lord and to show our good will. We i
 ntend that no one should blame us about this liberal gift which we are admi
 nistering\, for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight bu
 t also in the sight of men. And with them we are sending our brother whom w
 e have often tested and found earnest in many matters\, but who is now more
  earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you. As for Titus\, h
 e is my partner and fellow worker in your service\; and as for our brethren
 \, they are apostles of the churches\, the glory of Christ. So give proof\,
  before the churches\, of your love and of our boasting about you to these 
 men.\n\nNow it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for
  the saints\, for I know your readiness of which I boast about you to the p
 eople of Macedonia\, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year\; an
 d your zeal has stirred up most of them. But I am sending the brethren so t
 hat our boasting about you may not prove vain in this case\, so that you ma
 y be ready\, as I said you would be\; lest if some Macedonians come with me
  and find that you are not ready\, we be humiliated -- to say nothing of yo
 u -- for being so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren
  to go on to you before me\, and arrange in advance for this gift you have 
 promised\, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:23-38\, 4:1\nAt that time\, Jesus\, when he beg
 an his ministry\, was about thirty years of age\, being the son (as was sup
 posed) of Joseph\, the son of Heli\, the son of Matthat\, the son of Levi\,
  the son of Melchi\, the son of Jannai\, the son of Joseph\, the son of Mat
 tathias\, the son of Amos\, the son of Nahum\, the son of Esli\, the son of
  Naggai\, the son of Maath\, the son of Mattathias\, the son of Semein\, th
 e son of Josech\, the son of Joda\, the son of Joanan\, the son of Rhesa\, 
 the son of Zerubbabel\, the son of Salathiel\, the son of Neri\, the son of
  Melchi\, the son of Addi\, the son of Cosam\, the son of Elmadam\, the son
  of Er\, the son of Joshua\, the son of Eliezer\, the son of Jorim\, the so
 n of Matthat\, the son of Levi\, the son of Simeon\, the son of Judah\, the
  son of Joseph\, the son of Jonam\, the son of Eliakim\, the son of Melea\,
  the son of Menna\, the son of Mattatha\, the son of Nathan\, the son of Da
 vid\, the son of Jesse\, the son of Obed\, the son of Boaz\, the son of Sal
 a\, the son of Nahshon\, the son of Amminadab\, the son of Admin\, the son 
 of Arni\, the son of Hezron\, the son of Perez\, the son of Judah\, the son
  of Jacob\, the son of Isaac\, the son of Abraham\, the son of Terah\, the 
 son of Nahor\, the son of Serug\, the son of Reu\, the son of Peleg\, the s
 on of Eber\, the son of Shelah\, the son of Cainan\, the son of Arphaxad\, 
 the son of Shem\, the son of Noah\, the son of Lamech\, the son of Methusel
 ah\, the son of Enoch\, the son of Jared\, the son of Mahalaleel\, the son 
 of Cainan\, the son of Enos\, the son of Seth\, the son of Adam\, the son o
 f God. And Jesus\, full of the Holy Spirit\, returned from the Jordan\, and
  was led by the Spirit in the wilderness.\n\n
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SUMMARY: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251112
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas of Egypt\; Victor and Stephanie\; Martyr Vincent\; Theodore the 
 Studite\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6
 -15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\,
 " who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glo
 ry of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen ve
 ssels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  
 We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not drive
 n to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destro
 yed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of 
 Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are alway
 s being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may b
 e manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in 
 you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I bel
 ieved\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that h
 e who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with
  you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace ext
 ends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of
  God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Who then is the fa
 ithful and wise steward\, whom his master will set over his household\, to 
 give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant
  whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, h
 e will set him over all his possessions. But if that servant says to himsel
 f\, 'My master is delayed in coming\,' and begins to beat the menservants a
 nd the maidservants\, and to eat and drink and get drunk\, the master of th
 at servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he
  does not know\, and will punish him\, and put him with the unfaithful. And
  that servant who knew his master's will\, but did not make ready or act ac
 cording to his will\, shall receive a severe beating. But he who did not kn
 ow\, and did what deserved a beating\, shall receive a light beating. Every
  one to whom much is given\, of him will much be required\; and of him to w
 hom men commit much they will demand the more."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251115
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20251114
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\; Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\; Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\; Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First
  Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles
  as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a sp
 ectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake
 \, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are he
 ld in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst
 \, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with 
 our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when
  slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the r
 efuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to
  make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though 
 you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I b
 ecame your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, b
 e imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus de
 cided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."
   Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip fou
 nd Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the
  law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." 
  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip 
 said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said
  of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael 
 said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip ca
 lled you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answer
 ed him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Je
 sus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, 
 do you believe?  You shall see greater things than these."  And he said to 
 him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the 
 angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🐟 Philip the Apostle
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230912
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodora of Alexandria\; Euphrosynos the Cook\; Demetrios & Evanthea t
 he Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\; Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland
 \; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Deinol the First Bishop of
  Bangor\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 2:11-16\nBrethren\, when Cephas came 
 to Antioch I opposed him to his face\, because he stood condemned. For befo
 re certain men came from James\, he ate with the Gentiles\; but when they c
 ame he drew back and separated himself\, fearing the circumcision party. An
 d with him the rest of the Jews acted insincerely\, so that even Barnabas w
 as carried away by their insincerity. But when I saw that they were not str
 aightforward about the truth of the gospel\, I said to Cephas before them a
 ll\, "if you\, though a Jew\, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew\, how 
 can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?" We ourselves\, who are Jews
  by birth and not Gentile sinners\, yet who know that a man is not justifie
 d by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have beli
 eved in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and no
 t by works of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justifi
 ed.\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took cou
 nsel against Jesus and said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothi
 ng\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up t
 o worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was 
 from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus."
  Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.
  And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glor
 ified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into th
 e earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit.
  He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world w
 ill keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; an
 d where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the 
 Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? '
 Father\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come to this
  hour. Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have
  glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard i
 t and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him
 ." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now 
 is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast o
 ut\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myse
 lf." He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered h
 im\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can 
 you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jes
 us said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while yo
 u have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the dar
 kness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in th
 e light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240621
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\; Kallistos I\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki\n\nEpistle Reading: Act
 s 25:13-19\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesare
 a to welcome Festus. And as they stayed there many days\, Festus laid Paul'
 s case before the king\, saying\, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix\; 
 and when I was at Jerusalem\, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews 
 gave information about him\, asking for sentence against him. I answered th
 em that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any one before the a
 ccused met the accusers face to face\, and had opportunity to make his defe
 nse concerning the charge laid against him. When therefore they came togeth
 er here\, I made no delay\, but on the next day took my seat on the tribuna
 l and ordered the man to be brought in. When the accusers stood up\, they b
 rought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed\; but they had cer
 tain points of dispute with him about their own superstition and about one 
 Jesus\, who was dead\, but whom Paul asserted to be alive."\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: John 16:23-33\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Truly\, truly\, I say 
 to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he will give it to you in my n
 ame. Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name\; ask\, and you will receiv
 e\, that your joy may be full.\n\n"I have said this to you in figures\; the
  hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you
  plainly of the Father. In that day you will ask in my name\; and I do not 
 say to you that I shall pray the Father for you\; for the Father himself lo
 ves you\, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the 
 Father. I came from the Father and have come into the world\; again\, I am 
 leaving the world and going to the Father."\n\nHis disciples said\, "Ah\, n
 ow you are speaking plainly\, not in any figure! Now we know that you know 
 all things\, and need none to question you\; by this we believe that you ca
 me from God." Jesus answered them\, "Do you now believe? The hour is coming
 \, indeed it has come\, when you will be scattered\, every man to his home\
 , and will leave me alone\; yet I am not alone\, for the Father is with me.
  I have said this to you\, that in me you may have peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of G
 reater Armenia\; Lucia the Virgin-martyr\; Herman the Wonderworker of Alask
 a & First Saint of America\; Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop of Serbia
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of C
 hrist Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope\, to 
 Timothy\, my true child in the faith: Grace\, mercy\, and peace from God th
 e Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you when I was going to Mace
 donia\, remain at Ephesos that you may charge certain persons not to teach 
 any different doctrine\, nor to occupy themselves with myths and endless ge
 nealogies which promote speculations rather than the divine training that i
 s in faith\; whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure 
 heart and a good conscience and sincere faith. Certain persons by swerving 
 from these have wandered away into vain discussion\, desiring to be teacher
 s of the law\, without understanding either what they are saying or the thi
 ngs about which they make assertions.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:11-21\nAt t
 hat time\, the Pharisees came to Jesus and began to argue with him\, seekin
 g from him a sign from heaven\, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his sp
 irit\, and said\, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly\, I say to y
 ou\, no sign shall be given to this generation." And he left them\, and get
 ting into the boat again he departed to the other side. Now they had forgot
 ten to bring bread\; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And 
 he cautioned them\, saying\, "Take heed\, beware of the leaven of the Phari
 sees and the leaven of Herod." And they discussed it with one another\, say
 ing\, "We have no bread." And being aware of it\, Jesus said to them\, "Why
  do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or
  understand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see\, and hav
 ing ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five lo
 aves for the five thousand\, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you
  take up?" They said to him\, "Twelve." "And the seven for the four thousan
 d\, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said 
 to him\, "Seven." And he said to them\, "Do you not yet understand?"\n\n
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SUMMARY:Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes o
 f Greater Armenia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\; Holy Martyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, D
 emetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\; The Holy New Bishop Martyrs
  Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hiero
 theos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, Gerasimos of Rethy
 mno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Diopo
 los\, and those Martyred with them (1821-1822)\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\;
  Etheldreda the Queen\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans
  5:10-16\nBrethren\, if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by 
 the death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are reconciled\, shall we be
  saved by his life. Not only so\, but we also rejoice in God through our Lo
 rd Jesus Christ\, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.\n\n
 Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin\
 , and so death spread to all men because all men sinned -- sin indeed was i
 n the world before the law was given\, but sin is not counted where there i
 s no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses\, even over those whose sins
  were not like the transgression of Adam\, who was a type of the one who wa
 s to come.\n\nBut the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died 
 through one man's trespass\, much more have the grace of God and the free g
 ift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the fr
 ee gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment foll
 owing one trespass brought condemnation\, but the free gift following many 
 trespasses brings justification.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:23-27\nAt tha
 t time\, when Jesus got into the boat\, his disciples followed him. And beh
 old\, there arose a great storm on the sea\, so that the boat was being swa
 mped by the waves\; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him\, saying\
 , "Save us\, O Lord\; we are perishing." And he said to them\, "Why are you
  afraid\, O men of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and th
 e sea\; and there was a great calm. And the men marveled\, saying\, "What s
 ort of man is this\, that even winds and sea obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Friday after Pascha\; Job the Prophet\; Our Holy Father Seraphim t
 he Struggler of Mt. Domvu\; Sophia of Kleisoura\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil A
 llowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:1-11\nIn those days\, a man named Anania
 s with his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property\, and with his wife's kno
 wledge he kept back some of the proceeds\, and brought only a part and laid
  it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said\, "Ananias\, why has Satan filled
  your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds
  of the land? While it remained unsold\, did it not remain your own? And af
 ter it was sold\, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have cont
 rived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." When A
 nanias heard these words\, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon 
 all who heard of it. The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him 
 out and buried him. After an interval of about three hours his wife came in
 \, not knowing what had happened. And Peter said to her\, "Tell me whether 
 you sold the land for so much." And she said\, "Yes\, for so much." But Pet
 er said to her\, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spir
 it of the Lord? Hark\, the feet of those that have buried your husband are 
 at the door\, and they will carry you out." Immediately she fell down at hi
 s feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead\, and they 
 carried her out and buried her beside her husband. And great fear came upon
  the whole church\, and upon all who heard of these things.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: John 5:30-47\; 6:1-2\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "I can
  do nothing on my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is 
 just\, because I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent m
 e. If I bear witness to myself\, my testimony is not true\; there is anothe
 r who bears witness to me\, and I know that the testimony which he bears to
  me is true. You sent to John\, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not 
 that the testimony which I receive is from man\; but I say this that you ma
 y be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp\, and you were willing to rej
 oice for a while in his light. But the testimony which I have is greater th
 an that of John\; for the works which the Father has granted me to accompli
 sh\, these very works which I am doing\, bear me witness that the Father ha
 s sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His 
 voice you have never heard\, his form you have never seen\; and you do not 
 have his word abiding in you\, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.
  You search the scriptures\, because you think that in them you have eterna
 l life\; and it is they that bear witness to me\; yet you refuse to come to
  me that you may have life. I do not receive glory from men. But I know tha
 t you have not the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name\
 , and you do not receive me\; if another comes in his own name\, him you wi
 ll receive. How can you believe\, who receive glory from one another and do
  not seek the glory that comes from the only God? Do not think that I shall
  accuse you to the Father\; it is Moses who accuses you\, on whom you set y
 our hope. If you believed Moses\, you would believe me\, for he wrote of me
 . But if you do not believe his writings\, how will you believe my words?"\
 n\nAfter this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee\, which is
  the Sea of Tiberias. And a multitude followed him\, because they saw the s
 igns which he did on those who were diseased.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother Th
 eodota\; David the Righteous of Evia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the bod
 y of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointed in the c
 hurch first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of m
 iracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kin
 ds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do
  all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with to
 ngues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I wi
 ll show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men a
 nd of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 
  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all know
 ledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not 
 love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body 
 to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind
 \; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does 
 not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not 
 rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, belie
 ves all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his
  twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast th
 em out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus
  sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no t
 own of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isr
 ael.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  
 Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You rec
 eived without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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 her Theodota
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\; Righteous Hierodeacon 
 Makarios of Kalogeras\; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\; Nicholas the New-M
 artyr of Mytilene\; Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and
  their grandmother Neonilla\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that ti
 me\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church
 . He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that
  it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during t
 he days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in pri
 son\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending
  after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in pr
 ison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe ver
 y night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between 
 two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were gu
 arding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a ligh
 t shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying
 \, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said 
 to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and f
 ollowed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, bu
 t thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the se
 cond guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to
  them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one stree
 t\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and sai
 d\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the
  hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the dis
 ciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A seco
 nd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to
  him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my s
 heep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love m
 e?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love 
 me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I lov
 e you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but 
 when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird 
 you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by wh
 at death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me
 ." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who 
 had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it
  that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lor
 d\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he rem
 ain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroa
 d among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not 
 say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing wi
 tness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that
  his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus di
 d\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself 
 could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\; Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip
 \, and Equal to the Apostles\; Righteous Auxentius\; The Pious Rulers Marci
 an and Pulcheria\; Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium\; Hermogenes (Germo
 gen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\,
  my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you hav
 e heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be a
 ble to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Je
 sus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his 
 aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unles
 s he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ough
 t to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lor
 d will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, ri
 sen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the g
 ospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the
  word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of
  the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its e
 ternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\
 , and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synag
 ogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for
  a pretense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater condemnation.
 "  He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury\; an
 d he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I te
 ll you\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they all co
 ntributed out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in all th
 e living that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ear
 s let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dionysios the Areopagite\; Rusticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\; John
  the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:16-34\nIn t
 hose days\, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens\, his spirit was prov
 oked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. So he argued in 
 the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons\, and in the market plac
 e every day with those who chanced to be there. Some also of the Epicurean 
 and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said\, "What would this babbler sa
 y?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" - becau
 se he preached Jesus and the resurrection. And they took hold of him and br
 ought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what this new teaching i
 s which you present? For you bring some strange things to our ears\; we wis
 h to know therefore what these things mean." Now all the Athenians and the 
 foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or he
 aring something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagos\, sa
 id: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. F
 or as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found a
 lso an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore yo
 u worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world a
 nd everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shr
 ines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed an
 ything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. 
 And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the ear
 th\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitat
 ion\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after hi
 m and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for 'In him we live
  and move and have our being'\; as even some of your poets have said\, 'For
  we are indeed his offspring.' Being then God's offspring\, we ought not to
  think that the Deity is like gold\, or silver\, or stone\, a representatio
 n by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked\
 , but now he commands all men everywhere to repent\, because he has fixed a
  day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has
  appointed\, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him f
 rom the dead." Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead\, some m
 ocked\; but others said\, "We will hear you again about this." So Paul went
  out from among them. But some men joined him and believed\, among them Dio
 nysios the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 6:37-45\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, and you will not b
 e judged\; condemn not\, and you will not be condemned\; forgive\, and you 
 will be forgiven\; give\, and it will be given to you\; good measure\, pres
 sed down\, shaken together\, running over\, will be put into your lap. For 
 the measure you give will be the measure you get back."\n\nHe also told the
 m a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall int
 o a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher\, but every one when he is ful
 ly taught will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in you
 r brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how
  can you say to your brother\, 'Brother\, let me take out the speck that is
  in your eye\,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own ey
 e? You hypocrite\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you wi
 ll see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.\n\n"For
  no good tree bears bad fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit\;
  for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from th
 orns\, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good man out of the g
 ood treasure of his heart produces good\, and the evil man out of his evil 
 treasure produces evil\; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth sp
 eaks."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Bucolus\, Bishop of 
 Smyrna\; Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\; Afterfeast of the Presen
 tation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Ilyan of Homs\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Tr
 uly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the doo
 r but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he 
 who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper 
 opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and l
 eads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, 
 and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will no
 t follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of 
 strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand 
 what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, 
 I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thiev
 es and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any on
 e enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture
 ."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting th
 at we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separ
 ated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those
  high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then
  for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up hims
 elf.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but
  the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who 
 has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is thi
 s: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the 
 throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true 
 tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 0:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will 
 be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only t
 o steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it
  abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life
  for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sh
 eep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the
  wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling a
 nd cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and
  my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay 
 down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this 
 fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall
  be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\; Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantok
 rator Monastery\; Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaza
 n\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 4:9-15\n
 Timothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance. For to
  this end we toil and suffer reproach\, because we have our hope set on the
  living God\, who is the Savior of all men\, especially of those who believ
 e. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise your youth\, but set 
 the believers an example in speech and conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in pu
 rity. Till I come\, attend to the public reading of scripture\, to preachin
 g\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have\, which was given you by 
 prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you. P
 ractice these duties\, devote yourself to them\, so that all may see your p
 rogress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-19\, 9:1-2\, 10:16-21\nAt that time\,
  a crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people came to Jesus fro
 m all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to 
 hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled w
 ith unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for
  power came forth from him and healed them all. And he called the twelve to
 gether and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseas
 es\, and sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal\, and He sa
 id to them: "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\
 , and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with
  joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" An
 d he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, 
 I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over 
 all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do no
 t rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you: but rejoice that y
 our names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy
  Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that 
 you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed t
 hem to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\; Theophilu
 s the Confessor\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:12-17\nTimothy\, my son\, I
  thank him who has given me strength for this\, Christ Jesus our Lord\, bec
 ause he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service\, though I forme
 rly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but I received mercy becau
 se I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace of our Lord overflowe
 d for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is su
 re and worthy of full acceptance\, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
  save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners\; but I received mercy for 
 this reason\, that in me\, as the foremost\, Jesus Christ might display his
  perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for et
 ernal life. To the King of ages\, immortal\, invisible\, the only God\, be 
 honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:24-30\nT
 he Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you that are rich\, 
 for you have received your consolation.\n\n"Woe to you that are full now\, 
 for you shall hunger.\n\n"Woe to you that laugh now\, for you shall mourn a
 nd weep.\n\n"Woe to you\, when all men speak well of you\, for so their fat
 hers did to the false prophets.\n\n"But I say to you that hear\, Love your 
 enemies\, do good to those who hate you\, bless those who curse you\, pray 
 for those who abuse you. To him who strikes you on the cheek\, offer the ot
 her also\; and from him who takes away your coat do not withhold even your 
 shirt. Give to every one who begs from you\; and of him who takes away your
  goods do not ask them again."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\; Holy Martyr Anthuse\; Athanasios the Hie
 romartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\; New Martyrs Manuel and John\; The Synaxis of 
 the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our
  Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: I Co
 rinthians 14:6-19\nBrethren\, if I come to you speaking in tongues\, how sh
 all I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophe
 cy or teaching? If even lifeless instruments\, such as the flute or the har
 p\, do not give distinct notes\, how will any one know what is played? And 
 if the bugle gives an indistinct sound\, who will get ready for battle? So 
 with yourselves\; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible\
 , how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air
 . There are doubtless many different languages in the world\, and none is w
 ithout meaning\; but if I do not know the meaning of the language\, I shall
  be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. So with y
 ourselves\; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit\, strive t
 o excell in building up the church. Therefore\, he who speaks in a tongue s
 hould pray for the power to interpret. For if I pray in a tongue\, my spiri
 t prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with spirit
  and I will sing with the mind also. Otherwise\, if you bless with the spir
 it\, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your 
 thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? For you may give th
 anks well enough\, but the other man is not edified. I thank God that I spe
 ak in tongues more than you all\; nevertheless\, in church I would rather s
 peak five words with my mind\, in order to instruct others\, than ten thous
 and words in a tongue.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:17-28\nAt that time\, 
 as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem\, he took the twelve disciples aside\, a
 nd on the way he said to them\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\; an
 d the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes\, and t
 hey will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocke
 d and scourged and crucified\, and he will be raised on the third day."\n\n
 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him\, with her sons\, and
  kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her\, "Wha
 t do you want?" She said to him\, "Command that these two sons of mine may 
 sit\, one at your right hand and one at your left\, in your kingdom." But J
 esus answered\, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink
  the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him\, "We are able." He said to 
 them\, "You will drink my cup\, but to sit at my right hand and at my left 
 is not mine to grant\, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by
  my Father." And when the ten heard it\, they were indignant at the two bro
 thers. But Jesus called them to him and said\, "You know that the rulers of
  the Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great men exercise authority ov
 er them. It shall not be so among you\; but whoever would be great among yo
 u must be your servant\, and whoever would be first among you must be your 
 slave\; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve\, and to 
 give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Cyprian
  the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\; Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folk
 estone\; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an 
 earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were 
 the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called th
 e Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Hol
 ies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covere
 d on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\,
  and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it we
 re the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we c
 annot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the p
 riests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\
 ; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, 
 and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors
  of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\,
  Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her 
 house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and li
 stened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and s
 he went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left m
 e to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\
 , "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one t
 hing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be take
 n away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice a
 nd said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that 
 you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of G
 od and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trypho the Martyr\; Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savi
 or in the Temple\; Perpetua & her Companions\; Our Holy Father Basil\, Arch
 bishop of Thessolonica\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Navplion\; The Four M
 artyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\, Plato and George who contested in Megara\; 
 Timothy the Confessor\; Bridget of Ireland\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-
 39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good with those who love G
 od\, who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew h
 e also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that 
 he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predesti
 ned he also called\; and those whom he called he also justified\; and those
  whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  I
 f God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but 
 gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who
  shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who
  is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from 
 the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. 
 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or dist
 ress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As
  it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we ar
 e regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are mo
 re than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither de
 ath\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor
  things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else i
 n all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ
  Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and sc
 orpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you.
  Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\
 ; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he 
 rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heav
 en and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understa
 nding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your graciou
 s will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord\; Holy Martyr Zosima
 \; Our Righteous Father Zenonus\; Paisius the Great of Egypt\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Jude 1:1-25\nJUDE\, a servant of Jesus Chr
 ist\, and brother of James\, To those who are called\, beloved in God the F
 ather and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy\, peace\, and love be multiplied
  to you. Beloved\, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation
 \, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith 
 which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admission has been secr
 etly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation\, un
 godly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny
  the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I desire to remind you\, th
 ough you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord saved a people ou
 t of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And
  the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwel
 ling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the 
 judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding 
 cities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust\, se
 rve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like m
 anner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reject authority\, an
 d revile the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael\, contending wit
 h the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did not presume to pron
 ounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord rebuke you." But 
 these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by those things that
  they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are destroyed. Woe to t
 he ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and abandon themselves for 
 the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah's rebellion. These
  are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carouse together\, look
 ing after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along by winds\; fruitles
 s trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the sea\, ca
 sting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars for whom the nether 
 gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever. It was of these also that Eno
 ch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the 
 Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on all\, and to convi
 ct all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have commit
 ted in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinn
 ers have spoken against him." These are grumblers\, malcontents\, following
  their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering people to gain adv
 antage. But you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions of the apostles o
 f our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "in the last time there will b
 e scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions." It is these who set up 
 divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit. But you\, beloved\, buil
 d yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yo
 urselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ u
 nto eternal life. And convince some\, who doubt\; save some\, by snatching 
 them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hating even the garme
 nt spotted by the flesh. Now to him who is able to keep you from falling an
 d to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejo
 icing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glo
 ry\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time and now and for e
 ver. Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:21-24\nThe Lord said to his disciple
 s\, "He who has my commandments and keeps them\,  he it is who loves me\; a
 nd he who loves me will be loved by my Father\,  and I will love him and ma
 nifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot)  said to him\, "Lord\, how is i
 t that you will manifest yourself to us\, and  not to the world?" Jesus ans
 wered him\, "If a man loves me\, he will keep  my word\, and my Father will
  love him\, and we will come to him and make  our home with him. He who doe
 s not love me does not keep my words\; and  the word which you hear is not 
 mine but the Father's who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\; Holy Father Theoctistus and his fello
 w struggler Euthymius the Great\; Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\; Tra
 nslation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentop
 olis\; Chariton the Martyr\; Phoebe the Deaconess\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:12-15\; 10:1-7\nBre
 thren\, the rendering of this service not only supplies the wants of the sa
 ints but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God. Under the test of thi
 s service\, you will glorify God by your obedience in acknowledging the gos
 pel of Christ\, and by the generosity of your contribution for them and for
  all others\; while they long for you and pray for you\, because of the sur
 passing grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!\n
 \nI\, Paul\, myself entreat you\, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ 
 - I who am humble when face to face with you\, but bold to you when I am aw
 ay! - I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness w
 ith such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of ac
 ting in worldly fashion. For though we live in the world we are not carryin
 g on a worldly war\, for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but hav
 e divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every proud
  obstacle to the knowledge of God\, and take every thought captive to obey 
 Christ\, being ready to punish every disobedience\, when your obedience is 
 complete.\n\nLook at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that
  he is Christ's\, let him remind himself that as he is Christ's\, so are we
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:20-27\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a home\, an
 d the crowd came together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when
  his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\
 , "He is beside himself." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said
 \, "He is possessed by Beelzebul\, and by the prince of demons he casts out
  the demons." And he called them to him\, and said to them in parables\, "H
 ow can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself\, that 
 kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself\, that house
  will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and i
 s divided\, he cannot stand\, but is coming to an end. But no one can enter
  a strong man's house and plunder his goods\, unless he first binds the str
 ong man\; then indeed he may plunder his house."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia\, and their mother Th
 eodota\; David the Righteous of Evia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the bod
 y of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointed in the c
 hurch first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of m
 iracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kin
 ds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do
  all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with to
 ngues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I wi
 ll show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men a
 nd of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 
  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all know
 ledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not 
 love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body 
 to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind
 \; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does 
 not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not 
 rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, belie
 ves all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his
  twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast th
 em out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus
  sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no t
 own of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isr
 ael.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  
 Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You rec
 eived without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Mala
 chi the Prophet\; Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\; Righteous Genevieve of P
 aris\; Righteous Peter of Atroas\; Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\; Rig
 hteous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16
 \;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good sta
 nding for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Chr
 ist Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions
  to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in
  the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the pillar 
 and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our
  religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\,
  \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in the wor
 ld\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later ti
 mes some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and
  doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences a
 re seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God 
 created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the 
 truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejecte
 d if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the w
 ord of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:1-6\nAt that time\, Joh
 n the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea\, "Repent\, for the
  kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of by the pro
 phet Isaiah when he said\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: prep
 are the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight." Now John wore a garment
  of camel's hair\, and a leather girdle around his waist\; and his food was
  locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and a
 ll the region about the Jordan\, and they were baptized by him in the river
  Jordan\, confessing their sins.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\; Andronicus & his wife Athanasia 
 of Egypt\; Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\; The Righteous Patriarch Abraha
 m and his nephew Lot\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Cor
 inthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, 
 like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the wor
 ld\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wis
 e in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but 
 we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad
  and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. Whe
 n reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we tr
 y to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world
 \, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\
 , but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless
  guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father 
 in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw
  the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were harassed and h
 elpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples\, "T
 he harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray therefore the Lor
 d of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n\nAnd he called t
 o him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, t
 o cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names 
 of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and
  Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Phi
 lip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James the son 
 of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean\, and Jud
 as Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them
 \, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, b
 ut go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go
 \, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the d
 ead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without paying\, give 
 without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wr
 ought by Saint Theodore the Tyro\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Symeon the Ne
 w Theologian\; Gregory Dialogos\, Bishop of Rome\; Phineas\, grandson of Pr
 ophet Aaron\; Paul Aurelian\, Bishop of Brittany\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil 
 Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be stron
 g in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me be
 fore many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach other
 s also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on
  service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy 
 the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes acco
 rding to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the firs
 t share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you u
 nderstanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\
 , descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I 
 am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is no
 t fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that 
 they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through
  the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck 
 heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing
  what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never
  read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those wh
 o were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high p
 riest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any 
 but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And
  he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\
 ; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the s
 ynagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched h
 im\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might a
 ccuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."
   And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do ha
 rm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around
  at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the 
 man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Mary & Martha\
 , the sisters of Lazarus\; Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\; Petro
 c\, Abbot of Padstow\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\,
  it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\,
  unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no
  need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his
  own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all when 
 he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as 
 high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, a
 ppoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we
  are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the 
 right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanct
 uary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "T
 ruly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the do
 or but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he
  who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper
  opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and 
 leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\,
  and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will n
 ot follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of
  strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand
  what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thie
 ves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any o
 ne enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastur
 e."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthony the Great\; Anthony the New of Veria\; George the New Martyr o
 f Ioannina\; Theodosius the Emperor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "A
 ll things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son
  except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one
  to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are
  heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn
  from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for 
 your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit to them\; fo
 r they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have to give acc
 ount.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would be of no 
 advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a clear consc
 ience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you the more earne
 stly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.  Now may
  the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the grea
 t Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, equip you 
 with everything good that you may do His will\, working in you that which i
 s pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever 
 and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus sto
 od on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multi
 tude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Si
 don\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those w
 ho were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought
  to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he 
 lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for
  yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you sh
 all be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Bl
 essed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\
 , and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice i
 n that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Luke\; Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricu
 m\, and his mother Anthia\; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (
 Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus ro
 se early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene
 \, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had 
 been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was a
 live and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he
  appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the co
 untry. And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them
 . After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and 
 He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they h
 ad not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\,
  "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who
  believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will 
 be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name 
 they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick
  up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\;
  they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then
  the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, 
 and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached eve
 rywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the 
 signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:8-18\nTIMOTH
 Y\, my son\, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me h
 is prisoner\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God\, w
 ho saved us and called us with a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works 
 but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ J
 esus ages ago\, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior 
 Christ Jesus\, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to ligh
 t through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostl
 e and teacher\, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for 
 I know whom I have believed\, and I am sure that he is able to guard until 
 that Day what has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound wor
 ds which you have heard from me\, in the faith and love which are in Christ
  Jesus\; guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit 
 who dwells within us.\n\nYou are aware that all who are in Asia turned away
  from me\, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy
  to the household of Onesiphoros\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not a
 shamed of my chains\, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerl
 y and found me -  may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on tha
 t Day and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 14:16-24\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man once gave a great
  banquet\, and invited many\; and at the time of the banquet he sent his se
 rvant to say to those who had been invited\, 'Come\; for all is now ready.'
  But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him\, 'I have 
 bought a field\, and I go out and see it\; I pray you\, have me excused.' A
 nd another said\, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen\, and I must go to exami
 ne them\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I have married
  a wife\, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported th
 is to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant\, 'Go o
 ut quickly to the streets and lanes of the city\, and bring in the poor and
  maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said\, 'Sir\, what you command
 ed has been done\, and there is still room.' And the master said to the ser
 vant\, 'Go out to the highways and hedges\, and compel people to come in\, 
 that my house may be filled. For I tell you\, none of those men who were in
 vited shall taste my banquet. For many are called\, but few are chosen.'"\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wr
 ought by Saint Theodore the Tyro\; The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 
 199 Disciples\; Anatolios & Protoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdo
 m of St. George\; Luke the New Martyr of Mytilene\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be stro
 ng in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me b
 efore many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach othe
 rs also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier o
 n service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy
  the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes acc
 ording to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the fir
 st share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you 
 understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead
 \, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I
  am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is n
 ot fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that
  they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going throug
 h the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck
  heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doin
 g what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you neve
 r read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those w
 ho were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high 
 priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any
  but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  An
 d he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath
 \; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the 
 synagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched 
 him\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might 
 accuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here.
 "  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do h
 arm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked aroun
 d at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the
  man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\; G
 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\; Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 3:17-25\;4:1\nBrethren\, what
 ever you do\, in word or deed\, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus
 \, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives\, be subject to your 
 husbands\, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands\, love your wives\, and do n
 ot be harsh with them. Children\, obey your parents in everything\, for thi
 s pleases the Lord. Fathers\, do not provoke your children\, lest they beco
 me discouraged. Slaves\, obey in everything those who are your earthly mast
 ers\, not with eyeservice\, as men-pleasers\, but in singleness of heart\, 
 fearing the Lord. Whatever your task\, work heartily\, as serving the Lord 
 and not men\, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance a
 s your reward\; you are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be 
 paid back for the wrong he has done\, and there is no partiality. Masters\,
  treat your slaves justly and fairly\, knowing that you also have a Master 
 in heaven.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:15-17\, 26-30\nAt that time\, they we
 re bringing infants to Jesus that he might touch them\; and when the discip
 les saw it\, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him\, saying\, "Le
 t the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs th
 e kingdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not receive the kingd
 om of God like a child shall not enter it."\n\nThose who heard it said\, "T
 hen who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men is possib
 le with God." And Peter said\, "Lo\, we have left our homes and followed yo
 u." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no man who has l
 eft house or wife or brothers or parents or children\, for the sake of the 
 kingdom of God\, who will not receive manifold more in this time\, and in t
 he age to come eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Ca
 pito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius\; Lavrentios of Megara\, the 
 Righteous\; Paul the Simple\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah
  3:1-14\n For\, behold\, the Lord\, the Lord of hosts\, is taking away from
  Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff\, the whole stay of bread\, and th
 e whole stay of water\; the mighty man and the soldier\, the judge and the 
 prophet\, the diviner and the elder\, the captain of fifty and the man of r
 ank\, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.  An
 d I will make boys their princes\, and babes shall rule over them.  And the
  people will oppress one another\, every man his fellow and every man his n
 eighbor\; the youth will be insolent to the elder\, and the base fellow to 
 the honorable.\n\nWhen a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his 
 father\, saying:  "You have a mantle\; you shall be our leader\, and this h
 eap of ruins shall be under your rule"\; in that day he will speak out\, sa
 ying:  "I will not be a healer\; in my house there is neither bread nor man
 tle\; you shall not make me leader of the people."  For Jerusalem has stumb
 led\, and Judah has fallen\; because their speech and their deeds are again
 st the Lord\, defying his glorious presence.\n\nTheir partiality witnesses 
 against them\; they proclaim their sin like Sodom\, they do not hide it.  W
 oe to them!  For they have brought evil upon themselves.  Tell the righteou
 s that it shall be well with them\, for they shall eat the fruit of their d
 eeds.  Woe to the wicked!  It shall be ill with him\, for what his hands ha
 ve done shall be done to him.  My people -- children are their oppressors\,
  and women rule over them.  O my people\, your leaders mislead you\, and co
 nfuse the course of your paths.\n\nThe Lord has taken his place to contend\
 , he stands to judge his people.  The Lord enters into judgment with the el
 ders and princes of his people:  "It is you who have devoured the vineyard\
 , the spoil of the poor is in your houses."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genes
 is 2:20-3:20\n The man gave names to all cattle\, and to the birds of the a
 ir\, and to every beast of the field\; but for the man there was not found 
 a helper fit for him.  So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the
  man\, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with
  flesh\; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into
  a woman and brought her to the man.  Then the man said\, "This at last is 
 bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; she shall be called Woman\, becaus
 e she was taken out of Man."  Therefore a man leaves his father and his mot
 her and cleaves to his wife\, and they become one flesh.  And the man and h
 is wife were both naked\, and were not ashamed.\n\nNow the serpent was more
  subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made.  He said t
 o the woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?
 "  And the woman said to the serpent\, "We may eat of the fruit of the tree
 s of the garden\; but God said\, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tre
 e which is in the midst of the garden\, neither shall you touch it\, lest y
 ou die.'"  But the serpent said to the woman\, "You will not die.  For God 
 knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened\, and you will be li
 ke God\, knowing good and evil."  So when the woman saw that the tree was g
 ood for food\, and that it was a delight to the eyes\, and that the tree wa
 s to be desired to make one wise\, she took of its fruit and ate\; and she 
 also gave some to her husband\, and he ate.  Then the eyes of both were ope
 ned\, and they knew that they were naked\; and they sewed fig leaves togeth
 er and made themselves aprons.\n\nAnd they heard the sound of the Lord God 
 walking in the garden in the cool of the day\, and the man and his wife hid
  themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden
 .  But the Lord God called to the man\, and said to him\, "Where are you?" 
  And he said\, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden\, and I was afraid\
 , because I was naked\; and I hid myself."  He said\, "Who told you that yo
 u were naked?  Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to e
 at?"  The man said\, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me\, she gave m
 e fruit of the tree\, and I ate."  Then the Lord God said to the woman\, "W
 hat is this that you have done?"  The woman said\, "The serpent beguiled me
 \, and I ate."  The Lord God said to the serpent\, "Because you have done t
 his\, cursed are you above all cattle\, and above all wild animals\; upon y
 our belly you shall go\, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 
  I will put enmity between you and the woman\, and between your seed and he
 r seed\; he shall bruise your head\, and you shall bruise his heel."  To th
 e woman he said\, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing\; in p
 ain you shall bring forth children\, yet your desire shall be for your husb
 and\, and he shall rule over you."  And to Adam he said\, "Because you have
  listened to the voice of your wife\, and have eaten of the tree of which I
  commanded you\, 'You shall not eat of it\,' cursed is the ground because o
 f you\; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life\; thorns and 
 thistles it shall bring forth to you\; and you shall eat the plants of the 
 field.  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to th
 e ground\, for out of it you were taken\; you are dust\, and to dust you sh
 all return."\n\nThe man called his wife's name Eve\, because she was the mo
 ther of all living.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:19-34\nThe Lord by
  wisdom founded the earth\; by understanding he established the heavens\; b
 y his knowledge the deeps broke forth\, and the clouds drop down the dew.\n
 \nMy son\, keep sound wisdom and discretion\; let them not escape from your
  sight\, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.  
 Then you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stumble.  If
  you sit down\, you will not be afraid\; when you lie down\, your sleep wil
 l be sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden panic\, or of the ruin of the wicke
 d\, when it comes\; for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your
  foot from being caught.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due
 \, when it is in your power to do it.\n\nDo not say to your neighbor\, "Go\
 , and come again\, tomorrow I will give it" -- when you have it with you.  
 Do not plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly beside you.  D
 o not contend with a man for no reason\, when he has done you no harm.  Do 
 not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways\; for the perv
 erse man is an abomination to the Lord\, but the upright are in his confide
 nce.  The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked\, but he blesses the a
 bode of the righteous.  Toward the scorners he is scornful\, but to the hum
 ble he shows favor.\n\n
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 e\, Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\; Elizabet
 h\, Mother of the Forerunner\; Urban\, Theodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromarty
 rs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 12
 :20-21\;13:1-2\nBrethren\, I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not 
 what I wish\, and that you may find me not what you wish\; that perhaps the
 re may be quarreling\, jealousy\, anger\, selfishness\, slander\, gossip\, 
 conceit\, and disorder. I fear that when I come again my God may humble me 
 before you\, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned before a
 nd have not repented of the impurity\, immorality\, and licentiousness whic
 h they have practiced.\n\nThis is the third time I am coming to you. Any ch
 arge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses. I warned 
 those who sinned before and all the others\, and I warn them now while abse
 nt\, as I did when present on my second visit\, that if I come again I will
  not spare them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the 
 Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites
 ! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the ri
 ghteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would n
 ot have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus y
 ou witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the
  prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you
  brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore
  I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill 
 and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute fr
 om town to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on ea
 rth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of 
 Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, 
 I say to you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Je
 rusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How o
 ften would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her broo
 d under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and 
 desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Ble
 ssed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\; Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\; Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\; Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:18-33\nBr
 ethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and he hardens the heart of w
 homever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still find fault? 
 For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a man\, to answer back to G
 od? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why have you made me thus?" Ha
 s the potter no right over the clay\, to make out of the same lump one vess
 el for beauty and another for menial use? What if God\, desiring to show hi
 s wrath and to make known his power\, has endured with much patience the ve
 ssels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to make known the riches of 
 his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has prepared beforehand for g
 lory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the Jews only but also from th
 e Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those who were not my people I wi
 ll call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'
 " "And in the very place where it was said to them\, 'You are not my people
 \,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" And Isaiah cries out con
 cerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of 
 the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; for the Lord will execute 
 his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatch." And as Isaiah predict
 ed\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us children\, we would have fared l
 ike Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall we say\, then? That Gent
 iles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it\, that is\, righteou
 sness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which i
 s based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? Because they di
 d not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were based on works. They have
  stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is written\, "Behold\, I am layi
 ng in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them 
 fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 9:49-56\nAt that time\, one of Jesus' disciples came to him and s
 aid\, "Master\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forba
 de him\, because he does not follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do n
 ot forbid him\; for he that is not against you is for you." When the days d
 rew near for him to be received up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. An
 d he sent messengers ahead of him\, who went and entered a village of the S
 amaritans\, to make ready for him\; but the people would not receive him\, 
 because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and
  John saw it\, they said\, "Lord\, do you want us to bid fire come down fro
 m heaven and consume them as Elijah did?" But he turned and rebuked them. A
 nd they went on to another village.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodora of Alexandria\; Euphrosynos the Cook\; Demetrios & Evanthea t
 he Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\; Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland
 \; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Deinol the First Bishop of
  Bangor\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:1-3\, 20-2
 4\; 2:1-5\nPaul\, an apostle - not from men nor through men\, but through J
 esus Christ and God the Father\, who raised him from the dead - and all the
  brethren who are with me\,\n\nTo the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and
  peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nIn what I am writi
 ng to you\, before God\, I do not lie! Then I went into the regions of Syri
 a and Cilicia. And I was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ
  in Judea\; they only heard it said\, "He who once persecuted us is now pre
 aching the faith he once tried to destroy." And they glorified God because 
 of me. Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas
 \, taking Titus along with me. I went up by revelation\; and I laid before 
 them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I pre
 ach among the Gentiles\, lest somehow I should be running or had run in vai
 n. But even Titus\, who was with me\, was not compelled to be circumcised\,
  though he was a Greek. But because of false brethren secretly brought in\,
  who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus\, that
  they might bring us into bondage - to them we did not yield submission eve
 n for a moment\, that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.\n
 \nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharisees took counsel 
 against Jesus and said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; 
 look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to wor
 ship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, who was from 
 Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Phil
 ip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And 
 Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified
 . Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ear
 th and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit. He w
 ho loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will k
 eep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and whe
 re I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Fathe
 r will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Fathe
 r\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour
 . Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glor
 ified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and
  said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Je
 sus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is th
 e judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\; 
 and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself." 
 He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him\, 
 "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you s
 ay that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus sa
 id to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you hav
 e the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkness
  does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the lig
 ht\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agatha the Martyr\; Polyeuktos\, Patriarch Of Constantinople\; Antonio
 s the New Martyr of Athens\; Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\; Afterfe
 ast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Theodosios o
 f Antioch\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 4:1-11\nBeloved\, sinc
 e Christ suffered in the flesh for us\, arm yourselves with the same though
 t\, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin\, so as to li
 ve for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions but by
  the will of God. Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gent
 iles like to do\, living in licentiousness\, passions\, drunkenness\, revel
 s\, carousing\, and lawless idolatry. They are surprised that you do not no
 w join them in the same wild profligacy\, and they abuse you\; but they wil
 l give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For th
 is is why the gospel was preached even to the dead\, that though judged in 
 the flesh like men\, they might live in the spirit like God.\n\nThe end of 
 all things is at hand\; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers. Abo
 ve all hold unfailing your love for one another\, since love covers a multi
 tude of sins. Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another. As each has
  received a gift\, employ it for one another\, as good stewards of God's va
 ried grace: whoever speaks\, as one who utters oracles of God\; whoever ren
 ders service\, as one who renders it by the strength which God supplies\; i
 n order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To hi
 m belong glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mar
 k 12:28-37\nAt that time\, one of the scribes came up to Jesus. Hearing the
  Sadducees disputing with him\, and seeing that he answered them well\, ask
 ed him\, "Which commandment is the first of all?" Jesus answered\, "The fir
 st is\, 'Hear\, O Israel: The Lord our God\, the Lord is one\; and you shal
 l love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and
  with all your mind\, and with all your strength.' The second is this\, 'Yo
 u shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment grea
 ter than these." And the scribe said to him\, "You are right\, Teacher\; yo
 u have truly said that he is one\, and there is no other but he\; and to lo
 ve him with all the heart\, and with all the understanding\, and with all t
 he strength\, and to love one's neighbor as oneself\, is much more than all
  whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that he answered
  wisely\, he said to him\, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And a
 fter that no one dared to ask him any question. And as Jesus taught in the 
 temple\, he said\, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of D
 avid? David himself\, inspired by the Holy Spirit\, declared\,\n\n'The Lord
  said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under you
 r feet.'\n\nDavid himself calls him Lord\; so how is he his son?" And the g
 reat throng heard him gladly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Elizabeth the Wonderworker\; Savvas the General of Rome\; Nicholas the
  New-Martyr of Magnesia\; Mellitus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fas
 t\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 58:1-11\nThus says the LORD: "Cry aloud\
 , spare not\, lift up your voice like a trumpet\; declare to my people thei
 r transgression\, to the house of Jacob their sins.  Yet they seek me daily
 \, and delight to know my ways\, as if they were a nation that did righteou
 sness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God\; they ask of me right
 eous judgments\, they delight to draw near to God.  'Why have we fasted\, a
 nd thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves\, and thou takest no kn
 owledge of it?' Behold\, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure
 \, and oppress all your workers.  Behold\, you fast only to quarrel and to 
 fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not mak
 e your voice to be heard on high.  Is such the fast that I choose\, a day f
 or a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush\, and to
  spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast\, and a da
 y acceptable to the LORD?  \n\n "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loo
 se the bonds of wickedness\, to undo the thongs of the yoke\, to let the op
 pressed go free\, and to break every yoke?  Is it not to share your bread w
 ith the hungry\, and bring the homeless poor into your house\; when you see
  the naked\, to cover him\, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?  
 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn\, and your healing shall sp
 ring up speedily\; your righteousness shall go before you\, the glory of th
 e LORD shall be your rear guard.  Then you shall call\, and the LORD will a
 nswer\; you shall cry\, and he will say\, "Here I am." \n\n "If you take aw
 ay from the midst of you the yoke\, the pointing of the finger\, and speaki
 ng wickedness\, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the des
 ire of the afflicted\, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your 
 gloom be as the noonday.  And the LORD will guide you continually\, and sat
 isfy your desire with good things\, and make your bones strong\; and you sh
 all be like a watered garden\, like a spring of water\, whose waters fail n
 ot.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 43:26-31\; 45:1-16\n When Joseph came
  home\, they brought into the house to him the present which they had with 
 them\, and bowed down to him to the ground.  And he inquired about their we
 lfare\, and said\, "Is your father well\, the old man of whom you spoke? Is
  he still alive?"  They said\, "Your servant our father is well\, he is sti
 ll alive." And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.  And he lifted up
  his eyes\, and saw his brother Benjamin\, his mother's son\, and said\, "I
 s this your youngest brother\, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to 
 you\, my son!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for his heart yearned for his brot
 her\, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept th
 ere.  Then he washed his face and came out\; and controlling himself he sai
 d\, "Let food be served." \n\n (Chapter 45:1-16) Then Joseph could not cont
 rol himself before all those who stood by him\; and he cried\, "Make every 
 one go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself kno
 wn to his brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so that the Egyptians heard it\, a
 nd the household of Pharaoh heard it.  And Joseph said to his brothers\, "I
  am Joseph\; is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer h
 im\, for they were dismayed at his presence.  So Joseph said to his brother
 s\, "Come near to me\, I pray you." And they came near. And he said\, "I am
  your brother\, Joseph\, whom you sold into Egypt.  And now do not be distr
 essed\, or angry with yourselves\, because you sold me here\; for God sent 
 me before you to preserve life.  For the famine has been in the land these 
 two years\; and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plo
 wing nor harvest.  And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant
  on earth\, and to keep alive for you many survivors.  So it was not you wh
 o sent me here\, but God\; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh\, and lor
 d of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.  Make haste and go
  up to my father and say to him\, 'Thus says your son Joseph\, God has made
  me lord of all Egypt\; come down to me\, do not tarry\; you shall dwell in
  the land of Goshen\, and you shall be near me\, you and your children and 
 your children's children\, and your flocks\, your herds\, and all that you 
 have\; and there I will provide for you\, for there are yet five years of f
 amine to come\; lest you and your household\, and all that you have\, come 
 to poverty.'  And now your eyes see\, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin s
 ee\, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.  You must tell my father of al
 l my splendor in Egypt\, and of all that you have seen. Make haste and brin
 g my father down here."  Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and 
 wept\; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And he kissed all his brothers and
  wept upon them\; and after that his brothers talked with him.  When the re
 port was heard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's brothers have come\," it plea
 sed Pharaoh and his servants well.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 21:23
 -22:4\nHe who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. 
  "Scoffer" is the name of the proud\, haughty man who acts with arrogant pr
 ide.  The desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse to labor.  
 All day long the wicked covets\, but the righteous gives and does not hold 
 back.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination\; how much more when h
 e brings it with evil intent.  A false witness will perish\, but the word o
 f a man who hears will endure.  A wicked man puts on a bold face\, but an u
 pright man considers his ways.  No wisdom\, no understanding\, no counsel\,
  can avail against the LORD.  The horse is made ready for the day of battle
 \, but the victory belongs to the LORD.  A good name is to be chosen rather
  than great riches\, and favor is better than silver or gold.  The rich and
  the poor meet together\; the LORD is the maker of them all.  A prudent man
  sees danger and hides himself\; but the simple go on\, and suffer for it. 
  The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Amasea\; Glaphyra the Righteous\; Just
 a the Nun\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 66:10-24\n"Rejoic
 e with Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, all you who love her\; rejoice wit
 h her in joy\, all you who mourn over her\; that you may suck and be satisf
 ied with her consoling breasts\; that you may drink deeply with delight fro
 m the abundance of her glory."  For thus says the LORD: "Behold\, I will ex
 tend prosperity to her like a river\, and the wealth of the nations like an
  overflowing stream\; and you shall suck\, you shall be carried upon her hi
 p\, and dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his mother comforts\, so I wil
 l comfort you\; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.  You shall see\, and y
 our heart shall rejoice\; your bones shall flourish like the grass\; and it
  shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with his servants\, and his in
 dignation is against his enemies.  "For behold\, the LORD will come in fire
 \, and his chariots like the stormwind\, to render his anger in fury\, and 
 his rebuke with flames of fire.  For by fire will the LORD execute judgment
 \, and by his sword\, upon all flesh\; and those slain by the LORD shall be
  many.  "Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens\, 
 following one in the midst\, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and m
 ice\, shall come to an end together\, says the LORD.  "For I know their wor
 ks and their thoughts\, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues\;
  and they shall come and shall see my glory\, and I will set a sign among t
 hem. And from them I will send survivors to the nations\, to Tarshish\, Put
 \, and Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal and Javan\, to the coastlands afar
  off\, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory\; and they shall declar
 e my glory among the nations.  And they shall bring all your brethren from 
 all the nations as an offering to the LORD\, upon horses\, and in chariots\
 , and in litters\, and upon mules\, and upon dromedaries\, to my holy mount
 ain Jerusalem\, says the LORD\, just as the Israelites bring their cereal o
 ffering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.  And some of them also 
 I will take for priests and for Levites\, says the LORD.  "For as the new h
 eavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me\, says th
 e LORD\; so shall your descendants and your name remain.  From new moon to 
 new moon\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, all flesh shall come to worship be
 fore me\, says the LORD.  "And they shall go forth and look on the dead bod
 ies of the men that have rebelled against me\; for their worm shall not die
 \, their fire shall not be quenched\, and they shall be an abhorrence to al
 l flesh."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 49:33-50:26\nWhen Jacob finishe
 d charging his sons\, he drew up his feet into the bed\, and breathed his l
 ast\, and was gathered to his people.  Then Joseph fell on his father's fac
 e\, and wept over him\, and kissed him.  And Joseph commanded his servants 
 the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel\; fo
 rty days were required for it\, for so many are required for embalming. And
  the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.\n\nAnd when the days of weeping f
 or him were past\, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh\, saying\, "If 
 now I have found favor in your eyes\, speak\, I pray you\, in the ears of P
 haraoh\, saying\, My father made me swear\, saying\, 'I am about to die: in
  my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan\, there shall y
 ou bury me.' Now therefore let me go up\, I pray you\, and bury my father\;
  then I will return."  And Pharaoh answered\, "Go up\, and bury your father
 \, as he made you swear."  So Joseph went up to bury his father\; and with 
 him went up all the servants of Pharaoh\, the elders of his household\, and
  all the elders of the land of Egypt\, as well as all the household of Jose
 ph\, his brothers\, and his father's household\; only their children\, thei
 r flocks\, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.  And there went
  up with him both chariots and horsemen\; it was a very great company.  Whe
 n they came to the threshing floor of Atad\, which is beyond the Jordan\, t
 hey lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation\; and he mad
 e a mourning for his father seven days.  When the inhabitants of the land\,
  the Canaanites\, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad\, they sa
 id\, "This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians." Therefore the place wa
 s named Abelmizraim\; it is beyond the Jordan.  Thus his sons did for him a
 s he had commanded them\; for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan\, 
 and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah\, to the east of Mamre
 \, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite\, to possess
  as a burying place.  After he had buried his father\, Joseph returned to E
 gypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
   When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead\, they said\, "It m
 ay be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil which we di
 d to him."  So they sent a message to Joseph\, saying\, "Your father gave t
 his command before he died\,  'Say to Joseph\, Forgive\, I pray you\, the t
 ransgression of your brothers and their sin\, because they did evil to you.
 ' And now\, we pray you\, forgive the transgression of the servants of the 
 God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.  His brothers also
  came and fell down before him\, and said\, "Behold\, we are your servants.
 "  But Joseph said to them\, "Fear not\, for am I in the place of God?  As 
 for you\, you meant evil against me\; but God meant it for good\, to bring 
 it about that many people should be kept alive\, as they are today.  So do 
 not fear\; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he reassured 
 them and comforted them.\n\nSo Joseph dwelt in Egypt\, he and his father's 
 house\; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.  And Joseph saw Ephraim's
  children of the third generation\; the children also of Machir the son of 
 Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.  And Joseph said to his brothers\, 
 "I am about to die\; but God will visit you\, and bring you up out of this 
 land to the land which he swore to Abraham\, to Isaac\, and to Jacob."  The
 n Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel\, saying\, "God will visit you\
 , and you shall carry up my bones from here."  So Joseph died\, being a hun
 dred and ten years old\; and they embalmed him\, and he was put in a coffin
  in Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 31:8-31\nOpen your mouth for 
 the dumb\, for the rights of all who are left desolate.  Open your mouth\, 
 judge righteously\, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.  A good wife
  who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.  The heart of her husb
 and trusts in her\, and he will have no lack of gain.  She does him good\, 
 and not harm\, all the days of her life.  She seeks wool and flax\, and wor
 ks with willing hands.  She is like the ships of the merchant\, she brings 
 her food from afar.  She rises while it is yet night and provides food for 
 her household and tasks for her maidens.  She considers a field and buys it
 \; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.  She girds her loins 
 with strength and makes her arms strong.  She perceives that her merchandis
 e is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.  She puts her hands to 
 the distaff\, and her hands hold the spindle.  She opens her hand to the po
 or\, and reaches out her hands to the needy.  She is not afraid of snow for
  her household\, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.  She makes h
 erself coverings\; her clothing is fine linen and purple.  Her husband is k
 nown in the gates\, when he sits among the elders of the land.  She makes l
 inen garments and sells them\; she delivers girdles to the merchant.  Stren
 gth and dignity are her clothing\, and she laughs at the time to come.  She
  opens her mouth with wisdom\, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongu
 e.  She looks well to the ways of her household\, and does not eat the brea
 d of idleness.  Her children rise up and call her blessed\; her husband als
 o\, and he praises her:  "Many women have done excellently\, but you surpas
 s them all."  Charm is deceitful\, and beauty is vain\, but a 
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 sts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\; Removal
  of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the discip
 les after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\
 , son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lo
 rd\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second 
 time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to hi
 m\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my shee
 p." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"
  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?
 " And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love y
 ou." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, whe
 n you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but whe
 n you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you
  and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what 
 death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." 
 Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had
  lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it th
 at is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\,
  what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain
  until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad a
 mong the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say
  to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain unt
 il I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witne
 ss to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that hi
 s testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\;
  were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself cou
 ld not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I
  John 4:12-19\nNo man has ever seen God\; if we love one another\, God abid
 es in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in 
 him and he in us\, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have s
 een and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world
 . Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God\, God abides in him\, and 
 he in God. So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love\, an
 d he who abides in love abides in God\, and God abides in him. In this is l
 ove perfected with us\, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment
 \, because as he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love\, but
  perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment\, and he w
 ho fears is not perfected in love. We love\, because he first loved us.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 19:25-27\; 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cr
 oss of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of C
 lopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple wh
 om he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your 
 son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that 
 hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is bea
 ring witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we kn
 ow that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which J
 esus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world 
 itself could not contain the books that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\; Xanthippe & Polyxene the Righ
 teous\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had
  two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slav
 e was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promi
 se. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mou
 nt Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount 
 Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in 
 slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our
  mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; br
 eak forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the 
 desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 1:5-25\nAt that time\, in the days of Herod\, king of Ju
 dea\, there was a priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and 
 he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And t
 hey were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandments and or
 dinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth w
 as barren\, and both were advanced in years.\n\nNow while he was serving as
  priest before God when his division was on duty\, according to the custom 
 of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord a
 nd burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside
  at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord sta
 nding on the right side of the altar of incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias was troub
 led when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "
 Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Eli
 zabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John.\n\nAnd you w
 ill have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he wil
 l be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, 
 and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. A
 nd he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he w
 ill go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of
  the fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the jus
 t\, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to th
 e angel\, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is adva
 nced in years." And the angel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in 
 the presence of God\; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you thi
 s good news. And behold\, you will be silent and unable to speak until the 
 day that these things come to pass\, because you did not believe my words\,
  which will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were waiting for Za
 charias\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. And when he came ou
 t\, he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had seen a visi
 on in the temple\; and he made signs to them and remained dumb. And when hi
 s time of service was ended\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his 
 wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "
 Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take awa
 y my reproach among men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/31/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\; Theophilos the Mart
 yr and those with him\; Innocent\, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska\; Akakio
 s the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 37:33-38:6\
 n"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not
  come into this city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come before it with a s
 hield\, or cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came\, by 
 the same he shall return\, and he shall not come into this city\, says the 
 LORD.  For I will defend this city to save it\, for my own sake and for the
  sake of my servant David."  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, and sle
 w a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; and whe
 n men arose early in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies.  Th
 en Sennacherib king of Assyria departed\, and went home and dwelt at Nineve
 h.  And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adrammelech 
 and Sharezer\, his sons\, slew him with the sword\, and escaped into the la
 nd of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. \n\n  In those d
 ays Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prop
 het the son of Amoz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LORD: Se
 t your house in order\; for you shall die\, you shall not recover."  Then H
 ezekiah turned his face to the wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and said\, "
 Remember now\, O LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked before thee in f
 aithfulness and with a whole heart\, and have done what is good in thy sigh
 t." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: 
  "Go and say to Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of David your fathe
 r: I have heard your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will add 
 fifteen years to your life.  I will deliver you and this city out of the ha
 nd of the king of Assyria\, and defend this city.\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Genesis 13:12-18\n Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwelt amo
 ng the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now the me
 n of Sodom were wicked\, great sinners against the LORD.  \n\n The LORD sai
 d to Abram\, after Lot had separated from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, and lo
 ok from the place where you are\, northward and southward and eastward and 
 westward\; for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your de
 scendants for ever.  I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth\
 ; so that if one can count the dust of the earth\, your descendants also ca
 n be counted.  Arise\, walk through the length and the breadth of the land\
 , for I will give it to you."  So Abram moved his tent\, and came and dwelt
  by the oaks of Mamre\, which are at Hebron\; and there he built an altar t
 o the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4\nThe fear of the 
 LORD is a fountain of life\, that one may avoid the snares of death.  In a 
 multitude of people is the glory of a king\, but without people a prince is
  ruined.  He who is slow to anger has great understanding\, but he who has 
 a hasty temper exalts folly.  A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh\, but
  passion makes the bones rot.  He who oppresses a poor man insults his Make
 r\, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.  The wicked is overthrown t
 hrough his evil-doing\, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrit
 y.  Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding\, but it is not kno
 wn in the heart of fools.  Righteousness exalts a nation\, but sin is a rep
 roach to any people.  A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor\, but
  his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.  A soft answer turns away wrat
 h\, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  The tongue of the wise dispenses know
 ledge\, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.  The eyes of the LORD are i
 n every place\, keeping watch on the evil and the good.  A gentle tongue is
  a tree of life\, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul of Thebes\; John the Hut-Dweller\; Pansophios the Martyr of Alexa
 ndria\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of
  the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithf
 ulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And tho
 se who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions an
 d desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let
  us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one ano
 ther.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiri
 tual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest
  you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law o
 f Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, lit
 tle flock\, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 
  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\; provide yourselves with purses tha
 t do not grow old\, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail\, whe
 re no thief approaches and no moth destroys.  For where your treasure is\, 
 there will your heart be also.  Let your loins be girded and your lamps bur
 ning\, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from t
 he marriage feast\, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and 
 knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he com
 es\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird himself and have them sit at table
 \, and he will come and serve them.  If he comes in the second watch\, or i
 n the third\, and finds them so\, blessed are those servants!  But know thi
 s\, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming\, h
 e would not have left his house to be broken into.  You also must be ready\
 ; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs\; Plato the new Hierom
 artyr of Patmos\; Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\; Afterfeas
 t of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 10:7-18\nBrethren\, 
 if any one is confident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself that a
 s he is Christ's\, so are we. For even if I boast a little too much of our 
 authority\, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying 
 you\, I shall not be put to shame. I would not seem to be frightening you w
 ith letters. For they say\,"His letters are weighty and strong\, but his bo
 dily presence is weak\, and his speech of no account." Let such people unde
 rstand that what we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. Not tha
 t we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend t
 hemselves. But when they measure themselves by one another\, and compare th
 emselves with one another\, they are without understanding. But we will not
  boast beyond limit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us\, 
 to reach even to you. For we are not overextending ourselves\, as though we
  did not reach you\; we were the first to come all the way to you with the 
 gospel of Christ. We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men's labors\; bu
 t our hope is that you may be greatly enlarged\, so that we may preach the 
 gospel in lands beyond you\, without boasting of work already done in anoth
 er's field. "Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." For it is not the man
  who commends himself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord commends
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, 
 where he had been brought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom
  was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read\; and there was given to
  him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place
  where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has
  anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim re
 lease to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind\, to set at libe
 rty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
  And he closed the book\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\
 ; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to s
 ay to them\, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And
  all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded
  out of his mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs in the Quarter 
 of Eugenius\; Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus\; Anthousa the
  Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 3:9-22\nBRETHREN\, no 
 one born of God commits sin\; for God's nature abides in him\, and he canno
 t sin because he is born of God. By this it may be seen who are the childre
 n of God\, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right
  is not of God\, nor he who does not love his brother. For this is the mess
 age which you have heard from the beginning\, that we should love one anoth
 er\, and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother.
  And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother
 's righteous. Do not wonder\, brethren\, that the world hates you. We know 
 that we have passed out of death into life\, because we love the brethren. 
 He who does not love abides in death. Any one who hates his brother is a mu
 rderer\, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By 
 this we know love\, that he laid down his life for us\; and we ought to lay
  down our lives for the brethren. But if any one has the world's goods and 
 sees his brother in need\, yet closes his heart against him\, how does God'
 s love abide in him? Little children\, let us not love in word or speech bu
 t in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth\, an
 d reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us\; for God i
 s greater than our hearts\, and he knows everything. Beloved\, if our heart
 s do not condemn us\, we have confidence before God\; and we receive from h
 im whatever we ask. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:10-42\nAt that time\, Judas
  Iscariot\, who was one of the twelve\, went to the chief priests in order 
 to betray Jesus to them. And when they heard it they were glad\, and promis
 ed to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. And on th
 e first day of Unleavened Bread\, when they sacrificed the passover lamb\, 
 his disciples said to him\, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you 
 to eat the passover?" And he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\,
  "Go into the city\, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; foll
 ow him\, and wherever he enters\, say to the householder\, 'The Teacher say
 s\, Where is my guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my discipl
 es?' And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready\; there pr
 epare for us." And the disciples set out and went to the city\, and found i
 t as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. And when it was eve
 ning he came with the twelve. And as they were at table eating\, Jesus said
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, one of you will betray me\, one who is eating wi
 th me." They began to be sorrowful\, and to say to him one after another\, 
 "Is it I?" He said to them\, "It is one of the twelve\, one who is dipping 
 bread into the dish with me. For the Son of man goes as it is written of hi
 m\, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have b
 een better for that man if he had not been born." And as they were eating\,
  he took bread\, and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them\, and sai
 d\, "Take\; this is my body." And he took a cup\, and when he had given tha
 nks he gave it to them\, and they all drank of it. And he said to them\, "T
 his is my blood of the new covenant\, which is poured out for many. Truly\,
  I say to you\, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that
  day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." And when they had sung a h
 ymn\, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them\, "You w
 ill all fall away\; for it is written\, 'I will strike the shepherd\, and t
 he sheep will be scattered.' But after I am raised up\, I will go before yo
 u to Galilee." Peter said to him\, "Even though they all fall away\, I will
  not." And Jesus said to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this very night\, be
 fore the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three times." But he said vehe
 mently\, "If I must die with you\, I will not deny you." And they all said 
 the same. And they went to a place which was called Gethsemane\; and he sai
 d to his disciples\, "Sit here\, while I pray." And he took with him Peter 
 and James and John\, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And h
 e said to them\, "My soul is very sorrowful\, even to death\; remain here\,
  and watch." And going a little farther\, he fell on the ground and prayed 
 that\, if it were possible\, the hour might pass from him. And he said\, 'A
 bba\, Father\, all things are possible to you\; remove this cup from me\; y
 et not what I will\, but what you will." And he came and found them sleepin
 g\, and he said to Peter\, "Simon\, are you asleep? Could you not watch one
  hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation\; the spirit i
 ndeed is willing\, but the flesh is weak." And again he went away and praye
 d\, saying the same words. And again he came and found them sleeping\, for 
 their eyes were very heavy\; and they did not know what to answer him. And 
 he came the third time\, and said to them\, "Are you still sleeping and tak
 ing your rest? It is enough\; the hour has come\; the Son of man is betraye
 d into the hands of sinners. Rise\, let us be going\; see\, my betrayer is 
 at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bis
 hop of Assa\; Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\; 10\,000 Fathers martyr
 ed in Egypt\; Apollonios the Martyr\; Deposition of the Precious Robe of Ou
 r Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\; Righteous Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:2-13\nBrethren\, the law of the
  Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and dea
 th. For God has done what the law\, weakened by the flesh\, could not do: s
 ending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin\, he condemn
 ed sin in the flesh\, in order that the just requirement of the law might b
 e fulfilled in us\, who walk not according to the flesh but according to th
 e Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the 
 things of the flesh\, but those who live according to the Spirit set their 
 minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death\, 
 but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is s
 et on the flesh is hostile to God\; it does not submit to God's law\, indee
 d it cannot\; and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.\n\nBut you 
 are not in the flesh\, you are in the Spirit\, if in fact the Spirit of God
  dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not bel
 ong to him. But if Christ is in you\, although your bodies are dead because
  of sin\, your spirits are alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of
  him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you\, he who raised Christ Je
 sus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spi
 rit which dwells in you.\n\nSo then\, brethren\, we are debtors\, not to th
 e flesh\, to live according to the flesh-for if you live according to the f
 lesh you will die\, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the 
 body you will live.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; s
 o be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will 
 deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you wil
 l be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony bef
 ore them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how
  you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be 
 given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of
  your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death
 \, and the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and ha
 ve them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But
  he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\; Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\; Martyrs Acepsius and Aeithalas\; Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\; L
 eontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\; The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:20-26\nTimothy\,
  my son\, in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver bu
 t also of wood and earthenware\, and some for noble use\, some for ignoble.
  If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble\, then he will be a vesse
 l for noble use\, consecrated and useful to the master of the house\, ready
  for any good work. So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness\, fa
 ith\, love\, and peace\, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pur
 e heart. Have nothing to do with stupid\, senseless controversies\; you kno
 w that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome 
 but kindly to every one\, an apt teacher\, forbearing\, correcting his oppo
 nents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come
  to know the truth\, and they may escape from the snare of the devil\, afte
 r being captured by him to do his will.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:11-21\nAt
  that time\, the Pharisees came to Jesus and began to argue with him\, seek
 ing from him a sign from heaven\, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his 
 spirit\, and said\, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly\, I say to
  you\, no sign shall be given to this generation." And he left them\, and g
 etting into the boat again he departed to the other side. Now they had forg
 otten to bring bread\; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. An
 d he cautioned them\, saying\, "Take heed\, beware of the leaven of the Pha
 risees and the leaven of Herod." And they discussed it with one another\, s
 aying\, "We have no bread." And being aware of it\, Jesus said to them\, "W
 hy do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive 
 or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see\, and h
 aving ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five 
 loaves for the five thousand\, how many baskets full of broken pieces did y
 ou take up?" They said to him\, "Twelve." "And the seven for the four thous
 and\, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they sai
 d to him\, "Seven." And he said to them\, "Do you not yet understand?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Wednesday after Pascha\; Renewal of Constantinople\; Methodius & C
 yril\, Equal-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs\; Hieromartyr Mocius
 \; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; Dioscoros the New Martyr\; Arg
 yrios the New-Martyr of Epanomi\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Acts 8:18-25\nIn those days\, when Simon saw that the Spirit wa
 s given through the laying on of the apostles' hands\, he offered them mone
 y\, saying\, "Give me also this power\, that any one on whom I lay my hands
  may receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter said to him\, "Your silver perish 
 with you\, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
  You have neither part nor lot in this matter\, for your heart is not right
  before God. Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours\, and pray to the
  Lord that\, if possible\, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. Fo
 r I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
 " And Simon answered\, "Pray for me to the Lord\, that nothing of what you 
 have said may come upon me."\n\nNow when they had testified and spoken the 
 word of the Lord\, they returned to Jerusalem\, preaching the gospel to man
 y villages of the Samaritans.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:35-39\nThe Lord sai
 d to the Jews who believed in him: "I am the bread of life\; he who comes t
 o me shall not hunger\, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. But I
  said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Fat
 her gives me will come to me\; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.
  For I have come down from heaven\, not to do my own will\, but the will of
  him who sent me\; and this is the will of him who sent me\, that I should 
 lose nothing of all that he has given me\, but raise it up at the last day.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 11:31-34\;12:1-6\nBrethren\, if we judged ourselves truly\, we shou
 ld not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so 
 that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then\, my brethren\, 
 when you come together to eat\, wait for one another - if any one is hungry
 \, let him eat at home - lest you come together to be condemned. About the 
 other things I will give directions when I come. Now concerning the spiritu
 al gifts\, brethren\, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that whe
 n you were heathen\, you were led astray to dumb idols\, however you may ha
 ve been moved. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by t
 he Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is 
 Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts\, but the
  same spirit\; and there are varieties of service\, but the same Lord\; and
  there are varieties of working\, but it is the same God who inspires them 
 all in every one.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:1-11\nAt that time\, the di
 sciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of hea
 ven?" And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them and said
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you w
 ill never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this ch
 ild\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Whoever receives one
  such child in my name receives me\; but whoever causes one of these little
  ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him to have a great
  millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the se
 a.\n\n"Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that te
 mptations come\, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! And if yo
 ur hand or your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it away\; it 
 is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two f
 eet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin\,
  pluck it out and throw it away\; it is better for you to enter life with o
 ne eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.\n\n"See th
 at you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you that in hea
 ven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. For 
 the Son of man came to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Habakkuk the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\; Myrope 
 the Martyr of Chios\; Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia\; Joannicos the Monk of De
 vich\; Theophilos the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Galatians 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that God would jus
 tify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, sa
 ying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, those who are m
 en of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on wor
 ks of the law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed be every one 
 who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law\, and do th
 em." Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law\; for
  "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not rest on faith\,
  for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-4
 0\nThe Lord said\, "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father's good 
 pleasure to give you the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\; 
 provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasure in th
 e heavens that does not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth destro
 ys.  For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  Let your 
 loins be girded and your lamps burning\, and be like men who are waiting fo
 r their master to come home from the marriage feast\, so that they may open
  to him at once when he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom 
 the master finds awake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird 
 himself and have them sit at table\, and he will come and serve them.  If h
 e comes in the second watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\, blessed
  are those servants!  But know this\, that if the householder had known at 
 what hour the thief was coming\, he would not have left his house to be bro
 ken into.  You also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an unex
 pected hour."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\; Forefeast of the Nativit
 y of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\; John the New Martyr of Thassos\; Holy Father John of 
 Kronstadt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10
 :32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened
 \, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly e
 xposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so
  treated.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accep
 ted the plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves ha
 d a better possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your
  confidence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, s
 o that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a
  little while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my 
 righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the
  house he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they wer
 e silent\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the g
 reatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If
  any one would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And 
 he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his 
 arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receiv
 es me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  Jo
 hn said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, 
 and we forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "D
 o not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be abl
 e soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.
   For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink beca
 use you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\; John the Hieromartyr\; Zacharias the N
 ew Martyr of Patra\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it
  is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in
  our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the f
 ace of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show th
 at the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted i
 n every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; per
 secuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carry
 ing in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be 
 manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up t
 o death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in ou
 r mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we h
 ave the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I s
 poke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the L
 ord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his pres
 ence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and m
 ore people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a g
 reat crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea 
 and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and
  to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean 
 spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came
  forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disc
 iples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God. 
  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are
  you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate yo
 u\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as ev
 il\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\
 , for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday of Souls\; Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\; The Holy Great Marty
 r Photine\, the Samaritan Women\; Holy Martyr Theocletus\; John Claphas the
  new Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not h
 ave you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you ma
 y not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesu
 s died and rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him t
 hose who have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the
  Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\,
  shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will
  descend from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's call\, an
 d with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise f
 irst\; then we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together w
 ith them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always
  be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\nThe Lord s
 aid\, "Take heed that you are not led astray\; for many will come in my nam
 e\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The time is at hand!'  Do not go after them.
   And when you hear of wars and tumults\, do not be terrified\; for this mu
 st first take place\, but the end will not be at once.  And there will be s
 igns in sun and moon and stars\, and upon the earth distress of nations in 
 perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves\, men fainting with fear
  and with foreboding of what is coming on the world\; for the powers of the
  heavens will be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming in a
  cloud with power and great glory.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but m
 y words will not pass away.  But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts b
 e weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of life\, and tha
 t day come upon you suddenly like a snare\; for it will come upon all who d
 well upon the face of the whole earth.  But watch at all times\, praying th
 at you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place\, 
 and to stand before the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Luke\; Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea
 \; Gennadios I and Maximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Righteous Mothe
 r Hilda of Whitby\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John
  21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by t
 he Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Tho
 mas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\
 , and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\,
  "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went 
 out and got into the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day
  was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not know t
 hat it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They
  answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of 
 the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not
  able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus lo
 ved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was th
 e Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang 
 into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net f
 ull of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yar
 ds off. When they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with fis
 h lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish tha
 t you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net asho
 re\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although 
 there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and h
 ave breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" Th
 ey knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\
 , and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed
  to the disciples after He was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: G
 alatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by works o
 f the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in Chri
 st Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by works o
 f the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if\,
  in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be 
 sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up 
 again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgressor. 
 For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I have be
 en crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who live
 s in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son o
 f God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:16
 -21\nThe Lord said this parable: "The land of a rich man brought forth plen
 tifully\; and he thought to himself\, 'What shall I do\, for I have nowhere
  to store my crops?' And he said\, 'I will do this: I will pull down my bar
 ns\, and build larger ones\; and there I will store all my grain and my goo
 ds. And I will say to my soul\, 'Soul\, you have ample goods laid up for ma
 ny years\; take your ease\, eat\, drink\, be merry.' But God said to him\, 
 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you\; and the things you have pr
 epared\, whose will they be?'  So is he who lays up treasure for himself\, 
 and is not rich toward God." As he said these things\, he cried out: "He wh
 o has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Kyriake the Great Martyr\; Thomas the Righteous of Malea\; Akakios of 
 Sinai\; Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:23-
 29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, 
 kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was ou
 r custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. But no
 w that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ 
 Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were b
 aptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, th
 ere is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you 
 are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham
 's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long a
 s he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all
  the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by 
 the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elem
 ental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God sent 
 forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who 
 were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thron
 ged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve
  years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent al
 l that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the
  reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his 
 garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made wel
 l." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that s
 he was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power 
 had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\
 , "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the c
 rowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he look
 ed around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been don
 e to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told h
 im the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made yo
 u well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Tuesday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Glyceria\; Sergios the Conf
 essor\; Alexandros the Martyr\; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts 10:21-33\nIn those days\, Peter went down to the men sent by C
 ornelius to him and said\, "I am the one you are looking for\; what is the 
 reason for your coming?" And they said\, "Cornelius\, a centurion\, an upri
 ght and God-fearing man\, who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation\
 , was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house\, and t
 o hear what you have to say." So he called them in to be his guests. The ne
 xt day he rose and went off with them\, and some of the brethren from Joppa
  accompanied him. And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius
  was expecting them and had called together his kinsmen and close friends. 
 When Peter entered\, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshi
 ped him. But Peter lifted him up\, saying\, "Stand up\; I too am a man." An
 d as he talked with him\, he went in and found many persons gathered\; and 
 he said to them\, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to asso
 ciate with or to visit any one of another nation\; but God has shown me tha
 t I should not call any man common or unclean. So when I was sent for\, I c
 ame without objection. I ask then why you sent for me." And Cornelius said\
 , "Four days ago\, about this hour\, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer
  in my house\; and behold\, a man stood before me in bright apparel\, sayin
 g\, 'Cornelius\, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembe
 red before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Pet
 er\; he is lodging in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by the seaside.' So I
  sent to you at once\, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore
  we are all here present in the sight of God\, to hear all that you have be
 en commanded by the Lord."\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\nAt that time\, J
 esus went about in Galilee\; he would not go about in Judea\, because the J
 ews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand. So 
 his brothers said to him\, "Leave here and go to Judea\, that your disciple
 s may see the works you are doing. For no man works in secret if he seeks t
 o be known openly. If you do these things\, show yourself to the world." Fo
 r even his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them\, "My time h
 as not yet come\, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you\,
  but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil. Go to the
  feast yourselves\; I am not going up to this feast\, for my time has not y
 et fully come." So saying\, he remained in Galilee.\n\nBut after his brothe
 rs had gone up to the feast\, then he also went up\, not publicly but in pr
 ivate. The Jews were looking for him at the feast\, and saying\, "Where is 
 he?" And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some sa
 id\, "He is a good man\," others said\, "No\, he is leading the people astr
 ay." Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\; John the 
 Martyr of Romania\; Memnon the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:19-2
 6\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and turn again\, that
  your sins may be blotted out\, that times of refreshing may come from the 
 presence of the Lord\, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you\, 
 Jesus\, whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that G
 od spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. Moses said\, 'The L
 ord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me 
 up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that 
 every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the
  people.' And all the prophets who have spoken\, from Samuel and those who 
 came afterwards\, also proclaimed these days. You are the sons of the proph
 ets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers\, saying to Abraham\
 , 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' G
 od\, having raised up his servant\, sent him to you first\, to bless you in
  turning every one of you from your wickedness."\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:
 1-11\nAt that time\, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee\, and the mothe
 r of Jesus was there\; Jesus also was invited to the wedding\, with his dis
 ciples. When the wine gave out\, the mother of Jesus said to him\, "They ha
 ve no wine." And Jesus said to her\, "O woman\, what have you to do with me
 ? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants\, "Do whatever
  he tells you." Now six stone jars were standing there\, for the Jewish rit
 es of purification\, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to t
 hem\, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. He s
 aid to them\, "Now draw some out\, and take it to the steward of the feast.
 " So they took it. When the steward of the feast tasted the water now becom
 e wine\, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had d
 rawn the water knew)\, the steward of the feast called the bridegroom and s
 aid to him\, "Every man serves the good wine first\; and when men have drun
 k freely\, then the poor wine\; but you have kept the good wine until now."
  This\, the first of his signs\, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee\, and manifes
 ted his glory\; and his disciples believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Julitta of Caesaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DAYS
 \, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word 
 of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barna
 bas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we p
 roclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas wanted
  to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with
  them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with 
 them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separat
 ed from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus\
 , but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to th
 e grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening 
 the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:24-30\nThe Lord said this para
 ble. "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in
  his field\; but while men were sleeping\, his enemy came and sowed weeds a
 mong the wheat\, and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain\,
  then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the householder came and
  said to him\, 'Sir\, did you not sow good seeds in your field? How then ha
 s it weeds?' He said to them\, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said 
 to him\, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' But he said\, 'No\; l
 est in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both 
 grow together until the harvest\; and at harvest time I will tell the reape
 rs\, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned\, but gat
 her the wheat into my barn.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Matthew\; The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\; Synaxis 
 of the Russians who were perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Medned
 kov\, Presbyter Dimitrii Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri S
 kobtsov\, and Ilia Fondaminskii\; Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of Fr
 ance\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen f
 rom the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them
 \, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and suppose
 d that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and
  why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that i
 t is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones 
 as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His han
 ds and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, 
 He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of
  broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. Th
 en He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was
  still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and 
 the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds 
 to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, tha
 t the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and th
 at repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all
  nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And
  behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city u
 ntil you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far 
 as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed t
 hem\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshi
 ped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually i
 n the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: James 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, ta
 ke as an example of suffering and patience the prophets who spoke in the na
 me of the Lord. Behold\, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have h
 eard of the steadfastness of Job\, and you have seen the purpose of the Lor
 d\, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. But above all\, my brethren
 \, do not swear\, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath\, but
  let your yes be yes and your no be no\, that you may not fall under condem
 nation. Is any one among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let 
 him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the 
 church\, and let them pray over him\, anointing him with oil in the name of
  the Lord\; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man\, and the Lord w
 ill raise him up\; and if he has committed sins\, he will be forgiven. Ther
 efore confess your sins to one another\, and pray for one another\, that yo
 u may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effec
 ts. Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently 
 that it might not rain\, and for three years and six months it did not rain
  on the earth. Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain\, and the eart
 h brought forth its fruit. My brethren\, if any one among you wanders from 
 the truth and some one brings him back\, let him know that whoever brings b
 ack a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and wi
 ll cover a multitude of sins.Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:1-8\nAt that time\, 
 getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold
 \, they brought to him a paralytic\, lying on his bed\; and when Jesus saw 
 their faith he said to the paralytic\, "Take heart\, my son\; your sins are
  forgiven." And behold\, some of the scribes said to themselves\, "This man
  is blaspheming." But Jesus\, knowing their thoughts\, said\, "Why do you t
 hink evil in your hearts? For which is easier\, to say 'Your sins are forgi
 ven\,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of man
  has authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said to the paralytic -- "
 Rise\, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the c
 rowds saw it\, they were afraid\, and they glorified God\, who had given su
 ch authority to men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\; Ephraim of Katounakia\; Raphael
  of Brooklyn\; Stephen the Monk\; Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopol
 is\; Nesios the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Jude 1:11-25\nBeloved\, woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in
  the way of Cain\, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's 
 error\, and perish in Korah's rebellion.  These are blemishes on your love 
 feasts\, as they boldly carouse together\, looking after themselves\; water
 less clouds\, carried along by winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twi
 ce dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the sea\, casting up the foam of their o
 wn shame\; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been r
 eserved for ever.\n\nIt was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generat
 ion from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy m
 yriads\, to execute judgment on all\, and to convict all the ungodly of all
  their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly wa
 y\, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against h
 im."  These are grumblers\, malcontents\, following their own passions\, lo
 ud-mouthed boasters\, flattering people to gain advantage.\n\nBut you must 
 remember\, beloved\, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Chri
 st\; they said to you\, "In the last time there will be scoffers\, followin
 g their own ungodly passions."  It is these who set up divisions\, worldly 
 people\, devoid of the Spirit.  But you\, beloved\, build yourselves up on 
 your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yourselves in the lov
 e of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.  
 And convince some\, who doubt\; save some\, by snatching them out of the fi
 re\; on some have mercy with fear\, hating even the garment spotted by the 
 flesh.\n\nNow to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present yo
 u without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing\, to the 
 only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, 
 dominion\, and authority\, before all time and now and for ever.  Amen.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\, 44-56\nAt that time\, the chief priests
 \, the scribes\, and elders of the people brought Jesus before Pilate.  And
  they began to accuse him\, saying\, "We found this man perverting our nati
 on\, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar\, and saying that he himse
 lf is Christ a king."  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews
 ?"  And he answered him\, "You have said so."  And Pilate said to the chief
  priests and the multitudes\, "I find no crime in this man."  But they were
  urgent\, saying\, "He stirs up the people\, teaching throughout all Judea\
 , from Galilee even to this place."\n\nWhen Pilate heard this\, he asked wh
 ether the man was a Galilean.  And when he learned that he belonged to Hero
 d's jurisdiction\, he sent him over to Herod\, who was himself in Jerusalem
  at that time.  When Herod saw Jesus\, he was very glad\, for he had long d
 esired to see him\, because he had heard about him\, and he was hoping to s
 ee some sign done by him.  So he questioned him at some length\; but he mad
 e no answer.  The chief priests and the scribes stood by\, vehemently accus
 ing him.  And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked 
 him\; then\, arraying him in gorgeous apparel\, he sent him back to Pilate.
   And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day\, for b
 efore this they had been at enmity with each other.\n\nPilate then called t
 ogether the chief priests and the rulers and the people\, and said to them\
 , "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people\; and after
  examining him before you\, behold\, I did not find this man guilty of any 
 of your charges against him\; neither did Herod\, for he sent him back to u
 s.  Behold\, nothing deserving death has been done by him\; I will therefor
 e chastise him and release him." Now he was obliged to release one man to t
 hem at the festival.\n\nBut they all cried out together\, "Away with this m
 an\, and release to us Barabbas" -- a man who had been thrown into prison f
 or an insurrection started in the city\, and for murder.  Pilate addressed 
 them once more\, desiring to release Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "Crucif
 y\, crucify him!"  A third time he said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he d
 one?  I have found in him no crime deserving death\; I will therefore chast
 ise him and release him."  But they were urgent\, demanding with loud cries
  that he should be crucified.  And their voices prevailed.  So Pilate gave 
 sentence that their demand should be granted.  He released the man who had 
 been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder\, whom they asked for\;
  but Jesus he delivered up to their will.\n\nAnd as they led him away\, the
 y seized one Simon of Cyrene\, who was coming in from the country\, and lai
 d on him the cross\, to carry it behind Jesus.  And there followed him a gr
 eat multitude of the people\, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.  
 But Jesus turning to them said\, "Daughters of Jerusalem\, do not weep for 
 me\, but weep for yourselves and for your children.  For behold\, the days 
 are coming when they will say\, 'Blessed are the barren\, and the wombs tha
 t never bore\, and the breasts that never gave suck!'  Then they will begin
  to say to the mountains\, 'Fall on us'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.'  F
 or if they do this when the wood is green\, what will happen when it is dry
 ?"\n\nAnd when they came to the place which is called The Skull\, there the
 y crucified him\, and the criminals\, one on the right and one on the left.
 \n\nIt was now about the sixth hour\, and there was darkness over the whole
  land until the ninth hour\, while the sun's light failed\; and the curtain
  of the temple was torn in two.  Then Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\, sa
 id\, "Father\, into your hands I commit my spirit!"  And having said this h
 e breathed his last.  Now when the centurion saw what had taken place\, he 
 praised God\, and said\, "Certainly this man was innocent!"  And all the mu
 ltitudes who assembled to see the sight\, when they saw what had taken plac
 e\, returned home beating their breasts.  And all his acquaintances and the
  women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these 
 things.\n\nNow there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimath
 ea.  He was a member of the council\, a good and righteous man\, who had no
 t consented to their purpose and deed\, and he was looking for the kingdom 
 of God.  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Then he 
 took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud\, and laid him in a rock hewn
  tomb\, where no one had ever yet been laid.  It was the day of Preparation
 \, and the sabbath was beginning.  The women who had come with him from Gal
 ilee followed\, and saw the tomb\, and how his body was laid\; then they re
 turned\, and prepared spices and ointments.\n\nOn the sabbath they rested a
 ccording to the commandment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Ascension\; Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre\; Theodosia\, Vir
 gin-Martyr of Constantinople\; Seven New Martyrs of Kastoria\; Andrew the N
 ew Martyr of Argentes\; John of Smyrna the New Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Read
 ing: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He 
 appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. 
 She went and told those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. B
 ut when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would 
 not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, 
 as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest
 \, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven them
 selves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and ha
 rdness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He 
 had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gosp
 el to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; b
 ut he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompan
 y those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will speak
  in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly
  thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, an
 d they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to th
 em\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And 
 they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them a
 nd confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Acts 1:1-12\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I have dealt with al
 l that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day when he was taken up\, a
 fter he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom 
 he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many
  proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking of the kingdom
  of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jer
 usalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, he said\, "you
  heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but before many days you sh
 all be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they had come together\, the
 y asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?"
  He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Fa
 ther has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the H
 oly Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem a
 nd in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." And when he had s
 aid this\, as they were looking on\, he was lifted up\, and a cloud took hi
 m out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went\, b
 ehold\, two men stood by them in white robes\, and said\,"Men of Galilee\, 
 why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus\, who was taken up from yo
 u into heaven\, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." T
 hen they returned from the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, 
 a sabbath day's journey away.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that tim
 e\, having risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciple
 s and said to them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and fright
 ened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are 
 you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands an
 d My feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has no
 t flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He s
 howed them His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy
 \, and wondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They g
 ave Him a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and a
 te before them. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to
  you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the
  law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He o
 pened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus i
 t is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from
  the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached 
 in His name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of
  these things. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but 
 stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He le
 d them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. 
 While He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heave
 n. And they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and 
 were continually in the Temple blessing God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Mala
 chi the Prophet\; Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\; Righteous Genevieve of P
 aris\; Righteous Peter of Atroas\; Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\; Rig
 hteous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:44-48\;11
 :1-10\nIn those days\, while Peter was still saying this\, the Holy Spirit 
 fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcise
 d who came with Peter were amazed\, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had
  been poured out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tong
 ues and extolling God. Then Peter declared\, "Can any one forbid water for 
 baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" 
 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they
  asked him to remain for some days. Now the apostles and the brethren who w
 ere in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So 
 when Peter went up to Jerusalem\, the circumcision party criticized him\, s
 aying\, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" But Peter 
 began and explained to them in order: "I was in the city of Joppa praying\;
  and in a trance I saw a vision\, something descending\, like a great sheet
 \, let down from heaven by four corners\; and it came down to me. Looking a
 t it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds o
 f the air. And I heard a voice saying to me\, 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.
 ' But I said\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered 
 my mouth.' But the voice answered a second time from heaven\, 'What God has
  cleansed you must not call common.' This happened three times\, and all wa
 s drawn up again into heaven."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\nNo one has 
 ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\,
  he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when the Jew
 s sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He co
 nfessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they
  asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you th
 e prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? l
 et us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?
 " He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straigh
 t the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNow they had been 
 sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if 
 you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered t
 hem\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom you do not know
 \, even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy t
 o untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, where John was bap
 tizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\; Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\; Di
 onysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ischyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 2:13-17\;
 3:1-5\nBrethren\, we are bound to give thanks to God always for you\, breth
 ren beloved by the Lord\, because God chose you from the beginning to be sa
 ved\, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this
  he called you through our gospel\, so that you may obtain the glory of our
  Lord Jesus Christ. So then\, brethren\, stand firm and hold to the traditi
 ons which you were taught by us\, either by word of mouth or by letter.\n\n
 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself\, and God our Father\, who loved us a
 nd gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace\, comfort your heart
 s and establish them in every good work and word.\n\nFinally\, brethren\, p
 ray for us\, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph\, as it did
  among you\, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men\; for no
 t all have faith. But the Lord is faithful\; he will strengthen you and gua
 rd you from evil. And we have confidence in the Lord about you\, that you a
 re doing and will do the things which we command. May the Lord direct your 
 hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 18:31-34\nAt that time\, Jesus\, taking his twelve disciples\, s
 aid to them\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\, and everything that 
 is written of the Son of man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he w
 ill be delivered to the Gentiles\, and will be mocked and shamefully treate
 d and spit upon\; they will scourge him and kill him\, and on the third day
  he will rise." But they understood none of these things\; this saying was 
 hid from them\, and they did not grasp what was said.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\; Matrona the Righteous of Chios\
 ; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Andronicus the Righteous Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the 
 grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many
  witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. S
 hare in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service 
 gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one w
 ho enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to 
 the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share o
 f the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understand
 ing in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descend
 ed from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffer
 ing and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettere
 d. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also
  may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 10:1-15\nAt that time\, the Lord appointed seventy other discipl
 es\, and sent them on ahead of him\, two by two\, into every town and place
  where he himself was about to come. And he said to them\, "The harvest is 
 plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray therefore the Lord of the harve
 st to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your way\; behold\, I send you
  out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no purse\, no bag\, no sandals\
 ; and salute no one on the road. Whatever house you enter\, first say\, 'Pe
 ace be to this house!' And if a son of peace is there\, your peace shall re
 st upon him\; but if not\, it shall return to you. And remain in the same h
 ouse\, eating and drinking what they provide\, for the laborer deserves his
  wages\; do not go from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and they 
 receive you\, eat what is set before you\; heal the sick in it and say to t
 hem\, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' But whenever you enter a t
 own and they do not receive you\, go into its streets and say\, 'Even the d
 ust of your town that clings to our feet\, we wipe off against you\; nevert
 heless know this\, that the kingdom of God has come near.' I tell you\, it 
 shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.\n\n'Woe t
 o you\, Chorazin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in y
 ou had been done in Tyre and Sidon\, they would have repented long ago\, si
 tting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable in the judgmen
 t for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you\, Capernaum\, will you be exalte
 d to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macarius the Great of Egypt\; Makarios of Alexandria\; Mark\, Bishop o
 f Ephesus\; Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patmos\; Arsenius of Corfu
 \; Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian\; Branwa
 llader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22
 -26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, pati
 ence\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; aga
 inst such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have cruci
 fied the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, l
 et us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking 
 of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken 
 in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of g
 entleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's
  burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:
 33-42\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There was a householder who planted a 
 vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and bui
 lt a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. Whe
 n the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to 
 get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed ano
 ther\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the fir
 st\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, say
 ing 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they sai
 d to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his i
 nheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed 
 him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to th
 ose tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a miserable
  death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fr
 uits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the sc
 riptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head o
 f the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
 '"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, and Philemo
 n\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:3-10\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace fr
 om God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ\, who gave himself for our sins
  to deliver us from the present evil age\, according to the will of our God
  and Father\; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. I am astonished
  that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Chris
 t and turning to a different gospel - not that there is another gospel\, bu
 t there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 
 But even if we\, or an angel of heaven\, should preach to you a gospel cont
 rary to that which we preached to you\, let him be accursed. As we have sai
 d before\, so now I say again\, If any one is preaching to you a gospel con
 trary to that which you received\, let him be accursed. Am I now seeking th
 e favor of men\, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still p
 leasing men\, I should not be a servant of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 14:1-11\nAt that time\, one sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of
  a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees\, they were watching him. And behold
 \, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus spoke to the lawyer
 s and Pharisees\, saying\, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath\, or not?" 
 But they were silent. Then he took him and healed him\, and let him go. And
  he said to them\, "Which of you\, having a son or an ox that has fallen in
 to a well\, will not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?" And they c
 ould not reply to this. Now he told a parable to those who were invited\, w
 hen he marked how they chose the places of honor\, saying to them\, "When y
 ou are invited by any one to a marriage feast\, do not sit down in a place 
 of honor\, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him\; and he who 
 invited you both will come and say to you\, 'Give place to this man\,' and 
 then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are i
 nvited\, go and sit in the lowest place\, so that when your host comes he m
 ay say to you\, 'Friend\, go up higher'\; then you will be honored in the p
 resence of all who sit at table with you. For every one who exalts himself 
 will be humbled\, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🍇 Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, and P
 hilemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211209
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; P
 atapius the Righteous of Thebes\; Sosthenes\, Apollo\, Cephas\, Tychikos\, 
  Epaphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 2:1-12\nBrethren\, concerning the comi
 ng of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him\, we beg you not
  to be quickly shaken in mind or excited\, either by spirit or by word\, or
  by letter purporting to be from us\, to the effect that the day of the Lor
 d has come. Let no one deceive you in any way\; for that day will not come\
 , unless the rebellion comes first\, and the man of lawlessness is revealed
 \, the son of perdition\, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-c
 alled god or object of worship\, so that he takes his seat in the temple of
  God\, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was s
 till with you I told you this? And you know what is restraining him now so 
 that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is alre
 ady at work\; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of th
 e way. And then the lawless one will be revealed\, and the Lord Jesus will 
 slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and 
 his coming. The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be 
 with all power and with pretended signs and wonders\, and with all wicked d
 eception for those who are to perish\, because they refused to love the tru
 th and so be saved. Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion\, to ma
 ke them believe what is false\, so that all may be condemned who did not be
 lieve the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 21:5-8\, 10-11\, 20-24\nAt that time\, as some spoke to Jesus of the temp
 le\, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings\, he said\, "As for
  these things\, which you see\, the days will come when there shall not be 
 left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down." And they as
 ked him\, "Teacher\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign when thi
 s is about to take place?" And he said\, "Take heed that you are not led as
 tray\; for many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The time 
 is at hand!' Do not go after them. And when you hear of wars and tumults\, 
 do not be terrified\; for this must first take place\, but the end will not
  be at once."\n\nThen he said to them\, "Nation will rise against nation\, 
 and kingdom against kingdom\; there will be great earthquakes\, and in vari
 ous places famines and pestilences\; and there will be terrors and great si
 gns from heaven.\n\nBut when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies\, then 
 know that its desolation has come near. Then let those who are in Judea fle
 e to the mountains\, and let those who are inside the city depart\, and let
  not those who are out in the country enter it\; for these are days of veng
 eance\, to fulfill all that is written. Alas for those who are with child a
 nd for those who give suck in those days! For great distress shall be upon 
 the earth and wrath upon this people\; they will fall by the edge of the sw
 ord\, and be led captive among all nations\; and Jerusalem will be trodden 
 down by the Gentiles\, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250527
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Monday after Pascha\; Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70\; A
 lexandros the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; George the New of Sofia\; August
 ine\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:1-9\nIN THOSE DA
 YS\, when the apostles had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia\, they c
 ame to Thessalonica\, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul wen
 t in\, as was his custom\, and for three weeks he argued with them from the
  scriptures\, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ t
 o suffer and to rise from the dead\, and saying\, "This Jesus\, whom I proc
 laim to you\, is the Christ." And some of them were persuaded\, and joined 
 Paul and Silas\; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of 
 the leading women. But the Jews were jealous\, and taking some wicked fello
 ws of the rabble\, they gathered a crowd\, set the city in an uproar\, and 
 attacked the house of Jason\, seeking to bring them out to the people. And 
 when they could not find them\, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren
  before the city authorities\, crying\, "These men who have turned the worl
 d upside down have come here also\, and Jason has received them\; and they 
 are all acting against the decrees of Caesar\, saying that there is another
  king\, Jesus." And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when
  they heard this. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest\
 , they let them go. \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, the c
 hief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What are 
 we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, ever
 y one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both our p
 lace and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that
  year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand tha
 t it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people\, and that
  the whole nation should not perish." He did not say this of his own accord
 \, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for 
 the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gather into one the child
 ren of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel 
 how to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer went about openly amo
 ng the Jews\, but went from there to the country near the wilderness\, to a
  town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Chariton the Confessor\; Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolita
 n of Nicopolis\; Old Epirus\; Baruch the Prophet\; Neophytos & Auxentios th
 e Martyrs of Cyprus\; Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\nEpist
 le Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let
  light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the lig
 ht of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we ha
 ve this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power b
 elongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crush
 ed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\
 ; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death o
 f Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  
 For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, s
 o that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death i
 s at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of fait
 h as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, an
 d so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us als
 o with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for yo
 ur sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase 
 thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples
  and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seaco
 ast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their dise
 ases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And al
 l the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed 
 them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed 
 are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunge
 r now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for yo
 u shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude y
 ou and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son 
 of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward 
 is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Matthew\; Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\; 
 Leontus the martyr\; Hermos the Martyr\; John & George\, Patriarchs of Cons
 tantinople\; Relics of Arsenios the Righteous of Paros\; Constantine the Ne
 w Martyr of Capua\; Matthew the New Martyr of Gerakari\; Afterfeast of the 
 Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nMatin
 s Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside 
 the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw 
 two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the
  head and one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?
 " She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not k
 now where they have laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus
  standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Wo
 man\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the garde
 ner\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where
  you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary."
  She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Je
 sus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Fat
 her\; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father a
 nd your Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to t
 he disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said 
 these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:10-17\nBrethren\, 
 I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that all of you agre
 e and that there be no dissensions among you\, but that you be united in th
 e same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe'
 s people that there is quarreling among you\, my brethren. What I mean is t
 hat each one of you says\, "I belong to Paul\," or "I belong to Apollos\," 
 or "I belong to Cephas\," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was P
 aul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank Go
 d that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius\; lest any one shoul
 d say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household 
 of Stephanas. Beyond that\, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.)
  For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel\, and not w
 ith eloquent wisdom\, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:14-22\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a great throng\;
  and he had compassion on them\, and healed their sick. When it was evening
 \, the disciples came to him and said\, "This is a lonely place\, and the d
 ay is now over\; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food 
 for themselves." Jesus said\, "They need not go away\; you give them someth
 ing to eat." They said to him\, "We have only five loaves here and two fish
 ." And he said\, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit
  down on the grass\; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked 
 up to heaven\, and blessed\, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. A
 nd they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of
  the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand me
 n\, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boa
 t and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose 
 and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she en
 tered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth hear
 d the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are 
 you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gr
 anted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when 
 the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for
  joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of 
 what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarde
 d the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations
  will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\,
  and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and
  returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the fi
 rst covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a te
 nt was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table
  and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the se
 cond curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden alt
 ar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, 
 which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budde
 d\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory ov
 ershadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. 
 These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into 
 the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the second only 
 the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking bloo
 d which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; 
 and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister
  called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But
  Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "
 Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell 
 her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you ar
 e anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has c
 hosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he sai
 d this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed i
 s the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, 
 "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Luke\; Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & A
 eithalas the Deacon\, Martyrs of Persia\; Dedication of the Temple of the H
 oly Great Martyr George in Lydda\; George of Neapolis the New Martyr\; Holy
  Father and New Hieromartyr Gregory of Neapolis\; Theodore the Confessor\, 
 Bishop of Ancyra\; Winifred of Treffynnon\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20
 :11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wep
 t she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sit
 ting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet
 . They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Bec
 ause they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid 
 Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did n
 ot know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping
 ? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "
 Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and 
 I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to H
 im in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not
  touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethr
 en and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My Go
 d and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have se
 en the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nE
 pistle Reading: II Corinthians 11:31-33\;12:1-9\nBrethren\, the God and Fat
 her of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not li
 e. At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascu
 s in order to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in
  the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be
  gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I 
 know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heav
 en -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And
  I know that this man was caught up into Paradise --whether in the body or 
 out of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that canno
 t be told\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, b
 ut on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I
  wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth.
  But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees i
 n me or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundanc
 e of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan
 \, to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought 
 the Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My gra
 ce is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I wil
 l all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may
  rest upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31\nThe Lord said\, "There was
  a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sump
 tuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros\, full of s
 ores\, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table\; mor
 eover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried
  by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried\; 
 and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted up his eyes\, and saw Abraham f
 ar off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out\, 'Father Abraham\, have
  mercy upon me\, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and
  cool my tongue\; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said\, 'S
 on\, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things\, and Laz
 aros in like manner evil things\; but now he is comforted here\, and you ar
 e in anguish. And besides all this\, between us and you a great chasm has b
 een fixed\, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be 
 able\, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said\, 'Then I beg you\
 , father\, to send him to my father's house\, for I have five brothers\, so
  that he may warn them\, lest they also come into this place of torment.' B
 ut Abraham said\, 'They have Moses\, and the prophets\; let them hear them.
 ' And he said\, 'No\, father Abraham\; but if some one goes to them from th
 e dead\, they will repent.' He said to them\, 'If they do not hear Moses an
 d the prophets\, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise fro
 m the dead.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macarius the Great of Egypt\; Makarios of Alexandria\; Mark\, Bishop o
 f Ephesus\; Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patmos\; Arsenius of Corfu
 \; Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian\; Branwa
 llader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22
 -26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, pati
 ence\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; aga
 inst such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have cruci
 fied the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, l
 et us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking 
 of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken 
 in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of g
 entleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's
  burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:1
 -8\nAt that time\, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his o
 wn city. And behold\, they brought to him a paralytic\, lying on his bed\; 
 and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic\, "Take heart\, my 
 son\; your sins are forgiven." And behold\, some of the scribes said to the
 mselves\, "This man is blaspheming." But Jesus\, knowing their thoughts\, s
 aid\, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier\, to say '
 Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know 
 that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said to
  the paralytic -- "Rise\, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and we
 nt home. When the crowds saw it\, they were afraid\, and they glorified God
 \, who had given such authority to men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\;
  Anatolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Kar
 enesi\; Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Phili
 p\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 4:13-2
 5\nBrethren\, the promise to Abraham and his descendants\, that they should
  inherit the world\, did not come through the law but through the righteous
 ness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs\, 
 faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath\, but where
  there is no law there is no transgression. That is why it depends on faith
 \, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his
  descendants -- not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who 
 share the faith of Abraham\, for he is the father of us all\, as it is writ
 ten\, "I have made you the father of many nations" -- in the presence of th
 e God in whom he believed\, who gives life to the dead and calls into exist
 ence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed against hope\, that 
 he should become the father of many nations\; as he had been told\, "So sha
 ll your descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his 
 own body\, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years o
 ld\, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made
  him waver concerning the promise of God\, but he grew strong in his faith 
 as he gave glory to God\, fully convinced that God was able to do what he h
 ad promised. That is why his faith was "reckoned to him as righteousness." 
 But the words\, "it was reckoned to him\," were written not for his sake al
 one\, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him that 
 raised from the dead Jesus our Lord\, who was put to death for our trespass
 es and raised for our justification.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:21-23\nTh
 e Lord said\, "Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall enter t
 he kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heav
 en. On that day many will say to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\, did we not prophesy in
  your name\, and cast out demons in your name\, and do many mighty works in
  your name?' And then will I declare to them\, 'I never knew you\; depart f
 rom me\, you evildoers.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of Orthodoxy\; The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\; Caesarios t
 he Righteous\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: L
 uke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to
  the tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the sto
 ne rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the 
 body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two
  men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bo
 wed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the
  living among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He tol
 d you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be deliver
 ed into the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day r
 ise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told a
 ll this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Jo
 anna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told th
 is to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they
  did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and lo
 oking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wonderi
 ng at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:1-10\nBRETHREN\, si
 nce we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay as
 ide every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with pe
 rseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer an
 d perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy that was set before him endured 
 the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seated at the right hand of the th
 rone of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against h
 imself\, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle a
 gainst sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. A
 nd have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My son\
 , do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord\, nor lose courage when 
 you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves\, and c
 hastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you have to
  endure. God is treating you as sons\; for what son is there whom his fathe
 r does not discipline? If you are left without discipline\, in which all ha
 ve participated\, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides 
 this\, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. 
 Shall we not much more be subject to the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:
 43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip 
 and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of
  Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have 
 found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of N
 azareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good c
 ome out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nath
 anael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in 
 whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus an
 swered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\,
  I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  Yo
 u are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I
  saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall see greater things
  than these."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you wil
 l see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon t
 he Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Jo
 hn\; Theodora of Thessaloniki\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod t
 he tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he said to his servants\, "
 This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from the dead\; that is why t
 hese powers are at work in him." For Herod had seized John and bound him an
 d put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\
 ; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for you to have her." And th
 ough he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the people\, because they he
 ld him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday came\, the daughter of He
 rodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so that he promised wi
 th an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she
  said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." And the k
 ing was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to 
 be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\, and his head was b
 rought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she brought it to her mothe
 r. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it\; and they went a
 nd told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat
  to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\, they followed him 
 on foot from the towns.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:25-33\nIN THOSE DAYS\, 
 as John was finishing his course\, he said\, "What do you suppose that I am
 ? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandals of whose feet 
 I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, sons of the family of Abraham\, and t
 hose among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the message of this salv
 ation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, because they did 
 not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are r
 ead every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Though they could ch
 arge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pilate to have him k
 illed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him\, they took 
 him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from th
 e dead\; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from G
 alilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we bring
  you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, this he has fulf
 illed to us their children by raising Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:14-3
 0\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Jesus\, for his na
 me had become known. He said\, "John the baptizer has been raised from the 
 dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." But others said\, "It 
 is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a prophet\, like one of the prophets o
 f old." But when Herod heard of it he said\, "John\, whom I beheaded\, has 
 been raised." For Herod had sent and seized John\, and bound him in prison 
 for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because he had marri
 ed her. For John said to Herod\, "It is not lawful for you to have your bro
 ther's wife." And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and wanted to kill hi
 m. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that he was a righte
 ous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, he was much perpl
 exed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came when Herod on h
 is birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading m
 en of Galilee. For when Herodias' daughter came in and danced\, she pleased
  Herod and his guests\; and the king said to the girl\, "Ask me for whateve
 r you wish\, and I will grant it." And he vowed to her\, "Whatever you ask 
 me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom." And she went out\, and sai
 d to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" And she said\, "The head of John the 
 baptizer." And she came in immediately with haste to the king\, and asked\,
  saying\, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a 
 platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry\; but because of his oaths and
  his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediately the k
 ing sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went 
 and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a platter\, and ga
 ve it to the girl\; and the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples 
 heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in a tomb. The apos
 tles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and taught.\n\
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\
 , Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, 
 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you that
  in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heave
 n. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man ha
 s a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave the
  ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? And
  if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than over
  the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Fath
 er who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n\n"If you
 r brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and hi
 m alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he doe
 s not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word may 
 be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to li
 sten to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen even to 
 the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I 
 say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and what
 ever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if 
 two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for the
 m by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my name\,
  there am I in the midst of them."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBret
 hren\, if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression 
 or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neg
 lect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it 
 was attested to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by 
 signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit dist
 ributed according to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjec
 ted the world to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified som
 ewhere\, "What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, th
 at thou carest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than t
 he angels\, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything
  in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to 
 him\, he left nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see eve
 rything in subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was
  made lower than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the s
 uffering of death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for ev
 ery one. For it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist
 \, in bringing many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvat
 ion perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord s
 aid to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you 
 rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy re
 turned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in you
 r name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven
 . Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\
 , and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Neverth
 eless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but re
 joice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced
  in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and e
 arth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding an
 d revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\; Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantin
 ople\; Meletios of Ypseni\; Christos the New Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Peter 3:1-18\nBeloved\, this is now the second letter that I h
 ave written to you\, and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind b
 y way of reminder\; that you should remember the predictions of the holy pr
 ophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.  F
 irst of all you must understand this\, that scoffers will come in the last 
 days with scoffing\, following their own passions and saying\, "Where is th
 e promise of his coming?  For ever since the fathers fell asleep\, all thin
 gs have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."  They delib
 erately ignore this fact\, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago
 \, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water\, through which t
 he world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.  But by the
  same word the heavens and earth that now exist have been stored up for fir
 e\, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.\n\
 nBut do not ignore this one fact\, beloved\, that with the Lord one day is 
 as a thousand years\, and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slo
 w about his promise as some count slowness\, but is forbearing toward you\,
  not wishing that any should perish\, but that all should reach repentance.
   But the day of the Lord will come like a thief\, and then the heavens wil
 l pass away with a loud noise\, and the elements will be dissolved with fir
 e\, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up.\n\nSinc
 e all these things are thus to be dissolved\, what sort of persons ought yo
 u to be in lives of holiness and godliness\, waiting for and hastening the 
 coming of the day of God\, because of which the heavens will be kindled and
  dissolved\, and the elements will melt with fire!  But according to his pr
 omise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells
 .\n\nTherefore\, beloved\, since you wait for these\, be zealous to be foun
 d by him without spot or blemish\, and at peace.  And count the forbearance
  of our Lord as salvation.  So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you a
 ccording to the wisdom given him\, speaking of this as he does in all his l
 etters.  There are some things in them hard to understand\, which the ignor
 ant and unstable twist to their own destruction\, as they do the other scri
 ptures.  You therefore\, beloved\, knowing this beforehand\, beware lest yo
 u be carried away with the error of lawless men and lose your own stability
 .  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
   To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.  Amen.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Mark 13:24-31\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "In those days\, 
 after that tribulation\, the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not g
 ive its light\, and the stars will be falling from heaven\, and the powers 
 in the heavens will be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man comin
 g in clouds with great power and glory.  And he will send out the angels\, 
 and gather his elect from the four winds\, from the ends of the earth to th
 e ends of heaven.  From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branc
 h becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near. 
  So also\, when you see these things taking place\, you know he is near\, a
 t the very gates.  Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass awa
 y before all these things take place.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, bu
 t my words will not pass away."\n\n
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 sts: Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monastery\; Bessarion the Wonderworker o
 f Egypt\; 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\, Mary\, Cyris\, Valeria & Marcia\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 21:8-14\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the apostles departed and
  came to Caesarea\; and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist\, who
  was one of the seven\, and stayed with him. And he had four unmarried daug
 hters\, who prophesied. While we were staying for some days\, a prophet nam
 ed Agabos came down from Judea. And coming to us he took Paul's girdle and 
 bound his own feet and hands\, and said\, "Thus says the Holy Spirit\, 'So 
 shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver h
 im into the hands of the Gentiles.'" When we heard this\, we and the people
  there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered\, "What are
  you doing\, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be i
 mprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." And
  when he would not be persuaded\, we ceased and said\, "The will of the Lor
 d be done." \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:27-15:7\nThe Lord said to his disci
 ples\, "Let not your hearts be troubled\, neither let them be afraid. You h
 eard me say to you\, 'I go away\, and I will come to you.' If you loved me\
 , you would have rejoiced\, because I go to the Father\; for the Father is 
 greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place\, so that whe
 n it does take place\, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you
 \, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me\; but I d
 o as the Father has commanded me\, so that the world may know that I love t
 he Father. Rise\, let us go hence.\n\n"I am the true vine\, and my Father i
 s the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit\, he takes away
 \, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes\, that it may bear more 
 fruit. You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. A
 bide in me\, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself\, unle
 ss it abides in the vine\, neither can you\, unless you abide in me. I am t
 he vine\, you are the branches. He who abides in me\, and I in him\, he it 
 is that bears much fruit\, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man d
 oes not abide in me\, he is cast forth as a branch and withers\; and the br
 anches are gathered\, thrown into the fire and burned. If you abide in me\,
  and my words abide in you\, ask whatever you will\, and it shall be done f
 or you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Blind Man\; Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; 3 Virgin-m
 artyrs of Chios\; 5 Nuns beheaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha\, 
 Mary\, & Enmatha\; Righteous Father Columba of Iona\; Righteous Father Cyri
 l of Belozersk\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary
  stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into 
 the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesu
 s has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman
 \, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they have taken away m
 y Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this\, she tur
 ned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 
 Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Suppos
 ing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried H
 im away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesu
 s said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," 
 which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not 
 yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am a
 scending to My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magda
 lene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told
  them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 16:16-
 34\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as we apostles were going to the place of prayer\, we w
 ere met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owne
 rs much gain by soothsaying. She followed Paul and us\, crying\, "These men
  are servants of the Most High God\, who proclaim to you the way of salvati
 on." And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoyed\, and turned and 
 said to the spirit\, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out 
 of her." And it came out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their
  hope of gain was gone\, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into t
 he market place before the rulers\; and when they had brought them to the m
 agistrates they said\, "These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city
 . They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or p
 ractice." The crowd joined in attacking them\; and the magistrates tore the
  garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. And when they ha
 d inflicted many blows upon them\, they threw them into prison\, charging t
 he jailer to keep them safely. Having received this charge\, he put them in
 to the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnig
 ht Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God\, and the prisoners
  were listening to them\, and suddenly there was a great earthquake\, so th
 at the foundations of the prison were shaken\; and immediately all the door
 s were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened. When the jailer woke
  and saw that the prison doors were open\, he drew his sword and was about 
 to kill himself\, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried 
 with a loud voice\, "Do not harm yourself\, for we are all here." And he ca
 lled for lights and rushed in\, and trembling with fear he fell down before
  Paul and Silas\, and brought them out and said\, "Men\, what must I do to 
 be saved?" And they said\, "Believe in the Lord Jesus\, and you will be sav
 ed\, you and your household." And they spoke the word of the Lord to him an
 d to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the nigh
 t\, and washed their wounds\, and he was baptized at once\, with all his fa
 mily. Then he brought them up into his house\, and set food before them\; a
 nd he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 9:1-38\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a man b
 lind from his birth. And his disciples asked him\, "Rabbi\, who sinned\, th
 is man or his parents\, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered\, "It was n
 ot that this man sinned\, or his parents\, but that the works of God might 
 be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who sent me\, while 
 it is day\; night comes\, when no one can work. As long as I am in the worl
 d\, I am the light of the world." As he said this\, he spat on the ground a
 nd made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay\, say
 ing to him\, "Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he we
 nt and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen hi
 m before as a beggar\, said\, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?
 " Some said\, "It is he"\; others said\, "No\, but he is like him." He said
 \, "I am the man." They said to him\, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He 
 answered\, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to
  me\, 'Go to Siloam and wash'\; so I went and washed and received my sight.
 " They said to him\, "Where is he?" He said\, "I do not know."\n\nThey brou
 ght to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabb
 ath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again a
 sked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them\, "He put clay 
 on my eyes and I washed\, and I see." Some of the Pharisees said\, "This ma
 n is not from God\, for he does not keep the sabbath." But others said\, "H
 ow can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a division among the
 m. So they again said to the blind man\, "What do you say about him\, since
  he has opened your eyes?" He said\, "He is a prophet."\n\nThe Jews did not
  believe that he had been blind and had received his sight\, until they cal
 led the parents of the man who had received his sight\, and asked them\, "I
 s this your son\, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" Hi
 s parents answered\, "We know that this is our son\, and that he was born b
 lind\; but how he now sees we do not know\, nor do we know who opened his e
 yes. Ask him\; he is of age\, he will speak for himself." His parents said 
 this because they feared the Jews\, for the Jews had already agreed that if
  anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put out of the synagog
 ue. Therefore his parents said\, "He is of age\, ask him."\n\nSo for the se
 cond time they called the man who had been blind\, and said to him\, "Give 
 God the praise\; we know that this man is a sinner." He answered\, "Whether
  he is a sinner\, I do not know\; one thing I know\, that though I was blin
 d\, now I see." They said to him\, "What did he do to you? How did he open 
 your eyes?" He answered them\, "I have told you already and you would not l
 isten. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disc
 iples?" And they reviled him\, saying\, "You are his disciple\, but we are 
 disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses\, but as for this 
 man\, we do not know where he comes from." The man answered\, "Why\, this i
 s a marvel! You do not know where he comes from\, and yet he opened my eyes
 . We know that God does not listen to sinners\, but if anyone is a worshipe
 r of God and does his will\, God listens to him. Never since the world bega
 n has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If thi
 s man were not from God\, he could do nothing." They answered him\, "You we
 re born in utter sin\, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.\n\nJ
 esus heard that they had cast him out\, and having found him he said\, "Do 
 you believe in the Son of man?" He answered\, "And who is he\, sir\, that I
  may believe in him?" Jesus said to him\, "You have seen him\, and it is he
  who speaks to you." He said\, "Lord\, I believe"\; and he worshiped him.\n
 \n
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 sts: Titus the Wonderworker\; Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine\; Amp
 hianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Isaiah 9:9-10:4\nThus says the LORD: "And all the people will know\, E
 phraim and the inhabitants of Samaria\, who say in pride and in arrogance o
 f heart:  'The bricks have fallen\, but we will build with dressed stones\;
  the sycamores have been cut down\, but we will put cedars in their place.'
 "  So the LORD raises adversaries against them\, and stirs up their enemies
 .  The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel wi
 th open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is st
 retched out still.  The people did not turn to him who smote them\, nor see
 k the LORD of hosts.  So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail\, palm 
 branch and reed in one day - the elder and honored man is the head\, and th
 e prophet who teaches lies is the tail\; for those who lead this people lea
 d them astray\, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.  Therefore 
 the Lord does not rejoice over their young men\, and has no compassion on t
 heir fatherless and widows\; for every one is godless and an evildoer\, and
  every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away and hi
 s hand is stretched out still.  For wickedness burns like a fire\, it consu
 mes briers and thorns\; it kindles the thickets of the forest\, and they ro
 ll upward in a column of smoke.  Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the
  land is burned\, and the people are like fuel for the fire\; no man spares
  his brother.  They snatch on the right\, but are still hungry\, and they d
 evour on the left\, but are not satisfied\; each devours his neighbor's fle
 sh\, Manasseh\, Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and together they are ag
 ainst Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stre
 tched out still.  \n\n Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees\, and the
  writers who keep writing oppression\, to turn aside the needy from justice
  and to rob the poor of my people of their right\, that widows may be their
  spoil\, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!  What will you d
 o on the day of punishment\, in the storm which will come from afar? To who
 m will you flee for help\, and where will you leave your wealth?  Nothing r
 emains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all t
 his his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Genesis 7:1-5\n Then the LORD said to Noah\, "Go into 
 the ark\, you and all your household\, for I have seen that you are righteo
 us before me in this generation.  Take with you seven pairs of all clean an
 imals\, the male and his mate\; and a pair of the animals that are not clea
 n\, the male and his mate\; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also\, 
 male and female\, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth. 
  For in seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nig
 hts\; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face
  of the ground."  And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Proverbs 8:32-9:11\nAnd now\, my sons\, listen to me: ha
 ppy are those who keep my ways.  Hear instruction and be wise\, and do not 
 neglect it.  Happy is the man who listens to me\, watching daily at my gate
 s\, waiting beside my doors.  For he who finds me finds life and obtains fa
 vor from the LORD\; but he who misses me injures himself\; all who hate me 
 love death."  Wisdom has built her house\, she has set up her seven pillars
 .  She has slaughtered her beasts\, she has mixed her wine\, she has also s
 et her table.  She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places i
 n the town\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" To him who is wit
 hout sense she says\,  "Come\, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have
  mixed.  Leave simpleness\, and live\, and walk in the way of insight."  He
  who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse\, and he who reproves a wicked m
 an incurs injury.  Do not reprove a scoffer\, or he will hate you\; reprove
  a wise man\, and he will love you.  Give instruction to a wise man\, and h
 e will be still wiser\; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learn
 ing.  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom\, and the knowledge o
 f the Holy One is insight.  For by me your days will be multiplied\, and ye
 ars will be added to your life. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Thursday\; Elizabeth the Wonderworker\; Savvas the General of 
 Rome\; Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia\; Mellitus\, Archbishop of Cante
 rbury\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter 
 said to the people\, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name o
 f Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\; and you shall receive the
  gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children an
 d to all that are far off\, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him." 
 And he testified with many other words and exhorted them\, saying\, "Save y
 ourselves from this crooked generation." So those who received his word wer
 e baptized\, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And 
 they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship\, to the b
 reaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came upon every soul\; and many 
 wonders and signs were done through the apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3
 :1-15\nAt that time\, there was a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, 
 a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rab
 bi\, we know that you are a teacher come from God\; for no one can do these
  signs that you do\, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born from above\, he cannot see the k
 ingdom of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can a man be born when he is o
 ld? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus a
 nswered\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born of water and t
 he Spirit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the f
 lesh is flesh\, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marv
 el that I said to you\, 'You must be born from above.' The Spirit blows whe
 re it wills\, and you hear the sound of it\, and you do not know whence it 
 comes or whither it goes\; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit
 ." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you
  a teacher of Israel\, and yet you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, 
 I say to you\, we speak of what we know\, and bear witness to what we have 
 seen\; but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly thi
 ngs and you do not believe\, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly thi
 ngs? No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the
  Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil
 derness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in hi
 m may have eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt\; The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those
  With Him\; Our Holy Father Maximian\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Theodo
 re the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge\; Alexandra the Martyr\; 
 Anastasios the Monk of Sinai\; Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n\nFast Day (Wine a
 nd Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was
  past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James and Salome\, bought s
 pices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first
  day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they wer
 e saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the doo
 r of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back - 
 it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on 
 the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he sai
 d to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucif
 ied. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place where they laid Him. But
  go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee\;
  there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they went out and fled from 
 the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they sai
 d nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1
 1-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things t
 hat have come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made wi
 th hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the
  Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, 
 thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled perso
 ns with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctif
 ies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Ch
 rist\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to Go
 d\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 10:32-45\nAt that time\, Jesus took his twelve disciples\
 , and he began to tell them what was to happen to him\, saying\, "Behold\, 
 we are going up to Jerusalem\; and the Son of man will be delivered to the 
 chief priests and the scribes\, and they will condemn him to death\, and de
 liver him to the Gentiles\; and they will mock him\, and spit upon him\, an
 d scourge him\, and kill him\; and after three days he will rise." And Jame
 s and John\, the sons of Zebedee\, came forward to him\, and said to him\, 
 "Teacher\, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to
  them\, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him\, "Grant 
 us to sit\, one at your right hand and one at your left\, in your glory." B
 ut Jesus said to them\, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able 
 to drink the cup that I drink\, or to be baptized with the baptism with whi
 ch I am baptized?" And they said to him\, "We are able." And Jesus said to 
 them\, "The cup that I drink you will drink\; and with the baptism with whi
 ch I am baptized\, you will be baptized\; but to sit at my right hand or at
  my left is not mine to grant\, but it is for those for whom it has been pr
 epared." And when the ten heard it\, they began to be indignant of James an
 d John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them\, "You know that thos
 e who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them\, and their 
 great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you\; 
 but whoever would be great among you must be your servant\, and whoever wou
 ld be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came no
 t to be served but to serve\, and to give his life as a ransom for many."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of Orthodoxy\; Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\;
  Righteous Artemon\, Bishop of Seleucia\; Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbis
 hop of Thessolonica\; Zachariah the Recluse\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allow
 ed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, t
 he first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were fo
 r fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Pe
 ace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His 
 side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to th
 em again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send y
 ou." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "Re
 ceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\;
  if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of th
 e twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the othe
 r disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unle
 ss I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the m
 ark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eig
 ht days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with
  them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\,
  "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and 
 see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be 
 faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jes
 us said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are t
 hose who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in 
 the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but th
 ese are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of 
 God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Hebrews 11:24-26\,32-40\nBrethren\, by faith Moses\, when he was grown u
 p\, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter\, choosing rather to
  share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting plea
 sures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth th
 an the treasures of Egypt\, for he looked to the reward.\n\nAnd what more s
 hall I say?  For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Je
 phthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquere
 d kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of l
 ions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength 
 out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign enemies to flight.  Wo
 men received their dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusing to 
 accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life.  Others suffe
 red mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  They were st
 oned\, they were sawn in two\, they were killed with the sword\; they went 
 about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated -- 
 of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains\, 
 and in dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested
  by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had foresee
 n something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perf
 ect. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to go t
 o Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip 
 was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\
 , and he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also
  the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael sa
 id to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\,
  "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Be
 hold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\,
  "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, wh
 en you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rab
 bi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered 
 him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believ
 e?  You shall see greater things than these."  And he said to him\, "Truly\
 , truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God
  ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\; Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\; Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\; Martyr Chrysanthe\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 
 6:18-24\nBrethren\, pray at all times in the Spirit\, with all prayer and s
 upplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance\, making supplica
 tion for all the saints\, and also for me\, that utterance may be given me 
 in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel\, for whic
 h I am an ambassador in chains\; that I may declare it boldly\, as I ought 
 to speak.\n\nNow that you also may know how I am and what I am doing\, Tych
 icos the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you ev
 erything. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know 
 how we are\, and that he may encourage your hearts.\n\nPeace be to the bret
 hren\, and love with faith\, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love undying. Amen.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:23-26\nThe Lord said\, "He who is not with me is
  against me he who does not gather with me scatters.\n\n"When the unclean s
 pirit has gone out of a man\, he passes through waterless places seeking re
 st\; and finding none he says\, 'I will return to my house from which I cam
 e.' And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and 
 brings seven other spirits more evil than himself\, and they enter and dwel
 l there\; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\; Euschemon the Confessor\, Bishop of
  Lampasakos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 7:1-14\nIn the 
 days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son of Uzziah\, king of Judah\, Rezin the 
 king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to J
 erusalem to wage war against it\, but they could not conquer it.  When the 
 house of David was told\, "Syria is in league with Ephraim\," his heart and
  the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the 
 wind.\n\nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah\, "Go forth to meet Ahaz\, you and She
 arjashub your son\, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the high
 way to the Fuller's Field\, and say to him\, 'Take heed\, be quiet\, do not
  fear\, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering 
 stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son o
 f Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah\, has dev
 ised evil against you\, saying\,  "Let us go up against Judah and terrify i
 t\, and let us conquer it for ourselves\, and set up the son of Tabeel as k
 ing in the midst of it\," thus says the Lord GOD: It shall not stand\, and 
 it shall not come to pass.  For the head of Syria is Damascus\, and the hea
 d of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to 
 pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)  And the head of Ephraim is 
 Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not b
 elieve\, surely you shall not be established.'"\n\nAgain the LORD spoke to 
 Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD your God\; let it be deep as Sheol or high 
 as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I will not ask\, and I will not put the LORD 
 to the test."  And he said\, "Hear then\, O house of David! Is it too littl
 e for you to weary men\, that you weary my God also?  Therefore the Lord hi
 mself will give you a sign. Behold\, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son
 \, and shall call his name Immanuel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 5:32
 -6:8\n After Noah was five hundred years old\, Noah became the father of Sh
 em\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men began to multiply on the face of the grou
 nd\, and daughters were born to them\, the sons of God saw that the daughte
 rs of men were fair\; and they took to wife such of them as they chose.  Th
 en the LORD said\, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever\, for he is f
 lesh\, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."  The Nephilim wer
 e on the earth in those days\, and also afterward\, when the sons of God ca
 me in to the daughters of men\, and they bore children to them. These were 
 the mighty men that were of old\, the men of renown.  \n\n The LORD saw tha
 t the wickedness of man was great in the earth\, and that every imagination
  of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the LORD was 
 sorry that he had made man on the earth\, and it grieved him to his heart. 
  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face 
 of the ground\, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air\, fo
 r I am sorry that I have made them."  But Noah found favor in the eyes of t
 he LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:20-7:1\nMy son\, keep your fa
 ther's commandment\, and forsake not your mother's teaching.  Bind them upo
 n your heart always\; tie them about your neck.  When you walk\, they will 
 lead you\; when you lie down\, they will watch over you\; and when you awak
 e\, they will talk with you.  For the commandment is a lamp and the teachin
 g a light\, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life\, to preserv
 e you from the evil woman\, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.  Do 
 not desire her beauty in your heart\, and do not let her capture you with h
 er eyelashes\; for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread\, but an adult
 eress stalks a man's very life.  Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his 
 clothes not be burned?  Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be 
 scorched?  So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife\; none who touches h
 er will go unpunished.  Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy 
 his appetite when he is hungry?  And if he is caught\, he will pay sevenfol
 d\; he will give all the goods of his house.  He who commits adultery has n
 o sense\; he who does it destroys himself.  Wounds and dishonor will he get
 \, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.  For jealousy makes a man furio
 us\, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.  He will accept no compen
 sation\, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.  My son\, keep my words
  and treasure up my commandments with you.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt\; Terence and his Companions beheaded at C
 arthage\; 150 and more Righteous Martyr Fathers of the Sacred Monastery of 
 Pantocrator Daou Pentelis\; Gregory V\, the Holy Martyr and Patriarch of Co
 nstantinople\; Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\n\nFast Day
  (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the eve
 ning of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where t
 he disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them an
 d said to them: "Peace be with you."  When he had said this\, he showed the
 m his hands and his side.  Then the disciples were glad when they saw the L
 ord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sen
 t me\, even so I send you."  And when he had said this\, he breathed on the
 m\, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of
  any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retaine
 d."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them
  when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord.
 " But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails\, 
 and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in his sid
 e\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days later\, his disciples were again in 
 the house\, and Thomas was with them.  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came
  and stood among them\, and said: "Peace be with you."  Then he said to Tho
 mas\, "Put your finger here\, and see my hands\; and put out your hand\, an
 d place it in my side\; do not be faithless\, but believing."  Thomas answe
 red him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed beca
 use you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.
 "\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, whic
 h are not written in this book\; but these are written that you may believe
  that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing you may hav
 e life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Ch
 rist appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come\, then thr
 ough the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\, that is\, not
  of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place\, taking not
  the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus securing an eternal
  redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goa
 ts and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification
  of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, who through the e
 ternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, purify your conscien
 ce from dead works to serve the living God. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:32-
 45\nAt that time\, Jesus took his twelve disciples\, and he began to tell t
 hem what was to happen to him\, saying\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerus
 alem\; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the sc
 ribes\, and they will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to the Gentile
 s\; and they will mock him\, and spit upon him\, and scourge him\, and kill
  him\; and after three days he will rise." And James and John\, the sons of
  Zebedee\, came forward to him\, and said to him\, "Teacher\, we want you t
 o do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them\, "What do you wan
 t me to do for you?" And they said to him\, "Grant us to sit\, one at your 
 right hand and one at your left\, in your glory." But Jesus said to them\, 
 "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I 
 drink\, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And t
 hey said to him\, "We are able." And Jesus said to them\, "The cup that I d
 rink you will drink\; and with the baptism with which I am baptized\, you w
 ill be baptized\; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to 
 grant\, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the te
 n heard it\, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called
  them to him and said to them\, "You know that those who are supposed to ru
 le over the Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great men exercise autho
 rity over them. But it shall not be so among you\; but whoever would be gre
 at among you must be your servant\, and whoever would be first among you mu
 st be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to se
 rve\, and to give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\; Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthimos\, President of Crete\; Righteous
  Jacob of Evia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:1-25\n PAUL\, 
 a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Philemon our bel
 oved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fellow soldier
 \, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father
  and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my
  prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towa
 rd the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sharing of your 
 faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ. For
  I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother\, because 
 the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accordingly\, tho
 ugh I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required\, yet 
 for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and no
 w a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesimo
 s\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless
  to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him b
 ack to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with
  me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment
  for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in ord
 er that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
  Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that you might ha
 ve him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slave\, as a be
 loved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both in the fle
 sh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive him as you
  would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you anything\, ch
 arge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\, I will re
 pay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes\, brother\
 , I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Con
 fident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you will do even m
 ore than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\, for I am h
 oping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow priso
 ner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos
 \, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
  be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:15-17\, 26-30\nAt th
 at time\, they were bringing infants to Jesus that he might touch them\; an
 d when the disciples saw it\, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to h
 im\, saying\, "Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for t
 o such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not 
 receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."\n\nThose who h
 eard it said\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible w
 ith men is possible with God." And Peter said\, "Lo\, we have left our home
 s and followed you." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is
  no man who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children\, for
  the sake of the kingdom of God\, who will not receive manifold more in thi
 s time\, and in the age to come eternal life."\n\n
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 \, Onesimos the Disciple of Paul
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\; Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\; Pinytos\, Bishop of Knossos\; The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedi
 a\; Vassianos the Righteous of Constantinople\; The 14 Holy Elders of Optin
 a Monastery\; Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:18-24\nBrethren\, pray at all time
 s in the Spirit\, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert 
 with all perseverance\, making supplication for all the saints\, and also f
 or me\, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth boldly to procla
 im the mystery of the gospel\, for which I am an ambassador in chains\; tha
 t I may declare it boldly\, as I ought to speak.\n\nNow that you also may k
 now how I am and what I am doing\, Tychicos the beloved brother and faithfu
 l minister in the Lord will tell you everything. I have sent him to you for
  this very purpose\, that you may know how we are\, and that he may encoura
 ge your hearts.\n\nPeace be to the brethren\, and love with faith\, from Go
 d the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord
  Jesus Christ with love undying. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:31-35\nThe
  Lord said\, "To what shall I compare the men of this generation\, and what
  are they like? They are like children sitting in the market place and call
 ing to one another\, 'We piped to you\, and you did not dance\; we wailed\,
  and you did not weep.' For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and d
 rinking no wine\; and you say\, 'He has a demon.' The Son of man has come e
 ating and drinking\; and you say\, 'Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a f
 riend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by all her ch
 ildren."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\; The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25\nThe birth of Jesus C
 hrist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jo
 seph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy
  Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put he
 r to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, b
 ehold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\
 , son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is con
 ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall c
 all his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this
  took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a
  virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanu
 el" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as th
 e angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not unt
 il she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Galatians 4:4-7\nBRETHREN\, when the time had fully come\, God sent forth h
 is Son\, born of woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were unde
 r the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are 
 sons\, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts\, crying\, "Abba!
  Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son\, and if a son then also a
 n heir of God through Christ. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12\nWhen Jesu
 s was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king\, behold\, w
 ise men from the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\, "Where is he who has bee
 n born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East\, and have c
 ome to worship him." When Herod the king heard this\, he was troubled\, and
  all Jerusalem with him\; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes 
 of the people\, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They t
 old him\, "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is written by the prophet: 'An
 d you\, O Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are by no means least among th
 e rulers of Judah\; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my peop
 le Israel.'"\n\nThen Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained f
 rom them what time the star appeared\; and he sent them to Bethlehem\, sayi
 ng\, "Go and search diligently for the child\, and when you have found him 
 bring me word\, that I too may come and worship him." When they had heard t
 he king they went their way\; and lo the star which they had seen in the Ea
 st went before them\, till it came to rest over the place where the child w
 as. When they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy\; and
  going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother\, and they fe
 ll down and worshiped him. Then\, opening their treasures\, they offered hi
 m gifts\, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not 
 to return to Herod\, they departed to their own country by another way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday after Pascha\; Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monastery\; 
 Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt\; 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\, Mary
 \, Cyris\, Valeria & Marcia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:20-28\;15.1-4\nIN T
 HOSE DAYS\, Paul went on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the
  gospel to that city and had made many disciples\, they returned to Lystra 
 and to lconion and to Antioch\, strengthening the souls of the disciples\, 
 exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and saying that through many trib
 ulations we must enter the kingdom of God. And when they had appointed elde
 rs for them in every church\, with prayer and fasting they committed them t
 o the Lord in whom they believed. Then they passed through Pisidia\, and ca
 me to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the word in Perga\, they went dow
 n to Attalia\; and from there they sailed to Antioch\, where they had been 
 commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled. And wh
 en they arrived\, they gathered the church together and declared all that G
 od had done with them\, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentil
 es. And they remained no little time with the disciples. But some men came 
 down from Judea and were teaching the brethren\, "Unless you are circumcise
 d according to the custom of Moses\, you cannot be saved." And when Paul an
 d Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them\, Paul and Barnabas
  and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostle
 s and the elders about this question. So\, being sent on their way by the c
 hurch\, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria\, reporting the conv
 ersion of the Gentiles\, and they gave great joy to all the brethren. And w
 hen they came to Jerusalem\, they were welcomed by the church and the apost
 les and the elders\, and they declared all that God had done with them. \n\
 nGospel Reading: John 9:39-10:9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\
 , "For judgment I came into this world\, that those who do not see may see\
 , and that those who see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him 
 heard this\, and they said to him\, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them
 \, "If you were blind\, you would have no guilt\; but now that you say\, 'W
 e see\,' your guilt remains.\n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does
  not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that ma
 n is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd o
 f the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and h
 e calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out a
 ll his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know
  his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\,
  for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with 
 them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.\n\nSo Jesus 
 again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the s
 heep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did no
 t heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, a
 nd will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theophanes the Confessor\; Symeon the New Theologian\; Gregory Dialogo
 s\, Bishop of Rome\; Phineas\, grandson of Prophet Aaron\; Paul Aurelian\, 
 Bishop of Brittany\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:16-25\
 nBut the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows himse
 lf holy in righteousness.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture\,
  fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who draw iniqu
 ity with cords of falsehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, who say: "L
 et him make haste\, let him speed his work that we may see it\; let the pur
 pose of the Holy One of Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that we may kn
 ow it!"  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil\, who put darkness f
 or light and light for darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bi
 tter!  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd in their ow
 n sight!  Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine\, and valiant men in
  mixing strong drink\, who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and deprive the 
 innocent of his right!  Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours the stubb
 le\, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame\, so their root will be as ro
 ttenness\, and their blossom go up like dust\; for they have rejected the l
 aw of the LORD of hosts\, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Isr
 ael.  Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people\, and 
 he stretched out his hand against them and smote them\, and the mountains q
 uaked\; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For a
 ll this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n
 \nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 4:16-26\n Then Cain went away from the pre
 sence of the LORD\, and dwelt in the land of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain knew
  his wife\, and she conceived and bore Enoch\; and he built a city\, and ca
 lled the name of the city after the name of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch was 
 born Irad\; and Irad was the father of Mehujael\, and Mehujael the father o
 f Methushael\, and Methushael the father of Lamech.  And Lamech took two wi
 ves\; the name of the one was Adah\, and the name of the other Zillah.  Ada
 h bore Jabal\; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattl
 e.  His brother's name was Jubal\; he was the father of all those who play 
 the lyre and pipe.  Zillah bore Tubalcain\; he was the forger of all instru
 ments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech said 
 to his wives: "Adah and Zillah\, hear my voice\; you wives of Lamech\, hear
 ken to what I say: I have slain a man for wounding me\, a young man for str
 iking me.  If Cain is avenged sevenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." 
 \n\n  And Adam knew his wife again\, and she bore a son and called his name
  Seth\, for she said\, "God has appointed for me another child instead of A
 bel\, for Cain slew him."  To Seth also a son was born\, and he called his 
 name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Proverbs 5:15-6:3\nDrink water from your own cistern\,
  flowing water from your own well.  Should your springs be scattered abroad
 \, streams of water in the streets?  Let them be for yourself alone\, and n
 ot for strangers with you.  Let your fountain be blessed\, and rejoice in t
 he wife of your youth\, a lovely hind\, a graceful doe. Let her affection f
 ill you at all times with delight\, be infatuated always with her love.  Wh
 y should you be infatuated\, my son\, with a loose woman and embrace the bo
 som of an adventuress?  For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD\, 
 and he watches all his paths.  The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him\, a
 nd he is caught in the toils of his sin.  He dies for lack of discipline\, 
 and because of his great folly he is lost.\n\n  My son\, if you have become
  surety for your neighbor\, have given your pledge for a stranger\; if you 
 are snared in the utterance of your lips\, caught in the words of your mout
 h\; then do this\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your
  neighbor's power: go\, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\; R
 omanos the Melodist\; John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:10-19\nIn those days\,
  there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a 
 vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to 
 him\, "Rise and go to the street called Straight\, and inquire in the house
  of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and
  he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that h
 e might regain his sight." But Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from
  many about this man\, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem
 \; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call up
 on thy name." But the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrumen
 t of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Is
 rael\; for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
 " So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he
  said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by w
 hich you came\, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled wi
 th the Holy Spirit." And immediately something like scales fell from his ey
 es and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized\, and took food
  and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:33-39\nAt that time\, the 
 Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him\, "Why do the disciples of John fas
 t often and offer prayers\, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees\, but 
 yours eat and drink?" And Jesus said to them\, "Can you make wedding guests
  fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come\, when the brid
 egroom is taken away from them\, and then they will fast in those days." He
  told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and put
 s it upon an old garment\; if he does\, he will tear the new\, and the piec
 e from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wi
 neskins\; if he does\, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spi
 lled\, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh
  wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new\; for he says\, 
 'The old is better.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\; The Holy Great Martyr Photine\, the Sama
 ritan Women\; Holy Martyr Theocletus\; John Claphas the new Martyr\n\nFast 
 Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:20-21\;2:1-9\nBeloved\, first of all yo
 u must understand this\, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's
  own interpretation\, because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man\,
  but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.\n\nBut false prophets als
 o arose among the people\, just as there will be false teachers among you\,
  who will secretly bring in destructive heresies\, even denying the Master 
 who bought them\, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.  And many wil
 l follow their licentiousness\, and because of them the way of truth will b
 e reviled.  And in their greed they will exploit you with false words\; fro
 m of old their condemnation has not been idle\, and their destruction has n
 ot been asleep.\n\nFor if God did not spare the angels when they sinned\, b
 ut cast them into hell and committed them to pits of nether gloom to be kep
 t until the judgment\; if he did not spare the ancient world\, but preserve
 d Noah\, a herald of righteousness\, with seven other persons\, when he bro
 ught a flood upon the world of the ungodly\; if by turning the cities of So
 dom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and made them an 
 example to those who were to be ungodly\; and if he rescued righteous Lot\,
  greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the wicked (for by what that r
 ighteous man saw and heard as he lived among them\, he was vexed in his rig
 hteous soul day after day with their lawless deeds)\, then the Lord knows h
 ow to rescue the godly from trial\, and to keep the unrighteous under punis
 hment until the day of judgment.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:9-13\nThe Lord 
 said to his disciples\, "Take heed to yourselves\; for they will deliver yo
 u up to councils\; and you will be beaten in synagogues\; and you will stan
 d before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them. A
 nd the gospel must first be preached to all nations. And when they bring yo
 u to trial and deliver you up\, do not be anxious beforehand what you are t
 o say\; but say whatever is given you in that hour\, for it is not you who 
 speak\, but the Holy Spirit. And brother will deliver up brother to death\,
  and the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and have
  them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But h
 e who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\; Holy Martyrs Timot
 hy\, Agapius and Thecla\; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\; Af
 terfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virg
 in Mary\; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: II Cor
 inthians 2:14-17\;3:1-3\nBrethren\, thanks be to God\, who in Christ always
  leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledg
 e of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who 
 are being saved and among those who are perishing\, to one a fragrance from
  death to death\, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is suffic
 ient for these things? For we are not\, like so many\, peddlers of God's wo
 rd\; but as men of sincerity\, as commissioned by God\, in the sight of God
  we speak in Christ.\n\nAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do 
 we need\, as some do\, letters of recommendation\, to you\, or from you? Yo
 u yourselves are our letter of recommendation\, written on our hearts\, to 
 be known and read by all men\; and you show that you are a letter from Chri
 st delivered by us\, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living
  God\, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 23:23-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "W
 oe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill
  and cumin\, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, justice 
 and mercy and faith\; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting the
  others. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!\n\
 n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outs
 ide of the cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion and
  rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of t
 he plate\, that the outside also may be clean.\n\n"Woe to you\, scribes and
  Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs\, which outward
 ly appear beautiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all 
 uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men\, but within you
  are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle\; Gregory Palamas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\; Ho
 ly Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra\; Justinian the Emperor and his wi
 fe Theodora\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has ex
 hibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because 
 we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fool
 s for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are
  strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour w
 e hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we la
 bor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted
 \, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and
  are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I d
 o not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved ch
 ildren. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have ma
 ny fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I 
 urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to
  him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and
  Peter.  Philip found Nathanael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him o
 f whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, t
 he son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anything good come out of 
 Nazareth?"  Philip said to him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael comin
 g to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no 
 guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\
 , "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you.
 "  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the K
 ing of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you un
 der the fig tree\, do you believe?  You shall see greater things than these
 ."  And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heave
 n opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of m
 an."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isidore of Pelusium\; Nicholas the Confessor\; Hieromartyr Abramius\; 
 John the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\; Theodosios the Righteous\; Jose
 ph the New Martyr of Aleppo\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord an
 d Savior in the Temple\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 3:10-22\nBeloved\, "He t
 hat would love life and see good days\, let him keep his tongue from evil a
 nd his lips from speaking guile\; let him turn away from evil and do right\
 ; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are upon the r
 ighteous\, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord 
 is against those that do evil."\n\nNow who is there to harm you if you are 
 zealous for what is right? But even if you do suffer for righteousness' sak
 e\, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them\, nor be troubled\, but in yo
 ur hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to
  any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you\, yet do it w
 ith gentleness and reverence\; and keep your conscience clear\, so that\, w
 hen you are abused\, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be p
 ut to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing right\, if that should be
  God's will\, than for doing wrong. For Christ also died for sins once for 
 all\, the righteous for the unrighteous\, that he might bring us to God\, b
 eing put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit\; in which he w
 ent and preached to the spirits in prison\, who formerly did not obey\, whe
 n God's patience waited in the days of Noah\, during the building of the ar
 k\, in which a few\, that is\, eight persons\, were saved through water. Ba
 ptism\, which corresponds to this\, now saves you\, not as a removal of dir
 t from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience\, through th
 e resurrection of Jesus Christ\, who has gone into heaven and is at the rig
 ht hand of God\, with angels\, authorities\, and powers subject to him.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 12:18-27\nAt that time\, Sadducees came to Jesus\, who
  say that there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a question\, saying
 \, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a 
 wife\, but leaves no child\, the man must take the wife\, and raise up chil
 dren for his brother. There were seven brothers\; the first took a wife\, a
 nd when he died left no children\; and the second took her\, and died\, lea
 ving no children\; and the third likewise\; and the seven left no children.
  Last of all the woman also died. In the resurrection whose wife will she b
 e? For the seven had her as wife." Jesus said to them\, "Is not this why yo
 u are wrong\, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? Fo
 r when they rise from the dead\, they neither marry nor are given in marria
 ge\, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised\, have
  you not read in the book of Moses\, in the passage about the bush\, how Go
 d said to him\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the G
 od of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, but of the living\; you are quite
  wrong."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasius of Mount Athos\; Righteous Father Lampadus the Wonderworker
 \; Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monastery\; Uncovering of the
  Holy Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spir
 it is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, 
 gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who be
 long to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires
 .  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have 
 no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Br
 ethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual shou
 ld restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too 
 be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All
  things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son e
 xcept the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one t
 o whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are h
 eavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn f
 rom me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for yo
 ur souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diodore\, Victor\, Victorinus\, Pappias\, Nice
 phorus\, and Serapion\; Theodora the Righteous of Thessaloniki\; Agathopode
 s and Theodulos the Martyrs\; George the new Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Isaiah 40:18-31\nThus says the LORD: To whom then will yo
 u liken God\, or what likeness compare with him?  The idol! a workman casts
  it\, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold\, and casts for it silver chain
 s.  He who is impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will not rot\;
  he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up an image that will not move.  \
 n\n Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from t
 he beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?  I
 t is he who sits above the circle of the earth\, and its inhabitants are li
 ke grasshoppers\; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain\, and spread
 s them like a tent to dwell in\; who brings princes to nought\, and makes t
 he rulers of the earth as nothing.  \n\n Scarcely are they planted\, scarce
 ly sown\, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth\, when he blows u
 pon them\, and they wither\, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
   \n\n To whom then will you compare me\, that I should be like him? Says t
 he Holy One.  Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who 
 brings out their host by number\, calling them all by name\; by the greatne
 ss of his might\, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.  \n
 \n Why do you say\, O Jacob\, and speak\, O Israel\, "My way is hid from th
 e LORD\, and my right is disregarded by my God"?  Have you not known? Have 
 you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God\, the Creator of the ends of
  the earth. He does not faint or grow weary\, his understanding is unsearch
 able.  He gives power to the faint\, and to him who has no might he increas
 es strength.  Even youths shall faint and be weary\, and young men shall fa
 ll exhausted\; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength\, 
 they shall mount up with wings like eagles\, they shall run and not be wear
 y\, they shall walk and not faint.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 15:1-1
 5\n After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision\, "Fe
 ar not\, Abram\, I am your shield\; your reward shall be very great."  But 
 Abram said\, "O Lord GOD\, what wilt thou give me\, for I continue childles
 s\, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"  And Abram said\, "Be
 hold\, thou hast given me no offspring\; and a slave born in my house will 
 be my heir."  And behold\, the word of the LORD came to him\, "This man sha
 ll not be your heir\; your own son shall be your heir."  And he brought him
  outside and said\, "Look toward heaven\, and number the stars\, if you are
  able to number them." Then he said to him\, "So shall your descendants be.
 "  And he believed the LORD\; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.  
 \n\n And he said to him\, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Cha
 ldeans\, to give you this land to possess."  But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, ho
 w am I to know that I shall possess it?"  He said to him\, "Bring me a heif
 er three years old\, a she-goat three years old\, a ram three years old\, a
  turtledove\, and a young pigeon."  And he brought him all these\, cut them
  in two\, and laid each half over against the other\; but he did not cut th
 e birds in two.  And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses\, Abra
 m drove them away.  \n\n As the sun was going down\, a deep sleep fell on A
 bram\; and lo\, a dread and great darkness fell upon him.  Then the LORD sa
 id to Abram\, "Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in
  a land that is not theirs\, and will be slaves there\, and they will be op
 pressed for four hundred years\; but I will bring judgment on the nation wh
 ich they serve\, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 
  As for yourself\, you shall go to your fathers in peace\; you shall be bur
 ied in a good old age.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:7-19\nThe lips
  of the wise spread knowledge\; not so the minds of fools.  The sacrifice o
 f the wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, but the prayer of the upright 
 is his delight.  The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, but 
 he loves him who pursues righteousness.  There is severe discipline for him
  who forsakes the way\; he who hates reproof will die.  Sheol and Abaddon l
 ie open before the LORD\, how much more the hearts of men!  A scoffer does 
 not like to be reproved\; he will not go to the wise.  A glad heart makes a
  cheerful countenance\, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.  The m
 ind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge\, but the mouths of fools 
 feed on folly.  All the days of the afflicted are evil\, but a cheerful hea
 rt has a continual feast.  Better is a little with the fear of the LORD tha
 n great treasure and trouble with it.  Better is a dinner of herbs where lo
 ve is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.  A hot-tempered man stirs up str
 ife\, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.  The way of a sluggard
  is overgrown with thorns\, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
 \n\n
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 sts: Great and Holy Pascha\; Theodore the Trichinas\; Zacchaeus the Apostle
  of Caesaria\; Gregory & Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\; Athanasios\, 
 Founder of the Monastery of Meteora\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: 
 Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the moth
 er of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint J
 esus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb whe
 n the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll a
 way the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw 
 that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\,
  they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\;
  and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek J
 esus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see t
 he place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He
  is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you."
  And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment 
 had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:1-8\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\, I have
  dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day when he wa
 s taken up\, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the 
 apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his p
 assion by many proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and speaking 
 of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to d
 epart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, which\, 
 he said\, "you heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but before ma
 ny days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."\n\nSo when they had co
 me together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore the ki
 ngdom of lsrael?" He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times or sea
 sons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive
  power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my witness
 es in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth."\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 1:1-17\nIn the beginning was the Word\, and the Wor
 d was with God\, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God\; a
 ll things were made through him\, and without him was not anything made tha
 t was made. In him was life\, and the life was the light of men. The light 
 shines in the darkness\, and the darkness has not overcome it. \n\nThere wa
 s a man sent from God\, whose name was John. He came for testimony\, to bea
 r witness to the light\, that all might believe through him. He was not the
  light\, but came to bear witness to the light.\n\nThe true light that enli
 ghtens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world\, and the w
 orld was made through him\, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own 
 home\, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him\, w
 ho believed in his name\, he gave power to become children of God\; who wer
 e born\, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man\,
  but of God.\n\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us\, full of grac
 e and truth\; we have beheld his glory\, glory as of the only Son from the 
 Father. (John bore witness to him\, and cried\, "This was he of whom I said
 \, 'He who comes after me ranks before me\, for he was before me.'") And fr
 om his fullness have we all received\, grace upon grace. For the law was gi
 ven through Moses\; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Agathangelus the Martyr\; Rig
 hteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 3:20-21\
 ;4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a S
 avior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be like h
 is glorious body\, by the power which enables him even to subject all thing
 s to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy 
 and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and
  I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefe
 llow\, help these women\, for they have labored side by side with me in the
  gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose nam
 es are in the book of life. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they made their 
 way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to
  him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And 
 he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in need
  and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house 
 of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\
 , which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it 
 to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made f
 or man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of the sa
 bbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who had a w
 ithered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him on t
 he sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man who had
  the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on t
 he sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they w
 ere silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at their har
 dness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was 
 restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\; Finding the Precious Cross by St. H
 elen\; Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Isaiah 2:11-21\nThe haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pri
 de of men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day
 .\n\nFor the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty\, 
 against all that is lifted up and high\; against all the cedars of Lebanon\
 , lofty and lifted up\; and against all the oaks of Bashan\; against all th
 e high mountains\, and against all the lofty hills\; against every high tow
 er\, and against every fortified wall\; against all the ships of Tarshish\,
  and against all the beautiful craft.  And the haughtiness of man shall be 
 humbled\, and the pride of men shall be brought low\; and the Lord alone wi
 ll be exalted in that day.  And the idols shall utterly pass away.  And men
  shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground\, from befo
 re the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, when he ris
 es to terrify the earth.\n\nIn that day men will cast forth their idols of 
 silver and their idols of gold\, which they made for themselves to worship\
 , to the moles and to the bats\, to enter the caverns of the rocks and the 
 clefts of the cliffs\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the gl
 ory of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n\nOld Testament R
 eading: Genesis 2:4-19\nThese are the generations of the heavens and the ea
 rth when they were created.\n\nIn the day that the Lord God made the earth 
 and the heavens\, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no he
 rb of the field had yet sprung up -- for the Lord God had not caused it to 
 rain upon the earth\, and there was no man to till the ground\; but a mist 
 went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground -- then the
  Lord God formed man of dust from the ground\, and breathed into his nostri
 ls the breath of life\; and man became a living being.  And the Lord God pl
 anted a garden in Eden\, in the east\; and there he put the man whom he had
  formed.  And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that i
 s pleasant to the sight and good for food\, the tree of life also in the mi
 dst of the garden\, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.\n\nA ri
 ver flowed out of Eden to water the garden\, and there it divided and becam
 e four rivers.  The name of the first is Pishon\; it is the one which flows
  around the whole land of Hav'ilah\, where there is gold\; and the gold of 
 that land is good\; bdellium and onyx stone are there.  The name of the sec
 ond river is Gihon\; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cus
 h.  And the name of the third river is Tigris\, which flows east of Assyria
 .  And the fourth river is the Euphra'tes.\n\nThe Lord God took the man and
  put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  And the Lord God co
 mmanded the man\, saying\, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden\
 ; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat\, for
  in the day that you eat of it you shall die."\n\nThen the Lord God said\, 
 "It is not good that the man should be alone\; I will make him a helper fit
  for him."  So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the fie
 ld and every bird of the air\, and brought them to the man to see what he w
 ould call them\; and whatever the man called every living creature\, that w
 as its name.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:1-18\nMy son\, do not for
 get my teaching\, but let your heart keep my commandments\; for length of d
 ays and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you.\n\nLet not l
 oyalty and faithfulness forsake you\; bind them about your neck\, write the
 m on the tablet of your heart.  So you will find favor and good repute in t
 he sight of God and man.\n\nTrust in the Lord with all your heart\, and do 
 not rely on your own insight.  In all your ways acknowledge him\, and he wi
 ll make straight your paths.  Be not wise in your own eyes\; fear the Lord\
 , and turn away from evil.  It will be healing to your flesh and refreshmen
 t to your bones.\n\nHonor the Lord with your substance and with the first f
 ruits of all your produce\; then your barns will be filled with plenty\, an
 d your vats will be bursting with wine.\n\nMy son\, do not despise the Lord
 's discipline or be weary of his reproof\, for the Lord reproves him whom h
 e loves\, as a father the son in whom he delights.\n\nHappy is the man who 
 finds wisdom\, and the man who gets understanding\, for the gain from it is
  better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.  She is more
  precious than jewels\, and nothing you desire can compare with her.  Long 
 life is in her right hand\; in her left hand are riches and honor.  Her way
 s are ways of pleasantness\, and all her paths are peace.  She is a tree of
  life to those who lay hold of her\; those who hold her fast are called hap
 py.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/02/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Epiphany\; Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Sa
 viour Jesus Christ\; Sylvester\, Pope of Rome\; Cosmas\, Archbishop of Cons
 tantinople\; Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov\; Juliana the Righteous\; T
 heagenes the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Parios\; Theopemptos\; Theodota\, the 
 Mother of the Holy Anargyroi\; Righteous Mark the Deaf\; Basil the Martyr o
 f Ankyra\; Sergios\; Theopistos the Martyr\; George the New Martyr of Georg
 ia\; Nilos the Sanctified\; Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\nMat
 ins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen from
  the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "Peace t
 o you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw 
 a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do question
 ings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; han
 dle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I h
 ave." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet. And wh
 ile they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "Have
  you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and he 
 took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my words 
 which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written
  about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfi
 lled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to
  them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the thir
 d day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins shou
 ld be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You a
 re witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my Father 
 upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from on 
 high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his hands
 \, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and was c
 arried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to Jerusa
 lem with great joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God.\n\nEp
 istle Reading: II Timothy 4:5-8\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, always be steady\, endu
 re suffering\, do the work of an evangelist\, fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor 
 I am already on the point of being sacrificed\; the time of my departure ha
 s come.  I have fought the good fight\, I have finished the race\, I have k
 ept the faith.  Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousne
 ss\, which the Lord\, the righteous judge\, will award to me on that Day\, 
 and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Mark 1:1-8\nThe beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ\, the Son 
 of God. As it is written in the prophets\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger be
 fore your face\, who shall prepare your way\; the voice of one crying in th
 e wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight.' John 
 was baptizing in the wilderness\, preaching a baptism of repentance for the
  forgiveness of sins. And there went out to him all the country of Judea\, 
 and all the people of Jerusalem\; and they were baptized by him in the rive
 r Jordan\, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair\, 
 and had a leather girdle around his waist\, and ate locusts and wild honey.
  And he preached\, saying\, "After me comes he who is mightier than I\, the
  thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have bap
 tized you with water\; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wr
 ought by Saint Theodore the Tyro\; Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of Ni
 comedia\; Hermas the Apostle of the 70\; Dometios the Righteous\; Paul the 
 Confessor\; Felix of Burgundy\, Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nFast Day (Win
 e and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\
 , be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard 
 from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to t
 each others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No 
 soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is t
 o satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he com
 petes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to hav
 e the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will g
 rant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from
  the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel fo
 r which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of
  God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the ele
 ct\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal g
 lory.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was goi
 ng through the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began
  to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are 
 they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have
  you never read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he an
 d those who were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar 
 was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawfu
 l for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with 
 him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for th
 e sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he ent
 ered the synagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they
  watched him\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that th
 ey might accuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "C
 ome here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good o
 r to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he loo
 ked around at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and sa
 id to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\; The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25\nThe birth of Jesus C
 hrist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jo
 seph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy
  Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put he
 r to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, b
 ehold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\
 , son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is con
 ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall c
 all his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this
  took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a
  virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanu
 el" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as th
 e angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not unt
 il she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Galatians 4:4-7\nBRETHREN\, when the time had fully come\, God sent forth h
 is Son\, born of woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were unde
 r the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are 
 sons\, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts\, crying\, "Abba!
  Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son\, and if a son then also a
 n heir of God through Christ. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12\nWhen Jesu
 s was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king\, behold\, w
 ise men from the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\, "Where is he who has bee
 n born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East\, and have c
 ome to worship him." When Herod the king heard this\, he was troubled\, and
  all Jerusalem with him\; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes 
 of the people\, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They t
 old him\, "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is written by the prophet: 'An
 d you\, O Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are by no means least among th
 e rulers of Judah\; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my peop
 le Israel.'"\n\nThen Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained f
 rom them what time the star appeared\; and he sent them to Bethlehem\, sayi
 ng\, "Go and search diligently for the child\, and when you have found him 
 bring me word\, that I too may come and worship him." When they had heard t
 he king they went their way\; and lo the star which they had seen in the Ea
 st went before them\, till it came to rest over the place where the child w
 as. When they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy\; and
  going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother\, and they fe
 ll down and worshiped him. Then\, opening their treasures\, they offered hi
 m gifts\, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not 
 to return to Herod\, they departed to their own country by another way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\; Agathus\, Pope of Rome\; Bessarion the Great
 \; Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\; Plotinus\n\nEpist
 le Reading: I Peter 3:10-22\nBeloved\, "He that would love life and see goo
 d days\, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile
 \; let him turn away from evil and do right\; let him seek peace and pursue
  it. For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous\, and his ears are ope
 n to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil."
 \n\nNow who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is right? But 
 even if you do suffer for righteousness' sake\, you will be blessed. Have n
 o fear of them\, nor be troubled\, but in your hearts reverence Christ as L
 ord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to accou
 nt for the hope that is in you\, yet do it with gentleness and reverence\; 
 and keep your conscience clear\, so that\, when you are abused\, those who 
 revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better t
 o suffer for doing right\, if that should be God's will\, than for doing wr
 ong. For Christ also died for sins once for all\, the righteous for the unr
 ighteous\, that he might bring us to God\, being put to death in the flesh 
 but made alive in the spirit\; in which he went and preached to the spirits
  in prison\, who formerly did not obey\, when God's patience waited in the 
 days of Noah\, during the building of the ark\, in which a few\, that is\, 
 eight persons\, were saved through water. Baptism\, which corresponds to th
 is\, now saves you\, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appea
 l to God for a clear conscience\, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ\
 , who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God\, with angels\, 
 authorities\, and powers subject to him.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:18-27\n
 At that time\, Sadducees came to Jesus\, who say that there is no resurrect
 ion\; and they asked him a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for u
 s that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife\, but leaves no child\, th
 e man must take the wife\, and raise up children for his brother. There wer
 e seven brothers\; the first took a wife\, and when he died left no childre
 n\; and the second took her\, and died\, leaving no children\; and the thir
 d likewise\; and the seven left no children. Last of all the woman also die
 d. In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wif
 e." Jesus said to them\, "Is not this why you are wrong\, that you know nei
 ther the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead\
 , they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but are like angels in hea
 ven. And as for the dead being raised\, have you not read in the book of Mo
 ses\, in the passage about the bush\, how God said to him\, 'I am the God o
 f Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of 
 the dead\, but of the living\; you are quite wrong."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\; Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantok
 rator Monastery\; Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaza
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is su
 re and worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproa
 ch\, because we have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of 
 all men\, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. 
 Let no one despise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech 
 and conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the p
 ublic reading of scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the
  gift you have\, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the counci
 l of elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yours
 elf to them\, so that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:
 17-19\, 9:1-2\, 10:16-21\nAt that time\, a crowd of his disciples and a gre
 at multitude of people came to Jesus from all Judea and Jerusalem and the s
 eacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their 
 diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And
  all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and heal
 ed them all. And he called the twelve together and gave them power and auth
 ority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and sent them out to preach th
 e kingdom of God and to heal\, and He said to them: "He who hears you hears
  me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him
  who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the de
 mons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fa
 ll like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread
  upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and no
 thing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirit
 s are subject to you: but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." I
 n that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, F
 ather\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from t
 he wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for s
 uch was your gracious will.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Crescens the Martyr\; Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\; Michael the New Ma
 rtyr of Smyrna\; The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\; Padarn\, Bishop and Founde
 r of Llandabarn Fawr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 66:10-
 24\n"Rejoice with Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, all you who love her\; 
 rejoice with her in joy\, all you who mourn over her\; that you may suck an
 d be satisfied with her consoling breasts\; that you may drink deeply with 
 delight from the abundance of her glory."  For thus says the LORD: "Behold\
 , I will extend prosperity to her like a river\, and the wealth of the nati
 ons like an overflowing stream\; and you shall suck\, you shall be carried 
 upon her hip\, and dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his mother comforts
 \, so I will comfort you\; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.  You shall 
 see\, and your heart shall rejoice\; your bones shall flourish like the gra
 ss\; and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with his servants\,
  and his indignation is against his enemies.  "For behold\, the LORD will c
 ome in fire\, and his chariots like the stormwind\, to render his anger in 
 fury\, and his rebuke with flames of fire.  For by fire will the LORD execu
 te judgment\, and by his sword\, upon all flesh\; and those slain by the LO
 RD shall be many.  "Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the
  gardens\, following one in the midst\, eating swine's flesh and the abomin
 ation and mice\, shall come to an end together\, says the LORD.  "For I kno
 w their works and their thoughts\, and I am coming to gather all nations an
 d tongues\; and they shall come and shall see my glory\, and I will set a s
 ign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations\, to Tar
 shish\, Put\, and Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal and Javan\, to the coas
 tlands afar off\, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory\; and they s
 hall declare my glory among the nations.  And they shall bring all your bre
 thren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD\, upon horses\, and i
 n chariots\, and in litters\, and upon mules\, and upon dromedaries\, to my
  holy mountain Jerusalem\, says the LORD\, just as the Israelites bring the
 ir cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.  And some of
  them also I will take for priests and for Levites\, says the LORD.  "For a
 s the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before m
 e\, says the LORD\; so shall your descendants and your name remain.  From n
 ew moon to new moon\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, all flesh shall come to
  worship before me\, says the LORD.  "And they shall go forth and look on t
 he dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me\; for their worm sh
 all not die\, their fire shall not be quenched\, and they shall be an abhor
 rence to all flesh."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 49:33-50:26\nWhen Ja
 cob finished charging his sons\, he drew up his feet into the bed\, and bre
 athed his last\, and was gathered to his people.  Then Joseph fell on his f
 ather's face\, and wept over him\, and kissed him.  And Joseph commanded hi
 s servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed 
 Israel\; forty days were required for it\, for so many are required for emb
 alming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.\n\nAnd when the days o
 f weeping for him were past\, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh\, sa
 ying\, "If now I have found favor in your eyes\, speak\, I pray you\, in th
 e ears of Pharaoh\, saying\, My father made me swear\, saying\, 'I am about
  to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan\, th
 ere shall you bury me.' Now therefore let me go up\, I pray you\, and bury 
 my father\; then I will return."  And Pharaoh answered\, "Go up\, and bury 
 your father\, as he made you swear."  So Joseph went up to bury his father\
 ; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh\, the elders of his hous
 ehold\, and all the elders of the land of Egypt\, as well as all the househ
 old of Joseph\, his brothers\, and his father's household\; only their chil
 dren\, their flocks\, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.  And
  there went up with him both chariots and horsemen\; it was a very great co
 mpany.  When they came to the threshing floor of Atad\, which is beyond the
  Jordan\, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation\;
  and he made a mourning for his father seven days.  When the inhabitants of
  the land\, the Canaanites\, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Ata
 d\, they said\, "This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians." Therefore t
 he place was named Abelmizraim\; it is beyond the Jordan.  Thus his sons di
 d for him as he had commanded them\; for his sons carried him to the land o
 f Canaan\, and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah\, to the ea
 st of Mamre\, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite\,
  to possess as a burying place.  After he had buried his father\, Joseph re
 turned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury 
 his father.  When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead\, they s
 aid\, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil 
 which we did to him."  So they sent a message to Joseph\, saying\, "Your fa
 ther gave this command before he died\,  'Say to Joseph\, Forgive\, I pray 
 you\, the transgression of your brothers and their sin\, because they did e
 vil to you.' And now\, we pray you\, forgive the transgression of the serva
 nts of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.  His br
 others also came and fell down before him\, and said\, "Behold\, we are you
 r servants."  But Joseph said to them\, "Fear not\, for am I in the place o
 f God?  As for you\, you meant evil against me\; but God meant it for good\
 , to bring it about that many people should be kept alive\, as they are tod
 ay.  So do not fear\; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he
  reassured them and comforted them.\n\nSo Joseph dwelt in Egypt\, he and hi
 s father's house\; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.  And Joseph sa
 w Ephraim's children of the third generation\; the children also of Machir 
 the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.  And Joseph said to his 
 brothers\, "I am about to die\; but God will visit you\, and bring you up o
 ut of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham\, to Isaac\, and to J
 acob."  Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel\, saying\, "God will
  visit you\, and you shall carry up my bones from here."  So Joseph died\, 
 being a hundred and ten years old\; and they embalmed him\, and he was put 
 in a coffin in Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 31:8-31\nOpen your
  mouth for the dumb\, for the rights of all who are left desolate.  Open yo
 ur mouth\, judge righteously\, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.  
 A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.  The heart 
 of her husband trusts in her\, and he will have no lack of gain.  She does 
 him good\, and not harm\, all the days of her life.  She seeks wool and fla
 x\, and works with willing hands.  She is like the ships of the merchant\, 
 she brings her food from afar.  She rises while it is yet night and provide
 s food for her household and tasks for her maidens.  She considers a field 
 and buys it\; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.  She girds
  her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.  She perceives that her
  merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.  She puts he
 r hands to the distaff\, and her hands hold the spindle.  She opens her han
 d to the poor\, and reaches out her hands to the needy.  She is not afraid 
 of snow for her household\, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.  
 She makes herself coverings\; her clothing is fine linen and purple.  Her h
 usband is known in the gates\, when he sits among the elders of the land.  
 She makes linen garments and sells them\; she delivers girdles to the merch
 ant.  Strength and dignity are her clothing\, and she laughs at the time to
  come.  She opens her mouth with wisdom\, and the teaching of kindness is o
 n her tongue.  She looks well to the ways of her household\, and does not e
 at the bread of idleness.  Her children rise up and call her blessed\; her 
 husband also\, and he praises her:  "Many women have done excel
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Ezekiel the Prophet\; Pela
 gia the Righteous of Tinos\; Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others mart
 yred in Lycia\; St. Anna of Levkadio\; The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos
  of Pochaev\; Icon of the Mother of God\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 14:9-18\
 nBrethren\, to this end Christ died and lived again\, that he might be Lord
  both of the dead and of the living. Why do you pass judgment on your broth
 er? Or you\, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before
  the judgment seat of God\; for it is written. "As I live\, says the Lord\,
  every knee shall bow to me\, and every tongue shall give praise to God." S
 o each of us shall give account of himself to God. Then let us no more pass
  judgment on one another\, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block
  or hindrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord 
 Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself\; but it is unclean for any one who
  thinks it unclean. If your brother is being injured by what you eat\, you 
 are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of on
 e for whom Christ died. So do not let your good be spoken of as evil. For t
 he kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy
  in the Holy Spirit\; he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and ap
 proved by men.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:14-16\; 22-30\nAt that time\, 
 the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus\, how to destroy him. Jesus\, awar
 e of this\, withdrew from there. And many followed him\, and he healed them
  all\, and ordered them not to make him known.\n\nThen a blind and dumb dem
 oniac was brought to him\, and he healed him\, so that the dumb man spoke a
 nd saw. And all the people were amazed\, and said\, "Can this be the Son of
  David?" But when the Pharisees heard it they said\, "It is only by Beelzeb
 ul\, the prince of demons\, that this man casts out demons." Knowing their 
 thoughts\, he said to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid 
 waste\, and no city or house divided against itself will stand\; and if Sat
 an casts out Satan\, he is divided against himself\; how then will his king
 dom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cas
 t them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit
  of God that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods\, unless h
 e first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. He who 
 is not with me is against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\; Manuel\, Sabel\, 
 & Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\; Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the M
 onastery of Ikanhoe\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 21:8-14\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the a
 postles departed and came to Caesarea\; and we entered the house of Philip 
 the evangelist\, who was one of the seven\, and stayed with him. And he had
  four unmarried daughters\, who prophesied. While we were staying for some 
 days\, a prophet named Agabos came down from Judea. And coming to us he too
 k Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands\, and said\, "Thus says th
 e Holy Spirit\, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this 
 girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'" When we heard this
 \, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul 
 answered\, "What are you doing\, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am re
 ady not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of 
 the Lord Jesus." And when he would not be persuaded\, we ceased and said\, 
 "The will of the Lord be done." \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:27-15:7\nThe Lo
 rd said to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be troubled\, neither let t
 hem be afraid. You heard me say to you\, 'I go away\, and I will come to yo
 u.' If you loved me\, you would have rejoiced\, because I go to the Father\
 ; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes
  place\, so that when it does take place\, you may believe. I will no longe
 r talk much with you\, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no pow
 er over me\; but I do as the Father has commanded me\, so that the world ma
 y know that I love the Father. Rise\, let us go hence.\n\n"I am the true vi
 ne\, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no f
 ruit\, he takes away\, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes\, th
 at it may bear more fruit. You are already made clean by the word which I h
 ave spoken to you. Abide in me\, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fr
 uit by itself\, unless it abides in the vine\, neither can you\, unless you
  abide in me. I am the vine\, you are the branches. He who abides in me\, a
 nd I in him\, he it is that bears much fruit\, for apart from me you can do
  nothing. If a man does not abide in me\, he is cast forth as a branch and 
 withers\; and the branches are gathered\, thrown into the fire and burned. 
 If you abide in me\, and my words abide in you\, ask whatever you will\, an
 d it shall be done for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasius of Mount Athos\; Righteous Father Lampadus the Wonderworker
 \; Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monastery\; Uncovering of the
  Holy Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, jo
 y\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, se
 lf-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ 
 Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live b
 y the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit
 \, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a m
 an is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him 
 in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Be
 ar one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have be
 en delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Fathe
 r\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son 
 chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, an
 d I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I 
 am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For 
 my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn\; Theodore the Trichinas\; Zac
 chaeus the Apostle of Caesaria\; Gregory & Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antio
 ch\; Athanasios\, Founder of the Monastery of Meteora\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first coven
 ant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was pr
 epared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the 
 bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curt
 ain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of inc
 ense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which con
 tained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and t
 he tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowi
 ng the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These pre
 parations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer
  tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high 
 priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which h
 e offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the h
 ill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias a
 nd greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the b
 abe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and 
 she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed 
 is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of 
 my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting cam
 e to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who b
 elieved that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from th
 e Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit r
 ejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handma
 iden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he
  who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Ma
 ry remained with her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\; Manuel\, Sabel\, 
 & Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\; Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the M
 onastery of Ikanhoe\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 4
 :4-12\nBrethren\, to one who works\, his wages are not reckoned as a gift b
 ut as his due. And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies th
 e ungodly\, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. So also David pronounce
 s a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from work
 s: "Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven\, and whose sins are co
 vered\; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin." 
 Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised\, or also upon the un
 circumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness. Ho
 w then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcis
 ed? It was not after\, but before he was circumcised. He received circumcis
 ion as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he w
 as still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who b
 elieve without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned t
 o them\, and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merely circ
 umcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abraham h
 ad before he was circumcised.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:15-21\nThe Lord 
 said\, "Beware of false prophets\, who come to you in sheep's clothing but 
 inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grape
 s gathered from thorns\, or figs from thistles? So\, every sound tree bears
  good fruit\, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot bear e
 vil fruit\, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not be
 ar good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them
  by their fruits. Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall ente
 r the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my Father who is in h
 eaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/31/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\; Holy Women Martyrs Theodote\, Theokti
 ste and Eudoxia\; Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\; Elias Ardounis t
 he New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\; Aed from Ferns\n\nStrict Fast\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body
  of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointed in the ch
 urch first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of mi
 racles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kind
 s of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do 
 all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with ton
 gues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I wil
 l show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men an
 d of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  
 And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowl
 edge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not l
 ove\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body t
 o be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\
 ; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does n
 ot insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not r
 ejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believ
 es all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his 
 twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast the
 m out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus 
 sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no to
 wn of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isra
 el.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  H
 eal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You rece
 ived without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Sunday of All Saints\; Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Ou
 r Lord\; Holy Martyr Zosima\; Our Righteous Father Zenonus\; Paisius the Gr
 eat of Egypt\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the
  eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had dire
 cted them.  And when they saw him they worshipped him\; but some doubted.  
 And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has
  been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptiz
 ing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\, 
 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with
  you always\, to the close of the age.  Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 
 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith conquered kingdom
 s\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, qu
 enched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of we
 akness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. Women receive
 d their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to accept relea
 se\, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking a
 nd scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned\, they we
 re sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they
  went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treat
 ed - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering         over deserts and 
 mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these\, though well a
 ttested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had 
 foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be ma
 de perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witn
 esses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closel
 y\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, looki
 ng to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every on
 e who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father
  who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny him
  before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves father or mother more tha
 n me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is
  not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not
  worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left everything a
 nd followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, 
 I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glor
 ious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, ju
 dging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has left houses or br
 others or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, for my name's 
 sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  But many tha
 t are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Basil the Great\, A
 rchbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\; Emmelia\, Mother of Basil the Great\,
  Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\; Gregory\, Bishop of Na
 nzianzos\, Father of Gregory the Theologian\; Peter the New Martyr of the P
 eloponnesos\; Theodotos the Martyr\; Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\; Tele
 machos the Martyr\; Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the d
 oor but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but h
 e who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeepe
 r opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and
  leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\
 , and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will 
 not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice o
 f strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understan
 d what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thi
 eves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any 
 one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastu
 re."\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:8-12\nBRETHREN\, see to it that no on
 e makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit\, according to human t
 radition\, according to the elemental spirits of the universe\, and not acc
 ording to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily\, and
  you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is the head of all rule and 
 authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made withou
 t hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ\; 
 and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which you were also raised wit
 h him through faith in the working of God\, who raised him from the dead.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\nAt that time\, the shepherds return
 ed\, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen\, as it ha
 d been told them. And at the end of eight days\, when he was circumcised\, 
 he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he was conceived i
 n the womb. And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and
  the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every yea
 r at the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old\, they wen
 t up according to custom\; and when the feast was ended\, as they were retu
 rning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know 
 it\, but supposing him to be in the company they went a day's journey\, and
  they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances\; and when they did
  not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeking him. After three days\
 , they found him in the temple\, sitting among the teachers\, listening to 
 them and asking them questions\; and all who heard him were amazed at his u
 nderstanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were astonished\; 
 and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you treated us so? Behold\, yo
 ur father and I have been looking for you anxiously." And he said to them\,
  "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Fathe
 r's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. 
 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, and was obedient to them\
 ; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in
  wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and man.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Thursday after Pentecost\; Onuphrius of Egypt\; Peter the Athonite
 \; Holy Martyr Antonine\; John the Soldier of Egypt\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 1:28-32\;2:1-9\nBrethren\, since the ungodly did not see f
 it to acknowledge God\, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper con
 duct. They were filled with all manner of wickedness\, evil\, covetousness\
 , malice. Full of envy\, murder\, strife\, deceit\, malignity\, they are go
 ssips\, slanderers\, haters of God\, insolent\, haughty\, boastful\, invent
 ors of evil\, disobedient to parents\, foolish\, faithless\, heartless\, ru
 thless. Though they know God's decree that those who do such things deserve
  to die\, they not only do them but approve those who practice them. Theref
 ore you have no excuse\, O man\, whoever you are\, when you judge another\;
  for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself\, because you\, the 
 judge\, are doing the very same things. We know that the judgment of God ri
 ghtly falls upon those who do such things. Do you suppose\, O man\, that wh
 en you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself\, you will e
 scape the judgment of God? Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindnes
 s and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is mean
 t to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are 
 storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judg
 ment will be revealed. For he will render to every man according to his wor
 ks\; to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and im
 mortality\, he will give eternal life\; but for those who are factious and 
 do not obey the truth\, but obey wickedness\, there will be wrath and fury.
  There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil
 \, the Jew first and also the Greek.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:27-32\nTh
 e Lord said\, "You have heard that it was said\, 'You shall not commit adul
 tery.' But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has a
 lready committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes y
 ou to sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\; it is better that you lose one
  of your members than that your whole body be thrown into Gehenna. And if y
 our right hand causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it away\; it is bet
 ter that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into Geh
 enna. It was also said\, 'Whoever divorces his wife\, let him give her a ce
 rtificate of divorce.' But I say to you that every one who divorces his wif
 e\, except on the ground of unchastity\, makes her an adulteress\; and whoe
 ver marries a divorced woman commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea\; Raphael\, Nicholas\, Irene\, 
 & Olympias of Mytilene\; Vadim the Righteous of Persia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Isaiah 58:1-11\nThus says the LORD: "Cry aloud\, spare
  not\, lift up your voice like a trumpet\; declare to my people their trans
 gression\, to the house of Jacob their sins.  Yet they seek me daily\, and 
 delight to know my ways\, as if they were a nation that did righteousness a
 nd did not forsake the ordinance of their God\; they ask of me righteous ju
 dgments\, they delight to draw near to God.  'Why have we fasted\, and thou
  seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves\, and thou takest no knowledge
  of it?' Behold\, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure\, and 
 oppress all your workers.  Behold\, you fast only to quarrel and to fight a
 nd to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your 
 voice to be heard on high.  Is such the fast that I choose\, a day for a ma
 n to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush\, and to spread
  sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast\, and a day accep
 table to the LORD?  \n\n "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the 
 bonds of wickedness\, to undo the thongs of the yoke\, to let the oppressed
  go free\, and to break every yoke?  Is it not to share your bread with the
  hungry\, and bring the homeless poor into your house\; when you see the na
 ked\, to cover him\, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?  Then sh
 all your light break forth like the dawn\, and your healing shall spring up
  speedily\; your righteousness shall go before you\, the glory of the LORD 
 shall be your rear guard.  Then you shall call\, and the LORD will answer\;
  you shall cry\, and he will say\, "Here I am." \n\n "If you take away from
  the midst of you the yoke\, the pointing of the finger\, and speaking wick
 edness\, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of 
 the afflicted\, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom b
 e as the noonday.  And the LORD will guide you continually\, and satisfy yo
 ur desire with good things\, and make your bones strong\; and you shall be 
 like a watered garden\, like a spring of water\, whose waters fail not.\n\n
 Old Testament Reading: Genesis 43:26-31\; 45:1-16\n When Joseph came home\,
  they brought into the house to him the present which they had with them\, 
 and bowed down to him to the ground.  And he inquired about their welfare\,
  and said\, "Is your father well\, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he sti
 ll alive?"  They said\, "Your servant our father is well\, he is still aliv
 e." And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.  And he lifted up his ey
 es\, and saw his brother Benjamin\, his mother's son\, and said\, "Is this 
 your youngest brother\, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you\, m
 y son!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for his heart yearned for his brother\, a
 nd he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there.  T
 hen he washed his face and came out\; and controlling himself he said\, "Le
 t food be served." \n\n (Chapter 45:1-16) Then Joseph could not control him
 self before all those who stood by him\; and he cried\, "Make every one go 
 out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to h
 is brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so that the Egyptians heard it\, and the 
 household of Pharaoh heard it.  And Joseph said to his brothers\, "I am Jos
 eph\; is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him\, fo
 r they were dismayed at his presence.  So Joseph said to his brothers\, "Co
 me near to me\, I pray you." And they came near. And he said\, "I am your b
 rother\, Joseph\, whom you sold into Egypt.  And now do not be distressed\,
  or angry with yourselves\, because you sold me here\; for God sent me befo
 re you to preserve life.  For the famine has been in the land these two yea
 rs\; and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing no
 r harvest.  And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on ear
 th\, and to keep alive for you many survivors.  So it was not you who sent 
 me here\, but God\; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh\, and lord of al
 l his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.  Make haste and go up to 
 my father and say to him\, 'Thus says your son Joseph\, God has made me lor
 d of all Egypt\; come down to me\, do not tarry\; you shall dwell in the la
 nd of Goshen\, and you shall be near me\, you and your children and your ch
 ildren's children\, and your flocks\, your herds\, and all that you have\; 
 and there I will provide for you\, for there are yet five years of famine t
 o come\; lest you and your household\, and all that you have\, come to pove
 rty.'  And now your eyes see\, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see\, th
 at it is my mouth that speaks to you.  You must tell my father of all my sp
 lendor in Egypt\, and of all that you have seen. Make haste and bring my fa
 ther down here."  Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept\; 
 and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And he kissed all his brothers and wept u
 pon them\; and after that his brothers talked with him.  When the report wa
 s heard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's brothers have come\," it pleased Pha
 raoh and his servants well.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 21:23-22:4\n
 He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.  "Scoff
 er" is the name of the proud\, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.  T
 he desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse to labor.  All day
  long the wicked covets\, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.  
 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination\; how much more when he bring
 s it with evil intent.  A false witness will perish\, but the word of a man
  who hears will endure.  A wicked man puts on a bold face\, but an upright 
 man considers his ways.  No wisdom\, no understanding\, no counsel\, can av
 ail against the LORD.  The horse is made ready for the day of battle\, but 
 the victory belongs to the LORD.  A good name is to be chosen rather than g
 reat riches\, and favor is better than silver or gold.  The rich and the po
 or meet together\; the LORD is the maker of them all.  A prudent man sees d
 anger and hides himself\; but the simple go on\, and suffer for it.  The re
 ward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\; Theodota the Martyr and her Children\; Co
 nstantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Pious King Theodosius the New
 \; Holy Virgin Martyr Theodota\; Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; O
 laf of Norway\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 7:35-40\;8:1
 -7\nBrethren\, I am speaking for your own benefit\, not to lay any restrain
 t upon you\, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotio
 n to the Lord. If any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward hi
 s virgin\, if his passions are strong\, and it has to be\, let him do as he
  wishes: let them marry - it is not sin. But whoever is firmly established 
 in his heart\, being under no necessity but having his desire under control
 \, and has determined this in his heart\, to keep her as his virgin\, he wi
 ll do well. So that he who married his virgin does well\; and he who refrai
 ns from marriage will do better. A wife is bound to her husband as long as 
 he lives. If the husband dies\, she is free to be married to whom she wishe
 s\, only in the Lord. But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as s
 he is. And I think that I have the Spirit of God.\n\nNow concerning food of
 fered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." "Knowledge" puf
 fs up\, but love builds up. If any one imagines that he knows something\, h
 e does not yet know as he ought to know. But if one loves God\, one is know
 n by him. Hence\, as to the eating of food offered to idols\, we know that 
 "an idol has no real existence\," and that "there is no God but one." For a
 lthough there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth as indeed there a
 re many "gods" and many "lords" - yet for us there is one God\, the Father\
 , from whom are all things and for whom we exist\, and one Lord\, Jesus Chr
 ist\, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. However\, not 
 all possess this knowledge. But some\, though being hitherto accustomed to 
 idols\, eat food as really offered to an idol\; and their conscience\, bein
 g weak is defiled.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:29-31\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain\, and sat
  down there. And great crowds came to him\, bringing with them the lame\, t
 he maimed\, the blind\, the dumb\, and many others\, and they put them at h
 is feet\, and he healed them\, so that the throng wondered\, when they saw 
 the dumb speaking\, the maimed whole\, the lame walking\, and the blind see
 ing\; and they glorified the God of Israel.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\; Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\; Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\,
  Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\
 , and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when El
 izabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Eliz
 abeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "
 Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And wh
 y is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For be
 hold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my wom
 b leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a ful
 fillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My
  soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he
  has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all
  generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great thi
 ngs for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three 
 months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETH
 REN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctua
 ry. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand a
 nd the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. B
 ehind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having th
 e golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides 
 with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's ro
 d that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim
  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak
  in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go conti
 nually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the 
 second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without
  taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered 
 a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she 
 had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his t
 eaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him 
 and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you 
 alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Mar
 tha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful
 . Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her
 ." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\
 , "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" Bu
 t he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\; Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\;
  John the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:8-21\nBreth
 ren\, formerly\, when you did not know God\, you were in bondage to beings 
 that by nature are no gods\; but now that you have come to know God\, or ra
 ther to be known by God\, how can you turn back again to the weak and begga
 rly elemental spirits\, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe 
 days\, and months\, and seasons\, and years! I am afraid I have labored ove
 r you in vain. Brethren\, I beseech you\, become as I am\, for I also have 
 become as you are. You did me no wrong\; you know it was because of a bodil
 y ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first\; and though my condit
 ion was a trial to you\, you did not scorn or despise me\, but received me 
 as an angel of God\, as Christ Jesus. What has become of the satisfaction y
 ou felt? For I bear you witness that\, if possible\, you would have plucked
  out your eyes and given them to me. Have I then become your enemy by telli
 ng you the truth? They make much of you\, but for no good purpose\; they wa
 nt to shut you out\, that you may make much of them\, and not only when I a
 m present with you. My little children\, with whom I am again in travail un
 til Christ be formed in you! I could wish to be present with you now and to
  change my tone\, for I am perplexed about you. Tell me\, you who desire to
  be under law\, do you not hear the law?\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:31-35\nT
 he Lord said\, "To what shall I compare the men of this generation\, and wh
 at are they like? They are like children sitting in the market place and ca
 lling to one another\, 'We piped to you\, and you did not dance\; we wailed
 \, and you did not weep.' For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and
  drinking no wine\; and you say\, 'He has a demon.' The Son of man has come
  eating and drinking\; and you say\, 'Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a
  friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by all her 
 children."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\; Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthimos\, President of Crete\; Righteous
  Jacob of Evia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:1-25\n PAUL\, 
 a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Philemon our bel
 oved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fellow soldier
 \, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father
  and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my
  prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towa
 rd the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sharing of your 
 faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ. For
  I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother\, because 
 the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accordingly\, tho
 ugh I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required\, yet 
 for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and no
 w a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesimo
 s\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless
  to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him b
 ack to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him with
  me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment
  for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in ord
 er that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
  Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that you might ha
 ve him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slave\, as a be
 loved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both in the fle
 sh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive him as you
  would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you anything\, ch
 arge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\, I will re
 pay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes\, brother\
 , I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Con
 fident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you will do even m
 ore than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\, for I am h
 oping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow priso
 ner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos
 \, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
  be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:12-28\nThe Lord said
  this parable\, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom an
 d then return. Calling ten of his servants\, he gave them ten pounds\, and 
 said to them\, 'Trade with these till I come.' But his citizens hated him a
 nd sent an embassy after him\, saying\, 'We do not want this man to reign o
 ver us.' When he returned\, having received the kingdom\, he commanded thes
 e servants\, to whom he had given the money\, to be called to him\, that he
  might know what they had gained by trading. The first came before him\, sa
 ying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made ten pounds more.' And he said to him\, '
 Well done\, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little\,
  you shall have authority over ten cities.' And the second came\, saying\, 
 'Lord\, your pound has made five pounds.' And he said to him\, 'And you are
  to be over five cities.' Then another came\, saying\, 'Lord\, here is your
  pound\, which I kept laid away in a napkin\; for I was afraid of you\, bec
 ause you are a severe man\; you take up what you did not lay down\, and rea
 p what you did not sow.' He said to him\, 'I will condemn you out of your o
 wn mouth\, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man\, taking up
  what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you n
 ot put my money into the bank\, and at my coming I should have collected it
  with interest?' And he said to those who stood by\, 'Take the pound from h
 im\, and give it to him who has the ten pounds.' (And they said to him\, 'L
 ord\, he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you\, that to every one who has will mor
 e be given\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away
 . But as for these enemies of mine\, who did not want me to reign over them
 \, bring them here and slay them before me.'" And when he had said this\, h
 e went on ahead\, going up to Jerusalem.\n\n
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 \, Onesimos the Disciple of Paul
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Matthias  \; Constantine\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan of Rhodes\; Afterfeast of the 
 Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anthony the Martyr of
  Alexandria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:1
 2-17\, 21-26\nIn those days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the m
 ount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away
 \; and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they 
 were staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Ba
 rtholomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and 
 Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselves to pra
 yer\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his b
 rothers.\n\nIn those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of
  persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, th
 e scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by
  the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested 
 Jesus. For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this mi
 nistry. "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that
  the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of Jo
 hn until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men must beco
 me with us a witness to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forward two\, Jo
 seph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they pr
 ayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one 
 of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostl
 eship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place." And they cas
 t lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with t
 he eleven apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:32-39\nAt that time\, Jes
 us called his disciples to him and said\, "I have compassion on the crowd\,
  because they have been with me now three days\, and have nothing to eat\; 
 and I am unwilling to send them away hungry\, lest they faint on the way." 
 And the disciples said to him\, "Where are we to get bread enough in the de
 sert to feed so great a crowd?" And Jesus said to them\, "How many loaves h
 ave you?" They said\, "Seven\, and a few small fish." And commanding the cr
 owd to sit down on the ground\, he took the seven loaves and the fish\, and
  having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples\, and the
  disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied\; a
 nd they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. Those wh
 o ate were four thousand men\, besides women and children. And sending away
  the crowds\, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\; Our Holy Father Myronus th
 e Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\; Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagor
 as and Anastasius of Thessolonica\; Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\; Kall
 inikos\, Metropolitan of Edessa and Pella\; Afterfeast of the Transfigurati
 on of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anastatios the Martyr from Bulgari
 a\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 7:24-35\nBrethren\, in w
 hatever state each was called\, there let him remain with God. Now concerni
 ng the virgins\, I have no command of the Lord\, but I give my opinion as o
 ne who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. I think that in view of the pres
 ent distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a
  wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marria
 ge. But if you marry\, you do not sin\, and if a virgin marries she does no
 t sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles\, and I would spare y
 ou that. I mean\, brethren\, the appointed time has grown very short\; from
  now on\, let those who have wives live as though they had none\, and those
  who mourn as though they were not mourning\, and those who rejoice as thou
 gh they were not rejoicing\, and those who buy as though they had no goods\
 , and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it.
  For the form of this world is passing away. I want you to be free from anx
 ieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord\, how to
  please the Lord\; but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs\, h
 ow to please his wife\, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried wo
 man or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord\, how to be holy in bo
 dy and spirit\; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs\, ho
 w to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit\, not to lay any r
 estraint upon you\, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided 
 devotion to the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:12-21\nAt that time\, t
 he disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Do you know that the Pharisee
 s were offended when they heard this saying?" He answered\, "Every plant wh
 ich my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone\; 
 they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man\, both will fal
 l into a pit." But Peter said to him\, "Explain the parable to us." And he 
 said\, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whate
 ver goes into the mouth passes into the stomach\, and so passes on? But wha
 t comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart\, and this defiles a man. 
 For out of the heart come evil thoughts\, murder\, adultery\, fornication\,
  theft\, false witness\, slander. These are what defile a man\; but to eat 
 with unwashed hands does not defile a man." And Jesus went away from there 
 and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/31/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stachys\, Andrew\, Amplias\, Apelles\, Urban\, Aristobulus & Narcissus
  of the 70\; Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria\, Egypt\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Chios\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Rom
 ans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of
  the church at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits t
 he saints\, and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has
  been a helper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my 
 fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to wh
 om not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet
  also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the f
 irst convert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you
 . Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they a
 re men of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Gree
 t Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in 
 Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ.
  Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Hero
 dion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet 
 those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persi
 s\, who has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, al
 so his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, He
 rmas\, and the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereu
 s and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Gree
 t one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 11:23-26\nThe Lord said\, "He who is not with me is agai
 nst me he who does not gather with me scatters.\n\n"When the unclean spirit
  has gone out of a man\, he passes through waterless places seeking rest\; 
 and finding none he says\, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' A
 nd when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and bring
 s seven other spirits more evil than himself\, and they enter and dwell the
 re\; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Matthew\; Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of 
 the Dalmation Monastery\; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\; Theoctistus the Won
 derworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John
  20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she 
 wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, 
 sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the f
 eet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "
 Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have la
 id Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she di
 d not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weep
 ing? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\
 , "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, a
 nd I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said t
 o Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do 
 not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My bre
 thren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My
  God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have
  seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n
 \nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:10-17\nBrethren\, I appeal to you by the
  name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that all of you agree and that there be no
  dissensions among you\, but that you be united in the same mind and the sa
 me judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is
  quarreling among you\, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you sa
 ys\, "I belong to Paul\," or "I belong to Apollos\," or "I belong to Cephas
 \," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you?
  Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none
  of you except Crispos and Gaius\; lest any one should say that you were ba
 ptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond t
 hat\, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not se
 nd me to baptize but to preach the gospel\, and not with eloquent wisdom\, 
 lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 14:14-22\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a great throng\; and he had compassion
  on them\, and healed their sick. When it was evening\, the disciples came 
 to him and said\, "This is a lonely place\, and the day is now over\; send 
 the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus
  said\, "They need not go away\; you give them something to eat." They said
  to him\, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said\, "Brin
 g them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass\; a
 nd taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven\, and ble
 ssed\, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and we
 re satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces lef
 t over. And those who ate were about five thousand men\, besides women and 
 children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to
  the other side\, while he dismissed the crowds.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took 
 with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and h
 is raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Mo
 ses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which h
 e was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him wer
 e heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two m
 en who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to
  Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\,
  one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he sa
 id. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them\; and they were af
 raid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\
 , "This is my Son\, my Beloved\; listen to him!" And when the voice had spo
 ken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those
  days anything of what they had seen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:10-19\
 nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you 
 do this you will never fall\; so there will be richly provided for you an e
 ntrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n\nTh
 erefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know the
 m and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as lon
 g as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know th
 at the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ showe
 d me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any t
 ime to recall these things.\n\nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths
  when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glo
 ry from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory
 \, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\," we heard this v
 oice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we 
 have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention t
 o this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the m
 orning star rises in your hearts.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\, and led
  them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them\, and h
 is face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light. And be
 hold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. And Pete
 r said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are here\; if you wish\, I wil
 l make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah
 ." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed them\, and
  a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am wel
 l pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples heard this\, they fell on th
 eir faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them\, say
 ing\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes\, they 
 saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain\, Jesu
 s commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man is raised
  from the dead."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\; Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\; Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\; Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Romans 9:18-33\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever 
 he wills\, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to m
 e then\, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" But w
 ho are you\, a man\, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its 
 molder\, "Why have you made me thus?" Has the potter no right over the clay
 \, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menia
 l use? What if God\, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power
 \, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction
 \, in order to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy\
 , which he has prepared beforehand for glory\, even us whom he has called\,
  not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Ho
 sea\, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people\,' and her who w
 as not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where it w
 as said to them\, 'You are not my people\,' they will be called 'sons of th
 e living God.'" And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number 
 of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of them wi
 ll be saved\; for the Lord will execute his sentence upon the earth with ri
 gor and dispatch." And as Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not 
 left us children\, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorr
 ah." What shall we say\, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousne
 ss have attained it\, that is\, righteousness through faith\; but that Isra
 el who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in f
 ulfilling that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith\, but
  as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\
 , as it is written\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make m
 en stumble\, a rock that will make them fall\; and he who believes in him w
 ill not be put to shame."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:12-18\nAt that time\, t
 he twelve disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Send the crowd away\, 
 to go into the villages and country round about\, to lodge and get provisio
 ns\; for we are here in a lonely place." But he said to them\, "You give th
 em something to eat." They said\, "We have no more than five loaves and two
  fish -- unless we are to go and buy food for all these people." For there 
 were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples\, "Make them sit
  down in companies\, about fifty each." And they did so\, and made them all
  sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heav
 en\, and blessed and broke them\, and gave them to the disciples to set bef
 ore the crowd. And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was le
 ft over\, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Now it happened that as he was p
 raying alone the disciples were with him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/31/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hermias the Martyr at Comana\; Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:19
 -28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the Athenians took hold of Paul and brought him to the
  Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what this new teaching is which you pres
 ent? For you bring some strange things to our ears\; we wish to know theref
 ore what these things mean." Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who l
 ived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something 
 new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athe
 ns\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed a
 long\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found also an altar wit
 h this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unk
 nown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in
  it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shrines made by man
 \, nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed anything\, since h
 e himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. And he made from
  one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth\, having dete
 rmined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation\, that they 
 should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. 
 Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for 'In him we live and move and ha
 ve our being.' \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharis
 ees took counsel against Jesus and said to one another\, "You see that you 
 can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those w
 ho went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Phili
 p\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to
  see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they
  told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of ma
 n to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat f
 alls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears
  much fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in 
 this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must fo
 llow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serv
 es me\, the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what sh
 all I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have 
 come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heav
 en\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standin
 g by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has s
 poken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not fo
 r mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this wor
 ld be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all
  men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crow
 d answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ev
 er. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son 
 of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. W
 alk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walk
 s in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, b
 elieve in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fourth Saturday of Lent\; Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\; Martyr Cyril the
  Deacon and Those with him\; The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\; Eusta
 thios the Confessor\, Bishop of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRETHREN\, we feel sure of better thin
 gs that belong to salvation. For God is not so unjust as to overlook your w
 ork and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints\, as y
 ou still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in 
 realizing the full assurance of hope until the end\, so that you may not be
  sluggish\, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit t
 he promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 7:31-37\nAt that time\, Jesus returned
  from the region of Tyre\, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee\, t
 hrough the region of Dekapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf 
 and had an impediment in his speech\; and they besought him to lay his hand
  upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately\, he put his f
 ingers into his ears\, and he spat and touched his tongue\; and looking up 
 to heaven\, he sighed\, and said to him\, "Ephphatha\," that is\, "Be opene
 d." And his ears were opened\, his tongue was released\, and he spoke plain
 ly. And he charged them to tell no one\; but the more he charged them\, the
  more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure
 \, saying\, "He has done all things well: he even makes the deaf hear and t
 he dumb speak."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Saturday\; Renewal of Constantinople\; Hieromartyr Mocius\; Me
 thodius & Cyril\, Equal-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs\; Theopem
 ptos the Martyr & his Companions\; Dioscoros the New Martyr\; Argyrios the 
 New-Martyr of Epanomi\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 3:11-16\nIn tho
 se days\, while the healed lame man clung to Peter and John\, all the peopl
 e ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's\, astounded. And whe
 n Peter saw it he addressed the people\, "Men of Israel\, why do you wonder
  at this\, or why do you stare at us\, as though by our own power or piety 
 we had made him walk? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob\, the Go
 d of our fathers\, glorified his servant Jesus\, whom you delivered up and 
 denied in the presence of Pilate\, when he had decided to release him. But 
 you denied the Holy and Righteous One\, and asked for a murderer to be gran
 ted to you\, and killed the Author of life\, whom God raised from the dead.
  To this we are witnesses. And his name\, by faith in his name\, has made t
 his man strong whom you see and know\; and the faith which is through him h
 as given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all."\n\nGospel
  Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples went into th
 e land of Judea\; there He remained with them and baptized.  John also was 
 baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much water there\; and pe
 ople came and were baptized.  For John had not yet been put in prison.\n\nN
 ow a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.  A
 nd they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you beyon
 d the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and all 
 are going to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive anything except wha
 t is given him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me witness\, that I said\,
  I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.  He who has the bri
 de is the bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, who stands and hears 
 him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; therefore this joy of mi
 ne is now full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease.\n\n"He who comes f
 rom above is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth\, and 
 of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is above all.  He bears w
 itness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no one receives his testimony\; 
 he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this\, that God is true."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\; Ephraim of Katounakia\; Raphael
  of Brooklyn\; Stephen the Monk\; Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopol
 is\; Nesios the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 2:9-22\nBe
 loved\, the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial\, and to keep the
  unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment\, and especially th
 ose who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.\n\nB
 old and willful\, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones\, whereas
  angels\, though greater in might and power\, do not pronounce a reviling j
 udgment upon them before the Lord.  But these\, like irrational animals\, c
 reatures of instinct\, born to be caught and killed\, reviling in matters o
 f which they are ignorant\, will be destroyed in the same destruction with 
 them\, suffering wrong for their wrongdoing.  They count it pleasure to rev
 el in the daytime.  They are blots and blemishes\, reveling in their dissip
 ation\, carousing with you.  They have eyes full of adultery\, insatiable f
 or sin.  They entice unsteady souls.  They have hearts trained in greed.  A
 ccursed children!  Forsaking the right way they have gone astray\; they hav
 e followed the way of Balaam\, the son of Beor\, who loved gain from wrongd
 oing\, but was rebuked for his own transgression\; a dumb ass spoke with hu
 man voice and restrained the prophet's madness.\n\nThese are waterless spri
 ngs and mists driven by a storm\; for them the nether gloom of darkness has
  been reserved.  For\, uttering loud boasts of folly\, they entice with lic
 entious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those who li
 ve in error.  They promise them freedom\, but they themselves are slaves of
  corruption\; for whatever overcomes a man\, to that he is enslaved.  For i
 f\, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowle
 dge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\, they are again entangled in them 
 and overpowered\, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 
 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of right
 eousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment deliv
 ered to them.  It has happened to them according to the true proverb\, The 
 dog turns back to his own vomit\, and the sow is washed only to wallow in t
 he mire.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:14-23\nThe Lord said to his disciples\,
  "When you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by Daniel the prophet\, s
 et up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand)\, then let those
  who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop no
 t go down\, nor enter his house\, to take anything away\; and let him who i
 s in the field not turn back to take his mantle.  And alas for those who ar
 e with child and for those who give suck in those days!  Pray that it may n
 ot happen in winter.  For in those days there will be such tribulation as h
 as not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now\
 , and never will be.  And if the Lord had not shortened the days\, no human
  being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect\, whom he chose\, he 
 shortened the days.  And then if any one says to you\, 'Look\, here is the 
 Christ!' or 'Look\, there he is!' do not believe it.  False Christs and fal
 se prophets will arise and show signs and wonders\, to lead astray\, if pos
 sible\, the elect.  But take heed\; I have told you all things beforehand."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\; Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-
 5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great won
 ders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the syn
 agogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of t
 he Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed w
 ith Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with wh
 ich he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard
  him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up th
 e people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized
  him and brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who sa
 id\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the 
 law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy th
 is place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And ga
 zing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the fac
 e of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said
 : "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father 
 Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said 
 to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land 
 which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, a
 nd lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there i
 nto this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance 
 in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in posses
 sion and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it wa
 s Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in ho
 uses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and ear
 th my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what
  is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You s
 tiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist th
 e Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did n
 ot your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand t
 he coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, 
 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNo
 w when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their te
 eth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and s
 aw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he 
 said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at 
 the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped th
 eir ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city a
 nd stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a
  young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord
  Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\
 , "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, h
 e fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:33-42\nThe Lord said this para
 ble\, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge aro
 und it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to
  tenants\, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew nea
 r\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenant
 s took his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Aga
 in he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to 
 them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying 'They will respect my son.
 ' But when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the
  heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him
  and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner 
 of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him
 \, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the viney
 ard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus 
 said to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone whic
 h the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lo
 rd's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70\; Iren
 e the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\; Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamo
 u\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the disciples were i
 ncreasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because t
 heir widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summon
 ed the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not right that we should giv
 e up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick
  out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of the Spirit and of wi
 sdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to pr
 ayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole
  multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the Holy S
 pirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas
 \, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostle
 s\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God inc
 reased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, 
 and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 16:1-6\nAt that time\, the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesu
 s and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answer
 ed them\, "When it is evening\, you say\, 'It will be fair weather\; for th
 e sky is red.' And in the morning\, 'It will be stormy today\, for the sky 
 is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sk
 y\, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous
  generation seeks for a sign\, but no sign shall be given to it except the 
 sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.\n\nWhen the disciples reached
  the other side\, they had forgotten to bring any bread. Jesus said to them
 \, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\; Holy Martyr Glycerus\; Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\; Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:35-39\;11:1-
 7\nBrethren\, do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.
  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and re
 ceive what is promised. "For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall 
 come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith\, and i
 f he shrinks back\, my soul has no pleasure in him." But we are not of thos
 e who shrink back and are destroyed\, but of those who have faith and keep 
 their souls. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for\, the convictio
 n of things not seen. For by it the men of old received divine approval. By
  faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God\, so tha
 t what is seen was made out of things which do not appear. By faith Abel of
 fered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain\, through which he recei
 ved approval as righteous\, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts\; he
  died\, but through his faith he is still speaking. By faith Enoch was take
 n up so that he should not see death\; and he was not found\, because God h
 ad taken him. Now before he was taken he was attested as having pleased God
 . And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw 
 near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek 
 him. By faith Noah\, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen\, 
 took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household\; by this 
 he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes 
 by faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35\nAt that time\, great multitudes
  accompanied Jesus\; and he turned and said to them\, "If any one comes to 
 me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and br
 others and sisters\, yes\, and even his own life\, he cannot be my disciple
 . Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me\, cannot be my disc
 iple. For which of you\, desiring to build a tower\, does not first sit dow
 n and count the cost\, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise\, wh
 en he has laid a foundation\, and is not able to finish\, all who see it be
 gin to mock him\, saying\, 'This man began to build\, and was not able to f
 inish.' Or what king\, going to encounter another king in war\, will not si
 t down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet 
 him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not\, while the othe
 r is yet a great way off\, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace. So 
 therefore\, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my d
 isciple. Salt is good\; but if salt has lost its taste\, how shall its salt
 ness be restored? It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill\; men
  throw it away. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, Iren
 e\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos\; Theodore of Sykeon\; N
 athaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente the Apostles\; Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\; N
 earchos the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:14-21\nIn those 
 days\, Peter\, standing with the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed
  them\, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to
  you\, and give ear to my words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppo
 se\, since it is only the third hour of the day\; but this is what was spok
 en by the prophet Joel: 'And in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, 
 that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daug
 hters shall prophesy\, and your young men shall see visions\, and your old 
 men shall dream dreams\; yea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants i
 n those days I will pour out my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I wil
 l show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\,
  and fire\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and 
 the moon into blood\, before the day of the Lord comes\, the great and mani
 fest day. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall 
 be saved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose an
 d ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by th
 emselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day] 
 two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from J
 erusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had happ
 ened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew 
 near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And
  He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with ea
 ch other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them
 \, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem wh
 o does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And He 
 said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of N
 azareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the 
 people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condem
 ned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to r
 edeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since th
 is happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at t
 he tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came back
  saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was a
 live. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just a
 s the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O 
 foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoke
 n! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and ente
 r into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He inte
 rpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So the
 y drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be goin
 g further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is t
 oward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with the
 m. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and bro
 ke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized
  Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did n
 ot our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He o
 pened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to J
 erusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were w
 ith them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simo
 n!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how He was known to th
 em in the breaking of the bread.\n\n
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 Irene\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia\; Cleopas and Artemas
  of the 70 Apostles\; Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Philippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to know that 
 what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that i
 t has become known throughout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that
  my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made co
 nfident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to 
 speak the word of God without fear.  Some indeed preach Christ from envy an
 d rivalry\, but others from good will.  The latter do it out of love\, know
 ing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel\; the former proclaim 
 Christ out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my
  imprisonment.  What then?  Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or
  in truth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shal
 l rejoice.  For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit
  of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\, as it is my eager 
 expectation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:42-46\nThe Lord said to t
 he Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and
  rue and every herb\, and neglect justice and the love of God\; these you o
 ught to have done\, without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! Fo
 r you love the best seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market pl
 aces. Woe to you! For you are like graves which are not seen\, and men walk
  over them without knowing it." One of the lawyers answered him\, "Teacher\
 , in saying this you reproach us also." And he said\, "Woe to you lawyers a
 lso! For you load men with burdens hard to bear\, and you yourselves do not
  touch the burdens with one of your fingers."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\; The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Per
 sia\; Joseph the Sanctified\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: II Timothy 1:3-8\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank God whom I serve with 
 a clear conscience\, as did my fathers\, when I remember you constantly in 
 my prayers.  As I remember your tears\, I long night and day to see you\, t
 hat I may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith\, a fait
 h that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now\
 , I am sure\, dwells in you.  Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of Go
 d that is within you through the laying on of my hands\; for God did not gi
 ve us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.
 \n\nDo not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prison
 er\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge befo
 re my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also w
 ill deny him before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves father or mot
 her more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter mor
 e than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and foll
 ow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left 
 everything and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit
  on his glorious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve 
 thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has left 
 houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, fo
 r my name's sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  
 But many that are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\; Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian
  the Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Marty
 r of Samaria\; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\; Paul\, J
 uliana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Romans 13:1-10\nBrethren\, let every person be subject to the governing a
 uthorities. For there is no authority except from God\, and those that exis
 t have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities res
 ists what God has appointed\, and those who resist will incur judgment. For
  rulers are not a terror to good conduct but to bad. Would you have no fear
  of him who is in authority? Then do what is good\, and you will receive hi
 s approval\, for he is God's servant for your own good. But if you do wrong
 \, be afraid\, for he does not bear the sword in vain\; he is the servant o
 f God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject\
 , not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For th
 e same reasons you also pay taxes\, for the authorities are ministers of Go
 d\, attending this very thing. Pay all of their dues\, taxes to whom taxes 
 are due\, revenue to whom revenue is due\, respect to whom respect is due\,
  honor to whom honor is due. Owe no one anything\, except to love one anoth
 er\, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments\
 , "You shall not commit adultery\, You shall not kill\, You shall not steal
 \, You shall not covet\," and any other commandment\, are summed up in this
  sentence\, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong 
 to a neighbor\; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 12:30-37\nThe Lord said\, "He who is not with me is against me
 \, and he who does not gather with me scatters. Therefore I tell you\, ever
 y sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men\, but the blasphemy against the Sp
 irit will not be forgiven. And whoever says a word against the Son of man w
 ill be forgiven\; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be fo
 rgiven\, either in this age or in the age to come.\n\n"Either make the tree
  good\, and its fruit good\; or make the tree bad\, and its fruit bad\; for
  the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak goo
 d\, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth spea
 ks. The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good\, and the evil 
 man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you\, on the day of 
 judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter\; for b
 y your words you will be justified\, and by your words you will be condemne
 d."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\;
  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\; 
 Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Christos the New Martyr of Prevez
 is\; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: I Peter 1:1-25\;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to the ex
 iles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithyn
 ia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for
  obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:\n\nMay grace 
 and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord J
 esus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope thr
 ough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inheritance
  which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven for you\
 , who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be 
 revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\, though now for a little wh
 ile you may have to suffer various trials\, so that the genuineness of your
  faith\, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire\
 , may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Chri
 st. Without having known him you love him\; though you do not now see him y
 ou believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outc
 ome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.\n\nThe prophets w
 ho prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about
  this salvation\; they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Sp
 irit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the
  subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not thems
 elves but you\, in the things which have now been announced to you by those
  who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven
 \, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTherefore gird up your minds\,
  be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the
  revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do not be conformed to 
 the passions of your former ignorance\, but as he who called you is holy\, 
 be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since it is written\, "You shall b
 e holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as Father him who judges each on
 e impartially according to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear through
 out the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile
  ways inherited from your fathers\, not with perishable things such as silv
 er or gold\, but with the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a lamb wi
 thout blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world b
 ut was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you
  have confidence in God\, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory\,
  so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHaving purified your souls by y
 our obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love one an
 other earnestly from the heart. You have been born anew\, not of perishable
  seed but of imperishable\, through the living and abiding word of God\; fo
 r "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The 
 grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abides for 
 ever." That word is the good news which was preached to you.\n\nSo put away
  all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like ne
 wborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may grow up
  to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\n\nCome to hi
 m\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and pr
 ecious\; and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house\
 , to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
  through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “Behold\, I am laying 
 in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and he who believes i
 n him will not be put to shame.� To you therefore who believe\, he is pre
 cious\, but for those who do not believe\, “The very stone which the buil
 ders rejected has become the head of the corner\,� and “A stone that wi
 ll make men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall�\; for they stumble
  because they disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. But you are a
  chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s own people\, t
 hat you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkne
 ss into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are God’
 s people\; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own 
 country\, and taught the people in their synagogue so that they were astoni
 shed\, and said\, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty work
 s? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are 
 not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his 
 sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?" And they took offen
 se at him. But Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not without honor except 
 in his own country and in his own house." And he did not do many mighty wor
 ks there\, because of their unbelief.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia\; Mardonios & Stratonikos 
 the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:13-24\nBrethren\, be watch
 ful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, be strong. Let all that yo
 u do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know that the household of Steph
 anas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they have devoted themselves t
 o the service of the saints\; I urge you to be subject to such men and to e
 very fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fo
 rtunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up for your absence\; for th
 ey refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men. The 
 churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca\, together with the chur
 ch in their house\, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren
  send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I\, Paul\, write this 
 greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lord\, let him be
  accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My lov
 e be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:42-4
 7\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is co
 ming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of the
  night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would not have let 
 his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; for the Son of
  man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is the faithful and w
 ise servant whom his master has set over his household\, to give them their
  food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he c
 omes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all hi
 s possessions."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenophon & his Companions\; Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 10:1-10\nBrethren\, my heart's desire and p
 rayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. I bear them witness that
  they have a zeal for God\, but it is not enlightened. For\, being ignorant
  of the righteousness that comes from God\, and seeking to establish their 
 own\, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of 
 the law\, that every one who has faith may be justified. Moses writes that 
 the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall liv
 e by it. But the righteousness based on faith says\, Do not say in your hea
 rt\, "Who will ascend into heaven?" (that is\, to bring Christ down) or "Wh
 o will descend into the abyss?" (that is\, to bring Christ up from the dead
 ). But what does it say? The word is near you\, on your lips and in your he
 art (that is\, the word of faith which we preach)\; because\, if you confes
 s with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God rais
 ed him from the dead\, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart a
 nd so is justified\, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 22:35-46\nAt that time\, a lawyer came up to Jesus and
  asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great commandm
 ent in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your God wit
 h all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your mind. This is
  the great and first commandment. And a second is like it\, You shall love 
 your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and
  the prophets."\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus a
 sked them a question\, saying\, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son
  is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How is i
 t then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The
  Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies unde
 r your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no one
  was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask h
 im any more questions.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Matthew\; Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious
  Apostle\; Titus the Apostle of the 70\; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius 
 and Menas\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Holy Father John of Karpathos\; 
 Ebba\, First Abbess of Coldingham\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\n
 On the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being sh
 ut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood amo
 ng them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He 
 showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they 
 saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father 
 has sent Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed 
 on them and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sin
 s of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are ret
 ained." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with the
 m when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord
 ." But he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\
 , and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His s
 ide\, I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in t
 he house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came a
 nd stood among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\
 , "Put your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and pl
 ace it in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered H
 im\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because y
 ou have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now 
 Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not
  written in this book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jes
 us is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life 
 in His name.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 3:9-17\nBrethren\, we are Go
 d's fellow workers\; you are God's field\, God's building. According to the
  grace of God given to me\, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundati
 on\, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he bui
 lds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is lai
 d\, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gol
 d\, silver\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, straw - each man's work will be
 come manifest\; for the Day will disclose it\, because it will be revealed 
 with fire\, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If 
 the work which any man has built on the foundation survives\, he will recei
 ve a reward. If any man's work is burned up\, he will suffer loss\, though 
 he himself will be saved\, but only as through fire. Do you not know that y
 ou are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroy
 s God's temple\, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy\, and that 
 temple you are.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-34\nAt that time\, Jesus m
 ade the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, w
 hile he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds\, he we
 nt up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came\, he was there a
 lone\, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land\, 
 beaten by the waves\; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watc
 h of the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. But when the disciples
  saw him walking on the sea\, they were terrified\, saying\, "It is a ghost
 !" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them\, saying "
 Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear." \n\n And Peter answered him\, "Lord\,
  if it is you\, bid me come to you on the water." He said\, "Come." So Pete
 r got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus\; but when 
 he saw the wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning to sink he cried out\, "Lor
 d\, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him\, sayin
 g to him\, "O man of little faith\, why did you doubt?" And when they enter
 ed the boat\, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him\, saying
 \, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over\, they ca
 me to land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Luke\; Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\; Matrona th
 e Righteous of Chios\; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Andronicus the Righteous M
 artyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen 
 from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to the
 m\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and suppos
 ed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, an
 d why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that 
 it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones
  as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His ha
 nds and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\,
  He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece o
 f broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. T
 hen He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I wa
 s still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and
  the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds
  to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, th
 at the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and t
 hat repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in al
 l nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. An
 d behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city 
 until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far
  as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed 
 them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worsh
 iped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually 
 in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:16-18\;7:1
 \nBrethren\, you are the temple of the living God\; as God said\, "I will l
 ive in them and move among them\, and I will be their God\, and they shall 
 be my people. Therefore come out from them\, and be separate from them\, sa
 ys the Lord\, and touch nothing unclean\; then I will welcome you\, and I w
 ill be a father to you\, and you shall be my sons and daughters\, says the 
 Lord Almighty."\n\nSince we have these promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse 
 ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perf
 ect in the fear of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\nAt that time\, as 
 Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes\, there met him a man from th
 e city who had demons\; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived
  not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, he cried out and f
 ell down before him\, and said with a loud voice\, "What have you to do wit
 h me\, Jesus\, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you\, do not torment me.
 " For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many
  a time it had seized him\; he was kept under guard\, and bound with chains
  and fetters\, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the 
 desert.) Jesus then asked him\, "What is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"
 \; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them
  to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on t
 he hillside\; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them 
 leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine\, and the 
 herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the he
 rdsmen saw what happened\, they fled\, and told it in the city and in the c
 ountry. Then people went out to see what had happened\, and they came to Je
 sus\, and found the man from whom the demons had gone\, sitting at the feet
  of Jesus\, clothed and in his right mind\; and they were afraid. And those
  who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was he
 aled. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked
  him to depart from them\; for they were seized with great fear\; so he got
  into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged t
 hat he might be with him\; but he sent him away\, saying\, "Return to your 
 home\, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away\, procl
 aiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Righteous\; John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusta
 thius\, Bishop of Antioch\; Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nEpistle Reading: II John 1:1-13\nThe elder to the elect lady and her 
 children\, whom I love in the truth\, and not only I but also all who know 
 the truth\, because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for
  ever:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace will be with us\, from God the Father a
 nd from Jesus Christ the Father's Son\, in truth and love.\n\nI rejoiced gr
 eatly to find some of your children following the truth\, just as we have b
 een commanded by the Father.  And now I beg you\, lady\, not as though I we
 re writing you a new commandment\, but the one we have had from the beginni
 ng\, that we love one another.  And this is love\, that we follow his comma
 ndments\; this is the commandment\, as you have heard from the beginning\, 
 that you follow love.  For many deceivers have gone out into the world\, me
 n who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh\; such a
  one is the deceiver and the antichrist.  Look to yourselves\, that you may
  not lose what you have worked for\, but may win a full reward.  Any one wh
 o goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God
 \; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.  If any o
 ne comes to you and does not bring this doctrine\, do not receive him into 
 the house or give him any greeting\; for he who greets him shares his wicke
 d work.\n\nThough I have much to write to you\, I would rather not use pape
 r and ink\, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face\, 
 so that our joy may be complete.\n\nThe children of your elect sister greet
  you.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:20\,22\,25\,33-41\nAt that time\, 
 the soldiers took Jesus and led him out to be crucified.  And they brought 
 him to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).  And it 
 was the third hour\, when they crucified him.  And when the sixth hour had 
 come there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.  And at t
 he ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eloi\, Eloi\, lama sabachtha
 ni?" which means\, "My God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?"  And some 
 of the bystanders hearing it said\, "Behold\, he is calling Elijah. "  And 
 one ran and\, filling a sponge full of vinegar\, put it on a reed and gave 
 it to him to drink\, saying\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah will come t
 o take him down."  And Jesus uttered a loud cry\, and breathed his last.  A
 nd the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from top to bottom.  And whe
 n the centurion\, who stood facing him\, saw that he thus cried out and bre
 athed his last\, he said\, "Truly this man was the Son of God!  There were 
 also women looking on from afar\, among whom were Mary Magdalene\, and Mary
  the mother of James the younger and of Joses\, and Salome who\, when he wa
 s in Galilee\, followed him\, and ministered to him\; and also many other w
 omen who came up with him to Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\; The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Per
 sia\; Joseph the Sanctified\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:3-8\nTimothy\,
  my son\, I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience\, as did my fath
 ers\, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.  As I remember your tea
 rs\, I long night and day to see you\, that I may be filled with joy.  I am
  reminded of your sincere faith\, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmot
 her Lois and your mother Eunice and now\, I am sure\, dwells in you.  Hence
  I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the la
 ying on of my hands\; for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a sp
 irit of power and love and self-control.\n\nDo not be ashamed then of testi
 fying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suffering for the
  gospel in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 
 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me b
 efore men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but
  whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny him before my Father who i
 s in heaven.  He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of m
 e\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and
  he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then P
 eter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed you.  What 
 then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the n
 ew world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who h
 ave followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes
  of Israel.  And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or fa
 ther or mother or children or lands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a h
 undredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  But many that are first will be las
 t\, and the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\; Julia the Virgin-martyr
  of Carthage\; 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\; Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Je
 rsey\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 2:9-16\;3:1-8\nBrethr
 en\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man conceived
 \, what God has prepared for those who love him\," God has revealed to us t
 hrough the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything\, even the depths of 
 God. For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man wh
 ich is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Sp
 irit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world\, but the Spi
 rit which is from God\, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us b
 y God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by
  the Spirit\, comparing spiritual things with spiritual truths to those who
  possess the Spirit. The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the 
 Spirit of God\, for they are folly to him\, and he is not able to understan
 d them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges all
  things\, but is himself to be judged by no one. "For who has known the min
 d of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. But I
 \, brethren\, could not address you as spiritual men\, but as men of the fl
 esh\, as babes in Christ. I fed you with milk\, not solid food\; for you we
 re not ready for it\; and even yet you are not ready\, for you are still of
  the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you\, are you not 
 of the flesh\, and behaving like ordinary men? For when one says\, "I belon
 g to Paul\," and another\, "I belong to Apollos\," are you not merely men? 
 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed\, as
  the Lord assigned to each. I planted\, Apollos watered\, but God gave the 
 growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything\, but only G
 od who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are equal\, and ea
 ch shall receive his wages according to his labor.\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 13:31-36\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a 
 grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field\; it is the s
 mallest of all seeds\, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs a
 nd becomes a tree\, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its
  branches." He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like le
 aven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it was al
 l leavened."\n\nAll this Jesus said to the crowds in parables\; indeed he s
 aid nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was spoken 
 by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables\, I will utter what has b
 een hidden since the foundation of the world." Then Jesus left the crowds a
 nd went into the house.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monday of the Holy Spirit\; Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; 3 Virgin
 -martyrs of Chios\; 5 Nuns beheaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha\
 , Mary\, & Enmatha\; Righteous Father Columba of Iona\; Righteous Father Cy
 ril of Belozersk\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethre
 n\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that 
 is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord
 . Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose the
 m. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; b
 ut when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything 
 that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, 
 and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully 
 then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the 
 time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but underst
 and what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that
  is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in 
 psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lor
 d with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\,
  "See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you tha
 t in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heav
 en. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a man h
 as a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not leave th
 e ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? An
 d if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more than ove
 r the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Fat
 her who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n\n"If yo
 ur brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you and h
 im alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if he do
 es not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every word may
  be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to l
 isten to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen even to
  the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I
  say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and wha
 tever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if
  two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done for th
 em by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my name\
 , there am I in the midst of them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\; John the Hieromartyr\; Zacharias the N
 ew Martyr of Patra\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it
  is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in
  our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the f
 ace of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show th
 at the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted i
 n every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; per
 secuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carry
 ing in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be 
 manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up t
 o death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in ou
 r mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we h
 ave the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I s
 poke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the L
 ord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his pres
 ence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and m
 ore people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a g
 reat crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea 
 and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and
  to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean 
 spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came
  forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disc
 iples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God. 
  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are
  you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate yo
 u\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as ev
 il\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\
 , for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus\; Macrina\, grandmother 
 of St. Basil the Great\; Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea\; Natalios the Martyr
 \; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:34-
 43\nIn those days\, Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I perceive that
  God shows no partiality\, but in every nation any one who fears him and do
 es what is right is acceptable to him. You know the word which he sent to I
 srael\, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)\, 
 the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea\, beginning from Galilee
  after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 
 with the Holy Spirit and with power\; how he went about doing good and heal
 ing all that were oppressed by the devil\, for God was with him. And we are
  witnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusa
 lem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree\; but God raised him on
  the third day and made him manifest\; not to all the people but to us who 
 were chosen by God as witnesses\, who ate and drank with him after he rose 
 from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people\, and to testify
  that he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
  To him all the prophets bear witness that every one who believes in him re
 ceives forgiveness of sins through his name."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:12-
 20\nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he 
 who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life.
 " The Pharisees then said to him\, "You are bearing witness to yourself\; y
 our testimony is not true." Jesus answered\, "Even if I do bear witness to 
 myself\, my testimony is true\, for I know whence I have come and whither I
  am going\, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going. You ju
 dge according to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge\, my ju
 dgment is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he who sent m
 e. In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true\; I bear
  witness to myself\, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me." They 
 said to him therefore\, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered\, "You know 
 neither me nor my Father\; if you knew me\, you would know my Father also."
  These words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taught in the temple\; but no
  one arrested him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas\; Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\; Christodu
 lus the Wonderworker of Patmos\; Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\; Julian 
 the Martyr\; Romanos the Hieromartyr of Parium\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Al
 lowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose 
 and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by 
 themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day
 ] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from
  Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had ha
 ppened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself dre
 w near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. A
 nd He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with 
 each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of th
 em\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem 
 who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And H
 e said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of
  Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all th
 e people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be cond
 emned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to
  redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since 
 this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at
  the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came ba
 ck saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was
  alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just
  as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "
 O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spo
 ken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and en
 ter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He in
 terpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So t
 hey drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be go
 ing further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is
  toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with t
 hem. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and b
 roke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recogniz
 ed Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did
  not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He
  opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to
  Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were
  with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Si
 mon!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how He was known to 
 them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 1:10-14\;2:1
 -3\nIN THE BEGINNING\, Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth in the beginning
 \, and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; they will perish\, but thou 
 remainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wilt
  roll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy y
 ears will never end." But to what angel has he ever said\, "Sit at my right
  hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all min
 istering spirits sent forth to serve\, for the sake of those who are to obt
 ain salvation?\n\nTherefore we must pay closer attention to what we have he
 ard\, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels was
  valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution\
 , how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared
  at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum and i
 t was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together\, so th
 at there was no longer room for them\, not even about the door\; and he was
  preaching the word to them. And they came\, bringing to him a paralytic ca
 rried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crow
 d\, they removed the roof above him\; and when they had made an opening\, t
 hey let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw thei
 r faith\, he said to the paralytic\, "My son\, your sins are forgiven." Now
  some of the scribes were sitting there\, questioning in their hearts\, "Wh
 y does this man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God
  alone?" And immediately Jesus\, perceiving in his spirit that they thus qu
 estioned within themselves\, said to them\, "Why do you question thus in yo
 ur hearts? Which is easier\, to say to the paralytic\, 'Your sins are forgi
 ven\,' or to say\, 'Rise\, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may k
 now that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said to 
 the paralytic-"I say to you\, rise\, take up your pallet and go home." And 
 he rose\, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all\;
  so that they were all amazed and glorified God\, saying\, "We never saw an
 ything like this!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Friday\; Theodore of Sykeon\; Nathaniel\, Luke\, & Clemente the A
 postles\; Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\; Nearchos the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 5:6-8\n BRETHREN\, a little leaven leaven
 s the whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump\, a
 s you really are unleavened. For Christ\, our paschal lamb\, has been sacri
 ficed. Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festival\, not with the old leave
 n\, the leaven of malice and evil\, but with the unleavened bread of sincer
 ity and truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the
  law\, having become a curse for us - for it is written\, "Cursed be everyo
 ne who hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham migh
 t come upon the Gentiles\, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit 
 through faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that 
 is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gat
 hered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, 
 while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore 
 order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, lest his discip
 les go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has risen from the de
 ad\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them
 \, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So t
 hey went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a g
 uard.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; 
 The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy 
 Prophetess Anna\; Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spetses\; 
 Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos \; Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener o
 f Japan\; Ansgar of Hamburg-Bremen\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRE
 THREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have 
 come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\
 , that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Pla
 ce\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus secu
 ring an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with t
 he blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for t
 he purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, wh
 o through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, purif
 y your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 2:25-38\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name 
 was Symeon and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolat
 ion of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed 
 to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen t
 he Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and 
 when the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to th
 e custom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,
  "Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; fo
 r my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence 
 of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to 
 your people Israel." And his father and his mother marveled at what was sai
 d about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold
 \, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a 
 sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul 
 also)\, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed." And there was a 
 prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she w
 as of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years from her virg
 inity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from th
 e temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up 
 at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were
  looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\; Martha\, mother of St. Sym
 eon Stylites the Younger\; Asclepias the Wonderworker\; Michael Choniates\,
  Metropolitan of Athens\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 11:25-36\
 nBrethren\, lest you be wise in your own conceits\, I want you to understan
 d this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel\, until the full n
 umber of Gentiles come in\, and so all Israel will be saved\; as it is writ
 ten\, "The Deliverer will come from Zion\, he will banish ungodliness from 
 Jacob"\; "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sin
 s." As regards the gospel they are enemies of God\, for your sake\; but as 
 regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For th
 e gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Just as you were once disobedi
 ent to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience\, so t
 hey have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they 
 also may receive mercy. For God has consigned all men to disobedience\, tha
 t he may have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches and wisdom and know
 ledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his wa
 ys! "For who has known the mind of the Lord\, or who has been his counselor
 ?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him a
 nd through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:1-8\nAt that time\, Jesus went through the gra
 in fields on the sabbath\; his disciples were hungry\, and they began to pl
 uck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it\, they said to
  him\, "Look\, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sab
 bath." He said to them\, "Have you not read what David did\, when he was hu
 ngry\, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate
  the bread of the Presence\, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for
  those who were with him\, but only for the priests? Or have you not read i
 n the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath\
 , and are guiltless? I tell you\, something greater than the temple is here
 . And if you had known what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrific
 e\,' you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord
  of the sabbath."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\; Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\; Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: I Timothy 1:8-14\nTimothy\, my son\, we know that the law is good\,
  if any one uses it lawfully\, understanding this\, that the law is not lai
 d down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient\, for the ungodly a
 nd sinners\, for the unholy and profane\, for murderers of fathers and murd
 erers of mothers\, for manslayers\, immoral persons\, sodomites\, kidnapers
 \, liars\, perjurers\, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine\, in
  accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have b
 een entrusted. I thank him who has given me strength for this\, Christ Jesu
 s our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service\
 , though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but I rece
 ived mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace of ou
 r Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:45-48\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the temple a
 nd began to drive out those who sold\, saying to them\, "It is written\, 'M
 y house shall be a house of prayer'\; but you have made it a den of robbers
 ." And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scrib
 es and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him\; but they did
  not find anything they could do\, for all the people hung upon his words.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\; Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed
 )\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know t
 hat the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not 
 receive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelatio
 n of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I 
 persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I adva
 nced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely ze
 alous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me ap
 art before I was born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased t
 o reveal his Son to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentile
 s\, I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to
  those who were apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and agai
 n I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to 
 visit Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the ot
 her apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13
 :54-58\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own country\, and taught the peopl
 e in their synagogue so that they were astonished\, and said\, "Where did t
 his man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's
  son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Jos
 eph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then di
 d this man get all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to t
 hem\, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his 
 own house." And he did not do many mighty works there\, because of their un
 belief.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250627
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samson the Hospitable\; Joanna the Myrrhbearer\; Anektos the Martyr\; 
 Luke the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:6-19\nBrethren\
 , it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are desce
 nded from Israel belong to Israel\, and not all are children of Abraham bec
 ause they are his descendants\; but "Through Isaac shall your descendants b
 e named." This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the c
 hildren of God\, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendant
 s. For this is what the promise said\, "About this time I will return and S
 arah shall have a son." And not only so\, but also when Rebecca had conceiv
 ed children by one man\, our forefather Isaac\, though they were not yet bo
 rn and had done nothing either good or bad\, in order that God's purpose of
  election might continue\, not because of works but because of his call\, s
 he was told\, "The elder will serve the younger." As it is written\, "Jacob
  I loved\, but Esau I hated." What shall we say then? Is there injustice on
  God's part? By no means! For he says to Moses\, "I will have mercy on whom
  I have mercy\, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." So i
 t depends not upon man's will or exertion\, but upon God's mercy. For the s
 cripture says to Pharoah\, "I have raised you up for the very purpose of sh
 owing my power in you\, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
 " So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills\, and he hardens the heart of
  whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still find fault
 ? For who can resist his will?"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-36\; 11:1\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men
 \, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoever 
 denies me before men\, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. 
 Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth\; I have not come to 
 bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father\, 
 and a daughter against her mother\, and a daughter-in-law against her mothe
 r-in-law\; and a man's foes will be those of his own household."\n\nAnd whe
 n Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on from the
 re to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr and His Fellow Martyrs\; Sebastiane the Marty
 r\; Maglorious of Sark\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:33\;6:1-9\nBrethren\
 , let each one of you love his wife as himself\, and let the wife see that 
 she respects her husband. Children\, obey your parents in the Lord\, for th
 is is right. "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment 
 with a promise)\, "that it may be well with you and that you may live long 
 on the earth." Fathers\, do not provoke your children to anger\, but bring 
 them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves\, be obedient
  to those who are your earthly masters\, with fear and trembling\, in singl
 eness of heart\, as to Christ\; not in the way of eye-service\, as men-plea
 sers\, but as servants of Christ\, doing the will of God from the heart\, r
 endering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men\, knowing t
 hat whatever good any one does\, he will receive the same again from the Lo
 rd\, whether he is a slave or free. Masters\, do the same to them\, and for
 bear threatening\, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in
  heaven\, and that there is no partiality with him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  11:14-23\nAt that time\, Jesus was casting out a demon that was dumb\; whe
 n the demon had gone out\, the dumb man spoke\, and the people marveled. Bu
 t some of them said\, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul\, the prince of dem
 ons"\; while others\, to test him\, sought from him a sign from heaven. But
  he\, knowing their thoughts\, said to them\, "Every kingdom divided agains
 t itself is laid waste\, and a divided household falls. And if Satan also i
 s divided against himself\, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I 
 cast out demons by Beelzebul. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by wh
 om do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if 
 it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God
  has come upon you. When a strong man\, fully armed\, guards his own palace
 \, his goods are in peace\; but when one stronger than he assails him and o
 vercomes him\, he takes away his armor in which he trusted\, and divides hi
 s spoil. He who is not with me is against me\, and he who does not gather w
 ith me scatters."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Jo
 hn\; Theodora of Thessaloniki\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod t
 he tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he said to his servants\, "
 This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from the dead\; that is why t
 hese powers are at work in him." For Herod had seized John and bound him an
 d put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\
 ; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for you to have her." And th
 ough he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the people\, because they he
 ld him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday came\, the daughter of He
 rodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so that he promised wi
 th an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she
  said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." And the k
 ing was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to 
 be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\, and his head was b
 rought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she brought it to her mothe
 r. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it\; and they went a
 nd told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat
  to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\, they followed him 
 on foot from the towns.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 13:25-33\nIN THOSE DAYS\, 
 as John was finishing his course\, he said\, "What do you suppose that I am
 ? I am not he. No\, but after me one is coming\, the sandals of whose feet 
 I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, sons of the family of Abraham\, and t
 hose among you that fear God\, to us has been sent the message of this salv
 ation. For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers\, because they did 
 not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are r
 ead every sabbath\, fulfilled these by condemning him. Though they could ch
 arge him with nothing deserving death\, yet they asked Pilate to have him k
 illed. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him\, they took 
 him down from the tree\, and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from th
 e dead\; and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from G
 alilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we bring
  you the good news that what God promised to the fathers\, this he has fulf
 illed to us their children by raising Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:14-3
 0\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard about the fame of Jesus\, for his na
 me had become known. He said\, "John the baptizer has been raised from the 
 dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." But others said\, "It 
 is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a prophet\, like one of the prophets o
 f old." But when Herod heard of it he said\, "John\, whom I beheaded\, has 
 been raised." For Herod had sent and seized John\, and bound him in prison 
 for the sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because he had marri
 ed her. For John said to Herod\, "It is not lawful for you to have your bro
 ther's wife." And Herodias had a grudge against him\, and wanted to kill hi
 m. But she could not\, for Herod feared John\, knowing that he was a righte
 ous and holy man\, and kept him safe. When he heard him\, he was much perpl
 exed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But an opportunity came when Herod on h
 is birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading m
 en of Galilee. For when Herodias' daughter came in and danced\, she pleased
  Herod and his guests\; and the king said to the girl\, "Ask me for whateve
 r you wish\, and I will grant it." And he vowed to her\, "Whatever you ask 
 me\, I will give you\, even half of my kingdom." And she went out\, and sai
 d to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" And she said\, "The head of John the 
 baptizer." And she came in immediately with haste to the king\, and asked\,
  saying\, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a 
 platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry\; but because of his oaths and
  his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediately the k
 ing sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went 
 and beheaded him in the prison\, and brought his head on a platter\, and ga
 ve it to the girl\; and the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples 
 heard of it\, they came and took his body\, and laid it in a tomb. The apos
 tles returned to Jesus\, and told him all that they had done and taught.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: David the Righteous of Thessalonika\; Appearance of the Icon of Our Mo
 st Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 8:22-27\nBrethren\, we know that the whole creation has be
 en groaning in travail together until now\; and not only the creation\, but
  we ourselves\, who have the first fruits of the Spirit\, groan inwardly as
  we wait for adoption as sons\, the redemption of our bodies. For in this h
 ope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for wha
 t he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see\, we wait for it with pati
 ence.\n\nLikewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness\; for we do not know 
 how to pray as we ought\, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sig
 hs too deep for words. And he who searches the Spirit intercedes for the sa
 ints according to the will of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:23-31\nThe
  Lord said to his disciples\, "When they persecute you in one town\, flee t
 o the next\; for truly\, I say to you\, you will not have gone through all 
 the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes. A disciple is not above hi
 s teacher\, nor a servant above his master\; it is enough for the disciple 
 to be like his teacher\, and the servant like his master. If they have call
 ed the master of the house Beelzebul\, how much more will they malign those
  of his household. So have no fear of them\; for nothing is covered that wi
 ll not be revealed\, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in t
 he dark\, utter in the light\; and what you hear whispered\, proclaim upon 
 the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the 
 soul\; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are n
 ot two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the grou
 nd without your Father's will. But even the hairs of your head are all numb
 ered. Fear not\, therefore\; you are of more value than many sparrows."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231103
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & Aeithalas the Deacon\,
  Martyrs of Persia\; Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr Geor
 ge in Lydda\; George of Neapolis the New Martyr\; Holy Father and New Hiero
 martyr Gregory of Neapolis\; Theodore the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Wi
 nifred of Treffynnon\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 4:10-18\
 nBrethren\, Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin
  of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions -- if he comes
  to you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only
  men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, a
 nd they have been a comfort to me. Epaphras\, who is one of yourselves\, a 
 servant of Christ Jesus\, greets you\, always remembering you earnestly in 
 his prayers\, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will o
 f God. For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those
  in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet 
 you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and Nympha and the chu
 rch in her house.  And when this letter has been read among you\, have it r
 ead also in the church of the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the l
 etter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the minis
 try which you have received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting wi
 th my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 12:2-12\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Nothing is covered up
  that will not be revealed\, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore wh
 atever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light\, and what you
  have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. \n
 \n I tell you\, my friends\, do not fear those who kill the body\, and afte
 r that have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fea
 r him who\, after he has killed\, has power to cast into Gehenna\; yes\, I 
 tell you\, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not on
 e of them is forgotten before God. Why\, even the hairs of your head are al
 l numbered. Fear not\; you are of more value than many sparrows. \n\n And I
  tell you\, every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of man also 
 will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies me before men
  will be denied before the angels of God. And every one who speaks a word a
 gainst the Son of man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes against the 
 Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And when they bring you before the synago
 gues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious how or what you
  are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you 
 in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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 acon\, Martyrs of Persia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; The R
 ighteous Martyr Febronia\; Methodius of Nevritos\; Prokopios the New Martyr
 \; Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Orentios\, Pharmakio
 s\, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, and Longinos the Martyrs and Br
 others\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 3:19-24\nBreth
 ren\, we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under t
 he law\, so that every mouth may be stopped\, and the whole world may be he
 ld accountable to God. For no human being will be justified in his sight by
  works of the law\, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now t
 he righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law\, although the l
 aw and the prophets bear witness to it\, the righteousness of God through f
 aith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction\; sin
 ce all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\, they are justified 
 by his grace as a gift\, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:1-8\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, that you be n
 ot judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged\, and the
  measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck tha
 t is in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is in your own 
 eye? Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Let me take the speck out of you
 r eye\,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite\, first take 
 the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly to take the spe
 ck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy\; and do not th
 row your pearls before swine\, lest they trample them under foot and turn t
 o attack you. Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; k
 nock\, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives\, and 
 he who seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Sozon the Martyr\; Ka
 ssiani the Hymnographer\; John and Sergios\, Bishops of Lerna\; Daniel Kato
 unakiotis of Smyrna\; Euodos and Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\; John th
 e Wonderworker of Novgorod\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:1-3\,20-24\;2:1-
 5\nPaul\, an apostle - not from men nor through men\, but through Jesus Chr
 ist and God the Father\, who raised him from the dead - and all the brethre
 n who are with me\,\n\nTo the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace f
 rom God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nIn what I am writing to yo
 u\, before God\, I do not lie! Then I went into the regions of Syria and Ci
 licia. And I was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Jude
 a\; they only heard it said\, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching t
 he faith he once tried to destroy." And they glorified God because of me. T
 hen after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas\, takin
 g Titus along with me. I went up by revelation\; and I laid before them (bu
 t privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I preach amon
 g the Gentiles\, lest somehow I should be running or had run in vain. But e
 ven Titus\, who was with me\, was not compelled to be circumcised\, though 
 he was a Greek. But because of false brethren secretly brought in\, who sli
 pped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus\, that they mi
 ght bring us into bondage - to them we did not yield submission even for a 
 moment\, that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Mark 5:1-20\nAt that time\, Jesus came to the other side of the s
 ea\, to the country of the Gergesenes. And when he had come out of the boat
 \, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit\, who lived 
 among the tombs\; and no one could bind him any more\, even with a chain\; 
 for he had often been bound with fetters and chains\, but the chains he wre
 nched apart\, and the fetters he broke in pieces\; and no one had the stren
 gth to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he wa
 s always crying out\, and bruising himself with stones. And when he saw Jes
 us from afar\, he ran and worshiped him\; and crying out with a loud voice\
 , he said\, "What have you to do with me\, Jesus\, Son of the Most High God
 ? I adjure you by God\, do not torment me." For he had said to him\, "Come 
 out of the man\, you unclean spirit!" And Jesus asked him\, "What is your n
 ame?" He replied\, "My name is Legion\; for we are many." And he begged him
  eagerly not to send them out of the country. Now a great herd of swine was
  feeding there on the hillside\; and they begged him\, "Send us to the swin
 e\, let us enter them." So he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came
  out\, and entered the swine\; and the herd\, numbering about two thousand\
 , rushed down the steep bank into the sea\, and were drowned in the sea.\n\
 nThe herdsmen fled\, and told it in the city and in the country. And people
  came to see what it was that had happened. And they came to Jesus\, and sa
 w the demoniac sitting there\, clothed and in his right mind\, the man who 
 had had the legion\; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told w
 hat had happened to the demoniac and to the swine. And they began to beg Je
 sus to depart from their neighborhood. And as he was getting into the boat\
 , the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be wi
 th him. But he refused\, and said to him\, "Go home to your friends\, and t
 ell them how much the Lord has done for you\, and how he has had mercy on y
 ou." And he went away and began to proclaim in the Dekapolis how much Jesus
  had done for him\; and all men marveled.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas of Egypt\; Victor and Stephanie\; Martyr Vincent\; Theodore the 
 Studite\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God
  who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts
  to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chri
 st.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tran
 scendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way
 \, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, b
 ut not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the 
 body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested 
 in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for
  Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal fl
 esh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the sam
 e spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we 
 too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus w
 ill raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For 
 it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people 
 it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  14:1\, 12-15\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the home of a certain ruler of 
 the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread. And he said to the man who had i
 nvited him\, "When you give a dinner or a banquet\, do not invite your frie
 nds or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors\, lest they also inv
 ite you in return\, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast\, invite t
 he poor\, the maimed\, the lame\, the blind\, and you will be blessed\, bec
 ause they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the j
 ust." When one of those who sat at table with him heard this\, he said to h
 im\, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\; Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\; Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\; Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:8
 -12\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that God would justify the Genti
 les by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham\, saying\, "in you
  shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, those who are men of faith ar
 e blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all who rely on works of the law 
 are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed be every one who does not a
 bide by all things written in the book of the law\, and do them." Now it is
  evident that no man is justified before God by the law\; for "the righteou
 s shall live by faith"\; but the law does not rest on faith\, for "He who d
 oes them shall live by them."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord sa
 id this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed which
  a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it grew and became a tree\, and t
 he birds of the air made nests in its branches." And again he said\, "To wh
 at shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven which a woman took
  and hid in three measures of flour\, till it was all leavened." He went on
  his way through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying toward Jeru
 salem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, will those who are saved be few?"
  And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by the narrow door\; for many\, I t
 ell you\, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the householde
 r has risen up and shut the door\, you will begin to stand outside and to k
 nock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to us.' He will answer you\, 'I do
  not know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say\, 'We ate and dr
 ank in your presence\, and you taught in our streets.' But he will say\, 'I
  tell you\, I do not know where you come from\; depart from me\, all you wo
 rkers of iniquity!' There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see A
 braham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and y
 ou yourselves thrust out. And men will come from east and west\, and from n
 orth and south\, and sit at table in the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\; Andronicus & his wife Athanasia 
 of Egypt\; Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\; The Righteous Patriarch Abraha
 m and his nephew Lot\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, G
 od has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\;
  because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We
  are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, bu
 t you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the prese
 nt hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, 
 and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when p
 ersecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have bec
 ome\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all th
 ings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my b
 eloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do no
 t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the g
 ospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9
 :36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassi
 on for them\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like sheep without 
 a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but
  the laborers are few\; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out 
 laborers into his harvest."\n\nAnd he called to him his twelve disciples an
 d gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal
  every disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are th
 ese: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James t
 he son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas 
 and Matthew the tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos ca
 lled Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed hi
 m. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gent
 iles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost shee
 p of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of h
 eaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast o
 ut demons. You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\; Sergius II\, Patriarch of Con
 stantinople\; Anthousa the Righteous of Constantinople\; Akakios of Kavsoka
 lyvia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 29:13-23\n And the Lo
 rd said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with 
 their lips\, while their hearts are far from me\, and their fear of me is a
  commandment of men learned by rote\; therefore\, behold\, I will again do 
 marvelous things with this people\, wonderful and marvelous\; and the wisdo
 m of their wise men shall perish\, and the discernment of their discerning 
 men shall be hid."  Woe to those who hide deep from the LORD their counsel\
 , whose deeds are in the dark\, and who say\, "Who sees us? Who knows us?" 
  You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay\; th
 at the thing made should say of its maker\, "He did not make me"\; or the t
 hing formed say of him who formed it\, "He has no understanding"?  \n\n Is 
 it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitfu
 l field\, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?  In that da
 y the deaf shall hear the words of a book\, and out of their gloom and dark
 ness the eyes of the blind shall see.  The meek shall obtain fresh joy in t
 he LORD\, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.  Fo
 r the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease\, and all who wat
 ch to do evil shall be cut off\, who by a word make a man out to be an offe
 nder\, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate\, and with an empty
  plea turn aside him who is in the right.  \n\n Therefore thus says the LOR
 D\, who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no m
 ore be ashamed\, no more shall his face grow pale.  For when he sees his ch
 ildren\, the work of my hands\, in his midst\, they will sanctify my name\;
  they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\, and will stand in awe of the Go
 d of Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-7\n Now the LORD said t
 o Abram\, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to
  the land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a great nation\, an
 d I will bless you\, and make your name great\, so that you will be a bless
 ing.  I will bless those who bless you\, and him who curses you I will curs
 e\; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves."  \n\n
  So Abram went\, as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went with him. Abram wa
 s seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.  And Abram took Sarai
  his wife\, and Lot his brother's son\, and all their possessions which the
 y had gathered\, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran\; and they s
 et forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Can
 aan\, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem\, to the oak of
  Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  Then the LORD appear
 ed to Abram\, and said\, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he
  built there an altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to him.\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Proverbs 14:15-26\nThe simple believes everything\, but the pru
 dent looks where he is going.  A wise man is cautious and turns away from e
 vil\, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.  A man of quick temp
 er acts foolishly\, but a man of discretion is patient.  The simple acquire
  folly\, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.  The evil bow down bef
 ore the good\, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.  The poor is disli
 ked even by his neighbor\, but the rich has many friends.  He who despises 
 his neighbor is a sinner\, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.  Do the
 y not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithful
 ness.  In all toil there is profit\, but mere talk tends only to want.  The
  crown of the wise is their wisdom\, but folly is the garland of fools.  A 
 truthful witness saves lives\, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.  In t
 he fear of the LORD one has strong confidence\, and his children will have 
 a refuge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pimen the Great\; Holy Martyr Phanurius\; Anthousa the Martyr\; Poimen
  of Palestine\; Hosisos the Confessor\; Liverios\, Pope of Rome\; Monica\n\
 nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:29-38\nBrethren\, what do people mean by
  being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all\, 
 why are people baptized on their behalf? Why am I in peril every hour? I pr
 otest\, brethren\, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord
 \, I die every day! What do I gain if\, humanly speaking\, I fought with be
 asts at Ephesos? If the dead are not raised\, "Let us eat and drink\, for t
 omorrow we die." Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals." Come 
 to your right mind\, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I 
 say this to your shame. But some one will ask\, "How are the dead raised? W
 ith what kind of body do they come?" You foolish man! What you sow does not
  come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body which is to 
 be\, but a bare kernel\, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. But God give
 s it a body as he has chosen\, and to each kind of seed its own body.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 21:23-27\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered the templ
 e\, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was
  teaching\, and said\, "By what authority are you doing these things\, and 
 who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask you a 
 question\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also will tell you by wha
 t authority I do these things. The baptism of John\, whence was it? From he
 aven or from men?" And they argued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From he
 aven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we s
 ay\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for all hold that John w
 as a prophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to th
 em\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachus\, Martyrs of Tarsus\; Symeon the New 
 Theologian\; Cosmas the Hymnographer\, Bishop of Maiuma\; Domnina the Marty
 r\; Wilfrid of York\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22\;3:1-7\nBrethren\
 , you are no longer strangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citizens 
 with the saints and members of the household of God\, built upon the founda
 tion of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerst
 one\, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy 
 temple in the Lord in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place 
 of God in the Spirit. For this reason I\, Paul\, a prisoner for Christ Jesu
 s on behalf of you Gentiles -- assuming that you have heard of the stewards
 hip of God's grace that was given to me for you\, how the mystery was made 
 known to me by revelation\, as I have written briefly. When you read this y
 ou can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ\, which was not made 
 known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed t
 o his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit\; that is\, how the Gentiles
  are fellow heirs\, members of the same body\, and partakers of the promise
  in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this gospel I was made a minister a
 ccording to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the working of hi
 s power.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through 
 cities and villages\, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom o
 f God. And the twelve were with him\, and also some women who had been heal
 ed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom sev
 en demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\,
  and Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia\; Cleopas and Artemas
  of the 70 Apostles\; Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Colossians 2:13-20\nBrethren\, you who were dead in trespasses and the 
 uncircumcision of your flesh\, Christ made alive together with him\, having
  forgiven us all our trespasses\, having canceled the bond which stood agai
 nst us with its legal demands\; this he set aside\, nailing it to the cross
 . He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of th
 em\, triumphing over them in him. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you
  in questions of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon 
 or a sabbath. These are only a shadow of what is to come\; but the substanc
 e belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you\, insisting on self-abasemen
 t and worship of angels\, taking his stand on visions\, puffed up without r
 eason by his sensuous mind\, and not holding fast to the Head\, from whom t
 he whole body\, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligament
 s\, grows with a growth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the el
 emental spirits of the universe\, why do you live as if you still belonged 
 to the world?\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:29-33\nAt that time\, when the cro
 wds were increasing\, Jesus began to say\, "This generation is an evil gene
 ration\; it seeks a sign\, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign
  of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh\, so will the S
 on of man be to this generation. The queen of the South will arise at the j
 udgment with the men of this generation and condemn them\; for she came fro
 m the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon\, and behold\, someth
 ing greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will arise at the judg
 ment with this generation and condemn it\; for they repented at the preachi
 ng of Jonah\, and behold\, something greater than Jonah is here. No one aft
 er lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel\, but on a stand\,
  that those who enter may see the light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council\; Carpus\, Papylus\, Agathodorus\
 , & Agathonica\, the Martyrs of Pergamus\; Benjamin the Deacon\; Chryssi th
 e New Martyr of Greece\; Meletios of Pegas\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Flor
 entios the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Hieromartyr Jacob of Hamatoura\n\nMatin
 s Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the 
 tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; an
 d he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day] two of them w
 ere going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, an
 d talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While t
 hey were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went
  with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to t
 hem\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as y
 ou walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleo
 pas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not kn
 ow the things that have happened there in these days?" And He said to them\
 , "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who
  was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and 
 how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death\
 , and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel.
  Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. 
 Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early
  in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came back saying that 
 they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of
  those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women h
 ad said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\,
  and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it
  necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into this g
 lory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted to th
 em in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So they drew near t
 o the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, b
 ut they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening
  and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He wa
 s at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and g
 ave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; and He
  vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts
  burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to us t
 he scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; an
 d they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, wh
 o said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they
  told what had happened on the road and how He was known to them in the bre
 aking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the 
 saying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that those who
  have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; th
 ese are excellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, 
 genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprof
 itable and futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him on
 ce or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a person
  is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or 
 Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have deci
 ded to spend the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and 
 Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people lear
 n to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, 
 and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Gree
 t those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 8:5-15\nThe Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow hi
 s seed\; and as he sowed\, some fell along the path\, and was trodden under
  foot\, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock\; a
 nd as it grew up\, it withered away\, because it had no moisture. And some 
 fell among thorns\; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fel
 l into good soil and grew\, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his discip
 les asked him what this parable meant\, he said\, "To you it has been given
  to know the secrets of the kingdom of God\; but for others they are in par
 ables\, so that seeing they may not see\, and hearing they may not understa
 nd. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along th
 e path are those who have heard\; then the devil comes and takes away the w
 ord from their hearts\, that they may not believe and be saved. And the one
 s on the rock are those who\, when they hear the word\, receive it with joy
 \; but these have no root\, they believe for a while and in time of temptat
 ion fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns\, they are those who h
 ear\, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches a
 nd pleasures of life\, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in 
 the good soil\, they are those who\, hearing the word\, hold it fast in an 
 honest and good heart\, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said th
 ese things\, he cried out "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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 sts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\; Rom
 anos\, Prince of Uglich\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\; Cumine the Whi
 te\, Abbot of Iona\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins 
 Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus sp
 read through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. The discip
 les of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to him two of 
 his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come
 \, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come to him\, they s
 aid\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to
  come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured many of disea
 ses and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed 
 sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have seen and hear
 d: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, an
 d the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached
  to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messen
 gers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "W
 hat did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind
 ? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\,
  those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts
 . What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more t
 han a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messe
 nger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' I tell you\
 , among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet he who is least
  in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this all the pe
 ople and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized with the b
 aptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of 
 God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: I
 I Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine 
 out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the kno
 wledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treas
 ure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God
  and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexe
 d\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down
 \, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so 
 that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we 
 live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the li
 fe of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in 
 us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had w
 ho wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak
 \, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus 
 and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so 
 that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\
 , to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, w
 hen John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by hi
 s disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look
  for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear an
 d see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleanse
 d and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good n
 ews preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me." As the
 y went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did
  you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What 
 then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those w
 ho wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see?
  A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom 
 it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall 
 prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of wo
 men there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is le
 ast in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the 
 Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men o
 f violence take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied un
 til John\; and if you are willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to com
 e. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\; Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\; Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 ; Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 
 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all
  one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\,
  "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregatio
 n I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\
 , "Here am I\, and the children God has given me. Since therefore the child
 ren share in flesh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same natu
 re\, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, t
 hat is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were s
 ubject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is con
 cerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made lik
 e his brethren in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and fa
 ithful high priest in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins o
 f the people. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is 
 able to help those who are tempted. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWh
 en the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph
  in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to 
 Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for
  the child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother
  by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of H
 erod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of
  Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been 
 tricked by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed al
 l the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years 
 old or under\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise
  men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice 
 was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her 
 children\; she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But whe
 n Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph 
 in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the l
 and of Israel\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he ros
 e and took the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But w
 hen he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod
 \, he was afraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to t
 he district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, t
 hat what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be calle
 d a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\; Joseph the Hymnographer
 \; Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Isaiah 10:12-20\n When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion an
 d on Jerusalem he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria 
 and his haughty pride.  For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have don
 e it\, and by my wisdom\, for I have understanding\; I have removed the bou
 ndaries of peoples\, and have plundered their treasures\; like a bull I hav
 e brought down those who sat on thrones.  My hand has found like a nest the
  wealth of the peoples\; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so 
 I have gathered all the earth\; and there was none that moved a wing\, or o
 pened the mouth\, or chirped."  Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hew
 s with it\, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a ro
 d should wield him who lifts it\, or as if a staff should lift him who is n
 ot wood!  Therefore the Lord\, the LORD of hosts\, will send wasting sickne
 ss among his stout warriors\, and under his glory a burning will be kindled
 \, like the burning of fire.  The light of Israel will become a fire\, and 
 his Holy One a flame\; and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in
  one day.  The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will d
 estroy\, both soul and body\, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away
 .  The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can w
 rite them down.  In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the
  house of Jacob will no more lean upon him that smote them\, but will lean 
 upon the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, in truth.\n\nOld Testament Reading
 : Genesis 7:6-9\n Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters c
 ame upon the earth.  And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives
  with him went into the ark\, to escape the waters of the flood.  Of clean 
 animals\, and of animals that are not clean\, and of birds\, and of everyth
 ing that creeps on the ground\, two and two\, male and female\, went into t
 he ark with Noah\, as God had commanded Noah.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Pro
 verbs 9:12-18\nIf you are wise\, you are wise for yourself\; if you scoff\,
  you alone will bear it.  A foolish woman is noisy\; she is wanton and know
 s no shame.  She sits at the door of her house\, she takes a seat on the hi
 gh places of the town\, calling to those who pass by\, who are going straig
 ht on their way\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" And to him w
 ho is without sense she says\,  "Stolen water is sweet\, and bread eaten in
  secret is pleasant."  But he does not know that the dead are there\, that 
 her guests are in the depths of Sheol.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 16th Sunday of Matthew\; Blaise the Hieromartyr of Sebastia\; Theodora
  the Empress\; Finding of the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of t
 he Holy Forerunner\; George the Serbian\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9
 -20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first
  to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and t
 old those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they h
 eard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it
 .\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were w
 alking into the country. And they went back and told the rest\, but they di
 d not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they
  sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of hear
 t\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And
  He said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whol
 e creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does
  not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who be
 lieve: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongue
 s\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it wi
 ll not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will re
 cover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken
  up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went fort
 h and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed t
 he message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Cori
 nthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not t
 o accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I 
 have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, no
 w is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no 
 obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry
 \, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great 
 endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonme
 nts\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbea
 rance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and t
 he power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and 
 for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We ar
 e treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known
 \; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as so
 rrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having
  nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:14-
 30\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man going on a journey called his servan
 ts and entrusted to them his property\; to one he gave five talents\, to an
 other two\, to another one\, to each according to his ability. Then he went
  away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with th
 em\; and he made five talents more. So also\, he who had the two talents ma
 de two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in
  the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of
  those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had receive
 d the five talents came forward\, bringing five talents more\, saying\, 'Ma
 ster\, you delivered to me five talents\; here I have made five talents mor
 e.' His master said to him\, 'Well done\, good and faithful servant\; you h
 ave been faithful over a little\, I will set you over much\; enter into the
  joy of your master.' And he also who had the two talents came forward\, sa
 ying\, 'Master\, you delivered to me two talents\; here I have made two tal
 ents more.' His master said to him\, 'Well done\, good and faithful servant
 \; you have been faithful over a little\, I will set you over much\; enter 
 into the joy of your master.' He also who had received the one talent came 
 forward\, saying\, 'Master\, I knew you to be a hard man\, reaping where yo
 u did not sow\, and gathering where you did not winnow\; so I was afraid\, 
 and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'
  But his master answered him\, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew t
 hat I reap where I have not sowed\, and gather where I have not winnowed? T
 hen you ought to have invested my money with the bankers\, and at my coming
  I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent f
 rom him\, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to every one who 
 has will more be given\, and he will have abundance\; but from him who has 
 not\, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant i
 nto the outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." As he 
 said these things he cried out: "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear!"\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\; Our Righteous Father John\, B
 ishop and Hesychast\; Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\; Theodore\, Archb
 ishop of Alexandria\; Angelis the New Martyr\; Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nFa
 st Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 3:8-13\nBrethren\
 , if you stand fast in the Lord\, what thanksgiving can we render to God fo
 r you\, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God\, prayin
 g earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what 
 is lacking in your faith? Now may our God and Father himself\, and our Lord
  Jesus\, direct our way to you\; and may the Lord make you increase and abo
 und in love to one another and to all men\, as we do to you\, so that he ma
 y establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father\, 
 at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay th
 eir hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues an
 d prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name'
 s sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore 
 in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give 
 you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to wit
 hstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers
  and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you wil
 l be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will peri
 sh. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lette
 r to the Philippians 4:10-23\nBrethren\, I rejoice in the Lord greatly that
  now at length you have revived your concern for me\; you were indeed conce
 rned for me\, but you had no opportunity. Not that I complain of want\; for
  I have learned\, in whatever state I am\, to be content. I know how to be 
 abased\, and I know how to abound\; in any and all circumstances I have lea
 rned the secret of facing plenty and hunger\, abundance and want. I can do 
 all things in him who strengthens me. Yet it was kind of you to share my tr
 ouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gos
 pel\, when I left Macedonia\, no church entered into partnership with me in
  giving and receiving except you only\; for even in Thessalonica you sent m
 e help once and again. Not that I seek the gift\; but I seek the fruit whic
 h increases to your credit. I have received full payment\, and more\; I am 
 filled\, having received from Epaphroditos the gifts you sent\, a fragrant 
 offering\, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supp
 ly every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To
  our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Greet every saint in 
 Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. All the saints greet 
 you\, especially those of Caesar's household. The grace of the Lord Jesus C
 hrist be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:22-24\nThe Lord
  said\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one kno
 ws who the Son is except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son a
 nd any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the disc
 iples he said privately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For
  I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and 
 did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Nativity\; 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Hero
 d in Bethlehem\; Our Righteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of
  the Unsleeping Ones\; Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\; Afterf
 east of the Nativity\; George\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, 
 Kanons\, and Troparia\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\
 nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\,
  he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what
  had happened. That very day] two of them were going to a village named Emm
 aus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about 
 all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing 
 together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were 
 kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversation
  which you are holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood still\,
  looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you th
 e only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened
  there in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said t
 o him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed an
 d word before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers
  delivered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had 
 hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it
  is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our com
 pany amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find
  His body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of a
 ngels\, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to 
 the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did not s
 ee." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe al
 l that the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ shoul
 d suffer these things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses 
 and all the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the thi
 ngs concerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were
  going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying
 \, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." 
 So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He took t
 he bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes w
 ere opened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. Th
 ey said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked 
 to us on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose th
 at same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered
  together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen ind
 eed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the r
 oad and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel
  which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it fro
 m man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Chr
 ist. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the
  church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judais
 m beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I fo
 r the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I w
 as born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his S
 on to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not 
 confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who wer
 e apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned t
 o Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\,
  and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles e
 xcept James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen th
 e wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a
  dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt
 \, and remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for the 
 child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother by n
 ight\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of Herod.
  This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egyp
 t have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been trick
 ed by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed all the
  male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old o
 r under\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.
  Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was h
 eard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her child
 ren\; she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But when Her
 od died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Eg
 ypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the land o
 f Israel\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose and
  took the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But when h
 e heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he
  was afraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the di
 strict of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that w
 hat was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a N
 azarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Pol
 yeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\; Eustratios the Wonderworker\; P
 eter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa\
 ; Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTi
 mothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what 
 you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who wi
 ll be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Ch
 rist Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, sin
 ce his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowne
 d unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer w
 ho ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for 
 the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Chri
 st\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\
 , the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. 
 But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the 
 sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus wit
 h its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:9-15\nIn those days Jesus ca
 me from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  And wh
 en he came up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and 
 the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\,
  "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."  The Spirit immedia
 tely drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty 
 days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with the wild beasts\; and the angels 
 ministered to him. Now after John was arrested\, Jesus came into Galilee\, 
 preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\, "The time is fulfilled\, and the
  kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and believe in the gospel."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council\; Aquila the 
 Apostle among the 70\; Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor\, Archbishop of
  Thessalonica\; Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Peter the New Hier
 omartyr and the four New Martyrs of Melissourgeio Kissamos\; Justus the Mar
 tyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the fi
 rst day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He ha
 d cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him\, as
  they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been 
 seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in anoth
 er form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country. And they we
 nt back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. After this He ap
 peared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them 
 for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed th
 ose who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the 
 world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is b
 aptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And 
 these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out
  demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and
  if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay the
 ir hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, 
 after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at th
 e right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while th
 e Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attende
 d it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying i
 s sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that those who have be
 lieved in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are 
 excellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealog
 ies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable a
 nd futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him once or tw
 ice\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perv
 erted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos
  to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to s
 pend the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos 
 on their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to app
 ly themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not 
 to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those 
 who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the 
 world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and pu
 t it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the hou
 se.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works
  and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have com
 e to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but
  to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass aw
 ay\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accompli
 shed.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teac
 hes men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who do
 es them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\; Polychronios the Martyr
 \; Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\; John the Hermit of Crete\;
  Jonah of Manchuria\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:39-45\nBrethren\, 
 not all flesh is alike\, but there is one kind for men\, another for animal
 s\, another for birds\, and another for fish. There are celestial bodies an
 d there are terrestrial bodies\; but the glory of the celestial is one\, an
 d the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun\, 
 and another glory of the moon\, and another glory of the stars\; for star d
 iffers from star in glory. So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What
  is sown is perishable\, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dish
 onor\, it is raised in glory.  It is sown in weakness\, it is raised in pow
 er. It is sown a physical body\, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is
  a physical body\, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written\, "Th
 e first man Adam became a living being"\; the last Adam became a life-givin
 g spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:27-32\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed b
 y\, he saw a tax collector\, named Levi\, sitting at the tax office\; and h
 e said to him\, "Follow me." And he left everything\, and rose and followed
  him. And Levi made him a great feast in his house\; and there was a large 
 company of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them. And the Ph
 arisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples\, saying\, "Why do
  you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" And Jesus answered the
 m\, "Those who are well have no need of a physician\, but those who are sic
 k\; I have not come to call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250929
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\; Martyr Petronius\; Malachi the New 
 Righteous Martyr of Lindos\; Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza\; Dionysios I\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy
 \, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, sel
 f-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ J
 esus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by
  the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\
 , no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a ma
 n is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him i
 n a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bea
 r one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 4:38-44\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Simon's house. Now Simon's m
 other-in-law was ill with a high fever\, and they besought him for her. And
  he stood over her and rebuked the fever\, and it left her\; and immediatel
 y she rose and served them. Now when the sun was setting\, all those who ha
 d any that were sick with various diseases brought them to him\; and he lai
 d his hands on every one of them and healed them. And demons also came out 
 of many\, crying\, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them\, and woul
 d not allow them to speak\, because they knew that he was the Christ. And w
 hen it was day he departed and went into a lonely place. And the people sou
 ght him and came to him\, and would have kept him from leaving them\; but h
 e said to them\, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the 
 other cities also\; for I was sent for this purpose." And he was preaching 
 in the synagogues of Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Luke\; Charitina the Martyr\; Methodia the Righteous of 
 Kimolos\; Eudokimos the Unknown of Mount Athos\; Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, H
 ermogenes & Tikhon\, Metropolitans of Moscow\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke
  24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and st
 ood among His disciples and said to them\, "Peace be with you." But they we
 re startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He sa
 id to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your h
 earts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see
 \; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when H
 e had said this\, He showed them His hands and His feet. And while they sti
 ll disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anythin
 g here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\
 , and He took it and ate before them. Then He said to them\, "These are My 
 words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything w
 ritten about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be
  fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and 
 said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on t
 he third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of si
 ns should be preached in His name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem
 . You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of My 
 Father upon you\; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power fro
 m on high." Then He led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His han
 ds\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was
  carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem
  with great joy\, and were continually in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpist
 le Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18\; 7:1\nBret
 hren\, you are the temple of the living God\; as God said\, "I will live in
  them and move among them\, and I will be their God\, and they shall be my 
 people. Therefore come out from them\, and be separate from them\, says the
  Lord\, and touch nothing unclean\; then I will welcome you\, and I will be
  a father to you\, and you shall be my sons and daughters\, says the Lord A
 lmighty."\n\nSince we have these promises\, beloved\, let us cleanse oursel
 ves from every defilement of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in
  the fear of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:31-36\nThe Lord said\, "As you 
 wish that men would do to you\, do so to them. If you love those who love y
 ou\, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
  And if you do good to those who do good to you\, what credit is that to yo
 u? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hop
 e to receive\, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, t
 o receive as much again. But love your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, e
 xpecting nothing in return\; and your reward will be great\, and you will b
 e sons of the Most High\; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish.
  Be merciful\, even as your Father is merciful."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\; Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\; Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Pe
 ter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for they were fis
 hermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of m
 en." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from t
 here he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brot
 her\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he c
 alled them. Immediately they left their boat and their father\, and followe
 d him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and pre
 aching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirm
 ity among the people.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, 
 God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\
 ; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. W
 e are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, b
 ut you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the pres
 ent hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\,
  and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when 
 persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have be
 come\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all t
 hings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my 
 beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do n
 ot have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the 
 gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:3
 5-51\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he l
 ooked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The tw
 o disciples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, an
 d saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said
  to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Where are you staying?" He said 
 to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying\; and they
  stayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two
  who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's broth
 er. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found the
  Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at hi
 m\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cepha
 s" (which means Peter). \n\n The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. A
 nd he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Beths
 aida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and said to h
 im\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrot
 e\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him\, "Can an
 ything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and see." Jes
 us saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite i
 ndeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?
 " Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the 
 fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of
  God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to 
 you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see greater 
 things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, yo
 u will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending u
 pon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 10:11-21\;11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture says\, "No one 
 who believes in God will be put to shame." For there is no distinction betw
 een Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upo
 n all who call upon him. For\, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lo
 rd will be saved." But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not b
 elieved? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? 
 And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach unless 
 they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful are the feet of those who 
 preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed the gospel\; for Isaiah say
 s\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard from us?" So faith comes fro
 m what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I
  ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice has gone ou
 t to all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the world." Again I ask
 \, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, "I will make you jealous o
 f those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.
 " Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been found by those who did no
 t seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me." But of Is
 rael he says\, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and 
 contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected his people? By no means! 
 I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraham\, a member of the tribe 
 of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed on\, he saw a man cal
 led Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." A
 nd he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at table in the house\, behol
 d\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his di
 sciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they said to his disciples\, "Wh
 y does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard
  it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need of a physician\, but those
  who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sac
 rifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pimen the Great\; Holy Martyr Phanurius\; Anthousa the Martyr\; Poimen
  of Palestine\; Hosisos the Confessor\; Liverios\, Pope of Rome\; Monica\n\
 nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:3-9\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace fr
 om God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always
  for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus\, 
 that in every way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledg
 e - even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you - so that you a
 re not lacking in any spiritual gift\, as you wait for the revealing of our
  Lord Jesus Christ\; who will sustain you to the end\, guiltless in the day
  of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful\, by whom you were called into t
 he fellowship of his Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 19:3-12\nAt that time\, Pharisees came up to Jesus and tested him by aski
 ng\, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered\, "Hav
 e you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and 
 female\, and said\, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mothe
 r and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they 
 are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, l
 et not man put asunder." They said to him\, "Why then did Moses command one
  to give a certificate of divorce\, and to put her away?" He said to them\,
  "For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives\, but 
 from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wi
 fe\, except for unchastity\, and marries another\, commits adultery." The d
 isciples said to him\, "If such is the case of a man with his wife\, it is 
 not expedient to marry." But he said to them\, "Not all men can receive thi
 s saying\, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who ha
 ve been so from birth\, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by
  men\, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake 
 of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this\, let him receive 
 it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Kastinos\, Arc
 hbishop of Constantinople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord s
 aid to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he wh
 o does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, t
 hat man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shep
 herd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\,
  and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought
  out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for the
 y know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from
  him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used
  with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jes
 us again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of th
 e sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did
  not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\
 , and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:2
 6-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high prie
 st\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above 
 the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifice
 s daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did 
 this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints me
 n in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came
  later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  N
 ow the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, on
 e who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, 
 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man bu
 t by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the 
 door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out 
 and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I c
 ame that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shephe
 rd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hirel
 ing and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming
  and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters t
 hem.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I
  am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father kn
 ows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I
  have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, an
 d they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lazarus Saturday\; Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\; Ri
 ghteous Amphilochios of Patmos\; Leonidas and Charissa\, Nike\, Galene\, Ka
 llida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine
  and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:28-29\;13:1-8\nBRETHREN\, 
 let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, and thus
  let us offer to God acceptable worship\, with reverence and awe\; for our 
 God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to sho
 w hospitality to strangers\, for thereby some have entertained angels unawa
 res. Remember those who are in prison\, as though in prison with them\; and
  those who are ill-treated\, since you also are in the body. Let marriage b
 e held in honor among all\, and let the marriage bed be undefiled\; for God
  will judge the immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of mo
 ney\, and be content with what you have\; for he has said\, "I will never f
 ail you nor forsake you." Hence we can confidently say\, "The Lord is my he
 lper\, I will not be afraid\; what can man do to me?" Remember your leaders
 \, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their l
 ife\, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today
  and for ever. \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:1-45\nAt that time\, a certain m
 an was ill\, Lazaros of Bethany\, from the village of Mary and her sister M
 artha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet w
 ith her hair\, whose brother Lazaros was ill. So the sisters sent to him\, 
 saying\, "Lord\, he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it he said\
 , "This illness is not unto death\; it is for the glory of God\, so that th
 e Son of God may be glorified by means of it."\n\n Now Jesus loved Martha a
 nd her sister and Lazaros. So when he heard that he was ill\, he stayed two
  days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disc
 iples\, "Let us go into Judea again." The disciples said to him\, "Rabbi\, 
 the Jews were but now seeking to stone you\, and are you going there again?
 " Jesus answered\, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks
  in the day\, he does not stumble\, because he sees the light of this world
 . But if any one walks in the night\, he stumbles\, because the light is no
 t in him." Thus he spoke\, and then he said to them\, "Our friend Lazaros h
 as fallen asleep\, but I go to awake him out of sleep." The disciples said 
 to him\, "Lord\, if he has fallen asleep\, he will recover." Now Jesus had 
 spoken of his death\, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 
 Then Jesus told them plainly\, "Lazaros is dead\; and for your sake I am gl
 ad that I was not there\, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." T
 homas\, called the Twin\, said to his fellow disciples\, "Let us also go\, 
 that we may die with him."\n\n Now when Jesus came\, he found that Lazaros 
 had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem\, about 
 two miles off\, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console
  them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming\, s
 he went and met him\, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus\, "
 Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not have died. And even now 
 I know that whatever you ask from God\, God will give you." Jesus said to h
 er\, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him\, "I know that he w
 ill rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her\, "I
  am the resurrection and the life\; he who believes in me\, though he die\,
  yet shall he live\, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. 
 Do you believe this?" She said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe that you ar
 e the Christ\, the Son of God\, he who is coming into the world."\n\n When 
 she had said this\, she went and called her sister Mary\, saying quietly\, 
 "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she heard it\, she r
 ose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village\, bu
 t was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who were w
 ith her in the house\, consoling her\, saw Mary rise quickly and go out\, t
 hey followed her\, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 
 Then Mary\, when she came where Jesus was and saw him\, fell at his feet\, 
 saying to him\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not have di
 ed." When Jesus saw her weeping\, and the Jews who came with her also weepi
 ng\, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled\; and he said\, "Where have
  you laid him?" They said to him\, "Lord\, come and see." Jesus wept. So th
 e Jews said\, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said\, "Could not he
  who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"\n\n T
 hen Jesus\, deeply moved again\, came to the tomb\; it was a cave\, and a s
 tone lay upon it. Jesus said\, "Take away the stone." Martha\, the sister o
 f the dead man\, said to him\, "Lord\, by this time there will be an odor\,
  for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her\, "Did I not tell you t
 hat if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" So they took away
  the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said\, "Father\, I thank you t
 hat you have heard me. I knew that you have heard me always\, but I have sa
 id this on account of the people standing by\, that they may believe that y
 ou did send me." When he had said this\, he cried with a loud voice\, "Laza
 ros\, come out." The dead man came out\, his hands and feet bound with band
 ages\, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them\, "Unbind him\
 , and let him go." Many of the Jews therefore\, who had come with Mary and 
 had seen what he did\, believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\; Mark\, Aristarchos\, and
  Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\; Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gide
 on the Righteous\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 3:8-21\nBreth
 ren\, to me\, though I am the very least of all the saints\, this grace was
  given\, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ\, and 
 to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God 
 who created all things\; that through the church the manifold wisdom of God
  might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly p
 laces. This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in C
 hrist Jesus our Lord\, in whom we have boldness and confidence of access th
 rough our faith in him. So l ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffe
 ring for you\, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before t
 he Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, from whom every family in heaven and o
 n earth is named\, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant y
 ou to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man\, and 
 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith\, that you\, being roote
 d and grounded in love\, may have power to comprehend with all the saints w
 hat is the breadth and length and height and depth\, and to know the love o
 f Christ which surpasses knowledge\, that you may be filled with the fulnes
 s of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far m
 ore abundantly than all that we ask or think\, to him be glory in the churc
 h and in Christ Jesus to all generations\, for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 5:33-39\nAt that time\, the Pharisees came to Jesus and sa
 id to him\, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and offer prayers\, an
 d so do the disciples of the Pharisees\, but yours eat and drink?" And Jesu
 s said to them\, "Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is 
 with them? The days will come\, when the bridegroom is taken away from them
 \, and then they will fast in those days." He told them a parable also: "No
  one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an old garment\; if 
 he does\, he will tear the new\, and the piece from the new will not match 
 the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins\; if he does\, the new
  wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled\, and the skins will be d
 estroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after d
 rinking old wine desires new\; for he says\, 'The old is better.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas of Egypt\; Victor and Stephanie\; Martyr Vincent\; Theodore the 
 Studite\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God
  who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts
  to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chri
 st.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tran
 scendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way
 \, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, b
 ut not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the 
 body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested 
 in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for
  Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal fl
 esh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the sam
 e spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we 
 too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus w
 ill raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For 
 it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people 
 it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  9:37-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus had come down from the mountain\, a great
  crowd met him. And behold\, a man from the crowd cried\, "Teacher\, I beg 
 you to look upon my son\, for he is my only child\; and behold\, a spirit s
 eizes him\, and he suddenly cries out\; it convulses him till he foams\, an
 d shatters him\, and will hardly leave him. And I begged your disciples to 
 cast it out\, but they could not." Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perver
 se generation\, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your 
 son here." While he was coming the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Je
 sus rebuked the unclean spirit\, and healed the boy\, and gave him back to 
 his father. And all were astonished at the majesty of God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\; The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:20-27\nBrethren
 \, I shall not be at all ashamed\, but that with full courage now as always
  Christ will be honored in my body\, whether by life or by death. For to me
  to live is Christ\, and to die is gain. If it is to be life in the flesh\,
  that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 
 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Chris
 t\, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on
  your account. Convinced of this\, I know that I shall remain and continue 
 with you all\, for your progress and joy in the faith\, so that in me you m
 ay have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus\, because of my coming to you 
 again. Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Matthew 27:33-54\nAt that time\, when the soldiers came to a
  place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull)\, they offered hi
 m wine to drink\, mingled with gall\; but when he tasted it\, he would not 
 drink it. And when they had crucified him\, they divided his garments among
  them by casting lots\; then they sat down and kept watch over him there. A
 nd over his head they put the charge against him\, which read\, "This is Je
 sus the King of the Jews." Then two robbers were crucified with him\, one o
 n the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided him\, wagg
 ing their heads and saying\, "You who would destroy the temple and build it
  in three days\, save yourself! If you are the Son of God\, come down from 
 the cross." So also the chief priests\, with the scribes and elders\, mocke
 d him\, saying\, "He saved others\; he cannot save himself. He is the King 
 of Israel\; let him come down now from the cross\, and we will believe in h
 im. He trusts in God\; let God deliver him now\, if he desires him\; for he
  said\, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with him
  also reviled him in the same way. \n\n Now from the sixth hour there was d
 arkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Je
 sus cried with a loud voice\, "Eli\, Eli\, lama sabachthani?" that is\, "My
  God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders heari
 ng it said\, "This man is calling Elijah." And one of them at once ran and 
 took a sponge\, filled it with vinegar\, and put it on a reed\, and gave it
  to him to drink. But the others said\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah w
 ill come to save him." And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded 
 up his spirit. \n\n And behold\, the curtain of the temple was torn in two\
 , from top to bottom\; and the earth shook\, and the rocks were split\; the
  tombs also were opened\, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asle
 ep were raised\, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they we
 nt into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those wh
 o were with him\, keeping watch over Jesus\, saw the earthquake and what to
 ok place\, they were filled with awe\, and said\, "Truly this was the Son o
 f God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the New\; Herodion the Apostle of the 70\; Stephen the Wonder
 worker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 29:13-23\n And the L
 ord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with
  their lips\, while their hearts are far from me\, and their fear of me is 
 a commandment of men learned by rote\; therefore\, behold\, I will again do
  marvelous things with this people\, wonderful and marvelous\; and the wisd
 om of their wise men shall perish\, and the discernment of their discerning
  men shall be hid."  Woe to those who hide deep from the LORD their counsel
 \, whose deeds are in the dark\, and who say\, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"
   You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay\; t
 hat the thing made should say of its maker\, "He did not make me"\; or the 
 thing formed say of him who formed it\, "He has no understanding"?  \n\n Is
  it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitf
 ul field\, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?  In that d
 ay the deaf shall hear the words of a book\, and out of their gloom and dar
 kness the eyes of the blind shall see.  The meek shall obtain fresh joy in 
 the LORD\, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.  F
 or the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease\, and all who wa
 tch to do evil shall be cut off\, who by a word make a man out to be an off
 ender\, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate\, and with an empt
 y plea turn aside him who is in the right.  \n\n Therefore thus says the LO
 RD\, who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no 
 more be ashamed\, no more shall his face grow pale.  For when he sees his c
 hildren\, the work of my hands\, in his midst\, they will sanctify my name\
 ; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\, and will stand in awe of the G
 od of Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-7\n Now the LORD said 
 to Abram\, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house t
 o the land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a great nation\, a
 nd I will bless you\, and make your name great\, so that you will be a bles
 sing.  I will bless those who bless you\, and him who curses you I will cur
 se\; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves."  \n\
 n So Abram went\, as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went with him. Abram w
 as seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.  And Abram took Sara
 i his wife\, and Lot his brother's son\, and all their possessions which th
 ey had gathered\, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran\; and they 
 set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Ca
 naan\, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem\, to the oak o
 f Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  Then the LORD appea
 red to Abram\, and said\, "To your descendants I will give this land." So h
 e built there an altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to him.\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Proverbs 14:15-26\nThe simple believes everything\, but the pr
 udent looks where he is going.  A wise man is cautious and turns away from 
 evil\, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.  A man of quick tem
 per acts foolishly\, but a man of discretion is patient.  The simple acquir
 e folly\, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.  The evil bow down be
 fore the good\, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.  The poor is disl
 iked even by his neighbor\, but the rich has many friends.  He who despises
  his neighbor is a sinner\, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.  Do th
 ey not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfu
 lness.  In all toil there is profit\, but mere talk tends only to want.  Th
 e crown of the wise is their wisdom\, but folly is the garland of fools.  A
  truthful witness saves lives\, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.  In 
 the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence\, and his children will have
  a refuge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Saturday after Pascha\; Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\,
  Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius\, Paulinus and Benedimus\; Stephen I\, Patria
 rch of Constantinople\; Julian the Martyr\; Euphrasia the Martyr of Nicea\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:21-32\nIn those days\, the apostles entered the t
 emple and taught. Now the high priest came and those who were with him and 
 called together the council and all the senate of Israel\, and sent to the 
 prison to have them brought. But when the officers came\, they did not find
  them in the prison\, and they returned and reported\, 'We found the prison
  securely locked and the sentries standing at the doors\, but when we opene
 d it we found no one inside." Now when the captain of the temple and the ch
 ief priests heard these words\, they were much perplexed about them\, wonde
 ring what this would come to. And some one came and told them\, "The men wh
 om you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people." T
 hen the captain with the officers went and brought them\, but without viole
 nce\, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.\n\nAnd when they 
 had brought them\, they set them before the council. And the high priest qu
 estioned them\, saying\, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name
 \, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to 
 bring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and the apostles answered\, "We 
 must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you
  killed by hanging on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader a
 nd Savior\, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. And we ar
 e witnesses to these things\, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given 
 to those who obey him."\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:14-27\nAt that time\, whe
 n the people saw the sign which Jesus had done\, they said\, "This is indee
 d the prophet who is to come into the world!"\n\nPerceiving then that they 
 were about to come and take him by force to make him king\, Jesus withdrew 
 again to the mountain by himself.\n\nWhen evening came\, his disciples went
  down to the sea\, entered a boat\, and started across the sea to Capernaum
 . It was now dark\, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea rose becaus
 e a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles\
 , they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat. They were
  frightened\, but he said to them\, "It is I\; do not be afraid." Then they
  were glad to take him into the boat\, and immediately the boat was at the 
 land to which they were going.\n\nOn the next day the people who remained o
 n the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there\, a
 nd that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples\, but that his di
 sciples had gone away alone. However\, boats from Tiberias came near the pl
 ace where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. So when the p
 eople saw that Jesus was not there\, nor his disciples\, they themselves en
 tered the boats and went to Capernaum\, seeking Jesus.\n\nWhen they found h
 im on the other side of the sea\, they said to him\, "Rabbi\, when did you 
 come here?" Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you seek 
 me\, not because you saw signs\, but because you ate your fill of the loave
 s. Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but for the food which endure
 s to eternal life which the Son of man will give to you\; for on him has Go
 d the Father set his seal."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; 
 The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy 
 Prophetess Anna\; Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spetses\; 
 Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos \; Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener o
 f Japan\; Ansgar of Hamburg-Bremen\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRE
 THREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have 
 come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\
 , that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Pla
 ce\, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus secu
 ring an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with t
 he blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for t
 he purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, wh
 o through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, purif
 y your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. \n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 2:25-38\nAt that time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name 
 was Symeon and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolat
 ion of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed 
 to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen t
 he Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and 
 when the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to th
 e custom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,
  "Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; fo
 r my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence 
 of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to 
 your people Israel." And his father and his mother marveled at what was sai
 d about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold
 \, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a 
 sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul 
 also)\, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed." And there was a 
 prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she w
 as of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years from her virg
 inity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from th
 e temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up 
 at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were
  looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\; Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\; Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\; John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\; Righteous Philotheus\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6-11\
 nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sow
 s bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made u
 p his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful
  giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance\, s
 o that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundanc
 e for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to
  the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to th
 e sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and incr
 ease the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way f
 or great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 7:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum. Now a
  centurion had a slave who was dear to him\, who was sick and at the point 
 of death. When he heard of Jesus\, he sent to him elders of the Jews\, aski
 ng him to come and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus\, they besou
 ght him earnestly\, saying\, "He is worthy to have you do this for him\, fo
 r he loves our nation\, and he built us our synagogue." And Jesus went with
  them. When he was not far from the house\, the centurion sent friends to h
 im\, saying to him\, "Lord\, do not trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy 
 to have you come under my roof\; therefore I did not presume to come to you
 . But say the word\, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man set under
  authority\, with soldiers under me: and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\
 ; and to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\; and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' an
 d he does it." When Jesus heard this he marveled at him\, and turned and sa
 id to the multitude that followed him\, "I tell you\, not even in Israel ha
 ve I found such faith." And when those who had been sent returned to the ho
 use\, they found the slave well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Catania\; Our Holy Father Nipho
 nus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracle
  in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\; Afterfeast of the Transfig
 uration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:12-19\nBrethren\, if Christ i
 s preached as raised from the dead\, how can some of you say that there is 
 no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead\, 
 then Christ has not been raised\; if Christ has not been raised\, then our 
 preaching is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God\, because
  we testified of God that he raised Christ\, whom he did not raise if it is
  true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised\, then C
 hrist has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised\, your faith is fu
 tile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep
  in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ\, w
 e are of all men most to be pitied.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-22\nAt
  that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing
  a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leav
 es only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And t
 he fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, say
 ing\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "Tru
 ly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not only d
 o what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mountain
 \, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever you 
 ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Phocas the Gardener\; Martyrs I
 saac\, Martin\, and the 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monastery\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:28-31\; 5:1-10\nBrethren\, we\
 , like Isaac\, are children of promise. But as at that time he who was born
  according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit
 \, so it is now. But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and h
 er son\; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the fre
 e woman." So\, brethren\, we are not children of the slave but of the free 
 woman. For freedom Christ has set us free\; stand fast therefore\, and do n
 ot submit again to a yoke of slavery. Now I\, Paul\, say to you that if you
  receive circumcision\, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify ag
 ain to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the who
 le law. You are severed from Christ\, you who would be justified by the law
 \; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit\, by faith\, we 
 wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcisio
 n nor uncircumcision is of any avail\, but faith working through love. You 
 were running well\; who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasio
 n is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I 
 have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine\; an
 d he who is troubling you will bear his judgment\, whoever he is.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, who had been re
 proved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, and for all the evil thi
 ngs that Herod had done\, added this to them all\, that he shut up John in 
 prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, and when Jesus also had bee
 n baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened\, and the Holy Spirit de
 scended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a voice came from heaven\
 , "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa\; Hermas\, Patrob
 os\, Gaios\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:17-25\; 4:1\nBrethren\
 , whatever you do\, in word or deed\, do everything in the name of the Lord
  Jesus\, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives\, be subject to
  your husbands\, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands\, love your wives\, an
 d do not be harsh with them. Children\, obey your parents in everything\, f
 or this pleases the Lord. Fathers\, do not provoke your children\, lest the
 y become discouraged. Slaves\, obey in everything those who are your earthl
 y masters\, not with eyeservice\, as men-pleasers\, but in singleness of he
 art\, fearing the Lord. Whatever your task\, work heartily\, as serving the
  Lord and not men\, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inherit
 ance as your reward\; you are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer wi
 ll be paid back for the wrong he has done\, and there is no partiality. Mas
 ters\, treat your slaves justly and fairly\, knowing that you also have a M
 aster in heaven.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:42-46\nThe Lord said to the Jew
 s who had come to him\, "Woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue a
 nd every herb\, and neglect justice and the love of God\; these you ought t
 o have done\, without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you 
 love the best seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market places. 
 Woe to you! For you are like graves which are not seen\, and men walk over 
 them without knowing it." One of the lawyers answered him\, "Teacher\, in s
 aying this you reproach us also." And he said\, "Woe to you lawyers also! F
 or you load men with burdens hard to bear\, and you yourselves do not touch
  the burdens with one of your fingers."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Ca
 pito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius\; Lavrentios of Megara\, the 
 Righteous\; Paul the Simple\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 4:20-21\;5:1-21\nBel
 oved\, if any one says\, "I love God\," and hates his brother\, he is a lia
 r\; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen\, cannot love God
  whom he has not seen.  And this commandment we have from him\, that he who
  loves God should love his brother also.\n\nEvery one who believes that Jes
 us is the Christ is a child of God\, and every one who loves the parent lov
 es the child.  By this we know that we love the children of God\, when we l
 ove God and obey his commandments.  For this is the love of God\, that we k
 eep his commandments.  And his commandments are not burdensome.  For whatev
 er is born of God overcomes the world\; and this is the victory that overco
 mes the world\, our faith.  Who is it that overcomes the world but he who b
 elieves that Jesus is the Son of God?\n\nThis is he who came by water and b
 lood\, Jesus Christ\, not with the water only but with the water and the bl
 ood.  And the Spirit is the witness\, because the Spirit is the truth.  The
 re are three witnesses\, the Spirit\, the water\, and the blood\; and these
  three agree.  If we receive the testimony of men\, the testimony of God is
  greater\; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to hi
 s Son.  He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.  He
  who does not believe God has made him a liar\, because he has not believed
  in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.  And this is the testimony
 \, that God gave us eternal life\, and this life is in his Son.  He who has
  the Son has life\; he who has not the Son of God has not life.\n\nI write 
 this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God\, that you may know t
 hat you have eternal life.  And this is the confidence which we have in him
 \, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.  And if we kn
 ow that he hears us in whatever we ask\, we know that we have obtained the 
 requests made of him.  If any one sees his brother committing what is not a
  mortal sin\, he will ask\, and God will give him life for those whose sin 
 is not mortal.  There is sin which is mortal\; I do not say that one is to 
 pray for that.  All wrongdoing is sin\, but there is sin which is not morta
 l.\n\nWe know that any one born of God does not sin\, but He who was born o
 f God keeps him\, and the evil one does not touch him.\n\nWe know that we a
 re of God\, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.\n\nAnd we 
 know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding\, to know 
 him who is true\; and we are in him who is true\, in his Son Jesus Christ. 
  This is the true God and eternal life.  Little children\, keep yourselves 
 from idols.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:1-15\nAt that time\, the chi
 ef priests\, with the elders\, and scribes and the whole council held a con
 sultation\; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pila
 te.  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he answere
 d him\, "You have said so."  And the chief priests accused him of many thin
 gs.  And Pilate again asked him\, "Have you no answer to make?  See how man
 y charges they bring against you."  But Jesus made no further answer\, so t
 hat Pilate wondered.  Now at the feast he used to release for them one pris
 oner for whom they asked.  And among the rebels in prison\, who had committ
 ed murder in the insurrection\, there was a man called Barabbas.  And the c
 rowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.  
 And he answered them\, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the J
 ews?"  For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had 
 delivered him up.  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him r
 elease for them Barabbas instead.  And Pilate again said to them\, "Then wh
 at shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"  And they c
 ried out again\, "Crucify him."  And Pilate said to them\, "Why\, what evil
  has he done?"  But they shouted all the more\, "Crucify him."  So Pilate\,
  wishing to satisfy the crowd\, released for them Barabbas\; and having sco
 urged Jesus\, he delivered him to be crucified.\n\n
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 , Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Luke\; Averkios\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker
 \, Bishop of Hierapolis\; Seven Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of
  the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the J
 ews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you
 ." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the 
 disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Pea
 ce be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send you." And when H
 e had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "Receive the Holy 
 Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain 
 the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, call
 ed the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples tol
 d him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unless I see in His
  hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nail
 s\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eight days later\,
  His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them. The door
 s were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\, "Peace be with
  you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see My hands\; 
 and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be faithless\, but
  believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\
 , "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have n
 ot seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of
  the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these are written
  that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that 
 believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:
 11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached 
 by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I ta
 ught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have he
 ard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of God viole
 ntly and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my 
 own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of 
 my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born\, and had ca
 lled me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order 
 that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh an
 d blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me
 \, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then aft
 er three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with h
 im fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord
 's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39\nAt that time\, as Jesus arrive
 d at the country of the Gadarenes\, there met him a man from the city who h
 ad demons\; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a ho
 use but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus\, he cried out and fell down bef
 ore him\, and said with a loud voice\, "What have you to do with me\, Jesus
 \, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you\, do not torment me." For he had
  commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it h
 ad seized him\; he was kept under guard\, and bound with chains and fetters
 \, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jes
 us then asked him\, "What is your name?" And he said\, "Legion"\; for many 
 demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart i
 nto the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside\
 ; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then 
 the demons came out of the man and entered the swine\, and the herd rushed 
 down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw w
 hat happened\, they fled\, and told it in the city and in the country. Then
  people went out to see what had happened\, and they came to Jesus\, and fo
 und the man from whom the demons had gone\, sitting at the feet of Jesus\, 
 clothed and in his right mind\; and they were afraid. And those who had see
 n it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then a
 ll the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depa
 rt from them\; for they were seized with great fear\; so he got into the bo
 at and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might
  be with him\; but he sent him away\, saying\, "Return to your home\, and d
 eclare how much God has done for you." And he went away\, proclaiming throu
 ghout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, Rufus\, Asyncritu
 s\, Phlegon\, and Hermes\; The Holy New Martyr John the Ship-Builder who wa
 s martyred in Kos\; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\; Celestine\, Pope
  of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 49:6-10\nThus says
  the LORD: "I will give you as a light to the nations\, that my salvation m
 ay reach to the end of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Redeemer of Is
 rael and his Holy One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by the nations\, 
 the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, and they shal
 l prostrate themselves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\, the Holy O
 ne of Israel\, who has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a time of favo
 r I have answered you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you\; I have ke
 pt you and given you as a covenant to the people\, to establish the land\, 
 to apportion the desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\, 'Come forth
 \,' to those who are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways
 \, on all bare heights shall be their pasture\; they shall not hunger or th
 irst\, neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he who has pit
 y on them will lead them\, and by springs of water will guide them.\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Genesis 31:3-16\n Then the LORD said to Jacob\, "Return 
 to the land of your fathers and to your kindred\, and I will be with you." 
  So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock wa
 s\, and said to them\, "I see that your father does not regard me with favo
 r as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.  You know th
 at I have served your father with all my strength\; yet your father has che
 ated me and changed my wages ten times\, but God did not permit him to harm
  me.  If he said\, 'The spotted shall be your wages\,' then all the flock b
 ore spotted\; and if he said\, 'The striped shall be your wages\,' then all
  the flock bore striped.  Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father
 \, and given them to me.  In the mating season of the flock I lifted up my 
 eyes\, and saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock wer
 e striped\, spotted\, and mottled.  Then the angel of God said to me in the
  dream\, 'Jacob\,' and I said\, 'Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up your e
 yes and see\, all the goats that leap upon the flock are striped\, spotted\
 , and mottled\; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.  I am the G
 od of Bethel\, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise\
 , go forth from this land\, and return to the land of your birth.'"  Then R
 achel and Leah answered him\, "Is there any portion or inheritance left to 
 us in our father's house?  Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he
  has sold us\, and he has been using up the money given for us.  All the pr
 operty which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our ch
 ildren\; now then\, whatever God has said to you\, do."\n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Proverbs 21:3-21\nTo do righteousness and justice is more acceptable
  to the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty eyes and a proud heart\, the lamp of 
 the wicked\, are sin.  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance\,
  but every one who is hasty comes only to want.  The getting of treasures b
 y a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.  The violence of
  the wicked will sweep them away\, because they refuse to do what is just. 
  The way of the guilty is crooked\, but the conduct of the pure is right.  
 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared wit
 h a contentious woman.  The soul of the wicked desires evil\; his neighbor 
 finds no mercy in his eyes.  When a scoffer is punished\, the simple become
 s wise\; when a wise man is instructed\, he gains knowledge.  The righteous
  observes the house of the wicked\; the wicked are cast down to ruin.  He w
 ho closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be he
 ard.  A gift in secret averts anger\; and a bribe in the bosom\, strong wra
 th.  When justice is done\, it is a joy to the righteous\, but dismay to ev
 ildoers.  A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the 
 assembly of the dead.  He who loves pleasure will be a poor man\; he who lo
 ves wine and oil will not be rich.  The wicked is a ransom for the righteou
 s\, and the faithless for the upright.  It is better to live in a desert la
 nd than with a contentious and fretful woman.  Precious treasure remains in
  a wise man's dwelling\, but a foolish man devours it.  He who pursues righ
 teousness and kindness will find life and honor.\n\n
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 ncritus\, Phlegon\, and Hermes
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Moses the Black of Scete\; Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\; 33 Martyr
 s of Nicomedea\; Job of Pochaev \; Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:4-12\nBrethren\, if it seems 
 advisable that I should go also\, they will accompany me. I will visit you 
 after passing through Macedonia\, for I intend to pass through Macedonia\, 
 and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter\, so that you may
  speed me on my journey\, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now j
 ust in passing\; I hope to spend some time with you\, if the Lord permits. 
 But I will stay in Ephesos until Pentecost\, for a wide door for effective 
 work has opened to me\, and there are many adversaries. When Timothy comes\
 , see that you put him at ease among you\, for he is doing the work of the 
 Lord\, as I am. So let no one despise him. Speed him on his way in peace\, 
 that he may return to me\; for I am expecting him with the brethren. As for
  our brother Apollos\, I strongly urge him to visit you with the other bret
 hren\, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has
  the opportunity.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:28-32\nThe Lord said this p
 arable\, "A man had two sons\; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, g
 o and work in the vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but aft
 erward he repented and went. And he went to the second and said the same\; 
 and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the w
 ill of his father?" They said\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, 
 I say to you\, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of Go
 d before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you di
 d not believe him\, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him and
  even when you saw it\, you did not afterward repent and believe him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\; Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-
 for-Christ\; Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\; 853 Martyrs of Thrace who w
 ere drowned\; Manuel the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands o
 n you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\,
  and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. Thi
 s will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your min
 ds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth
  and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or c
 ontradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsme
 n and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated 
 by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your
  endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10
 \nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and w
 hat you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men wh
 o will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier o
 f Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\,
  since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not cr
 owned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farm
 er who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, 
 for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus 
 Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gos
 pel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a crimin
 al. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for 
 the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus
  with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the
  world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you w
 ere of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not o
 f the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates 
 you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than
  his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they ke
 pt my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you o
 n my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come
  and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse
  for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done a
 mong them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but n
 ow they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the wo
 rd that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But
  when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even
  the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness 
 to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the
  beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  Th
 ey will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when wh
 oever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Luke\; Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the M
 ost Holy Theotokos\; Patapius the Righteous of Thebes\; Sosthenes\, Apollo\
 , Cephas\, Tychikos\,  Epaphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of 
 the 70\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWh
 en the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James and
  Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very 
 early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had r
 isen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone f
 or us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone 
 was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a you
 ng man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were 
 amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazaret
 h\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place where 
 they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going befor
 e you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they went 
 out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon t
 hem\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Ephesians 2:14-22\nBrethren\, Christ is our peace\, who has made us 
 both one\, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility\, by abolishi
 ng in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances\, that he might crea
 te in himself one new man in place of the two\, so making peace\, and might
  reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross\, thereby bringing 
 the hostility to an end. And he came and preached peace to you who were far
  off and peace to those who were near\; for through him we both have access
  in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojou
 rners\, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the hous
 ehold of God\, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets\, Chr
 ist Jesus himself being the cornerstone\, in whom the whole structure is jo
 ined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord\; in whom you also a
 re built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 13:10-17\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogu
 es on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for 
 eighteen years\; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 
 And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and said to her\, "Woman\, you are f
 reed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her\, and immediately
  she was made straight\, and she praised God. But the ruler of the synagogu
 e\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath\, said to the people\
 , "There are six days on which work ought to be done\; come on those days a
 nd be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him\, "Y
 ou hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donk
 ey from the manger\, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman
 \, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years\, be loosed fr
 om this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this\, all his adversaries wer
 e put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things tha
 t were done by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\; Holy Martyrs Timot
 hy\, Agapius and Thecla\; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\; Af
 terfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virg
 in Mary\; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: II Corinthians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, our boast is this\, the testimo
 ny of our conscience that we have behaved in the world\, and still more tow
 ard you\, with holiness and godly sincerity\, not by earthly wisdom but by 
 the grace of God. For we write you nothing but what you can read and unders
 tand\; I hope you will understand fully\, as you have understood in part\, 
 that you can be proud of us as we can be of you\, on the day of the Lord Je
 sus.\n\nBecause I was sure of this\, I wanted to come to you first\, so tha
 t you might have a double favor\; I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedo
 nia\, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way
  to Judea. Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans l
 ike a worldly man\, ready to say Yes and No at once? For the Son of God\, J
 esus Christ\, whom we preached among you\, Silvanus and Timothy and I\, was
  not Yes and No\; but in him it is always Yes. For all the promises of God 
 find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Amen through him\, to the g
 lory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:23-33\nAt that time\, Sadducees\
 , who say that there is no resurrection\, came to Jesus\; and they asked hi
 m a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no 
 children\, his brother must marry the widow\, and raise up children for his
  brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us\; the first married\, and
  died\, and having no children left his wife to his brother. So too the sec
 ond and third\, down to the seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In th
 e resurrection\, therefore\, to which of the seven will she be wife? For th
 ey all had her." But Jesus answered them\, "You are wrong\, because you kno
 w neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they
  neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but are like angels of God in he
 aven. And as for the resurrection of the dead\, have you not read what was 
 said to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and 
 the God of Jacob?' He is not God of the dead\, but of the living." And when
  the crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his teaching.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\; Synax
 is of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\; Juvenal\, Patriarch of Jerusa
 lem\; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\; John Maximovitch\, Arch
 bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRE
 THREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanct
 uary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand
  and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place.
  Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having 
 the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all side
 s with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's 
 rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherub
 im of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now spe
 ak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go con
 tinually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into th
 e second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not witho
 ut taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the peopl
 e.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and wen
 t with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered t
 he house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the g
 reeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled wi
 th the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you amo
 ng women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted m
 e\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voi
 ce of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. A
 nd blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what wa
 s spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the
  Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the l
 ow estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will c
 all me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and ho
 ly is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and return
 ed to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Averkios\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker\, Bishop of Hierapol
 is\; Seven Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:
 20-25\nBrethren\, always and for everything give thanks in the name of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. Be subject to one another out of rever
 ence for Christ. Wives\, be subject to your husbands\, as to the Lord. For 
 the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church\, h
 is body\, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ\, s
 o let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. Husbands\, lov
 e your wives\, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 11:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus was praying in a certain 
 place\, and when he ceased\, one of his disciples said to him\, "Lord\, tea
 ch us to pray\, as John taught his disciples." And he said to them\, "When 
 you pray\, say: 'Our Father which art in heaven\, hallowed be your name. Yo
 ur kingdom come. Your will be done\, as in heaven\, so in earth. Give us ea
 ch day our daily bread\; and forgive us our sins\, for we ourselves forgive
  every one who is indebted to us\; and lead us not into temptation\; but de
 liver us from evil.'" And he said to them\, "Which of you who has a friend 
 will go to him at midnight and say to him\, 'Friend\, lend me three loaves\
 ; for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey\, and I have nothing to set
  before him'\; and he will answer from within\, 'Do not bother me\; the doo
 r is now shut\, and my children are with me in bed\; I cannot get up and gi
 ve you anything'? I tell you\, though he will not get up and give him anyth
 ing because he is his friend\, yet because of his importunity he will rise 
 and give him whatever he needs. And I tell you\, Ask\, and it will be given
  you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it will be opened to you. For
  every one who asks receives\, and he who seeks finds\, and to him who knoc
 ks it will be opened."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Monday after Pascha\; Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Germanos\, P
 atriarch of Constantinople\; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim 
 "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts 10:1-16\nIn those days\, at Caesarea there was a man named Cor
 nelius\, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort\, a devout man
  who feared God with all his household\, gave alms liberally to the people\
 , and prayed constantly to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clea
 rly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him\, "Cornelius." 
 And he stared at him in terror\, and said\, "What is it\, Lord?" And he sai
 d to him\, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before G
 od. And now send men to Joppa\, and bring one Simon who is called Peter\; h
 e is lodging with Simon\, a tanner\, whose house is by the seaside." When t
 he angel who spoke to him had departed\, he called two of his servants and 
 a devout soldier from among those that waited on him\, and having related e
 verything to them\, he sent them to Joppa. The next day\, as they were on t
 heir journey and coming near the city\, Peter went up on the housetop to pr
 ay\, about the sixth hour. And he became hungry and desired something to ea
 t\; but while they were preparing it\, he fell into a trance and saw the he
 aven opened\, and something descending\, like a great sheet\, let down by f
 our corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles an
 d birds of the air. And there came a voice to him\, "Rise\, Peter\; kill an
 d eat." But Peter said\, "No\, Lord\; for I have never eaten anything that 
 is common or unclean." And the voice came to him again a second time\, "Wha
 t God has cleansed\, you must not call common." This happened three times\,
  and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:56
 -69\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, "He who eats my fl
 esh and drinks my blood abides in me\, and I in him. As the living Father s
 ent me\, and I live because of the Father\, so he who eats me will live bec
 ause of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven\, not such as the
  fathers ate and died\; he who eats this bread will live forever." This he 
 said in the synagogue\, as he taught at Capernaum.\n\nMany of his disciples
 \, when they heard it\, said\, "This is a hard saying\; who can listen to i
 t?" But Jesus\, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it\, said
  to them\, "Do you take offense at this?" Then what if you were to see the 
 Son of man ascending where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life\
 , the flesh is of no avail\; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit
  and life. But there are some of you that do not believe." For Jesus knew f
 rom the first who those were that did not believe\, and who it was that wou
 ld betray him. And he said\, "This is why I told you that no one can come t
 o me unless it is granted him by the Father."\n\nAfter this many of his dis
 ciples drew back and no longer went about with him. Jesus said to the twelv
 e\, "Do you also wish to go away?" Simon Peter answered him\, "Lord\, to wh
 om shall we go? You have the words of eternal life\; and we have believed\,
  and have come to know\, that you are Christ\, the Son of the living God."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\; Sergios\, Stephen
  and Kastor\; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\; Soldier-martyr
 s of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus
  Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:29-38\nBrethren
 \, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead
  are not raised at all\, why are people baptized on their behalf? Why am I 
 in peril every hour? I protest\, brethren\, by my pride in you which I have
  in Christ Jesus our Lord\, I die every day! What do I gain if\, humanly sp
 eaking\, I fought with beasts at Ephesos? If the dead are not raised\, "Let
  us eat and drink\, for tomorrow we die." Do not be deceived: "Bad company 
 ruins good morals." Come to your right mind\, and sin no more. For some hav
 e no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But some one will ask\, "H
 ow are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish m
 an! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is 
 not the body which is to be\, but a bare kernel\, perhaps of wheat or some 
 other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen\, and to each kind of
  seed its own body.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-27\nAt that time\, whe
 n Jesus entered the temple\, the chief priests and the elders of the people
  came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By what authority are you 
 doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them\
 , "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I 
 also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John
 \, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they argued with one anothe
 r\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not 
 believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\;
  for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not
  know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I 
 do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/31/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\; Holy Women Martyrs Theodote\, Theokti
 ste and Eudoxia\; Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\; Elias Ardounis t
 he New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\; Aed from Ferns\n\nStrict Fast\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body
  of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointed in the ch
 urch first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of mi
 racles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kind
 s of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do 
 all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with ton
 gues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I wil
 l show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men an
 d of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  
 And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowl
 edge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not l
 ove\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body t
 o be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\
 ; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does n
 ot insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not r
 ejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believ
 es all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his 
 twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast the
 m out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus 
 sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no to
 wn of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isra
 el.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  H
 eal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You rece
 ived without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Commemoration o
 f the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins G
 ospel Reading: John 12:28-36\nThe Lord said\, "Father\, glorify your name."
  Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify 
 it again." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. O
 thers said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has
  come for your sake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now
  shall the ruler of this world be cast out: and I\, when I am lifted up fro
 m the earth\, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what de
 ath he was to die. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law tha
 t the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be 
 lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with
  you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness
  overtake you\; he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While
  you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of li
 ght."\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:18-24\nBrethren\, the word of the
  cross is folly to those who are perishing\, but to us who are being saved 
 it is the power of God. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wisdom of t
 he wise\, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wis
 e man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God m
 ade foolish the wisdom of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of God\, the
  world did not know God through wisdom\, it pleased God through the folly o
 f what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greek
 s seek wisdom\, but we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block to Jews 
 and folly to Gentiles\, but to those who are called\, both Jews and Greeks\
 , Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19
 :6-11\, 13-20\, 25-28\, 30\nAt that time\, when the chief priests and the o
 fficers saw him\, they cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pilate said
  to them\, "Take him yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no crime in hi
 m." The Jews answered him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ought to di
 e\, because he has made himself the Son of God."\n\nWhen Pilate heard these
  words\, he was the more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again and said 
 to Jesus\, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate therefore
  said to him\, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power
  to release you\, and power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, "You woul
 d have no power over me unless it had been given you from above\; therefore
  he who delivered me to you has the greater sin." When Pilate heard these w
 ords\, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place ca
 lled the Pavement\, and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Prepara
 tion of the Passover\; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews\, "
 Behold your King!" They cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him\, crucif
 y him!" Pilate said to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priest
 s answered\, "We have no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them 
 to be crucified. So they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing his own cro
 ss\, to the place called the place of a skull\, which is called in Hebrew G
 olgotha. There they crucified him\, and with him two others\, one on either
  side\, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the
  cross\; it read\, "Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Many of the 
 Jews read this title\, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the
  city\; and it was written in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n\nBut stan
 ding by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary
  the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and t
 he disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, 
 behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold your mother!" And 
 from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. Then when Jesus had r
 eceived the vinegar\, he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed his head an
 d gave up his spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\; Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\; Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\,
  Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\
 , and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when El
 izabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Eliz
 abeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "
 Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And wh
 y is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For be
 hold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my wom
 b leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a ful
 fillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My
  soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he
  has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all
  generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great thi
 ngs for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three 
 months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worsh
 ip and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in w
 hich were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is
  called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the H
 oly of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the coven
 ant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding t
 he manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; a
 bove it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these t
 hings we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been ma
 de\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritu
 al duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once
  a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for 
 the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him
  into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's f
 eet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much servi
 ng\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister 
 has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord ans
 wered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many thin
 gs\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall n
 ot be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised h
 er voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the bre
 asts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the
  word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George of Hozeva\; Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\; Atticus a
 nd Cyrus\, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Afterfeast of the Theophany 
 of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Emilianos the Confessor\, Bishop of 
 Cyzikos\; Gregory of the Kiev Caves\; Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakir
 k\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord a
 nd in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you 
 may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  For we are not conten
 ding against flesh and blood\, but against the principalities\, against the
  powers\, against the world rulers of this present darkness\, against the s
 piritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore take the wh
 ole armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day\, and 
 having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having girded your loins w
 ith truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness\, and having
  shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace\; besides all the
 se\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can quench all the flaming
  darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvation\, and the sword o
 f the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-11\
 nAt that time\, Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be te
 mpted by the devil.  And he fasted forty days and forty nights\, and afterw
 ard he was hungry.  And the tempter came and said to him\, "If you are the 
 Son of God\, command these stones to become loaves of bread."  But he answe
 red\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone\, but by every wo
 rd that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"  Then the devil took him to the h
 oly city\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "I
 f you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down\; for it is written\, 'He wi
 ll give his angels charge of you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear you 
 up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"  Jesus said to him\, "Aga
 in\, it is written\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"  Again\, the
  devil took him to a very high mountain\, and showed him all the kingdoms o
 f the world and the glory of them\; and he said to him\, "All these I will 
 give you\, if you will fall down and worship me."  Then Jesus said to him\,
  "Be gone\, Satan! for it is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God
  and him only shall you serve.'"  Then the devil left him\, and behold\, an
 gels came and ministered to him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\; Apodosis of the Presentatio
 n of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew
  25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be comp
 ared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. F
 ive of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took th
 eir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil wi
 th their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slep
 t. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to 
 meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foo
 lish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going
  out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and 
 for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they 
 went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with h
 im to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maide
 ns came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly
 \, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neithe
 r the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confin
 ed under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So 
 that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justifi
 ed by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodi
 an\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as ma
 ny of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither
  Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male no
 r female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, t
 hen you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that t
 he heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he 
 is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees unt
 il the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were
  slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had ful
 ly come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, t
 o redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption a
 s sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd follo
 wed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow 
 of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians
 \, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse
 . She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the cro
 wd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, 
 I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt
  in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in 
 himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in th
 e crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to h
 im\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touche
 d me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowin
 g what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down befo
 re him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, you
 r faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Commemoration o
 f the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 12:28-36\nThe Lord said\, "Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came f
 rom heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd
  standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An ang
 el has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\
 , not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of 
 this world be cast out: and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will d
 raw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die. T
 he crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains
  for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is th
 is Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little lo
 nger. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he w
 ho walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\
 , believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 1:18-24\nBrethren\, the word of the cross is folly to t
 hose who are perishing\, but to us who are being saved it is the power of G
 od. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise\, and the cl
 everness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man? Where is the 
 scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisd
 om of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of God\, the world did not know 
 God through wisdom\, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to 
 save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom\, but 
 we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentile
 s\, but to those who are called\, both Jews and Greeks\, Christ the power o
 f God and the wisdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:6-11\, 13-20\, 25-2
 8\, 30\nAt that time\, when the chief priests and the officers saw him\, th
 ey cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pilate said to them\, "Take him
  yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no crime in him." The Jews answere
 d him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ought to die\, because he has m
 ade himself the Son of God."\n\nWhen Pilate heard these words\, he was the 
 more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus\, "Where ar
 e you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate therefore said to him\, "You 
 will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you\, an
 d power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, "You would have no power over
  me unless it had been given you from above\; therefore he who delivered me
  to you has the greater sin." When Pilate heard these words\, he brought Je
 sus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement\, 
 and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover
 \; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews\, "Behold your King!" T
 hey cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him\, crucify him!" Pilate said 
 to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered\, "We hav
 e no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So 
 they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing his own cross\, to the place ca
 lled the place of a skull\, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha. There they 
 crucified him\, and with him two others\, one on either side\, and Jesus be
 tween them. Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross\; it read\, "
 Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Many of the Jews read this title
 \, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city\; and it was w
 ritten in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n\nBut standing by the cross of
  Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\
 , and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he 
 loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold your son!" Th
 en he said to the disciple\, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour the d
 isciple took her to his own home. Then when Jesus had received the vinegar\
 , he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Barnabas the Holy Apostle\; Revelation 
 of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel\; L
 uke of Simferopol\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to
  his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you reject
 s me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned
  with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name
 !" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Beho
 ld\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and 
 over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless 
 do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice 
 that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in th
 e Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\,
  that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and reve
 aled them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\nEp
 istle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostl
 es as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a 
 spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sa
 ke\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are 
 held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thir
 st\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working wit
 h our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; wh
 en slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the
  refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this 
 to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For thoug
 h you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I
  became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\,
  be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to h
 is disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill canno
 t be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a sta
 nd\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine befor
 e men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who
  is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the proph
 ets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I s
 ay to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, wil
 l pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of
  the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least
  in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be 
 called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\; Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 5:9-13\;6:1-11\nBrethren\, I wrote to you in 
 my letter not to associate with immoral men\; not at all meaning the immora
 l of this world\, or the greedy and robbers\, or idolaters\, since then you
  would need to go out of the world. But rather I wrote to you not to associ
 ate with any one who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of immoralit
 y or greed\, or is an idolater\, reviler\, drunkard\, or robber - not even 
 to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it
  not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outsid
 e. "Drive out the wicked person from among you." When one of you has a grie
 vance against a brother\, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous ins
 tead of the saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? A
 nd if the world is to be judged by you\, are you incompetent to try trivial
  cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more\, matter
 s pertaining to this life! If then you have such cases\, why do you lay the
 m before those who are least esteemed by the church? I say this to your sha
 me. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between 
 members of the brotherhood\, but brother goes to law against brother and th
 at before unbelievers? To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat f
 or you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? But you y
 ourselves wrong and defraud\, and that even your own brethren. Do you not k
 now that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be dec
 eived\; neither the immoral\, nor idolators\, nor adulterers\, nor sexual p
 erverts\, nor thieves\, nor the greedy\, nor drunkards\, nor revilers\, nor
  robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But yo
 u were washed\, you were sanctified\, you were justified in the name of the
  Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  13:54-58\nAt that time\, Jesus came to his own country\, and taught the pe
 ople in their synagogue so that they were astonished\, and said\, "Where di
 d this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpente
 r's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and 
 Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then
  did this man get all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said t
 o them\, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in h
 is own house." And he did not do many mighty works there\, because of their
  unbelief.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Habakkuk the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\; Myrope 
 the Martyr of Chios\; Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia\; Joannicos the Monk of De
 vich\; Theophilos the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Thessalonians 2:20-3:8\nBrethren\, you are our glory and joy. Therefore\
 , when we could bear it no longer\, we were willing to be left behind at At
 hens alone\, and we sent Timothy\, our brother and God's servant in the gos
 pel of Christ\, to establish you in your faith and to exhort you\, that no 
 one be moved by these afflictions. You yourselves know that this is to be o
 ur lot. For when we were with you\, we told you beforehand that we were to 
 suffer affIiction\; just as it has come to pass\, and as you know. For this
  reason\, when I could bear it no longer\, I sent that I might know your fa
 ith\, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor 
 would be in vain. But now that Timothy has come to us from you\, and has br
 ought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always 
 remember us kindly and long to see us\, as we long to see you - for this re
 ason\, brethren\, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted
  about you through your faith\; for now we live\, if you stand fast in the 
 Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:27-44\nAt that time\, there came to Jesus 
 some Sadducees\, those who say that there is no resurrection\, and they ask
 ed him a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for us that if a man's 
 brother dies\, having a wife but no children\, the man must take the wife a
 nd raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers\; the f
 irst took a wife\, and died without children\; and the second and the third
  took her\, and likewise all seven left no children and died. Afterward the
  woman also died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, whose wife will the wom
 an be? For the seven had her as wife." And Jesus said to them\, "The sons o
 f this age marry and are given in marriage\; but those who are accounted wo
 rthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither ma
 rry nor are given in marriage\, for they cannot die any more\, because they
  are equal to angels and are sons of God\, being sons of the resurrection. 
 But that the dead are raised\, even Moses showed\, in the passage about the
  bush\, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and
  the God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the dead\, but of the living\; for 
 all live to him." And some of the scribes answered\, "Teacher\, you have sp
 oken well." For they no longer dared to ask him any question. But he said t
 o them\, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son? For David himsel
 f says in the Book of Psalms\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right 
 hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' David thus calls him 
 Lord\; so how is he his son?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metropolitan of Pentapolis\; Onesiphorus 
 and Porphyrius of Ephesus\; Matrona\, Abbess of Constantinople\; Theoktisti
  of the Isle of Lesbos\; Symeon the Translator\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Jo
 hn 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs 
 in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by
  the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the s
 heep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out
 . When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep
  follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, bu
 t they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." T
 his figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was s
 aying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robber
 s\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by m
 e\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the f
 ruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to
  learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works o
 f darkness\, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of th
 e things that they do in secret\; but when anything is exposed by the light
  it becomes visible\, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore
  it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ sha
 ll give you light." Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men bu
 t as wise\, making the most of the time\, because the days are evil. Theref
 ore do not be foolish\, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do
  not get drunk with wine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the 
 Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, s
 inging and making melody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Matthew 4:25\, 5:1-12\nAt that time\, great crowds followed Jesus from Ga
 lilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
  Seeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat down his 
 disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them\, saying: "B
 lessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blesse
 d are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek\,
  for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst 
 for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful\,
  for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they shal
 l see God. Blessed are the peacemakers\, for they shall be called sons of G
 od. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake\, for thei
 rs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you and persec
 ute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejo
 ice and be glad\, for your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\, and Tertios\, Apost
 les of the 70\; Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\; Holy Father Arsenius of 
 Cappadocia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostle
 s as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a s
 pectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sak
 e\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are h
 eld in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirs
 t\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with
  our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; whe
 n slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the 
 refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this t
 o make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though
  you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I 
 became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, 
 be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:48-59\nThe Lord said\, "Ever
 y one to whom much is given\, of him will much be required\; and of him to 
 whom men commit much they will demand the more. I came to cast fire upon th
 e earth\; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be ba
 ptized with\; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you thi
 nk that I have come to give peace on earth? No\, I tell you\, but rather di
 vision\; for henceforth in one house there will be five divided\, three aga
 inst two and two against three\; they will be divided\, father against son 
 and son against father\, mother against daughter and daughter against her m
 other\, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law again
 st her mother-in-law." \n\n He also said to the multitudes\, "When you see 
 a cloud rising in the west\, you say at once\, 'A shower is coming'\; and s
 o it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing\, you say\, 'There wi
 ll be scorching heat'\; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to int
 erpret the appearance of earth and sky\; but why do you not know how to int
 erpret the present time? \n\n And why do you not judge for yourselves what 
 is right? As you go with your accuser before the magistrate\, make an effor
 t to settle with him on the way\, lest he drag you to the judge\, and the j
 udge hand you over to the officer\, and the officer put you in prison. I te
 ll you\, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Sunday of Matthew\; John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\; Partheni
 os\, Bishop of Arta\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first da
 y of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, 
 which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb
 \, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. Whil
 e they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzli
 ng apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the groun
 d\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He i
 s not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still i
 n Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful 
 men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered Hi
 s words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to
  all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of 
 James and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but the
 se words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But P
 eter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen 
 cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Romans 6:18-23\nBrethren\, having been set free from sin\,
  you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms\, be
 cause of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your member
 s to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity\, so now yield your membe
 rs to righteousness for sanctification.\n\nWhen you were slaves of sin\, yo
 u were free in regard to righteousness. But then what return did you get fr
 om the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is deat
 h. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of G
 od\, the return you get is sanctification and its end\, eternal life. For t
 he wages of sin is death\, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Chri
 st Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:5-13\nAt that time\, as Jes
 us entered Capernaum\, a centurion came forward to him\, beseeching him and
  saying\, "Lord\, my servant is lying paralyzed at home\, in terrible distr
 ess." And he said to him\, "I will come and heal him." But the centurion an
 swered him\, "Lord\, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof\; but o
 nly say the word\, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under auth
 ority\, with soldiers under me\; and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\, an
 d to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\, and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he
  does it." When Jesus heard him\, he marveled\, and said to those who follo
 wed him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, not even in Israel have I found such fait
 h. I tell you\, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abr
 aham\, Isaac\, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven\, while the sons of the k
 ingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness\; there men will weep and gna
 sh their teeth." And to the centurion Jesus said\, "Go\; be it done for you
  as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Wednesday\; Theodore the Trichinas\; Zacchaeus the Apostle of Cae
 saria\; Gregory & Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\; Athanasios\, Founder
  of the Monastery of Meteora\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:17-5
 0\nAt that time\, the crowd that had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus
  out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why 
 the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.  The 
 Pharisees then said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; loo
 k\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to worshi
 p at the feast were some Greeks.  So these came to Philip\, who was from Be
 thsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip
  went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.  And J
 esus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
   Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ear
 th and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit.  He 
 who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will 
 keep it for eternal life.  If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and w
 here I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Fat
 her will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Fat
 her\, save me from this hour'? No\, for this purpose I have come to this ho
 ur.  Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have g
 lorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it 
 and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him."
  Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine.  Now i
 s the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast ou
 t\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to mysel
 f."  He said this to show by what death he was to die.  The crowd answered 
 him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can
  you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Je
 sus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while y
 ou have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the da
 rkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in t
 he light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nWhen Jesus had said this\
 , he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs b
 efore them\, yet they did not believe in him\;  it was that the word spoken
  by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed our rep
 ort\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they co
 uld not believe. For Isaiah again said\,  "He has blinded their eyes and ha
 rdened their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with
  their heart\, and turn for me to heal them."  Isaiah said this because he 
 saw his glory and spoke of him.  Nevertheless many even of the authorities 
 believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\, l
 est they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of m
 en more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He who b
 elieves in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees 
 me sees him who sent me.  I have come as light into the world\, that whoeve
 r believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings an
 d does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to judge the
  world but to save the world.  He who rejects me and does not receive my sa
 yings has a judge\; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the la
 st day.  For I have not spoken on my own authority\; the Father who sent me
  has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know
  that his commandment is eternal life. What I say\, therefore\, I say as th
 e Father has bidden me."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:6-16\nWhen Jesus was
  at Bethany at the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him with a
 n alabaster flask of very expensive ointment and she poured it on his head\
 , as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were indignant\,
  saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a lar
 ge sum\, and given to the poor." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said to them\,
  "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. F
 or you always have the poor with you\, but you will not always have me. In 
 pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. 
 Truly\, I say to you wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world\, 
 what she has done will be told in memory of her." Then one of the twelve\, 
 who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief priests and said\, "What 
 will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces 
 of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Eve
 r Virgin Mary\; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\; Holy Hieromartyr Marce
 llus\, Bishop of Apameia\; Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 10:12-22\nBrethren\, let any
  one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has ov
 ertaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful\, and he will not le
 t you be tempted beyond your strength\, but with the temptation will also p
 rovide the way of escape\, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore\, m
 y beloved\, shun the worship of idols. I speak as to sensible men: judge fo
 r yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless\, is it not a c
 ommunion in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break\, is it not a com
 munion in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread\, we who are many 
 are one body\, for we all partake of the one bread. Consider Israel accordi
 ng to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar
 ? What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything\, or that an
  idol is anything? No\, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to de
 mons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. You cann
 ot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the demons. You cannot partake 
 of the table of the Lord and the table of the demons. Shall we provoke the 
 Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:20
 -24\nAt that time\, Jesus strictly charged the disciples to tell no one tha
 t he was the Christ. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that 
 he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief pr
 iests and scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised. And Pet
 er took him and began to rebuke him\, saying\, "God forbid\, Lord! This sha
 ll never happen to you." But he turned and said to Peter\, "Get behind me\,
  Satan! You are a hindrance to me\; for you are not on the side of God\, bu
 t of men." Then Jesus told his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\
 , let him deny himself\, and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\; Vavylas the Holy Martyr\; Xenia of St. Pet
 ersburg\, Fool-for-Christ\; Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in 
 Cyprus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethre
 n\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, g
 oodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is 
 no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with
  its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by 
 the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no
  envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, y
 ou who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to
  yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so f
 ulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:22-33\nThe Lord said
 \, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So\, if your eye is sound\, your whole
  body will be full of light\; but if your eye is not sound\, your whole bod
 y will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness\, how grea
 t is the darkness! No one can serve two masters\; for either he will hate t
 he one and love the other\, or he will be devoted to the one and despise th
 e other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you\, do not be 
 anxious about your life\, what you shall eat or what you shall drink\, nor 
 about your body\, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food\, and t
 he body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow 
 nor reap nor gather into barns\, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. A
 re you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can a
 dd one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? C
 onsider the lilies of the field\, how they grow\; they neither toil nor spi
 n\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
  of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field\, which today is al
 ive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, will he not much more clothe you
 \, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious\, saying\, 'What shal
 l we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? For the Gentil
 es seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father knows you need them all
 . But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\, and all these things s
 hall be yours as well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samuel the Prophet\; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\; Stephen\, First K
 ing of Hungary\; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\; Oswin the Martyr\, King o
 f Deira\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos a
 nd Ever Virgin Mary\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 3:4-1
 1\nBrethren\, such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God
 . Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from u
 s\; our competence is from God\, who has made us competent to be ministers 
 of a new covenant\, not in a written code but in the Spirit\; for the writt
 en code kills\, but the Spirit gives life.\n\nNow if the dispensation of de
 ath\, carved in letters on stone\, came with such splendor that the Israeli
 tes could not look at Moses' face because of its brightness\, fading as thi
 s was\, will not the dispensation of the Spirit be attended with greater sp
 lendor? For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation\, the
  dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor. Indeed\, in 
 this case\, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all\, be
 cause of the splendor that surpasses it. For if what faded away came with s
 plendor\, what is permanent must have much more splendor.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to
  you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the p
 rophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had live
 d in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in sh
 edding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, th
 at you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the me
 asure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to 
 escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men 
 and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will sc
 ourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you ma
 y come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent A
 bel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered betw
 een the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come 
 upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and
  stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your ch
 ildren together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would 
 not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you wil
 l not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name o
 f the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Prodigal Son\; The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, 
 and Basiliscus\; Theodoretos the Holy Martyr of Antioch\; Nonnita\, mother 
 of Saint David\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, havi
 ng risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and sa
 id to them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, a
 nd supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you trou
 bled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My fee
 t\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh 
 and bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed th
 em His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and w
 ondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him 
 a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate befor
 e them. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, w
 hile I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of 
 Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened th
 eir minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is wri
 tten\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dea
 d\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His n
 ame in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these t
 hings. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in 
 the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them o
 ut as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He
  blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And t
 hey worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were con
 tinually in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 6:12
 -20\nBrethren\, "all things are lawful for me\," but not all things are hel
 pful.  "All things are lawful for me\," but I will not be enslaved by anyth
 ing.  "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God w
 ill destroy both one and the other.  The body is not meant for immorality\,
  but for the Lord\, and the Lord for the body.  And God raised the Lord and
  will also raise us up by his power.  Do you not know that your bodies are 
 members of Christ?  Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make t
 hem members of a prostitute?  Never!  Do you not know that he who joins him
 self to a prostitute becomes one body with her?  For\, as it is written\, "
 The two shall become one flesh."  But he who is united to the Lord becomes 
 one spirit with him.  Shun immorality.  Every other sin which a man commits
  is outside the body\; but the immoral man sins against his own body.  Do y
 ou not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you\, whic
 h you have from God?  You are not your own\; you were bought with a price. 
  So glorify God in your body and in your spirit which belong to God. \n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 15:11-32\nThe Lord said this parable: "There was a man w
 ho had two sons\; and the younger of them said to his father\, 'Father\, gi
 ve me the share of the property that falls to me.'  And he divided his livi
 ng between them.  Not many days later\, the younger son gathered all he had
  and took his journey into a far country\, and there he squandered his prop
 erty in loose living.  And when he had spent everything\, a great famine ar
 ose in that country\, and he began to be in want.  So he went and joined hi
 mself to one of the citizens of that country\, who sent him into his fields
  to feed swine.  And he would gladly have filled his belly with the pods th
 at the swine ate\; and no one gave him anything.  But when he came to himse
 lf he said\, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and 
 to spare\, but I perish here with hunger!  I will arise and go to my father
 \, and I will say to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and befor
 e you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your son\; treat me as one of yo
 ur hired servants.'  And he arose and came to his father.  But while he was
  yet at a distance\, his father saw him and had compassion\, and ran and em
 braced him and kissed him.  And the son said to him\, 'Father\, I have sinn
 ed against heaven and before you\; I am no longer worthy to be called your 
 son.'  But the father said to his servants\, 'Bring quickly the best robe\,
  and put it on him\; and put a ring on his hand\, and shoes on his feet\; a
 nd bring the fatted calf and kill it\, and let us eat and make merry\; for 
 this my son was dead\, and is alive again\; he was lost\, and is found.'  A
 nd they began to make merry.  Now his elder son was in the field\; and as h
 e came and drew near to the house\, he heard music and dancing.  And he cal
 led one of the servants and asked what this meant.  And he said to him\, 'Y
 our brother has come\, and your father has killed the fatted calf\, because
  he has received him safe and sound.'  But he was angry and refused to go i
 n.  His father came out and entreated him\, but he answered his father\, 'L
 o\, these many years I have served you\, and I never disobeyed your command
 \; yet you never gave me a kid\, that I might make merry with my friends.  
 But when this son of yours came\, who has devoured your living with harlots
 \, you killed for him the fatted calf!'  And he said to him\, 'Son\, you ar
 e always with me\, and all that is mine is yours.  It was fitting to make m
 erry and be glad\, for this your brother was dead\, and is alive\; he was l
 ost\, and is found.'"\n\n
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 sts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\; The Consecration of the
  Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\; Cornelius the Centurion
  & Martyr\; Aristides the Philosopher\; Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron 
 Monastery\, Mount Athos\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 2:6-9\nBrethren\, among the mature we do impart wisdom\, althou
 gh it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age\, who are do
 omed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God\, which 
 God decreed before the ages for our glorification. None of the rulers of th
 is age understood this\; for if they had\, they would not have crucified th
 e Lord of glory. But\, as it is written\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear h
 eard\, nor the heart of man conceived\, what God has prepared for those who
  love him."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus 
 came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who
  do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said\, "Some say John the Bap
 tist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He 
 said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You a
 re the Christ\, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him\, "Bless
 ed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to y
 ou\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and o
 n this rock I will build my church\, and the gates of Hades shall not preva
 il against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and what
 ever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on
  earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George the Righteous of Maleon\; Righteous Plato the Studite\; Theonas
 \, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Renovator of the Sacred Monaste
 ry of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkidiki\; Nicetas the Hieromart
 yr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\; Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki
 \; Righteous Zosimas\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 37:33-
 38:6\n"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shal
 l not come into this city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come before it wit
 h a shield\, or cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came\
 , by the same he shall return\, and he shall not come into this city\, says
  the LORD.  For I will defend this city to save it\, for my own sake and fo
 r the sake of my servant David."  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, an
 d slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; an
 d when men arose early in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies
 .  Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed\, and went home and dwelt at N
 ineveh.  And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adramme
 lech and Sharezer\, his sons\, slew him with the sword\, and escaped into t
 he land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. \n\n  In th
 ose days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the
  prophet the son of Amoz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LOR
 D: Set your house in order\; for you shall die\, you shall not recover."  T
 hen Hezekiah turned his face to the wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and sai
 d\, "Remember now\, O LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked before thee
  in faithfulness and with a whole heart\, and have done what is good in thy
  sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isa
 iah:  "Go and say to Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of David your 
 father: I have heard your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will
  add fifteen years to your life.  I will deliver you and this city out of t
 he hand of the king of Assyria\, and defend this city.\n\nOld Testament Rea
 ding: Genesis 13:12-18\n Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwel
 t among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now t
 he men of Sodom were wicked\, great sinners against the LORD.  \n\n The LOR
 D said to Abram\, after Lot had separated from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, a
 nd look from the place where you are\, northward and southward and eastward
  and westward\; for all the land which you see I will give to you and to yo
 ur descendants for ever.  I will make your descendants as the dust of the e
 arth\; so that if one can count the dust of the earth\, your descendants al
 so can be counted.  Arise\, walk through the length and the breadth of the 
 land\, for I will give it to you."  So Abram moved his tent\, and came and 
 dwelt by the oaks of Mamre\, which are at Hebron\; and there he built an al
 tar to the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4\nThe fear of
  the LORD is a fountain of life\, that one may avoid the snares of death.  
 In a multitude of people is the glory of a king\, but without people a prin
 ce is ruined.  He who is slow to anger has great understanding\, but he who
  has a hasty temper exalts folly.  A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh\
 , but passion makes the bones rot.  He who oppresses a poor man insults his
  Maker\, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.  The wicked is overthr
 own through his evil-doing\, but the righteous finds refuge through his int
 egrity.  Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding\, but it is no
 t known in the heart of fools.  Righteousness exalts a nation\, but sin is 
 a reproach to any people.  A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor\
 , but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.  A soft answer turns away
  wrath\, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  The tongue of the wise dispenses
  knowledge\, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.  The eyes of the LORD 
 are in every place\, keeping watch on the evil and the good.  A gentle tong
 ue is a tree of life\, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\; Titus the Apo
 stle of the 70\; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs o
 f Constantinople\; Holy Father John of Karpathos\; Ebba\, First Abbess of C
 oldingham\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:1-5\;2:15\;3:1-2\,12-15\nPAUL\, a ser
 vant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to further the faith of God's 
 elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness\, in ho
 pe of eternal life which God\, who never lies\, promised ages ago and at th
 e proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I hav
 e been entrusted by command of God our Savior\;\n\nTo Titus\, my true child
  in a common faith:\n\nGrace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus
  our Savior.\n\nDeclare these things\; exhort and reprove with all authorit
 y. Let no one disregard you.\n\nRemind them to be submissive to rulers and 
 authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready for any honest work\, to speak e
 vil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to be gentle\, and to show perfect co
 urtesy toward all men.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your 
 best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter th
 ere. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see 
 that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to goo
 d deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\
 nAll who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the 
 faith.\n\nGrace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\n
 The Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city s
 et on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bus
 hel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your li
 ght so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory 
 to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the
  law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them
 .  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota
 \, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever t
 hen relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, sha
 ll be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teac
 hes them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pelagia the Righteous\; Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; Phillip
 \, Bishop of Gortyna\; Taisia the Harlot of Egypt\n\nEpistle Reading: Galat
 ians 5:11-21\nBrethren\, if I still preach circumcision\, why am I still pe
 rsecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. I
  wish those who unsettle you would mutilate themselves! For you were called
  to freedom\, brethren\; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for
  the flesh\, but through love be servants of one another. For the whole law
  is fulfilled in one word\, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But
  if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by 
 one another. But I say\, walk by the Spirit\, and do not gratify the desire
 s of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit\, and t
 he desires of the Spirit are against the flesh\; for these are opposed to e
 ach other\, to prevent you from doing what you would. But if you are led by
  the Spirit you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are plain
 : fornication\, impurity\, licentiousness\, idolatry\, sorcery\, enmity\, s
 trife\, jealousy\, anger\, selfishness\, dissension\, party spirit\, envy\,
  murder\, drunkenness\, carousing\, and the like. I warn you\, as I warned 
 you before\, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
  God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cit
 ies and villages\, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of G
 od. And the twelve were with him\, and also some women who had been healed 
 of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven 
 demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, an
 d Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman\; Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andr
 ew\, Paul\, Christina\, Heraclius\, Paulinus and Benedimus\; Stephen I\, Pa
 triarch of Constantinople\; Julian the Martyr\; Euphrasia the Martyr of Nic
 ea\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, M
 ary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw th
 at the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Si
 mon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to t
 hem\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where 
 they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they
  went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter 
 and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen clo
 ths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following h
 im\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\
 , which had been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled
  up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb fi
 rst\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know
  the scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went b
 ack to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 11:19-30\nIn those days\, thos
 e apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over St
 ephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the wo
 rd to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyr
 ene\, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lor
 d Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number that b
 elieved turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in 
 Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the gra
 ce of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to th
 e Lord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, full of the Holy Sp
 irit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas w
 ent to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found him\, he brought him
  to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a large
  company of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time c
 alled Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to An
 tioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit tha
 t there would be a great famine over all the world\; and this took place in
  the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one according t
 o his ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, and the
 y did so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a city of Samaria\,
  called Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's 
 well was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was with his journey\, sat do
 wn beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\n\nThere came a woman of S
 amaria to draw water. Jesus said to her\, "Give me a drink." For his discip
 les had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to hi
 m\, "How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of me\, a woman of Samaria?" 
 For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her\, "If you kne
 w the gift of God\, and who it is that is saying to you\, 'Give me a drink\
 ,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The 
 woman said to him\, "Sir\, you have nothing to draw with\, and the well is 
 deep\; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father 
 Jacob\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it himself\, and his sons\, a
 nd his cattle?" Jesus said to her\, "Everyone who drinks of this water will
  thirst again\, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will 
 never thirst\; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring 
 of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, give m
 e this water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come here to draw."\n\nJesus sai
 d to her\, "Go\, call your husband\, and come here." The woman answered him
 \, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her\, "You are right in saying\, 'I h
 ave no husband'\; for you have had five husbands\, and he whom you now have
  is not your husband\; this you said truly." The woman said to him\, "Sir\,
  I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain\
 ; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesu
 s said to her\, "Woman\, believe me\, the hour is coming when neither on th
 is mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what 
 you do not know\; we worship what we know\, for salvation is from the Jews.
  But the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the true worshipers will worshi
 p the Father in spirit and truth\, for such the Father seeks to worship him
 . God is spirit\, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and trut
 h." The woman said to him\, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is c
 alled Christ)\; when he comes\, he will show us all things." Jesus said to 
 her\, "I who speak to you am he."\n\nJust then his disciples came. They mar
 veled that he was talking with a woman\, but none said\, "What do you wish?
 " or\, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar\, an
 d went away into the city and said to the people\, "Come\, see a man who to
 ld me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the ci
 ty and were coming to him.\n\nMeanwhile the disciples besought him\, saying
  "Rabbi\, eat." But he said to them\, "I have food to eat of which you do n
 ot know." So the disciples said to one another\, "Has anyone brought him fo
 od?" Jesus said to them\, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me\, a
 nd to accomplish his work. Do you not say\, 'There are yet four months\, th
 en comes the harvest'? I tell you\, lift up your eyes\, and see how the fie
 lds are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages\, and gather
 s fruit for eternal life\, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. F
 or here the saying holds true\, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to
  reap that for which you did not labor\; others have labored\, and you have
  entered into their labor."\n\nMany Samaritans from that city believed in h
 im because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So w
 hen the Samaritans came to him\, they asked him to stay with them\; and he 
 stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They sai
 d to the woman\, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe\, f
 or we have heard ourselves\, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Sav
 ior of the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\; Synaxis of the Russians who were
  perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii
  Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fonda
 minskii\; Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\nFast Day (Wine a
 nd Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: James 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, take as an ex
 ample of suffering and patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the L
 ord. Behold\, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the
  steadfastness of Job\, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord\, how the
  Lord is compassionate and merciful. But above all\, my brethren\, do not s
 wear\, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath\, but let your y
 es be yes and your no be no\, that you may not fall under condemnation. Is 
 any one among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing pr
 aise. Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church\, an
 d let them pray over him\, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord\;
  and the prayer of faith will save the sick man\, and the Lord will raise h
 im up\; and if he has committed sins\, he will be forgiven. Therefore confe
 ss your sins to one another\, and pray for one another\, that you may be he
 aled. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Elijah 
 was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it mig
 ht not rain\, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the ear
 th. Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain\, and the earth brought f
 orth its fruit. My brethren\, if any one among you wanders from the truth a
 nd some one brings him back\, let him know that whoever brings back a sinne
 r from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a 
 multitude of sins.Gospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wo
 ndered at the gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; an
 d they said\, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless 
 you will quote to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we ha
 ve heard you did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he 
 said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
  But in truth\, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days o
 f Elijah\, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when th
 ere came a great famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of 
 them but only to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a wi
 dow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha
 \; and none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they hea
 rd this\, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and
  put him out of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which the
 ir city was built\, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing th
 rough the midst of them he went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/31/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas\; The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop
  of Gangra\; Theophilos the Martyr and those with him\; Innocent\, Enlighte
 ner of Siberia & Alaska\; Akakios the Confessor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus reveal
 ed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed 
 Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of 
 Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples wer
 e together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to h
 im\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but that 
 night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the be
 ach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\
 , "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them
 \, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." S
 o they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantit
 y of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!"
  When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for 
 he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples
  came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far f
 rom the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land\, t
 hey saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said
  to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Pet
 er went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred a
 nd fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not 
 torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disci
 ples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came a
 nd took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now 
 the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised
  from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 1:10-14\;2:1-3\nIN THE BEGINNI
 NG\, Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth in the beginning\, and the heavens
  are the work of thy hands\; they will perish\, but thou remainest\; they w
 ill all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wilt roll them up\, an
 d they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy years will never en
 d." But to what angel has he ever said\, "Sit at my right hand\, till I mak
 e thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all ministering spirits s
 ent forth to serve\, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?\n\n
 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard\, lest we drif
 t away from it. For if the message declared by angels was valid and every t
 ransgression or disobedience received a just retribution\, how shall we esc
 ape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the L
 ord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Mark 2:1-12\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported tha
 t he was at home. And many were gathered together\, so that there was no lo
 nger room for them\, not even about the door\; and he was preaching the wor
 d to them. And they came\, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
  And when they could not get near him because of the crowd\, they removed t
 he roof above him\; and when they had made an opening\, they let down the p
 allet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith\, he said 
 to the paralytic\, "My son\, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scrib
 es were sitting there\, questioning in their hearts\, "Why does this man sp
 eak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immed
 iately Jesus\, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within th
 emselves\, said to them\, "Why do you question thus in your hearts? Which i
 s easier\, to say to the paralytic\, 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say\,
  'Rise\, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may know that the Son o
 f man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said to the paralytic-"I s
 ay to you\, rise\, take up your pallet and go home." And he rose\, and imme
 diately took up the pallet and went out before them all\; so that they were
  all amazed and glorified God\, saying\, "We never saw anything like this!"
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\; Di
 onysios the Orator\; Metrophanes of Mount Athos\; Methodios the Hieromartyr
 \, Bishop of Lampis\; Patermuthius the Monk\; Euthymios of Karelia\; Michae
 l Paknanas the Gardener\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 15:7-16\n
 Brethren\, welcome one another\, as Christ has welcomed you\, for the glory
  of God. For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to 
 show God's truthfulness\, in order to confirm the promises given to the pat
 riarchs\, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. A
 s it is written\, "Therefore I will praise thee among the Gentiles\, and si
 ng to thy name"\; and again it is said\, "Rejoice\, O Gentiles\, with his p
 eople"\; and again\, "Praise the Lord\, all Gentiles\, and let all the peop
 les praise him"\; and further Isaiah says\, "The root of Jesse shall come\,
  he who rises to rule the Gentiles\; in him shall the Gentiles hope." May t
 he God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing\, so that by th
 e power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. I myself am satisfied ab
 out you\, my brethren\, that you yourselves are full of goodness\, filled w
 ith all knowledge\, and able to instruct one another. But on some points I 
 have written to you very boldly by way of reminder\, because of the grace g
 iven me by God to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the prie
 stly service of the gospel of God\, so that the offering of the Gentiles ma
 y be acceptable\, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  12:38-45\nAt that time\, the scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus saying\, 
 "Teacher\, we wish to see a sign from you." But he answered them\, "An evil
  and adulterous generation seeks for a sign\; but no sign shall be given to
  it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and t
 hree nights in the belly of the whale\, so will the Son of man be three day
 s and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will arise
  at the judgment with this generation and condemn it\; for they repented at
  the preaching of Jonah\, and behold\, something greater than Jonah is here
 . The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with this generation an
 d condemn it\; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom o
 f Solomon\, and behold\, something greater than Solomon is here.\n\n"When t
 he unclean spirit has gone out of a man\, he passes through waterless place
 s seeking rest\, but he finds none. Then he says\, 'I will return to my hou
 se from which I came.' And when he comes he finds it empty\, swept\, and pu
 t in order. Then he goes and brings with him seven other spirits more evil 
 than himself\, and they enter and dwell there\; and the last state of that 
 man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil genera
 tion."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Luke\; John the Merciful\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; Nil
 us the Ascetic of Sinai\; Leondos Styppi\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ma
 rtin\, Bishop of Tours\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that 
 time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesu
 s had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some do
 ubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on ea
 rth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, 
 baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, 
 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with
  you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corint
 hians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, a
 nd he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as 
 he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God lov
 es a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in 
 abundance\, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provid
 e in abundance for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\
 , he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who suppli
 es seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resou
 rces and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched i
 n every way for great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgivi
 ng to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:25-37\nAt that time\, a lawyer stood 
 up to put Jesus to the test\, saying\, "Teacher\, what shall I do to inheri
 t eternal life?" He said to him\, "What is written in the law? How do you r
 ead?" And he answered\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your hea
 rt\, and with all your soul\, and with all your strength\, and with all you
 r mind\; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him\, "You have ans
 wered right\; do this\, and you will live." \n\n But he\, desiring to justi
 fy himself\, said to Jesus\, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied\, "A m
 an was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho\, and he fell among robbers\, w
 ho stripped him and beat him\, and departed\, leaving him half dead. Now by
  chance a priest was going down that road\; and when he saw him he passed b
 y on the other side. So likewise a Levite\, when he came to the place and s
 aw him\, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan\, as he journeyed\, c
 ame to where he was\; and when he saw him\, he had compassion\, and went to
  him and bound up his wounds\, pouring on oil and wine\; then he set him on
  his own beast and brought him to an inn\, and took care of him. And the ne
 xt day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper\, saying\, 'T
 ake care of him\; and whatever more you spend\, I will repay you when I com
 e back.' Which of these three\, do you think\, proved neighbor to the man w
 ho fell among the robbers?" He said\, "The one who showed mercy on him." An
 d Jesus said to him\, "Go and do likewise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\; Andonina the New Mar
 tyr\; David the Archbishop\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Jude 1:1-10\nJude\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, and broth
 er of James\,\n\nTo those who are called\, beloved in God the Father and ke
 pt for Jesus Christ:\n\nMay mercy\, peace\, and love be multiplied to you.\
 n\nBeloved\, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation\, I f
 ound it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which 
 was once for all delivered to the saints.  For admission has been secretly 
 gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation\, ungodly
  persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the 
 only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nNow I desire to remind you\, thou
 gh you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord saved a people out 
 of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.  And 
 the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwell
 ing have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the j
 udgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding c
 ities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust\, ser
 ve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.\n\nYet in like
  manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reject authority\, 
 and revile the glorious ones.  But when the archangel Michael\, contending 
 with the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did not presume to p
 ronounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord rebuke you."  
 But these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by those things 
 that they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are destroyed. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 22:39-42\, 45-71\; 23:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus cam
 e out\, he went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disc
 iples followed him.  And when he came to the place he said to them\, "Pray 
 that you may not enter into temptation."  And he withdrew from them about a
  stone's throw\, and knelt down and prayed\, "Father\, if you are willing\,
  remove this cup from me\; nevertheless not my will\, but yours\, be done."
   And when he rose from prayer\, he came to the disciples and found them sl
 eeping for sorrow\, and he said to them\, "Why do you sleep?  Rise and pray
  that you may not enter into temptation."\n\nWhile he was still speaking\, 
 there came a crowd\, and the man called Judas\, one of the twelve\, was lea
 ding them.  He drew near to Jesus to kiss him\; but Jesus said to him\, "Ju
 das\, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"  And when those who wer
 e about him saw what would follow\, they said\, "Lord\, shall we strike wit
 h the sword?"  And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut 
 off his right ear.  But Jesus said\, "No more of this!"  And he touched his
  ear and healed him.  Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of 
 the temple and elders\, who had come out against him\, "Have you come out a
 s against a robber\, with swords and clubs?  When I was with you day after 
 day in the temple\, you did not lay hands on me.  But this is your hour\, a
 nd the power of darkness."\n\nThen they seized him and led him away\, bring
 ing him into the high priest's house.  Peter followed at a distance\; and w
 hen they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down tog
 ether\, Peter sat among them.  Then a maid\, seeing him as he sat in the li
 ght and gazing at him\, said\, "This man also was with him."  But he denied
  it\, saying "Woman\, I do not know him."  And a little later someone else 
 saw him and said\, "You also are one of them."  But Peter said\, "Man\, I a
 m not."  And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted\, sa
 ying\, "Certainly this man also was with him\; for he is a Galilean."  But 
 Peter said\, "Man\, I do not know what you are saying."  And immediately\, 
 while he was still speaking\, the cock crowed.  And the Lord turned and loo
 ked at Peter.  And Peter remembered the word of the Lord\, how he had said 
 to him\, "Before the cock crows today\, you will deny me three times."  And
  he went out and wept bitterly.\n\nNow the men who were holding Jesus mocke
 d him and beat him\; they also blindfolded him and asked him\, "Prophesy!  
 Who is it that struck you?"  And they spoke many other words against him\, 
 reviling him.\n\nWhen day came\, the assembly of the elders of the people g
 athered together\, both chief priests and scribes\; and they led him away t
 o their council\, and they said\, "If you are the Christ\, tell us."  But h
 e said to them\, "If I tell you\, you will not believe\; and if I ask you\,
  you will not answer.  But from now on the Son of man shall be seated at th
 e right hand of the power of God."  And they all said\, "Are you the Son of
  God\, then?"  And he said to them\, "You say that I am."  And they said\, 
 "What further testimony do we need?  We have heard it ourselves from his ow
 n lips."\n\nThen the whole company of them arose\, and brought him before P
 ilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\; The Consecration of the
  Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\; Cornelius the Centurion
  & Martyr\; Aristides the Philosopher\; Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron 
 Monastery\, Mount Athos\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 3:1-4\nHoly brethren\, 
 who share in a heavenly call\, consider Jesus\, the apostle and high priest
  of our confession. He was faithful to him who appointed him\, just as Mose
 s also was faithful in all God's house. Yet Jesus has been counted worthy o
 f as much more glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor th
 an the house. (For every house is built by some one\, but the builder of al
 l things is God.)\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when 
 Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\
 , "Who do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said\, "Some say John t
 he Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets
 ." He said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, 
 "You are the Christ\, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him\, 
 "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed thi
 s to you\, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\,
  and on this rock I will build my church\, and the gates of Hades shall not
  prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, an
 d whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you lo
 ose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Sunday of Matthew\; Sisoes the Great\; Holy Apostles Archippus\, P
 hilemon and Onesimus\; Loukia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Compani
 on Martyrs\; Juliana the Virgin-martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-
 12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb
 \, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled
  away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body of t
 he Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stoo
 d by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their
  faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living a
 mong the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, w
 hile He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into t
 he hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And
  they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this t
 o the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and 
 Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the
  Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not 
 believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\
 , he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at wha
 t had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:18-23\nBrethren\, having been 
 set free from sin\, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking 
 in human terms\, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once 
 yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity\, so n
 ow yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.\n\nWhen you were
  slaves of sin\, you were free in regard to righteousness. But then what re
 turn did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of t
 hose things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have
  become slaves of God\, the return you get is sanctification and its end\, 
 eternal life. For the wages of sin is death\, but the free gift of God is e
 ternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:5-13\nAt
  that time\, as Jesus entered Capernaum\, a centurion came forward to him\,
  beseeching him and saying\, "Lord\, my servant is lying paralyzed at home\
 , in terrible distress." And he said to him\, "I will come and heal him." B
 ut the centurion answered him\, "Lord\, I am not worthy to have you come un
 der my roof\; but only say the word\, and my servant will be healed. For I 
 am a man under authority\, with soldiers under me\; and I say to one\, 'Go\
 ,' and he goes\, and to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\, and to my slave\,
  'Do this\,' and he does it." When Jesus heard him\, he marveled\, and said
  to those who followed him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, not even in Israel hav
 e I found such faith. I tell you\, many will come from east and west and si
 t at table with Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven\, whil
 e the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness\; there me
 n will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the centurion Jesus said\, "Go\;
  be it done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at th
 at very moment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The
  Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
  - Mediatress\; Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokalyvia\, Mount Athos\; Hilar
 y of Poitiers\; Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians
  3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the 
 law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law 
 was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. 
 But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in C
 hrist Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as 
 were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gree
 k\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; fo
 r you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are A
 braham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as 
 long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner 
 of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date s
 et by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to th
 e elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God
  sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem thos
 e who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching the people 
 in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests and the scribes 
 with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what authority you do
  these things\, or who it is that gave you this authority."  He answered th
 em\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the baptism of Joh
 n from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed it with one another\, sayin
 g\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you not believe him
 ?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone us\; for they ar
 e convinced that John was a prophet."  So they answered that they did not k
 now whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by wh
 at authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\; Poulcheria the Empre
 ss\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: II Corinthians 7:10-16\nBrethren\, godly grief produces a repentan
 ce that leads to salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly grief produce
 s death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you\, wh
 at eagerness to clear yourselves\, what indignation\, what alarm\, what lon
 ging\, what zeal\, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselv
 es guiltless in the matter. So although I wrote to you\, it was not on acco
 unt of the one who did the wrong\, nor on account of the one who suffered t
 he wrong\, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in t
 he sight of God.\n\nTherefore we are comforted.\n\nAnd besides our own comf
 ort we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus\, because his mind has been 
 set at rest by you all. For if I have expressed to him some pride in you\, 
 I was not put to shame\; but just as everything we said to you was true\, s
 o our boasting before Titus has proved true. And his heart goes out all the
  more to you\, as he remembers the obedience of you all\, and the fear and 
 trembling with which you received him. I rejoice\, because I have perfect c
 onfidence in you.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever be
 lieves in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son
  into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world might be sa
 ved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned\; he who does not 
 believe is condemned already\, because he has not believed in the name of t
 he only Son of God. And this is the judgment\, that the light has come into
  the world\, and men loved darkness rather than light\, because their deeds
  were evil. For every one who does evil hates the light\, and does not come
  to the light\, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does what is t
 rue comes to the light\, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have be
 en wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ignatius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\; Forefeast of the Nativit
 y of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\; John the New Martyr of Thassos\; Holy Father John of 
 Kronstadt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10
 :32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened
 \, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly e
 xposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so
  treated.  For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accep
 ted the plundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves ha
 d a better possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your
  confidence\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, s
 o that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a
  little while\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my 
 righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the
  house he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they wer
 e silent\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the g
 reatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If
  any one would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And 
 he took a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his 
 arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receiv
 es me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  Jo
 hn said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, 
 and we forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "D
 o not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be abl
 e soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.
   For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink beca
 use you bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Phocas the Gardener\; Martyrs I
 saac\, Martin\, and the 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou Monastery\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 1:7-17\nBrethren\, we have redemption thro
 ugh the blood of Christ\, the forgiveness of our trespasses\, according to 
 the riches of his grace which he lavished upon us. For he has made known to
  us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will\, according to his pu
 rpose which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fulness of time\, to u
 nite all things in him\, things in heaven and things on earth. In him\, acc
 ording to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the c
 ounsel of his will\, we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and ap
 pointed to live for the praise of his glory. In him you also\, who have hea
 rd the word of truth\, the gospel of your salvation\, and have believed in 
 him\, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit\, which is the guarantee of
  our inheritance until we acquire possession of it\, to the praise of his g
 lory. For this reason\, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesu
 s and your love toward all the saints\, I do not cease to give thanks for y
 ou\, remembering you in my prayers\, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\
 , the Father of glory\, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation i
 n the knowledge of him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the
  crowd wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of J
 esus\; and they said\, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "D
 oubtless you will quote to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; w
 hat we have heard you did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'
 " And he said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own
  country. But in truth\, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in t
 he days of Elijah\, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months\
 , when there came a great famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to
  none of them but only to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who
  was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the proph
 et Elisha\; and none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When
  they heard this\, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they ro
 se up and put him out of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on 
 which their city was built\, that they might throw him down headlong. But p
 assing through the midst of them he went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of S
 aint John the Theologian \; Arsenios the Great\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Jo
 hn 21:15-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after h
 e was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of J
 ohn\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you k
 now that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he sa
 id to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He sai
 d to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was
  grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he s
 aid to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus
  said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were
  young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are 
 old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry
  you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he w
 as to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turn
 ed and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain clos
 e to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is goin
 g to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what abou
 t this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I c
 ome\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the b
 rethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him th
 at he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\
 , what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to thes
 e things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimon
 y is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were ever
 y one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not con
 tain the books that would be written.\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 1:1-7\nTHA
 T WHICH WAS from the beginning\, which we have heard\, which we have seen w
 ith our eyes\, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands\, conce
 rning the word of life - the life was made manifest\, and we saw it\, and t
 estify to it\, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Fath
 er and was made manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we procl
 aim also to you\, so that you may have fellowship with us\; and our fellows
 hip is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing th
 is that our joy may be complete.\n\nThis is the message we have heard from 
 him and proclaim to you\, that God is light and in him is no darkness at al
 l. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness\, we lie
  and do not live according to the truth\; but if we walk in the light\, as 
 he is in the light\, we have fellowship with one another\, and the blood of
  Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\,
  21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, 
 and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. Whe
 n Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he 
 said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disci
 ple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to h
 is own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, 
 and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. 
 But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of th
 em to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the bo
 oks that would be written.\n\n
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SUMMARY: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb 
 of Saint John the Theologian 
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\; Removal
  of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nFast Day (Wine
  and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, J
 esus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. A
 nd he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than
  these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said 
 to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of Jo
 hn\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love y
 ou." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to hi
 m the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know 
 everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.
  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself a
 nd walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out you
 r hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to 
 go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after 
 this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them the 
 disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper 
 and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter s
 aw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him
 \, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Fol
 low me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was
  not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "
 If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This i
 s the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written
  these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also 
 many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, 
 I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be w
 ritten. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:12-19
 \nNo man has ever seen God\; if we love one another\, God abides in us and 
 his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in
  us\, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testi
 fy that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoever con
 fesses that Jesus is the Son of God\, God abides in him\, and he in God. So
  we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love\, and he who abid
 es in love abides in God\, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected
  with us\, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment\, because as
  he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love\, but perfect love
  casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment\, and he who fears is n
 ot perfected in love. We love\, because he first loved us.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 19:25-27\; 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus 
 were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and M
 ary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he loved s
 tanding near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he
  said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that hour the disc
 iple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness 
 to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his t
 estimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; we
 re every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could 
 not contain the books that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\; Hesperos & Zoe the
  Righteous\; Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michael in Baptism)\; 
 Jordan the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to 
 you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate the
 ir faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do n
 ot be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the h
 eart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited the
 ir adherents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no
  right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into
  the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside
  the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify th
 e people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside t
 he camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, 
 but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually
  offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that a
 cknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\
 , for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14
 -19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A c
 ity set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under 
 a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let yo
 ur light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give g
 lory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolis
 h the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill
  them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an
  iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoe
 ver then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\
 , shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and
  teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Saturday\; George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that is\, aft
 er the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered be
 fore Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, while he
  was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore order th
 e sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, lest his disciples go a
 nd steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has risen from the dead\,' an
 d the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them\, "You 
 have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So they went
  and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have been baptized into
  Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were buried therefore with 
 Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by t
 he glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of life.  For if we h
 ave been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall certainly be united
  with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our old self was crucif
 ied with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\, and we might no l
 onger be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed from sin.  But if w
 e have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also live with Him.  For
  we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again\; deat
 h no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He died to sin\, once
  for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you also must consider
  yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 28:1-20\nAfter the sabbath\, toward the dawn of the firs
 t day of the week\, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepul
 cher. And behold\, there was a great earthquake\; for an angel of the Lord 
 descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone\, and sat upon it.
  His appearance was like lightning\, and his raiment white as snow. And for
  fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel sa
 id to the women\, "Do not be afraid\; for I know that you seek Jesus who wa
 s crucified. He is not here\; for he has risen\, as he said. Come\, see the
  place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has ris
 en from the dead\, and behold\, he is going before you to Galilee\; there y
 ou will see him. Lo\, I have told you." So they departed quickly from the t
 omb with fear and great joy\, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold\, J
 esus met them and said\, "Hail!" And they came up and took hold of his feet
  and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them\, "Do not be afraid\; go and te
 ll my brethren to go to Galilee\, and there they will see me."\n\nWhile the
 y were going\, behold\, some of the guard went into the city and told the c
 hief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the
  elders and taken counsel\, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers and sa
 id\, "Tell people\, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while w
 e were asleep.' And if this comes to the governor's ears\, we will satisfy 
 him and keep you out of trouble." So they took the money and did as they we
 re directed\; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.\n\
 nNow the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus 
 had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him\; but some doub
 ted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on eart
 h has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, ba
 ptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spiri
 t\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am 
 with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Holy Saturday
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\; Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to the Apostles
 \; Mark the Hermit\; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan of Moscow\; John\, Joseph
 \, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts 10:44-48\;11:1-10\nIn those days\, while Peter was still
  saying this\, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the beli
 evers from among the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed\, because 
 the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. For t
 hey heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared\,
  "Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the
  Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he commanded them to be baptized in the 
 name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days. Now the 
 apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also ha
 d received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem\, the circum
 cision party criticized him\, saying\, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men
  and eat with them?" But Peter began and explained to them in order: "I was
  in the city of Joppa praying\; and in a trance I saw a vision\, something 
 descending\, like a great sheet\, let down from heaven by four corners\; an
 d it came down to me. Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts o
 f prey and reptiles and birds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to me\
 , 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.' But I said\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing comm
 on or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But the voice answered a second t
 ime from heaven\, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' This ha
 ppened three times\, and all was drawn up again into heaven."\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\
 , and you will seek me and die in your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot 
 come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where 
 I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are from below\, I 
 am from above\; you are of this world\, I am not of this world. I told you 
 that you would die in your sins\, for you will die in your sins unless you 
 believe that I am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them
 \, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I have much to say about 
 you and much to judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I declare to the w
 orld what I have heard from him." They did not understand that he spoke to 
 them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man
 \, then you will know that I am he\, and that I do nothing on my own author
 ity but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me\;
  he has not left me alone\, for I always do what is pleasing to him." As he
  spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Sunday of Luke\; Phocas the Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Phocas the
  Gardener\; Martyrs Isaac\, Martin\, and the 26 Monk-martyrs of Zographou M
 onastery\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\,
  Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James and Salome\, bought spices\,
  so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of
  the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were sayin
 g to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of th
 e tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back - it was 
 very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the rig
 ht side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to th
 em\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He
  has risen\, He is not here\; see the place where they laid Him. But go\, t
 ell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee\; there 
 you will see Him\, as He told you." And they went out and fled from the tom
 b\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothi
 ng to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:1
 3-24\nBrethren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, b
 e strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know th
 at the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they 
 have devoted themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to be sub
 ject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the c
 oming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up 
 for your absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give reco
 gnition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca
 \, together with the church in their house\, send you hearty greetings in t
 he Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kis
 s. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love 
 for the Lord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord 
 Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 5:1-11\nAt that time\, as Jesus was standing by the lake of 
 Gennesaret\, he saw two boats by the lake\; but the fishermen had gone out 
 of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats\, which 
 was Simon's\, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat do
 wn and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking\, h
 e said to Simon\, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch
 ." And Simon answered\, "Master\, we toiled all night and took nothing! But
  at your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this\, they
  enclosed a great shoal of fish\; and as their nets were breaking\, they be
 ckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they 
 came and filled both the boats\, so that they began to sink. But when Simon
  Peter saw it\, he fell down at Jesus' knees\, saying\, "Depart from me\, f
 or I am a sinful man\, O Lord." For he was astonished\, and all who were wi
 th him\, at the catch of fish which they had taken\; and so also were James
  and John\, sons of Zebedee\, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said 
 to Simon\, "Do not be afraid\; henceforth you will be catching men." And wh
 en they had brought their boats to land\, they left everything and followed
  him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\; Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\; Pinytos\, Bishop of Knossos\; The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedi
 a\; Vassianos the Righteous of Constantinople\; The 14 Holy Elders of Optin
 a Monastery\; Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians
  1:8-14\nBrethren\, God is my witness\, how I yearn for you all with the af
 fection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more
  and more\, with knowledge and all discernment\, so that you may approve wh
 at is excellent\, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ\, fil
 led with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ\, to t
 he glory and praise of God. I want you to know\, brethren\, that what has h
 appened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that it has beco
 me known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my 
 imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made confid
 ent in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to spea
 k the word of God without fear.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time
  Jesus went on through cities and villages\, preaching and bringing the goo
 d news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him\, and also some 
 women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Ma
 gdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Ch
 uza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for hi
 m out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\; John the Hieromartyr\; Zacharias the N
 ew Martyr of Patra\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it
  is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in
  our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the f
 ace of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show th
 at the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted i
 n every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; per
 secuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carry
 ing in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be 
 manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up t
 o death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in ou
 r mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we h
 ave the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I s
 poke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the L
 ord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his pres
 ence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and m
 ore people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a g
 reat crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea 
 and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and
  to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean 
 spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came
  forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disc
 iples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God. 
  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are
  you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate yo
 u\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as ev
 il\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\
 , for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\; Our Holy Father Michael of Ma
 leinus\; Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic\; Paisios the
  Athonite\; Veronica\, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by 
 Jesus\; Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: Rom
 ans 8:14-21\nBrethren\, all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of Go
 d.\n\nFor you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear\
 , but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry\, "Abba! Father!
 " it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are chil
 dren of God\, and if children\, then heirs\, heirs of God and fellow heirs 
 with Christ\, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glor
 ified with him.\n\nI consider that the sufferings of this present time are 
 not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the cr
 eation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God\; for 
 the creation was subjected to futility\, not of its own will but by the wil
 l of him who subjected it in hope\; because the creation itself will be set
  free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the chil
 dren of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus pas
 sed on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he sai
 d to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at t
 able in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat d
 own with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they sa
 id to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and si
 nners?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need o
 f a physician\, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I d
 esire mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, bu
 t sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\; Apodosis of the Presentatio
 n of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew
  25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be comp
 ared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. F
 ive of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took th
 eir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil wi
 th their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slep
 t. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to 
 meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foo
 lish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going
  out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and 
 for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they 
 went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with h
 im to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maide
 ns came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly
 \, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neithe
 r the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confin
 ed under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So 
 that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justifi
 ed by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodi
 an\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as ma
 ny of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither
  Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male no
 r female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, t
 hen you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that t
 he heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he 
 is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees unt
 il the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were
  slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had ful
 ly come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, t
 o redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption a
 s sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd follo
 wed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow 
 of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians
 \, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse
 . She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the cro
 wd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, 
 I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt
  in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in 
 himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in th
 e crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to h
 im\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touche
 d me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowin
 g what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down befo
 re him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, you
 r faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna\; Proterios\, Archbishop o
 f Alexandria\; Gorgonia the Righteous\, sister of Gregory the Theologian\; 
 Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 3:21-24\;4:1-11\nBeloved\, if our he
 arts do not condemn us\, we have confidence before God\; and we receive fro
 m him whatever we ask\, because we keep his commandments and do what please
 s him.  And this is his commandment\, that we should believe in the name of
  his Son Jesus Christ and love one another\, just as he has commanded us.  
 All who keep his commandments abide in him\, and he in them.  And by this w
 e know that he abides in us\, by the Spirit which he has given us.\n\nBelov
 ed\, do not believe every spirit\, but test the spirits to see whether they
  are of God\; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.  By thi
 s you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Chris
 t has come in the flesh is of God\, and every spirit which does not confess
  Jesus is not of God.  This is the spirit of antichrist\, of which you hear
 d that it was coming\, and now it is in the world already.  Little children
 \, you are of God\, and have overcome them\; for he who is in you is greate
 r than he who is in the world.  They are of the world\, therefore what they
  say is of the world\, and the world listens to them.  We are of God.  Whoe
 ver knows God listens to us\, and he who is not of God does not listen to u
 s.  By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.\n\nBeloved
 \, let us love one another\; for love is of God\, and he who loves is born 
 of God and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God\; for God is 
 love.  In this the love of God was made manifest among us\, that God sent h
 is only Son into the world\, so that we might live through him.  In this is
  love\, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be t
 he expiation for our sins.  Beloved\, if God so loved us\, we also ought to
  love one another. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:43-72\; 15:1\nAt that time\,
  while Jesus was speaking to the disciples\, Judas Iscariot came\, one of t
 he twelve\, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs\, from the chief pri
 ests and the scribes and the elders.  Now the betrayer had given them a sig
 n\, saying\, "The one I shall kiss is the man\; seize him and lead him away
  under guard."  And when he came\, he went up to him at once\, and said\, "
 Rabbi!"  And he kissed him.  And they laid hands on him and seized him.  Bu
 t one of those who stood by drew his sword\, and struck the slave of the hi
 gh priest and cut off his ear.  And Jesus said to them\, "Have you come out
  as against a robber\, with swords and clubs to capture me?  Day after day 
 I was with you in the temple teaching\, and you did not seize me.  But let 
 the scriptures be fulfilled."  And they all forsook him\, and fled.  And a 
 young man followed him\, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body\; an
 d they seized him\, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.  And th
 ey led Jesus to the high priest\; and all the chief priests and the elders 
 and the scribes were assembled.  And Peter had followed him at a distance\,
  right into the courtyard of the high priest\; and he was sitting with the 
 guards\, and warming himself at the fire.  Now the chief priests and the wh
 ole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death\; but they f
 ound none.  For many bore false witness against him\, and their witness did
  not agree.  And some stood up and bore false witness against him\, saying\
 , "We heard him say\, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands\,
  and in three days I will build another\, not made with hands.'"  Yet not e
 ven so did their testimony agree.  And the high priest stood up in the mids
 t\, and asked Jesus\, "Have you no answer to make?  What is it that these m
 en testify against you?"  But he was silent and made no answer.  Again the 
 high priest asked him\, "Are you the Christ\, the Son of the Blessed?"  And
  Jesus said\, "I am\; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right h
 and of Power\, and coming with the clouds of heaven."  And the high priest 
 tore his garments\, and said\, "Why do we still need witnesses?  You have h
 eard his blasphemy.  What is your decision?"  And they all condemned him as
  deserving death.  And some began to spit on him\, and to cover his face\, 
 and to strike him\, saying to him\, "Prophesy!"  And the guards received hi
 m with blows.  And as Peter was below in the courtyard\, one of the maids o
 f the high priest came\; and seeing Peter warming himself\, she looked at h
 im\, and said\, "You also were with the Nazarene\, Jesus."  But he denied i
 t\, saying\, "I neither know nor understand what you mean."  And he went ou
 t into the gateway\, and the cock crowed.  And the maid saw him\, and began
  again to say to the bystanders\, "This man is one of them."  But again he 
 denied it.  And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter\, "
 Certainly you are one of them\; for you are a Galilean."  But he began to i
 nvoke a curse on himself and to swear\, "I do not know this man of whom you
  speak."  And immediately the cock crowed a second time.  And Peter remembe
 red how Jesus had said to him\, "Before the cock crows twice\, you will den
 y me three times."  And he broke down and wept.  And as soon as it was morn
 ing the chief priests\, with the elders and scribes\, and the whole council
  held a consultation\; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered 
 him to Pilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Holy Cross\; The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theo
 tokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\; Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste
  into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of 
 Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of M
 ary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy 
 Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, a
 nd blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the
  mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your g
 reeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed i
 s she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to 
 her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and 
 my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of
  his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bless
 ed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his na
 me." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her ho
 me.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see with what large l
 etters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a
  good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised\, and on
 ly in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For ev
 en those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but they
  desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far 
 be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, by wh
 ich the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For neither ci
 rcumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creation. P
 eace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of God. 
 Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus
 . The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. Amen.\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 3:13-17\nThe Lord said\, "No one has ascended into 
 heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. 
 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of m
 an be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.\n\n"F
 or God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes
  in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into 
 the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world might be saved th
 rough him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Acindynos\, Pegasios\, Aphthonios\, Elpidophoros\, an
 d Anempodistos\; Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\; Domnina\, Domna\, &
  Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:58\;16:1-3\nBre
 thren\, be steadfast\, immovable\, always abounding in the work of the Lord
 \, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Now concerning the c
 ontribution for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia\, so you 
 also are to do. On the first day of every week\, each of you is to put some
 thing aside and store it up\, as he may prosper\, so that contributions nee
 d not be made when I come. And when I arrive\, I will send those whom you a
 ccredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 9:1-6\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power 
 and authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and he sent them out t
 o preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them\, "Take nothin
 g for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; and do no
 t have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, stay there\, and from the
 re depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, when you leave that town 
 shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." And they de
 parted and went through the villages\, preaching the gospel and healing eve
 rywhere.\n\n
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 , and Anempodistos
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Ky
 thyra\; Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\; Silouan of Athos\;
  Stephen the Martyr\; The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\; Coprios the Rig
 hteous\; Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with hast
 e into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of
  Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of 
 Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
  Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, 
 and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that th
 e mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your 
 greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed 
 is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to
  her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and
  my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate o
 f his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bles
 sed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his n
 ame." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her h
 ome.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have ob
 served my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\,
  my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell
  me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\;
  yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a god
 ly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and impostors w
 ill go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for you\, cont
 inue in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing from whom 
 you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sac
 red writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in 
 Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, J
 esus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her ho
 use. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and list
 ened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she
  went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me 
 to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, 
 "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thi
 ng is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken 
 away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and
  said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that yo
 u sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God
  and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\; Eroteis the Martyr of Cappadoci
 a\; Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apost
 les as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a
  spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's s
 ake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are
  held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thi
 rst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working wi
 th our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; w
 hen slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as th
 e refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this
  to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For thou
 gh you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For 
 I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\
 , be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of t
 hat day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the discip
 les were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to
  them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His han
 ds and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus
  said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even 
 so I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to
  them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are
  forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\
 , one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. 
 So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to t
 hem\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my fing
 er in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not be
 lieve." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thom
 as was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them
  and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger 
 here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\;
  do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and M
 y God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Bl
 essed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many othe
 r signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this bo
 ok\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, 
 the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Ananias\, Apostle of the 70\; R
 omanos the Melodist\; John Koukouzelis the Psalti\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 9:10-19\nIn those days\, there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. Th
 e Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord
 ." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go to the street called Straight\, 
 and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul\; for beho
 ld\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay hi
 s hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Ananias answered\, "
 Lord\, I have heard from many about this man\, how much evil he has done to
  thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has authority from the chief priests
  to bind all who call upon thy name." But the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for 
 he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and 
 kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will show him how much he must suffer 
 for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered the house. And la
 ying his hands on him he said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared
  to you on the road by which you came\, has sent me that you may regain you
 r sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediately something like
  scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was 
 baptized\, and took food and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:37
 -45\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, and you will not be judged\; condemn not\
 , and you will not be condemned\; forgive\, and you will be forgiven\; give
 \, and it will be given to you\; good measure\, pressed down\, shaken toget
 her\, running over\, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give wi
 ll be the measure you get back."\n\nHe also told them a parable: "Can a bli
 nd man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is 
 not above his teacher\, but every one when he is fully taught will be like 
 his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye\, but d
 o not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your br
 other\, 'Brother\, let me take out the speck that is in your eye\,' when yo
 u yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite\, firs
 t take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly to take 
 out the speck that is in your brother's eye.\n\n"For no good tree bears bad
  fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit\; for each tree is known
  by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns\, nor are grapes p
 icked from a bramble bush. The good man out of the good treasure of his hea
 rt produces good\, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil\
 ; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas\, Hermogenes\, & Eugraphos\, Martyrs of Alexandria\; Thomas the 
 Righteous of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 3
 :6-18\nBrethren\, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, tha
 t you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accor
 d with the tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves know how
  you ought to imitate us\; we were not idle when we were with you\, we did 
 not eat any one's bread without paying\, but with toil and labor we worked 
 night and day\, that we might not burden any of you. It was not because we 
 have not that right\, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate.
  For even when we were with you\, we gave you this command: If any one will
  not work\, let him not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idl
 eness\, mere busybodies\, not doing any work. Now such persons we command a
 nd exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to ear
 n their own living. Brethren\, do not be weary in well-doing.\n\nIf any one
  refuses to obey what we say in this letter\, note that man\, and have noth
 ing to do with him\, that he may be ashamed. Do not look on him as an enemy
 \, but warn him as a brother.\n\nNow may the Lord of peace himself give you
  peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all. I\, Paul\, write
  this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine\;
  it is the way I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:37-38\, 22:1-8\nAt that time\, Jesus was 
 teaching in the temple every day\, but at night he went out and lodged on t
 he mount called Olivet. And early in the morning all the people came to him
  in the temple to hear him. Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, w
 hich is called the Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes were see
 king how to put him to death\; for they feared the people. Then Satan enter
 ed into Judas called Iscariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he we
 nt away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betr
 ay him to them. And they were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he a
 greed\, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of t
 he multitude. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover
  lamb had to be sacrificed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and pr
 epare the passover for us\, that we may eat it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica\; Paul\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 28:14-22\n Thus says the LORD\, you sco
 ffers\, who rule this people in Jerusalem!  Because you have said\, "We hav
 e made a covenant with death\, and with Sheol we have an agreement\; when t
 he overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us\; for we have
  made lies our refuge\, and in falsehood we have taken shelter"\; therefore
  thus says the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a 
 stone\, a tested stone\, a precious cornerstone\, of a sure foundation: 'He
  who believes will not be in haste.'  And I will make justice the line\, an
 d righteousness the plummet\; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies\,
  and waters will overwhelm the shelter."  Then your covenant with death wil
 l be annulled\, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand\; when the ove
 rwhelming scourge passes through you will be beaten down by it.  As often a
 s it passes through it will take you\; for morning by morning it will pass 
 through\, by day and by night\; and it will be sheer terror to understand t
 he message.  For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it\, and the co
 vering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.  For the LORD will rise up as on M
 ount Perazim\, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon\; to do his deed
  - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work!  Now ther
 efore do not scoff\, lest your bonds be made strong\; for I have heard a de
 cree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts upon the whole land.\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Genesis 10:32-11:9\n These are the families of the sons 
 of Noah\, according to their genealogies\, in their nations\; and from thes
 e the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.  Now the whole ea
 rth had one language and few words.  And as men migrated from the east\, th
 ey found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.  And they said to
  one another\, "Come\, let us make bricks\, and burn them thoroughly." And 
 they had brick for stone\, and bitumen for mortar.  Then they said\, "Come\
 , let us build ourselves a city\, and a tower with its top in the heavens\,
  and let us make a name for ourselves\, lest we be scattered abroad upon th
 e face of the whole earth."  And the LORD came down to see the city and the
  tower\, which the sons of men had built.  And the LORD said\, "Behold\, th
 ey are one people\, and they have all one language\; and this is only the b
 eginning of what they will do\; and nothing that they propose to do will no
 w be impossible for them.  Come\, let us go down\, and there confuse their 
 language\, that they may not understand one another's speech."  So the LORD
  scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth\, and they
  left off building the city.  Therefore its name was called Babel\, because
  there the LORD confused the language of all the earth\; and from there the
  LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.\n\nOld Testamen
 t Reading: Proverbs 13:19-14:6\nA desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul\; b
 ut to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.  He who walks with wi
 se men becomes wise\, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.  Misfort
 une pursues sinners\, but prosperity rewards the righteous.  A good man lea
 ves an inheritance to his children's children\, but the sinner's wealth is 
 laid up for the righteous.  The fallow ground of the poor yields much food\
 , but it is swept away through injustice.  He who spares the rod hates his 
 son\, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.  The righteous ha
 s enough to satisfy his appetite\, but the belly of the wicked suffers want
 .  Wisdom builds her house\, but folly with her own hands tears it down.  H
 e who walks in uprightness fears the LORD\, but he who is devious in his wa
 ys despises him.  The talk of a fool is a rod for his back\, but the lips o
 f the wise will preserve them.  Where there are no oxen\, there is no grain
 \; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.  A faithful witness d
 oes not lie\, but a false witness breathes out lies.  A scoffer seeks wisdo
 m in vain\, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\; Synax
 is of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\; Juvenal\, Patriarch of Jerusa
 lem\; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\; John Maximovitch\, Arch
 bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulatio
 ns for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the oute
 r one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Pres
 ence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent 
 called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark 
 of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden u
 rn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the 
 covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat
 . Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having 
 thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performin
 g their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and
  he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for hims
 elf and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\
 nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to 
 a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizab
 eth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her
  womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed wit
 h a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of y
 our womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should co
 me to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, th
 e babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that ther
 e would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And
  Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my
  Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\
 , henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty ha
 s done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with 
 her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Maximus the Confessor\; Martyrs Neophytos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximu
 s the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\; Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to 
 know that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\,
  so that it has become known throughout the praetorian guard and to all the
  rest that my imprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have be
 en made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much mor
 e bold to speak the word of God without fear.  Some indeed preach Christ fr
 om envy and rivalry\, but others from good will.  The latter do it out of l
 ove\, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel\; the former
  proclaim Christ out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflic
 t me in my imprisonment.  What then?  Only that in every way\, whether in p
 retense or in truth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, 
 and I shall rejoice.  For I know that through your prayers and the help of 
 the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\, as it is
  my eager expectation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord 
 said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son
  of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies 
 me before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And every one who s
 peaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who blaspheme
 s against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they bring you be
 fore the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious 
 how or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit 
 will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\, and Tertios\, Apost
 les of the 70\; Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\; Holy Father Arsenius of 
 Cappadocia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\n\nEpistle Reading: S
 t. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibi
 ted us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we h
 ave become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools fo
 r Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are str
 ong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hu
 nger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\
 , working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, w
 e endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are
  now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do no
 t write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved childr
 en. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many f
 athers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge
  you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:13-15\, 22-31\
 nAt that time\, while Jesus was teaching\, one of the multitude said to him
 \, "Teacher\, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me." But he said t
 o him\, "Man\, who made me a judge or divider over you?" And he said to the
 m\, "Take heed\, and beware of all covetousness\; for a man's life does not
  consist in the abundance of his possessions. Therefore I tell you\, do not
  be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat\, nor about your body\, wh
 at you shall put on. For life is more than food\, and the body more than cl
 othing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap\, they have neither 
 storehouse nor barn\, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are yo
 u than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his 
 span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that\, why
  are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies\, how they grow\; they
  neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was
  not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass which is al
 ive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, how much more
  will he clothe you\, O men of little faith! And do not seek what you are t
 o eat and what you are to drink\, nor be of anxious mind. For all the natio
 ns of the world seek these things\; and your Father knows that you need the
 m. Instead\, seek his kingdom\, and these things shall be yours as well."\n
 \n
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 postles of the 70
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries\; Sergios th
 e Magister\; Pappias the Martyr\; Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman\, Fo
 unders of Valaam Monastery\; Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the 
 Theotokos \; Paul the Physician of Corinth\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Romans 7:14-8:2\nBrethren\, we know that the law is spiritua
 l\; but I am carnal\, sold under sin. I do not understand my own actions. F
 or I do not do what I want\, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do wh
 at I do not want\, I agree that the law is good. So then it is no longer I 
 that do it\, but sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothing good d
 wells within me\, that is\, in my flesh. I can will what is right\, but I c
 annot do it. For I do not do the good I want\, but the evil I do not want i
 s what I do. Now if I do what I do not want\, it is no longer I that do it\
 , but sin which dwells within me.\n\nSo I find it to be a law that when I w
 ant to do right\, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God\
 , in my inmost self\, but I see in my members another law at war with the l
 aw of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my me
 mbers. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
  Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then\, I of myself serv
 e the law of God with my mind\, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.\n
 \nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the
  law of sin and death.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:9-15\nThe Lord said to
  his disciples\, "Take no gold\, nor silver\, nor copper in your belts\, no
  bag for your journey\, nor two tunics\, nor sandals\, nor a staff\; for th
 e laborer deserves his food. And whatever town or village you enter\, find 
 out who is worthy in it\, and stay with him until you depart. As you enter 
 the house\, salute it. And if the house is worthy\, let your peace come upo
 n it\; but if it is not worthy\, let your peace return to you. And if any o
 ne will not receive you or listen to your words\, shake off the dust from y
 our feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I say to you\, it shall be 
 more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah th
 an for that town."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus\; Cosmas the Hagio
 polite\; Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\; Righteous Paraskeve of
  Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 1:22-23\;2:1-3\nBrethren\, God has pu
 t all things under his son's feet and has made him the head over all things
  for the church\, which is his body\, the fulness of him who fills all in a
 ll. And you he made alive\, when you were dead through the trespasses and s
 ins in which you once walked\, following the course of this world\, followi
 ng the prince of the power of the air\, the spirit that is now at work in t
 he sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions of o
 ur flesh\, following the desires of body and mind\, and so we were by natur
 e children of wrath\, like the rest of mankind.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:1
 8-22\nAt that time\, it happened that as Jesus was praying alone the discip
 les were with him\; and he asked them\, "Who do the people say that I am?" 
 And they answered\, "John the Baptist\; but others say\, Elijah\; and other
 s\, that one of the old prophets has risen." And he said to them\, "But who
  do you say that I am?" And Peter answered\, "The Christ of God." But he ch
 arged and commanded them to tell this to no one\, saying\, "The Son of man 
 must suffer many things\, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests a
 nd scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Luke\; The Holy Martyrs Acindynos\, Pegasios\, Aphthonio
 s\, Elpidophoros\, and Anempodistos\; Domnina\, Domna\, & Kyriaki\, the Mar
 tyrs\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed 
 Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed Him
 self in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of Can
 a in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples were t
 ogether. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\
 , "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but that nig
 ht they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach
 \, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "
 Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, 
 "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So t
 hey cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity o
 f fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" Wh
 en Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he 
 was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples ca
 me in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from
  the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land\, they
  saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to
  them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter 
 went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and 
 fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not tor
 n. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciple
 s dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and 
 took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the
  third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised fr
 om the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-2
 0\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but t
 hrough faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in o
 rder to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, bec
 ause by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if\, in our endeavo
 r to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be sinners\, is Ch
 rist then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those thi
 ngs which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through t
 he law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I have been crucified wi
 th Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who lives in me\; and t
 he life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God\, who lov
 ed me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31\nThe Lord s
 aid\, "There was a rich man\, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and 
 who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Laz
 aros\, full of sores\, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich m
 an's table\; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died
  and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died a
 nd was buried\; and in Hades\, being in torment\, he lifted up his eyes\, a
 nd saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out\, 'Fathe
 r Abraham\, have mercy upon me\, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his fin
 ger in water and cool my tongue\; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But A
 braham said\, 'Son\, remember that you in your lifetime received your good 
 things\, and Lazaros in like manner evil things\; but now he is comforted h
 ere\, and you are in anguish. And besides all this\, between us and you a g
 reat chasm has been fixed\, in order that those who would pass from here to
  you may not be able\, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said\, 
 'Then I beg you\, father\, to send him to my father's house\, for I have fi
 ve brothers\, so that he may warn them\, lest they also come into this plac
 e of torment.' But Abraham said\, 'They have Moses\, and the prophets\; let
  them hear them.' And he said\, 'No\, father Abraham\; but if some one goes
  to them from the dead\, they will repent.' He said to them\, 'If they do n
 ot hear Moses and the prophets\, neither will they be convinced if some one
  should rise from the dead.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologi
 an\, & John Chrysostom\; Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\; Athanasia the Martyr &
  her 3 daughters\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I
  am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in 
 and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destr
 oy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the goo
 d shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is
  a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wol
 f coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and sc
 atters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the s
 heep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the F
 ather knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep
 .  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them a
 lso\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shephe
 rd."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\
 , those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their li
 ves\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and toda
 y and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for 
 it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which h
 ave not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who s
 erve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose 
 blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for s
 in are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in
  order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go f
 orth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we ha
 ve no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him th
 en let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the
  fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to
  share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the lig
 ht of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a l
 amp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all 
 in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your 
 good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that 
 I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolis
 h them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and ear
 th pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all i
 s accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandment
 s and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but
  he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of 
 heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\; Caesarios the Righteous\n\nFast D
 ay (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and
  persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you 
 will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be
  a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not 
 to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisd
 om\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict
 . You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and fri
 ends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all fo
 r my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your enduranc
 e you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:1-10\nBRETHREN\
 , since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also la
 y aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run wit
 h perseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pionee
 r and perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy that was set before him endu
 red the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seated at the right hand of th
 e throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility again
 st himself\, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your strugg
 le against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your bloo
 d. And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My 
 son\, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord\, nor lose courage w
 hen you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves\, a
 nd chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you hav
 e to endure. God is treating you as sons\; for what son is there whom his f
 ather does not discipline? If you are left without discipline\, in which al
 l have participated\, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besi
 des this\, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected th
 em. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a
  householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vin
 eyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day\, he sent them
  into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standi
 ng idle in the marketplace\; and to them he said\, 'You go into the vineyar
 d too\, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Going out aga
 in about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he did the same. And about the
  eleventh hour he went out and found others standing\; and he said to them\
 , 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They said to him\, 'Because no one 
 has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into the vineyard too.' And when e
 vening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward\, 'Call the lab
 orers and pay them their wages\, beginning with the last\, up to the first.
 ' And when those hired about the eleventh hour came\, each of them received
  a denarius. Now when the first came\, they thought they would receive more
 \; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grum
 bled at the householder\, saying\, 'These last worked only one hour\, and y
 ou have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the 
 scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you n
 o wrong\; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to yo
 u\, and go\; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allow
 ed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because
  I am good?' So the last will be first\, and the first last. For many are c
 alled\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Paralytic\; Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70\; A
 lexandros the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; George the New of Sofia\; August
 ine\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt 
 that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he 
 saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had
  happened. That very day] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\
 , about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all 
 these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing toge
 ther\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept
  from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversation whi
 ch you are holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, loo
 king sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the on
 ly visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened the
 re in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to hi
 m\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and wo
 rd before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers del
 ivered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hope
 d that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is 
 now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company
  amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find His
  body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angel
 s\, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the 
 tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did not see."
  And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all th
 at the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should su
 ffer these things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and 
 all the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things 
 concerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were goi
 ng. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "
 Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So H
 e went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He took the b
 read and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were 
 opened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They s
 aid to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to u
 s on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that s
 ame hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered tog
 ether and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\
 , and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road 
 and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts 9:32-42\nIn those days\, as Peter went here and there among them a
 ll\, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a 
 man named Aeneas\, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed
 . And Peter said to him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you\; rise and make 
 your bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Shar
 on saw him\, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple
  named Tabitha\, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of
  charity. In those days she fell sick and died\; and when they had washed h
 er\, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa\, the disci
 ples\, hearing that Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreating him\, 
 "Please come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went with them. And wh
 en he had come\, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood besi
 de him weeping\, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made wh
 ile she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and pr
 ayed\; then turning to the body he said\, "Tabitha\, rise." And she opened 
 her eyes\, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and 
 lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. A
 nd it became known throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the Lord.\n\
 nGospel Reading: John 5:1-15\nAt that time\, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. No
 w there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool\, in Hebrew called Bethesd
 a which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids\, blind\, 
 lame\, paralyzed\, waiting for the moving of the water\; for an angel of th
 e Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool\, and troubled the water\
 ; whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of w
 hatever disease he had. One man was there\, who had been ill for thirty-eig
 ht years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long t
 ime\, he said to him\, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered hi
 m\, "Sir\, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled
 \, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him\, 
 "Rise\, take up your pallet\, and walk." And at once the man was healed\, a
 nd he took up his pallet and walked.\n\nNow that day was the sabbath. So th
 e Jews said to the man who was cured\, "It is the sabbath\, it is not lawfu
 l for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them\, "The man who healed
  me said to me\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk.' "They asked him\, "Who i
 s the man who said to you\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk'?" Now the man 
 who had been healed did not know who it was\, for Jesus had withdrawn\, as 
 there was a crowd in the place. Afterward\, Jesus found him in the temple\,
  and said to him\, "See\, you are well! Sin no more\, that nothing worse be
 fall you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had he
 aled him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricum\, and his mother Ant
 hia\; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:8-18\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, do not be ashamed
  then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suf
 fering for the gospel in the power of God\, who saved us and called us with
  a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpo
 se and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago\, and now has ma
 nifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus\, who abolished d
 eath and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this
  gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher\, and therefore 
 I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I know whom I have believed\, 
 and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrust
 ed to me. Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from m
 e\, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus\; guard the truth that 
 has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.\n\nYou a
 re aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me\, and among them Phyg
 elos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphor
 os\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not ashamed of my chains\, but when
  he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me -  may the Lord
  grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day and you well know all th
 e service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n
 At that time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they made t
 heir way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees sa
 id to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?" 
  And he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in
  need and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the h
 ouse of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Pres
 ence\, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gav
 e it to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was m
 ade for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of t
 he sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who ha
 d a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him
  on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man wh
 o had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful
  on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But t
 hey were silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at thei
 r hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand
  was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/09/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Hannah the Rig
 hteous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\; Narses the Martyr of Persia\; The C
 onsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy 
 City of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 
 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free
  woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son 
 of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are
  two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; sh
 e is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the pre
 sent Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem
  above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O ba
 rren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in tra
 vail\; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children
  of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, 
 "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a 
 bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For 
 nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that s
 hall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to h
 im who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thi
 nks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers ca
 me to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "
 Your mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." 
 But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the wor
 d of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\; Michael the New Martyr of Athens
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us 
 apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have bec
 ome a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Chris
 t's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. Yo
 u are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger an
 d thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, worki
 ng with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endur
 e\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, 
 as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write
  this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For
  though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers.
  For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, 
 then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\nAt tha
 t time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because t
 hey were harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. And he call
 ed to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits
 \, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The na
 mes of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\,
  and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\;
  Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James the 
 son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot\,
  who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowher
 e among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather 
 to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, '
 The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse
  lepers\, cast out demons. You received without paying\, give without pay."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trypho the Martyr\; Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savi
 or in the Temple\; Perpetua & her Companions\; Our Holy Father Basil\, Arch
 bishop of Thessolonica\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Navplion\; The Four M
 artyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\, Plato and George who contested in Megara\; 
 Timothy the Confessor\; Bridget of Ireland\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-
 39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good with those who love G
 od\, who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew h
 e also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that 
 he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predesti
 ned he also called\; and those whom he called he also justified\; and those
  whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  I
 f God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but 
 gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who
  shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who
  is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from 
 the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. 
 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or dist
 ress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As
  it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we ar
 e regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are mo
 re than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither de
 ath\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor
  things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else i
 n all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ
  Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and sc
 orpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you.
  Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\
 ; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he 
 rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heav
 en and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understa
 nding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your graciou
 s will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermola
 us\, Hermippus\, and Hermocrates\; Prisca the Righteous Martyr\; Moses the 
 Hungarian\; Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, befo
 re faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until
  faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ c
 ame\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we
  are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of 
 God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have p
 ut on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor f
 ree\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesu
 s. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs accor
 ding to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no be
 tter than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is un
 der guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; w
 hen we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the unive
 rse. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a 
 woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so th
 at we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt t
 hat time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there w
 as a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffe
 red much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was n
 o better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and
  came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "I
 f I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the he
 morrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disea
 se. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, 
 immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments
 ?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\,
  and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had d
 one it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear an
 d trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he
  said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and
  be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostl
 es\, Princess of Kiev\; Nektarios the New Martyr\; Sophrony the Athonite of
  Essex\; Nicodemos the New Martyr of Mt. Athos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and 
 thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for t
 welve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spe
 nt all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had hear
 d the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched
  his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be mad
 e well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body t
 hat she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that p
 ower had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and 
 said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see 
 the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he
  looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had bee
 n done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and t
 old him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has ma
 de you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entre
 at you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the accept
 able time I have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation."
  Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation
 . We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with 
 our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: th
 rough great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\
 , imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowle
 dge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful sp
 eech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the rig
 ht hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good r
 epute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and ye
 t well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not ki
 lled\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich
 \; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him
 \, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And
  behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he
  was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointm
 ent\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his 
 feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed
  his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who 
 had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\,
  he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him
 \, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have 
 something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A cert
 ain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the othe
 r fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them 
 will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he for
 gave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning to
 ward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your ho
 use\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her t
 ears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time 
 I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head wi
 th oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\,
  her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who
  is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are fo
 rgiven." Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselve
 s\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "You
 r faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Babylas the Holy Martyr\; Moses the Prophet & Godseer\; Our Righteous 
 Father Anthimus of Coroucle in Cephallenia\; Anthimos the new ascetic\; Her
 mione the Martyr\, daughter of St. Philip the Deacon\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 10:7-18\nBrethren\, if any one is
  confident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself that as he is Chris
 t's\, so are we. For even if I boast a little too much of our authority\, w
 hich the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you\, I shall
  not be put to shame. I would not seem to be frightening you with letters. 
 For they say\,"His letters are weighty and strong\, but his bodily presence
  is weak\, and his speech of no account." Let such people understand that w
 hat we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. Not that we venture 
 to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. Bu
 t when they measure themselves by one another\, and compare themselves with
  one another\, they are without understanding. But we will not boast beyond
  limit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us\, to reach even
  to you. For we are not overextending ourselves\, as though we did not reac
 h you\; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Chr
 ist. We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men's labors\; but our hope is
  that you may be greatly enlarged\, so that we may preach the gospel in lan
 ds beyond you\, without boasting of work already done in another's field. "
 Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." For it is not the man who commends
  himself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord commends.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 3:28-35\nThe Lord said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, all sins will
  be forgiven the sons of men\, and whatever blasphemies they utter\; but wh
 oever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness\, but is gui
 lty of an eternal sin" for they had said\, "He has an unclean spirit." And 
 his mother and his brothers came\; and standing outside they sent to him an
 d called him. And a crowd was sitting about him\; and they said to him\, "Y
 our mother and your brothers are outside\, asking for you." And he replied\
 , "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking around on those who sat 
 about him\, he said\, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the
  will of God is my brother\, and sister\, and mother."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Ac
 acius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\; Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonder
 worker\; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:12-17\
 nIn those days\, Peter went to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose
  other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and were praying. 
 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to
  answer. Recognizing Peter's voice\, in her joy she did not open the gate b
 ut ran and told that Peter was standing at the gate. They said to her\, "Yo
 u are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said\, "It is his angel!"
  But Peter continued knocking\; and when they opened\, they saw him and wer
 e amazed. But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, he described t
 o them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said\, "Tell 
 this to James and to the brethren." Then he departed and went to another pl
 ace.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:42-51\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to
  him\, "If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and c
 ame forth from God\; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me. Why do y
 ou not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word
 . You are of your father the devil\, and your will is to do your father's d
 esires. He was a murderer from the beginning\, and has nothing to do with t
 he truth\, because there is no truth in him. When he lies\, he speaks accor
 ding to his own nature\, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But\, bec
 ause I tell the truth\, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of 
 sin? If I tell the truth\, why do you not believe me? He who is of God hear
 s the words of God\; the reason why you do not hear them is that you are no
 t of God."\n\nThe Jews answered him\, "Are we not right in saying that you 
 are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Jesus answered\, "I have not a demon\; b
 ut I honor my Father\, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory\
 ; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. Truly\, truly\, I say
  to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\; Holy Martyr Philetaerus\; Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timot
 hy 6:11-16\nTimothy\, my son\, aim at righteousness\, godliness\, faith\, l
 ove\, steadfastness\, gentleness.  Fight the good fight of the faith\; take
  hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good c
 onfession in the presence of many witnesses.  In the presence of God who gi
 ves life to all things\, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Po
 ntius Pilate made the good confession\, I charge you to keep the commandmen
 t unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Ch
 rist\; and this will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and
  only Sovereign\, and King of kings and Lord of lords\, who alone has immor
 tality and dwells in unapproachable light\, whom no man has ever seen or ca
 n see.  To him be honor and eternal dominion.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 12:15-21\nAt that time\, many followed Jesus\, and he healed them all
 \, and ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spo
 ken by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold\, my servant whom I have chosen\, my bel
 oved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him\, and
  he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry alou
 d\, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets\; he will not break a bru
 ised reed or quench a smoldering wick\, till he brings justice to victory\;
  and in his name will the Gentiles hope."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman\; Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch o
 f Constantinople\; Erasmos of Ochrid & his Companion Martyrs\; Demetrios th
 e New Martyr of Philadelphia\; Constantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary
  Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that 
 the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon
  Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them
 \, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where the
 y have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they we
 nt toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and
  reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths
  lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\
 , and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, w
 hich had been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up
  in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first
 \, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know th
 e scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back
  to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 11:19-30\nIn those days\, those a
 postles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Steph
 en traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the word 
 to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyrene
 \, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lord J
 esus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number that beli
 eved turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jer
 usalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace 
 of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the L
 ord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, full of the Holy Spiri
 t and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went
  to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found him\, he brought him to
  Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a large co
 mpany of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time call
 ed Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antio
 ch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that t
 here would be a great famine over all the world\; and this took place in th
 e days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one according to h
 is ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, and they d
 id so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a city of Samaria\, ca
 lled Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's wel
 l was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was with his journey\, sat down 
 beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\n\nThere came a woman of Sama
 ria to draw water. Jesus said to her\, "Give me a drink." For his disciples
  had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him\,
  "How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of me\, a woman of Samaria?" For
  Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her\, "If you knew t
 he gift of God\, and who it is that is saying to you\, 'Give me a drink\,' 
 you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The wom
 an said to him\, "Sir\, you have nothing to draw with\, and the well is dee
 p\; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jac
 ob\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it himself\, and his sons\, and 
 his cattle?" Jesus said to her\, "Everyone who drinks of this water will th
 irst again\, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will nev
 er thirst\; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of 
 water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, give me t
 his water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come here to draw."\n\nJesus said t
 o her\, "Go\, call your husband\, and come here." The woman answered him\, 
 "I have no husband." Jesus said to her\, "You are right in saying\, 'I have
  no husband'\; for you have had five husbands\, and he whom you now have is
  not your husband\; this you said truly." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, I 
 perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain\; a
 nd you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus s
 aid to her\, "Woman\, believe me\, the hour is coming when neither on this 
 mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you
  do not know\; we worship what we know\, for salvation is from the Jews. Bu
 t the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the true worshipers will worship t
 he Father in spirit and truth\, for such the Father seeks to worship him. G
 od is spirit\, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
  The woman said to him\, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is call
 ed Christ)\; when he comes\, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her
 \, "I who speak to you am he."\n\nJust then his disciples came. They marvel
 ed that he was talking with a woman\, but none said\, "What do you wish?" o
 r\, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar\, and w
 ent away into the city and said to the people\, "Come\, see a man who told 
 me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city 
 and were coming to him.\n\nMeanwhile the disciples besought him\, saying "R
 abbi\, eat." But he said to them\, "I have food to eat of which you do not 
 know." So the disciples said to one another\, "Has anyone brought him food?
 " Jesus said to them\, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me\, and 
 to accomplish his work. Do you not say\, 'There are yet four months\, then 
 comes the harvest'? I tell you\, lift up your eyes\, and see how the fields
  are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages\, and gathers f
 ruit for eternal life\, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For 
 here the saying holds true\, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to re
 ap that for which you did not labor\; others have labored\, and you have en
 tered into their labor."\n\nMany Samaritans from that city believed in him 
 because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when
  the Samaritans came to him\, they asked him to stay with them\; and he sta
 yed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said t
 o the woman\, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe\, for 
 we have heard ourselves\, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior
  of the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 15th Sunday of Luke\; Xenophon & his Companions\; Symeon the Elder of 
 Mount Sinai\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that
  day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples
  were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to th
 em\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands 
 and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus sa
 id to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so 
 I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to th
 em\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are fo
 rgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, o
 ne of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So 
 the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them
 \, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger 
 in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not belie
 ve." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas 
 was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them an
 d said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger her
 e\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do
  not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My G
 od!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Bless
 ed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other s
 igns in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\
 ; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the
  Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: I Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and wort
 hy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproach\, becaus
 e we have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of all men\, e
 specially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one 
 despise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct
 \, in love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the public readi
 ng of scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you h
 ave\, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders
  laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yourself to them
 \, so that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man named Zac
 chaios\; he was a chief collector\, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesu
 s was\, but could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he was small of s
 tature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him\,
  for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place\, he looked 
 up and said to him\, "Zacchaios\, make haste and come down\; for I must sta
 y at your house today." So he made haste and came down\, and received him j
 oyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured\, "He has gone in to be the
  guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord\
 , "Behold\, Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor\; and if I have 
 defrauded any one of anything\, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to h
 im\, "Today salvation has come to this house\, since he also is a son of Ab
 raham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Our
  Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\; Nikephoros the New Martyr of 
 Crete\; Vitalis of Gaza\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and 
 a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast o
 f Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\
 ; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the
  crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them 
 all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are y
 ou poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now
 \, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you sha
 ll laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you an
 d revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of ma
 n!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is gr
 eat in heaven."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember yo
 ur leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome 
 of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterd
 ay and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teach
 ings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by food
 s\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which 
 those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those ani
 mals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacr
 ifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside 
 the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore 
 let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For
  here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thr
 ough him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, th
 at is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do 
 good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-11\nAt that time\, Jesus was led up by the 
 Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  And he fasted forty
  days and forty nights\, and afterward he was hungry.  And the tempter came
  and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command these stones to bec
 ome loaves of bread."  But he answered\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not li
 ve by bread alone\, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'
 "  Then the devil took him to the holy city\, and set him on the pinnacle o
 f the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yoursel
 f down\; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\,' and 
 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against a
  stone.'"  Jesus said to him\, "Again\, it is written\, 'You shall not temp
 t the Lord your God.'"  Again\, the devil took him to a very high mountain\
 , and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them\; and 
 he said to him\, "All these I will give you\, if you will fall down and wor
 ship me."  Then Jesus said to him\, "Be gone\, Satan! for it is written\, '
 You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"  Then t
 he devil left him\, and behold\, angels came and ministered to him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Luke\; Erastus\, Olympas\, Rodion\, Sosipater\, Quartus\
 , and Tertios\, Apostles of the 70\; Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia\; Hol
 y Father Arsenius of Cappadocia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assa\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the f
 irst day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fe
 ar of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace 
 be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His side
 . Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them a
 gain\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send you."
  And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "Receiv
 e the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if 
 you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of the tw
 elve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other di
 sciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unless I
  see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark 
 of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eight d
 ays later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with the
 m. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\, "Pe
 ace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see 
 My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be fait
 hless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus s
 aid to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those
  who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the 
 presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these 
 are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\
 , and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Reading: G
 alatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel which wa
 s preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, n
 or was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For 
 you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church o
 f God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond 
 many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for the tra
 ditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born\,
  and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\
 , in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer wi
 th flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostle
 s before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascu
 s. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and rema
 ined with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except Jam
 es the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:25-37\nAt that time\, a l
 awyer stood up to put Jesus to the test\, saying\, "Teacher\, what shall I 
 do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him\, "What is written in the law? 
 How do you read?" And he answered\, "You shall love the Lord your God with 
 all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your strength\, and 
 with all your mind\; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him\, "
 You have answered right\; do this\, and you will live." \n\n But he\, desir
 ing to justify himself\, said to Jesus\, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus re
 plied\, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho\, and he fell among
  robbers\, who stripped him and beat him\, and departed\, leaving him half 
 dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road\; and when he saw him
  he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite\, when he came to the
  place and saw him\, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan\, as he j
 ourneyed\, came to where he was\; and when he saw him\, he had compassion\,
  and went to him and bound up his wounds\, pouring on oil and wine\; then h
 e set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn\, and took care of him
 . And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper\,
  saying\, 'Take care of him\; and whatever more you spend\, I will repay yo
 u when I come back.' Which of these three\, do you think\, proved neighbor 
 to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said\, "The one who showed mercy
  on him." And Jesus said to him\, "Go and do likewise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Thursday after Pascha\; Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Germanos\,
  Patriarch of Constantinople\; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachi
 m "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts 8:26-39\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip
 \, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem 
 to Gaza." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethi
 opian\, a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in
  charge of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was retu
 rning\; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the 
 Spirit said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him
 \, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understan
 d what you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides 
 me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of 
 the scripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaught
 er or a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his
  humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For h
 is life is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About
  whom\, pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself or about some one 
 else?" Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he 
 told him the good news of Jesus. And as they went along the road they came 
 to some water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prev
 ent my being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your hea
 rt\, you may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of 
 God." And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both went down into t
 he water\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came 
 up out of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eun
 uch saw him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: Joh
 n 6:40-44\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "This is the will
  of my Father\, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should 
 have eternal life\; and I will raise him up at the last day." The Jews then
  murmured at him\, because he said\, "I am the bread which came down from h
 eaven." They said\, "Is not this Jesus\, the son of Joseph\, whose father a
 nd mother we know? How does he now say\, 'I have come down from heaven'?" J
 esus answered them\, "Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me
  unless the Father who sent me draws him\; and I will raise him up at the l
 ast day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\; Terentios\, Bishop of Iconium\; Nikitas 
 the New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ro
 mans 4:4-12\nBrethren\, to one who works\, his wages are not reckoned as a 
 gift but as his due. And to one who does not work but trusts him who justif
 ies the ungodly\, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. So also David pro
 nounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart fro
 m works: "Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven\, and whose sins 
 are covered\; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his 
 sin." Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised\, or also upon 
 the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousne
 ss. How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been cir
 cumcised? It was not after\, but before he was circumcised. He received cir
 cumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith whil
 e he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all
  who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reck
 oned to them\, and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merel
 y circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abr
 aham had before he was circumcised.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:15-21\nThe
  Lord said\, "Beware of false prophets\, who come to you in sheep's clothin
 g but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are
  grapes gathered from thorns\, or figs from thistles? So\, every sound tree
  bears good fruit\, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot 
 bear evil fruit\, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does 
 not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will kno
 w them by their fruits. Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shal
 l enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my Father who i
 s in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Bucolus\, Bishop of 
 Smyrna\; Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\; Afterfeast of the Presen
 tation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Ilyan of Homs\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Tr
 uly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the doo
 r but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he 
 who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper 
 opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and l
 eads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, 
 and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will no
 t follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of 
 strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand 
 what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, 
 I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thiev
 es and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any on
 e enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture
 ."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting th
 at we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separ
 ated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those
  high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then
  for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up hims
 elf.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but
  the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who 
 has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is thi
 s: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the 
 throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true 
 tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 0:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will 
 be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only t
 o steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it
  abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life
  for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sh
 eep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the
  wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling a
 nd cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and
  my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay 
 down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this 
 fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall
  be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fathers of the 1st Council\; The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop o
 f Tyre\; Holy Martyrs Nicandrus\, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\
 ; Christophoros & Konon the Martyrs of Rome\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 21:1-14\nAt that time\, being raised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself
  to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this 
 way. Simon Peter\, Thomas called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, 
 the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon 
 Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go w
 ith you." They went out and got into the boat\; but that night they caught 
 nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disc
 iples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have
  you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net o
 n the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, a
 nd now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. The dis
 ciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter h
 eard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for
  work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\,
  dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from the land\, but 
 about a hundred yards off.\n\nWhen they got out on land\, they saw a charco
 al fire there\, with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Br
 ing some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard
  and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three
  of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus sa
 id to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask
  him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the br
 ead and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third time
  that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 20:16-18\,28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decide
 d to sail past Ephesos\, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia\; 
 for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pente
 cost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of t
 he church. And when they came to him\, he said to them: "Take heed to yours
 elves and to all the flock\, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseer
 s\, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his o
 wn Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you
 \, not sparing the flock\; and from among your own selves will arise men sp
 eaking perverse things\, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore b
 e alert\, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to 
 admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word
  of his grace\, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritan
 ce among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or
  apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities
 \, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so
  toiling one must help the weak\, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\,
  how he said\, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he 
 had spoken thus\, he knelt down and prayed with them all. \n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 17:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said
 \, "Father\, the hour has come\; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify 
 you\, since you have given him power over all flesh\, to give eternal life 
 to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life\, that they know y
 ou the only true God\, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you
  on earth\, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do\; and now\
 , Father\, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had w
 ith you before the world was made.\n\n"I have manifested your name to the m
 en whom you gave me out of the world\; yours they were\, and you gave them 
 to me\, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that yo
 u have given me is from you\; for I have given them the words which you gav
 e me\, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you\;
  and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying for them\; I am 
 not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me\, for they a
 re mine\; all mine are yours\, and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in t
 hem. And now I am no more in the world\, but they are in the world\, and I 
 am coming to you. Holy Father\, keep them in your name\, which you have giv
 en me\, that they may be one\, even as we are one. While I was with them\, 
 I kept them in your name\, which you have given me\; I have guarded them\, 
 and none of them is lost but the son of perdition\, that the scripture migh
 t be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you\; and these things I speak in th
 e world\, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\; Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\; Martyrs Acepsius and Aeithalas\; Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\; L
 eontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\; The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas\n
 \nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 2:1-12\nBrethren\, conce
 rning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him\, 
 we beg you not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited\, either by spirit o
 r by word\, or by letter purporting to be from us\, to the effect that the 
 day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way\; for that day 
 will not come\, unless the rebellion comes first\, and the man of lawlessne
 ss is revealed\, the son of perdition\, who opposes and exalts himself agai
 nst every so-called god or object of worship\, so that he takes his seat in
  the temple of God\, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember tha
 t when I was still with you I told you this? And you know what is restraini
 ng him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawle
 ssness is already at work\; only he who now restrains it will do so until h
 e is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed\, and the Lo
 rd Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his 
 appearing and his coming. The coming of the lawless one by the activity of 
 Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders\, and wit
 h all wicked deception for those who are to perish\, because they refused t
 o love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends upon them a strong de
 lusion\, to make them believe what is false\, so that all may be condemned 
 who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 8:30-34\nAt that time\, Jesus charged his disciples to tell
  no one about him\, that he is the Christ. And he began to teach them that 
 the Son of man must suffer many things\, and be rejected by the elders and 
 the chief priests and the scribes\, and be killed\, and after three days ri
 se again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him\, and began to rebuk
 e him. But turning and seeing his disciples\, he rebuked Peter\, and said\,
  "Get behind me\, Satan! For you are not on the side of God\, but of men." 
 And he called to him the multitude with his disciples\, and said to them\, 
 "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cros
 s and follow me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew\; Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\; Zenon the Mart
 yr & his servant Zenas of Philadelphia\; Anastasia the Serbian\; Alban the 
 Protomartyr of Britain\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading:
  Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mot
 her of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint 
 Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb wh
 en the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll 
 away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw
  that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\
 , they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\
 ; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek 
 Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see 
 the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that H
 e is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you.
 " And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment
  had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afrai
 d.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 2:10-16\nBrethren\, glory and honor and peace
  for every one who does good\, the Jew first and also the Greek.  For God s
 hows no partiality.  All who have sinned without the law will also perish w
 ithout the law\, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by th
 e law.  For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God\,
  but the doers of the law who will be justified.  When Gentiles who have no
 t the law do by nature what the law requires\, they are a law to themselves
 \, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requir
 es is written on their hearts\, while their conscience also bears witness a
 nd their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day whe
 n\, according to my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
  \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus walked by the
  Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Peter and Andre
 w his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for they were fishermen. And h
 e said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediat
 ely they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw t
 wo other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, in the 
 boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he called them. I
 mmediately they left their boat and their father\, and followed him. And he
  went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the go
 spel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the
  people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthony the Great\; Anthony the New of Veria\; George the New Martyr o
 f Ioannina\; Theodosius the Emperor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "A
 ll things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son
  except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one
  to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are
  heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn
  from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for 
 your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit to them\; fo
 r they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have to give acc
 ount.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would be of no 
 advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a clear consc
 ience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you the more earne
 stly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.  Now may
  the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the grea
 t Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, equip you 
 with everything good that you may do His will\, working in you that which i
 s pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever 
 and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus sto
 od on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multi
 tude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Si
 don\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those w
 ho were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought
  to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he 
 lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for
  yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you sh
 all be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Bl
 essed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\
 , and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice i
 n that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Eve
 r Virgin Mary\; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\; Holy Hieromartyr Marce
 llus\, Bishop of Apameia\; Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of
  Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brother.\n\nTo the church 
 of God which is at Corinth\, with all the saints who are in the whole of Ac
 haia:\n\nGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Chri
 st.\n\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father 
 of mercies and God of all comfort\, who comforts us in all our affliction\,
  so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction\, with t
 he comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferi
 ngs of Christ abound for us\, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. I
 f we are afflicted\, it is for your comfort and salvation\; and if we are c
 omforted\, it is for your comfort\, which you experience when you patiently
  endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken\; 
 for we know that as you share in our sufferings\, you all also share in our
  comfort.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:43-46\nThe Lord said to the Jews wh
 o had come to him: "I tell you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from
  you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it. And he who falls on 
 this stone will be broken to pieces\; but when it falls on any one\, it wil
 l crush him."\n\nWhen the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parable
 s\, they perceived that he was speaking about them. But when they tried to 
 arrest him\, they feared the multitudes\, because they held him to be a pro
 phet.\n\n
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 nd Ever Virgin Mary
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\; Peter\, Archbishop of Alexand
 ria\; Hermogenes\, the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in
 to the Temple\; Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Philippians 3:20-21\;4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is 
 in heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who wil
 l change our lowly body to be like his glorious body\, by the power which e
 nables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\
 , whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord
 \, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lor
 d.  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, help these women\, for they have
  labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the r
 est of my fellow workers\, whose names are in the book of life. \n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 18:15-17\, 26-30\nAt that time\, they were bringing infants t
 o Jesus that he might touch them\; and when the disciples saw it\, they reb
 uked them. But Jesus called them to him\, saying\, "Let the children come t
 o me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Tru
 ly\, I say to you\, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a chil
 d shall not enter it."\n\nThose who heard it said\, "Then who can be saved?
 " But he said\, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." And Pet
 er said\, "Lo\, we have left our homes and followed you." And he said to th
 em\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no man who has left house or wife or 
 brothers or parents or children\, for the sake of the kingdom of God\, who 
 will not receive manifold more in this time\, and in the age to come eterna
 l life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\; Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\
 ; Saint Theodore\, Bishop of Edessa\; Translation of the Holy Relics of Rig
 hteous Seraphim of Sarov\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:1-5\nBrethren\, I am 
 speaking the truth in Christ\, I am not lying\; my conscience bears me witn
 ess in the Holy Spirit\, that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in 
 my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Chr
 ist for the sake of my brethren\, my kinsmen by race. They are Israelites\,
  and to them belong the patriarchs\, and of their race\, according to the f
 lesh\, is the Christ\, who is God over all\, blessed for ever. Amen.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 9:18-26\nAt that time\, a ruler came in and knelt befo
 re Jesus\, saying\, "My daughter has just died\; but come and lay your hand
  on her\, and she will live." And Jesus rose and followed him\, with his di
 sciples. And behold\, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve
  years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment\; for she s
 aid to herself\, "If I only touch his garment\, I shall be made well." Jesu
 s turned\, and seeing her he said\, "Take heart\, daughter\; your faith has
  made you well." And instantly the woman was made well. And when Jesus came
  to the ruler's house\, and saw the flute players\, and the crowd making a 
 tumult\, he said\, "Depart\; for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And th
 ey laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside\, he went in and
  took her by the hand\, and the girl arose. And the report of this went thr
 ough all that district.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/28/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Protection of the Theotokos\; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunic
 e\; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite\; Arsenios and Athanasios of A
 ndrousa in Messenia\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Angelis\, Manuel\, Geo
 rge\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Crete\; Rostislav\, the Great Illumined D
 uke of Moravia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\,
  Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\
 , and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when El
 izabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Eliz
 abeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "
 Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And wh
 y is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For be
 hold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my wom
 b leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a ful
 fillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My
  soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he
  has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all
  generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great thi
 ngs for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three 
 months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETH
 REN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctua
 ry. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand a
 nd the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. B
 ehind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having th
 e golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides 
 with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's ro
 d that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim
  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak
  in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go conti
 nually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the 
 second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without
  taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered 
 a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she 
 had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his t
 eaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him 
 and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you 
 alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Mar
 tha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful
 . Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her
 ." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\
 , "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" Bu
 t he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Saturday of Souls\; Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\; Zenon the Mart
 yr & his servant Zenas of Philadelphia\; Anastasia the Serbian\; Alban the 
 Protomartyr of Britain\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we 
 would not have you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, 
 that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believ
 e that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring
  with him those who have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the 
 word of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of
  the Lord\, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord h
 imself will descend from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel'
 s call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ 
 will rise first\; then we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up
  together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we s
 hall always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from the de
 ad. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more
  than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He 
 said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son 
 of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I l
 ove you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\,
  "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said 
 to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you 
 know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my s
 heep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yours
 elf and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch ou
 t your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wis
 h to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And a
 fter this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them
  the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the su
 pper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Pe
 ter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said t
 o him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you
 ? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this discipl
 e was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, bu
 t\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" T
 his is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has wr
 itten these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are 
 also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be writt
 en\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would
  be written. Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\; Andronicus & his wife Athanasia 
 of Egypt\; Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\; The Righteous Patriarch Abraha
 m and his nephew Lot\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-1
 6\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sente
 nced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels
  and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. W
 e are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disreput
 e. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted 
 and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we
  bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliat
 e\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-sco
 uring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admon
 ish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Chr
 ist\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesu
 s through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, 
 he had compassion for them\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like
  sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples\, "The harvest is 
 plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray therefore the Lord of the harve
 st to send out laborers into his harvest."\n\nAnd he called to him his twel
 ve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them ou
 t\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve 
 apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his br
 other\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartho
 lomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, 
 and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, 
 who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere
  among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather t
 o the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, 'T
 he kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse 
 lepers\, cast out demons. You received without paying\, give without pay."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gortynia\; Ariadne the Martyr\; 
 Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:28-31\;5:1-10\
 nBrethren\, we\, like Isaac\, are children of promise. But as at that time 
 he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born accordin
 g to the Spirit\, so it is now. But what does the scripture say? "Cast out 
 the slave and her son\; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the
  son of the free woman." So\, brethren\, we are not children of the slave b
 ut of the free woman. For freedom Christ has set us free\; stand fast there
 fore\, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Now I\, Paul\, say to 
 you that if you receive circumcision\, Christ will be of no advantage to yo
 u. I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound 
 to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ\, you who would be justi
 fied by the law\; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit\,
  by faith\, we wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neit
 her circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail\, but faith working thr
 ough love. You were running well\; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
  This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the
  whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view
  than mine\; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment\, whoever h
 e is.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch\, 
 who had been reproved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, and for a
 ll the evil things that Herod had done\, added this to them all\, that he s
 hut up John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, and when Jes
 us also had been baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened\, and the
  Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a voice ca
 me from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\; Agapetus the Confessor\, Bishop of Sina
 i\; Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I John 3:9-22\nBRETHREN\, no one born of God commits sin\; for God's natur
 e abides in him\, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. By this it m
 ay be seen who are the children of God\, and who are the children of the de
 vil: whoever does not do right is not of God\, nor he who does not love his
  brother. For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning\,
  that we should love one another\, and not be like Cain who was of the evil
  one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own d
 eeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do not wonder\, brethren\, that
  the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life\, 
 because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. Any one
  who hates his brother is a murderer\, and you know that no murderer has et
 ernal life abiding in him. By this we know love\, that he laid down his lif
 e for us\; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But if any 
 one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need\, yet closes his hea
 rt against him\, how does God's love abide in him? Little children\, let us
  not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know
  that we are of the truth\, and reassure our hearts before him whenever our
  hearts condemn us\; for God is greater than our hearts\, and he knows ever
 ything. Beloved\, if our hearts do not condemn us\, we have confidence befo
 re God\; and we receive from him whatever we ask. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 
 14:10-42\nAt that time\, Judas Iscariot\, who was one of the twelve\, went 
 to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to them. And when they heard 
 it they were glad\, and promised to give him money. And he sought an opport
 unity to betray him. And on the first day of Unleavened Bread\, when they s
 acrificed the passover lamb\, his disciples said to him\, "Where will you h
 ave us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?" And he sent two of his 
 disciples\, and said to them\, "Go into the city\, and a man carrying a jar
  of water will meet you\; follow him\, and wherever he enters\, say to the 
 householder\, 'The Teacher says\, Where is my guest room\, where I am to ea
 t the passover with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper room 
 furnished and ready\; there prepare for us." And the disciples set out and 
 went to the city\, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the
  passover. And when it was evening he came with the twelve. And as they wer
 e at table eating\, Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, one of you will be
 tray me\, one who is eating with me." They began to be sorrowful\, and to s
 ay to him one after another\, "Is it I?" He said to them\, "It is one of th
 e twelve\, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. For the Son of m
 an goes as it is written of him\, but woe to that man by whom the Son of ma
 n is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been bo
 rn." And as they were eating\, he took bread\, and blessed\, and broke it\,
  and gave it to them\, and said\, "Take\; this is my body." And he took a c
 up\, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them\, and they all drank o
 f it. And he said to them\, "This is my blood of the new covenant\, which i
 s poured out for many. Truly\, I say to you\, I shall not drink again of th
 e fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of Go
 d." And when they had sung a hymn\, they went out to the Mount of Olives. A
 nd Jesus said to them\, "You will all fall away\; for it is written\, 'I wi
 ll strike the shepherd\, and the sheep will be scattered.' But after I am r
 aised up\, I will go before you to Galilee." Peter said to him\, "Even thou
 gh they all fall away\, I will not." And Jesus said to him\, "Truly\, I say
  to you\, this very night\, before the cock crows twice\, you will deny me 
 three times." But he said vehemently\, "If I must die with you\, I will not
  deny you." And they all said the same. And they went to a place which was 
 called Gethsemane\; and he said to his disciples\, "Sit here\, while I pray
 ." And he took with him Peter and James and John\, and began to be greatly 
 distressed and troubled. And he said to them\, "My soul is very sorrowful\,
  even to death\; remain here\, and watch." And going a little farther\, he 
 fell on the ground and prayed that\, if it were possible\, the hour might p
 ass from him. And he said\, 'Abba\, Father\, all things are possible to you
 \; remove this cup from me\; yet not what I will\, but what you will." And 
 he came and found them sleeping\, and he said to Peter\, "Simon\, are you a
 sleep? Could you not watch one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter 
 into temptation\; the spirit indeed is willing\, but the flesh is weak." An
 d again he went away and prayed\, saying the same words. And again he came 
 and found them sleeping\, for their eyes were very heavy\; and they did not
  know what to answer him. And he came the third time\, and said to them\, "
 Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough\; the hour has co
 me\; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise\, let us be
  going\; see\, my betrayer is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agatha the Martyr\; Polyeuktos\, Patriarch Of Constantinople\; Antonio
 s the New Martyr of Athens\; Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\; Afterfe
 ast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Theodosios o
 f Antioch\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:17-31\nBrethren\, by faith Abraham
 \, when he was tested\, offered up Isaac\, and he who had received the prom
 ises was ready to offer up his only son\, of whom it was said\, "Through Is
 aac shall your descendants be named." He considered that God was able to ra
 ise men even from the dead\; hence\, figuratively speaking\, he did not rec
 eive him back. By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. B
 y faith Jacob\, when dying\, blessed each of the sons of Joseph\, bowing in
  worship over the head of his staff. By faith Joseph\, at the end of his li
 fe\, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions conce
 rning his bones. By faith Moses\, when he was born\, was hid for three mont
 hs by his parents\, because they saw that the child was beautiful\; and the
 y were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith Moses\, when he was grown u
 p\, refused to be called the son of the Pharaoh's daughter\, choosing rathe
 r to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting 
 pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealt
 h than the treasures of Egypt\, for he looked to the reward. By faith he le
 ft Egypt\, not being afraid of the anger of the king\; for he endured as se
 eing him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the 
 blood\, so that the Destroyer of the first-born might not touch them. By fa
 ith the people crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land\; but the Egyptians\, 
 when they attempted to do the same\, were drowned. By faith the walls of Je
 richo fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith Raha
 b the harlot did not perish with those who were disobedient\, because she h
 ad given friendly welcome to the spies.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:42-50\; 1
 0:1\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe i
 n me to sin\, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung rou
 nd his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to
  sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two
  hands to go to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, where their worm does not
  die\, and the fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes you to sin\, c
 ut it off\; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to b
 e thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not qu
 enched. And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out\; it is better for
  you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thro
 wn into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched
 . For every one will be salted with fire and every sacrifice will be salted
  with salt. Salt is good\; but if the salt has lost its saltness\, how will
  you season it? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at peace with one another.
 " And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan\,
  and crowds gathered to him again\; and again\, as his custom was\, he taug
 ht them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\; The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 3:8-21\nBrethren\, to me\, th
 ough I am the very least of all the saints\, this grace was given\, to prea
 ch to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ\, and to make all men 
 see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all 
 things\; that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be ma
 de known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. This was 
 according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our 
 Lord\, in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith 
 in him. So l ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you\, w
 hich is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father of our
  Lord Jesus Christ\, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named
 \, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengt
 hened with might through his Spirit in the inner man\, and that Christ may 
 dwell in your hearts through faith\, that you\, being rooted and grounded i
 n love\, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the bread
 th and length and height and depth\, and to know the love of Christ which s
 urpasses knowledge\, that you may be filled with the fulness of God. Now to
  him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly t
 han all that we ask or think\, to him be glory in the church and in Christ 
 Jesus to all generations\, for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 27:33-54\nAt that time\, when the soldiers came to a place called Golgo
 tha (which means the place of a skull)\, they offered him wine to drink\, m
 ingled with gall\; but when he tasted it\, he would not drink it. And when 
 they had crucified him\, they divided his garments among them by casting lo
 ts\; then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And over his head th
 ey put the charge against him\, which read\, "This is Jesus the King of the
  Jews." Then two robbers were crucified with him\, one on the right and one
  on the left. And those who passed by derided him\, wagging their heads and
  saying\, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days\, sa
 ve yourself! If you are the Son of God\, come down from the cross." So also
  the chief priests\, with the scribes and elders\, mocked him\, saying\, "H
 e saved others\; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel\; let him
  come down now from the cross\, and we will believe in him. He trusts in Go
 d\; let God deliver him now\, if he desires him\; for he said\, 'I am the S
 on of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him i
 n the same way. \n\n Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all th
 e land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a lo
 ud voice\, "Eli\, Eli\, lama sabachthani?" that is\, "My God\, my God\, why
  have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing it said\, "This 
 man is calling Elijah." And one of them at once ran and took a sponge\, fil
 led it with vinegar\, and put it on a reed\, and gave it to him to drink. B
 ut the others said\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah will come to save hi
 m." And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. \n\n
  And behold\, the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from top to botto
 m\; and the earth shook\, and the rocks were split\; the tombs also were op
 ened\, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised\, an
 d coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy ci
 ty and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him\, k
 eeping watch over Jesus\, saw the earthquake and what took place\, they wer
 e filled with awe\, and said\, "Truly this was the Son of God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\; Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\; Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\; Martyr Chrysanthe\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 1:1-7\nPaul a
 nd Timothy\, servants of Christ Jesus\, to all the saints in Christ Jesus w
 ho are at Philippi\, with the bishops and deacons: Grace to you and peace f
 rom God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God in all my reme
 mbrance of you\, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my praye
 r with joy\, thankful for your partnership in the gospel from the first day
  until now. And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring i
 t to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel thus
  about you all\, because I hold you in my heart\, for you are all partakers
  with me of grace\, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirma
 tion of the gospel.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:22-24\nThe Lord said\, "All 
 things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the So
 n is except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to
  whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said
  privately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you t
 hat many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see i
 t\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231207
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\; Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\; Ri
 ghteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: I Timothy 6:17-21\nTimothy\, my son\, charge the rich in t
 his world not to be haughty\, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches bu
 t on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy. They are to do g
 ood\, to be rich in good deeds\, liberal and generous\, thus laying up for 
 themselves a good foundation for the future\, so that they may take hold of
  the life which is life indeed. O Timothy\, guard what has been entrusted t
 o you. Avoid the godless chatter and contradictions of what is falsely call
 ed knowledge\, for by professing it some have missed the mark as regards th
 e faith. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:28-33\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples\, "Look up and raise your heads\, because your rede
 mption is drawing near." And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree\
 , and all the trees\; as soon as they come out in leaf\, you see for yourse
 lves and know that the summer is already near. So also\, when you see these
  things taking place\, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly\, I 
 say to you\, this generation will not pass away till all has taken place. H
 eaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240909
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\; Severian th
 e Martyr of Sebastia\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativit
 y of the Theotokos\; Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, o
 ne by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born ac
 cording to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this 
 is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, be
 aring children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arab
 ia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with 
 her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For 
 it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and
  shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one 
 are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with
  a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those wh
 o enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manife
 st\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take he
 ed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from him
  who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen
  his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him for
  the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing o
 utside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brot
 hers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Tuesday after Pascha\; Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\
 ; Nikitas\, Bishop of Chalcedon\; Helikonis the Martyr\; Heladios the Hiero
 martyr of the East\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:2
 1-33\nIn those days\, Peter went down to the men sent by Cornelius to him a
 nd said\, "I am the one you are looking for\; what is the reason for your c
 oming?" And they said\, "Cornelius\, a centurion\, an upright and God-feari
 ng man\, who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation\, was directed by
  a holy angel to send for you to come to his house\, and to hear what you h
 ave to say." So he called them in to be his guests. The next day he rose an
 d went off with them\, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
  And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting th
 em and had called together his kinsmen and close friends. When Peter entere
 d\, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But Pete
 r lifted him up\, saying\, "Stand up\; I too am a man." And as he talked wi
 th him\, he went in and found many persons gathered\; and he said to them\,
  "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to 
 visit any one of another nation\; but God has shown me that I should not ca
 ll any man common or unclean. So when I was sent for\, I came without objec
 tion. I ask then why you sent for me." And Cornelius said\, "Four days ago\
 , about this hour\, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house\; an
 d behold\, a man stood before me in bright apparel\, saying\, 'Cornelius\, 
 your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. S
 end therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter\; he is lodgin
 g in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by the seaside.' So I sent to you at o
 nce\, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here 
 present in the sight of God\, to hear all that you have been commanded by t
 he Lord."\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went about i
 n Galilee\; he would not go about in Judea\, because the Jews sought to kil
 l him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand. So his brothers said
  to him\, "Leave here and go to Judea\, that your disciples may see the wor
 ks you are doing. For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known openly
 . If you do these things\, show yourself to the world." For even his brothe
 rs did not believe in him. Jesus said to them\, "My time has not yet come\,
  but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you\, but it hates me 
 because I testify of it that its works are evil. Go to the feast yourselves
 \; I am not going up to this feast\, for my time has not yet fully come." S
 o saying\, he remained in Galilee.\n\nBut after his brothers had gone up to
  the feast\, then he also went up\, not publicly but in private. The Jews w
 ere looking for him at the feast\, and saying\, "Where is he?" And there wa
 s much muttering about him among the people. While some said\, "He is a goo
 d man\," others said\, "No\, he is leading the people astray." Yet for fear
  of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/31/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hermias the Martyr at Comana\; Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 20:7-
 12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles were gathered together to break bread
 \, Paul talked with them\, intending to depart on the morrow\; and he prolo
 nged his speech until midnight. There were many lights in the upper chamber
  where we were gathered. And a young man named Euthychos was sitting in the
  window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer\; and being 
 overcome by sleep\, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead
 .  But Paul went down and bent over him\, and embracing him said\, "Do not 
 be alarmed\, for his life is in him." And when Paul had gone up and had bro
 ken bread and eaten\, he conversed with them a long while\, until daybreak\
 , and so departed. And they took the lad away alive\, and were not a little
  comforted. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:10-21\nThe Lord said to his discipl
 es\, "The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority\; but 
 the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Fat
 her and the Father in me\; or else believe me for the sake of the works the
 mselves.\n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who believes in me will also
  do the works that I do\; and greater works than these will he do\, because
  I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name\, I will do it\, that the 
 Father may be glorified in the Son\; if you ask anything in my name\, I wil
 l do it. "If you love me\, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray t
 o the Father\, and he will give you another Counselor\, to be with you for 
 ever\, even the Spirit of truth\, whom the world cannot receive\, because i
 t neither sees him nor knows him\; you know him\, for he dwells with you\, 
 and will be in you.\n\n"I will not leave you desolate\; I will come to you.
  Yet a little while\, and the world will see me no more\, but you will see 
 me\; because I live\, you will live also. In that day you will know that I 
 am in my Father\, and you in me\, and I in you. He who has my commandments 
 and keeps them\, he it is who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved 
 by my Father\, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250203
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Gabriel the Ne
 w Martyr of Constantinople\; Jordan the New Martyr\; Agathadoros the Martyr
  of Cappadocia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2:25-32\nAt that time\, there
  was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righteou
 s and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit 
 was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he s
 hould not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired by 
 the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the ch
 ild Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him 
 up in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depa
 rt in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation
  which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for revel
 ation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Hebrews 7:7-17\nBRETHREN\, it is beyond dispute that the inferior is
  blessed by the superior. Here tithes are received by mortal men\; there\, 
 by one whom it is testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi him
 self\, who receives tithes\, paid tithes through Abraham\, for he was still
  in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. Now if perfection h
 ad been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the peopl
 e received the law)\, what further need would there have been for another p
 riest to arise after the order of Melchizedek\, rather than one named after
  the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood\, there i
 s necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things
  are spoken belonged to another tribe\, from which no one has ever served a
 t the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah\, and
  in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becom
 es even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchize
 dek\, who has become a priest\, not according to a legal requirement concer
 ning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is w
 itnessed of him\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchize
 dek." \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-40\nAt that time\, the parents brought 
 the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is writte
 n in the law of the Lord\, "Every male that opens the womb shall be called 
 holy to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in th
 e law of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle doves\, or two young pigeons."  Now t
 here was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man was righ
 teous and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spi
 rit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that 
 he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired
  by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in th
 e child Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took 
 him up in his arms and blessed God and said\,\n\n"Lord\, now let your serva
 nt depart in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your sa
 lvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light fo
 r revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\n\nAnd
  his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him\; and Symeon
  blessed them and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold\, this child is set for
  the fall and rising of many in Israel\, and for a sign that is spoken agai
 nst (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also)\, that thoughts of
  many hearts may be revealed."  And there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the dau
 ghter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she was of a great age\, having 
 lived with her husband seven years from her virginity\, and as a widow till
  she was eighty-four.  She did not depart from the temple\, worshiping with
  fasting and prayer night and day.  And coming up at that very hour she gav
 e thanks to God\, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redempti
 on of Jerusalem.  And when they had performed everything according to the l
 aw of the Lord\, they returned into Galilee\, to their own city\, Nazareth.
   And the child grew and became strong\, filled with wisdom\; and the favor
  of God was upon him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Matthew\; Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the A
 postles of the 70\; Irene the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\; Our Righteous F
 ather Paul of Xeropotamou\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that 
 time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw t
 he linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happ
 ened. That very day] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, abo
 ut seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these
  things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together\
 , Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from
  recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversation which yo
 u are holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking 
 sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only vi
 sitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in
  these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "
 Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word be
 fore God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivere
 d Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped tha
 t He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now t
 he third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amaz
 ed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body
 \; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, w
 ho said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\
 , and found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And 
 He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that th
 e prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer 
 these things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all t
 he prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things conce
 rning Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were going. H
 e appeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay 
 with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He wen
 t in to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread 
 and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opene
 d and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said t
 o each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on 
 the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same h
 our and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together
  and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and
  has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road and h
 ow He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: R
 omans 10:1-10\nBrethren\, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is
  that they may be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God\
 , but it is not enlightened. For\, being ignorant of the righteousness that
  comes from God\, and seeking to establish their own\, they did not submit 
 to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law\, that every one w
 ho has faith may be justified. Moses writes that the man who practices the 
 righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it. But the righteous
 ness based on faith says\, Do not say in your heart\, "Who will ascend into
  heaven?" (that is\, to bring Christ down) or "Who will descend into the ab
 yss?" (that is\, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? T
 he word is near you\, on your lips and in your heart (that is\, the word of
  faith which we preach)\; because\, if you confess with your lips that Jesu
 s is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead\, you
  will be saved. For man believes with his heart and so is justified\, and h
 e confesses with his lips and so is saved.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:28-
 34\; 9:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes\,
  two demoniacs met him\, coming out of the tombs\, so fierce that no one wo
 uld pass that way. And behold\, they cried out\, "What have you to do with 
 us\, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a
  herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons 
 begged him\, "If you cast us out\, send us away into the herd of swine." An
 d he said to them\, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine\; and be
 hold\, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea\, and perishe
 d in the waters. The herdsmen fled\, and going into the city they told ever
 ything\, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold\, all the city 
 came out to meet Jesus\; and when they saw him\, they begged him to leave t
 heir neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his 
 own city.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George the Righteous of Maleon\; Righteous Plato the Studite\; Theonas
 \, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Renovator of the Sacred Monaste
 ry of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkidiki\; Nicetas the Hieromart
 yr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\; Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki
 \; Righteous Zosimas\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:10-
 12:2\n Thus says the LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an 
 ensign to the peoples\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings shal
 l be glorious. \n\n In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second 
 time to recover the remnant which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, fr
 om Egypt\, from Pathros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from Ha
 math\, and from the coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for the
  nations\, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the disper
 sed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim s
 hall depart\, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall n
 ot be jealous of Judah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they shal
 l swoop down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, and togethe
 r they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their han
 d against Edom and Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LORD 
 will utterly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his han
 d over the River with his scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channels
  that men may cross dryshod.  And there will be a highway from Assyria for 
 the remnant which is left of his people\, as there was for Israel when they
  came up from the land of Egypt.  \n\n You will say in that day: "I will gi
 ve thanks to thee\, O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy anger
  turned away\, and thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\; 
 I will trust\, and will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength and
  my song\, and he has become my salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genes
 is 7:11-8:3\n In the six hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second mont
 h\, on the seventeenth day of the month\, on that day all the fountains of 
 the great deep burst forth\, and the windows of the heavens were opened.  A
 nd rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.  On the very same 
 day Noah and his sons\, Shem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the 
 three wives of his sons with them entered the ark\, they and every beast ac
 cording to its kind\, and all the cattle according to their kinds\, and eve
 ry creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind\, and ever
 y bird according to its kind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into th
 e ark with Noah\, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of
  life.  And they that entered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as G
 od had commanded him\; and the LORD shut him in.  \n\n The flood continued 
 forty days upon the earth\; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ark\
 , and it rose high above the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased gre
 atly upon the earth\; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And t
 he waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains 
 under the whole heaven were covered\; the waters prevailed above the mounta
 ins\, covering them fifteen cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved upo
 n the earth\, birds\, cattle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm u
 pon the earth\, and every man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostril
 s was the breath of life died.  He blotted out every living thing that was 
 upon the face of the ground\, man and animals and creeping things and birds
  of the air\; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, an
 d those that were with him in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the e
 arth a hundred and fifty days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts 
 and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow 
 over the earth\, and the waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and th
 e windows of the heavens were closed\, the rain from the heavens was restra
 ined\, and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a h
 undred and fifty days the waters had abated.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prov
 erbs 10:1-22\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sorro
 w to his mother.  Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit\, but righte
 ousness delivers from death.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry
 \, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty\,
  but the hand of the diligent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is p
 rudent\, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on th
 e head of the righteous\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  T
 he memory of the righteous is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked will 
 rot.  The wise of heart will heed commandments\, but a prating fool will co
 me to ruin.  He who walks in integrity walks securely\, but he who perverts
  his ways will be found out.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but he 
 who boldly reproves makes peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain 
 of life\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up s
 trife\, but love covers all offenses.  On the lips of him who has understan
 ding wisdom is found\, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.  W
 ise men lay up knowledge\, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  A 
 rich man's wealth is his strong city\; the poverty of the poor is their rui
 n.  The wage of the righteous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to sin
 .  He who heeds instruction is on the path to life\, but he who rejects rep
 roof goes astray.  He who conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utter
 s slander is a fool.  When words are many\, transgression is not lacking\, 
 but he who restrains his lips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is c
 hoice silver\; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of the 
 righteous feed many\, but fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of the
  LORD makes rich\, and he adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\; Elizabet
 h\, Mother of the Forerunner\; Urban\, Theodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromarty
 rs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:
 1-12\nBrethren\, having this ministry as we have received mercy\, we do not
  lose heart. We have renounced disgraceful\, underhanded ways\; we refuse t
 o practice cunning or to tamper with God's word\, but by the open statement
  of truth we would commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight
  of God. And even if our gospel is veiled\, it is veiled only to those who 
 are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of
  the unbelievers\, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the 
 glory of Christ\, who is the likeness of God. For what we preach is not our
 selves\, but Jesus Christ as Lord\, with ourselves as your servants for Jes
 us' sake. For it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," 
 who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
  of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vess
 els\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We 
 are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven t
 o despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed
 \; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jes
 us may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always be
 ing given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be ma
 nifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come
  to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build t
 he tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\
 , 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken par
 t with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness agains
 t yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill u
 p\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\
 , how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you proph
 ets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and
  some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\,
  that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the bl
 ood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom 
 you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, al
 l this will come upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing
  the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have
  gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings
 \, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I t
 ell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who co
 mes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ecclesiastical New Year\; Symeon the Stylite\; Synaxis of the Recovery
  of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \; The 40 Holy Ascetic 
 Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\; Holy Martyrs 
 Calliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\; Righteous Meletius\, The St
 ruggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\; Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\; Nicholas of K
 ourtaliotis\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timoth
 y 2:1-7\nTimothy\, my son\, first of all\, I urge that supplications\, pray
 ers\, intercessions\, and thanksgivings be made for all men\, for kings and
  all who are in high positions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable lif
 e\, godly and respectful in every way. This is good\, and it is acceptable 
 in the sight of God our Savior\, who desires all men to be saved and to com
 e to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God\, and there is one me
 diator between God and men\, the man Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as a r
 ansom for all\, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time. For th
 is I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I am no
 t lying)\, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he had been br
 ought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbat
 h day. And he stood up to read\; and there was given to him the book of the
  prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was writte
 n\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has anointed me to prea
 ch good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captive
 s and recovering of sight to the blind\, to set at liberty those who are op
 pressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the b
 ook\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of al
 l in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them\, "Today 
 this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke well of h
 im\, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday after Pascha\; Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70\;
  Alexandros the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; George the New of Sofia\; Augu
 stine\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\n
 Brethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentence
 d to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels an
 d to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We a
 re weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. 
 To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and
  homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bl
 ess\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\;
  we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouri
 ng of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish
  you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ
 \, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus t
 hrough the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 9:39-10:9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For judgmen
 t I came into this world\, that those who do not see may see\, and that tho
 se who see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard this\, a
 nd they said to him\, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them\, "If you wer
 e blind\, you would have no guilt\; but now that you say\, 'We see\,' your 
 guilt remains.\n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the
  sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief a
 nd a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. T
 o him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his ow
 n sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, h
 e goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A 
 stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do n
 ot know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but the
 y did not understand what he was saying to them.\n\nSo Jesus again said to 
 them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who 
 came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I
  am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in 
 and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hosea the Prophet\; Holy Martyrs Cosmas and Damian of Arabia\; Andrew 
 the Righteous Monk-martyr of Crete\; Removal and Placing of the Sacred Reli
 cs of the Holy and Righteous Lazarus\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:18-33\nBr
 ethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and he hardens the heart of w
 homever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still find fault? 
 For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a man\, to answer back to G
 od? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why have you made me thus?" Ha
 s the potter no right over the clay\, to make out of the same lump one vess
 el for beauty and another for menial use? What if God\, desiring to show hi
 s wrath and to make known his power\, has endured with much patience the ve
 ssels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to make known the riches of 
 his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has prepared beforehand for g
 lory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the Jews only but also from th
 e Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those who were not my people I wi
 ll call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'
 " "And in the very place where it was said to them\, 'You are not my people
 \,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" And Isaiah cries out con
 cerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of 
 the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; for the Lord will execute 
 his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatch." And as Isaiah predict
 ed\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us children\, we would have fared l
 ike Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall we say\, then? That Gent
 iles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it\, that is\, righteou
 sness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which i
 s based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? Because they di
 d not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were based on works. They have
  stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is written\, "Behold\, I am layi
 ng in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them 
 fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 9:23-27\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "If any man would come 
 after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 
 For whoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life f
 or my sake\, he will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the
  whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me an
 d of my words\, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his 
 glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you tr
 uly\, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see
  the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday after Pascha\; Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\;
  Holy New Martyrs Demetrius and Paul of Tripoli\; John-Vladimir\, Ruler of 
 Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:20-28\;15.1-4\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul went
  on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel to that city 
 and had made many disciples\, they returned to Lystra and to lconion and to
  Antioch\, strengthening the souls of the disciples\, exhorting them to con
 tinue in the faith\, and saying that through many tribulations we must ente
 r the kingdom of God. And when they had appointed elders for them in every 
 church\, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom th
 ey believed. Then they passed through Pisidia\, and came to Pamphylia. And 
 when they had spoken the word in Perga\, they went down to Attalia\; and fr
 om there they sailed to Antioch\, where they had been commended to the grac
 e of God for the work which they had fulfilled. And when they arrived\, the
 y gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them
 \, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remained
  no little time with the disciples. But some men came down from Judea and w
 ere teaching the brethren\, "Unless you are circumcised according to the cu
 stom of Moses\, you cannot be saved." And when Paul and Barnabas had no sma
 ll dissension and debate with them\, Paul and Barnabas and some of the othe
 rs were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders abou
 t this question. So\, being sent on their way by the church\, they passed t
 hrough both Phoenicia and Samaria\, reporting the conversion of the Gentile
 s\, and they gave great joy to all the brethren. And when they came to Jeru
 salem\, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders\, 
 and they declared all that God had done with them. \n\nGospel Reading: John
  9:39-10:9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "For judgment I cam
 e into this world\, that those who do not see may see\, and that those who 
 see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard this\, and they
  said to him\, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them\, "If you were blind
 \, you would have no guilt\; but now that you say\, 'We see\,' your guilt r
 emains.\n\n"Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepf
 old by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a ro
 bber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him t
 he gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep
  by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes 
 before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A strange
 r they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know
  the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did n
 ot understand what he was saying to them.\n\nSo Jesus again said to them\, 
 "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came be
 fore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the
  door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out
  and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose 
 and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she en
 tered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth hear
 d the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are 
 you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gr
 anted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when 
 the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for
  joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of 
 what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarde
 d the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations
  will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\,
  and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and
  returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the fi
 rst covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a te
 nt was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand and the table
  and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the se
 cond curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden alt
 ar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, 
 which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budde
 d\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory ov
 ershadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. 
 These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go continually into 
 the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the second only 
 the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without taking bloo
 d which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; 
 and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister
  called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But
  Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "
 Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell 
 her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you ar
 e anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has c
 hosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he sai
 d this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed i
 s the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, 
 "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\
 ; Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste
  into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of 
 Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of M
 ary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy 
 Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, a
 nd blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the
  mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of your g
 reeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed i
 s she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to 
 her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and 
 my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of
  his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bless
 ed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his na
 me." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her ho
 me.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among
  yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the f
 orm of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but em
 ptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness o
 f men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient
  unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him a
 nd bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of
  Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\,
  and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God t
 he Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house
 . And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listene
 d to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she we
 nt to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to 
 serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Ma
 rtha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing 
 is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken awa
 y from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and sa
 id to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you s
 ucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God an
 d keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\; Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\; Gregory of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\; Ars
 enios of Rhaxos\; James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of Chris
 t Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope\, to Timo
 thy\, my true child in the faith: Grace\, mercy\, and peace from God the Fa
 ther and Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you when I was going to Macedoni
 a\, remain at Ephesos that you may charge certain persons not to teach any 
 different doctrine\, nor to occupy themselves with myths and endless geneal
 ogies which promote speculations rather than the divine training that is in
  faith\; whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure hear
 t and a good conscience and sincere faith. Certain persons by swerving from
  these have wandered away into vain discussion\, desiring to be teachers of
  the law\, without understanding either what they are saying or the things 
 about which they make assertions.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:37-44\nAt that
  time\, as Jesus was drawing near\, at the descent of the Mount of Olives\,
  the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with 
 a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen\, saying\, "Blesse
 d is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory 
 in the highest!" And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to him\, "
 Teacher\, rebuke your disciples." He answered\, "I tell you\, if these were
  silent\, the very stones would cry out." And when he drew near and saw the
  city he wept over it\, saying\, "Would that even today you knew the things
  that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. For the days sha
 ll come upon you\, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surr
 ound you\, and hem you in on every side\, and dash you to the ground\, you 
 and your children within you\, and they will not leave one stone upon anoth
 er in you\; because you did not know the time of your visitation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\; Paul & his sister Juliana and thei
 r Companions\; Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\; Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\
 nEpistle Reading: I John 2:18-29\;3:1-8\nBrethren\, it is the last hour\; a
 nd as you have heard that antichrist is coming\, so now many antichrists ha
 ve come\; therefore we know that it is the last hour.  They went out from u
 s\, but they were not of us\; for if they had been of us\, they would have 
 continued with us\; but they went out\, that it might be plain that they al
 l are not of us.  But you have been anointed by the Holy One\, and you all 
 know that I write to you\, not because you do not know the truth\, but beca
 use you know it\, and know that no lie is of the truth.  Who is the liar bu
 t he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  This is the antichrist\, he who 
 denies the Father and the Son.  No one who denies the Son has the Father.  
 He who confesses the Son has the Father also.  Let what you heard from the 
 beginning abide in you.  If what you heard from the beginning abides in you
 \, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.  And this is what he h
 as promised us\, eternal life.\n\nI write this to you about those who would
  deceive you\; but the anointing which you received from him abides in you\
 , and you have no need that any one should teach you\; as his anointing tea
 ches you about everything\, and is true\, and is no lie\, just as it has ta
 ught you\, abide in him.\n\nAnd now\, little children\, abide in him\, so t
 hat when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame
  at his coming.  If you know that he is righteous\, you may be sure that ev
 ery one who does right is born of him.\n\nSee what love the Father has give
 n us\, that we should be called children of God\; and so we are.  The reaso
 n why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  Beloved\, we
  are God's children now\; it does not yet appear what we shall be\, but we 
 know that when he appears we shall be like him\, for we shall see him as he
  is.  And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.\n
 \nEvery one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness\; sin is lawlessness. 
  You know that he appeared to take away sins\, and in him there is no sin. 
  No one who abides in him sins\; no one who sins has either seen him or kno
 wn him.  Little children\, let no one deceive you.  He who does right is ri
 ghteous\, as he is righteous.  He who commits sin is of the devil\; for the
  devil has sinned from the beginning.  The reason the Son of God appeared w
 as to destroy the works of the devil. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:1-11\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus drew near to Jerusalem\, to Bethsphage and Bethany\, at t
 he Mount of Olives\, and he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\, 
 "Go into the village opposite you\, and immediately as you enter it you wil
 l find a colt tied\, on which no one has ever sat\; untie it and bring it. 
  If any one says to you\, 'Why are you doing this?' say\, 'The Lord has nee
 d of it and will send it back here immediately.'"  And they went away\, and
  found a colt tied at the door out in the open street\; and they untied it.
   And those who stood there said to them\, "What are you doing\, untying th
 e colt?"  And they told them what Jesus had said\; and they let them go.  A
 nd they brought the colt to Jesus\, and threw their garments on it\; and he
  sat upon it.  And many spread their garments on the road\, and others spre
 ad leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.  And those who went b
 efore and those who followed cried out\, "Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes
  in the name of the Lord!  Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that 
 is coming!  Hosanna in the highest!"  And he entered Jerusalem\, and went i
 nto the temple\; and when he had looked round at everything\, as it was alr
 eady late\, he went out to Bethany with the twelve disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary of Egypt\; Euthemios of Suzdal\; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyr
 s\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 29:13-23\n And the Lord s
 aid: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with thei
 r lips\, while their hearts are far from me\, and their fear of me is a com
 mandment of men learned by rote\; therefore\, behold\, I will again do marv
 elous things with this people\, wonderful and marvelous\; and the wisdom of
  their wise men shall perish\, and the discernment of their discerning men 
 shall be hid."  Woe to those who hide deep from the LORD their counsel\, wh
 ose deeds are in the dark\, and who say\, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"  You
  turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay\; that t
 he thing made should say of its maker\, "He did not make me"\; or the thing
  formed say of him who formed it\, "He has no understanding"?  \n\n Is it n
 ot yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful fi
 eld\, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?  In that day th
 e deaf shall hear the words of a book\, and out of their gloom and darkness
  the eyes of the blind shall see.  The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the L
 ORD\, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.  For th
 e ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease\, and all who watch t
 o do evil shall be cut off\, who by a word make a man out to be an offender
 \, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate\, and with an empty ple
 a turn aside him who is in the right.  \n\n Therefore thus says the LORD\, 
 who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no more 
 be ashamed\, no more shall his face grow pale.  For when he sees his childr
 en\, the work of my hands\, in his midst\, they will sanctify my name\; the
 y will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\, and will stand in awe of the God of
  Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-7\n Now the LORD said to Ab
 ram\, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the
  land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a great nation\, and I 
 will bless you\, and make your name great\, so that you will be a blessing.
   I will bless those who bless you\, and him who curses you I will curse\; 
 and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves."  \n\n So 
 Abram went\, as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went with him. Abram was se
 venty-five years old when he departed from Haran.  And Abram took Sarai his
  wife\, and Lot his brother's son\, and all their possessions which they ha
 d gathered\, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran\; and they set f
 orth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan\
 , Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem\, to the oak of Mor
 eh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  Then the LORD appeared t
 o Abram\, and said\, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he bui
 lt there an altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to him.\n\nOld Testament R
 eading: Proverbs 14:15-26\nThe simple believes everything\, but the prudent
  looks where he is going.  A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil\
 , but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.  A man of quick temper a
 cts foolishly\, but a man of discretion is patient.  The simple acquire fol
 ly\, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.  The evil bow down before 
 the good\, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.  The poor is disliked 
 even by his neighbor\, but the rich has many friends.  He who despises his 
 neighbor is a sinner\, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.  Do they no
 t err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness
 .  In all toil there is profit\, but mere talk tends only to want.  The cro
 wn of the wise is their wisdom\, but folly is the garland of fools.  A trut
 hful witness saves lives\, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.  In the f
 ear of the LORD one has strong confidence\, and his children will have a re
 fuge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Ascension\; Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\; Triphyllos the Bishop 
 of Nicosia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on
  the first day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from who
 m He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with H
 im\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and ha
 d been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared i
 n another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country. And 
 they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. After thi
 s He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraide
 d them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not beli
 eved those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into a
 ll the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes a
 nd is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemne
 d. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will c
 ast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpent
 s\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will 
 lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord J
 esus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat dow
 n at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere\, w
 hile the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that 
 attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:1-12\nIn the first book\, O T
 heophilos\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach\, until 
 the day when he was taken up\, after he had given commandment through the H
 oly Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself
  alive after his passion by many proofs\, appearing to them during forty da
 ys\, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he cha
 rged them not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the
  Father\, which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John baptized with wat
 er\, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So w
 hen they had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time
  restore the kingdom of Israel?" He said to them\, "it is not for you to kn
 ow times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But yo
 u shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shal
 l be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end 
 of the earth." And when he had said this\, as they were looking on\, he was
  lifted up\, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were g
 azing into heaven as he went\, behold\, two men stood by them in white robe
 s\, and said\,"Men of Galilee\, why do you stand looking into heaven? This 
 Jesus\, who was taken up from you into heaven\, will come in the same way a
 s you saw him go into heaven." Then they returned from the mount called Oli
 vet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the dead\, Jesus went
  up and stood among His disciples and said to them\, "Peace be with you." B
 ut they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they saw a spirit.
  And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do questionings rise
  in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me
 \, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." 
 And when He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His feet. And whil
 e they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said to them\, "Have y
 ou anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish [and some h
 oneycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. Then He said to them\, "The
 se are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that ev
 erything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psal
 ms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptu
 res\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffe
 r and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgive
 ness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations\, beginning from
  Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the prom
 ise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city until you are clothed with
  power from on high." Then He led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting 
 up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He parted from them
 \, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\, and returned to
  Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the Temple blessing God
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\; Our Righteous Father Theophilus the
  Confessor\; Pinytos\, Bishop of Knossos\; The 200 Monk-martyrs of Nicomedi
 a\; Vassianos the Righteous of Constantinople\; The 14 Holy Elders of Optin
 a Monastery\; Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 1
 :1-9\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God\, To the saints 
 who are at Ephesos and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace fro
 m God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father o
 f our Lord Jesus Christ\, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual
  blessing in the heavenly places\, even as he chose us in him before the fo
 undation of the world\, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He
  destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ\, according to the
  purpose of his will\, to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely 
 bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood\
 , the forgiveness of our trespasses\, according to the riches of his grace 
 which he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will
 \, according to his purpose.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:7-11\nAt that time\,
  Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Jesus\, and he was perple
 xed\, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead\,
  by some that Elijah had appeared\, and by others that one of the old proph
 ets had risen. Herod said\, "John I beheaded\; but who is this about whom I
  hear such things?" And he sought to see him. On their return the apostles 
 told him what they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a city 
 called Bethsaida. When the crowds learned it\, they followed him\; and he w
 elcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God\, and cured those who 
 had need of healing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Monday\; The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him\; O
 ur Holy Father Maximian\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Theodore the Holy M
 artyr & his mother Philippa of Perge\; Alexandra the Martyr\; Anastasios th
 e Monk of Sinai\; Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn those days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem f
 rom the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's jou
 rney away\; and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, wh
 ere they were staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Th
 omas\, Bartholomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Ze
 alot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselv
 es to prayer\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and w
 ith his brothers.\n\nIn those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the c
 ompany of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Bret
 hren\, the scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke befo
 rehand by the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those who 
 arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share i
 n this ministry. "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the 
 time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, beginning from the bapt
 ism of John until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men 
 must become with us a witness to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forward
  two\, Joseph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. An
 d they prayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show w
 hich one of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry a
 nd apostleship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place." And
  they cast lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enroll
 ed with the eleven apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\nNo one has ev
 er seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\, h
 e has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when the Jews 
 sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He conf
 essed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they a
 sked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you the 
 prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? let
  us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" 
 He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straight 
 the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNow they had been se
 nt from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if yo
 u are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered the
 m\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom you do not know\,
  even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to 
 untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, where John was bapti
 zing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children\; Our Righteou
 s Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the Foreigner\; Hil
 arion the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBrethren\, be s
 trong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor
  of God\, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  Fo
 r we are not contending against flesh and blood\, but against the principal
 ities\, against the powers\, against the world rulers of this present darkn
 ess\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Th
 erefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand in 
 the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having 
 girded your loins with truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righteo
 usness\, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peac
 e\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can que
 nch all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvatio
 n\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will
  lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synago
 gues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for m
 y name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it the
 refore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I wil
 l give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able
  to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and b
 rothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; 
 you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head wi
 ll perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. John Climacus\; Aristarchus\, Pudens\, Trophimus the Apo
 stles of the 70\; Thomais the Martyr of Alexandria\; Ardalion the Actor and
  Martyr\; Demetrios the New-Martyr of Arcadia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil All
 owed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven
  disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed th
 em. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus 
 came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been give
 n to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in
  the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to 
 observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to 
 the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 6:13-20\nBRETHREN\
 , when God made a promise to Abraham\, since he had no one greater by whom 
 to swear\, he swore to himself\, saying\, "Surely I will bless you and mult
 iply you." And thus Abraham\, having patiently endured\, obtained the promi
 se. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves\, and in all their disput
 es an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more conv
 incingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purp
 ose\, he interposed with an oath\, so that through two unchangeable things\
 , in which it is impossible that God should prove false\, we who have fled 
 for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.
  We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul\, a hope that ente
 rs into the inner shrine behind the curtain\, where Jesus has gone as a for
 erunner on our behalf\, having become a high priest for ever after the orde
 r of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:17-31\nAt that time\, a man ca
 me to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher\, I brought my son to you\, for h
 e has a dumb spirit\; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down\; and h
 e foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid\; and I asked your disciples
  to cast it out\, and they were not able." And he answered them\, "O faithl
 ess generation\, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with y
 ou? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him\; and when the spirit
  saw him\, immediately it convulsed the boy\, and he fell on the ground and
  rolled about\, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father\, "How lon
 g has he had this?" And he said\, "From childhood. And it has often cast hi
 m into the fire and into the water\, to destroy him\; but if you can do any
 thing\, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him\, "If you can! 
 All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the
  child cried out and said\, "I believe\; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus 
 saw that a crowd came running together\, he rebuked the unclean spirit\, sa
 ying to it\, "You dumb and deaf spirit\, I command you\, come out of him\, 
 and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribl
 y\, it came out\, and the boy was like a corpse\; so that most of them said
 \, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up\, and he 
 arose. And when he had entered the house\, his disciples asked him privatel
 y\, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them\, "This kind cannot
  be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there
  and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it\; for he
  was teaching his disciples\, saying to them\, "The Son of man will be deli
 vered into the hands of men\, and they will kill him\; and when he is kille
 d\, after three days he will rise."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amos the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Hieronymus\; Augustine the Ble
 ssed\, Bishop of Hippo\; Jerome the Righteous\; Achikos\, Stephanas\, & For
 tuanatos the Apostles\; Father among the Saints Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kie
 v\; Lazar of Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 20:7-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when 
 the apostles were gathered together to break bread\, Paul talked with them\
 , intending to depart on the morrow\; and he prolonged his speech until mid
 night. There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered. 
 And a young man named Euthychos was sitting in the window. He sank into a d
 eep sleep as Paul talked still longer\; and being overcome by sleep\, he fe
 ll down from the third story and was taken up dead.  But Paul went down and
  bent over him\, and embracing him said\, "Do not be alarmed\, for his life
  is in him." And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten\, he 
 conversed with them a long while\, until daybreak\, and so departed. And th
 ey took the lad away alive\, and were not a little comforted. \n\nGospel Re
 ading: John 14:10-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "The words that I sa
 y to you I do not speak on my own authority\; but the Father who dwells in 
 me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me\
 ; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.\n\n"Truly\, trul
 y\, I say to you\, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do\;
  and greater works than these will he do\, because I go to the Father. What
 ever you ask in my name\, I will do it\, that the Father may be glorified i
 n the Son\; if you ask anything in my name\, I will do it. "If you love me\
 , you will keep my commandments. And I will pray to the Father\, and he wil
 l give you another Counselor\, to be with you for ever\, even the Spirit of
  truth\, whom the world cannot receive\, because it neither sees him nor kn
 ows him\; you know him\, for he dwells with you\, and will be in you.\n\n"I
  will not leave you desolate\; I will come to you. Yet a little while\, and
  the world will see me no more\, but you will see me\; because I live\, you
  will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father\, and you
  in me\, and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them\, he it is
  who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\, and I will
  love him and manifest myself to him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Acepsimas the Bishop\, Joseph the Presbyter\, & Aeithalas the Deacon\,
  Martyrs of Persia\; Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr Geor
 ge in Lydda\; George of Neapolis the New Martyr\; Holy Father and New Hiero
 martyr Gregory of Neapolis\; Theodore the Confessor\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Wi
 nifred of Treffynnon\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossian
 s 2:13-20\nBrethren\, you who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcisio
 n of your flesh\, Christ made alive together with him\, having forgiven us 
 all our trespasses\, having canceled the bond which stood against us with i
 ts legal demands\; this he set aside\, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed
  the principalities and powers and made a public example of them\, triumphi
 ng over them in him. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions
  of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath.
  These are only a shadow of what is to come\; but the substance belongs to 
 Christ. Let no one disqualify you\, insisting on self-abasement and worship
  of angels\, taking his stand on visions\, puffed up without reason by his 
 sensuous mind\, and not holding fast to the Head\, from whom the whole body
 \, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments\, grows wit
 h a growth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the elemental spiri
 ts of the universe\, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world?
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:29-33\nAt that time\, when the crowds were incr
 easing\, Jesus began to say\, "This generation is an evil generation\; it s
 eeks a sign\, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah. Fo
 r as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh\, so will the Son of man be 
 to this generation. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with 
 the men of this generation and condemn them\; for she came from the ends of
  the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon\, and behold\, something greater t
 han Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with thi
 s generation and condemn it\; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah\,
  and behold\, something greater than Jonah is here. No one after lighting a
  lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel\, but on a stand\, that those w
 ho enter may see the light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\; Alexander\, John\, and Paul 
 the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Phantinos the Righteous of Calabri
 a\; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\; 6 Martyrs of Melitene\; The Synaxis of the 
 Holy Hierarchs of Serbia\; The Holy New Martyrs of Serbia\; Fiacre the Herm
 it of Meaux\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 1:26-31\;2:1-5\nBrethren\, co
 nsider your call\, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards
 \, not many were powerful\, not many were of noble birth\; but God chose wh
 at is foolish in the world to shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in th
 e world to shame the strong\, God chose what is low and despised in the wor
 ld\, even things that are not\, to bring to nothing things that are\, so th
 at no human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of y
 our life in Christ Jesus\, whom God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and
  sanctification and redemption\; therefore\, as it is written\, "Let him wh
 o boasts\, boast of the Lord." When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not co
 me proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I 
 decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. An
 d I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling\; and my speech
  and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom\, but in demonstratio
 n of the Spirit and of power\, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom
  of men but in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:29-34\nAt th
 at time\, as Jesus went out of Jericho\, a great crowd followed him. And be
 hold\, two blind men sitting by the roadside\, when they heard that Jesus w
 as passing by\, cried out\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David!" The crowd re
 buked them\, telling them to be silent\; but they cried out the more\, "Lor
 d\, have mercy on us\, Son of David!" And Jesus stopped and called them\, s
 aying\, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him\, "Lord\, let
  our eyes be opened." And Jesus in pity touched their eyes\, and immediatel
 y they received their sight and followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Second Saturday of Lent\; John Climacus the Righteous\, author of The 
 Divine Ladder of Ascent\; Sosthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphro
 ditos\, the Apostles of the 70\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine
  and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 3:12-16\nBRETHREN\, take care
  lest there be in any of you an evil\, unbelieving heart\, leading you to f
 all away from the living God. But exhort one another every day\, as long as
  it is called "today\," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulne
 ss of sin. For we share in Christ\, if only we hold our first confidence fi
 rm to the end\, while it is said\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do no
 t harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Who were they that heard and yet
  were rebellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leadership 
 of Moses? \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44\nAt that time\, Jesus went out t
 o a lonely place\, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with h
 im pursued him\, and they found him and said to him\, "Everyone is searchin
 g for you." And he said to them\, "Let us go on to the next towns\, that I 
 may preach there also\; for that is why I came out." And he went throughout
  all Galilee\, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. And a 
 leper came to him beseeching him\, and kneeling said to him\, "If you will\
 , you can make me clean." Moved with pity\, he stretched out his hand and t
 ouched him\, and said to him\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately the lep
 rosy left him\, and he was made clean. And he sternly charged him\, and sen
 t him away at once\, and said to him\, "See that you say nothing to any one
 \; but go\, show yourself to a priest\, and offer for your cleansing what M
 oses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension\; Julian the Martyr of
  Tarsus\; Terentios\, Bishop of Iconium\; Nikitas the New Martyr of Nisyros
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 27:1-44\;28:1\
 nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it was decided that we should sail for Italy\, they d
 elivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohor
 t\, named Julius. And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium\, which was about 
 to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia\, we put to sea\, accompanied 
 by Aristarchos\, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. The next day we put in at 
 Sidon\; and Julius treated Paul kindly\, and gave him leave to go to his fr
 iends and be cared for. And putting to sea from there we sailed under the l
 ee of Cyprus\, because the winds were against us. And when we had sailed ac
 ross the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia\, we came to Myra in Lycia.
  There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy\, and put
  us on board. We sailed slowly for a number of days\, and arrived with diff
 iculty off Cnidos\, and as the wind did not allow us to go on\, we sailed u
 nder the lee of Crete off Salmone. Coasting along it with difficulty\, we c
 ame to a place called Fair Havens\, near which was the city of Lasea.\n\nAs
  much time had been lost\, and the voyage was already dangerous because the
  fast had already gone by\, Paul advised them\, saying\, "Sirs\, I perceive
  that the voyage will be with injury and much loss\, not only of the cargo 
 and the ship\, but also of our lives." But the centurion paid more attentio
 n to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. And b
 ecause the harbor was not suitable to winter in\, the majority advised to p
 ut to sea from there\, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix\
 , a harbor of Crete\, looking northeast and southeast\, and winter there.\n
 \nAnd when the south wind blew gently\, supposing that they had obtained th
 eir purpose\, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete\, close inshore. B
 ut soon a tempestuous wind\, called the northeaster\, struck down from the 
 land\; and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind\, we gave w
 ay to it and were driven. And running under the lee of a small island calle
 d Cauda\, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat\; after hoisting it
  up\, they took measures to undergird the ship\; then\, fearing that they s
 hould run on the Syrtis\, they lowered the gear\, and so were driven. As we
  were violently storm-tossed\, they began next day to throw cargo overboard
 \; and the third day they cast with their own hands the tackle of the ship.
  And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day\, and no small temp
 est lay on us\, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.\n\nAs th
 ey had been long without food\, Paul then came forward among them and said\
 , "Men\, you should have listened to me\, and should not have set sail from
  Crete and incurred this injury and loss. I now bid you take heart\; for th
 ere will be no loss of life among you\, but only of the ship. For this very
  night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I wo
 rship\, and he said\, 'Do not be afraid\, Paul\; you must stand before Caes
 ar\; and lo\, God has granted you all those who sail with you.' So take hea
 rt\, men\, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been t
 old. But we shall have to run on some island."\n\nWhen the fourteenth night
  had come\, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria\, about midnight th
 e sailors suspected that they were nearing land. So they sounded and found 
 twenty fathoms\; a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen f
 athoms. And fearing that we might run on the rocks\, they let out four anch
 ors from the stern\, and prayed for the day to come. And as the sailors wer
 e seeking to escape from the ship\, and had lowered the boat into the sea\,
  under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow\, Paul said to the centu
 rion and the soldiers\, 'Unless these men stay in the ship\, you cannot be 
 saved." Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat\, and let it go.\n
 \nAs day was about to dawn\, Paul urged them all to take some food\, saying
 \, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and wit
 hout food\, having taken nothing. Therefore I urge you to take some food\; 
 it will give you strength\, since not a hair is to perish from the head of 
 any of you." And when he had said this\, he took bread\, and giving thanks 
 to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. Then they all w
 ere encouraged and ate some food themselves. (We were in all two hundred an
 d seventy-six persons in the ship.) And when they had eaten enough\, they l
 ightened the ship\, throwing out the wheat into the sea.\n\nNow when it was
  day\, they did not recognize the land\, but they noticed a bay with a beac
 h\, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore. So they cas
 t off the anchors and left them in the sea\, at the same time loosening the
  ropes that tied the rudders\; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they 
 made for the beach. But striking a shoal they ran the vessel aground\; the 
 bow stuck and remained immovable\, and the stern was broken up by the surf.
  The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners\, lest any should swim away a
 nd escape\; but the centurion\, wishing to save Paul\, kept them from carry
 ing out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw themselves 
 overboard first and make for the land\, and the rest on planks or on pieces
  of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.\n\nAfter we had escap
 ed\, we then learned that the island was called Malta. \n\nGospel Reading: 
 John 17:18-26\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\,
  "As you\, Father\, did send me into the world\, so I have sent them into t
 he world. And for their sake I consecrate myself\, that they also may be co
 nsecrated in truth.\n\n"I do not pray for these only\, but also for those w
 ho believe in me through their word\, that they may all be one\; even as yo
 u\, Father\, are in me\, and I in you\, that they also may be in us\, so th
 at the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory which you have gi
 ven me I have given to them\, that they may be one even as we are one\, I i
 n them and you in me\, that they may become perfectly one\, so that the wor
 ld may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have love
 d me. Father\, I desire that they also\, whom you have given me\, may be wi
 th me where I am\, to behold my glory which you have given me in your love 
 for me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father\, the world h
 as not known you\, but I have known you\; and these know that you have sent
  me. I made known to them your name\, and I will make it known\, that the l
 ove with which you have loved me may be in them\, and I in them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\; Maximus the Confessor\; Our Righteou
 s Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\; Dorotheus\, Abba of 
 Gaza\; Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 
 16:4-12\nBrethren\, if it seems advisable that I should go also\, they will
  accompany me. I will visit you after passing through Macedonia\, for I int
 end to pass through Macedonia\, and perhaps I will stay with you or even sp
 end the winter\, so that you may speed me on my journey\, wherever I go. Fo
 r I do not want to see you now just in passing\; I hope to spend some time 
 with you\, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in Ephesos until Pentecost\
 , for a wide door for effective work has opened to me\, and there are many 
 adversaries. When Timothy comes\, see that you put him at ease among you\, 
 for he is doing the work of the Lord\, as I am. So let no one despise him. 
 Speed him on his way in peace\, that he may return to me\; for I am expecti
 ng him with the brethren. As for our brother Apollos\, I strongly urge him 
 to visit you with the other brethren\, but it was not at all his will to co
 me now. He will come when he has the opportunity.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 21:28-32\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A man had two sons\; and he went 
 to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard today.' And he a
 nswered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented and went. And he went to
  the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did no
 t go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said\, "The first.
 " Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax collectors and the h
 arlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the w
 ay of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the tax collectors 
 and the harlots believed him and even when you saw it\, you did not afterwa
 rd repent and believe him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel\; Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\; Holy 
 Martyr Golinduc\; Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\; Serapion the Martyr\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angels
  was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribut
 ion\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was decl
 ared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard hi
 m\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles a
 nd by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For i
 t was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are 
 speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art mind
 ful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make 
 him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with g
 lory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in p
 utting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his contro
 l. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see
  Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned wi
 th glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grace
  of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, fo
 r whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, shou
 ld make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you
  hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejec
 ts him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even 
 the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Sa
 tan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to
  tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; 
 and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the 
 spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in hea
 ven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank 
 you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things
  from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\
 , for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Po
 uplios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\; Christina the Martyr of Persia\; Ger
 ald\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Joel 3:12-21\nLet the nations bestir themselves\, and com
 e up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat\; for there I will sit to judge all the 
 nations round about.\n\nPut in the sickle\, for the harvest is ripe.  Go in
 \, tread\, for the wine press is full.  The vats overflow\, for their wicke
 dness is great.\n\nMultitudes\, multitudes\, in the valley of decision!  Fo
 r the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.  The sun and the m
 oon are darkened\, and the stars withdraw their shining.\n\nAnd the Lord ro
 ars from Zion\, and utters his voice from Jerusalem\, and the heavens and t
 he earth shake.  But the Lord is a refuge to his people\, a stronghold to t
 he people of Israel.\n\n"So you shall know that I am the Lord your God\, wh
 o dwell in Zion\, my holy mountain.  And Jerusalem shall be holy and strang
 ers shall never again pass through it.\n\n"And in that day the mountains sh
 all drip sweet wine\, and the hills shall flow with milk\, and all the stre
 am beds of Judah shall flow with water\; and a fountain shall come forth fr
 om the house of the Lord and water the valley of Shittim.\n\n"Egypt shall b
 ecome a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness\, for the violence done t
 o the people of Judah\, because they have shed innocent blood in their land
 .  But Judah shall be inhabited for ever\, and Jerusalem to all generations
 .  I will avenge their blood\, and I will not clear the guilty\, for the Lo
 rd dwells in Zion." \n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 2:12-26\n"Yet even now\
 ," says the Lord\, "return to me with all your heart\, with fasting\, with 
 weeping\, and with mourning\; and rend your hearts and not your garments." 
  Return to the Lord\, your God\, for he is gracious and merciful\, slow to 
 anger\, and abounding in steadfast love\, and repents of evil.  Who knows w
 hether he will not turn and repent\, and leave a blessing behind him\, a ce
 real offering and a drink offering for the Lord\, your God?\n\nBlow the tru
 mpet in Zion\; sanctify a fast\; call a solemn assembly\; gather the people
 .  Sanctify the congregation\; assemble the elders\; gather the children\, 
 even nursing infants.  Let the bridegroom leave his room\, and the bride he
 r chamber.\n\nBetween the vestibule and the altar let the priests\, the min
 isters of the Lord\, weep and say\, "Spare thy people\, O Lord\, and make n
 ot thy heritage a reproach\, a byword among the nations.  Why should they s
 ay among the peoples\, 'Where is their God?'"\n\nThen the Lord became jealo
 us for his land\, and had pity on his people.  The Lord answered and said t
 o his people\, "Behold\, I am sending to you grain\, wine\, and oil\, and y
 ou will be satisfied\; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nat
 ions.\n\n"I will remove the northerner far from you\, and drive him into a 
 parched and desolate land\, his front into the eastern sea\, and his rear i
 nto the western sea\; the stench and foul smell of him will rise\, for he h
 as done great things.\n\n"Fear not\, O land\; be glad and rejoice\, for the
  Lord has done great things!  Fear not\, you beasts of the field\, for the 
 pastures of the wilderness are green\; the tree bears its fruit\, the fig t
 ree and vine give their full yield.\n\n"Be glad\, O sons of Zion\, and rejo
 ice in the Lord\, your God\; for he has given the early rain for your vindi
 cation\, he has poured down for you abundant rain\, the early and the latte
 r rain\, as before.\n\n"The threshing floors shall be full of grain\, the v
 ats shall overflow with wine and oil.  I will restore to you the years whic
 h the swarming locust has eaten\, the hopper\, the destroyer\, and the cutt
 er\, my great army\, which I sent among you.\n\n"You shall eat in plenty an
 d be satisfied\, and praise the name of the Lord your God\, who has dealt w
 ondrously with you.  And my people shall never again be put to shame."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\;
  Anatolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Kar
 enesi\; Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Phili
 p\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 11:13-24\nBrethren\, 
 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gent
 iles\, I magnify my ministry in order to make my fellow Jews jealous\, and 
 thus save some of them. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of 
 the world\, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the 
 dough offered as first fruits is holy\, so is the whole lump\; and if the r
 oot is holy\, so are the branches. But if some of the branches were broken 
 off\, and you\, a wild olive shoot\, were grafted in their place to share t
 he richness of the olive tree\, do not boast over the branches. If you do b
 oast\, remember it is not you that support the root\, but the root that sup
 ports you. You will say\, "Branches were broken off so that I might be graf
 ted in." That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief\, but
  you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud\, but stand in a
 we. For if God did not spare the natural branches\, neither will he spare y
 ou. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those w
 ho have fallen\, but God's kindness to you\, provided you continue in his k
 indness\; otherwise you too will be cut off. And even the others\, if they 
 do not persist in their unbelief\, will be grafted in\, for God has the pow
 er to graft them in again. For if you have been cut from what is by nature 
 a wild olive tree\, and grafted\, contrary to nature\, into a cultivated ol
 ive tree\, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into t
 heir own olive tree.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to 
 his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no
  one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except t
 he Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all
  who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke up
 on you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you w
 ill find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light
 ."\n\n
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 rs
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Blaise the Hieromartyr of Sebastia\; Theodora the Empress\; Finding of
  the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\; Geor
 ge the Serbian\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16\;5:1-6\nBRE
 THREN\, since we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens\, Je
 sus\, the Son of God\, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a h
 igh priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses\, but one who in
  every respect has been tempted as we are\, yet without sin. Let us then wi
 th confidence draw near to the throne of grace\, that we may receive mercy 
 and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from a
 mong men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God\, to offer
  gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wa
 yward\, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is boun
 d to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. A
 nd one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called by God\, jus
 t as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high prie
 st\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I 
 have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou art a priest
  for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave 
 them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every 
 disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\,
  "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but
  go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\
 , saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the d
 ead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\, give
  without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\; Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea\; Martyr Heliodorus\;
  Anthimos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Marty
 rs\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:20-23\;3:1-3
 \nBrethren\, if with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the univer
 se\, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you subm
 it to regulations\, "Do not handle\, Do not taste\, Do not touch" (referrin
 g to things which all perish as they are used)\, according to human precept
 s and doctrines? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting rig
 or of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body\, but they are o
 f no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh. If then you have been r
 aised with Christ\, seek the things that are above\, where Christ is\, seat
 ed at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above\, not 
 on things that are on earth. For you have died\, and your life is hid with 
 Christ in God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:26-37\; 18:8\nThe Lord said\, "As
  it was in the days of Noah\, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. 
 They ate\, they drank\, they married\, they were given in marriage\, until 
 the day when Noah entered the ark\, and the flood came and destroyed them a
 ll. Likewise as it was in the days of Lot -- they ate\, they drank\, they b
 ought\, they sold\, they planted\, they built\, but on the day when Lot wen
 t out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all
  -- so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed. On that day\,
  let him who is on the housetop\, with his goods in the house\, not come do
 wn to take them away\; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn ba
 ck. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it\, but 
 whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell you\, in that night there w
 ill be two in one bed\; one will be taken and the other left. There will be
  two women grinding together\; one will be taken and the other left." And t
 hey said to him\, "Where\, Lord?" He said to them\, "Where the body is\, th
 ere the eagles will be gathered together. Nevertheless\, when the Son of ma
 n comes\, will he find faith on earth?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\; Agathus\, Pope of Rome\; Bessarion the Great
 \; Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\; Plotinus\n\nEpist
 le Reading: I John 4:20-21\;5:1-21\nBeloved\, if any one says\, "I love God
 \," and hates his brother\, he is a liar\; for he who does not love his bro
 ther whom he has seen\, cannot love God whom he has not seen.  And this com
 mandment we have from him\, that he who loves God should love his brother a
 lso.\n\nEvery one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God\,
  and every one who loves the parent loves the child.  By this we know that 
 we love the children of God\, when we love God and obey his commandments.  
 For this is the love of God\, that we keep his commandments.  And his comma
 ndments are not burdensome.  For whatever is born of God overcomes the worl
 d\; and this is the victory that overcomes the world\, our faith.  Who is i
 t that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God
 ?\n\nThis is he who came by water and blood\, Jesus Christ\, not with the w
 ater only but with the water and the blood.  And the Spirit is the witness\
 , because the Spirit is the truth.  There are three witnesses\, the Spirit\
 , the water\, and the blood\; and these three agree.  If we receive the tes
 timony of men\, the testimony of God is greater\; for this is the testimony
  of God that he has borne witness to his Son.  He who believes in the Son o
 f God has the testimony in himself.  He who does not believe God has made h
 im a liar\, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne
  to his Son.  And this is the testimony\, that God gave us eternal life\, a
 nd this life is in his Son.  He who has the Son has life\; he who has not t
 he Son of God has not life.\n\nI write this to you who believe in the name 
 of the Son of God\, that you may know that you have eternal life.  And this
  is the confidence which we have in him\, that if we ask anything according
  to his will he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in whatever we a
 sk\, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.  If any one se
 es his brother committing what is not a mortal sin\, he will ask\, and God 
 will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal.  There is sin which i
 s mortal\; I do not say that one is to pray for that.  All wrongdoing is si
 n\, but there is sin which is not mortal.\n\nWe know that any one born of G
 od does not sin\, but He who was born of God keeps him\, and the evil one d
 oes not touch him.\n\nWe know that we are of God\, and the whole world is i
 n the power of the evil one.\n\nAnd we know that the Son of God has come an
 d has given us understanding\, to know him who is true\; and we are in him 
 who is true\, in his Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God and eternal li
 fe.  Little children\, keep yourselves from idols.  Amen. \n\nGospel Readin
 g: Mark 15:1-15\nAt that time\, the chief priests\, with the elders\, and s
 cribes and the whole council held a consultation\; and they bound Jesus and
  led him away and delivered him to Pilate.  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you
  the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You have said so."  And the
  chief priests accused him of many things.  And Pilate again asked him\, "H
 ave you no answer to make?  See how many charges they bring against you."  
 But Jesus made no further answer\, so that Pilate wondered.  Now at the fea
 st he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.  And among
  the rebels in prison\, who had committed murder in the insurrection\, ther
 e was a man called Barabbas.  And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate
  to do as he was wont to do for them.  And he answered them\, "Do you want 
 me to release for you the King of the Jews?"  For he perceived that it was 
 out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.  But the chief pri
 ests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.  A
 nd Pilate again said to them\, "Then what shall I do with the man whom you 
 call the King of the Jews?"  And they cried out again\, "Crucify him."  And
  Pilate said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?"  But they shouted all
  the more\, "Crucify him."  So Pilate\, wishing to satisfy the crowd\, rele
 ased for them Barabbas\; and having scourged Jesus\, he delivered him to be
  crucified.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\; Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me and those with her\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 1:1-12\n I
 N MANY AND VARIOUS WAYS God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets\; b
 ut in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son\, whom he appointed the 
 heir of all things\, through whom also he created the world. He reflects th
 e glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature\, upholding the unive
 rse by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins\, he sat d
 own at the right hand of the Majesty on high\, having become as much superi
 or to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs. For
  to what angel did God ever say\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten 
 thee"? Or again\, "I will be to him a father\, and he shall be to me a son"
 ? And again\, when he brings the first-born into the world\, he says\, "Let
  all God's angels worship him." Of the angels he says\, "Who makes his ange
 ls winds\, and his servants flames of fire." But of the Son he says\, "Thy 
 throne\, O God\, is for ever and ever\, the righteous scepter is the scepte
 r of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness\; the
 refore God\, thy God\, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond th
 y comrades." And\, "Thou\, Lord\, didst found the earth in the beginning\, 
 and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; they will perish\, but thou rem
 ainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, like a mantle thou wilt ro
 ll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou art the same\, and thy year
 s will never end."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20\nIn those days a decree w
 ent out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This wa
 s the first enrollment\, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went
  to be enrolled\, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galile
 e\, from the city of Nazareth\, to Judea\, to the city of David\, which is 
 called Bethlehem\, because he was of the house and lineage of David\, to be
  enrolled with Mary\, his betrothed\, who was with child. And while they we
 re there\, the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her
  first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes\, and laid him in a ma
 nger\, because there was no place for them in the inn.\n\nAnd in that regio
 n there were shepherds out in the field\, keeping watch over their flock by
  night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them\, and the glory of the Lo
 rd shone around them\, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said t
 o them\, "Be not afraid\; for behold\, I bring you good news of a great joy
  which will come to all the people\; for to you is born this day in the cit
 y of David a Savior\, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for y
 ou: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger
 ." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host p
 raising God and saying\, "Glory to God in the highest\, and on earth peace\
 , good will among men!"\n\nWhen the angels went away from them into heaven\
 , the shepherds said to one another\, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see 
 this thing that has happened\, which the Lord has made known to us." And th
 ey went with haste\, and found Mary and Joseph\, and the babe lying in a ma
 nger. And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told t
 hem concerning this child\; and all who heard it wondered at what the sheph
 erds told them. But Mary kept all these things\, pondering them in her hear
 t. And the shepherds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they ha
 d heard and seen\, as it had been told them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with ha
 ste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house 
 of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting o
 f Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho
 ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\
 , and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of you
 r greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blesse
 d is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken 
 to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, a
 nd my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate
  of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bl
 essed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his
  name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her
  home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies an
 d those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not asham
 ed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethre
 n\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I wi
 ll put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has 
 given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himsel
 f likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy
  him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all tho
 se who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely i
 t is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abrah
 am. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so tha
 t he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God
 \, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has
  suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\nIn those days\, Elizabeth the wife of Zachari
 as conceived and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord 
 had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach 
 among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a cit
 y of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was
  Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he ca
 me to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the Lord is with you! Blessed 
 are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying\, and cons
 idered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said 
 to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have found favor with God. And 
 behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son\, and you shall call
  his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be called the Son of the Most 
 High\; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David\, a
 nd he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\; and of his kingdom ther
 e will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "How shall this be\, since 
 I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "The Holy Spirit will come 
 upon you\, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you\; therefore t
 he child to be born will be called holy\, the Son of God.\n\nAnd behold\, y
 our kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son\; and this 
 is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing wil
 l be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am the handmaid of the Lord\;
  let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\; Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\; Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Pe
 ter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for they were fis
 hermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of m
 en." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from t
 here he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brot
 her\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he c
 alled them. Immediately they left their boat and their father\, and followe
 d him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and pre
 aching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirm
 ity among the people.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, 
 God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\
 ; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. W
 e are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, b
 ut you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the pres
 ent hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\,
  and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when 
 persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have be
 come\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all t
 hings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my 
 beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do n
 ot have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the 
 gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:3
 5-51\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he l
 ooked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The tw
 o disciples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, an
 d saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said
  to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Where are you staying?" He said 
 to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying\; and they
  stayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two
  who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's broth
 er. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found the
  Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at hi
 m\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cepha
 s" (which means Peter). \n\n The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. A
 nd he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Beths
 aida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and said to h
 im\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrot
 e\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him\, "Can an
 ything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and see." Jes
 us saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite i
 ndeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?
 " Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the 
 fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of
  God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to 
 you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see greater 
 things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, yo
 u will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending u
 pon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 10:11-21\;11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture says\, "No one 
 who believes in God will be put to shame." For there is no distinction betw
 een Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upo
 n all who call upon him. For\, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lo
 rd will be saved." But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not b
 elieved? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? 
 And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach unless 
 they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful are the feet of those who 
 preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed the gospel\; for Isaiah say
 s\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard from us?" So faith comes fro
 m what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I
  ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice has gone ou
 t to all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the world." Again I ask
 \, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, "I will make you jealous o
 f those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.
 " Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been found by those who did no
 t seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me." But of Is
 rael he says\, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and 
 contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected his people? By no means! 
 I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraham\, a member of the tribe 
 of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed on\, he saw a man cal
 led Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." A
 nd he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at table in the house\, behol
 d\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his di
 sciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they said to his disciples\, "Wh
 y does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard
  it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need of a physician\, but those
  who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sac
 rifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Ky
 thyra\; Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\; Silouan of Athos\;
  Stephen the Martyr\; The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\; Coprios the Rig
 hteous\; Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and
  went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she enter
 ed the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard t
 he greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fille
 d with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you
  among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this grant
 ed me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the
  voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for jo
 y. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wha
 t was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies
  the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded t
 he low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations wi
 ll call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, an
 d holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and re
 turned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy
  3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, m
 y aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my pe
 rsecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and a
 t Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued
  me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be per
 secuted\, while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse\, decei
 vers and deceived. But as for you\, continue in what you have learned and h
 ave firmly believed\, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childho
 od you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to inst
 ruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woma
 n called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Ma
 ry\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha wa
 s distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do 
 you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then t
 o help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious 
 and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the 
 good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a
  woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb
  that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed r
 ather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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  in Kythyra
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions\; Mark\, Aristarchos\, and
  Zenon\, Apostles of the 70\; Akylina the New Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gide
 on the Righteous\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 2:6-10\nBreth
 ren\, from those who were reputed to be something (what they were makes no 
 difference to me\; God shows no partiality) - those\, I say\, who were of r
 epute added nothing to me\; but on the contrary\, when they saw that I had 
 been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised\, just as Peter had bee
 n entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for he who worked through P
 eter for the mission to the circumcised worked through me also for the Gent
 iles)\, and when they perceived the grace that was given to me\, James and 
 Cephas and John\, who were reputed to be pillars\, gave to me and Barnabas 
 the right hand of fellowship\, that we should go to the Gentiles and they t
 o the circumcised\; only they would have us remember the poor\, which very 
 thing I was eager to do.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Je
 sus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a grea
 t multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre
  and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and 
 those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd
  sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  
 And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poo
 r\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for
  you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall lau
 gh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revi
 le you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Re
 joice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in
  heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Wednesday after Pascha\; Pachomius the Great\; Achillius the Wonde
 rworker\, Archbishop of Larissa\; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apos
 tle Titus\; Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra\; Andrew the Hermit & Wonde
 rworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:13-22
 \nIn those days\, when the Jews saw the boldness of Peter and John\, and pe
 rceived that they were uneducated\, common men\, they wondered\; and they r
 ecognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man that had been h
 ealed standing beside them\, they had nothing to say in opposition. But whe
 n they had commanded them to go aside out of the council\, they conferred w
 ith one another\, saying\, "What shall we do with these men? For that a not
 able sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitant
 s of Jerusalem\, and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may spread no 
 further among the people\, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in 
 this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at a
 ll in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them\, "Whether it is 
 right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God\, you must ju
 dge\; for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when the
 y had further threatened them\, they let them go\, finding no way to punish
  them\, because of the people\; for all men praised God for what had happen
 ed. For the man on whom the sign of healing was performed was more than for
 ty years old.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:17-24\nThe Lord said to the Jews wh
 o came to him: "My Father is working still\, and I am working." This was wh
 y the Jews sought all the more to kill him\, because he not only broke the 
 sabbath but also called God his own Father\, making himself equal with God.
 \n\n Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the Son can do no
 thing of his own accord\, but only what he sees the Father doing\; for what
 ever he does\, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son\, a
 nd shows him all that he himself is doing\; and greater works than these he
  will show him\, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and
  gives them life\, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father j
 udges no one\, but has given all judgment to the Son\, that all may honor t
 he Son\, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does 
 not honor the Father who sent him. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who he
 ars my word and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he does not c
 ome into judgment\, but has passed from death to life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Babylas the Holy Martyr\; Moses the Prophet & Godseer\; Our Righteous 
 Father Anthimus of Coroucle in Cephallenia\; Anthimos the new ascetic\; Her
 mione the Martyr\, daughter of St. Philip the Deacon\n\nEpistle Reading: II
  Corinthians 12:10-19\nBrethren\, for the sake of Christ I am content with 
 weaknesses\, insults\, hardships\, persecutions\, and calamities\; for when
  I am weak\, then I am strong.\n\nI have been a fool! You forced me to it\,
  for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior t
 o these superlative apostles\, even though I am nothing. The signs of a tru
 e apostle were performed among you in all patience\, with signs and wonders
  and mighty works. For in what were you less favored than the rest of the c
 hurches\, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!\n
 \nHere for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a bu
 rden\, for I seek not what is yours but you\; for children ought not to lay
  up for their parents\, but parents for their children. I will most gladly 
 spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more\, am I to be love
 d the less? But granting that I myself did not burden you\, I was crafty\, 
 you say\, and got the better of you by guile. Did I take advantage of you t
 hrough any of those whom I sent to you? I urged Titus to go\, and sent the 
 brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the sa
 me spirit? Did we not take the same steps?\n\nHave you been thinking all al
 ong that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of
  God that we have been speaking in Christ\, and all for your upbuilding\, b
 eloved.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 4:10-23\nAt that time\, when Jesus was alon
 e\, the disciples\, with the twelve\, asked him concerning the parable of t
 he sower. And he said to them\, "To you has been given the secrets of the k
 ingdom but for those outside everything is in parables\; so that they may i
 ndeed see but not perceive\, and may indeed hear but not understand\; lest 
 they should turn again\, and be forgiven." And he said to them\, "Do you no
 t understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? T
 he sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path\, where the w
 ord is sown\; when they hear\, Satan immediately comes and takes away the w
 ord which is sown in them. And these in like manner are the ones sown upon 
 rocky ground\, who\, when they hear the word\, immediately receive it with 
 joy\; and they have no root in themselves\, but endure for a while\; then\,
  when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word\, immediatel
 y they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns\; they are thos
 e who hear the word\, but the cares of the world\, and the delight in riche
 s\, and the desire for other things\, enter in and choke the word\, and it 
 proves unfruitful. But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones
  who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit\, thirtyfold and sixtyfold 
 and a hundredfold."\n\nAnd he said to them\, "Is a lamp brought in to be pu
 t under a bushel\, or under a bed\, and not on a stand? For there is nothin
 g hid\, except to be made manifest\; nor is anything secret\, except to com
 e to light. If any man has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\; Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\; Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus 
 walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Pe
 ter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for they were fis
 hermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you fishers of m
 en." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from t
 here he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and John his brot
 her\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their nets\, and he c
 alled them. Immediately they left their boat and their father\, and followe
 d him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and pre
 aching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirm
 ity among the people.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, 
 God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\
 ; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. W
 e are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, b
 ut you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the pres
 ent hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\,
  and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when 
 persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have be
 come\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all t
 hings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my 
 beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do n
 ot have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the 
 gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:3
 5-51\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he l
 ooked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The tw
 o disciples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, an
 d saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said
  to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Where are you staying?" He said 
 to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying\; and they
  stayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two
  who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's broth
 er. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found the
  Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at hi
 m\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cepha
 s" (which means Peter). \n\n The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. A
 nd he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Beths
 aida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and said to h
 im\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrot
 e\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him\, "Can an
 ything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and see." Jes
 us saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite i
 ndeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?
 " Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the 
 fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of
  God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to 
 you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see greater 
 things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, yo
 u will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending u
 pon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\; Michael the New Martyr of Athens
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disc
 iples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. A
 nd when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came 
 and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to 
 Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the 
 name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to obser
 ve all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the c
 lose of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBreth
 ren\, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, 
 received promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, es
 caped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty 
 in war\, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurre
 ction. Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might ri
 se again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even
  chains and imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they w
 ere tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of
  sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world 
 was not worthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens a
 nd caves of the earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\
 , did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something bett
 er for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\,
  since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay
  aside every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with
  perseverance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer
  and perfecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\nAt t
 hat time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because
  they were harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. And he ca
 lled to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spiri
 ts\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The 
 names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter
 \, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his brother
 \; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; James th
 e son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean. and Judas Iscariot
 \, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowh
 ere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rathe
 r to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\,
  'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, clean
 se lepers\, cast out demons. You received without paying\, give without pay
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Our
  Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\; Nikephoros the New Martyr of 
 Crete\; Vitalis of Gaza\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and 
 a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast o
 f Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\
 ; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the
  crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them 
 all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are y
 ou poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now
 \, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you sha
 ll laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you an
 d revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of ma
 n!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is gr
 eat in heaven."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember yo
 ur leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome 
 of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterd
 ay and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teach
 ings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by food
 s\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which 
 those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those ani
 mals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacr
 ifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside 
 the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore 
 let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For
  here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thr
 ough him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, th
 at is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do 
 good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jorda
 n\, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by
  the devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, h
 e was hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command 
 this stone to become bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man
  shall not live by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed hi
 m all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To
  you I will give all this authority and their glory\; for it has been deliv
 ered to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worshi
 p me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Y
 ou shall worship the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd
  he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and
  said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\;
  for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\
 ,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot ag
 ainst a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not temp
 t the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he d
 eparted from him until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power o
 f the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through al
 l the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorif
 ied by all.\n\n
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 sts: Maximus the Confessor\; Martyrs Neophytos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximu
 s the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\; Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Philippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to know that what 
 has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that it has
  become known throughout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that my i
 mprisonment is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made confide
 nt in the Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak
  the word of God without fear.  Some indeed preach Christ from envy and riv
 alry\, but others from good will.  The latter do it out of love\, knowing t
 hat I am put here for the defense of the gospel\; the former proclaim Chris
 t out of partisanship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my impr
 isonment.  What then?  Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or in t
 ruth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shall rej
 oice.  For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of J
 esus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance\, as it is my eager expec
 tation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord said to His dis
 ciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of Man also wi
 ll acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies me before men w
 ill be denied before the angels of God.  And every one who speaks a word ag
 ainst the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes against the H
 oly Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they bring you before the synago
 gues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious how or what you
  are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you 
 in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Friday\; The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura\; Peter the Wonderwor
 ker\; Theophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\; Xenia of Kalamata the Great Marty
 r\; Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\; Ahmet the Calligrapher 
 & Martyr\; Oikoumenios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n\nStrict Fast\n
 \nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 5:6-8\n BRETHREN\, a little leaven leavens
  the whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump\, as
  you really are unleavened. For Christ\, our paschal lamb\, has been sacrif
 iced. Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festival\, not with the old leaven
 \, the leaven of malice and evil\, but with the unleavened bread of sinceri
 ty and truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the 
 law\, having become a curse for us - for it is written\, "Cursed be everyon
 e who hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might
  come upon the Gentiles\, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit t
 hrough faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that i
 s\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gath
 ered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, w
 hile he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore o
 rder the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, lest his discipl
 es go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has risen from the dea
 d\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them\
 , "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So th
 ey went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a gu
 ard.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\; Holy Father Theoctistus and his fello
 w struggler Euthymius the Great\; Polydorus the Martyr of New Ephesus\; Tra
 nslation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Pentop
 olis\; Chariton the Martyr\; Phoebe the Deaconess\n\nEpistle Reading: II Co
 rinthians 2:14-17\;3:1-3\nBrethren\, thanks be to God\, who in Christ alway
 s leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowled
 ge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who
  are being saved and among those who are perishing\, to one a fragrance fro
 m death to death\, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is suffi
 cient for these things? For we are not\, like so many\, peddlers of God's w
 ord\; but as men of sincerity\, as commissioned by God\, in the sight of Go
 d we speak in Christ.\n\nAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do
  we need\, as some do\, letters of recommendation\, to you\, or from you? Y
 ou yourselves are our letter of recommendation\, written on our hearts\, to
  be known and read by all men\; and you show that you are a letter from Chr
 ist delivered by us\, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the livin
 g God\, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 23:23-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "
 Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dil
 l and cumin\, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, justice
  and mercy and faith\; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting th
 e others. You blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!\n
 \n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the out
 side of the cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion an
 d rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of 
 the plate\, that the outside also may be clean.\n\n"Woe to you\, scribes an
 d Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs\, which outwar
 dly appear beautiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all
  uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men\, but within yo
 u are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14th Sunday of Luke\; The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\; Our Rig
 hteous Father John\, Bishop and Hesychast\; Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleuc
 ius\; Theodore\, Archbishop of Alexandria\; Angelis the New Martyr\; Karpos
  the Hieromartyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 
 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the
  tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the stone r
 olled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body
  of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men
  stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed 
 their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the liv
 ing among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told yo
 u\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered i
 nto the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise.
 " And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all t
 his to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna
  and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this t
 o the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did
  not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and lookin
 g in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering a
 t what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk 
 as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good a
 nd right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no
  part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it
  is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but when a
 nything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that beco
 mes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise
  from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how 
 you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, be
 cause the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what 
 the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debau
 chery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms an
 d hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with al
 l your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus dre
 w near to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging\; and h
 earing a multitude going by\, he inquired what this meant. They told him\, 
 "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried\, "Jesus\, Son of David\, h
 ave mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him\, telling him to 
 be silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of David\, have mercy on m
 e!" And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to be brought to him\; and when h
 e came near\, he asked him\, "What do you want me to do for you?" He said\,
  "Lord\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him\, "Receive your si
 ght\; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight 
 and followed him\, glorifying God\; and all the people\, when they saw it\,
  gave praise to God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\; Righteous Hierodeacon 
 Makarios of Kalogeras\; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\; Nicholas the New-M
 artyr of Mytilene\; Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and
  their grandmother Neonilla\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that ti
 me\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church
 . He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that
  it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during t
 he days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in pri
 son\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending
  after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in pr
 ison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe ver
 y night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between 
 two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were gu
 arding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a ligh
 t shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying
 \, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said 
 to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and f
 ollowed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, bu
 t thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the se
 cond guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to
  them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one stree
 t\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and sai
 d\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the
  hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the dis
 ciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A seco
 nd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to
  him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my s
 heep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love m
 e?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love 
 me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I lov
 e you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but 
 when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird 
 you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by wh
 at death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me
 ." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who 
 had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it
  that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lor
 d\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he rem
 ain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroa
 d among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not 
 say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing wi
 tness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that
  his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus di
 d\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself 
 could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joel the Prophet\; Varys the Martyr\; John of Rilas\; Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\; John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing with the eleven\, 
 lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in
  Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my words. For these
  men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the third hour of th
 e day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in the last d
 ays it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all fl
 esh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and your young men 
 shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; yea\, and on my m
 enservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit\; a
 nd they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven above and sig
 ns on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun s
 hall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, before the day of th
 e Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be that whoever cal
 ls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:1-10
 \nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a slave who w
 as dear to him\, who was sick and at the point of death. When he heard of J
 esus\, he sent to him elders of the Jews\, asking him to come and heal his 
 slave. And when they came to Jesus\, they besought him earnestly\, saying\,
  "He is worthy to have you do this for him\, for he loves our nation\, and 
 he built us our synagogue." And Jesus went with them. When he was not far f
 rom the house\, the centurion sent friends to him\, saying to him\, "Lord\,
  do not trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy to have you come under my ro
 of\; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word\, and let
  my servant be healed. For I am a man set under authority\, with soldiers u
 nder me: and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\; and to another\, 'Come\,' 
 and he comes\; and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it." When Jesus he
 ard this he marveled at him\, and turned and said to the multitude that fol
 lowed him\, "I tell you\, not even in Israel have I found such faith." And 
 when those who had been sent returned to the house\, they found the slave w
 ell.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\; Polychronios the Martyr
 \; Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\; John the Hermit of Crete\;
  Jonah of Manchuria\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:28-31\;5:1-10\nBrethren
 \, we\, like Isaac\, are children of promise. But as at that time he who wa
 s born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the 
 Spirit\, so it is now. But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave
  and her son\; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of t
 he free woman." So\, brethren\, we are not children of the slave but of the
  free woman. For freedom Christ has set us free\; stand fast therefore\, an
 d do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Now I\, Paul\, say to you that 
 if you receive circumcision\, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I test
 ify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep t
 he whole law. You are severed from Christ\, you who would be justified by t
 he law\; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit\, by faith
 \, we wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circu
 mcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail\, but faith working through love
 . You were running well\; who hindered you from obeying the truth? This per
 suasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lu
 mp. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than min
 e\; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment\, whoever he is.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jes
 us to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took his p
 lace at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when s
 he learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabas
 ter flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she
  began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her
  head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when
  the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this ma
 n were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is w
 ho is touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\
 , "Simon\, I have something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\,
  Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred dena
 rii\, and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. 
 Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppos
 e\, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly
 ." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman?
  I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet 
 my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, 
 but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not
  anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Ther
 efore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved
  much\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to her\,
  "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began to s
 ay among themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said t
 o the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\; A
 fterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Cedd\, Bi
 shop of Scotland\; Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 2
 0:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors
  being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and 
 stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said t
 his\, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad w
 hen they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As th
 e Father has sent Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said this\, He 
 breathed on them and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgiv
 e the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, the
 y are retained." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not
  with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen
  the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of t
 he nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand
  in His side\, I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples were a
 gain in the house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jes
 us came and stood among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said t
 o Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand
 \, and place it in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas a
 nswered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed 
 because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet belie
 ve." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, whic
 h are not written in this book\; but these are written that you may believe
  that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may h
 ave life in His name.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\nIn those days\, whil
 e Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper country and came t
 o Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them\, "Did you re
 ceive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we have nev
 er even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into what then w
 ere you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said\, "John
  baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the people to believe in
  the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, th
 ey were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his 
 hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they spoke with tongue
 s and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered th
 e synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about 
 the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:29-34\nAt that time\, John sa
 w Jesus coming toward him\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God\, who take
 s away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said\, 'After me comes a 
 man who ranks before me\, for he was before me.' I myself did not know him\
 ; but for this I came baptizing with water\, that he might be revealed to I
 srael." And John bore witness\, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from he
 aven\, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him\; but he who sent 
 me to baptize with water said to me\, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descen
 d and remain\, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have se
 en and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\; Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonder
 worker\; Theodosius the New\; Joseph Gerontogiannis of Lithines Sitia\; Soz
 on of Nicomedea\; The Holy Ten Thousand Ascetics of Thebes\; Narcissus the 
 Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 7
 :12-24\nBrethren\, if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever\, and she
  consents to live with him\, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a 
 husband who is an unbeliever\, and he consents to live with her\, she shoul
 d not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his w
 ife\, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwis
 e\, your children would be unclean\, but as it is they are holy. But if the
  unbelieving partner desires to separate\, let it be so\; in such a case th
 e brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace. Wife\, ho
 w do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband\, how do you know
  whether you will save your wife? Only\, let every one lead the life which 
 the Lord has assigned to him\, and in which God has called him. This is my 
 rule in all the churches. Was any one at the time of his call already circu
 mcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one a
 t the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. For ne
 ither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision\, but keeping the
  commandments of God. Every one should remain in the state in which he was 
 called. Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can gain your 
 freedom\, avail yourself of the opportunity. \nFor he who was called in th
 e Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when 
 called is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price\; do not become 
 slaves of men. So\, brethren\, in whatever state each was called\, there le
 t him remain with God.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:2-9\nAt that time\, Jesus 
 took with him Peter and James and John\, and led them up a high mountain ap
 art by themselves\; and he was transfigured before them\, and his garments 
 became glistening\, intensely white\, as no fuller on earth could bleach th
 em. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses\; and they were talking to
  Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; l
 et us make three booths\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.
 " For he did not know what to say\, for they were exceedingly afraid. And a
  cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice came out of the cloud\, "This is my 
 beloved son\; listen to him." And suddenly\, looking around they no longer 
 saw any one with them but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the moun
 tain he charged them to tell no one what they had seen\, until the Son of m
 an should have risen from the dead.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity Fast Begins\; Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confe
 ssors of Edessa\; Thomas II the New\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nFast 
 Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Cori
 nthians 8:1-5\nBrethren\, I want you to know about the grace of God which h
 as been shown in the churches of Macedonia\, for in a severe test of afflic
 tion\, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in 
 a wealth of liberality on their part. For they gave according to their mean
 s\, as I can testify\, and beyond their means\, of their own free will\, be
 gging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints
  - and this\, not as we expected\, but first they gave themselves to the Lo
 rd and to us by the will of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:37-43\nAt that t
 ime\, as Jesus had come down from the mountain\, a great crowd met him. And
  behold\, a man from the crowd cried\, "Teacher\, I beg you to look upon my
  son\, for he is my only child\; and behold\, a spirit seizes him\, and he 
 suddenly cries out\; it convulses him till he foams\, and shatters him\, an
 d will hardly leave him. And I begged your disciples to cast it out\, but t
 hey could not." Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how
  long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." While he
  was coming the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unc
 lean spirit\, and healed the boy\, and gave him back to his father. And all
  were astonished at the majesty of God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/25/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\; Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions
  in Egypt\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\; 
 Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Finbar the Confessor\, First Bis
 hop of Cork\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:1-5\nBrethren\, this is how
  one should regard us\, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries
  of God. Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy
 . But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by
  any human court. I do not even judge myself. I am not aware of anything ag
 ainst myself\, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me
 . Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time\, before the Lord com
 es\, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will dis
 close the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendati
 on from God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:31-36\nAt that time\, Jesus went dow
 n to Capernaum\, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath
 \; and they were astonished at his teaching\, for his word was with authori
 ty. And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean d
 emon\; and he cried out with a loud voice\, "Ah! What have you to do with u
 s\, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are\, th
 e Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him\, saying\, "Be silent\, and come 
 out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst\, he came 
 out of him\, having done him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to 
 one another\, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands 
 the unclean spirits\, and they come out."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Holy Cross\; The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theoto
 kos\; Sozon the Martyr\; Kassiani the Hymnographer\; John and Sergios\, Bis
 hops of Lerna\; Daniel Katounakiotis of Smyrna\; Euodos and Onesiphoros\, A
 postles of the 70\; John the Wonderworker of Novgorod\n\nMatins Gospel Read
 ing: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the
  mother of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and ano
 int Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tom
 b when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will r
 oll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they
  saw that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the t
 omb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white r
 obe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you s
 eek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; 
 see the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter th
 at He is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told 
 you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonish
 ment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were a
 fraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18\nBret
 hren\, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It
  is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel yo
 u to be circumcised\, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for
  the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themse
 lves keep the law\, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may g
 lory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of o
 ur Lord Jesus Christ\, by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I 
 to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumci
 sion\, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rul
 e\, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear o
 n my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with yo
 ur spirit\, brethren. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:13-17\nThe Lord said\
 , "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the S
 on of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilde
 rness\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him 
 may have eternal life.\n\n"For God so loved the world that he gave his only
  Son\, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life
 . For God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that
  the world might be saved through him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\; Theodota the Martyr and her Children\; Co
 nstantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Pious King Theodosius the New
 \; Holy Virgin Martyr Theodota\; Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; O
 laf of Norway\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 10:5-12\nBrethren\, God was
  not pleased with most of the fathers\; for they were overthrown in the wil
 derness. Now these things are warnings for us\, not to desire evil as they 
 did. Do not be idolators as some of them were\; as it is written\, "The peo
 ple sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dance." We must not indulge in
  immorality as some of them did\, and twenty-three thousand fell in a singl
 e day. We must not put Christ to the test\, as some of them did and were de
 stroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as a warning\, 
 but they were written down for our instruction\, upon whom the end of the a
 ges has come. Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands take heed les
 t he fall.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:6-12\nThe Lord said to his discipl
 es\, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." A
 nd they discussed it among themselves\, saying\, "We brought no bread." But
  Jesus\, aware of this\, said\, "O men of little faith\, why do you discuss
  among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive?
  Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand\, and how many ba
 skets you gathered? Or the seven loaves of the four thousand\, and how many
  baskets you gathered? How is it that you fail to perceive that I did not s
 peak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." The
 n they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of brea
 d\, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\; Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\; Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\; Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 6:17-21\nTimothy\, my s
 on\, charge the rich in this world not to be haughty\, nor to set their hop
 es on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything t
 o enjoy. They are to do good\, to be rich in good deeds\, liberal and gener
 ous\, thus laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future\, so t
 hat they may take hold of the life which is life indeed. O Timothy\, guard 
 what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the godless chatter and contradiction
 s of what is falsely called knowledge\, for by professing it some have miss
 ed the mark as regards the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Mark 10:17-27\nAt that time\, as Jesus was setting out on his journey\, 
 a man ran up and knelt before him\, and asked him\, "Good Teacher\, what mu
 st I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why do you call 
 me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not k
 ill\, Do not commit adultery\, Do not steal\, Do not bear false witness\, D
 o not defraud\, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said to him\, "Teac
 her\, all these I have observed from my youth." And Jesus looking upon him 
 loved him\, and said to him\, "You lack one thing\; go\, sell what you have
 \, and give to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\,
  follow me." At that saying his countenance fell\, and he went away sorrowf
 ul\; for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to his 
 disciples\, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kin
 gdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to
  them again\, "Children\, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is
  easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man t
 o enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished\, and sai
 d to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said\, "With m
 en it is impossible\, but not with God\; for all things are possible with G
 od."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Luke\; Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\; Martyr Petroni
 us\; Malachi the New Righteous Martyr of Lindos\; Theophanes the Merciful o
 f Gaza\; Dionysios I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He app
 eared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She
  went and told those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But 
 when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not
  believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as 
 they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest\, 
 but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themsel
 ves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardn
 ess of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had
  risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel 
 to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but 
 he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany t
 hose who believe: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in
  new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly th
 ing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and t
 hey will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\
 , was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And the
 y went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and 
 confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: II Corinthians 1:21-24\;2:1-4\nBrethren\, it is God who establishes us 
 with you in Christ\, and has commissioned us\; he has put his seal upon us 
 and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.\n\nBut I call God to 
 witness against me - it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Co
 rinth. Not that we lord it over your faith\; we work with you for your joy\
 , for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind not to make you a
 nother painful visit. For if I cause you pain\, who is there to make me gla
 d but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did\, so that when I cam
 e I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice\, for 
 I felt sure of all of you\, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I 
 wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears\,
  not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have fo
 r you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:31-36\nThe Lord said\, "As you wish that m
 en would do to you\, do so to them. If you love those who love you\, what c
 redit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you
  do good to those who do good to you\, what credit is that to you? For even
  sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receiv
 e\, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners\, to receive a
 s much again. But love your enemies\, and do good\, and lend\, expecting no
 thing in return\; and your reward will be great\, and you will be sons of t
 he Most High\; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be mercifu
 l\, even as your Father is merciful."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Theophan the Recl
 use\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-11\nAt that time\, Jesus came from N
 azareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came
  up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit
  descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are 
 my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 2:1
 1-14\;3:4-7\nTITUS\, my son\, the grace of God has appeared for the salvati
 on of all men\, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions\, a
 nd to live sober\, upright\, and godly lives in this world\, awaiting our b
 lessed hope\, the appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus 
 Christ\, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to puri
 fy for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.\n\nBut w
 hen the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared\, he saved 
 us\, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness\, but in virtue of hi
 s own mercy\, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit
 \, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior\, so 
 that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal
  life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\nAt that time\, Jesus came from G
 alilee to the Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him. John would have preve
 nted him\, saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, and do you come to me?"
  But Jesus answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thus it is fitting for us
  to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was bapti
 zed\, he went up immediately from the water\, and behold\, the heavens were
  opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove\, and alighting
  on him\; and lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "This is my beloved Son\,
  with whom I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\; Marinos the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Colossians 4:5-11\,14-18\nBrethren\, conduct yourselves wisely toward
  outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be graciou
 s\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know how you ought to answer every
  one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs\; he is a beloved brother
  and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to y
 ou for this very purpose\, that you may know how we are and that he may enc
 ourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful and beloved broth
 er\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has ta
 ken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin 
 of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions if he comes to 
 you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men
  of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and t
 hey have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet y
 ou. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and to Nympha and the c
 hurch in her house. And when this letter has been read among you\, have it 
 read also in the church of the Laodiceans\; and see that you read also the 
 letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the mini
 stry which you have received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting w
 ith my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you he
 ars me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects 
 him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the
  demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan
  fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tr
 ead upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and
  nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spi
 rits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven
 ." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you
 \, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things fr
 om the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, f
 or such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt\; Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\
 ; 120 Martyrs of Persia\; Gregory of Sinai\; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\
 nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nA
 t that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she sto
 oped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting wher
 e the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They sa
 id to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they
  have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Say
 ing this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know t
 hat it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do
  you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if 
 you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will ta
 ke Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Heb
 rew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me
 \, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren and sa
 y to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My God and you
 r God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lo
 rd\," and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a high priest of
  the good things that have come\, then through the greater and more perfect
  tent (not made with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered onc
 e for all into the Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats and calves bu
 t his own blood\, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinklin
 g of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes o
 f a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh\, how much more sha
 ll the blood of Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself wit
 hout blemish to God\, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the l
 iving God. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45\nAt that time\, Jesus took his
  twelve disciples\, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him\, s
 aying\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\; and the Son of man will be
  delivered to the chief priests and the scribes\, and they will condemn him
  to death\, and deliver him to the Gentiles\; and they will mock him\, and 
 spit upon him\, and scourge him\, and kill him\; and after three days he wi
 ll rise." And James and John\, the sons of Zebedee\, came forward to him\, 
 and said to him\, "Teacher\, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of yo
 u." And he said to them\, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they sai
 d to him\, "Grant us to sit\, one at your right hand and one at your left\,
  in your glory." But Jesus said to them\, "You do not know what you are ask
 ing. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink\, or to be baptized with th
 e baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him\, "We are able." 
 And Jesus said to them\, "The cup that I drink you will drink\; and with th
 e baptism with which I am baptized\, you will be baptized\; but to sit at m
 y right hand or at my left is not mine to grant\, but it is for those for w
 hom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it\, they began to be ind
 ignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them\, "
 You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over
  them\, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not 
 be so among you\; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant
 \, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son o
 f man also came not to be served but to serve\, and to give his life as a r
 ansom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricum\, and his mother Ant
 hia\; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:8-18\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, do not be ashamed
  then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suf
 fering for the gospel in the power of God\, who saved us and called us with
  a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpo
 se and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago\, and now has ma
 nifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus\, who abolished d
 eath and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this
  gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher\, and therefore 
 I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I know whom I have believed\, 
 and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrust
 ed to me. Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from m
 e\, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus\; guard the truth that 
 has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.\n\nYou a
 re aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me\, and among them Phyg
 elos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphor
 os\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not ashamed of my chains\, but when
  he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me -  may the Lord
  grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day and you well know all th
 e service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\n
 At that time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields\; and as they made t
 heir way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.  And the Pharisees sa
 id to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?" 
  And he said to them\, "Have you never read what David did\, when he was in
  need and was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the h
 ouse of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and ate the bread of the Pres
 ence\, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gav
 e it to those who were with him?"  And he said to them\, "The sabbath was m
 ade for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son of man is lord even of t
 he sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, and a man was there who ha
 d a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see whether he would heal him
  on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man wh
 o had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful
  on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save life or to kill?"  But t
 hey were silent.  And he looked around at them with anger\, grieved at thei
 r hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand
  was restored.\n\n
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 Anthia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabbas the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Diogenes\; Philotheos the Righteou
 s of Mount Athos\; Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level p
 lace\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people 
 from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came 
 to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were trouble
 d with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\,
  for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his e
 yes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the K
 ingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfie
 d.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you w
 hen men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out 
 your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, an
 d leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is lov
 e\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentlenes
 s\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to C
 hrist Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we 
 live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-c
 onceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, 
 if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restor
 e him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempte
 d.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things h
 ave been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the
  Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom th
 e Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy lade
 n\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; 
 for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.
   For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn
  those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a c
 ity of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth
 . And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her wo
 mb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a
  loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your
  womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come 
 to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the b
 abe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there w
 ould be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Ma
 ry said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Sa
 vior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, h
 enceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has d
 one great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her
  about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philipp
 ians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in
  Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count equa
 lity with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form
  of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human
  form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on a c
 ross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name whi
 ch is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, 
 in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess that 
 Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a wom
 an called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called M
 ary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha w
 as distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do
  you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then 
 to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious
  and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the
  good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, 
 a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the wom
 b that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed 
 rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dionysios the Areopagite\; Rusticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\; John
  the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 17:16-34\nIn t
 hose days\, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens\, his spirit was prov
 oked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. So he argued in 
 the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons\, and in the market plac
 e every day with those who chanced to be there. Some also of the Epicurean 
 and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said\, "What would this babbler sa
 y?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" - becau
 se he preached Jesus and the resurrection. And they took hold of him and br
 ought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what this new teaching i
 s which you present? For you bring some strange things to our ears\; we wis
 h to know therefore what these things mean." Now all the Athenians and the 
 foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or he
 aring something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagos\, sa
 id: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. F
 or as I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found a
 lso an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore yo
 u worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world a
 nd everything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shr
 ines made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed an
 ything\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. 
 And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the ear
 th\, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitat
 ion\, that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after hi
 m and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for 'In him we live
  and move and have our being'\; as even some of your poets have said\, 'For
  we are indeed his offspring.' Being then God's offspring\, we ought not to
  think that the Deity is like gold\, or silver\, or stone\, a representatio
 n by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked\
 , but now he commands all men everywhere to repent\, because he has fixed a
  day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has
  appointed\, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him f
 rom the dead." Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead\, some m
 ocked\; but others said\, "We will hear you again about this." So Paul went
  out from among them. But some men joined him and believed\, among them Dio
 nysios the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus spre
 ad through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. The disciple
 s of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to him two of hi
 s disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come\,
  or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come to him\, they sai
 d\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to c
 ome\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured many of disease
 s and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed si
 ght. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard:
  the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and 
 the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached t
 o them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messenge
 rs of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "Wha
 t did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? 
 What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\, t
 hose who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts. 
 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more tha
 n a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messeng
 er before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' I tell you\, 
 among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet he who is least i
 n the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this all the peop
 le and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized with the bap
 tism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of Go
 d for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever
  Virgin Mary\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Lyons\; Lupus the Marty
 r\; Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion\; Our Holy Father Kallinikos\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Haralambos of Kalyviani\; 38 Martyrs of Thr
 ace\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Sirmium\n\nEpistle Reading: Phil
 ippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours
  in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count e
 quality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the f
 orm of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in hu
 man form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on 
 a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name 
 which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
 \, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess th
 at Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a 
 woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister calle
 d Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Marth
 a was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\,
  do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her th
 en to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxi
 ous and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen 
 the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this
 \, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the 
 womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Bless
 ed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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 ver Virgin Mary
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\; Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\;
  John the Hermit\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinth
 ians 14:20-25\nBrethren\, do not be children in your thinking\; be babes in
  evil\, but in thinking be mature. In the law it is written\, "By men of st
 range tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people\, a
 nd even then they will not listen to me\, says the Lord." Thus\, tongues ar
 e a sign not for believers but for unbelievers\, while prophecy is not for 
 unbelievers but for believers. If\, therefore\, the whole church assembles 
 and all speak in tongues\, and outsiders or unbelievers enter\, will they n
 ot say that you are mad? But if all prophesy\, and an unbeliever or outside
 r enters\, he is convicted by all\, he is called to account by all\, the se
 crets of his heart are disclosed\; and so falling on his face\, he will wor
 ship God and declare that God is really among you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 5:17-26\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching\, there were Pharisees and te
 achers of the law sitting by\, who had come from every village of Galilee a
 nd Judea and from Jerusalem\; and the power of the Lord was present to heal
  them. And behold\, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed\, an
 d they sought to bring him in and lay him before him\; but finding no way t
 o bring him in\, because of the crowd\, they went up on the roof and let hi
 m down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when
  he saw their faith he said\, "Man\, your sins are forgiven you." And the s
 cribes and the Pharisees began to question\, saying\, "Who is this that spe
 aks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?" When Jesus perceived t
 heir questionings\, he answered them\, "Why do you question in your hearts?
  Which is easier\, to say\, 'Your sins are forgiven you\,' or to say\, 'Ris
 e and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on ear
 th to forgive sins" -- he said to the man who was paralyzed -- "I say to yo
 u\, rise\, take up your bed and go home." And immediately he rose before th
 em\, and took up that on which he lay\, and went home\, glorifying God. And
  amazement seized them all\, and they glorified God and were filled with aw
 e\, saying\, "We have seen strange things today."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joel the Prophet\; Varys the Martyr\; John of Rilas\; Felix the Hierom
 artyr & Eusebius the Deacon\; John the Wonderworker of Kronstadt\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\, standing with the eleven\, 
 lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in
  Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and give ear to my words. For these
  men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it is only the third hour of th
 e day\; but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 'And in the last d
 ays it shall be\, God declares\, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all fl
 esh\, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, and your young men 
 shall see visions\, and your old men shall dream dreams\; yea\, and on my m
 enservants and my maid servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit\; a
 nd they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven above and sig
 ns on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, and vapor of smoke\; the sun s
 hall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood\, before the day of th
 e Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And it shall be that whoever cal
 ls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:23-2
 7\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let h
 im deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever woul
 d save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake\, he 
 will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and
  loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words\, 
 of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the gl
 ory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly\, there are 
 some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of 
 God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Mary & Martha\
 , the sisters of Lazarus\; Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\; Petro
 c\, Abbot of Padstow\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such
  a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, ex
 alted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to off
 er sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the peop
 le\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law
  appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\
 , which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect 
 for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high
  priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty 
 in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up n
 ot by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said t
 o the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who doe
 s not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that m
 an is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd 
 of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and 
 he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out 
 all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they kno
 w his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\
 , for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with
  them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus ag
 ain said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the she
 ep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not 
 heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and
  will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\; Anastasios\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Porphyr
 ios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you
  and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and 
 you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This wil
 l be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, 
 not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and 
 wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contra
 dict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and
  friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by al
 l for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endu
 rance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTim
 othy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what y
 ou have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who wil
 l be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Chr
 ist Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, sinc
 e his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned
  unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer wh
 o ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for t
 he Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Chris
 t\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\,
  the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. B
 ut the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the s
 ake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with
  its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If the worl
 d hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If you were o
 f the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are not of the
  world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hates you. 
  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater than his 
 master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they kept my
  word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to you on my 
 account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not come and 
 spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no excuse for 
 their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not done among 
 them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; but now th
 ey have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the word th
 at is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  But when
  the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, even the 
 Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witness to me
 \; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from the begi
 nning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  They wi
 ll put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when whoever
  kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pachomius the Great\; Achillius the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Laris
 sa\; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus\; Barbaros the Myrr
 hbearer of Kerkyra\; Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: A
 cts 10:34-43\nIn those days\, Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I per
 ceive that God shows no partiality\, but in every nation any one who fears 
 him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the word which he
  sent to Israel\, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord 
 of all)\, the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea\, beginning fr
 om Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of
  Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power\; how he went about doing goo
 d and healing all that were oppressed by the devil\, for God was with him. 
 And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Jews and
  in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree\; but God rai
 sed him on the third day and made him manifest\; not to all the people but 
 to us who were chosen by God as witnesses\, who ate and drank with him afte
 r he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people\, and 
 to testify that he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and
  the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that every one who believes
  in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."\n\nGospel Reading: 
 John 8:12-20\nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the w
 orld\; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the ligh
 t of life." The Pharisees then said to him\, "You are bearing witness to yo
 urself\; your testimony is not true." Jesus answered\, "Even if I do bear w
 itness to myself\, my testimony is true\, for I know whence I have come and
  whither I am going\, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am goi
 ng. You judge according to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do jud
 ge\, my judgment is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he 
 who sent me. In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is tru
 e\; I bear witness to myself\, and the Father who sent me bears witness to 
 me." They said to him therefore\, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered\, 
 "You know neither me nor my Father\; if you knew me\, you would know my Fat
 her also." These words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taught in the templ
 e\; but no one arrested him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Matthew\; Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nFast Day (Wine
  and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, h
 aving risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and
  said to them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\
 , and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you t
 roubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My 
 feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not fle
 sh and bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed
  them His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, an
 d wondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave H
 im a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate be
 fore them. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\
 , while I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the law 
 of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened
  their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is 
 written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the 
 dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in Hi
 s name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of thes
 e things. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay 
 in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led the
 m out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While
  He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. An
 d they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were 
 continually in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 12:6-14\
 nBrethren\, having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us\, l
 et us use them: if prophecy\, in proportion to our faith\; if service\, in 
 our serving\; he who teaches\, in his teaching\; he who exhorts\, in his ex
 hortation\; he who contributes\, in liberality\; he who gives aid\, with ze
 al\; he who does acts of mercy\, with cheerfulness. Let love be genuine\; h
 ate what is evil\, hold fast to what is good\; love one another with brothe
 rly affection\; outdo one another in showing honor. Never flag in zeal\, be
  aglow with the Spirit\, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hope\, be patient 
 in tribulation\, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the sain
 ts\, practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you\; bless and do not
  curse them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:1-8\nAt that time\, getting into 
 a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold\, they broug
 ht to him a paralytic\, lying on his bed\; and when Jesus saw their faith h
 e said to the paralytic\, "Take heart\, my son\; your sins are forgiven." A
 nd behold\, some of the scribes said to themselves\, "This man is blasphemi
 ng." But Jesus\, knowing their thoughts\, said\, "Why do you think evil in 
 your hearts? For which is easier\, to say 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to 
 say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of man has authorit
 y on earth to forgive sins" he then said to the paralytic -- "Rise\, take u
 p your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it\
 , they were afraid\, and they glorified God\, who had given such authority 
 to men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\
 ; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\; Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:1-5\nBrethren\, I am spea
 king the truth in Christ\, I am not lying\; my conscience bears me witness 
 in the Holy Spirit\, that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my h
 eart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ 
 for the sake of my brethren\, my kinsmen by race. They are Israelites\, and
  to them belong the patriarchs\, and of their race\, according to the flesh
 \, is the Christ\, who is God over all\, blessed for ever. Amen.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 9:18-26\nAt that time\, a ruler came in and knelt before J
 esus\, saying\, "My daughter has just died\; but come and lay your hand on 
 her\, and she will live." And Jesus rose and followed him\, with his discip
 les. And behold\, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve yea
 rs came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment\; for she said 
 to herself\, "If I only touch his garment\, I shall be made well." Jesus tu
 rned\, and seeing her he said\, "Take heart\, daughter\; your faith has mad
 e you well." And instantly the woman was made well. And when Jesus came to 
 the ruler's house\, and saw the flute players\, and the crowd making a tumu
 lt\, he said\, "Depart\; for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they l
 aughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside\, he went in and too
 k her by the hand\, and the girl arose. And the report of this went through
  all that district.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Matthew\; Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venera
 ble Forerunner\; Elizabeth\, Mother of the Forerunner\; Urban\, Theodore\, 
 & Medimnos the Hieromartyrs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his d
 isciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, 
 "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  these?" He said to him "Ye
 s\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."  A
  second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"  He s
 aid to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to him\, "Te
 nd my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do yo
 u love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do 
 you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know 
 that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep.  Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you 
 would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and anothe
 r will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."  (This he said 
 to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And after this he said to hi
 m\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following them the disciple whom J
 esus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, 
 "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him\, he sa
 id to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus said to him\, "If it is 
 my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So
 \, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die\; 
 but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\, but\, "If it is my wil
 l that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?"  This is the disciple
  who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these things\
 ; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also many other th
 ings which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose tha
 t the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.  Amen
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12\nBrethren\, you are the seal of 
 my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine m
 e. Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not have the right
  to be accompanied by a wife\, as the other apostles and the brothers of th
 e Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrai
 n from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Wh
 o plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock with
 out getting some of the milk? Do I say this on human authority? Does not th
 e law say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses\, "You shall not 
 muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is
  concerned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our
  sake\, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in 
 hope of a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritual good among you\, is 
 it too much if we reap your material benefits? If others share this rightfu
 l claim upon you\, do not we still more? Nevertheless\, we have not made us
 e of this right\, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the
  way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:23-35\nThe Lord
  said this parable:  "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who w
 ished to settle accounts with his servants.  When he began the reckoning\, 
 one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents\; and as he could 
 not pay\, his lord ordered him to be sold\, with his wife and children and 
 all that he had\, and payment to be made.  So the servant fell on his knees
 \, imploring him\, 'Lord\, have patience with me\, and I will pay you every
 thing.'  And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and 
 forgave him the debt.  But that same servant\, as he went out\, came upon o
 ne of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii\; and seizing him 
 by the throat he said\, 'Pay what you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down
  and besought him\, 'Have patience with me\, and I will pay you.'  He refus
 ed and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt.  When his fe
 llow servants saw what had taken place\, they were greatly distressed\, and
  they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place.  Then his l
 ord summoned him and said to him\, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all t
 hat debt because you besought me\; and should not you have had mercy on you
 r fellow servant\, as I had mercy on you?'  And in anger his lord delivered
  him to the torturers\, till he should pay all his debt.  So also my heaven
 ly Father will do to every one of you\, if you do not forgive your brother 
 from your heart."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 15th Sunday of Luke\; Ephraim the Syrian\; Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop o
 f Ninevah\; James the Righteous\; Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\; Theodos
 ius of Totma\; Grace the Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\
 nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to w
 hich Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; bu
 t some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven 
 and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all n
 ations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy 
 Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, 
 I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 I Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy of full 
 acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproach\, because we have o
 ur hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of all men\, especially o
 f those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you
 r youth\, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct\, in love\
 , in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the public reading of scrip
 ture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have\, which
  was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their
  hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yourself to them\, so that 
 all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man named Zacchaios\; he
  was a chief collector\, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was\, but
  could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he was small of stature. So 
 he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him\, for he was
  to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place\, he looked up and said
  to him\, "Zacchaios\, make haste and come down\; for I must stay at your h
 ouse today." So he made haste and came down\, and received him joyfully. An
 d when they saw it they all murmured\, "He has gone in to be the guest of a
  man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord\, "Behold\,
  Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor\; and if I have defrauded a
 ny one of anything\, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him\, "Today
  salvation has come to this house\, since he also is a son of Abraham. For 
 the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\; Titus the Apo
 stle of the 70\; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs o
 f Constantinople\; Holy Father John of Karpathos\; Ebba\, First Abbess of C
 oldingham\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 1:1-5\;2:15\;3:1-2\,12-15\nPAUL\, a ser
 vant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to further the faith of God's 
 elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness\, in ho
 pe of eternal life which God\, who never lies\, promised ages ago and at th
 e proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I hav
 e been entrusted by command of God our Savior\;\n\nTo Titus\, my true child
  in a common faith:\n\nGrace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus
  our Savior.\n\nDeclare these things\; exhort and reprove with all authorit
 y. Let no one disregard you.\n\nRemind them to be submissive to rulers and 
 authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready for any honest work\, to speak e
 vil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to be gentle\, and to show perfect co
 urtesy toward all men.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your 
 best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter th
 ere. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see 
 that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to goo
 d deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\
 nAll who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the 
 faith.\n\nGrace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\n
 The Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city s
 et on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bus
 hel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your li
 ght so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory 
 to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the
  law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them
 .  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota
 \, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever t
 hen relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, sha
 ll be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teac
 hes them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 I John 1:8-10\;2:1-6\nBrethren\, if we say we have no sin\, we deceive ours
 elves\, and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins\, he is faithfu
 l and just\, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousn
 ess.  If we say we have not sinned\, we make him a liar\, and his word is n
 ot in us.  My little children\, I am writing this to you so that you may no
 t sin\; but if any one does sin\, we have an advocate with the Father\, Jes
 us Christ the righteous\; and he is the expiation for our sins\, and not fo
 r ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.  And by this we may b
 e sure that we know him\, if we keep his commandments.  He who says "I know
  him" but disobeys his commandments is a liar\, and the truth is not in him
 \; but whoever keeps his word\, in him truly love for God is perfected.  By
  this we may be sure that we are in him: he who says he abides in him ought
  to walk in the same way in which he walked. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:31
 -37: 14:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Heaven and earth will pass a
 way\, but my words will not pass away.  But of that day or that hour no one
  knows\, not even the angels in heaven\, nor the Son\, but only the Father.
   Take heed\, watch\; for you do not know when the time will come.  It is l
 ike a man going on a journey\, when he leaves home and puts his servants in
  charge\, each with his work\, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the wat
 ch.  Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master of the house wi
 ll come\, in the evening\, or at midnight\, or at cockcrow\, or in the morn
 ing -- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.  And what I say to you I 
 say to all: Watch."  It was now two days before the Passover and the feast 
 of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how
  to arrest him by stealth\, and kill him\; for they said\, "Not during the 
 feast\, lest there be a tumult of the people."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer\; Ignatius and Nican
 drus of Sinai\; Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves\; Gildas the Wise\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the fo
 rmer days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle w
 ith sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\,
  and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassio
 n on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your prope
 rty\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abi
 ding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great 
 reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of Go
 d and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming o
 ne shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by fait
 h."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples
  came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What wer
 e you discussing on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they h
 ad discussed with one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and ca
 lled the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he mus
 t be last of all and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in
  the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoeve
 r receives one such child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\
 , receives not me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we s
 aw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he 
 was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one wh
 o does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me
 .  For he that is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, who
 ever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\
 , will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\;
  Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch\; Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios t
 he Hieromartyrs\; Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: James 2:1-13\nBrethren\, show no partiality as you hold the faith of o
 ur Lord Jesus Christ\, the Lord of glory. For if a man with gold rings and 
 in fine clothing comes into your assembly\, and a poor man in shabby clothi
 ng also comes in\, and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clot
 hing and say\, "Have a seat here\, please\," while you say to the poor man\
 , "Stand there\," or\, "Sit at my feet\," have you not made distinctions am
 ong yourselves\, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen\, my beloved 
 brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in 
 faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
  But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you\,
  is it not they who blaspheme the honorable name which was invoked over you
 ? If you really fulfil the royal law\, according to the scripture\, "You sh
 all love your neighbor as yourself\," you do well. But if you show partiali
 ty\, you commit sin\, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For wh
 oever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all o
 f it. For he who said\, "Do not commit adultery\," said also\, "Do not kill
 ." If you do not commit adultery but do kill\, you have become a transgress
 or of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the 
 law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy
 \; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:24-32\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "How hard it will be for these who have riches
  to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the ey
 e of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." And they we
 re exceedingly astonished\, and said to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesu
 s looked at them and said\, "With men it is impossible\, but not with God\;
  for all things are possible with God." Peter began to say to him\, "Lo\, w
 e have left everything and followed you." Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say to yo
 u\, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or 
 father or children or lands\, for my sake and for the gospel\, who will not
  receive a hundredfold now in this time\, houses and brothers and sisters a
 nd mothers and children and lands\, with persecutions\, and in the age to c
 ome eternal life. But many that are first will be last\, and the last first
 ." And they were on the road\, going up to Jerusalem\, and Jesus was walkin
 g ahead of them\; and they were amazed\, and those who followed were afraid
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\; Holy New Martyr Peter the Al
 eut\; John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk 
 as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good a
 nd right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no
  part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it
  is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but when a
 nything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that beco
 mes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise
  from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how 
 you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, be
 cause the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what 
 the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debau
 chery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms an
 d hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with al
 l your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the do
 or\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out an
 d find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I cam
 e that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd
 .  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hirelin
 g and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming a
 nd leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the
 m.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I a
 m the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father know
 s me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I h
 ave other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and 
 they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle of the 70\, one of the 7 Deacons\; Theophanes the C
 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\; Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\; Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\; Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\; Our righteous Father Kenneth\, Found
 er of the Monastery of Aghaboe in Ireland.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the 
 Apostles 8:26-39\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, "Ri
 se and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaz
 a." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopian\
 , a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in charg
 e of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning\
 ; seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit
  said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, and
  heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand what
  you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?" A
 nd he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the sc
 ripture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter or 
 a lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his humil
 iation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his lif
 e is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About whom\
 , pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself or about some one else?"
  Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he told h
 im the good news of Jesus. And as they went along the road they came to som
 e water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent my
  being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your heart\, y
 ou may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." 
 And he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both went down into the wat
 er\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came up out
  of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch sa
 w him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:27
 -32\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a tax collector\, named Lev
 i\, sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." And he le
 ft everything\, and rose and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast 
 in his house\; and there was a large company of tax collectors and others s
 itting at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured aga
 inst his disciples\, saying\, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors
  and sinners?" And Jesus answered them\, "Those who are well have no need o
 f a physician\, but those who are sick\; I have not come to call the righte
 ous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The Holy M
 artyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\; Righteous Syncletike of Alexandria\; Grego
 ry of Akrita\; Apollinaria of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Co
 rinthians 9:19-27\nBRETHREN\, though I am free from all men\, I have made m
 yself a slave to all\, that I might win the more. To the Jews I became as a
  Jew\, in order to win Jews\; to those under the law I became as one under 
 the law - though not being myself under the law - that I might win those un
 der the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law - not
  being without law toward God but under the law of Christ - that I might wi
 n those outside the law. To the weak I became weak\, that I might win the w
 eak. I have become all things to all men\, that I might by all means save s
 ome. I do it all for the sake of the gospel\, that I may share in its bless
 ings. Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete\, but only one
  receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises
  self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath\, bu
 t we an imperishable. Well\, I do not run aimlessly\, I do not box as one b
 eating the air\; but I pommel my body and subdue it\, lest after preaching 
 to others I myself should be disqualified. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:1-18\
 nIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar\, Pontius Pilate bei
 ng governor of Judea\, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee\, and his brothe
 r Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis\, and Lysanias t
 etrarch of Abilene\, in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas\, the wor
 d of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness\; and he went 
 into all the region about the Jordan\, preaching a baptism of repentance fo
 r the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in the book of the words of Isa
 iah the prophet\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the w
 ay of the Lord\, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled\, an
 d every mountain and hill shall be brought low\, and the crooked shall be m
 ade straight\, and the rough ways shall be made smooth\; and all flesh shal
 l see the salvation of God." He said therefore to the multitudes that came 
 out to be baptized by him\, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee fr
 om the wrath to come? Bear fruits that befit repentance\, and do not begin 
 to say to yourselves\, 'We have Abraham as our father"\; for I tell you\, G
 od is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the 
 axe is laid to the root of the trees\; every tree therefore that does not b
 ear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." And the multitudes as
 ked him\, "What then shall we do?" And he answered them\, "He who has two c
 oats\, let him share with him who has none\; and he who has food\, let him 
 do likewise." Tax collectors also came to be baptized\, and said to him\, "
 Teacher\, what shall we do?" And he said to them\, "Collect no more than is
  appointed you." Soldiers also asked him\, "And we\, what shall we do?" And
  he said to them\, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation\, and be 
 content with your wages." As the people were in expectation\, and all men q
 uestioned in their hearts concerning John\, whether perhaps he were the Chr
 ist\, John answered them all\, "I baptize you with water\; but he who is mi
 ghtier than I is coming\, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to unt
 ie\; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing 
 fork is in his hand\, to clear his threshing floor\, and to gather the whea
 t into his granary\, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." So
 \, with many other exhortations\, he preached good news to the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; The R
 ighteous Martyr Febronia\; Methodius of Nevritos\; Prokopios the New Martyr
 \; Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Orentios\, Pharmakio
 s\, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, and Longinos the Martyrs and Br
 others\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:2-13\nBrethren\, the law
  of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin 
 and death. For God has done what the law\, weakened by the flesh\, could no
 t do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin\, he 
 condemned sin in the flesh\, in order that the just requirement of the law 
 might be fulfilled in us\, who walk not according to the flesh but accordin
 g to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds 
 on the things of the flesh\, but those who live according to the Spirit set
  their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is d
 eath\, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind th
 at is set on the flesh is hostile to God\; it does not submit to God's law\
 , indeed it cannot\; and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.\n\nB
 ut you are not in the flesh\, you are in the Spirit\, if in fact the Spirit
  of God dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does 
 not belong to him. But if Christ is in you\, although your bodies are dead 
 because of sin\, your spirits are alive because of righteousness. If the Sp
 irit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you\, he who raised Ch
 rist Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through 
 his Spirit which dwells in you.\n\nSo then\, brethren\, we are debtors\, no
 t to the flesh\, to live according to the flesh-for if you live according t
 o the flesh you will die\, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds 
 of the body you will live.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord sa
 id to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wol
 ves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for the
 y will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and 
 you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testim
 ony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxi
 ous how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say w
 ill be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Sp
 irit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother t
 o death\, and the father his child\, and children will rise against parents
  and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sa
 ke. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9
 -20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first
  to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and t
 old those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they h
 eard that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it
 .\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were w
 alking into the country. And they went back and told the rest\, but they di
 d not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they
  sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of hear
 t\, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And
  He said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whol
 e creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does
  not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who be
 lieve: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongue
 s\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it wi
 ll not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will re
 cover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken
  up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went fort
 h and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed t
 he message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Cori
 nthians 11:21-33\;12:1-9\nBrethren\, whatever anyone dares to boast of -- I
  am speaking as a fool -- I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? S
 o am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So a
 m I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one -- I am talking like a 
 madman -- with far greater labors\, far more imprisonments\, with countless
  beatings\, and often near death. Five times I have received at the hands o
 f the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I have been beaten with r
 ods\; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked\; a night and 
 a day I have been adrift at sea\; on frequent journeys\, in danger from riv
 ers\, danger from robbers\, danger from my own people\, danger from Gentile
 s\, danger in the city\, danger in the wilderness\, danger at sea\, danger 
 from false brethren\; in toil and hardship\, through many a sleepless night
 \, in hunger and thirst\, often without food\, in cold and exposure. And\, 
 apart from other things\, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety
  for all the churches. Who is weak\, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall
 \, and I am not indignant?\n\nIf I must boast\, I will boast of the things 
 that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus\, he who is ble
 ssed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus\, the governor under K
 ing Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me\, but I was le
 t down in a basket through a window in the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n\
 nI must boast\; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to v
 isions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen yea
 rs ago was caught up to the third heaven -- whether in the body or out of t
 he body I do not know\, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up i
 nto Paradise -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God 
 knows -- and he heard things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter.
  On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boast
 \, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a fo
 ol\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no 
 one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. And to keep m
 e from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was given
  me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from be
 ing too elated. Three times I besought the Lord about this\, that it should
  leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grace is sufficient for you\, for my po
 wer is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my we
 aknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus came into the district of Caesare
 a Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who do men say that the Son of man i
 s?" And they said\, "Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and ot
 hers Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them\, "But who do you sa
 y that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\, the Son of the li
 ving God." And Jesus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For 
 flesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in heav
 en. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my churc
 h\, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you th
 e keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be b
 ound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apos
 tle\; Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\; Melitina the Martyr\; Afterfeast of t
 he Holy Cross\; Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\; Edith the Nun of Wilto
 n Abbey\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1
 -10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to accept th
 e grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I have listen
 ed to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the ac
 ceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in
  any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, but as s
 ervants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance\,
  in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumul
 ts\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kin
 dness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of
  God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the lef
 t\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated a
 s impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying
 \, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, y
 et always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, 
 and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that tim
 e\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the
  Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a woman of th
 e city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table in the Ph
 arisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and standing behi
 nd him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her tears\, a
 nd wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointe
 d them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\
 , he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have known wh
 o and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner.
 " And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you
 ." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two de
 btors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When they coul
 d not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?" Si
 mon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said
  to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he said 
 to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave me no wa
 ter for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them wit
 h her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she has not c
 eased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but she has an
 ointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are m
 any\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, l
 oves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who
  were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who 
 even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\;
  go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/31/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hermias the Martyr at Comana\; Eustathios\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:44-48\;11:1-10\nIn those days\, while Pete
 r was still saying this\, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. A
 nd the believers from among the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed
 \, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gent
 iles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter
  declared\, "Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have r
 eceived the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he commanded them to be bapti
 zed in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some day
 s. Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Genti
 les also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem\,
  the circumcision party criticized him\, saying\, "Why did you go to uncirc
 umcised men and eat with them?" But Peter began and explained to them in or
 der: "I was in the city of Joppa praying\; and in a trance I saw a vision\,
  something descending\, like a great sheet\, let down from heaven by four c
 orners\; and it came down to me. Looking at it closely I observed animals a
 nd beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. And I heard a voice sa
 ying to me\, 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.' But I said\, 'No\, Lord\; for n
 othing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But the voice answered
  a second time from heaven\, 'What God has cleansed you must not call commo
 n.' This happened three times\, and all was drawn up again into heaven."\n\
 nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, 
 "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your sin\; where I am going\, 
 you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since he say
 s\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are from
  below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\, I am not of this world. 
 I told you that you would die in your sins\, for you will die in your sins 
 unless you believe that I am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus s
 aid to them\, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I have much to
  say about you and much to judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I decla
 re to the world what I have heard from him." They did not understand that h
 e spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted up the
  Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, and that I do nothing on my
  own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me i
 s with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I always do what is pleasing to 
 him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\; Luke of Mount Stirion\; George the 
 New Martyr of Crete\; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; The Synaxis
  of the New Martyrs of Russia\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord 
 and Savior in the Temple\; Richard\, King of Wessex\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpist
 le Reading: James 1:1-18\nJames\, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Ch
 rist\, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting. Count it all joy\,
  my brethren\, when you meet various trials\, for you know that the testing
  of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full 
 effect\, that you may be perfect and complete\, lacking in nothing. If any 
 of you lacks wisdom\, let him ask God\, who gives to all men generously and
  without reproaching\, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith\,
  with no doubting\, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is dri
 ven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that a double-
 minded man\, unstable in all his ways\, will receive anything from the Lord
 . Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation\, and the rich in his humil
 iation\, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away. For the su
 n rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass\; its flower falls\, 
 and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his
  pursuits. Blessed is the man who endures trial\, for when he has stood the
  test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who
  love him. Let no one say when he is tempted\, "I am tempted by God"\; for 
 God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one\; but each per
 son is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire 
 when it has conceived gives birth to sin\; and sin when it is full-grown br
 ings forth death. Do not be deceived\, my beloved brethren. Every good endo
 wment and every perfect gift is from above\, coming down from the Father of
  lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own
  will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of 
 first fruits of his creatures.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:11-16\nThe Lord s
 aid\, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another\, commits adultery aga
 inst her\; and if she divorces her husband and marries another\, she commit
 s adultery." And they were bringing children to him\, that he might touch t
 hem\; and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it he was indignan
 t\, and said to them\, "Let the children come to me\, do not hinder them\; 
 for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does
  not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." And he to
 ok them in his arms and blessed them\, laying his hands upon them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar
  Their Teacher\; Procession of the Precious Cross\; Timothy the Wonderworke
 r\, Archbishop of Priconissus\; Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the 
 saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promi
 ses\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge
  of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put f
 oreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some we
 re tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a 
 better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and im
 prisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, 
 they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goa
 ts\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy
  - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of th
 e earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not rece
 ive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, th
 at apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are 
 surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every w
 eight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance 
 the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter
  of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be 
 wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliv
 er you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be 
 dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before t
 hem and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you 
 are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given
  to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your
  Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, an
 d the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and have th
 em put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he w
 ho endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/18/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\; Our Righteous Father Michael S
 yngellon the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 3:5-11\,1
 7-19\nBrethren\, Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant\, to te
 stify to the things that were to be spoken later\, but Christ was faithful 
 over his house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidenc
 e and pride in our hope firm to the end. Therefore\, as the Holy Spirit say
 s\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts as in the 
 rebellion\, on the day of testing in the wilderness\, where your fathers pu
 t me to the test and saw my works for forty years. Therefore I was provoked
  with that generation\, and said\, 'They always go astray in their hearts\;
  they have not known my ways.' As I swore in my wrath\, 'They shall never e
 nter my rest.'" And with whom was he provoked forty years? Was it not with 
 those who sinned\, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did he 
 swear that they should never enter his rest\, but to those who were disobed
 ient? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Mark 9:42-50\; 10:1\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever causes one of the
 se little ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him if a g
 reat millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea. An
 d if your hand causes you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to ent
 er life maimed than with two hands to go to hell\, to the unquenchable fire
 \, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. And if you
 r foot causes you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life 
 lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not 
 die\, and the fire is not quenched. And if your eye causes you to sin\, plu
 ck it out\; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye t
 han with two eyes to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\, 
 and the fire is not quenched. For every one will be salted with fire and ev
 ery sacrifice will be salted with salt. Salt is good\; but if the salt has 
 lost its saltness\, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves\, and b
 e at peace with one another." And he left there and went to the region of J
 udea and beyond the Jordan\, and crowds gathered to him again\; and again\,
  as his custom was\, he taught them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/10/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Luke\; Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs\; Our Righteous 
 Father Theophilus the Confessor\; Pinytos\, Bishop of Knossos\; The 200 Mon
 k-martyrs of Nicomedia\; Vassianos the Righteous of Constantinople\; The 14
  Holy Elders of Optina Monastery\; Paulinus\, Archbishop of York\n\nMatins 
 Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were going to a v
 illage named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with e
 ach other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking
  and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But 
 their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is t
 his conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And th
 ey stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him
 \, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that
  have happened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "What things?" A
 nd they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mig
 hty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief prie
 sts and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified hi
 m. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides
  all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some wo
 men of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning an
 d did not find his body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen
  a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were wi
 th us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but him 
 they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart
  to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that th
 e Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginnin
 g with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scrip
 tures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to
  which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrai
 ned him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is 
 now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with 
 them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. 
 And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he vanished out of
  their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us 
 while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?" 
 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the
  eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lo
 rd has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had h
 appened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the b
 read.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working togethe
 r with him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he 
 says\, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on t
 he day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is
  the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fau
 lt may be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend ourse
 lves in every way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, c
 alamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger
 \; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genui
 ne love\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of righ
 teousness for the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in 
 ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\
 ; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as puni
 shed\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\,
  yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:11-16\nAt that time\, Jesus went to a city called
  Nain\, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near 
 to the gate of the city\, behold\, a man who had died was being carried out
 \, the only son of his mother\, and she was a widow\; and a large crowd fro
 m the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her\, he had compassion on h
 er and said to her\, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier\, and 
 the bearers stood still. And he said\, "Young man\, I say to you\, arise." 
 And the dead man sat up\, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother
 . Fear seized them all\; and they glorified God\, saying\, "A great prophet
  has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Friday after Pascha\; The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\; The
 ophanes and Nectarios\, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteor
 a\; Nicholas the Younger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\; Theodotos t
 he Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\; Athanasios\, Archbishop of Chr
 istianopolis\; The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oi
 l Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 5:1-11\nIn those days\, a man named Ana
 nias with his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property\, and with his wife's 
 knowledge he kept back some of the proceeds\, and brought only a part and l
 aid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said\, "Ananias\, why has Satan fil
 led your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proce
 eds of the land? While it remained unsold\, did it not remain your own? And
  after it was sold\, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have c
 ontrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." Whe
 n Ananias heard these words\, he fell down and died. And great fear came up
 on all who heard of it. The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried h
 im out and buried him. After an interval of about three hours his wife came
  in\, not knowing what had happened. And Peter said to her\, "Tell me wheth
 er you sold the land for so much." And she said\, "Yes\, for so much." But 
 Peter said to her\, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the S
 pirit of the Lord? Hark\, the feet of those that have buried your husband a
 re at the door\, and they will carry you out." Immediately she fell down at
  his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead\, and th
 ey carried her out and buried her beside her husband. And great fear came u
 pon the whole church\, and upon all who heard of these things.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: John 5:30-47\; 6:1-2\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "I 
 can do nothing on my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment 
 is just\, because I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sen
 t me. If I bear witness to myself\, my testimony is not true\; there is ano
 ther who bears witness to me\, and I know that the testimony which he bears
  to me is true. You sent to John\, and he has borne witness to the truth. N
 ot that the testimony which I receive is from man\; but I say this that you
  may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp\, and you were willing to 
 rejoice for a while in his light. But the testimony which I have is greater
  than that of John\; for the works which the Father has granted me to accom
 plish\, these very works which I am doing\, bear me witness that the Father
  has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. H
 is voice you have never heard\, his form you have never seen\; and you do n
 ot have his word abiding in you\, for you do not believe him whom he has se
 nt. You search the scriptures\, because you think that in them you have ete
 rnal life\; and it is they that bear witness to me\; yet you refuse to come
  to me that you may have life. I do not receive glory from men. But I know 
 that you have not the love of God within you. I have come in my Father's na
 me\, and you do not receive me\; if another comes in his own name\, him you
  will receive. How can you believe\, who receive glory from one another and
  do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? Do not think that I sh
 all accuse you to the Father\; it is Moses who accuses you\, on whom you se
 t your hope. If you believed Moses\, you would believe me\, for he wrote of
  me. But if you do not believe his writings\, how will you believe my words
 ?"\n\nAfter this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee\, which
  is the Sea of Tiberias. And a multitude followed him\, because they saw th
 e signs which he did on those who were diseased.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Julitta of Caesaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DAYS
 \, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word 
 of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barna
 bas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we p
 roclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas wanted
  to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with
  them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with 
 them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separat
 ed from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus\
 , but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to th
 e grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening 
 the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\nThe Lord said\, 
 "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; and he wh
 o loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he who does 
 not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life
  will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. He who 
 receives you receives me\, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
  He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet'
 s reward\, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous ma
 n shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever gives to one of these
  little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple\, truly\, I 
 say to you\, he shall not lose his reward." And when Jesus had finished ins
 tructing his twelve disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach i
 n their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Luke\; Obadiah the Prophet\; Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea\
 ; Martyr Heliodorus\; Anthimos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her
  children\, the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mo
 ther of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint
  Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb w
 hen the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll
  away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they sa
 w that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb
 \, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe
 \; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek
  Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see
  the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that 
 He is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you
 ." And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishmen
 t had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afra
 id.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:14-22\nBrethren\, Christ is our peace\,
  who has made us both one\, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostil
 ity\, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances\, t
 hat he might create in himself one new man in place of the two\, so making 
 peace\, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross\, 
 thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And he came and preached peace to
  you who were far off and peace to those who were near\; for through him we
  both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer st
 rangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and me
 mbers of the household of God\, built upon the foundation of the apostles a
 nd prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone\, in whom the whol
 e structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord\; i
 n whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:16-21\nThe Lord said this parable: "The land o
 f a rich man brought forth plentifully\; and he thought to himself\, 'What 
 shall I do\, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said\, 'I will d
 o this: I will pull down my barns\, and build larger ones\; and there I wil
 l store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul\, 'Soul\, you 
 have ample goods laid up for many years\; take your ease\, eat\, drink\, be
  merry.' But God said to him\, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of y
 ou\; and the things you have prepared\, whose will they be?'  So is he who 
 lays up treasure for himself\, and is not rich toward God." As he said thes
 e things\, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever
  Virgin Mary\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Lyons\; Lupus the Marty
 r\; Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion\; Our Holy Father Kallinikos\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Haralambos of Kalyviani\; 38 Martyrs of Thr
 ace\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Sirmium\n\nEpistle Reading: Phil
 ippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours
  in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count e
 quality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the f
 orm of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in hu
 man form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on 
 a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name 
 which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
 \, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess th
 at Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a 
 woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister calle
 d Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Marth
 a was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\,
  do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her th
 en to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxi
 ous and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen 
 the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this
 \, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the 
 womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Bless
 ed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin\; Atha
 nasios the Wonderworker\; Kevin\, Abbot of Glendalough\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Acts 12:12-17\nIn those days\, Peter went to the house of Mary\, the mother
  of John whose other name was Mark\, where many were gathered together and 
 were praying. And when he knocked at the door of the gateway\, a maid named
  Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter's voice\, in her joy she did not o
 pen the gate but ran and told that Peter was standing at the gate. They sai
 d to her\, "You are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said\, "It 
 is his angel!" But Peter continued knocking\; and when they opened\, they s
 aw him and were amazed. But motioning to them with his hand to be silent\, 
 he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he
  said\, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then he departed and went
  to another place.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:42-51\nThe Lord said to the Je
 ws who came to him\, "If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I p
 roceeded and came forth from God\; I came not of my own accord\, but he sen
 t me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear t
 o hear my word. You are of your father the devil\, and your will is to do y
 our father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning\, and has nothin
 g to do with the truth\, because there is no truth in him. When he lies\, h
 e speaks according to his own nature\, for he is a liar and the father of l
 ies. But\, because I tell the truth\, you do not believe me. Which of you c
 onvicts me of sin? If I tell the truth\, why do you not believe me? He who 
 is of God hears the words of God\; the reason why you do not hear them is t
 hat you are not of God."\n\nThe Jews answered him\, "Are we not right in sa
 ying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Jesus answered\, "I have n
 ot a demon\; but I honor my Father\, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek
  my own glory\; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. Truly\,
  truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never see death.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Monday after Pascha\; Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatu
 s\; Macrina\, grandmother of St. Basil the Great\; Barlaam the Monk of Caes
 area\; Natalios the Martyr\; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Acts 17:1-9\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apostles had passed th
 rough Amphipolis and Apollonia\, they came to Thessalonica\, where there wa
 s a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in\, as was his custom\, and for t
 hree weeks he argued with them from the scriptures\, explaining and proving
  that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead\,
  and saying\, "This Jesus\, whom I proclaim to you\, is the Christ." And so
 me of them were persuaded\, and joined Paul and Silas\; as did a great many
  of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were
  jealous\, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble\, they gathered a c
 rowd\, set the city in an uproar\, and attacked the house of Jason\, seekin
 g to bring them out to the people. And when they could not find them\, they
  dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities\, cryin
 g\, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also\, 
 and Jason has received them\; and they are all acting against the decrees o
 f Caesar\, saying that there is another king\, Jesus." And the people and t
 he city authorities were disturbed when they heard this. And when they had 
 taken security from Jason and the rest\, they let them go. \n\nGospel Readi
 ng: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathe
 red the council\, and said\, "What are we to do? For this man performs many
  signs. If we let him go on thus\, every one will believe in him\, and the 
 Romans will come and destroy both our place and our nation." But one of the
 m\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that year\, said to them\, "You know not
 hing at all\; you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one m
 an should die for the people\, and that the whole nation should not perish.
 " He did not say this of his own accord\, but being high priest that year h
 e prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation\, and not for the nation 
 only\, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
  So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.\n\nJesus th
 erefore no longer went about openly among the Jews\, but went from there to
  the country near the wilderness\, to a town called Ephraim\; and there he 
 stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the New\; Herodion the Apostle of the 70\; Stephen the Wonder
 worker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 6:1-12\nIn the year 
 that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, high and lifte
 d up\; and his train filled the temple.  Above him stood the seraphim\; eac
 h had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and with two he covered his
  feet\, and with two he flew.  And one called to another and said: "Holy\, 
 holy\, holy is the LORD of hosts\; the whole earth is full of his glory."  
 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called\
 , and the house was filled with smoke.  And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lo
 st\; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the midst of a people 
 of unclean lips\; for my eyes have seen the King\, the LORD of hosts!"  The
 n flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burning coal which 
 he had taken with tongs from the altar.  And he touched my mouth\, and said
 : "Behold\, this has touched your lips\; your guilt is taken away\, and you
 r sin forgiven."  And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, "Whom shall I 
 send\, and who will go for us?" Then I said\, "Here am I! Send me."  And he
  said\, "Go\, and say to this people: 'Hear and hear\, but do not understan
 d\; see and see\, but do not perceive.'  Make the heart of this people fat\
 , and their ears heavy\, and shut their eyes\; lest they see with their eye
 s\, and hear with their ears\, and understand with their hearts\, and turn 
 and be healed."  Then I said\, "How long\, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cit
 ies lie waste without inhabitant\, and houses without men\, and the land is
  utterly desolate\, and the LORD removes men far away\, and the forsaken pl
 aces are many in the midst of the land."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 
 5:1-24\n This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man\
 , he made him in the likeness of God.  Male and female he created them\, an
 d he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.  When Adam had
  lived a hundred and thirty years\, he became the father of a son in his ow
 n likeness\, after his image\, and named him Seth.  The days of Adam after 
 he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years\; and he had other so
 ns and daughters.  Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and 
 thirty years\; and he died.  \n\n When Seth had lived a hundred and five ye
 ars\, he became the father of Enosh.  Seth lived after the birth of Enosh e
 ight hundred and seven years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all 
 the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years\; and he died.  \n\n Wh
 en Enosh had lived ninety years\, he became the father of Kenan.  Enosh liv
 ed after the birth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years\, and had other
  sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five
  years\; and he died.  \n\n When Kenan had lived seventy years\, he became 
 the father of Mahalalel.  Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel eight hu
 ndred and forty years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the day
 s of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years\; and he died.  \n\n When Mahala
 lel had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Jared.  Mahalalel 
 lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years\, and had oth
 er sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred a
 nd ninety-five years\; and he died.  \n\n When Jared had lived a hundred an
 d sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch.  Jared lived after the bir
 th of Enoch eight hundred years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus a
 ll the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years\; and he died.  
 When Enoch had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Methuselah.
   Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years\,
  and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enoch were three h
 undred and sixty-five years.  Enoch walked with God\; and he was not\, for 
 God took him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:3-20\nThen do this\, my 
 son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go\
 , hasten\, and importune your neighbor.  Give your eyes no sleep and your e
 yelids no slumber\; save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter\, like a b
 ird from the hand of the fowler.\n\n  Go to the ant\, O sluggard\; consider
  her ways\, and be wise.  Without having any chief\, officer or ruler\, she
  prepares her food in summer\, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.  How 
 long will you lie there\, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? 
  A little sleep\, a little slumber\, a little folding of the hands to rest\
 , and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond\, and want like an armed m
 an.  A worthless person\, a wicked man\, goes about with crooked speech\, w
 inks with his eyes\, scrapes with his feet\, points with his finger\, with 
 perverted heart devises evil\, continually sowing discord\; therefore calam
 ity will come upon him suddenly\; in a moment he will be broken beyond heal
 ing.\n\n  There are six things which the LORD hates\, seven which are an ab
 omination to him:  haughty eyes\, a lying tongue\, and hands that shed inno
 cent blood\, a heart that devises wicked plans\, feet that make haste to ru
 n to evil\, a false witness who breathes out lies\, and a man who sows disc
 ord among brothers.  My son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake 
 not your mother's teaching.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Friday after Pentecost\; Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John t
 he Unmercenaries\; Sergios the Magister\; Pappias the Martyr\; Righteous Fa
 thers Sergius and Herman\, Founders of Valaam Monastery\; Synaxis of the Ic
 on of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos \; Paul the Physician of Corinth\n\n
 Fast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 2:14-28\nBrethren\, when Gentiles who 
 have not the law do by nature what the law requires\, they are a law to the
 mselves\, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law
  requires is written on their hearts\, while their conscience also bears wi
 tness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that 
 day when\, according to my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ
  Jesus. But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of y
 our relation to God and know his will and approve what is excellent\, becau
 se you are instructed in the law\, and if you are sure that you are a guide
  to the blind\, a light to those who are in darkness\, a corrector of the f
 oolish\, a teacher of children\, having in the law the embodiment of knowle
 dge and truth - you then who teach others\, will you not teach yourself? Wh
 ile you preach against stealing\, do you steal? You who say that one must n
 ot commit adultery\, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols\, do you r
 ob temples? You who boast in the law\, do you dishonor God by breaking the 
 law? For\, as it is written\, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gent
 iles because of you." Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law\;
  but if you break the law\, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. So\, 
 if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law\, will not his 
 uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? Then those who are physically u
 ncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you who have the written code an
 d circumcision but break the law. For he is not a real Jew who is one outwa
 rdly\, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 5:33-41\nThe Lord said\, "You have heard that it was said 
 to the men of old\, 'You shall not swear falsely\, but shall perform to the
  Lord what you have sworn.' But I say to you\, Do not swear at all\, either
  by heaven\, for it is the throne of God\, or by the earth\, for it is his 
 footstool\, or by Jerusalem\, for it is the city of the great King. And do 
 not swear by your head\, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let w
 hat you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'\; anything more than this comes from ev
 il. You have heard that it was said\, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a 
 tooth.' But I say to you\, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one st
 rikes you on the right cheek\, turn to him the other also\; and if any one 
 would sue you and take your coat\, let him have your cloak as well\; and if
  any one forces you to go one mile\, go with him two miles."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus\; Cosmas the Hagio
 polite\; Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\; Righteous Paraskeve of
  Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 15:58\;16:1-3\nBrethren\, be stea
 dfast\, immovable\, always abounding in the work of the Lord\, knowing that
  in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Now concerning the contribution for
  the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia\, so you also are to do.
  On the first day of every week\, each of you is to put something aside and
  store it up\, as he may prosper\, so that contributions need not be made w
 hen I come. And when I arrive\, I will send those whom you accredit by lett
 er to carry your gift to Jerusalem.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:1-10\nAt that
  time\, Jesus was going through the grainfields on the sabbath\, and his di
 sciples plucked and ate some heads of grain\, rubbing them in their hands. 
 But some of the Pharisees said\, "Why are you doing what is not lawful to d
 o on the sabbath?" And Jesus answered\, "Have you not read what David did w
 hen he was hungry\, he and those who were with him: how he entered the hous
 e of God\, and took and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not law
 ful for any but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those with him?" A
 nd he said to them\, "The Son of man is lord of the sabbath." On another sa
 bbath\, when he entered the synagogue and taught\, a man was there whose ri
 ght hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him\, to s
 ee whether he would heal on the sabbath\, so that they might find an accusa
 tion against him. But he knew their thoughts\, and he said to the man who h
 ad the withered hand\, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood there. 
 And Jesus said to them\, "I ask you\, is it lawful on the sabbath to do goo
 d or to do harm\, to save life or to destroy it?" And he looked around on t
 hem all\, and said to him\, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so\, and hi
 s hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Hannah the Rig
 hteous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\; Narses the Martyr of Persia\; The C
 onsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy 
 City of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 
 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free
  woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son 
 of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are
  two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; sh
 e is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the pre
 sent Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem
  above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O ba
 rren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in tra
 vail\; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children
  of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, 
 "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a 
 bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For 
 nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that s
 hall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to h
 im who has will more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thi
 nks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers ca
 me to him\, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "
 Your mother and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." 
 But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the wor
 d of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bisho
 p of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Acacius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\; Our 
 Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonderworker\; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs
  \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at e
 arly dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, which they had pre
 pared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they w
 ent in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perple
 xed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and a
 s they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said t
 o them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here\, but h
 as risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that t
 he Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men\, and be cruci
 fied\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His words and return
 ing from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now
  it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the othe
 r women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to
  them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran 
 to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselv
 es\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: A
 cts 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the disciples were increasing in number\, t
 he Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglec
 ted in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disc
 iples and said\, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word
  of God to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick out from among you sev
 en men of good repute\, full of the Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appo
 int to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministr
 y of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude\, and they c
 hose Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, an
 d Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a pro
 selyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles\, and they prayed and
  laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased\; and the number
  of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the
  priests were obedient to the faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:43-47\; 16:
 1-8\nAt that time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected member of the council
 \, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God\, took courage and w
 ent to Pilate\, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he 
 were already dead\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked him whether he w
 as already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead\, 
 he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud\, and taking hi
 m down\, wrapped him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in a tomb which had
  been hewn out of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against the door of the 
 tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.\n\
 nAnd when the sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of Ja
 mes\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint him. An
 d very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the su
 n had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the 
 stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the
  stone was rolled back\; for it was very large. And entering the tomb\, the
 y saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and
  they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus
  of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, he is not here\; see the p
 lace where they laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is 
 going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you." And
  they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had 
 come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\; Di
 onysios the Orator\; Metrophanes of Mount Athos\; Methodios the Hieromartyr
 \, Bishop of Lampis\; Patermuthius the Monk\; Euthymios of Karelia\; Michae
 l Paknanas the Gardener\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 7:14-8:2\nBrethren\, we 
 know that the law is spiritual\; but I am carnal\, sold under sin. I do not
  understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want\, but I do the very
  thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want\, I agree that the law is goo
 d. So then it is no longer I that do it\, but sin which dwells within me. F
 or I know that nothing good dwells within me\, that is\, in my flesh. I can
  will what is right\, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want\,
  but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want\, 
 it is no longer I that do it\, but sin which dwells within me.\n\nSo I find
  it to be a law that when I want to do right\, evil lies close at hand. For
  I delight in the law of God\, in my inmost self\, but I see in my members 
 another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law
  of sin which dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will delive
 r me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lor
 d! So then\, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind\, but with my fl
 esh I serve the law of sin.\n\nThere is therefore now no condemnation for t
 hose who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ J
 esus has set me free from the law of sin and death.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 10:9-15\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Take no gold\, nor silver\, 
 nor copper in your belts\, no bag for your journey\, nor two tunics\, nor s
 andals\, nor a staff\; for the laborer deserves his food. And whatever town
  or village you enter\, find out who is worthy in it\, and stay with him un
 til you depart. As you enter the house\, salute it. And if the house is wor
 thy\, let your peace come upon it\; but if it is not worthy\, let your peac
 e return to you. And if any one will not receive you or listen to your word
 s\, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Trul
 y I say to you\, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the 
 land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr and His Fellow Martyrs\; Sebastiane the Marty
 r\; Maglorious of Sark\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 1:1-3\;7-11\nPaul\, a
 n apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brother\, to t
 he saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossai: Grace to you and pea
 ce from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God\, the Father
  of our Lord Jesus Christ from the day you heard and understood the grace o
 f God in truth\, as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant
 . He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf and has made known to u
 s your love in the Spirit. And so\, from the day we heard of it\, we have n
 ot ceased to pray for you asking that you may be filled with the knowledge 
 of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding\, to lead a life wort
 hy of the Lord\, fully pleasing to him\, bearing fruit in every good work a
 nd increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all pow
 er\, according to his glorious might\, for all endurance and patience with 
 joy.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus was praying in a
  certain place\, and when he ceased\, one of his disciples said to him\, "L
 ord\, teach us to pray\, as John taught his disciples." And he said to them
 \, "When you pray\, say: 'Our Father which art in heaven\, hallowed be your
  name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done\, as in heaven\, so in earth. G
 ive us each day our daily bread\; and forgive us our sins\, for we ourselve
 s forgive every one who is indebted to us\; and lead us not into temptation
 \; but deliver us from evil.'" And he said to them\, "Which of you who has 
 a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him\, 'Friend\, lend me thre
 e loaves\; for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey\, and I have nothi
 ng to set before him'\; and he will answer from within\, 'Do not bother me\
 ; the door is now shut\, and my children are with me in bed\; I cannot get 
 up and give you anything'? I tell you\, though he will not get up and give 
 him anything because he is his friend\, yet because of his importunity he w
 ill rise and give him whatever he needs. And I tell you\, Ask\, and it will
  be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it will be opened to
  you. For every one who asks receives\, and he who seeks finds\, and to him
  who knocks it will be opened."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Geo
 rge of Hozeva\; Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\; Atticus and Cyrus
 \, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Gregory of the Kiev Caves\; Emiliano
 s the Confessor\, Bishop of Cyzikos\; Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakir
 k\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have been baptized 
 into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were buried therefore w
 ith Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised from the dead 
 by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of life.  For if 
 we have been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall certainly be un
 ited with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our old self was cr
 ucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\, and we might 
 no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed from sin.  But 
 if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also live with Him. 
  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again\; 
 death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He died to sin\, 
 once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you also must cons
 ider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples went in
 to the land of Judea\; there He remained with them and baptized.  John also
  was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much water there\; a
 nd people came and were baptized.  For John had not yet been put in prison.
 \n\nNow a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purifyin
 g.  And they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you 
 beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and
  all are going to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive anything excep
 t what is given him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me witness\, that I s
 aid\, I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.  He who has th
 e bride is the bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, who stands and h
 ears him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; therefore this joy 
 of mine is now full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease.\n\n"He who co
 mes from above is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth\,
  and of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is above all.  He be
 ars witness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no one receives his testimo
 ny\; he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this\, that God is true
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs 
 of Nicomedea\; Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Isaiah 1:1-20\nThe vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz\, whic
 h he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah\, Jotham\, A
 haz\, and Hezeki'ah\, kings of Judah.  Hear\, O heavens\, and give ear\, O 
 earth\; for the Lord has spoken:  "Sons have I reared and brought up\, but 
 they have rebelled against me.  The ox knows its owner\, and the ass its ma
 ster's crib\; but Israel does not know\, my people does not understand."\n\
 nAh\, sinful nation\, a people laden with iniquity\, offspring of evildoers
 \, sons who deal corruptly!  They have forsaken the Lord\, they have despis
 ed the Holy One of Israel\, they are utterly estranged.\n\nWhy will you sti
 ll be smitten\, that you continue to rebel?  The whole head is sick\, and t
 he whole heart faint.  From the sole of the foot even to the head\, there i
 s no soundness in it\, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds\; they are
  not pressed out\, or bound up\, or softened with oil.\n\nYour country lies
  desolate\, your cities are burned with fire\; in your very presence aliens
  devour your land\; it is desolate\, as overthrown by aliens.  And the daug
 hter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard\, like a lodge in a cucumbe
 r field\, like a besieged city.\n\nIf the Lord of hosts had not left us a f
 ew survivors\, we should have been like Sodom\, and become like Gomor'rah.\
 n\nHear the word of the Lord\, you rulers of Sodom!  Give ear to the teachi
 ng of our God\, you people of Gomor'rah!  "What to me is the multitude of y
 our sacrifices? says the Lord\; I have had enough of burnt offerings of ram
 s and the fat of fed beasts\; I do not delight in the blood of bulls\, or o
 f lambs\, or of he-goats.\n\n"When you come to appear before me\, who requi
 res of you this trampling of my courts?  Bring no more vain offerings\; inc
 ense is an abomination to me.  New moon and sabbath and the calling of asse
 mblies -- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.  Your new moons and
  your appointed feasts my soul hates\; they have become a burden to me\, I 
 am weary of bearing them.  When you spread forth your hands\, I will hide m
 y eyes from you\; even though you make many prayers\, I will not listen\; y
 our hands are full of blood.  Wash yourselves\; make yourselves clean\; rem
 ove the evil of your doings from before my eyes\; cease to do evil\, learn 
 to do good\; seek justice\, correct oppression\; defend the fatherless\, pl
 ead for the widow.\n\n"Come now\, let us reason together\, says the Lord:  
 though your sins are like scarlet\, they shall be as white as snow\; though
  they are red like crimson\, they shall become like wool.  If you are willi
 ng and obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; But if you refuse an
 d rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord ha
 s spoken."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:1-13\nIn the beginning God c
 reated the heavens and the earth.  The earth was without form and void\, an
 d darkness was upon the face of the deep\; and the Spirit of God was moving
  over the face of the waters.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be light"\; and 
 there was light.  And God saw that the light was good\; and God separated t
 he light from the darkness.  God called the light Day\, and the darkness he
  called Night.  And there was evening and there was morning\, one day.\n\nA
 nd God said\, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters\, and le
 t it separate the waters from the waters."  And God made the firmament and 
 separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which w
 ere above the firmament.  And it was so.  And God called the firmament Heav
 en.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a second day.\n\nAnd God
  said\, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one pla
 ce\, and let the dry land appear."  And it was so.  God called the dry land
  Earth\, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas.  And Go
 d saw that it was good.  And God said\, "Let the earth put forth vegetation
 \, plants yielding seed\, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their s
 eed\, each according to its kind\, upon the earth."  And it was so.  The ea
 rth brought forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed according to their own 
 kinds\, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, each according to 
 its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was evening and there w
 as morning\, a third day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:1-20\nThe pr
 overbs of Solomon\, son of David\, king of Israel:\n\nThat men may know wis
 dom and instruction\, understand words of insight\, receive instruction in 
 wise dealing\, righteousness\, justice\, and equity\; that prudence may be 
 given to the simple\, knowledge and discretion to the youth -- the wise man
  also may hear and increase in learning\, and the man of understanding acqu
 ire skill\, to understand a proverb and a figure\, the words of the wise an
 d their riddles.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge\; fool
 s despise wisdom and instruction.\n\nHear\, my son\, your father's instruct
 ion\, and reject not your mother's teaching\; for they are a fair garland f
 or your head\, and pendants for your neck.  My son\, if sinners entice you\
 , do not consent.  If they say\, "Come with us\, let us lie in wait for blo
 od\, let us wantonly ambush the innocent\; like Sheol let us swallow them a
 live and whole\, like those who go down to the Pit\; we shall find all prec
 ious goods\, we shall fill our houses with spoil\; throw in your lot among 
 us\, we will all have one purse" -- my son\, do not walk in the way with th
 em\, hold back your foot from their paths\; for their feet run to evil\, an
 d they make haste to shed blood.  For in vain is a net spread in the sight 
 of any bird\; but these men lie in wait for their own blood\, they set an a
 mbush for their own lives.  Such are the ways of all who get gain by violen
 ce\; it takes away the life of its possessors.\n\nWisdom cries aloud in the
  street\; in the markets she raises her voice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\; Eroteis the Martyr of Cappadoci
 a\; Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Le
 tter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as
  last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spect
 acle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, 
 but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held 
 in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, 
 we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our
  own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when sl
 andered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refu
 se of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to ma
 ke you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you
  have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I beca
 me your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be i
 mitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that da
 y\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples we
 re for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\
 , "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and
  His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said 
 to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I s
 end you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\
 , "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgi
 ven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one 
 of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the
  other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, 
 "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in 
 the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe.
 " Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was
  with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and s
 aid\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\,
  and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do no
 t be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!
 " Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed 
 are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other sign
 s in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; b
 ut these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the So
 n of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\; Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the go
 spel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it
  from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus
  Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted
  the church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Ju
 daism beyond many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was 
 I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before
  I was born\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal h
 is Son to me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did 
 not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who
  were apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I return
 ed to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Ceph
 as\, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostl
 es except James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\nAt
  that time\, Jesus came to his own country\, and taught the people in their
  synagogue so that they were astonished\, and said\, "Where did this man ge
 t this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is n
 ot his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Si
 mon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man
  get all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them\, "A p
 rophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.
 " And he did not do many mighty works there\, because of their unbelief.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Anthousa\, the Mother
  of John Chrysostom\; Damaskinos the New Martyr of Mount Athos\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, 
 "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the 
 door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but 
 he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeep
 er opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name an
 d leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them
 \, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will
  not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice 
 of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understa
 nd what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly
 \, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are th
 ieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any
  one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find past
 ure."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting
  that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, se
 parated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like th
 ose high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and t
 hen for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up h
 imself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, 
 but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son w
 ho has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is 
 this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of t
 he throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the tr
 ue tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Joh
 n 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he wi
 ll be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes onl
 y to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have
  it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his l
 ife for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the
  sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and 
 the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hirelin
 g and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own 
 and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I l
 ay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of th
 is fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there sh
 all be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Theophan the Recl
 use\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-11\nAt that time\, Jesus came from N
 azareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came
  up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit
  descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are 
 my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 2:1
 1-14\;3:4-7\nTITUS\, my son\, the grace of God has appeared for the salvati
 on of all men\, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions\, a
 nd to live sober\, upright\, and godly lives in this world\, awaiting our b
 lessed hope\, the appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus 
 Christ\, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to puri
 fy for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.\n\nBut w
 hen the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared\, he saved 
 us\, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness\, but in virtue of hi
 s own mercy\, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit
 \, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior\, so 
 that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal
  life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\nAt that time\, Jesus came from G
 alilee to the Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him. John would have preve
 nted him\, saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, and do you come to me?"
  But Jesus answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thus it is fitting for us
  to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was bapti
 zed\, he went up immediately from the water\, and behold\, the heavens were
  opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove\, and alighting
  on him\; and lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "This is my beloved Son\,
  with whom I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Blind Man\; Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. Jo
 hn the Baptist\; Therapon the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Finding of t
 he Icon of St. Demetrios the Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer on Syros\; Ald
 helm\, Bishop of Sherborne\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that
  time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped t
 o look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the 
 body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to 
 her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they have 
 taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying th
 is\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it
  was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you s
 eek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you ha
 ve carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him
  away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, 
 "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for
  I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren and say to t
 hem\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God.
 " Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," 
 and she told them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading:
  II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shin
 e out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the k
 nowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this tre
 asure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to G
 od and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perple
 xed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck do
 wn\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, s
 o that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while w
 e live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the 
 life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work i
 n us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had
  who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we spe
 ak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesu
 s and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, s
 o that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgivin
 g\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38\nAt that time\, as 
 Jesus passed by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples aske
 d him\, "Rabbi\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, that he was born bl
 ind?" Jesus answered\, "It was not that this man sinned\, or his parents\, 
 but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the w
 orks of him who sent me\, while it is day\; night comes\, when no one can w
 ork. As long as I am in the world\, I am the light of the world." As he sai
 d this\, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed th
 e man's eyes with the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\, wash in the pool of Silo
 am" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The nei
 ghbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar\, said\, "Is not this 
 the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It is he"\; others said\, "N
 o\, but he is like him." He said\, "I am the man." They said to him\, "Then
  how were your eyes opened?" He answered\, "The man called Jesus made clay 
 and anointed my eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloam and wash'\; so I went a
 nd washed and received my sight." They said to him\, "Where is he?" He said
 \, "I do not know."\n\nThey brought to the Pharisees the man who had former
 ly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened
  his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And
  he said to them\, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed\, and I see." Some 
 of the Pharisees said\, "This man is not from God\, for he does not keep th
 e sabbath." But others said\, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?
 " There was a division among them. So they again said to the blind man\, "W
 hat do you say about him\, since he has opened your eyes?" He said\, "He is
  a prophet."\n\nThe Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had rec
 eived his sight\, until they called the parents of the man who had received
  his sight\, and asked them\, "Is this your son\, who you say was born blin
 d? How then does he now see?" His parents answered\, "We know that this is 
 our son\, and that he was born blind\; but how he now sees we do not know\,
  nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he is of age\, he will speak
  for himself." His parents said this because they feared the Jews\, for the
  Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he 
 was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said\, "He is of 
 age\, ask him."\n\nSo for the second time they called the man who had been 
 blind\, and said to him\, "Give God the praise\; we know that this man is a
  sinner." He answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, I do not know\; one thing
  I know\, that though I was blind\, now I see." They said to him\, "What di
 d he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them\, "I have told
  you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do
  you too want to become his disciples?" And they reviled him\, saying\, "Yo
 u are his disciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has sp
 oken to Moses\, but as for this man\, we do not know where he comes from." 
 The man answered\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes 
 from\, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinne
 rs\, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will\, God listens to
  him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the 
 eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God\, he could do nothi
 ng." They answered him\, "You were born in utter sin\, and would you teach 
 us?" And they cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that they had cast him out\, and
  having found him he said\, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered
 \, "And who is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him\, "
 You have seen him\, and it is he who speaks to you." He said\, "Lord\, I be
 lieve"\; and he worshiped him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria\; Leontios the 
 Myrrh-Streamer of Argos\; Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Acts 21:26-32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul took the men\, and the next day he
  purified himself with them and went into the temple\, to give notice when 
 the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for 
 every one of them. When the seven days were almost completed\, the Jews fro
 m Asia\, who had seen him in the temple\, stirred up all the crowd\, and la
 id hands on him\, crying out\, "Men of Israel\, help! This is the man who i
 s teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place\; m
 oreover he also brought Greeks into the temple\, and he has defiled this ho
 ly place." For they had previously seen Trophimos the Ephesian with him in 
 the city\, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. The
 n all the city was aroused\, and the people ran together\; they seized Paul
  and dragged him out of the temple\, and at once the gates were shut. And a
 s they were trying to kill him\, word came to the tribune of the cohort tha
 t all Jerusalem was in confusion. He at once took soldiers and centurions\,
  and ran down to them\; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers\, th
 ey stopped beating Paul.\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to 
 his disciples\, "The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is
  offering service to God. And they will do this because they have not known
  the Father\, nor me. But I have said these things to you\, that when their
  hour comes you may remember that I told you of them.\n\n"I did not say the
 se things to you from the beginning\, because I was with you. But now I am 
 going to him who sent me\; yet none of you asks me\, 'Where are you going?'
  But because I have said these things to you\, sorrow has filled your heart
 s. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go awa
 y\, for if I do not go away\, the Counselor will not come to you\; but if I
  go\, I will send him to you. And when he comes\, he will convince the worl
 d concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin\, because t
 hey do not believe in me\; concerning righteousness\, because I go to the F
 ather\, and you will see me no more\; concerning judgment\, because the rul
 er of this world is judged.\n\n"I have yet many things to say to you\, but 
 you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes\, he will guide yo
 u into all the truth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\; Vladimir\, Equal-to-
 the-Apostles of Kiev\; The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\; Do
 nald and his Nine Daughters\; Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 13:11-14\;14:1-5\nBRETHREN\, when I was a child\, I spo
 ke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned like a child\; when I
  became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly\,
  but then face to face. Now I know in part\; then I shall understand fully\
 , even as I have been fully understood. So faith\, hope\, love abide\, thes
 e three\; but the greatest of these is love. Make love your aim\, and earne
 stly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may prophesy. For one
  who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God\; for no one understan
 ds him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand\, he who 
 prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consola
 tion. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he who prophesies edi
 fies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues\, but even more to 
 prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues\, unle
 ss some one interprets\, so that the church may be edified. \n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-s
 hekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" 
 He said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\
 , "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or 
 tribute? From their sons or from others?" And when he said\, "From others\,
 " Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not to give offens
 e to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that co
 mes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and
  give it to them for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples 
 came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" An
 d calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will ne
 ver enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, 
 he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/17/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\, and Love\; Herakleides & 
 Myron\, Bishops of Cyprus\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 Epistle Reading: II Corinthians 11:5-21\nBrethren\, I think that I am not i
 n the least inferior to these superlative apostles. Even if I am unskilled 
 in speaking\, I am not in knowledge\; in every way we have made this plain 
 to you in all things.\n\nDid I commit a sin in abasing myself so that you m
 ight be exalted\, because I preached God's gospel without cost to you? I ro
 bbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you. A
 nd when I was with you and was in want\, I did not burden any one\, for my 
 needs were supplied by the brethren who came from Macedonia. So I refrained
  and will refrain from burdening you in any way. As the truth of Christ is 
 in me\, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. 
 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!\n\nAnd what I do I will
  continue to do\, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like t
 o claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.
  For such men are false apostles\, deceitful workmen\, disguising themselve
 s as apostles of Christ. And no wonder\, for even Satan disguises himself a
 s an angel of light. So it is not strange if his servants also disguise the
 mselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their de
 eds.\n\nI repeat\, let no one think me foolish\; but even if you do\, accep
 t me as a fool\, so that I too may boast a little. (What I am saying I say 
 not with the Lord's authority but as a fool\, in this boastful confidence\;
  since many boast of worldly things\, I too will boast.) For you gladly bea
 r with fools\, being wise yourselves! For you bear it if a man makes slaves
  of you\, or preys upon you\, or takes advantage of you\, or puts on airs\,
  or strikes you in the face. To my shame\, I must say\, we were too weak fo
 r that!\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 4:1-9\nAt that time\, Jesus began to teach 
 beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him\, so that he got 
 into a boat and sat in it on the sea\; and the whole crowd was beside the s
 ea on the land. And he taught them many things in parables\, and in his tea
 ching he said to them: "Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed\, 
 some seed fell along the path\, and the birds came and devoured it. Other s
 eed fell on rocky ground\, where it had not much soil\, and immediately it 
 sprang up\, since it had no depth of soil\; and when the sun rose it was sc
 orched\, and since it had no root it withered away. Other seed fell among t
 horns and the thorns grew up and choked it\, and it yielded no grain. And o
 ther seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain\, growing up and inc
 reasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold." And he sa
 id\, "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\; Theophilu
 s the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:12-17\nTimot
 hy\, my son\, I thank him who has given me strength for this\, Christ Jesus
  our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service\,
  though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but I recei
 ved mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace of our
  Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. T
 he saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance\, that Christ Jesus came in
 to the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners\; but I rece
 ived mercy for this reason\, that in me\, as the foremost\, Jesus Christ mi
 ght display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believ
 e in him for eternal life. To the King of ages\, immortal\, invisible\, the
  only God\, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 6:46-49\, 7:1\nThe Lord said\, "Why do you call me 'Lord\, Lord\,' and
  not do what I tell you? Every one who comes to me and hears my words and d
 oes them\, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a hou
 se\, who dug deep\, and laid the foundation upon rock\; and when a flood ar
 ose\, the stream broke against that house\, and could not shake it\, becaus
 e it had been founded upon the rock. But he who hears and does not do them 
 is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation\; agains
 t which the stream broke\, and immediately it fell\, and the ruin of that h
 ouse was great." After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the p
 eople he entered Capernaum.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/19/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Holy Cross\; Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Mart
 yrs\; Plato the new Hieromartyr of Patmos\; Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbishop
  of Canterbury\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mar
 k 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother 
 of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Je
 sus.  And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb whe
 n the sun had risen.  And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll 
 away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they sa
 w that the stone was rolled back\, for it was very large.  And entering the
  tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white
  robe\; and they were amazed.  And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; yo
 u seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified.  He has risen\, he is not her
 e\; see the place where they laid him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Pet
 er that he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he 
 told you."  And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and as
 tonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to any one\, for they
  were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing tha
 t a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Chr
 ist\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by f
 aith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, because by works of the law 
 shall no one be justified. But if\, in our endeavor to be justified in Chri
 st\, we ourselves were found to be sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin
 ? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down\, t
 hen I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law\, 
 that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ\; it is no long
 er I who live\, but Christ who lives in me\; and the life I now live in the
  flesh I live by faith in the Son of God\, who loved me and gave himself fo
 r me.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wish
 es to come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow
  me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\; and whoever loses his l
 ife for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a ma
 n\, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give i
 n return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this ad
 ulterous and sinful generation\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed
 \, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he s
 aid to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will
  not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Righteous\; John III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusta
 thius\, Bishop of Antioch\; Zachariah\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\n\nEpistle R
 eading: I John 2:18-29\;3:1-8\nBrethren\, it is the last hour\; and as you 
 have heard that antichrist is coming\, so now many antichrists have come\; 
 therefore we know that it is the last hour.  They went out from us\, but th
 ey were not of us\; for if they had been of us\, they would have continued 
 with us\; but they went out\, that it might be plain that they all are not 
 of us.  But you have been anointed by the Holy One\, and you all know that 
 I write to you\, not because you do not know the truth\, but because you kn
 ow it\, and know that no lie is of the truth.  Who is the liar but he who d
 enies that Jesus is the Christ?  This is the antichrist\, he who denies the
  Father and the Son.  No one who denies the Son has the Father.  He who con
 fesses the Son has the Father also.  Let what you heard from the beginning 
 abide in you.  If what you heard from the beginning abides in you\, then yo
 u will abide in the Son and in the Father.  And this is what he has promise
 d us\, eternal life.\n\nI write this to you about those who would deceive y
 ou\; but the anointing which you received from him abides in you\, and you 
 have no need that any one should teach you\; as his anointing teaches you a
 bout everything\, and is true\, and is no lie\, just as it has taught you\,
  abide in him.\n\nAnd now\, little children\, abide in him\, so that when h
 e appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his co
 ming.  If you know that he is righteous\, you may be sure that every one wh
 o does right is born of him.\n\nSee what love the Father has given us\, tha
 t we should be called children of God\; and so we are.  The reason why the 
 world does not know us is that it did not know him.  Beloved\, we are God's
  children now\; it does not yet appear what we shall be\, but we know that 
 when he appears we shall be like him\, for we shall see him as he is.  And 
 every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.\n\nEvery on
 e who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness\; sin is lawlessness.  You know 
 that he appeared to take away sins\, and in him there is no sin.  No one wh
 o abides in him sins\; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.  L
 ittle children\, let no one deceive you.  He who does right is righteous\, 
 as he is righteous.  He who commits sin is of the devil\; for the devil has
  sinned from the beginning.  The reason the Son of God appeared was to dest
 roy the works of the devil. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:1-11\nAt that time\
 , Jesus drew near to Jerusalem\, to Bethsphage and Bethany\, at the Mount o
 f Olives\, and he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\, "Go into t
 he village opposite you\, and immediately as you enter it you will find a c
 olt tied\, on which no one has ever sat\; untie it and bring it.  If any on
 e says to you\, 'Why are you doing this?' say\, 'The Lord has need of it an
 d will send it back here immediately.'"  And they went away\, and found a c
 olt tied at the door out in the open street\; and they untied it.  And thos
 e who stood there said to them\, "What are you doing\, untying the colt?"  
 And they told them what Jesus had said\; and they let them go.  And they br
 ought the colt to Jesus\, and threw their garments on it\; and he sat upon 
 it.  And many spread their garments on the road\, and others spread leafy b
 ranches which they had cut from the fields.  And those who went before and 
 those who followed cried out\, "Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes in the na
 me of the Lord!  Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming!
   Hosanna in the highest!"  And he entered Jerusalem\, and went into the te
 mple\; and when he had looked round at everything\, as it was already late\
 , he went out to Bethany with the twelve disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\; Chitus of Athens\, Bis
 hop of Rome\; Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\; Afterfeast of the Transfigura
 tion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Corinthians 13:4-13\;14:1-5\nBrethren\, love is patient and kind\; love 
 is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insi
 st on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice 
 at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all 
 things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends\; as for pr
 ophecies\, they will pass away\; as for tongues\, they will cease\; as for 
 knowledge\, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our proph
 ecy is imperfect\; but when the perfect comes\, the imperfect will pass awa
 y. When I was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I r
 easoned like a child\; when I became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For n
 ow we see in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I know in part\; t
 hen I shall understand fully\, even as I have been fully understood. So fai
 th\, hope\, love abide\, these three\; but the greatest of these is love. M
 ake love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially t
 hat you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but 
 to God\; for no one understands him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit
 . On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding 
 and encouragement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himsel
 f\, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want you all to speak i
 n tongues\, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he
  who speaks in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so that the church ma
 y be edified.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this parabl
 e\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the 
 morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers
  for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about
  the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to the
 m he said\, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will gi
 ve you.' So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth h
 our\, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found ot
 hers standing\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'
  They said to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You g
 o into the vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard
  said to his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginn
 ing with the last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleven
 th hour came\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came\, 
 they thought they would receive more\; but each of them also received a den
 arius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, 'The
 se last worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who have 
 borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one 
 of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me for
  a denarius? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to this l
 ast as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belong
 s to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be first\
 , and the first last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer\; Commemoration of 
 the Great Earthquake in Constantinople (740)\; Eata of Hexham\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men
  who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to t
 he synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and govern
 ors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Sett
 le it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; 
 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries wil
 l be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by pare
 nts and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to
  death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of you
 r head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle
  Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that
  is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses
  entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in su
 ffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entan
 gled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enliste
 d him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
  It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crop
 s. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in eve
 rything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from Da
 vid\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and we
 aring fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefo
 re I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtai
 n salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John
  15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, t
 o love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me bef
 ore it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\
 ; but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\,
  therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A 
 servant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will
  persecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all
  this they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who 
 sent me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; 
 but now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father
  also.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they
  would not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Fathe
 r.  It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me
  without a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to
  you from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Fat
 her\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you
  have been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep
  you from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\,
  the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering servic
 e to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nikitas the Great Martyr\; Philotheos the Righteous\; Bessarion of Lar
 issa\; Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the New 
 Martyr of Sfakion\, Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; Porphyrios the A
 ctor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren\
 , now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I complete
  what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, that is
 \, the church\, of which I became a minister according to the divine office
  which was given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\, the 
 mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints
 . To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the rich
 es of the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glor
 y. Him we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom
 \, that we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, strivi
 ng with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I want you
  to know how greatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the 
 midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of m
 en\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synag
 ogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to
  bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do
  not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you 
 are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\
 , but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver 
 up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will rise aga
 inst parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for 
 my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mammas the Martyr\; John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cosmas the Hermit\; Ammon & Aeithalas
  the Martyrs of Thrace\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we kn
 ow that everything works for good with those who love God\, who are called 
 according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined t
 o be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that he might be the firs
 t-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predestined he also called\;
  and those whom he called he also justified\; and those whom he justified h
 e also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  If God is for us\, wh
 o is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us a
 ll\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who shall bring any cha
 rge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It 
 is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at
  the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. Who shall separate u
 s from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecutio
 n\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "Fo
 r thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we are regarded as sheep 
 to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors t
 hrough him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor
  angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor things to come\, no
 r powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else in all creation\, wil
 l be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 23:13-22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to
  him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour wid
 ows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore you will r
 eceive the greater condemnation. But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, h
 ypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; for you nei
 ther enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to yo
 u\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to ma
 ke a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him twic
 e as much a child of hell as yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guides\, who sa
 y\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swear
 s by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! Fo
 r which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? 
 And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any 
 one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You
  blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that makes the gif
 t sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by everything on
  it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells 
 in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by hi
 m who sits upon it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Monday\; George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\; Job the Prop
 het\; Our Holy Father Seraphim the Struggler of Mt. Domvu\; Sophia of Kleis
 oura\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to
  his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and persecu
 te you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be 
 brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be a time 
 for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to medit
 ate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, whi
 ch none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You wi
 ll be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, a
 nd some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all for my nam
 e's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you wi
 ll gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, He
 rod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He ki
 lled James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it ple
 ased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days
  of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, a
 nd delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after 
 the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; 
 but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night
  when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two sol
 diers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding 
 the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone
  in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get
  up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\
 , "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed
  him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thoug
 ht he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second gu
 ard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them o
 f its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and
  immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "No
 w I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand o
 f Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Read
 ing: John 1:18-28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who i
 s in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the te
 stimony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to 
 ask him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "
 I am not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He 
 said\, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said
  to him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer for those who sent us. W
 hat do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in 
 the wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaia
 h said."\n\nNow they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Th
 en why are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor
  the prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; but among you s
 tands one whom you do not know\, even he who comes after me\, the thong of 
 whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany beyond t
 he Jordan\, where John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\; Holy Martyr Glycerus\; Simon the
  Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery of Mount Athos\; Afterfea
 st of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 6:11-16\nTimo
 thy\, my son\, aim at righteousness\, godliness\, faith\, love\, steadfastn
 ess\, gentleness.  Fight the good fight of the faith\; take hold of the ete
 rnal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the
  presence of many witnesses.  In the presence of God who gives life to all 
 things\, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate mad
 e the good confession\, I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and 
 free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; and this 
 will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign\
 , and King of kings and Lord of lords\, who alone has immortality and dwell
 s in unapproachable light\, whom no man has ever seen or can see.  To him b
 e honor and eternal dominion.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:15-21\n
 At that time\, many followed Jesus\, and he healed them all\, and ordered t
 hem not to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the proph
 et Isaiah: "Behold\, my servant whom I have chosen\, my beloved with whom m
 y soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him\, and he shall procla
 im justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry aloud\, nor will any
 one hear his voice in the streets\; he will not break a bruised reed or que
 nch a smoldering wick\, till he brings justice to victory\; and in his name
  will the Gentiles hope."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lazarus Saturday\; The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of the Lord\;
  Eulogios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed
 )\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 12:28-29\;13:1-8\nBRETHREN\, let us be gratef
 ul for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, and thus let us offer to
  God acceptable worship\, with reverence and awe\; for our God is a consumi
 ng fire. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to
  strangers\, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember th
 ose who are in prison\, as though in prison with them\; and those who are i
 ll-treated\, since you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor 
 among all\, and let the marriage bed be undefiled\; for God will judge the 
 immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money\, and be con
 tent with what you have\; for he has said\, "I will never fail you nor fors
 ake you." Hence we can confidently say\, "The Lord is my helper\, I will no
 t be afraid\; what can man do to me?" Remember your leaders\, those who spo
 ke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their life\, and imitat
 e their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. \
 n\nGospel Reading: John 11:1-45\nAt that time\, a certain man was ill\, Laz
 aros of Bethany\, from the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Ma
 ry who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair\, w
 hose brother Lazaros was ill. So the sisters sent to him\, saying\, "Lord\,
  he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it he said\, "This illness 
 is not unto death\; it is for the glory of God\, so that the Son of God may
  be glorified by means of it."\n\n Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister an
 d Lazaros. So when he heard that he was ill\, he stayed two days longer in 
 the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disciples\, "Let us 
 go into Judea again." The disciples said to him\, "Rabbi\, the Jews were bu
 t now seeking to stone you\, and are you going there again?" Jesus answered
 \, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day\, he
  does not stumble\, because he sees the light of this world. But if any one
  walks in the night\, he stumbles\, because the light is not in him." Thus 
 he spoke\, and then he said to them\, "Our friend Lazaros has fallen asleep
 \, but I go to awake him out of sleep." The disciples said to him\, "Lord\,
  if he has fallen asleep\, he will recover." Now Jesus had spoken of his de
 ath\, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus told 
 them plainly\, "Lazaros is dead\; and for your sake I am glad that I was no
 t there\, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." Thomas\, called t
 he Twin\, said to his fellow disciples\, "Let us also go\, that we may die 
 with him."\n\n Now when Jesus came\, he found that Lazaros had already been
  in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem\, about two miles off\, 
 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning
  their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming\, she went and met 
 him\, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus\, "Lord\, if you ha
 d been here\, my brother would not have died. And even now I know that what
 ever you ask from God\, God will give you." Jesus said to her\, "Your broth
 er will rise again." Martha said to him\, "I know that he will rise again i
 n the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her\, "I am the resurrec
 tion and the life\; he who believes in me\, though he die\, yet shall he li
 ve\, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe t
 his?" She said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe that you are the Christ\, t
 he Son of God\, he who is coming into the world."\n\n When she had said thi
 s\, she went and called her sister Mary\, saying quietly\, "The Teacher is 
 here and is calling for you." And when she heard it\, she rose quickly and 
 went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village\, but was still in t
 he place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who were with her in the h
 ouse\, consoling her\, saw Mary rise quickly and go out\, they followed her
 \, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. Then Mary\, when
  she came where Jesus was and saw him\, fell at his feet\, saying to him\, 
 "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not have died." When Jesus 
 saw her weeping\, and the Jews who came with her also weeping\, he was deep
 ly moved in spirit and troubled\; and he said\, "Where have you laid him?" 
 They said to him\, "Lord\, come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said\, "S
 ee how he loved him!" But some of them said\, "Could not he who opened the 
 eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"\n\n Then Jesus\, deep
 ly moved again\, came to the tomb\; it was a cave\, and a stone lay upon it
 . Jesus said\, "Take away the stone." Martha\, the sister of the dead man\,
  said to him\, "Lord\, by this time there will be an odor\, for he has been
  dead four days." Jesus said to her\, "Did I not tell you that if you would
  believe you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And 
 Jesus lifted up his eyes and said\, "Father\, I thank you that you have hea
 rd me. I knew that you have heard me always\, but I have said this on accou
 nt of the people standing by\, that they may believe that you did send me."
  When he had said this\, he cried with a loud voice\, "Lazaros\, come out."
  The dead man came out\, his hands and feet bound with bandages\, and his f
 ace wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them\, "Unbind him\, and let him go
 ." Many of the Jews therefore\, who had come with Mary and had seen what he
  did\, believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Habakkuk the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\; Myrope 
 the Martyr of Chios\; Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia\; Joannicos the Monk of De
 vich\; Theophilos the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Thessalonians 4:18-5:10\nBrethren\, comfort one another with these words
 . But as to the times and the seasons\, brethren\, you have no need to have
  anything written to you.  For you yourselves know well that the day of the
  Lord will come like a thief in the night. When people say\, "There is peac
 e and security\," then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail co
 mes upon a woman with child\, and there will be no escape. But you are not 
 in darkness\, brethren\, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you
  are all sons of light and sons of the day\; we are not of the night or of 
 darkness. So then let us not sleep\, as others do\, but let us keep awake a
 nd be sober. For those who sleep sleep at night\, and those who get drunk a
 re drunk at night. But\, since we belong to the day\, let us be sober\, and
  put on the breastplate of faith and love\, and for a helmet the hope of sa
 lvation. For God has not destined us for wrath\, but to obtain salvation th
 rough our Lord Jesus Christ\, who died for us so that whether we wake or sl
 eep we might live with him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:9-18\nThe Lord said 
 this parable: "A man planted a vineyard\, and let it out to tenants\, and w
 ent into another country for a long while. When the time came\, he sent a s
 ervant to the tenants\, that they should give him some of the fruit of the 
 vineyard\; but the tenants beat him\, and sent him away empty-handed. And h
 e sent another servant\; him also they beat and treated shamefully\, and se
 nt him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a third\; this one they wounded a
 nd cast out. Then the owner of the vineyard said\, 'What shall I do? I will
  send my beloved son\; it may be they will respect him.' But when the tenan
 ts saw him\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; let us kill him\
 , that the inheritance may be ours.' And they cast him out of the vineyard 
 and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He wil
 l come and destroy those tenants\, and give the vineyard to others." When t
 hey heard this\, they said\, "God forbid!" But he looked at them and said\,
  "What then is this that is written: 'The very stone which the builders rej
 ected has become the head of the corner'? Every one who falls on that stone
  will be broken to pieces\; but when it falls on any one it will crush him.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost\; Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\; Tim
 othy\, Bishop of Proussa\; Theophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\; Our Holy Fath
 er Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\; The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nFast Free\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Romans 1:1-7\,13-17\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, call
 ed to be an apostle\, set apart for the gospel of God which he promised bef
 orehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning
  his Son\, who was descended from David according to the flesh and designat
 ed Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrect
 ion from the dead\, Jesus Christ our Lord\, through whom we have received g
 race and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of 
 his name among all the nations\, including yourselves who are called to bel
 ong to Jesus Christ\; To all God's beloved in Rome\, who are called to be s
 aints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
 . I want you to know\, brethren\, that I have often intended to come to you
  (but thus far have been prevented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest
  among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation
  both to Greeks and to barbarians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so
  I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not 
 ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one wh
 o has faith\, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteo
 usness of God is revealed through faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The
  righteous shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13
 \nAt that time\, Jesus went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogue
 s and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and eve
 ry infirmity among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, an
 d they brought him all the sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and
  pains\, demoniacs\, epileptics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And 
 great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and 
 Judea and from beyond the Jordan.\n\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the 
 mountain\, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened hi
 s mouth and taught them\, saying:\n\n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for 
 theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they
  shall be comforted.\n\n"Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the 
 earth.\n\n"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for 
 they shall be satisfied.\n\n"Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obta
 in mercy.\n\n"Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n\n"B
 lessed are the peacemakers\, for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n"Bles
 sed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is th
 e kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute 
 you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice 
 and be glad\, for your reward is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted th
 e prophets who were before you.\n\n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if 
 salt has lost its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no long
 er good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.
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 sts: Nativity Fast Begins\; Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confe
 ssors of Edessa\; Thomas II the New\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, we beseech an
 d exhort you in the Lord Jesus\, that as you learned from us how you ought 
 to live and to please God\, just as you are doing\, you do so more and more
 . For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For th
 is is the will of God\, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchasti
 ty\; that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holiness a
 nd honor\, not in the passion of lust like the heathen who do not know God\
 ; that no man transgress\, and wrong his brother in this matter\, because t
 he Lord is an avenger in all these things\, as we solemnly forewarned you. 
 For God has not called us for uncleanness\, but in holiness. Therefore whoe
 ver disregards this\, disregards not man but God\, who gives his Holy Spiri
 t to you. But concerning the love of the brethren you have no need to have 
 any one write to you\, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love o
 ne another\; and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. 
 But we exhort you\, brethren\, to do so more and more\, to aspire to live q
 uietly\, to mind your own affairs\, and to work with your hands\, as we cha
 rged you\; so that you may command the respect of outsiders\, and be depend
 ent on nobody.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:1-10\nAt that time\, the tax coll
 ectors and sinners were all drawing near to Jesus to hear him. And the Phar
 isees and the scribes murmured\, saying\, "This man receives sinners and ea
 ts with them." So he told them this parable: "What man of you\, having a hu
 ndred sheep\, if he has lost one of them\, does not leave the ninety-nine i
 n the wilderness\, and go after the one which is lost\, until he finds it? 
 And when he has found it\, he lays it on his shoulders\, rejoicing. And whe
 n he comes home\, he calls together his friends and his neighbors\, saying 
 to them\, 'Rejoice with me\, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' Jus
 t so\, I tell you\, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who re
 pents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. "Or w
 hat woman\, having ten silver coins\, if she loses one coin\, does not ligh
 t a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And wh
 en she has found it\, she calls together her friends and neighbors\, saying
 \, 'Rejoice with me\, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Just so\
 , I tell you\, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who re
 pents."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\; Euschemon the Confessor\, Bishop of
  Lampasakos\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Jude 1:11-25\nBeloved\, woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of
  Cain\, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and
  perish in Korah's rebellion.  These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as
  they boldly carouse together\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds
 \, carried along by winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, u
 prooted\; wild waves of the sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; 
 wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for
  ever.\n\nIt was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Ad
 am prophesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to
  execute judgment on all\, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deed
 s of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of 
 all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."  These
  are grumblers\, malcontents\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed 
 boasters\, flattering people to gain advantage.\n\nBut you must remember\, 
 beloved\, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they s
 aid to you\, "In the last time there will be scoffers\, following their own
  ungodly passions."  It is these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, de
 void of the Spirit.  But you\, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most h
 oly faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; 
 wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.  And convinc
 e some\, who doubt\; save some\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on som
 e have mercy with fear\, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.\n\nN
 ow to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without b
 lemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, 
 our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, 
 and authority\, before all time and now and for ever.  Amen.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\, 44-56\nAt that time\, the chief priests\, the scri
 bes\, and elders of the people brought Jesus before Pilate.  And they began
  to accuse him\, saying\, "We found this man perverting our nation\, and fo
 rbidding us to give tribute to Caesar\, and saying that he himself is Chris
 t a king."  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he 
 answered him\, "You have said so."  And Pilate said to the chief priests an
 d the multitudes\, "I find no crime in this man."  But they were urgent\, s
 aying\, "He stirs up the people\, teaching throughout all Judea\, from Gali
 lee even to this place."\n\nWhen Pilate heard this\, he asked whether the m
 an was a Galilean.  And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdi
 ction\, he sent him over to Herod\, who was himself in Jerusalem at that ti
 me.  When Herod saw Jesus\, he was very glad\, for he had long desired to s
 ee him\, because he had heard about him\, and he was hoping to see some sig
 n done by him.  So he questioned him at some length\; but he made no answer
 .  The chief priests and the scribes stood by\, vehemently accusing him.  A
 nd Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him\; then\
 , arraying him in gorgeous apparel\, he sent him back to Pilate.  And Herod
  and Pilate became friends with each other that very day\, for before this 
 they had been at enmity with each other.\n\nPilate then called together the
  chief priests and the rulers and the people\, and said to them\, "You brou
 ght me this man as one who was perverting the people\; and after examining 
 him before you\, behold\, I did not find this man guilty of any of your cha
 rges against him\; neither did Herod\, for he sent him back to us.  Behold\
 , nothing deserving death has been done by him\; I will therefore chastise 
 him and release him." Now he was obliged to release one man to them at the 
 festival.\n\nBut they all cried out together\, "Away with this man\, and re
 lease to us Barabbas" -- a man who had been thrown into prison for an insur
 rection started in the city\, and for murder.  Pilate addressed them once m
 ore\, desiring to release Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "Crucify\, crucify
  him!"  A third time he said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?  I hav
 e found in him no crime deserving death\; I will therefore chastise him and
  release him."  But they were urgent\, demanding with loud cries that he sh
 ould be crucified.  And their voices prevailed.  So Pilate gave sentence th
 at their demand should be granted.  He released the man who had been thrown
  into prison for insurrection and murder\, whom they asked for\; but Jesus 
 he delivered up to their will.\n\nAnd as they led him away\, they seized on
 e Simon of Cyrene\, who was coming in from the country\, and laid on him th
 e cross\, to carry it behind Jesus.  And there followed him a great multitu
 de of the people\, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.  But Jesus t
 urning to them said\, "Daughters of Jerusalem\, do not weep for me\, but we
 ep for yourselves and for your children.  For behold\, the days are coming 
 when they will say\, 'Blessed are the barren\, and the wombs that never bor
 e\, and the breasts that never gave suck!'  Then they will begin to say to 
 the mountains\, 'Fall on us'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.'  For if they 
 do this when the wood is green\, what will happen when it is dry?"\n\nAnd w
 hen they came to the place which is called The Skull\, there they crucified
  him\, and the criminals\, one on the right and one on the left.\n\nIt was 
 now about the sixth hour\, and there was darkness over the whole land until
  the ninth hour\, while the sun's light failed\; and the curtain of the tem
 ple was torn in two.  Then Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\, said\, "Fathe
 r\, into your hands I commit my spirit!"  And having said this he breathed 
 his last.  Now when the centurion saw what had taken place\, he praised God
 \, and said\, "Certainly this man was innocent!"  And all the multitudes wh
 o assembled to see the sight\, when they saw what had taken place\, returne
 d home beating their breasts.  And all his acquaintances and the women who 
 had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things.\n\n
 Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea.  He was
  a member of the council\, a good and righteous man\, who had not consented
  to their purpose and deed\, and he was looking for the kingdom of God.  Th
 is man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Then he took it dow
 n and wrapped it in a linen shroud\, and laid him in a rock hewn tomb\, whe
 re no one had ever yet been laid.  It was the day of Preparation\, and the 
 sabbath was beginning.  The women who had come with him from Galilee follow
 ed\, and saw the tomb\, and how his body was laid\; then they returned\, an
 d prepared spices and ointments.\n\nOn the sabbath they rested according to
  the commandment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday of Souls\; Caesarios the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: 
 Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay
  their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues
  and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my na
 me's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefo
 re in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will gi
 ve you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to 
 withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and broth
 ers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you 
 will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will p
 erish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: I T
 hessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you ignorant\, brethren\, conce
 rning those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve as others do who have 
 no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, t
 hrough Jesus\, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  For t
 his we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who
  are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall not precede those who have f
 allen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of 
 command\, with the archangel's call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of 
 God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then we who are alive\, who 
 are left\, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the 
 Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\nThe Lord said\, "Take heed that you are not l
 ed astray\; for many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The 
 time is at hand!'  Do not go after them.  And when you hear of wars and tum
 ults\, do not be terrified\; for this must first take place\, but the end w
 ill not be at once.  And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars\, an
 d upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the se
 a and the waves\, men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is com
 ing on the world\; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.  And then 
 they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 
  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away.  But ta
 ke heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and
  drunkenness and cares of life\, and that day come upon you suddenly like a
  snare\; for it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the whole ear
 th.  But watch at all times\, praying that you may have strength to escape 
 all these things that will take place\, and to stand before the Son of man.
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\; Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\; Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\; Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 5:1-10\nTimothy\, my so
 n\, do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father\; treat
  younger men like brothers\, older women like mothers\, younger women like 
 sisters\, in all purity. Honor widows who are real widows. If a widow has c
 hildren or grandchildren\, let them first learn their religious duty to the
 ir own family and make some return to their parents\; for this is acceptabl
 e in the sight of God. She who is a real widow\, and is left all alone\, ha
 s set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and 
 day\; whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Comma
 nd this\, so that they may be without reproach. If any one does not provide
  for his relatives\, and especially for his own family\, he has disowned th
 e faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Let a widow be enrolled if she is 
 not less than sixty years of age\, having been the wife of one husband\; an
 d she must be well attested for her good deeds\, as one who has brought up 
 children\, shown hospitality\, washed the feet of the saints\, relieved the
  afflicted\, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 10:46-52\nAt that time\, as Jesus was leaving Jericho with his di
 sciples and a great multitude\, Bartimaios\, a blind beggar\, the son of Ti
 maios\, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of
  Nazareth\, he began to cry out and say\, "Jesus\, Son of David\, have merc
 y on me!" And many rebuked him\, telling him to be silent\; but he cried ou
 t all the more\, "Son of David\, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped and s
 aid\, "Call him." And they called the blind man\, saying to him\, "Take hea
 rt\; rise\, he is calling you." And throwing off his mantle he sprang up an
 d came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him\, "What do you want me to do for you
 ?" And the blind man said to him\, "Rabbi\, let me receive my sight." And J
 esus said to him\, "Go your way\; your faith has made you well." And immedi
 ately he received his sight and followed him on the way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Sylv
 ester\, Pope of Rome\; Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Seraphim the
  Wonderworker of Sarov\; Juliana the Righteous\; Theagenes the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Parios\; Theopemptos\; Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargy
 roi\; Righteous Mark the Deaf\; Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\; Sergios\; Theo
 pistos the Martyr\; George the New Martyr of Georgia\; Nilos the Sanctified
 \; Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 5:4
 -10\nBRETHREN\, one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called
  by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be mad
 e a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my S
 on\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou
  art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." In the days of hi
 s flesh\, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications\, with loud cries and 
 tears\, to him who was able to save him from death\, and he was heard for h
 is godly fear. Although he was a Son\, he learned obedience through what he
  suffered\; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvatio
 n to all who obey him\, being designated by God a high priest after the ord
 er of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\nAt that time\, there wa
 s a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man 
 came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a te
 acher come from God\; for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless Go
 d is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless
  one is born from above\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said
  to him\, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time
  into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, unless one is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter th
 e kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which
  is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You m
 ust be born from above.' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the
  sound of it\, and you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so 
 it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "Ho
 w can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet
  you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of wha
 t we know\, and bear witness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive 
 our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe\, h
 ow can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into 
 heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. 
 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of m
 an be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Luke\; 33 Martyrs of Melitene\; Lazarus the Wonderworker
 \; Martyr Athenodorus\; Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nMatins Gosp
 el Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of th
 e week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews
 \, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you."  
 When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side.  Then the di
 sciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again\, "Peac
 e be with you.  As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you."  And when 
 he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them: "Receive the Hol
 y Spirit.  If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you reta
 in the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nNow Thomas\, one of the twelve\
 , called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came.  So the other discip
 les told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see i
 n his hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the
  nails\, and place my hand in his side\, I will not believe."\n\nEight days
  later\, his disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with them. 
  The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them\, and said: "Pea
 ce be with you."  Then he said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see 
 my hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in my side\; do not be fait
 hless\, but believing."  Thomas answered him\, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus 
 said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are tho
 se who have not seen and yet believe."\n\nNow Jesus did many other signs in
  the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but t
 hese are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of
  God\, and that believing you may have life in his name.\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel which
  was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\
 , nor was I taught it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. F
 or you have heard of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the churc
 h of God violently and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyo
 nd many of my own age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for the 
 traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was bor
 n\, and had called me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to 
 me\, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer
  with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apos
 tles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Dama
 scus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and r
 emained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except 
 James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\nAt that time\, t
 here came to Jesus a man named Jairus\, who was a ruler of the synagogue\; 
 and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house\, for he ha
 d an only daughter\, about twelve years of age\, and she was dying. As he w
 ent\, the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood
  for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians and could no
 t be healed by anyone\, came up behind him\, and touched the fringe of his 
 garment\; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said\, "Who w
 as it that touched me?" When all denied it\, Peter and those who were with 
 him said\, "Master\, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" But J
 esus said\, "Some one touched me\; for I perceive that power has gone forth
  from me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden\, she came trembl
 ing\, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the peopl
 e why she had touched him\, and how she had been immediately healed. And he
  said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace." Whi
 le he was still speaking\, a man from the ruler's house came and said\, "Yo
 ur daughter is dead\; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on he
 aring this answered him\, "Do not fear\; only believe\, and she shall be we
 ll." And when he came to the house\, he permitted no one to enter with him\
 , except Peter and John and James\, and the father and mother of the child.
  And all were weeping and bewailing her\; but he said\, "Do not weep\; for 
 she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him\, knowing that she w
 as dead. But taking her by the hand he called\, saying\, "Child\, arise." A
 nd her spirit returned\, and she got up at once\; and he directed that some
 thing should be given her to eat. And her parents were amazed\; but he char
 ged them to tell no one what had happened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Matthias  \; Constantine\, Patriarch of Constantinopl
 e\; Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan of Rhodes\; Afterfeast of the 
 Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anthony the Martyr of
  Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn tho
 se days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet\,
  which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's journey away\; and when they had
  entered\, they went up to the upper room\, where they were staying\, Peter
  and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Thomas\, Bartholomew and Matthe
 w\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of Jam
 es. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer\, together with 
 the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and with his brothers.\n\nIn those
  days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all 
 about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Brethren\, the scripture had to b
 e fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David\
 , concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was nu
 mbered among us\, and was allotted his share in this ministry. "So one of t
 he men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went
  in and out among us\, beginning from the baptism of John until the day whe
 n he was taken up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness
  to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forward two\, Joseph called Barsabba
 s\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. And they prayed and said\, "Lor
 d\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show which one of these two thou ha
 st chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Jud
 as turned aside\, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them\, an
 d the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:29-31\nAt that time\, Jesus passed along the 
 Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain\, and sat down there. And gr
 eat crowds came to him\, bringing with them the lame\, the maimed\, the bli
 nd\, the dumb\, and many others\, and they put them at his feet\, and he he
 aled them\, so that the throng wondered\, when they saw the dumb speaking\,
  the maimed whole\, the lame walking\, and the blind seeing\; and they glor
 ified the God of Israel.\n\n
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 sts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\; Rom
 anos\, Prince of Uglich\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\; Cumine the Whi
 te\, Abbot of Iona\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, t
 he report concerning Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the su
 rrounding country. The disciples of John told him of all these things. And 
 John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying
 \, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the
  men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, s
 aying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In tha
 t hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many
  that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell Joh
 n what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame wa
 lk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the
  poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offen
 se at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to t
 he crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to beho
 ld? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man cloth
 ed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live i
 n luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? 
 Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is writte
 n\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your
  way before you.' I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater th
 an John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." Wh
 en they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, ha
 ving been baptized with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the law
 yers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized 
 by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God
  who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts
  to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Chri
 st.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the tran
 scendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way
 \, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, b
 ut not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the 
 body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested 
 in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for
  Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal fl
 esh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the sam
 e spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we 
 too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus w
 ill raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For 
 it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people 
 it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of th
 e Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who 
 is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go a
 nd tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the l
 ame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised 
 up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who ta
 kes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crow
 ds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A r
 eed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in s
 oft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. Wha
 t then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a
  prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger 
 before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to
  you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John t
 he Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than h
 e. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has be
 en coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all the proph
 ets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept it
 \, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\; Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions
  in Egypt\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\; 
 Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Finbar the Confessor\, First Bis
 hop of Cork\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 13:3-13\nBret
 hren\, since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me\, he is not wea
 k in dealing with you\, but is powerful in you. For he was crucified in wea
 kness\, but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him\, but in deal
 ing with you we shall live with him by the power of God.\n\nExamine yoursel
 ves\, to see whether you are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you
  not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet 
 the test! I hope you will find out that we have not failed. But we pray God
  that you may not do wrong - not that we may appear to have met the test\, 
 but that you may do what is right\, though we may seem to have failed. For 
 we cannot do anything against the truth\, but only for the truth. For we ar
 e glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improv
 ement. I write this while I am away from you\, in order that when I come I 
 may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has giv
 en me for building up and not for tearing down.\n\nFinally\, brethren\, far
 ewell. Mend your ways\, heed my appeal\, agree with one another\, live in p
 eace\, and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another wi
 th a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.\n\nThe grace of the Lord Jesus Ch
 rist and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you 
 all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:33-39\nAt that time\, the Pharisees ca
 me to Jesus and said to him\, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and 
 offer prayers\, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees\, but yours eat an
 d drink?" And Jesus said to them\, "Can you make wedding guests fast while 
 the bridegroom is with them? The days will come\, when the bridegroom is ta
 ken away from them\, and then they will fast in those days." He told them a
  parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an
  old garment\; if he does\, he will tear the new\, and the piece from the n
 ew will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins\; if
  he does\, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled\, and t
 he skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 
 And no one after drinking old wine desires new\; for he says\, 'The old is 
 better.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Barnabas the Holy Apostle\; Revelation 
 of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel\; L
 uke of Simferopol\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe
  Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejec
 ts you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The sev
 enty returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us
  in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from
  heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and sco
 rpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. 
 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\;
  but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he r
 ejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heave
 n and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understan
 ding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious
  will."\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibi
 ted us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; because we h
 ave become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are fools fo
 r Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you are str
 ong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hu
 nger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\
 , working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, w
 e endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\, and are
  now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things. I do no
 t write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my beloved childr
 en. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not have many f
 athers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge
  you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe L
 ord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on
  a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\,
  but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light s
 o shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to yo
 ur Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law 
 and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  Fo
 r truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, no
 t a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then r
 elaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be
  called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches t
 hem shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ecclesiastical New Year\; Symeon the Stylite\; Synaxis of the Recovery
  of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Miasenae \; The 40 Holy Ascetic 
 Virgin Martyrs of Thrace and their Teacher Ammon the Deacon\; Holy Martyrs 
 Calliste and Siblings:  Euodus and Hermogenes\; Righteous Meletius\, The St
 ruggler of the Muioupolis Mountain\; Jesus (Joshua) of Navi\; Nicholas of K
 ourtaliotis\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 2:1-7\nT
 imothy\, my son\, first of all\, I urge that supplications\, prayers\, inte
 rcessions\, and thanksgivings be made for all men\, for kings and all who a
 re in high positions\, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life\, godly 
 and respectful in every way. This is good\, and it is acceptable in the sig
 ht of God our Savior\, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the k
 nowledge of the truth. For there is one God\, and there is one mediator bet
 ween God and men\, the man Christ Jesus\, who gave himself as a ransom for 
 all\, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time. For this I was a
 ppointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth\, I am not lying)\,
  a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16
 -22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he had been brought up\;
  and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And
  he stood up to read\; and there was given to him the book of the prophet I
 saiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written\, "The S
 pirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has anointed me to preach good ne
 ws to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and reco
 vering of sight to the blind\, to set at liberty those who are oppressed\, 
 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the book\, and 
 gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of all in the s
 ynagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them\, "Today this scrip
 ture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke well of him\, and w
 ondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\; Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith 
 conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mou
 ths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won s
 trength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flig
 ht. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusin
 g to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Others s
 uffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were
  stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with
  the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, affl
 icted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering         
 over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all thes
 e\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised
 \, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they
  should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so grea
 t a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which
  clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set 
 before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 10:2-12\nAt that time\, the Pharisees came up to Jesus an
 d in order to test him\, asked\, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wif
 e?" He answered them\, "What did Moses command you?" They said\, "Moses all
 owed a man to write a certificate of divorce\, and to put her away." But Je
 sus said to them\, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandmen
 t. But from the beginning of creation\, 'God made them male and female. For
  this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his w
 ife\, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but on
 e flesh. What therefore God has joined together\, let not man put asunder."
  And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. And he s
 aid to them\, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adulte
 ry against her\; and if she divorces her husband and marries another\, she 
 commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\; Manuel the New Martyr of Crete\;
  Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bishop of Britain\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:7-16\nThus says the Lord: For the viney
 ard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men of Judah are 
 his pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\
 ; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!  Woe to those who join house to h
 ouse\, who add field to field\, until there is no more room\, and you are m
 ade to dwell alone in the midst of the land.  The LORD of hosts has sworn i
 n my hearing: "Surely many houses shall be desolate\, large and beautiful h
 ouses\, without inhabitant.  For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one 
 bath\, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."  Woe to those who ris
 e early in the morning\, that they may run after strong drink\, who tarry l
 ate into the evening till wine inflames them!  They have lyre and harp\, ti
 mbrel and flute and wine at their feasts\; but they do not regard the deeds
  of the LORD\, or see the work of his hands.  Therefore my people go into e
 xile for want of knowledge\; their honored men are dying of hunger\, and th
 eir multitude is parched with thirst.  Therefore Sheol has enlarged its app
 etite and opened its mouth beyond measure\, and the nobility of Jerusalem a
 nd her multitude go down\, her throng and he who exults in her.  Man is bow
 ed down\, and men are brought low\, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled
 .  But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows him
 self holy in righteousness.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 4:8-15\n Cain
  said to Abel his brother\, "Let us go out to the field." And when they wer
 e in the field\, Cain rose up against his brother Abel\, and killed him.  T
 hen the LORD said to Cain\, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do n
 ot know\; am I my brother's keeper?"  And the LORD said\, "What have you do
 ne? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.  And
  now you are cursed from the ground\, which has opened its mouth to receive
  your brother's blood from your hand.  When you till the ground\, it shall 
 no longer yield to you its strength\; you shall be a fugitive and a wandere
 r on the earth."  Cain said to the LORD\, "My punishment is greater than I 
 can bear.  Behold\, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground\; and
  from thy face I shall be hidden\; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer
  on the earth\, and whoever finds me will slay me."  Then the LORD said to 
 him\, "Not so! If any one slays Cain\, vengeance shall be taken on him seve
 nfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain\, lest any who came upon him should
  kill him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 5:1-15\nMy son\, be attentive
  to my wisdom\, incline your ear to my understanding\; that you may keep di
 scretion\, and your lips may guard knowledge.  For the lips of a loose woma
 n drip honey\, and her speech is smoother than oil\; but in the end she is 
 bitter as wormwood\, sharp as a two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death
 \; her steps follow the path to Sheol\; she does not take heed to the path 
 of life\; her ways wander\, and she does not know it.\n\n  And now\, O sons
 \, listen to me\, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.  Keep your 
 way far from her\, and do not go near the door of her house\; lest you give
  your honor to others and your years to the merciless\; lest strangers take
  their fill of your strength\, and your labors go to the house of an alien\
 ; and at the end of your life you groan\, when your flesh and body are cons
 umed\, and you say\, "How I hated discipline\, and my heart despised reproo
 f!  I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my in
 structors.  I was at the point of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.
 "  Drink water from your own cistern\, flowing water from your own well.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens\; Domnina the Martyr and her daughters\;
  John the Hermit\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:25-33\nBret
 hren\, husbands\, love your wives\, as Christ loved the church and gave him
 self up for her\, that he might sanctify her\, having cleansed her by the w
 ashing of water with the word\, that he might present the church to himself
  in splendor\, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing\, that she might b
 e holy and without blemish. Even so husbands should love their wives as the
 ir own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hates h
 is own flesh\, but nourishes and cherishes it\, as Christ does the church\,
  because we are members of his body. "For this reason a man shall leave his
  father and mother and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one
  flesh." This mystery is a profound one\, and I am saying that it refers to
  Christ and the church\; however\, let each one of you love his wife as him
 self\, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Luke 6:46-49\, 7:1\nThe Lord said\, "Why do you call me 'Lord\, Lord\,' 
 and not do what I tell you? Every one who comes to me and hears my words an
 d does them\, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a 
 house\, who dug deep\, and laid the foundation upon rock\; and when a flood
  arose\, the stream broke against that house\, and could not shake it\, bec
 ause it had been founded upon the rock. But he who hears and does not do th
 em is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation\; aga
 inst which the stream broke\, and immediately it fell\, and the ruin of tha
 t house was great." After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of th
 e people he entered Capernaum.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Th
 e Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raitho\; Plato the Hieromartyr\, Bishop o
 f Tallini and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicholas\; A
 gnes the Virgin-martyr\; Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\; Nina of Geo
 rgia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:38-43\nI
 n those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and be baptized every one
  of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\; and 
 you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you an
 d to your children and to all that are far off\, every one whom the Lord ou
 r God calls to him." And he testified with many other words and exhorted th
 em\, saying\, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who 
 received his word were baptized\, and there were added that day about three
  thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and 
 fellowship\, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came upon e
 very soul\; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, a
 nd was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by the 
 devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, he was
  hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command this 
 stone to become bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shal
 l not live by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed him all
  the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To you 
 I will give all this authority and their glory\; for it has been delivered 
 to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\
 , it shall all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'You sh
 all worship the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he t
 ook him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said
  to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\; for 
 it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\,' an
 d 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot against
  a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the
  Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he depart
 ed from him until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power of the
  Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through all the
  surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorified b
 y all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\; Holy Martyr Anthuse\; Athanasios the Hie
 romartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\; New Martyrs Manuel and John\; The Synaxis of 
 the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our
  Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: II C
 orinthians 2:3-15\nBrethren\, my joy is the joy of you all. For I wrote you
  out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears\, not to c
 ause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.\n\
 nBut if any one has caused pain\, he has caused it not to me\, but in some 
 measure - not to put it too severely - to you all. For such a one this puni
 shment by the majority is enough\; so you should rather turn to forgive and
  comfort him\, for he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you 
 to reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote\, that I might test 
 you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Any one whom you forgi
 ve\, I also forgive. What I have forgiven\, if I have forgiven anything\, h
 as been for your sake in the presence of Christ\, to keep Satan from gainin
 g the advantage over us\; for we are not ignorant of his designs.\n\nWhen I
  came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ\, a door was opened for me in
  the Lord\; but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Ti
 tus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.\n\nBut thanks 
 be to God\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us sprea
 ds the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma o
 f Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are per
 ishing.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:13-22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who 
 had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you
  devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore
  you will receive the greater condemnation. But woe to you\, scribes and Ph
 arisees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; 
 for you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in
 . Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and
  land to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you ma
 ke him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guid
 es\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if an
 y one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blin
 d fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the go
 ld sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; 
 but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his
  oath.' You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that ma
 kes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by ev
 erything on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him 
 who dwells in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of Go
 d and by him who sits upon it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Matthew\; Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\; Athenagor
 us the Apologist\; Boris and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\; Kapiton\, Himenao
 s and Hermogenes\, the Martyrs\; Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, Jesus\, having risen f
 rom the dead\, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them\, "Peac
 e to you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they s
 aw a spirit. And he said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do quest
 ionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet\, that it is I myself\; 
 handle me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that 
 I have." And when he said this\, he showed them his hands and his feet. And
  while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, he said to them\, "H
 ave you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish\, and 
 he took it and ate before them.\n\nThen he said to them\, "These are my wor
 ds which I spoke to you\, while I was still with you\, that everything writ
 ten about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fu
 lfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said
  to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the t
 hird day rise from the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins s
 hould be preached in his name to all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. Yo
 u are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I send the promise of my Fath
 er upon you\; but stay in the city\, until you are clothed with power from 
 on high."\n\nThen he led them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up his ha
 nds\, he blessed them. While he blessed them\, he parted from them\, and wa
 s carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him\, and they returned to Jer
 usalem with great joy\, and were continually in the temple blessing God.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Romans 12:6-14\nBrethren\, having gifts that differ accor
 ding to the grace given to us\, let us use them: if prophecy\, in proportio
 n to our faith\; if service\, in our serving\; he who teaches\, in his teac
 hing\; he who exhorts\, in his exhortation\; he who contributes\, in libera
 lity\; he who gives aid\, with zeal\; he who does acts of mercy\, with chee
 rfulness. Let love be genuine\; hate what is evil\, hold fast to what is go
 od\; love one another with brotherly affection\; outdo one another in showi
 ng honor. Never flag in zeal\, be aglow with the Spirit\, serve the Lord. R
 ejoice in your hope\, be patient in tribulation\, be constant in prayer. Co
 ntribute to the needs of the saints\, practice hospitality. Bless those who
  persecute you\; bless and do not curse them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:
 1-8\nAt that time\, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his 
 own city. And behold\, they brought to him a paralytic\, lying on his bed\;
  and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic\, "Take heart\, my
  son\; your sins are forgiven." And behold\, some of the scribes said to th
 emselves\, "This man is blaspheming." But Jesus\, knowing their thoughts\, 
 said\, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier\, to say 
 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know
  that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said t
 o the paralytic -- "Rise\, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and w
 ent home. When the crowds saw it\, they were afraid\, and they glorified Go
 d\, who had given such authority to men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Charitina the Martyr\; Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\; Eudokimos t
 he Unknown of Mount Athos\; Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, 
 Metropolitans of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:11-21\nBrethren\, i
 f I still preach circumcision\, why am I still persecuted? In that case the
  stumbling block of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettle y
 ou would mutilate themselves! For you were called to freedom\, brethren\; o
 nly do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh\, but through l
 ove be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word\
 , "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour on
 e another take heed that you are not consumed by one another. But I say\, w
 alk by the Spirit\, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the de
 sires of the flesh are against the Spirit\, and the desires of the Spirit a
 re against the flesh\; for these are opposed to each other\, to prevent you
  from doing what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit you are not un
 der the law. Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication\, impurity\,
  licentiousness\, idolatry\, sorcery\, enmity\, strife\, jealousy\, anger\,
  selfishness\, dissension\, party spirit\, envy\, murder\, drunkenness\, ca
 rousing\, and the like. I warn you\, as I warned you before\, that those wh
 o do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 6:37-45\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, and you will not be judged\; cond
 emn not\, and you will not be condemned\; forgive\, and you will be forgive
 n\; give\, and it will be given to you\; good measure\, pressed down\, shak
 en together\, running over\, will be put into your lap. For the measure you
  give will be the measure you get back."\n\nHe also told them a parable: "C
 an a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A disc
 iple is not above his teacher\, but every one when he is fully taught will 
 be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye
 \, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to
  your brother\, 'Brother\, let me take out the speck that is in your eye\,'
  when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrit
 e\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly 
 to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.\n\n"For no good tree b
 ears bad fruit\, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit\; for each tree 
 is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns\, nor are 
 grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good man out of the good treasure of
  his heart produces good\, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produc
 es evil\; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trophimus\, Sabbatius\, & Dorymedon the Martyrs\; Plato the new Hierom
 artyr of Patmos\; Theodore of Tarsus\, Archbishop of Canterbury\; Afterfeas
 t of the Holy Cross\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Galatians 4:8-21\nBrethren\, formerly\, when you did not know God\, yo
 u were in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods\; but now that you h
 ave come to know God\, or rather to be known by God\, how can you turn back
  again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits\, whose slaves you want t
 o be once more? You observe days\, and months\, and seasons\, and years! I 
 am afraid I have labored over you in vain. Brethren\, I beseech you\, becom
 e as I am\, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong\; you kn
 ow it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at 
 first\; and though my condition was a trial to you\, you did not scorn or d
 espise me\, but received me as an angel of God\, as Christ Jesus. What has 
 become of the satisfaction you felt? For I bear you witness that\, if possi
 ble\, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. Have I the
 n become your enemy by telling you the truth? They make much of you\, but f
 or no good purpose\; they want to shut you out\, that you may make much of 
 them\, and not only when I am present with you. My little children\, with w
 hom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you! I could wish to be
  present with you now and to change my tone\, for I am perplexed about you.
  Tell me\, you who desire to be under law\, do you not hear the law?\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Mark 6:45-53\nAt that time\, Jesus made his disciples get into
  the boat and go before him to the other side\, to Bethsaida\, while he dis
 missed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them\, he went up on the 
 mountain to pray. And when evening came\, the boat was out on the sea\, and
  he was alone on the land. And he saw that they were making headway painful
 ly\, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night
  he came to them\, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them\, but when 
 they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost\, and cried out
 \; for they all saw him\, and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to t
 hem and said\, "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear." And he entered the bo
 at with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded\, for the
 y did not understand about the loaves\, but their hearts were hardened. And
  when they had crossed over\, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs 
 of Nicomedea\; Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Isaiah 9:9-10:4\nThus says the LORD: "And all the people w
 ill know\, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria\, who say in pride and in
  arrogance of heart:  'The bricks have fallen\, but we will build with dres
 sed stones\; the sycamores have been cut down\, but we will put cedars in t
 heir place.'"  So the LORD raises adversaries against them\, and stirs up t
 heir enemies.  The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devo
 ur Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away and hi
 s hand is stretched out still.  The people did not turn to him who smote th
 em\, nor seek the LORD of hosts.  So the LORD cut off from Israel head and 
 tail\, palm branch and reed in one day - the elder and honored man is the h
 ead\, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail\; for those who lead thi
 s people lead them astray\, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.
   Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men\, and has no com
 passion on their fatherless and widows\; for every one is godless and an ev
 ildoer\, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned
  away and his hand is stretched out still.  For wickedness burns like a fir
 e\, it consumes briers and thorns\; it kindles the thickets of the forest\,
  and they roll upward in a column of smoke.  Through the wrath of the LORD 
 of hosts the land is burned\, and the people are like fuel for the fire\; n
 o man spares his brother.  They snatch on the right\, but are still hungry\
 , and they devour on the left\, but are not satisfied\; each devours his ne
 ighbor's flesh\, Manasseh\, Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and together
  they are against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away and his 
 hand is stretched out still.  \n\n Woe to those who decree iniquitous decre
 es\, and the writers who keep writing oppression\, to turn aside the needy 
 from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right\, that widows 
 may be their spoil\, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!  Wha
 t will you do on the day of punishment\, in the storm which will come from 
 afar? To whom will you flee for help\, and where will you leave your wealth
 ?  Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slai
 n. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out 
 still.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7:1-5\n Then the LORD said to Noah
 \, "Go into the ark\, you and all your household\, for I have seen that you
  are righteous before me in this generation.  Take with you seven pairs of 
 all clean animals\, the male and his mate\; and a pair of the animals that 
 are not clean\, the male and his mate\; and seven pairs of the birds of the
  air also\, male and female\, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all
  the earth.  For in seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days a
 nd forty nights\; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out f
 rom the face of the ground."  And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded 
 him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 8:32-9:11\nAnd now\, my sons\, list
 en to me: happy are those who keep my ways.  Hear instruction and be wise\,
  and do not neglect it.  Happy is the man who listens to me\, watching dail
 y at my gates\, waiting beside my doors.  For he who finds me finds life an
 d obtains favor from the LORD\; but he who misses me injures himself\; all 
 who hate me love death."  Wisdom has built her house\, she has set up her s
 even pillars.  She has slaughtered her beasts\, she has mixed her wine\, sh
 e has also set her table.  She has sent out her maids to call from the high
 est places in the town\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" To hi
 m who is without sense she says\,  "Come\, eat of my bread and drink of the
  wine I have mixed.  Leave simpleness\, and live\, and walk in the way of i
 nsight."  He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse\, and he who reprove
 s a wicked man incurs injury.  Do not reprove a scoffer\, or he will hate y
 ou\; reprove a wise man\, and he will love you.  Give instruction to a wise
  man\, and he will be still wiser\; teach a righteous man and he will incre
 ase in learning.  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom\, and the
  knowledge of the Holy One is insight.  For by me your days will be multipl
 ied\, and years will be added to your life. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia\;
  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Hieromartyr D
 ionysios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 2:20-3:8\nBrethren\, you are our glo
 ry and joy. Therefore\, when we could bear it no longer\, we were willing t
 o be left behind at Athens alone\, and we sent Timothy\, our brother and Go
 d's servant in the gospel of Christ\, to establish you in your faith and to
  exhort you\, that no one be moved by these afflictions. You yourselves kno
 w that this is to be our lot. For when we were with you\, we told you befor
 ehand that we were to suffer affIiction\; just as it has come to pass\, and
  as you know. For this reason\, when I could bear it no longer\, I sent tha
 t I might know your faith\, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted y
 ou and that our labor would be in vain. But now that Timothy has come to us
  from you\, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and rep
 orted that you always remember us kindly and long to see us\, as we long to
  see you - for this reason\, brethren\, in all our distress and affliction 
 we have been comforted about you through your faith\; for now we live\, if 
 you stand fast in the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:37-44\nAt that time\
 , as Jesus was drawing near\, at the descent of the Mount of Olives\, the w
 hole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud
  voice for all the mighty works that they had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is t
 he King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the
  highest!" And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to him\, "Teache
 r\, rebuke your disciples." He answered\, "I tell you\, if these were silen
 t\, the very stones would cry out." And when he drew near and saw the city 
 he wept over it\, saying\, "Would that even today you knew the things that 
 make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. For the days shall com
 e upon you\, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround y
 ou\, and hem you in on every side\, and dash you to the ground\, you and yo
 ur children within you\, and they will not leave one stone upon another in 
 you\; because you did not know the time of your visitation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\; George\, Bishop of Mytilene\; Gera
 simos the God-Bearer of Byzantium\; Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kaly
 mnos\; Tikhon\, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 48:17-49:4\nThus says the LORD\, 
 your Redeemer\, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God\, who teach
 es you to profit\, who leads you in the way you should go.  O that you had 
 hearkened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river\
 , and your righteousness like the waves of the sea\; your offspring would h
 ave been like the sand\, and your descendants like its grains\; their name 
 would never be cut off or destroyed from before me."\n\nGo forth from Babyl
 on\, flee from Chaldea\, declare this with a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, s
 end it forth to the end of the earth\; say\, "The LORD has redeemed his ser
 vant Jacob!"  They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts\; he m
 ade water flow for them from the rock\; he cleft the rock and the water gus
 hed out.  "There is no peace\," says the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n\nListen
  to me\, O coastlands\, and hearken\, you peoples from afar. The LORD calle
 d me from the womb\, from the body of my mother he named my name.  He made 
 my mouth like a sharp sword\, in the shadow of his hand he hid me\; he made
  me a polished arrow\, in his quiver he hid me away.  And he said to me\, "
 You are my servant\, Israel\, in whom I will be glorified."  But I said\, "
 I have labored in vain\, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity\; 
 yet surely my right is with the LORD\, and my recompense with my God."\n\nO
 ld Testament Reading: Genesis 27:1-41\nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were
  dim so that he could not see\, he called Esau his older son\, and said to 
 him\, "My son"\; and he answered\, "Here I am."  He said\, "Behold\, I am o
 ld\; I do not know the day of my death.  Now then\, take your weapons\, you
 r quiver and your bow\, and go out to the field\, and hunt game for me\, an
 d prepare for me savory food\, such as I love\, and bring it to me that I m
 ay eat\; that I may bless you before I die."  Now Rebekah was listening whe
 n Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for g
 ame and bring it\, Rebekah said to her son Jacob\, "I heard your father spe
 ak to your brother Esau\,  'Bring me game\, and prepare for me savory food\
 , that I may eat it\, and bless you before the LORD before I die.'  Now the
 refore\, my son\, obey my word as I command you.  Go to the flock\, and fet
 ch me two good kids\, that I may prepare from them savory food for your fat
 her\, such as he loves\; and you shall bring it to your father to eat\, so 
 that he may bless you before he dies."  But Jacob said to Rebekah his mothe
 r\, "Behold\, my brother Esau is a hairy man\, and I am a smooth man.  Perh
 aps my father will feel me\, and I shall seem to be mocking him\, and bring
  a curse upon myself and not a blessing."  His mother said to him\, "Upon m
 e be your curse\, my son\; only obey my word\, and go\, fetch them to me." 
  So he went and took them and brought them to his mother\; and his mother p
 repared savory food\, such as his father loved.  Then Rebekah took the best
  garments of Esau her older son\, which were with her in the house\, and pu
 t them on Jacob her younger son\; and the skins of the kids she put upon hi
 s hands and upon the smooth part of his neck\; and she gave the savory food
  and the bread\, which she had prepared\, into the hand of her son Jacob.\n
 \nSo he went in to his father\, and said\, "My father"\; and he said\, "Her
 e I am\; who are you\, my son?"  Jacob said to his father\, "I am Esau your
  first-born. I have done as you told me\; now sit up and eat of my game\, t
 hat you may bless me."  But Isaac said to his son\, "How is it that you hav
 e found it so quickly\, my son?" He answered\, "Because the LORD your God g
 ranted me success."  Then Isaac said to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I may fee
 l you\, my son\, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not."  So Ja
 cob went near to Isaac his father\, who felt him and said\, "The voice is J
 acob's voice\, but the hands are the hands of Esau."  And he did not recogn
 ize him\, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands\; so h
 e blessed him.  He said\, "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered\, "I am
 ."  Then he said\, "Bring it to me\, that I may eat of my son's game and bl
 ess you." So he brought it to him\, and he ate\; and he brought him wine\, 
 and he drank.  Then his father Isaac said to him\, "Come near and kiss me\,
  my son."  So he came near and kissed him\; and he smelled the smell of his
  garments\, and blessed him\, and said\, "See\, the smell of my son is as t
 he smell of a field which the LORD has blessed!  May God give you of the de
 w of heaven\, and of the fatness of the earth\, and plenty of grain and win
 e.  Let peoples serve you\, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your 
 brothers\, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one 
 who curses you\, and blessed be every one who blesses you!"\n\nAs soon as I
 saac had finished blessing Jacob\, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from th
 e presence of Isaac his father\, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
   He also prepared savory food\, and brought it to his father. And he said 
 to his father\, "Let my father arise\, and eat of his son's game\, that you
  may bless me."  His father Isaac said to him\, "Who are you?" He answered\
 , "I am your son\, your first-born\, Esau."  Then Isaac trembled violently\
 , and said\, "Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me\, and I
  ate it all before you came\, and I have blessed him? - Yes\, and he shall 
 be blessed."  When Esau heard the words of his father\, he cried out with a
 n exceedingly great and bitter cry\, and said to his father\, "Bless me\, e
 ven me also\, O my father!"  But he said\, "Your brother came with guile\, 
 and he has taken away your blessing."  Esau said\, "Is he not rightly named
  Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthrigh
 t\; and behold\, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said\, "Have y
 ou not reserved a blessing for me?"  Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, I have
  made him your lord\, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants
 \, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you
 \, my son?"  Esau said to his father\, "Have you but one blessing\, my fath
 er? Bless me\, even me also\, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice an
 d wept.  Then Isaac his father answered him: "Behold\, away from the fatnes
 s of the earth shall your dwelling be\, and away from the dew of heaven on 
 high.  By your sword you shall live\, and you shall serve your brother\; bu
 t when you break loose you shall break his yoke from your neck."  Now Esau 
 hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him\,
  and Esau said to himself\, "The days of mourning for my father are approac
 hing\; then I will kill my brother Jacob."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prover
 bs 19:16-25\nHe who keeps the commandment keeps his life\; he who despises 
 the word will die.  He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD\, and he w
 ill repay him for his deed.  Discipline your son while there is hope\; do n
 ot set your heart on his destruction.  A man of great wrath will pay the pe
 nalty\; for if you deliver him\, you will only have to do it again.  Listen
  to advice and accept instruction\, that you may gain wisdom for the future
 .  Many are the plans in the mind of a man\, but it is the purpose of the L
 ORD that will be established.  What is desired in a man is loyalty\, and a 
 poor man is better than a liar.  The fear of the LORD leads to life\; and h
 e who has it rests satisfied\; he will not be visited by harm.  The sluggar
 d buries his hand in the dish\, and will not even bring it back to his mout
 h.  Strike a scoffer\, and the simple will learn prudence\; reprove a man o
 f understanding\, and he will gain knowledge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\;
  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\; 
 Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Christos the New Martyr of Prevez
 is\; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: I Peter 1:1-25\;2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to the ex
 iles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithyn
 ia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for
  obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:\n\nMay grace 
 and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord J
 esus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope thr
 ough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inheritance
  which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven for you\
 , who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be 
 revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\, though now for a little wh
 ile you may have to suffer various trials\, so that the genuineness of your
  faith\, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire\
 , may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Chri
 st. Without having known him you love him\; though you do not now see him y
 ou believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outc
 ome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.\n\nThe prophets w
 ho prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about
  this salvation\; they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Sp
 irit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the
  subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not thems
 elves but you\, in the things which have now been announced to you by those
  who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven
 \, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTherefore gird up your minds\,
  be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the
  revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children\, do not be conformed to 
 the passions of your former ignorance\, but as he who called you is holy\, 
 be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since it is written\, "You shall b
 e holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as Father him who judges each on
 e impartially according to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear through
 out the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile
  ways inherited from your fathers\, not with perishable things such as silv
 er or gold\, but with the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a lamb wi
 thout blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world b
 ut was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you
  have confidence in God\, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory\,
  so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHaving purified your souls by y
 our obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love one an
 other earnestly from the heart. You have been born anew\, not of perishable
  seed but of imperishable\, through the living and abiding word of God\; fo
 r "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The 
 grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abides for 
 ever." That word is the good news which was preached to you.\n\nSo put away
  all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like ne
 wborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may grow up
  to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\n\nCome to hi
 m\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and pr
 ecious\; and like living stones be yourselves built <span id="en-RSV-30381
 " class="text 1Pet-2-5">into a spiritual house\, to be a holy priesthood\, 
 to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.</span
 ><span id="en-RSV-30382" class="text 1Pet-2-6"><span class="versenum"> </s
 pan>For it stands in scripture: </span>“Behold\, I am laying in Zion a s
 tone\, a cornerstone chosen and precious\, and he who believes in him will 
 not be put to shame.” To you therefore who believe\, he is precious\, but
  for those who do not believe\, “The very stone which the builders reject
 ed has become the head of the corner\,” and “A stone that will make men
  stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”\; for they stumble because th
 ey disobey the word\, as they were destined to do. <span id="en-RSV-30385"
  class="text 1Pet-2-9">But you are a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a h
 oly nation\, God’s own people\, that you may declare the wonderful deeds
  of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. </span><s
 pan id="en-RSV-30386" class="text 1Pet-2-10">Once you were no people but no
 w you are God’s people\; once you had not received mercy but now you have
  received mercy.</span>\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:10-18\nAt that time\,
  the disciples asked Jesus\, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah
  must come?" He replied\, "Elijah does come and he is to restore all things
 \; but I tell you that Elijah has already come\, and they did not know him\
 , but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer 
 at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them
  of John the Baptist. And when they came to the crowd\, a man came up to hi
 m and kneeling before him said\, "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is a
 n epileptic and he suffers terribly\; for often he falls into the fire\, an
 d often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples\, and they coul
 d not heal him." And Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\
 , how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him h
 ere to me." And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the
  boy was cured instantly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lazarus Saturday\; Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\; Sergius II
 \, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthousa the Righteous of Constantinople\;
  Akakios of Kavsokalyvia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Hebrews 12:28-29\;13:1-8\nBRETHREN\, let us be grateful for receiving 
 a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, and thus let us offer to God acceptable w
 orship\, with reverence and awe\; for our God is a consuming fire. Let brot
 herly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers\, for 
 thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in pr
 ison\, as though in prison with them\; and those who are ill-treated\, sinc
 e you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all\, and l
 et the marriage bed be undefiled\; for God will judge the immoral and adult
 erous. Keep your life free from love of money\, and be content with what yo
 u have\; for he has said\, "I will never fail you nor forsake you." Hence w
 e can confidently say\, "The Lord is my helper\, I will not be afraid\; wha
 t can man do to me?" Remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the wor
 d of God\; consider the outcome of their life\, and imitate their faith. Je
 sus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. \n\nGospel Reading
 : John 11:1-45\nAt that time\, a certain man was ill\, Lazaros of Bethany\,
  from the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed t
 he Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair\, whose brother Laza
 ros was ill. So the sisters sent to him\, saying\, "Lord\, he whom you love
  is ill." But when Jesus heard it he said\, "This illness is not unto death
 \; it is for the glory of God\, so that the Son of God may be glorified by 
 means of it."\n\n Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazaros. So whe
 n he heard that he was ill\, he stayed two days longer in the place where h
 e was. Then after this he said to the disciples\, "Let us go into Judea aga
 in." The disciples said to him\, "Rabbi\, the Jews were but now seeking to 
 stone you\, and are you going there again?" Jesus answered\, "Are there not
  twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day\, he does not stumble
 \, because he sees the light of this world. But if any one walks in the nig
 ht\, he stumbles\, because the light is not in him." Thus he spoke\, and th
 en he said to them\, "Our friend Lazaros has fallen asleep\, but I go to aw
 ake him out of sleep." The disciples said to him\, "Lord\, if he has fallen
  asleep\, he will recover." Now Jesus had spoken of his death\, but they th
 ought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly\, "L
 azaros is dead\; and for your sake I am glad that I was not there\, so that
  you may believe. But let us go to him." Thomas\, called the Twin\, said to
  his fellow disciples\, "Let us also go\, that we may die with him."\n\n No
 w when Jesus came\, he found that Lazaros had already been in the tomb four
  days. Bethany was near Jerusalem\, about two miles off\, and many of the J
 ews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. W
 hen Martha heard that Jesus was coming\, she went and met him\, while Mary 
 sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my 
 brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever you ask from
  God\, God will give you." Jesus said to her\, "Your brother will rise agai
 n." Martha said to him\, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrectio
 n at the last day." Jesus said to her\, "I am the resurrection and the life
 \; he who believes in me\, though he die\, yet shall he live\, and whoever 
 lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to
  him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe that you are the Christ\, the Son of God\, h
 e who is coming into the world."\n\n When she had said this\, she went and 
 called her sister Mary\, saying quietly\, "The Teacher is here and is calli
 ng for you." And when she heard it\, she rose quickly and went to him. Now 
 Jesus had not yet come to the village\, but was still in the place where Ma
 rtha had met him. When the Jews who were with her in the house\, consoling 
 her\, saw Mary rise quickly and go out\, they followed her\, supposing that
  she was going to the tomb to weep there. Then Mary\, when she came where J
 esus was and saw him\, fell at his feet\, saying to him\, "Lord\, if you ha
 d been here\, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping\,
  and the Jews who came with her also weeping\, he was deeply moved in spiri
 t and troubled\; and he said\, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him\
 , "Lord\, come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said\, "See how he loved h
 im!" But some of them said\, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind
  man have kept this man from dying?"\n\n Then Jesus\, deeply moved again\, 
 came to the tomb\; it was a cave\, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said\, "T
 ake away the stone." Martha\, the sister of the dead man\, said to him\, "L
 ord\, by this time there will be an odor\, for he has been dead four days."
  Jesus said to her\, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you woul
 d see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up h
 is eyes and said\, "Father\, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew tha
 t you have heard me always\, but I have said this on account of the people 
 standing by\, that they may believe that you did send me." When he had said
  this\, he cried with a loud voice\, "Lazaros\, come out." The dead man cam
 e out\, his hands and feet bound with bandages\, and his face wrapped with 
 a cloth. Jesus said to them\, "Unbind him\, and let him go." Many of the Je
 ws therefore\, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did\, believed i
 n him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/11/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostl
 es\, Princess of Kiev\; Nektarios the New Martyr\; Sophrony the Athonite of
  Essex\; Nicodemos the New Martyr of Mt. Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 rk 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about 
 him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, a
 nd who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she
  had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports a
 bout Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. F
 or she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And im
 mediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was hea
 led of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone f
 orth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who tou
 ched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd press
 ing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around 
 to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\,
  came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the who
 le truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; g
 o in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinth
 ians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to a
 ccept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I hav
 e listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now i
 s the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obs
 tacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, 
 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great end
 urance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments
 \, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearan
 ce\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the 
 power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for
  the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are t
 reated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; 
 as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorro
 wful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having no
 thing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt 
 that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went 
 into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a wom
 an of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table i
 n the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and stand
 ing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her t
 ears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and
  anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him
  saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have 
 known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a
  sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to sa
 y to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor ha
 d two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When t
 hey could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him m
 ore?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And
  he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman 
 he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave 
 me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped 
 them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she h
 as not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but sh
 e has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, whi
 ch are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven li
 ttle\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then t
 hose who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is thi
 s\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has sav
 ed you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul of Thebes\; John the Hut-Dweller\; Pansophios the Martyr of Alexa
 ndria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren
 \, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, go
 odness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is n
 o law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with 
 its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by t
 he Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no 
 envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, yo
 u who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to 
 yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fu
 lfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40\nThe Lord said\, 
 "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give yo
 u the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\; provide yourselves 
 with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasure in the heavens that does
  not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.  For where your
  treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  Let your loins be girded and
  your lamps burning\, and be like men who are waiting for their master to c
 ome home from the marriage feast\, so that they may open to him at once whe
 n he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom the master finds aw
 ake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird himself and have th
 em sit at table\, and he will come and serve them.  If he comes in the seco
 nd watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\, blessed are those servants
 !  But know this\, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief
  was coming\, he would not have left his house to be broken into.  You also
  must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Wednesday after Pascha\; Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\; Hilary
  the Wonderworker\; Euthemios\, Bishop of Madytos\; Athanasios\, Bishop of 
 Corinth\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:13-22
 \nIn those days\, when the Jews saw the boldness of Peter and John\, and pe
 rceived that they were uneducated\, common men\, they wondered\; and they r
 ecognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man that had been h
 ealed standing beside them\, they had nothing to say in opposition. But whe
 n they had commanded them to go aside out of the council\, they conferred w
 ith one another\, saying\, "What shall we do with these men? For that a not
 able sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitant
 s of Jerusalem\, and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may spread no 
 further among the people\, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in 
 this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at a
 ll in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them\, "Whether it is 
 right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God\, you must ju
 dge\; for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when the
 y had further threatened them\, they let them go\, finding no way to punish
  them\, because of the people\; for all men praised God for what had happen
 ed. For the man on whom the sign of healing was performed was more than for
 ty years old.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:17-24\nThe Lord said to the Jews wh
 o came to him: "My Father is working still\, and I am working." This was wh
 y the Jews sought all the more to kill him\, because he not only broke the 
 sabbath but also called God his own Father\, making himself equal with God.
 \n\n Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the Son can do no
 thing of his own accord\, but only what he sees the Father doing\; for what
 ever he does\, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son\, a
 nd shows him all that he himself is doing\; and greater works than these he
  will show him\, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and
  gives them life\, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father j
 udges no one\, but has given all judgment to the Son\, that all may honor t
 he Son\, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does 
 not honor the Father who sent him. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who he
 ars my word and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he does not c
 ome into judgment\, but has passed from death to life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/07/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria\; Polychronios the Martyr
 \; Julian the Presbyter & Caesarius the Deacon\; John the Hermit of Crete\;
  Jonah of Manchuria\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 1:1-9\nPaul\, an apostle 
 of Christ Jesus by the will of God\, To the saints who are at Ephesos and f
 aithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the
  Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\
 , who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenl
 y places\, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world\, 
 that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destined us in love to 
 be his sons through Jesus Christ\, according to the purpose of his will\, t
 o the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Be
 loved. In him we have redemption through his blood\, the forgiveness of our
  trespasses\, according to the riches of his grace which he lavished upon u
 s in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will\, according to his purp
 ose.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning 
 Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. Th
 e disciples of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to him
  two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is
  to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come to him\
 , they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he w
 ho is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured many 
 of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he b
 estowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have seen 
 and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are clean
 sed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news 
 preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen th
 e messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning 
 John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by 
 the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? 
 Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings
 ' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, an
 d more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send 
 my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' I t
 ell you\, among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet he who 
 is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this al
 l the people and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized wi
 th the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the pur
 pose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: P
 hilippians 1:12-20\nBrethren\, I want you to know that what has happened to
  me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that it has become known t
 hroughout the praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is 
 for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord 
 because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak the word of Go
 d without fear.  Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry\, but othe
 rs from good will.  The latter do it out of love\, knowing that I am put he
 re for the defense of the gospel\; the former proclaim Christ out of partis
 anship\, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.  What
  then?  Only that in every way\, whether in pretense or in truth\, Christ i
 s proclaimed\; and in that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shall rejoice.  For I kn
 ow that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ thi
 s will turn out for my deliverance\, as it is my eager expectation and hope
 . \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:9-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Ask\,
  and it will be given you\; seek\, and you will find\; knock\, and it will 
 be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives\, and he who seeks finds\,
  and to him who knocks it will be opened. What father among you\, if his so
 n asks for bread\, will give him a stone\; or if he asks for a fish\, will 
 instead of a fish give him a serpent\; or if he asks for an egg\, will give
  him a scorpion? If you then\, who are evil\, know how to give good gifts t
 o your children\, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spir
 it to those who ask him!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Monday after Pascha\; Irene the Great Martyr\; Neophytos\, Gaius\,
  & Caianus the Monk-martyrs\; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\; Eu
 thymios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-1
 5\;7:1-5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did gr
 eat wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to 
 the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, a
 nd of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and dis
 puted with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit 
 with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We hav
 e heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirre
 d up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and
  seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses
  who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place a
 nd the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will des
 troy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
  And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like 
 the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Steph
 en said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our 
 father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, an
 d said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into th
 e land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chalde
 ans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from 
 there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inher
 itance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in
  possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"Bu
 t it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwel
 l in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, 
 and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, 
 or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\
 n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always re
 sist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophet
 s did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced befor
 ehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murd
 ered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.
 "\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground t
 heir teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heave
 n and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; 
 and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man stand
 ing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and sto
 pped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the
  city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the fe
 et of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\
 , "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud
  voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said t
 his\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:46-54\nAt that time\, there
  was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus had come from 
 Judea to Galilee\, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son\, f
 or he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him\, "Unless you 
 see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official said to him\, "Si
 r\, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him\, "Go\; your son wil
 l live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way
 . As he was going down\, his servants met him and told him that his son was
  living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend\, and they said to
  him\, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." The father knew 
 that was the hour when Jesus had said to him\, "Your son will live"\; and h
 e himself believed\, and all his household. This was now the second sign th
 at Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday of Souls\; The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Mar
 tyrs in the Quarter of Eugenius\; Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Bara
 datus\; Anthousa the Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessal
 onians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning 
 those who are asleep\, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hop
 e.  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, through
  Jesus\, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  For this we
  declare to you by the word of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are l
 eft until the coming of the Lord\, shall not precede those who have fallen 
 asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of comman
 d\, with the archangel's call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.  
 And the dead in Christ will rise first\; then we who are alive\, who are le
 ft\, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord i
 n the air\; and so we shall always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\nThe Lord said\, "Take heed that you are not led ast
 ray\; for many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The time i
 s at hand!'  Do not go after them.  And when you hear of wars and tumults\,
  do not be terrified\; for this must first take place\, but the end will no
 t be at once.  And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars\, and upon
  the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and 
 the waves\, men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on
  the world\; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.  And then they w
 ill see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  Heave
 n and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away.  But take hee
 d to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunk
 enness and cares of life\, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare
 \; for it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the whole earth.  B
 ut watch at all times\, praying that you may have strength to escape all th
 ese things that will take place\, and to stand before the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\; G
 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\; Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Thessalonians 1:1-10\nPau
 l\, Silvanus\, and Timothy\,\n\nTo the church of the Thessalonians in God o
 ur Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:\n\nGrace to you and peace from God the
  Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nWe are bound to give thanks to God al
 ways for you\, brethren\, as is fitting\, because your faith is growing abu
 ndantly\, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. T
 herefore we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfas
 tness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you a
 re enduring.\n\nThis is evidence of the righteous judgment of God\, that yo
 u may be made worthy of the kingdom of God\, for which you are suffering - 
 since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict y
 ou\, and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted\, when the Lord Jes
 us is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire\, inflict
 ing vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey
  the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They shall suffer the punishment of eternal 
 destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory 
 of his might\, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints\, an
 d to be marveled at in all who have believed.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:20
 -25\nAt that time\, when Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom 
 of God was coming\, he answered them\, "The kingdom of God is not coming wi
 th signs to be observed\; nor will they say\, 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'There!
 ' for behold\, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." And he said to t
 he disciples\, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the 
 days of the Son of man\, and you will not see it. And they will say to you\
 , 'Lo\, there!' or 'Lo\, here!' Do not go\, do not follow them. For as the 
 lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other\, so wil
 l the Son of man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be
  rejected by this generation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; Elizabeth\, Mother of th
 e Forerunner\; Athanasios Parios\; Panagiotis the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt t
 hat time\, Elizabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for five month
 s hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he 
 looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the time came for E
 lizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors a
 nd kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rej
 oiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; a
 nd they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his mother sa
 id\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "None of yo
 ur kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his father\, inq
 uiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, a
 nd wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immediately his m
 outh was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fe
 ar came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about thro
 ugh all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in 
 their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the
  Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spiri
 t\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he h
 as visited and redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be called the p
 rophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his wa
 ys." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wil
 derness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ro
 mans 13:11-14\;14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when w
 e first believed\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then
  cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us cond
 uct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, 
 not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But
  put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gr
 atify its desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, b
 ut not for disputes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, whil
 e the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who 
 abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for
  God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of anot
 her?  It is before his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be 
 upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:1-25
 \, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nInasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative
  of the things which have been accomplished among us\, just as they were de
 livered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministe
 rs of the word\, it seemed good to me also\, having followed all things clo
 sely for some time past\, to write an orderly account for you\, most excell
 ent Theophilos\, that you may know the truth concerning the things of which
  you have been informed. In the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a
  priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of 
 the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both rig
 hteous before God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the L
 ord blameless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and b
 oth were advanced in years. Now while he was serving as priest before God w
 hen his division was on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, 
 it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And
  the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of ince
 nse. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right s
 ide of the altar of incense. And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, a
 nd fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zach
 arias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a 
 son\, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness\
 , and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lord
 \, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled with
  the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of th
 e sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the s
 pirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the childr
 en\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the 
 Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I kno
 w this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the an
 gel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and 
 I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\, 
 you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come
  to pass\, because you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled i
 n their time." And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wondere
 d at his delay in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to 
 them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he 
 made signs to them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was ende
 d\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\,
  and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to 
 me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." 
 Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a s
 on. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great merc
 y to her\, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to c
 ircumcise the child\; and they would have named him Zacharias after his fat
 her\, but his mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they sa
 id to her\, "None of your kindred is called by this name." And they made si
 gns to his father\, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked f
 or a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled
 . And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke
 \, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things
  were talked about through all the hill country of Judea\; and all who hear
 d them laid them up in their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child b
 e?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. \n\nAnd his father Zacharias was
  filled with the Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lo
 rd God of Israel\, for he has visited and redeemed his people. And you\, ch
 ild\, will be called the prophet of the Most High\; for you will go before 
 the Lord to prepare his ways." And the child grew and became strong in spir
 it\, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Isra
 el.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/03/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dionysios the Areopagite\; Rusticus and Eleutherios the Martyrs\; John
  the Chozebite\, Bishop of Caesaria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts
  of the Apostles 17:16-34\nIn those days\, while Paul was waiting for them 
 in Athens\, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was 
 full of idols. So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout p
 ersons\, and in the market place every day with those who chanced to be the
 re. Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some sai
 d\, "What would this babbler say?" Others said\, "He seems to be a preacher
  of foreign divinities" - because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. A
 nd they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May w
 e know what this new teaching is which you present? For you bring some stra
 nge things to our ears\; we wish to know therefore what these things mean."
  Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time 
 in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul\, standing in t
 he middle of the Areopagos\, said: "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in ever
 y way you are very religious. For as I passed along\, and observed the obje
 cts of your worship\, I found also an altar with this inscription\, 'To an 
 unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown\, this I proclaim to yo
 u. The God who made the world and everything in it\, being Lord of heaven a
 nd earth\, does not live in shrines made by man\, nor is he served by human
  hands\, as though he needed anything\, since he himself gives to all men l
 ife and breath and everything. And he made from one every nation of men to 
 live on all the face of the earth\, having determined allotted periods and 
 the boundaries of their habitation\, that they should seek God\, in the hop
 e that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each 
 one of us\, for 'In him we live and move and have our being'\; as even some
  of your poets have said\, 'For we are indeed his offspring.' Being then Go
 d's offspring\, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold\, or silv
 er\, or stone\, a representation by the art and imagination of man. The tim
 es of ignorance God overlooked\, but now he commands all men everywhere to 
 repent\, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in rig
 hteousness by a man whom he has appointed\, and of this he has given assura
 nce to all men by raising him from the dead." Now when they heard of the re
 surrection of the dead\, some mocked\; but others said\, "We will hear you 
 again about this." So Paul went out from among them. But some men joined hi
 m and believed\, among them Dionysios the Areopagite and a woman named Dama
 ris and others with them.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, J
 esus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a gre
 at multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyr
 e and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and
  those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crow
 d sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all. 
  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you po
 or\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, fo
 r you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall la
 ugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and rev
 ile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  R
 ejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great i
 n heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forgiveness Sunday\; Hesychius the Martyr\; Our Holy Father Nicholas P
 lanas\; Joachim of Vatopedi who was given the name Papoulakis\; Andronikos 
 & Athanasia the Martyrs\; Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\; E
 uthalia the Virgin-Martyr of Sicily\; Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nFast Da
 y (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\
 nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first to 
 Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told 
 those who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard
  that He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\
 nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walki
 ng into the country. And they went back and told the rest\, but they did no
 t believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat
  at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, 
 because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He 
 said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole cr
 eation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not
  believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believ
 e: in My name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; 
 they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will n
 ot hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recove
 r."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up 
 into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth an
 d preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the m
 essage by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:1
 1-14\;14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first b
 elieved\; the night is far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off
  the works of darkness and put on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourse
 lves becomingly as in the day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in de
 bauchery and licentiousness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on t
 he Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its
  desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not fo
 r disputes over opinions.  One believes he may eat anything\, while the wea
 k man eats only vegetables.  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains\
 , and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has 
 welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?  It 
 is before his own master that he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, 
 for God is able to make him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\nThe
  Lord said\, "If you forgive men their trespasses\, your heavenly Father al
 so will forgive you\; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses\, neit
 her will your Father forgive your trespasses.\n\n"And when you fast\, do no
 t look dismal\, like the hypocrites\, for they disfigure their faces that t
 heir fasting may be seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received
  their reward.  But when you fast\, anoint your head and wash your face\, t
 hat your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret
 \; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"Do not lay up fo
 r yourselves treasures on earth\, where moth and rust consume and where thi
 eves break in and steal\, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, w
 here neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and s
 teal.  For where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Prophet Zacharias\, Father of the Venerable Forerunner\; Elizabet
 h\, Mother of the Forerunner\; Urban\, Theodore\, & Medimnos the Hieromarty
 rs and the 77 Companions at Nicomedea\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:5-21\nBrethren\, I think that 
 I am not in the least inferior to these superlative apostles. Even if I am 
 unskilled in speaking\, I am not in knowledge\; in every way we have made t
 his plain to you in all things.\n\nDid I commit a sin in abasing myself so 
 that you might be exalted\, because I preached God's gospel without cost to
  you? I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to se
 rve you. And when I was with you and was in want\, I did not burden any one
 \, for my needs were supplied by the brethren who came from Macedonia. So I
  refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way. As the truth of 
 Christ is in me\, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions o
 f Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!\n\nAnd what I
  do I will continue to do\, in order to undermine the claim of those who wo
 uld like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms
  as we do. For such men are false apostles\, deceitful workmen\, disguising
  themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder\, for even Satan disguises
  himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his servants also di
 sguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond t
 o their deeds.\n\nI repeat\, let no one think me foolish\; but even if you 
 do\, accept me as a fool\, so that I too may boast a little. (What I am say
 ing I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool\, in this boastful co
 nfidence\; since many boast of worldly things\, I too will boast.) For you 
 gladly bear with fools\, being wise yourselves! For you bear it if a man ma
 kes slaves of you\, or preys upon you\, or takes advantage of you\, or puts
  on airs\, or strikes you in the face. To my shame\, I must say\, we were t
 oo weak for that!\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the
  Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrite
 s! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the r
 ighteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would 
 not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus 
 you witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered th
 e prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, yo
 u brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefor
 e I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill
  and crucify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute f
 rom town to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on e
 arth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of
  Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\,
  I say to you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, J
 erusalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How 
 often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her bro
 od under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and
  desolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Bl
 essed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/08/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; P
 atapius the Righteous of Thebes\; Sosthenes\, Apollo\, Cephas\, Tychikos\, 
  Epaphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 1:1-2\;8-18\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jes
 us by the will of God according to the promise of life which is in Christ J
 esus\,\n\nTo Timothy\, my beloved child:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace from 
 God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nDo not be ashamed then of test
 ifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but share in suffering for th
 e gospel in the power of God\, who saved us and called us with a holy calli
 ng\, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the gr
 ace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago\, and now has manifested thro
 ugh the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus\, who abolished death and brou
 ght life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I was
  appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher\, and therefore I suffer as I
  do. But I am not ashamed\, for I know whom I have believed\, and I am sure
  that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. Fol
 low the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me\, in the fa
 ith and love which are in Christ Jesus\; guard the truth that has been entr
 usted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.\n\nYou are aware that
  all who are in Asia turned away from me\, and among them Phygelos and Herm
 ogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphoros\, for he o
 ften refreshed me\; he was not ashamed of my chains\, but when he arrived i
 n Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me - may the Lord grant him to 
 find mercy from the Lord on that Day - and you well know all the service he
  rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:37-38\, 22:1-8\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus was teaching in the temple every day\, but at night he went out 
 and lodged on the mount called Olivet. And early in the morning all the peo
 ple came to him in the temple to hear him. Now the feast of Unleavened Brea
 d drew near\, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and the s
 cribes were seeking how to put him to death\; for they feared the people. T
 hen Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot\, who was of the number of the
  twelve\; he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers ho
 w he might betray him to them. And they were glad\, and engaged to give him
  money. So he agreed\, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in t
 he absence of the multitude. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on whi
 ch the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So he sent Peter and John\, sayi
 ng\, "Go and prepare the passover for us\, that we may eat it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Gennadios I and Ma
 ximus\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Righteous Mother Hilda of Whitby\n\n
 Fast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 12:7-11\nBrethren\, to each is given the manifestation of the S
 pirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance
  of wisdom\, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the sam
 e Spirit\, to another faith by the same Spirit\, to another gifts of healin
 g by the one Spirit\, to another the working of miracles\, to another proph
 ecy\, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits\, to another va
 rious kinds of tongues\, to another the interpretation of tongues. All thes
 e are inspired by one and the same Spirit\, who apportions to each one indi
 vidually as he wills.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:1\, 12-15\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus entered the home of a certain ruler of the Pharisees on the Sabbath t
 o eat bread. And he said to the man who had invited him\, "When you give a 
 dinner or a banquet\, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your k
 insmen or rich neighbors\, lest they also invite you in return\, and you be
  repaid. But when you give a feast\, invite the poor\, the maimed\, the lam
 e\, the blind\, and you will be blessed\, because they cannot repay you. Yo
 u will be repaid at the resurrection of the just." When one of those who sa
 t at table with him heard this\, he said to him\, "Blessed is he who shall 
 eat bread in the kingdom of God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\; Olympias the Deacone
 ss\; Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\; Gregory Kallidis\, Metropo
 litan of Heraclea\; Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinopl
 e (553)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two s
 ons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was 
 born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. No
 w this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sin
 ai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai 
 in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slaver
 y with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mothe
 r. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break fo
 rth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desola
 te one are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers 
 it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that t
 hose who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made
  manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. 
 Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and f
 rom him who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\
 n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach 
 him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are sta
 nding outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and 
 my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220513
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Friday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Glyceria\; Sergios the Confe
 ssor\; Alexandros the Martyr\; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\nFast Day (
 Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:40\; 9:1-19\nIn those days
 \, Philip was found at Azotos\, and passing on he preached the gospel to al
 l the towns till he came to Caesarea. But Saul\, still breathing threats an
 d murder against the disciples of the Lord\, went to the high priest and as
 ked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus\, so that if he found any
  belonging to the Way\, men or women\, he might bring them bound to Jerusal
 em. Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus\, and suddenly a light from 
 heaven flashed about him. And he fell to the ground and heard a voice sayin
 g to him\, "Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me?" And he said\, "Who are 
 you\, Lord?" And he said\, " I am Jesus\, whom you are persecuting\; but ri
 se and enter the city\, and you will be told what you are to do." The men w
 ho were traveling with him stood speechless\, hearing the voice but seeing 
 no one. Saul arose from the ground\; and when his eyes were opened\, he cou
 ld see nothing\; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
  And for three days he was without sight\, and neither ate nor drank.\n\nNo
 w there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a
  vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to
  him\, "Rise and go to the street called Straight\, and inquire in the hous
 e of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, an
 d he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that 
 he might regain his sight." But Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard fro
 m many about this man\, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusale
 m\; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call u
 pon thy name." But the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrume
 nt of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of I
 srael\; for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name
 ." So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him h
 e said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by 
 which you came\, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled w
 ith the Holy Spirit." And immediately something like scales fell from his e
 yes and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized\, and took foo
 d and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:48-54\nThe Lord said to t
 he Jews who believed in him: "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the 
 manna in the wilderness\, and they died. This is the bread which comes down
  from heaven\, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread 
 which came down from heaven\; if any one eats of this bread\, he will live 
 forever\; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my 
 flesh."\n\nThe Jews then disputed among themselves\, saying\, "How can this
  man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I 
 say to you\, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood
 \, you have no life in you\; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has e
 ternal life\, and I will raise him up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Thursday after Pascha\; Theodore the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Pete
 r of Blachernae\; Nicholas the Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; New M
 artyr Nicholas of Metsovos (1617)\; Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; 
 Brendan the Navigator\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:23-31\nIn those days\, whe
 n the apostles were released they went to their friends and reported what t
 he chief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard it\, 
 they lifted their voices together to God and said\, "Sovereign Lord\, who d
 idst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them\, who
  by the mouth of our father David\, thy servant\, didst say by the Holy Spi
 rit\, 'Why did the Gentiles rage\, and the peoples imagine vain things? The
  kings of the earth set themselves in array\, and the rulers were gathered 
 together\, against the Lord and against his Anointed'- for truly in this ci
 ty there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus\, whom thou 
 didst anoint\, both Herod and Pontius Pilate\, with the Gentiles and the pe
 oples of Israel\, to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to t
 ake place. And now\, Lord\, look upon their threats\, and grant to thy serv
 ants to speak thy word with all boldness\, while thou stretchest out thy ha
 nd to heal\, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of thy ho
 ly servant Jesus." And when they had prayed\, the place in which they were 
 gathered together was shaken\; and they were all filled with the Holy Spiri
 t and spoke the word of God with boldness.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:24-30\
 nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\
 , he who hears my word and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he
  does not come into judgment\, but has passed from death to life. Truly\, t
 ruly\, I say to you\, the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the dead will 
 hear the voice of the Son of God\, and those who hear will live. For as the
  Father has life in himself\, so he has granted the Son also to have life i
 n himself\, and has given him authority to execute judgment\, because he is
  the Son of man. Do not marvel at this\; for the hour is coming when all wh
 o are in the tombs will hear his voice and come forth\, those who have done
  good\, to the resurrection of life\, and those who have done evil\, to the
  resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing on my own authority\; as I hear
 \, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, because I seek not my own will but t
 he will of the Father who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Wednesday after Pascha\; Commemoration of the Precious Cross that 
 appeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.\; Cyril\, Archbishop of Jeru
 salem\; Akakios the Centurion of Byzantium\; Repose of St. Nilus\, abbot of
  Sora\; Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 26:1\,12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said 
 to Paul\, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched 
 out his hand and made his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the author
 ity and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the 
 way a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and thos
 e who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard
  a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you pe
 rsecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who are 
 you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But 
 rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have appeared to you for this purpose
 \, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have
  seen me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you from t
 he people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, tha
 t they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\,
  that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are 
 sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobed
 ient to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, the
 n at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Ge
 ntiles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy o
 f their repentance." \n\nGospel Reading: John 6:35-39\nThe Lord said to the
  Jews who believed in him: "I am the bread of life\; he who comes to me sha
 ll not hunger\, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to
  you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father give
 s me will come to me\; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I h
 ave come down from heaven\, not to do my own will\, but the will of him who
  sent me\; and this is the will of him who sent me\, that I should lose not
 hing of all that he has given me\, but raise it up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\; Holy Martyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, D
 emetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\; The Holy New Bishop Martyrs
  Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hiero
 theos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, Gerasimos of Rethy
 mno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Diopo
 los\, and those Martyred with them (1821-1822)\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\;
  Etheldreda the Queen\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans
  7:1-14\nBrethren\, I am speaking to those who know the law. Do you not kno
 w that the law is binding on a person only during his life? Thus a married 
 woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives\; but if her husba
 nd dies she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. Accordingly\
 , she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her 
 husband is alive. But if her husband dies she is free from that law\, and i
 f she marries another man she is not an adulteress.\n\nLikewise\, my brethr
 en\, you have died to the law through the body of Christ\, so that you may 
 belong to another\, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that 
 we may bear fruit for God. While we were living in the flesh\, our sinful p
 assions\, aroused by the law\, were at work in our members to bear fruit fo
 r death. But now we are discharged from the law\, dead to that which held u
 s captive\, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new 
 life of the Spirit.\n\nWhat then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no m
 eans! Yet\, if it had not been for the law\, I should not have known sin. I
  should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said\, "You s
 hall not covet." But sin\, finding opportunity in the commandment\, wrought
  in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead. I was o
 nce alive apart from the law\, but when the commandment came\, sin revived 
 and I died\; the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to
  me. For sin\, finding opportunity in the commandment\, deceived me and by 
 it killed me. So the law is holy\, and the commandment is holy and just and
  good.\n\nDid that which is good\, then\, bring death to me? By no means! I
 t was sin\, working death in me through what is good\, in order that sin mi
 ght be shown to be sin\, and through the commandment might become sinful be
 yond measure.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\, w
 hen Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for them\, because they were h
 arassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his d
 isciples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the laborers are few\; pray ther
 efore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."\n\nAn
 d he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclea
 n spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmit
 y. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, Simon\, who is calle
 d Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zebedee\, and John his 
 brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector\; J
 ames the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thaddaios\; Simon the Canana
 ean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out\, 
 charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the S
 amaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And pre
 ach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\
 , raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received without p
 aying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\; Sergios\, Stephen
  and Kastor\; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\; Soldier-martyr
 s of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus
  Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:13-18\nBrethren\
 , do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get the
 ir food from the temple\, and those who serve at the altar share in the sac
 rificial offerings? In the same way\, the Lord commanded that those who pro
 claim the gospel should get their living by the gospel. But I have made no 
 use of any of these rights\, nor am I writing this to secure any provision.
  For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boast
 ing. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel
 ! For if I do this of my own will\, I have a reward\; but if not of my own 
 will\, I am entrusted with a commission. What then is my reward? Just this:
  that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge\, not making ful
 l use of my right in the gospel.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:1-6\nAt that
  time\, the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and to test him they aske
 d him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them\, "When it is eveni
 ng\, you say\, 'It will be fair weather\; for the sky is red.' And in the m
 orning\, 'It will be stormy today\, for the sky is red and threatening.' Yo
 u know how to interpret the appearance of the sky\, but you cannot interpre
 t the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sig
 n\, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left 
 them and departed.\n\nWhen the disciples reached the other side\, they had 
 forgotten to bring any bread. Jesus said to them\, "Take heed and beware of
  the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr\; Holy Glorious N
 ew Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\; Phocas the Martyr\; Plegmund\, Archbish
 op of Canterbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-
 60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\, did great wonders a
 nd signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue
  of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyrenians\, and of the Ale
 xandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose and disputed with St
 ephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he
  spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, "We have heard him s
 peak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the peop
 le and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon him and seized him a
 nd brought him before the council\, and set up false witnesses who said\, "
 This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law\; 
 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this pla
 ce\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And gazing a
 t him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of a
 n angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Bre
 thren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraha
 m\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Haran\, and said to him
 \, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which 
 I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans\, and liv
 ed in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed him from there into th
 is land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him no inheritance in it\
 , not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to him in possession a
 nd to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.\n\n"But it was Solo
 mon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses m
 ade with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my throne\, and earth my 
 footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the Lord\, or what is th
 e place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-n
 ecked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you always resist the Holy
  Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the prophets did not you
 r fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the com
 ing of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed and murdered\, you wh
 o received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."\n\nNow when
  they heard these things they were enraged\, and they ground their teeth ag
 ainst him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed into heaven and saw the
  glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\; and he said\,
  "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of man standing at the ri
 ght hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ea
 rs and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and sto
 ned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young
  man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus
 \, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice\, "Lor
 d\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this\, he fell
  asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A m
 an planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the w
 ine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into a
 nother country. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to 
 get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat
  him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent to them another servan
 t\, and they wounded him in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he s
 ent another\, and him they killed\; and so with many others\, some they bea
 t and some they killed. He had still one other\, a beloved son\; finally he
  sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants 
 said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the 
 inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and killed him\, and cast him 
 out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come a
 nd destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read
  this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the
  head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in ou
 r eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for the
 y perceived that he had told the parable against them\; so they left him an
 d went away.\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\; Theodoretos 
 the Holy Martyr of Antioch\; Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:1-20\nThe vision of Isaiah the son of A
 moz\, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah\, 
 Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezeki'ah\, kings of Judah.  Hear\, O heavens\, and giv
 e ear\, O earth\; for the Lord has spoken:  "Sons have I reared and brought
  up\, but they have rebelled against me.  The ox knows its owner\, and the 
 ass its master's crib\; but Israel does not know\, my people does not under
 stand."\n\nAh\, sinful nation\, a people laden with iniquity\, offspring of
  evildoers\, sons who deal corruptly!  They have forsaken the Lord\, they h
 ave despised the Holy One of Israel\, they are utterly estranged.\n\nWhy wi
 ll you still be smitten\, that you continue to rebel?  The whole head is si
 ck\, and the whole heart faint.  From the sole of the foot even to the head
 \, there is no soundness in it\, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds\
 ; they are not pressed out\, or bound up\, or softened with oil.\n\nYour co
 untry lies desolate\, your cities are burned with fire\; in your very prese
 nce aliens devour your land\; it is desolate\, as overthrown by aliens.  An
 d the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard\, like a lodge in
  a cucumber field\, like a besieged city.\n\nIf the Lord of hosts had not l
 eft us a few survivors\, we should have been like Sodom\, and become like G
 omor'rah.\n\nHear the word of the Lord\, you rulers of Sodom!  Give ear to 
 the teaching of our God\, you people of Gomor'rah!  "What to me is the mult
 itude of your sacrifices? says the Lord\; I have had enough of burnt offeri
 ngs of rams and the fat of fed beasts\; I do not delight in the blood of bu
 lls\, or of lambs\, or of he-goats.\n\n"When you come to appear before me\,
  who requires of you this trampling of my courts?  Bring no more vain offer
 ings\; incense is an abomination to me.  New moon and sabbath and the calli
 ng of assemblies -- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.  Your new
  moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates\; they have become a burden 
 to me\, I am weary of bearing them.  When you spread forth your hands\, I w
 ill hide my eyes from you\; even though you make many prayers\, I will not 
 listen\; your hands are full of blood.  Wash yourselves\; make yourselves c
 lean\; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes\; cease to do evi
 l\, learn to do good\; seek justice\, correct oppression\; defend the fathe
 rless\, plead for the widow.\n\n"Come now\, let us reason together\, says t
 he Lord:  though your sins are like scarlet\, they shall be as white as sno
 w\; though they are red like crimson\, they shall become like wool.  If you
  are willing and obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\; But if you
  refuse and rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of t
 he Lord has spoken."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:1-13\nIn the begin
 ning God created the heavens and the earth.  The earth was without form and
  void\, and darkness was upon the face of the deep\; and the Spirit of God 
 was moving over the face of the waters.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be lig
 ht"\; and there was light.  And God saw that the light was good\; and God s
 eparated the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day\, and the d
 arkness he called Night.  And there was evening and there was morning\, one
  day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water
 s\, and let it separate the waters from the waters."  And God made the firm
 ament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the wate
 rs which were above the firmament.  And it was so.  And God called the firm
 ament Heaven.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a second day.\
 n\nAnd God said\, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in
 to one place\, and let the dry land appear."  And it was so.  God called th
 e dry land Earth\, and the waters that were gathered together he called Sea
 s.  And God saw that it was good.  And God said\, "Let the earth put forth 
 vegetation\, plants yielding seed\, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which 
 is their seed\, each according to its kind\, upon the earth."  And it was s
 o.  The earth brought forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed according to 
 their own kinds\, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, each acc
 ording to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was evening a
 nd there was morning\, a third day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:1-
 20\nThe proverbs of Solomon\, son of David\, king of Israel:\n\nThat men ma
 y know wisdom and instruction\, understand words of insight\, receive instr
 uction in wise dealing\, righteousness\, justice\, and equity\; that pruden
 ce may be given to the simple\, knowledge and discretion to the youth -- th
 e wise man also may hear and increase in learning\, and the man of understa
 nding acquire skill\, to understand a proverb and a figure\, the words of t
 he wise and their riddles.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowle
 dge\; fools despise wisdom and instruction.\n\nHear\, my son\, your father'
 s instruction\, and reject not your mother's teaching\; for they are a fair
  garland for your head\, and pendants for your neck.  My son\, if sinners e
 ntice you\, do not consent.  If they say\, "Come with us\, let us lie in wa
 it for blood\, let us wantonly ambush the innocent\; like Sheol let us swal
 low them alive and whole\, like those who go down to the Pit\; we shall fin
 d all precious goods\, we shall fill our houses with spoil\; throw in your 
 lot among us\, we will all have one purse" -- my son\, do not walk in the w
 ay with them\, hold back your foot from their paths\; for their feet run to
  evil\, and they make haste to shed blood.  For in vain is a net spread in 
 the sight of any bird\; but these men lie in wait for their own blood\, the
 y set an ambush for their own lives.  Such are the ways of all who get gain
  by violence\; it takes away the life of its possessors.\n\nWisdom cries al
 oud in the street\; in the markets she raises her voice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Nativity\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Synaxis of the Ho
 ly Theotokos\; Euthemios the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\; Holy New Hierom
 artyr Constantine of Russia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\; Cons
 tantius the Holy Martyr\; Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were going 
 to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking 
 with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were t
 alking and discussing together\, Jesus himself drew near and went with them
 . But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them\, "Wha
 t is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" 
 And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answer
 ed him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the thing
 s that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them\, "What thin
 gs?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a proph
 et mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chie
 f priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death\, and crucif
 ied him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and b
 esides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, s
 ome women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morn
 ing and did not find his body\; and they came back saying that they had eve
 n seen a vision of angels\, who said that he was alive. Some of those who w
 ere with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; bu
 t him they did not see." And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of
  heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary t
 hat the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And be
 ginning with Moses and all the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all the
  scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the vill
 age to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they co
 nstrained him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the d
 ay is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table
  with them\, he took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to 
 them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him\; and he vanished 
 out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn with
 in us while he talked to us on the road\, while he opened to us the scriptu
 res?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they fou
 nd the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "
 The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what
  had happened on the road\, and how he was known to them in the breaking of
  the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I would have 
 you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For 
 I did not receive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it came through a
  revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judais
 m\, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it\; 
 and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people\, so ex
 tremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had
  set me apart before I was born\, and had called me through his grace\, was
  pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order that I might preach him among t
 he Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I go up to Je
 rusalem to those who were apostles before me\, but I went away into Arabia\
 ; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jer
 usalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none
  of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord
  appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mo
 ther\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is 
 about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took the c
 hild and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained there u
 ntil the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by th
 e prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he sa
 w that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he
  sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region 
 who were two years old or under\, according to the time which he had ascert
 ained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet 
 Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rach
 el weeping for her children\; she refused to be consoled\, because they wer
 e no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in
  a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mothe
 r\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the child's life ar
 e dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\, and went to the la
 nd of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place 
 of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and being warned in a dre
 am he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city 
 called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\,
  "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\; Poulcheria the Empre
 ss\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 13:3-13\nBrethren\, si
 nce you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me\, he is not weak in deal
 ing with you\, but is powerful in you. For he was crucified in weakness\, b
 ut lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him\, but in dealing with 
 you we shall live with him by the power of God.\n\nExamine yourselves\, to 
 see whether you are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not real
 ize that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
  I hope you will find out that we have not failed. But we pray God that you
  may not do wrong - not that we may appear to have met the test\, but that 
 you may do what is right\, though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot
  do anything against the truth\, but only for the truth. For we are glad wh
 en we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement. I 
 write this while I am away from you\, in order that when I come I may not h
 ave to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for
  building up and not for tearing down.\n\nFinally\, brethren\, farewell. Me
 nd your ways\, heed my appeal\, agree with one another\, live in peace\, an
 d the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy
  kiss. All the saints greet you.\n\nThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and 
 the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen
 .\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so 
 loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him sh
 ould not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\
 , not to condemn the world\, but that the world might be saved through him.
  He who believes in him is not condemned\; he who does not believe is conde
 mned already\, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of G
 od. And this is the judgment\, that the light has come into the world\, and
  men loved darkness rather than light\, because their deeds were evil. For 
 every one who does evil hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, 
 lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the
  light\, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in Go
 d."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/08/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\; The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Za
 chariah)\; Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\; Afterfeast of the Presentat
 ion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Cuthman of Steyning\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the 
 great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our tres
 passes\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\
 , and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly plac
 es in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable
  riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace yo
 u have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is th
 e gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are
  his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepa
 red beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep 
 in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Bewa
 re of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in thei
 r synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sa
 ke\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you 
 up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for wh
 at you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who
  speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will d
 eliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will r
 ise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by a
 ll for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Nativity\; Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Sav
 ior\, Jesus Christ\; Anastasia the Great Martyr\; Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, 
 Evodias\, & Eutychianus\, the Martyrs\; The opening of the gates of the Gre
 at Church of God\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readin
 g: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women wen
 t to the tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the
  stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find 
 the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\,
  two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened an
 d bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek
  the living among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He
  told you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be del
 ivered into the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third d
 ay rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they to
 ld all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene an
 d Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who tol
 d this to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and 
 they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping an
 d looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home won
 dering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:9-10\; 32-40\nB
 RETHREN\, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise\, as in a forei
 gn land\, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same
  promise.  For he looked forward to the city which has foundation\, whose b
 uilder and maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fail
  me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and
  the prophets - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, r
 eceived promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, esc
 aped the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty i
 n war\, put foreign armies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurre
 ction.  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might r
 ise again to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and ev
 en chains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, the
 y were tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins
  of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the wor
 ld was not worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and 
 caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by their faith\
 , did not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something bett
 er for us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 1:1-25\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, the son
  of David\, the son of Abraham.\n\nAbraham was the father of Isaac\, and Is
 aac the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers\, 
 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and Perez the father of 
 Hezron\, and Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the father of Amminadab\,
  and Amminadab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the father of Salmon\, a
 nd Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth
 \, and Obed the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father of David the king.\n
 \nAnd David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah\, and Solomon th
 e father of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah\, and Abijah the f
 ather of Asa\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat the fath
 er of Joram\, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father of Jot
 ham\, and Jotham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah\, and
  Hezekiah the father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the father of Amon\, and Am
 on the father of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothe
 rs\, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.\n\nAnd after the deportatio
 n to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\, and Salathiel the fat
 her of Zerubbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud\, and Abiud the fath
 er of Eliakim\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and Azor the father of Zad
 ok\, and Zadok the father of Achim\, and Achim the father of Eliud\, and El
 iud the father of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of Matthan\, and Matthan
  the father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary\,
  of whom Jesus was born\, who is called Christ.\n\nSo all the generations f
 rom Abraham to David were fourteen generations\, and from David to the depo
 rtation to Babylon fourteen generations\, and from the deportation to Babyl
 on to the Christ fourteen generations.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ too
 k place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph\, be
 fore they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit\;
  and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put her to sham
 e\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, behold\, a
 n angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, son of 
 David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is conceived in
  her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall call his n
 ame Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took pla
 ce to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a virgin s
 hall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (whic
 h means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as the angel o
 f the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not until she ha
 d borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/24/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Ky
 thyra\; Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\; Silouan of Athos\;
  Stephen the Martyr\; The Most Holy Theotokos of Palianis\; Coprios the Rig
 hteous\; Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of Alaska\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and
  went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she enter
 ed the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard t
 he greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fille
 d with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you
  among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this grant
 ed me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the
  voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for jo
 y. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wha
 t was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies
  the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded t
 he low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations wi
 ll call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, an
 d holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and re
 turned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my so
 n\, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\
 , my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my suffering
 s\, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecuti
 ons I endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desir
 e to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men 
 and impostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as
  for you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, kno
 wing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquaint
 ed with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation th
 rough faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nA
 t that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received 
 him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord'
 s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much se
 rving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sist
 er has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord 
 answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many t
 hings\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shal
 l not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raise
 d her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the 
 breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear 
 the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn\; Joannicius the Great\; The Holy
  Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra\, and Hermias the Presbyter\; Porph
 yrios the Mime\; Emperor John Batatze the Merciful\; George Karslidis of Po
 ntos\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 5:1-10\nBrethren\, we know that if 
 the earthly tent we live in is destroyed\, we have a building from God\, a 
 house not made with hands\, eternal in the heavens. Here indeed we groan\, 
 and long to put on our heavenly dwelling\, so that by putting it on we may 
 not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent\, we sigh with anxi
 ety\; not that we would be unclothed\, but that we would be further clothed
 \, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared 
 us for this very thing is God\, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
 \n\nSo we are always of good courage\; we know that while we are at home in
  the body we are away from the Lord\, for we walk by faith\, not by sight. 
 We are of good courage\, and we would rather be away from the body and at h
 ome with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away\, we make it our aim t
 o please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 9:1-6\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve togethe
 r and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, 
 and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said 
 to them\, "Take nothing for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\,
  nor money\; and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, sta
 y there\, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, whe
 n you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony agai
 nst them." And they departed and went through the villages\, preaching the 
 gospel and healing everywhere.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/24/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian\; Cosma
 s of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\; The Translation of the Relics of Dio
 nysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\; The Translation of the Holy Relics
  of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  II Corinthians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, such is the confidence that we have thro
 ugh Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anyt
 hing as coming from us\; our competence is from God\, who has made us compe
 tent to be ministers of a new covenant\, not in a written code but in the S
 pirit\; for the written code kills\, but the Spirit gives life.\n\nNow if t
 he dispensation of death\, carved in letters on stone\, came with such sple
 ndor that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its brigh
 tness\, fading as this was\, will not the dispensation of the Spirit be att
 ended with greater splendor? For if there was splendor in the dispensation 
 of condemnation\, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in s
 plendor. Indeed\, in this case\, what once had splendor has come to have no
  splendor at all\, because of the splendor that surpasses it. For if what f
 aded away came with splendor\, what is permanent must have much more splend
 or.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had 
 come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you bui
 ld the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, say
 ing\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken
  part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness ag
 ainst yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fi
 ll up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vip
 ers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you p
 rophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\,
  and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to to
 wn\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from th
 e blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, w
 hom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\
 , all this will come upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, kil
 ling the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I 
 have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her w
 ings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For
  I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he wh
 o comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/29/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring\; Jason and Sosipa
 ter the Apostles of the 70 and their Companions\; Holy Martyr Cercyra\; Our
  Holy Father John of Kaloktenos\, Metropolitan of Thebes\; Basil\, Bishop o
 f Montenegro\; Nektarios the New Martyr of Optina\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts 3:1-8\nIn those days\, Peter and John were going up to the tem
 ple at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was b
 eing carried\, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is call
 ed Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple. Seeing Peter and 
 John about to go into the temple\, he asked for alms. And Peter directed hi
 s gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look at us." And he fixed his atten
 tion upon them\, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said\,
  "I have no silver and gold\, but I give you what I have\; in the name of J
 esus Christ of Nazareth\, walk." And he took him by the right hand and rais
 ed him up\; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leapi
 ng up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them\, walking and le
 aping and praising God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:12-22\nAt that time\, Jes
 us came to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples\; a
 nd there they stayed for a few days.\n\nThe Passover of the Jews was at han
 d\, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were s
 elling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the money-changers at their busines
 s. And making a whip of cords\, he drove them all\, with the sheep and oxen
 \, out of the temple\; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers an
 d overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons\, "Take t
 hese things away\; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade." 
 His disciples remembered that it was written\, "Zeal for your house will co
 nsume me." The Jews then said to him\, "What sign have you to show us for d
 oing this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy this temple\, and in three days 
 I will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "It has taken forty-six years to 
 build this temple\, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he spoke o
 f the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead\, his 
 disciples remembered that he had said this\; and they believed the scriptur
 e and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem\; Our Rig
 hteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones\; O
 ur Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; G
 eorge\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, Kanons\, and Troparia\n\
 nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifie
 s and those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not a
 shamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my bre
 thren\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "
 I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God 
 has given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he hi
 mself likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might des
 troy him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all
  those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For sure
 ly it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of A
 braham. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so
  that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of
  God\, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself
  has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, 
 an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take 
 the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell
  you\; for Herod is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he
  rose and took the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, 
 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the L
 ord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThe
 n Herod\, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a f
 urious rage\, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and
  in all that region who were two years old or under\, according to the time
  which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was sp
 oken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and lou
 d lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be console
 d\, because they were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of 
 the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the
  child and his mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought
  the child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\
 , and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned 
 over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and b
 eing warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went 
 and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets 
 might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus\; Macrina\, grandmother 
 of St. Basil the Great\; Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea\; Natalios the Martyr
 \; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allow
 ed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\nIn those days\, while Apollos was at C
 orinth\, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There h
 e found some disciples. And he said to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spi
 rit when you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we have never even heard that
  there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into what then were you baptized?"
  They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptized with the
  baptism of repentance\, telling the people to believe in the one who was t
 o come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were baptized i
 n the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, 
 the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. 
 There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and fo
 r three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God
 .\n\nGospel Reading: John 14:1-11\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let no
 t your hearts be troubled\; believe in God\, believe also in me. In my Fath
 er's house there are many rooms\; if it were not so\, would I have told you
  that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place fo
 r you\, I will come again and will take you to myself\, that where I am you
  may be also. And you know the way where I am going." Thomas said to him\, 
 "Lord\, we do not know where you are going\; how can we know the way?" Jesu
 s said to him\, "I am the way\, and the truth\, and the life\; no one comes
  to the Father\, but by me. If you had known me\, you would have known my F
 ather also\; henceforth you know him and have seen him."\n\nPhilip said to 
 him\, "Lord\, show us the Father\, and we shall be satisfied." Jesus said t
 o him\, "Have I been with you so long\, and yet you do not know me\, Philip
 ? He who has seen me has seen the Father\; how can you say\, 'Show us the F
 ather?' Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? Th
 e words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority\; but the Fath
 er who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and 
 the Father in me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\; Synaxis of the Russians who were
  perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii
  Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fonda
 minskii\; Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\nEpistle Reading:
  James 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, take as an example of suffering and patience the
  prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold\, we call those happy w
 ho were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job\, and you hav
 e seen the purpose of the Lord\, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful
 . But above all\, my brethren\, do not swear\, either by heaven or by earth
  or with any other oath\, but let your yes be yes and your no be no\, that 
 you may not fall under condemnation. Is any one among you suffering? Let hi
 m pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let hi
 m call for the elders of the church\, and let them pray over him\, anointin
 g him with oil in the name of the Lord\; and the prayer of faith will save 
 the sick man\, and the Lord will raise him up\; and if he has committed sin
 s\, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another\, and p
 ray for one another\, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man
  has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man of like nature with ourse
 lves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain\, and for three years a
 nd six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again and the he
 aven gave rain\, and the earth brought forth its fruit. My brethren\, if an
 y one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back\, let h
 im know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will sa
 ve his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.Gospel Reading: L
 uke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the gracious words which 
 proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\, "Is not this Joseph's
  son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb\,
  'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you did at Capernaum\, do 
 here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, no p
 rophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth\, I tell you\, there 
 were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, when the heaven was shut
  up three years and six months\, when there came a great famine over all th
 e land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath\, in the
  land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in 
 Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none of them was cleansed bu
 t only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all in the synagogue were
  filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city\, and led 
 him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built\, that they might
  throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went awa
 y.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Friday after Pascha\; The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\; Christoph
 er the Martyr of Lycea\; Elder Hieronymos of Simonopetra\; Monk-martyr Nich
 olas who lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in Thessaly\; Epimachos the New Marty
 r of Alexandria\; The New Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\nFast Day (Wine
  and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:40\; 9:1-19\nIn those days\, P
 hilip was found at Azotos\, and passing on he preached the gospel to all th
 e towns till he came to Caesarea. But Saul\, still breathing threats and mu
 rder against the disciples of the Lord\, went to the high priest and asked 
 him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus\, so that if he found any bel
 onging to the Way\, men or women\, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 
 Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus\, and suddenly a light from heav
 en flashed about him. And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to
  him\, "Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me?" And he said\, "Who are you\
 , Lord?" And he said\, " I am Jesus\, whom you are persecuting\; but rise a
 nd enter the city\, and you will be told what you are to do." The men who w
 ere traveling with him stood speechless\, hearing the voice but seeing no o
 ne. Saul arose from the ground\; and when his eyes were opened\, he could s
 ee nothing\; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And
  for three days he was without sight\, and neither ate nor drank.\n\nNow th
 ere was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vis
 ion\, "Ananias." And he said\, "Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him
 \, "Rise and go to the street called Straight\, and inquire in the house of
  Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he
  has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he m
 ight regain his sight." But Ananias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from ma
 ny about this man\, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; 
 and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon 
 thy name." But the Lord said to him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument o
 f mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israe
 l\; for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." S
 o Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he sa
 id\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by whic
 h you came\, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with 
 the Holy Spirit." And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes 
 and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized\, and took food an
 d was strengthened.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:48-54\nThe Lord said to the J
 ews who believed in him: "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the mann
 a in the wilderness\, and they died. This is the bread which comes down fro
 m heaven\, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread whic
 h came down from heaven\; if any one eats of this bread\, he will live fore
 ver\; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my fles
 h."\n\nThe Jews then disputed among themselves\, saying\, "How can this man
  give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say 
 to you\, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood\, y
 ou have no life in you\; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has etern
 al life\, and I will raise him up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\; 26 Martyrs in Crimea\; Ire
 naeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:7-16\nThus says the Lord: For the vineyard of t
 he LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men of Judah are his plea
 sant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; for ri
 ghteousness\, but behold\, a cry!  Woe to those who join house to house\, w
 ho add field to field\, until there is no more room\, and you are made to d
 well alone in the midst of the land.  The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hea
 ring: "Surely many houses shall be desolate\, large and beautiful houses\, 
 without inhabitant.  For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath\, a
 nd a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."  Woe to those who rise early 
 in the morning\, that they may run after strong drink\, who tarry late into
  the evening till wine inflames them!  They have lyre and harp\, timbrel an
 d flute and wine at their feasts\; but they do not regard the deeds of the 
 LORD\, or see the work of his hands.  Therefore my people go into exile for
  want of knowledge\; their honored men are dying of hunger\, and their mult
 itude is parched with thirst.  Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite an
 d opened its mouth beyond measure\, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her m
 ultitude go down\, her throng and he who exults in her.  Man is bowed down\
 , and men are brought low\, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.  But t
 he LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself hol
 y in righteousness.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 4:8-15\n Cain said to
  Abel his brother\, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in the
  field\, Cain rose up against his brother Abel\, and killed him.  Then the 
 LORD said to Cain\, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do not know\
 ; am I my brother's keeper?"  And the LORD said\, "What have you done? The 
 voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.  And now you
  are cursed from the ground\, which has opened its mouth to receive your br
 other's blood from your hand.  When you till the ground\, it shall no longe
 r yield to you its strength\; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the
  earth."  Cain said to the LORD\, "My punishment is greater than I can bear
 .  Behold\, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground\; and from th
 y face I shall be hidden\; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the 
 earth\, and whoever finds me will slay me."  Then the LORD said to him\, "N
 ot so! If any one slays Cain\, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." 
 And the LORD put a mark on Cain\, lest any who came upon him should kill hi
 m.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 5:1-15\nMy son\, be attentive to my w
 isdom\, incline your ear to my understanding\; that you may keep discretion
 \, and your lips may guard knowledge.  For the lips of a loose woman drip h
 oney\, and her speech is smoother than oil\; but in the end she is bitter a
 s wormwood\, sharp as a two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death\; her s
 teps follow the path to Sheol\; she does not take heed to the path of life\
 ; her ways wander\, and she does not know it.\n\n  And now\, O sons\, liste
 n to me\, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.  Keep your way far 
 from her\, and do not go near the door of her house\; lest you give your ho
 nor to others and your years to the merciless\; lest strangers take their f
 ill of your strength\, and your labors go to the house of an alien\; and at
  the end of your life you groan\, when your flesh and body are consumed\, a
 nd you say\, "How I hated discipline\, and my heart despised reproof!  I di
 d not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructor
 s.  I was at the point of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."  Drink
  water from your own cistern\, flowing water from your own well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council\; Probus\, Andronicus\, & Tarachu
 s\, Martyrs of Tarsus\; Symeon the New Theologian\; Cosmas the Hymnographer
 \, Bishop of Maiuma\; Domnina the Martyr\; Wilfrid of York\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came 
 to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had be
 en taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the o
 ther disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have ta
 ken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him.
 " Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the to
 mb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tom
 b first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, b
 ut he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into 
 the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on
  His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by i
 tself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\
 , and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, th
 at He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, th
 e saying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that those w
 ho have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; 
 these are excellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\
 , genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unpr
 ofitable and futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him 
 once or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a pers
 on is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas o
 r Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have de
 cided to spend the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer an
 d Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people le
 arn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\
 , and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Gr
 eet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 8:5-15\nThe Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow 
 his seed\; and as he sowed\, some fell along the path\, and was trodden und
 er foot\, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock\;
  and as it grew up\, it withered away\, because it had no moisture. And som
 e fell among thorns\; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some f
 ell into good soil and grew\, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disc
 iples asked him what this parable meant\, he said\, "To you it has been giv
 en to know the secrets of the kingdom of God\; but for others they are in p
 arables\, so that seeing they may not see\, and hearing they may not unders
 tand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along 
 the path are those who have heard\; then the devil comes and takes away the
  word from their hearts\, that they may not believe and be saved. And the o
 nes on the rock are those who\, when they hear the word\, receive it with j
 oy\; but these have no root\, they believe for a while and in time of tempt
 ation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns\, they are those who
  hear\, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches
  and pleasures of life\, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that i
 n the good soil\, they are those who\, hearing the word\, hold it fast in a
 n honest and good heart\, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said 
 these things\, he cried out "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, and Philemo
 n\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  I Timothy 1:8-14\nTimothy\, my son\, we know that the law is good\, if any
  one uses it lawfully\, understanding this\, that the law is not laid down 
 for the just but for the lawless and disobedient\, for the ungodly and sinn
 ers\, for the unholy and profane\, for murderers of fathers and murderers o
 f mothers\, for manslayers\, immoral persons\, sodomites\, kidnapers\, liar
 s\, perjurers\, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine\, in accord
 ance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been ent
 rusted. I thank him who has given me strength for this\, Christ Jesus our L
 ord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service\, thoug
 h I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; but I received me
 rcy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the grace of our Lord 
 overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Mark 8:22-26\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Bethsaida. And some 
 people brought to him a blind man\, and begged him to touch him. And he too
 k the blind man by the hand\, and led him out of the village\; and when he 
 had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him\, he asked him\, "Do you s
 ee anything?" And he looked up and said\, "I see men\; but they look like t
 rees\, walking." Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes\; and he looked
  intently and was restored\, and saw everything clearly. And he sent him aw
 ay to his home\, saying\, "Do not even enter the village."\n\n
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 emon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 33 Martyrs of Melitene\; Lazarus the Wonderworker\; Martyr Athenodorus
 \; Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 3:1
 -8\nBrethren\, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not 
 irksome to me\, and is safe for you. Look out for the dogs\, look out for t
 he evil-workers\, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the
  true circumcision\, who worship God in spirit\, and glory in Christ Jesus\
 , and put no confidence in the flesh. Though  I myself have reason for conf
 idence in the flesh also. If any other man  thinks he has reason for confid
 ence in the flesh\, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day\, of the peo
 ple of Israel\, of the tribe of Benjamin\, a Hebrew born of Hebrews\; as to
  the law a Pharisee\, as to zeal a persecutor of the church\, as to righteo
 usness under the law blameless. But whatever gain I had\, I counted as loss
  for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as loss because of the s
 urpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffer
 ed the loss of all things\, and count them as refuse\, in order that I may 
 gain Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:1-9\nAt that time\, there were some
  present who told Jesus of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled wit
 h their sacrifices. And he answered them\, "Do you think that these Galilea
 ns were worse sinners than all the other Galileans\, because they suffered 
 thus? I tell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
  Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them\, do 
 you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in J
 erusalem? I tell you\, No\; but unless you repent you will all likewise per
 ish." And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineya
 rd\; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vin
 edresser\, 'Lo\, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tr
 ee\, and I find none. Cut it down\; why should it use up the ground?' And h
 e answered him\, 'Let it alone\, sir\, this year also\, till I dig about it
  and put on manure. And if it bears fruit next year\, well and good\; but i
 f not\, you can cut it down.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologi
 an\, & John Chrysostom\; Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\; Athanasia the Martyr &
  her 3 daughters\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I
  am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in 
 and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destr
 oy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the goo
 d shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is
  a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wol
 f coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and sc
 atters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the s
 heep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the F
 ather knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep
 .  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them a
 lso\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shephe
 rd."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\
 , those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their li
 ves\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and toda
 y and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for 
 it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which h
 ave not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who s
 erve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose 
 blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for s
 in are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in
  order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go f
 orth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we ha
 ve no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him th
 en let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the
  fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to
  share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the lig
 ht of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a l
 amp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all 
 in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your 
 good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that 
 I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolis
 h them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and ear
 th pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all i
 s accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandment
 s and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but
  he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of 
 heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Tuesday\; James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologia
 n\; Argyra the New Martyr\; Clement the Hymnographer\; Erconwald\, Bishop o
 f London\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\nAt t
 hat time\, the Pharisees went and took counsel against Jesus\, how to entan
 gle him in his talk. And they sent their disciples to him\, along with the 
 Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and teach the w
 ay of God truthfully\, and care for no man\; for you do not regard the posi
 tion of men. Tell us\, then\, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to 
 Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware of their malice\, said\, "Why put me to
  the test\, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax." And they brough
 t him a coin. And Jesus said to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is t
 his?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he said to them\, "Render\, therefore to
  Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's
 . " When they heard it\, they marveled\; and they left him and went away.\n
 \nThe same day the Sadducees came to him\, who say that there is no resurre
 ction\; and they asked him a question saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If 
 a man dies\, having no children\, his brother must marry the widow\, and ra
 ise up children for his brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us\; 
 the first married\, and died\, and having no children left his wife to his 
 brother. So too the second and third\, down to the seventh. After them all\
 , the woman died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, to which of the seven w
 ill she be wife? For they all had her."\n\nBut Jesus answered them\, "You a
 re wrong\, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. Fo
 r in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but ar
 e like angels of God in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead\, h
 ave you not read what was said to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, a
 nd the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, bu
 t of the living." And when the crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his
  teaching.\n\nBut when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadduce
 es\, they came together. And one of them\, a lawyer\, asked him a question\
 , to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great commandment in the law?" And h
 e said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and
  with all your soul\, and with all your mind. This is the great and first c
 ommandment. And a second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourse
 lf. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."\n\nNow 
 while the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a question\, 
 saying: "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to hi
 m\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How is it then that David\, insp
 ired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, 
 sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under your feet'? If David t
 hus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no one was able to answer him 
 a word\, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.\
 n\nThen said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples\, "The scribes and th
 e Pharisees sit on Moses' seat\; so practice and observe whatever they tell
  you\, but not what they do\; for they preach but do not practice. They bin
 d heavy burdens\, hard to bear\, and lay them on men's shoulders\; but they
  themselves will not move them with their finger. They do all their deeds t
 o be seen by men\; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes
  long\, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in th
 e synagogues\, and salutations in the market places\, and being called rabb
 i by men\, but you are not to be called rabbi\, for you have one teacher\, 
 and you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth\, for you ha
 ve one Father\, who is in heaven. Neither be called masters\, for you have 
 one master\, the Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant
 \; whoever exalts himself will be humbled\, and whoever humbles himself wil
 l be exalted.\n\n"But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for 
 you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; theref
 ore you will receive the greater condemnation. Woe to you\, scribes and Pha
 risees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; f
 or you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in.
  Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and 
 land to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you mak
 e him twice as much a child of Gehenna as yourselves.\n\n"Woe to you\, blin
 d guides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but
  if any one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' Yo
 u blind fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made 
 the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is noth
 ing\; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound 
 by his oath.' You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar t
 hat makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and
  by everything on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and b
 y him who dwells in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne
  of God and by him who sits upon it.\n\n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees
 \, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cumin\, and have neglected t
 he weightier matters of the law\, justice and mercy and faith\; these you o
 ught to have done without neglecting the others. You blind guides\, straini
 ng out a gnat and swallowing a camel! "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\,
  hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate\, but 
 inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first c
 leanse the inside of the cup and of the plate\, that the outside also may b
 e clean. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like 
 white-washed tombs\, which outwardly appear beautiful\, but within they are
  full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear
  to men\, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you\, s
 cribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build  the tombs of the prophets
  and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in th
 e days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in shedding 
 the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you 
 are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure o
 f your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape 
 being sentenced to Gehenna? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and 
 scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourg
 e in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you may co
 me all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel 
 to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between 
 the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon
  this generation.\n\n"O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and st
 oning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your child
 ren together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would not
 ! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will n
 ot see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of t
 he Lord.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:36-51\; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "Of that day and hour no one knows\, not even the 
 angels of heaven\, but the Father only. As were the days of Noah\, so will 
 be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those days before the flood they
  were eating and drinking\, marrying and giving in marriage\, until the day
  when Noah entered the ark\, and they did not know until the flood came and
  swept them all away\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two me
 n will be in the field\; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be gr
 inding at the mill\; one is taken and one is left. Watch therefore\, for yo
 u do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the 
 househol
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\; Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \; Our Righeous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\; Nicholas Chrysoberges\,
  Patriarch of Constantinople\; Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nFast Day
  (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 1:16-23\nBrethren\, I
  do not cease to give thanks for you\, remembering you in my prayers\, that
  the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father of glory\, may give you a sp
 irit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him\, having the eyes 
 of your hearts enlightened\, that you may know what is the hope to which he
  has called you\, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the sa
 ints\, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believ
 e\, according to the working of his great might which he accomplished in Ch
 rist when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in
  the heavenly places\, far above all rule and authority and power and domin
 ion\, and above every name that is named\, not only in this age but also in
  that which is to come\; and he has put all things under his feet and has m
 ade him the head over all things for the church\, which is his body\, the f
 ulness of him who fills all in all.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:1-11\nAt tha
 t time\, one sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a ruler who be
 longed to the Pharisees\, they were watching him. And behold\, there was a 
 man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees
 \, saying\, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath\, or not?" But they were s
 ilent. Then he took him and healed him\, and let him go. And he said to the
 m\, "Which of you\, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well\, wil
 l not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?" And they could not reply 
 to this. Now he told a parable to those who were invited\, when he marked h
 ow they chose the places of honor\, saying to them\, "When you are invited 
 by any one to a marriage feast\, do not sit down in a place of honor\, lest
  a more eminent man than you be invited by him\; and he who invited you bot
 h will come and say to you\, 'Give place to this man\,' and then you will b
 egin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited\, go and
  sit in the lowest place\, so that when your host comes he may say to you\,
  'Friend\, go up higher'\; then you will be honored in the presence of all 
 who sit at table with you. For every one who exalts himself will be humbled
 \, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Holy Cross\; Nikitas the Great Martyr\; Philotheos the Ri
 ghteous\; Bessarion of Larissa\; Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Th
 essolonica\; John the New Martyr of Sfakion\, Crete\; Afterfeast of the Hol
 y Cross\; Porphyrios the Actor\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\n
 At that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to wh
 ich Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but
  some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven a
 nd on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all na
 tions\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy S
 pirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I
  am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: G
 alatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by works o
 f the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in Chri
 st Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by works o
 f the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if\,
  in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be 
 sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up 
 again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgressor. 
 For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I have be
 en crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who live
 s in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son o
 f God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34-
 38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, let him deny 
 himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his lif
 e will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's wi
 ll save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole world and for
 feit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever 
 is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation\, of
  him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the glory of hi
 s Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you
 \, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see th
 e kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Monday after Pascha\; Theodore the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Peter 
 of Blachernae\; Nicholas the Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; New Mar
 tyr Nicholas of Metsovos (1617)\; Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Br
 endan the Navigator\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:1-16\nIn those days\, at Ca
 esarea there was a man named Cornelius\, a centurion of what was known as t
 he Italian Cohort\, a devout man who feared God with all his household\, ga
 ve alms liberally to the people\, and prayed constantly to God. About the n
 inth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in a
 nd saying to him\, "Cornelius." And he stared at him in terror\, and said\,
  "What is it\, Lord?" And he said to him\, "Your prayers and your alms have
  ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa\, and bring o
 ne Simon who is called Peter\; he is lodging with Simon\, a tanner\, whose 
 house is by the seaside." When the angel who spoke to him had departed\, he
  called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those that wait
 ed on him\, and having related everything to them\, he sent them to Joppa. 
 The next day\, as they were on their journey and coming near the city\, Pet
 er went up on the housetop to pray\, about the sixth hour. And he became hu
 ngry and desired something to eat\; but while they were preparing it\, he f
 ell into a trance and saw the heaven opened\, and something descending\, li
 ke a great sheet\, let down by four corners upon the earth. In it were all 
 kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice 
 to him\, "Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat." But Peter said\, "No\, Lord\; for I
  have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." And the voice came t
 o him again a second time\, "What God has cleansed\, you must not call comm
 on." This happened three times\, and the thing was taken up at once to heav
 en.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:56-69\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had beli
 eved in him\, "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me\, and 
 I in him. As the living Father sent me\, and I live because of the Father\,
  so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came do
 wn from heaven\, not such as the fathers ate and died\; he who eats this br
 ead will live forever." This he said in the synagogue\, as he taught at Cap
 ernaum.\n\nMany of his disciples\, when they heard it\, said\, "This is a h
 ard saying\; who can listen to it?" But Jesus\, knowing in himself that his
  disciples murmured at it\, said to them\, "Do you take offense at this?" T
 hen what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? I
 t is the spirit that gives life\, the flesh is of no avail\; the words that
  I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you that d
 o not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not b
 elieve\, and who it was that would betray him. And he said\, "This is why I
  told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father
 ."\n\nAfter this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about w
 ith him. Jesus said to the twelve\, "Do you also wish to go away?" Simon Pe
 ter answered him\, "Lord\, to whom shall we go? You have the words of etern
 al life\; and we have believed\, and have come to know\, that you are Chris
 t\, the Son of the living God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphrosyne of Alexandria\; Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions
  in Egypt\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria\, Mochos\; 
 Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh\; Finbar the Confessor\, First Bis
 hop of Cork\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 1:1-9\nP
 aul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God\, To the saints who are
  at Ephesos and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God o
 ur Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our L
 ord Jesus Christ\, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessi
 ng in the heavenly places\, even as he chose us in him before the foundatio
 n of the world\, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destin
 ed us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ\, according to the purpos
 e of his will\, to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowe
 d on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood\, the f
 orgiveness of our trespasses\, according to the riches of his grace which h
 e lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will\, acco
 rding to his purpose.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus
  came to Nazareth\, where he had been brought up\; and he went to the synag
 ogue\, as his custom was\, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read\; an
 d there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book
  and found the place where it was written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon
  me\, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has se
 nt me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the bl
 ind\, to set at liberty those who are oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptabl
 e year of the Lord." And he closed the book\, and gave it back to the atten
 dant\, and sat down\; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on hi
 m. And he began to say to them\, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled i
 n your hearing." And all spoke well of him\, and wondered at the gracious w
 ords which proceeded out of his mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sisoes the Great\; Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\; L
 oukia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\; Juliana the
  Virgin-martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 11:2-12\nBrethren\
 , do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah\, how he pleads with Go
 d against Israel? "Lord\, they have killed thy prophets\, they have demolis
 hed thy altars\, and I alone am left\, and they seek my life." But what is 
 God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not
  bowed the knee to Baal." So too at the present time there is a remnant\, c
 hosen by grace. But if it is by grace\, it is no longer on the basis of wor
 ks\; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. What then? Israel failed to 
 obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it\, but the rest were hardened\,
  as it is written\, "God gave them a spirit of stupor\, eyes that should no
 t see and ears that should not hear\, down to this very day." And David say
 s\, "Let their table become a snare and a trap\, a pitfall and a retributio
 n for them\; let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see\, and bend 
 their backs for ever." So I ask\, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no m
 eans! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles\, so as
  to make Israel jealous. Now if their trespass means riches for the world\,
  and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles\, how much more will th
 eir full inclusion mean?\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:20-26\nAt that time\
 , the Lord began to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had b
 een done\, because they did not repent. "Woe to you\, Chorazin! woe to you\
 , Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and 
 Sidon\, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tel
 l you\, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sido
 n than for you. And you\, Capernaum\, will you be exalted to heaven? You sh
 all be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been 
 done in Sodom\, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that 
 it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom tha
 n for you." At that time Jesus declared\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of h
 eaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and under
 standing and revealed them to babes\; yea\, Father\, so it was well pleasin
 g before you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The Holy M
 artyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\; Righteous Syncletike of Alexandria\; Grego
 ry of Akrita\; Apollinaria of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Co
 rinthians 9:19-27\nBRETHREN\, though I am free from all men\, I have made m
 yself a slave to all\, that I might win the more. To the Jews I became as a
  Jew\, in order to win Jews\; to those under the law I became as one under 
 the law - though not being myself under the law - that I might win those un
 der the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law - not
  being without law toward God but under the law of Christ - that I might wi
 n those outside the law. To the weak I became weak\, that I might win the w
 eak. I have become all things to all men\, that I might by all means save s
 ome. I do it all for the sake of the gospel\, that I may share in its bless
 ings. Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete\, but only one
  receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises
  self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath\, bu
 t we an imperishable. Well\, I do not run aimlessly\, I do not box as one b
 eating the air\; but I pommel my body and subdue it\, lest after preaching 
 to others I myself should be disqualified. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:1-18\
 nIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar\, Pontius Pilate bei
 ng governor of Judea\, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee\, and his brothe
 r Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis\, and Lysanias t
 etrarch of Abilene\, in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas\, the wor
 d of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness\; and he went 
 into all the region about the Jordan\, preaching a baptism of repentance fo
 r the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in the book of the words of Isa
 iah the prophet\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the w
 ay of the Lord\, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled\, an
 d every mountain and hill shall be brought low\, and the crooked shall be m
 ade straight\, and the rough ways shall be made smooth\; and all flesh shal
 l see the salvation of God." He said therefore to the multitudes that came 
 out to be baptized by him\, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee fr
 om the wrath to come? Bear fruits that befit repentance\, and do not begin 
 to say to yourselves\, 'We have Abraham as our father"\; for I tell you\, G
 od is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the 
 axe is laid to the root of the trees\; every tree therefore that does not b
 ear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." And the multitudes as
 ked him\, "What then shall we do?" And he answered them\, "He who has two c
 oats\, let him share with him who has none\; and he who has food\, let him 
 do likewise." Tax collectors also came to be baptized\, and said to him\, "
 Teacher\, what shall we do?" And he said to them\, "Collect no more than is
  appointed you." Soldiers also asked him\, "And we\, what shall we do?" And
  he said to them\, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation\, and be 
 content with your wages." As the people were in expectation\, and all men q
 uestioned in their hearts concerning John\, whether perhaps he were the Chr
 ist\, John answered them all\, "I baptize you with water\; but he who is mi
 ghtier than I is coming\, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to unt
 ie\; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing 
 fork is in his hand\, to clear his threshing floor\, and to gather the whea
 t into his granary\, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." So
 \, with many other exhortations\, he preached good news to the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Friday after Pascha\; Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\; Saint V
 incent of Lerins\; Meletios the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\; Gregory
 \, Archbishop of Novgorod\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: Acts 8:40\; 9:1-19\nIn those days\, Philip was found at Azotos\, and 
 passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till he came to Caesarea
 . But Saul\, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of th
 e Lord\, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogue
 s at Damascus\, so that if he found any belonging to the Way\, men or women
 \, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he journeyed he approache
 d Damascus\, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him. And he fel
 l to the ground and heard a voice saying to him\, "Saul\, Saul\, why do you
  persecute me?" And he said\, "Who are you\, Lord?" And he said\, " I am Je
 sus\, whom you are persecuting\; but rise and enter the city\, and you will
  be told what you are to do." The men who were traveling with him stood spe
 echless\, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Saul arose from the ground\;
  and when his eyes were opened\, he could see nothing\; so they led him by 
 the hand and brought him into Damascus. And for three days he was without s
 ight\, and neither ate nor drank.\n\nNow there was a disciple at Damascus n
 amed Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "
 Here I am\, Lord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go to the street ca
 lled Straight\, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named
  Saul\; for behold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man named Ananias co
 me in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Anan
 ias answered\, "Lord\, I have heard from many about this man\, how much evi
 l he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has authority from t
 he chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name." But the Lord said to 
 him\, "Go\, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before t
 he Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will show him how much
  he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered t
 he house. And laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Je
 sus who appeared to you on the road by which you came\, has sent me that yo
 u may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediatel
 y something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then 
 he rose and was baptized\, and took food and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: John 6:48-54\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "I am t
 he bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness\, and they d
 ied. This is the bread which comes down from heaven\, that a man may eat of
  it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven\; if any
  one eats of this bread\, he will live forever\; and the bread which I shal
 l give for the life of the world is my flesh."\n\nThe Jews then disputed am
 ong themselves\, saying\, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So J
 esus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless you eat the fles
 h of the Son of man and drink his blood\, you have no life in you\; he who 
 eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life\, and I will raise him u
 p at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Kyriake the Great Martyr\; Thomas the Righteous of Malea\; Akakios of 
 Sinai\; Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:23-
 29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, 
 kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was ou
 r custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. But no
 w that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ 
 Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were b
 aptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, th
 ere is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you 
 are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham
 's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long a
 s he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all
  the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by 
 the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elem
 ental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God sent 
 forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who 
 were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thron
 ged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve
  years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent al
 l that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the
  reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his 
 garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made wel
 l." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that s
 he was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power 
 had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\
 , "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the c
 rowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he look
 ed around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been don
 e to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told h
 im the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made yo
 u well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Kyriakos\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: C
 olossians 2:1-7\nBrethren\, I want you to know how greatly I strive for you
 \, and for those at Laodicea\, and for all who have not seen my face\, that
  their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love\, to have
  all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery
 \, of Christ\, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I
  say this in order that no one may delude you with beguiling speech. For th
 ough I am absent in body\, yet I am with you in spirit\, rejoicing to see y
 our good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. As therefore you r
 eceived Christ Jesus the Lord\, so live in him\, rooted and built up in him
  and established in the faith\, just as you were taught\, abounding in than
 ksgiving.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:23-26\nThe Lord said\, "He who is not 
 with me is against me he who does not gather with me scatters.\n\n"When the
  unclean spirit has gone out of a man\, he passes through waterless places 
 seeking rest\; and finding none he says\, 'I will return to my house from w
 hich I came.' And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he
  goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself\, and they ente
 r and dwell there\; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the f
 irst."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/04/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Barbara the Great Martyr\; John the Righteous of Damascus\; New Hierom
 artyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\; Juliana the Martyr of Hel
 iopolis\; Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to 
 America\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 25:1-1
 3\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be compared to
  ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of 
 them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lam
 ps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil with thei
 r lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slept. But 
 at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to meet hi
 m.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish sa
 id to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going out.' 
 But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you
 \; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they went to
  buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with him to t
 he marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came
  also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly\, I sa
 y to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neither the d
 ay nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Reading: Gal
 atians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined unde
 r the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that th
 e law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by f
 aith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; fo
 r in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of y
 ou as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew no
 r Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor femal
 e\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you
  are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir
 \, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the 
 owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the 
 date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves
  to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come
 \, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redee
 m those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jes
 us and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of bloo
 d for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and 
 had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She h
 ad heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and 
 touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall
  be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her
  body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself
  that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd
 \, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "Y
 ou see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'"
  And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what 
 had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\
 , and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith
  has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\; Martyr Petronius\; Malachi the New 
 Righteous Martyr of Lindos\; Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza\; Dionysios I\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 
 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, 
 patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\;
  against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have c
 rucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit
 \, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provok
 ing of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overta
 ken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit 
 of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one anoth
 er's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:
 17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of 
 his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem 
 and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed 
 of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were c
 ured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from hi
 m and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and sa
 id: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are y
 ou that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep
  now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when t
 hey exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on accoun
 t of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\,
  your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/05/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa\; Hermas\, Patrob
 os\, Gaios\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Philippians 3:8-19\nBrethren\, I count everything as loss be
 cause of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake
  I have suffered the loss of all things\, and count them as refuse\, in ord
 er that I may gain Christ\, and be found in him\, not having a righteousnes
 s of my own\, based on law\, but that which is through faith in Christ\, th
 e righteousness from God that depends on faith\; that I may know him and th
 e power of his resurrection\, and may share his sufferings\, becoming like 
 him in his death\, that if possible I may attain that resurrection from the
  dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect\; but I 
 press on to make it my own\, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Bret
 hren\, I do not consider that I have made it my own\; but one thing I do\, 
 forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead\, I pr
 ess on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Je
 sus. Let those of us who are mature be thus minded\; and if in anything you
  are otherwise minded\, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold 
 true to what we have attained. Brethren\, join in imitating me\, and mark t
 hose who so live as you have an example in us. For many\, of whom I have of
 ten told you and now tell you even with tears\, live as enemies of the cros
 s of Christ. Their end is destruction\, their god is the belly\, and they g
 lory in their shame\, with minds set on earthly things.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Luke 12:2-12\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Nothing is covered up that 
 will not be revealed\, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever
  you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light\, and what you have 
 whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. \n\n I t
 ell you\, my friends\, do not fear those who kill the body\, and after that
  have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him 
 who\, after he has killed\, has power to cast into Gehenna\; yes\, I tell y
 ou\, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of t
 hem is forgotten before God. Why\, even the hairs of your head are all numb
 ered. Fear not\; you are of more value than many sparrows. \n\n And I tell 
 you\, every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of man also will a
 cknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies me before men will 
 be denied before the angels of God. And every one who speaks a word against
  the Son of man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes against the Holy S
 pirit will not be forgiven. And when they bring you before the synagogues a
 nd the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious how or what you are t
 o answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in tha
 t very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Tuesday after Pascha\; The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\; Th
 eophanes and Nectarios\, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteo
 ra\; Nicholas the Younger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\; Theodotos 
 the Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\; Athanasios\, Archbishop of Ch
 ristianopolis\; The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Act
 s 10:21-33\nIn those days\, Peter went down to the men sent by Cornelius to
  him and said\, "I am the one you are looking for\; what is the reason for 
 your coming?" And they said\, "Cornelius\, a centurion\, an upright and God
 -fearing man\, who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation\, was direc
 ted by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house\, and to hear what
  you have to say." So he called them in to be his guests. The next day he r
 ose and went off with them\, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanie
 d him. And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expect
 ing them and had called together his kinsmen and close friends. When Peter 
 entered\, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. Bu
 t Peter lifted him up\, saying\, "Stand up\; I too am a man." And as he tal
 ked with him\, he went in and found many persons gathered\; and he said to 
 them\, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with 
 or to visit any one of another nation\; but God has shown me that I should 
 not call any man common or unclean. So when I was sent for\, I came without
  objection. I ask then why you sent for me." And Cornelius said\, "Four day
 s ago\, about this hour\, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my hous
 e\; and behold\, a man stood before me in bright apparel\, saying\, 'Cornel
 ius\, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before 
 God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter\; he is 
 lodging in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by the seaside.' So I sent to yo
 u at once\, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all
  here present in the sight of God\, to hear all that you have been commande
 d by the Lord."\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went a
 bout in Galilee\; he would not go about in Judea\, because the Jews sought 
 to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand. So his brother
 s said to him\, "Leave here and go to Judea\, that your disciples may see t
 he works you are doing. For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known 
 openly. If you do these things\, show yourself to the world." For even his 
 brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them\, "My time has not yet 
 come\, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you\, but it hat
 es me because I testify of it that its works are evil. Go to the feast your
 selves\; I am not going up to this feast\, for my time has not yet fully co
 me." So saying\, he remained in Galilee.\n\nBut after his brothers had gone
  up to the feast\, then he also went up\, not publicly but in private. The 
 Jews were looking for him at the feast\, and saying\, "Where is he?" And th
 ere was much muttering about him among the people. While some said\, "He is
  a good man\," others said\, "No\, he is leading the people astray." Yet fo
 r fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Kastinos\, Arc
 hbishop of Constantinople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord s
 aid to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he wh
 o does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, t
 hat man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shep
 herd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\,
  and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought
  out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for the
 y know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from
  him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used
  with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jes
 us again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of th
 e sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did
  not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\
 , and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:2
 6-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high prie
 st\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above 
 the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifice
 s daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did 
 this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints me
 n in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came
  later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  N
 ow the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, on
 e who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, 
 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man bu
 t by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the 
 door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out 
 and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I c
 ame that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shephe
 rd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hirel
 ing and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming
  and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters t
 hem.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I
  am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father kn
 ows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I
  have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, an
 d they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\; Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\; Gregory of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\; Ars
 enios of Rhaxos\; James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 2:1-8\nBrethren\, you yourselves know t
 hat our visit to you was not in vain\; but though we had already suffered a
 nd been shamefully treated at Philippi\, as you know\, we had courage in ou
 r God to declare to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition. 
 For our appeal does not spring from error or uncleanness\, nor is it made w
 ith guile\; but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with t
 he gospel\, so we speak\, not to please men\, but to please God who tests o
 ur hearts. For we never used either words of flattery\, as you know\, or a 
 cloak for greed\, as God is witness\; nor did we seek glory from men\, whet
 her from you or from others\, though we might have made demands as apostles
  of Christ. But we were gentle among you\, like a nurse taking care of her 
 children. So\, being affectionately desirous of you\, we were ready to shar
 e with you not only the gospel of God but also our very own selves\, becaus
 e you had become very dear to us.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that t
 ime\, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gosp
 el\, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to 
 Him\, "Tell us by what authority you do these things\, or who it is that ga
 ve you this authority."  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a question
 \; now tell me\, was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And the
 y discussed it with one another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he 
 will say\, 'Why did you not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all
  the people will stone us\; for they are convinced that John was a prophet.
 "  So they answered that they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus said t
 o them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Monday\; Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 70 and their Com
 panions\; Holy Martyr Cercyra\; Our Holy Father John of Kaloktenos\, Metrop
 olitan of Thebes\; Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\; Nektarios the New Martyr 
 of Optina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-43\nAt that time\
 , as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree
  by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. An
 d he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree
  withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How 
 did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I say 
 to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not only do what has 
 been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mountain\, 'Be take
 n up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever you ask in pray
 er\, you will receive\, if you have faith. " And when he entered the temple
 \, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was 
 teaching\, and said\, "By what authority are you doing these things\, and w
 ho gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask you a q
 uestion\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also will tell you by what
  authority I do these things. The baptism of John\, whence was it? From hea
 ven or from men?" And they argued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From hea
 ven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we sa
 y\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for all hold that John wa
 s a prophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to the
 m\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. What do y
 ou think? A man had two sons\; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, g
 o and work in the vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but aft
 erward he repented and went. And he went to the second and said the same\; 
 and he answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the w
 ill of his father?" They said\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, 
 I say to you\, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of Go
 d before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you di
 d not believe him\, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him\; a
 nd even when you saw it\, you did not afterward repent and believe him.\n\n
 "Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard and s
 et a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and
  let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. When the season of 
 fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; 
 and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed another\, and stone
 d another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the first\; and they di
 d the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, saying\, 'They will
  respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they said to themselve
 s\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' A
 nd they took him and cast him out of the vineyard\, and killed him. When th
 erefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?
 " They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death\, and
  let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in thei
 r seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'T
 he very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner
 \; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore 
 I tell you\, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a 
 nation producing the fruits of it."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:3-35\nAt 
 that time\, as Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives\, the disciples came to him
  privately\, saying\, "Tell us\, when will this be\, and what will be the s
 ign of your coming and of the close of the age?" And Jesus answered them\, 
 "Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name\, sa
 ying\, 'I am the Christ\,' and they will lead many astray. And you will hea
 r of wars and rumors of wars\; see that you are not alarmed\; for this must
  take place\, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation\,
  and kingdom against kingdom\, and there will be famines and earthquakes in
  various places: all this is but the beginning of the sufferings.\n\n Then 
 they will deliver you up to tribulation\, and put you to death\; and you wi
 ll be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away
 \, and betray one another\, and hate one another. And many false prophets w
 ill arise and lead many astray. And because wickedness is multiplied\, most
  men's love will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. An
 d this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world\, 
 as a testimony to all nations\; and then the end will come.\n\n So when you
  see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in
  the holy place (let the reader understand)\, then let those who are in Jud
 ea flee to the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down to ta
 ke what is in his house\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to 
 take his mantle. And alas for those who are with child and for those who gi
 ve suck in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a s
 abbath. For then there will be great tribulation\, such as has not been fro
 m the beginning of the world until now\, no\, and never will be. And if tho
 se days had not been shortened\, no human being would be saved\; but for th
 e sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Then if anyone says to yo
 u\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For fal
 se Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders\,
  so as to lead astray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you 
 beforehand. So\, if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do n
 ot go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe 
 it. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\
 , so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the
  eagles will be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of tho
 se days the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, a
 nd the stars will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be 
 shaken\; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then a
 ll the tribes of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man co
 ming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; and he will send 
 out his angels with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect fr
 om the four winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n\n From the fig t
 ree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth i
 ts leaves\, you know that summer is near. So also\, when you see all these 
 things\, you know that he is near\, at the very gates. Truly\, I say to you
 \, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place. Hea
 ven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary\
 ; Sophronios\, Bishop of Iberia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56
 \nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to
  a city of Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Eliza
 beth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in he
 r womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed wi
 th a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of 
 your womb! And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should c
 ome to me? For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, t
 he babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that the
 re would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  An
 d Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God m
 y Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold
 \, henceforth all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty h
 as done great things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with
  her about three months\, and returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among y
 ourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the for
 m of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but empt
 ied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of 
 men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient u
 nto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and
  bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of J
 esus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, a
 nd every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the
  Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus 
 entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. 
 And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened 
 to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went
  to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to se
 rve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Mart
 ha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is
  needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away 
 from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said
  to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you suc
 ked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and 
 keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Tuesday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura\; Peter 
 the Wonderworker\; Theophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\; Xenia of Kalamata th
 e Great Martyr\; Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\; Ahmet the 
 Calligrapher & Martyr\; Oikoumenios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts 4:1-10\nIn those days\, while the apostles were speak
 ing to the people\, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Saddu
 cees came upon them\, annoyed because they were teaching the people and pro
 claiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them an
 d put them in custody until the morrow\, for it was already evening. But ma
 ny of those who heard the word believed\; and the number of the men came to
  about five thousand.\n\nOn the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes 
 were gathered together in Jerusalem\, with Annas the high priest and Caiaph
 as and John and Alexander\, and all who were of the high-priestly family. A
 nd when they had set them in the midst\, they inquired\, "By what power or 
 by what name did you do this?" Then Peter\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, s
 aid to them\, "Rulers of the people and elders\, if we are being examined t
 oday concerning a good deed done to a cripple\, by what means this man has 
 been healed\, be it known to you all\, and to all the people of Israel\, th
 at by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, whom you crucified\, whom God 
 raised from the dead\, by him this man is standing before you well."\n\nGos
 pel Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved th
 e world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not
  perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to
  condemn the world\, but that the world might be saved through him. He who 
 believes in him is not condemned\; he who does not believe is condemned alr
 eady\, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And 
 this is the judgment\, that the light has come into the world\, and men lov
 ed darkness rather than light\, because their deeds were evil. For every on
 e who does evil hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, lest his
  deeds should be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light\,
  that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\; Theodosios the Martyr\; Zoilos t
 he Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 58:1-11\nThus say
 s the LORD: "Cry aloud\, spare not\, lift up your voice like a trumpet\; de
 clare to my people their transgression\, to the house of Jacob their sins. 
  Yet they seek me daily\, and delight to know my ways\, as if they were a n
 ation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God
 \; they ask of me righteous judgments\, they delight to draw near to God.  
 'Why have we fasted\, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves\
 , and thou takest no knowledge of it?' Behold\, in the day of your fast you
  seek your own pleasure\, and oppress all your workers.  Behold\, you fast 
 only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like your
 s this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.  Is such the fast 
 that I choose\, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his he
 ad like a rush\, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call
  this a fast\, and a day acceptable to the LORD?  \n\n "Is not this the fas
 t that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness\, to undo the thongs of t
 he yoke\, to let the oppressed go free\, and to break every yoke?  Is it no
 t to share your bread with the hungry\, and bring the homeless poor into yo
 ur house\; when you see the naked\, to cover him\, and not to hide yourself
  from your own flesh?  Then shall your light break forth like the dawn\, an
 d your healing shall spring up speedily\; your righteousness shall go befor
 e you\, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.  Then you shall cal
 l\, and the LORD will answer\; you shall cry\, and he will say\, "Here I am
 ." \n\n "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke\, the pointing of 
 the finger\, and speaking wickedness\, if you pour yourself out for the hun
 gry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted\, then shall your light rise in
  the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.  And the LORD will guide yo
 u continually\, and satisfy your desire with good things\, and make your bo
 nes strong\; and you shall be like a watered garden\, like a spring of wate
 r\, whose waters fail not.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 43:26-31\; 45:
 1-16\n When Joseph came home\, they brought into the house to him the prese
 nt which they had with them\, and bowed down to him to the ground.  And he 
 inquired about their welfare\, and said\, "Is your father well\, the old ma
 n of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"  They said\, "Your servant our fat
 her is well\, he is still alive." And they bowed their heads and made obeis
 ance.  And he lifted up his eyes\, and saw his brother Benjamin\, his mothe
 r's son\, and said\, "Is this your youngest brother\, of whom you spoke to 
 me? God be gracious to you\, my son!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for his hea
 rt yearned for his brother\, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered 
 his chamber and wept there.  Then he washed his face and came out\; and con
 trolling himself he said\, "Let food be served." \n\n (Chapter 45:1-16) The
 n Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him\; and 
 he cried\, "Make every one go out from me." So no one stayed with him when 
 Joseph made himself known to his brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so that the
  Egyptians heard it\, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.  And Joseph sa
 id to his brothers\, "I am Joseph\; is my father still alive?" But his brot
 hers could not answer him\, for they were dismayed at his presence.  So Jos
 eph said to his brothers\, "Come near to me\, I pray you." And they came ne
 ar. And he said\, "I am your brother\, Joseph\, whom you sold into Egypt.  
 And now do not be distressed\, or angry with yourselves\, because you sold 
 me here\; for God sent me before you to preserve life.  For the famine has 
 been in the land these two years\; and there are yet five years in which th
 ere will be neither plowing nor harvest.  And God sent me before you to pre
 serve for you a remnant on earth\, and to keep alive for you many survivors
 .  So it was not you who sent me here\, but God\; and he has made me a fath
 er to Pharaoh\, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Eg
 ypt.  Make haste and go up to my father and say to him\, 'Thus says your so
 n Joseph\, God has made me lord of all Egypt\; come down to me\, do not tar
 ry\; you shall dwell in the land of Goshen\, and you shall be near me\, you
  and your children and your children's children\, and your flocks\, your he
 rds\, and all that you have\; and there I will provide for you\, for there 
 are yet five years of famine to come\; lest you and your household\, and al
 l that you have\, come to poverty.'  And now your eyes see\, and the eyes o
 f my brother Benjamin see\, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.  You mu
 st tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt\, and of all that you have se
 en. Make haste and bring my father down here."  Then he fell upon his broth
 er Benjamin's neck and wept\; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And he kiss
 ed all his brothers and wept upon them\; and after that his brothers talked
  with him.  When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's brothe
 rs have come\," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Proverbs 21:23-22:4\nHe who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps h
 imself out of trouble.  "Scoffer" is the name of the proud\, haughty man wh
 o acts with arrogant pride.  The desire of the sluggard kills him for his h
 ands refuse to labor.  All day long the wicked covets\, but the righteous g
 ives and does not hold back.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination
 \; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.  A false witness will 
 perish\, but the word of a man who hears will endure.  A wicked man puts on
  a bold face\, but an upright man considers his ways.  No wisdom\, no under
 standing\, no counsel\, can avail against the LORD.  The horse is made read
 y for the day of battle\, but the victory belongs to the LORD.  A good name
  is to be chosen rather than great riches\, and favor is better than silver
  or gold.  The rich and the poor meet together\; the LORD is the maker of t
 hem all.  A prudent man sees danger and hides himself\; but the simple go o
 n\, and suffer for it.  The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is ric
 hes and honor and life.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\; Anastasios\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Porphyr
 ios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2
 1:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their
  hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and p
 risons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's s
 ake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in 
 your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you
  a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withst
 and or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers an
 d kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will b
 e hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish.
  By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timoth
 y 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus
 \, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithfu
 l men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good s
 oldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pu
 rsuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete i
 s not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardwork
 ing farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what 
 I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemembe
 r Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached i
 n my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like 
 a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everyth
 ing for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Chri
 st Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.
   If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  
 If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you a
 re not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the worl
 d hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not grea
 ter than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if
  they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do 
 to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had 
 not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have n
 o excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had no
 t done among them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin
 \; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfil
 l the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\
 n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Fathe
 r\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear 
 witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me 
 from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling a
 way.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming
  when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria\; Leontios the 
 Myrrh-Streamer of Argos\; Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 4:13-25\nBrethren\, the promise to Abraham and h
 is descendants\, that they should inherit the world\, did not come through 
 the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of t
 he law who are to be the heirs\, faith is null and the promise is void. For
  the law brings wrath\, but where there is no law there is no transgression
 . That is why it depends on faith\, in order that the promise may rest on g
 race and be guaranteed to all his descendants -- not only to the adherents 
 of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham\, for he is the
  father of us all\, as it is written\, "I have made you the father of many 
 nations" -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed\, who gives life
  to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope
  he believed against hope\, that he should become the father of many nation
 s\; as he had been told\, "So shall your descendants be." He did not weaken
  in faith when he considered his own body\, which was as good as dead becau
 se he was about a hundred years old\, or when he considered the barrenness 
 of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God\,
  but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God\, fully convinced 
 that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was "re
 ckoned to him as righteousness." But the words\, "it was reckoned to him\,"
  were written not for his sake alone\, but for ours also. It will be reckon
 ed to us who believe in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord\, who 
 was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Matthew 7:21-23\nThe Lord said\, "Not every one who says to m
 e\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the
  will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me\, 'Lor
 d\, Lord\, did we not prophesy in your name\, and cast out demons in your n
 ame\, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to th
 em\, 'I never knew you\; depart from me\, you evildoers.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary of Egypt\; Euthemios of Suzdal\; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyr
 s\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 8:13-9:7\nBut the LORD of
  hosts\, him you shall regard as holy\; let him be your fear\, and let him 
 be your dread.  And he will become a sanctuary\, and a stone of offense\, a
 nd a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel\, a trap and a snare to the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble thereon\; they shall fal
 l and be broken\; they shall be snared and taken."  \n\n Bind up the testim
 ony\, seal the teaching among my disciples.  I will wait for the LORD\, who
  is hiding his face from the house of Jacob\, and I will hope in him.  Beho
 ld\, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents i
 n Israel from the LORD of hosts\, who dwells on Mount Zion.  And when they 
 say to you\, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter\," s
 hould not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behal
 f of the living?  To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this wor
 d which they speak there is no dawn.  They will pass through the land\, gre
 atly distressed and hungry\; and when they are hungry\, they will be enrage
 d and will curse their king and their God\, and turn their faces upward\; a
 nd they will look to the earth\, but behold\, distress and darkness\, the g
 loom of anguish\; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.  \n\n But th
 ere will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he bro
 ught into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\, but in th
 e latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea\, the land beyond th
 e Jordan\, Galilee of the nations.  The people who walked in darkness have 
 seen a great light\; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness\, on them h
 as light shined.  Thou hast multiplied the nation\, thou hast increased its
  joy\; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest\, as men rejoice
  when they divide the spoil.  For the yoke of his burden\, and the staff fo
 r his shoulder\, the rod of his oppressor\, thou hast broken as on the day 
 of Midian.  For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and eve
 ry garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.  For to us 
 a child is born\, to us a son is given\; and the government will be upon hi
 s shoulder\, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor\, Mighty God\
 , Everlasting Father\, Prince of Peace."  Of the increase of his government
  and of peace there will be no end\, upon the throne of David\, and over hi
 s kingdom\, to establish it\, and to uphold it with justice and with righte
 ousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the LORD of host
 s will do this.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 6:9-22\n These are the ge
 nerations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man\, blameless in his generation\;
  Noah walked with God.  And Noah had three sons\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.
   Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight\, and the earth was filled with 
 violence.  And God saw the earth\, and behold\, it was corrupt\; for all fl
 esh had corrupted their way upon the earth.  And God said to Noah\, "I have
  determined to make an end of all flesh\; for the earth is filled with viol
 ence through them\; behold\, I will destroy them with the earth.  Make your
 self an ark of gopher wood\; make rooms in the ark\, and cover it inside an
 d out with pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark th
 ree hundred cubits\, its breadth fifty cubits\, and its height thirty cubit
 s.  Make a roof for the ark\, and finish it to a cubit above\; and set the 
 door of the ark in its side\; make it with lower\, second\, and third decks
 .  For behold\, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth\, to destroy 
 all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven\; everything tha
 t is on the earth shall die.  But I will establish my covenant with you\; a
 nd you shall come into the ark\, you\, your sons\, your wife\, and your son
 s' wives with you.  And of every living thing of all flesh\, you shall brin
 g two of every sort into the ark\, to keep them alive with you\; they shall
  be male and female.  Of the birds according to their kinds\, and of the an
 imals according to their kinds\, of every creeping thing of the ground acco
 rding to its kind\, two of every sort shall come in to you\, to keep them a
 live.  Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten\, and store it u
 p\; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."  Noah did this\; he d
 id all that God commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 8:1-21\nD
 oes not wisdom call\, does not understanding raise her voice? On the height
 s beside the way\, in the paths she takes her stand\; beside the gates in f
 ront of the town\, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:  "To you
 \, O men\, I call\, and my cry is to the sons of men.O simple ones\, learn 
 prudence\; O foolish men\, pay attention.  Hear\, for I will speak noble th
 ings\, and from my lips will come what is right\; for my mouth will utter t
 ruth\; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  All the words of my mouth 
 are righteous\; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.  They are all 
 straight to him who understands and right to those who find knowledge.  Tak
 e my instruction instead of silver\, and knowledge rather than choice gold\
 ; for wisdom is better than jewels\, and all that you may desire cannot com
 pare with her.  I\, wisdom\, dwell in prudence\, and I find knowledge and d
 iscretion.  The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and
  the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.  I have counsel and sound wis
 dom\, I have insight\, I have strength.  By me kings reign\, and rulers dec
 ree what is just\; by me princes rule\, and nobles govern the earth.  I lov
 e those who love me\, and those who seek me diligently find me.  Riches and
  honor are with me\, enduring wealth and prosperity.  My fruit is better th
 an gold\, even fine gold\, and my yield than choice silver.  I walk in the 
 way of righteousness\, in the paths of justice\, endowing with wealth those
  who love me\, and filling their treasuries.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension\; Hilarion the New of 
 Dalmation Monastery\; Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt\; 5 Virgins of Ca
 esarea:  Martha\, Mary\, Cyris\, Valeria & Marcia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil
  Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 27:1-44\;28:1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it w
 as decided that we should sail for Italy\, they delivered Paul and some oth
 er prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort\, named Julius. And emba
 rking in a ship of Adramyttium\, which was about to sail to the ports along
  the coast of Asia\, we put to sea\, accompanied by Aristarchos\, a Macedon
 ian from Thessalonica. The next day we put in at Sidon\; and Julius treated
  Paul kindly\, and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. An
 d putting to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus\, because the
  winds were against us. And when we had sailed across the sea which is off 
 Cilicia and Pamphylia\, we came to Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found
  a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy\, and put us on board. We sailed sl
 owly for a number of days\, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidos\, and as
  the wind did not allow us to go on\, we sailed under the lee of Crete off 
 Salmone. Coasting along it with difficulty\, we came to a place called Fair
  Havens\, near which was the city of Lasea.\n\nAs much time had been lost\,
  and the voyage was already dangerous because the fast had already gone by\
 , Paul advised them\, saying\, "Sirs\, I perceive that the voyage will be w
 ith injury and much loss\, not only of the cargo and the ship\, but also of
  our lives." But the centurion paid more attention to the captain and to th
 e owner of the ship than to what Paul said. And because the harbor was not 
 suitable to winter in\, the majority advised to put to sea from there\, on 
 the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix\, a harbor of Crete\, look
 ing northeast and southeast\, and winter there.\n\nAnd when the south wind 
 blew gently\, supposing that they had obtained their purpose\, they weighed
  anchor and sailed along Crete\, close inshore. But soon a tempestuous wind
 \, called the northeaster\, struck down from the land\; and when the ship w
 as caught and could not face the wind\, we gave way to it and were driven. 
 And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda\, we managed with 
 difficulty to secure the boat\; after hoisting it up\, they took measures t
 o undergird the ship\; then\, fearing that they should run on the Syrtis\, 
 they lowered the gear\, and so were driven. As we were violently storm-toss
 ed\, they began next day to throw cargo overboard\; and the third day they 
 cast with their own hands the tackle of the ship. And when neither sun nor 
 stars appeared for many a day\, and no small tempest lay on us\, all hope o
 f our being saved was at last abandoned.\n\nAs they had been long without f
 ood\, Paul then came forward among them and said\, "Men\, you should have l
 istened to me\, and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this i
 njury and loss. I now bid you take heart\; for there will be no loss of lif
 e among you\, but only of the ship. For this very night there stood by me a
 n angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship\, and he said\, 'Do 
 not be afraid\, Paul\; you must stand before Caesar\; and lo\, God has gran
 ted you all those who sail with you.' So take heart\, men\, for I have fait
 h in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. But we shall have to 
 run on some island."\n\nWhen the fourteenth night had come\, as we were dri
 fting across the sea of Adria\, about midnight the sailors suspected that t
 hey were nearing land. So they sounded and found twenty fathoms\; a little 
 farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms. And fearing that w
 e might run on the rocks\, they let out four anchors from the stern\, and p
 rayed for the day to come. And as the sailors were seeking to escape from t
 he ship\, and had lowered the boat into the sea\, under pretense of laying 
 out anchors from the bow\, Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers\, 'U
 nless these men stay in the ship\, you cannot be saved." Then the soldiers 
 cut away the ropes of the boat\, and let it go.\n\nAs day was about to dawn
 \, Paul urged them all to take some food\, saying\, "Today is the fourteent
 h day that you have continued in suspense and without food\, having taken n
 othing. Therefore I urge you to take some food\; it will give you strength\
 , since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you." And when he h
 ad said this\, he took bread\, and giving thanks to God in the presence of 
 all he broke it and began to eat. Then they all were encouraged and ate som
 e food themselves. (We were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in t
 he ship.) And when they had eaten enough\, they lightened the ship\, throwi
 ng out the wheat into the sea.\n\nNow when it was day\, they did not recogn
 ize the land\, but they noticed a bay with a beach\, on which they planned 
 if possible to bring the ship ashore. So they cast off the anchors and left
  them in the sea\, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudde
 rs\; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. But st
 riking a shoal they ran the vessel aground\; the bow stuck and remained imm
 ovable\, and the stern was broken up by the surf. The soldiers' plan was to
  kill the prisoners\, lest any should swim away and escape\; but the centur
 ion\, wishing to save Paul\, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He 
 ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make f
 or the land\, and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it wa
 s that all escaped to land.\n\nAfter we had escaped\, we then learned that 
 the island was called Malta. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:18-26\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "As you\, Father\, did se
 nd me into the world\, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sa
 ke I consecrate myself\, that they also may be consecrated in truth.\n\n"I 
 do not pray for these only\, but also for those who believe in me through t
 heir word\, that they may all be one\; even as you\, Father\, are in me\, a
 nd I in you\, that they also may be in us\, so that the world may believe t
 hat you have sent me. The glory which you have given me I have given to the
 m\, that they may be one even as we are one\, I in them and you in me\, tha
 t they may become perfectly one\, so that the world may know that you have 
 sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father\, I desire th
 at they also\, whom you have given me\, may be with me where I am\, to beho
 ld my glory which you have given me in your love for me before the foundati
 on of the world. O righteous Father\, the world has not known you\, but I h
 ave known you\; and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them 
 your name\, and I will make it known\, that the love with which you have lo
 ved me may be in them\, and I in them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/31/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Nativity\; Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savio
 r\, Jesus Christ\; Melania the Younger\, Nun of Rome\; The Martyr and Presb
 yter Zoticus of Rome\, Patron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Read
 ing: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, an
 d as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in
  white\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one
  at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to
  them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where the
 y have laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, b
 ut she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are
  you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she sai
 d to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have lai
 d Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned a
 nd said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to h
 er\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go 
 to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Fathe
 r\, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\
 , "I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things 
 to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 4:5-8\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, always be 
 steady\, endure suffering\, do the work of an evangelist\, fulfil your mini
 stry.\n\nFor I am already on the point of being sacrificed\; the time of my
  departure has come.  I have fought the good fight\, I have finished the ra
 ce\, I have kept the faith.  Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown o
 f righteousness\, which the Lord\, the righteous judge\, will award to me o
 n that Day\, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearin
 g.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8\nThe beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Chri
 st\, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophets\, 'Behold\, I send my
  messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way\; the voice of one
  crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths str
 aight.' John was baptizing in the wilderness\, preaching a baptism of repen
 tance for the forgiveness of sins. And there went out to him all the countr
 y of Judea\, and all the people of Jerusalem\; and they were baptized by hi
 m in the river Jordan\, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with ca
 mel's hair\, and had a leather girdle around his waist\, and ate locusts an
 d wild honey. And he preached\, saying\, "After me comes he who is mightier
  than I\, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and unti
 e. I have baptized you with water\; but he will baptize you with the Holy S
 pirit."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\; Lydia of Philippi\, Equal to the Apostles
 \; Mark the Hermit\; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan of Moscow\; John\, Joseph
 \, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:25\;13.1-12\n
 In those days\, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had ful
 filled their mission\, bringing with them John whose other name was Mark. N
 ow in the Church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers\, Barnabas\, S
 imeon who was called Niger\, Lucius of Cyrene\, Manaen a member of the cour
 t of Herod the tetrarch\, and Saul. While they were worshipping the Lord an
 d fasting\, the Holy Spirit said\, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for 
 the work to which I have called them." Then after fasting and praying they 
 laid their hands on them and sent them off. So\, being sent out by the Holy
  Spirit\, they went down to Seleucia\; and from there they sailed to Cyprus
 . When they arrived at Salamis\, they proclaimed the word of God in the syn
 agogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them. When they had gone t
 hrough the whole island as far as Paphos\, they came upon a certain magicia
 n\, a Jewish false prophet\, named Bar-Jesus. He was with the proconsul\, S
 ergius Paulus\, a man of intelligence\, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and 
 sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the magician (for that is the me
 aning of his name) withstood them\, seeking to turn away the proconsul from
  the faith. But Saul\, who is also called Paul\, filled with the Holy Spiri
 t\, looked intently at him and said\, "You son of the devil\, you enemy of 
 all righteousness\, full of all deceit and villainy\, will you not stop mak
 ing crooked the straight paths of the Lord? And now\, behold\, the hand of 
 the Lord is upon you\, and you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for
  a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him and he went about see
 king people to lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul believed\, when he 
 saw what had occurred\, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.\
 n\nGospel Reading: John 8:51-59\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\
 , "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my word\, he will never 
 see death." The Jews said to him\, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abra
 ham died\, as did the prophets\; and you say\, 'If any one keeps my word\, 
 he will never taste death.' Are you greater than our father Abraham\, who d
 ied? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?" Jesus answered\, "If I
  glorify myself\, my glory is nothing\; it is my Father who glorifies me\, 
 of whom you say that he is your God. But you have not known him\; I know hi
 m. If I said\, I do not know him\, I should be a liar like you\; but I do k
 now him and I keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to se
 e my day\; and he saw it and was glad." The Jews then said to him\, "You ar
 e not yet fifty years old\, and have you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them\
 , "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, before Abraham was\, I am." So they took 
 up stones to throw at him\; but Jesus hid himself\, and went out of the tem
 ple.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\; Cyril\, Equal-to-the-Apostles 
 & Teacher of the Slavs\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth\; Abraham\, Bis
 hop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 2:7-1
 7\nBrethren\, I am writing you no new commandment\, but an old commandment 
 which you had from the beginning\; the old commandment is the word which yo
 u have heard.  Yet I am writing you a new commandment\, which is true in hi
 m and in you\, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is a
 lready shining.  He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in
  the darkness still.  He who loves his brother abides in the light\, and in
  it there is no cause for stumbling.  But he who hates his brother is in th
 e darkness and walks in the darkness\, and does not know where he is going\
 , because the darkness has blinded his eyes.  I am writing to you\, little 
 children\, because your sins are forgiven for his sake.  I am writing to yo
 u\, fathers\, because you know him who is from the beginning.  I am writing
  to you\, young men\, because you have overcome the evil one.  I write to y
 ou\, children\, because you know the Father.  I write to you\, fathers\, be
 cause you know him who is from the beginning.  I write to you\, young men\,
  because you are strong\, and the word of God abides in you\, and you have 
 overcome the evil one.  Do not love the world or the things in the world.  
 If any one loves the world\, love for the Father is not in him.  For all th
 at is in the world\, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the
  pride of life\, is not of the Father but is of the world.  And the world p
 asses away\, and the lust of it\; but he who does the will of God abides fo
 r ever. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:3-9\nAt that time\, while Jesus was at 
 Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, as he sat at table\, a woman came
  with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard\, very costly\, and she b
 roke the flask and poured it over his head.  But there were some who said t
 o themselves indignantly\, "Why was the ointment thus wasted?  For this oin
 tment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii\, and given 
 to the poor."  And they reproached her.  But Jesus said\, "Let her alone\; 
 why do you trouble her?  She has done a beautiful thing to me.  For you alw
 ays have the poor with you\, and whenever you will\, you can do good to the
 m\; but you will not always have me.  She has done what she could\; she has
  anointed my body beforehand for burying.  And truly\, I say to you\, where
 ver the gospel is preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be t
 old in memory of her."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Gre
 gory of Nyssa\; Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\; Theosebia the Deaconess\, s
 ister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\; Markianos\, Priest and Oikono
 mos of the Great Church\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:7-13
 \nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Chri
 st's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he ascended on high he led a host o
 f captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He ascended\," what d
 oes it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the eart
 h? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens\, tha
 t he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostle
 s\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, to equip
  the saints for the work of ministry\, for building up the body of Christ\,
  until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the 
 Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of the stature of the fulln
 ess of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the te
 trarch\, who had been reproved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, 
 and for all the evil things that Herod had done\, added this to them all\, 
 that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, and
  when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened\
 , and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a
  voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well plea
 sed."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/28/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Chariton the Confessor\; Our Righteous Father Alkeisonus\, Metropolita
 n of Nicopolis\; Old Epirus\; Baruch the Prophet\; Neophytos & Auxentios th
 e Martyrs of Cyprus\; Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince of the Czechs\n\nEpist
 le Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let
  light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the lig
 ht of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we ha
 ve this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power b
 elongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crush
 ed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\
 ; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death o
 f Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  
 For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, s
 o that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death i
 s at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of fait
 h as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, an
 d so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us als
 o with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all for yo
 ur sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase 
 thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples
  and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seaco
 ast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their dise
 ases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And al
 l the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed 
 them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed 
 are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunge
 r now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for yo
 u shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude y
 ou and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son 
 of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward 
 is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn\; Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diod
 ore\, Victor\, Victorinus\, Pappias\, Nicephorus\, and Serapion\; Theodora 
 the Righteous of Thessaloniki\; Agathopodes and Theodulos the Martyrs\; Geo
 rge the new Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: H
 ebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and
  an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which w
 ere the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is calle
 d the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of
  Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant co
 vered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the man
 na\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above i
 t were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things 
 we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, t
 he priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual dut
 ies\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a yea
 r\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the er
 rors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, M
 ary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, 
 and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Eliz
 abeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizab
 eth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Bl
 essed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why 
 is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For beho
 ld\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb 
 leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfi
 llment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My s
 oul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he h
 as regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all g
 enerations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great thing
 s for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three mo
 nths\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/18/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs 
 of Nicomedea\; Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Isaiah 7:1-14\nIn the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son
  of Uzziah\, king of Judah\, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of R
 emaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it\, bu
 t they could not conquer it.  When the house of David was told\, "Syria is 
 in league with Ephraim\," his heart and the heart of his people shook as th
 e trees of the forest shake before the wind.\n\nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah
 \, "Go forth to meet Ahaz\, you and Shearjashub your son\, at the end of th
 e conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field\, and say 
 to him\, 'Take heed\, be quiet\, do not fear\, and do not let your heart be
  faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce
  anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Ep
 hraim and the son of Remaliah\, has devised evil against you\, saying\,  "L
 et us go up against Judah and terrify it\, and let us conquer it for oursel
 ves\, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it\," thus says 
 the Lord GOD: It shall not stand\, and it shall not come to pass.  For the 
 head of Syria is Damascus\, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixt
 y-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be 
 a people.)  And the head of Ephraim is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is
  the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe\, surely you shall not be est
 ablished.'"\n\nAgain the LORD spoke to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD your
  God\; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I will
  not ask\, and I will not put the LORD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear t
 hen\, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men\, that you we
 ary my God also?  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold\,
  a virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and shall call his name Immanuel.
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 5:32-6:8\n After Noah was five hundred y
 ears old\, Noah became the father of Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men be
 gan to multiply on the face of the ground\, and daughters were born to them
 \, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair\; and they took 
 to wife such of them as they chose.  Then the LORD said\, "My spirit shall 
 not abide in man for ever\, for he is flesh\, but his days shall be a hundr
 ed and twenty years."  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days\, and a
 lso afterward\, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men\, and 
 they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old\, th
 e men of renown.  \n\n The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in
  the earth\, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was on
 ly evil continually.  And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the ea
 rth\, and it grieved him to his heart.  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out
  man whom I have created from the face of the ground\, man and beast and cr
 eeping things and birds of the air\, for I am sorry that I have made them."
   But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: P
 roverbs 6:20-7:1\nMy son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake not
  your mother's teaching.  Bind them upon your heart always\; tie them about
  your neck.  When you walk\, they will lead you\; when you lie down\, they 
 will watch over you\; and when you awake\, they will talk with you.  For th
 e commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light\, and the reproofs of disc
 ipline are the way of life\, to preserve you from the evil woman\, from the
  smooth tongue of the adventuress.  Do not desire her beauty in your heart\
 , and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes\; for a harlot may be h
 ired for a loaf of bread\, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.  Can
  a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?  Or can one w
 alk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?  So is he who goes in to h
 is neighbor's wife\; none who touches her will go unpunished.  Do not men d
 espise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?  And
  if he is caught\, he will pay sevenfold\; he will give all the goods of hi
 s house.  He who commits adultery has no sense\; he who does it destroys hi
 mself.  Wounds and dishonor will he get\, and his disgrace will not be wipe
 d away.  For jealousy makes a man furious\, and he will not spare when he t
 akes revenge.  He will accept no compensation\, nor be appeased though you 
 multiply gifts.  My son\, keep my words and treasure up my commandments wit
 h you.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/30/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia\; Mardonios & Stratonikos 
 the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:13-24\nBrethren\, be watch
 ful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, be strong. Let all that yo
 u do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know that the household of Steph
 anas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they have devoted themselves t
 o the service of the saints\; I urge you to be subject to such men and to e
 very fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fo
 rtunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up for your absence\; for th
 ey refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men. The 
 churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca\, together with the chur
 ch in their house\, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren
  send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I\, Paul\, write this 
 greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lord\, let him be
  accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My lov
 e be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:42-4
 7\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is co
 ming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in what part of the
  night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would not have let 
 his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; for the Son of
  man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is the faithful and w
 ise servant whom his master has set over his household\, to give them their
  food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he c
 omes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all hi
 s possessions."\n\n
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SUMMARY: Gregory the Illuminator\, Bishop of Armenia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220520
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Icalcd0ac5388e29af11667eae2523193b5b
CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Ac
 acius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\; Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonder
 worker\; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:34-43\
 nIn those days\, Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I perceive that Go
 d shows no partiality\, but in every nation any one who fears him and does 
 what is right is acceptable to him. You know the word which he sent to Isra
 el\, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)\, the
  word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea\, beginning from Galilee af
 ter the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth wit
 h the Holy Spirit and with power\; how he went about doing good and healing
  all that were oppressed by the devil\, for God was with him. And we are wi
 tnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem
 . They put him to death by hanging him on a tree\; but God raised him on th
 e third day and made him manifest\; not to all the people but to us who wer
 e chosen by God as witnesses\, who ate and drank with him after he rose fro
 m the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people\, and to testify th
 at he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To
  him all the prophets bear witness that every one who believes in him recei
 ves forgiveness of sins through his name."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:12-20\
 nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who
  follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life." T
 he Pharisees then said to him\, "You are bearing witness to yourself\; your
  testimony is not true." Jesus answered\, "Even if I do bear witness to mys
 elf\, my testimony is true\, for I know whence I have come and whither I am
  going\, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going. You judge
  according to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge\, my judgm
 ent is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he who sent me. 
 In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true\; I bear wi
 tness to myself\, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me." They sai
 d to him therefore\, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered\, "You know nei
 ther me nor my Father\; if you knew me\, you would know my Father also." Th
 ese words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taught in the temple\; but no on
 e arrested him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs
  Acacius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220702
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
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CREATED:19000101T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/01/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\; Constantine the New Martyr of
  Cyprus\; Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\; Germanus\, Bishop of t
 he Isle of Man\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cor
 inthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are the body of Christ and indivi
 dually members of it.  And God has appointed in the church first apostles\,
  second prophets\, third teachers\, then workers of miracles\, then healers
 \, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in various kinds of tongues.  Are al
 l apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  D
 o all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak with tongues?  Do all interpr
 et?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  And I will show you a still mo
 re excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels\, but hav
 e not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophet
 ic powers\, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge\, and if I have 
 all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  
 If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver my body to be burned\, but hav
 e not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous
  or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own 
 way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but
  rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes
  all things\, endures all things. Love never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and 
 gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal e
 very disease and every infirmity.  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging t
 hem\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\
 , but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And preach as yo
 u go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise 
 the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.  You received without paying\,
  give without pay."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/02/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mammas the Martyr\; John the Abstainer\, Patriarch of Constantinople\;
  Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cosmas the Hermit\; Ammon & Aeithalas
  the Martyrs of Thrace\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we kn
 ow that everything works for good with those who love God\, who are called 
 according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined t
 o be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that he might be the firs
 t-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predestined he also called\;
  and those whom he called he also justified\; and those whom he justified h
 e also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  If God is for us\, wh
 o is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us a
 ll\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who shall bring any cha
 rge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It 
 is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at
  the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. Who shall separate u
 s from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecutio
 n\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "Fo
 r thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we are regarded as sheep 
 to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors t
 hrough him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor
  angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor things to come\, no
 r powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else in all creation\, wil
 l be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 24:13-28\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who 
 endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be pr
 eached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to all nations\; and the
 n the end will come.\n\n"So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of
  by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (let the reader underst
 and)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; let him who 
 is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house\; and let him w
 ho is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. And alas for those who
  are with child and for those who give suck in those days! Pray that your f
 light may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then there will be great tr
 ibulation\, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now\
 , no\, and never will be. And if those days had not been shortened\, no hum
 an being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect those days will be 
 shortened. Then if any one says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'The
 re he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will ari
 se and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, if possible\, 
 even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\, if they say to you\, 
 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is 
 in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from th
 e east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of 
 man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together."\n\
 n
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SUMMARY:Mammas the Martyr
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\; Saint Vincent of Lerins\; Meletio
 s the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\; Gregory\, Archbishop of Novgorod\
 n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remain
 ed in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord\, with many oth
 ers also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return
  and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the L
 ord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas wanted to take with them John cal
 led Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn
  from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with them to the work. And there
  arose a sharp contention\, so that they separated from each other\; Barnab
 as took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and 
 departed\, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he
  went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening the churches. \n\nGospel Re
 ading: John 10:27-38\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "My sheep
  hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and I give them ete
 rnal life\, and they shall never perish\, and no one shall snatch them out 
 of my hand. My Father\, who has given them to me\, is greater than all\, an
 d no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father 
 are one."\n\nThe Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered the
 m\, "I have shown you many good works from the Father\; for which of these 
 do you stone me?" The Jews answered him\, "It is not for a good work that w
 e stone you but for blasphemy\; because you\, being a man\, make yourself G
 od." Jesus answered them\, "Is it not written in your law\, 'I said\, you a
 re gods?' If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scriptur
 e cannot be broken)\, do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sen
 t into the world\, 'You are blaspheming\,' because I said\, 'I am the Son o
 f God'? If I am not doing the works of my Father\, then do not believe me\;
  but if I do them\, even though you do not believe me\, believe my works\, 
 that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the F
 ather."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\; Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\
 ; Saint Theodore\, Bishop of Edessa\; Translation of the Holy Relics of Rig
 hteous Seraphim of Sarov\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 11:25-36
 \nBrethren\, lest you be wise in your own conceits\, I want you to understa
 nd this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel\, until the full 
 number of Gentiles come in\, and so all Israel will be saved\; as it is wri
 tten\, "The Deliverer will come from Zion\, he will banish ungodliness from
  Jacob"\; "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their si
 ns." As regards the gospel they are enemies of God\, for your sake\; but as
  regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For t
 he gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Just as you were once disobed
 ient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience\, so 
 they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they
  also may receive mercy. For God has consigned all men to disobedience\, th
 at he may have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches and wisdom and kno
 wledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his w
 ays! "For who has known the mind of the Lord\, or who has been his counselo
 r?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him 
 and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:1-8\nAt that time\, Jesus went through the gr
 ain fields on the sabbath\; his disciples were hungry\, and they began to p
 luck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it\, they said t
 o him\, "Look\, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sa
 bbath." He said to them\, "Have you not read what David did\, when he was h
 ungry\, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and at
 e the bread of the Presence\, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor fo
 r those who were with him\, but only for the priests? Or have you not read 
 in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath
 \, and are guiltless? I tell you\, something greater than the temple is her
 e. And if you had known what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifi
 ce\,' you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lor
 d of the sabbath."\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Macrina the Righteous\, sister of St. Basil
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220131
DTSTAMP:20260415T193641Z
UID:Ical094c84cfb2ea04ada525b751918277a4
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/30/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologi
 an\, & John Chrysostom\; Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\; Athanasia the Martyr &
  her 3 daughters\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, bei
 ng raised from the dead\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Se
 a of Tiberias\; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas c
 alled the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and t
 wo others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am 
 going fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and
  got into the boat\; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was br
 eaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\; but the disciples did not know that it 
 was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answer
 ed him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boa
 t\, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able t
 o haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said
  to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\,
  he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the
  sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of f
 ish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off.\
 n\nWhen they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there\, with fish l
 ying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that y
 ou have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\
 , full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although the
 re were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have
  breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him\, "Who are you?" They 
 knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, a
 nd so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to
  the disciples after he was raised from the dead.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebre
 ws 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the w
 ord of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith.
   Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led
  away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be s
 trengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adhere
 nts.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to
  eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanc
 tuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp
 .  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people 
 through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp a
 nd bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we se
 ek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up
  a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledg
 e his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for suc
 h sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set o
 n a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\
 , but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light 
 so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to y
 our Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law
  and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  F
 or truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, n
 ot a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then 
 relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall b
 e called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches 
 them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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SUMMARY:Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theol
 ogian\, & John Chrysostom
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/03/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Mala
 chi the Prophet\; Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\; Righteous Genevieve of P
 aris\; Righteous Peter of Atroas\; Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\; Rig
 hteous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16
 \;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good sta
 nding for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Chr
 ist Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions
  to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in
  the household of God\, which is the church of the living God\, the pillar 
 and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our
  religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\,
  \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in the wor
 ld\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later ti
 mes some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and
  doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences a
 re seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God 
 created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the 
 truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejecte
 d if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the w
 ord of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:1-6\nAt that time\, Joh
 n the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea\, "Repent\, for the
  kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of by the pro
 phet Isaiah when he said\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: prep
 are the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight." Now John wore a garment
  of camel's hair\, and a leather girdle around his waist\; and his food was
  locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and a
 ll the region about the Jordan\, and they were baptized by him in the river
  Jordan\, confessing their sins.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Friday after Pentecost\; Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\; Triphyllos
  the Bishop of Nicosia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 2:14-28\nBre
 thren\, when Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requir
 es\, they are a law to themselves\, even though they do not have the law. T
 hey show that what the law requires is written on their hearts\, while thei
 r conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or pe
 rhaps excuse them on that day when\, according to my gospel\, God judges th
 e secrets of men by Christ Jesus. But if you call yourself a Jew and rely u
 pon the law and boast of your relation to God and know his will and approve
  what is excellent\, because you are instructed in the law\, and if you are
  sure that you are a guide to the blind\, a light to those who are in darkn
 ess\, a corrector of the foolish\, a teacher of children\, having in the la
 w the embodiment of knowledge and truth - you then who teach others\, will 
 you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing\, do you steal? Y
 ou who say that one must not commit adultery\, do you commit adultery? You 
 who abhor idols\, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law\, do you dis
 honor God by breaking the law? For\, as it is written\, "The name of God is
  blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." Circumcision indeed is of v
 alue if you obey the law\; but if you break the law\, your circumcision bec
 omes uncircumcision. So\, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts 
 of the law\, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? Then 
 those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you wh
 o have the written code and circumcision but break the law. For he is not a
  real Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true circumcision something externa
 l and physical.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:33-41\nThe Lord said\, "You ha
 ve heard that it was said to the men of old\, 'You shall not swear falsely\
 , but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' But I say to you\, Do
  not swear at all\, either by heaven\, for it is the throne of God\, or by 
 the earth\, for it is his footstool\, or by Jerusalem\, for it is the city 
 of the great King. And do not swear by your head\, for you cannot make one 
 hair white or black. Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'\; anything mo
 re than this comes from evil. You have heard that it was said\, 'An eye for
  an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you\, Do not resist one who 
 is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek\, turn to him the ot
 her also\; and if any one would sue you and take your coat\, let him have y
 our cloak as well\; and if any one forces you to go one mile\, go with him 
 two miles."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Saturday\; The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\; Tryphon\, Patriarch 
 of Constantinople\; George the Confessor\; Aelphege the Hieromartyr of Cant
 erbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the ne
 xt day\, that is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the
  Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that im
 postor said\, while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise agai
 n.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, l
 est his disciples go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has ris
 en from the dead\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilat
 e said to them\, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as 
 you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone a
 nd setting a guard.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who h
 ave been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were 
 buried therefore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was rai
 sed from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness
  of life.  For if we have been united with Him in a death like His\, we sha
 ll certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that o
 ur old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroy
 ed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is fre
 ed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall al
 so live with Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will 
 never die again\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died
  He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So 
 you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Je
 sus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 28:1-20\nAfter the sabbath\, towar
 d the dawn of the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
  went to see the sepulcher. And behold\, there was a great earthquake\; for
  an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the st
 one\, and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning\, and his raiment 
 white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead
  men. But the angel said to the women\, "Do not be afraid\; for I know that
  you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here\; for he has risen\, as h
 e said. Come\, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his dis
 ciples that he has risen from the dead\, and behold\, he is going before yo
 u to Galilee\; there you will see him. Lo\, I have told you." So they depar
 ted quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy\, and ran to tell his dis
 ciples. And behold\, Jesus met them and said\, "Hail!" And they came up and
  took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them\, "Do not
  be afraid\; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee\, and there they will
  see me."\n\nWhile they were going\, behold\, some of the guard went into t
 he city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they 
 had assembled with the elders and taken counsel\, they gave a sum of money 
 to the soldiers and said\, "Tell people\, 'His disciples came by night and 
 stole him away while we were asleep.' And if this comes to the governor's e
 ars\, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." So they took the mo
 ney and did as they were directed\; and this story has been spread among th
 e Jews to this day.\n\nNow the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mo
 untain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worship
 ed him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority
  in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make discipl
 es of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
  and of the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commande
 d you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: I Peter 5:6-14\nBRETHREN\, humble yourselves therefore und
 er the mighty hand of God\, that in due time he may exalt you. Cast all you
 r anxieties on him\, for he cares about you. Be sober\, be watchful. Your a
 dversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion\, seeking some one to 
 devour. Resist him\, first in your faith\, knowing that the same experience
  of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world. And aft
 er you have suffered a little while\, the God of all grace\, who has called
  you to his eternal glory in Christ\, will himself restore\, establish and 
 strengthen you. To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nBy Silva
 nos\, a faithful brother as I regard him\, I have written briefly to you\, 
 exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God\; stand fast in 
 it. She who is at Babylon\, who is likewise chosen\, sends you greetings\; 
 and so does my son Mark. Greet one another with the kiss of love.\n\nPeace 
 to all of you that are in Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lor
 d said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects y
 ou rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy
  returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in 
 your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from hea
 ven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpio
 ns\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Neve
 rtheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but
  rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoi
 ced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven an
 d earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding
  and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious wil
 l."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Arethas the Great Martyr and His Fellow Martyrs\; Sebastiane the Marty
 r\; Maglorious of Sark\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to the Philippians 3:8-19\nBrethren\, I count everything as loss because o
 f the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have
  suffered the loss of all things\, and count them as refuse\, in order that
  I may gain Christ\, and be found in him\, not having a righteousness of my
  own\, based on law\, but that which is through faith in Christ\, the right
 eousness from God that depends on faith\; that I may know him and the power
  of his resurrection\, and may share his sufferings\, becoming like him in 
 his death\, that if possible I may attain that resurrection from the dead. 
 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect\; but I press o
 n to make it my own\, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brethren\, 
 I do not consider that I have made it my own\; but one thing I do\, forgett
 ing what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead\, I press on 
 toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Le
 t those of us who are mature be thus minded\; and if in anything you are ot
 herwise minded\, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to
  what we have attained. Brethren\, join in imitating me\, and mark those wh
 o so live as you have an example in us. For many\, of whom I have often tol
 d you and now tell you even with tears\, live as enemies of the cross of Ch
 rist. Their end is destruction\, their god is the belly\, and they glory in
  their shame\, with minds set on earthly things.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10
 :1-15\nAt that time\, the Lord appointed seventy other disciples\, and sent
  them on ahead of him\, two by two\, into every town and place where he him
 self was about to come. And he said to them\, "The harvest is plentiful\, b
 ut the laborers are few\; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send ou
 t laborers into his harvest. Go your way\; behold\, I send you out as lambs
  in the midst of wolves. Carry no purse\, no bag\, no sandals\; and salute 
 no one on the road. Whatever house you enter\, first say\, 'Peace be to thi
 s house!' And if a son of peace is there\, your peace shall rest upon him\;
  but if not\, it shall return to you. And remain in the same house\, eating
  and drinking what they provide\, for the laborer deserves his wages\; do n
 ot go from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and they receive you\,
  eat what is set before you\; heal the sick in it and say to them\, 'The ki
 ngdom of God has come near to you.' But whenever you enter a town and they 
 do not receive you\, go into its streets and say\, 'Even the dust of your t
 own that clings to our feet\, we wipe off against you\; nevertheless know t
 his\, that the kingdom of God has come near.' I tell you\, it shall be more
  tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.\n\n'Woe to you\, Chora
 zin! woe to you\, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been d
 one in Tyre and Sidon\, they would have repented long ago\, sitting in sack
 cloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre an
 d Sidon than for you. And you\, Capernaum\, will you be exalted to heaven? 
 You shall be brought down to Hades."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\; Nikon Metanoeite\; Stylianos the
  Monk of Paphlagonia\; Akakios of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder\; Ge
 orge the New Martyr of Chios\; Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 1:6-10\nBrethren\, you became imitat
 ors of us and of the Lord\, for you received the word in much affliction\, 
 with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit\; so that you became an example to all
  the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the
  Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia\, but your faith in Go
 d has gone forth everywhere\, so that we need not say anything. For they th
 emselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you\, and how you
  turned to God from idols\, to serve a living and true God\, and to wait fo
 r his Son from heaven\, whom he raised from the dead\, Jesus who delivers u
 s from the wrath to come.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:45-48\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold\, saying to 
 them\, "It is written\, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'\; but you hav
 e made it a den of robbers." And he was teaching daily in the temple. The c
 hief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to 
 destroy him\; but they did not find anything they could do\, for all the pe
 ople hung upon his words.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Protomartyr\; Holy Glorious N
 ew Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\; Phocas the Martyr\; Plegmund\, Archbish
 op of Canterbury\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Act
 s 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and power\,
  did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belon
 ged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cyreni
 ans\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, arose 
 and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the 
 Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who said\, 
 "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they
  stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came upon 
 him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up false wi
 tnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy 
 place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth w
 ill destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delivered 
 to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his face wa
 s like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?" An
 d Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appeared 
 to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in Har
 an\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go 
 into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of the
  Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God removed hi
 m from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave him n
 o inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give it to
  him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no child.
 \n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does n
 ot dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is my th
 rone\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says the 
 Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these thin
 gs?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, you al
 ways resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of the 
 prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announce
 d beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betrayed a
 nd murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not k
 eep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and they g
 round their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed int
 o heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right hand of
  God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son of ma
 n standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud voice 
 and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out
  of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garments at
  the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\, he 
 prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with
  a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had
  said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said
  this parable\, "A man planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and
  dug a pit for the wine press\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenan
 ts\, and went into another country. When the time came\, he sent a servant 
 to the tenants\, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And th
 ey took him and beat him\, and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent to
  them another servant\, and they wounded him in the head\, and treated him 
 shamefully. And he sent another\, and him they killed\; and so with many ot
 hers\, some they beat and some they killed. He had still one other\, a belo
 ved son\; finally he sent him to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.
 ' But those tenants said to one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us
  kill him\, and the inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and killed
  him\, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyar
 d do? He will come and destroy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to other
 s. Have you not read this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders rej
 ected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and i
 t is marvelous in our eyes'?" And they tried to arrest him\, but feared the
  multitude\, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them\;
  so they left him and went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception of St. John the Baptist\; Xanthippe & Polyxene the Righ
 teous\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Nicholas the New Martyr\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slav
 e and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to t
 he flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allego
 ry: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing childr
 en for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she cor
 responds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her children
 . But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is writte
 n\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you
  who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are many mor
 e than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:5-25
 \nAt that time\, in the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a priest 
 named Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of the daug
 hters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous b
 efore God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blam
 eless. But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and both were
  advanced in years.\n\nNow while he was serving as priest before God when h
 is division was on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, it fe
 ll to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the 
 whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 
 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side o
 f the altar of incense.\n\nAnd Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, and
  fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zachar
 ias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a so
 n\, and you shall call his name John.\n\nAnd you will have joy and gladness
 \, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lor
 d\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled wit
 h the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of t
 he sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the 
 spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the child
 ren\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the
  Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I kn
 ow this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the a
 ngel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and
  I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\,
  you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things com
 e to pass\, because you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled 
 in their time." And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wonder
 ed at his delay in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to
  them\, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he
  made signs to them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was end
 ed\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\
 , and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to
  me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pimen the Great\; Holy Martyr Phanurius\; Anthousa the Martyr\; Poimen
  of Palestine\; Hosisos the Confessor\; Liverios\, Pope of Rome\; Monica\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:11-16\nBrethren\, our mou
 th is open to you\, Corinthians\; our heart is wide. You are not restricted
  by us\, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return -- I spea
 k as to children -- widen your hearts also.\n\nDo not be mismated with unbe
 lievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fell
 owship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what
  has a believer in common with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple
  of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God\, as God said.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:23-28\nAt that time\, there was in the synagogue 
 of the Jews a man with an unclean spirit\; and he cried out\, "What have yo
 u to do with us\, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know wh
 o you are\, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him\, saying\, "Be sile
 nt\, and come out of him!" And the unclean spirit\, convulsing him and cryi
 ng with a loud voice\, came out of him. And they were all amazed\, so that 
 they questioned among themselves\, saying\, "What is this? A new teaching! 
 With authority he commands even the unclean spirits\, and they obey him." A
 nd at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region
  of Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel\
 , Raphael\, Uriel\, Salaphiel\, Jegudiel\, & Barachiel\n\nMatins Gospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, "See that you do not despise one of
  these little ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always beho
 ld the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save 
 the lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them
  has gone astray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in
  search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to 
 you\, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went as
 tray. So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of the
 se little ones should perish.\n\n"If your brother sins against you\, go and
  tell him his fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\, you
  have gained your brother. But if he does not listen\, take one or two othe
 rs along with you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two
  or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the churc
 h\; and if he refuses to listen even to the church\, let him be to you as a
  Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on e
 arth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be lo
 osed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about any
 thing they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven\, for wher
 e two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if 
 the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobed
 ience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such 
 a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attest
 ed to us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and 
 wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed ac
 cording to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the wo
 rld to come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "
 What is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou ca
 rest for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\
 , thou hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjec
 tion under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he l
 eft nothing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in
  subjection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lowe
 r than the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering o
 f death\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. F
 or it was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in brin
 ging many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfec
 t through suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his
  disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me
 \, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned wit
 h joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" A
 nd he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\,
  I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over
  all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do n
 ot rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that
  your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Ho
 ly Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, tha
 t you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed
  them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Thursday\; Symeon the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Persepolis\, and th
 ose with him\; Makarios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Agapetos of Rome\; Hadrian th
 e New-Martyr\; Donnan\, Abbot of Eigg\, and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\nFa
 st Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 22:1-39\nAt th
 at time\, the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, which is called the Pas
 sover. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put Jesus 
 to death. For they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called 
 Iscariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he went away and conferred
  with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. And t
 hey were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed\, and sought an
  opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Then ca
 me the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacri
 ficed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover fo
 r us\, that we may eat it." They said to him\, "Where will you have us prep
 are it?" He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have entered the city\, a man
  carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him into the house which he
  enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is th
 e guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?' And he wi
 ll show you a large upper room furnished\; there make ready." And they went
 \, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. And w
 hen the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the apostles with him. And he sai
 d to them. "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I
  suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat it again until it is fulfilled i
 n the kingdom of God." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he 
 said\, "Take this\, and divide it among yourselves\; for I tell you that fr
 om now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of G
 od comes. " And he took bread\, and when he had given thanks he broke it an
 d gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my body which is given for you. Do th
 is in remembrance of me." And likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "Thi
 s cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But beho
 ld the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. For the Son of m
 an goes as it has been determined\; but woe to that man by whom he is betra
 yed!" And they began to question one another\, which of them it was that wo
 uld do this. A dispute also arose among them\, which of them was to be rega
 rded as the greatest. And he said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exer
 cise lordship over them\; and those in authority over them are called benef
 actors. But not so with you\; rather let the greatest among you become as t
 he youngest\, and the leader as one who serves. For which is the greater\, 
 one who sits at table\, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at ta
 ble? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have continued
  with me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\,
  a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom\, and sit
  on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Simon\, Simon\, behold\, S
 atan demanded to have you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I have 
 prayed for you that your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned agai
 n\, strengthen your brethren." And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to g
 o with you to prison and to death." He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the coc
 k will not crow this day\, until you three times deny that you know me. " A
 nd he said to them\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals\,
  did you lack anything?" They said\, "Nothing." He said to them\, "But now\
 , let him who has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag. And let him who has
  no sword sell his mantle and buy one. For I tell you that this scripture m
 ust be fulfilled in me\, "And he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for wha
 t is written about me has its fulfillment." And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, 
 here are two swords. " And he said to them\, "It is enough." \n And he came
  out\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disc
 iples followed him.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 11:23-32\nBRETHREN\, 
 I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you\, that the Lord Jesus
  on the night when he was betrayed took bread\, and when he had given thank
 s\, he broke it\, and said\, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in 
 remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup\, after supper\, saying\, 
 "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this\, as often as you drink 
 it\, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink th
 e cup\, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.\n\nWhoever\, therefor
 e\, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will
  be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine h
 imself\, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who eats
  and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himse
 lf. That is why many of you are weak and ill\, and some have died. But if w
 e judged ourselves truly\, we should not be judged. But when we are judged 
 by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with t
 he world.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:1-20\; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 26:21
 -39\; Luke 22:43-44\; Matthew 26:40-75\; 27:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disci
 ples\, "You know that after two days the Passover is coming\, and the Son o
 f man will be delivered up to be crucified."\n\nThen the chief priests and 
 the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest\, who wa
 s called Caiaphas\, and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by s
 tealth and kill him. But they said\, "Not during the feast\, lest there be 
 a tumult among the people."\n\nNow when Jesus was at Bethany in the house o
 f Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very 
 expensive ointment\, and she poured it on his head\, as he sat at table. Bu
 t when the disciples saw it\, they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this wast
 e? For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum\, and given to th
 e poor."\n\nBut Jesus\, aware of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble 
 the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.\n\nFor you always have
  the poor with you\, but you will not always have me.\n\nIn pouring this oi
 ntment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say t
 o you\, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world\, what she has 
 done will be told in memory of her."\n\nThen one of the twelve\, who was ca
 lled Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief priests and said\, "What will you g
 ive me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.
  And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.\n\nNow on the
  first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Wher
 e will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?" He said\, "Go into
  the city to a certain one\, and say to him\, 'The Teacher says\, My time i
 s at hand\; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'" And
  the disciples did as Jesus had directed them\, and they prepared the Passo
 ver. When it was evening\, he sat at table with the twelve disciples.\n\nJe
 sus\, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands\, and tha
 t he had come from God and was going to God\, rose from supper\, laid aside
  his garments\, and girded himself with a towel. Then he poured water into 
 a basin\, and began to wash the disciples' feet\, and to wipe them with the
  towel with which he was girded.\n\nHe came to Simon Peter\; and Peter said
  to him\, "Lord\, do you wash my feet?" Jesus answered him\, "What I am doi
 ng you do not know now\, but afterward you will understand." Peter said to 
 him\, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him\, "If I do not was
 h you\, you have no part in me." Simon Peter said to him\, "Lord\, not my f
 eet only but also my hands and my head!" Jesus said to him\, "He who has ba
 thed does not need to wash\, except for his feet\, but he is clean all over
 \; and you are clean\, but not every one of you." For he knew who was to be
 tray him\; that was why he said\, "You are not all clean."\n\nWhen he had w
 ashed th
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries\; Sergios th
 e Magister\; Pappias the Martyr\; Righteous Fathers Sergius and Herman\, Fo
 unders of Valaam Monastery\; Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the 
 Theotokos \; Paul the Physician of Corinth\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Romans 3:28-31\;4:1-3\nBrethren\, we hold that a man is just
 ified by faith apart from works of law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is 
 he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes\, of Gentiles also\, since God is one\
 ; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and the 
 uncircumcised through their faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this fai
 th? By no means! On the contrary\, we uphold the law. What then shall we sa
 y about Abraham\, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was
  justified by works\, he has something to boast about\, but not before God.
  For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God\, and it was reckon
 ed to him as righteousness."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:24-29\; 8:1-4\nTh
 e Lord said\, "Every one who hears these words of mine and does them will b
 e like a wise man who built his house upon the rock\; and the rain fell\, a
 nd the floods came\, and the winds blew and beat upon that house\, but it d
 id not fall\, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who he
 ars these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who
  built his house upon the sand\; and the rain fell\, and the floods came\, 
 and the winds blew and beat against that house\, and it fell\; and great wa
 s the fall of it." And when Jesus finished these sayings\, the crowds were 
 astonished at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who had authority\, 
 and not as their scribes. When he came down from the mountain\, great crowd
 s followed him\; and behold\, a leper came to him and knelt before him sayi
 ng\, "Lord\, if you will\, you can make me clean." And he stretched out his
  hand and touched him\, saying\, "I will\; be clean." And immediately his l
 eprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him\, "See that you say nothing to a
 ny one\; but go\, show yourself to the priest\, and offer the gift that Mos
 es commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took 
 with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and h
 is raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Mo
 ses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which h
 e was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him wer
 e heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two m
 en who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to
  Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\,
  one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he sa
 id. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them\; and they were af
 raid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\
 , "This is my Son\, my Beloved\; listen to him!" And when the voice had spo
 ken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those
  days anything of what they had seen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:10-19\
 nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you 
 do this you will never fall\; so there will be richly provided for you an e
 ntrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n\nTh
 erefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know the
 m and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as lon
 g as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know th
 at the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ showe
 d me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any t
 ime to recall these things.\n\nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths
  when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glo
 ry from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory
 \, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\," we heard this v
 oice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we 
 have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention t
 o this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the m
 orning star rises in your hearts.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\, and led
  them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them\, and h
 is face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light. And be
 hold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. And Pete
 r said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are here\; if you wish\, I wil
 l make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah
 ." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed them\, and
  a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am wel
 l pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples heard this\, they fell on th
 eir faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them\, say
 ing\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes\, they 
 saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain\, Jesu
 s commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man is raised
  from the dead."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Luke\; Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki\; Kyriakos\, Pa
 triarch of Constantinople\; Procla\, wife of Pontius Pilate\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came
  to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had b
 een taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the 
 other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have t
 aken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him
 ." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the t
 omb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the to
 mb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, 
 but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into
  the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been o
 n His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by 
 itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in
 \, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, t
 hat He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparing
 ly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bo
 untifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or
  under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to prov
 ide you with every blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enou
 gh of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is
  written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness e
 ndures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will
  supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righte
 ousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which thr
 ough us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\n
 At that time\, there came to Jesus a man named Jairus\, who was a ruler of 
 the synagogue\; and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his h
 ouse\, for he had an only daughter\, about twelve years of age\, and she wa
 s dying. As he went\, the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had
  a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physici
 ans and could not be healed by anyone\, came up behind him\, and touched th
 e fringe of his garment\; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jes
 us said\, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it\, Peter and thos
 e who were with him said\, "Master\, the multitudes surround you and press 
 upon you!" But Jesus said\, "Some one touched me\; for I perceive that powe
 r has gone forth from me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden\,
  she came trembling\, and falling down before him declared in the presence 
 of all the people why she had touched him\, and how she had been immediatel
 y healed. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; g
 o in peace." While he was still speaking\, a man from the ruler's house cam
 e and said\, "Your daughter is dead\; do not trouble the Teacher any more."
  But Jesus on hearing this answered him\, "Do not fear\; only believe\, and
  she shall be well." And when he came to the house\, he permitted no one to
  enter with him\, except Peter and John and James\, and the father and moth
 er of the child. And all were weeping and bewailing her\; but he said\, "Do
  not weep\; for she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him\, kn
 owing that she was dead. But taking her by the hand he called\, saying\, "C
 hild\, arise." And her spirit returned\, and she got up at once\; and he di
 rected that something should be given her to eat. And her parents were amaz
 ed\; but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/23/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Ezekiel the Prophet\; Pela
 gia the Righteous of Tinos\; Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others mart
 yred in Lycia\; St. Anna of Levkadio\; The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos
  of Pochaev\; Icon of the Mother of God\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:1-5\nB
 rethren\, I am speaking the truth in Christ\, I am not lying\; my conscienc
 e bears me witness in the Holy Spirit\, that I have great sorrow and unceas
 ing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and c
 ut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren\, my kinsmen by race. They a
 re Israelites\, and to them belong the patriarchs\, and of their race\, acc
 ording to the flesh\, is the Christ\, who is God over all\, blessed for eve
 r. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:18-26\nAt that time\, a ruler came in
  and knelt before Jesus\, saying\, "My daughter has just died\; but come an
 d lay your hand on her\, and she will live." And Jesus rose and followed hi
 m\, with his disciples. And behold\, a woman who had suffered from a hemorr
 hage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garm
 ent\; for she said to herself\, "If I only touch his garment\, I shall be m
 ade well." Jesus turned\, and seeing her he said\, "Take heart\, daughter\;
  your faith has made you well." And instantly the woman was made well. And 
 when Jesus came to the ruler's house\, and saw the flute players\, and the 
 crowd making a tumult\, he said\, "Depart\; for the girl is not dead but sl
 eeping." And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside\,
  he went in and took her by the hand\, and the girl arose. And the report o
 f this went through all that district.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of G
 reater Armenia\; Lucia the Virgin-martyr\; Herman the Wonderworker of Alask
 a & First Saint of America\; Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop of Serbia
 \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 4:9-22\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, d
 o your best to come to me soon. For Demas\, in love with this present world
 \, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica\; Crescens has gone to Galatia\
 , Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you
 \; for he is very useful in serving me. Tychicos I have sent to Ephesos. Wh
 en you come\, bring the cloak that I left with Carpos at Troas\, also the b
 ooks\, and above all the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me great
  harm\; the Lord will requite him for his deeds. Beware of him yourself\, f
 or he strongly opposed our message. At my first defense no one took my part
 \; all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! But the Lord stood 
 by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully\, that all the Gen
 tiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth. The Lord will 
 rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be t
 he glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGreet Prisca and Aquila\, and the hous
 ehold of Onesiphoros. Erastos remained at Corinth\; Trophimos I left ill at
  Miletos. Do your best to come before winter. Eubulos sends greetings to yo
 u\, as do Pudens and Linos and Claudia and all the brethren.\n\nThe Lord be
  with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:30-34
 \nAt that time\, Jesus charged his disciples to tell no one about him\, tha
 t he is the Christ. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suf
 fer many things\, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and t
 he scribes\, and be killed\, and after three days rise again. And he said t
 his plainly. And Peter took him\, and began to rebuke him. But turning and 
 seeing his disciples\, he rebuked Peter\, and said\, "Get behind me\, Satan
 ! For you are not on the side of God\, but of men." And he called to him th
 e multitude with his disciples\, and said to them\, "If any man would come 
 after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Oreste
 s of Greater Armenia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\; Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\; Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: I Thessalonians 2:9-14\nBrethren\, remember our labor and toil\; we
  worked night and day\, that we might not burden any of you\, while we prea
 ched to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses\, and God also\, how holy 
 and righteous and blameless was our behavior to you believers\; for you kno
 w how\, like a father with his children\, we exhorted each one of you and e
 ncouraged you and charged you to lead a life worthy of God\, who calls you 
 into his own kingdom and glory. And we also thank God constantly for this\,
  that when you received the word of God which you heard from us\, you accep
 ted it not as the word of men but as what it really is\, the word of God\, 
 which is at work in you believers. For you\, brethren\, became imitators of
  the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 20:9-18\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man planted a vineyard\, and 
 let it out to tenants\, and went into another country for a long while. Whe
 n the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, that they should give 
 him some of the fruit of the vineyard\; but the tenants beat him\, and sent
  him away empty-handed. And he sent another servant\; him also they beat an
 d treated shamefully\, and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a th
 ird\; this one they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vineyard sa
 id\, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son\; it may be they will res
 pect him.' But when the tenants saw him\, they said to themselves\, 'This i
 s the heir\; let us kill him\, that the inheritance may be ours.' And they 
 cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of th
 e vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants\, and give th
 e vineyard to others." When they heard this\, they said\, "God forbid!" But
  he looked at them and said\, "What then is this that is written: 'The very
  stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner'? Ever
 y one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces\; but when it falls 
 on any one it will crush him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forgiveness Sunday\; Alexis the Man of God\; Paul the Righteous Martyr
 \; Patrick the Enlightener of Ireland\; Marinos the Martyr\; Theocteristos 
 the Confessor\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tom
 b\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two ang
 els in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head a
 nd one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She s
 aid to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know whe
 re they have laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standi
 ng\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, w
 hy are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, s
 he said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you ha
 ve laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She tu
 rned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus sai
 d to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; b
 ut go to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your
  Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disc
 iples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these t
 hings to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 13:11-14\;14:1-4\nBrethren\, salva
 tion is nearer to us now than when we first believed\; the night is far gon
 e\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put
  on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day\
 , not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousness\, 
 not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and mak
 e no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n\nAs for the man wh
 o is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.  One
  believes he may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetables.  L
 et not him who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who abstains
  pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are you to 
 pass judgment on the servant of another?  It is before his own master that 
 he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make him st
 and. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\nThe Lord said\, "If you forgive m
 en their trespasses\, your heavenly Father also will forgive you\; but if y
 ou do not forgive men their trespasses\, neither will your Father forgive y
 our trespasses.\n\n"And when you fast\, do not look dismal\, like the hypoc
 rites\, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by me
 n.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when you f
 ast\, anoint your head and wash your face\, that your fasting may not be se
 en by men but by your Father who is in secret\; and your Father who sees in
  secret will reward you.\n\n"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on eart
 h\, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal\, but 
 lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, where neither moth nor rust con
 sumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure
  is\, there will your heart be also."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\; Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantin
 ople\; Meletios of Ypseni\; Christos the New Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Jam
 es 2:14-26\nBrethren\, what does it profit if a man says he has faith but h
 as not works? Can his faith save him? If a brother or sister is ill-clad an
 d in lack of daily food\, and one of you says to them\, "Go in peace\, be w
 armed and filled\," without giving them the things needed for the body\, wh
 at does it profit? So faith by itself\, if it has no works\, is dead. But s
 ome one will say\, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith ap
 art from your works\, and I by my works will show you my faith. You believe
  that God is one\; you do well. Even the demons believe -- and shudder. Do 
 you want to be shown\, you shallow man\, that faith apart from works is bar
 ren? Was not Abraham our father justified by works\, when he offered his so
 n Isaac upon the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works\
 , and faith was completed by works\, and the scripture was fulfilled which 
 says\, "Abraham believed God\, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness"
 \; and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by 
 works and not by faith alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab the ha
 rlot justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out 
 another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead\, so faith apart
  from works is dead.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:46-52\nAt that time\, as Je
 sus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude\, Bartimai
 os\, a blind beggar\, the son of Timaios\, was sitting by the roadside. And
  when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth\, he began to cry out and say\
 , "Jesus\, Son of David\, have mercy on me!" And many rebuked him\, telling
  him to be silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of David\, have me
 rcy on me!" And Jesus stopped and said\, "Call him." And they called the bl
 ind man\, saying to him\, "Take heart\; rise\, he is calling you." And thro
 wing off his mantle he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him\,
  "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him\, "Rabb
 i\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him\, "Go your way\; your f
 aith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed
  him on the way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\; Chitus of Athens\, Bis
 hop of Rome\; Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\; Afterfeast of the Transfigura
 tion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 12:1-3\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by the mer
 cies of God\, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice\, holy and accep
 table to God\, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this
  world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind\, that you may prove 
 what is the will of God\, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by t
 he grace given to me I bid every one among you not to think of himself more
  highly than he ought to think\, but think with sober judgment\, each accor
 ding to the measure of faith which God has assigned him.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1\nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mother mo
 re than me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than
  me is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me 
 is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses 
 his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me\, and he
  who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet becaus
 e he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receives a 
 righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's
  reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold w
 ater because he is a disciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose hi
 s reward." And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, h
 e went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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SUMMARY:🍇 Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alexis the Man of God\; Paul the Righteous Martyr\; Patrick the Enligh
 tener of Ireland\; Marinos the Martyr\; Theocteristos the Confessor\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 8:13-9:7\nBut the LORD of hosts\, 
 him you shall regard as holy\; let him be your fear\, and let him be your d
 read.  And he will become a sanctuary\, and a stone of offense\, and a rock
  of stumbling to both houses of Israel\, a trap and a snare to the inhabita
 nts of Jerusalem.  And many shall stumble thereon\; they shall fall and be 
 broken\; they shall be snared and taken."  \n\n Bind up the testimony\, sea
 l the teaching among my disciples.  I will wait for the LORD\, who is hidin
 g his face from the house of Jacob\, and I will hope in him.  Behold\, I an
 d the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel 
 from the LORD of hosts\, who dwells on Mount Zion.  And when they say to yo
 u\, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter\," should not
  a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the 
 living?  To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which t
 hey speak there is no dawn.  They will pass through the land\, greatly dist
 ressed and hungry\; and when they are hungry\, they will be enraged and wil
 l curse their king and their God\, and turn their faces upward\; and they w
 ill look to the earth\, but behold\, distress and darkness\, the gloom of a
 nguish\; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.  \n\n But there will 
 be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into
  contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali\, but in the latter 
 time he will make glorious the way of the sea\, the land beyond the Jordan\
 , Galilee of the nations.  The people who walked in darkness have seen a gr
 eat light\; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness\, on them has light 
 shined.  Thou hast multiplied the nation\, thou hast increased its joy\; th
 ey rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest\, as men rejoice when the
 y divide the spoil.  For the yoke of his burden\, and the staff for his sho
 ulder\, the rod of his oppressor\, thou hast broken as on the day of Midian
 .  For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garmen
 t rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.  For to us a child i
 s born\, to us a son is given\; and the government will be upon his shoulde
 r\, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor\, Mighty God\, Everlas
 ting Father\, Prince of Peace."  Of the increase of his government and of p
 eace there will be no end\, upon the throne of David\, and over his kingdom
 \, to establish it\, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness f
 rom this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do
  this.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 6:9-22\n These are the generations
  of Noah. Noah was a righteous man\, blameless in his generation\; Noah wal
 ked with God.  And Noah had three sons\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  Now the
  earth was corrupt in God's sight\, and the earth was filled with violence.
   And God saw the earth\, and behold\, it was corrupt\; for all flesh had c
 orrupted their way upon the earth.  And God said to Noah\, "I have determin
 ed to make an end of all flesh\; for the earth is filled with violence thro
 ugh them\; behold\, I will destroy them with the earth.  Make yourself an a
 rk of gopher wood\; make rooms in the ark\, and cover it inside and out wit
 h pitch.  This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundr
 ed cubits\, its breadth fifty cubits\, and its height thirty cubits.  Make 
 a roof for the ark\, and finish it to a cubit above\; and set the door of t
 he ark in its side\; make it with lower\, second\, and third decks.  For be
 hold\, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth\, to destroy all flesh
  in which is the breath of life from under heaven\; everything that is on t
 he earth shall die.  But I will establish my covenant with you\; and you sh
 all come into the ark\, you\, your sons\, your wife\, and your sons' wives 
 with you.  And of every living thing of all flesh\, you shall bring two of 
 every sort into the ark\, to keep them alive with you\; they shall be male 
 and female.  Of the birds according to their kinds\, and of the animals acc
 ording to their kinds\, of every creeping thing of the ground according to 
 its kind\, two of every sort shall come in to you\, to keep them alive.  Al
 so take with you every sort of food that is eaten\, and store it up\; and i
 t shall serve as food for you and for them."  Noah did this\; he did all th
 at God commanded him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 8:1-21\nDoes not w
 isdom call\, does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside 
 the way\, in the paths she takes her stand\; beside the gates in front of t
 he town\, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:  "To you\, O men\
 , I call\, and my cry is to the sons of men.O simple ones\, learn prudence\
 ; O foolish men\, pay attention.  Hear\, for I will speak noble things\, an
 d from my lips will come what is right\; for my mouth will utter truth\; wi
 ckedness is an abomination to my lips.  All the words of my mouth are right
 eous\; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.  They are all straight 
 to him who understands and right to those who find knowledge.  Take my inst
 ruction instead of silver\, and knowledge rather than choice gold\; for wis
 dom is better than jewels\, and all that you may desire cannot compare with
  her.  I\, wisdom\, dwell in prudence\, and I find knowledge and discretion
 .  The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way 
 of evil and perverted speech I hate.  I have counsel and sound wisdom\, I h
 ave insight\, I have strength.  By me kings reign\, and rulers decree what 
 is just\; by me princes rule\, and nobles govern the earth.  I love those w
 ho love me\, and those who seek me diligently find me.  Riches and honor ar
 e with me\, enduring wealth and prosperity.  My fruit is better than gold\,
  even fine gold\, and my yield than choice silver.  I walk in the way of ri
 ghteousness\, in the paths of justice\, endowing with wealth those who love
  me\, and filling their treasuries.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)\; Procopius the Confessor of Decapol
 is\; Raphael of Brooklyn\; Stephen the Monk\; Gelasios the Actor and Martyr
  of Heliopolis\; Nesios the Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\n
 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, he appeared first to M
 ary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She went and told thos
 e who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But when they heard th
 at he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAf
 ter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking 
 into the country.  And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not 
 believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat
  at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\
 , because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.  And 
 he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole
  creation.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does
  not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who b
 elieve:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tong
 ues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it 
 will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will 
 recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken to them\, was tak
 en up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went f
 orth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirme
 d the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I C
 orinthians 8:8-13\;9:1-2\nBrethren\, food will not commend us to God.  We a
 re no worse off if we do not eat\, and no better off if we do.  Only take c
 are lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak
 .  For if any one sees you\, a man of knowledge\, at table in an idol's tem
 ple\, might he not be encouraged\, if his conscience is weak\, to eat food 
 offered to idols?  And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed\, th
 e brother for whom Christ died.  Thus\, sinning against your brethren and w
 ounding their conscience when it is weak\, you sin against Christ.  Therefo
 re\, if food is a cause of my brother's falling\, I will never eat meat\, l
 est I cause my brother to fall.\n\nAm I not free?  Am I not an apostle?  Ha
 ve I not seen Jesus our Lord?  Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?  If 
 to others I am not an apostle\, at least I am to you\; for you are the seal
  of my apostleship in the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:31-46\nThe L
 ord said\, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels 
 with him\, then he will sit on his glorious throne.  Before him will be gat
 hered all the nations\, and he will separate them one from another as a she
 pherd separates the sheep from the goats\, and he will place the sheep at h
 is right hand\, but the goats at the left.  Then the king will say to those
  at his right hand\, 'Come\, O blessed of my Father\, inherit the kingdom p
 repared for you from the foundation of the world\; for I was hungry and you
  gave me food\, I was thirsty and you gave me drink\, I was a stranger and 
 you welcomed me\, I was naked and you clothed me\, I was sick and you visit
 ed me\, I was in prison and you came to me.'  Then the righteous will answe
 r him\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungry and feed you\, or thirsty and gi
 ve you drink?  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you\, or nake
 d and clothe you?  And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?
 '  And the King will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it to
  one of the least of these my brethren\, you did it to me.'  Then he will s
 ay to those at his left hand\, 'Depart from me\, you cursed\, into the eter
 nal fire prepared for the devil and his angels\; for I was hungry and you g
 ave me no food\, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink\, I was a stranger 
 and you did not welcome me\, naked and you did not clothe me\, sick and in 
 prison and you did not visit me.'  Then they also will answer\, 'Lord\, whe
 n did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in pri
 son\, and did not minister to you?'  Then he will answer them\, 'Truly\, I 
 say to you\, as you did it not to one of the least of these\, you did it no
 t to me.'  And they will go away into eternal punishment\, but the righteou
 s into eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Barbara the Great Martyr\; John the Righteous of Damascus\; New Hierom
 artyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\; Juliana the Martyr of Hel
 iopolis\; Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to 
 America\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthe
 w 25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be com
 pared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 
 Five of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took t
 heir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil w
 ith their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and sle
 pt. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to
  meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the fo
 olish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are goin
 g out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and
  for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they
  went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with 
 him to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maid
 ens came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Trul
 y\, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neith
 er the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confi
 ned under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So
  that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justif
 ied by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custod
 ian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as m
 any of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neithe
 r Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male n
 or female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, 
 then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that 
 the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he
  is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees un
 til the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we wer
 e slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fu
 lly come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, 
 to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption 
 as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd foll
 owed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow
  of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physician
 s\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew wors
 e. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the cr
 owd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\,
  I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she fel
 t in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in
  himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in t
 he crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to 
 him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touch
 ed me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowi
 ng what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down bef
 ore him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, yo
 ur faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/09/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\; Christoph
 er the Martyr of Lycea\; Elder Hieronymos of Simonopetra\; Monk-martyr Nich
 olas who lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in Thessaly\; Epimachos the New Marty
 r of Alexandria\; The New Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and p
 ower\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who
  belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the 
 Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, 
 arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom an
 d the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who s
 aid\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." An
 d they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came
  upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up fa
 lse witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this
  holy place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Naza
 reth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses deli
 vered to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his f
 ace was like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this s
 o?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory app
 eared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived 
 in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred a
 nd go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land 
 of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God remo
 ved him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave
  him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give
  it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no 
 child.\n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High 
 does not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is
  my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, say
 s the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all thes
 e things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, 
 you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which o
 f the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who an
 nounced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betr
 ayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did
  not keep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and 
 they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gaz
 ed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right h
 and of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son
  of man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud 
 voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast h
 im out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garme
 nts at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen
 \, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and crie
 d with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when 
 he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:46-54\nAt that
  time\, there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus h
 ad come from Judea to Galilee\, he went and begged him to come down and hea
 l his son\, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him\,
  "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official said
  to him\, "Sir\, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him\, "Go\;
  your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and
  went his way. As he was going down\, his servants met him and told him tha
 t his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend\, and
  they said to him\, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." The
  father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him\, "Your son will 
 live"\; and he himself believed\, and all his household. This was now the s
 econd sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia\;
  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Hieromartyr D
 ionysios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: I Thessalonians 2:14-20\nBrethren\, you became imitators of the 
 churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea\; for you suffered the s
 ame things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews\, who killed 
 both the Lord Jesus and the prophets\, and drove us out\, and displease God
  and oppose all men by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they
  may be saved - so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God'
 s wrath has come upon them at last! But since we were bereft of you\, breth
 ren\, for a short time\, in person not in heart\, we endeavored the more ea
 gerly and with great desire to see you face to face\; because we wanted to 
 come to you - I\, Paul\, again and again - but Satan hindered us. For what 
 is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming
 ? Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:
 19-26\nAt that time\, the scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands 
 on Jesus at that very hour\, but they feared the people\; for they perceive
 d that he had told this parable against them. So they watched him\, and sen
 t spies\, who pretended to be sincere\, that they might take hold of what h
 e said\, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the g
 overnor. They asked him\, "Teacher\, we know that you speak and teach right
 ly\, and show no partiality\, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful 
 for us to give tribute to Caesar\, or not?" But he perceived their craftine
 ss\, and said to them\, "Show me a coin. Whose likeness and inscription has
  it?" They said\, "Caesar's." He said to them\, "Then render to Caesar the 
 things that are Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's." And they 
 were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said\; 
 but marveling at his answer they were silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Saturday\; Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\; Hilary the Wonderwo
 rker\; Euthemios\, Bishop of Madytos\; Athanasios\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, tha
 t is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests and the Pharisees g
 athered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\
 , while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefor
 e order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third day\, lest his disc
 iples go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He has risen from the 
 dead\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to th
 em\, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So
  they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a
  guard.\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have been bap
 tized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were buried there
 fore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised from the
  dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of life.  F
 or if we have been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall certainly
  be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our old self 
 was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\, and we 
 might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed from sin.
   But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also live with
  Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die ag
 ain\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He died to 
 sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you also mus
 t consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 28:1-20\nAfter the sabbath\, toward the dawn o
 f the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see
  the sepulcher. And behold\, there was a great earthquake\; for an angel of
  the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone\, and sa
 t upon it. His appearance was like lightning\, and his raiment white as sno
 w. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But th
 e angel said to the women\, "Do not be afraid\; for I know that you seek Je
 sus who was crucified. He is not here\; for he has risen\, as he said. Come
 \, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that 
 he has risen from the dead\, and behold\, he is going before you to Galilee
 \; there you will see him. Lo\, I have told you." So they departed quickly 
 from the tomb with fear and great joy\, and ran to tell his disciples. And 
 behold\, Jesus met them and said\, "Hail!" And they came up and took hold o
 f his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them\, "Do not be afraid\;
  go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee\, and there they will see me."\n\
 nWhile they were going\, behold\, some of the guard went into the city and 
 told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assemble
 d with the elders and taken counsel\, they gave a sum of money to the soldi
 ers and said\, "Tell people\, 'His disciples came by night and stole him aw
 ay while we were asleep.' And if this comes to the governor's ears\, we wil
 l satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." So they took the money and did 
 as they were directed\; and this story has been spread among the Jews to th
 is day.\n\nNow the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to wh
 ich Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him\; but
  some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven a
 nd on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all na
 tions\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the 
 Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and 
 lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\; A
 fterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Cedd\, Bi
 shop of Scotland\; Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\
 nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upp
 er country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said 
 to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they sai
 d\, "No\, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he sai
 d\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." 
 And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the
  people to believe in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus."
  On hearing this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And wh
 en Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and t
 hey spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in a
 ll. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguin
 g and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:29-34\nA
 t that time\, John saw Jesus coming toward him\, and said\, "Behold\, the L
 amb of God\, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said
 \, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me\, for he was before me.' I mys
 elf did not know him\; but for this I came baptizing with water\, that he m
 ight be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness\, "I saw the Spirit desc
 end as a dove from heaven\, and it remained on him. I myself did not know h
 im\; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me\, 'He on whom you 
 see the Spirit descend and remain\, this is he who baptizes with the Holy S
 pirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readin
 g: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, tr
 uly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but cl
 imbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who ente
 rs by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; 
 the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads the
 m out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the 
 sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow
 \, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of stranger
 s." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he 
 was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and r
 obbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters
  by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit to
  them\; for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have t
 o give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would
  be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a c
 lear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you the 
 more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner
 .  Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\
 , the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, 
 equip you with everything good that you may do His will\, working in you th
 at which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory
  for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\,
  Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a g
 reat multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of T
 yre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; a
 nd those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the cr
 owd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all
 .  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you 
 poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, 
 for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall 
 laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and r
 evile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man! 
  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great
  in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle of the 70\, one of the 7 Deacons\; Theophanes the C
 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\; Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\; Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\; Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\; Our righteous Father Kenneth\, Found
 er of the Monastery of Aghaboe in Ireland.\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Acts 8:26-39\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, "Ris
 e and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza
 ." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopian\,
  a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in charge
  of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning\;
  seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit 
 said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, and 
 heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand what 
 you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?" An
 d he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the scr
 ipture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter or a
  lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his humili
 ation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life
  is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About whom\,
  pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself or about some one else?" 
 Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he told hi
 m the good news of Jesus. And as they went along the road they came to some
  water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent my 
 being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your heart\, yo
 u may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." A
 nd he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both went down into the wate
 r\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came up out 
 of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch saw
  him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:12-
 18\nAt that time\, the twelve disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Se
 nd the crowd away\, to go into the villages and country round about\, to lo
 dge and get provisions\; for we are here in a lonely place." But he said to
  them\, "You give them something to eat." They said\, "We have no more than
  five loaves and two fish -- unless we are to go and buy food for all these
  people." For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his discip
 les\, "Make them sit down in companies\, about fifty each." And they did so
 \, and made them all sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish 
 he looked up to heaven\, and blessed and broke them\, and gave them to the 
 disciples to set before the crowd. And all ate and were satisfied. And they
  took up what was left over\, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Now it happe
 ned that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\; The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theog
 nis\, Agapius\, and Pistus\; Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and 
 Ever Virgin Mary\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 13:4-13\;
 14:1-5\nBrethren\, love is patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastf
 ul\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it i
 s not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices 
 in the right. Love bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all thing
 s\, endures all things. Love never ends\; as for prophecies\, they will pas
 s away\; as for tongues\, they will cease\; as for knowledge\, it will pass
  away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect\; but w
 hen the perfect comes\, the imperfect will pass away. When I was a child\, 
 I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned like a child\; w
 hen I became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror di
 mly\, but then face to face. Now I know in part\; then I shall understand f
 ully\, even as I have been fully understood. So faith\, hope\, love abide\,
  these three\; but the greatest of these is love. Make love your aim\, and 
 earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may prophesy. Fo
 r one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God\; for no one unde
 rstands him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand\, he
  who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and co
 nsolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he who prophesie
 s edifies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues\, but even mor
 e to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues\,
  unless some one interprets\, so that the church may be edified.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Mark 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the mountain\, and c
 alled to him those whom he desired\; and they came to him. And he appointed
  twelve\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and have authority 
 to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\; James the son of Zebedee
  and John the brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, that is\, son
 s of thunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas
 \, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon the Cananaean\
 , and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home\; and the crowd 
 came together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his family 
 heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is bes
 ide himself."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Wednesday\; Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\; Righ
 teous Amphilochios of Patmos\; Leonidas and Charissa\, Nike\, Galene\, Kall
 ida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 12:17-50\nAt that time\, the crowd that had been with J
 esus when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bo
 re witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard h
 e had done this sign.  The Pharisees then said to one another\, "You see th
 at you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among 
 those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.  So these came 
 to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we
  wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip 
 and they told Jesus.  And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the 
 Son of man to be glorified.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain 
 of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\
 , it bears much fruit.  He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates h
 is life in this world will keep it for eternal life.  If any one serves me\
 , he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if 
 any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled.
  And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour'? No\, for this pur
 pose I have come to this hour.  Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice c
 ame from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The 
 crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "A
 n angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your 
 sake\, not for mine.  Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the rul
 er of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\,
  will draw all men to myself."  He said this to show by what death he was t
 o die.  The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Chris
 t remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? 
 Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a 
 little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake y
 ou\; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you ha
 ve the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n
 \nWhen Jesus had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. Though 
 he had done so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in him\;  
 it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord
 \, who has believed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been r
 evealed?" Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\,  "He ha
 s blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see with t
 heir eyes and perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them."  I
 saiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.  Nevertheless ma
 ny even of the authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees 
 they did not confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for
  they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cri
 ed out and said\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in him wh
 o sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me.  I have come as light i
 nto the world\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If 
 any one hears my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for 
 I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.  He who rejects me
  and does not receive my sayings has a judge\; the word that I have spoken 
 will be his judge on the last day.  For I have not spoken on my own authori
 ty\; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say an
 d what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I sa
 y\, therefore\, I say as the Father has bidden me."\n\nGospel Reading: Matt
 hew 26:6-16\nWhen Jesus was at Bethany at the house of Simon the leper\, a 
 woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment and
  she poured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw
  it\, they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment mig
 ht have been sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor." But Jesus\, awa
 re of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done
  a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you\, but you w
 ill not always have me. In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it
  to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you wherever this gospel is pre
 ached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory of her.
 " Then one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chie
 f priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And t
 hey paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opp
 ortunity to betray him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Canaanite\; Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\; Agapetus the 
 Confessor\, Bishop of Sinai\; Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constant
 inople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week
  at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, which they ha
 d prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when t
 hey went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were p
 erplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; 
 and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men s
 aid to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here\, 
 but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still in Galilee\, t
 hat the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men\, and be 
 crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His words and r
 eturning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest
 . Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the
  other women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but these words seem
 ed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and
  ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by the
 mselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: II Corinthians 6:16-18\;7:1\nBrethren\, you are the temple of the livin
 g God\; as God said\, "I will live in them and move among them\, and I will
  be their God\, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them\,
  and be separate from them\, says the Lord\, and touch nothing unclean\; th
 en I will welcome you\, and I will be a father to you\, and you shall be my
  sons and daughters\, says the Lord Almighty."\n\nSince we have these promi
 ses\, beloved\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and 
 spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 15:21-28\nAt that time\, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sido
 n. And behold\, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried\, "Ha
 ve mercy on me\, O Lord\, Son of David\; my daughter is severely possessed 
 by a demon." But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and b
 egged him\, saying\,  "Send her away\, for she is crying after us." He answ
 ered\,  "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she
  came and knelt before him\, saying\,  "Lord\, help me." And he answered\, 
  "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." Sh
 e said\,  "Yes\, Lord\, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the
 ir master's table." Then Jesus answered her\,  "O woman\, great is your fai
 th! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantl
 y.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Thursday after Pascha\; Jeremias the Prophet\; New Martyr Maria of
  Fourna\, Mirabella in Crete\; Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\; Nikiforo
 s the Monk of Chios\; Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Hol
 y Mountain\, Euthymius\, Ignatius\, and Acacius\; Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n
 \nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:23-31\nIn those days\, when the apostles were rel
 eased they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and th
 e elders had said to them. And when they heard it\, they lifted their voice
 s together to God and said\, "Sovereign Lord\, who didst make the heaven an
 d the earth and the sea and everything in them\, who by the mouth of our fa
 ther David\, thy servant\, didst say by the Holy Spirit\, 'Why did the Gent
 iles rage\, and the peoples imagine vain things? The kings of the earth set
  themselves in array\, and the rulers were gathered together\, against the 
 Lord and against his Anointed'- for truly in this city there were gathered 
 together against thy holy servant Jesus\, whom thou didst anoint\, both Her
 od and Pontius Pilate\, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel\, to do
  whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to take place. And now\, Lo
 rd\, look upon their threats\, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word 
 with all boldness\, while thou stretchest out thy hand to heal\, and signs 
 and wonders are performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus." And 
 when they had prayed\, the place in which they were gathered together was s
 haken\; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of
  God with boldness.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:24-30\nThe Lord said to the J
 ews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who hears my word 
 and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he does not come into jud
 gment\, but has passed from death to life. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, t
 he hour is coming\, and now is\, when the dead will hear the voice of the S
 on of God\, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in him
 self\, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself\, and has giv
 en him authority to execute judgment\, because he is the Son of man. Do not
  marvel at this\; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will
  hear his voice and come forth\, those who have done good\, to the resurrec
 tion of life\, and those who have done evil\, to the resurrection of judgme
 nt. I can do nothing on my own authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my jud
 gment is just\, because I seek not my own will but the will of the Father w
 ho sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nikitas the Great Martyr\; Philotheos the Righteous\; Bessarion of Lar
 issa\; Righteous Father Symeon\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the New 
 Martyr of Sfakion\, Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; Porphyrios the A
 ctor\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\
 nBrethren\, now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh 
 I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body
 \, that is\, the church\, of which I became a minister according to the div
 ine office which was given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully kn
 own\, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to 
 his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles ar
 e the riches of the glory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the ho
 pe of glory. Him we proclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in 
 all wisdom\, that we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toi
 l\, striving with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For 
 I want you to know how greatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as she
 ep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. B
 eware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in t
 heir synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my
  sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver y
 ou up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for
  what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you 
 who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother wil
 l deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children wil
 l rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated b
 y all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/31/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\; Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of Va
 topaidi\; Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\; Eudocimus the Righteous of Ca
 ppadocia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 2:9-16\;3:1-8\nBr
 ethren\, "What no eye has seen\, nor ear heard\, nor the heart of man conce
 ived\, what God has prepared for those who love him\," God has revealed to 
 us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything\, even the depths
  of God. For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the ma
 n which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except th
 e Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world\, but the
  Spirit which is from God\, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on 
 us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taugh
 t by the Spirit\, comparing spiritual things with spiritual truths to those
  who possess the Spirit. The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of 
 the Spirit of God\, for they are folly to him\, and he is not able to under
 stand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges
  all things\, but is himself to be judged by no one. "For who has known the
  mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. B
 ut I\, brethren\, could not address you as spiritual men\, but as men of th
 e flesh\, as babes in Christ. I fed you with milk\, not solid food\; for yo
 u were not ready for it\; and even yet you are not ready\, for you are stil
 l of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you\, are you 
 not of the flesh\, and behaving like ordinary men? For when one says\, "I b
 elong to Paul\," and another\, "I belong to Apollos\," are you not merely m
 en? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed\
 , as the Lord assigned to each. I planted\, Apollos watered\, but God gave 
 the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything\, but on
 ly God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are equal\, an
 d each shall receive his wages according to his labor.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 13:31-36\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven is lik
 e a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field\; it is t
 he smallest of all seeds\, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shru
 bs and becomes a tree\, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in
  its branches." He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is lik
 e leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it wa
 s all leavened."\n\nAll this Jesus said to the crowds in parables\; indeed 
 he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was spo
 ken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables\, I will utter what h
 as been hidden since the foundation of the world." Then Jesus left the crow
 ds and went into the house.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Juli
 ana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\; Themistocles the Martyr of M
 yra\; Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Galatians 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing th
 at God would justify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand
  to Abraham\, saying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\,
  those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all
  who rely on works of the law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Curs
 ed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the
  law\, and do them." Now it is evident that no man is justified before God 
 by the law\; for "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not
  rest on faith\, for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like
  a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it 
 grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its branche
 s." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is 
 like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it
  was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villages\, teachin
 g\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, wil
 l those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by th
 e narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not be 
 able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you will b
 egin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to u
 s.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will
  begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in our 
 streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come from
 \; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep and g
 nash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophe
 ts in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will come f
 rom east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the king
 dom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas\; Myron the New 
 Martyr of Crete\; Cuthbert the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Photi
 ni the Samaritan Woman\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:3-
 11\nThus say the people:  "Come\, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\
 , to the house of the God of Jacob\; that he may teach us his ways and that
  we may walk in his paths."  For out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and t
 he word of the Lord from Jerusalem.  He shall judge between the nations\, a
 nd shall decide for many peoples\; and they shall beat their swords into pl
 owshares\, and their spears into pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift up s
 word against nation\, neither shall they learn war any more.\n\nO house of 
 Jacob\, come\, let us walk in the light of the Lord.\n\nFor thou hast rejec
 ted thy people\, the house of Jacob\, because they are full of diviners fro
 m the east and of soothsayers like the Philistines\, and they strike hands 
 with foreigners.  Their land is filled with silver and gold\, and there is 
 no end to their treasures\; their land is filled with horses\, and there is
  no end to their chariots.  Their land is filled with idols\; they bow down
  to the work of their hands\, to what their own fingers have made.  So man 
 is humbled\, and men are brought low -- forgive them not!  Enter into the r
 ock\, and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord\, and from th
 e glory of his majesty.  The haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, an
 d the pride of men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in
  that day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:24-2:3\n And God said\, "Let
  the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds:  cattle a
 nd creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds."  And 
 it was so.  And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds a
 nd the cattle according to their kinds\, and everything that creeps upon th
 e ground according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.\n\nThen God 
 said\, "Let us make man in our image\, after our likeness\; and let them ha
 ve dominion over the fish of the sea\, and over the birds of the air\, and 
 over the cattle\, and over all the earth\, and over every creeping thing th
 at creeps upon the earth."  So God created man in his own image\, in the im
 age of God he created him\; male and female he created them.  And God bless
 ed them\, and God said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the e
 arth and subdue it\; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over th
 e birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." 
  And God said\, "Behold\, I have given you every plant yielding seed which 
 is upon the face of all the earth\, and every tree with seed in its fruit\;
  you shall have them for food.  And to every beast of the earth\, and to ev
 ery bird of the air\, and to everything that creeps on the earth\, everythi
 ng that has the breath of life\, I have given every green plant for food." 
  And it was so.  And God saw everything that he had made\, and behold\, it 
 was very good.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a sixth day.\
 n\nThus the heavens and the earth were finished\, and all the host of them.
   And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done\, and he r
 ested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.  So God bless
 ed the seventh day and hallowed it\, because on it God rested from all his 
 work which he had done in creation.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 2:1-
 22\nMy son\, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with y
 ou\, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to unders
 tanding\; yes\, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for underst
 anding\, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasur
 es\; then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge o
 f God.  For the Lord gives wisdom\; from his mouth come knowledge and under
 standing\; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright\; he is a shield to th
 ose who walk in integrity\, guarding the paths of justice and preserving th
 e way of his saints.  Then you will understand righteousness and justice an
 d equity\, every good path\; for wisdom will come into your heart\, and kno
 wledge will be pleasant to your soul\; discretion will watch over you\; und
 erstanding will guard you\; delivering you from the way of evil\, from men 
 of perverted speech\, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the w
 ays of darkness\, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness
  of evil\; men whose paths are crooked\, and who are devious in their ways.
 \n\nYou will be saved from the loose woman\, from the adventuress with her 
 smooth words\, who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the cove
 nant of her God\; for her house sinks down to death\, and her paths to the 
 shades\; none who go to her come back nor do they regain the paths of life.
 \n\nSo you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the ri
 ghteous.  For the upright will inhabit the land\, and men of integrity will
  remain in it\; but the wicked will be cut off from the land\, and the trea
 cherous will be rooted out of it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; Elizabeth\, Mother of th
 e Forerunner\; Athanasios Parios\; Panagiotis the New Martyr\n\nFast Free\n
 \nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt that time\, Eli
 zabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for five months hid herself\
 , saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\,
  to take away my reproach among men." Now the time came for Elizabeth to be
  delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk he
 ard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rejoiced with her
 . And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; and they would 
 have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his mother said\, "Not so\;
  he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "None of your kindred is 
 called by this name." And they made signs to his father\, inquiring what he
  would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "Hi
 s name is John." And they all marveled. And immediately his mouth was opene
 d and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fear came on all
  their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hi
 ll country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts\,
  saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with
  him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit\, and prophe
 sied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he has visited and
  redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be called the prophet of the 
 Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways." And the c
 hild grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wilderness till t
 he day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19
 \nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in 
 all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to
  the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead e
 xpose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in s
 ecret\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for 
 anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O s
 leeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look c
 arefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the mos
 t of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, bu
 t understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\,
  for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one an
 other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody t
 o the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:1-25\, 57-68\, 76
 \, 80\nInasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the thing
 s which have been accomplished among us\, just as they were delivered to us
  by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the wor
 d\, it seemed good to me also\, having followed all things closely for some
  time past\, to write an orderly account for you\, most excellent Theophilo
 s\, that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have bee
 n informed. In the days of Herod\, king of Judea\, there was a priest named
  Zacharias\, of the division of Abijah\; and he had a wife of the daughters
  of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before
  God\, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless
 . But they had no child\, because Elizabeth was barren\, and both were adva
 nced in years. Now while he was serving as priest before God when his divis
 ion was on duty\, according to the custom of the priesthood\, it fell to hi
 m by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the whole mu
 ltitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. And ther
 e appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the al
 tar of incense. And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him\, and fear fell 
 upon him. But the angel said to him\, "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for y
 our prayer is heard\, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son\, and you
  shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness\, and many wi
 ll rejoice at his birth\; for he will be great before the Lord\, and he sha
 ll drink no wine nor strong drink\, and he will be filled with the Holy Spi
 rit\, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the sons of Isr
 ael to the Lord their God\, and he will go before him in the spirit and pow
 er of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children\, and the 
 disobedient to the wisdom of the just\, to make ready for the Lord a people
  prepared." And Zacharias said to the angel\, "How shall I know this? For I
  am an old man\, and my wife is advanced in years." And the angel answered 
 him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in the presence of God\; and I was sent to
  speak to you\, and to bring you this good news. And behold\, you will be s
 ilent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass\, be
 cause you did not believe my words\, which will be fulfilled in their time.
 " And the people were waiting for Zacharias\, and they wondered at his dela
 y in the temple. And when he came out\, he could not speak to them\, and th
 ey perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple\; and he made signs to
  them and remained dumb. And when his time of service was ended\, he went t
 o his home.\n\nAfter these days his wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five
  months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the day
 s when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the time 
 came for Elizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her n
 eighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, an
 d they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the
  child\; and they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his
  mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "
 None of your kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his fa
 ther\, inquiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing 
 tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immedia
 tely his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing G
 od. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked 
 about through all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid t
 hem up in their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the h
 and of the Lord was with him. \n\nAnd his father Zacharias was filled with 
 the Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Isr
 ael\, for he has visited and redeemed his people. And you\, child\, will be
  called the prophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to p
 repare his ways." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he w
 as in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins 
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went 
 to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when the
 y saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to
  them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go ther
 efore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the
  Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that
  I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the
  age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:11-21\;
  11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture says\, "No one who believes in God will b
 e put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek\; the sa
 me Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. F
 or\, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." But how
  are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they 
 to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear w
 ithout a preacher? And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is wr
 itten\, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!" But the
 y have not all obeyed the gospel\; for Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has believ
 ed what he has heard from us?" So faith comes from what is heard\, and what
  is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I ask\, have they not heard
 ? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth\, and t
 heir words to the ends of the world." Again I ask\, did Israel not understa
 nd? First Moses says\, "I will make you jealous of those who are not a nati
 on\; with a foolish nation I will make you angry." Then Isaiah is so bold a
 s to say\, "I have been found by those who did not seek me\; I have shown m
 yself to those who did not ask for me." But of Israel he says\, "All day lo
 ng I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people." I ask\, 
 then\, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite\,
  a descendant of Abraham\, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not r
 ejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt 
 that time\, as Jesus passed on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the
  tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed hi
 m.\n\nAnd as he sat at table in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors an
 d sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Phar
 isees saw this\, they said to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat wi
 th tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who
  are well have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick. Go and lear
 n what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to
  call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/12/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-
 Virgin Mary\; Autonomos the Martyr\; Hieromartyr Cornatus\, Bishop of Iconi
 um\; Agirus\, the Hieromartyr of Cornoutus\, Bishop of Iconium\; Daniel of 
 Thassos\; Julian the Martyr\; Theodore the Hieromartyr of Alexandria\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Galatians 2:21\;3:1-7\nBrethren\, I do not nullify the grace 
 of God\; for if justification were through the law\, then Christ died to no
  purpose. O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you\, before whose eyes Je
 sus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? Let me ask you only this: D
 id you receive the Spirit by works of the law\, or by hearing with faith? A
 re you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit\, are you now ending with t
 he flesh? Did you experience so many things in vain? - if it really is in v
 ain. Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do
  so by works of the law\, or by hearing with faith? Thus Abraham "believed 
 God\, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." So you see that it is m
 en of faith who are the sons of Abraham.\n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\n
 At that time\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council\, a
 nd said\, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let h
 im go on thus\, every one will believe in him\, and the Romans will come an
 d destroy both our place and our nation." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who 
 was high priest that year\, said to them\, "You know nothing at all\; you d
 o not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for t
 he people\, and that the whole nation should not perish." He did not say th
 is of his own accord\, but being high priest that year he prophesied that J
 esus should die for the nation\, and not for the nation only\, but to gathe
 r into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day o
 n they took counsel how to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer w
 ent about openly among the Jews\, but went from there to the country near t
 he wilderness\, to a town called Ephraim\; and there he stayed with the dis
 ciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Martyr Emilian\; Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\; Stephen
 \, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Our Holy Father John\, Archbishop of Cons
 tantinople\; Holy New Martyrs Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Ba
 rbara\; Theneva of Glasgow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians
  4:5-8\nBrethren\, do not pronounce judgment before the time\, before the L
 ord comes\, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and w
 ill disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his com
 mendation from God. I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your 
 benefit\, brethren\, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is writ
 ten\, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. Fo
 r who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receiv
 e? If then you received it\, why do you boast as if it were not a gift? Alr
 eady you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have beco
 me kings! And would that you did reign\, so that we might share the rule wi
 th you!\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:44-54\nThe Lord said this parable\, "
 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field\, which a man foun
 d and covered up\; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and bu
 ys that field. \n\n Again\, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in sea
 rch of fine pearls\, who\, on finding one pearl of great value\, went and s
 old all that he had and bought it. \n\n Again\, the kingdom of heaven is li
 ke a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind\; wh
 en it was full\, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into v
 essels but threw away the bad. So it will be at the close of the age. The a
 ngels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous\, and throw th
 em into the furnace of fire\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. \n
 \n Have you understood all this?" They said to him\, "Yes." And he said to 
 them\, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heav
 en is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and wha
 t is old." And when Jesus had finished these parables\, he went away from t
 here\, and coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage\; 150 and more Righteo
 us Martyr Fathers of the Sacred Monastery of Pantocrator Daou Pentelis\; Gr
 egory V\, the Holy Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\; Holy Father The
 onas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Miltiades\, Pope of Rome\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 26:21-27:9\n For behold\, the LORD is com
 ing forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
  iniquity\, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her\, and will 
 no more cover her slain.  In that day the LORD with his hard and great and 
 strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent\, Leviathan the twis
 ting serpent\, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.  \n\n In tha
 t day: "A pleasant vineyard\, sing of it!  I\, the LORD\, am its keeper\; e
 very moment I water it. Lest any one harm it\, I guard it night and day\;  
 I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would set 
 out against them\, I would burn them up together.  Or let them lay hold of 
 my protection\, let them make peace with me\, let them make peace with me."
   \n\n In days to come Jacob shall take root\, Israel shall blossom and put
  forth shoots\, and fill the whole world with fruit.  \n\n Has he smitten t
 hem as he smote those who smote them? Or have they been slain as their slay
 ers were slain?  Measure by measure\, by exile thou didst contend with them
 \; he removed them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.  Ther
 efore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated\, and this will be the fu
 ll fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the alt
 ars like chalkstones crushed to pieces\, no Asherim or incense altars will 
 remain standing.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 9:18-10:1\nThe sons of N
 oah who went forth from the ark were Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth. Ham was the 
 father of Canaan.  These three were the sons of Noah\; and from these the w
 hole earth was peopled.\n\nNoah was the first tiller of the soil. He plante
 d a vineyard\; and he drank of the wine\, and became drunk\, and lay uncove
 red in his tent.  And Ham\, the father of Canaan\, saw the nakedness of his
  father\, and told his two brothers outside.  Then Shem and Japheth took a 
 garment\, laid it upon both their shoulders\, and walked backward and cover
 ed the nakedness of their father\; their faces were turned away\, and they 
 did not see their father's nakedness.  When Noah awoke from his wine and kn
 ew what his youngest son had done to him\, he said\, "Cursed be Canaan\; a 
 slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers."  He also said\, "Blessed by t
 he LORD my God be Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave.  God enlarge Japheth\
 , and let him dwell in the tents of Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave."  A
 fter the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.  All the days of N
 oah were nine hundred and fifty years\; and he died.  These are the generat
 ions of the sons of Noah\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth\; sons were born to the
 m after the flood.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 12:23-13:9\nA prudent
  man conceals his knowledge\, but fools proclaim their folly.  The hand of 
 the diligent will rule\, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.  A
 nxiety in a man's heart weighs him down\, but a good word makes him glad.  
 A righteous man turns away from evil\, but the way of the wicked leads them
  astray.  A slothful man will not catch his prey\, but the diligent man wil
 l get precious wealth.  In the path of righteousness is life\, but the way 
 of error leads to death.  A wise son hears his father's instruction\, but a
  scoffer does not listen to rebuke.  From the fruit of his mouth a good man
  eats good\, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.  He who gua
 rds his mouth preserves his life\; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin
 .  The soul of the sluggard craves\, and gets nothing\, while the soul of t
 he diligent is richly supplied.  A righteous man hates falsehood\, but a wi
 cked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.  Righteousness guards him whose
  way is upright\, but sin overthrows the wicked.  One man pretends to be ri
 ch\, yet has nothing\; another pretends to be poor\, yet has great wealth. 
  The ransom of a man's life is his wealth\, but a poor man has no means of 
 redemption.  The light of the righteous rejoices\, but the lamp of the wick
 ed will be put out.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\
 ; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\; Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II John 1:1-13\nThe elder to the elect lady and he
 r children\, whom I love in the truth\, and not only I but also all who kno
 w the truth\, because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us f
 or ever:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace will be with us\, from God the Father
  and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son\, in truth and love.\n\nI rejoiced 
 greatly to find some of your children following the truth\, just as we have
  been commanded by the Father.  And now I beg you\, lady\, not as though I 
 were writing you a new commandment\, but the one we have had from the begin
 ning\, that we love one another.  And this is love\, that we follow his com
 mandments\; this is the commandment\, as you have heard from the beginning\
 , that you follow love.  For many deceivers have gone out into the world\, 
 men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh\; such
  a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.  Look to yourselves\, that you m
 ay not lose what you have worked for\, but may win a full reward.  Any one 
 who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have G
 od\; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.  If any
  one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine\, do not receive him int
 o the house or give him any greeting\; for he who greets him shares his wic
 ked work.\n\nThough I have much to write to you\, I would rather not use pa
 per and ink\, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face\
 , so that our joy may be complete.\n\nThe children of your elect sister gre
 et you.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:20\,22\,25\,33-41\nAt that time\
 , the soldiers took Jesus and led him out to be crucified.  And they brough
 t him to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).  And i
 t was the third hour\, when they crucified him.  And when the sixth hour ha
 d come there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.  And at
  the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eloi\, Eloi\, lama sabacht
 hani?" which means\, "My God\, my God\, why have you forsaken me?"  And som
 e of the bystanders hearing it said\, "Behold\, he is calling Elijah. "  An
 d one ran and\, filling a sponge full of vinegar\, put it on a reed and gav
 e it to him to drink\, saying\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah will come
  to take him down."  And Jesus uttered a loud cry\, and breathed his last. 
  And the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from top to bottom.  And w
 hen the centurion\, who stood facing him\, saw that he thus cried out and b
 reathed his last\, he said\, "Truly this man was the Son of God!  There wer
 e also women looking on from afar\, among whom were Mary Magdalene\, and Ma
 ry the mother of James the younger and of Joses\, and Salome who\, when he 
 was in Galilee\, followed him\, and ministered to him\; and also many other
  women who came up with him to Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\; The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25\nThe birth of Jesus C
 hrist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jo
 seph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy
  Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put he
 r to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, b
 ehold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\
 , son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is con
 ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall c
 all his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this
  took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a
  virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanu
 el" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as th
 e angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not unt
 il she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Galatians 4:4-7\nBRETHREN\, when the time had fully come\, God sent forth h
 is Son\, born of woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were unde
 r the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are 
 sons\, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts\, crying\, "Abba!
  Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son\, and if a son then also a
 n heir of God through Christ. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12\nWhen Jesu
 s was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king\, behold\, w
 ise men from the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\, "Where is he who has bee
 n born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East\, and have c
 ome to worship him." When Herod the king heard this\, he was troubled\, and
  all Jerusalem with him\; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes 
 of the people\, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They t
 old him\, "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is written by the prophet: 'An
 d you\, O Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are by no means least among th
 e rulers of Judah\; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my peop
 le Israel.'"\n\nThen Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained f
 rom them what time the star appeared\; and he sent them to Bethlehem\, sayi
 ng\, "Go and search diligently for the child\, and when you have found him 
 bring me word\, that I too may come and worship him." When they had heard t
 he king they went their way\; and lo the star which they had seen in the Ea
 st went before them\, till it came to rest over the place where the child w
 as. When they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy\; and
  going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother\, and they fe
 ll down and worshiped him. Then\, opening their treasures\, they offered hi
 m gifts\, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not 
 to return to Herod\, they departed to their own country by another way.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; Our Righteous Father Panagis (Pa
 isios) Basias\; Tarasios & John the Martyrs\; Sebastian the Wonderworker\; 
 Zenais the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ac
 ts 15:5-12\nIN THOSE DAYS\, some believers who belonged to the party of the
  Pharisees rose up\, and said\, "it is necessary to circumcise them\, and t
 o charge them to keep the law of Moses." The apostles and the elders were g
 athered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much deb
 ate\, Peter rose and said to them\, "Brethren\, you know that in the early 
 days God made choice among you\, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear 
 the word of the gospel and believe. And God who knows the heart bore witnes
 s to them\, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us\; and he made 
 no distinction between us and them\, but cleansed their hearts by faith. No
 w therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of
  the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But
  we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus\, ju
 st as they will." And all the assembly kept silence\; and they listened to 
 Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done throu
 gh them among the Gentiles. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:17-28\nThe Lord sai
 d to the Jews who came to him\, "For this reason the Father loves me\, beca
 use I lay down my life\, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me\
 , but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down\, and I h
 ave power to take it again\; this charge I have received from my Father." \
 n\nThere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. Many o
 f them said\, "He has a demon\, and he is mad\; why listen to him?" Others 
 said\, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open 
 the eyes of the blind?"\n\nIt was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem\
 ; it was winter\, and Jesus was walking in the temple\, in the portico of S
 olomon. So the Jews gathered round him and said to him\, "How long will you
  keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ\, tell us plainly." Jesus answe
 red them\, "I told you\, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my 
 Father's name\, they bear witness to me\; but you do not believe\, because 
 you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, a
 nd they follow me\; and I give them eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\; Righteous Artemon\, B
 ishop of Seleucia\; Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; 
 Zachariah the Recluse\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 14:24
 -32\n The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, an
 d as I have purposed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian i
 n my land\, and upon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke sha
 ll depart from them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the pur
 pose that is purposed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand tha
 t is stretched out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purpose
 d\, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn it
  back?  In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, O
  Philistia\, all of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for from
  the serpent's root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a flyi
 ng serpent.  And the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie d
 own in safety\; but I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I 
 will slay.  Wail\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, all
  of you! For smoke comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in hi
 s ranks."  What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has
  founded Zion\, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n\nOld
  Testament Reading: Genesis 8:21-9:7\n And when the LORD smelled the pleasi
 ng odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground
  because of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth
 \; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done. 
  While the earth remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer an
 d winter\, day and night\, shall not cease."  \n\n And God blessed Noah and
  his sons\, and said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the ear
 th.  The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the 
 earth\, and upon every bird of the air\, upon everything that creeps on the
  ground and all the fish of the sea\; into your hand they are delivered.  E
 very moving thing that lives shall be food for you\; and as I gave you the 
 green plants\, I give you everything.  Only you shall not eat flesh with it
 s life\, that is\, its blood.  For your lifeblood I will surely require a r
 eckoning\; of every beast I will require it and of man\; of every man's bro
 ther I will require the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by m
 an shall his blood be shed\; for God made man in his own image.  And you\, 
 be fruitful and multiply\, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply
  in it."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 11:19-12:6\nHe who is steadfast
  in righteousness will live\, but he who pursues evil will die.  Men of per
 verse mind are an abomination to the LORD\, but those of blameless ways are
  his delight.  Be assured\, an evil man will not go unpunished\, but those 
 who are righteous will be delivered.  Like a gold ring in a swine's snout i
 s a beautiful woman without discretion.  The desire of the righteous ends o
 nly in good\; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.  One man gives freely
 \, yet grows all the richer\; another withholds what he should give\, and o
 nly suffers want.  A liberal man will be enriched\, and one who waters will
  himself be watered.  The people curse him who holds back grain\, but a ble
 ssing is on the head of him who sells it.  He who diligently seeks good see
 ks favor\, but evil comes to him who searches for it.  He who trusts in his
  riches will wither\, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.  H
 e who troubles his household will inherit wind\, and the fool will be serva
 nt to the wise.  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life\, but lawless
 ness takes away lives.  If the righteous is requited on earth\, how much mo
 re the wicked and the sinner!  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge\, b
 ut he who hates reproof is stupid.  A good man obtains favor from the LORD\
 , but a man of evil devices he condemns.  A man is not established by wicke
 dness\, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.  A good wife is 
 the crown of her husband\, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in h
 is bones.  The thoughts of the righteous are just\; the counsels of the wic
 ked are treacherous.  The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood\, but t
 he mouth of the upright delivers men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\; Gregory\, Bishop of Agrigentum\; Di
 onysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ischyrion\, Bishop of Egypt\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Sisinios the Confesso
 r\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 5:1-10\nBre
 thren\, we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed\, we have 
 a building from God\, a house not made with hands\, eternal in the heavens.
  Here indeed we groan\, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling\, so that 
 by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this 
 tent\, we sigh with anxiety\; not that we would be unclothed\, but that we 
 would be further clothed\, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by li
 fe. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God\, who has given us th
 e Spirit as a guarantee.\n\nSo we are always of good courage\; we know that
  while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord\, for we walk b
 y faith\, not by sight. We are of good courage\, and we would rather be awa
 y from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or awa
 y\, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the jud
 gment seat of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to hi
 s disciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents a
 nd scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt
  you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to
  you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hou
 r he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of
  heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and und
 erstanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gr
 acious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever
  Virgin Mary\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Lyons\; Lupus the Marty
 r\; Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion\; Our Holy Father Kallinikos\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Haralambos of Kalyviani\; 38 Martyrs of Thr
 ace\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Sirmium\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\,
  which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, 
 did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself
 \, taking the form of a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And be
 ing found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\,
  even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed o
 n him the name which is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every 
 knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every to
 ngue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a v
 illage\; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had
  a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teac
 hing. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and
  said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alo
 ne? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha
 \, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. M
 ary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." 
 As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "
 Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But h
 e said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Matthew\; Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\
 ; Chitus of Athens\, Bishop of Rome\; Hippolytus the Martyr of Rome\; After
 feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Da
 y (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the ev
 ening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where 
 the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them a
 nd said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed th
 em His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the L
 ord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent 
 Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them a
 nd said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\
 , they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." N
 ow Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Je
 sus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he
  said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and pla
 ce my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I w
 ill not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the house\
 , and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood 
 among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put yo
 ur finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in
  My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My 
 Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have s
 een Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did
  many other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written 
 in this book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the
  Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His na
 me.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 3:9-17\nBrethren\, we are God's fello
 w workers\; you are God's field\, God's building. According to the grace of
  God given to me\, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation\, and 
 another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon 
 it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid\, which
  is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold\, silve
 r\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, straw - each man's work will become mani
 fest\; for the Day will disclose it\, because it will be revealed with fire
 \, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work 
 which any man has built on the foundation survives\, he will receive a rewa
 rd. If any man's work is burned up\, he will suffer loss\, though he himsel
 f will be saved\, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are Go
 d's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's t
 emple\, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy\, and that temple yo
 u are.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-34\nAt that time\, Jesus made the d
 isciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, while he d
 ismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds\, he went up int
 o the hills by himself to pray. When evening came\, he was there alone\, bu
 t the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land\, beaten by
  the waves\; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the 
 night he came to them\, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him 
 walking on the sea\, they were terrified\, saying\, "It is a ghost!" And th
 ey cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them\, saying "Take hear
 t\, it is I\; have no fear." \n\n And Peter answered him\, "Lord\, if it is
  you\, bid me come to you on the water." He said\, "Come." So Peter got out
  of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus\; but when he saw th
 e wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning to sink he cried out\, "Lord\, save 
 me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him\, saying to him\
 , "O man of little faith\, why did you doubt?" And when they entered the bo
 at\, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him\, saying\, "Truly
  you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over\, they came to lan
 d at Gennesaret.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Readi
 ng: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples a
 fter he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son
  of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; 
 you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time 
 he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "
 Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." H
 e said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Pete
 r was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And
  he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." 
 Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you
  were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you
  are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and 
 carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death
  he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter
  turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain
  close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is
  going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what
  about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain unti
 l I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among 
 the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to h
 im that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I 
 come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to
  these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his tes
 timony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were
  every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could no
 t contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Cor
 inthians 11:21-33\;12:1-9\nBrethren\, whatever anyone dares to boast of -- 
 I am speaking as a fool -- I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? 
 So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So 
 am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one -- I am talking like a
  madman -- with far greater labors\, far more imprisonments\, with countles
 s beatings\, and often near death. Five times I have received at the hands 
 of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I have been beaten with 
 rods\; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked\; a night and
  a day I have been adrift at sea\; on frequent journeys\, in danger from ri
 vers\, danger from robbers\, danger from my own people\, danger from Gentil
 es\, danger in the city\, danger in the wilderness\, danger at sea\, danger
  from false brethren\; in toil and hardship\, through many a sleepless nigh
 t\, in hunger and thirst\, often without food\, in cold and exposure. And\,
  apart from other things\, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiet
 y for all the churches. Who is weak\, and I am not weak? Who is made to fal
 l\, and I am not indignant?\n\nIf I must boast\, I will boast of the things
  that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus\, he who is bl
 essed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus\, the governor under 
 King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me\, but I was l
 et down in a basket through a window in the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n
 \nI must boast\; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but I will go on to 
 visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen ye
 ars ago was caught up to the third heaven -- whether in the body or out of 
 the body I do not know\, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up 
 into Paradise -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God
  knows -- and he heard things that cannot be told\, which man may not utter
 . On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behalf I will not boas
 t\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wish to boast\, I shall not be a f
 ool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it\, so that no
  one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. And to keep 
 me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\, a thorn was give
 n me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, to keep me from b
 eing too elated. Three times I besought the Lord about this\, that it shoul
 d leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grace is sufficient for you\, for my p
 ower is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my w
 eaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 atthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus came into the district of Caesar
 ea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who do men say that the Son of man 
 is?" And they said\, "Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and o
 thers Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them\, "But who do you s
 ay that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\, the Son of the l
 iving God." And Jesus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For
  flesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in hea
 ven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my chur
 ch\, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you t
 he keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be 
 bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Tuesday after Pascha\; Job the Prophet\; Our Holy Father Seraphim 
 the Struggler of Mt. Domvu\; Sophia of Kleisoura\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8
 :5-17\nIn those days\, Philip went down to a city of Samaria\, and proclaim
 ed to them the Christ. And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what
  was said by Philip\, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did. F
 or unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed\, crying with a loud
  voice\; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. So there was much
  joy in the city.\n\nBut there was a man named Simon who had previously pra
 cticed magic in the city and amazed the nation of Samaria\, saying that he 
 himself was somebody great. They all gave heed to him\, from the least to t
 he greatest\, saying\, "This man is that power of God which is called Great
 ." And they gave heed to him\, because for a long time he had amazed them w
 ith his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about
  the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ\, they were baptized\, bot
 h men and women. Even Simon himself believed\, and after being baptized he 
 continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed\, he w
 as amazed.\n\nNow when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had rec
 eived the word of God\, they sent to them Peter and John\, who came down an
 d prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit\; for it had not 
 yet fallen on any of them\, but they had only been baptized in the name of 
 the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Ho
 ly Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:27-33\nThe Lord said to the Jews who c
 ame to him: "Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but for the food wh
 ich endures to eternal life\, which the Son of man will give to you\; for o
 n him has God the Father set his seal." Then they said to him\, "What must 
 we do\, to be doing the works of God?" Jesus answered them\, "This is the w
 ork of God\, that you believe in him whom he has sent." So they said to him
 \, "Then what sign do you do\, that we may see\, and believe you? What work
  do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness\; as it is wri
 tten\, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Jesus then said to them\, 
 "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, it was not Moses who gave you the bread fro
 m heaven\; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of
  God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, Iren
 e\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos\; Removal of the Relics 
 of St. Athanasius the Great\; Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appe
 ared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.\; Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerusale
 m\; Akakios the Centurion of Byzantium\; Repose of St. Nilus\, abbot of Sor
 a\; Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Heb
 rews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the
  word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their fait
 h.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be l
 ed away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be
  strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adhe
 rents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right 
 to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sa
 nctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the ca
 mp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the peopl
 e through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp
  and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we 
 seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer 
 up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowle
 dge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for s
 uch sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt t
 hat time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he s
 aw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had 
 happened. That very day] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\,
  about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all t
 hese things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing toget
 her\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept 
 from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversation whic
 h you are holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, look
 ing sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the onl
 y visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened ther
 e in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him
 \, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and wor
 d before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers deli
 vered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped
  that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is n
 ow the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company 
 amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find His 
 body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels
 \, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the t
 omb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." 
 And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all tha
 t the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suf
 fer these things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and a
 ll the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things c
 oncerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were goin
 g. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "S
 tay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He
  went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He took the br
 ead and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were o
 pened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They sa
 id to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us
  on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that sa
 me hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered toge
 ther and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\,
  and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road a
 nd how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\n
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 Irene\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose an
 d went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she ente
 red the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard 
 the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fill
 ed with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are yo
 u among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gran
 ted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when th
 e voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for j
 oy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wh
 at was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifie
 s the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded 
 the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations w
 ill call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, a
 nd holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and r
 eturned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:5-11\nBrethren\, hav
 e this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in Christ Jesus\, who\, thoug
 h he was in the form of God\, did not count equality with God a thing to be
  grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form of a servant\, being born 
 in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself an
 d became obedient unto death\, even death on a cross. Therefore God has hig
 hly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name\, th
 at at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in heaven and on earth and 
 under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to t
 he glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt
  that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received h
 im into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's
  feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much ser
 ving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my siste
 r has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord a
 nswered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many th
 ings\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall
  not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised
  her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the b
 reasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear t
 he word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Luke the Monk of Ta
 ormina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 8:1-6\nBrethren\, we have
  such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of 
 the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which
  is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every high priest is appointed t
 o offer gifts and sacrifices\; hence it is necessary for this priest also t
 o have something to offer. Now if he were on earth\, he would not be a prie
 st at all\, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. T
 hey serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary\; for when Moses was 
 about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God\, saying\, "See that you
  make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mounta
 in." But as it is\, he has obtained a ministry which is as much more excell
 ent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better\, since it is enacte
 d on better promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord said to His
  disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son of Man als
 o will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies me before m
 en will be denied before the angels of God.  And every one who speaks a wor
 d against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes against t
 he Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they bring you before the sy
 nagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious how or what
  you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach 
 you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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 sts: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\; Severian th
 e Martyr of Sebastia\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativit
 y of the Theotokos\; Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\,
  Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son
  of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman t
 hrough promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One
  is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hag
 ar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, fo
 r she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, an
 d she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does n
 ot bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the chil
 dren of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is mar
 ried."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after light
 ing a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it o
 n a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that
  shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known a
 nd come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will mor
 e be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that he has wil
 l be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, but the
 y could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and you
 r brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them
 \, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/16/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Romans 10:11-21\;11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture says\, "No one 
 who believes in God will be put to shame." For there is no distinction betw
 een Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upo
 n all who call upon him. For\, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lo
 rd will be saved." But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not b
 elieved? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? 
 And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men preach unless 
 they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful are the feet of those who 
 preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed the gospel\; for Isaiah say
 s\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard from us?" So faith comes fro
 m what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I
  ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice has gone ou
 t to all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the world." Again I ask
 \, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, "I will make you jealous o
 f those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.
 " Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been found by those who did no
 t seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me." But of Is
 rael he says\, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and 
 contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected his people? By no means! 
 I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraham\, a member of the tribe 
 of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed on\, he saw a man cal
 led Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he said to him\, "Follow me." A
 nd he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at table in the house\, behol
 d\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his di
 sciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they said to his disciples\, "Wh
 y does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard
  it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need of a physician\, but those
  who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sac
 rifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, but sinners to repentance."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/15/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity Fast Begins\; Guria\, Shamuna\, and Habib\, Martyrs and Confe
 ssors of Edessa\; Thomas II the New\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nFast 
 Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 2:13-20\nBrethren\, you w
 ho were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh\, Christ ma
 de alive together with him\, having forgiven us all our trespasses\, having
  canceled the bond which stood against us with its legal demands\; this he 
 set aside\, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the principalities and pow
 ers and made a public example of them\, triumphing over them in him. Theref
 ore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with 
 regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath. These are only a shadow of
  what is to come\; but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disquali
 fy you\, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels\, taking his sta
 nd on visions\, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind\, and not hol
 ding fast to the Head\, from whom the whole body\, nourished and knit toget
 her through its joints and ligaments\, grows with a growth that is from God
 . If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe\, why do
  you live as if you still belonged to the world?\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14
 :1\, 12-15\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the home of a certain ruler of the
  Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread. And he said to the man who had invi
 ted him\, "When you give a dinner or a banquet\, do not invite your friends
  or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors\, lest they also invite
  you in return\, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast\, invite the 
 poor\, the maimed\, the lame\, the blind\, and you will be blessed\, becaus
 e they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just
 ." When one of those who sat at table with him heard this\, he said to him\
 , "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman\; Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Coma
 na\; Holy New Martyrs Demetrius and Paul of Tripoli\; John-Vladimir\, Ruler
  of Serbia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the 
 week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and 
 saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went
  to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and sai
 d to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know 
 where they have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, an
 d they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran 
 Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the lin
 en cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, follo
 wing him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying\, and the
  napkin\, which had been on his head\, not lying with the linen cloths but 
 rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the t
 omb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did no
 t know the scripture\, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples 
 went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 11:19-30\nIn those days\
 , those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose o
 ver Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking 
 the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men of Cyprus a
 nd Cyrene\, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\, preaching t
 he Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a great number 
 that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the chur
 ch in Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw t
 he grace of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful
  to the Lord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, full of the H
 oly Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barn
 abas went to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found him\, he broug
 ht him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, and taught a
  large company of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first 
 time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem
  to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spir
 it that there would be a great famine over all the world\; and this took pl
 ace in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, every one accor
 ding to his ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea\, a
 nd they did so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
 \n\nGospel Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a city of Sam
 aria\, called Sychar\, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Ja
 cob's well was there\, and so Jesus\, wearied as he was with his journey\, 
 sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.\n\nThere came a woma
 n of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her\, "Give me a drink." For his 
 disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said
  to him\, "How is it that you\, a Jew\, ask a drink of me\, a woman of Sama
 ria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her\, "If y
 ou knew the gift of God\, and who it is that is saying to you\, 'Give me a 
 drink\,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.
 " The woman said to him\, "Sir\, you have nothing to draw with\, and the we
 ll is deep\; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our f
 ather Jacob\, who gave us the well\, and drank from it himself\, and his so
 ns\, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her\, "Everyone who drinks of this wate
 r will thirst again\, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him
  will never thirst\; the water that I shall give him will become in him a s
 pring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, 
 give me this water\, that I may not thirst\, nor come here to draw."\n\nJes
 us said to her\, "Go\, call your husband\, and come here." The woman answer
 ed him\, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her\, "You are right in saying\
 , 'I have no husband'\; for you have had five husbands\, and he whom you no
 w have is not your husband\; this you said truly." The woman said to him\, 
 "Sir\, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mou
 ntain\; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
 " Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, believe me\, the hour is coming when neither
  on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship
  what you do not know\; we worship what we know\, for salvation is from the
  Jews. But the hour is coming\, and now is\, when the true worshipers will 
 worship the Father in spirit and truth\, for such the Father seeks to worsh
 ip him. God is spirit\, and those who worship him must worship in spirit an
 d truth." The woman said to him\, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he wh
 o is called Christ)\; when he comes\, he will show us all things." Jesus sa
 id to her\, "I who speak to you am he."\n\nJust then his disciples came. Th
 ey marveled that he was talking with a woman\, but none said\, "What do you
  wish?" or\, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water ja
 r\, and went away into the city and said to the people\, "Come\, see a man 
 who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of 
 the city and were coming to him.\n\nMeanwhile the disciples besought him\, 
 saying "Rabbi\, eat." But he said to them\, "I have food to eat of which yo
 u do not know." So the disciples said to one another\, "Has anyone brought 
 him food?" Jesus said to them\, "My food is to do the will of him who sent 
 me\, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say\, 'There are yet four month
 s\, then comes the harvest'? I tell you\, lift up your eyes\, and see how t
 he fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages\, and 
 gathers fruit for eternal life\, so that sower and reaper may rejoice toget
 her. For here the saying holds true\, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent 
 you to reap that for which you did not labor\; others have labored\, and yo
 u have entered into their labor."\n\nMany Samaritans from that city believe
 d in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did.
 " So when the Samaritans came to him\, they asked him to stay with them\; a
 nd he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. Th
 ey said to the woman\, "It is no longer because of your words that we belie
 ve\, for we have heard ourselves\, and we know that this is indeed Christ t
 he Savior of the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Anthousa\, the Mother
  of John Chrysostom\; Damaskinos the New Martyr of Mount Athos\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, 
 "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the 
 door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but 
 he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeep
 er opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name an
 d leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them
 \, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will
  not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice 
 of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understa
 nd what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly
 \, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are th
 ieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any
  one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find past
 ure."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting
  that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, se
 parated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like th
 ose high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and t
 hen for those of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up h
 imself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, 
 but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son w
 ho has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is 
 this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of t
 he throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the tr
 ue tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Joh
 n 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he wi
 ll be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes onl
 y to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have
  it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his l
 ife for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the
  sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and 
 the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hirelin
 g and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own 
 and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I l
 ay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of th
 is fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there sh
 all be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/10/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\; Anastasia of Alexandria\; Mich
 ael Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isai
 ah 2:11-21\nThe haughty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride o
 f men shall be humbled\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\
 nFor the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty\, agai
 nst all that is lifted up and high\; against all the cedars of Lebanon\, lo
 fty and lifted up\; and against all the oaks of Bashan\; against all the hi
 gh mountains\, and against all the lofty hills\; against every high tower\,
  and against every fortified wall\; against all the ships of Tarshish\, and
  against all the beautiful craft.  And the haughtiness of man shall be humb
 led\, and the pride of men shall be brought low\; and the Lord alone will b
 e exalted in that day.  And the idols shall utterly pass away.  And men sha
 ll enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground\, from before t
 he terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, when he rises t
 o terrify the earth.\n\nIn that day men will cast forth their idols of silv
 er and their idols of gold\, which they made for themselves to worship\, to
  the moles and to the bats\, to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clef
 ts of the cliffs\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory 
 of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Genesis 2:4-19\nThese are the generations of the heavens and the earth 
 when they were created.\n\nIn the day that the Lord God made the earth and 
 the heavens\, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb o
 f the field had yet sprung up -- for the Lord God had not caused it to rain
  upon the earth\, and there was no man to till the ground\; but a mist went
  up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground -- then the Lor
 d God formed man of dust from the ground\, and breathed into his nostrils t
 he breath of life\; and man became a living being.  And the Lord God plante
 d a garden in Eden\, in the east\; and there he put the man whom he had for
 med.  And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pl
 easant to the sight and good for food\, the tree of life also in the midst 
 of the garden\, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.\n\nA river 
 flowed out of Eden to water the garden\, and there it divided and became fo
 ur rivers.  The name of the first is Pishon\; it is the one which flows aro
 und the whole land of Hav'ilah\, where there is gold\; and the gold of that
  land is good\; bdellium and onyx stone are there.  The name of the second 
 river is Gihon\; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.  
 And the name of the third river is Tigris\, which flows east of Assyria.  A
 nd the fourth river is the Euphra'tes.\n\nThe Lord God took the man and put
  him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  And the Lord God comman
 ded the man\, saying\, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden\; bu
 t of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat\, for in 
 the day that you eat of it you shall die."\n\nThen the Lord God said\, "It 
 is not good that the man should be alone\; I will make him a helper fit for
  him."  So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field a
 nd every bird of the air\, and brought them to the man to see what he would
  call them\; and whatever the man called every living creature\, that was i
 ts name.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:1-18\nMy son\, do not forget 
 my teaching\, but let your heart keep my commandments\; for length of days 
 and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you.\n\nLet not loyal
 ty and faithfulness forsake you\; bind them about your neck\, write them on
  the tablet of your heart.  So you will find favor and good repute in the s
 ight of God and man.\n\nTrust in the Lord with all your heart\, and do not 
 rely on your own insight.  In all your ways acknowledge him\, and he will m
 ake straight your paths.  Be not wise in your own eyes\; fear the Lord\, an
 d turn away from evil.  It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to
  your bones.\n\nHonor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruit
 s of all your produce\; then your barns will be filled with plenty\, and yo
 ur vats will be bursting with wine.\n\nMy son\, do not despise the Lord's d
 iscipline or be weary of his reproof\, for the Lord reproves him whom he lo
 ves\, as a father the son in whom he delights.\n\nHappy is the man who find
 s wisdom\, and the man who gets understanding\, for the gain from it is bet
 ter than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.  She is more pre
 cious than jewels\, and nothing you desire can compare with her.  Long life
  is in her right hand\; in her left hand are riches and honor.  Her ways ar
 e ways of pleasantness\, and all her paths are peace.  She is a tree of lif
 e to those who lay hold of her\; those who hold her fast are called happy.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Matthew\; Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. Jo
 hn the Theologian\; Cosmas of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\; The Transla
 tion of the Relics of Dionysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\; The Trans
 lation of the Holy Relics of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nMatins
  Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to th
 e disciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\,
  "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "
 Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A
  second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He sa
 id to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend
  my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you l
 ove me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you 
 love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that 
 I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to y
 ou\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\;
  but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will 
 gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show 
 by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Foll
 ow me." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\,
  who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who 
 is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\,
  "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that h
 e remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread 
 abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did
  not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he re
 main until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is beari
 ng witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know
  that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jes
 us did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world it
 self could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: I Corinthians 9:2-12\nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship 
 in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not ha
 ve the right to our food and drink? Do we not have the right to be accompan
 ied by a wife\, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Ceph
 as? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working 
 for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vine
 yard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting som
 e of the milk? Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law say the s
 ame? For it is written in the law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox wh
 en it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Doe
 s he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake\, because
  the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share
  in the crop. If we have sown spiritual good among you\, is it too much if 
 we reap your material benefits? If others share this rightful claim upon yo
 u\, do not we still more? Nevertheless\, we have not made use of this right
 \, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gos
 pel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:23-35\nThe Lord said this para
 ble:  "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle
  accounts with his servants.  When he began the reckoning\, one was brought
  to him who owed him ten thousand talents\; and as he could not pay\, his l
 ord ordered him to be sold\, with his wife and children and all that he had
 \, and payment to be made.  So the servant fell on his knees\, imploring hi
 m\, 'Lord\, have patience with me\, and I will pay you everything.'  And ou
 t of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the
  debt.  But that same servant\, as he went out\, came upon one of his fello
 w servants who owed him a hundred denarii\; and seizing him by the throat h
 e said\, 'Pay what you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and besought h
 im\, 'Have patience with me\, and I will pay you.'  He refused and went and
  put him in prison till he should pay the debt.  When his fellow servants s
 aw what had taken place\, they were greatly distressed\, and they went and 
 reported to their lord all that had taken place.  Then his lord summoned hi
 m and said to him\, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt becaus
 e you besought me\; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servan
 t\, as I had mercy on you?'  And in anger his lord delivered him to the tor
 turers\, till he should pay all his debt.  So also my heavenly Father will 
 do to every one of you\, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today\; Tarasius\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\; Holy Martyr 
 Alexander of Thrace\; Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping 
 and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home w
 ondering at what had happened. That very day] two of them were going to a v
 illage named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with e
 ach other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking
  and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But 
 their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is t
 his conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" and th
 ey stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered H
 im\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things th
 at have happened there in these days?" And He said to them\, "What things?"
  And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet m
 ighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief pr
 iests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified 
 Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besid
 es all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some 
 women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning 
 and did not find His body\; and they came back saying that they had even se
 en a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were 
 with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but Hi
 m they did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of hea
 rt to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that 
 the Christ should suffer these things and enter into this glory?" And begin
 ning with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the sc
 riptures the things concerning Himself. So they drew near to the village to
  which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrai
 ned Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is 
 now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with 
 them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. 
 And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of
  their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us 
 while He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" 
 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the
  eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lo
 rd has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had h
 appened on the road and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bre
 ad.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, you have obs
 erved my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my faith\, my patience\, 
 my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my sufferings\, what befell 
 me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what persecutions I endured\; 
 yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godl
 y life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while evil men and impostors wi
 ll go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived. But as for you\, conti
 nue in what you have learned and have firmly believed\, knowing from whom y
 ou learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacr
 ed writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in C
 hrist Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\nThe Lord said this parable\,
  "Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Pharisee and the other a 
 tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself\, 'God\, I 
 thank you that I am not like other men\, extortioners\, unjust\, adulterers
 \, or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week\, I give tithes of
  all that I get.'  But the tax collector\, standing far off\, would not eve
 n lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\, saying\, 'God\, be mer
 ciful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went down to his house justif
 ied rather than the other\; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled
 \, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Great and Holy Pascha\; Irene the Great Martyr\; Neophytos\, Gaius\, &
  Caianus the Monk-martyrs\; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\; Euth
 ymios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Re
 ading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary t
 he mother of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and a
 noint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the t
 omb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will
  roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, th
 ey saw that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the
  tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white
  robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you
  seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\
 ; see the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter 
 that He is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He tol
 d you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astoni
 shment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were
  afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 1:1-8\nIn the first book\, O Theophilos\,
  I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day whe
 n he was taken up\, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit 
 to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive afte
 r his passion by many proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and sp
 eaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them n
 ot to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\, w
 hich\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but be
 fore many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."\n\nSo when they
  had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time restore
  the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them\, "it is not for you to know times
  or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall 
 receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be my 
 witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the e
 arth."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:1-17\nIn the beginning was the Word\, and 
 the Word was with God\, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with 
 God\; all things were made through him\, and without him was not anything m
 ade that was made. In him was life\, and the life was the light of men. The
  light shines in the darkness\, and the darkness has not overcome it. \n\nT
 here was a man sent from God\, whose name was John. He came for testimony\,
  to bear witness to the light\, that all might believe through him. He was 
 not the light\, but came to bear witness to the light.\n\nThe true light th
 at enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world\, an
 d the world was made through him\, yet the world knew him not. He came to h
 is own home\, and his own people received him not. But to all who received 
 him\, who believed in his name\, he gave power to become children of God\; 
 who were born\, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will o
 f man\, but of God.\n\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us\, full 
 of grace and truth\; we have beheld his glory\, glory as of the only Son fr
 om the Father. (John bore witness to him\, and cried\, "This was he of whom
  I said\, 'He who comes after me ranks before me\, for he was before me.'")
  And from his fullness have we all received\, grace upon grace. For the law
  was given through Moses\; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\; Holy New Martyr Peter the Al
 eut\; John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk 
 as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good a
 nd right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no
  part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it
  is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but when a
 nything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that beco
 mes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise
  from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how 
 you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, be
 cause the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what 
 the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debau
 chery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms an
 d hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with al
 l your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the do
 or\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out an
 d find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I cam
 e that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd
 .  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hirelin
 g and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming a
 nd leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the
 m.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I a
 m the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father know
 s me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I h
 ave other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and 
 they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Crescens the Martyr\; Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\; Michael the New Ma
 rtyr of Smyrna\; The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\; Padarn\, Bishop and Founde
 r of Llandabarn Fawr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 37:33-
 38:6\n"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shal
 l not come into this city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come before it wit
 h a shield\, or cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came\
 , by the same he shall return\, and he shall not come into this city\, says
  the LORD.  For I will defend this city to save it\, for my own sake and fo
 r the sake of my servant David."  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, an
 d slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; an
 d when men arose early in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies
 .  Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed\, and went home and dwelt at N
 ineveh.  And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adramme
 lech and Sharezer\, his sons\, slew him with the sword\, and escaped into t
 he land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. \n\n  In th
 ose days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the
  prophet the son of Amoz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LOR
 D: Set your house in order\; for you shall die\, you shall not recover."  T
 hen Hezekiah turned his face to the wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and sai
 d\, "Remember now\, O LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked before thee
  in faithfulness and with a whole heart\, and have done what is good in thy
  sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isa
 iah:  "Go and say to Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of David your 
 father: I have heard your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will
  add fifteen years to your life.  I will deliver you and this city out of t
 he hand of the king of Assyria\, and defend this city.\n\nOld Testament Rea
 ding: Genesis 13:12-18\n Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwel
 t among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now t
 he men of Sodom were wicked\, great sinners against the LORD.  \n\n The LOR
 D said to Abram\, after Lot had separated from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, a
 nd look from the place where you are\, northward and southward and eastward
  and westward\; for all the land which you see I will give to you and to yo
 ur descendants for ever.  I will make your descendants as the dust of the e
 arth\; so that if one can count the dust of the earth\, your descendants al
 so can be counted.  Arise\, walk through the length and the breadth of the 
 land\, for I will give it to you."  So Abram moved his tent\, and came and 
 dwelt by the oaks of Mamre\, which are at Hebron\; and there he built an al
 tar to the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4\nThe fear of
  the LORD is a fountain of life\, that one may avoid the snares of death.  
 In a multitude of people is the glory of a king\, but without people a prin
 ce is ruined.  He who is slow to anger has great understanding\, but he who
  has a hasty temper exalts folly.  A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh\
 , but passion makes the bones rot.  He who oppresses a poor man insults his
  Maker\, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.  The wicked is overthr
 own through his evil-doing\, but the righteous finds refuge through his int
 egrity.  Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding\, but it is no
 t known in the heart of fools.  Righteousness exalts a nation\, but sin is 
 a reproach to any people.  A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor\
 , but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.  A soft answer turns away
  wrath\, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  The tongue of the wise dispenses
  knowledge\, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.  The eyes of the LORD 
 are in every place\, keeping watch on the evil and the good.  A gentle tong
 ue is a tree of life\, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Saturday of Souls\; The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; Our Righ
 teous Father Panagis (Paisios) Basias\; Tarasios & John the Martyrs\; Sebas
 tian the Wonderworker\; Zenais the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonia
 ns 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning thos
 e who are asleep\, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  
 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, through Jes
 us\, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  For this we dec
 lare to you by the word of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are left 
 until the coming of the Lord\, shall not precede those who have fallen asle
 ep.  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command\, 
 with the archangel's call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And 
 the dead in Christ will rise first\; then we who are alive\, who are left\,
  shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in th
 e air\; and so we shall always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 21
 :14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was
  raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, 
 do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know th
 at I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to 
 him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\
 ; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to h
 im the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was griev
 ed because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to
  him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said 
 to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young
 \, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, 
 you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you w
 here you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to 
 glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and
  saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to h
 is breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to b
 etray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this
  man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, 
 what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethre
 n that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he 
 was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what
  is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these thin
 gs\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is t
 rue. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one 
 of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain t
 he books that would be written. Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/31/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\; The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:16-17\;4:1-4
 \nTimothy\, my son\, all scripture is inspired by God and profitable for te
 aching\, for reproof\, for correction\, and for training in righteousness\,
  that the man of God may be complete\, equipped for every good work.\n\nI c
 harge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the li
 ving and the dead\, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word\,
  be urgent in season and out of season\, convince\, rebuke\, and exhort\, b
 e unfailing in patience and in teaching. For the time is coming when people
  will not endure sound teaching\, but having itching ears they will accumul
 ate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings\, and will turn away 
 from listening to the truth and wander into myths.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 
 11:11-23\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Jerusalem\, and went into the temple
 \; and when he had looked round at everything\, as it was already late\, he
  went out to Bethany with the twelve.\n\nOn the following day\, when they c
 ame from Bethany\, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in 
 leaf\, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it\,
  he found nothing but leaves\, for it was not the season for figs. And he s
 aid to it\, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples h
 eard it.\n\nAnd they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began
  to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple\, and he ov
 erturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold p
 igeons\; and he would not allow any one to carry anything through the templ
 e. And he taught\, and said to them\, "Is it not written\, 'My house shall 
 be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a de
 n of robbers." And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a 
 way to destroy him\; for they feared him\, because all the multitude was as
 tonished at his teaching. And when evening came they went out of the city.\
 n\nAs they passed by in the morning\, they saw the fig tree withered away t
 o its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him\, "Rabbi\, look! The fig 
 tree which you cursed has withered." And Jesus answered them\, "Have faith 
 in God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever says to this mountain\, 'Be taken up
  and cast into the sea\,' and does not doubt in his heart\, but believes th
 at what he says will come to pass\, it will be done for him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\;
  Hilary the Wonderworker\; Euthemios\, Bishop of Madytos\; Athanasios\, Bis
 hop of Corinth\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of 
 the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, which
  they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, bu
 t when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While the
 y were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling ap
 parel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, t
 he men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not
  here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still in Gal
 ilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men\,
  and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His wor
 ds and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all 
 the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James
  and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but these wo
 rds seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But Peter 
 rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloth
 s by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Acts 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the disciples were increasing 
 in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widow
 s were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the bod
 y of the disciples and said\, "it is not right that we should give up preac
 hing the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick out from 
 among you seven men of good repute\, full of the Spirit and of wisdom\, who
 m we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and t
 o the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude
 \, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit\, an
 d Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nic
 olaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles\, and th
 ey prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased\; a
 nd the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, and a grea
 t many of the priests were obedient to the faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1
 5:43-47\; 16:1-8\nAt that time\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected member o
 f the council\, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God\, took 
 courage and went to Pilate\, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wo
 ndered if he were already dead\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked him
  whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that h
 e was dead\, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud\, 
 and taking him down\, wrapped him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in a t
 omb which had been hewn out of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against the
  door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he
  was laid.\n\nAnd when the sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the
  mother of James\, and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and a
 noint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tom
 b when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will r
 oll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they
  saw that the stone was rolled back\; for it was very large. And entering t
 he tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a whi
 te robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; y
 ou seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, he is not her
 e\; see the place where they laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and Pete
 r that he is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he t
 old you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and asto
 nishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they we
 re afraid.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\; The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Za
 chariah)\; Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\; Afterfeast of the Presentat
 ion of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Cuthman of Steyning\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the 
 great love with which he loved us\, even when we were dead through our tres
 passes\, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\
 , and raised us up with him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly plac
 es in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable
  riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace yo
 u have been saved through faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is th
 e gift of God: not because of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are
  his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepa
 red beforehand\, that we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10
 :16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep 
 in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Bewa
 re of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in thei
 r synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sa
 ke\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you 
 up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for wh
 at you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who
  speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will d
 eliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and children will r
 ise against parents and have them put to death\; and you will be hated by a
 ll for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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SUMMARY: Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\; Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \; Our Righteous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\; Nicholas Chrysoberges\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:1-7\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus
  by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope\, to Timothy\, m
 y true child in the faith: Grace\, mercy\, and peace from God the Father an
 d Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia\, rem
 ain at Ephesos that you may charge certain persons not to teach any differe
 nt doctrine\, nor to occupy themselves with myths and endless genealogies w
 hich promote speculations rather than the divine training that is in faith\
 ; whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a
  good conscience and sincere faith. Certain persons by swerving from these 
 have wandered away into vain discussion\, desiring to be teachers of the la
 w\, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about w
 hich they make assertions.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:42-50\; 10:1\nThe Lord
  said\, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin\,
  it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck a
 nd he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin\, cut it
  off\; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go 
 to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, where their worm does not die\, and th
 e fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off\; i
 t is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into
  hell\, where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. And i
 f your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it out\; it is better for you to enter
  the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell\
 , where their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. For every o
 ne will be salted with fire and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. S
 alt is good\; but if the salt has lost its saltness\, how will you season i
 t? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at peace with one another." And he left
  there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan\, and crowds g
 athered to him again\; and again\, as his custom was\, he taught them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\; Julia the Virgin-martyr
  of Carthage\; 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\; Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Je
 rsey\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 10:11-21\;11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture 
 says\, "No one who believes in God will be put to shame." For there is no d
 istinction between Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows
  his riches upon all who call upon him. For\, "every one who calls upon the
  name of the Lord will be saved." But how are men to call upon him in whom 
 they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they hav
 e never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men
  preach unless they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful are the fee
 t of those who preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed the gospel\;
  for Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard from us?" So 
 faith comes from what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching o
 f Christ. But I ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; for "Their vo
 ice has gone out to all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the worl
 d." Again I ask\, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, "I will mak
 e you jealous of those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nation I will 
 make you angry." Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been found by t
 hose who did not seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for
  me." But of Israel he says\, "All day long I have held out my hands to a d
 isobedient and contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected his people
 ? By no means! I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraham\, a membe
 r of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he forekne
 w.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:16-20\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall I co
 mpare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and 
 calling to their playmates\, 'We piped to you\, and you did not dance\; we 
 wailed\, and you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking\
 , and they say\, 'He has a demon'\; the Son of man came eating and drinking
 \, and they say\, 'Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax coll
 ectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her children." Then he bega
 n to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had been done\, beca
 use they did not repent.\n\n
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SUMMARY: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240514
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Glyceria\; Sergios the Confe
 ssor\; Alexandros the Martyr\; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: Acts 3:19-26\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and
  turn again\, that your sins may be blotted out\, that times of refreshing 
 may come from the presence of the Lord\, and that he may send the Christ ap
 pointed for you\, Jesus\, whom heaven must receive until the time for estab
 lishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. M
 oses said\, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethre
 n as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And
  it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be 
 destroyed from the people.' And all the prophets who have spoken\, from Sam
 uel and those who came afterwards\, also proclaimed these days. You are the
  sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers\, 
 saying to Abraham\, 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the ea
 rth be blessed.' God\, having raised up his servant\, sent him to you first
 \, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness."\n\nGospe
 l Reading: John 2:1-11\nAt that time\, there was a wedding at Cana in Galil
 ee\, and the mother of Jesus was there\; Jesus also was invited to the wedd
 ing\, with his disciples. When the wine gave out\, the mother of Jesus said
  to him\, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her\, "O woman\, what have
  you to do with me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the serva
 nts\, "Do whatever he tells you." Now six stone jars were standing there\, 
 for the Jewish rites of purification\, each holding twenty or thirty gallon
 s. Jesus said to them\, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up
  to the brim. He said to them\, "Now draw some out\, and take it to the ste
 ward of the feast." So they took it. When the steward of the feast tasted t
 he water now become wine\, and did not know where it came from (though the 
 servants who had drawn the water knew)\, the steward of the feast called th
 e bridegroom and said to him\, "Every man serves the good wine first\; and 
 when men have drunk freely\, then the poor wine\; but you have kept the goo
 d wine until now." This\, the first of his signs\, Jesus did at Cana in Gal
 ilee\, and manifested his glory\; and his disciples believed in him.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230903
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/03/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Matthew\; Anthimus\, Bishop of Nicomedea\; Holy Father 
 Theoctistus and his fellow struggler Euthymius the Great\; Polydorus the Ma
 rtyr of New Ephesus\; Translation of the relics of St. Nectarius the Wonder
 worker\, Bishop of Pentopolis\; Chariton the Martyr\; Phoebe the Deaconess\
 n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Mag
 dalene\, and Mary the mother of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that 
 they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week
  they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one 
 another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" 
 And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back - it was very larg
 e. And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\,
  dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do 
 not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has rise
 n\, He is not here\; see the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His d
 isciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee\; there you will 
 see Him\, as He told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for t
 rembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they said nothing to any
 one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 16:13-24\nBre
 thren\, be watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, be strong.
  Let all that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know that the ho
 usehold of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they have devo
 ted themselves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to be subject to s
 uch men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of 
 Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up for your 
 absence\; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition t
 o such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca\, togeth
 er with the church in their house\, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. 
 All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I\, Pa
 ul\, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the L
 ord\, let him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be 
 with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 21:33-42\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There was a householder wh
 o planted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in 
 it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another 
 country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the t
 enants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\
 , killed another\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, more 
 than the first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son t
 o them\, saying 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the so
 n\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him an
 d have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard
  and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will
  he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to
  a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will giv
 e him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never re
 ad in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has becom
 e the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous 
 in our eyes?'"\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240723
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\; Mar
 kella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 9:2-12
 \nBrethren\, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my def
 ense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food an
 d drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the othe
 r apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas 
 and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as
  a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of 
 its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say thi
 s on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in t
 he law of Moses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the g
 rain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for
  our sake? It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in
  hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have so
 wn spiritual good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benef
 its? If others share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? N
 evertheless\, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything r
 ather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villages\,
  preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve
  were with him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits an
 d infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone ou
 t\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and ma
 ny others\, who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\; Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor
 \, Archbishop of Thessalonica\; Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Pe
 ter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Melissourgeio Kissamos\
 ; Justus the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commen
 d to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, that 
 you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in what
 ever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and of my
 self as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\,
  who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all the c
 hurches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in their house.
  Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.
  Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, 
 my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among the apostle
 s\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the 
 Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys.
  Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the f
 amily of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord wh
 o belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryp
 haina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the L
 ord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Greet As
 yncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are 
 with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\,
  and all the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. 
 All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:10-23\,
 43\nAt that time\, the disciples of Jesus came to him and said to him\, "Wh
 y do you speak to the crowds in parables?" And he answered them\, "To you i
 t has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven\, but to them
  it has not been given. For to him who has will more be given\, and he will
  have abundance\; but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken
  away. This is why I speak to them in parables\, because seeing they do not
  see\, and hearing they do not hear\, nor do they understand. With them ind
 eed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear 
 but never understand\, and you shall indeed see but never perceive. For thi
 s people's heart has grown dull\, and their ears are heavy of hearing\, and
  their eyes they have closed\, lest they should perceive with their eyes\, 
 and hear with their ears\, and understand with their heart\, and turn for m
 e to heal them.' But blessed are your eyes\, for they see\, and your ears\,
  for they hear. Truly\, I say to you\, many prophets and righteous men long
 ed to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, a
 nd did not hear it.\n\n"Hear then the parable of the sower. When any one he
 ars the word of the kingdom and does not understand it\, the evil one comes
  and snatches away what is sown in his heart\; this is what was sown along 
 the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground\, this is he who hears the w
 ord and immediately receives it with joy\; yet he has no root in himself\, 
 but endures for a while\, and when tribulation or persecution arises on acc
 ount of the word\, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among th
 orns\, this is he who hears the word\, but the cares of the world and the d
 elight in riches choke the word\, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was
  sown on good soil\, this is he who hears the word and understands it\; he 
 indeed bears fruit\, and yields\, in one case a hundredfold\, in another si
 xty\, and in another thirty. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240613
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of Pascha\; Onuphrius of Egypt\; Peter the Athonite\; Holy Ma
 rtyr Antonine\; John the Soldier of Egypt\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at Caesar
 ea\, he went up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioch. Aft
 er spending some time there he departed and went from place to place throug
 h the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples. Now 
 a Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He was an e
 loquent man\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the 
 way of the Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taught acc
 urately the things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism of Jo
 hn. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla and Aqui
 la heard him\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accur
 ately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encouraged him\
 , and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he greatly h
 elped those who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confuted the
  Jews in public\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 12:36-47\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, 
 "While you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons
  of light. When Jesus had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them
 . Though he had done so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe i
 n him\; it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfille
 d: "Lord\, who has believed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lor
 d been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\,
  "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see
  with their eyes and perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal th
 em." Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Neverthele
 ss\, many even of the authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pha
 risees they did not confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagog
 ue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Je
 sus cried out and said\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in
  him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as l
 ight into the world\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darknes
 s. If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him\
 ; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🐟 Apodosis of Pascha
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220108
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\; A
 fterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Cedd\, Bi
 shop of Scotland\; Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Acts 19:1-8\nIn those days\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, 
 Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found s
 ome disciples. And he said to them\, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when 
 you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we have never even heard that there is
  a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into what then were you baptized?" They sai
 d\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptized with the baptism 
 of repentance\, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come af
 ter him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were baptized in the nam
 e of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy 
 Spirit came on them\; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There wer
 e about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three m
 onths spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: John 1:29-34\nAt that time\, John saw Jesus coming toward him\,
  and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God\, who takes away the sin of the world
 ! This is he of whom I said\, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me\, f
 or he was before me.' I myself did not know him\; but for this I came bapti
 zing with water\, that he might be revealed to Israel." And John bore witne
 ss\, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven\, and it remained on h
 im. I myself did not know him\; but he who sent me to baptize with water sa
 id to me\, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain\, this is he w
 ho baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness t
 hat this is the Son of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Nativity\; Eve of the Nativity of Christ\; Eugenia the R
 ighteous Nun-martyr of Rome and those with her\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Al
 lowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week
 \, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and sa
 w that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went t
 o Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said 
 to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know wh
 ere they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, and 
 they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Pe
 ter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen
  cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, followi
 ng him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the nap
 kin\, which had been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but ro
 lled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tom
 b first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not 
 know the scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples we
 nt back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:9-10\; 32-40\nBRETHR
 EN\, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise\, as in a foreign la
 nd\, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same prom
 ise.  For he looked forward to the city which has foundation\, whose builde
 r and maker is God.\n\nAnd what more shall I say?  For time would fail me t
 o tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the 
 prophets - who through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, receiv
 ed promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped 
 the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war
 \, put foreign armies to flight.  Women received their dead by resurrection
 .  Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise a
 gain to a better life.  Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even ch
 ains and imprisonment.  They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they wer
 e tempted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of s
 heep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world wa
 s not worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains\, and in dens and caves
  of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did
  not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better fo
 r us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 1:1-25\nThe book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, the son of D
 avid\, the son of Abraham.\n\nAbraham was the father of Isaac\, and Isaac t
 he father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers\, and J
 udah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar\, and Perez the father of Hezro
 n\, and Hezron the father of Aram\, and Aram the father of Amminadab\, and 
 Amminadab the father of Nahshon\, and Nahshon the father of Salmon\, and Sa
 lmon the father of Boaz by Rahab\, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth\, an
 d Obed the father of Jesse\, and Jesse the father of David the king.\n\nAnd
  David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah\, and Solomon the fat
 her of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah\, and Abijah the father
  of Asa\, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat the father of
  Joram\, and Joram the father of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father of Jotham\,
  and Jotham the father of Ahaz\, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah\, and Heze
 kiah the father of Manasseh\, and Manasseh the father of Amon\, and Amon th
 e father of Josiah\, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers\, 
 at the time of the deportation to Babylon.\n\nAnd after the deportation to 
 Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel\, and Salathiel the father o
 f Zerubbabel\, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud\, and Abiud the father of
  Eliakim\, and Eliakim the father of Azor\, and Azor the father of Zadok\, 
 and Zadok the father of Achim\, and Achim the father of Eliud\, and Eliud t
 he father of Eleazar\, and Eleazar the father of Matthan\, and Matthan the 
 father of Jacob\, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary\, of w
 hom Jesus was born\, who is called Christ.\n\nSo all the generations from A
 braham to David were fourteen generations\, and from David to the deportati
 on to Babylon fourteen generations\, and from the deportation to Babylon to
  the Christ fourteen generations.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ took pla
 ce in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph\, before 
 they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit\; and 
 her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame\, r
 esolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, behold\, an ang
 el of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, son of David
 \, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is conceived in her 
 is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall call his name J
 esus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to
  fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a virgin shall 
 conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (which mea
 ns\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as the angel of the
  Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not until she had bor
 ne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/31/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\; Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of Va
 topaidi\; Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\; Eudocimus the Righteous of Ca
 ppadocia\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 10:28-33\;11:1-8\nBrethren\, if 
 someone says to you\, "This has been offered in sacrifice\," then out of co
 nsideration for the man who informed you\, and for conscience's sake - I me
 an his conscience\, not yours - do not eat it. For why should my liberty be
  determined by another man's scruples? If I partake with thankfulness\, why
  am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? So\, whether you e
 at or drink\, or whatever you do\, do all to the glory of God. Give no offe
 nse to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God\, just as I try to please 
 all men in everything I do\, not seeking my own advantage\, but that of man
 y\, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me\, as I am of Christ. I comme
 nd you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions ev
 en as I have delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the h
 ead of every man is Christ\, the head of a woman is her husband\, and the h
 ead of Christ is God. Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered
  dishonors his head\, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head u
 nveiled dishonors her head - it is the same as if her head were shaven. For
  if a woman will not veil herself\, then she should cut off her hair\, but 
 if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven\, let her wear a vei
 l. For a man ought not to cover his head\, since he is the image and glory 
 of God\; but woman is the glory of man. (For man was not made from woman\, 
 but woman from man.)\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:24-28\nThe Lord said to 
 his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and 
 take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose 
 it\, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it 
 profit a man\, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what s
 hall a man give in return for his life? For the Son of man is to come with 
 his angels in the glory of his Father and then he will repay every man for 
 what he has done. Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who w
 ill not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\; Leontus the martyr\; Her
 mos the Martyr\; John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Relics of A
 rsenios the Righteous of Paros\; Constantine the New Martyr of Capua\; Matt
 hew the New Martyr of Gerakari\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Ho
 ly Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthia
 ns 2:3-15\nBrethren\, my joy is the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of 
 much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears\, not to cause you
  pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.\n\nBut if 
 any one has caused pain\, he has caused it not to me\, but in some measure 
 - not to put it too severely - to you all. For such a one this punishment b
 y the majority is enough\; so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort
  him\, for he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaff
 irm your love for him. For this is why I wrote\, that I might test you and 
 know whether you are obedient in everything. Any one whom you forgive\, I a
 lso forgive. What I have forgiven\, if I have forgiven anything\, has been 
 for your sake in the presence of Christ\, to keep Satan from gaining the ad
 vantage over us\; for we are not ignorant of his designs.\n\nWhen I came to
  Troas to preach the gospel of Christ\, a door was opened for me in the Lor
 d\; but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus ther
 e. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.\n\nBut thanks be to Go
 d\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads the f
 ragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ
  to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:13-22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come
  to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you devour 
 widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore you wil
 l receive the greater condemnation. But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\
 , hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; for you 
 neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to
  you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to
  make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make him t
 wice as much a child of hell as yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guides\, who
  say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if any one sw
 ears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools!
  For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacre
 d? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if a
 ny one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' 
 You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that makes the 
 gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by everything
  on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him who dwel
 ls in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God and by
  him who sits upon it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/07/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\; Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia\; Ri
 ghteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: II Corinthians 11:1-6\nBrethren\, I wish you would bear wi
 th me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! I feel a divine jealousy fo
 r you\, for I betrothed you to Christ to present you as a pure bride to her
  one husband. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunni
 ng\, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to C
 hrist. For if some one comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we pre
 ached\, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received\, or
  if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted\, you submit to
  it readily enough. I think that I am not in the least inferior to these su
 perlative apostles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking\, I am not in knowle
 dge\; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is
  like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; an
 d it grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its br
 anches." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? I
 t is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, ti
 ll it was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villages\, te
 aching\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\
 , will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter 
 by the narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will no
 t be able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you w
 ill begin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open
  to us.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you
  will begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in
  our streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come
  from\; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep 
 and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the p
 rophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will c
 ome from east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the
  kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Trypho the Martyr\; Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savi
 or in the Temple\; Perpetua & her Companions\; Our Holy Father Basil\, Arch
 bishop of Thessolonica\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Navplion\; The Four M
 artyrs Andrianus\, Polyeuktos\, Plato and George who contested in Megara\; 
 Timothy the Confessor\; Bridget of Ireland\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 8:28-
 39\nBrethren\, we know that everything works for good with those who love G
 od\, who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew h
 e also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son\, in order that 
 he might be the first-born among many brethren.  And those whom he predesti
 ned he also called\; and those whom he called he also justified\; and those
  whom he justified he also glorified.\n\nWhat then shall we say to this?  I
 f God is for us\, who is against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but 
 gave him up for us all\, will he not also give us all things with him?  Who
  shall bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies\; who
  is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who died\, yes\, who was raised from 
 the dead\, who is at the right hand of God\, who indeed intercedes for us. 
 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation\, or dist
 ress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or nakedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As
  it is written\, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long\; we ar
 e regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  No\, in all these things we are mo
 re than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am sure that neither de
 ath\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor principalities\, nor things present\, nor
  things to come\, nor powers\, nor height\, nor depth\, nor anything else i
 n all creation\, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ
  Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and sc
 orpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you.
  Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\
 ; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he 
 rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heav
 en and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understa
 nding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your graciou
 s will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\; Matrona the Righteous of Chios\
 ; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Andronicus the Righteous Martyr\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be stro
 ng in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me b
 efore many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach othe
 rs also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier o
 n service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy
  the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes acc
 ording to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the fir
 st share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you 
 understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead
 \, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I
  am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is n
 ot fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that
  they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 9:18-22\nAt that time\, it happened that as Jesus was 
 praying alone the disciples were with him\; and he asked them\, "Who do the
  people say that I am?" And they answered\, "John the Baptist\; but others 
 say\, Elijah\; and others\, that one of the old prophets has risen." And he
  said to them\, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered\, "The C
 hrist of God." But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one\, s
 aying\, "The Son of man must suffer many things\, and be rejected by the el
 ders and chief priests and scribes\, and be killed\, and on the third day b
 e raised."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Julitta of Caesaria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 15:35-41
 \nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and prea
 ching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Pau
 l said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every 
 city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And 
 Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best n
 ot to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had
  not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so th
 at they separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed 
 away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by the
  brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\,
  strengthening the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:20-24\nAt that 
 time\, Jesus strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the 
 Christ. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to
  Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scr
 ibes\, and be killed\, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him a
 nd began to rebuke him\, saying\, "God forbid\, Lord! This shall never happ
 en to you." But he turned and said to Peter\, "Get behind me\, Satan! You a
 re a hindrance to me\; for you are not on the side of God\, but of men." Th
 en Jesus told his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him den
 y himself\, and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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  of the 70
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/20/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\; Kallistos I\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki\n\nFast Day (Fish Allow
 ed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 2:28-29\;3:1-18\nBrethren\, he is not a real
  Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true circumcision something external and
  physical. He is a Jew who is one inwardly\, and real circumcision is a mat
 ter of the heart\, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men bu
 t from God. Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circum
 cision? Much in every way. To begin with\, the Jews are entrusted with the 
 oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness null
 ify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every man 
 be false\, as it is written\, "That thou mayest be justified in thy words\,
  and prevail when thou art judged." But if our wickedness serves to show th
 e justice of God\, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath o
 n us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge t
 he world? But if through my falsehood God's truthfulness abounds to his glo
 ry\, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that g
 ood may come? - as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their co
 ndemnation is just. What then? Are we Jews any better off? No\, not at all\
 ; for we have already charged that all men\, both Jews and Greeks\, are und
 er the power of sin\, as it is written:\n\n"None is righteous\, no\, not on
 e\; no one understands\, no one seeks for God. All have turned aside\, toge
 ther they have gone wrong\; no one does good\, not even one."\n\n"Their thr
 oat is an open grave\, they use their tongues to deceive."\n\n"The venom of
  asps is under their lips."\n\n"Their mouth is full of curses and bitternes
 s."\n\n"Their feet are swift to shed blood\, in their paths are ruin and mi
 sery\, and the way of peace they do not know." \n\n"There is no fear of Go
 d before their eyes."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:31-34\; 7:9-11\nThe Lord
  said\, "Do not be anxious\, saying\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall w
 e drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things\;
  and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his 
 kingdom and his righteousness\, and all these things shall be yours as well
 . Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow\, for tomorrow will be anxious
  for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. Or what m
 an of you\, if his son asks him for bread\, will give him a stone? Or if he
  asks for a fish\, will give him a serpent? If you then\, who are evil\, kn
 ow how to give good gifts to your children\, how much more will your Father
  who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"\n\n
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 sts: 3rd Sunday of Luke\; The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas\; Eroteis th
 e Martyr of Cappadocia\; Makarios the Righteous of Chios\n\nMatins Gospel R
 eading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the wome
 n went to the tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they foun
 d the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not 
 find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, beh
 old\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frighten
 ed and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you
  seek the living among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember h
 ow He told you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must b
 e delivered into the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the th
 ird day rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb th
 ey told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdale
 ne and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them wh
 o told this to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\,
  and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stoopi
 ng and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went hom
 e wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15
 \nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," w
 ho has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory 
 of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vesse
 ls\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We 
 are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven t
 o despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed
 \; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jes
 us may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always b
 eing given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be m
 anifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you
 .\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believ
 ed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he w
 ho raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with yo
 u into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extend
 s to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of Go
 d.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:11-16\nAt that time\, Jesus went to a city cal
 led Nain\, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew ne
 ar to the gate of the city\, behold\, a man who had died was being carried 
 out\, the only son of his mother\, and she was a widow\; and a large crowd 
 from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her\, he had compassion o
 n her and said to her\, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier\, a
 nd the bearers stood still. And he said\, "Young man\, I say to you\, arise
 ." And the dead man sat up\, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mot
 her. Fear seized them all\; and they glorified God\, saying\, "A great prop
 het has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Palm Sunday\; Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\; Theodosios the Mar
 tyr\; Zoilos the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Matthew 21:1-11\; 15-17\nAt that time\, when Jesus drew near to  Jerusale
 m and came to Bethphage\, to the Mount of Olives\, he sent two disciples\, 
 saying to them\, "Go into the village opposite you\, and immediately you wi
 ll find a donkey tied\, and a colt with her\; untie them and bring them to 
 me. If any one says anything to you\, you shall say\, 'The Lord has need of
  them\,' and he will send them immediately." This took place to fulfill wha
 t was spoken by the prophet\, saying\,\n\n"Tell the daughter of Zion\,\nBeh
 old\, your king is coming to you\,\nhumble and mounted on a donkey\,\nand o
 n a colt\, the foal of a donkey."\n\nThe disciples went and did as Jesus ha
 d directed them\; they brought the donkey and the colt\, and put their garm
 ents on them\, and he sat thereon. Most of the crowd spread their garments 
 on the road\, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the
  road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted\, 
 "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lo
 rd! Hosanna in the highest!" And when he entered Jerusalem\, all the city w
 as stirred\, saying\, "Who is this?" And the crowds said\, "This is the pro
 phet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee." But when the chief priests and scribe
 s saw the wonderful things that he did\, and the children crying out in the
  temple\, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant\; and they sai
 d to him\, "Do you hear what they are saying?" And Jesus said to them\, "Ye
 s\; have you never read\,\n\n'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings\,\ny
 ou have brought perfect praise'?"\n\nAnd leaving them\, he went out of the 
 city to Bethany and lodged there.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 4:4-9\nBR
 ETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord always\; again I will say\, Rejoice. Let all m
 en know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anythi
 ng\, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let you
 r requests be made known to God. And the peace of God\, which passes all un
 derstanding\, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally
 \, brethren\, whatever is true\, whatever is honorable\, whatever is just\,
  whatever is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whatever is gracious\, if there is
  any excellence\, if there is anything worthy of praise\, think about these
  things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me\, do\;
  and the God of peace will be with you. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:1-18\nS
 ix days before Passover\, Jesus came to Bethany\, where Lazaros was\, whom 
 Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper\; Martha serve
 d\, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of co
 stly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his fee
 t with her hair\; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointme
 nt. But Judas Iscariot\, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him)\, 
 said "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to
  the poor?" This he said\, not that he cared for the poor but because he wa
 s a thief\, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into i
 t. Jesus said\, "Let her alone\, let her keep it for the day of my burial. 
 The poor you always have with you\, but you do not always have me."\n\n Whe
 n the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there\, they came\, not o
 nly on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros\, whom he had raised from t
 he dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazaros also to death\, becaus
 e on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus
 .\n\n The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus
  was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out 
 to meet him\, crying\, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
  Lord\, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat up
 on it\; as it is written\, "Fear not\, daughter of Zion\; behold\, your kin
 g is coming\, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand
  this at first\; but when Jesus was glorified\, then they remembered that t
 his had been written of him and had been done to him. The crowd that had be
 en with him when he called Lazaros out of the tomb and raised him from the 
 dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they 
 heard he had done this sign.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 10:28-33\;11:1-8\nBrethren\, if someone says to you\, "This has bee
 n offered in sacrifice\," then out of consideration for the man who informe
 d you\, and for conscience's sake - I mean his conscience\, not yours - do 
 not eat it. For why should my liberty be determined by another man's scrupl
 es? If I partake with thankfulness\, why am I denounced because of that for
  which I give thanks? So\, whether you eat or drink\, or whatever you do\, 
 do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the 
 church of God\, just as I try to please all men in everything I do\, not se
 eking my own advantage\, but that of many\, that they may be saved. Be imit
 ators of me\, as I am of Christ. I commend you because you remember me in e
 verything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you.
  But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ\, the he
 ad of a woman is her husband\, and the head of Christ is God. Any man who p
 rays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head\, but any woman
  who prays of prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head - it is 
 the same as if her head were shaven. For if a woman will not veil herself\,
  then she should cut off her hair\, but if it is disgraceful for a woman to
  be shorn or shaven\, let her wear a veil. For a man ought not to cover his
  head\, since he is the image and glory of God\; but woman is the glory of 
 man. (For man was not made from woman\, but woman from man.)\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 16:24-28\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "If any man would c
 ome after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Fo
 r whoever would save his life will lose it\, and whoever loses his life for
  my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man\, if he gains the whol
 e world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his l
 ife? For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Fath
 er and then he will repay every man for what he has done. Truly\, I say to 
 you\, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see
  the Son of man coming in his kingdom."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Ca
 pito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius\; Lavrentios of Megara\, the 
 Righteous\; Paul the Simple\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah
  1:1-20\nThe vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz\, which he saw concerning Jud
 ah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah\, Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezeki'ah\, k
 ings of Judah.  Hear\, O heavens\, and give ear\, O earth\; for the Lord ha
 s spoken:  "Sons have I reared and brought up\, but they have rebelled agai
 nst me.  The ox knows its owner\, and the ass its master's crib\; but Israe
 l does not know\, my people does not understand."\n\nAh\, sinful nation\, a
  people laden with iniquity\, offspring of evildoers\, sons who deal corrup
 tly!  They have forsaken the Lord\, they have despised the Holy One of Isra
 el\, they are utterly estranged.\n\nWhy will you still be smitten\, that yo
 u continue to rebel?  The whole head is sick\, and the whole heart faint.  
 From the sole of the foot even to the head\, there is no soundness in it\, 
 but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds\; they are not pressed out\, or b
 ound up\, or softened with oil.\n\nYour country lies desolate\, your cities
  are burned with fire\; in your very presence aliens devour your land\; it 
 is desolate\, as overthrown by aliens.  And the daughter of Zion is left li
 ke a booth in a vineyard\, like a lodge in a cucumber field\, like a besieg
 ed city.\n\nIf the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors\, we shoul
 d have been like Sodom\, and become like Gomor'rah.\n\nHear the word of the
  Lord\, you rulers of Sodom!  Give ear to the teaching of our God\, you peo
 ple of Gomor'rah!  "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says th
 e Lord\; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed be
 asts\; I do not delight in the blood of bulls\, or of lambs\, or of he-goat
 s.\n\n"When you come to appear before me\, who requires of you this trampli
 ng of my courts?  Bring no more vain offerings\; incense is an abomination 
 to me.  New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies -- I cannot endu
 re iniquity and solemn assembly.  Your new moons and your appointed feasts 
 my soul hates\; they have become a burden to me\, I am weary of bearing the
 m.  When you spread forth your hands\, I will hide my eyes from you\; even 
 though you make many prayers\, I will not listen\; your hands are full of b
 lood.  Wash yourselves\; make yourselves clean\; remove the evil of your do
 ings from before my eyes\; cease to do evil\, learn to do good\; seek justi
 ce\, correct oppression\; defend the fatherless\, plead for the widow.\n\n"
 Come now\, let us reason together\, says the Lord:  though your sins are li
 ke scarlet\, they shall be as white as snow\; though they are red like crim
 son\, they shall become like wool.  If you are willing and obedient\, you s
 hall eat the good of the land\; But if you refuse and rebel\, you shall be 
 devoured by the sword\; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n\nOld Testa
 ment Reading: Genesis 1:1-13\nIn the beginning God created the heavens and 
 the earth.  The earth was without form and void\, and darkness was upon the
  face of the deep\; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the w
 aters.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be light"\; and there was light.  And G
 od saw that the light was good\; and God separated the light from the darkn
 ess.  God called the light Day\, and the darkness he called Night.  And the
 re was evening and there was morning\, one day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let ther
 e be a firmament in the midst of the waters\, and let it separate the water
 s from the waters."  And God made the firmament and separated the waters wh
 ich were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament
 .  And it was so.  And God called the firmament Heaven.  And there was even
 ing and there was morning\, a second day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let the waters
  under the heavens be gathered together into one place\, and let the dry la
 nd appear."  And it was so.  God called the dry land Earth\, and the waters
  that were gathered together he called Seas.  And God saw that it was good.
   And God said\, "Let the earth put forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed
 \, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed\, each according to
  its kind\, upon the earth."  And it was so.  The earth brought forth veget
 ation\, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds\, and trees beari
 ng fruit in which is their seed\, each according to its kind.  And God saw 
 that it was good.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a third da
 y.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 1:1-20\nThe proverbs of Solomon\, son
  of David\, king of Israel:\n\nThat men may know wisdom and instruction\, u
 nderstand words of insight\, receive instruction in wise dealing\, righteou
 sness\, justice\, and equity\; that prudence may be given to the simple\, k
 nowledge and discretion to the youth -- the wise man also may hear and incr
 ease in learning\, and the man of understanding acquire skill\, to understa
 nd a proverb and a figure\, the words of the wise and their riddles.  The f
 ear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge\; fools despise wisdom and in
 struction.\n\nHear\, my son\, your father's instruction\, and reject not yo
 ur mother's teaching\; for they are a fair garland for your head\, and pend
 ants for your neck.  My son\, if sinners entice you\, do not consent.  If t
 hey say\, "Come with us\, let us lie in wait for blood\, let us wantonly am
 bush the innocent\; like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole\, like t
 hose who go down to the Pit\; we shall find all precious goods\, we shall f
 ill our houses with spoil\; throw in your lot among us\, we will all have o
 ne purse" -- my son\, do not walk in the way with them\, hold back your foo
 t from their paths\; for their feet run to evil\, and they make haste to sh
 ed blood.  For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird\; but these
  men lie in wait for their own blood\, they set an ambush for their own liv
 es.  Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence\; it takes away the 
 life of its possessors.\n\nWisdom cries aloud in the street\; in the market
 s she raises her voice.\n\n
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  Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\; Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\; Martyrs Acepsius and Aeithalas\; Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\; L
 eontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\; The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:3-10\nBrethren\, 
 grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ\, who 
 gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age\, accordi
 ng to the will of our God and Father\; to whom be the glory for ever and ev
 er. Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called 
 you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel - not that the
 re is another gospel\, but there are some who trouble you and want to perve
 rt the gospel of Christ. But even if we\, or an angel of heaven\, should pr
 each to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you\, let him be
  accursed. As we have said before\, so now I say again\, If any one is prea
 ching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received\, let him be accu
 rsed. Am I now seeking the favor of men\, or of God? Or am I trying to plea
 se men? If I were still pleasing men\, I should not be a servant of Christ.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdo
 m of God is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his 
 garden\; and it grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nest
 s in its branches." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdo
 m of God? It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of
  flour\, till it was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and vi
 llages\, teaching\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to h
 im\, "Lord\, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Striv
 e to enter by the narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter 
 and will not be able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the d
 oor\, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, '
 Lord\, open to us.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from
 .' Then you will begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and yo
 u taught in our streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know whe
 re you come from\; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you
  will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob an
 d all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And
  men will come from east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at t
 able in the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/12/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\; Our Holy Father Michael of Ma
 leinus\; Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the young ascetic\; Paisios the
  Athonite\; Veronica\, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by 
 Jesus\; Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpist
 le Reading: Romans 9:6-19\nBrethren\, it is not as though the word of God h
 as failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel\, and
  not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants\; but "Th
 rough Isaac shall your descendants be named." This means that it is not the
  children of the flesh who are the children of God\, but the children of th
 e promise are reckoned as descendants. For this is what the promise said\, 
 "About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son." And not only so
 \, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man\, our forefather
  Isaac\, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or 
 bad\, in order that God's purpose of election might continue\, not because 
 of works but because of his call\, she was told\, "The elder will serve the
  younger." As it is written\, "Jacob I loved\, but Esau I hated." What shal
 l we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! For he says t
 o Moses\, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy\, and I will have compass
 ion on whom I have compassion." So it depends not upon man's will or exerti
 on\, but upon God's mercy. For the scripture says to Pharoah\, "I have rais
 ed you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you\, so that my name
  may be proclaimed in all the earth." So then he has mercy upon whomever he
  wills\, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me 
 then\, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 10:32-36\; 11:1\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Ever
 y one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge before my Fa
 ther who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny
  before my Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I have come to bring 
 peace on earth\; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have com
 e to set a man against his father\, and a daughter against her mother\, and
  a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law\; and a man's foes will be tho
 se of his own household."\n\nAnd when Jesus had finished instructing his tw
 elve disciples\, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\; Theophanes and Nectarios\, Bu
 ilders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora\; Nicholas the Younger w
 ho was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\; Theodotos the Martyr of Ancyra & the 
 7 Virgin-martyrs\; Athanasios\, Archbishop of Christianopolis\; The New Mar
 tyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that time\
 , Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. H
 e killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it
  pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the 
 days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison
 \, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending af
 ter the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in priso
 n\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very n
 ight when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two
  soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guard
 ing the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light s
 hone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, 
 "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to 
 him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and foll
 owed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but t
 hought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the secon
 d guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to th
 em of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\;
  and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\,
  "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the ha
 nd of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 8:31-42\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, 
 "If you continue in my word\, you are truly my disciples\, and you will kno
 w the truth\, and the truth will make you free." They answered him\, "We ar
 e descendants of Abraham\, and have never been in bondage to any one. How i
 s it that you say\, 'You will be made free'?"\n\nJesus answered them\, "Tru
 ly\, truly\, I say to you\, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin. Th
 e slave does not continue in the house for ever\; the son continues for eve
 r. So if the Son makes you free\, you will be free indeed. I know that you 
 are descendants of Abraham\; yet you seek to kill me\, because my word find
 s no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my Father\, and you do 
 what you have heard from your father."\n\nThey answered him\, "Abraham is o
 ur father." Jesus said to them\, "If you were Abraham's children\, you woul
 d do what Abraham did\, but now you seek to kill me\, a man who has told yo
 u the truth which I heard from God\; this is not what Abraham did. You do w
 hat your father did." They said to him\, "We were not born of fornication\;
  we have one Father\, even God." Jesus said to them\, "If God were your Fat
 her\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I came 
 not of my own accord\, but he sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Sunday of Luke\; Chariton the Confessor\; Our Righteous Father Alk
 eisonus\, Metropolitan of Nicopolis\; Old Epirus\; Baruch the Prophet\; Neo
 phytos & Auxentios the Martyrs of Cyprus\; Wenceslaus the Martyr\, Prince o
 f the Czechs\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter
  rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen clot
 hs by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That ve
 ry day] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven mile
 s from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that 
 had happened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himse
 lf drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing 
 Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding
  with each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one
  of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jeru
 salem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?"
  And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Je
 sus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and 
 all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to b
 e condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the 
 one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day 
 since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They w
 ere at the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; and they c
 ame back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that 
 He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found i
 t just as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to th
 em\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets ha
 ve spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things 
 and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\,
  He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself
 . So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to
  be going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for
  it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay 
 with them. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\,
  and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they re
 cognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\
 , "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, wh
 ile He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and retur
 ned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those wh
 o were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared
  to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how He was kno
 wn to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Sec
 ond Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\
 , we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At 
 the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on the day of s
 alvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of
  salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be f
 ound with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in eve
 ry way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\,
  beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purit
 y\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, t
 ruthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness f
 or the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute 
 and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknow
 n\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and 
 yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making
  many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 5:1-11\nAt that time\, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Ge
 nnesaret\, he saw two boats by the lake\; but the fishermen had gone out of
  them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats\, which wa
 s Simon's\, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down
  and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking\, he 
 said to Simon\, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."
  And Simon answered\, "Master\, we toiled all night and took nothing! But a
 t your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this\, they e
 nclosed a great shoal of fish\; and as their nets were breaking\, they beck
 oned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they ca
 me and filled both the boats\, so that they began to sink. But when Simon P
 eter saw it\, he fell down at Jesus' knees\, saying\, "Depart from me\, for
  I am a sinful man\, O Lord." For he was astonished\, and all who were with
  him\, at the catch of fish which they had taken\; and so also were James a
 nd John\, sons of Zebedee\, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to
  Simon\, "Do not be afraid\; henceforth you will be catching men." And when
  they had brought their boats to land\, they left everything and followed h
 im.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/03/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Matthew\; Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos an
 d Theodota the Martyrs\; Anatolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Gerasimo
 s the Holy Martyr of Karenesi\; Translation of the Holy Relics of our Fathe
 r Among the Saints Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, he app
 eared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom he had cast seven demons.  She we
 nt and told those who had been with him\, as they mourned and wept.  But wh
 en they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not b
 elieve it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as th
 ey were walking into the country.  And they went back and told the rest\, b
 ut they did not believe them.\n\nAfterward he appeared to the eleven themse
 lves as they sat at table\; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and ha
 rdness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw him after he 
 had risen.  And he said to them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gos
 pel to the whole creation.  He who believes and is baptized will be saved\;
  but he who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accom
 pany those who believe:  in my name they will cast out demons\; they will s
 peak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they drink any de
 adly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\
 , and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after he had spoken t
 o them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. 
  And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worked with t
 hem and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.  Amen.\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: Romans 5:1-10\nBrethren\, since we are justified by faith\, we
  have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obt
 ained access by faith to this grace in which we stand\, and we rejoice in o
 ur hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that\, we rejoice in our suf
 ferings\, knowing that suffering produces endurance\, and endurance produce
 s character\, and character produces hope\, and hope does not disappoint us
 \, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spir
 it which has been given to us. While we were still weak\, at the right time
  Christ died for the ungodly. Why\, one will hardly die for a righteous man
  -- though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. But God shows 
 his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since
 \, therefore\, we are now justified by his blood\, much more shall we be sa
 ved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reco
 nciled to God by the death of his Son\, much more\, now that we are reconci
 led\, shall we be saved by his life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:22-33\nTh
 e Lord said\, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So\, if your eye is sound\,
  your whole body will be full of light\; but if your eye is not sound\, you
 r whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness
 \, how great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters\; for either he 
 will hate the one and love the other\, or he will be devoted to the one and
  despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you\,
  do not be anxious about your life\, what you shall eat or what you shall d
 rink\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on. Is not life more than f
 ood\, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they n
 either sow nor reap nor gather into barns\, and yet your heavenly Father fe
 eds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being an
 xious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about 
 clothing? Consider the lilies of the field\, how they grow\; they neither t
 oil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was not array
 ed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field\, which 
 today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, will he not much more
  clothe you\, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious\, saying\,
  'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? For
  the Gentiles seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father knows you ne
 ed them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\, and all the
 se things shall be yours as well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/02/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Acindynos\, Pegasios\, Aphthonios\, Elpidophoros\, an
 d Anempodistos\; Domnina\, Domna\, & Kyriaki\, the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Colossians 4:2-9\nBrethren\, continue steadfastly in prayer\, being wat
 chful in it with thanksgiving\; and pray for us also\, that God may open to
  us a door for the word\, to declare the mystery of Christ\, on account of 
 which I am in prison\, that I may make it clear\, as I ought to speak. Cond
 uct yourselves wisely toward outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let y
 our speech always be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know h
 ow you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affai
 rs\; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in th
 e Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know ho
 w we are and that he may encourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, th
 e faithful and beloved brother\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell y
 ou of everything that has taken place here.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:47-5
 4\; 12:1\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you! for 
 you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. So you are wi
 tnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers\; for they killed them\, a
 nd you build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said\, 'I will s
 end them prophets and apostles\, some of whom they will kill and persecute\
 ,' that the blood of all the prophets\, shed from the foundation of the wor
 ld\, may be required of this generation\, from the blood of Abel to the blo
 od of Zacharias\, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes\, I
  tell you\, it shall be required of this generation. Woe to you lawyers! fo
 r you have taken away the key of knowledge\; you did not enter yourselves\,
  and you hindered those who were entering." As he went away from there\, th
 e scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard\, and to provoke him to
  speak of many things\, lying in wait for him\, to catch at something he mi
 ght say. In the meantime\, when so many thousands of the multitude had gath
 ered together that they trod upon one another\, he began to say to his disc
 iples first\, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees\, which is hypocrisy."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Syna
 xis of the 70 Holy Apostles\; Our Righteous Father Theoctistus\, Abbot of C
 ucomo in Sicily\; Nikephoros the Leper\; Zosimos the Monk and Athanasios th
 e Notary\; Righteous Apollinaria the Senator\; Martyrs Chrysanthos and Euph
 emia\; Righteous Euthymios the Younger\; New Martyr Onuphrios\; Righteous E
 uthymios of Vatopedi\; Righteous John Scholarios\; Eustathios Archbishop of
  Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 3:13-16\;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\
 , my son\, those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themsel
 ves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. I hope
  to come to you soon\, but I am writing these instructions to you so that\,
  if I am delayed\, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of
  God\, which is the church of the living God\, the pillar and bulwark of th
 e truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the mystery of our religion:\n\nGod
  was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified in the Spirit\, \nseen by angels
 \, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved on in the world\, \ntaken up i
 n glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will dep
 art from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of dem
 ons\, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared\, who f
 orbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be rec
 eived with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everyt
 hing created by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected if it is receiv
 ed with thanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the word of God and pr
 ayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:1-6\nAt that time\, John the Baptist cam
 e preaching in the wilderness of Judea\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heave
 n is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when 
 he said\, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of th
 e Lord\, make his paths straight." Now John wore a garment of camel's hair\
 , and a leather girdle around his waist\; and his food was locusts and wild
  honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region abo
 ut the Jordan\, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confess
 ing their sins.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\; Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\; Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 4:1-13
 \nBrethren\, while the promise of entering his rest remains\, let us fear l
 est any of you be judged to have failed to reach it. For good news came to 
 us just as to them\; but the message which they heard did not benefit them\
 , because it did not meet with faith in the hearers. For we who have believ
 ed enter that rest\, as he has said\, "As I swore in my wrath\, 'They shall
  never enter my rest\,'" although his works were finished from the foundati
 on of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way
 \, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." And again in thi
 s place he said\, "They shall never enter my rest." Since therefore it rema
 ins for some to enter it\, and those who formerly received the good news fa
 iled to enter because of disobedience\, again he sets a certain day\, "Toda
 y\," saying through David so long afterward\, in the words already quoted\,
  "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts." For if Josh
 ua had given them rest\, God would not speak later of another day. So then\
 , there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God\; for whoever enters G
 od's rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his. Let us therefore
  strive to enter that rest\, that no one fall by the same sort of disobedie
 nce. For the word of God is living and active\, sharper than any two-edged 
 sword\, piercing to the division of soul and spirit\, of joints and marrow\
 , and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before him n
 o creature is hidden\, but all are open and laid bare to the eyes of him wi
 th whom we have to do.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:2-12\nAt that time\, the 
 Pharisees came up to Jesus and in order to test him\, asked\, "Is it lawful
  for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them\, "What did Moses command
  you?" They said\, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce\,
  and to put her away." But Jesus said to them\, "For your hardness of heart
  he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation\, 'God m
 ade them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and 
 mother and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh.' So 
 they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined togethe
 r\, let not man put asunder." And in the house the disciples asked him agai
 n about this matter. And he said to them\, "Whoever divorces his wife and m
 arries another commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces her husba
 nd and marries another\, she commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\; Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\; Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 ; Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 
 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all
  one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\,
  "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregatio
 n I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\
 , "Here am I\, and the children God has given me. Since therefore the child
 ren share in flesh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same natu
 re\, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, t
 hat is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were s
 ubject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is con
 cerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made lik
 e his brethren in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and fa
 ithful high priest in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins o
 f the people. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is 
 able to help those who are tempted. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWh
 en the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph
  in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to 
 Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for
  the child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother
  by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of H
 erod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of
  Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been 
 tricked by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed al
 l the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years 
 old or under\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise
  men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice 
 was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her 
 children\; she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But whe
 n Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph 
 in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the l
 and of Israel\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he ros
 e and took the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But w
 hen he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod
 \, he was afraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to t
 he district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, t
 hat what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be calle
 d a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today\; Leavetaki
 ng of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Nicephoros th
 e Martyr of Antioch\; Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios the Hieromartyr
 s\; Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised fro
 m the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love
  me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love y
 ou." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simo
 n\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know 
 that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the thir
 d time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because 
 he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lor
 d\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "F
 eed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you gird
 ed yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will st
 retch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do
  not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God
 .) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw follow
 ing them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast a
 t the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"
  When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesu
 s said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is tha
 t to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this
  disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to 
 die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to
  you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and wh
 o has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But th
 ere are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to 
 be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books th
 at would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nTIMOTHY\
 , my son\, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in life\, my
  faith\, my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\, my su
 fferings\, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, what pe
 rsecutions I endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all wh
 o desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, while ev
 il men and impostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and deceived.
  But as for you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believe
 d\, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been a
 cquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salva
 tion through faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14\nThe L
 ord said this parable\, "Two men went up into the temple to pray\, one a Ph
 arisee and the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus w
 ith himself\, 'God\, I thank you that I am not like other men\, extortioner
 s\, unjust\, adulterers\, or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a 
 week\, I give tithes of all that I get.'  But the tax collector\, standing 
 far off\, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven\, but beat his breast\,
  saying\, 'God\, be merciful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, this man went d
 own to his house justified rather than the other\; for everyone who exalts 
 himself will be humbled\, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of S
 aint John the Theologian \; Arsenios the Great\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospe
 l Reading: John 21:15-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to his disc
 iples after he was raised from the dead\, and he said to Simon Peter\, "Sim
 on\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A seco
 nd time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to
  him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my s
 heep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love m
 e?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love 
 me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I lov
 e you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, 
 when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but 
 when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird 
 you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by wh
 at death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me
 ." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who 
 had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it
  that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lor
 d\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he rem
 ain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroa
 d among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not 
 say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain 
 until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing wi
 tness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that
  his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus di
 d\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself 
 could not contain the books that would be written.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts
  2:22-38\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Men of Israel\, hear 
 these words: Jesus of Nazareth\, a man attested to you by God with mighty w
 orks and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst\, as you
  yourselves know this Jesus\, delivered up according to the definite plan a
 nd foreknowledge of God\, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless 
 men. But God raised him up\, having loosed the pangs of death\, because it 
 was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him\, 
 'I saw the Lord always before me\, for he is at my right hand that I may no
 t be shaken\; therefore my heart was glad\, and my tongue rejoiced\; moreov
 er my flesh will dwell in hope. For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades\
 , nor let thy Holy One see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways 
 of life\; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy presence.'\n\n"Brethr
 en\, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died 
 and was buried\, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a pro
 phet\, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set
  one of his descendants upon his throne\, he foresaw and spoke of the resur
 rection of the Christ\, that he was not abandoned to Hades\, nor did his fl
 esh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up\, and of that we all are witne
 sses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God\, and having receive
 d from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit\, he has poured out this w
 hich you see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens\; but he h
 imself says\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I mak
 e thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' Let all the house of Israel therefore 
 know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ\, this Jesus whom
  you crucified."\n\nNow when they heard this they were cut to the heart\, a
 nd said to Peter and the rest of the apostles\, "Brethren\, what shall we d
 o?" And Peter said to them\, "Repent\, and be baptized every one of you in 
 the name of Jesus Christ."\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\, 21:24-25\nAt 
 that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother
 's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw hi
 s mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his mo
 ther\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\
 , your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. T
 his is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has wr
 itten these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are 
 also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be writt
 en\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would
  be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and O
 nesimus\; Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\; Niketas the Younger\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 3:21-24\;4:1-11\nBeloved\, if our h
 earts do not condemn us\, we have confidence before God\; and we receive fr
 om him whatever we ask\, because we keep his commandments and do what pleas
 es him.  And this is his commandment\, that we should believe in the name o
 f his Son Jesus Christ and love one another\, just as he has commanded us. 
  All who keep his commandments abide in him\, and he in them.  And by this 
 we know that he abides in us\, by the Spirit which he has given us.\n\nBelo
 ved\, do not believe every spirit\, but test the spirits to see whether the
 y are of God\; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.  By th
 is you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Chri
 st has come in the flesh is of God\, and every spirit which does not confes
 s Jesus is not of God.  This is the spirit of antichrist\, of which you hea
 rd that it was coming\, and now it is in the world already.  Little childre
 n\, you are of God\, and have overcome them\; for he who is in you is great
 er than he who is in the world.  They are of the world\, therefore what the
 y say is of the world\, and the world listens to them.  We are of God.  Who
 ever knows God listens to us\, and he who is not of God does not listen to 
 us.  By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.\n\nBelove
 d\, let us love one another\; for love is of God\, and he who loves is born
  of God and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God\; for God is
  love.  In this the love of God was made manifest among us\, that God sent 
 his only Son into the world\, so that we might live through him.  In this i
 s love\, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be 
 the expiation for our sins.  Beloved\, if God so loved us\, we also ought t
 o love one another. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:43-72\; 15:1\nAt that time\
 , while Jesus was speaking to the disciples\, Judas Iscariot came\, one of 
 the twelve\, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs\, from the chief pr
 iests and the scribes and the elders.  Now the betrayer had given them a si
 gn\, saying\, "The one I shall kiss is the man\; seize him and lead him awa
 y under guard."  And when he came\, he went up to him at once\, and said\, 
 "Rabbi!"  And he kissed him.  And they laid hands on him and seized him.  B
 ut one of those who stood by drew his sword\, and struck the slave of the h
 igh priest and cut off his ear.  And Jesus said to them\, "Have you come ou
 t as against a robber\, with swords and clubs to capture me?  Day after day
  I was with you in the temple teaching\, and you did not seize me.  But let
  the scriptures be fulfilled."  And they all forsook him\, and fled.  And a
  young man followed him\, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body\; a
 nd they seized him\, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.  And t
 hey led Jesus to the high priest\; and all the chief priests and the elders
  and the scribes were assembled.  And Peter had followed him at a distance\
 , right into the courtyard of the high priest\; and he was sitting with the
  guards\, and warming himself at the fire.  Now the chief priests and the w
 hole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death\; but they 
 found none.  For many bore false witness against him\, and their witness di
 d not agree.  And some stood up and bore false witness against him\, saying
 \, "We heard him say\, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands\
 , and in three days I will build another\, not made with hands.'"  Yet not 
 even so did their testimony agree.  And the high priest stood up in the mid
 st\, and asked Jesus\, "Have you no answer to make?  What is it that these 
 men testify against you?"  But he was silent and made no answer.  Again the
  high priest asked him\, "Are you the Christ\, the Son of the Blessed?"  An
 d Jesus said\, "I am\; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right 
 hand of Power\, and coming with the clouds of heaven."  And the high priest
  tore his garments\, and said\, "Why do we still need witnesses?  You have 
 heard his blasphemy.  What is your decision?"  And they all condemned him a
 s deserving death.  And some began to spit on him\, and to cover his face\,
  and to strike him\, saying to him\, "Prophesy!"  And the guards received h
 im with blows.  And as Peter was below in the courtyard\, one of the maids 
 of the high priest came\; and seeing Peter warming himself\, she looked at 
 him\, and said\, "You also were with the Nazarene\, Jesus."  But he denied 
 it\, saying\, "I neither know nor understand what you mean."  And he went o
 ut into the gateway\, and the cock crowed.  And the maid saw him\, and bega
 n again to say to the bystanders\, "This man is one of them."  But again he
  denied it.  And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter\, 
 "Certainly you are one of them\; for you are a Galilean."  But he began to 
 invoke a curse on himself and to swear\, "I do not know this man of whom yo
 u speak."  And immediately the cock crowed a second time.  And Peter rememb
 ered how Jesus had said to him\, "Before the cock crows twice\, you will de
 ny me three times."  And he broke down and wept.  And as soon as it was mor
 ning the chief priests\, with the elders and scribes\, and the whole counci
 l held a consultation\; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered
  him to Pilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\; Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip
 \, and Equal to the Apostles\; Righteous Auxentius\; The Pious Rulers Marci
 an and Pulcheria\; Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium\; Hermogenes (Germo
 gen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-
 10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and
  what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men 
 who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier
  of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits
 \, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not 
 crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking fa
 rmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\
 , for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesu
 s Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my g
 ospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a crim
 inal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything fo
 r the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jes
 us with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe L
 ord said to his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about i
 n long robes\, and love salutations in the market places and the best seats
  in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' h
 ouses and for a pretense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater 
 condemnation."  He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the 
 treasury\; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, 
 "Truly\, I tell you\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; fo
 r they all contributed out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty 
 put in all the living that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "H
 e who has ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle\, son of Alphaeus\; Andronicus & his wife Athanasia 
 of Egypt\; Poplia the Confessor of Antioch\; The Righteous Patriarch Abraha
 m and his nephew Lot\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, G
 od has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\;
  because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We
  are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, bu
 t you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the prese
 nt hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, 
 and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when p
 ersecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have bec
 ome\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all th
 ings. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my b
 eloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do no
 t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the g
 ospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9
 :36-38\; 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassi
 on for them\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like sheep without 
 a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but
  the laborers are few\; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out 
 laborers into his harvest."\n\nAnd he called to him his twelve disciples an
 d gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal
  every disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are th
 ese: first\, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James t
 he son of Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas 
 and Matthew the tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos ca
 lled Thaddaios\; Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed hi
 m. These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gent
 iles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost shee
 p of the house of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of h
 eaven is at hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast o
 ut demons. You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/16/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\; Christodulus the Wonderworker of Patmos\;
  Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\; Julian the Martyr\; Romanos the Hieroma
 rtyr of Parium\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:16-25\nBut
  the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself h
 oly in righteousness.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture\, fat
 lings and kids shall feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who draw iniquity 
 with cords of falsehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, who say: "Let h
 im make haste\, let him speed his work that we may see it\; let the purpose
  of the Holy One of Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that we may know i
 t!"  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil\, who put darkness for l
 ight and light for darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter
 !  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd in their own si
 ght!  Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine\, and valiant men in mix
 ing strong drink\, who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and deprive the inno
 cent of his right!  Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble\,
  and as dry grass sinks down in the flame\, so their root will be as rotten
 ness\, and their blossom go up like dust\; for they have rejected the law o
 f the LORD of hosts\, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
   Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people\, and he s
 tretched out his hand against them and smote them\, and the mountains quake
 d\; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all t
 his his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOl
 d Testament Reading: Genesis 4:16-26\n Then Cain went away from the presenc
 e of the LORD\, and dwelt in the land of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain knew his
  wife\, and she conceived and bore Enoch\; and he built a city\, and called
  the name of the city after the name of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch was born
  Irad\; and Irad was the father of Mehujael\, and Mehujael the father of Me
 thushael\, and Methushael the father of Lamech.  And Lamech took two wives\
 ; the name of the one was Adah\, and the name of the other Zillah.  Adah bo
 re Jabal\; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.  
 His brother's name was Jubal\; he was the father of all those who play the 
 lyre and pipe.  Zillah bore Tubalcain\; he was the forger of all instrument
 s of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech said to h
 is wives: "Adah and Zillah\, hear my voice\; you wives of Lamech\, hearken 
 to what I say: I have slain a man for wounding me\, a young man for strikin
 g me.  If Cain is avenged sevenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." \n\n
   And Adam knew his wife again\, and she bore a son and called his name Set
 h\, for she said\, "God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel\
 , for Cain slew him."  To Seth also a son was born\, and he called his name
  Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Proverbs 5:15-6:3\nDrink water from your own cistern\, flo
 wing water from your own well.  Should your springs be scattered abroad\, s
 treams of water in the streets?  Let them be for yourself alone\, and not f
 or strangers with you.  Let your fountain be blessed\, and rejoice in the w
 ife of your youth\, a lovely hind\, a graceful doe. Let her affection fill 
 you at all times with delight\, be infatuated always with her love.  Why sh
 ould you be infatuated\, my son\, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom 
 of an adventuress?  For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD\, and 
 he watches all his paths.  The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him\, and h
 e is caught in the toils of his sin.  He dies for lack of discipline\, and 
 because of his great folly he is lost.\n\n  My son\, if you have become sur
 ety for your neighbor\, have given your pledge for a stranger\; if you are 
 snared in the utterance of your lips\, caught in the words of your mouth\; 
 then do this\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your nei
 ghbor's power: go\, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Luke the Evangelist\; Marinos the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11\, 14-18\nBrethren\, conduct yourselves wi
 sely toward outsiders\, making the most of the time. Let your speech always
  be gracious\, seasoned with salt\, so that you may know how you ought to a
 nswer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs\; he is a belo
 ved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have se
 nt him to you for this very purpose\, that you may know how we are and that
  he may encourage your hearts\, and with him Onesimos\, the faithful and be
 loved brother\, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything 
 that has taken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you\, and Mark 
 the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions if h
 e comes to you\, receive him)\, and Jesus who is called Justos. These are t
 he only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of 
 God\, and they have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and De
 mas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea\, and to Nymph
 a and the church in her house. And when this letter has been read among you
 \, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans\; and see that you rea
 d also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos\, "See that you fulfi
 ll the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this
  greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who h
 ears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects 
 me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord
 \, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "
 I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you auth
 ority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the 
 enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, t
 hat the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are writte
 n in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "
 I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden thes
 e things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\,
  Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodora of Alexandria\; Euphrosynos the Cook\; Demetrios & Evanthea t
 he Martyrs & their son Demetrianos\; Sergius and Herman of Valaam\, Finland
 \; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\; Deinol the First Bishop of
  Bangor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:11-16\nBrethren
 \, our mouth is open to you\, Corinthians\; our heart is wide. You are not 
 restricted by us\, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return
  -- I speak as to children -- widen your hearts also.\n\nDo not be mismated
  with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or
  what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belia
 l? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? What agreement has 
 the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God\, as 
 God said.\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, the Pharisees to
 ok counsel against Jesus and said to one another\, "You see that you can do
  nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who wen
 t up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip\, wh
 o was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see J
 esus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told 
 Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to b
 e glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls i
 nto the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much 
 fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this w
 orld will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, he must follow m
 e\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\
 , the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I 
 say? 'Father\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this purpose I have come t
 o this hour. Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "
 I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by h
 eard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken 
 to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine
 . Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be 
 cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men t
 o myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answ
 ered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. Ho
 w can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man
 ?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk wh
 ile you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in t
 he darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe
  in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\; Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor
 \, Archbishop of Thessalonica\; Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Pe
 ter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Melissourgeio Kissamos\
 ; Justus the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commen
 d to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, that 
 you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints\, and help her in what
 ever she may require from you\, for she has been a helper of many and of my
 self as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\,
  who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not only I but also all the c
 hurches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also the church in their house.
  Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.
  Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, 
 my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men of note among the apostle
 s\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the 
 Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys.
  Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the f
 amily of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord wh
 o belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryp
 haina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the L
 ord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Greet As
 yncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are 
 with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\,
  and all the saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. 
 All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:46-50\;
  13:1-3\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the people\, behold\, h
 is mother and his brothers stood outside\, asking to speak to him. But he r
 eplied to the man who told him\, "Who is my mother\, and who are my brother
 s?" And stretching out his hand toward his disciples\, he said\, "Here are 
 my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven
  is my brother\, and sister\, and mother."\n\nThat same day Jesus went out 
 of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him\, 
 so that he entered a boat and sat there\; and the whole crowd stood on the 
 beach. And he told them many things in parables.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\; Pachomios the Righteou
 s New Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am 
 the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and 
 out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\;
  I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good sh
 epherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a h
 ireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf co
 ming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatte
 rs them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep
 .  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Fathe
 r knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  A
 nd I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\
 , and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 26:1\,12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to
  Paul\, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched ou
 t his hand and made his defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the authorit
 y and commission of the chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the wa
 y a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and those 
 who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a
  voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you pers
 ecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who are yo
 u\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But ri
 se and stand upon your feet\; for I have appeared to you for this purpose\,
  to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have s
 een me and to those in which I will appear to you\, delivering you from the
  people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, that 
 they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\, t
 hat they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sa
 nctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedie
 nt to the heavenly vision\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, then 
 at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Gent
 iles\, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of 
 their repentance." \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Je
 ws who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not en
 ter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a 
 thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the s
 heep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls
  his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his 
 own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his vo
 ice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for th
 ey do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, 
 but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said
  to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All 
 who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed the
 m. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go
  in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer\; Ignatius and Nican
 drus of Sinai\; Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves\; Gildas the Wise\n\
 nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days when\
 , after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings\
 , sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometimes 
 being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion on the prison
 ers\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property\, since you
  knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.  Ther
 efore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For yo
 u have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and receive w
 hat is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall come a
 nd shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capern
 aum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\, "What were you discussin
 g on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the way they had discussed wi
 th one another who was the greatest.  And he sat down and called the twelve
 \; and he said to them\, "If any one would be first\, he must be last of al
 l and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and put him in the midst of t
 hem\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them\, "Whoever receives one 
 such child in my name receives me\; and whoever receives me\, receives not 
 me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man castin
 g out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he was not followi
 ng us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty
  work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.  For he that 
 is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you 
 a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ\, will by no me
 ans lose his reward."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Geo
 rge of Hozeva\; Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\; Atticus and Cyrus
 \, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Gregory of the Kiev Caves\; Emiliano
 s the Confessor\, Bishop of Cyzikos\; Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakir
 k\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have
  been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were bur
 ied therefore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised
  from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of
  life.  For if we have been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall 
 certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our 
 old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\
 , and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed 
 from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also 
 live with Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will nev
 er die again\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He
  died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you
  also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus
  our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus and his di
 sciples went into the land of Judea\; there He remained with them and bapti
 zed.  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much 
 water there\; and people came and were baptized.  For John had not yet been
  put in prison.\n\nNow a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Je
 w over purifying.  And they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he wh
 o was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, 
 baptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive
  anything except what is given him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me wit
 ness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.
   He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, w
 ho stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; ther
 efore this joy of mine is now full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease
 .\n\n"He who comes from above is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs
  to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is ab
 ove all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no one recei
 ves his testimony\; he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this\, t
 hat God is true."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/26/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew\; David the Righteous of Thessalonika\; Appearan
 ce of the Icon of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nFast Day (
 Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was p
 ast\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salome\, bought s
 pices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus.  And very early on the firs
 t day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.  And they w
 ere saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the d
 oor of the tomb?"  And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back
 \, for it was very large.  And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sit
 ting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed.  A
 nd he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who w
 as crucified.  He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where they lai
 d him.  But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you t
 o Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you."  And they went out an
 d fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\; 
 and they said nothing to any one\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading
 : Romans 2:10-16\nBrethren\, glory and honor and peace for every one who do
 es good\, the Jew first and also the Greek.  For God shows no partiality.  
 All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law\, and 
 all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.  For it is not
  the hearers of the law who are righteous before God\, but the doers of the
  law who will be justified.  When Gentiles who have not the law do by natur
 e what the law requires\, they are a law to themselves\, even though they d
 o not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on thei
 r hearts\, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting 
 thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when\, according to my g
 ospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. \n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that time\, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he 
 saw two brothers\, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother\, casti
 ng a net into the sea\; for they were fishermen. And he said to them\, "Fol
 low me\, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their n
 ets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers\, J
 ames the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, in the boat with Zebedee the
 ir father\, mending their nets\, and he called them. Immediately they left 
 their boat and their father\, and followed him. And he went about all Galil
 ee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom a
 nd healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas\; Myron the New 
 Martyr of Crete\; Cuthbert the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Photi
 ni the Samaritan Woman\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:1
 0-12:2\n Thus says the LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a
 n ensign to the peoples\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings sh
 all be glorious. \n\n In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a secon
 d time to recover the remnant which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, 
 from Egypt\, from Pathros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from 
 Hamath\, and from the coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for t
 he nations\, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the disp
 ersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim
  shall depart\, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall
  not be jealous of Judah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they sh
 all swoop down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, and toget
 her they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their h
 and against Edom and Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LOR
 D will utterly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his h
 and over the River with his scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channe
 ls that men may cross dryshod.  And there will be a highway from Assyria fo
 r the remnant which is left of his people\, as there was for Israel when th
 ey came up from the land of Egypt.  \n\n You will say in that day: "I will 
 give thanks to thee\, O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy ang
 er turned away\, and thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\
 ; I will trust\, and will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength a
 nd my song\, and he has become my salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Gen
 esis 7:11-8:3\n In the six hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second mo
 nth\, on the seventeenth day of the month\, on that day all the fountains o
 f the great deep burst forth\, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 
  And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.  On the very sam
 e day Noah and his sons\, Shem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and th
 e three wives of his sons with them entered the ark\, they and every beast 
 according to its kind\, and all the cattle according to their kinds\, and e
 very creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind\, and ev
 ery bird according to its kind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into 
 the ark with Noah\, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath 
 of life.  And they that entered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as
  God had commanded him\; and the LORD shut him in.  \n\n The flood continue
 d forty days upon the earth\; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ar
 k\, and it rose high above the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased g
 reatly upon the earth\; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And
  the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountain
 s under the whole heaven were covered\; the waters prevailed above the moun
 tains\, covering them fifteen cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved u
 pon the earth\, birds\, cattle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm
  upon the earth\, and every man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostr
 ils was the breath of life died.  He blotted out every living thing that wa
 s upon the face of the ground\, man and animals and creeping things and bir
 ds of the air\; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, 
 and those that were with him in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the
  earth a hundred and fifty days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beast
 s and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blo
 w over the earth\, and the waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and 
 the windows of the heavens were closed\, the rain from the heavens was rest
 rained\, and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a
  hundred and fifty days the waters had abated.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Pr
 overbs 10:1-22\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sor
 row to his mother.  Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit\, but righ
 teousness delivers from death.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hung
 ry\, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty
 \, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is
  prudent\, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on 
 the head of the righteous\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. 
  The memory of the righteous is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked wil
 l rot.  The wise of heart will heed commandments\, but a prating fool will 
 come to ruin.  He who walks in integrity walks securely\, but he who perver
 ts his ways will be found out.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but h
 e who boldly reproves makes peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountai
 n of life\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up
  strife\, but love covers all offenses.  On the lips of him who has underst
 anding wisdom is found\, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense. 
  Wise men lay up knowledge\, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  
 A rich man's wealth is his strong city\; the poverty of the poor is their r
 uin.  The wage of the righteous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to s
 in.  He who heeds instruction is on the path to life\, but he who rejects r
 eproof goes astray.  He who conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utt
 ers slander is a fool.  When words are many\, transgression is not lacking\
 , but he who restrains his lips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is
  choice silver\; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of th
 e righteous feed many\, but fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of t
 he LORD makes rich\, and he adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\; John the Ru
 ssian of Evia\; Theodora the Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\; Venerable
  Bede\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:1-16\nIn those days\, at Caesarea there w
 as a man named Cornelius\, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Coh
 ort\, a devout man who feared God with all his household\, gave alms libera
 lly to the people\, and prayed constantly to God. About the ninth hour of t
 he day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to h
 im\, "Cornelius." And he stared at him in terror\, and said\, "What is it\,
  Lord?" And he said to him\, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a
  memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa\, and bring one Simon who i
 s called Peter\; he is lodging with Simon\, a tanner\, whose house is by th
 e seaside." When the angel who spoke to him had departed\, he called two of
  his servants and a devout soldier from among those that waited on him\, an
 d having related everything to them\, he sent them to Joppa. The next day\,
  as they were on their journey and coming near the city\, Peter went up on 
 the housetop to pray\, about the sixth hour. And he became hungry and desir
 ed something to eat\; but while they were preparing it\, he fell into a tra
 nce and saw the heaven opened\, and something descending\, like a great she
 et\, let down by four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of anima
 ls and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him\, "Rise
 \, Peter\; kill and eat." But Peter said\, "No\, Lord\; for I have never ea
 ten anything that is common or unclean." And the voice came to him again a 
 second time\, "What God has cleansed\, you must not call common." This happ
 ened three times\, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 6:56-69\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, 
 "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me\, and I in him. As t
 he living Father sent me\, and I live because of the Father\, so he who eat
 s me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven
 \, not such as the fathers ate and died\; he who eats this bread will live 
 forever." This he said in the synagogue\, as he taught at Capernaum.\n\nMan
 y of his disciples\, when they heard it\, said\, "This is a hard saying\; w
 ho can listen to it?" But Jesus\, knowing in himself that his disciples mur
 mured at it\, said to them\, "Do you take offense at this?" Then what if yo
 u were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? It is the spiri
 t that gives life\, the flesh is of no avail\; the words that I have spoken
  to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you that do not believe.
 " For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe\, and w
 ho it was that would betray him. And he said\, "This is why I told you that
  no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."\n\nAfter th
 is many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him. Jesus
  said to the twelve\, "Do you also wish to go away?" Simon Peter answered h
 im\, "Lord\, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life\; and 
 we have believed\, and have come to know\, that you are Christ\, the Son of
  the living God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Th
 e Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raitho\; Plato the Hieromartyr\, Bishop o
 f Tallini and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicholas\; A
 gnes the Virgin-martyr\; Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\; Nina of Geo
 rgia\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter said to the pe
 ople\, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
  for the forgiveness of your sins\; and you shall receive the gift of the H
 oly Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that 
 are far off\, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him." And he testifi
 ed with many other words and exhorted them\, saying\, "Save yourselves from
  this crooked generation." So those who received his word were baptized\, a
 nd there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted t
 hemselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship\, to the breaking of bre
 ad and the prayers. And fear came upon every soul\; and many wonders and si
 gns were done through the apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that
  time Jesus returned from the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit for forty 
 days in the wilderness\, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those 
 days\; and when they were ended\, he was hungry. The devil said to him\, "I
 f you are the Son of God\, command this stone to become bread." And Jesus a
 nswered him\, "It is written\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" And th
 e devil took him up\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a mom
 ent of time\, and said to him\, "To you I will give all this authority and 
 their glory\; for it has been delivered to me\, and I will give it to whom 
 I will. If you\, then\, will worship me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus
  answered him\, "It is written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God\, and
  him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him 
 on the pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of Go
 d\, throw yourself down from here\; for it is written\, 'He will give his a
 ngels charge of you\, to guard you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear yo
 u up\, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\
 , "It is said\, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" And when the devi
 l had ended every temptation\, he departed from him until an opportune time
 . And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report
  concerning him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught
  in their synagogues\, being glorified by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joannicius the Great\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra
 \, and Hermias the Presbyter\; Porphyrios the Mime\; Emperor John Batatze t
 he Merciful\; George Karslidis of Pontos\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:
 12-15\nBrethren\, as you have always obeyed\, so now\, not only as in my pr
 esence but much more in my absence\, work out your own salvation with fear 
 and trembling\; for God is at work in you\, both to will and to work for hi
 s good pleasure. Do all things without grumbling or questioning\, that you 
 may be blameless and innocent\, children of God without blemish in the mids
 t of a crooked and perverse generation\, among whom you shine as lights in 
 the world\, holding fast the word of life\, so that in the day of Christ I 
 may be proud.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:13-15\, 22-31\nAt that time\, whil
 e Jesus was teaching\, one of the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, bid my
  brother divide the inheritance with me." But he said to him\, "Man\, who m
 ade me a judge or divider over you?" And he said to them\, "Take heed\, and
  beware of all covetousness\; for a man's life does not consist in the abun
 dance of his possessions. Therefore I tell you\, do not be anxious about yo
 ur life\, what you shall eat\, nor about your body\, what you shall put on.
  For life is more than food\, and the body more than clothing. Consider the
  ravens: they neither sow nor reap\, they have neither storehouse nor barn\
 , and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! An
 d which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life? If the
 n you are not able to do as small a thing as that\, why are you anxious abo
 ut the rest? Consider the lilies\, how they grow\; they neither toil nor sp
 in\; yet I tell you\, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like on
 e of these. But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field tod
 ay and tomorrow is thrown into the oven\, how much more will he clothe you\
 , O men of little faith! And do not seek what you are to eat and what you a
 re to drink\, nor be of anxious mind. For all the nations of the world seek
  these things\; and your Father knows that you need them. Instead\, seek hi
 s kingdom\, and these things shall be yours as well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Sylv
 ester\, Pope of Rome\; Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Seraphim the
  Wonderworker of Sarov\; Juliana the Righteous\; Theagenes the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Parios\; Theopemptos\; Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargy
 roi\; Righteous Mark the Deaf\; Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\; Sergios\; Theo
 pistos the Martyr\; George the New Martyr of Georgia\; Nilos the Sanctified
 \; Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 5:4
 -10\nBRETHREN\, one does not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called
  by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be mad
 e a high priest\, but was appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my S
 on\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou
  art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." In the days of hi
 s flesh\, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications\, with loud cries and 
 tears\, to him who was able to save him from death\, and he was heard for h
 is godly fear. Although he was a Son\, he learned obedience through what he
  suffered\; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvatio
 n to all who obey him\, being designated by God a high priest after the ord
 er of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\nAt that time\, there wa
 s a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man 
 came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a te
 acher come from God\; for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless Go
 d is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless
  one is born from above\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said
  to him\, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time
  into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, unless one is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter th
 e kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which
  is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You m
 ust be born from above.' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the
  sound of it\, and you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so 
 it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "Ho
 w can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet
  you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of wha
 t we know\, and bear witness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive 
 our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe\, h
 ow can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into 
 heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. 
 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of m
 an be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Anas
 tasia the Great Martyr\; Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, Evodias\, & Eutychianus\,
  the Martyrs\; The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:18-25\nBrethren\, a former commandment
  is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made not
 hing perfect)\; on the other hand\, a better hope is introduced\, through w
 hich we draw near to God. And it was not without an oath. Those who formerl
 y became priests took their office without an oath\, but this one was addre
 ssed with an oath\, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind\, 'Tho
 u art a priest for ever.'" This makes Jesus the surety of a better covenant
 . The former priests were many in number\, because they were prevented by d
 eath from continuing in office\; but he holds his priesthood permanently\, 
 because he continues for ever. Consequently he is able for all time to save
  those who draw near to God through him\, since he always lives to make int
 ercession for them.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:24-32\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "How hard it will be for these who have riches to enter the kin
 gdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle tha
 n for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly as
 tonished\, and said to him\, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them 
 and said\, "With men it is impossible\, but not with God\; for all things a
 re possible with God." Peter began to say to him\, "Lo\, we have left every
 thing and followed you." Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no o
 ne who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or childre
 n or lands\, for my sake and for the gospel\, who will not receive a hundre
 dfold now in this time\, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and ch
 ildren and lands\, with persecutions\, and in the age to come eternal life.
  But many that are first will be last\, and the last first." And they were 
 on the road\, going up to Jerusalem\, and Jesus was walking ahead of them\;
  and they were amazed\, and those who followed were afraid.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/11/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Philip the Apostle of the 70\, one of the 7 Deacons\; Theophanes the C
 onfessor\, Bishop of Nicaea\; Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla\; Nectario
 s\, Arsakios\, Sisinios and Philotheos Kokkinos\, Patriarchs of Constantino
 ple\; Ethelburga\, Abbess of Barking\; Our righteous Father Kenneth\, Found
 er of the Monastery of Aghaboe in Ireland.\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Acts 8:26-39\nIn those days\, an angel of the Lord said to Philip\, "Ris
 e and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza
 ." This is a desert road. And he rose and went. And behold\, an Ethiopian\,
  a eunuch\, a minister of the Candace\, queen of the Ethiopians\, in charge
  of all her treasure\, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning\;
  seated in his chariot\, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit 
 said to Philip\, "Go up and join this chariot." So Philip ran to him\, and 
 heard him reading Isaiah the prophet\, and asked\, "Do you understand what 
 you are reading?" And he said\, "How can I\, unless some one guides me?" An
 d he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the scr
 ipture which he was reading was this: "As a sheep led to the slaughter or a
  lamb before its shearer is dumb\, so he opens not his mouth. In his humili
 ation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life
  is taken up from the earth." And the eunuch said to Philip\, "About whom\,
  pray\, does the prophet say this\, about himself or about some one else?" 
 Then Philip opened his mouth\, and beginning with this scripture he told hi
 m the good news of Jesus. And as they went along the road they came to some
  water\, and the eunuch said\, "See\, here is water! What is to prevent my 
 being baptized?" And Philip said\, "If you believe with all your heart\, yo
 u may." And he replied\, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." A
 nd he commanded the chariot to stop\, and they both went down into the wate
 r\, Philip and the eunuch\, and he baptized him. And when they came up out 
 of the water\, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip\; and the eunuch saw
  him no more\, and went on his way rejoicing.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:22-
 25\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a boat with his disciples\, and he said to
  them\, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out\,
  and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the la
 ke\, and they were filling with water\, and were in danger. And they went a
 nd woke him\, saying\, "Master\, Master\, we are perishing!" And he awoke a
 nd rebuked the wind and the raging waves\; and they ceased\, and there was 
 a calm. He said to them\, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid\, and
  they marveled\, saying to one another\, "Who then is this\, that he comman
 ds even wind and water\, and they obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae\; Nicholas t
 he Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovos (
 1617)\; Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Brendan the Navigator\n\nFas
 t Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 10:44-48\;11:1-10\nIn
  those days\, while Peter was still saying this\, the Holy Spirit fell on a
 ll who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who cam
 e with Peter were amazed\, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been pou
 red out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and e
 xtolling God. Then Peter declared\, "Can any one forbid water for baptizing
  these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he co
 mmanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked hi
 m to remain for some days. Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Ju
 dea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Pete
 r went up to Jerusalem\, the circumcision party criticized him\, saying\, "
 Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" But Peter began and
  explained to them in order: "I was in the city of Joppa praying\; and in a
  trance I saw a vision\, something descending\, like a great sheet\, let do
 wn from heaven by four corners\; and it came down to me. Looking at it clos
 ely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air
 . And I heard a voice saying to me\, 'Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat.' But I s
 aid\, 'No\, Lord\; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.
 ' But the voice answered a second time from heaven\, 'What God has cleansed
  you must not call common.' This happened three times\, and all was drawn u
 p again into heaven."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the
  Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your s
 in\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kil
 l himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said
  to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\, 
 I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins\, for yo
 u will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to him\
 , "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you from the b
 eginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he who sent 
 me is true\, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." They d
 id not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "Whe
 n you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, and
  that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught 
 me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I always
  do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 33 Martyrs of Melitene\; Lazarus the Wonderworker\; Martyr Athenodorus
 \; Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:10-18\nBrethren\, Aristarchos my fell
 ow prisoner greets you\, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom y
 ou have received instructions -- if he comes to you\, receive him)\, and Je
 sus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circumcision among 
 my fellow workers for the kingdom of God\, and they have been a comfort to 
 me. Epaphras\, who is one of yourselves\, a servant of Christ Jesus\, greet
 s you\, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers\, that you may stan
 d mature and fully assured in all the will of God. For I bear him witness t
 hat he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
  Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the b
 rethren at Laodicea\, and Nympha and the church in her house.  And when thi
 s letter has been read among you\, have it read also in the church of the L
 aodiceans\; and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to
  Archippos\, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in 
 the Lord." I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fet
 ters. Grace be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:2-12\nThe Lord sa
 id to his disciples\, "Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed\, or
  hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dar
 k shall be heard in the light\, and what you have whispered in private room
 s shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. \n\n I tell you\, my friends\, do
  not fear those who kill the body\, and after that have no more that they c
 an do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who\, after he has killed
 \, has power to cast into Gehenna\; yes\, I tell you\, fear him! Are not fi
 ve sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before G
 od. Why\, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not\; you are 
 of more value than many sparrows. \n\n And I tell you\, every one who ackno
 wledges me before men\, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the ang
 els of God\; but he who denies me before men will be denied before the ange
 ls of God. And every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be f
 orgiven\; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgive
 n. And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the aut
 horities\, do not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are 
 to say\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ough
 t to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Joannicius the Great\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Nicander\, Bishop of Myra
 \, and Hermias the Presbyter\; Porphyrios the Mime\; Emperor John Batatze t
 he Merciful\; George Karslidis of Pontos\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to the Colossians 2:20-23\; 3:1-3\nBrethren\, if with Christ you died t
 o the elemental spirits of the universe\, why do you live as if you still b
 elonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations\, "Do not handle\, D
 o not taste\, Do not touch" (referring to things which all perish as they a
 re used)\, according to human precepts and doctrines? These have indeed an 
 appearance of wisdom in promoting rigor of devotion and self-abasement and 
 severity to the body\, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence 
 of the flesh. If then you have been raised with Christ\, seek the things th
 at are above\, where Christ is\, seated at the right hand of God. Set your 
 minds on things that are above\, not on things that are on earth. For you h
 ave died\, and your life is hid with Christ in God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  11:34-41\nThe Lord said\, "Your eye is the lamp of your body\; when your e
 ye is sound\, your whole body is full of light\; but when it is not sound\,
  your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you 
 be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light\, having no part dark
 \, it will be wholly bright\, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.
 " While he was speaking\, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him\; so he wen
 t in and sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not f
 irst wash before dinner. And the Lord said to him\, "Now you Pharisees clea
 nse the outside of the cup and of the dish\, but inside you are full of ext
 ortion and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the 
 inside also? But give for alms those things which are within and behold\, e
 verything is clean for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/29/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine\; Martyr Petronius\; Malachi the New 
 Righteous Martyr of Lindos\; Theophanes the Merciful of Gaza\; Dionysios I\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 
 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, 
 patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\;
  against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have c
 rucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit
 \, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provok
 ing of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overta
 ken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit 
 of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one anoth
 er's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:
 33-39\nAt that time\, the Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him\, "Why do
  the disciples of John fast often and offer prayers\, and so do the discipl
 es of the Pharisees\, but yours eat and drink?" And Jesus said to them\, "C
 an you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days
  will come\, when the bridegroom is taken away from them\, and then they wi
 ll fast in those days." He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece 
 from a new garment and puts it upon an old garment\; if he does\, he will t
 ear the new\, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one
  puts new wine into old wineskins\; if he does\, the new wine will burst th
 e skins and it will be spilled\, and the skins will be destroyed. But new w
 ine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine de
 sires new\; for he says\, 'The old is better.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Luke\; Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\; Nikon Meta
 noeite\; Stylianos the Monk of Paphlagonia\; Akakios of Sinai who is mentio
 ned in The Ladder\; George the New Martyr of Chios\; Innocent of Irkutsk\n\
 nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus
  rose early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdal
 ene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who h
 ad been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He wa
 s alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this
  he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking into the
  country. And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe t
 hem. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table a
 nd He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because the
 y had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to the
 m\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He 
 who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe wi
 ll be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My na
 me they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will p
 ick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt the
 m\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo t
 hen the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven
 \, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached 
 everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by t
 he signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:1-7\nBreth
 ren\, I\, a prisoner for the Lord\, beg you to lead a life worthy of the ca
 lling to which you have been called\, with all lowliness and meekness\, wit
 h patience\, forbearing one another in love\, eager to maintain the unity o
 f the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit\, just 
 as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call\, one Lord\, o
 ne faith\, one baptism\, one God and Father of us all\, who is above all an
 d through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to th
 e measure of Christ's gift.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:18-27\nAt that time\
 , a ruler came to Jesus and asked him\, "Good Teacher\, what shall I do to 
 inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No
  one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adult
 ery\, Do not kill\, Do not steal\, Do not bear false witness\, Honor your f
 ather and mother.' " And he said\, "All these I have observed from my youth
 ." And when Jesus heard it\, he said to him\, "One thing you still lack. Se
 ll all that you have and distribute it to the poor\, and you will have trea
 sure in heaven\; and come\, follow me." But when he heard this he became sa
 d\, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said\, "How hard it is for t
 hose who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a ca
 mel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the king
 dom of God." Those who heard it said\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said
 \, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost\; The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\; 
 Methodius the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cyril\, Bishop of G
 ortyna\; The Holy Martyrs of Estonia: the Priests Basil\, John\, John\, Art
 emios\, and Nicholas\; the Deacons Vasili and Peter\; the Presytera Martha\
 ; and John\, Theodor\, and Anna.\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:
 7-12\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Je
 sus Christ. First\, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you\, be
 cause your faith is proclaimed in all the world. For God is my witness\, wh
 om I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son\, that without ceasing I
  mention you always in my prayers\, asking that somehow by God's will I may
  now at last succeed in coming to you. For I long to see you\, that I may i
 mpart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you\, that is\, that we may 
 be mutually encouraged by each other's faith\, both yours and mine.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Matthew 5:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Give to him who begs from you
 \, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you. You have heard that it 
 was said\, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to
  you\, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you\, so that you
  may be sons of your Father who is in heaven\; for he makes his sun rise on
  the evil and on the good\, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. F
 or if you love those who love you\, what reward have you? Do not even the t
 ax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren\, what more
  are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You\, the
 refore\, must be perfect\, as your heavenly Father is perfect."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/16/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tychon the Wonderworker\; 40 Martyrs of Rome\; Mark the Just of Apollo
 nia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 2:28-29\;3:1-18\n
 Brethren\, he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly\, nor is true circumci
 sion something external and physical. He is a Jew who is one inwardly\, and
  real circumcision is a matter of the heart\, spiritual and not literal. Hi
 s praise is not from men but from God. Then what advantage has the Jew? Or 
 what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with\, the J
 ews are entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Do
 es their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let Go
 d be true though every man be false\, as it is written\, "That thou mayest 
 be justified in thy words\, and prevail when thou art judged." But if our w
 ickedness serves to show the justice of God\, what shall we say? That God i
 s unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For
  then how could God judge the world? But if through my falsehood God's trut
 hfulness abounds to his glory\, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
  And why not do evil that good may come? - as some people slanderously char
 ge us with saying. Their condemnation is just. What then? Are we Jews any b
 etter off? No\, not at all\; for we have already charged that all men\, bot
 h Jews and Greeks\, are under the power of sin\, as it is written:\n\n"None
  is righteous\, no\, not one\; no one understands\, no one seeks for God. A
 ll have turned aside\, together they have gone wrong\; no one does good\, n
 ot even one."\n\n"Their throat is an open grave\, they use their tongues to
  deceive."\n\n"The venom of asps is under their lips."\n\n"Their mouth is f
 ull of curses and bitterness."\n\n"Their feet are swift to shed blood\, in 
 their paths are ruin and misery\, and the way of peace they do not know." 
 \n\n"There is no fear of God before their eyes."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  6:31-34\; 7:9-11\nThe Lord said\, "Do not be anxious\, saying\, 'What shal
 l we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Genti
 les seek all these things\; and your heavenly Father knows that you need th
 em all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness\, and all these th
 ings shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow\, f
 or tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be suffic
 ient for the day. Or what man of you\, if his son asks him for bread\, will
  give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish\, will give him a serpent? If y
 ou then\, who are evil\, know how to give good gifts to your children\, how
  much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who 
 ask him!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring\; Simon the Zealot
  & Apostle\; Laurence of Egypt\; Isodora of Egypt\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts 3:1-8\nIn those days\, Peter and John were going up to the tem
 ple at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was b
 eing carried\, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is call
 ed Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple. Seeing Peter and 
 John about to go into the temple\, he asked for alms. And Peter directed hi
 s gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look at us." And he fixed his atten
 tion upon them\, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said\,
  "I have no silver and gold\, but I give you what I have\; in the name of J
 esus Christ of Nazareth\, walk." And he took him by the right hand and rais
 ed him up\; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leapi
 ng up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them\, walking and le
 aping and praising God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:12-22\nAt that time\, Jes
 us came to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples\; a
 nd there they stayed for a few days.\n\nThe Passover of the Jews was at han
 d\, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were s
 elling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the money-changers at their busines
 s. And making a whip of cords\, he drove them all\, with the sheep and oxen
 \, out of the temple\; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers an
 d overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons\, "Take t
 hese things away\; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade." 
 His disciples remembered that it was written\, "Zeal for your house will co
 nsume me." The Jews then said to him\, "What sign have you to show us for d
 oing this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy this temple\, and in three days 
 I will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "It has taken forty-six years to 
 build this temple\, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he spoke o
 f the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead\, his 
 disciples remembered that he had said this\; and they believed the scriptur
 e and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Erasmos of Oc
 hrid & his Companion Martyrs\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Philadelphia\; C
 onstantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 21:8-14
 \nIN THOSE DAYS\, the apostles departed and came to Caesarea\; and we enter
 ed the house of Philip the evangelist\, who was one of the seven\, and stay
 ed with him. And he had four unmarried daughters\, who prophesied. While we
  were staying for some days\, a prophet named Agabos came down from Judea. 
 And coming to us he took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands\, a
 nd said\, "Thus says the Holy Spirit\, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind
  the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentile
 s.'" When we heard this\, we and the people there begged him not to go up t
 o Jerusalem. Then Paul answered\, "What are you doing\, weeping and breakin
 g my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jer
 usalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." And when he would not be persuaded\
 , we ceased and said\, "The will of the Lord be done." \n\nGospel Reading: 
 John 14:27-15:7\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be t
 roubled\, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you\, 'I go away\
 , and I will come to you.' If you loved me\, you would have rejoiced\, beca
 use I go to the Father\; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have t
 old you before it takes place\, so that when it does take place\, you may b
 elieve. I will no longer talk much with you\, for the ruler of this world i
 s coming. He has no power over me\; but I do as the Father has commanded me
 \, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise\, let us go henc
 e.\n\n"I am the true vine\, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch 
 of mine that bears no fruit\, he takes away\, and every branch that does be
 ar fruit he prunes\, that it may bear more fruit. You are already made clea
 n by the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me\, and I in you. As th
 e branch cannot bear fruit by itself\, unless it abides in the vine\, neith
 er can you\, unless you abide in me. I am the vine\, you are the branches. 
 He who abides in me\, and I in him\, he it is that bears much fruit\, for a
 part from me you can do nothing. If a man does not abide in me\, he is cast
  forth as a branch and withers\; and the branches are gathered\, thrown int
 o the fire and burned. If you abide in me\, and my words abide in you\, ask
  whatever you will\, and it shall be done for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\; The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theog
 nis\, Agapius\, and Pistus\; Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and 
 Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, havi
 ng this ministry as we have received mercy\, we do not lose heart. We have 
 renounced disgraceful\, underhanded ways\; we refuse to practice cunning or
  to tamper with God's word\, but by the open statement of truth we would co
 mmend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if 
 our gospel is veiled\, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In the
 ir case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers\, to
  keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ\, who
  is the likeness of God. For what we preach is not ourselves\, but Jesus Ch
 rist as Lord\, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For it is t
 he God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our 
 hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face o
 f Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that th
 e transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in ever
 y way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecute
 d\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in
  the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manife
 sted in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death
  for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our morta
 l flesh. So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 rk 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus went up on the mountain\, and called to hi
 m those whom he desired\; and they came to him. And he appointed twelve\, t
 o be with him\, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to cast out
  demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\; James the son of Zebedee and John t
 he brother of James\, whom he surnamed Boanerges\, that is\, sons of thunde
 r\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and Jame
 s the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\, and Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas
  Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he went home\; and the crowd came togeth
 er again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it\, 
 they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is beside himself
 ."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 15th Sunday of Matthew\; Isidore of Pelusium\; Nicholas the Confessor\
 ; Hieromartyr Abramius\; John the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\; Theodo
 sios the Righteous\; Joseph the New Martyr of Aleppo\; Afterfeast of the Pr
 esentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: M
 ark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mothe
 r of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Je
 sus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when
  the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll aw
 ay the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw t
 hat the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, 
 they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; 
 and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Je
 sus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see th
 e place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He 
 is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." 
 And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment h
 ad come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.
 \n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who sa
 id\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to giv
 e the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\n
 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcenden
 t power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but 
 not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not 
 forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body th
 e death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our 
 bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus'
  sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  S
 o death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spiri
 t of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too bel
 ieve\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will rai
 se us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is a
 ll for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may 
 increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:
 35-46\nAt that time\, a lawyer came up to Jesus and asked him a question\, 
 to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he 
 said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and w
 ith all your soul\, and with all your mind. This is the great and first com
 mandment. And a second is like it\, You shall love your neighbor as yoursel
 f. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."\n\nNow w
 hile the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a question\, s
 aying\, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to hi
 m\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How is it then that David\, insp
 ired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, 
 Sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under your feet'? If David t
 hus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no one was able to answer him 
 a word\, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\; Our Righteous Father Joseph\; Ic
 on of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nB
 rethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you en
 dured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to
  abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
   For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the p
 lundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a bette
 r possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confiden
 ce\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that yo
 u may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little w
 hile\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous
  one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:16-22\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus\, passing along by the Sea of Galilee\, saw Simon and Andrew the brot
 her of Simon casting a net in the sea\; for they were fishermen. And Jesus 
 said to them\, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." And i
 mmediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on a little far
 ther\, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother\, who were in t
 heir boats mending the nets. And immediately he called them\; and they left
  their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants\, and followed hi
 m. And they went into Capernaum\; and immediately on the sabbath he entered
  the synagogue and taught. And they were astonished at his teaching\, for h
 e taught them as one who had authority\, and not as the scribes.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diodore\, Victor\, Victorinus\, Pappias\, Nice
 phorus\, and Serapion\; Theodora the Righteous of Thessaloniki\; Agathopode
 s and Theodulos the Martyrs\; George the new Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Isaiah 13:2-13\n On a bare hill raise a signal\, cry alou
 d to them\; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.  I mys
 elf have commanded my consecrated ones\, have summoned my mighty men to exe
 cute my anger\, my proudly exulting ones.  \n\n Hark\, a tumult on the moun
 tains as of a great multitude! Hark\, an uproar of kingdoms\, of nations ga
 thering together! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for battle.  They c
 ome from a distant land\, from the end of the heavens\, the LORD and the we
 apons of his indignation\, to destroy the whole earth.  \n\n Wail\, for the
  day of the LORD is near\; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!  
 Therefore all hands will be feeble\, and every man's heart will melt\, and 
 they will be dismayed. Pangs and agony will seize them\; they will be in an
 guish like a woman in travail. They will look aghast at one another\; their
  faces will be aflame.  \n\n Behold\, the day of the LORD comes\, cruel\, w
 ith wrath and fierce anger\, to make the earth a desolation and to destroy 
 its sinners from it.  For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
  will not give their light\; the sun will be dark at its rising and the moo
 n will not shed its light.  I will punish the world for its evil\, and the 
 wicked for their iniquity\; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant\
 , and lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.  I will make men more rare t
 han fine gold\, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.  Therefore I will make 
 the heavens tremble\, and the earth will be shaken out of its place\, at th
 e wrath of the LORD of hosts in the day of his fierce anger.\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Genesis 8:4-21\n And in the seventh month\, on the seventeenth 
 day of the month\, the ark came to rest upon the mountains of Ararat.  And 
 the waters continued to abate until the tenth month\; in the tenth month\, 
 on the first day of the month\, the tops of the mountains were seen.  \n\n 
 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had mad
 e\, and sent forth a raven\; and it went to and fro until the waters were d
 ried up from the earth.  Then he sent forth a dove from him\, to see if the
  waters had subsided from the face of the ground\; but the dove found no pl
 ace to set her foot\, and she returned to him to the ark\, for the waters w
 ere still on the face of the whole earth. So he put forth his hand and took
  her and brought her into the ark with him.  He waited another seven days\,
  and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark\; and the dove came back t
 o him in the evening\, and lo\, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf\;
  so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.  Then he waited 
 another seven days\, and sent forth the dove\; and she did not return to hi
 m any more.  \n\n In the six hundred and first year\, in the first month\, 
 the first day of the month\, the waters were dried from off the earth\; and
  Noah removed the covering of the ark\, and looked\, and behold\, the face 
 of the ground was dry.  In the second month\, on the twenty-seventh day of 
 the month\, the earth was dry.  Then God said to Noah\,  "Go forth from the
  ark\, you and your wife\, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.  Br
 ing forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh - birds
  and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth - that they 
 may breed abundantly on the earth\, and be fruitful and multiply upon the e
 arth."  So Noah went forth\, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives 
 with him.  And every beast\, every creeping thing\, and every bird\, everyt
 hing that moves upon the earth\, went forth by families out of the ark.  \n
 \n Then Noah built an altar to the LORD\, and took of every clean animal an
 d of every clean bird\, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.  And when
  the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will 
 never again curse the ground because of man\, for the imagination of man's 
 heart is evil from his youth\; neither will I ever again destroy every livi
 ng creature as I have done."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 10:31-11:12
 \nThe mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom\, but the perverse tongue 
 will be cut off.  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable\, but t
 he mouth of the wicked\, what is perverse.  A false balance is an abominati
 on to the LORD\, but a just weight is his delight.  When pride comes\, then
  comes disgrace\; but with the humble is wisdom.  The integrity of the upri
 ght guides them\, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.  Ri
 ches do not profit in the day of wrath\, but righteousness delivers from de
 ath.  The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight\, but the w
 icked falls by his own wickedness.  The righteousness of the upright delive
 rs them\, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.  When the wi
 cked dies\, his hope perishes\, and the expectation of the godless comes to
  nought.  The righteous is delivered from trouble\, and the wicked gets int
 o it instead.  With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor\, 
 but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.  When it goes well with the r
 ighteous\, the city rejoices\; and when the wicked perish there are shouts 
 of gladness.  By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted\, but it is 
 overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.  He who belittles his neighbor lacks
  sense\, but a man of understanding remains silent.\n\n
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 , Nicephorus\, and Serapion
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/07/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 33 Martyrs of Melitene\; Lazarus the Wonderworker\; Martyr Athenodorus
 \; Alexander the Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians
  1:6-10\nBrethren\, you became imitators of us and of the Lord\, for you re
 ceived the word in much affliction\, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit\;
  so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Ach
 aia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedo
 nia and Achaia\, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere\, so that 
 we need not say anything. For they themselves report concerning us what a w
 elcome we had among you\, and how you turned to God from idols\, to serve a
  living and true God\, and to wait for his Son from heaven\, whom he raised
  from the dead\, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 12:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Who then is the faithful and wise st
 eward\, whom his master will set over his household\, to give them their po
 rtion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master w
 hen he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him ove
 r all his possessions. But if that servant says to himself\, 'My master is 
 delayed in coming\,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservant
 s\, and to eat and drink and get drunk\, the master of that servant will co
 me on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know\, a
 nd will punish him\, and put him with the unfaithful. And that servant who 
 knew his master's will\, but did not make ready or act according to his wil
 l\, shall receive a severe beating. But he who did not know\, and did what 
 deserved a beating\, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much 
 is given\, of him will much be required\; and of him to whom men commit muc
 h they will demand the more."\n\n
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 sts: Galaktion & his wife Episteme\, the Martyrs of Emesa\; Hermas\, Patrob
 os\, Gaios\, Linos\, & Philologos\, Apostles of the 70\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Philippians 2:16-23\nBrethren\, I do not run in vain or labor in vain. Even
  if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrifical offering of your fa
 ith\, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be glad 
 and rejoice with me. I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon\,
  so that I may be cheered by news of you. I have no one like him\, who will
  be genuinely anxious for your welfare. They all look after their own inter
 ests\, not those of Jesus Christ. But Timothy's worth you know\, how as a s
 on with a father he has served with me in the gospel. I hope therefore to s
 end him just as soon as I see how it will go with me.\n\nGospel Reading: Lu
 ke 12:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward\, w
 hom his master will set over his household\, to give them their portion of 
 food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he co
 mes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set him over all his
  possessions. But if that servant says to himself\, 'My master is delayed i
 n coming\,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants\, and t
 o eat and drink and get drunk\, the master of that servant will come on a d
 ay when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know\, and will p
 unish him\, and put him with the unfaithful. And that servant who knew his 
 master's will\, but did not make ready or act according to his will\, shall
  receive a severe beating. But he who did not know\, and did what deserved 
 a beating\, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given\
 , of him will much be required\; and of him to whom men commit much they wi
 ll demand the more."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Tuesday\; Crescens the Martyr\; Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\; Mic
 hael the New Martyr of Smyrna\; The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\; Padarn\, Bi
 shop and Founder of Llandabarn Fawr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\nAt that time\, the Pharisees went and took counsel a
 gainst Jesus\, how to entangle him in his talk. And they sent their discipl
 es to him\, along with the Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we know that you
  are true\, and teach the way of God truthfully\, and care for no man\; for
  you do not regard the position of men. Tell us\, then\, what you think. Is
  it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware of their mal
 ice\, said\, "Why put me to the test\, you hypocrites? Show me the money fo
 r the tax." And they brought him a coin. And Jesus said to them\, "Whose li
 keness and inscription is this?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he said to th
 em\, "Render\, therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to Go
 d the things that are God's. " When they heard it\, they marveled\; and the
 y left him and went away.\n\nThe same day the Sadducees came to him\, who s
 ay that there is no resurrection\; and they asked him a question saying\, "
 Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a man dies\, having no children\, his brother mu
 st marry the widow\, and raise up children for his brother.' Now there were
  seven brothers among us\; the first married\, and died\, and having no chi
 ldren left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third\, down to t
 he seventh. After them all\, the woman died. In the resurrection\, therefor
 e\, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her."\n\nBut J
 esus answered them\, "You are wrong\, because you know neither the scriptur
 es nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are
  given in marriage\, but are like angels of God in heaven. And as for the r
 esurrection of the dead\, have you not read what was said to you by God\, '
 I am the God of Abraham\, and the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob'? He 
 is not God of the dead\, but of the living." And when the crowd heard it\, 
 they were astonished at his teaching.\n\nBut when the Pharisees heard that 
 he had silenced the Sadducees\, they came together. And one of them\, a law
 yer\, asked him a question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great com
 mandment in the law?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your Go
 d with all your heart\, and with all your soul\, and with all your mind. Th
 is is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it. You shall l
 ove your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law
  and the prophets."\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jes
 us asked them a question\, saying: "What do you think of the Christ? Whose 
 son is he?" They said to him\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How i
 s it then that David\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, '
 The Lord said to my Lord\, sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies u
 nder your feet'? If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no 
 one was able to answer him a word\, nor from that day did any one dare to a
 sk him any more questions.\n\nThen said Jesus to the crowds and to his disc
 iples\, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat\; so practice and
  observe whatever they tell you\, but not what they do\; for they preach bu
 t do not practice. They bind heavy burdens\, hard to bear\, and lay them on
  men's shoulders\; but they themselves will not move them with their finger
 . They do all their deeds to be seen by men\; for they make their phylacter
 ies broad and their fringes long\, and they love the place of honor at feas
 ts and the best seats in the synagogues\, and salutations in the market pla
 ces\, and being called rabbi by men\, but you are not to be called rabbi\, 
 for you have one teacher\, and you are all brethren. And call no man your f
 ather on earth\, for you have one Father\, who is in heaven. Neither be cal
 led masters\, for you have one master\, the Christ. He who is greatest amon
 g you shall be your servant\; whoever exalts himself will be humbled\, and 
 whoever humbles himself will be exalted.\n\n"But woe to you\, scribes and P
 harisees\, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you
  make long prayers\; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation. W
 oe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdo
 m of heaven against men\; for you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow thos
 e who would enter to go in. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites
 ! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte\, and when he be
 comes a proselyte\, you make him twice as much a child of Gehenna as yourse
 lves.\n\n"Woe to you\, blind guides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the t
 emple\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple\, h
 e is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater\, the gold o
 r the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swear
 s by the altar\, it is nothing\; but if any one swears by the gift that is 
 on the altar\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is greate
 r\, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by t
 he altar\, swears by it and by everything on it\; and he who swears by the 
 temple\, swears by it and by him who dwells in it\; and he who swears by he
 aven\, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.\n\n"Woe to 
 you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and c
 umin\, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, justice and me
 rcy and faith\; these you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
  You blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! "Woe to yo
 u\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the 
 cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. 
 You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate\, 
 that the outside also may be clean. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hy
 pocrites! for you are like white-washed tombs\, which outwardly appear beau
 tiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. S
 o you also outwardly appear to men\, but within you are full of hypocrisy a
 nd iniquity. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build
   the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, sayi
 ng\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken 
 part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness aga
 inst yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fil
 l up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipe
 rs\, how are you to escape being sentenced to Gehenna? Therefore I send you
  prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify
 \, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to 
 town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from 
 the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\,
  whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to yo
 u\, all this will come upon this generation.\n\n"O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, 
 killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would
  I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under he
 r wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. 
 For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he
  who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:36-51\;
  25:1-46\; 26:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Of that day and hour n
 o one knows\, not even the angels of heaven\, but the Father only. As were 
 the days of Noah\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those
  days before the flood they were eating and drinking\, marrying and giving 
 in marriage\, until the day when Noah entered the ark\, and they did not kn
 ow until the flood came and swept them all away\, so will be the coming of 
 the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field\; one is taken and one is
  left. Two women will be grinding at the mill\; one is taken and one is lef
 t. Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. B
 ut know t
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\; Constantine the New Martyr of
  Cyprus\; Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\; Germanus\, Bishop of t
 he Isle of Man\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren
 \, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has 
 appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\,
  then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speak
 ers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are
  all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do
  all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the highe
 r gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in th
 e tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a
  clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all myst
 eries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountai
 ns\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if 
 I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love i
 s patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant o
 r rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resent
 ful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears 
 all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. L
 ove never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus
  called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean sp
 irits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  
 These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentile
 s\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep o
 f the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of hea
 ven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast ou
 t demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Matthew\; Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\; Straton\, Phili
 p\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian the Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Afterfeast of the Dorm
 ition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Demetrios 
 the New\, Righteous-Martyr of Samaria\; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassian
 i the siblings\; Paul\, Juliana\, and those martyred with them (the executi
 oners)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus reveale
 d Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed H
 imself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of C
 ana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples were
  together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to hi
 m\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but that n
 ight they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the bea
 ch\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\,
  "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\
 , "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So
  they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity
  of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" 
 When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for h
 e was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples 
 came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far fr
 om the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land\, th
 ey saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said 
 to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Pete
 r went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred an
 d fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not t
 orn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the discip
 les dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came an
 d took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now t
 he third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised 
 from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God ha
 s exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced to death\; beca
 use we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and to men. We are 
 fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak\, but you
  are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To the present ho
 ur we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless\, and w
 e labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless\; when persec
 uted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we have become\,
  and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring of all things.
  I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish you as my belove
 d children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, you do not hav
 e many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel
 . I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:14-
 23\nAt that time\, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said\, "L
 ord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly
 \; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the water.  And I brou
 ght him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him."  And Jesus answer
 ed\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I to be with you?  
 How long am I to bear with you?  Bring him here to me."  And Jesus rebuked 
 him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured instantly.  The
 n the disciples came to Jesus privately and said\, "Why could we not cast i
 t out?"  He said to them\, "Because of your little faith.  For truly I say 
 to you\, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, you will say to thi
 s mountain\, 'Move hence to yonder place\,' and it will move\; and nothing 
 will be impossible to you.  But this kind never comes out except by prayer 
 and fasting."  As they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus said to them\,  "T
 he Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men\, and they will kill
  him\, and he will be raised on the third day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Averkios\, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker\, Bishop of Hierapol
 is\; Seven Holy Martyred Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 2:24-30\nBrethren\, I trust in the 
 Lord that shortly I myself shall come also. I have thought it necessary to 
 send to you Epaphroditos my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier\, 
 and your messenger and minister to my need\, for he has been longing for yo
 u all\, and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. Indeed h
 e was ill\, near to death. But God had mercy on him\, and not only on him b
 ut on me also\, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I am the more eager 
 to send him\, therefore\, that you may rejoice at seeing him again\, and th
 at I may be less anxious. So receive him in the Lord with all joy\; and hon
 or such men\, for he nearly died for the work of Christ\, risking his life 
 to complete your service to me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:44-50\nThe Lord s
 aid to his disciples\, "Let these words sink into your ears\; for the Son o
 f man is to be delivered into the hands of men." But they did not understan
 d this saying\, and it was concealed from them\, that they should not perce
 ive it\; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. And an argument
  arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. But when Jesus perc
 eived the thought of their hearts\, he took a child and put him by his side
 \, and said to them\, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me\,
  and whoever receives me receives him who sent me\; for he who is least amo
 ng you all is the one who is great." John answered\, "Master\, we saw a man
  casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, because he does not
  follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do not forbid him\; for he that 
 is not against you is for you."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/27/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Wednesday\; Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael and
  the other George of Samothrace\; The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of 
 the Lord\; Eulogios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Acts 2:22-38.\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Men of
  Israel\, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth\, a man attested to you by Go
 d with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your
  midst\, as you yourselves know this Jesus\, delivered up according to the 
 definite plan and foreknowledge of God\, you crucified and killed by the ha
 nds of lawless men. But God raised him up\, having loosed the pangs of deat
 h\, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says co
 ncerning him\, 'I saw the Lord always before me\, for he is at my right han
 d that I may not be shaken\; therefore my heart was glad\, and my tongue re
 joiced\; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope. For thou wilt not abandon my
  soul to Hades\, nor let thy Holy One see corruption. Thou hast made known 
 to me the ways of life\; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy presen
 ce.'\n\n"Brethren\, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David tha
 t he both died and was buried\, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being 
 therefore a prophet\, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him th
 at he would set one of his descendants upon his throne\, he foresaw and spo
 ke of the resurrection of the Christ\, that he was not abandoned to Hades\,
  nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up\, and of that w
 e all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God\, and
  having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit\, he has po
 ured out this which you see and hear. For David did not ascend into the hea
 vens\; but he himself says\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right ha
 nd\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' Let all the house of Is
 rael therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ\, 
 this Jesus whom you crucified."\n\nNow when they heard this they were cut t
 o the heart\, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles\, "Brethren\, 
 what shall we do?" And Peter said to them\, "Repent\, and be baptized every
  one of you in the name of Jesus Christ."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-51\n
 At that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he looked 
 at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The two disc
 iples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and saw 
 them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said to hi
 m\, "Rabbi"  (which means Teacher)\, "where are you staying?"  He said to t
 hem\, "Come and see."  They came and saw where he was staying\; and they st
 ayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two wh
 o heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's brother.
  He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found the Me
 ssiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him a
 nd said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (w
 hich means Peter).\n\nThe next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he f
 ound Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from Bethsaida\,
  the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and said to him\, "
 We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote\, Je
 sus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "Can anythin
 g good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and see." Jesus sa
 w Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israelite indeed
 \, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you know me?"  Je
 sus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig 
 tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are the Son of Go
 d! You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I said to yo
 u\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see greater th
 ings than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you 
 will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and descending upo
 n the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/19/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Tuesday\; The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\; Tryphon\, Patriarch o
 f Constantinople\; George the Confessor\; Aelphege the Hieromartyr of Cante
 rbury\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\nAt that
  time\, the Pharisees went and took counsel against Jesus\, how to entangle
  him in his talk. And they sent their disciples to him\, along with the Her
 odians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and teach the way 
 of God truthfully\, and care for no man\; for you do not regard the positio
 n of men. Tell us\, then\, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Cae
 sar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware of their malice\, said\, "Why put me to th
 e test\, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax." And they brought h
 im a coin. And Jesus said to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this
 ?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he said to them\, "Render\, therefore to Ca
 esar the things that are Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's. "
  When they heard it\, they marveled\; and they left him and went away.\n\nT
 he same day the Sadducees came to him\, who say that there is no resurrecti
 on\; and they asked him a question saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If a m
 an dies\, having no children\, his brother must marry the widow\, and raise
  up children for his brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us\; the
  first married\, and died\, and having no children left his wife to his bro
 ther. So too the second and third\, down to the seventh. After them all\, t
 he woman died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, to which of the seven will
  she be wife? For they all had her."\n\nBut Jesus answered them\, "You are 
 wrong\, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For i
 n the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but are l
 ike angels of God in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead\, have
  you not read what was said to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, and 
 the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, but o
 f the living." And when the crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his te
 aching.\n\nBut when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees\
 , they came together. And one of them\, a lawyer\, asked him a question\, t
 o test him. "Teacher\, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he s
 aid to him\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and wi
 th all your soul\, and with all your mind. This is the great and first comm
 andment. And a second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."\n\nNow whi
 le the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a question\, say
 ing: "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him\,
  "The son of David." He said to them\, "How is it then that David\, inspire
 d by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, sit
  at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under your feet'? If David thus
  calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no one was able to answer him a w
 ord\, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.\n\n
 Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples\, "The scribes and the P
 harisees sit on Moses' seat\; so practice and observe whatever they tell yo
 u\, but not what they do\; for they preach but do not practice. They bind h
 eavy burdens\, hard to bear\, and lay them on men's shoulders\; but they th
 emselves will not move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to b
 e seen by men\; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes lo
 ng\, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the s
 ynagogues\, and salutations in the market places\, and being called rabbi b
 y men\, but you are not to be called rabbi\, for you have one teacher\, and
  you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth\, for you have 
 one Father\, who is in heaven. Neither be called masters\, for you have one
  master\, the Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant\; 
 whoever exalts himself will be humbled\, and whoever humbles himself will b
 e exalted.\n\n"But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you
  devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore
  you will receive the greater condemnation. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharis
 ees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; for 
 you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Wo
 e to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and lan
 d to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make h
 im twice as much a child of Gehenna as yourselves.\n\n"Woe to you\, blind g
 uides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if
  any one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You b
 lind fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the
  gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing
 \; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by 
 his oath.' You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that
  makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by
  everything on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by h
 im who dwells in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of
  God and by him who sits upon it.\n\n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, 
 hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cumin\, and have neglected the 
 weightier matters of the law\, justice and mercy and faith\; these you ough
 t to have done without neglecting the others. You blind guides\, straining 
 out a gnat and swallowing a camel! "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hy
 pocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate\, but ins
 ide they are full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first clea
 nse the inside of the cup and of the plate\, that the outside also may be c
 lean. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like whi
 te-washed tombs\, which outwardly appear beautiful\, but within they are fu
 ll of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear to
  men\, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you\, scri
 bes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build  the tombs of the prophets an
 d adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the d
 ays of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the
  blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you are
  sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of y
 our fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape bei
 ng sentenced to Gehenna? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scr
 ibes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourge i
 n your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you may come 
 all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel to 
 the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between the
  sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon th
 is generation.\n\n"O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and stoni
 ng those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children
  together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would not! B
 ehold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will not 
 see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the 
 Lord.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:36-51\; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\nThe Lord sa
 id to his disciples\, "Of that day and hour no one knows\, not even the ang
 els of heaven\, but the Father only. As were the days of Noah\, so will be 
 the coming of the Son of man. For as in those days before the flood they we
 re eating and drinking\, marrying and giving in marriage\, until the day wh
 en Noah entered the ark\, and they did not know until the flood came and sw
 ept them all away\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two men w
 ill be in the field\; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be grind
 ing at the mill\; one is taken and one is left. Watch therefore\, for you d
 o not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the hou
 seholder
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 sts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete\; Nicet
 as\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\; Joseph the Hymnographer\; Theodos
 ia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld Testamen
 t Reading: Isaiah 42:5-16\nThus says God\, the LORD\, who created the heave
 ns and stretched them out\, who spread forth the earth and what comes from 
 it\, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in
  it:  "I am the LORD\, I have called you in righteousness\, I have taken yo
 u by the hand and kept you\; I have given you as a covenant to the people\,
  a light to the nations\, to open the eyes that are blind\, to bring out th
 e prisoners from the dungeon\, from the prison those who sit in darkness.  
 I am the LORD\, that is my name\; my glory I give to no other\, nor my prai
 se to graven images.  Behold\, the former things have come to pass\, and ne
 w things I now declare\; before they spring forth I tell you of them." \n\n
   Sing to the LORD a new song\, his praise from the end of the earth! Let t
 he sea roar and all that fills it\, the coastlands and their inhabitants.  
 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice\, the villages that Kedar
  inhabits\; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy\, let them shout from 
 the top of the mountains.  Let them give glory to the LORD\, and declare hi
 s praise in the coastlands.  The LORD goes forth like a mighty man\, like a
  man of war he stirs up his fury\; he cries out\, he shouts aloud\, he show
 s himself mighty against his foes. \n\n  For a long time I have held my pea
 ce\, I have kept still and restrained myself\; now I will cry out like a wo
 man in travail\, I will gasp and pant.  I will lay waste mountains and hill
 s\, and dry up all their herbage\; I will turn the rivers into islands\, an
 d dry up the pools.  And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not\
 , in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the dark
 ness before them into light\, the rough places into level ground. These are
  the things I will do\, and I will not forsake them.\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Genesis 18:20-33\n Then the LORD said\, "Because the outcry against Sod
 om and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave\, I will go down to se
 e whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come 
 to me\; and if not\, I will know."  So the men turned from there\, and went
  toward Sodom\; but Abraham still stood before the LORD.  Then Abraham drew
  near\, and said\, "Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?
   Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city\; wilt thou then destro
 y the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?  Far be
  it from thee to do such a thing\, to slay the righteous with the wicked\, 
 so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not 
 the Judge of all the earth do right?"  And the LORD said\, "If I find at So
 dom fifty righteous in the city\, I will spare the whole place for their sa
 ke."  Abraham answered\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the
  Lord\, I who am but dust and ashes.  Suppose five of the fifty righteous a
 re lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said
 \, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."  Again he spoke to h
 im\, and said\, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered\, "For the sak
 e of forty I will not do it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry
 \, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered\, "I will
  not do it\, if I find thirty there."  He said\, "Behold\, I have taken upo
 n myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered
 \, "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let 
 not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten a
 re found there." He answered\, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."
   And the LORD went his way\, when he had finished speaking to Abraham\; an
 d Abraham returned to his place.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 16:17-1
 7:17\nThe highway of the upright turns aside from evil\; he who guards his 
 way preserves his life.  Pride goes before destruction\, and a haughty spir
 it before a fall.  It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than 
 to divide the spoil with the proud.  He who gives heed to the word will pro
 sper\, and happy is he who trusts in the LORD.  The wise of heart is called
  a man of discernment\, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.  Wisd
 om is a fountain of life to him who has it\, but folly is the chastisement 
 of fools.  The mind of the wise makes his speech judicious\, and adds persu
 asiveness to his lips.  Pleasant words are like a honeycomb\, sweetness to 
 the soul and health to the body.  There is a way which seems right to a man
 \, but its end is the way to death.  A worker's appetite works for him\; hi
 s mouth urges him on.  A worthless man plots evil\, and his speech is like 
 a scorching fire.  A perverse man spreads strife\, and a whisperer separate
 s close friends.  A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a
  way that is not good.  He who winks his eyes plans perverse things\, he wh
 o compresses his lips brings evil to pass.  A hoary head is a crown of glor
 y\; it is gained in a righteous life.  He who is slow to anger is better th
 an the mighty\, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.  The 
 lot is cast into the lap\, but the decision is wholly from the LORD.\n\n  B
 etter is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
   A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully\, and w
 ill share the inheritance as one of the brothers.  The crucible is for silv
 er\, and the furnace is for gold\, and the LORD tries hearts.  An evildoer 
 listens to wicked lips\; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.  He
  who mocks the poor insults his Maker\; he who is glad at calamity will not
  go unpunished.  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged\, and the glory of
  sons is their fathers.  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool\; still less
  is false speech to a prince.  A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of
  him who gives it\; wherever he turns he prospers.  He who forgives an offe
 nse seeks love\, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.  A rebuke 
 goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.  
 An evil man seeks only rebellion\, and a cruel messenger will be sent again
 st him.  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs\, rather than a fool 
 in his folly.  If a man returns evil for good\, evil will not depart from h
 is house.  The beginning of strife is like letting out water\; so quit befo
 re the quarrel breaks out.  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns
  the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.  Why should a foo
 l have a price in his hand to buy wisdom\, when he has no mind?  A friend l
 oves at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\; Vavylas the Holy Martyr\; Xenia of St. Pet
 ersburg\, Fool-for-Christ\; Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in 
 Cyprus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethre
 n\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, g
 oodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is 
 no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with
  its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by 
 the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no
  envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, y
 ou who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to
  yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so f
 ulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-34\nAt that time
 \, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the othe
 r side\, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crow
 ds\, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came\, he w
 as there alone\, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from t
 he land\, beaten by the waves\; for the wind was against them. And in the f
 ourth watch of the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. But when the
  disciples saw him walking on the sea\, they were terrified\, saying\, "It 
 is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them\
 , saying "Take heart\, it is I\; have no fear." \n\n And Peter answered him
 \, "Lord\, if it is you\, bid me come to you on the water." He said\, "Come
 ." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus\;
  but when he saw the wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning to sink he cried 
 out\, "Lord\, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught h
 im\, saying to him\, "O man of little faith\, why did you doubt?" And when 
 they entered the boat\, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped hi
 m\, saying\, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over
 \, they came to land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday after Holy Cross\; Euphemia the Great Martyr\; Sebastiana\, D
 isciple of St. Paul the Apostle\; Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\; Melitina 
 the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\; Ninian the Enlightener of Scotl
 and\; Edith the Nun of Wilton Abbey\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-
 10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to accept the
  grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I have listene
 d to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acc
 eptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in 
 any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, but as se
 rvants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance\, 
 in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumult
 s\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kind
 ness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of 
 God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left
 \; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as
  impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\
 , and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, ye
 t always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, a
 nd yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord sai
 d to the Jews who came to him\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die i
 n your sin\; where I am going\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Wil
 l he kill himself\, since he says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? "
  He said to them\, "You are from below\, I am from above\; you are of this 
 world\, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins\
 , for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said
  to him\, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them\, "Even what I have told you fr
 om the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge\; but he w
 ho sent me is true\, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
 " They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus sai
 d\, "When you have lifted up the Son of man\, then you will know that I am 
 he\, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father
  taught me. And he who sent me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for 
 I always do what is pleasing to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in h
 im.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/25/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Monday\; George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\; Mark the Apo
 stle and Evangelist\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nT
 he Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on 
 you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, a
 nd you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This 
 will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds
 \, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth a
 nd wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or con
 tradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen 
 and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by
  all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your e
 ndurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout
  that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to th
 e church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he 
 saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was 
 during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put hi
 m in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, i
 ntending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was ke
 pt in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\
 nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping 
 between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door
  were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, an
 d a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\
 , saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the ang
 el said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went o
 ut and followed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was r
 eal\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first an
 d the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It o
 pened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through o
 ne street\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\,
  and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me 
 from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."
 \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\nNo one has ever seen God\; the only-begot
 ten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\, he has made him known.\n\nAnd
  this is the testimony of John\, when the Jews sent priests and Levites fro
 m Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He confessed\, he did not deny\, bu
 t confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him\, "What then? Are y
 ou Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered\, 
 "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? let us have an answer for those
  who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He said\, "I am the voice of
  one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straight the way of the Lord\,' as th
 e prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNow they had been sent from the Pharisees. They 
 asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if you are neither the Christ\, n
 or Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered them\, "I baptize with water\; 
 but among you stands one whom you do not know\, even he who comes after me\
 , the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took place in B
 ethany beyond the Jordan\, where John was baptizing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica\; Paul\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:16-25\nBut the LORD of hosts is exalt
 ed in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.  Then
  shall the lambs graze as in their pasture\, fatlings and kids shall feed a
 mong the ruins.  Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood\, w
 ho draw sin as with cart ropes\, who say: "Let him make haste\, let him spe
 ed his work that we may see it\; let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel 
 draw near\, and let it come\, that we may know it!"  Woe to those who call 
 evil good and good evil\, who put darkness for light and light for darkness
 \, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!  Woe to those who are wis
 e in their own eyes\, and shrewd in their own sight!  Woe to those who are 
 heroes at drinking wine\, and valiant men in mixing strong drink\, who acqu
 it the guilty for a bribe\, and deprive the innocent of his right!  Therefo
 re\, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble\, and as dry grass sinks dow
 n in the flame\, so their root will be as rottenness\, and their blossom go
  up like dust\; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts\, and h
 ave despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.  Therefore the anger of th
 e LORD was kindled against his people\, and he stretched out his hand again
 st them and smote them\, and the mountains quaked\; and their corpses were 
 as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned
  away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesi
 s 4:16-26\n Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD\, and dwelt i
 n the land of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain knew his wife\, and she conceived a
 nd bore Enoch\; and he built a city\, and called the name of the city after
  the name of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch was born Irad\; and Irad was the fa
 ther of Mehujael\, and Mehujael the father of Methushael\, and Methushael t
 he father of Lamech.  And Lamech took two wives\; the name of the one was A
 dah\, and the name of the other Zillah.  Adah bore Jabal\; he was the fathe
 r of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.  His brother's name was Juba
 l\; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.  Zillah bore
  Tubalcain\; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The s
 ister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah\
 , hear my voice\; you wives of Lamech\, hearken to what I say: I have slain
  a man for wounding me\, a young man for striking me.  If Cain is avenged s
 evenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." \n\n  And Adam knew his wife ag
 ain\, and she bore a son and called his name Seth\, for she said\, "God has
  appointed for me another child instead of Abel\, for Cain slew him."  To S
 eth also a son was born\, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men be
 gan to call upon the name of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 5
 :15-6:3\nDrink water from your own cistern\, flowing water from your own we
 ll.  Should your springs be scattered abroad\, streams of water in the stre
 ets?  Let them be for yourself alone\, and not for strangers with you.  Let
  your fountain be blessed\, and rejoice in the wife of your youth\, a lovel
 y hind\, a graceful doe. Let her affection fill you at all times with delig
 ht\, be infatuated always with her love.  Why should you be infatuated\, my
  son\, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?  For a m
 an's ways are before the eyes of the LORD\, and he watches all his paths.  
 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him\, and he is caught in the toils of
  his sin.  He dies for lack of discipline\, and because of his great folly 
 he is lost.\n\n  My son\, if you have become surety for your neighbor\, hav
 e given your pledge for a stranger\; if you are snared in the utterance of 
 your lips\, caught in the words of your mouth\; then do this\, my son\, and
  save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go\, hasten\
 , and importune your neighbor.\n\n
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 sts: Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Martyrs\; Poulcheria the Empre
 ss\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos\n\nEpistle Reading: II Cor
 inthians 5:15-21\nBrethren\, Christ died for all\, that those who live migh
 t live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was
  raised.\n\nFrom now on\, therefore\, we regard no one from a human point o
 f view\; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view\, w
 e regard him thus no longer. Therefore\, if any one is in Christ\, he is a 
 new creation\; the old has passed away\, behold\, the new has come. All thi
 s is from God\, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the
  ministry of reconciliation\; that is\, God was in Christ reconciling the w
 orld to himself\, not counting their trespasses against them\, and entrusti
 ng to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ\, 
 God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ\, be r
 econciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin\, so t
 hat in him we might become the righteousness of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Joh
 n 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved the world that he 
 gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
  eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to condemn the wor
 ld\, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him 
 is not condemned\; he who does not believe is condemned already\, because h
 e has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judg
 ment\, that the light has come into the world\, and men loved darkness rath
 er than light\, because their deeds were evil. For every one who does evil 
 hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, lest his deeds should be
  exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light\, that it may be 
 clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthony the Great\; Anthony the New of Veria\; George the New Martyr o
 f Ioannina\; Theodosius the Emperor\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:27
 -30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me
  by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one kno
 ws the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal 
 him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you 
 rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowl
 y in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, 
 and my burden is light."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, o
 bey your leaders and submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over your 
 souls\, as men who will have to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, 
 and not sadly\, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, fo
 r we are sure that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably i
 n all things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may
  be restored to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought again
  from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the bl
 ood of the eternal covenant\, equip you with everything good that you may d
 o His will\, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, through J
 esus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great 
 crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and J
 erusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to b
 e healed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spiri
 ts were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came fort
 h from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples
 \, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Bles
 sed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you 
 that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, a
 nd when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, 
 on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for
  behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Th
 e Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raitho\; Plato the Hieromartyr\, Bishop o
 f Tallini and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicholas\; A
 gnes the Virgin-martyr\; Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\; Nina of Geo
 rgia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed 
 Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed Him
 self in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of Can
 a in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples were t
 ogether. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\
 , "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but that nig
 ht they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach
 \, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "
 Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, 
 "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So t
 hey cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity o
 f fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" Wh
 en Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he 
 was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples ca
 me in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from
  the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land\, they
  saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to
  them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter 
 went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and 
 fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not tor
 n. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciple
 s dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and 
 took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the
  third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised fr
 om the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:7-13\nBRETHREN\, grace was gi
 ven to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it i
 s said\, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives\, and he gave 
 gifts to men." (in saying\, "He ascended\," what does it mean but that he h
 ad also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he
  who also ascended far above all the heavens\, that he might fill all thing
 s.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles\, some prophets\, some 
 evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, to equip the saints for the work 
 of ministry\, for building up the body of Christ\, until we all attain to t
 he unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God\, to mature ma
 nhood\, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 4:12-17\nAt that time\, when Jesus heard that John had bee
 n arrested\, he withdrew into Galilee\; and leaving Nazareth he went and dw
 elt in Capernaum by the sea\, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, th
 at what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Z
 ebulun and the land of Naphtali\, toward the sea\, across the Jordan\, Gali
 lee of the Gentiles\, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great ligh
 t\, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawne
 d."  From that time Jesus began to preach\, saying\, "Repent\, for the king
 dom of heaven is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\; Anastasia of Alexandria\; Mich
 ael Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isai
 ah 4:2-5:7\nIn that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glori
 ous\, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivo
 rs of Israel.  And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be 
 called holy\, every one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem\, when 
 the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and clea
 nsed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment an
 d by a spirit of burning.  Then the LORD will create over the whole site of
  Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day\, and smoke and the shin
 ing of a flaming fire by night\; for over all the glory there will be a can
 opy and a pavilion.  It will be for a shade by day from the heat\, and for 
 a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.  Let me sing for my beloved
  a love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very f
 ertile hill.  He digged it and cleared it of stones\, and planted it with c
 hoice vines\; he built a watchtower in the midst of it\, and hewed out a wi
 ne vat in it\; and he looked for it to yield grapes\, but it yielded wild g
 rapes.  And now\, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah\, judge\, I p
 ray you\, between me and my vineyard.  What more was there to do for my vin
 eyard\, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes\, 
 why did it yield wild grapes?  And now I will tell you what I will do to my
  vineyard. I will remove its hedge\, and it shall be devoured\; I will brea
 k down its wall\, and it shall be trampled down.  I will make it a waste\; 
 it shall not be pruned or hoed\, and briers and thorns shall grow up\; I wi
 ll also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.  For the vineyar
 d of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men of Judah are hi
 s pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\; 
 for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 3
 :21-4:7\n And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins
 \, and clothed them.  Then the LORD God said\, "Behold\, the man has become
  like one of us\, knowing good and evil\; and now\, lest he put forth his h
 and and take also of the tree of life\, and eat\, and live for ever"- there
 fore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden\, to till the grou
 nd from which he was taken.  He drove out the man\; and at the east of the 
 garden of Eden he placed the cherubim\, and a flaming sword which turned ev
 ery way\, to guard the way to the tree of life.  \n\n Now Adam knew Eve his
  wife\, and she conceived and bore Cain\, saying\, "I have gotten a man wit
 h the help of the LORD."  And again\, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel w
 as a keeper of sheep\, and Cain a tiller of the ground.  In the course of t
 ime Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground\, and A
 bel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And t
 he LORD had regard for Abel and his offering\, but for Cain and his offerin
 g he had no regard. So Cain was very angry\, and his countenance fell.  The
  LORD said to Cain\, "Why are you angry\, and why has your countenance fall
 en?  If you do well\, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well\,
  sin is couching at the door\; its desire is for you\, but you must master 
 it."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:34-4:22\nToward the scorners he i
 s scornful\, but to the humble he shows favor.  The wise will inherit honor
 \, but fools get disgrace.\n\n  Hear\, O sons\, a father's instruction\, an
 d be attentive\, that you may gain insight\; for I give you good precepts: 
 do not forsake my teaching.  When I was a son with my father\, tender\, the
  only one in the sight of my mother\, he taught me\, and said to me\, "Let 
 your heart hold fast my words\; keep my commandments\, and live\; do not fo
 rget\, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom\; get in
 sight.  Do not forsake her\, and she will keep you\; love her\, and she wil
 l guard you.  The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom\, and whatever yo
 u get\, get insight.  Prize her highly\, and she will exalt you\; she will 
 honor you if you embrace her.  She will place on your head a fair garland\;
  she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."\n\n  Hear\, my son\, and accept
  my words\, that the years of your life may be many.  I have taught you the
  way of wisdom\; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.  When you walk
 \, your step will not be hampered\; and if you run\, you will not stumble. 
  Keep hold of instruction\, do not let go\; guard her\, for she is your lif
 e.  Do not enter the path of the wicked\, and do not walk in the way of evi
 l men.  Avoid it\; do not go on it\; turn away from it and pass on.  For th
 ey cannot sleep unless they have done wrong\; they are robbed of sleep unle
 ss they have made some one stumble.  For they eat the bread of wickedness a
 nd drink the wine of violence.  But the path of the righteous is like the l
 ight of dawn\, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.  The way 
 of the wicked is like deep darkness\; they do not know over what they stumb
 le.\n\n  My son\, be attentive to my words\; incline your ear to my sayings
 .  Let them not escape from your sight\; keep them within your heart.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions\; Pyrros the Hier
 omartyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king 
 laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James th
 e brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews
 \, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavene
 d Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered 
 him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover 
 to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest p
 rayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod w
 as about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound
  with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; 
 and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\
 ; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly."
  And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your 
 mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did
  not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was see
 ing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they ca
 me to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own acc
 ord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediately 
 the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure t
 hat the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and f
 rom all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:3
 1-42\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had believed in him\, "If you continue 
 in my word\, you are truly my disciples\, and you will know the truth\, and
  the truth will make you free." They answered him\, "We are descendants of 
 Abraham\, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say
 \, 'You will be made free'?"\n\nJesus answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I sa
 y to you\, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not 
 continue in the house for ever\; the son continues for ever. So if the Son 
 makes you free\, you will be free indeed. I know that you are descendants o
 f Abraham\; yet you seek to kill me\, because my word finds no place in you
 . I speak of what I have seen with my Father\, and you do what you have hea
 rd from your father."\n\nThey answered him\, "Abraham is our father." Jesus
  said to them\, "If you were Abraham's children\, you would do what Abraham
  did\, but now you seek to kill me\, a man who has told you the truth which
  I heard from God\; this is not what Abraham did. You do what your father d
 id." They said to him\, "We were not born of fornication\; we have one Fath
 er\, even God." Jesus said to them\, "If God were your Father\, you would l
 ove me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I came not of my own acc
 ord\, but he sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Titus the Wonderworker\; Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine\; Amp
 hianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Isaiah 41:4-14\nWho has performed and done this\, calling the generati
 ons from the beginning? I\, the LORD\, the first\, and with the last\; I am
  He.  The coastlands have seen and are afraid\, the ends of the earth tremb
 le\; they have drawn near and come.  Every one helps his neighbor\, and say
 s to his brother\, "Take courage!"  The craftsman encourages the goldsmith\
 , and he who smoothes with the hammer him who strikes the anvil\, saying of
  the soldering\, "It is good"\; and they fasten it with nails so that it ca
 nnot be moved.  \n\n But you\, Israel\, my servant\, Jacob\, whom I have ch
 osen\, the offspring of Abraham\, my friend\; you whom I took from the ends
  of the earth\, and called from its farthest corners\, saying to you\, "You
  are my servant\, I have chosen you and not cast you off"\; fear not\, for 
 I am with you\, be not dismayed\, for I am your God\; I will strengthen you
 \, I will help you\, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. \n\n 
  Behold\, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confou
 nded\; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.  
 You shall seek those who contend with you\, but you shall not find them\; t
 hose who war against you shall be as nothing at all.  For I\, the LORD your
  God\, hold your right hand\; it is I who say to you\, "Fear not\, I will h
 elp you."  Fear not\, you worm Jacob\, you men of Israel! I will help you\,
  says the LORD\; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Genesis 17:1-9\n When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD app
 eared to Abram\, and said to him\, "I am God Almighty\; walk before me\, an
 d be blameless.  And I will make my covenant between me and you\, and will 
 multiply you exceedingly."  Then Abram fell on his face\; and God said to h
 im\,  "Behold\, my covenant is with you\, and you shall be the father of a 
 multitude of nations.  No longer shall your name be Abram\, but your name s
 hall be Abraham\; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
   I will make you exceedingly fruitful\; and I will make nations of you\, a
 nd kings shall come forth from you.  And I will establish my covenant betwe
 en me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations f
 or an everlasting covenant\, to be God to you and to your descendants after
  you.  And I will give to you\, and to your descendants after you\, the lan
 d of your sojournings\, all the land of Canaan\, for an everlasting possess
 ion\; and I will be their God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:20-16
 :9\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish man despises his mother.
   Folly is a joy to him who has no sense\, but a man of understanding walks
  aright.  Without counsel plans go wrong\, but with many advisers they succ
 eed.  To make an apt answer is a joy to a man\, and a word in season\, how 
 good it is!  The wise man's path leads upward to life\, that he may avoid S
 heol beneath.  The LORD tears down the house of the proud\, but maintains t
 he widow's boundaries.  The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to th
 e LORD\, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.  He who is greedy for u
 njust gain makes trouble for his household\, but he who hates bribes will l
 ive.  The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer\, but the mouth of th
 e wicked pours out evil things.  The LORD is far from the wicked\, but he h
 ears the prayer of the righteous.  The light of the eyes rejoices the heart
 \, and good news refreshes the bones.  He whose ear heeds wholesome admonit
 ion will abide among the wise.  He who ignores instruction despises himself
 \, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.  The fear of the LORD i
 s instruction in wisdom\, and humility goes before honor.  The plans of the
  mind belong to man\, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.  All t
 he ways of a man are pure in his own eyes\, but the LORD weighs the spirit.
   Commit your work to the LORD\, and your plans will be established.  The L
 ORD has made everything for its purpose\, even the wicked for the day of tr
 ouble.  Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the LORD\; be assure
 d\, he will not go unpunished.  By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is ato
 ned for\, and by the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.  When a man's ways
  please the LORD\, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.  Bett
 er is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.  A ma
 n's mind plans his way\, but the LORD directs his steps.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thomas Sunday\; Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael and the
  other George of Samothrace\; The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of the 
 Lord\; Eulogios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: M
 atthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to t
 he mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they wo
 rshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All auth
 ority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make di
 sciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the S
 on and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
  you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Acts 5:12-20\nIn those days\, many signs and wonders were d
 one among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all togeth
 er in Solomon's Portico. None of the rest dared join them\, but the people 
 held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were added to the Lor
 d\, multitudes both of men and women\, so that they even carried out the si
 ck into the streets\, and laid them on beds and pallets\, that as Peter cam
 e by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gather
 ed from the towns around Jerusalem\, bringing the sick and those afflicted 
 with unclean spirits\, and they were all healed. But the high priest rose u
 p and all who were with him\, that is\, the party of the Sadducees\, and fi
 lled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the common pr
 ison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought
  them out and said\, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people al
 l the words of this Life."\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening
  of that day\, the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the d
 isciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and sa
 id to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them Hi
 s hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 
 Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, 
 even so I send you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and sa
 id to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, the
 y are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Th
 omas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus c
 ame. So the other disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said
  to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my
  finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will n
 ot believe." Eight days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and
  Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among
  them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your fi
 nger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My s
 ide\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord 
 and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen M
 e? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many
  other signs in the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in th
 is book\; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Chri
 st\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/16/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Longinus the Centurion\; The Two Soldiers martyred with Saint Longinus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 2:12-15\nBrethren\, as you have always obe
 yed\, so now\, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence\, wor
 k out your own salvation with fear and trembling\; for God is at work in yo
 u\, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Do all things without g
 rumbling or questioning\, that you may be blameless and innocent\, children
  of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation\,
  among whom you shine as lights in the world\, holding fast the word of lif
 e\, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  27:33-54\nAt that time\, when the soldiers came to a place called Golgotha
  (which means the place of a skull)\, they offered him wine to drink\, ming
 led with gall\; but when he tasted it\, he would not drink it. And when the
 y had crucified him\, they divided his garments among them by casting lots\
 ; then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And over his head they 
 put the charge against him\, which read\, "This is Jesus the King of the Je
 ws." Then two robbers were crucified with him\, one on the right and one on
  the left. And those who passed by derided him\, wagging their heads and sa
 ying\, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days\, save 
 yourself! If you are the Son of God\, come down from the cross." So also th
 e chief priests\, with the scribes and elders\, mocked him\, saying\, "He s
 aved others\; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel\; let him co
 me down now from the cross\, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God\;
  let God deliver him now\, if he desires him\; for he said\, 'I am the Son 
 of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in t
 he same way. \n\n Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the l
 and until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud 
 voice\, "Eli\, Eli\, lama sabachthani?" that is\, "My God\, my God\, why ha
 ve you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing it said\, "This man
  is calling Elijah." And one of them at once ran and took a sponge\, filled
  it with vinegar\, and put it on a reed\, and gave it to him to drink. But 
 the others said\, "Wait\, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him."
  And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. \n\n An
 d behold\, the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from top to bottom\;
  and the earth shook\, and the rocks were split\; the tombs also were opene
 d\, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised\, and c
 oming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city 
 and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him\, keep
 ing watch over Jesus\, saw the earthquake and what took place\, they were f
 illed with awe\, and said\, "Truly this was the Son of God!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Pol
 yeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\; Eustratios the Wonderworker\; P
 eter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa\
 ; Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTi
 mothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what 
 you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who wi
 ll be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Ch
 rist Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, sin
 ce his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowne
 d unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer w
 ho ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for 
 the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Chri
 st\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\
 , the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. 
 But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the 
 sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus wit
 h its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:9-15\nIn those days Jesus ca
 me from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  And wh
 en he came up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and 
 the Spirit descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\,
  "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."  The Spirit immedia
 tely drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty 
 days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was with the wild beasts\; and the angels 
 ministered to him. Now after John was arrested\, Jesus came into Galilee\, 
 preaching the gospel of God\, and saying\, "The time is fulfilled\, and the
  kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, and believe in the gospel."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/23/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James (Iakovos) the Apostle\, brother of Our Lord\; Our Righteous Fath
 er Ignatius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 1:1
 1-19\nBrethren\, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached b
 y me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I tau
 ght it\, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have hea
 rd of my former life in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of God violen
 tly and tried to destroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my o
 wn age among my people\, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of m
 y fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born\, and had cal
 led me through his grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order t
 hat I might preach him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh and
  blood\, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me\
 , but I went away into Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then afte
 r three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with hi
 m fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord'
 s brother.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:54-58\nAt that time\, Jesus came t
 o his own country\, and taught the people in their synagogue so that they w
 ere astonished\, and said\, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these m
 ighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary
 ? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are no
 t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?" And they 
 took offense at him. But Jesus said to them\, "A prophet is not without hon
 or except in his own country and in his own house." And he did not do many 
 mighty works there\, because of their unbelief.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\; Holy Martyr Romanus\; Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\; Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\; Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\; Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: Colossians 2:13-20\nBrethren\, you who were dead in trespasses and the u
 ncircumcision of your flesh\, Christ made alive together with him\, having 
 forgiven us all our trespasses\, having canceled the bond which stood again
 st us with its legal demands\; this he set aside\, nailing it to the cross.
  He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of the
 m\, triumphing over them in him. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you 
 in questions of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon o
 r a sabbath. These are only a shadow of what is to come\; but the substance
  belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you\, insisting on self-abasement
  and worship of angels\, taking his stand on visions\, puffed up without re
 ason by his sensuous mind\, and not holding fast to the Head\, from whom th
 e whole body\, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments
 \, grows with a growth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the ele
 mental spirits of the universe\, why do you live as if you still belonged t
 o the world?\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:20-25\nAt that time\, when Jesus wa
 s asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming\, he answered t
 hem\, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed\; nor wil
 l they say\, 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold\, the kingdom of God
  is in the midst of you." And he said to the disciples\, "The days are comi
 ng when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man\, and you 
 will not see it. And they will say to you\, 'Lo\, there!' or 'Lo\, here!' D
 o not go\, do not follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up t
 he sky from one side to the other\, so will the Son of man be in his day. B
 ut first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Luke\; Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\; Peter\,
  Archbishop of Alexandria\; Hermogenes\, the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Ent
 ry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Philoumenos and Christopher the Marty
 rs\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from
  the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love 
 me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love yo
 u." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon
 \, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know t
 hat I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third
  time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because h
 e said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord
 \, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Fe
 ed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girde
 d yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will str
 etch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do 
 not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.
 ) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw followi
 ng them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at
  the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" 
 When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus
  said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that
  to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this 
 disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to d
 ie\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to 
 you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who
  has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But the
 re are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to b
 e written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books tha
 t would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\,
  see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is th
 ose who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to b
 e circumcised\, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the c
 ross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves k
 eep the law\, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory i
 n your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lor
 d Jesus Christ\, by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the
  world. For neither circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\,
  but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, up
 on the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my b
 ody the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spi
 rit\, brethren. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:18-27\nAt that time\, a ru
 ler came to Jesus and asked him\, "Good Teacher\, what shall I do to inheri
 t eternal life?" And Jesus said to him\, "Why do you call me good? No one i
 s good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery\, 
 Do not kill\, Do not steal\, Do not bear false witness\, Honor your father 
 and mother.' " And he said\, "All these I have observed from my youth." And
  when Jesus heard it\, he said to him\, "One thing you still lack. Sell all
  that you have and distribute it to the poor\, and you will have treasure i
 n heaven\; and come\, follow me." But when he heard this he became sad\, fo
 r he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said\, "How hard it is for those w
 ho have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to
  go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of
  God." Those who heard it said\, "Then who can be saved?" But he said\, "Wh
 at is impossible with men is possible with God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/10/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Gre
 gory of Nyssa\; Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\; Theosebia the Deaconess\, s
 ister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\; Markianos\, Priest and Oikono
 mos of the Great Church\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:7-13
 \nBRETHREN\, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Chri
 st's gift. Therefore it is said\, "When he ascended on high he led a host o
 f captives\, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying\, "He ascended\," what d
 oes it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the eart
 h? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens\, tha
 t he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostle
 s\, some prophets\, some evangelists\, some pastors and teachers\, to equip
  the saints for the work of ministry\, for building up the body of Christ\,
  until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the 
 Son of God\, to mature manhood\, to the measure of the stature of the fulln
 ess of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 3:19-22\nAt that time\, Herod the te
 trarch\, who had been reproved by John for Herodias\, his brother's wife\, 
 and for all the evil things that Herod had done\, added this to them all\, 
 that he shut up John in prison. Now when all the people were baptized\, and
  when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying\, the heaven was opened\
 , and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form\, as a dove\, and a
  voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I am well plea
 sed."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 
 3:1-8\nIn those days\, Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ho
 ur of prayer\, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried\
 , whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful 
 to ask alms of those who entered the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to
  go into the temple\, he asked for alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him
 \, with John\, and said\, "Look at us." And he fixed his attention upon the
 m\, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said\, "I have no s
 ilver and gold\, but I give you what I have\; in the name of Jesus Christ o
 f Nazareth\, walk." And he took him by the right hand and raised him up\; a
 nd immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leaping up he stoo
 d and walked and entered the temple with them\, walking and leaping and pra
 ising God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he 
 who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, sa
 ying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said
  to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have gi
 ven you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the p
 ower of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice
  in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your name
 s are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit 
 and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have
  hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to b
 abes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\; Holy Martyr Anthuse\; Athanasios the Hie
 romartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\; New Martyrs Manuel and John\; The Synaxis of 
 the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our
  Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: II Corinthians 4:13-18\nBrethren\, since we have the same spirit
  of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too beli
 eve\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will rais
 e us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all
  for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may in
 crease thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nSo we do not lose heart. Thou
 gh our outer nature is wasting away\, our inner nature is being renewed eve
 ry day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal
  weight of glory beyond all comparison\, because we look not to the things 
 that are seen but to the things that are unseen\; for the things that are s
 een are transient\, but the things that are unseen are eternal.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 24:27-33\, 42-51\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "As the 
 lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be th
 e coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be
  gathered together.\n\n"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the
  sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the star
 s will fall from heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; th
 en will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the trib
 es of the earth will mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the
  clouds of heaven with power and great glory\; and he will send out his ang
 els with a loud trumpet call\, and they will gather his elect from the four
  winds\, from one end of heaven to the other.\n\n"From the fig tree learn i
 ts lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\,
  you know that summer is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, yo
 u know that he is near\, at the very gates.\n\n"Watch therefore\, for you d
 o not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the hou
 seholder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming\, he woul
 d have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore y
 ou also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not 
 expect.\n\n"Who then is the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has
  set over his household\, to give them their food at the proper time? Bless
 ed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\
 , I say to you\, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wick
 ed servant says to himself\, 'My master is delayed\,' and begins to beat hi
 s fellow servants\, and eats and drinks with the drunken\, the master of th
 at servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he
  does not know\, and will punish him\, and put him with the hypocrites\; th
 ere men will weep and gnash their teeth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Holy Cross\; Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable a
 nd Life-Giving Cross\; Quadratus the Apostle\; Jonah the Prophet\; Isaakios
  & Meletios\, Bishops of Cyprus\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn 
 the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taki
 ng spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away f
 rom the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord
  Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by th
 em in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces 
 to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among th
 e dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He
  was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hand
 s of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they r
 emembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the e
 leven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary th
 e mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the Apostl
 es\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe
  them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he sa
 w the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had h
 appened.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20\nBr
 ethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but throug
 h faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order 
 to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, because 
 by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if\, in our endeavor to 
 be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be sinners\, is Christ 
 then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things w
 hich I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the la
 w died to the law\, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Ch
 rist\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ who lives in me\; and the li
 fe I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God\, who loved me
  and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord s
 aid: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, let him deny himself and take up 
 his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\; and
  whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what
  does it profit a man\, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For w
 hat can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and
  my words in this adulterous and sinful generation\, of him will the Son of
  man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the ho
 ly angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are some st
 anding here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God com
 e with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday after Holy Cross\; Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and
  two children\; Our Righteous Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonic
 a\; John the Foreigner\; Hilarion the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of t
 he Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-1
 7\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put 
 on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against the wiles
  of the devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, but aga
 inst the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world rulers of 
 this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the he
 avenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may be abl
 e to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, t
 herefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put on the brea
 stplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipment of 
 the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with
  which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the 
 helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of Go
 d.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to h
 im\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your sin\; where I am goi
 ng\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since h
 e says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are
  from below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\, I am not of this wo
 rld. I told you that you would die in your sins\, for you will die in your 
 sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Je
 sus said to them\, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I have mu
 ch to say about you and much to judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I 
 declare to the world what I have heard from him." They did not understand t
 hat he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted u
 p the Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, and that I do nothing 
 on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent
  me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I always do what is pleasin
 g to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Ezekiel the Prophet\; Pela
 gia the Righteous of Tinos\; Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others mart
 yred in Lycia\; St. Anna of Levkadio\; The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos
  of Pochaev\; Icon of the Mother of God\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 I Corinthians 7:12-24\nBrethren\, if any brother has a wife who is an unbel
 iever\, and she consents to live with him\, he should not divorce her. If a
 ny woman has a husband who is an unbeliever\, and he consents to live with 
 her\, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is consecrate
 d through his wife\, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her hu
 sband. Otherwise\, your children would be unclean\, but as it is they are h
 oly. But if the unbelieving partner desires to separate\, let it be so\; in
  such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to p
 eace. Wife\, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband\, 
 how do you know whether you will save your wife? Only\, let every one lead 
 the life which the Lord has assigned to him\, and in which God has called h
 im. This is my rule in all the churches. Was any one at the time of his cal
 l already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision
 . Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circu
 mcision. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision\, 
 but keeping the commandments of God. Every one should remain in the state i
 n which he was called. Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you
  can gain your freedom\, avail yourself of the opportunity. \nFor he who w
 as called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who
  was free when called is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price\;
  do not become slaves of men. So\, brethren\, in whatever state each was ca
 lled\, there let him remain with God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:35-36\;
 15:1-11\nAt that time\, when the men of Gennesaret recognized Jesus\, they 
 sent round to all that region and brought to him all that were sick\, and b
 esought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment\; and as m
 any as touched it were made well.\n\nThen Pharisees and scribes came to Jes
 us from Jerusalem and said\, "Why do your disciples transgress the traditio
 n of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." He answer
 ed them\, "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of
  your tradition? For God commanded\, 'Honor your father and your mother\,' 
 and\, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother\, let him surely die.' But yo
 u say\, 'If any one tells his father or his mother\, What you would have ga
 ined from me is given to God\, he need not honor his father.' So\, for the 
 sake of your tradition\, you have made void the word of God. You hypocrites
 ! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you\, when he said: 'This people honors me wi
 th their lips\, but their heart is far from me\; in vain do they worship me
 \, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' " And he called the people t
 o him and said to them\, "Hear and understand: not what goes into the mouth
  defiles a man\, but what comes out of the mouth\, this defiles a man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/28/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70\; Iren
 e the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\; Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamo
 u\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the disciples were i
 ncreasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because t
 heir widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summon
 ed the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not right that we should giv
 e up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick
  out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of the Spirit and of wi
 sdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to pr
 ayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole
  multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith and of the Holy S
 pirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas
 \, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostle
 s\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God inc
 reased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, 
 and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Matthew 15:12-21\nAt that time\, the disciples came to Jesus and said t
 o him\, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this 
 saying?" He answered\, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not plante
 d will be rooted up. Let them alone\; they are blind guides. And if a blind
  man leads a blind man\, both will fall into a pit." But Peter said to him\
 , "Explain the parable to us." And he said\, "Are you also still without un
 derstanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into t
 he stomach\, and so passes on? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds fro
 m the heart\, and this defiles a man. For out of the heart come evil though
 ts\, murder\, adultery\, fornication\, theft\, false witness\, slander. The
 se are what defile a man\; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a
  man." And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre 
 and Sidon.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Charitina the Martyr\; Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos\; Eudokimos t
 he Unknown of Mount Athos\; Peter\, Alexis\, Jonah\, Hermogenes & Tikhon\, 
 Metropolitans of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:33\;6:1-9\nBrethren
 \, let each one of you love his wife as himself\, and let the wife see that
  she respects her husband. Children\, obey your parents in the Lord\, for t
 his is right. "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment
  with a promise)\, "that it may be well with you and that you may live long
  on the earth." Fathers\, do not provoke your children to anger\, but bring
  them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves\, be obedien
 t to those who are your earthly masters\, with fear and trembling\, in sing
 leness of heart\, as to Christ\; not in the way of eye-service\, as men-ple
 asers\, but as servants of Christ\, doing the will of God from the heart\, 
 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men\, knowing 
 that whatever good any one does\, he will receive the same again from the L
 ord\, whether he is a slave or free. Masters\, do the same to them\, and fo
 rbear threatening\, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is i
 n heaven\, and that there is no partiality with him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus spread through the wh
 ole of Judea and all the surrounding country. The disciples of John told hi
 m of all these things. And John\, calling to him two of his disciples\, sen
 t them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look
  for another?" And when the men had come to him\, they said\, "John the Bap
 tist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or shall we
  look for another?'" In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and
  evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And he answe
 red them\, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receiv
 e their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf hear\, t
 he dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached to them. And bless
 ed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of John had go
 ne\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out 
 into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you
  go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who are gorg
 eously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts. What then did you
  go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. This
  is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your fa
 ce\, who shall prepare your way before you.' I tell you\, among those born 
 of women none is greater than John\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of 
 God is greater than he." When they heard this all the people and the tax co
 llectors justified God\, having been baptized with the baptism of John\; bu
 t the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves\
 , not having been baptized by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martinian of Palestine\; Apostles Aquila and Priscilla\; Eulogios\, Pa
 triarch of Alexandria\; Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading
 : James 3:1-10\nBrethren\, let not many of you become teachers\, for you kn
 ow that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. For we all ma
 ke many mistakes\, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a
  perfect man\, able to bridle the whole body also. If we put bits into the 
 mouths of horses that they may obey us\, we guide their whole bodies. Look 
 at the ships also\; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds
 \, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot di
 rects. So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How gre
 at a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The to
 ngue is an unrighteous world among our members\, staining the whole body\, 
 setting on fire the cycle of nature\, and set on fire by hell. For every ki
 nd of beast and bird\, of reptile and sea creature\, can be tamed and has b
 een tamed by humankind\, but no human being can tame the tongue - a restles
 s evil\, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father\, and w
 ith it we curse men\, who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mo
 uth come blessing and cursing. My brethren\, this ought not to be so.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Mark 11:11-23\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Jerusalem\, and w
 ent into the temple\; and when he had looked round at everything\, as it wa
 s already late\, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.\n\nOn the followin
 g day\, when they came from Bethany\, he was hungry. And seeing in the dist
 ance a fig tree in leaf\, he went to see if he could find anything on it. W
 hen he came to it\, he found nothing but leaves\, for it was not the season
  for figs. And he said to it\, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." 
 And his disciples heard it.\n\nAnd they came to Jerusalem. And he entered t
 he temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the
  temple\, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats 
 of those who sold pigeons\; and he would not allow any one to carry anythin
 g through the temple. And he taught\, and said to them\, "Is it not written
 \, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But yo
 u have made it a den of robbers." And the chief priests and the scribes hea
 rd it and sought a way to destroy him\; for they feared him\, because all t
 he multitude was astonished at his teaching. And when evening came they wen
 t out of the city.\n\nAs they passed by in the morning\, they saw the fig t
 ree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him\, "Rab
 bi\, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered." And Jesus answered 
 them\, "Have faith in God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever says to this moun
 tain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' and does not doubt in his hear
 t\, but believes that what he says will come to pass\, it will be done for 
 him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/09/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God\, Joachim and Anna\; Severian th
 e Martyr of Sebastia\; Theophanes the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativit
 y of the Theotokos\; Memory of the Third Holy Ecumenical Council in Ephesus
 \n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, o
 ne by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born ac
 cording to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this 
 is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, be
 aring children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arab
 ia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with 
 her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For 
 it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and
  shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one 
 are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading:
  Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with
  a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those wh
 o enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manife
 st\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take he
 ed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from him
  who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen
  his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him for
  the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing o
 utside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brot
 hers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Babylas the Holy Martyr\; Moses the Prophet & Godseer\; Our Righteous 
 Father Anthimus of Coroucle in Cephallenia\; Anthimos the new ascetic\; Her
 mione the Martyr\, daughter of St. Philip the Deacon\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: II Corinthians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, such is the confidence that 
 we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves t
 o claim anything as coming from us\; our competence is from God\, who has m
 ade us competent to be ministers of a new covenant\, not in a written code 
 but in the Spirit\; for the written code kills\, but the Spirit gives life.
 \n\nNow if the dispensation of death\, carved in letters on stone\, came wi
 th such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because 
 of its brightness\, fading as this was\, will not the dispensation of the S
 pirit be attended with greater splendor? For if there was splendor in the d
 ispensation of condemnation\, the dispensation of righteousness must far ex
 ceed it in splendor. Indeed\, in this case\, what once had splendor has com
 e to have no splendor at all\, because of the splendor that surpasses it. F
 or if what faded away came with splendor\, what is permanent must have much
  more splendor.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the J
 ews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites!
  for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the rig
 hteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would no
 t have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus yo
 u witness against yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the 
 prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you 
 brood of vipers\, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore 
 I send you prophets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill a
 nd crucify\, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute fro
 m town to town\, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on ear
 th\, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of B
 arachiah\, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I
  say to you\, all this will come upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jer
 usalem\, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How of
 ten would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood
  under her wings\, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and d
 esolate. For I tell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Bles
 sed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/23/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna\; Proterios\, Archbishop o
 f Alexandria\; Gorgonia the Righteous\, sister of Gregory the Theologian\; 
 Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:1-10\nSIMON PETER\, a servant an
 d apostle of Jesus Christ\,\n\nTo those who have obtained a faith of equal 
 standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
 \n\nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of
  Jesus our Lord.\n\nHis divine power has granted to us all things that pert
 ain to life and godliness\, through the knowledge of him who called us to h
 is own glory and excellence\, by which he has granted to us his precious an
 d very great promise\, that through these you may escape from the corruptio
 n that is in the world because of passion\, and become partakers of the div
 ine nature. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith
  with virtue\, and virtue with knowledge\, and knowledge with self-control\
 , and self-control with steadfastness\, and steadfastness with godliness\, 
 and godliness with brotherly affection\, and brotherly affection with love.
  For if these things are yours and abound\, they keep you from being ineffe
 ctive or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever 
 lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was 
 cleansed from his old sins. Therefore\, brethren\, be the more zealous to c
 onfirm your call and election\, for if you do this you will never fall.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 13:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus came out of the temple
 \, one of his disciples said to him\, "Look\, Teacher\, what wonderful ston
 es and what wonderful buildings!" And Jesus said to him\, "Do you see these
  great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another\, that
  will not be thrown down." And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite th
 e temple\, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately\, "Tell 
 us\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign when these things are al
 l to be accomplished?" And Jesus began to say to them\, "Take heed that no 
 one leads you astray. Many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and t
 hey will lead many astray. And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars\, d
 o not be alarmed\; this must take place\, but the end is not yet. For natio
 n will rise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom\; there will be ea
 rthquakes in various places\, there will be famines\; this is but the begin
 ning of the sufferings."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basil the Confessor\; Jonah the Righteous Martyr of Lerios\; Kyranna t
 he New Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 3:1
 -18\nBeloved\, this is now the second letter that I have written to you\, a
 nd in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder\; th
 at you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the command
 ment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.  First of all you must u
 nderstand this\, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing\, f
 ollowing their own passions and saying\, "Where is the promise of his comin
 g?  For ever since the fathers fell asleep\, all things have continued as t
 hey were from the beginning of creation."  They deliberately ignore this fa
 ct\, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago\, and an earth formed
  out of water and by means of water\, through which the world that then exi
 sted was deluged with water and perished.  But by the same word the heavens
  and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire\, being kept until t
 he day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.\n\nBut do not ignore thi
 s one fact\, beloved\, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years\, 
 and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slow about his promise as
  some count slowness\, but is forbearing toward you\, not wishing that any 
 should perish\, but that all should reach repentance.  But the day of the L
 ord will come like a thief\, and then the heavens will pass away with a lou
 d noise\, and the elements will be dissolved with fire\, and the earth and 
 the works that are upon it will be burned up.\n\nSince all these things are
  thus to be dissolved\, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of ho
 liness and godliness\, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of G
 od\, because of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved\, and the e
 lements will melt with fire!  But according to his promise we wait for new 
 heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.\n\nTherefore\, belov
 ed\, since you wait for these\, be zealous to be found by him without spot 
 or blemish\, and at peace.  And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvat
 ion.  So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom
  given him\, speaking of this as he does in all his letters.  There are som
 e things in them hard to understand\, which the ignorant and unstable twist
  to their own destruction\, as they do the other scriptures.  You therefore
 \, beloved\, knowing this beforehand\, beware lest you be carried away with
  the error of lawless men and lose your own stability.  But grow in the gra
 ce and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be the glory 
 both now and to the day of eternity.  Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:24-3
 1\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "In those days\, after that tribulation
 \, the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and th
 e stars will be falling from heaven\, and the powers in the heavens will be
  shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great
  power and glory.  And he will send out the angels\, and gather his elect f
 rom the four winds\, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.  Fro
 m the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and p
 uts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near.  So also\, when you se
 e these things taking place\, you know he is near\, at the very gates.  Tru
 ly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away before all these thi
 ngs take place.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words will not pa
 ss away."\n\n
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 sts: Holy Martyr Emilian\; Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\; Stephen
 \, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Our Holy Father John\, Archbishop of Cons
 tantinople\; Holy New Martyrs Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Ba
 rbara\; Theneva of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 11:13-24\nBrethren\, 
 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gent
 iles\, I magnify my ministry in order to make my fellow Jews jealous\, and 
 thus save some of them. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of 
 the world\, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the 
 dough offered as first fruits is holy\, so is the whole lump\; and if the r
 oot is holy\, so are the branches. But if some of the branches were broken 
 off\, and you\, a wild olive shoot\, were grafted in their place to share t
 he richness of the olive tree\, do not boast over the branches. If you do b
 oast\, remember it is not you that support the root\, but the root that sup
 ports you. You will say\, "Branches were broken off so that I might be graf
 ted in." That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief\, but
  you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud\, but stand in a
 we. For if God did not spare the natural branches\, neither will he spare y
 ou. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those w
 ho have fallen\, but God's kindness to you\, provided you continue in his k
 indness\; otherwise you too will be cut off. And even the others\, if they 
 do not persist in their unbelief\, will be grafted in\, for God has the pow
 er to graft them in again. For if you have been cut from what is by nature 
 a wild olive tree\, and grafted\, contrary to nature\, into a cultivated ol
 ive tree\, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into t
 heir own olive tree.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to 
 his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no
  one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father except t
 he Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all
  who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke up
 on you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you w
 ill find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light
 ."\n\n
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 sts: Fathers of the 1st Council\; Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his
  Companions\; Pyrros the Hieromartyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14
 \nAt that time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea o
 f Tiberias\; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, ca
 lled the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and tw
 o others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am g
 oing fishing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and 
 got into the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was bre
 aking\, Jesus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it w
 as Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answere
 d him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat
 \, and you will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to
  haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said
  to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\,
  he put on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the
  sea. But the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of f
 ish\, for they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. 
 When they got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying 
 on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you ha
 ve just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, ful
 l of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there we
 re so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have brea
 kfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew 
 it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so
  with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the 
 disciples after He was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 20:1
 6-18\,28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos\, so tha
 t he might not have to spend time in Asia\; for he was hastening to be at J
 erusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent 
 to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came t
 o him\, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock\, in
  which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the church of G
 od which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my de
 parture fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the flock\; and 
 from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things\, to dra
 w away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, remembering that for 
 three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. 
 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, which is able t
 o build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanc
 tified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know t
 hat these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who were with m
 e. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak
 \, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, 'it is more bles
 sed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus\, he knelt down
  and prayed with them all. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\nAt that time\,
  Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "Father\, the hour has come\
 ; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you have given him 
 power over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  And this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true God\, and Jesu
 s Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, having accomplished
  the work which you gave me to do\; and now\, Father\, you glorify me in yo
 ur own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was ma
 de.\n\n"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the 
 world\; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and they have kept your
  word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you\; f
 or I have given them the words which you gave me\, and they have received t
 hem and know in truth that I came from you\; and they have believed that yo
 u did send me. I am praying for them\; I am not praying for the world but f
 or those whom you have given me\, for they are mine\; all mine are yours\, 
 and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in th
 e world\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to you. Holy Father\,
  keep them in your name\, which you have given me\, that they may be one\, 
 even as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in your name\, whic
 h you have given me\; I have guarded them\, and none of them is lost but th
 e son of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am co
 ming to you\; and these things I speak in the world\, that they may have my
  joy fulfilled in themselves."\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina\; Theophilu
 s the Confessor\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:12
 -17\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank him who has given me strength for this\, Ch
 rist Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his
  service\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him\; b
 ut I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, and the gr
 ace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Chris
 t Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance\, that Christ Jes
 us came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners\; 
 but I received mercy for this reason\, that in me\, as the foremost\, Jesus
  Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were
  to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages\, immortal\, invis
 ible\, the only God\, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 6:12-19\nAt that time\, Jesus went out to the mountain to pr
 ay\; and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when it was day\, he 
 called his disciples\, and chose from them twelve\, whom he named apostles\
 ; Simon\, whom he named Peter\, and Andrew his brother\, and James and John
 \, and Philip\, and Bartholomew\, and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the 
 son of Alphaios\, and Simon who was called the Zealot\, and Judas the son o
 f James\, and Judas Iscariot\, who became a traitor. And he came down with 
 them and stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a
  great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of
  Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\;
  and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the c
 rowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them al
 l.\n\n
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 sts: Paul the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Luke the Monk of Ta
 ormina\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 8:1-6\nBrethren
 \, we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the 
 throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true 
 tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every high priest is a
 ppointed to offer gifts and sacrifices\; hence it is necessary for this pri
 est also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth\, he would not
  be a priest at all\, since there are priests who offer gifts according to 
 the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary\; for when 
 Moses was about to erect the tent\, he was instructed by God\, saying\, "Se
 e that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on 
 the mountain." But as it is\, he has obtained a ministry which is as much m
 ore excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better\, since it
  is enacted on better promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord s
 aid to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before men\, the Son 
 of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God\; but he who denies m
 e before men will be denied before the angels of God.  And every one who sp
 eaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven\; but he who blasphemes
  against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  And when they bring you bef
 ore the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities\, do not be anxious h
 ow or what you are to answer or what you are to say\; for the Holy Spirit w
 ill teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with ha
 ste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house 
 of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting o
 f Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho
 ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\
 , and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of you
 r greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blesse
 d is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken 
 to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, a
 nd my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate
  of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bl
 essed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his
  name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her
  home.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies an
 d those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not asham
 ed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethre
 n\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I wi
 ll put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has 
 given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himsel
 f likewise partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy
  him who has the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all tho
 se who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely i
 t is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abrah
 am. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so tha
 t he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God
 \, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has
  suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\nIn those days\, Elizabeth the wife of Zachari
 as conceived and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord 
 had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take away my reproach 
 among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a cit
 y of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was
  Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he ca
 me to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the Lord is with you! Blessed 
 are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying\, and cons
 idered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said 
 to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have found favor with God. And 
 behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son\, and you shall call
  his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be called the Son of the Most 
 High\; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David\, a
 nd he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\; and of his kingdom ther
 e will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "How shall this be\, since 
 I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "The Holy Spirit will come 
 upon you\, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you\; therefore t
 he child to be born will be called holy\, the Son of God.\n\nAnd behold\, y
 our kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son\; and this 
 is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing wil
 l be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am the handmaid of the Lord\;
  let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\; Andonina the New Mar
 tyr\; David the Archbishop\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 2:7-17\n
 Brethren\, I am writing you no new commandment\, but an old commandment whi
 ch you had from the beginning\; the old commandment is the word which you h
 ave heard.  Yet I am writing you a new commandment\, which is true in him a
 nd in you\, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is alre
 ady shining.  He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in th
 e darkness still.  He who loves his brother abides in the light\, and in it
  there is no cause for stumbling.  But he who hates his brother is in the d
 arkness and walks in the darkness\, and does not know where he is going\, b
 ecause the darkness has blinded his eyes.  I am writing to you\, little chi
 ldren\, because your sins are forgiven for his sake.  I am writing to you\,
  fathers\, because you know him who is from the beginning.  I am writing to
  you\, young men\, because you have overcome the evil one.  I write to you\
 , children\, because you know the Father.  I write to you\, fathers\, becau
 se you know him who is from the beginning.  I write to you\, young men\, be
 cause you are strong\, and the word of God abides in you\, and you have ove
 rcome the evil one.  Do not love the world or the things in the world.  If 
 any one loves the world\, love for the Father is not in him.  For all that 
 is in the world\, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pr
 ide of life\, is not of the Father but is of the world.  And the world pass
 es away\, and the lust of it\; but he who does the will of God abides for e
 ver. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:3-9\nAt that time\, while Jesus was at Bet
 hany in the house of Simon the leper\, as he sat at table\, a woman came wi
 th an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard\, very costly\, and she brok
 e the flask and poured it over his head.  But there were some who said to t
 hemselves indignantly\, "Why was the ointment thus wasted?  For this ointme
 nt might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii\, and given to 
 the poor."  And they reproached her.  But Jesus said\, "Let her alone\; why
  do you trouble her?  She has done a beautiful thing to me.  For you always
  have the poor with you\, and whenever you will\, you can do good to them\;
  but you will not always have me.  She has done what she could\; she has an
 ointed my body beforehand for burying.  And truly\, I say to you\, wherever
  the gospel is preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told
  in memory of her."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\; Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him
 \; The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\; Eustathios the Confessor\, Bish
 op of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 7:1-14\nIn t
 he days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son of Uzziah\, king of Judah\, Rezin t
 he king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up t
 o Jerusalem to wage war against it\, but they could not conquer it.  When t
 he house of David was told\, "Syria is in league with Ephraim\," his heart 
 and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before t
 he wind.\n\nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah\, "Go forth to meet Ahaz\, you and 
 Shearjashub your son\, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the h
 ighway to the Fuller's Field\, and say to him\, 'Take heed\, be quiet\, do 
 not fear\, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smolderi
 ng stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the so
 n of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah\, has 
 devised evil against you\, saying\,  "Let us go up against Judah and terrif
 y it\, and let us conquer it for ourselves\, and set up the son of Tabeel a
 s king in the midst of it\," thus says the Lord GOD: It shall not stand\, a
 nd it shall not come to pass.  For the head of Syria is Damascus\, and the 
 head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken 
 to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)  And the head of Ephraim 
 is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will no
 t believe\, surely you shall not be established.'"\n\nAgain the LORD spoke 
 to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD your God\; let it be deep as Sheol or hi
 gh as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I will not ask\, and I will not put the LO
 RD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear then\, O house of David! Is it too li
 ttle for you to weary men\, that you weary my God also?  Therefore the Lord
  himself will give you a sign. Behold\, a virgin shall conceive and bear a 
 son\, and shall call his name Immanuel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 5
 :32-6:8\n After Noah was five hundred years old\, Noah became the father of
  Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men began to multiply on the face of the g
 round\, and daughters were born to them\, the sons of God saw that the daug
 hters of men were fair\; and they took to wife such of them as they chose. 
  Then the LORD said\, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever\, for he i
 s flesh\, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."  The Nephilim 
 were on the earth in those days\, and also afterward\, when the sons of God
  came in to the daughters of men\, and they bore children to them. These we
 re the mighty men that were of old\, the men of renown.  \n\n The LORD saw 
 that the wickedness of man was great in the earth\, and that every imaginat
 ion of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the LORD w
 as sorry that he had made man on the earth\, and it grieved him to his hear
 t.  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the fa
 ce of the ground\, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air\,
  for I am sorry that I have made them."  But Noah found favor in the eyes o
 f the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:20-7:1\nMy son\, keep your
  father's commandment\, and forsake not your mother's teaching.  Bind them 
 upon your heart always\; tie them about your neck.  When you walk\, they wi
 ll lead you\; when you lie down\, they will watch over you\; and when you a
 wake\, they will talk with you.  For the commandment is a lamp and the teac
 hing a light\, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life\, to pres
 erve you from the evil woman\, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.  
 Do not desire her beauty in your heart\, and do not let her capture you wit
 h her eyelashes\; for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread\, but an ad
 ulteress stalks a man's very life.  Can a man carry fire in his bosom and h
 is clothes not be burned?  Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not 
 be scorched?  So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife\; none who touche
 s her will go unpunished.  Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satis
 fy his appetite when he is hungry?  And if he is caught\, he will pay seven
 fold\; he will give all the goods of his house.  He who commits adultery ha
 s no sense\; he who does it destroys himself.  Wounds and dishonor will he 
 get\, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.  For jealousy makes a man fu
 rious\, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.  He will accept no com
 pensation\, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.  My son\, keep my wo
 rds and treasure up my commandments with you.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; Sebastiana\, Disciple of St. Paul the Apos
 tle\; Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt\; Melitina the Martyr\; Afterfeast of t
 he Holy Cross\; Ninian the Enlightener of Scotland\; Edith the Nun of Wilto
 n Abbey\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working toget
 her with him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For h
 e says\, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on
  the day of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now 
 is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no f
 ault may be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend our
 selves in every way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\,
  calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hung
 er\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, gen
 uine love\, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of ri
 ghteousness for the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, i
 n ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are tru
 e\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as pu
 nished\, and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor
 \, yet making many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees aske
 d Jesus to eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took 
 his place at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, w
 hen she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an a
 labaster flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\
 , she began to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair o
 f her head\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now
  when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If th
 is man were a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this
  is who is touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to
  him\, "Simon\, I have something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is
  it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred
  denarii\, and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them b
 oth. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I s
 uppose\, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged ri
 ghtly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this w
 oman? I entered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has
  wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no ki
 ss\, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You di
 d not anoint my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
  Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she 
 loved much\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to 
 her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began
  to say among themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he s
 aid to the woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/17/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)\; Veronika & Speratos the Mart
 yrs\; Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia\; Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethr
 en\, before faith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restra
 int until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until
  Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has 
 come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all
  sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Chri
 st have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither sl
 ave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Ch
 rist Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, he
 irs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\,
  is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but
  he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So wi
 th us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of 
 the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, b
 orn of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the la
 w\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24
 -34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. An
 d there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who 
 had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, 
 and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Je
 sus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she 
 said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediate
 ly the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of 
 her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth fr
 om him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my
  garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing aro
 und you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see 
 who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came i
 n fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole trut
 h. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in pe
 ace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostl
 es\, Princess of Kiev\; Nektarios the New Martyr\; Sophrony the Athonite of
  Essex\; Nicodemos the New Martyr of Mt. Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 rk 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about 
 him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, a
 nd who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she
  had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports a
 bout Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. F
 or she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And im
 mediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was hea
 led of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone f
 orth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who tou
 ched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd press
 ing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around 
 to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\,
  came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the who
 le truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; g
 o in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinth
 ians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with him\, we entreat you not to a
 ccept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, "At the acceptable time I hav
 e listened to you\, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold\, now i
 s the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the day of salvation. We put no obs
 tacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may be found with our ministry\, 
 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great end
 urance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamities\, beatings\, imprisonments
 \, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by purity\, knowledge\, forbearan
 ce\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love\, truthful speech\, and the 
 power of God\; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for
  the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill repute and good repute. We are t
 reated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as unknown\, and yet well known\; 
 as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, and yet not killed\; as sorro
 wful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet making many rich\; as having no
 thing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt 
 that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him\, and he went 
 into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place at table. And behold\, a wom
 an of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she learned that he was at table i
 n the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster flask of ointment\, and stand
 ing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she began to wet his feet with her t
 ears\, and wiped them with the hair of her head\, and kissed his feet\, and
  anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him
  saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man were a prophet\, he would have 
 known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him\, for she is a
  sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "Simon\, I have something to sa
 y to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Teacher?" "A certain creditor ha
 d two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\, and the other fifty. When t
 hey could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him m
 ore?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, to whom he forgave more." And
  he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman 
 he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house\, you gave 
 me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped 
 them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but from the time I came in she h
 as not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil\, but sh
 e has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you\, her sins\, whi
 ch are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved much\; but he who is forgiven li
 ttle\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Your sins are forgiven." Then t
 hose who were at table with him began to say among themselves\, "Who is thi
 s\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman\, "Your faith has sav
 ed you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/14/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of Asia Minor\, and Philemo
 n\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading:
  Titus 1:5-14\nTitus\, my son\, appoint elders in every town as I directed 
 you\, if any man is blameless\, the husband of one wife\, and his children 
 are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordina
 te. For a bishop\, as God's steward\, must be blameless\; he must not be ar
 rogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain\, but 
 hospitable\, a lover of goodness\, master of himself\, upright\, holy\, and
  self-controlled\; he must hold firm to the sure word as taught\, so that h
 e may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute tho
 se who contradict it. For there are many insubordinate men\, empty talkers 
 and deceivers especially the circumcision party\; they must be silenced\, s
 ince they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they 
 have no right to teach. One of themselves\, a prophet of their own\, said\,
  "Cretans are always liars\, evil beasts\, lazy gluttons." This testimony i
 s true. Therefore rebuke them sharply\, that they may be sound in the faith
 \, instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject 
 the truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:10-15\nAt that time\, the disciples ke
 pt the word of Jesus to themselves\, questioning what the rising from the d
 ead meant. And they asked him\, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah m
 ust come?" And he said to them\, "Elijah does come first to restore all thi
 ngs\; and how is it written of the Son of man\, that he should suffer many 
 things and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah has come\, 
 and they did to him whatever they pleased\, as it is written of him." And w
 hen they came to the disciples\, they saw a great crowd about them\, and sc
 ribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd\, when they saw him\
 , were greatly amazed\, and ran up to him and greeted him.\n\n
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 hilemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/17/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council\; The Holy Gr
 eat Martyr Marina (Margaret)\; Veronika & Speratos the Martyrs\; Holy Royal
  Martyrs of Russia\; Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Lu
 ke 24:13-35\nAt that time\, two of them were going to a village named Emmau
 s\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about al
 l these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing to
 gether\, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were ke
 pt from recognizing him. And he said to them\, "What is this conversation w
 hich you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still loo
 king sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered him\, "Are you the on
 ly visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened the
 re in these days?" And he said to them\, "What things?" And they said to hi
 m\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and wo
 rd before God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers del
 ivered him up to be condemned to death\, and crucified him. But we had hope
 d that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is 
 now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company
  amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his
  body\; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angel
 s\, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the 
 tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but him they did not see."
  And he said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all th
 at the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should su
 ffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and a
 ll the prophets\, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things c
 oncerning himself.\n\nSo they drew near to the village to which they were g
 oing. He appeared to be going further\, but they constrained him\, saying\,
  "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So
  he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them\, he took the
  bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes wer
 e opened and they recognized him\; and he vanished out of their sight. They
  said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to
  us on the road\, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that
  same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered t
 ogether and those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indee
 d\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the roa
 d\, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to
  insist on these things\, so that those who have believed in God may be car
 eful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excellent and profitable
  to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and 
 quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man
  who is factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\, have nothing more 
 to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful\; he is
  self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best t
 o come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter there.  
 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that 
 they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to apply themselves to good de
 eds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll
  who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith
 . Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a 
 hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, bu
 t on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so s
 hine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to your 
 Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and
  the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For t
 ruly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a
  dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then rela
 xes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be ca
 lled least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them
  shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian\; Removal
  of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the discip
 les after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\
 , son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lo
 rd\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second 
 time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to hi
 m\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my shee
 p." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?"
  Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?
 " And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love y
 ou." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, whe
 n you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but whe
 n you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you
  and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what 
 death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." 
 Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had
  lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it th
 at is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\,
  what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain
  until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad a
 mong the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say
  to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain unt
 il I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witne
 ss to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that hi
 s testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\;
  were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself cou
 ld not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: I
  John 4:12-19\nNo man has ever seen God\; if we love one another\, God abid
 es in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in 
 him and he in us\, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have s
 een and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world
 . Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God\, God abides in him\, and 
 he in God. So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love\, an
 d he who abides in love abides in God\, and God abides in him. In this is l
 ove perfected with us\, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment
 \, because as he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love\, but
  perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment\, and he w
 ho fears is not perfected in love. We love\, because he first loved us.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 19:25-27\; 21:24-25\nAt that time\, standing by the cr
 oss of Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of C
 lopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple wh
 om he loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold\, your 
 son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold\, your mother!" And from that 
 hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is bea
 ring witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we kn
 ow that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which J
 esus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world 
 itself could not contain the books that would be written.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/04/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\; Martha\, mother of St. Sym
 eon Stylites the Younger\; Asclepias the Wonderworker\; Michael Choniates\,
  Metropolitan of Athens\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 5:10-16\nBrethren\, if w
 hile we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son\, mu
 ch more\, now that we are reconciled\, shall we be saved by his life. Not o
 nly so\, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ\, through
  whom we have now received our reconciliation.\n\nTherefore as sin came int
 o the world through one man and death through sin\, and so death spread to 
 all men because all men sinned -- sin indeed was in the world before the la
 w was given\, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reign
 ed from Adam to Moses\, even over those whose sins were not like the transg
 ression of Adam\, who was a type of the one who was to come.\n\nBut the fre
 e gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespas
 s\, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that 
 one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the e
 ffect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brough
 t condemnation\, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justifi
 cation.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:23-27\nAt that time\, when Jesus got i
 nto the boat\, his disciples followed him. And behold\, there arose a great
  storm on the sea\, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves\; but h
 e was asleep. And they went and woke him\, saying\, "Save us\, O Lord\; we 
 are perishing." And he said to them\, "Why are you afraid\, O men of little
  faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea\; and there was a g
 reat calm. And the men marveled\, saying\, "What sort of man is this\, that
  even winds and sea obey him?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/05/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabbas the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Diogenes\; Philotheos the Righteou
 s of Mount Athos\; Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level p
 lace\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people 
 from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came 
 to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were trouble
 d with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\,
  for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his e
 yes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the K
 ingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfie
 d.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you w
 hen men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out 
 your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, an
 d leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is lov
 e\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentlenes
 s\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to C
 hrist Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we 
 live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-c
 onceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, 
 if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restor
 e him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempte
 d.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things h
 ave been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the
  Father\, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom th
 e Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy lade
 n\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; 
 for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.
   For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\; Martha\, mother of St. Sym
 eon Stylites the Younger\; Asclepias the Wonderworker\; Michael Choniates\,
  Metropolitan of Athens\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 9:18-33\nBrethren\, God 
 has mercy on whomever he wills\, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wi
 lls. You will say to me then\, "Why does he still find fault? For who can r
 esist his will?" But who are you\, a man\, to answer back to God? Will what
  is molded say to its molder\, "Why have you made me thus?" Has the potter 
 no right over the clay\, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty
  and another for menial use? What if God\, desiring to show his wrath and t
 o make known his power\, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrat
 h made for destruction\, in order to make known the riches of his glory for
  the vessels of mercy\, which he has prepared beforehand for glory\, even u
 s whom he has called\, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? A
 s indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my p
 eople\,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'" "And in the
  very place where it was said to them\, 'You are not my people\,' they will
  be called 'sons of the living God.'" And Isaiah cries out concerning Israe
 l: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea\, onl
 y a remnant of them will be saved\; for the Lord will execute his sentence 
 upon the earth with rigor and dispatch." And as Isaiah predicted\, "if the 
 Lord of hosts had not left us children\, we would have fared like Sodom and
  been made like Gomorrah." What shall we say\, then? That Gentiles who did 
 not pursue righteousness have attained it\, that is\, righteousness through
  faith\; but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on la
 w did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? Because they did not pursue 
 it through faith\, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled ove
 r the stumbling stone\, as it is written\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion a 
 stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall\; and he
  who believes in him will not be put to shame."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 
 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Ch
 rist\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who is t
 o come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and t
 ell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame 
 walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\,
  and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes 
 no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds c
 oncerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed 
 shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft 
 raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. What th
 en did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a pro
 phet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger befo
 re your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to you
 \, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the B
 aptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. F
 rom the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been c
 oming violently and men of violence take it by force. For all the prophets 
 and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept it\, h
 e is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\; Zenia the Martyr\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come 
 to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfol
 d by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robb
 er\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
  gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep b
 y name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes be
 fore them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger 
 they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know t
 he voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not
  understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before 
 me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door
 \; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and 
 find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember you
 r leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome o
 f their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterda
 y and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachi
 ngs\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods
 \, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which t
 hose who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those anim
 als whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacri
 fice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside t
 he gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore l
 et us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For 
 here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thro
 ugh him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, tha
 t is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do g
 ood and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You a
 re the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men
  light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives lig
 ht to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may
  see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think
  not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not
  to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heav
 en and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law u
 ntil all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these c
 ommandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of he
 aven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the k
 ingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eustathius the Great Martyr\, his wife and two children\; Our Righteou
 s Father Eustathius\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; John the Foreigner\; Hil
 arion the New Martyr of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBrethren\, be s
 trong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole armor
  of God\, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  Fo
 r we are not contending against flesh and blood\, but against the principal
 ities\, against the powers\, against the world rulers of this present darkn
 ess\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Th
 erefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand in 
 the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, having 
 girded your loins with truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righteo
 usness\, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peac
 e\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can que
 nch all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salvatio
 n\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n\nGospel Readi
 ng: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will
  lay their hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synago
 gues and prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for m
 y name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it the
 refore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I wil
 l give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able
  to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and b
 rothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; 
 you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head wi
 ll perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took 
 with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and h
 is raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Mo
 ses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which h
 e was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him wer
 e heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two m
 en who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to
  Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\,
  one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he sa
 id. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them\; and they were af
 raid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\
 , "This is my Son\, my Beloved\; listen to him!" And when the voice had spo
 ken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those
  days anything of what they had seen.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Peter 1:10-19\
 nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call and election\, for if you 
 do this you will never fall\; so there will be richly provided for you an e
 ntrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\n\nTh
 erefore I intend always to remind you of these things\, though you know the
 m and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right\, as lon
 g as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of reminder\, since I know th
 at the putting off of my body will be soon\, as our Lord Jesus Christ showe
 d me. And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any t
 ime to recall these things.\n\nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths
  when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glo
 ry from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory
 \, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased\," we heard this v
 oice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we 
 have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention t
 o this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, until the day dawns and the m
 orning star rises in your hearts.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother\, and led
  them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them\, and h
 is face shone like the sun\, and his garments became white as light. And be
 hold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\, talking with him. And Pete
 r said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are here\; if you wish\, I wil
 l make three booths here\, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah
 ." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cloud overshadowed them\, and
  a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am wel
 l pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples heard this\, they fell on th
 eir faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them\, say
 ing\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes\, they 
 saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain\, Jesu
 s commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, until the Son of man is raised
  from the dead."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Sunday of Luke\; Thecla the Protomartyr & Equal to the Apostles\; 
 The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Kythyra
 \; Silouan of Athos\; Stephen the Martyr\; The Most Holy Theotokos of Palia
 nis\; Coprios the Righteous\; Juvenaly & Peter the Aleut\, New Martyrs of A
 laska\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose a
 nd ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by t
 hemselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day]
  two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from 
 Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had hap
 pened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew
  near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. An
 d He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with e
 ach other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of the
 m\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem w
 ho does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And He
  said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of 
 Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the
  people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be conde
 mned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to 
 redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since t
 his happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at 
 the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came bac
 k saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was 
 alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just 
 as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O
  foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spok
 en! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and ent
 er into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He int
 erpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So th
 ey drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be goi
 ng further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is 
 toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with th
 em. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and br
 oke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognize
 d Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did 
 not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He 
 opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to 
 Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were 
 with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Sim
 on!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how He was known to t
 hem in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 3:10-15\nT
 IMOTHY\, my son\, you have observed my teaching\, my conduct\, my aim in li
 fe\, my faith\, my patience\, my love\, my steadfastness\, my persecutions\
 , my sufferings\, what befell me at Antioch\, at lconion\, and at Lystra\, 
 what persecutions I endured\; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed
  all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted\, w
 hile evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse\, deceivers and de
 ceived. But as for you\, continue in what you have learned and have firmly 
 believed\, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have
  been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you fo
 r salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 5:1-11\n
 At that time\, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret\, he saw two
  boats by the lake\; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washin
 g their nets. Getting into one of the boats\, which was Simon's\, he asked 
 him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the peopl
 e from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking\, he said to Simon\, "Put 
 out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered\,
  "Master\, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will le
 t down the nets." And when they had done this\, they enclosed a great shoal
  of fish\; and as their nets were breaking\, they beckoned to their partner
 s in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both th
 e boats\, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it\, he fell
  down at Jesus' knees\, saying\, "Depart from me\, for I am a sinful man\, 
 O Lord." For he was astonished\, and all who were with him\, at the catch o
 f fish which they had taken\; and so also were James and John\, sons of Zeb
 edee\, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon\, "Do not be a
 fraid\; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had brought the
 ir boats to land\, they left everything and followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/21/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Qua
 dratus the Apostle\; Jonah the Prophet\; Isaakios & Meletios\, Bishops of C
 yprus\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 1:1-9\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesu
 s by the will of God\, To the saints who are at Ephesos and faithful in Chr
 ist Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Ch
 rist. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, who has bles
 sed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places\, eve
 n as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world\, that we should
  be holy and blameless before him. He destined us in love to be his sons th
 rough Jesus Christ\, according to the purpose of his will\, to the praise o
 f his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him 
 we have redemption through his blood\, the forgiveness of our trespasses\, 
 according to the riches of his grace which he lavished upon us in all wisdo
 m and insight the mystery of his will\, according to his purpose.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 4:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Nazareth\, where he ha
 d been brought up\; and he went to the synagogue\, as his custom was\, on t
 he sabbath day. And he stood up to read\; and there was given to him the bo
 ok of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it w
 as written\, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me\, because he has anointed m
 e to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to th
 e captives and recovering of sight to the blind\, to set at liberty those w
 ho are oppressed\, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." And he clo
 sed the book\, and gave it back to the attendant\, and sat down\; and the e
 yes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them\
 , "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke 
 well of him\, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his
  mouth.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/21/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\; Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\nE
 pistle Reading: I Corinthians 3:18-23\nBrethren\, let no one deceive himsel
 f. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age\, let him become
  a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with
  God. For it is written\, "He catches the wise in their craftiness\," and a
 gain\, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile." So let no
  one boast of men. For all things are yours\, whether Paul or Apollos or Ce
 phas or the world or life or death or the present or the future\, all are y
 ours\; and you are Christ's\; and Christ is God's.\n\nGospel Reading: Matth
 ew 13:36-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus went into the house\, his disciples ca
 me to him\, saying\, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."
  He answered\, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of man\; the field is 
 the world\, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom\; the weeds are
  the sons of the evil one\, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil\; the
  harvest is the close of the age\, and the reapers are angels. Just as the 
 weeds are gathered and burned with fire\, so will it be at the close of the
  age. The Son of man will send his angels\, and they will gather out of his
  kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers\, and throw them into the furn
 ace of fire\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. Then the righteous
  will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to
  hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost\; Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forer
 unner John the Baptist\; The Righteous Martyr Febronia\; Methodius of Nevri
 tos\; Prokopios the New Martyr\; Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Moun
 t Athos\; Orentios\, Pharmakios\, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, a
 nd Longinos the Martyrs and Brothers\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Roman
 s 1:1-7\,13-17\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\
 , set apart for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his 
 prophets in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was d
 escended from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in pow
 er according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, 
 Jesus Christ our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apostleship
  to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all t
 he nations\, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ\
 ; To all God's beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you 
 and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know
 \, brethren\, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have 
 been prevented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well a
 s among the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and 
 to barbarians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preac
 h the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospe
 l: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the
  Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is rev
 ealed through faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous shall liv
 e by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\nAt that time\, Jes
 us went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the 
 gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among t
 he people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him a
 ll the sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\,
  epileptics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds followe
 d him from Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyon
 d the Jordan.\n\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when 
 he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught t
 hem\, saying:\n\n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdo
 m of heaven.\n\n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted.
 \n\n"Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n"Blessed a
 re those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisf
 ied.\n\n"Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n"Blesse
 d are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n\n"Blessed are the peace
 makers\, for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n"Blessed are those who ar
 e persecuted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
 \n\n"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all ki
 nds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for yo
 ur reward is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were 
 before you.\n\n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has lost its ta
 ste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything
  except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samuel the Prophet\; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\; Stephen\, First K
 ing of Hungary\; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\; Oswin the Martyr\, King o
 f Deira\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos a
 nd Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:12-26\nBrethren\, 
 just as the body is one and has many members\, and all the members of the b
 ody\, though many\, are one body\, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit 
 we were all baptized into one body - Jews or Greeks\, slaves or free - and 
 all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one 
 member but of many. If the foot should say\, "because I am not a hand\, I d
 o not belong to the body\," that would not make it any less a part of the b
 ody. If the whole body were an eye\, where would be the hearing? If the who
 le body were an ear\, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is\, God
  arranged the organs in the body\, each one of them\, as he chose. If all w
 ere a single organ\, where would the body be? As it is\, there are many par
 ts\, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand\, "I have no need of you\
 ," nor again the head to the feet\, "I have no need of you." On the contrar
 y\, the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable\, and t
 hose parts of the body which we think less honorable we invest with the gre
 ater honor\, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty\,
  which our presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the bo
 dy\, giving the greater honor to the inferior part\, that there may be no d
 iscord in the body\, but that the members may have the same care for one an
 other. If one member suffers\, all suffer together\; if one member is honor
 ed\, all rejoice together.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13
 -15\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you 
 bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth sh
 all be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth 
 about anything they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 
 For where two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of
  them."\n\nThen Peter came up and said to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my 
 brother sin against me\, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus 
 said to him\, "I do not say to you seven times\, but seventy times seven."\
 n\nNow when Jesus had finished these sayings\, he went away from Galilee an
 d entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan\; and large crowds followed
  him\, and he healed them there.\n\nThen children were brought to him that 
 he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people\;
  but Jesus said\, "Let the children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; f
 or to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them an
 d went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Tuesday after Pascha\; Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 70 
 and their Companions\; Holy Martyr Cercyra\; Our Holy Father John of Kalokt
 enos\, Metropolitan of Thebes\; Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\; Nektarios th
 e New Martyr of Optina\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 4:1-10\nIn those days\, whi
 le the apostles were speaking to the people\, the priests and the captain o
 f the temple and the Sadducees came upon them\, annoyed because they were t
 eaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  And they arrested them and put them in custody until the morrow\, for it w
 as already evening. But many of those who heard the word believed\; and the
  number of the men came to about five thousand.\n\nOn the morrow their rule
 rs and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem\, with Annas 
 the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander\, and all who were of t
 he high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst\, they inq
 uired\, "By what power or by what name did you do this?" Then Peter\, fille
 d with the Holy Spirit\, said to them\, "Rulers of the people and elders\, 
 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple\, b
 y what means this man has been healed\, be it known to you all\, and to all
  the people of Israel\, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, whom
  you crucified\, whom God raised from the dead\, by him this man is standin
 g before you well."\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to his d
 isciples: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever 
 believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the S
 on into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world might be 
 saved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned\; he who does no
 t believe is condemned already\, because he has not believed in the name of
  the only Son of God. And this is the judgment\, that the light has come in
 to the world\, and men loved darkness rather than light\, because their dee
 ds were evil. For every one who does evil hates the light\, and does not co
 me to the light\, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does what is
  true comes to the light\, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have 
 been wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/05/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Conon the Gardener\; Parthenios the New Martyr who contested in Didymo
 teichos\; Mark the Ascetic\; Righteous Father Mark of Athens\; John the Bul
 garian\; Mark the Faster\; George the New-Martyr of Rapsani\; Eulogios the 
 Martyr\; Eulabios the Martyr\; Conon the Isaurian\; Archelaos the Martyr of
  Egypt\n\nEpistle Reading: I John 3:9-22\nBRETHREN\, no one born of God com
 mits sin\; for God's nature abides in him\, and he cannot sin because he is
  born of God. By this it may be seen who are the children of God\, and who 
 are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God\, no
 r he who does not love his brother. For this is the message which you have 
 heard from the beginning\, that we should love one another\, and not be lik
 e Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he mur
 der him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do no
 t wonder\, brethren\, that the world hates you. We know that we have passed
  out of death into life\, because we love the brethren. He who does not lov
 e abides in death. Any one who hates his brother is a murderer\, and you kn
 ow that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love\,
  that he laid down his life for us\; and we ought to lay down our lives for
  the brethren. But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in
  need\, yet closes his heart against him\, how does God's love abide in him
 ? Little children\, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in tr
 uth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth\, and reassure our hear
 ts before him whenever our hearts condemn us\; for God is greater than our 
 hearts\, and he knows everything. Beloved\, if our hearts do not condemn us
 \, we have confidence before God\; and we receive from him whatever we ask.
  \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 14:10-42\nAt that time\, Judas Iscariot\, who was
  one of the twelve\, went to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to 
 them. And when they heard it they were glad\, and promised to give him mone
 y. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. And on the first day of Unle
 avened Bread\, when they sacrificed the passover lamb\, his disciples said 
 to him\, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover
 ?" And he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\, "Go into the city\
 , and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him\, and wherev
 er he enters\, say to the householder\, 'The Teacher says\, Where is my gue
 st room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?' And he will sh
 ow you a large upper room furnished and ready\; there prepare for us." And 
 the disciples set out and went to the city\, and found it as he had told th
 em\; and they prepared the passover. And when it was evening he came with t
 he twelve. And as they were at table eating\, Jesus said\, "Truly\, I say t
 o you\, one of you will betray me\, one who is eating with me." They began 
 to be sorrowful\, and to say to him one after another\, "Is it I?" He said 
 to them\, "It is one of the twelve\, one who is dipping bread into the dish
  with me. For the Son of man goes as it is written of him\, but woe to that
  man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that
  man if he had not been born." And as they were eating\, he took bread\, an
 d blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them\, and said\, "Take\; this is
  my body." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he gave it to t
 hem\, and they all drank of it. And he said to them\, "This is my blood of 
 the new covenant\, which is poured out for many. Truly\, I say to you\, I s
 hall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink i
 t new in the kingdom of God." And when they had sung a hymn\, they went out
  to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them\, "You will all fall away\;
  for it is written\, 'I will strike the shepherd\, and the sheep will be sc
 attered.' But after I am raised up\, I will go before you to Galilee." Pete
 r said to him\, "Even though they all fall away\, I will not." And Jesus sa
 id to him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, this very night\, before the cock crows
  twice\, you will deny me three times." But he said vehemently\, "If I must
  die with you\, I will not deny you." And they all said the same. And they 
 went to a place which was called Gethsemane\; and he said to his disciples\
 , "Sit here\, while I pray." And he took with him Peter and James and John\
 , and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them\, "M
 y soul is very sorrowful\, even to death\; remain here\, and watch." And go
 ing a little farther\, he fell on the ground and prayed that\, if it were p
 ossible\, the hour might pass from him. And he said\, 'Abba\, Father\, all 
 things are possible to you\; remove this cup from me\; yet not what I will\
 , but what you will." And he came and found them sleeping\, and he said to 
 Peter\, "Simon\, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? Watch and pr
 ay that you may not enter into temptation\; the spirit indeed is willing\, 
 but the flesh is weak." And again he went away and prayed\, saying the same
  words. And again he came and found them sleeping\, for their eyes were ver
 y heavy\; and they did not know what to answer him. And he came the third t
 ime\, and said to them\, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It i
 s enough\; the hour has come\; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of
  sinners. Rise\, let us be going\; see\, my betrayer is at hand."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Our
  Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\; Nikephoros the New Martyr of 
 Crete\; Vitalis of Gaza\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and 
 a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast o
 f Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\
 ; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the
  crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them 
 all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are y
 ou poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now
 \, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you sha
 ll laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you an
 d revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of ma
 n!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is gr
 eat in heaven."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember yo
 ur leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome 
 of their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterd
 ay and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teach
 ings\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by food
 s\, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which 
 those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those ani
 mals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacr
 ifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside 
 the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore 
 let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For
  here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thr
 ough him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, th
 at is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do 
 good and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned from the Jorda
 n\, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\, tempted by
  the devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; and when they were ended\, h
 e was hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command 
 this stone to become bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Man
  shall not live by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, and showed hi
 m all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time\, and said to him\, "To
  you I will give all this authority and their glory\; for it has been deliv
 ered to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, will worshi
 p me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is written\, 'Y
 ou shall worship the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serve.'"\n\nAnd
  he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple\, and
  said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down from here\;
  for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to guard you\
 ,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your foot ag
 ainst a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You shall not temp
 t the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ended every temptation\, he d
 eparted from him until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power o
 f the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out through al
 l the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues\, being glorif
 ied by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\; Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantok
 rator Monastery\; Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaza
 n\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is su
 re and worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproa
 ch\, because we have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of 
 all men\, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. 
 Let no one despise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech 
 and conduct\, in love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the p
 ublic reading of scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the
  gift you have\, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the counci
 l of elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yours
 elf to them\, so that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:
 17-19\, 9:1-2\, 10:16-21\nAt that time\, a crowd of his disciples and a gre
 at multitude of people came to Jesus from all Judea and Jerusalem and the s
 eacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their 
 diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And
  all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and heal
 ed them all. And he called the twelve together and gave them power and auth
 ority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and sent them out to preach th
 e kingdom of God and to heal\, and He said to them: "He who hears you hears
  me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him
  who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the de
 mons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fa
 ll like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread
  upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and no
 thing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirit
 s are subject to you: but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." I
 n that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, F
 ather\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from t
 he wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for s
 uch was your gracious will.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/14/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\; Cyril\, Equal-to-the-Apostles 
 & Teacher of the Slavs\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth\; Abraham\, Bis
 hop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: James 3:11
 -18\;4:1-6\nBrethren\, does a spring pour forth from the same opening fresh
  water and brackish? Can a fig tree\, my brethren\, yield olives\, or a gra
 pevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh. Who is wise and understand
 ing among you? By his good life let him show his works in the meekness of w
 isdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts\
 , do not boast and be false to the truth. This wisdom is not such as comes 
 down from above\, but is earthly\, unspiritual\, devilish. For where jealou
 sy and selfish ambition exist\, there will be disorder and every vile pract
 ice. But the wisdom from above is first pure\, then peaceable\, gentle\, op
 en to reason\, full of mercy and good fruits\, without uncertainty or insin
 cerity. And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make
  peace. What causes wars\, and what causes fightings among you? Is it not y
 our passions that are at war in your members? You desire and do not have\; 
 so you kill. And you covet and cannot obtain\; so you fight and wage war. Y
 ou do not have\, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive\, becau
 se you ask wrongly\, to spend it on your passions. Unfaithful creatures! Do
  you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore 
 whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. O
 r do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says\, "He yearns jealous
 ly over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us"? But he gives more gra
 ce\; therefore it says\, "God opposes the proud\, but gives grace to the hu
 mble."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:22-26\nThe Lord said\, "Have faith in God
 . Truly\, I say to you\, whoever says to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and c
 ast into the sea\,' and does not doubt in his heart\, but believes that wha
 t he says will come to pass\, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you
 \, whatever you ask in prayer\, believe that you are receiving it\, and it 
 will be yours. And whenever you stand praying\, forgive\, if you have anyth
 ing against anyone\; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive 
 you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive\, neither will your Father w
 ho is in heaven forgive your trespasses."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/10/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Holy Cross\; Menodora\, Metrodora\, & Nymphodora the Mar
 tyrs\; Poulcheria the Empress\; Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first
  day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had c
 ast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him\, as th
 ey mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been see
 n by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another 
 form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country. And they went 
 back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. After this He appea
 red to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for
  their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those
  who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the wor
 ld and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is bapt
 ized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And the
 se signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out de
 mons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if
  they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their 
 hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, aft
 er He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the r
 ight hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the L
 ord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended i
 t. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see with what la
 rge letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to m
 ake a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised\, a
 nd only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. F
 or even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law\, but
  they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But
  far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For neith
 er circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new creati
 on. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israel of 
 God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the marks of 
 Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethren. A
 men.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:13-17\nThe Lord said\, "No one has ascended 
 into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in hea
 ven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son
  of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.\
 n\n"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son\, that whoever bel
 ieves in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son 
 into the world\, not to condemn the world\, but that the world might be sav
 ed through him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermola
 us\, Hermippus\, and Hermocrates\; Prisca the Righteous Martyr\; Moses the 
 Hungarian\; Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska\n\nEpistle Reading: G
 alatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined un
 der the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that 
 the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by
  faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; 
 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of
  you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew 
 nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor fem
 ale\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then y
 ou are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the he
 ir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is th
 e owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until th
 e date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slav
 es to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully co
 me\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to red
 eem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as son
 s.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed J
 esus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of bl
 ood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, an
 d had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She
  had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd an
 d touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I sha
 ll be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in h
 er body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himse
 lf that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the cro
 wd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, 
 "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?
 '" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing wha
 t had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before hi
 m\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your fai
 th has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian\; Argyra the 
 New Martyr\; Clement the Hymnographer\; Erconwald\, Bishop of London\n\nFas
 t Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that t
 ime\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the churc
 h. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw tha
 t it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during 
 the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in pr
 ison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intendin
 g after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in p
 rison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe ve
 ry night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between
  two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries before the door were g
 uarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a lig
 ht shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, sayin
 g\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said
  to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and 
 followed him\; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real\, b
 ut thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the s
 econd guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened t
 o them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed on through one stre
 et\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and sa
 id\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from th
 e hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Luke 9:1-6\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve together an
 d gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and 
 he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to t
 hem\, "Take nothing for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor
  money\; and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, stay th
 ere\, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, when yo
 u leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against 
 them." And they departed and went through the villages\, preaching the gosp
 el and healing everywhere.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia\; Cleopas and Artemas
  of the 70 Apostles\; Joseph\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 1:24-29\, 2:1\nBrethren\, now I rej
 oice in my sufferings for your sake\, and in my flesh I complete what is la
 cking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body\, that is\, the chur
 ch\, of which I became a minister according to the divine office which was 
 given to me for you\, to make the word of God fully known\, the mystery hid
 den for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints. To them G
 od chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the g
 lory of this mystery\, which is Christ in you\, the hope of glory. Him we p
 roclaim\, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom\, that we 
 may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil\, striving with all
  the energy which he mightily inspires within me. For I want you to know ho
 w greatly I strive for you.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 11:14-23\nAt that time\
 , Jesus was casting out a demon that was dumb\; when the demon had gone out
 \, the dumb man spoke\, and the people marveled. But some of them said\, "H
 e casts out demons by Beelzebul\, the prince of demons"\; while others\, to
  test him\, sought from him a sign from heaven. But he\, knowing their thou
 ghts\, said to them\, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste\,
  and a divided household falls. And if Satan also is divided against himsel
 f\, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelz
 ebul. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul\, by whom do your sons cast the
 m out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the finger of G
 od that I cast out demons\, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. When
  a strong man\, fully armed\, guards his own palace\, his goods are in peac
 e\; but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him\, he takes 
 away his armor in which he trusted\, and divides his spoil. He who is not w
 ith me is against me\, and he who does not gather with me scatters."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\; Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Eld
 er of Chios\; Onesimos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Eusebius the Righteo
 us of Syria\; Major the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Philemon 1:1-25\n PAUL\,
  a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy our brother\, To Philemon our be
 loved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister and Archippos our fellow soldie
 r\, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Fathe
 r and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in m
 y prayers\, because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have tow
 ard the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and I pray that the sharing of your
  faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ. Fo
 r I have derived much joy and comfort from your love\, my brother\, because
  the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. Accordingly\, th
 ough I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required\, yet
  for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and n
 ow a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my child\, Onesim
 os\, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useles
 s to you\, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) I am sending him 
 back to you\, sending my very heart. I would have been glad to keep him wit
 h me\, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonmen
 t for the gospel\; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in or
 der that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will
 . Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while\, that you might h
 ave him back for ever\, no longer as a slave but more than a slave\, as a b
 eloved brother\, especially to me but how much more to you\, both in the fl
 esh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner\, receive him as yo
 u would receive me. If he has wronged you at all\, or owes you anything\, c
 harge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write this with my own hand\, I will r
 epay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes\, brother
 \, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. Co
 nfident of your obedience\, I write to you\, knowing that you will do even 
 more than I say. At the same time\, prepare a guest room for me\, for I am 
 hoping through your prayers to be granted to you. Epaphras\, my fellow pris
 oner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to you\, and so do Mark\, Aristarcho
 s\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Chris
 t be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:27-33\nAt that time
 \, Jesus came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple\, the
  chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him\, and they said t
 o him\, "By what authority are you doing these things\, or who gave you thi
 s authority to do them?" Jesus said to them\, "I will ask you a question\; 
 answer me\, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Was th
 e baptism of John from heaven or from men? Answer me." And they argued with
  one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why then did you
  not believe him?' But shall we say\, 'From men'?" -- they were afraid of t
 he people\, for all held that John was a real prophet. So they answered Jes
 us\, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by
  what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council\; Synaxis of 
 Archangel Gabriel\; Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\; Holy Martyr Golinduc\
 ; Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\; Serapion the Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Read
 ing: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stoopi
 ng and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went hom
 e wondering at what had happened. That very day] two of them were going to 
 a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking wit
 h each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talk
 ing and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. B
 ut their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What i
 s this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" and
  they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answere
 d Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things
  that have happened there in these days?" And He said to them\, "What thing
 s?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophe
 t mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and how our chief
  priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death\, and crucifi
 ed Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and be
 sides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover\, so
 me women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morni
 ng and did not find His body\; and they came back saying that they had even
  seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of those who we
 re with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women had said\; but
  Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of 
 heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it necessary th
 at the Christ should suffer these things and enter into this glory?" And be
 ginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the
  scriptures the things concerning Himself. So they drew near to the village
  to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, but they const
 rained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening and the day 
 is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table wi
 th them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to the
 m. And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; and He vanished out
  of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts burn within 
 us while He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to us the scriptures
 ?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found 
 the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who said\, "The
  Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what ha
 d happened on the road and how He was known to them in the breaking of the 
 bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sur
 e.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that those who have believe
 d in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds\; these are excel
 lent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controversies\, genealogies\,
  dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are unprofitable and fu
 tile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing him once or twice\,
  have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a person is perverted
  and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to y
 ou\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend 
 the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on th
 eir way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our people learn to apply th
 emselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and not to be
  unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who l
 ove us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world
 .  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it 
 under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  
 Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and 
 give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to 
 abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to f
 ulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, 
 not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
   Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches m
 en so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does th
 em and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/14/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost\; The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\; Met
 hodius the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cyril\, Bishop of Gort
 yna\; The Holy Martyrs of Estonia: the Priests Basil\, John\, John\, Artemi
 os\, and Nicholas\; the Deacons Vasili and Peter\; the Presytera Martha\; a
 nd John\, Theodor\, and Anna.\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:1-7
 \,13-17\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\, set a
 part for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his prophet
 s in the holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was descende
 d from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power acco
 rding to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, Jesus C
 hrist our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bri
 ng about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nati
 ons\, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ\; To al
 l God's beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and pea
 ce from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know\, bret
 hren\, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been pr
 evented)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among
  the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barb
 arians\, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach the g
 ospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it i
 s the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the Jew fi
 rst and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed t
 hrough faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous shall live by fa
 ith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went
  about all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel 
 of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the peop
 le. So his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him all the 
 sick\, those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\, epilep
 tics\, and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds followed him f
 rom Galilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the J
 ordan.\n\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat 
 down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them\, s
 aying:\n\n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of he
 aven.\n\n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted.\n\n"Bl
 essed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n"Blessed are thos
 e who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied.\n\
 n"Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n"Blessed are t
 he pure in heart\, for they shall see God.\n\n"Blessed are the peacemakers\
 , for they shall be called sons of God.\n\n"Blessed are those who are perse
 cuted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Bl
 essed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of 
 evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your rewa
 rd is great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before 
 you.\n\n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has lost its taste\, h
 ow shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except
  to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, Rufus\, Asyncritu
 s\, Phlegon\, and Hermes\; The Holy New Martyr John the Ship-Builder who wa
 s martyred in Kos\; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\; Celestine\, Pope
  of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 14:24-32\n The LOR
 D of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, and as I have p
 urposed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian in my land\, a
 nd upon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke shall depart fro
 m them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the purpose that is 
 purposed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand that is stretche
 d out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purposed\, and who w
 ill annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn it back?  In th
 e year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, O Philistia\, 
 all of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for from the serpent'
 s root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a flying serpent.  
 And the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie down in safety
 \; but I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I will slay.  W
 ail\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, all of you! For 
 smoke comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in his ranks."  Wh
 at will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founded Zion
 \, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Genesis 8:21-9:7\n And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\, the
  LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground because of m
 an\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neither wi
 ll I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.  While the ea
 rth remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer and winter\, da
 y and night\, shall not cease."  \n\n And God blessed Noah and his sons\, a
 nd said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth.  The fear
  of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth\, and u
 pon every bird of the air\, upon everything that creeps on the ground and a
 ll the fish of the sea\; into your hand they are delivered.  Every moving t
 hing that lives shall be food for you\; and as I gave you the green plants\
 , I give you everything.  Only you shall not eat flesh with its life\, that
  is\, its blood.  For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning\; of
  every beast I will require it and of man\; of every man's brother I will r
 equire the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by man shall his 
 blood be shed\; for God made man in his own image.  And you\, be fruitful a
 nd multiply\, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it."\n\nO
 ld Testament Reading: Proverbs 11:19-12:6\nHe who is steadfast in righteous
 ness will live\, but he who pursues evil will die.  Men of perverse mind ar
 e an abomination to the LORD\, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
   Be assured\, an evil man will not go unpunished\, but those who are right
 eous will be delivered.  Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful
  woman without discretion.  The desire of the righteous ends only in good\;
  the expectation of the wicked in wrath.  One man gives freely\, yet grows 
 all the richer\; another withholds what he should give\, and only suffers w
 ant.  A liberal man will be enriched\, and one who waters will himself be w
 atered.  The people curse him who holds back grain\, but a blessing is on t
 he head of him who sells it.  He who diligently seeks good seeks favor\, bu
 t evil comes to him who searches for it.  He who trusts in his riches will 
 wither\, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.  He who trouble
 s his household will inherit wind\, and the fool will be servant to the wis
 e.  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life\, but lawlessness takes aw
 ay lives.  If the righteous is requited on earth\, how much more the wicked
  and the sinner!  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge\, but he who hat
 es reproof is stupid.  A good man obtains favor from the LORD\, but a man o
 f evil devices he condemns.  A man is not established by wickedness\, but t
 he root of the righteous will never be moved.  A good wife is the crown of 
 her husband\, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.  Th
 e thoughts of the righteous are just\; the counsels of the wicked are treac
 herous.  The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood\, but the mouth of t
 he upright delivers men.\n\n
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 ncritus\, Phlegon\, and Hermes
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar
  Their Teacher\; Procession of the Precious Cross\; Timothy the Wonderworke
 r\, Archbishop of Priconissus\; Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 11:33-40\;12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the 
 saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promi
 ses\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge
  of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put f
 oreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some we
 re tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again to a 
 better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and im
 prisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, 
 they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goa
 ts\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy
  - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of th
 e earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not rece
 ive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us\, th
 at apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are 
 surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every w
 eight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with perseverance 
 the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter
  of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his di
 sciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be 
 wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliv
 er you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be 
 dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before t
 hem and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you 
 are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given
  to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your
  Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, an
 d the father his child\, and children will rise against parents and have th
 em put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he w
 ho endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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 leazar Their Teacher
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Saturday\; The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\
 ; Andonina the New Martyr\; David the Archbishop\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\
 , and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 5:22-26\;6:1-2\nBrethren\
 , the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goo
 dness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no
  law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with i
 ts passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by th
 e Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no e
 nvy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you
  who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to y
 ourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so ful
 fill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-13\nThe Lord said\, 
 "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them\; f
 or then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.\n\n"Thus
 \, when you give alms\, sound no trumpet before you\, as the hypocrites do 
 in the synagogues and in the streets\, that they may be praised by men.  Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But when you give al
 ms\, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing\, so that
  your alms may be in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will rewar
 d you.\n\n"And when you pray\, you must not be like the hypocrites\; for th
 ey love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners\, tha
 t they may be seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their
  reward.  But when you pray\, go into your room and shut the door and pray 
 to your Father who is in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will r
 eward you.\n\n"And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles 
 do\; for they think they will be heard for their many words.  Do not be lik
 e them\, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.  Pray then
  like this:\n\nOur Father who are in heaven\,\n Hallowed be your name\,\n Y
 our kingdom come\,\n Your will be done\,\n On earth as it is in heaven.\n G
 ive us this day our daily bread\,\n And forgive us our debts\,\n As we also
  have forgiven our debtors\;\n And lead us not into temptation\,\n But deli
 ver us from evil.\n For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory\, 
 for ever.\n Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross\; Commemoration o
 f the 6th Ecumenical Council\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 12:28-36\nThe Lord said\, "Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came f
 rom heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd
  standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An ang
 el has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\
 , not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of 
 this world be cast out: and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will d
 raw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die. T
 he crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains
  for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is th
 is Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little lo
 nger. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he w
 ho walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light\
 , believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: I Corinthians 1:18-24\nBrethren\, the word of the cross is folly to t
 hose who are perishing\, but to us who are being saved it is the power of G
 od. For it is written\, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise\, and the cl
 everness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man? Where is the 
 scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisd
 om of the world? For since\, in the wisdom of God\, the world did not know 
 God through wisdom\, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to 
 save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom\, but 
 we preach Christ crucified\, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentile
 s\, but to those who are called\, both Jews and Greeks\, Christ the power o
 f God and the wisdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:6-11\, 13-20\, 25-2
 8\, 30\nAt that time\, when the chief priests and the officers saw him\, th
 ey cried out\, "Crucify him\, crucify him!" Pilate said to them\, "Take him
  yourselves and crucify him\, for I find no crime in him." The Jews answere
 d him\, "We have a law\, and by that law he ought to die\, because he has m
 ade himself the Son of God."\n\nWhen Pilate heard these words\, he was the 
 more afraid\; he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus\, "Where ar
 e you from?" But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate therefore said to him\, "You 
 will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you\, an
 d power to crucify you?" Jesus answered him\, "You would have no power over
  me unless it had been given you from above\; therefore he who delivered me
  to you has the greater sin." When Pilate heard these words\, he brought Je
 sus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement\, 
 and in Hebrew\, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover
 \; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews\, "Behold your King!" T
 hey cried out\, "Away with him\, away with him\, crucify him!" Pilate said 
 to them\, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered\, "We hav
 e no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So 
 they took Jesus\, and he went out\, bearing his own cross\, to the place ca
 lled the place of a skull\, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha. There they 
 crucified him\, and with him two others\, one on either side\, and Jesus be
 tween them. Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross\; it read\, "
 Jesus of Nazareth\, the King of the Jews." Many of the Jews read this title
 \, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city\; and it was w
 ritten in Hebrew\, in Latin\, and in Greek.\n\nBut standing by the cross of
  Jesus were his mother\, and his mother's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\
 , and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother\, and the disciple whom he 
 loved standing near\, he said to his mother\, "Woman\, behold your son!" Th
 en he said to the disciple\, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour the d
 isciple took her to his own home. Then when Jesus had received the vinegar\
 , he said\, "It is finished"\; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit
 .\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/15/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\; Vladimir\, Equal-to-
 the-Apostles of Kiev\; The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\; Do
 nald and his Nine Daughters\; Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 13:11-14\;14:1-5\nBRETHREN\, when I was 
 a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child\, I reasoned like a
  child\; when I became a man\, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a
  mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I know in part\; then I shall un
 derstand fully\, even as I have been fully understood. So faith\, hope\, lo
 ve abide\, these three\; but the greatest of these is love. Make love your 
 aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especially that you may pr
 ophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God\; for n
 o one understands him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other
  hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragem
 ent and consolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself\, but he who
  prophesies edifies the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues\, bu
 t even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in
  tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so that the church may be edified. 
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the collector
 s of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher
  pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him 
 first\, saying\, "What do you think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the eart
 h take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?" And when he said\,
  "From others\," Jesus said to him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not
  to give offense to them\, go to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the fir
 st fish that comes up\, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel\
 ; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that time
  the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom
  of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them\,
  and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like childre
 n\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself lik
 e this child\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/13/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross\; The Consecration of the
  Church of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\; Cornelius the Centurion
  & Martyr\; Aristides the Philosopher\; Hierotheos the Righteous of Iveron 
 Monastery\, Mount Athos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Hebrews 3:1-4\nHoly brethren\, who share in a heavenly call\, consider 
 Jesus\, the apostle and high priest of our confession. He was faithful to h
 im who appointed him\, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. 
 Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the b
 uilder of a house has more honor than the house. (For every house is built 
 by some one\, but the builder of all things is God.)\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea
  Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who do men say that the Son of man is
 ?" And they said\, "Some say John the Baptist\, others say Elijah\, and oth
 ers Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them\, "But who do you say
  that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\, the Son of the liv
 ing God." And Jesus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Simon Bar Jona! For f
 lesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in heave
 n. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my church
 \, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you the
  keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bo
 und in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
 \n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250621
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\; Terentios\, Bishop of Iconium\; Nikitas 
 the New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Ro
 mans 3:19-24\nBrethren\, we know that whatever the law says it speaks to th
 ose who are under the law\, so that every mouth may be stopped\, and the wh
 ole world may be held accountable to God. For no human being will be justif
 ied in his sight by works of the law\, since through the law comes knowledg
 e of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from l
 aw\, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it\, the righteousne
 ss of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is n
 o distinction\; since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\, 
 they are justified by his grace as a gift\, through the redemption which is
  in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:1-8\nThe Lord said\, "Judge 
 not\, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will 
 be judged\, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do yo
 u see the speck that is in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log t
 hat is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Let me take t
 he speck out of your eye\,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypo
 crite\, first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clea
 rly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is h
 oly\; and do not throw your pearls before swine\, lest they trample them un
 der foot and turn to attack you. Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, an
 d you will find\; knock\, and it will be opened to you. For every one who a
 sks receives\, and he who seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be op
 ened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/08/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\; Kalliope the Martyr\
 ; Melania the Righteous\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Constantinople\; The
 ophanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:4-
 10\nBrethren\, God who is rich in mercy\, out of the great love with which 
 he loved us\, even when we were dead through our trespasses\, made us alive
  together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)\, and raised us up wit
 h him\, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, t
 hat in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace i
 n kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved thro
 ugh faith\; and this is not your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not bec
 ause of works\, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship\, cre
 ated in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that 
 we should walk in them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves
 \; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they w
 ill deliver you up to councils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you
  will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony
  before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious
  how you are to speak or what you are to say\; for what you are to say will
  be given to you in that hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spiri
 t of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to d
 eath\, and the father his child\, and children will rise against parents an
 d have them put to death\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake.
  But he who endures to the end will be saved."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240122
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Luke\; Maximus the Confessor\; Martyrs Neophytos\, Agne
 s\, Patroclus\, Maximus the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\; Neophytos the M
 artyr of Nicaea\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jes
 us revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And
  he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than t
 hese?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to
  him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John
 \, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you
 ." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon
 \, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him 
 the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know ev
 erything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. T
 ruly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and
  walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your 
 hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go
 ." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after th
 is he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them the di
 sciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper an
 d had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw
  him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\,
  "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follo
 w me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was n
 ot to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If
  it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This is 
 the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written t
 hese things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also ma
 ny other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I 
 suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be wri
 tten. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, when Christ w
 ho is our life appears\, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put t
 o death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication\, impurity\, passion\
 , evil desire\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. On account of these t
 he wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once 
 walked\, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger\, wrath\,
  malice\, slander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one anothe
 r\, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have
  put on the new nature\, which is being renewed in knowledge after the imag
 e of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and unci
 rcumcised\, barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, a
 nd in all.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:12-19\nAt that time\, as Jesus entere
 d a village\, he was met by ten lepers\, who stood at a distance and lifted
  up their voices and said:  "Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us."  When he s
 aw them he said to them\, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as t
 hey went they were cleansed.  Then one of them\, when he saw that he was he
 aled\, turned back\, praising God with a loud voice\; and he fell on his fa
 ce at Jesus's feet\, giving him thanks.  Now he was a Samaritan.  Then said
  Jesus: "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?  Was no one found to re
 turn and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Ri
 se and go your way\; your faith has made you well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\; Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\; Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\; John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\; Righteous Philotheus\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 9:6-11\
 nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly\, and he who sow
 s bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made u
 p his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsion\, for God loves a cheerful
  giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance\, s
 o that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundanc
 e for every good work. As it is written\, "He scatters abroad\, he gives to
  the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to th
 e sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and incr
 ease the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way f
 or great generosity\, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 10:22-24\nThe Lord said\, "All things have been deliv
 ered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father
 \, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses 
 to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said privately\, "Blessed 
 are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and 
 kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what y
 ou hear\, and did not hear it."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250424
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Wednesday\; George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\nFast Fre
 e\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\,
  "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and persecute you\, deliver
 ing you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you will be brought before k
 ings and governors for my name's sake. This will be a time for you to bear 
 testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not to meditate beforehand h
 ow to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your 
 adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be delivered 
 up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends\, and some of you t
 hey will put to death\; you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But no
 t a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your liv
 es."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king lai
 d violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the b
 rother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, 
 he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened B
 read. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him
  to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to 
 bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest pray
 er for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod was 
 about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound wi
 th two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; and
  behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; a
 nd he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." An
 d the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your man
 tle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did no
 t know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing
  a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came 
 to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord
 \, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediately the
  angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that
  the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from
  all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-5
 1\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he look
 ed at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The two d
 isciples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and s
 aw them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said to
  him\, "Rabbi"  (which means Teacher)\, "where are you staying?"  He said t
 o them\, "Come and see."  They came and saw where he was staying\; and they
  stayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two
  who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's broth
 er. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found the
  Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at hi
 m and said\, "So you are Simon the son of Jonah [John]? You shall be called
  Cephas" (which means Peter).\n\nThe next day Jesus decided to go to Galile
 e. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from 
 Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and said
  to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets
  wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, "
 Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and see
 ." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Israe
 lite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you kn
 ow me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were und
 er the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are th
 e Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because I
  said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall see
  greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and des
 cending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\; 26 Martyrs in Crimea\; Ire
 naeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Isaiah 26:21-27:9\n For behold\, the LORD is coming fort
 h out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquit
 y\, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her\, and will no more 
 cover her slain.  In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong s
 word will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent\, Leviathan the twisting ser
 pent\, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.  \n\n In that day: "
 A pleasant vineyard\, sing of it!  I\, the LORD\, am its keeper\; every mom
 ent I water it. Lest any one harm it\, I guard it night and day\;  I have n
 o wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would set out agai
 nst them\, I would burn them up together.  Or let them lay hold of my prote
 ction\, let them make peace with me\, let them make peace with me."  \n\n I
 n days to come Jacob shall take root\, Israel shall blossom and put forth s
 hoots\, and fill the whole world with fruit.  \n\n Has he smitten them as h
 e smote those who smote them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were
  slain?  Measure by measure\, by exile thou didst contend with them\; he re
 moved them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.  Therefore by
  this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated\, and this will be the full fruit
  of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like
  chalkstones crushed to pieces\, no Asherim or incense altars will remain s
 tanding.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 9:18-10:1\nThe sons of Noah who 
 went forth from the ark were Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth. Ham was the father o
 f Canaan.  These three were the sons of Noah\; and from these the whole ear
 th was peopled.\n\nNoah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vine
 yard\; and he drank of the wine\, and became drunk\, and lay uncovered in h
 is tent.  And Ham\, the father of Canaan\, saw the nakedness of his father\
 , and told his two brothers outside.  Then Shem and Japheth took a garment\
 , laid it upon both their shoulders\, and walked backward and covered the n
 akedness of their father\; their faces were turned away\, and they did not 
 see their father's nakedness.  When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what 
 his youngest son had done to him\, he said\, "Cursed be Canaan\; a slave of
  slaves shall he be to his brothers."  He also said\, "Blessed by the LORD 
 my God be Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave.  God enlarge Japheth\, and le
 t him dwell in the tents of Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave."  After the
  flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.  All the days of Noah were
  nine hundred and fifty years\; and he died.  These are the generations of 
 the sons of Noah\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth\; sons were born to them after 
 the flood.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 12:23-13:9\nA prudent man con
 ceals his knowledge\, but fools proclaim their folly.  The hand of the dili
 gent will rule\, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.  Anxiety i
 n a man's heart weighs him down\, but a good word makes him glad.  A righte
 ous man turns away from evil\, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
   A slothful man will not catch his prey\, but the diligent man will get pr
 ecious wealth.  In the path of righteousness is life\, but the way of error
  leads to death.  A wise son hears his father's instruction\, but a scoffer
  does not listen to rebuke.  From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats go
 od\, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.  He who guards his 
 mouth preserves his life\; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.  The s
 oul of the sluggard craves\, and gets nothing\, while the soul of the dilig
 ent is richly supplied.  A righteous man hates falsehood\, but a wicked man
  acts shamefully and disgracefully.  Righteousness guards him whose way is 
 upright\, but sin overthrows the wicked.  One man pretends to be rich\, yet
  has nothing\; another pretends to be poor\, yet has great wealth.  The ran
 som of a man's life is his wealth\, but a poor man has no means of redempti
 on.  The light of the righteous rejoices\, but the lamp of the wicked will 
 be put out.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Luke\; Joel the Prophet\; Varys the Martyr\; John of Ril
 as\; Felix the Hieromartyr & Eusebius the Deacon\; John the Wonderworker of
  Kronstadt\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary sto
 od weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the 
 tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus ha
 s lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, w
 hy are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lo
 rd\, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this\, she turned 
 round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesu
 s said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing 
 Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him a
 way\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesus sa
 id to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," whic
 h means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet 
 ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascen
 ding to My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene
  went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told the
 m that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Seco
 nd Letter to the Corinthians 11:31-33\; 12:1-9\nBrethren\, the God and Fath
 er of the Lord Jesus\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie
 . At Damascus\, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus
  in order to seize me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in 
 the wall\, and escaped his hands.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be 
 gained by it\, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I k
 now a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heave
 n -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And 
 I know that this man was caught up into Paradise --whether in the body or o
 ut of the body I do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that cannot
  be told\, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, bu
 t on my own behalf I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I 
 wish to boast\, I shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. 
 But I refrain from it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in
  me or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance
  of revelations\, a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\
 , to harass me\, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought t
 he Lord about this\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grac
 e is sufficient for you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will
  all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may 
 rest upon me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:11-16\nAt that time\, Jesus went to
  a city called Nain\, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As
  he drew near to the gate of the city\, behold\, a man who had died was bei
 ng carried out\, the only son of his mother\, and she was a widow\; and a l
 arge crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her\, he had c
 ompassion on her and said to her\, "Do not weep." And he came and touched t
 he bier\, and the bearers stood still. And he said\, "Young man\, I say to 
 you\, arise." And the dead man sat up\, and began to speak. And he gave him
  to his mother. Fear seized them all\; and they glorified God\, saying\, "A
  great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Wednesday\; Jeremias the Prophet\; New Martyr Maria of Fourna\, M
 irabella in Crete\; Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\; Nikiforos the Monk 
 of Chios\; Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain\
 , Euthymius\, Ignatius\, and Acacius\; Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:17-50\nAt that time\, the crowd that had been
  with Jesus when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the 
 dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they 
 heard he had done this sign.  The Pharisees then said to one another\, "You
  see that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow
  among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.  So thes
 e came to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "S
 ir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with 
 Philip and they told Jesus.  And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come f
 or the Son of man to be glorified.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a
  grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if i
 t dies\, it bears much fruit.  He who loves his life loses it\, and he who 
 hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.  If any one ser
 ves me\, he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be als
 o\; if any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul tr
 oubled. And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour'? No\, for t
 his purpose I have come to this hour.  Father\, glorify your name." Then a 
 voice came from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again
 ." The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others sa
 id\, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come fo
 r your sake\, not for mine.  Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall 
 the ruler of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the 
 earth\, will draw all men to myself."  He said this to show by what death h
 e was to die.  The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that th
 e Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lift
 ed up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you
  for a little longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness ove
 rtake you\; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While
  you have the light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of li
 ght."\n\nWhen Jesus had said this\, he departed and hid himself from them. 
 Though he had done so many signs before them\, yet they did not believe in 
 him\;  it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled
 : "Lord\, who has believed our report\, and to whom has the arm of the Lord
  been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said\, 
  "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart\, lest they should see
  with their eyes and perceive with their heart\, and turn for me to heal th
 em."  Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.  Neverthe
 less many even of the authorities believed in him\, but for fear of the Pha
 risees they did not confess it\, lest they should be put out of the synagog
 ue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Je
 sus cried out and said\, "He who believes in me\, believes not in me but in
  him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me.  I have come as 
 light into the world\, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkne
 ss. If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them\, I do not judge him
 \; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.  He who rej
 ects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge\; the word that I have 
 spoken will be his judge on the last day.  For I have not spoken on my own 
 authority\; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to
  say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Wh
 at I say\, therefore\, I say as the Father has bidden me."\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 26:6-16\nWhen Jesus was at Bethany at the house of Simon the lep
 er\, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointm
 ent and she poured it on his head\, as he sat at table. But when the discip
 les saw it\, they were indignant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointm
 ent might have been sold for a large sum\, and given to the poor." But Jesu
 s\, aware of this\, said to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she h
 as done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you\, bu
 t you will not always have me. In pouring this ointment on my body she has 
 done it to prepare me for burial. Truly\, I say to you wherever this gospel
  is preached in the whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory 
 of her." Then one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to t
 he chief priests and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?
 " And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought
  an opportunity to betray him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\; Holy Martyr Philetaerus\; Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: II Timo
 thy 2:20-26\nTimothy\, my son\, in a great house there are not only vessels
  of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware\, and some for noble u
 se\, some for ignoble. If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble\, t
 hen he will be a vessel for noble use\, consecrated and useful to the maste
 r of the house\, ready for any good work. So shun youthful passions and aim
  at righteousness\, faith\, love\, and peace\, along with those who call up
 on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with stupid\, senseless c
 ontroversies\; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant mu
 st not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one\, an apt teacher\, forbearing
 \, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that the
 y will repent and come to know the truth\, and they may escape from the sna
 re of the devil\, after being captured by him to do his will.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Mark 12:13-17\nAt that time\, the chief priests and scribes sent to J
 esus some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians\, to entrap him in his
  talk. And they came and said to him\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true
 \, and care for no man\; for you do not regard the position of men\, but tr
 uly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not? Sho
 uld we pay them\, or should we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy\, he said 
 to them\, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a coin\, and let me look at it.
 " And they brought one. And he said to them\, "Whose likeness and inscripti
 on is this?" They said to him\, "Caesar's." Jesus said to them\, "Render to
  Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's
 ." And they were amazed at him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Luke\; Macarius the Great of Egypt\; Makarios of Alexan
 dria\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\; Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patm
 os\; Arsenius of Corfu\; Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory t
 he Theologian\; Branwallader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as s
 he wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white
 \, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at th
 e feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\
 , "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have
  laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she
  did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you w
 eeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to H
 im\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\
 , and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and sai
 d to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "
 Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My 
 brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to
  My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I h
 ave seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things to her
 .\n\nEpistle Reading: Colossians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, when Christ who is our 
 life appears\, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death th
 erefore what is earthly in you: fornication\, impurity\, passion\, evil des
 ire\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath o
 f God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked\, w
 hen you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger\, wrath\, malice\, 
 slander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another\, seeing
  that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on th
 e new nature\, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its c
 reator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and uncircumcised\
 , barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, and in all.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:12-19\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered a villag
 e\, he was met by ten lepers\, who stood at a distance and lifted up their 
 voices and said:  "Jesus\, Master\, have mercy on us."  When he saw them he
  said to them\, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went t
 hey were cleansed.  Then one of them\, when he saw that he was healed\, tur
 ned back\, praising God with a loud voice\; and he fell on his face at Jesu
 s's feet\, giving him thanks.  Now he was a Samaritan.  Then said Jesus: "W
 ere not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?  Was no one found to return and g
 ive praise to God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Rise and go 
 your way\; your faith has made you well."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/17/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Holy Cross\; Sophia & her three daughters: Faith\, Hope\,
  and Love\; Herakleides & Myron\, Bishops of Cyprus\; Afterfeast of the Hol
 y Cross\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the wee
 k at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, which they h
 ad prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\, but when 
 they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were 
 perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel\;
  and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\, the men 
 said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here\,
  but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still in Galilee\, 
 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men\, and be
  crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His words and 
 returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the res
 t. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and th
 e other women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but these words see
 med to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose an
 d ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by th
 emselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Galatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, knowing that a man is not justified by w
 orks of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\, even we have believed i
 n Christ Jesus\, in order to be justified by faith in Christ\, and not by w
 orks of the law\, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. Bu
 t if\, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ\, we ourselves were found 
 to be sinners\, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I bui
 ld up again those things which I tore down\, then I prove myself a transgre
 ssor. For I through the law died to the law\, that I might live to God. I h
 ave been crucified with Christ\; it is no longer I who live\, but Christ wh
 o lives in me\; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
  Son of God\, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  8:34-38\; 9:1\nThe Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, let him
  deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save h
 is life will lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospe
 l's will save it. For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole world a
 nd forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For wh
 oever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generatio
 n\, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the glory
  of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say 
 to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they 
 see the kingdom of God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\; Zenia the Martyr\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come 
 to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfol
 d by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robb
 er\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
  gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep b
 y name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes be
 fore them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger 
 they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know t
 he voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not
  understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Trul
 y\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before 
 me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door
 \; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and 
 find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember you
 r leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome o
 f their lives\, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterda
 y and today and for ever.  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachi
 ngs\; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods
 \, which have not benefited their adherents.  We have an altar from which t
 hose who serve the tent have no right to eat.  For the bodies of those anim
 als whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacri
 fice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside t
 he gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.  Therefore l
 et us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For 
 here we have no lasting city\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Thro
 ugh him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, tha
 t is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do g
 ood and to share what you have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You a
 re the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men
  light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives lig
 ht to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may
  see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think
  not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not
  to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heav
 en and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law u
 ntil all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these c
 ommandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of he
 aven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the k
 ingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/06/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colos
 sae (Chonae)\; Holy Martyr Calodote\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the message declared by angel
 s was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribu
 tion\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was dec
 lared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to us by those who heard h
 im\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles 
 and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will. For 
 it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come\, of which we are
  speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What is man that thou art min
 dful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest for him? Thou didst make
  him for a little while lower than the angels\, thou hast crowned him with 
 glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in 
 putting everything in subjection to him\, he left nothing outside his contr
 ol. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we se
 e Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower than the angels\, crowned w
 ith glory and honor because of the suffering of death\, so that by the grac
 e of God he might taste death for every one. For it was fitting that he\, f
 or whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing many sons to glory\, sho
 uld make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears yo
 u hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me reje
 cts him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even
  the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw S
 atan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority t
 o tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\;
  and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the
  spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in he
 aven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank
  you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these thing
 s from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father
 \, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Po
 uplios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\; Christina the Martyr of Persia\; Ger
 ald\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 6:1-12
 \nIn the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, 
 high and lifted up\; and his train filled the temple.  Above him stood the 
 seraphim\; each had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and with two 
 he covered his feet\, and with two he flew.  And one called to another and 
 said: "Holy\, holy\, holy is the LORD of hosts\; the whole earth is full of
  his glory."  And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of h
 im who called\, and the house was filled with smoke.  And I said: "Woe is m
 e! For I am lost\; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the mids
 t of a people of unclean lips\; for my eyes have seen the King\, the LORD o
 f hosts!"  Then flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burni
 ng coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.  And he touched my mo
 uth\, and said: "Behold\, this has touched your lips\; your guilt is taken 
 away\, and your sin forgiven."  And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, 
 "Whom shall I send\, and who will go for us?" Then I said\, "Here am I! Sen
 d me."  And he said\, "Go\, and say to this people: 'Hear and hear\, but do
  not understand\; see and see\, but do not perceive.'  Make the heart of th
 is people fat\, and their ears heavy\, and shut their eyes\; lest they see 
 with their eyes\, and hear with their ears\, and understand with their hear
 ts\, and turn and be healed."  Then I said\, "How long\, O Lord?" And he sa
 id: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant\, and houses without men\, a
 nd the land is utterly desolate\, and the LORD removes men far away\, and t
 he forsaken places are many in the midst of the land."\n\nOld Testament Rea
 ding: Genesis 5:1-24\n This is the book of the generations of Adam. When Go
 d created man\, he made him in the likeness of God.  Male and female he cre
 ated them\, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. 
  When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years\, he became the father of a
  son in his own likeness\, after his image\, and named him Seth.  The days 
 of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years\; and h
 e had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days that Adam lived were nin
 e hundred and thirty years\; and he died.  \n\n When Seth had lived a hundr
 ed and five years\, he became the father of Enosh.  Seth lived after the bi
 rth of Enosh eight hundred and seven years\, and had other sons and daughte
 rs.  Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years\; and he 
 died.  \n\n When Enosh had lived ninety years\, he became the father of Ken
 an.  Enosh lived after the birth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years\,
  and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hu
 ndred and five years\; and he died.  \n\n When Kenan had lived seventy year
 s\, he became the father of Mahalalel.  Kenan lived after the birth of Maha
 lalel eight hundred and forty years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Th
 us all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years\; and he died.  \n
 \n When Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Jare
 d.  Mahalalel lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years
 \, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Mahalalel were e
 ight hundred and ninety-five years\; and he died.  \n\n When Jared had live
 d a hundred and sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch.  Jared lived
  after the birth of Enoch eight hundred years\, and had other sons and daug
 hters.  Thus all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years\; 
 and he died.  When Enoch had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father 
 of Methuselah.  Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three h
 undred years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enoc
 h were three hundred and sixty-five years.  Enoch walked with God\; and he 
 was not\, for God took him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:3-20\nThen
  do this\, my son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbo
 r's power: go\, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.  Give your eyes no sl
 eep and your eyelids no slumber\; save yourself like a gazelle from the hun
 ter\, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.\n\n  Go to the ant\, O slugg
 ard\; consider her ways\, and be wise.  Without having any chief\, officer 
 or ruler\, she prepares her food in summer\, and gathers her sustenance in 
 harvest.  How long will you lie there\, O sluggard? When will you arise fro
 m your sleep?  A little sleep\, a little slumber\, a little folding of the 
 hands to rest\, and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond\, and want l
 ike an armed man.  A worthless person\, a wicked man\, goes about with croo
 ked speech\, winks with his eyes\, scrapes with his feet\, points with his 
 finger\, with perverted heart devises evil\, continually sowing discord\; t
 herefore calamity will come upon him suddenly\; in a moment he will be brok
 en beyond healing.\n\n  There are six things which the LORD hates\, seven w
 hich are an abomination to him:  haughty eyes\, a lying tongue\, and hands 
 that shed innocent blood\, a heart that devises wicked plans\, feet that ma
 ke haste to run to evil\, a false witness who breathes out lies\, and a man
  who sows discord among brothers.  My son\, keep your father's commandment\
 , and forsake not your mother's teaching.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/06/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Canaanite\; Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantino
 ple\; Bucolus\, Bishop of Smyrna\; Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\
 ; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Ily
 an of Homs\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus re
 vealed himself to his disciples after  he was raised from the dead\, and he
  said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than  the
 se?" He said to him "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you."  He said to hi
 m\, "Feed my lambs."  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\,
  do you love me?"  He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you.
 "  He said to him\, "Tend my sheep."  He said to him the third time\, "Simo
 n\, son of John\, do you love me?"  Peter was grieved because he said to hi
 m the third time\, "Do you love me?"  And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know
  everything\; you know that I love you."  Jesus said to him\, "Feed my shee
 p.  Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yoursel
 f and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out 
 your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish 
 to go."  (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  And a
 fter this he said to him\, "Follow me."\n\nPeter turned and saw following t
 hem the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the
  supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?"  Whe
 n Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?"  Jesus s
 aid to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that t
 o you?  Follow me!"  So\, the word went out among the brethren that this di
 sciple would not die\; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die\,
  but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?
 "  This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who ha
 s written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true.  But there
  are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be 
 written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that 
 would be written.  Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-28\;8:1-2\nBrethr
 en\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\, holy\, blamele
 ss\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He ha
 s no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for
  his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did this once for all w
 hen he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men in their weakness
  as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came later than the law
 \, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now the point in wha
 t we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one who is seated at 
 the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the s
 anctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 15:21-28\nAt that time\, Jesus went to the district
  of Tyre and Sidon. And behold\, a Canaanite woman from that region came ou
 t and cried\, "Have mercy on me\, O Lord\, Son of David\; my daughter is se
 verely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her a word. And his dis
 ciples came and begged him\, saying\,  "Send her away\, for she is crying a
 fter us." He answered\,  "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of
  Israel." But she came and knelt before him\, saying\,  "Lord\, help me." A
 nd he answered\,  "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it
  to the dogs." She said\,  "Yes\, Lord\, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs t
 hat fall from their master's table." Then Jesus answered her\,  "O woman\, 
 great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter wa
 s healed instantly.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Pentecost\; Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\; Kal
 liope the Martyr\; Melania the Righteous\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Con
 stantinople\; Theophanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nMatins Gospel 
 Reading: John 20:19-23\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the w
 eek\, the doors being shut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear of 
 the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be wit
 h you." When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. Then
  the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\,
  "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." And w
 hen he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, "Receive th
 e Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you 
 retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 2:1-1
 1\nWHEN THE DAY of Pentecost had come\, they were all together in one place
 . And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind\, an
 d it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to th
 em tongues as of fire\, distributed and resting on each one of them. And th
 ey were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues
 \, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem 
 Jews\, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the mul
 titude came together\, and they were bewildered\, because each one heard th
 em speaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered\, saying
 \, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hea
 r\, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites
  and residents of Mesopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, Pontos and Asia\, Ph
 rygia and Pamphylia\, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene\, an
 d visitors from Rome\, both Jews and proselytes\, Cretans and Arabians\, we
  hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." \n\nGospel 
 Reading: John 7:37-52\; 8:12\nOn the last day of the feast\, the great day\
 , Jesus stood up and proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, let him come to me a
 nd drink. He who believes in me\, as the scripture has said\, 'Out of his h
 eart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit
 \, which those who believed in him were to receive\; for as yet the Spirit 
 had not been given\, because Jesus was not yet glorified.\n\nWhen they hear
 d these words\, some of the people said\, "This is really the prophet." Oth
 ers said\, "This is the Christ." But some said\, "Is the Christ to come fro
 m Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from Dav
 id\, and comes from Bethlehem\, the village where David was?" So there was 
 a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him\, b
 ut no one laid hands on him.\n\nThe officers then went back to the chief pr
 iests and Pharisees\, who said to them\, "Why did you not bring him?" The o
 fficers answered\, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answere
 d them\, "Are you led astray\, you also? Have any of the authorities or of 
 the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd\, who do not know the law\, a
 re accursed." Nikodemos\, who had gone to him before\, and who was one of t
 hem\, said to them\, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a h
 earing and learning what he does?" They replied\, "Are you from Galilee too
 ? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again J
 esus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\; he who follows
  me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/01/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\; Constantine the New Martyr of
  Cyprus\; Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\; Germanus\, Bishop of t
 he Isle of Man\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 12:27-31\;13:1-8\nBrethren
 \, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has 
 appointed in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\,
  then workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speak
 ers in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are
  all teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do
  all speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the highe
 r gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in th
 e tongues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a
  clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all myst
 eries and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountai
 ns\, but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if 
 I deliver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love i
 s patient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant o
 r rude. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resent
 ful\; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears 
 all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. L
 ove never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus
  called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean sp
 irits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  
 These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentile
 s\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep o
 f the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of hea
 ven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast ou
 t demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Friday\; Holy Father John the Righteous\, disciple of St. Gregory
  of Decapolis\; Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia\; Cosmas\, Bishop of C
 alcydon\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Athanasia the Wonderworker of Aeg
 ina\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 5:6-8\n BRETHREN\, a l
 ittle leaven leavens the whole lump. Cleanse out the old leaven that you ma
 y be a new lump\, as you really are unleavened. For Christ\, our paschal la
 mb\, has been sacrificed. Let us\, therefore\, celebrate the festival\, not
  with the old leaven\, the leaven of malice and evil\, but with the unleave
 ned bread of sincerity and truth. (Galatians 3.13-14) Christ redeemed us fr
 om the curse of the law\, having become a curse for us - for it is written\
 , "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree" - that in Christ Jesus the bless
 ing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles\, that we might receive the pro
 mise of the Spirit through faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn t
 he next day\, that is\, after the day of Preparation\, the chief priests an
 d the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, "Sir\, we remember how th
 at impostor said\, while he was still alive\, 'After three days I will rise
  again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made secure until the third da
 y\, lest his disciples go and steal him away\, and tell the people\, 'He ha
 s risen from the dead\,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." 
 Pilate said to them\, "You have a guard of soldiers\; go\, make it as secur
 e as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the st
 one and setting a guard.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monday of the Holy Spirit\; Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\; Triphyllos 
 the Bishop of Nicosia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBr
 ethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all 
 that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the
  Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expos
 e them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secre
 t\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anyt
 hing that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleep
 er\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look caref
 ully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of
  the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but un
 derstand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for
  that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one anothe
 r in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to th
 e Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord s
 aid\, "See that you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell yo
 u that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in
  heaven. For the Son of man came to save the lost. What do you think? If a 
 man has a hundred sheep\, and one of them has gone astray\, does he not lea
 ve the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astra
 y? And if he finds it\, truly\, I say to you\, he rejoices over it more tha
 n over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of you
 r Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.\n\n"
 If your brother sins against you\, go and tell him his fault\, between you 
 and him alone. If he listens to you\, you have gained your brother. But if 
 he does not listen\, take one or two others along with you\, that every wor
 d may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses
  to listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if he refuses to listen ev
 en to the church\, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Trul
 y\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, an
 d whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you
 \, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, it will be done f
 or them by my Father in heaven\, for where two or three are gathered in my 
 name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Wednesday after Pascha\; Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\
 ; Holy New Martyrs Demetrius and Paul of Tripoli\; John-Vladimir\, Ruler of
  Serbia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 8:18-25
 \nIn those days\, when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the layi
 ng on of the apostles' hands\, he offered them money\, saying\, "Give me al
 so this power\, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Sp
 irit." But Peter said to him\, "Your silver perish with you\, because you t
 hought you could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part n
 or lot in this matter\, for your heart is not right before God. Repent ther
 efore of this wickedness of yours\, and pray to the Lord that\, if possible
 \, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in 
 the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity." And Simon answered\, "
 Pray for me to the Lord\, that nothing of what you have said may come upon 
 me."\n\nNow when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord\, they 
 returned to Jerusalem\, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samari
 tans.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:35-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believ
 ed in him: "I am the bread of life\; he who comes to me shall not hunger\, 
 and he who believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you ha
 ve seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come t
 o me\; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down fr
 om heaven\, not to do my own will\, but the will of him who sent me\; and t
 his is the will of him who sent me\, that I should lose nothing of all that
  he has given me\, but raise it up at the last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/07/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Matthew\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord 
 and Savior Jesus Christ\; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\; Our Holy Fat
 her Nicanorus the Wonderworker\; Theodosius the New\; Joseph Gerontogiannis
  of Lithines Sitia\; Sozon of Nicomedea\; The Holy Ten Thousand Ascetics of
  Thebes\; Narcissus the Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood
  weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the to
 mb\; and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus had 
 lain\, one at the head and one at the feet.  They said to her\, "Woman\, wh
 y are you weeping?"  She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lo
 rd\, and I do not know where they have laid Him."  Saying this\, she turned
  round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus.  Je
 sus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?"  Supposi
 ng Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Hi
 m away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away."  Jesu
 s said to her\, "Mary."  She turned and said to him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni!" 
 (which means Teacher).  Jesus said to her\, "Do not hold me\, for I have no
 t yet ascended to the Father\; but go to my brethren and say to them\, I am
  ascending to my Father and your Father\, to my God and your God."  Mary Ma
 gdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord"\; and she t
 old them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corint
 hians 1:10-17\nBrethren\, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Chr
 ist\, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you\, bu
 t that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has bee
 n reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you\, my 
 brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says\, "I belong to Paul\," o
 r "I belong to Apollos\," or "I belong to Cephas\," or "I belong to Christ.
 " Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in th
 e name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and 
 Gaius\; lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did b
 aptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that\, I do not know whether
  I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to pre
 ach the gospel\, and not with eloquent wisdom\, lest the cross of Christ be
  emptied of its power.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:14-22\nAt that time\, 
 Jesus saw a great throng\; and he had compassion on them\, and healed their
  sick. When it was evening\, the disciples came to him and said\, "This is 
 a lonely place\, and the day is now over\; send the crowds away to go into 
 the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said\, "They need not go a
 way\; you give them something to eat." They said to him\, "We have only fiv
 e loaves here and two fish." And he said\, "Bring them here to me." Then he
  ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass\; and taking the five loaves a
 nd the two fish he looked up to heaven\, and blessed\, and broke and gave t
 he loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took
  up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate w
 ere about five thousand men\, besides women and children. Then he made the 
 disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, while he 
 dismissed the crowds.\n\n
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 sts: Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch\; Matrona the Righteous of Chios\
 ; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; Andronicus the Righteous Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\
 n\nEpistle Reading: II Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the 
 grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many
  witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. S
 hare in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service 
 gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one w
 ho enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to 
 the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share o
 f the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understand
 ing in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descend
 ed from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffer
 ing and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettere
 d. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also
  may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Luke 9:44-50\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Let these words sink 
 into your ears\; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of me
 n." But they did not understand this saying\, and it was concealed from the
 m\, that they should not perceive it\; and they were afraid to ask him abou
 t this saying. And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the
  greatest. But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts\, he took a
  child and put him by his side\, and said to them\, "Whoever receives this 
 child in my name receives me\, and whoever receives me receives him who sen
 t me\; for he who is least among you all is the one who is great." John ans
 wered\, "Master\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we for
 bade him\, because he does not follow with us." But Jesus said to him\, "Do
  not forbid him\; for he that is not against you is for you."\n\n
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 sts: 7th Sunday of Luke\; Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus\; Matrona\,
  Abbess of Constantinople\; Theoktisti of the Isle of Lesbos\; Nektarius th
 e Wonderworker\, Metropolitan of Pentapolis\; Symeon the Translator\n\nMati
 ns Gospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to 
 the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter
 \, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\,
  "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs."
  A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He 
 said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Te
 nd my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you
  love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do yo
 u love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know tha
 t I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to
  you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would
 \; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another wil
 l gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to sho
 w by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Fo
 llow me." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved
 \, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, wh
 o is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus
 \, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that
  he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying sprea
 d abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus d
 id not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he 
 remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bea
 ring witness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we kn
 ow that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which J
 esus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world 
 itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18\nBrethren\, see with wh
 at large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want
  to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcise
 d\, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Chri
 st. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law\
 , but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh
 . But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Chri
 st\, by which the world has been crucified to me\, and I to the world. For 
 neither circumcision counts for anything\, nor uncircumcision\, but a new c
 reation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule\, upon the Israe
 l of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me\; for I bear on my body the mark
 s of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit\, brethr
 en. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\nAt that time\, there came to Jes
 us a man named Jairus\, who was a ruler of the synagogue\; and falling at J
 esus' feet he besought him to come to his house\, for he had an only daught
 er\, about twelve years of age\, and she was dying. As he went\, the people
  pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve year
 s and had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by a
 nyone\, came up behind him\, and touched the fringe of his garment\; and im
 mediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said\, "Who was it that touch
 ed me?" When all denied it\, Peter and those who were with him said\, "Mast
 er\, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" But Jesus said\, "Som
 e one touched me\; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me." And w
 hen the woman saw that she was not hidden\, she came trembling\, and fallin
 g down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had to
 uched him\, and how she had been immediately healed. And he said to her\, "
 Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace." While he was still 
 speaking\, a man from the ruler's house came and said\, "Your daughter is d
 ead\; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on hearing this answe
 red him\, "Do not fear\; only believe\, and she shall be well." And when he
  came to the house\, he permitted no one to enter with him\, except Peter a
 nd John and James\, and the father and mother of the child. And all were we
 eping and bewailing her\; but he said\, "Do not weep\; for she is not dead 
 but sleeping." And they laughed at him\, knowing that she was dead. But tak
 ing her by the hand he called\, saying\, "Child\, arise." And her spirit re
 turned\, and she got up at once\; and he directed that something should be 
 given her to eat. And her parents were amazed\; but he charged them to tell
  no one what had happened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenophon & his Companions\; Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 3:9-17\nBrethren\, we are God's fell
 ow workers\; you are God's field\, God's building. According to the grace o
 f God given to me\, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation\, and
  another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon
  it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid\, whic
 h is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold\, silv
 er\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, straw - each man's work will become man
 ifest\; for the Day will disclose it\, because it will be revealed with fir
 e\, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work
  which any man has built on the foundation survives\, he will receive a rew
 ard. If any man's work is burned up\, he will suffer loss\, though he himse
 lf will be saved\, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are G
 od's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's 
 temple\, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy\, and that temple y
 ou are.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:2-14\nThe Lord said this parable\, "T
 he kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast fo
 r his son\, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the mar
 riage feast\; but they would not come. Again he sent other servants\, sayin
 g\, 'Tell those who are invited\, Behold\, I have made ready my dinner\, my
  oxen and my fat calves are killed\, and everything is ready\; come to the 
 marriage feast.' But they made light of it and went off\, one to his farm\,
  another to his business\, while the rest seized his servants\, treated the
 m shamefully\, and killed them. The king was angry\, and he sent his troops
  and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his s
 ervants\, 'The wedding is ready\, but those invited were not worthy. Go the
 refore to the thoroughfares\, and invite to the marriage feast as many as y
 ou find.' And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all who
 m they found\, both bad and good\; so the wedding hall was filled with gues
 ts.\n\n  But when the king came in to look at the guests\, he saw there a m
 an who had no wedding garment\; and he said to him\, 'Friend\, how did you 
 get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. Then the kin
 g said to the attendants\, 'Bind him hand and foot\, and cast him into the 
 outer darkness\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.' For many are c
 alled\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/27/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Thursday after Pentecost\; Samson the Hospitable\; Joanna the Myrr
 hbearer\; Anektos the Martyr\; Luke the Hermit\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Romans 1:28-32\;2:1-9\nBrethren\, since the ungodly did not see fit to
  acknowledge God\, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.
  They were filled with all manner of wickedness\, evil\, covetousness\, mal
 ice. Full of envy\, murder\, strife\, deceit\, malignity\, they are gossips
 \, slanderers\, haters of God\, insolent\, haughty\, boastful\, inventors o
 f evil\, disobedient to parents\, foolish\, faithless\, heartless\, ruthles
 s. Though they know God's decree that those who do such things deserve to d
 ie\, they not only do them but approve those who practice them. Therefore y
 ou have no excuse\, O man\, whoever you are\, when you judge another\; for 
 in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself\, because you\, the judge
 \, are doing the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly
  falls upon those who do such things. Do you suppose\, O man\, that when yo
 u judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself\, you will escape
  the judgment of God? Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and
  forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to 
 lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are stori
 ng up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment 
 will be revealed. For he will render to every man according to his works\; 
 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immorta
 lity\, he will give eternal life\; but for those who are factious and do no
 t obey the truth\, but obey wickedness\, there will be wrath and fury. Ther
 e will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil\, th
 e Jew first and also the Greek.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:27-32\nThe Lor
 d said\, "You have heard that it was said\, 'You shall not commit adultery.
 ' But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has alread
 y committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to
  sin\, pluck it out and throw it away\; it is better that you lose one of y
 our members than that your whole body be thrown into Gehenna. And if your r
 ight hand causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it away\; it is better t
 hat you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into Gehenna.
  It was also said\, 'Whoever divorces his wife\, let him give her a certifi
 cate of divorce.' But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife\, e
 xcept on the ground of unchastity\, makes her an adulteress\; and whoever m
 arries a divorced woman commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete\; Holy 
 Father John the Righteous\, disciple of St. Gregory of Decapolis\; Euthemio
 s the Enlightener of Karelia\; Cosmas\, Bishop of Calcydon\; John the New M
 artyr of Epiros\; Athanasia the Wonderworker of Aegina\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 42:5-16\nThus says God\, th
 e LORD\, who created the heavens and stretched them out\, who spread forth 
 the earth and what comes from it\, who gives breath to the people upon it a
 nd spirit to those who walk in it:  "I am the LORD\, I have called you in r
 ighteousness\, I have taken you by the hand and kept you\; I have given you
  as a covenant to the people\, a light to the nations\, to open the eyes th
 at are blind\, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon\, from the priso
 n those who sit in darkness.  I am the LORD\, that is my name\; my glory I 
 give to no other\, nor my praise to graven images.  Behold\, the former thi
 ngs have come to pass\, and new things I now declare\; before they spring f
 orth I tell you of them." \n\n  Sing to the LORD a new song\, his praise fr
 om the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it\, the coast
 lands and their inhabitants.  Let the desert and its cities lift up their v
 oice\, the villages that Kedar inhabits\; let the inhabitants of Sela sing 
 for joy\, let them shout from the top of the mountains.  Let them give glor
 y to the LORD\, and declare his praise in the coastlands.  The LORD goes fo
 rth like a mighty man\, like a man of war he stirs up his fury\; he cries o
 ut\, he shouts aloud\, he shows himself mighty against his foes. \n\n  For 
 a long time I have held my peace\, I have kept still and restrained myself\
 ; now I will cry out like a woman in travail\, I will gasp and pant.  I wil
 l lay waste mountains and hills\, and dry up all their herbage\; I will tur
 n the rivers into islands\, and dry up the pools.  And I will lead the blin
 d in a way that they know not\, in paths that they have not known I will gu
 ide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light\, the rough place
 s into level ground. These are the things I will do\, and I will not forsak
 e them.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 18:20-33\n Then the LORD said\, "
 Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is ver
 y grave\, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according
  to the outcry which has come to me\; and if not\, I will know."  So the me
 n turned from there\, and went toward Sodom\; but Abraham still stood befor
 e the LORD.  Then Abraham drew near\, and said\, "Wilt thou indeed destroy 
 the righteous with the wicked?  Suppose there are fifty righteous within th
 e city\; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty ri
 ghteous who are in it?  Far be it from thee to do such a thing\, to slay th
 e righteous with the wicked\, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far
  be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"  And th
 e LORD said\, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city\, I will spar
 e the whole place for their sake."  Abraham answered\, "Behold\, I have tak
 en upon myself to speak to the Lord\, I who am but dust and ashes.  Suppose
  five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city 
 for lack of five?" And he said\, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-fiv
 e there."  Again he spoke to him\, and said\, "Suppose forty are found ther
 e." He answered\, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."  Then he said\,
  "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found
  there." He answered\, "I will not do it\, if I find thirty there."  He sai
 d\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty
  are found there." He answered\, "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy
  it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\, and I will speak agai
 n but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered\, "For the sake 
 of ten I will not destroy it."  And the LORD went his way\, when he had fin
 ished speaking to Abraham\; and Abraham returned to his place.\n\nOld Testa
 ment Reading: Proverbs 16:17-17:17\nThe highway of the upright turns aside 
 from evil\; he who guards his way preserves his life.  Pride goes before de
 struction\, and a haughty spirit before a fall.  It is better to be of a lo
 wly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.  He who g
 ives heed to the word will prosper\, and happy is he who trusts in the LORD
 .  The wise of heart is called a man of discernment\, and pleasant speech i
 ncreases persuasiveness.  Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it\, 
 but folly is the chastisement of fools.  The mind of the wise makes his spe
 ech judicious\, and adds persuasiveness to his lips.  Pleasant words are li
 ke a honeycomb\, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.  There is a 
 way which seems right to a man\, but its end is the way to death.  A worker
 's appetite works for him\; his mouth urges him on.  A worthless man plots 
 evil\, and his speech is like a scorching fire.  A perverse man spreads str
 ife\, and a whisperer separates close friends.  A man of violence entices h
 is neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.  He who winks his eyes
  plans perverse things\, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.  A
  hoary head is a crown of glory\; it is gained in a righteous life.  He who
  is slow to anger is better than the mighty\, and he who rules his spirit t
 han he who takes a city.  The lot is cast into the lap\, but the decision i
 s wholly from the LORD.\n\n  Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house
  full of feasting with strife.  A slave who deals wisely will rule over a s
 on who acts shamefully\, and will share the inheritance as one of the broth
 ers.  The crucible is for silver\, and the furnace is for gold\, and the LO
 RD tries hearts.  An evildoer listens to wicked lips\; and a liar gives hee
 d to a mischievous tongue.  He who mocks the poor insults his Maker\; he wh
 o is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.  Grandchildren are the crown 
 of the aged\, and the glory of sons is their fathers.  Fine speech is not b
 ecoming to a fool\; still less is false speech to a prince.  A bribe is lik
 e a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it\; wherever he turns he pros
 pers.  He who forgives an offense seeks love\, but he who repeats a matter 
 alienates a friend.  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than 
 a hundred blows into a fool.  An evil man seeks only rebellion\, and a crue
 l messenger will be sent against him.  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of 
 her cubs\, rather than a fool in his folly.  If a man returns evil for good
 \, evil will not depart from his house.  The beginning of strife is like le
 tting out water\; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.  He who justifies 
 the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination 
 to the LORD.  Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom\, wh
 en he has no mind?  A friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born for
  adversity.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\; Peter\, Archbishop of Alexand
 ria\; Hermogenes\, the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in
 to the Temple\; Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Philippians 3:20-21\;4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is 
 in heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who wil
 l change our lowly body to be like his glorious body\, by the power which e
 nables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\
 , whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord
 \, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lor
 d.  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, help these women\, for they have
  labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the r
 est of my fellow workers\, whose names are in the book of life. \n\nGospel 
 Reading: Luke 19:12-28\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A nobleman went into 
 a far country to receive a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his serv
 ants\, he gave them ten pounds\, and said to them\, 'Trade with these till 
 I come.' But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him\, saying\
 , 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' When he returned\, having rec
 eived the kingdom\, he commanded these servants\, to whom he had given the 
 money\, to be called to him\, that he might know what they had gained by tr
 ading. The first came before him\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made ten
  pounds more.' And he said to him\, 'Well done\, good servant! Because you 
 have been faithful in a very little\, you shall have authority over ten cit
 ies.' And the second came\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made five pound
 s.' And he said to him\, 'And you are to be over five cities.' Then another
  came\, saying\, 'Lord\, here is your pound\, which I kept laid away in a n
 apkin\; for I was afraid of you\, because you are a severe man\; you take u
 p what you did not lay down\, and reap what you did not sow.' He said to hi
 m\, 'I will condemn you out of your own mouth\, you wicked servant! You kne
 w that I was a severe man\, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping w
 hat I did not sow? Why then did you not put my money into the bank\, and at
  my coming I should have collected it with interest?' And he said to those 
 who stood by\, 'Take the pound from him\, and give it to him who has the te
 n pounds.' (And they said to him\, 'Lord\, he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you
 \, that to every one who has will more be given\; but from him who has not\
 , even what he has will be taken away. But as for these enemies of mine\, w
 ho did not want me to reign over them\, bring them here and slay them befor
 e me.'" And when he had said this\, he went on ahead\, going up to Jerusale
 m.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/11/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Matthew\; Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Catania
 \; Our Holy Father Niphonus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Commemoration o
 f St. Spyridon's Miracle in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\; Af
 terfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Blane
 \, Bishop of Bute\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readi
 ng: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to the
  tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been tak
 en away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other d
 isciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken th
 e Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Pete
 r then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. Th
 ey both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb firs
 t\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he 
 did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the to
 mb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on His h
 ead\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itself.
  Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and 
 he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that He 
 must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Romans 15:1-7\nBrethren\, we who are strong ought to bear wi
 th the failings of the weak\, and not to please ourselves\; let each of us 
 please his neighbor for his good\, to edify him. For Christ did not please 
 himself\; but\, as it is written\, "The reproaches of those who reproached 
 thee fell on me." For whatever was written in former days was written for o
 ur instruction\, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scri
 ptures we might have hope. May the God of steadfastness and encouragement g
 rant you to live in such harmony with one another\, in accord with Christ J
 esus\, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of o
 ur Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another\, therefore\, as Christ has welco
 med you\, for the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:27-35\nAt that
  time\, as Jesus passed by\, two blind men followed him\, crying aloud\, "H
 ave mercy on us\, Son of David." When he entered the house\, the blind men 
 came to him\; and Jesus said to them\, "Do you believe that I am able to do
  this?" They said to him\, "Yes\, Lord." Then he touched their eyes\, sayin
 g\, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes were opened
 . And Jesus sternly charged them\, "See that no one knows it." But they wen
 t away and spread his fame through all that district.\n\nAs they were going
  away\, behold\, a dumb demoniac was brought to him. And when the demon had
  been cast out\, the dumb man spoke\; and the crowds marveled\, saying\, "N
 ever was anything like this seen in Israel." But the Pharisees said\, "He c
 asts out demons by the prince of demons."\n\nAnd Jesus went about all the c
 ities and villages\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel 
 of the kingdom\, and healing every disease and every infirmity among the pe
 ople.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus\; Cosmas the Hagio
 polite\; Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\; Righteous Paraskeve of
  Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 4:14-17\nBrethren\, we may no longer 
 be children\, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctri
 ne\, by the cunning of men\, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles. Rather
 \, speaking the truth in love\, we are to grow up in every way into him who
  is the head\, into Christ\, from whom the whole body\, joined and knit tog
 ether by every joint with which it is supplied\, when each part is working 
 properly\, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love. Now this I affi
 rm and testify in the Lord\, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles d
 o\, in the futility of their minds.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:7-11\nAt that
  time\, Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Jesus\, and he was
  perplexed\, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the
  dead\, by some that Elijah had appeared\, and by others that one of the ol
 d prophets had risen. Herod said\, "John I beheaded\; but who is this about
  whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him. On their return the ap
 ostles told him what they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to 
 a city called Bethsaida. When the crowds learned it\, they followed him\; a
 nd he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God\, and cured tho
 se who had need of healing.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\; Lydia of Philip
 pi\, Equal to the Apostles\; Mark the Hermit\; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan
  of Moscow\; John\, Joseph\, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Acts 6:8-15\;7:1-5\,47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and
  power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those w
 ho belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of th
 e Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\
 , arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom 
 and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who
  said\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." 
 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they ca
 me upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up 
 false witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against th
 is holy place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Na
 zareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses de
 livered to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his
  face was like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this
  so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory a
 ppeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he live
 d in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred
  and go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the lan
 d of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God re
 moved him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he ga
 ve him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to gi
 ve it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had n
 o child.\n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most Hig
 h does not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven 
 is my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, s
 ays the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all th
 ese things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\
 , you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which
  of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who 
 announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now be
 trayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and d
 id not keep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, an
 d they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, g
 azed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right
  hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the S
 on of man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a lou
 d voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast
  him out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their gar
 ments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Steph
 en\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cr
 ied with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And whe
 n he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:46-54\nAt th
 at time\, there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus
  had come from Judea to Galilee\, he went and begged him to come down and h
 eal his son\, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him
 \, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official sa
 id to him\, "Sir\, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him\, "Go
 \; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him a
 nd went his way. As he was going down\, his servants met him and told him t
 hat his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend\, a
 nd they said to him\, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." T
 he father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him\, "Your son wil
 l live"\; and he himself believed\, and all his household. This was now the
  second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/19/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\; Holy Martyrs Timot
 hy\, Agapius and Thecla\; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\; Af
 terfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virg
 in Mary\; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nEpistle Reading: I Cori
 nthians 11:31-34\;12:1-6\nBrethren\, if we judged ourselves truly\, we shou
 ld not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so 
 that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then\, my brethren\, 
 when you come together to eat\, wait for one another - if any one is hungry
 \, let him eat at home - lest you come together to be condemned. About the 
 other things I will give directions when I come. Now concerning the spiritu
 al gifts\, brethren\, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that whe
 n you were heathen\, you were led astray to dumb idols\, however you may ha
 ve been moved. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by t
 he Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is 
 Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts\, but the
  same spirit\; and there are varieties of service\, but the same Lord\; and
  there are varieties of working\, but it is the same God who inspires them 
 all in every one.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:1-11\nAt that time\, the di
 sciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of hea
 ven?" And calling to him a child\, he put him in the midst of them and said
 \, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you w
 ill never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this ch
 ild\, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Whoever receives one
  such child in my name receives me\; but whoever causes one of these little
  ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him to have a great
  millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the se
 a.\n\n"Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that te
 mptations come\, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! And if yo
 ur hand or your foot causes you to sin\, cut it off and throw it away\; it 
 is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two f
 eet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin\,
  pluck it out and throw it away\; it is better for you to enter life with o
 ne eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.\n\n"See th
 at you do not despise one of these little ones\; for I tell you that in hea
 ven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. For 
 the Son of man came to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\; Savinos the Bishop of Catania\; Barsus 
 the Confessor\; Euthymios the New\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22\;3:
 1-7\nBrethren\, you are no longer strangers and sojourners\, but you are fe
 llow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God\, built u
 pon the foundation of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself bein
 g the cornerstone\, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grow
 s into a holy temple in the Lord in whom you also are built into it for a d
 welling place of God in the Spirit. For this reason I\, Paul\, a prisoner f
 or Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -- assuming that you have heard o
 f the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you\, how the mys
 tery was made known to me by revelation\, as I have written briefly. When y
 ou read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ\, which
  was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now b
 een revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit\; that is\, ho
 w the Gentiles are fellow heirs\, members of the same body\, and partakers 
 of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this gospel I was mad
 e a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the
  working of his power.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:23-27\nThe Lord said to hi
 s disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and ta
 ke up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will l
 ose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake\, he will save it. For what
  does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits him
 self? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words\, of him will the Son of
  man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and 
 of the holy angels. But I tell you truly\, there are some standing here who
  will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George the Righteous of Maleon\; Righteous Plato the Studite\; Theonas
 \, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Renovator of the Sacred Monaste
 ry of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkidiki\; Nicetas the Hieromart
 yr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\; Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki
 \; Righteous Zosimas\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:11-
 17\nThus says the LORD\, the Holy One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will you 
 question me about my children\, or command me concerning the work of my han
 ds?  I made the earth\, and created man upon it\; it was my hands that stre
 tched out the heavens\, and I commanded all their host.  I have aroused him
  in righteousness\, and I will make straight all his ways\; he shall build 
 my city and set my exiles free\, not for price or reward\," says the LORD o
 f hosts.  \n\n Thus says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise
  of Ethiopia\, and the Sabeans\, men of stature\, shall come over to you an
 d be yours\, they shall follow you\; they shall come over in chains and bow
  down to you. They will make supplication to you\, saying: 'God is with you
  only\, and there is no other\, no god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art a G
 od who hidest thyself\, O God of Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are put 
 to shame and confounded\, the makers of idols go in confusion together.  Bu
 t Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation\; you shall not be
  put to shame or confounded to all eternity.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Gene
 sis 22:1-18\n After these things God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Ab
 raham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Take your son\, your only so
 n Isaac\, whom you love\, and go to the land of Moriah\, and offer him ther
 e as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
   So Abraham rose early in the morning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of 
 his young men with him\, and his son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the bu
 rnt offering\, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.  
 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Th
 en Abraham said to his young men\, "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad 
 will go yonder and worship\, and come again to you."  And Abraham took the 
 wood of the burnt offering\, and laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in 
 his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.  And I
 saac said to his father Abraham\, "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, m
 y son." He said\, "Behold\, the fire and the wood\; but where is the lamb f
 or a burnt offering?"  Abraham said\, "God will provide himself the lamb fo
 r a burnt offering\, my son." So they went both of them together.  \n\n Whe
 n they came to the place of which God had told him\, Abraham built an altar
  there\, and laid the wood in order\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid hi
 m on the altar\, upon the wood.  Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took
  the knife to slay his son.  But the angel of the LORD called to him from h
 eaven\, and said\, "Abraham\, Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said
 \, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him\; for now I know 
 that you fear God\, seeing you have not withheld your son\, your only son\,
  from me."  And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind
  him was a ram\, caught in a thicket by his horns\; and Abraham went and to
 ok the ram\, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So 
 Abraham called the name of that place The LORD will provide\; as it is said
  to this day\, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."  And the an
 gel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven\, and said\, "B
 y myself I have sworn\, says the LORD\, because you have done this\, and ha
 ve not withheld your son\, your only son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I 
 will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which
  is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their e
 nemies\, and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless t
 hemselves\, because you have obeyed my voice."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Pr
 overbs 17:17-18:5\nA friend loves at all times\, and a brother is born for 
 adversity.  A man without sense gives a pledge\, and becomes surety in the 
 presence of his neighbor.  He who loves transgression loves strife\; he who
  makes his door high seeks destruction.  A man of crooked mind does not pro
 sper\, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.  A stupid son is
  a grief to a father\; and the father of a fool has no joy.  A cheerful hea
 rt is a good medicine\, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.  A wicked
  man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.  A man 
 of understanding sets his face toward wisdom\, but the eyes of a fool are o
 n the ends of the earth.  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitter
 ness to her who bore him.  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good\
 ; to flog noble men is wrong.  He who restrains his words has knowledge\, a
 nd he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.  Even a fool who kee
 ps silent is considered wise\; when he closes his lips\, he is deemed intel
 ligent.\n\n  He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all so
 und judgment.  A fool takes no pleasure in understanding\, but only in expr
 essing his opinion.  When wickedness comes\, contempt comes also\; and with
  dishonor comes disgrace.  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters\; the
  fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.  It is not good to be partial to a
  wicked man\, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.\n\n
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 sts: 10th Sunday of Luke\; Menas\, Hermogenes\, & Eugraphos\, Martyrs of Al
 exandria\; Thomas the Righteous of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to 
 the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\
 ; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day] two of th
 em were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\
 , and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. Whi
 le they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and 
 went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said 
 to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other 
 as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named 
 Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does no
 t know the things that have happened there in these days?" And He said to t
 hem\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\,
  who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, 
 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to de
 ath\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Isr
 ael. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happen
 ed. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb e
 arly in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came back saying t
 hat they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Som
 e of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the wom
 en had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish m
 en\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was no
 t it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into th
 is glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted t
 o them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So they drew ne
 ar to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further
 \, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward eve
 ning and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When H
 e was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, a
 nd gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; an
 d He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our he
 arts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to 
 us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\
 ; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\
 , who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then 
 they told what had happened on the road and how He was known to them in the
  breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 6:10-17\nBrethren\, b
 e strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.  Put on the whole ar
 mor of God\, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 
  For we are not contending against flesh and blood\, but against the princi
 palities\, against the powers\, against the world rulers of this present da
 rkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 
  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to withstand 
 in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand.  Stand\, therefore\, havi
 ng girded your loins with truth\, and having put on the breastplate of righ
 teousness\, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of p
 eace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of faith\, with which you can 
 quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And take the helmet of salva
 tion\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the word of God.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 13:10-17\nAt that time\, Jesus was teaching in one of the synag
 ogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity f
 or eighteen years\; she was bent over and could not fully straighten hersel
 f. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and said to her\, "Woman\, you ar
 e freed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her\, and immediat
 ely she was made straight\, and she praised God. But the ruler of the synag
 ogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath\, said to the peop
 le\, "There are six days on which work ought to be done\; come on those day
 s and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him\,
  "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his d
 onkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this wo
 man\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years\, be loosed
  from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this\, all his adversaries 
 were put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things 
 that were done by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Second Saturday of Lent\; Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\; Manuel
  the New Martyr of Crete\; Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bishop
  of Britain\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 
 3:12-16\nBRETHREN\, take care lest there be in any of you an evil\, unbelie
 ving heart\, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one a
 nother every day\, as long as it is called "today\," that none of you may b
 e hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we share in Christ\, if only we
  hold our first confidence firm to the end\, while it is said\, "Today\, wh
 en you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Who
  were they that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who lef
 t Egypt under the leadership of Moses? \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44\nAt
  that time\, Jesus went out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed. And Si
 mon and those who were with him pursued him\, and they found him and said t
 o him\, "Everyone is searching for you." And he said to them\, "Let us go o
 n to the next towns\, that I may preach there also\; for that is why I came
  out." And he went throughout all Galilee\, preaching in their synagogues a
 nd casting out demons. And a leper came to him beseeching him\, and kneelin
 g said to him\, "If you will\, you can make me clean." Moved with pity\, he
  stretched out his hand and touched him\, and said to him\, "I will\; be cl
 ean." And immediately the leprosy left him\, and he was made clean. And he 
 sternly charged him\, and sent him away at once\, and said to him\, "See th
 at you say nothing to any one\; but go\, show yourself to a priest\, and of
 fer for your cleansing what Moses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/15/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council\; Lucian the Martyr of Antioch\; 
 Savinos the Bishop of Catania\; Barsus the Confessor\; Euthymios the New\n\
 nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping ou
 tside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and sh
 e saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one 
 at the head and one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you we
 eping?" She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do
  not know where they have laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw
  Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her
 \, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the
  gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me
  where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "
 Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teach
 er. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to t
 he Father\; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Fa
 ther and your Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and sai
 d to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had
  said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Titus 3:8-15\nTitus\, my son
 \, the saying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these things\, so that th
 ose who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good dee
 ds\; these are excellent and profitable to men.  But avoid stupid controver
 sies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over the law\, for they are
  unprofitable and futile.  As for a man who is factious\, after admonishing
  him once or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\, knowing that such a
  person is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.\n\nWhen I send Arte
 mas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I ha
 ve decided to spend the winter there.  Do your best to speed Zenas the lawy
 er and Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothing.  And let our peop
 le learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent 
 need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greeting to yo
 u. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 8:5-15\nThe Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to
  sow his seed\; and as he sowed\, some fell along the path\, and was trodde
 n under foot\, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the r
 ock\; and as it grew up\, it withered away\, because it had no moisture. An
 d some fell among thorns\; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And s
 ome fell into good soil and grew\, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his
  disciples asked him what this parable meant\, he said\, "To you it has bee
 n given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God\; but for others they are
  in parables\, so that seeing they may not see\, and hearing they may not u
 nderstand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones a
 long the path are those who have heard\; then the devil comes and takes awa
 y the word from their hearts\, that they may not believe and be saved. And 
 the ones on the rock are those who\, when they hear the word\, receive it w
 ith joy\; but these have no root\, they believe for a while and in time of 
 temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns\, they are thos
 e who hear\, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and r
 iches and pleasures of life\, and their fruit does not mature. And as for t
 hat in the good soil\, they are those who\, hearing the word\, hold it fast
  in an honest and good heart\, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he 
 said these things\, he cried out "He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\; Finding the Precious Cross by St. H
 elen\; Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I John
  3:21-24\;4:1-11\nBeloved\, if our hearts do not condemn us\, we have confi
 dence before God\; and we receive from him whatever we ask\, because we kee
 p his commandments and do what pleases him.  And this is his commandment\, 
 that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one ano
 ther\, just as he has commanded us.  All who keep his commandments abide in
  him\, and he in them.  And by this we know that he abides in us\, by the S
 pirit which he has given us.\n\nBeloved\, do not believe every spirit\, but
  test the spirits to see whether they are of God\; for many false prophets 
 have gone out into the world.  By this you know the Spirit of God: every sp
 irit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God\, an
 d every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God.  This is the spi
 rit of antichrist\, of which you heard that it was coming\, and now it is i
 n the world already.  Little children\, you are of God\, and have overcome 
 them\; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.  They a
 re of the world\, therefore what they say is of the world\, and the world l
 istens to them.  We are of God.  Whoever knows God listens to us\, and he w
 ho is not of God does not listen to us.  By this we know the spirit of trut
 h and the spirit of error.\n\nBeloved\, let us love one another\; for love 
 is of God\, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not
  love does not know God\; for God is love.  In this the love of God was mad
 e manifest among us\, that God sent his only Son into the world\, so that w
 e might live through him.  In this is love\, not that we loved God but that
  he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.  Beloved\, 
 if God so loved us\, we also ought to love one another. \n\nGospel Reading:
  Mark 14:43-72\; 15:1\nAt that time\, while Jesus was speaking to the disci
 ples\, Judas Iscariot came\, one of the twelve\, and with him a crowd with 
 swords and clubs\, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.  
 Now the betrayer had given them a sign\, saying\, "The one I shall kiss is 
 the man\; seize him and lead him away under guard."  And when he came\, he 
 went up to him at once\, and said\, "Rabbi!"  And he kissed him.  And they 
 laid hands on him and seized him.  But one of those who stood by drew his s
 word\, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.  And Je
 sus said to them\, "Have you come out as against a robber\, with swords and
  clubs to capture me?  Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching\
 , and you did not seize me.  But let the scriptures be fulfilled."  And the
 y all forsook him\, and fled.  And a young man followed him\, with nothing 
 but a linen cloth about his body\; and they seized him\, but he left the li
 nen cloth and ran away naked.  And they led Jesus to the high priest\; and 
 all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.  And P
 eter had followed him at a distance\, right into the courtyard of the high 
 priest\; and he was sitting with the guards\, and warming himself at the fi
 re.  Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against J
 esus to put him to death\; but they found none.  For many bore false witnes
 s against him\, and their witness did not agree.  And some stood up and bor
 e false witness against him\, saying\, "We heard him say\, 'I will destroy 
 this temple that is made with hands\, and in three days I will build anothe
 r\, not made with hands.'"  Yet not even so did their testimony agree.  And
  the high priest stood up in the midst\, and asked Jesus\, "Have you no ans
 wer to make?  What is it that these men testify against you?"  But he was s
 ilent and made no answer.  Again the high priest asked him\, "Are you the C
 hrist\, the Son of the Blessed?"  And Jesus said\, "I am\; and you will see
  the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power\, and coming with the clo
 uds of heaven."  And the high priest tore his garments\, and said\, "Why do
  we still need witnesses?  You have heard his blasphemy.  What is your deci
 sion?"  And they all condemned him as deserving death.  And some began to s
 pit on him\, and to cover his face\, and to strike him\, saying to him\, "P
 rophesy!"  And the guards received him with blows.  And as Peter was below 
 in the courtyard\, one of the maids of the high priest came\; and seeing Pe
 ter warming himself\, she looked at him\, and said\, "You also were with th
 e Nazarene\, Jesus."  But he denied it\, saying\, "I neither know nor under
 stand what you mean."  And he went out into the gateway\, and the cock crow
 ed.  And the maid saw him\, and began again to say to the bystanders\, "Thi
 s man is one of them."  But again he denied it.  And after a little while a
 gain the bystanders said to Peter\, "Certainly you are one of them\; for yo
 u are a Galilean."  But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear\
 , "I do not know this man of whom you speak."  And immediately the cock cro
 wed a second time.  And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him\, "Befor
 e the cock crows twice\, you will deny me three times."  And he broke down 
 and wept.  And as soon as it was morning the chief priests\, with the elder
 s and scribes\, and the whole council held a consultation\; and they bound 
 Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/13/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Anthousa\, the Mother
  of John Chrysostom\; Damaskinos the New Martyr of Mount Athos\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said
  to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who d
 oes not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that
  man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepher
 d of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, an
 d he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought ou
 t all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they k
 now his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from hi
 m\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used wi
 th them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus 
 again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the s
 heep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did no
 t heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, a
 nd will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 7:26-2
 8\;8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest\
 , holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above the
  heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices d
 aily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did thi
 s once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men i
 n their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came la
 ter than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now 
 the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one w
 ho is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a m
 inister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but b
 y the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the doo
 r\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and
  find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came
  that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.
   The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling
  and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming an
 d leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them
 .  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am
  the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father knows
  me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I ha
 ve other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and t
 hey will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\; Our Righteous Father Joseph\; Ic
 on of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nB
 rethren\, recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you en
 dured a hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to
  abuse and affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
   For you had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the p
 lundering of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a bette
 r possession and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confiden
 ce\, which has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that yo
 u may do the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little w
 hile\, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous
  one shall live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-22\nAt that tim
 e\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tr
 ee by the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. 
 And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tr
 ee withered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "Ho
 w did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I sa
 y to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\, you will not only do what ha
 s been done to the fig tree\, but even if you say to this mountain\, 'Be ta
 ken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be done. And whatever you ask in pr
 ayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries\; Tabitha\, who wa
 s raised from the dead by Peter the Apostle\; Chrysaphios (or Chrysaphos) t
 he Martyr\; Martyr Chrysanthe\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter 
 to the Corinthians 1:8-11\nBrethren\, we do not want you to be ignorant of 
 the affliction we experienced in Asia\; for we were so utterly\, unbearably
  crushed that we despaired of life itself. Why\, we felt that we had receiv
 ed the sentence of death\; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves bu
 t on God who raises the dead\; he delivered us from so deadly a peril\, and
  he will deliver us\; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us a
 gain. You also must help us by prayer\, so that many will give thanks on ou
 r behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 7:1-10\nAt that time\, Jesus entered Capernaum. Now a centurio
 n had a slave who was dear to him\, who was sick and at the point of death.
  When he heard of Jesus\, he sent to him elders of the Jews\, asking him to
  come and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus\, they besought him e
 arnestly\, saying\, "He is worthy to have you do this for him\, for he love
 s our nation\, and he built us our synagogue." And Jesus went with them. Wh
 en he was not far from the house\, the centurion sent friends to him\, sayi
 ng to him\, "Lord\, do not trouble yourself\, for I am not worthy to have y
 ou come under my roof\; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say
  the word\, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man set under authorit
 y\, with soldiers under me: and I say to one\, 'Go\,' and he goes\; and to 
 another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\; and to my slave\, 'Do this\,' and he does
  it." When Jesus heard this he marveled at him\, and turned and said to the
  multitude that followed him\, "I tell you\, not even in Israel have I foun
 d such faith." And when those who had been sent returned to the house\, the
 y found the slave well.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/06/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Saturday of Lent\; Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; 120
  Martyrs of Persia\; Gregory of Sinai\; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nFast
  Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\
 , recall the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a 
 hard struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse a
 nd affliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For yo
 u had compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plunderin
 g of your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better posses
 sion and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, whi
 ch has a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do
  the will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, a
 nd the coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one sha
 ll live by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\nAt that time\, as Jesus
  passed on\, he saw Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax office\, an
 d he said to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat
  at table in his house\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with 
 Jesus and his disciples\; for there were many who followed him. And the scr
 ibes of the Pharisees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and t
 ax collectors\, said to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax collector
 s and sinners?" And when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those who are 
 well have no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came not to c
 all the righteous\, but sinners."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\; Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\; Gregory of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\; Ars
 enios of Rhaxos\; James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: II Corinthians 8:1-5\nBrethren\, I want you
  to know about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Mac
 edonia\, for in a severe test of affliction\, their abundance of joy and th
 eir extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part
 . For they gave according to their means\, as I can testify\, and beyond th
 eir means\, of their own free will\, begging us earnestly for the favor of 
 taking part in the relief of the saints - and this\, not as we expected\, b
 ut first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I
  have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over a
 ll the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not
  rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that y
 our names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy
  Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that 
 you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed t
 hem to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 7th Sunday of Luke\; Anastasia the Martyr of Rome\; Our Righteous Fath
 er Abramius\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus re
 vealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revea
 led Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael
  of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples
  were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said 
 to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but t
 hat night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on th
 e beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to t
 hem\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to 
 them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some
 ." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the qua
 ntity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lo
 rd!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, 
 for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disci
 ples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not f
 ar from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land
 \, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus 
 said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon
  Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundr
 ed and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was 
 not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the d
 isciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus ca
 me and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was 
 now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was ra
 ised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 2:16-20\nBrethren\, know
 ing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Je
 sus Christ\, even we have believed in Christ Jesus\, in order to be justifi
 ed by faith in Christ\, and not by works of the law\, because by works of t
 he law shall no one be justified. But if\, in our endeavor to be justified 
 in Christ\, we ourselves were found to be sinners\, is Christ then an agent
  of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore d
 own\, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the
  law\, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ\; it is 
 no longer I who live\, but Christ who lives in me\; and the life I now live
  in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God\, who loved me and gave him
 self for me.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:41-56\nAt that time\, there came to 
 Jesus a man named Jairus\, who was a ruler of the synagogue\; and falling a
 t Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house\, for he had an only dau
 ghter\, about twelve years of age\, and she was dying. As he went\, the peo
 ple pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve y
 ears and had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed b
 y anyone\, came up behind him\, and touched the fringe of his garment\; and
  immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said\, "Who was it that to
 uched me?" When all denied it\, Peter and those who were with him said\, "M
 aster\, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" But Jesus said\, "
 Some one touched me\; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me." An
 d when the woman saw that she was not hidden\, she came trembling\, and fal
 ling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had
  touched him\, and how she had been immediately healed. And he said to her\
 , "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace." While he was sti
 ll speaking\, a man from the ruler's house came and said\, "Your daughter i
 s dead\; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on hearing this an
 swered him\, "Do not fear\; only believe\, and she shall be well." And when
  he came to the house\, he permitted no one to enter with him\, except Pete
 r and John and James\, and the father and mother of the child. And all were
  weeping and bewailing her\; but he said\, "Do not weep\; for she is not de
 ad but sleeping." And they laughed at him\, knowing that she was dead. But 
 taking her by the hand he called\, saying\, "Child\, arise." And her spirit
  returned\, and she got up at once\; and he directed that something should 
 be given her to eat. And her parents were amazed\; but he charged them to t
 ell no one what had happened.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nektarius the Wonderworker\, Metropolitan of Pentapolis\; Onesiphorus 
 and Porphyrius of Ephesus\; Matrona\, Abbess of Constantinople\; Theoktisti
  of the Isle of Lesbos\; Symeon the Translator\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 24:42-47\nThe Lord said\, "Watch\, for you do not know on what day yo
 ur Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in wha
 t part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would 
 not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; f
 or the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is the f
 aithful and wise servant whom his master has set over his household\, to gi
 ve them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his mas
 ter when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will set hi
 m over all his possessions."\n\nEpistle Reading: Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren
 \, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that i
 s good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
  Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them
 . For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; bu
 t when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything t
 hat becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, a
 nd arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully t
 hen how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the t
 ime\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understa
 nd what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that 
 is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in p
 salms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord
  with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:25\, 5:1-12\nAt that tim
 e\, great crowds followed Jesus from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusale
 m and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. Seeing the crowds\, he went up on t
 he mountain\, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened
  his mouth and taught them\, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for 
 theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn\, for they sha
 ll be comforted. Blessed are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth. B
 lessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall b
 e satisfied. Blessed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy. Blesse
 d are the pure in heart\, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemake
 rs\, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persec
 uted for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed
  are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil 
 against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your reward is
  great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/25/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\; Olympias the Deacone
 ss\; Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\; Gregory Kallidis\, Metropo
 litan of Heraclea\; Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinopl
 e (553)\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two s
 ons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was 
 born according to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. No
 w this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sin
 ai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai 
 in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slaver
 y with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mothe
 r. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break fo
 rth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desola
 te one are many more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel R
 eading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers 
 it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that t
 hose who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made
  manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. 
 Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and f
 rom him who has not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\
 n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach 
 him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are sta
 nding outside\, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and 
 my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/26/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Wednesday after Pentecost\; David the Righteous of Thessalonika\; 
 Appearance of the Icon of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nFa
 st Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Romans 1:18-27\nBrethren\, the wrath of God is 
 revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by t
 heir wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plai
 n to them\, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of th
 e world his invisible nature\, namely\, his eternal power and deity\, has b
 een clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are withou
 t excuse\; for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give
  thanks to him\, but they became futile in their thinking and their sensele
 ss minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise\, they became fools\, and excha
 nged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or bird
 s or animals or reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their 
 hearts to impurity\, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves\, 
 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and serv
 ed the creature rather than the Creator\, who is blessed for ever! Amen. Fo
 r this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchan
 ged natural relations for unnatural\, and the men likewise gave up natural 
 relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another\, men c
 ommitting shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the du
 e penalty for their error.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes
  and Pharisees\, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard
  that it was said to the men of old\, 'You shall not kill\; and whoever kil
 ls shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that every one who is ang
 ry with his brother without cause shall be liable to judgment\; whoever ins
 ults his brother shall be liable to the council\, and whoever says\, 'You f
 ool!' shall be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift
  at the altar\, and there remember that your brother has something against 
 you\, leave your gift there before the altar and go\; first be reconciled t
 o your brother\, and then come and offer your gift. Make friends quickly wi
 th your accuser\, while you are going with him to court\, lest your accuser
  hand you over to the judge\, and the judge to the guard\, and you be put i
 n prison\; truly\, I say to you\, you will never get out till you have paid
  the last penny."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/29/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia\;
  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Hieromartyr D
 ionysios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: I Timothy 1:18-20\;2:8-15\nTimothy\, my son\, this charge I comm
 it to you in accordance with the prophetic utterances which pointed to you\
 , that inspired by them you may wage the good warfare\, holding faith and a
  good conscience. By rejecting conscience\, certain persons have made shipw
 reck of their faith\, among them Hymenaios and Alexander\, whom I have deli
 vered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. I desire then that in 
 every place the men should pray\, lifting holy hands without anger or quarr
 eling\; also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in se
 emly apparel\, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire but
  by good deeds\, as befits women who profess religion. Let a woman learn in
  silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have aut
 hority over men\; she is to keep silent. For Adam was formed first\, then E
 ve\; and Adam was not deceived\, but the woman was deceived and became a tr
 ansgressor. Yet woman will be saved through bearing children\, if she conti
 nues in faith and love and holiness\, with modesty.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and 
 preaching the gospel\, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders ca
 me up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what authority you do these things\, or
  who it is that gave you this authority."  He answered them\, "I also will 
 ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the baptism of John from heaven or f
 rom men?"  And they discussed it with one another\, saying\, "If we say\, '
 From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you not believe him?'  But if we say\
 , 'From men\,' all the people will stone us\; for they are convinced that J
 ohn was a prophet."  So they answered that they did not know whence it was.
   And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do 
 these things."\n\n
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 ynia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/14/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Nazarius\, Gervasius\, Protasius\, & Celsus\; Cosmas the Hagio
 polite\; Praised Ignatius\, Archbishop of Methymna\; Righteous Paraskeve of
  Serbia\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:8-14\nBr
 ethren\, God is my witness\, how I yearn for you all with the affection of 
 Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more\,
  with knowledge and all discernment\, so that you may approve what is excel
 lent\, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ\, filled with th
 e fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ\, to the glory an
 d praise of God. I want you to know\, brethren\, that what has happened to 
 me has really served to advance the gospel\, so that it has become known th
 roughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonmen
 t is for Christ\; and most of the brethren have been made confident in the 
 Lord because of my imprisonment\, and are much more bold to speak the word 
 of God without fear.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went
  on through cities and villages\, preaching and bringing the good news of t
 he kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him\, and also some women who h
 ad been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary\, called Magdalene\, f
 rom whom seven demons had gone out\, and Joanna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod
 's steward\, and Susanna\, and many others\, who provided for him out of th
 eir means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/04/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isidore of Pelusium\; Nicholas the Confessor\; Hieromartyr Abramius\; 
 John the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\; Theodosios the Righteous\; Jose
 ph the New Martyr of Aleppo\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord an
 d Savior in the Temple\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Peter 1:1-25\;2
 :1-10\nPeter\, an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to the exiles of the Dispersion
  in Pontos\, Galatia\, Cappadocia\, Asia\, and Bithynia\, chosen and destin
 ed by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Ch
 rist and for sprinkling with his blood:\n\nMay grace and peace be multiplie
 d to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his gr
 eat mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection 
 of Jesus Christ from the dead\, and to an inheritance which is imperishable
 \, undefiled\, and unfading\, kept in heaven for you\, who by God's power a
 re guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last t
 ime. In this you rejoice\, though now for a little while you may have to su
 ffer various trials\, so that the genuineness of your faith\, more precious
  than gold which though perishable is tested by fire\, may redound to prais
 e and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without having kno
 wn him you love him\; though you do not now see him you believe in him and 
 rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you 
 obtain the salvation of your souls.\n\nThe prophets who prophesied of the g
 race that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvation\; they
  inquired what person or time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within 
 them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory. It 
 was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you\, in the
  things which have now been announced to you by those who preached the good
  news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven\, things into which a
 ngels long to look.\n\nTherefore gird up your minds\, be sober\, set your h
 ope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus C
 hrist. As obedient children\, do not be conformed to the passions of your f
 ormer ignorance\, but as he who called you is holy\, be holy yourselves in 
 all your conduct\; since it is written\, "You shall be holy\, for I am holy
 ." And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially accordin
 g to his deeds\, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your e
 xile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from y
 our fathers\, not with perishable things such as silver or gold\, but with 
 the precious blood of Christ\, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
  He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest a
 t the end of the times for your sake. Through him you have confidence in Go
 d\, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory\, so that your faith an
 d hope are in God.\n\nHaving purified your souls by your obedience to the t
 ruth for a sincere love of the brethren\, love one another earnestly from t
 he heart. You have been born anew\, not of perishable seed but of imperisha
 ble\, through the living and abiding word of God\; for "All flesh is like g
 rass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers\, and th
 e flower falls\, but the word of the Lord abides for ever." That word is th
 e good news which was preached to you.\n\nSo put away all malice and all gu
 ile and insincerity and envy and all slander. Like newborn babes\, long for
  the pure spiritual milk\, that by it you may grow up to salvation\; for yo
 u have tasted the kindness of the Lord.\n\nCome to him\, to that living sto
 ne\, rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and precious\; and like livi
 ng stones be yourselves built <span id="en-RSV-30381" class="text 1Pet-2-5
 ">into a spiritual house\, to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual sac
 rifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.</span><span id="en-RSV-3038
 2" class="text 1Pet-2-6"><span class="versenum"> </span>For it stands in s
 cripture: </span>“Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone c
 hosen and precious\, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.â€
  To you therefore who believe\, he is precious\, but for those who do not 
 believe\, “The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head
  of the corner\,” and “A stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that
  will make them fall”\; for they stumble because they disobey the word\, 
 as they were destined to do. <span id="en-RSV-30385" class="text 1Pet-2-9"
 >But you are a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s o
 wn people\, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you
  out of darkness into his marvelous light. </span><span id="en-RSV-30386" 
 class="text 1Pet-2-10">Once you were no people but now you are God’s peop
 le\; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.</span
 >\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:1-12\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A man plan
 ted a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a pit for the wine pre
 ss\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another 
 country. When the time came\, he sent a servant to the tenants\, to get fro
 m them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him\, 
 and sent him away empty handed. Again he sent to them another servant\, and
  they wounded him in the head\, and treated him shamefully. And he sent ano
 ther\, and him they killed\; and so with many others\, some they beat and s
 ome they killed. He had still one other\, a beloved son\; finally he sent h
 im to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to
  one another\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him\, and the inherit
 ance will be ours.' And they took him and killed him\, and cast him out of 
 the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and dest
 roy the tenants\, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this s
 cripture: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head o
 f the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our eyes'
 ?" And they tried to arrest him\, but feared the multitude\, for they perce
 ived that he had told the parable against them\; so they left him and went 
 away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Confessor\; Thomas I\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Philemo
 n and Domninos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 13:2-13\n On
  a bare hill raise a signal\, cry aloud to them\; wave the hand for them to
  enter the gates of the nobles.  I myself have commanded my consecrated one
 s\, have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger\, my proudly exulting o
 nes.  \n\n Hark\, a tumult on the mountains as of a great multitude! Hark\,
  an uproar of kingdoms\, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hosts i
 s mustering a host for battle.  They come from a distant land\, from the en
 d of the heavens\, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation\, to destroy
  the whole earth.  \n\n Wail\, for the day of the LORD is near\; as destruc
 tion from the Almighty it will come!  Therefore all hands will be feeble\, 
 and every man's heart will melt\, and they will be dismayed. Pangs and agon
 y will seize them\; they will be in anguish like a woman in travail. They w
 ill look aghast at one another\; their faces will be aflame.  \n\n Behold\,
  the day of the LORD comes\, cruel\, with wrath and fierce anger\, to make 
 the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.  For the stars o
 f the heavens and their constellations will not give their light\; the sun 
 will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.  I will pu
 nish the world for its evil\, and the wicked for their iniquity\; I will pu
 t an end to the pride of the arrogant\, and lay low the haughtiness of the 
 ruthless.  I will make men more rare than fine gold\, and mankind than the 
 gold of Ophir.  Therefore I will make the heavens tremble\, and the earth w
 ill be shaken out of its place\, at the wrath of the LORD of hosts in the d
 ay of his fierce anger.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 8:4-21\n And in t
 he seventh month\, on the seventeenth day of the month\, the ark came to re
 st upon the mountains of Ararat.  And the waters continued to abate until t
 he tenth month\; in the tenth month\, on the first day of the month\, the t
 ops of the mountains were seen.  \n\n At the end of forty days Noah opened 
 the window of the ark which he had made\, and sent forth a raven\; and it w
 ent to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.  Then he sent
  forth a dove from him\, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of
  the ground\; but the dove found no place to set her foot\, and she returne
 d to him to the ark\, for the waters were still on the face of the whole ea
 rth. So he put forth his hand and took her and brought her into the ark wit
 h him.  He waited another seven days\, and again he sent forth the dove out
  of the ark\; and the dove came back to him in the evening\, and lo\, in he
 r mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf\; so Noah knew that the waters had sub
 sided from the earth.  Then he waited another seven days\, and sent forth t
 he dove\; and she did not return to him any more.  \n\n In the six hundred 
 and first year\, in the first month\, the first day of the month\, the wate
 rs were dried from off the earth\; and Noah removed the covering of the ark
 \, and looked\, and behold\, the face of the ground was dry.  In the second
  month\, on the twenty-seventh day of the month\, the earth was dry.  Then 
 God said to Noah\,  "Go forth from the ark\, you and your wife\, and your s
 ons and your sons' wives with you.  Bring forth with you every living thing
  that is with you of all flesh - birds and animals and every creeping thing
  that creeps on the earth - that they may breed abundantly on the earth\, a
 nd be fruitful and multiply upon the earth."  So Noah went forth\, and his 
 sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.  And every beast\, every cr
 eeping thing\, and every bird\, everything that moves upon the earth\, went
  forth by families out of the ark.  \n\n Then Noah built an altar to the LO
 RD\, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird\, and offered b
 urnt offerings on the altar.  And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor\,
  the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground because 
 of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neithe
 r will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done."\n\nOld T
 estament Reading: Proverbs 10:31-11:12\nThe mouth of the righteous brings f
 orth wisdom\, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.  The lips of the rig
 hteous know what is acceptable\, but the mouth of the wicked\, what is perv
 erse.  A false balance is an abomination to the LORD\, but a just weight is
  his delight.  When pride comes\, then comes disgrace\; but with the humble
  is wisdom.  The integrity of the upright guides them\, but the crookedness
  of the treacherous destroys them.  Riches do not profit in the day of wrat
 h\, but righteousness delivers from death.  The righteousness of the blamel
 ess keeps his way straight\, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.  T
 he righteousness of the upright delivers them\, but the treacherous are tak
 en captive by their lust.  When the wicked dies\, his hope perishes\, and t
 he expectation of the godless comes to nought.  The righteous is delivered 
 from trouble\, and the wicked gets into it instead.  With his mouth the god
 less man would destroy his neighbor\, but by knowledge the righteous are de
 livered.  When it goes well with the righteous\, the city rejoices\; and wh
 en the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.  By the blessing of the 
 upright a city is exalted\, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked
 .  He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense\, but a man of understanding r
 emains silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/25/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\; Apodosis of the Presentatio
 n of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew
  25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be comp
 ared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. F
 ive of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took th
 eir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil wi
 th their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slep
 t. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to 
 meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foo
 lish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going
  out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and 
 for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they 
 went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with h
 im to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maide
 ns came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly
 \, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neithe
 r the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Galatians 3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confin
 ed under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So 
 that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justifi
 ed by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodi
 an\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as ma
 ny of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither
  Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male no
 r female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, t
 hen you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that t
 he heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he 
 is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees unt
 il the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were
  slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had ful
 ly come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, t
 o redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption a
 s sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd follo
 wed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow 
 of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians
 \, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse
 . She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the cro
 wd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, 
 I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt
  in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in 
 himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in th
 e crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to h
 im\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touche
 d me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowin
 g what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down befo
 re him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, you
 r faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/28/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Palm Sunday\; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\; John the Martyr of Ro
 mania\; Memnon the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel
  Reading: Matthew 21:1-11\; 15-17\nAt that time\, when Jesus drew near to  
 Jerusalem and came to Bethphage\, to the Mount of Olives\, he sent two disc
 iples\, saying to them\, "Go into the village opposite you\, and immediatel
 y you will find a donkey tied\, and a colt with her\; untie them and bring 
 them to me. If any one says anything to you\, you shall say\, 'The Lord has
  need of them\,' and he will send them immediately." This took place to ful
 fill what was spoken by the prophet\, saying\,\n\n"Tell the daughter of Zio
 n\,\nBehold\, your king is coming to you\,\nhumble and mounted on a donkey\
 ,\nand on a colt\, the foal of a donkey."\n\nThe disciples went and did as 
 Jesus had directed them\; they brought the donkey and the colt\, and put th
 eir garments on them\, and he sat thereon. Most of the crowd spread their g
 arments on the road\, and others cut branches from the trees and spread the
 m on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him sh
 outed\, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name o
 f the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" And when he entered Jerusalem\, all th
 e city was stirred\, saying\, "Who is this?" And the crowds said\, "This is
  the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee." But when the chief priests an
 d scribes saw the wonderful things that he did\, and the children crying ou
 t in the temple\, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant\; and 
 they said to him\, "Do you hear what they are saying?" And Jesus said to th
 em\, "Yes\; have you never read\,\n\n'Out of the mouths of babes and suckli
 ngs\,\nyou have brought perfect praise'?"\n\nAnd leaving them\, he went out
  of the city to Bethany and lodged there.\n\nEpistle Reading: Philippians 4
 :4-9\nBRETHREN\, rejoice in the Lord always\; again I will say\, Rejoice. L
 et all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety abou
 t anything\, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
  let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God\, which passe
 s all understanding\, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
  Finally\, brethren\, whatever is true\, whatever is honorable\, whatever i
 s just\, whatever is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whatever is gracious\, if 
 there is any excellence\, if there is anything worthy of praise\, think abo
 ut these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in m
 e\, do\; and the God of peace will be with you. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12
 :1-18\nSix days before Passover\, Jesus came to Bethany\, where Lazaros was
 \, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper\; Mart
 ha served\, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pou
 nd of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped
  his feet with her hair\; and the house was filled with the fragrance of th
 e ointment. But Judas Iscariot\, one of his disciples (he who was to betray
  him)\, said "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and 
 given to the poor?" This he said\, not that he cared for the poor but becau
 se he was a thief\, and as he had the money box he used to take what was pu
 t into it. Jesus said\, "Let her alone\, let her keep it for the day of my 
 burial. The poor you always have with you\, but you do not always have me."
 \n\n When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there\, they came
 \, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros\, whom he had raise
 d from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazaros also to death\
 , because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing 
 in Jesus.\n\n The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard th
 at Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and w
 ent out to meet him\, crying\, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the nam
 e of the Lord\, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey an
 d sat upon it\; as it is written\, "Fear not\, daughter of Zion\; behold\, 
 your king is coming\, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not un
 derstand this at first\; but when Jesus was glorified\, then they remembere
 d that this had been written of him and had been done to him. The crowd tha
 t had been with him when he called Lazaros out of the tomb and raised him f
 rom the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was th
 at they heard he had done this sign.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/18/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\; Our Righteous Father Michael S
 yngellon the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 1:18-20
 \;2:8-15\nTimothy\, my son\, this charge I commit to you in accordance with
  the prophetic utterances which pointed to you\, that inspired by them you 
 may wage the good warfare\, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecti
 ng conscience\, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith\, among 
 them Hymenaios and Alexander\, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may
  learn not to blaspheme. I desire then that in every place the men should p
 ray\, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling\; also that women shou
 ld adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel\, not with brai
 ded hair or gold or pearls or costly attire but by good deeds\, as befits w
 omen who profess religion. Let a woman learn in silence with all submissive
 ness. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men\; she is to 
 keep silent. For Adam was formed first\, then Eve\; and Adam was not deceiv
 ed\, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet woman will b
 e saved through bearing children\, if she continues in faith and love and h
 oliness\, with modesty.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:11-16\nThe Lord said\, "
 Whoever divorces his wife and marries another\, commits adultery against he
 r\; and if she divorces her husband and marries another\, she commits adult
 ery." And they were bringing children to him\, that he might touch them\; a
 nd the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it he was indignant\, and
  said to them\, "Let the children come to me\, do not hinder them\; for to 
 such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not re
 ceive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." And he took them
  in his arms and blessed them\, laying his hands upon them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior\, Jesus Christ
 \; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\; Timothy of Euripus\, founder
  of the Monastery of Pentele\; Holy Monk Penteles\; Gerasimus of Cephalonia
 \; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, Seraphim\, Demetrios and 
 Basil who contested in Megara\; Joseph the Hesychast\; Nicodemus the New Ma
 rtyr of Meteora\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the The
 otokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Manuel and John the New Martyrs\; Stamatios t
 he Martyr\; Apostolos the New-Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I T
 imothy 3:13-16\;4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well as deacons g
 ain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith w
 hich is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am writing thes
 e instructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know how one ough
 t to behave in the household of God\, which is the church of the living God
 \, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confess\, is the 
 mystery of our religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \njustified i
 n the Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\, \nbelieved
  on in the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expressly says th
 at in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitf
 ul spirits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of liars whose
  consciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from fo
 ods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe
  and know the truth. For everything created by God is good\, and nothing is
  to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then it is consec
 rated by the word of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:51-57\, 10:2
 2-24\, 13:22\nAt that time\, when the days drew near for him to be received
  up\, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of h
 im\, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans\, to make ready for h
 im\; but the people would not receive him\, because his face was set toward
  Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it\, they said\, "Lor
 d\, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as El
 ijah did?" But he turned and rebuked them\, and he said\, "You do not know 
 what manner of spirit you are of\; for the Son of man came not to destroy m
 en's lives but to save them." And they went on to another village.\n\nAs th
 ey were going along the road\, he said to those who followed him\, "All thi
 ngs have been delivered to me by my Father\; and no one knows who the Son i
 s except the Father\, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to wh
 om the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples he said pr
 ivately\, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that
  many prophets and kings desired to see what you see\, and did not see it\,
  and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it."\n\nAnd he went on his wa
 y through towns and villages\, teaching\, and journeying towards Jerusalem.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/01/2023\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nahum the Prophet\; Philaret the Merciful of Amnia\; Ananias the Persi
 an\; Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia\;
  Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops of Ephesus\n\nStrict F
 ast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Timothy 4:4-8\nTimothy\, my son\, everything crea
 ted by God is good\, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with t
 hanksgiving\; for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. If 
 you put these instructions before the brethren\, you will be a good ministe
 r of Christ Jesus\, nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doc
 trine which you have followed. Have nothing to do with godless and silly my
 ths. Train yourself in godliness\; for while bodily training is of some val
 ue\, godliness is of value in every way\, as it holds promise for the prese
 nt life and also for the life to come. Take heed to yourself and to your te
 aching\; hold to that\, for by so doing you will save both yourself and you
 r hearers.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:19-26\nAt that time\, the scribes and
  the chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour\, but they
  feared the people\; for they perceived that he had told this parable again
 st them. So they watched him\, and sent spies\, who pretended to be sincere
 \, that they might take hold of what he said\, so as to deliver him up to t
 he authority and jurisdiction of the governor. They asked him\, "Teacher\, 
 we know that you speak and teach rightly\, and show no partiality\, but tru
 ly teach the way of God. Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar\, or
  not?" But he perceived their craftiness\, and said to them\, "Show me a co
 in. Whose likeness and inscription has it?" They said\, "Caesar's." He said
  to them\, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to God
  the things that are God's." And they were not able in the presence of the 
 people to catch him by what he said\; but marveling at his answer they were
  silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 09/18/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday after Holy Cross\; Eumenius the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Gort
 ynia\; Ariadne the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Holy Cross\n\nEpistle Reading
 : I Corinthians 1:26-31\;2:1-5\nBrethren\, consider your call\, not many of
  you were wise according to worldly standards\, not many were powerful\, no
 t many were of noble birth\; but God chose what is foolish in the world to 
 shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong\, 
 God chose what is low and despised in the world\, even things that are not\
 , to bring to nothing things that are\, so that no human being might boast 
 in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus\, who
 m God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption
 \; therefore\, as it is written\, "Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord."
  When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not come proclaiming to you the test
 imony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among 
 you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness a
 nd in much fear and trembling\; and my speech and my message were not in pl
 ausible words of wisdom\, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power\,
  that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of Go
 d.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:21-30\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to h
 im\, "I go away\, and you will seek me and die in your sin\; where I am goi
 ng\, you cannot come." Then said the Jews\, "Will he kill himself\, since h
 e says\, 'Where I am going\, you cannot come'? " He said to them\, "You are
  from below\, I am from above\; you are of this world\, I am not of this wo
 rld. I told you that you would die in your sins\, for you will die in your 
 sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to him\, "Who are you?" Je
 sus said to them\, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I have mu
 ch to say about you and much to judge\; but he who sent me is true\, and I 
 declare to the world what I have heard from him." They did not understand t
 hat he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said\, "When you have lifted u
 p the Son of man\, then you will know that I am he\, and that I do nothing 
 on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent
  me is with me\; he has not left me alone\, for I always do what is pleasin
 g to him." As he spoke thus\, many believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\; Our Holy Father Myronus th
 e Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\; Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagor
 as and Anastasius of Thessolonica\; Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\; Kall
 inikos\, Metropolitan of Edessa and Pella\; Afterfeast of the Transfigurati
 on of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anastatios the Martyr from Bulgari
 a\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Corinthians 14:26-40\nBRETHREN\, whe
 n you come together\, each one has a hymn\, a lesson\, a revelation\, a ton
 gue\, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. If any 
 speak in a tongue\, let there be only two or at most three\, and each in tu
 rn\; and let one interpret. But if there is no one to interpret\, let each 
 one of them keep silence in church and speak to himself and to God. Let two
  or three prophets speak\, and let the others weigh what is said. If a reve
 lation is made to another by sitting by\, let the first be silent. For you 
 can all prophesy one by one\, so that all may learn and all be encouraged\;
  and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. But God is not a God 
 of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints\, the women
  should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak\,
  but should be subordinate\, as even the law says. If there is anything the
 y desire to know\, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful 
 for a woman to speak in church. What! Did the word of God originate with yo
 u\, or are you the only one it has reached? If any one thinks that he is a 
 prophet\, or spiritual\, he should acknowledge that what I am writing to yo
 u is a command of the Lord. If any one does not recognize this\, he is not 
 recognized. So\, my brethren\, earnestly desire to prophesy\, and do not fo
 rbid speaking in tongues\; but all things should be done decently and in or
 der. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:12-14\; 17-20\nAt that time\, Jesus ent
 ered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple\
 , and he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those 
 who sold pigeons. He said to them\, "It is written\, 'My house shall be cal
 led a house of prayer'\; but you make it a den of robbers." And the blind a
 nd the lame came to him in the temple\, and he healed them. And leaving the
 m\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.\n\nIn the morning\
 , as he was returning to the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by
  the wayside he went to it\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And h
 e said to it\, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree wi
 thered at once. When the disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How did
  the fig tree wither at once?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/08/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pelagia the Righteous\; Pelagia the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; Phillip
 \, Bishop of Gortyna\; Taisia the Harlot of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle
  Reading: Ephesians 1:7-17\nBrethren\, we have redemption through the blood
  of Christ\, the forgiveness of our trespasses\, according to the riches of
  his grace which he lavished upon us. For he has made known to us in all wi
 sdom and insight the mystery of his will\, according to his purpose which h
 e set forth in Christ as a plan for the fulness of time\, to unite all thin
 gs in him\, things in heaven and things on earth. In him\, according to the
  purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his
  will\, we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to li
 ve for the praise of his glory. In him you also\, who have heard the word o
 f truth\, the gospel of your salvation\, and have believed in him\, were se
 aled with the promised Holy Spirit\, which is the guarantee of our inherita
 nce until we acquire possession of it\, to the praise of his glory. For thi
 s reason\, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your lo
 ve toward all the saints\, I do not cease to give thanks for you\, remember
 ing you in my prayers\, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Father 
 of glory\, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowled
 ge of him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 7:31-35\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall 
 I compare the men of this generation\, and what are they like? They are lik
 e children sitting in the market place and calling to one another\, 'We pip
 ed to you\, and you did not dance\; we wailed\, and you did not weep.' For 
 John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine\; and you sa
 y\, 'He has a demon.' The Son of man has come eating and drinking\; and you
  say\, 'Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collectors and 
 sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 10/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hilarion the Great\; Our Righteous Father Christodoulus\, the Wonderwo
 rker of Patmos\; Martyrs Theodote and Socrates\; John the New Martyr of Pel
 eponnesos\; Righteous Philotheus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Lett
 er to the Corinthians 9:6-11\nBrethren\, he who sows sparingly will also re
 ap sparingly\, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each
  one must do as he has made up his mind\, not reluctantly or under compulsi
 on\, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with ev
 ery blessing in abundance\, so that you may always have enough of everythin
 g and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is written\, "He 
 scatters abroad\, he gives to the poor\; his righteousness endures for ever
 ." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and mul
 tiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You wi
 ll be enriched in every way for great generosity\, which through us will pr
 oduce thanksgiving to God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9:23-27\nThe Lord said t
 o his disciples\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself an
 d take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life wi
 ll lose it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake\, he will save it. For 
 what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits
  himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words\, of him will the So
 n of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father 
 and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly\, there are some standing here
  who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\; John the Russian of Evia\; Theodora t
 he Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\; Venerable Bede\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 Acts 17:19-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the Athenians took hold of Paul and brought 
 him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what this new teaching is whic
 h you present? For you bring some strange things to our ears\; we wish to k
 now therefore what these things mean." Now all the Athenians and the foreig
 ners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing 
 something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagos\, said: "M
 en of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as 
 I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found also an
  altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore you wors
 hip as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and eve
 rything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shrines m
 ade by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed anything
 \, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. And he
  made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth\, h
 aving determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation\, 
 that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after him and 
 find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for 'In him we live and m
 ove and have our being.' \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\, 
 the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said to one another\, "You see
  that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow amo
 ng those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these cam
 e to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, 
 we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Phili
 p and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for the
  Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain 
 of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\
 , it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates hi
 s life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\, 
 he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if an
 y one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. A
 nd what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this purpo
 se I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came
  from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The cro
 wd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An a
 ngel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your sak
 e\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler o
 f this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, wil
 l draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to die
 . The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ rema
 ins for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is
  this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a little
  longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; h
 e who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the
  light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/29/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost\; Theodosia the Virgin-Mart
 yr of Tyre\; Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Constantinople\; Seven New Martyr
 s of Kastoria\; Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes\; John of Smyrna the New 
 Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts 14:6-18\nIn thos
 e days\, the apostles fled to Lystra and Derbe\, cities of Lycaonia\, and t
 o the surrounding country\; and there they preached the gospel. Now at Lyst
 ra there was a man sitting\, who could not use his feet\; he was a cripple 
 from birth\, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking\; and Paul\
 , looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well\, sa
 id in a loud voice\, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang up and wal
 ked. And when the crowds saw what Paul had done\, they lifted up their voic
 es\, saying in Lycaonian\, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness o
 f men!" Barnabas they called Zeus\, and Paul\, because he was the chief spe
 aker\, they called Hermes. And the priest of Zeus\, whose temple was in fro
 nt of the city\, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer
  sacrifice with the people. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard o
 f it\, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude\, crying
 \, "Men\, why are you doing this? We also are men\, of like nature with you
 \, and bring you good news\, that you should turn from these vain things to
  a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is
  in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their o
 wn ways\; yet he did not leave himself without witness\, for he did good an
 d gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons\, satisfying your hearts 
 with food and gladness." With these words they scarcely restrained the peop
 le from offering sacrifice to them.\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:14-30\nAbout 
 the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. The Jews 
 marveled at it saying\, "How is it that this man has learning\, when he has
  never studied?" So Jesus answered them\, "My teaching is not mine\, but hi
 s who sent me\; if any man's will is to do his will\, he shall know whether
  the teacher is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. He w
 ho speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory\; but he who seeks the g
 lory of him who sent him is true\, and in him there is not falsehood. Did n
 ot Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek t
 o kill me?" The people answered\, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill
  you?" Jesus answered them\, "I did one deed\, and you all marvel at it. Mo
 ses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses\, but from the fathers
 )\, and you circumcise a man upon the sabbath. If on the sabbath a man rece
 ives circumcision\, so that the law of Moses may not be broken\, are you an
 gry with me because on the sabbath I made a man's whole body well? Do not j
 udge by appearances\, but judge with right judgment."\n\nSome of the people
  of Jerusalem therefore said\, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
  And here he is\, speaking openly\, and they say nothing to him! Can it be 
 that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? Yet we know where
  this man comes from\; and when the Christ appears\, no one will know where
  he comes from." So Jesus proclaimed\, as he taught in the temple\, "You kn
 ow me\, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accor
 d\; he who sent me is true\, and him you do not know. I know him\, for I co
 me from him\, and he sent me." So they sought to arrest him\; but no one la
 id hands on him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/13/2022\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The
  Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
  - Mediatress\; Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokalyvia\, Mount Athos\; Hilar
 y of Poitiers\; Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: Galatians
  3:23-29\;4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under the 
 law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law 
 was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by faith. 
 But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for in C
 hrist Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you as 
 were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gree
 k\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\; fo
 r you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you are A
 braham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, as 
 long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the owner 
 of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date s
 et by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to th
 e elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, God
  sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem thos
 e who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGo
 spel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesus was teaching the people 
 in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chief priests and the scribes 
 with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell us by what authority you do
  these things\, or who it is that gave you this authority."  He answered th
 em\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell me\, was the baptism of Joh
 n from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed it with one another\, sayin
 g\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'Why did you not believe him
 ?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people will stone us\; for they ar
 e convinced that John was a prophet."  So they answered that they did not k
 now whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Neither will I tell you by wh
 at authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/02/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hesychius the Martyr\; Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas\; Joachim of Va
 topedi who was given the name Papoulakis\; Andronikos & Athanasia the Marty
 rs\; Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\; Euthalia the Virgin-Ma
 rtyr of Sicily\; Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading
 : I Timothy 6:11-16\nTimothy\, my son\, aim at righteousness\, godliness\, 
 faith\, love\, steadfastness\, gentleness.  Fight the good fight of the fai
 th\; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made t
 he good confession in the presence of many witnesses.  In the presence of G
 od who gives life to all things\, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony 
 before Pontius Pilate made the good confession\, I charge you to keep the c
 ommandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord
  Jesus Christ\; and this will be made manifest at the proper time by the bl
 essed and only Sovereign\, and King of kings and Lord of lords\, who alone 
 has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light\, whom no man has ever s
 een or can see.  To him be honor and eternal dominion.  Amen. \n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of 
 the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\, and love salutations in 
 the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of ho
 nor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long pray
 ers.  They will receive the greater condemnation."  He looked up and saw th
 e rich putting their gifts into the treasury\; and he saw a poor widow put 
 in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I tell you\, this poor widow h
 as put in more than all of them\; for they all contributed out of their abu
 ndance\, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had."  H
 aving said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/03/2021\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\; Our Righteous Father John\, B
 ishop and Hesychast\; Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\; Theodore\, Archb
 ishop of Alexandria\; Angelis the New Martyr\; Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: I Thessalonians 5:9-13\;5:24-28\nBrethren\, G
 od has not destined us for wrath\, but to obtain salvation through our Lord
  Jesus Christ\, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might l
 ive with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up\, ju
 st as you are doing. But we beseech you\, brethren\, to respect those who l
 abor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you\, and to estee
 m them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yoursel
 ves. He who calls you is faithful\, and he will do it. Brethren\, pray for 
 us. Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. I adjure you by the Lord that 
 this letter be read to all the brethren. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
  be with you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:19-26\nAt that time\, the sc
 ribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour\,
  but they feared the people\; for they perceived that he had told this para
 ble against them. So they watched him\, and sent spies\, who pretended to b
 e sincere\, that they might take hold of what he said\, so as to deliver hi
 m up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. They asked him\, "T
 eacher\, we know that you speak and teach rightly\, and show no partiality\
 , but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Ca
 esar\, or not?" But he perceived their craftiness\, and said to them\, "Sho
 w me a coin. Whose likeness and inscription has it?" They said\, "Caesar's.
 " He said to them\, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, a
 nd to God the things that are God's." And they were not able in the presenc
 e of the people to catch him by what he said\; but marveling at his answer 
 they were silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/09/2024\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Thursday\; The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\; Christopher the 
 Martyr of Lycea\; Elder Hieronymos of Simonopetra\; Monk-martyr Nicholas wh
 o lived in Vuneni\, of Larissa in Thessaly\; Epimachos the New Martyr of Al
 exandria\; The New Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: Acts 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent a
 nd be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgive
 ness of your sins\; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For 
 the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off\, ev
 ery one whom the Lord our God calls to him." And he testified with many oth
 er words and exhorted them\, saying\, "Save yourselves from this crooked ge
 neration." So those who received his word were baptized\, and there were ad
 ded that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the
  apostles' teaching and fellowship\, to the breaking of bread and the praye
 rs. And fear came upon every soul\; and many wonders and signs were done th
 rough the apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\nAt that time\, there wa
 s a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler of the Jews. This man 
 came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we know that you are a te
 acher come from God\; for no one can do these signs that you do\, unless Go
 d is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless
  one is born from above\, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nikodemos said
  to him\, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time
  into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered\, "Truly\, truly\, I s
 ay to you\, unless one is born of water and the Spirit\, he cannot enter th
 e kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh\, and that which
  is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you\, 'You m
 ust be born from above.' The Spirit blows where it wills\, and you hear the
  sound of it\, and you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes\; so 
 it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Nikodemos said to him\, "Ho
 w can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a teacher of Israel\, and yet
  you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, we speak of wha
 t we know\, and bear witness to what we have seen\; but you do not receive 
 our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe\, h
 ow can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into 
 heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of man who is in heaven. 
 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness\, so must the Son of m
 an be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251225
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; The Adoration of 
 the Magi:  Melchior\, Gaspar\, & Balthasar\; The Commemoration of the Sheph
 erds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord\n
 \nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25\nThe birth of Jesus C
 hrist took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Jo
 seph\, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy
  Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a just man and unwilling to put he
 r to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this\, b
 ehold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\
 , son of David\, do not fear to take Mary your wife\, for that which is con
 ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she will bear a son\, and you shall c
 all his name Jesus\, for he will save his people from their sins." All this
  took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold\, a
  virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and his name shall be called Emmanu
 el" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep\, he did as th
 e angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took his wife\, but knew her not unt
 il she had borne a son\; and he called his name Jesus.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-7\nBRETHREN\, when the time had full
 y come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of woman\, born under the law\, to r
 edeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as s
 ons. And because you are sons\, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our
  hearts\, crying\, "Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son\,
  and if a son then also an heir of God through Christ. \n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 2:1-12\nWhen Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of He
 rod the king\, behold\, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem\, saying\,
  "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star
  in the East\, and have come to worship him." When Herod the king heard thi
 s\, he was troubled\, and all Jerusalem with him\; and assembling all the c
 hief priests and scribes of the people\, he inquired of them where the Chri
 st was to be born. They told him\, "In Bethlehem of Judea\; for so it is wr
 itten by the prophet: 'And you\, O Bethlehem\, in the land of Judah\, are b
 y no means least among the rulers of Judah\; for from you shall come a rule
 r who will govern my people Israel.'"\n\nThen Herod summoned the wise men s
 ecretly and ascertained from them what time the star appeared\; and he sent
  them to Bethlehem\, saying\, "Go and search diligently for the child\, and
  when you have found him bring me word\, that I too may come and worship hi
 m." When they had heard the king they went their way\; and lo the star whic
 h they had seen in the East went before them\, till it came to rest over th
 e place where the child was. When they saw the star\, they rejoiced exceedi
 ngly with great joy\; and going into the house they saw the child with Mary
  his mother\, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then\, opening their tr
 easures\, they offered him gifts\, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And bei
 ng warned in a dream not to return to Herod\, they departed to their own co
 untry by another way.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260515
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/15/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pachomius the Great\; Achillius the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Laris
 sa\; Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus\; Barbaros the Myrr
 hbearer of Kerkyra\; Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:5-12\nIN THOSE DA
 YS\, some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up\, an
 d said\, "it is necessary to circumcise them\, and to charge them to keep t
 he law of Moses." The apostles and the elders were gathered together to con
 sider this matter. And after there had been much debate\, Peter rose and sa
 id to them\, "Brethren\, you know that in the early days God made choice am
 ong you\, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel 
 and believe. And God who knows the heart bore witness to them\, giving them
  the Holy Spirit just as he did to us\; and he made no distinction between 
 us and them\, but cleansed their hearts by faith. Now therefore why do you 
 make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which ne
 ither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we sha
 ll be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus\, just as they will." And a
 ll the assembly kept silence\; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as th
 ey related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Genti
 les. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:17-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came 
 to him\, "For this reason the Father loves me\, because I lay down my life\
 , that I may take it again. No one takes it from me\, but I lay it down of 
 my own accord. I have power to lay it down\, and I have power to take it ag
 ain\; this charge I have received from my Father." \n\nThere was again a di
 vision among the Jews because of these words. Many of them said\, "He has a
  demon\, and he is mad\; why listen to him?" Others said\, "These are not t
 he sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
 \n\nIt was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem\; it was winter\, and J
 esus was walking in the temple\, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gat
 hered round him and said to him\, "How long will you keep us in suspense? I
 f you are the Christ\, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them\, "I told you\
 , and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name\, they be
 ar witness to me\; but you do not believe\, because you do not belong to my
  sheep. My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and
  I give them eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Tyro\, Great Martyr\; Mariamne\, Sister of Apostle Philip
 \, and Equal to the Apostles\; Righteous Auxentius\; The Pious Rulers Marci
 an and Pulcheria\; Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium\; Hermogenes (Germo
 gen)\, Patriarch of Moscow\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my 
 son\, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have he
 ard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able 
 to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
  No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim 
 is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he
  competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to
  have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord wi
 ll grant you understanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen 
 from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospe
 l for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the wor
 d of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the
  elect\, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its etern
 al glory.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord said to his d
 isciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long robes\, an
 d love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogue
 s and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses and for a p
 retense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater condemnation."  H
 e looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury\; and he
  saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly\, I tell y
 ou\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they all contri
 buted out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in all the li
 ving that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who has ears le
 t him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/24/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist\; Rom
 anos\, Prince of Uglich\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\; Cumine the Whi
 te\, Abbot of Iona\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Read
 ing: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerning Jesus spread throug
 h the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. The disciples of John
  told him of all these things. And John\, calling to him two of his discipl
 es\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall
  we look for another?" And when the men had come to him\, they said\, "John
  the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you he who is to come\, or 
 shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured many of diseases and pla
 gues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight. And 
 he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blin
 d receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed\, and the deaf 
 hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good news preached to them. A
 nd blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen the messengers of Joh
 n had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you
  go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then
  did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold\, those who 
 are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts. What then
  did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a proph
 et. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before
  your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' I tell you\, among tho
 se born of women none is greater than John\; yet he who is least in the kin
 gdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this all the people and th
 e tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized with the baptism of J
 ohn\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for the
 mselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's S
 econd Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\,
  "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give th
 e light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut 
 we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent po
 wer belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not 
 crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not fors
 aken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the de
 ath of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodi
 es.  For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sak
 e\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So de
 ath is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of
  faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe
 \, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise u
 s also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.  For it is all f
 or your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may incr
 ease thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15
 \nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ\, 
 he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are you he who is to come\
 , or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered them\, "Go and tell Joh
 n what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk\, 
 lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead are raised up\, and th
 e poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offe
 nse at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerni
 ng John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken 
 by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment
 ? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses. What then did 
 you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and more than a prophet. T
 his is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my messenger before your
  face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly\, I say to you\, amon
 g those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist\
 ; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the
  days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been coming v
 iolently and men of violence take it by force. For all the prophets and the
  law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing to accept it\, he is El
 ijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Obadiah the Prophet\; Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea\; Martyr Heliodorus\;
  Anthimos\, Thallalaeos\, Christopher\, Euphemia & her children\, the Marty
 rs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessa
 lonians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus\, th
 at as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God\, just as
  you are doing\, you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we
  gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God\, your sancti
 fication: that you abstain from unchastity\; that each one of you know how 
 to take a wife for himself in holiness and honor\, not in the passion of lu
 st like the heathen who do not know God\; that no man transgress\, and wron
 g his brother in this matter\, because the Lord is an avenger in all these 
 things\, as we solemnly forewarned you. For God has not called us for uncle
 anness\, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this\, disregards no
 t man but God\, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. But concerning the love o
 f the brethren you have no need to have any one write to you\, for you your
 selves have been taught by God to love one another\; and indeed you do love
  all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we exhort you\, brethren\, to d
 o so more and more\, to aspire to live quietly\, to mind your own affairs\,
  and to work with your hands\, as we charged you\; so that you may command 
 the respect of outsiders\, and be dependent on nobody.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 15:1-10\nAt that time\, the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing
  near to Jesus to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured\, sa
 ying\, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." So he told them this
  parable: "What man of you\, having a hundred sheep\, if he has lost one of
  them\, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness\, and go after the
  one which is lost\, until he finds it? And when he has found it\, he lays 
 it on his shoulders\, rejoicing. And when he comes home\, he calls together
  his friends and his neighbors\, saying to them\, 'Rejoice with me\, for I 
 have found my sheep which was lost.' Just so\, I tell you\, there will be m
 ore joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteo
 us persons who need no repentance. "Or what woman\, having ten silver coins
 \, if she loses one coin\, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and se
 ek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it\, she calls tog
 ether her friends and neighbors\, saying\, 'Rejoice with me\, for I have fo
 und the coin which I had lost.' Just so\, I tell you\, there is joy before 
 the angels of God over one sinner who repents."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/21/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Maximus the Confessor\; Martyrs Neophytos\, Agnes\, Patroclus\, Maximu
 s the Greek and Eugene of Trebizond\; Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:12-20\n
 Brethren\, I want you to know that what has happened to me has really serve
 d to advance the gospel\, so that it has become known throughout the praeto
 rian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ\; and mos
 t of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my impris
 onment\, and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.  Som
 e indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry\, but others from good will.  
 The latter do it out of love\, knowing that I am put here for the defense o
 f the gospel\; the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship\, not sincere
 ly but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.  What then?  Only that in
  every way\, whether in pretense or in truth\, Christ is proclaimed\; and i
 n that I rejoice.  Yes\, and I shall rejoice.  For I know that through your
  prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for 
 my deliverance\, as it is my eager expectation and hope. \n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 12:8-12\nThe Lord said to His disciples\, "Every one who acknowledge
 s me before men\, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of
  God\; but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of 
 God.  And every one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiv
 en\; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.  A
 nd when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authori
 ties\, do not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to s
 ay\; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to
  say."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries\; Constantine the New Martyr of
  Cyprus\; Aaron and Julius the Martyrs of Caerelon\; Germanus\, Bishop of t
 he Isle of Man\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\nBrethren\, you are
  the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appointed 
 in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, then work
 ers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers in var
 ious kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all teach
 ers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all speak
  with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gifts.  
 And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the tongues 
 of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a clanging 
 cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysteries and 
 all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\, but h
 ave not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I deliver 
 my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is patient 
 and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Lo
 ve does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it d
 oes not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things
 \, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never 
 ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus called to
  him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits\, to
  cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  These twel
 ve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and en
 ter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the hous
 e of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at 
 hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. 
  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alexis the Man of God\; Paul the Righteous Martyr\; Patrick the Enligh
 tener of Ireland\; Marinos the Martyr\; Theocteristos the Confessor\n\nStri
 ct Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 25:1-9\n O LORD\, thou art my God\
 ; I will exalt thee\, I will praise thy name\; for thou hast done wonderful
  things\, plans formed of old\, faithful and sure.  For thou hast made the 
 city a heap\, the fortified city a ruin\; the palace of aliens is a city no
  more\, it will never be rebuilt.  Therefore strong peoples will glorify th
 ee\; cities of ruthless nations will fear thee.  For thou hast been a stron
 ghold to the poor\, a stronghold to the needy in his distress\, a shelter f
 rom the storm and a shade from the heat\; for the blast of the ruthless is 
 like a storm against a wall\, like heat in a dry place. Thou dost subdue th
 e noise of the aliens\; as heat by the shade of a cloud\, so the song of th
 e ruthless is stilled.  \n\n On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make f
 or all peoples a feast of fat things\, a feast of wine on the lees\, of fat
  things full of marrow\, of wine on the lees well refined.  And he will des
 troy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples\, the veil
  that is spread over all nations.  He will swallow up death for ever\, and 
 the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces\, and the reproach of his 
 people he will take away from all the earth\; for the LORD has spoken.  It 
 will be said on that day\, "Lo\, this is our God\; we have waited for him\,
  that he might save us. This is the LORD\; we have waited for him\; let us 
 be glad and rejoice in his salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 9:
 8-17\n Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him\,  "Behold\, I establ
 ish my covenant with you and your descendants after you\, and with every li
 ving creature that is with you\, the birds\, the cattle\, and every beast o
 f the earth with you\, as many as came out of the ark.  I establish my cove
 nant with you\, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters o
 f a flood\, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."  
 And God said\, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me an
 d you and every living creature that is with you\, for all future generatio
 ns:  I set my bow in the cloud\, and it shall be a sign of the covenant bet
 ween me and the earth.  When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is s
 een in the clouds\, I will remember my covenant which is between me and you
  and every living creature of all flesh\; and the waters shall never again 
 become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is in the clouds\, I wil
 l look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every 
 living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."  God said to Noah\, "
 This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and al
 l flesh that is upon the earth."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 12:8-22
 \nA man is commended according to his good sense\, but one of perverse mind
  is despised.  Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself tha
 n one who plays the great man but lacks bread.  A righteous man has regard 
 for the life of his beast\, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.  He who t
 ills his land will have plenty of bread\, but he who follows worthless purs
 uits has no sense.  The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin\, but the 
 root of the righteous stands firm.  An evil man is ensnared by the transgre
 ssion of his lips\, but the righteous escapes from trouble.  From the fruit
  of his words a man is satisfied with good\, and the work of a man's hand c
 omes back to him.  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes\, but a wise 
 man listens to advice.  The vexation of a fool is known at once\, but the p
 rudent man ignores an insult.  He who speaks the truth gives honest evidenc
 e\, but a false witness utters deceit.  There is one whose rash words are l
 ike sword thrusts\, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.  Truthful li
 ps endure for ever\, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.  Deceit is in 
 the heart of those who devise evil\, but those who plan good have joy.  No 
 ill befalls the righteous\, but the wicked are filled with trouble.  Lying 
 lips are an abomination to the LORD\, but those who act faithfully are his 
 delight.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Friday: Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring\; Symeon the Holy 
 Martyr\, Bishop of Persepolis\, and those with him\; Makarios\, Bishop of C
 orinth\; Agapetos of Rome\; Hadrian the New-Martyr\; Donnan\, Abbot of Eigg
 \, and the Monk-Martyrs with him\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of t
 he Apostles 3:1-8\nIn those days\, Peter and John were going up to the temp
 le at the hour of prayer\, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was be
 ing carried\, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is calle
 d Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple. Seeing Peter and J
 ohn about to go into the temple\, he asked for alms. And Peter directed his
  gaze at him\, with John\, and said\, "Look at us." And he fixed his attent
 ion upon them\, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said\, 
 "I have no silver and gold\, but I give you what I have\; in the name of Je
 sus Christ of Nazareth\, walk." And he took him by the right hand and raise
 d him up\; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leapin
 g up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them\, walking and lea
 ping and praising God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 2:12-22\nAt that time\, Jesu
 s came to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples\; an
 d there they stayed for a few days.\n\nThe Passover of the Jews was at hand
 \, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were se
 lling oxen and sheep and pigeons\, and the money-changers at their business
 . And making a whip of cords\, he drove them all\, with the sheep and oxen\
 , out of the temple\; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and
  overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons\, "Take th
 ese things away\; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade." H
 is disciples remembered that it was written\, "Zeal for your house will con
 sume me." The Jews then said to him\, "What sign have you to show us for do
 ing this?" Jesus answered them\, "Destroy this temple\, and in three days I
  will raise it up." The Jews then said\, "It has taken forty-six years to b
 uild this temple\, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he spoke of
  the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead\, his d
 isciples remembered that he had said this\; and they believed the scripture
  and the word which Jesus had spoken.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Helladius\; John the Russian of Evia\; Theodora t
 he Virgin-martyr & Didymos the Martyr\; Venerable Bede\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 23:1-11\nIN THOSE D
 AYS\, Paul\, looking intently at the council\, said\, "Brethren\, I have li
 ved before God in all good conscience up to this day." And the high priest 
 Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then P
 aul said to him\, "God shall strike you\, you whitewashed wall! Are you sit
 ting to judge me according to the law\, and yet contrary to the law you ord
 er me to be struck?" Those who stood by said\, "Would you revile God's high
  priest?" And Paul said\, "I did not know\, brethren\, that he was the high
  priest\; for it is written\, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your 
 people.' " But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the oth
 er Pharisees\, he cried out in the council\, "Brethren\, I am a Pharisee\, 
 a son of Pharisees\; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the d
 ead I am on trial." And when he had said this\, a dissension arose between 
 the Pharisees and the Sadducees\; and the assembly was divided. For the Sad
 ducees say that there is no resurrection\, nor angel\, nor spirit\; but the
  Pharisees acknowledge them all. Then a great clamor arose\; and some of th
 e scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended\, "We find nothing
  wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?" And when th
 e dissension became violent\, the tribune\, afraid that Paul would be torn 
 in pieces by them\, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force
  from among them and bring him into the barracks. The following night the L
 ord stood by him and said\, "Take courage\, for as you have testified about
  me at Jerusalem\, so you must bear witness also at Rome."\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 16:15-23\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All that the Father has
  is mine\; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it t
 o you.\n\n"A little while\, and you will see me no more\; again a little wh
 ile\, and you will see me." Some of his disciples said to one another\, "Wh
 at is this that he says to us\, 'A little while\, and you will not see me\,
  and again a little while\, and you will see me'\; and\, 'because I go to t
 he Father'? " They said\, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not
  know what he means." Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him\; so he said t
 o them\, "Is this what you are asking yourselves\, what I meant by saying\,
  'A little while\, and you will not see me\, and again a little while\, and
  you will see me'? Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will weep and lament\
 , but the world will rejoice\; you will be sorrowful\, but your sorrow will
  turn into joy. When a woman is in travail she has sorrow\, because her hou
 r has come\; but when she is delivered of the child\, she no longer remembe
 rs the anguish\, for joy that a human being is born into the world. So you 
 have sorrow now\, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice\, a
 nd no one will take your joy from you. In that day\, you will ask nothing o
 f me. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you ask anything of the Father\, he
  will give it to you in my name."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Paralytic\; The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura\; Peter t
 he Wonderworker\; Theophan\, Bishop of Peritheorion\; Xenia of Kalamata the
  Great Martyr\; Father Theodosius\, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra\; Ahmet the C
 alligrapher & Martyr\; Oikoumenios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Trikka\n\nM
 atins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to 
 the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\
 ; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day] two of th
 em were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\
 , and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. Whi
 le they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and 
 went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said 
 to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other 
 as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named 
 Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does no
 t know the things that have happened there in these days?" And He said to t
 hem\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\,
  who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, 
 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to de
 ath\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Isr
 ael. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happen
 ed. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb e
 arly in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came back saying t
 hat they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Som
 e of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the wom
 en had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish m
 en\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was no
 t it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into th
 is glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted t
 o them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So they drew ne
 ar to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further
 \, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward eve
 ning and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When H
 e was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, a
 nd gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; an
 d He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our he
 arts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to 
 us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\
 ; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\
 , who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then 
 they told what had happened on the road and how He was known to them in the
  breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:32-42\nI
 n those days\, as Peter went here and there among them all\, he came down a
 lso to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas\, 
 who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to
  him\, "Aeneas\, Jesus Christ heals you\; rise and make your bed." And imme
 diately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him\, and th
 ey turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha\, wh
 ich means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. In those 
 days she fell sick and died\; and when they had washed her\, they laid her 
 in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa\, the disciples\, hearing that
  Peter was there\, sent two men to him entreating him\, "Please come to us 
 without delay." So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come\, th
 ey took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping\, an
 d showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with th
 em. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed\; then turning
  to the body he said\, "Tabitha\, rise." And she opened her eyes\, and when
  she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then
  calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. And it became known 
 throughout all Joppa\, and many believed in the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Jo
 hn 5:1-15\nAt that time\, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerus
 alem by the Sheep Gate a pool\, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five po
 rticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids\, blind\, lame\, paralyzed\, 
 waiting for the moving of the water\; for an angel of the Lord went down at
  certain seasons into the pool\, and troubled the water\; whoever stepped i
 n first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatever disease he 
 had. One man was there\, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesu
 s saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time\, he said to hi
 m\, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered him\, "Sir\, I have n
 o man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled\, and while I am g
 oing another steps down before me." Jesus said to him\, "Rise\, take up you
 r pallet\, and walk." And at once the man was healed\, and he took up his p
 allet and walked.\n\nNow that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the 
 man who was cured\, "It is the sabbath\, it is not lawful for you to carry 
 your pallet." But he answered them\, "The man who healed me said to me\, 'T
 ake up your pallet\, and walk.' "They asked him\, "Who is the man who said 
 to you\, 'Take up your pallet\, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed
  did not know who it was\, for Jesus had withdrawn\, as there was a crowd i
 n the place. Afterward\, Jesus found him in the temple\, and said to him\, 
 "See\, you are well! Sin no more\, that nothing worse befall you." The man 
 went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/04/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isidore of Pelusium\; Nicholas the Confessor\; Hieromartyr Abramius\; 
 John the Righteous\, Bishop of Irinopolis\; Theodosios the Righteous\; Jose
 ph the New Martyr of Aleppo\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord an
 d Savior in the Temple\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Second 
 Universal Letter 3:1-18\nBeloved\, this is now the second letter that I hav
 e written to you\, and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by 
 way of reminder\; that you should remember the predictions of the holy prop
 hets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.  Fir
 st of all you must understand this\, that scoffers will come in the last da
 ys with scoffing\, following their own passions and saying\, "Where is the 
 promise of his coming?  For ever since the fathers fell asleep\, all things
  have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."  They deliber
 ately ignore this fact\, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago\,
  and an earth formed out of water and by means of water\, through which the
  world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.  But by the s
 ame word the heavens and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire\
 , being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.\n\nB
 ut do not ignore this one fact\, beloved\, that with the Lord one day is as
  a thousand years\, and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slow 
 about his promise as some count slowness\, but is forbearing toward you\, n
 ot wishing that any should perish\, but that all should reach repentance.  
 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief\, and then the heavens will 
 pass away with a loud noise\, and the elements will be dissolved with fire\
 , and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up.\n\nSince 
 all these things are thus to be dissolved\, what sort of persons ought you 
 to be in lives of holiness and godliness\, waiting for and hastening the co
 ming of the day of God\, because of which the heavens will be kindled and d
 issolved\, and the elements will melt with fire!  But according to his prom
 ise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.\
 n\nTherefore\, beloved\, since you wait for these\, be zealous to be found 
 by him without spot or blemish\, and at peace.  And count the forbearance o
 f our Lord as salvation.  So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you acc
 ording to the wisdom given him\, speaking of this as he does in all his let
 ters.  There are some things in them hard to understand\, which the ignoran
 t and unstable twist to their own destruction\, as they do the other script
 ures.  You therefore\, beloved\, knowing this beforehand\, beware lest you 
 be carried away with the error of lawless men and lose your own stability. 
  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  
 To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.  Amen.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Mark 13:24-31\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "In those days\, af
 ter that tribulation\, the sun will be darkened\, and the moon will not giv
 e its light\, and the stars will be falling from heaven\, and the powers in
  the heavens will be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming 
 in clouds with great power and glory.  And he will send out the angels\, an
 d gather his elect from the four winds\, from the ends of the earth to the 
 ends of heaven.  From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch 
 becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is near.  S
 o also\, when you see these things taking place\, you know he is near\, at 
 the very gates.  Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not pass away 
 before all these things take place.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but 
 my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Emilian the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos\; Our Holy Father Myronus th
 e Wonderworker\, Bishop of Crete\; Holy New Martyrs Triantaphillus of Zagor
 as and Anastasius of Thessolonica\; Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos\; Kall
 inikos\, Metropolitan of Edessa and Pella\; Afterfeast of the Transfigurati
 on of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Anastatios the Martyr from Bulgari
 a\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Romans 15:30-33\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by our Lord Jesus Chri
 st and by the love of the Spirit\, to strive together with me in your praye
 rs to God on my behalf\, that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Ju
 dea\, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints\, s
 o that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your co
 mpany. The God of peace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 1
 7:24-27\; 18:1-4\nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went
  up to Peter and said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes
 ." And when he came home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\, "What do you
  think\, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From 
 their sons or from others?" And when he said\, "From others\," Jesus said t
 o him\, "Then the sons are free. However\, not to give offense to them\, go
  to the sea and cast a hook\, and take the first fish that comes up\, and w
 hen you open its mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and give it to th
 em for me and for yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples came to Jesus\
 , saying\, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to h
 im a child\, he put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Truly\, I say to
  you\, unless you turn and become like children\, you will never enter the 
 kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the grea
 test in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/02/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Habakkuk the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Cyril of Phileus\; Myrope 
 the Martyr of Chios\; Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia\; Joannicos the Monk of De
 vich\; Theophilos the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:8-14\nTimothy\, my son\, we know that
  the law is good\, if any one uses it lawfully\, understanding this\, that 
 the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient\,
  for the ungodly and sinners\, for the unholy and profane\, for murderers o
 f fathers and murderers of mothers\, for manslayers\, immoral persons\, sod
 omites\, kidnapers\, liars\, perjurers\, and whatever else is contrary to s
 ound doctrine\, in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God w
 ith which I have been entrusted. I thank him who has given me strength for 
 this\, Christ Jesus our Lord\, because he judged me faithful by appointing 
 me to his service\, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulte
 d him\; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief\, a
 nd the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are
  in Christ Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:45-48\nAt that time\, Jesus en
 tered the temple and began to drive out those who sold\, saying to them\, "
 It is written\, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'\; but you have made i
 t a den of robbers." And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief pri
 ests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy 
 him\; but they did not find anything they could do\, for all the people hun
 g upon his words.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Saturday\; Hieromartyr Antipas\, Bishop of Pergamum\; Pharmuthios
  the Anchorite\; Guthlac the Hermit of Crowland\n\nStrict Fast\n\nMatins Go
 spel Reading: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that is\, after the day o
 f Preparation\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 
 and said\, "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, while he was still a
 live\, 'After three days I will rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher 
 to be made secure until the third day\, lest his disciples go and steal him
  away\, and tell the people\, 'He has risen from the dead\,' and the last f
 raud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them\, "You have a guard
  of soldiers\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made th
 e sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.\n\nEpistle Rea
 ding: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, all who have been 
 baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  We were buried th
 erefore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ was raised from 
 the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in newness of life.
   For if we have been united with Him in a death like His\, we shall certai
 nly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know that our old se
 lf was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed\, and 
 we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died is freed from s
 in.  But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we shall also live w
 ith Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die
  again\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death He died He died 
 to sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you also 
 must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our L
 ord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 28:1-20\nAfter the sabbath\, toward the daw
 n of the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to 
 see the sepulcher. And behold\, there was a great earthquake\; for an angel
  of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone\, and
  sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning\, and his raiment white as 
 snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But
  the angel said to the women\, "Do not be afraid\; for I know that you seek
  Jesus who was crucified. He is not here\; for he has risen\, as he said. C
 ome\, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples th
 at he has risen from the dead\, and behold\, he is going before you to Gali
 lee\; there you will see him. Lo\, I have told you." So they departed quick
 ly from the tomb with fear and great joy\, and ran to tell his disciples. A
 nd behold\, Jesus met them and said\, "Hail!" And they came up and took hol
 d of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them\, "Do not be afrai
 d\; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee\, and there they will see me."
 \n\nWhile they were going\, behold\, some of the guard went into the city a
 nd told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assem
 bled with the elders and taken counsel\, they gave a sum of money to the so
 ldiers and said\, "Tell people\, 'His disciples came by night and stole him
  away while we were asleep.' And if this comes to the governor's ears\, we 
 will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." So they took the money and d
 id as they were directed\; and this story has been spread among the Jews to
  this day.\n\nNow the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to
  which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him\; 
 but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heave
 n and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all
  nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of t
 he Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; a
 nd lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/18/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Saturday\; Holy Father John the Righteous\, disciple of St. Gr
 egory of Decapolis\; Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia\; Cosmas\, Bishop
  of Calcydon\; John the New Martyr of Epiros\; Athanasia the Wonderworker o
 f Aegina\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 3:11-16\nIn 
 those days\, while the healed lame man clung to Peter and John\, all the pe
 ople ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's\, astounded. And 
 when Peter saw it he addressed the people\, "Men of Israel\, why do you won
 der at this\, or why do you stare at us\, as though by our own power or pie
 ty we had made him walk? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob\, the
  God of our fathers\, glorified his servant Jesus\, whom you delivered up a
 nd denied in the presence of Pilate\, when he had decided to release him. B
 ut you denied the Holy and Righteous One\, and asked for a murderer to be g
 ranted to you\, and killed the Author of life\, whom God raised from the de
 ad. To this we are witnesses. And his name\, by faith in his name\, has mad
 e this man strong whom you see and know\; and the faith which is through hi
 m has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all."\n\nGos
 pel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus and his disciples went into
  the land of Judea\; there He remained with them and baptized.  John also w
 as baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there was much water there\; and
  people came and were baptized.  For John had not yet been put in prison.\n
 \nNow a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.
   And they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rabbi\, he who was with you be
 yond the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, here he is\, baptizing\, and a
 ll are going to him."  John answered\, "No one can receive anything except 
 what is given him from heaven.  You yourselves bear me witness\, that I sai
 d\, I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent before Him.  He who has the 
 bride is the bridegroom\; the friend of the bridegroom\, who stands and hea
 rs him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice\; therefore this joy of
  mine is now full.  He must increase\, but I must decrease.\n\n"He who come
 s from above is above all\; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth\, a
 nd of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from heaven is above all.  He bear
 s witness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no one receives his testimony
 \; he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this\, that God is true."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/30/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Saturday of Souls\; Isaacius\, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus\
 ; Macrina\, grandmother of St. Basil the Great\; Barlaam the Monk of Caesar
 ea\; Natalios the Martyr\; Emilia\, mother of Saint Basil the Great\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we w
 ould not have you ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, t
 hat you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe
  that Jesus died and rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring 
 with him those who have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the w
 ord of the Lord\, that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of 
 the Lord\, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord hi
 mself will descend from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's
  call\, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ w
 ill rise first\; then we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up 
 together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we sh
 all always be with the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time
 \, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was raised from the dea
 d. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more 
 than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He s
 aid to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son o
 f John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I lo
 ve you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, 
 "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said t
 o him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you k
 now everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sh
 eep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourse
 lf and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out
  your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish
  to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And af
 ter this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them 
 the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the sup
 per and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Pet
 er saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to
  him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?
  Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple
  was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but
 \, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" Th
 is is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has wri
 tten these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are a
 lso many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be writte
 n\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would 
 be written. Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/20/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leo\, Bishop of Catania\; Agathus\, Pope of Rome\; Bessarion the Great
 \; Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia\; Plotinus\n\nFast 
 Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Zechariah 8
 :7-17\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  Behold\, I will save my people from t
 he east country and from the west country\; and I will bring them to dwell 
 in the midst of Jerusalem\; and they shall be my people and I will be their
  God\, in faithfulness and in righteousness."\n\nThus says the Lord of host
 s:  "Let your hands be strong\, you who in these days have been hearing the
 se words from the mouth of the prophets\, since the day that the foundation
  of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid\, that the temple might be buil
 t.  For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast\,
  neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in\
 ; for I set every man against his fellow.  But now I will not deal with the
  remnant of this people as in the former days\, says the Lord of hosts.  Fo
 r there shall be a sowing of peace\; the vine shall yield its fruit\, and t
 he ground shall give its increase\, and the heavens shall give their dew\; 
 and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.  A
 nd as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations\, O house of Juda
 h and house of Israel\, so will I save you and you shall be a blessing.  Fe
 ar not\, but let your hands be strong."\n\nFor thus says the Lord of hosts:
   "As I purposed to do evil to you\, when your fathers provoked me to wrath
 \, and I did not relent\, says the Lord of hosts\,  so again have I purpose
 d in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah\; fear no
 t.  These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another\
 , render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace\, do not 
 devise evil in your hearts against one another\, and love no false oath\, f
 or all these things I hate\, says the Lord."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Zech
 ariah 8:19-23\n"Thus says the Lord of hosts:  The fast of the fourth month\
 , and the fast of the fifth\, and the fast of the seventh\, and the fast of
  the tenth\, shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness\, a
 nd cheerful feasts\; therefore love truth and peace.\n\n"Thus says the Lord
  of hosts:  Peoples shall yet come\, even the inhabitants of many cities\; 
 the inhabitants of one city shall go to another\, saying\, 'Let us go at on
 ce to entreat the favor of the Lord\, and to seek the Lord of hosts\; I am 
 going.'  Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hos
 ts in Jerusalem\, and to entreat the favor of the Lord.  Thus says the Lord
  of hosts:  In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall ta
 ke hold of the robe of a Jew\, saying\, 'Let us go with you\, for we have h
 eard that God is with you.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia\; Sergios\, Stephen
  and Kastor\; Palamon\, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great\; Soldier-martyr
 s of Crete\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus
  Christ\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the 
 Corinthians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, such is the confidence that we have through 
 Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything
  as coming from us\; our competence is from God\, who has made us competent
  to be ministers of a new covenant\, not in a written code but in the Spiri
 t\; for the written code kills\, but the Spirit gives life.\n\nNow if the d
 ispensation of death\, carved in letters on stone\, came with such splendor
  that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its brightnes
 s\, fading as this was\, will not the dispensation of the Spirit be attende
 d with greater splendor? For if there was splendor in the dispensation of c
 ondemnation\, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splen
 dor. Indeed\, in this case\, what once had splendor has come to have no spl
 endor at all\, because of the splendor that surpasses it. For if what faded
  away came with splendor\, what is permanent must have much more splendor.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:29-39\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come
  to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build t
 he tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\
 , 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers\, we would not have taken par
 t with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness agains
 t yourselves\, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill u
 p\, then\, the measure of your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\
 , how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you proph
 ets and wise men and scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and
  some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\,
  that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the bl
 ood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom 
 you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, al
 l this will come upon this generation.\n\nO Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing
  the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have
  gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings
 \, and you would not! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I t
 ell you\, you will not see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who co
 mes in the name of the Lord.'"\n\n
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 sts: Porphyrius\, Bishop of Gaza\; The Holy Great Martyr Photine\, the Sama
 ritan Woman\; Holy Martyr Theocletus\; John Claphas the new Martyr\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:11-21\nThe haughty looks of man s
 hall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall be humbled\; and the Lord 
 alone will be exalted in that day.\n\nFor the Lord of hosts has a day again
 st all that is proud and lofty\, against all that is lifted up and high\; a
 gainst all the cedars of Lebanon\, lofty and lifted up\; and against all th
 e oaks of Bashan\; against all the high mountains\, and against all the lof
 ty hills\; against every high tower\, and against every fortified wall\; ag
 ainst all the ships of Tarshish\, and against all the beautiful craft.  And
  the haughtiness of man shall be humbled\, and the pride of men shall be br
 ought low\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.  And the idols 
 shall utterly pass away.  And men shall enter the caves of the rocks and th
 e holes of the ground\, from before the terror of the Lord\, and from the g
 lory of his majesty\, when he rises to terrify the earth.\n\nIn that day me
 n will cast forth their idols of silver and their idols of gold\, which the
 y made for themselves to worship\, to the moles and to the bats\, to enter 
 the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs\, from before the ter
 ror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty\, when he rises to terr
 ify the earth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2:4-19\nThese are the gene
 rations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.\n\nIn the day 
 that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens\, when no plant of the fie
 ld was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up -- for t
 he Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth\, and there was no man
  to till the ground\; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the who
 le face of the ground -- then the Lord God formed man of dust from the grou
 nd\, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life\; and man became a l
 iving being.  And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden\, in the east\; and
  there he put the man whom he had formed.  And out of the ground the Lord G
 od made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food\
 , the tree of life also in the midst of the garden\, and the tree of the kn
 owledge of good and evil.\n\nA river flowed out of Eden to water the garden
 \, and there it divided and became four rivers.  The name of the first is P
 ishon\; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Hav'ilah\, where
  there is gold\; and the gold of that land is good\; bdellium and onyx ston
 e are there.  The name of the second river is Gihon\; it is the one which f
 lows around the whole land of Cush.  And the name of the third river is Tig
 ris\, which flows east of Assyria.  And the fourth river is the Euphra'tes.
 \n\nThe Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it 
 and keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man\, saying\, "You may freely
  eat of every tree of the garden\; but of the tree of the knowledge of good
  and evil you shall not eat\, for in the day that you eat of it you shall d
 ie."\n\nThen the Lord God said\, "It is not good that the man should be alo
 ne\; I will make him a helper fit for him."  So out of the ground the Lord 
 God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air\, and brought
  them to the man to see what he would call them\; and whatever the man call
 ed every living creature\, that was its name.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Pro
 verbs 3:1-18\nMy son\, do not forget my teaching\, but let your heart keep 
 my commandments\; for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare
  will they give you.\n\nLet not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you\; bind
  them about your neck\, write them on the tablet of your heart.  So you wil
 l find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.\n\nTrust in the L
 ord with all your heart\, and do not rely on your own insight.  In all your
  ways acknowledge him\, and he will make straight your paths.  Be not wise 
 in your own eyes\; fear the Lord\, and turn away from evil.  It will be hea
 ling to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.\n\nHonor the Lord with yo
 ur substance and with the first fruits of all your produce\; then your barn
 s will be filled with plenty\, and your vats will be bursting with wine.\n\
 nMy son\, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof\,
  for the Lord reproves him whom he loves\, as a father the son in whom he d
 elights.\n\nHappy is the man who finds wisdom\, and the man who gets unders
 tanding\, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its prof
 it better than gold.  She is more precious than jewels\, and nothing you de
 sire can compare with her.  Long life is in her right hand\; in her left ha
 nd are riches and honor.  Her ways are ways of pleasantness\, and all her p
 aths are peace.  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her\; those
  who hold her fast are called happy.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Palm Sunday\; Monk-Martyrs Claudius\, Diodore\, Victor\, Victorinus\, 
 Pappias\, Nicephorus\, and Serapion\; Theodora the Righteous of Thessalonik
 i\; Agathopodes and Theodulos the Martyrs\; George the new Martyr\n\nFast D
 ay (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-11\; 15-17\nAt tha
 t time\, when Jesus drew near to  Jerusalem and came to Bethphage\, to the 
 Mount of Olives\, he sent two disciples\, saying to them\, "Go into the vil
 lage opposite you\, and immediately you will find a donkey tied\, and a col
 t with her\; untie them and bring them to me. If any one says anything to y
 ou\, you shall say\, 'The Lord has need of them\,' and he will send them im
 mediately." This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet\, say
 ing\,\n\n"Tell the daughter of Zion\,\nBehold\, your king is coming to you\
 ,\nhumble and mounted on a donkey\,\nand on a colt\, the foal of a donkey."
 \n\nThe disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them\; they brought th
 e donkey and the colt\, and put their garments on them\, and he sat thereon
 . Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road\, and others cut bran
 ches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went b
 efore him and that followed him shouted\, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Ble
 ssed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" And 
 when he entered Jerusalem\, all the city was stirred\, saying\, "Who is thi
 s?" And the crowds said\, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galil
 ee." But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that h
 e did\, and the children crying out in the temple\, "Hosanna to the Son of 
 David!" they were indignant\; and they said to him\, "Do you hear what they
  are saying?" And Jesus said to them\, "Yes\; have you never read\,\n\n'Out
  of the mouths of babes and sucklings\,\nyou have brought perfect praise'?"
 \n\nAnd leaving them\, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:4-9\nBRETHREN\,
  rejoice in the Lord always\; again I will say\, Rejoice. Let all men know 
 your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything\, but
  in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your reques
 ts be made known to God. And the peace of God\, which passes all understand
 ing\, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally\, breth
 ren\, whatever is true\, whatever is honorable\, whatever is just\, whateve
 r is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whatever is gracious\, if there is any exc
 ellence\, if there is anything worthy of praise\, think about these things.
  What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me\, do\; and the
  God of peace will be with you. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:1-18\nSix days 
 before Passover\, Jesus came to Bethany\, where Lazaros was\, whom Jesus ha
 d raised from the dead. There they made him a supper\; Martha served\, and 
 Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly oin
 tment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with h
 er hair\; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But 
 Judas Iscariot\, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him)\, said "Wh
 y was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poo
 r?" This he said\, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thie
 f\, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus
  said\, "Let her alone\, let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor
  you always have with you\, but you do not always have me."\n\n When the gr
 eat crowd of the Jews learned that he was there\, they came\, not only on a
 ccount of Jesus but also to see Lazaros\, whom he had raised from the dead.
  So the chief priests planned to put Lazaros also to death\, because on acc
 ount of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.\n\n Th
 e next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was com
 ing to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet 
 him\, crying\, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord\, 
 even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it\; 
 as it is written\, "Fear not\, daughter of Zion\; behold\, your king is com
 ing\, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand this at
  first\; but when Jesus was glorified\, then they remembered that this had 
 been written of him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with 
 him when he called Lazaros out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bor
 e witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he
  had done this sign.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/12/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous\; Holy New Martyr Peter the Al
 eut\; John (or Joachim)\, Bishop of Zichni\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
  5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is fo
 und in all that is good and right and true)\, and try to learn what is plea
 sing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but in
 stead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they 
 do in secret\; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible
 \, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awak
 e\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light."
  Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making 
 the most of the time\, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be fooli
 sh\, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with
  wine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing
  one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making m
 elody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe
  Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, 
 and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and
  kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly
 .  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sh
 eep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not
 \, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatc
 hes them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares no
 thing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own kno
 w me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my lif
 e for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I mu
 st bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flo
 ck\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 15th Sunday of Luke\; Gregory the Theologian\, Archbishop of Constanti
 nople\; Kastinos\, Archbishop of Constantinople\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after 
 he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of J
 ohn\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you k
 now that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he sa
 id to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\,
  Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He sai
 d to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was
  grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he s
 aid to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus
  said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were
  young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are 
 old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry
  you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he w
 as to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turn
 ed and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain clos
 e to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is goin
 g to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what abou
 t this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I c
 ome\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the b
 rethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him th
 at he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\
 , what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to thes
 e things\, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimon
 y is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were ever
 y one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not con
 tain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we sh
 ould have such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated fro
 m sinners\, exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high pr
 iests\, to offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for tho
 se of the people\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  In
 deed\, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the wor
 d of the oath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been
  made perfect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we ha
 ve such a high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne o
 f the Majesty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent whi
 ch is set up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10\n
 At that time\, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man named
  Zacchaios\; he was a chief collector\, and rich. And he sought to see who 
 Jesus was\, but could not\, on account of the crowd\, because he was small 
 of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see h
 im\, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place\, he loo
 ked up and said to him\, "Zacchaios\, make haste and come down\; for I must
  stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down\, and received h
 im joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured\, "He has gone in to be
  the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the L
 ord\, "Behold\, Lord\, the half of my goods I give to the poor\; and if I h
 ave defrauded any one of anything\, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said 
 to him\, "Today salvation has come to this house\, since he also is a son o
 f Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/18/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Trophimos & Eukarpion\, Monk-martyrs 
 of Nicomedea\; Edward the Martyr\, King of England\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Te
 stament Reading: Isaiah 26:21-27:9\n For behold\, the LORD is coming forth 
 out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity\
 , and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her\, and will no more co
 ver her slain.  In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong swo
 rd will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent\, Leviathan the twisting serpe
 nt\, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.  \n\n In that day: "A 
 pleasant vineyard\, sing of it!  I\, the LORD\, am its keeper\; every momen
 t I water it. Lest any one harm it\, I guard it night and day\;  I have no 
 wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would set out agains
 t them\, I would burn them up together.  Or let them lay hold of my protect
 ion\, let them make peace with me\, let them make peace with me."  \n\n In 
 days to come Jacob shall take root\, Israel shall blossom and put forth sho
 ots\, and fill the whole world with fruit.  \n\n Has he smitten them as he 
 smote those who smote them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were s
 lain?  Measure by measure\, by exile thou didst contend with them\; he remo
 ved them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.  Therefore by t
 his the guilt of Jacob will be expiated\, and this will be the full fruit o
 f the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like c
 halkstones crushed to pieces\, no Asherim or incense altars will remain sta
 nding.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 9:18-10:1\nThe sons of Noah who we
 nt forth from the ark were Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth. Ham was the father of 
 Canaan.  These three were the sons of Noah\; and from these the whole earth
  was peopled.\n\nNoah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineya
 rd\; and he drank of the wine\, and became drunk\, and lay uncovered in his
  tent.  And Ham\, the father of Canaan\, saw the nakedness of his father\, 
 and told his two brothers outside.  Then Shem and Japheth took a garment\, 
 laid it upon both their shoulders\, and walked backward and covered the nak
 edness of their father\; their faces were turned away\, and they did not se
 e their father's nakedness.  When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what hi
 s youngest son had done to him\, he said\, "Cursed be Canaan\; a slave of s
 laves shall he be to his brothers."  He also said\, "Blessed by the LORD my
  God be Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave.  God enlarge Japheth\, and let 
 him dwell in the tents of Shem\; and let Canaan be his slave."  After the f
 lood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.  All the days of Noah were n
 ine hundred and fifty years\; and he died.  These are the generations of th
 e sons of Noah\, Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth\; sons were born to them after th
 e flood.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 12:23-13:9\nA prudent man conce
 als his knowledge\, but fools proclaim their folly.  The hand of the dilige
 nt will rule\, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.  Anxiety in 
 a man's heart weighs him down\, but a good word makes him glad.  A righteou
 s man turns away from evil\, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.  
 A slothful man will not catch his prey\, but the diligent man will get prec
 ious wealth.  In the path of righteousness is life\, but the way of error l
 eads to death.  A wise son hears his father's instruction\, but a scoffer d
 oes not listen to rebuke.  From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good
 \, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.  He who guards his mo
 uth preserves his life\; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.  The sou
 l of the sluggard craves\, and gets nothing\, while the soul of the diligen
 t is richly supplied.  A righteous man hates falsehood\, but a wicked man a
 cts shamefully and disgracefully.  Righteousness guards him whose way is up
 right\, but sin overthrows the wicked.  One man pretends to be rich\, yet h
 as nothing\; another pretends to be poor\, yet has great wealth.  The ranso
 m of a man's life is his wealth\, but a poor man has no means of redemption
 .  The light of the righteous rejoices\, but the lamp of the wicked will be
  put out.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Monday of the Holy Spirit\; Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his 
 Companions\; Pyrros the Hieromartyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk as children of light (
 for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true)\, a
 nd try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitfu
 l works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to sp
 eak of the things that they do in secret\; but when anything is exposed by 
 the light it becomes visible\, for anything that becomes visible is light. 
 Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise from the dead\, and C
 hrist shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk\, not as unwi
 se men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, because the days are evi
 l. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what the will of the Lord i
 s. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debauchery\; but be filled 
 with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual 
 songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 18:10-20\nThe Lord said\, "See that you do not despise o
 ne of these little ones\; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always
  behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to 
 save the lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep\, and one of
  them has gone astray\, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and 
 go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it\, truly\, I sa
 y to you\, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never we
 nt astray. So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one o
 f these little ones should perish.\n\n"If your brother sins against you\, g
 o and tell him his fault\, between you and him alone. If he listens to you\
 , you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen\, take one or two
  others along with you\, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence o
 f two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them\, tell it to the 
 church\; and if he refuses to listen even to the church\, let him be to you
  as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind
  on earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall 
 be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth abou
 t anything they ask\, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven\, for
  where two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of th
 em."\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)\; Our Righteous Father John\, B
 ishop and Hesychast\; Holy Martyrs Agapius and Seleucius\; Theodore\, Archb
 ishop of Alexandria\; Angelis the New Martyr\; Karpos the Hieromartyr\n\nSt
 rict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:18-20\; 
 2:8-15\nTimothy\, my son\, this charge I commit to you in accordance with t
 he prophetic utterances which pointed to you\, that inspired by them you ma
 y wage the good warfare\, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting
  conscience\, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith\, among th
 em Hymenaios and Alexander\, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may l
 earn not to blaspheme. I desire then that in every place the men should pra
 y\, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling\; also that women should
  adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel\, not with braide
 d hair or gold or pearls or costly attire but by good deeds\, as befits wom
 en who profess religion. Let a woman learn in silence with all submissivene
 ss. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men\; she is to ke
 ep silent. For Adam was formed first\, then Eve\; and Adam was not deceived
 \, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet woman will be 
 saved through bearing children\, if she continues in faith and love and hol
 iness\, with modesty.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jes
 us was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chi
 ef priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell 
 us by what authority you do these things\, or who it is that gave you this 
 authority."  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell 
 me\, was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed 
 it with one another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, '
 Why did you not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people 
 will stone us\; for they are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they a
 nswered that they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Ne
 ither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Basil the Great\, A
 rchbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia\; Emmelia\, Mother of Basil the Great\,
  Gregory of Nyssa\, Makrina\, and Peter of Sebaste\; Gregory\, Bishop of Na
 nzianzos\, Father of Gregory the Theologian\; Peter the New Martyr of the P
 eloponnesos\; Theodotos the Martyr\; Righteous Theodosios of Triglia\; Tele
 machos the Martyr\; Fulgentius\, Bishop of Ruspe\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "
 Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the d
 oor but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but h
 e who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeepe
 r opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and
  leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\
 , and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will 
 not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice o
 f strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understan
 d what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thi
 eves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any 
 one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pastu
 re."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 2:8-12\nBRETHR
 EN\, see to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty dece
 it\, according to human tradition\, according to the elemental spirits of t
 he universe\, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of 
 deity dwells bodily\, and you have come to fulness of life in him\, who is 
 the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a
  circumcision made without hands\, by putting off the body of flesh in the 
 circumcision of Christ\; and you were buried with him in baptism\, in which
  you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God\, who ra
 ised him from the dead.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:20-21\, 40-52\nAt that ti
 me\, the shepherds returned\, glorifying and praising God for all they had 
 heard and seen\, as it had been told them. And at the end of eight days\, w
 hen he was circumcised\, he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel 
 before he was conceived in the womb. And the child grew and became strong\,
  filled with wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him. Now his parents we
 nt to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was tw
 elve years old\, they went up according to custom\; and when the feast was 
 ended\, as they were returning\, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. 
 His parents did not know it\, but supposing him to be in the company they w
 ent a day's journey\, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaint
 ances\; and when they did not find him\, they returned to Jerusalem\, seeki
 ng him. After three days\, they found him in the temple\, sitting among the
  teachers\, listening to them and asking them questions\; and all who heard
  him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when they saw hi
 m they were astonished\; and his mother said to him\, "Son\, why have you t
 reated us so? Behold\, your father and I have been looking for you anxiousl
 y." And he said to them\, "How is it that you sought me? Did you not know t
 hat I must be in my Father's house?" And they did not understand the saying
  which he spoke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth\, 
 and was obedient to them\; and his mother kept all these things in her hear
 t. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature\, and in favor with God and
  man.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/30/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: John Climacus the Righteous\, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent\; 
 Sosthenes\, Apollos\, Cephas\, Caesar\, & Epaphroditos\, the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Zacharias the New Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Is
 aiah 48:17-49:4\nThus says the LORD\, your Redeemer\, the Holy One of Israe
 l: "I am the LORD your God\, who teaches you to profit\, who leads you in t
 he way you should go.  O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then yo
 ur peace would have been like a river\, and your righteousness like the wav
 es of the sea\; your offspring would have been like the sand\, and your des
 cendants like its grains\; their name would never be cut off or destroyed f
 rom before me."\n\nGo forth from Babylon\, flee from Chaldea\, declare this
  with a shout of joy\, proclaim it\, send it forth to the end of the earth\
 ; say\, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!"  They thirsted not when 
 he led them through the deserts\; he made water flow for them from the rock
 \; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.  "There is no peace\," says 
 the LORD\, "for the wicked."\n\nListen to me\, O coastlands\, and hearken\,
  you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb\, from the body of
  my mother he named my name.  He made my mouth like a sharp sword\, in the 
 shadow of his hand he hid me\; he made me a polished arrow\, in his quiver 
 he hid me away.  And he said to me\, "You are my servant\, Israel\, in whom
  I will be glorified."  But I said\, "I have labored in vain\, I have spent
  my strength for nothing and vanity\; yet surely my right is with the LORD\
 , and my recompense with my God."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 27:1-41
 \nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see\, he ca
 lled Esau his older son\, and said to him\, "My son"\; and he answered\, "H
 ere I am."  He said\, "Behold\, I am old\; I do not know the day of my deat
 h.  Now then\, take your weapons\, your quiver and your bow\, and go out to
  the field\, and hunt game for me\, and prepare for me savory food\, such a
 s I love\, and bring it to me that I may eat\; that I may bless you before 
 I die."  Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So whe
 n Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it\, Rebekah said to he
 r son Jacob\, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau\,  'Bring me 
 game\, and prepare for me savory food\, that I may eat it\, and bless you b
 efore the LORD before I die.'  Now therefore\, my son\, obey my word as I c
 ommand you.  Go to the flock\, and fetch me two good kids\, that I may prep
 are from them savory food for your father\, such as he loves\; and you shal
 l bring it to your father to eat\, so that he may bless you before he dies.
 "  But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother\, "Behold\, my brother Esau is a ha
 iry man\, and I am a smooth man.  Perhaps my father will feel me\, and I sh
 all seem to be mocking him\, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessi
 ng."  His mother said to him\, "Upon me be your curse\, my son\; only obey 
 my word\, and go\, fetch them to me."  So he went and took them and brought
  them to his mother\; and his mother prepared savory food\, such as his fat
 her loved.  Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son\, whi
 ch were with her in the house\, and put them on Jacob her younger son\; and
  the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of h
 is neck\; and she gave the savory food and the bread\, which she had prepar
 ed\, into the hand of her son Jacob.\n\nSo he went in to his father\, and s
 aid\, "My father"\; and he said\, "Here I am\; who are you\, my son?"  Jaco
 b said to his father\, "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told 
 me\; now sit up and eat of my game\, that you may bless me."  But Isaac sai
 d to his son\, "How is it that you have found it so quickly\, my son?" He a
 nswered\, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."  Then Isaac said 
 to Jacob\, "Come near\, that I may feel you\, my son\, to know whether you 
 are really my son Esau or not."  So Jacob went near to Isaac his father\, w
 ho felt him and said\, "The voice is Jacob's voice\, but the hands are the 
 hands of Esau."  And he did not recognize him\, because his hands were hair
 y like his brother Esau's hands\; so he blessed him.  He said\, "Are you re
 ally my son Esau?" He answered\, "I am."  Then he said\, "Bring it to me\, 
 that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it to him\, a
 nd he ate\; and he brought him wine\, and he drank.  Then his father Isaac 
 said to him\, "Come near and kiss me\, my son."  So he came near and kissed
  him\; and he smelled the smell of his garments\, and blessed him\, and sai
 d\, "See\, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD ha
 s blessed!  May God give you of the dew of heaven\, and of the fatness of t
 he earth\, and plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you\, and natio
 ns bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers\, and may your mother's sons
  bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you\, and blessed be every
  one who blesses you!"\n\nAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob\, wh
 en Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father\, Esau
  his brother came in from his hunting.  He also prepared savory food\, and 
 brought it to his father. And he said to his father\, "Let my father arise\
 , and eat of his son's game\, that you may bless me."  His father Isaac sai
 d to him\, "Who are you?" He answered\, "I am your son\, your first-born\, 
 Esau."  Then Isaac trembled violently\, and said\, "Who was it then that hu
 nted game and brought it to me\, and I ate it all before you came\, and I h
 ave blessed him? - Yes\, and he shall be blessed."  When Esau heard the wor
 ds of his father\, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry\, 
 and said to his father\, "Bless me\, even me also\, O my father!"  But he s
 aid\, "Your brother came with guile\, and he has taken away your blessing."
   Esau said\, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me thes
 e two times. He took away my birthright\; and behold\, now he has taken awa
 y my blessing." Then he said\, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"  
 Isaac answered Esau\, "Behold\, I have made him your lord\, and all his bro
 thers I have given to him for servants\, and with grain and wine I have sus
 tained him. What then can I do for you\, my son?"  Esau said to his father\
 , "Have you but one blessing\, my father? Bless me\, even me also\, O my fa
 ther." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.  Then Isaac his father answer
 ed him: "Behold\, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be
 \, and away from the dew of heaven on high.  By your sword you shall live\,
  and you shall serve your brother\; but when you break loose you shall brea
 k his yoke from your neck."  Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing w
 ith which his father had blessed him\, and Esau said to himself\, "The days
  of mourning for my father are approaching\; then I will kill my brother Ja
 cob."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 19:16-25\nHe who keeps the command
 ment keeps his life\; he who despises the word will die.  He who is kind to
  the poor lends to the LORD\, and he will repay him for his deed.  Discipli
 ne your son while there is hope\; do not set your heart on his destruction.
   A man of great wrath will pay the penalty\; for if you deliver him\, you 
 will only have to do it again.  Listen to advice and accept instruction\, t
 hat you may gain wisdom for the future.  Many are the plans in the mind of 
 a man\, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.  What i
 s desired in a man is loyalty\, and a poor man is better than a liar.  The 
 fear of the LORD leads to life\; and he who has it rests satisfied\; he wil
 l not be visited by harm.  The sluggard buries his hand in the dish\, and w
 ill not even bring it back to his mouth.  Strike a scoffer\, and the simple
  will learn prudence\; reprove a man of understanding\, and he will gain kn
 owledge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/02/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Sylv
 ester\, Pope of Rome\; Cosmas\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Seraphim the
  Wonderworker of Sarov\; Juliana the Righteous\; Theagenes the Hieromartyr\
 , Bishop of Parios\; Theopemptos\; Theodota\, the Mother of the Holy Anargy
 roi\; Righteous Mark the Deaf\; Basil the Martyr of Ankyra\; Sergios\; Theo
 pistos the Martyr\; George the New Martyr of Georgia\; Nilos the Sanctified
 \; Sylvester of the Kiev Caves\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Hebrews 5:4-10\nBRETHREN\, one does not take the honor upon h
 imself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did no
 t exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by him who sai
 d to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he says also
  in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order of Melchi
 zedek." In the days of his flesh\, Jesus offered up prayers and supplicatio
 ns\, with loud cries and tears\, to him who was able to save him from death
 \, and he was heard for his godly fear. Although he was a Son\, he learned 
 obedience through what he suffered\; and being made perfect he became the s
 ource of eternal salvation to all who obey him\, being designated by God a 
 high priest after the order of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15
 \nAt that time\, there was a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a rul
 er of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, 
 we know that you are a teacher come from God\; for no one can do these sign
 s that you do\, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, trul
 y\, I say to you\, unless one is born from above\, he cannot see the kingdo
 m of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can a man be born when he is old? C
 an he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answer
 ed\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born of water and the Sp
 irit\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh 
 is flesh\, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel th
 at I said to you\, 'You must be born from above.' The Spirit blows where it
  wills\, and you hear the sound of it\, and you do not know whence it comes
  or whither it goes\; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Ni
 kodemos said to him\, "How can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a te
 acher of Israel\, and yet you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say
  to you\, we speak of what we know\, and bear witness to what we have seen\
 ; but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things a
 nd you do not believe\, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 
 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son 
 of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderne
 ss\, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may
  have eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the Martyrs\;
  Anatolius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Kar
 enesi\; Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints Phili
 p\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Romans 16:1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\,
  a deaconess of the church at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the L
 ord as befits the saints\, and help her in whatever she may require from yo
 u\, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca a
 nd Aquila\, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for 
 my life\, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give
  thanks\; greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\
 , who was the first convert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked
  hard among you. Greet Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow pri
 soners\; they are men of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ 
 before me. Greet Ampliatos\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fe
 llow worker in Christ\, and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is appr
 oved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet 
 my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Na
 rcissos. Greet those workers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet th
 e beloved Persis\, who has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent i
 n the Lord\, also his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\
 , Patrobas\, Hermas\, and the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\
 , Julia\, Nereus and his sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are 
 with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ g
 reet you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:3-9\nThe Lord said this parable\, "
 A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed\, some seeds fell along the path\,
  and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground\, w
 here they had not much soil\, and immediately they sprang up\, since they h
 ad no depth of soil\, but when the sun rose they were scorched\; and since 
 they had no root they withered away. Other seeds fell upon thorns\, and the
  thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought 
 forth grain\, some a hundredfold\, some sixty\, some thirty. He who has ear
 s to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Monday\; Eutychius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; 120 Martyrs of
  Persia\; Gregory of Sinai\; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:18-43\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to 
 the city\, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to i
 t\, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fr
 uit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the 
 disciples saw it they marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at o
 nce?" And Jesus answered them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith a
 nd never doubt\, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree\, 
 but even if you say to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,
 ' it will be done. And whatever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if y
 ou have faith. " And when he entered the temple\, the chief priests and the
  elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching\, and said\, "By wh
 at authority are you doing these things\, and who gave you this authority?"
  Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; and if you tell me
  the answer\, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things
 . The baptism of John\, whence was it? From heaven or from men?" And they a
 rgued with one another\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say to us\, '
 Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say\, 'From men\,' we are afra
 id of the multitude\; for all hold that John was a prophet." So they answer
 ed Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said to them\, "Neither will I tell you
  by what authority I do these things. What do you think? A man had two sons
 \; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and work in the vineyard t
 oday.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward he repented and went.
  And he went to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, 'I go\, si
 r\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They sai
 d\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, the tax colle
 ctors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came 
 to you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not believe him\, but the 
 tax collectors and the harlots believed him\; and even when you saw it\, yo
 u did not afterward repent and believe him.\n\n"Hear another parable. There
  was a householder who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it\, and d
 ug a wine press in it\, and built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and
  went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent hi
 s servants to the tenants\, to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his ser
 vants and beat one\, killed another\, and stoned another. Again he sent oth
 er servants\, more than the first\; and they did the same to them. Afterwar
 d he sent his son to them\, saying\, 'They will respect my son.' But when t
 he tenants saw the son\, they said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come
 \, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast hi
 m out of the vineyard\, and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vin
 eyard comes\, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him\, "He wil
 l put those wretches to a miserable death\, and let out the vineyard to oth
 er tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to th
 em\, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the buil
 ders rejected has become the head of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing
 \, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you\, the kingdom of 
 God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits 
 of it."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:3-35\nAt that time\, as Jesus sat on 
 the Mount of Olives\, the disciples came to him privately\, saying\, "Tell 
 us\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign of your coming and of th
 e close of the age?" And Jesus answered them\, "Take heed that no one leads
  you astray. For many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am the Christ\,' a
 nd they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars
 \; see that you are not alarmed\; for this must take place\, but the end is
  not yet. For nation will rise against nation\, and kingdom against kingdom
 \, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is
  but the beginning of the sufferings.\n\n Then they will deliver you up to 
 tribulation\, and put you to death\; and you will be hated by all nations f
 or my name's sake. And then many will fall away\, and betray one another\, 
 and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astr
 ay. And because wickedness is multiplied\, most men's love will grow cold. 
 But he who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom
  will be preached throughout the whole world\, as a testimony to all nation
 s\; and then the end will come.\n\n So when you see the desolating sacrileg
 e spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the holy place (let the rea
 der understand)\, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains\; l
 et him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house\; an
 d let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. And alas fo
 r those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days! Pray 
 that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then there will 
 be great tribulation\, such as has not been from the beginning of the world
  until now\, no\, and never will be. And if those days had not been shorten
 ed\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sake of the elect those da
 ys will be shortened. Then if anyone says to you\, 'Lo\, here is the Christ
 !' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophet
 s will arise and show great signs and wonders\, so as to lead astray\, if p
 ossible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you beforehand. So\, if they say
  to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not go out\; if they say\, 'L
 o\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it. For as the lightning com
 es from the east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of t
 he Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered tog
 ether. Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be dark
 ened\, and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will fall from 
 heaven\, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; then will appear th
 e sign of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth w
 ill mourn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven
  with power and great glory\; and he will send out his angels with a loud t
 rumpet call\, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\, from one
  end of heaven to the other.\n\n From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soo
 n as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that su
 mmer is near. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know that he is
  near\, at the very gates. Truly\, I say to you\, this generation will not 
 pass away till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away
 \, but my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/26/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women\; Basil the Holy Martyr Bishop of Am
 asea\; Glaphyra the Righteous\; Justa the Nun\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luk
 e 24:1-12\nOn the first day of the week at early dawn\, the women went to t
 he tomb\, taking spices\, which they had prepared. And they found the stone
  rolled away from the tomb\, but when they went in they did not find the bo
 dy of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two m
 en stood by them in dazzling apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowe
 d their faces to the ground\, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the l
 iving among the dead? He is not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told 
 you\, while He was still in Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered
  into the hands of sinful men\, and be crucified\, and on the third day ris
 e." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all
  this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joan
 na and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this
  to the Apostles\; but these words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they d
 id not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and look
 ing in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering
  at what had happened.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7\nIn t
 hose days\, when the disciples were increasing in number\, the Hellenists m
 urmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the dail
 y distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said\
 , "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serv
 e tables. Therefore\, brethren\, pick out from among you seven men of good 
 repute\, full of the Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this dut
 y. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
  And what they said pleased the whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, 
 a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, a
 nd Nicanor\, and Timon\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antio
 ch. These they set before the apostles\, and they prayed and laid their han
 ds upon them. And the word of God increased\; and the number of the discipl
 es multiplied greatly in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the priests were o
 bedient to the faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:43-47\; 16:1-8\nAt that ti
 me\, Joseph of Arimathea\, a respected member of the council\, who was also
  himself looking for the kingdom of God\, took courage and went to Pilate\,
  and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already de
 ad\; and summoning the centurion\, he asked him whether he was already dead
 . And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead\, he granted the 
 body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud\, and taking him down\, wrappe
 d him in the linen shroud\, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out 
 of the rock\; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magd
 alene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.\n\nAnd when the s
 abbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James\, and Salom
 e\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on
  the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. An
 d they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us fr
 om the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone was roll
 ed back\; for it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a young m
 an sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amaz
 ed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, 
 who was crucified. He has risen\, he is not here\; see the place where they
  laid him. But go\, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before yo
 u to Galilee\; there you will see him\, as he told you." And they went out 
 and fled from the tomb\; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\
 ; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/09/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyril\, Patriarch of Alexandria\; 3 Virgin-martyrs of Chios\; 5 Nuns b
 eheaded in Persia:  Thecla\, Mariamne\, Martha\, Mary\, & Enmatha\; Righteo
 us Father Columba of Iona\; Righteous Father Cyril of Belozersk\n\nFast Day
  (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:4-12\
 nBrethren\, to one who works\, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as 
 his due. And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungo
 dly\, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. So also David pronounces a bl
 essing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: "Bl
 essed are those whose iniquities are forgiven\, and whose sins are covered\
 ; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin." Is thi
 s blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised\, or also upon the uncircum
 cised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness. How then
  was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It
  was not after\, but before he was circumcised. He received circumcision as
  a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was sti
 ll uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe
  without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them
 \, and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcise
 d but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abraham had bef
 ore he was circumcised.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:15-21\nThe Lord said\,
  "Beware of false prophets\, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inward
 ly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gath
 ered from thorns\, or figs from thistles? So\, every sound tree bears good 
 fruit\, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot bear evil fr
 uit\, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear goo
 d fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them by th
 eir fruits. Not every one who says to me\, 'Lord\, Lord\,' shall enter the 
 kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; 
 The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy 
 Prophetess Anna\; Stamatios\, John\, & Nicholas\, New Martyrs of Spetses\; 
 Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos \; Nicholas\, Archbishop & Enlightener o
 f Japan\; Ansgar of Hamburg-Bremen\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appeared as a hig
 h priest of the good things that have come\, then through the greater and m
 ore perfect tent (not made with hands\, that is\, not of this creation) he 
 entered once for all into the Holy Place\, taking not the blood of goats an
 d calves but his own blood\, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if th
 e sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with 
 the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh\, how mu
 ch more shall the blood of Christ\, who through the eternal Spirit offered 
 himself without blemish to God\, purify your conscience from dead works to 
 serve the living God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:25-38\nAt that time\, ther
 e was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon and this man was righteous
  and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit w
 as upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he sho
 uld not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And inspired by the
  Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brought in the child
  Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\, he took him up 
 in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\, now let your servant depart 
 in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation wh
 ich you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a light for revelati
 on to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel." And his father a
 nd his mother marveled at what was said about him\; and Symeon blessed them
  and said to Mary his mother\, "Behold\, this child is set for the fall and
  rising of many in Israel\, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sw
 ord will pierce through your own soul also)\, that thoughts out of many hea
 rts may be revealed." And there was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of P
 hanuel\, of the tribe of Asher\; she was of a great age\, having lived with
  her husband seven years from her virginity\, and as a widow till she was e
 ighty-four. She did not depart from the temple\, worshiping with fasting an
 d prayer night and day. And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to 
 God\, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusa
 lem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/29/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Wednesday after Pascha\; Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 7
 0 and their Companions\; Holy Martyr Cercyra\; Our Holy Father John of Kalo
 ktenos\, Metropolitan of Thebes\; Basil\, Bishop of Montenegro\; Nektarios 
 the New Martyr of Optina\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: Acts of the Apostles 8:18-25\nIn those days\, when Simon saw that the 
 Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands\, he offered 
 them money\, saying\, "Give me also this power\, that any one on whom I lay
  my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter said to him\, "Your silve
 r perish with you\, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God wi
 th money! You have neither part nor lot in this matter\, for your heart is 
 not right before God. Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours\, and pr
 ay to the Lord that\, if possible\, the intent of your heart may be forgive
 n you. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of 
 iniquity." And Simon answered\, "Pray for me to the Lord\, that nothing of 
 what you have said may come upon me."\n\nNow when they had testified and sp
 oken the word of the Lord\, they returned to Jerusalem\, preaching the gosp
 el to many villages of the Samaritans.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:35-39\nThe
  Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "I am the bread of life\; he wh
 o comes to me shall not hunger\, and he who believes in me shall never thir
 st. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All tha
 t the Father gives me will come to me\; and him who comes to me I will not 
 cast out. For I have come down from heaven\, not to do my own will\, but th
 e will of him who sent me\; and this is the will of him who sent me\, that 
 I should lose nothing of all that he has given me\, but raise it up at the 
 last day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euphemia the Great Martyr\; The All-Praised Olga\, Equal-to-the-Apostl
 es\, Princess of Kiev\; Nektarios the New Martyr\; Sophrony the Athonite of
  Essex\; Nicodemos the New Martyr of Mt. Athos\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Ma
 rk 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about 
 him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, a
 nd who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she
  had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports a
 bout Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. F
 or she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And im
 mediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was hea
 led of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone f
 orth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who tou
 ched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd press
 ing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around 
 to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\,
  came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, and told him the who
 le truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; g
 o in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10\nBrethren\, working together with 
 him\, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says\, 
 "At the acceptable time I have listened to you\, and helped you on the day 
 of salvation." Behold\, now is the acceptable time\; behold\, now is the da
 y of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way\, so that no fault may 
 be found with our ministry\, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in
  every way: through great endurance\, in afflictions\, hardships\, calamiti
 es\, beatings\, imprisonments\, tumults\, labors\, watching\, hunger\; by p
 urity\, knowledge\, forbearance\, kindness\, the Holy Spirit\, genuine love
 \, truthful speech\, and the power of God\; with the weapons of righteousne
 ss for the right hand and for the left\; in honor and dishonor\, in ill rep
 ute and good repute. We are treated as impostors\, and yet are true\; as un
 known\, and yet well known\; as dying\, and behold we live\; as punished\, 
 and yet not killed\; as sorrowful\, yet always rejoicing\; as poor\, yet ma
 king many rich\; as having nothing\, and yet possessing everything.\n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 7:36-50\nAt that time\, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus t
 o eat with him\, and he went into the Pharisee's house\, and took his place
  at table. And behold\, a woman of the city\, who was a sinner\, when she l
 earned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house\, brought an alabaster 
 flask of ointment\, and standing behind him at his feet\, weeping\, she beg
 an to wet his feet with her tears\, and wiped them with the hair of her hea
 d\, and kissed his feet\, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the
  Pharisee who had invited him saw it\, he said to himself\, "If this man we
 re a prophet\, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who i
 s touching him\, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him\, "S
 imon\, I have something to say to you." And he answered\, "What is it\, Tea
 cher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors\; one owed five hundred denarii\
 , and the other fifty. When they could not pay\, he forgave them both. Now 
 which of them will love him more?" Simon answered\, "The one\, I suppose\, 
 to whom he forgave more." And he said to him\, "You have judged rightly." T
 hen turning toward the woman he said to Simon\, "Do you see this woman? I e
 ntered your house\, you gave me no water for my feet\, but she has wet my f
 eet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss\, but 
 from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not ano
 int my head with oil\, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefor
 e I tell you\, her sins\, which are many\, are forgiven\, for she loved muc
 h\; but he who is forgiven little\, loves little." And he said to her\, "Yo
 ur sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began to say a
 mong themselves\, "Who is this\, who even forgives sins?" And he said to th
 e woman\, "Your faith has saved you\; go in peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Photius the Great\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Bucolus\, Bishop of 
 Smyrna\; Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza\; Afterfeast of the Presen
 tation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Ilyan of Homs\n\nFast Free\n\
 nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come
  to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfo
 ld by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and a rob
 ber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him th
 e gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep 
 by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he goes b
 efore them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger
  they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not know 
 the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they did no
 t understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Tru
 ly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before
  me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the doo
 r\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and
  find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-2
 8\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high priest
 \, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted above th
 e heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrifices 
 daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he did th
 is once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints men 
 in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which came l
 ater than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.  Now
  the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\, one 
 who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\, a 
 minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but 
 by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the do
 or\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out an
 d find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; I cam
 e that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd
 .  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hirelin
 g and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming a
 nd leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the
 m.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I a
 m the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father know
 s me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I h
 ave other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and 
 they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Transfiguration\; Maximus the Confessor\; Our Righteou
 s Fathers Sergius\, Stephanus\, Castor and Palamonus\; Dorotheus\, Abba of 
 Gaza\; Tikhon of Zadonsk \n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Sec
 ond Letter to the Corinthians 4:1-12\nBrethren\, having this ministry as we
  have received mercy\, we do not lose heart. We have renounced disgraceful\
 , underhanded ways\; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's 
 word\, but by the open statement of truth we would commend ourselves to eve
 ry man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled\,
  it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of thi
 s world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers\, to keep them from seeing
  the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ\, who is the likeness of Go
 d. For what we preach is not ourselves\, but Jesus Christ as Lord\, with ou
 rselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who said\, "Let
  light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the lig
 ht of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we ha
 ve this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power b
 elongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushe
 d\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\;
  struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of
  Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. Fo
 r while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so 
 that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is a
 t work in us\, but life in you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:13-28\nThe Lo
 rd said to his disciples\, "He who endures to the end will be saved. And th
 is gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world\, as a
  testimony to all nations\; and then the end will come.\n\n"So when you see
  the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel\, standing in the
  holy place (let the reader understand)\, then let those who are in Judea f
 lee to the mountains\; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take w
 hat is in his house\; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take
  his mantle. And alas for those who are with child and for those who give s
 uck in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabba
 th. For then there will be great tribulation\, such as has not been from th
 e beginning of the world until now\, no\, and never will be. And if those d
 ays had not been shortened\, no human being would be saved\; but for the sa
 ke of the elect those days will be shortened. Then if any one says to you\,
  'Lo\, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false 
 Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders\, so
  as to lead astray\, if possible\, even the elect. Lo\, I have told you bef
 orehand. So\, if they say to you\, 'Lo\, he is in the wilderness\,' do not 
 go out\; if they say\, 'Lo\, he is in the inner rooms\,' do not believe it.
  For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west\, s
 o will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is\, there the ea
 gles will be gathered together."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Monday\; Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions\; Flavianos\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Romanos the Younger\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eg
 gs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's Third Universal Lette
 r 1:1-15\nThe elder to the beloved Gaius\, whom I love in the truth.\n\nBel
 oved\, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health\;
  I know that it is well with your soul.  For I greatly rejoiced when some o
 f the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life\, as indeed 
 you do follow the truth.  No greater joy can I have than this\, to hear tha
 t my children follow the truth.\n\nBeloved\, it is a loyal thing you do whe
 n you render any service to the brethren\, especially to strangers\, who ha
 ve testified to your love before the church.  You will do well to send them
  on their journey as befits God's service.  For they have set out for his s
 ake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.  So we ought to support suc
 h men\, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.\n\nI have written somet
 hing to the church\; but Diotrephes\, who likes to put himself first\, does
  not acknowledge my authority.  So if I come I will bring up what he is doi
 ng\, prating against me with evil words.  And not content with that\, he re
 fuses himself to welcome the brethren\, and also stops those who want to we
 lcome them and puts them out of the church.\n\nBeloved\, do not imitate evi
 l but imitate good.  He who does good is of God\; he who does evil has not 
 seen God.  Demetrios has testimony from every one\, and from the truth itse
 lf\; I testify to him too\, and you know my testimony is true.\n\nI had muc
 h to write to you\, but I would rather not write with pen and ink\; I hope 
 to see you soon\, and we will talk together face to face.\n\nPeace be to yo
 u.  The friends greet you.  Greet the friends\, every one of them. \n\nGosp
 el Reading: Luke 19:29-40\; 22:7-39\nAt that time\, when Jesus drew near to
  Bethphage and Bethany\, at the mount that is called Olivet\, he sent two o
 f the disciples\, saying\, "Go into the village opposite\, where on enterin
 g you will find a colt tied\, on which no one has ever yet sat\; untie it a
 nd bring it here.  If any one asks you\, 'Why are you untying it?' you shal
 l say this\, 'The Lord has need of it.'"  So those who were sent went away 
 and found it as he had told them.  And as they were untying the colt\, its 
 owners said to them\, "Why are you untying the colt?"  And they said\, "The
  Lord has need of it."  And they brought it to Jesus\, and throwing their g
 arments on the colt they set Jesus upon it.  And as he rode along\, they sp
 read their garments on the road.  As he was now drawing near\, at the desce
 nt of the Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the disciples began to r
 ejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they 
 had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!
   Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"  And some of the Pharisees in 
 the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disciples."  He answered
 \, "I tell you\, if these were silent\, the very stones would cry out."\n\n
 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to b
 e sacrificed.  So he sent Peter and John\, saying\; "Go and prepare the pas
 sover for us\, that we may eat it."  They said to him\, "Where will you hav
 e us prepare it?"  He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have entered the ci
 ty\, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him into the hous
 e which he enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, W
 here is the guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
   And he will show you a large upper room furnished\; there make ready."  A
 nd they went\, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the pas
 sover.\n\nAnd when the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the apostles with 
 him.  And he said to them\, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover 
 with you before I suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat it again until 
 it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."  And he took a cup\, and when he ha
 d given thanks he said\, "Take this\, and divide it among yourselves\; for 
 I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine unti
 l the kingdom of God comes."  And he took bread\, and when he had given tha
 nks he broke it and gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my body which is gi
 ven for you.  Do this in remembrance of me."  And likewise the cup after su
 pper\, saying\, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant i
 n my blood.  But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the ta
 ble.  For the Son of man goes as it has been determined\; but woe to that m
 an by whom he is betrayed!"  And they began to question one another\, which
  of them it was that would do this.\n\nA dispute also arose among them\, wh
 ich of them was to be regarded as the greatest.  And he said to them\, "The
  kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them\; and those in authority
  over them are called benefactors.  But not so with you\; rather let the gr
 eatest among you become as the youngest\, and the leader as one who serves.
   For which is the greater\, one who sits at table\, or one who serves?  Is
  it not the one who sits at table?  But I am among you as one who serves.\n
 \nYou are those who have continued with me in my trials\; and I assign to y
 ou\, as my Father assigned to me\, a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink a
 t my table in my kingdom\, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of 
 Israel.\n\nSimon\, Simon\, behold\, Satan demanded to have you\, that he mi
 ght sift you like wheat\, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not
  fail\; and when you have turned again\, strengthen your brethren."  And he
  said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."  
 He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the cock will not crow this day\, until you
  three times deny that you know me."\n\nAnd he said to them\, "When I sent 
 you out with no purse or bag or sandals\, did you lack anything?"  They sai
 d\, "Nothing."  He said to them\, "But now\, let him who has a purse take i
 t\, and likewise a bag.  And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and b
 uy one.  For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me\, 'And 
 he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for what is written about me has its 
 fulfillment."  And they said\, "Look\, Lord\, here are two swords."  And he
  said to them\, "It is enough."\n\nAnd he came out\, and went\, as was his 
 custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the disciples followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander\; Kalliope the Martyr\
 ; Melania the Righteous\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Constantinople\; The
 ophanes the New Martyr of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10\nBrethren\, God who 
 is rich in mercy\, out of the great love with which he loved us\, even when
  we were dead through our trespasses\, made us alive together with Christ (
 by grace you have been saved)\, and raised us up with him\, and made us sit
  with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus\, that in the coming ages 
 he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in
  Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith\; and this is
  not your own doing\, it is the gift of God: not because of works\, lest an
 y man should boast. For we are his workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus fo
 r good works\, which God prepared beforehand\, that we should walk in them.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beh
 old\, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpen
 ts and innocent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to c
 ouncils\, and flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before
  governors and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Ge
 ntiles. When they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak o
 r what you are to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in tha
 t hour\; for it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaki
 ng through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father h
 is child\, and children will rise against parents and have them put to deat
 h\; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to 
 the end will be saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Moses the Black of Scete\; Diomedes & Laurence the Martyrs\; 33 Martyr
 s of Nicomedea\; Job of Pochaev \; Synaxis of the Kiev Cave Fathers \n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11
 :5-21\nBrethren\, I think that I am not in the least inferior to these supe
 rlative apostles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking\, I am not in knowledg
 e\; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.\n\nDid I com
 mit a sin in abasing myself so that you might be exalted\, because I preach
 ed God's gospel without cost to you? I robbed other churches by accepting s
 upport from them in order to serve you. And when I was with you and was in 
 want\, I did not burden any one\, for my needs were supplied by the brethre
 n who came from Macedonia. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening y
 ou in any way. As the truth of Christ is in me\, this boast of mine shall n
 ot be silenced in the regions of Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you
 ? God knows I do!\n\nAnd what I do I will continue to do\, in order to unde
 rmine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted miss
 ion they work on the same terms as we do. For such men are false apostles\,
  deceitful workmen\, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wo
 nder\, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not 
 strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousne
 ss. Their end will correspond to their deeds.\n\nI repeat\, let no one thin
 k me foolish\; but even if you do\, accept me as a fool\, so that I too may
  boast a little. (What I am saying I say not with the Lord's authority but 
 as a fool\, in this boastful confidence\; since many boast of worldly thing
 s\, I too will boast.) For you gladly bear with fools\, being wise yourselv
 es! For you bear it if a man makes slaves of you\, or preys upon you\, or t
 akes advantage of you\, or puts on airs\, or strikes you in the face. To my
  shame\, I must say\, we were too weak for that!\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 4:
 1-9\nAt that time\, Jesus began to teach beside the sea. And a very large c
 rowd gathered about him\, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the s
 ea\; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he taught them
  many things in parables\, and in his teaching he said to them: "Listen! A 
 sower went out to sow. And as he sowed\, some seed fell along the path\, an
 d the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground\, where i
 t had not much soil\, and immediately it sprang up\, since it had no depth 
 of soil\; and when the sun rose it was scorched\, and since it had no root 
 it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and c
 hoked it\, and it yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and
  brought forth grain\, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold an
 d sixtyfold and a hundredfold." And he said\, "He who has ears to hear\, le
 t him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis\; Julia the Virgin-martyr
  of Carthage\; 1\,015 Martyrs in Pisidia\; Helier the Hermit\, Martyr of Je
 rsey\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 7:24-35
 \nBrethren\, in whatever state each was called\, there let him remain with 
 God. Now concerning the virgins\, I have no command of the Lord\, but I giv
 e my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. I think that in
  view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. A
 re you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? D
 o not seek marriage. But if you marry\, you do not sin\, and if a virgin ma
 rries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles\, an
 d I would spare you that. I mean\, brethren\, the appointed time has grown 
 very short\; from now on\, let those who have wives live as though they had
  none\, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning\, and those wh
 o rejoice as though they were not rejoicing\, and those who buy as though t
 hey had no goods\, and those who deal with the world as though they had no 
 dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away. I want you to
  be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of 
 the Lord\, how to please the Lord\; but the married man is anxious about wo
 rldly affairs\, how to please his wife\, and his interests are divided. And
  the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord\, how
  to be holy in body and spirit\; but the married woman is anxious about wor
 ldly affairs\, how to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit\,
  not to lay any restraint upon you\, but to promote good order and to secur
 e your undivided devotion to the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 15:12-21\
 nAt that time\, the disciples came to Jesus and said to him\, "Do you know 
 that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" He answered\
 , "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. 
 Let them alone\; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind ma
 n\, both will fall into a pit." But Peter said to him\, "Explain the parabl
 e to us." And he said\, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you n
 ot see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach\, and so p
 asses on? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart\, and thi
 s defiles a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts\, murder\, adulter
 y\, fornication\, theft\, false witness\, slander. These are what defile a 
 man\; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." And Jesus went
  away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Thursday\; Agape\, Chionia\, and Irene\, the Holy Martyrs\; Ri
 ghteous Amphilochios of Patmos\; Leonidas and Charissa\, Nike\, Galene\, Ka
 llida\, Nounenchia\, Vasilissa\, and Theodora the Martyrs\n\nFast Free\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter said to
  the people\, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
  Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\; and you shall receive the gift o
 f the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children and to al
 l that are far off\, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him." And he 
 testified with many other words and exhorted them\, saying\, "Save yourselv
 es from this crooked generation." So those who received his word were bapti
 zed\, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they de
 voted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship\, to the breaking
  of bread and the prayers. And fear came upon every soul\; and many wonders
  and signs were done through the apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:1-15\n
 At that time\, there was a man of the Pharisees\, named Nikodemos\, a ruler
  of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him\, "Rabbi\, we
  know that you are a teacher come from God\; for no one can do these signs 
 that you do\, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him\, "Truly\, truly\
 , I say to you\, unless one is born from above\, he cannot see the kingdom 
 of God." Nikodemos said to him\, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can
  he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered
 \, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless one is born of water and the Spir
 it\, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is
  flesh\, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that
  I said to you\, 'You must be born from above.' The Spirit blows where it w
 ills\, and you hear the sound of it\, and you do not know whence it comes o
 r whither it goes\; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." Niko
 demos said to him\, "How can this be?" Jesus answered him\, "Are you a teac
 her of Israel\, and yet you do not understand this? Truly\, truly\, I say t
 o you\, we speak of what we know\, and bear witness to what we have seen\; 
 but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and
  you do not believe\, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No
  one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven\, the Son of
  man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness
 \, so must the Son of man be lifted up\, that whoever believes in him may h
 ave eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/02/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae\; Synax
 is of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan\; Juvenal\, Patriarch of Jerusa
 lem\; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska\; John Maximovitch\, Arch
 bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for wor
 ship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in
  which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it 
 is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the
  Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the cov
 enant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding
  the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\;
  above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these
  things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been 
 made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ri
 tual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but on
 ce a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and fo
 r the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those 
 days\, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of 
 Judah\, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And w
 hen Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; an
 d Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud c
 ry\, "Blessed are you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 
 And why is this granted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 
 For behold\, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in 
 my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be
  a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said
 \, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, 
 for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, hencefor
 th all generations will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done gre
 at things for me\, and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about 
 three months\, and returned to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Ten 
 Martyrs of Crete\; Paul\, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea\; Rememberance of the 
 Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ\, Hagia Sophia in Constanti
 nople\; Naoum the Illuminator of The Bulgarians\; Nicholas & John the New M
 artyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 
 4:1-13\nBrethren\, while the promise of entering his rest remains\, let us 
 fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it. For good news ca
 me to us just as to them\; but the message which they heard did not benefit
  them\, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers. For we who have 
 believed enter that rest\, as he has said\, "As I swore in my wrath\, 'They
  shall never enter my rest\,'" although his works were finished from the fo
 undation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in th
 is way\, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." And again 
 in this place he said\, "They shall never enter my rest." Since therefore i
 t remains for some to enter it\, and those who formerly received the good n
 ews failed to enter because of disobedience\, again he sets a certain day\,
  "Today\," saying through David so long afterward\, in the words already qu
 oted\, "Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts." For i
 f Joshua had given them rest\, God would not speak later of another day. So
  then\, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God\; for whoever en
 ters God's rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his. Let us the
 refore strive to enter that rest\, that no one fall by the same sort of dis
 obedience. For the word of God is living and active\, sharper than any two-
 edged sword\, piercing to the division of soul and spirit\, of joints and m
 arrow\, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before
  him no creature is hidden\, but all are open and laid bare to the eyes of 
 him with whom we have to do.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:2-12\nAt that time\
 , the Pharisees came up to Jesus and in order to test him\, asked\, "Is it 
 lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them\, "What did Moses c
 ommand you?" They said\, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of div
 orce\, and to put her away." But Jesus said to them\, "For your hardness of
  heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation\, 
 'God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his fathe
 r and mother and be joined to his wife\, and the two shall become one flesh
 .' So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined t
 ogether\, let not man put asunder." And in the house the disciples asked hi
 m again about this matter. And he said to them\, "Whoever divorces his wife
  and marries another commits adultery against her\; and if she divorces her
  husband and marries another\, she commits adultery."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/21/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Tuesday after Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those Wi
 th Him\; Our Holy Father Maximian\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Theodore 
 the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge\; Alexandra the Martyr\; Ana
 stasios the Monk of Sinai\; Beuno\, Abbot of Clynnog\n\nEpistle Reading: Ac
 ts of the Apostles 4:1-10\nIn those days\, while the apostles were speaking
  to the people\, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducee
 s came upon them\, annoyed because they were teaching the people and procla
 iming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them and p
 ut them in custody until the morrow\, for it was already evening. But many 
 of those who heard the word believed\; and the number of the men came to ab
 out five thousand.\n\nOn the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes wer
 e gathered together in Jerusalem\, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas 
 and John and Alexander\, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And 
 when they had set them in the midst\, they inquired\, "By what power or by 
 what name did you do this?" Then Peter\, filled with the Holy Spirit\, said
  to them\, "Rulers of the people and elders\, if we are being examined toda
 y concerning a good deed done to a cripple\, by what means this man has bee
 n healed\, be it known to you all\, and to all the people of Israel\, that 
 by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth\, whom you crucified\, whom God rai
 sed from the dead\, by him this man is standing before you well."\n\nGospel
  Reading: John 3:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "God so loved the w
 orld that he gave his only Son\, that whoever believes in him should not pe
 rish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world\, not to co
 ndemn the world\, but that the world might be saved through him. He who bel
 ieves in him is not condemned\; he who does not believe is condemned alread
 y\, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And thi
 s is the judgment\, that the light has come into the world\, and men loved 
 darkness rather than light\, because their deeds were evil. For every one w
 ho does evil hates the light\, and does not come to the light\, lest his de
 eds should be exposed. But he who does what is true comes to the light\, th
 at it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet\, Baptist\, & Forerunner\; A
 fterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Cedd\, Bi
 shop of Scotland\; Fursey\, Abbot of Lagny\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8\nIn those days\, while Apollos w
 as at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. 
 There he found some disciples. And he said to them\, "Did you receive the H
 oly Spirit when you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we have never even hea
 rd that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into what then were you bap
 tized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said\, "John baptized w
 ith the baptism of repentance\, telling the people to believe in the one wh
 o was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing this\, they were bap
 tized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon 
 them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they spoke with tongues and proph
 esied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue
  and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleading about the kingdom
  of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:29-34\nAt that time\, John saw Jesus com
 ing toward him\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God\, who takes away the 
 sin of the world! This is he of whom I said\, 'After me comes a man who ran
 ks before me\, for he was before me.' I myself did not know him\; but for t
 his I came baptizing with water\, that he might be revealed to Israel." And
  John bore witness\, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven\, and 
 it remained on him. I myself did not know him\; but he who sent me to bapti
 ze with water said to me\, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remai
 n\, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have
  borne witness that this is the Son of God."\n\n
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 er
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260420
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/19/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thomas Sunday\; Martyrs Emmanuel\, Theodore\, George\, Michael and the
  other George of Samothrace\; The Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius\; Tryphon\, P
 atriarch of Constantinople\; George the Confessor\; Aelphege the Hieromarty
 r of Canterbury\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, 
 the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had d
 irected them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. 
 And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has
  been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizi
 ng them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teachin
 g them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you al
 ways\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apos
 tles 5:12-20\nIn those days\, many signs and wonders were done among the pe
 ople by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's 
 Portico. None of the rest dared join them\, but the people held them in hig
 h honor. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord\, multitudes b
 oth of men and women\, so that they even carried out the sick into the stre
 ets\, and laid them on beds and pallets\, that as Peter came by at least hi
 s shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the town
 s around Jerusalem\, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spi
 rits\, and they were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who we
 re with him\, that is\, the party of the Sadducees\, and filled with jealou
 sy they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at nig
 ht an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and sa
 id\, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of t
 his Life."\n\nGospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, t
 he first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were fo
 r fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Pe
 ace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His 
 side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to th
 em again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send y
 ou." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "Re
 ceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\;
  if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of th
 e twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the othe
 r disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unle
 ss I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the m
 ark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eig
 ht days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with
  them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\,
  "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and 
 see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be 
 faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jes
 us said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are t
 hose who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in 
 the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but th
 ese are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of 
 God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\n
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SUMMARY: Thomas Sunday
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260803
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/02/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Matthew\; Translation of the Relics of Stephen the Proto
 martyr\; Holy Glorious New Martyr Theodore of Dardanelles\; Phocas the Mart
 yr\; Plegmund\, Archbishop of Canterbury\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the 
 first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were for f
 ear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace
  be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His sid
 e. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them 
 again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send you.
 " And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "Recei
 ve the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if
  you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of the t
 welve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other d
 isciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unless 
 I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark
  of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eight 
 days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was with th
 em. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\, "P
 eace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see
  My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be fai
 thless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus 
 said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are thos
 e who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the
  presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but these
  are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God
 \, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Reading: 
 St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9-17\nBrethren\, we are God's 
 fellow workers\; you are God's field\, God's building. According to the gra
 ce of God given to me\, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation\,
  and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds 
 upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid\, 
 which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold\, 
 silver\, precious stones\, wood\, hay\, straw - each man's work will become
  manifest\; for the Day will disclose it\, because it will be revealed with
  fire\, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the 
 work which any man has built on the foundation survives\, he will receive a
  reward. If any man's work is burned up\, he will suffer loss\, though he h
 imself will be saved\, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you a
 re God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys Go
 d's temple\, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy\, and that temp
 le you are.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-34\nAt that time\, Jesus made 
 the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side\, while
  he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds\, he went u
 p into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came\, he was there alone
 \, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land\, beat
 en by the waves\; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of
  the night he came to them\, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw
  him walking on the sea\, they were terrified\, saying\, "It is a ghost!" A
 nd they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them\, saying "Take
  heart\, it is I\; have no fear." \n\n And Peter answered him\, "Lord\, if 
 it is you\, bid me come to you on the water." He said\, "Come." So Peter go
 t out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus\; but when he s
 aw the wind\, he was afraid\, and beginning to sink he cried out\, "Lord\, 
 save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him\, saying to
  him\, "O man of little faith\, why did you doubt?" And when they entered t
 he boat\, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him\, saying\, "
 Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over\, they came t
 o land at Gennesaret.\n\n
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SUMMARY:🍇 9th Sunday of Matthew
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Blaise the Hieromartyr of Sebastia\; Theodora the Empress\; Finding of
  the relics of Zachariah the Prophet\, Father of the Holy Forerunner\; Geor
 ge the Serbian\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16\; 5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, since we have a hig
 h priest who has passed through the heavens\, Jesus\, the Son of God\, let 
 us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest who is unable to
  sympathize with our weaknesses\, but one who in every respect has been tem
 pted as we are\, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to 
 the throne of grace\, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in t
 ime of need. For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to ac
 t on behalf of men in relation to God\, to offer gifts and sacrifices for s
 ins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward\, since he himself is
  beset with weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for hi
 s own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does not take the ho
 nor upon himself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron was. So also Chr
 ist did not exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was appointed by h
 im who said to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotten thee"\; as he
  says also in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, after the order
  of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Je
 sus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean
  spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity
 .  These twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gent
 iles\, and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost shee
 p of the house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of 
 heaven is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast
  out demons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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SUMMARY:🍇 Blaise the Hieromartyr of Sebastia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251121
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple\; G
 regory the Righteous of Decapolis\; Proclus\, Archbishop of Constantinople\
 n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to t
 he Thessalonians 4:18-5:10\nBrethren\, comfort one another with these words
 . But as to the times and the seasons\, brethren\, you have no need to have
  anything written to you.  For you yourselves know well that the day of the
  Lord will come like a thief in the night. When people say\, "There is peac
 e and security\," then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail co
 mes upon a woman with child\, and there will be no escape. But you are not 
 in darkness\, brethren\, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you
  are all sons of light and sons of the day\; we are not of the night or of 
 darkness. So then let us not sleep\, as others do\, but let us keep awake a
 nd be sober. For those who sleep sleep at night\, and those who get drunk a
 re drunk at night. But\, since we belong to the day\, let us be sober\, and
  put on the breastplate of faith and love\, and for a helmet the hope of sa
 lvation. For God has not destined us for wrath\, but to obtain salvation th
 rough our Lord Jesus Christ\, who died for us so that whether we wake or sl
 eep we might live with him.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 16:1-9\nThe Lord said t
 his parable\, "There was a rich man who had a steward\, and charges were br
 ought to him that this man was wasting his goods. And he called him and sai
 d to him\, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your
  stewardship\, for you can no longer be steward.' And the steward said to h
 imself\, 'What shall I do\, since my master is taking the stewardship away 
 from me? I am not strong enough to dig\, and I am ashamed to beg. I have de
 cided what to do\, so that people may receive me into their houses when I a
 m put out of the stewardship.' So\, summoning his master's debtors one by o
 ne\, he said to the first\, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said\, 'A h
 undred measures of oil.' And he said to him\, 'Take your bill\, and sit dow
 n quickly and write fifty.' Then he said to another\, 'And how much do you 
 owe?' He said\, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him\, 'Take your 
 bill\, and write eighty.' The master commended the dishonest steward for hi
 s shrewdness\; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with t
 heir own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you\, make friends f
 or yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon\, so that when it fails they m
 ay receive you into the eternal habitations.\n\n
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SUMMARY:🐟 The Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temp
 le
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260716
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/15/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta\; Vladimir\, Equal-to-
 the-Apostles of Kiev\; The Finding of the Head of St. Matrona of Chios\; Do
 nald and his Nine Daughters\; Swithun\, Bishop of Winchester\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 13:11-14\; 
 14:1-5\nBRETHREN\, when I was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought li
 ke a child\, I reasoned like a child\; when I became a man\, I gave up chil
 dish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I 
 know in part\; then I shall understand fully\, even as I have been fully un
 derstood. So faith\, hope\, love abide\, these three\; but the greatest of 
 these is love. Make love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gift
 s\, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks
  not to men but to God\; for no one understands him\, but he utters mysteri
 es in the Spirit. On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for t
 heir upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongu
 e edifies himself\, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want yo
 u all to speak in tongues\, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is
  greater than he who speaks in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so th
 at the church may be edified. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:24-27\; 18:1-4
 \nAt that time\, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and
  said\, "Does not your teacher pay the tax?" He said\, "Yes." And when he c
 ame home\, Jesus spoke to him first\, saying\, "What do you think\, Simon? 
 From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or fr
 om others?" And when he said\, "From others\," Jesus said to him\, "Then th
 e sons are free. However\, not to give offense to them\, go to the sea and 
 cast a hook\, and take the first fish that comes up\, and when you open its
  mouth you will find a shekel\; take that and give it to them for me and fo
 r yourself."\n\n  At that time the disciples came to Jesus\, saying\, "Who 
 is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child\, he 
 put him in the midst of them\, and said\, "Truly\, I say to you\, unless yo
 u turn and become like children\, you will never enter the kingdom of heave
 n. Whoever humbles himself like this child\, he is the greatest in the king
 dom of heaven."\n\n
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SUMMARY:☦️ The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260826
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle\; Titus the Apo
 stle of the 70\; John the Cappadocian\, Epiphanius and Menas\, Patriarchs o
 f Constantinople\; Holy Father John of Karpathos\; Ebba\, First Abbess of C
 oldingham\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:1-5\; 2:15\; 3:1
 -2\, 12-15\nPAUL\, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ\, to fur
 ther the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accord
 s with godliness\, in hope of eternal life which God\, who never lies\, pro
 mised ages ago and at the proper time manifested in his word through the pr
 eaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior\;\n\n
 To Titus\, my true child in a common faith:\n\nGrace and peace from God the
  Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.\n\nDeclare these things\; exhort and r
 eprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.\n\nRemind them to be s
 ubmissive to rulers and authorities\, to be obedient\, to be ready for any 
 honest work\, to speak evil of no one\, to avoid quarreling\, to be gentle\
 , and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.\n\nWhen I send Artemas or Ty
 chicos to you\, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis\, for I have decide
 d to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apo
 llos on their way\; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to
  apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to help cases of urgent need\, and 
 not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me send greetings to you. Greet t
 hose who love us in the faith.\n\nGrace be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light
  of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lam
 p and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in
  the house.  Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your go
 od works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I 
 have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish 
 them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth
  pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is 
 accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments 
 and teaches men so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but h
 e who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of he
 aven."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260505
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/04/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Monday after Pascha\; Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus\; Hilary th
 e Wonderworker\; Euthemios\, Bishop of Madytos\; Athanasios\, Bishop of Cor
 inth\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:1-16\nIn those days\, at C
 aesarea there was a man named Cornelius\, a centurion of what was known as 
 the Italian Cohort\, a devout man who feared God with all his household\, g
 ave alms liberally to the people\, and prayed constantly to God. About the 
 ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in 
 and saying to him\, "Cornelius." And he stared at him in terror\, and said\
 , "What is it\, Lord?" And he said to him\, "Your prayers and your alms hav
 e ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa\, and bring 
 one Simon who is called Peter\; he is lodging with Simon\, a tanner\, whose
  house is by the seaside." When the angel who spoke to him had departed\, h
 e called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those that wai
 ted on him\, and having related everything to them\, he sent them to Joppa.
  The next day\, as they were on their journey and coming near the city\, Pe
 ter went up on the housetop to pray\, about the sixth hour. And he became h
 ungry and desired something to eat\; but while they were preparing it\, he 
 fell into a trance and saw the heaven opened\, and something descending\, l
 ike a great sheet\, let down by four corners upon the earth. In it were all
  kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice
  to him\, "Rise\, Peter\; kill and eat." But Peter said\, "No\, Lord\; for 
 I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." And the voice came 
 to him again a second time\, "What God has cleansed\, you must not call com
 mon." This happened three times\, and the thing was taken up at once to hea
 ven.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:56-69\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had bel
 ieved in him\, "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me\, and
  I in him. As the living Father sent me\, and I live because of the Father\
 , so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came d
 own from heaven\, not such as the fathers ate and died\; he who eats this b
 read will live forever." This he said in the synagogue\, as he taught at Ca
 pernaum.\n\nMany of his disciples\, when they heard it\, said\, "This is a 
 hard saying\; who can listen to it?" But Jesus\, knowing in himself that hi
 s disciples murmured at it\, said to them\, "Do you take offense at this?" 
 Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? 
 It is the spirit that gives life\, the flesh is of no avail\; the words tha
 t I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you that 
 do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not 
 believe\, and who it was that would betray him. And he said\, "This is why 
 I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Fathe
 r."\n\nAfter this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about 
 with him. Jesus said to the twelve\, "Do you also wish to go away?" Simon P
 eter answered him\, "Lord\, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eter
 nal life\; and we have believed\, and have come to know\, that you are Chri
 st\, the Son of the living God."\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260721
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/20/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)\; Synaxis of the Russians who were
  perfected in France: Protopresbyter Alexios Mednedkov\, Presbyter Dimitrii
  Klepinin\, Mother Maria Skobtsova\, her son Yuri Skobtsov\, and Ilia Fonda
 minskii\; Mother Maria Skobtsova\, New-Martyr of France\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. James' Universal Letter 5:10-20\nBRETHREN\, take as an example of suff
 ering and patience the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold\,
  we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastnes
 s of Job\, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord\, how the Lord is comp
 assionate and merciful. But above all\, my brethren\, do not swear\, either
  by heaven or by earth or with any other oath\, but let your yes be yes and
  your no be no\, that you may not fall under condemnation. Is any one among
  you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is any 
 among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church\, and let them pr
 ay over him\, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord\; and the pray
 er of faith will save the sick man\, and the Lord will raise him up\; and i
 f he has committed sins\, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins 
 to one another\, and pray for one another\, that you may be healed. The pra
 yer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man of 
 like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain\,
  and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he p
 rayed again and the heaven gave rain\, and the earth brought forth its frui
 t. My brethren\, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some one b
 rings him back\, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the er
 ror of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of 
 sins.Gospel Reading: Luke 4:22-30\nAt that time\, the crowd wondered at the
  gracious words which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus\; and they said\,
  "Is not this Joseph's son?" And he said to them\, "Doubtless you will quot
 e to me this proverb\, 'Physician\, heal yourself\; what we have heard you 
 did at Capernaum\, do here also in your own country.'" And he said\, "Truly
 \, I say to you\, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth
 \, I tell you\, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah\, wh
 en the heaven was shut up three years and six months\, when there came a gr
 eat famine over all the land\; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only
  to Zarephath\, in the land of Sidon\, to a woman who was a widow. And ther
 e were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha\; and none o
 f them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." When they heard this\, all
  in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out 
 of the city\, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was b
 uilt\, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the mid
 st of them he went away.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/09/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Apostle Matthias  \; Constantine\, P
 atriarch of Constantinople\; Euthymios the Hieromartyr\, Metropolitan of Rh
 odes\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Chris
 t\; Anthony the Martyr of Alexandria\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Matins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed Himself 
 again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and He revealed Himself in 
 this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Gal
 ilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His disciples were together.
  Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." They said to him\, "We wi
 ll go with you." They went out and got into the boat\, but that night they 
 caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stood on the beach\, yet t
 he disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them\, "Children
 \, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He said to them\, "Cast th
 e net on the right side of the boat\, and you will find some." So they cast
  it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for the quantity of fish. 
 That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon
  Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clothes\, for he was stri
 pped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in th
 e boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they were not far from the lan
 d\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land\, they saw a c
 harcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread. Jesus said to them\, 
 "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went abo
 ard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, a hundred and fifty-th
 ree of them\; and although there were so many\, the net was not torn. Jesus
  said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared 
 ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the
  bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. This was now the third t
 ime that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised from the d
 ead..\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16
 \nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men senten
 ced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels 
 and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We
  are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute
 . To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted a
 nd homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we 
 bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate
 \; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scou
 ring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admoni
 sh you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Chri
 st\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus
  through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 17:14-23\nAt that time\, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling b
 efore him said\, "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and 
 he suffers terribly\; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the
  water.  And I brought him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him.
 "  And Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am 
 I to be with you?  How long am I to bear with you?  Bring him here to me." 
  And Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cu
 red instantly.  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said\, "Why 
 could we not cast it out?"  He said to them\, "Because of your little faith
 .  For truly I say to you\, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed\, 
 you will say to this mountain\, 'Move hence to yonder place\,' and it will 
 move\; and nothing will be impossible to you.  But this kind never comes ou
 t except by prayer and fasting."  As they were gathering in Galilee\, Jesus
  said to them\,  "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men\,
  and they will kill him\, and he will be raised on the third day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Pimen the Great\; Holy Martyr Phanurius\; Anthousa the Martyr\; Poimen
  of Palestine\; Hosisos the Confessor\; Liverios\, Pope of Rome\; Monica\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 10:7-18\nBret
 hren\, if any one is confident that he is Christ's\, let him remind himself
  that as he is Christ's\, so are we. For even if I boast a little too much 
 of our authority\, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for dest
 roying you\, I shall not be put to shame. I would not seem to be frightenin
 g you with letters. For they say\,"His letters are weighty and strong\, but
  his bodily presence is weak\, and his speech of no account." Let such peop
 le understand that what we say by letter when absent\, we do when present. 
 Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who co
 mmend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another\, and com
 pare themselves with one another\, they are without understanding. But we w
 ill not boast beyond limit\, but will keep to the limits God has apportione
 d us\, to reach even to you. For we are not overextending ourselves\, as th
 ough we did not reach you\; we were the first to come all the way to you wi
 th the gospel of Christ. We do not boast beyond limit\, in other men's labo
 rs\; but our hope is that you may be greatly enlarged\, so that we may prea
 ch the gospel in lands beyond you\, without boasting of work already done i
 n another's field. "Let him who boasts\, boast of the Lord." For it is not 
 the man who commends himself that is accepted\, but the man whom the Lord c
 ommends.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:28-35\nThe Lord said\, "Truly\, I say to
  you\, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men\, and whatever blasphemies
  they utter\; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forg
 iveness\, but is guilty of an eternal sin" for they had said\, "He has an u
 nclean spirit." And his mother and his brothers came\; and standing outside
  they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting about him\; and t
 hey said to him\, "Your mother and your brothers are outside\, asking for y
 ou." And he replied\, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking arou
 nd on those who sat about him\, he said\, "Here are my mother and my brothe
 rs! Whoever does the will of God is my brother\, and sister\, and mother."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Saturday of Lent\; Benedict the Righteous of Nursia\; Euschemon 
 the Confessor\, Bishop of Lampasakos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, reca
 ll the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard s
 truggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and aff
 liction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had 
 compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of y
 our property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession a
 nd an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has
  a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the w
 ill of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the
  coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall liv
 e by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:14-17\nAt that time\, as Jesus passe
 d on\, he saw Levi the son of Alphaios sitting at the tax office\, and he s
 aid to him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. And as he sat at ta
 ble in his house\, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus 
 and his disciples\; for there were many who followed him. And the scribes o
 f the Pharisees\, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax col
 lectors\, said to his disciples\, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 
 sinners?" And when Jesus heard it\, he said to them\, "Those who are well h
 ave no need of a physician\, but those who are sick\; I came not to call th
 e righteous\, but sinners."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/20/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Monday after Pascha\; Theodore the Trichinas\; Zacchaeus the Apost
 le of Caesaria\; Gregory & Anastasios\, Patriarchs of Antioch\; Athanasios\
 , Founder of the Monastery of Meteora\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 3:19-26\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and turn ag
 ain\, that your sins may be blotted out\, that times of refreshing may come
  from the presence of the Lord\, and that he may send the Christ appointed 
 for you\, Jesus\, whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing 
 all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. Moses sai
 d\, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he 
 raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shal
 l be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroye
 d from the people.' And all the prophets who have spoken\, from Samuel and 
 those who came afterwards\, also proclaimed these days. You are the sons of
  the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers\, saying t
 o Abraham\, 'And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be b
 lessed.' God\, having raised up his servant\, sent him to you first\, to bl
 ess you in turning every one of you from your wickedness."\n\nGospel Readin
 g: John 2:1-11\nAt that time\, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee\, and
  the mother of Jesus was there\; Jesus also was invited to the wedding\, wi
 th his disciples. When the wine gave out\, the mother of Jesus said to him\
 , "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her\, "O woman\, what have you to 
 do with me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants\, "D
 o whatever he tells you." Now six stone jars were standing there\, for the 
 Jewish rites of purification\, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus
  said to them\, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the 
 brim. He said to them\, "Now draw some out\, and take it to the steward of 
 the feast." So they took it. When the steward of the feast tasted the water
  now become wine\, and did not know where it came from (though the servants
  who had drawn the water knew)\, the steward of the feast called the brideg
 room and said to him\, "Every man serves the good wine first\; and when men
  have drunk freely\, then the poor wine\; but you have kept the good wine u
 ntil now." This\, the first of his signs\, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee\, a
 nd manifested his glory\; and his disciples believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/17/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Prophet & Ananias\, Azarias\, & Misail\, the Three Holy You
 ths\; Dionysius of Zakynthos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\nBrethren\, all
  the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received 
 promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the
  edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, 
 put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. So
 me were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise again 
 to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains a
 nd imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempt
 ed\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep an
 d goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not w
 orthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves 
 of the earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did not
  receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better for us
 \, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we
  are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay aside ev
 ery weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with persever
 ance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perf
 ecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:30-34\nAt that time\, Jesus c
 harged his disciples to tell no one about him\, that he is the Christ. And 
 he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things\, and be
  rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes\, and be kill
 ed\, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter t
 ook him\, and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples\, h
 e rebuked Peter\, and said\, "Get behind me\, Satan! For you are not on the
  side of God\, but of men." And he called to him the multitude with his dis
 ciples\, and said to them\, "If any man would come after me\, let him deny 
 himself and take up his cross and follow me."\n\n
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 ly Youths
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions\; Our Righteous Father Michael S
 yngellon the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter
  to Titus 1:5-14\nTitus\, my son\, appoint elders in every town as I direct
 ed you\, if any man is blameless\, the husband of one wife\, and his childr
 en are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubord
 inate. For a bishop\, as God's steward\, must be blameless\; he must not be
  arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain\, b
 ut hospitable\, a lover of goodness\, master of himself\, upright\, holy\, 
 and self-controlled\; he must hold firm to the sure word as taught\, so tha
 t he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute 
 those who contradict it. For there are many insubordinate men\, empty talke
 rs and deceivers especially the circumcision party\; they must be silenced\
 , since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what th
 ey have no right to teach. One of themselves\, a prophet of their own\, sai
 d\, "Cretans are always liars\, evil beasts\, lazy gluttons." This testimon
 y is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply\, that they may be sound in the fa
 ith\, instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reje
 ct the truth.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:10-15\nAt that time\, the disciples
  kept the word of Jesus to themselves\, questioning what the rising from th
 e dead meant. And they asked him\, "Why do the scribes say that first Elija
 h must come?" And he said to them\, "Elijah does come first to restore all 
 things\; and how is it written of the Son of man\, that he should suffer ma
 ny things and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah has come
 \, and they did to him whatever they pleased\, as it is written of him." An
 d when they came to the disciples\, they saw a great crowd about them\, and
  scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd\, when they saw h
 im\, were greatly amazed\, and ran up to him and greeted him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom\, Archbishop of Constantinopl
 e\; Peter the Righteous of Egypt\; Demetrios the New Martyr of Constantinop
 le\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had
  come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who does not enter the sh
 eepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, that man is a thief and 
 a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To h
 im the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, and he calls his own s
 heep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own\, he g
 oes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they know his voice. A str
 anger they will not follow\, but they will flee from him\, for they do not 
 know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used with them\, but they d
 id not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them\,
  "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came b
 efore me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am th
 e door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and ou
 t and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7
 :26-28\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have such a high p
 riest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\, exalted abo
 ve the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to offer sacrif
 ices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the people\; he d
 id this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the law appoints
  men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the oath\, which c
 ame later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.
   Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest\,
  one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven
 \, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man
  but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am t
 he door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and o
 ut and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy\; 
 I came that they may have life\, and have it abundantly.  I am the good she
 pherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  He who is a hi
 reling and not a shepherd\, whose own the sheep are not\, sees the wolf com
 ing and leaves the sheep and flees\; and the wolf snatches them and scatter
 s them.  He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
   I am the good shepherd\; I know my own and my own know me\, as the Father
  knows me and I know the Father\; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  An
 d I have other sheep\, that are not of this fold\; I must bring them also\,
  and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tychon the Wonderworker\; 40 Martyrs of Rome\; Mark the Just of Apollo
 nia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the
  Romans 7:14-8:2\nBrethren\, we know that the law is spiritual\; but I am c
 arnal\, sold under sin. I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do
  what I want\, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not wa
 nt\, I agree that the law is good. So then it is no longer I that do it\, b
 ut sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within m
 e\, that is\, in my flesh. I can will what is right\, but I cannot do it. F
 or I do not do the good I want\, but the evil I do not want is what I do. N
 ow if I do what I do not want\, it is no longer I that do it\, but sin whic
 h dwells within me.\n\nSo I find it to be a law that when I want to do righ
 t\, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God\, in my inmost
  self\, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind 
 and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members. Wretche
 d man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to 
 God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then\, I of myself serve the law of G
 od with my mind\, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.\n\nThere is the
 refore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law o
 f the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin an
 d death.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:9-15\nThe Lord said to his disciples
 \, "Take no gold\, nor silver\, nor copper in your belts\, no bag for your 
 journey\, nor two tunics\, nor sandals\, nor a staff\; for the laborer dese
 rves his food. And whatever town or village you enter\, find out who is wor
 thy in it\, and stay with him until you depart. As you enter the house\, sa
 lute it. And if the house is worthy\, let your peace come upon it\; but if 
 it is not worthy\, let your peace return to you. And if any one will not re
 ceive you or listen to your words\, shake off the dust from your feet as yo
 u leave that house or town. Truly I say to you\, it shall be more tolerable
  on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that to
 wn."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/29/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Peter and Paul\, the Holy Apostles\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1
 4-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was r
 aised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do
  you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that
  I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to hi
 m\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; 
 you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him
  the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved
  because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to h
 im\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to
  him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\,
  you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, yo
 u will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you whe
 re you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to gl
 orify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and s
 aw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his
  breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to bet
 ray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this m
 an?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, wh
 at is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren 
 that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he wa
 s not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what i
 s that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things
 \, and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is tru
 e. But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of
  them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the
  books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second L
 etter to the Corinthians 11:21-33\; 12:1-9\nBrethren\, whatever anyone dare
 s to boast of -- I am speaking as a fool -- I also dare to boast of that. A
 re they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendant
 s of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one -- I 
 am talking like a madman -- with far greater labors\, far more imprisonment
 s\, with countless beatings\, and often near death. Five times I have recei
 ved at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I have 
 been beaten with rods\; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrec
 ked\; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea\; on frequent journeys\, 
 in danger from rivers\, danger from robbers\, danger from my own people\, d
 anger from Gentiles\, danger in the city\, danger in the wilderness\, dange
 r at sea\, danger from false brethren\; in toil and hardship\, through many
  a sleepless night\, in hunger and thirst\, often without food\, in cold an
 d exposure. And\, apart from other things\, there is the daily pressure upo
 n me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak\, and I am not weak? W
 ho is made to fall\, and I am not indignant?\n\nIf I must boast\, I will bo
 ast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jes
 us\, he who is blessed for ever\, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus\, th
 e governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize
  me\, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall\, and esc
 aped his hands.\n\nI must boast\; there is nothing to be gained by it\, but
  I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Chris
 t who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven -- whether in th
 e body or out of the body I do not know\, God knows. And I know that this m
 an was caught up into Paradise -- whether in the body or out of the body I 
 do not know\, God knows -- and he heard things that cannot be told\, which 
 man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast\, but on my own behal
 f I will not boast\, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wish to boast\, I
  shall not be a fool\, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain fro
 m it\, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from
  me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations\,
  a thorn was given me in the flesh\, a messenger of Satan\, to harass me\, 
 to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought the Lord about thi
 s\, that it should leave me\; but he said to me\, "My grace is sufficient f
 or you\, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gla
 dly boast of my weaknesses\, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.\n\n
 Gospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-19\nAt that time\, when Jesus came into the d
 istrict of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, "Who do men say tha
 t the Son of man is?" And they said\, "Some say John the Baptist\, others s
 ay Elijah\, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them\, 
 "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied\, "You are the Christ\,
  the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him\, "Blessed are you\, Si
 mon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Fat
 her who is in heaven. And I tell you\, you are Peter\, and on this rock I w
 ill build my church\, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 
 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind o
 n earth shall be bound in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be
  loosed in heaven."\n\n
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 sts: Renewal Wednesday\; Crescens the Martyr\; Leonidas\, Bishop of Athens\
 ; Michael the New Martyr of Smyrna\; The 9 Monk-martyrs of Corinth\; Padarn
 \, Bishop and Founder of Llandabarn Fawr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: A
 cts of the Apostles 2:22-38\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Me
 n of Israel\, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth\, a man attested to you b
 y God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in 
 your midst\, as you yourselves know this Jesus\, delivered up according to 
 the definite plan and foreknowledge of God\, you crucified and killed by th
 e hands of lawless men. But God raised him up\, having loosed the pangs of 
 death\, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David say
 s concerning him\, 'I saw the Lord always before me\, for he is at my right
  hand that I may not be shaken\; therefore my heart was glad\, and my tongu
 e rejoiced\; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope. For thou wilt not abando
 n my soul to Hades\, nor let thy Holy One see corruption. Thou hast made kn
 own to me the ways of life\; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy pr
 esence.'\n\n"Brethren\, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David
  that he both died and was buried\, and his tomb is with us to this day. Be
 ing therefore a prophet\, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to hi
 m that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne\, he foresaw and
  spoke of the resurrection of the Christ\, that he was not abandoned to Had
 es\, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up\, and of th
 at we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God\,
  and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit\, he ha
 s poured out this which you see and hear. For David did not ascend into the
  heavens\; but he himself says\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my righ
 t hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' Let all the house o
 f Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Chris
 t\, this Jesus whom you crucified."\n\nNow when they heard this they were c
 ut to the heart\, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles\, "Brethre
 n\, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them\, "Repent\, and be baptized e
 very one of you in the name of Jesus Christ."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:35-
 51\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of his disciples\; and he loo
 ked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, the Lamb of God!" The two 
 disciples heard him say this\, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned\, and 
 saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do you seek?" And they said t
 o him\, "Rabbi"  (which means Teacher)\, "where are you staying?"  He said 
 to them\, "Come and see."  They came and saw where he was staying\; and the
 y stayed with him that day\, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the tw
 o who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andrew\, Simon Peter's brot
 her. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to him\, "We have found th
 e Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at h
 im and said\, "So you are Simon the son of Jonah [John]? You shall be calle
 d Cephas" (which means Peter).\n\nThe next day Jesus decided to go to Galil
 ee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Philip was from
  Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael\, and sai
 d to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophet
 s wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathanael said to him\, 
 "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him\, "Come and se
 e." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "Behold\, an Isra
 elite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to him\, "How do you k
 now me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, when you were un
 der the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\, "Rabbi\, you are t
 he Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answered him\, "Because 
 I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe? You shall se
 e greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say t
 o you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God ascending and de
 scending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Thursday after Pascha\; Isidore the Martyr of Chios\; Holy Hieroma
 rtyr Therapontus\; Holy New Martyrs Mark and John\; Leontius\, Patriarch of
  Jerusalem\; Serapion the Holy Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 14:20-28\; 15:1-4\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
  When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples
 \, they returned to Lystra and to lconion and to Antioch\, strengthening th
 e souls of the disciples\, exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and sa
 ying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. And w
 hen they had appointed elders for them in every church\, with prayer and fa
 sting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. Then they pass
 ed through Pisidia\, and came to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the wo
 rd in Perga\, they went down to Attalia\; and from there they sailed to Ant
 ioch\, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which
  they had fulfilled. And when they arrived\, they gathered the church toget
 her and declared all that God had done with them\, and how he had opened a 
 door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remained no little time with the di
 sciples. But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren\,
  "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses\, you cannot 
 be saved." And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate wi
 th them\, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up 
 to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So\, being
  sent on their way by the church\, they passed through both Phoenicia and S
 amaria\, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles\, and they gave great joy
  to all the brethren. And when they came to Jerusalem\, they were welcomed 
 by the church and the apostles and the elders\, and they declared all that 
 God had done with them. \n\nGospel Reading: John 9:39-10:9\nThe Lord said t
 o the Jews who came to him\, "For judgment I came into this world\, that th
 ose who do not see may see\, and that those who see may become blind." Some
  of the Pharisees near him heard this\, and they said to him\, "Are we also
  blind?" Jesus said to them\, "If you were blind\, you would have no guilt\
 ; but now that you say\, 'We see\,' your guilt remains.\n\n"Truly\, truly\,
  I say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs 
 in by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by
  the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the s
 heep hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out
 . When he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep
  follow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, bu
 t they will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." T
 his figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was s
 aying to them.\n\nSo Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to y
 ou\, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and rob
 bers\; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters b
 y me\, he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus\; Straton\, Philip\, Eutychian\, & Cyprian
  the Martyrs of Nicomedea\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Demetrios the New\, Righteous-Marty
 r of Samaria\; Eutychios\, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings\; Paul\, J
 uliana\, and those martyred with them (the executioners)\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 5:10-15\nBrethren\, we must a
 ll appear before the judgment seat of Christ\, so that each one may receive
  good or evil\, according to what he has done in the body.\n\nTherefore\, k
 nowing the fear of the Lord\, we persuade men\; but what we are is known to
  God\, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. We are not commendin
 g ourselves to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us\, so that y
 ou may be able to answer those who pride themselves on a man's position and
  not on his heart. For if we are beside ourselves\, it is for God\; if we a
 re in our right mind\, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls us\, 
 because we are convinced that one has died for all\; therefore all have die
 d. And he died for all\, that those who live might live no longer for thems
 elves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.\n\nGospel Reading
 : Mark 1:9-15\nIn those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was ba
 ptized by John in the Jordan.  And when he came up out of the water\, immed
 iately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a 
 dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you I 
 am well pleased."  The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness
 . And he was in the wilderness forty days\, tempted by Satan\; and he was w
 ith the wild beasts\; and the angels ministered to him. Now after John was 
 arrested\, Jesus came into Galilee\, preaching the gospel of God\, and sayi
 ng\, "The time is fulfilled\, and the kingdom of God is at hand\; repent\, 
 and believe in the gospel."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Nativity\; Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Sav
 ior\, Jesus Christ\; Juliana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs\; The
 mistocles the Martyr of Myra\; Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nFast Day (
 Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time
 \, having risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples
  and said to them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frighte
 ned\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are y
 ou troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and
  My feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not
  flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He sh
 owed them His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\
 , and wondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They ga
 ve Him a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and at
 e before them. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to 
 you\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the 
 law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He op
 ened their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it
  is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from 
 the dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached i
 n His name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of 
 these things. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but s
 tay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led
  them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. W
 hile He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven
 . And they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and w
 ere continually in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Hebrews 11:9-10\; 32-40\nBRETHREN\, by faith Abraham sojourne
 d in the land of promise\, as in a foreign land\, living in tents with Isaa
 c and Jacob\, heirs with him of the same promise.  For he looked forward to
  the city which has foundation\, whose builder and maker is God.\n\nAnd wha
 t more shall I say?  For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Sam
 son\, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophets - who through faith c
 onquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mout
 hs of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won st
 rength out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to fligh
 t.  Women received their dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusi
 ng to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life.  Others
  suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  They w
 ere stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed w
 ith the sword\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, a
 fflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering over 
 deserts and mountains\, and in dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all thes
 e\, though well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised
 \, since God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they
  should not be made perfect.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 1:1-25\nThe book of
  the Genealogy of Jesus Christ\, the son of David\, the son of Abraham.\n\n
 Abraham was the father of Isaac\, and Isaac the father of Jacob\, and Jacob
  the father of Judah and his brothers\, and Judah the father of Perez and Z
 erah by Tamar\, and Perez the father of Hezron\, and Hezron the father of A
 ram\, and Aram the father of Amminadab\, and Amminadab the father of Nahsho
 n\, and Nahshon the father of Salmon\, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rah
 ab\, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth\, and Obed the father of Jesse\, a
 nd Jesse the father of David the king.\n\nAnd David was the father of Solom
 on by the wife of Uriah\, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam\, and Rehoboam
  the father of Abijah\, and Abijah the father of Asa\, and Asa the father o
 f Jehoshaphat\, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram\, and Joram the father 
 of Uzziah\, and Uzziah the father of Jotham\, and Jotham the father of Ahaz
 \, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah\, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh\, 
 and Manasseh the father of Amon\, and Amon the father of Josiah\, and Josia
 h the father of Jechoniah and his brothers\, at the time of the deportation
  to Babylon.\n\nAnd after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the fat
 her of Salathiel\, and Salathiel the father of Zerubbabel\, and Zerubbabel 
 the father of Abiud\, and Abiud the father of Eliakim\, and Eliakim the fat
 her of Azor\, and Azor the father of Zadok\, and Zadok the father of Achim\
 , and Achim the father of Eliud\, and Eliud the father of Eleazar\, and Ele
 azar the father of Matthan\, and Matthan the father of Jacob\, and Jacob th
 e father of Joseph the husband of Mary\, of whom Jesus was born\, who is ca
 lled Christ.\n\nSo all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen 
 generations\, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generat
 ions\, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generatio
 ns.\n\nNow the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mothe
 r Mary had been betrothed to Joseph\, before they came together she was fou
 nd to be with child of the Holy Spirit\; and her husband Joseph\, being a j
 ust man and unwilling to put her to shame\, resolved to divorce her quietly
 . But as he considered this\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to him
  in a dream\, saying\, "Joseph\, son of David\, do not fear to take Mary yo
 ur wife\, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit\; she wi
 ll bear a son\, and you shall call his name Jesus\, for he will save his pe
 ople from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spo
 ken by the prophet: "Behold\, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and 
 his name shall be called Emmanuel" (which means\, God with us). When Joseph
  woke from sleep\, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him\; he took 
 his wife\, but knew her not until she had borne a son\; and he called his n
 ame Jesus.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/24/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; Elizabeth\, Mother of th
 e Forerunner\; Athanasios Parios\; Panagiotis the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (F
 ish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:24-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nAt t
 hat time\, Elizabeth\, the wife of Zacharias conceived\, and for five month
 s hid herself\, saying\, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he 
 looked on me\, to take away my reproach among men." Now the time came for E
 lizabeth to be delivered\, and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors a
 nd kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rej
 oiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; a
 nd they would have named him Zacharias after his father\, but his mother sa
 id\, "Not so\; he shall be called John." And they said to her\, "None of yo
 ur kindred is called by this name." And they made signs to his father\, inq
 uiring what he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, a
 nd wrote\, "His name is John." And they all marveled. And immediately his m
 outh was opened and his tongue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fe
 ar came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about thro
 ugh all the hill country of Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in 
 their hearts\, saying\, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the
  Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spiri
 t\, and prophesied\, saying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he h
 as visited and redeemed his people\, and you\, child\, will be called the p
 rophet of the Most High\; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his wa
 ys." And the child grew and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wil
 derness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14\; 14:1-4\nBrethren\, salvation is ne
 arer to us now than when we first believed\; the night is far gone\, the da
 y is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the ar
 mor of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day\, not in r
 eveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentiousness\, not in qua
 rreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, and make no provi
 sion for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n\nAs for the man who is weak 
 in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinions.  One believes 
 he may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetables.  Let not him
  who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who abstains pass judg
 ment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are you to pass judgm
 ent on the servant of another?  It is before his own master that he stands 
 or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make him stand. \n\nG
 ospel Reading: Luke 1:1-25\, 57-68\, 76\, 80\nInasmuch as many have underta
 ken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among
  us\, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning wer
 e eyewitnesses and ministers of the word\, it seemed good to me also\, havi
 ng followed all things closely for some time past\, to write an orderly acc
 ount for you\, most excellent Theophilos\, that you may know the truth conc
 erning the things of which you have been informed. In the days of Herod\, k
 ing of Judea\, there was a priest named Zacharias\, of the division of Abij
 ah\; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron\, and her name was Elizabe
 th. And they were both righteous before God\, walking in all the commandmen
 ts and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child\, because El
 izabeth was barren\, and both were advanced in years. Now while he was serv
 ing as priest before God when his division was on duty\, according to the c
 ustom of the priesthood\, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the 
 Lord and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying o
 utside at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lo
 rd standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And Zacharias was tr
 oubled when he saw him\, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him\
 , "Do not be afraid\, Zacharias\, for your prayer is heard\, and your wife 
 Elizabeth will bear you a son\, and you shall call his name John. And you w
 ill have joy and gladness\, and many will rejoice at his birth\; for he wil
 l be great before the Lord\, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink\, 
 and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit\, even from his mother's womb. A
 nd he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God\, and he w
 ill go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah\, to turn the hearts of
  the fathers to the children\, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the jus
 t\, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." And Zacharias said to th
 e angel\, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wife is adva
 nced in years." And the angel answered him\, "I am Gabriel\, who stands in 
 the presence of God\; and I was sent to speak to you\, and to bring you thi
 s good news. And behold\, you will be silent and unable to speak until the 
 day that these things come to pass\, because you did not believe my words\,
  which will be fulfilled in their time." And the people were waiting for Za
 charias\, and they wondered at his delay in the temple. And when he came ou
 t\, he could not speak to them\, and they perceived that he had seen a visi
 on in the temple\; and he made signs to them and remained dumb. And when hi
 s time of service was ended\, he went to his home.\n\nAfter these days his 
 wife Elizabeth conceived\, and for five months she hid herself\, saying\, "
 Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me\, to take awa
 y my reproach among men." Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered\,
  and she gave birth to a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the
  Lord had shown great mercy to her\, and they rejoiced with her. And on the
  eighth day they came to circumcise the child\; and they would have named h
 im Zacharias after his father\, but his mother said\, "Not so\; he shall be
  called John." And they said to her\, "None of your kindred is called by th
 is name." And they made signs to his father\, inquiring what he would have 
 him called. And he asked for a writing tablet\, and wrote\, "His name is Jo
 hn." And they all marveled. And immediately his mouth was opened and his to
 ngue loosed\, and he spoke\, blessing God. And fear came on all their neigh
 bors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country o
 f Judea\; and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts\, saying\, "W
 hat then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. \n\nAn
 d his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit\, and prophesied\, s
 aying\, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel\, for he has visited and redeeme
 d his people. And you\, child\, will be called the prophet of the Most High
 \; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways." And the child grew
  and became strong in spirit\, and he was in the wilderness till the day of
  his manifestation to Israel.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/26/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie\; Our Righteous Father Joseph\; Ic
 on of the Mother of God of Vladimir\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, recall the former days wh
 en\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard struggle with sufferin
 gs\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction\, and sometim
 es being partners with those so treated.  For you had compassion on the pri
 soners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property\, since 
 you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.  T
 herefore do not throw away your confidence\, which has a great reward.  For
  you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the will of God and receiv
 e what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and the coming one shall com
 e and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall live by faith."\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Mark 3:20-27\nAt that time\, Jesus came to a home\, and the crow
 d came together again\, so that they could not even eat. And when his famil
 y heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people were saying\, "He is b
 eside himself." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said\, "He is 
 possessed by Beelzebul\, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demon
 s." And he called them to him\, and said to them in parables\, "How can Sat
 an cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself\, that kingdom ca
 nnot stand. And if a house is divided against itself\, that house will not 
 be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided\
 , he cannot stand\, but is coming to an end. But no one can enter a strong 
 man's house and plunder his goods\, unless he first binds the strong man\; 
 then indeed he may plunder his house."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Annunciation of the Theotokos\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went with ha
 ste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the house 
 of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting o
 f Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho
 ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among women\
 , and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice of you
 r greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blesse
 d is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken 
 to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lord\, a
 nd my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low estate
  of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call me bl
 essed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy is his
  name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned to her
  home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHR
 EN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin. Th
 at is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will procla
 im thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregation I will praise
  thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, 
 and the children God has given me. Since therefore the children share in fl
 esh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same nature\, that throu
 gh death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, that is\, the de
 vil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifel
 ong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with
  the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren 
 in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high pri
 est in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins of the people. F
 or because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to help th
 ose who are tempted. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:24-38\nIn those days\, Eliz
 abeth the wife of Zacharias conceived and for five months she hid herself\,
  saying\, "Thus the Lord had done to me in the days when he looked on me\, 
 to take away my reproach among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel w
 as sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth\, to a virgin betrothe
 d to a man whose name was Joseph\, of the house of David\; and the virgin's
  name was Mary. And he came to her and said\, "Hail\, O favored one\, the L
 ord is with you! Blessed are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled
  at the saying\, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this migh
 t be. And the angel said to her\, "Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have f
 ound favor with God. And behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear a
  son\, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be ca
 lled the Son of the Most High\; and the Lord God will give to him the thron
 e of his father David\, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever\
 ; and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel\, "H
 ow shall this be\, since I have no husband?" And the angel said to her\, "T
 he Holy Spirit will come upon you\, and the power of the Most High will ove
 rshadow you\; therefore the child to be born will be called holy\, the Son 
 of God.\n\nAnd behold\, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also co
 nceived a son\; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
  For with God nothing will be impossible." And Mary said\, "Behold\, I am t
 he handmaid of the Lord\; let it be to me according to your word." And the 
 angel departed from her.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/02/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Titus the Wonderworker\; Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine\; Amp
 hianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Isaiah 65:8-16\nThus says the LORD: "As the wine is found in the clust
 er\, and they say\, 'Do not destroy it\, for there is a blessing in it\,' s
 o I will do for my servants' sake\, and not destroy them all.  I will bring
  forth descendants from Jacob\, and from Judah inheritors of my mountains\;
  my chosen shall inherit it\, and my servants shall dwell there.  Sharon sh
 all become a pasture for flocks\, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds
  to lie down\, for my people who have sought me.  But you who forsake the L
 ORD\, who forget my holy mountain\, who set a table for Fortune and fill cu
 ps of mixed wine for Destiny\; I will destine you to the sword\, and all of
  you shall bow down to the slaughter\; because\, when I called\, you did no
 t answer\, when I spoke\, you did not listen\, but you did what was evil in
  my eyes\, and chose what I did not delight in."  Therefore thus says the L
 ord GOD: "Behold\, my servants shall eat\, but you shall be hungry\; behold
 \, my servants shall drink\, but you shall be thirsty\; behold\, my servant
 s shall rejoice\, but you shall be put to shame\; behold\, my servants shal
 l sing for gladness of heart\, but you shall cry out for pain of heart\, an
 d shall wail for anguish of spirit.  You shall leave your name to my chosen
  for a curse\, and the Lord GOD will slay you\; but his servants he will ca
 ll by a different name.  So that he who blesses himself in the land shall b
 less himself by the God of truth\, and he who takes an oath in the land sha
 ll swear by the God of truth\; because the former troubles are forgotten an
 d are hid from my eyes.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 46:1-7\n So Israe
 l took his journey with all that he had\, and came to Beersheba\, and offer
 ed sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  And God spoke to Israel in v
 isions of the night\, and said\, "Jacob\, Jacob." And he said\, "Here am I.
 "  Then he said\, "I am God\, the God of your father\; do not be afraid to 
 go down to Egypt\; for I will there make of you a great nation.  I will go 
 down with you to Egypt\, and I will also bring you up again\; and Joseph's 
 hand shall close your eyes."  Then Jacob set out from Beersheba\; and the s
 ons of Israel carried Jacob their father\, their little ones\, and their wi
 ves\, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.  They also took th
 eir cattle and their goods\, which they had gained in the land of Canaan\, 
 and came into Egypt\, Jacob and all his offspring with him\, his sons\, and
  his sons' sons with him\, his daughters\, and his sons' daughters\; all hi
 s offspring he brought with him into Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prove
 rbs 23:15-24:5\nMy son\, if your heart is wise\, my heart too will be glad.
   My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.  Let not your he
 art envy sinners\, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.  Surel
 y there is a future\, and your hope will not be cut off.  Hear\, my son\, a
 nd be wise\, and direct your mind in the way.  Be not among winebibbers\, o
 r among gluttonous eaters of meat\; for the drunkard and the glutton will c
 ome to poverty\, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.  Hearken to yo
 ur father who begot you\, and do not despise your mother when she is old.  
 Buy truth\, and do not sell it\; buy wisdom\, instruction\, and understandi
 ng.  The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice\; he who begets a wis
 e son will be glad in him.  Let your father and mother be glad\, let her wh
 o bore you rejoice.  My son\, give me your heart\, and let your eyes observ
 e my ways.  For a harlot is a deep pit\; an adventuress is a narrow well.  
 She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men.  Who 
 has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wound
 s without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Those who tarry long over wine\,
  those who go to try mixed wine.  Do not look at wine when it is red\, when
  it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.  At the last it bites like 
 a serpent\, and stings like an adder.  Your eyes will see strange things\, 
 and your mind utter perverse things.  You will be like one who lies down in
  the midst of the sea\, like one who lies on the top of a mast.  "They stru
 ck me\," you will say\, "but I was not hurt\; they beat me\, but I did not 
 feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."  Be not envious of
  evil men\, nor desire to be with them\; for their minds devise violence\, 
 and their lips talk of mischief.  By wisdom a house is built\, and by under
 standing it is established\; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all pre
 cious and pleasant riches.  A wise man is mightier than a strong man\, and 
 a man of knowledge than he who has strength.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Eve
 r Virgin Mary\; The Holy  Prophet Michaias (Micah)\; Holy Hieromartyr Marce
 llus\, Bishop of Apameia\; Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653)\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthian
 s 4:13-18\nBrethren\, since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who 
 wrote\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, 
 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and
  bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake\, so that
  as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to
  the glory of God.\n\nSo we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is w
 asting away\, our inner nature is being renewed every day. For this slight 
 momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond 
 all comparison\, because we look not to the things that are seen but to the
  things that are unseen\; for the things that are seen are transient\, but 
 the things that are unseen are eternal.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:27-33
 \, 42-51\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "As the lightning comes from the
  east and shines as far as the west\, so will be the coming of the Son of m
 an. Wherever the body is\, there the eagles will be gathered together.\n\n"
 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened\, 
 and the moon will not give its light\, and the stars will fall from heaven\
 , and the powers of the heavens will be shaken\; then will appear the sign 
 of the Son of man in heaven\, and then all the tribes of the earth will mou
 rn\, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with p
 ower and great glory\; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet 
 call\, and they will gather his elect from the four winds\, from one end of
  heaven to the other.\n\n"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as it
 s branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves\, you know that summer is
  near. So also\, when you see all these things\, you know that he is near\,
  at the very gates.\n\n"Watch therefore\, for you do not know on what day y
 our Lord is coming. But know this\, that if the householder had known in wh
 at part of the night the thief was coming\, he would have watched and would
  not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready\; 
 for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.\n\n"Who then is 
 the faithful and wise servant\, whom his master has set over his household\
 , to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom 
 his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly\, I say to you\, he will
  set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himse
 lf\, 'My master is delayed\,' and begins to beat his fellow servants\, and 
 eats and drinks with the drunken\, the master of that servant will come on 
 a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know\, and wil
 l punish him\, and put him with the hypocrites\; there men will weep and gn
 ash their teeth."\n\n
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 nd Ever Virgin Mary
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/19/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Boniface\, Probus\, Ares\, Timothy\, Polyeuktos\, Eutychios an
 d Thessaloniki\; Our Righteous Father Gregentius\, Bishop of Ethiopia\; Agl
 aia the Righteous of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Let
 ter to Titus 1:15-16\; 2:1-10\nTitus\, my son\, to the pure all things are 
 pure\, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure\; their very mind
 s and consciences are corrupted. They profess to know God\, but they deny h
 im by their deeds\; they are detestable\, disobedient\, unfit for any good 
 deed.\n\nBut as for you\, teach what befits sound doctrine. Bid the older m
 en be temperate\, serious\, sensible\, sound in faith\, in love\, and in st
 eadfastness. Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior\, not 
 to be slanderous or slaves to drink\; they are to teach what is good\, and 
 so train the young women to love their husbands and children\, to be sensib
 le\, chaste\, domestic\, kind\, and submissive to their husbands\, that the
  word of God may not be discredited. Likewise urge the younger men to contr
 ol themselves. Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds\, and in
  your teaching show integrity\, gravity\, and sound speech that cannot be c
 ensured\, so that an opponent may be put to shame\, having nothing evil to 
 say to us. Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfa
 ction in every respect\; they are not to be refractory\, nor to pilfer\, bu
 t to show entire and true fidelity\, so that in everything they may adorn t
 he doctrine of God our Savior.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that tim
 e\, Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the hous
 e he asked them\, "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they were sil
 ent\; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greate
 st.  And he sat down and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any 
 one would be first\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And he to
 ok a child\, and put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\
 , he said to them\, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me
 \; and whoever receives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  John sa
 id to him\, "Teacher\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and w
 e forbade him\, because he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not
  forbid him\; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soo
 n after to speak evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.  For
  truly\, I say to you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because y
 ou bear the name of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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 ios and Thessaloniki
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha)\; Methodius
  the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Cyril\, Bishop of Gortyna\; 
 The Holy Martyrs of Estonia: the Priests Basil\, John\, John\, Artemios\, a
 nd Nicholas\; the Deacons Vasili and Peter\; the Presytera Martha\; and Joh
 n\, Theodor\, and Anna.\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mo
 ther of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint
  Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb w
 hen the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll
  away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they sa
 w that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb
 \, they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe
 \; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek
  Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see
  the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that 
 He is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you
 ." And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishmen
 t had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afra
 id.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16\nBrethren\,
  glory and honor and peace for every one who does good\, the Jew first and 
 also the Greek.  For God shows no partiality.  All who have sinned without 
 the law will also perish without the law\, and all who have sinned under th
 e law will be judged by the law.  For it is not the hearers of the law who 
 are righteous before God\, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 
  When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires\, th
 ey are a law to themselves\, even though they do not have the law. They sho
 w that what the law requires is written on their hearts\, while their consc
 ience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps e
 xcuse them on that day when\, according to my gospel\, God judges the secre
 ts of men by Christ Jesus. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:18-23\nAt that tim
 e\, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who
  is called Peter and Andrew his brother\, casting a net into the sea\; for 
 they were fishermen. And he said to them\, "Follow me\, and I will make you
  fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And go
 ing on from there he saw two other brothers\, James the son of Zebedee and 
 John his brother\, in the boat with Zebedee their father\, mending their ne
 ts\, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and their father\
 , and followed him. And he went about all Galilee\, teaching in their synag
 ogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and
  every infirmity among the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/18/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leontius\, Hypatius\, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria\; Leontios the 
 Myrrh-Streamer of Argos\; Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:22-27\nBr
 ethren\, we know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail toget
 her until now\; and not only the creation\, but we ourselves\, who have the
  first fruits of the Spirit\, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as son
 s\, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope 
 that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope fo
 r what we do not see\, we wait for it with patience.\n\nLikewise the Spirit
  helps us in our weakness\; for we do not know how to pray as we ought\, bu
 t the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. And h
 e who searches the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will o
 f God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:23-31\nThe Lord said to his disciples\
 , "When they persecute you in one town\, flee to the next\; for truly\, I s
 ay to you\, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before t
 he Son of man comes. A disciple is not above his teacher\, nor a servant ab
 ove his master\; it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher\, and
  the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house B
 eelzebul\, how much more will they malign those of his household. So have n
 o fear of them\; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed\, or hidd
 en that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark\, utter in the light
 \; and what you hear whispered\, proclaim upon the housetops. And do not fe
 ar those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul\; rather fear him who c
 an destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a p
 enny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's wil
 l. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not\, therefore\;
  you are of more value than many sparrows."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/20/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Methodios the Martyr\, Bishop of Olympus\; Kallistos I\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki\n\nFast Day (Fish Allow
 ed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:28-31\; 4:1-3\nBr
 ethren\, we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law. 
 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes\, o
 f Gentiles also\, since God is one\; and he will justify the circumcised on
  the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised through their faith. Do we
  then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary\, we up
 hold the law. What then shall we say about Abraham\, our forefather accordi
 ng to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works\, he has something t
 o boast about\, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? "Abrah
 am believed God\, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 7:24-29\; 8:1-4\nThe Lord said\, "Every one who hears these
  words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house up
 on the rock\; and the rain fell\, and the floods came\, and the winds blew 
 and beat upon that house\, but it did not fall\, because it had been founde
 d on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do 
 them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand\; and the
  rain fell\, and the floods came\, and the winds blew and beat against that
  house\, and it fell\; and great was the fall of it." And when Jesus finish
 ed these sayings\, the crowds were astonished at his teaching\, for he taug
 ht them as one who had authority\, and not as their scribes. When he came d
 own from the mountain\, great crowds followed him\; and behold\, a leper ca
 me to him and knelt before him saying\, "Lord\, if you will\, you can make 
 me clean." And he stretched out his hand and touched him\, saying\, "I will
 \; be clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to h
 im\, "See that you say nothing to any one\; but go\, show yourself to the p
 riest\, and offer the gift that Moses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Stephen\, Archdeacon & First Martyr\; The
 odore the Confessor\, brother of Saint Theophanes the Poet\; Theodore\, Pat
 riarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of grace and pow
 er\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who b
 elonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, and of the Cy
 renians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia and Asia\, ar
 ose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and 
 the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated men\, who sai
 d\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And 
 they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and they came u
 pon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and set up fals
 e witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words against this h
 oly place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazare
 th will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which Moses delive
 red to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw that his fac
 e was like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "Is this so?
 " And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of glory appea
 red to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before he lived in
  Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and
  go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from the land of
  the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\, God remove
 d him from there into this land in which you are now living\; yet he gave h
 im no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promised to give i
 t to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though he had no ch
 ild.\n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High do
 es not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, 'Heaven is m
 y throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me\, says 
 the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these 
 things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart and ears\, yo
 u always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you. Which of 
 the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who anno
 unced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have now betray
 ed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did n
 ot keep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged\, and th
 ey ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spirit\, gazed
  into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at the right han
 d of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, and the Son o
 f man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out with a loud vo
 ice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him
  out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down their garment
 s at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen\,
  he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried 
 with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." And when he
  had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:15-21\nAt th
 at time\, many followed Jesus\, and he healed them all\, and ordered them n
 ot to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Is
 aiah: "Behold\, my servant whom I have chosen\, my beloved with whom my sou
 l is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him\, and he shall proclaim ju
 stice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry aloud\, nor will anyone h
 ear his voice in the streets\; he will not break a bruised reed or quench a
  smoldering wick\, till he brings justice to victory\; and in his name will
  the Gentiles hope."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 11th Sunday of Matthew\; Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God 
 and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus\; Tim
 othy of Euripus\, founder of the Monastery of Pentele\; Holy Monk Penteles\
 ; Gerasimus of Cephalonia\; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos\, Sarantis\, Jacob\, 
 Seraphim\, Demetrios and Basil who contested in Megara\; Joseph the Hesycha
 st\; Nicodemus the New Martyr of Meteora\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of o
 ur Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Manuel and John the 
 New Martyrs\; Stamatios the Martyr\; Apostolos the New-Martyr\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 21:14-25\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the di
 sciples after he was raised from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Si
 mon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\
 , Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A sec
 ond time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said t
 o him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my 
 sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love 
 me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time\, "Do you love
  me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I lo
 ve you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\,
  when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked where you would\; but
  when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, and another will gird
  you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by w
 hat death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow m
 e." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who
  had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is i
 t that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lo
 rd\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he re
 main until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abro
 ad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not
  say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain
  until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing w
 itness to these things\, and who has written these things\; and we know tha
 t his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus d
 id\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose that the world itself
  could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12\nBrethren\, you are th
 e seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would
  examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not have
  the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the other apostles and the brot
 hers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right
  to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own e
 xpense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a 
 flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say this on human authority? D
 oes not the law say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses\, "You 
 shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen t
 hat God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was writt
 en for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher 
 thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritual good among
  you\, is it too much if we reap your material benefits? If others share th
 is rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? Nevertheless\, we have n
 ot made use of this right\, but we endure anything rather than put an obsta
 cle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:23-35
 \nThe Lord said this parable:  "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a 
 king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.  When he began the re
 ckoning\, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents\; and as
  he could not pay\, his lord ordered him to be sold\, with his wife and chi
 ldren and all that he had\, and payment to be made.  So the servant fell on
  his knees\, imploring him\, 'Lord\, have patience with me\, and I will pay
  you everything.'  And out of pity for him the lord of that servant release
 d him and forgave him the debt.  But that same servant\, as he went out\, c
 ame upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii\; and se
 izing him by the throat he said\, 'Pay what you owe.' So his fellow servant
  fell down and besought him\, 'Have patience with me\, and I will pay you.'
   He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt.  W
 hen his fellow servants saw what had taken place\, they were greatly distre
 ssed\, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place.  
 Then his lord summoned him and said to him\, 'You wicked servant! I forgave
  you all that debt because you besought me\; and should not you have had me
 rcy on your fellow servant\, as I had mercy on you?'  And in anger his lord
  delivered him to the torturers\, till he should pay all his debt.  So also
  my heavenly Father will do to every one of you\, if you do not forgive you
 r brother from your heart."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Tuesday after Pascha\; Irene the Great Martyr\; Neophytos\, Gaius\
 , & Caianus the Monk-martyrs\; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger\; E
 uthymios the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Madytos\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of t
 he Apostles 10:21-33\nIn those days\, Peter went down to the men sent by Co
 rnelius to him and said\, "I am the one you are looking for\; what is the r
 eason for your coming?" And they said\, "Cornelius\, a centurion\, an uprig
 ht and God-fearing man\, who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation\,
  was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house\, and to
  hear what you have to say." So he called them in to be his guests. The nex
 t day he rose and went off with them\, and some of the brethren from Joppa 
 accompanied him. And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius 
 was expecting them and had called together his kinsmen and close friends. W
 hen Peter entered\, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worship
 ed him. But Peter lifted him up\, saying\, "Stand up\; I too am a man." And
  as he talked with him\, he went in and found many persons gathered\; and h
 e said to them\, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to assoc
 iate with or to visit any one of another nation\; but God has shown me that
  I should not call any man common or unclean. So when I was sent for\, I ca
 me without objection. I ask then why you sent for me." And Cornelius said\,
  "Four days ago\, about this hour\, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer 
 in my house\; and behold\, a man stood before me in bright apparel\, saying
 \, 'Cornelius\, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remember
 ed before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Pete
 r\; he is lodging in the house of Simon\, a tanner\, by the seaside.' So I 
 sent to you at once\, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore 
 we are all here present in the sight of God\, to hear all that you have bee
 n commanded by the Lord."\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:1-13\nAt that time\, Je
 sus went about in Galilee\; he would not go about in Judea\, because the Je
 ws sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand. So h
 is brothers said to him\, "Leave here and go to Judea\, that your disciples
  may see the works you are doing. For no man works in secret if he seeks to
  be known openly. If you do these things\, show yourself to the world." For
  even his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them\, "My time ha
 s not yet come\, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you\, 
 but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil. Go to the 
 feast yourselves\; I am not going up to this feast\, for my time has not ye
 t fully come." So saying\, he remained in Galilee.\n\nBut after his brother
 s had gone up to the feast\, then he also went up\, not publicly but in pri
 vate. The Jews were looking for him at the feast\, and saying\, "Where is h
 e?" And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some sai
 d\, "He is a good man\," others said\, "No\, he is leading the people astra
 y." Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Great and Holy Pascha\; Basil the Confessor\, Bishop of Parium\; Sergi
 us II\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthousa the Righteous of Constantino
 ple\; Akakios of Kavsokalyvia\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1
 6:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of 
 James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. 
 And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the 
 sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away th
 e stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that t
 he stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they 
 saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and t
 hey were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus o
 f Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the pla
 ce where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is go
 ing before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And t
 hey went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had co
 me upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nE
 pistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-8\nIn the first book\, O Theophilo
 s\, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach\, until the day 
 when he was taken up\, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spir
 it to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive a
 fter his passion by many proofs\, appearing to them during forty days\, and
  speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged the
 m not to depart from Jerusalem\, but to wait for the promise of the Father\
 , which\, he said\, "you heard from me\, for John baptized with water\, but
  before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."\n\nSo when t
 hey had come together\, they asked him\, "Lord\, will you at this time rest
 ore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them\, "it is not for you to know ti
 mes or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you sha
 ll receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you\; and you shall be 
 my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of th
 e earth."\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:1-17\nIn the beginning was the Word\, a
 nd the Word was with God\, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning wi
 th God\; all things were made through him\, and without him was not anythin
 g made that was made. In him was life\, and the life was the light of men. 
 The light shines in the darkness\, and the darkness has not overcome it. \n
 \nThere was a man sent from God\, whose name was John. He came for testimon
 y\, to bear witness to the light\, that all might believe through him. He w
 as not the light\, but came to bear witness to the light.\n\nThe true light
  that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world\,
  and the world was made through him\, yet the world knew him not. He came t
 o his own home\, and his own people received him not. But to all who receiv
 ed him\, who believed in his name\, he gave power to become children of God
 \; who were born\, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the wil
 l of man\, but of God.\n\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us\, fu
 ll of grace and truth\; we have beheld his glory\, glory as of the only Son
  from the Father. (John bore witness to him\, and cried\, "This was he of w
 hom I said\, 'He who comes after me ranks before me\, for he was before me.
 '") And from his fullness have we all received\, grace upon grace. For the 
 law was given through Moses\; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Theophan the Recl
 use\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-11\nAt that time\, Jesus came from N
 azareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came
  up out of the water\, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit
  descending upon him like a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are 
 my beloved Son\; with you I am well pleased."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to Titus 2:11-14\; 3:4-7\nTITUS\, my son\, the grace of God has ap
 peared for the salvation of all men\, training us to renounce irreligion an
 d worldly passions\, and to live sober\, upright\, and godly lives in this 
 world\, awaiting our blessed hope\, the appearing of the glory of the great
  God and Savior Jesus Christ\, who gave himself for us to redeem us from al
 l iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous fo
 r good deeds.\n\nBut when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savio
 r appeared\, he saved us\, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness
 \, but in virtue of his own mercy\, by the washing of regeneration and rene
 wal in the Holy Spirit\, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus C
 hrist our Savior\, so that we might be justified by his grace and become he
 irs in hope of eternal life.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John\, to be baptized by him.
  John would have prevented him\, saying\, "I need to be baptized by you\, a
 nd do you come to me?" But Jesus answered him\, "Let it be so now\; for thu
 s it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. An
 d when Jesus was baptized\, he went up immediately from the water\, and beh
 old\, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like 
 a dove\, and alighting on him\; and lo\, a voice from heaven\, saying\, "Th
 is is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well pleased."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Eutychius\, Bishop of Melitene\; Nikitas\, Bishop of Chalc
 edon\; Helikonis the Martyr\; Heladios the Hieromartyr of the East\; Zachar
 ias the New Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 25:13-19\nIN TH
 OSE DAYS\, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Fest
 us. And as they stayed there many days\, Festus laid Paul's case before the
  king\, saying\, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix\; and when I was at
  Jerusalem\, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information 
 about him\, asking for sentence against him. I answered them that it was no
 t the custom of the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the ac
 cusers face to face\, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning th
 e charge laid against him. When therefore they came together here\, I made 
 no delay\, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the
  man to be brought in. When the accusers stood up\, they brought no charge 
 in his case of such evils as I supposed\; but they had certain points of di
 spute with him about their own superstition and about one Jesus\, who was d
 ead\, but whom Paul asserted to be alive."\n\nGospel Reading: John 16:23-33
 \nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if you a
 sk anything of the Father\, he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you
  have asked nothing in my name\; ask\, and you will receive\, that your joy
  may be full.\n\n"I have said this to you in figures\; the hour is coming w
 hen I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the F
 ather. In that day you will ask in my name\; and I do not say to you that I
  shall pray the Father for you\; for the Father himself loves you\, because
  you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father. I came fr
 om the Father and have come into the world\; again\, I am leaving the world
  and going to the Father."\n\nHis disciples said\, "Ah\, now you are speaki
 ng plainly\, not in any figure! Now we know that you know all things\, and 
 need none to question you\; by this we believe that you came from God." Jes
 us answered them\, "Do you now believe? The hour is coming\, indeed it has 
 come\, when you will be scattered\, every man to his home\, and will leave 
 me alone\; yet I am not alone\, for the Father is with me. I have said this
  to you\, that in me you may have peace."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/26/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: David the Righteous of Thessalonika\; Appearance of the Icon of Our Mo
 st Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St
 . Paul's Letter to the Romans 11:25-36\nBrethren\, lest you be wise in your
  own conceits\, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come
  upon part of Israel\, until the full number of Gentiles come in\, and so a
 ll Israel will be saved\; as it is written\, "The Deliverer will come from 
 Zion\, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"\; "and this will be my covena
 nt with them when I take away their sins." As regards the gospel they are e
 nemies of God\, for your sake\; but as regards election they are beloved fo
 r the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the call of God are irre
 vocable. Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mer
 cy because of their disobedience\, so they have now been disobedient in ord
 er that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy. For God has 
 consigned all men to disobedience\, that he may have mercy upon all. O the 
 depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are h
 is judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of t
 he Lord\, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to him t
 hat he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and to him are all th
 ings. To him be glory for ever. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 12:1-8\nAt
  that time\, Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath\; his disci
 ples were hungry\, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But w
 hen the Pharisees saw it\, they said to him\, "Look\, your disciples are do
 ing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath." He said to them\, "Have you n
 ot read what David did\, when he was hungry\, and those who were with him: 
 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence\, which i
 t was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him\, but only 
 for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the pri
 ests in the temple profane the sabbath\, and are guiltless? I tell you\, so
 mething greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this mea
 ns\, 'I desire mercy\, and not sacrifice\,' you would not have condemned th
 e guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paramonus\, Philumenus\, and their 370 Companion Martyrs in Bithynia\;
  Our Righteous Father Nicholas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Hieromartyr D
 ionysios\, Bishop of Corinth\; Phaedrus the Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:3-10\nBrethren\
 , grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ\, wh
 o gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age\, accor
 ding to the will of our God and Father\; to whom be the glory for ever and 
 ever. Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who calle
 d you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel - not that t
 here is another gospel\, but there are some who trouble you and want to per
 vert the gospel of Christ. But even if we\, or an angel of heaven\, should 
 preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you\, let him 
 be accursed. As we have said before\, so now I say again\, If any one is pr
 eaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received\, let him be ac
 cursed. Am I now seeking the favor of men\, or of God? Or am I trying to pl
 ease men? If I were still pleasing men\, I should not be a servant of Chris
 t.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:19-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beho
 ld\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and 
 over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless 
 do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice 
 that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in th
 e Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\,
  that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and reve
 aled them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/10/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Menas\, Hermogenes\, & Eugraphos\, Martyrs of Alexandria\; Thomas the 
 Righteous of Bithynia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First L
 etter to Timothy 5:22-25\; 6:1-11\nTimothy\, my son\, do not be hasty in th
 e laying on of hands\, nor participate in another man's sins\; keep yoursel
 f pure. No longer drink only water\, but use a little wine for the sake of 
 your stomach and your frequent ailments. The sins of some men are conspicuo
 us\, pointing to judgment\, but the sins of others appear later. So also go
 od deeds are conspicuous\; and even when they are not\, they cannot remain 
 hidden. Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as w
 orthy of all honor\, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be de
 famed. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the gr
 ound that they are brethren\; rather they must serve all the better since t
 hose who benefit by their service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge
  these duties. If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sou
 nd words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godli
 ness\, he is puffed up with conceit\, he knows nothing\; he has a morbid cr
 aving for controversy and for disputes about words\, which produce envy\, d
 issension\, slander\, base suspicions\, and wrangling among men who are dep
 raved in mind and bereft of the truth\, imagining that godliness is a means
  of gain. There is great gain in godliness with contentment\; for we brough
 t nothing into the world\, and we cannot take anything out of the world\; b
 ut if we have food and clothing\, with these we shall be content. But those
  who desire to be rich fall into temptation\, into a snare\, into many sens
 eless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For th
 e love of money is the root of all evils\; it is through this craving that 
 some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many p
 angs. But as for you\, man of God\, shun all this.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 21:5-8\, 10-11\, 20-24\nAt that time\, as some spoke to Jesus of the temple
 \, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings\, he said\, "As for t
 hese things\, which you see\, the days will come when there shall not be le
 ft here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down." And they aske
 d him\, "Teacher\, when will this be\, and what will be the sign when this 
 is about to take place?" And he said\, "Take heed that you are not led astr
 ay\; for many will come in my name\, saying\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The time is
  at hand!' Do not go after them. And when you hear of wars and tumults\, do
  not be terrified\; for this must first take place\, but the end will not b
 e at once."\n\nThen he said to them\, "Nation will rise against nation\, an
 d kingdom against kingdom\; there will be great earthquakes\, and in variou
 s places famines and pestilences\; and there will be terrors and great sign
 s from heaven.\n\nBut when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies\, then kn
 ow that its desolation has come near. Then let those who are in Judea flee 
 to the mountains\, and let those who are inside the city depart\, and let n
 ot those who are out in the country enter it\; for these are days of vengea
 nce\, to fulfill all that is written. Alas for those who are with child and
  for those who give suck in those days! For great distress shall be upon th
 e earth and wrath upon this people\; they will fall by the edge of the swor
 d\, and be led captive among all nations\; and Jerusalem will be trodden do
 wn by the Gentiles\, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/09/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia\; Caesarios the Righteous\n\nFast D
 ay (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you and
  persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and you 
 will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be
  a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, not 
 to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and wisd
 om\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict
 . You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and fri
 ends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by all fo
 r my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your enduranc
 e you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the H
 ebrews 12:1-10\nBRETHREN\, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of w
 itnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings so clo
 sely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us\, lo
 oking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith\, who for the joy tha
 t was set before him endured the cross\, despising the shame\, and is seate
 d at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sin
 ners such hostility against himself\, so that you may not grow weary or fai
 nthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the po
 int of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation which ad
 dresses you as sons? "My son\, do not regard lightly the discipline of the 
 Lord\, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord discipli
 nes him whom he loves\, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is fo
 r discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons\; for wha
 t son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without
  discipline\, in which all have participated\, then you are illegitimate ch
 ildren and not sons. Besides this\, we have had earthly fathers to discipli
 ne us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Fathe
 r of spirits\, and live? For they disciplined us for a short time at their 
 pleasure\, but He disciplines us for our good\, that we may share his holin
 ess.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The 
 kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning t
 o hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a de
 narius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the thir
 d hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to them he said
 \, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will give you.' 
 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour\, he 
 did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others stan
 ding\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They sai
 d to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'You go into th
 e vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the vineyard said to 
 his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beginning with 
 the last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour c
 ame\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came\, they thou
 ght they would receive more\; but each of them also received a denarius. An
 d on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, 'These last w
 orked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the
  burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them\,
  'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me for a denari
 us? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to this last as I 
 give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? 
 Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be first\, and the
  first last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Mala
 chi the Prophet\; Gordios the Martyr of Caesarea\; Righteous Genevieve of P
 aris\; Righteous Peter of Atroas\; Righteous Akakios the Wonderworker\; Rig
 hteous Thomais of Lesbos\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First 
 Letter to Timothy 3:13-16\; 4:1-5\nTIMOTHY\, my son\, those who serve well 
 as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in
  the faith which is in Christ Jesus. I hope to come to you soon\, but I am 
 writing these instructions to you so that\, if I am delayed\, you may know 
 how one ought to behave in the household of God\, which is the church of th
 e living God\, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Great indeed\, we confe
 ss\, is the mystery of our religion:\n\nGod was manifested in the flesh\, \
 njustified in the Spirit\, \nseen by angels\, \npreached among the nations\
 , \nbelieved on in the world\, \ntaken up in glory.\n\nNow the Spirit expre
 ssly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving hee
 d to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons\, through the pretensions of
  liars whose consciences are seared\, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstin
 ence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those
  who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good\, an
 d nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving\; for then 
 it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew
  3:1-6\nAt that time\, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of
  Judea\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this is he wh
 o was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said\, "The voice of one cryi
 ng in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight
 ." Now John wore a garment of camel's hair\, and a leather girdle around hi
 s waist\; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jer
 usalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan\, and they were ba
 ptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their sins.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/25/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria\; Apodosis of the Presentatio
 n of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Mercurius the Great Martyr of Caesarea
  in Cappadocia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew
  25:1-13\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be comp
 ared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. F
 ive of them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took th
 eir lamps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil wi
 th their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slep
 t. But at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to 
 meet him.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foo
 lish said to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going
  out.' But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and 
 for you\; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they 
 went to buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with h
 im to the marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maide
 ns came also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly
 \, I say to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neithe
 r the day nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before f
 aith came\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until fai
 th should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\
 , that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are
  no longer under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\
 , through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put o
 n Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\
 , there is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. A
 nd if you are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according
  to promise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better
  than a slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under 
 guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when 
 we were children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe.
  But when the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woma
 n\, born under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that w
 e might receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that 
 time\, a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a
  woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered 
 much under many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no be
 tter but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and cam
 e up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I 
 touch even his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorr
 hage ceased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 
 And Jesus\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, imme
 diately turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" A
 nd his disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and
  yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done 
 it. But the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and tr
 embling and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he sai
 d to her\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be 
 healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The Holy M
 artyrs Theopemptus and Theonas\; Righteous Syncletike of Alexandria\; Grego
 ry of Akrita\; Apollinaria of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:19-27\nBRETHREN\, though I am free
  from all men\, I have made myself a slave to all\, that I might win the mo
 re. To the Jews I became as a Jew\, in order to win Jews\; to those under t
 he law I became as one under the law - though not being myself under the la
 w - that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became
  as one outside the law - not being without law toward God but under the la
 w of Christ - that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became 
 weak\, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men\, tha
 t I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel\, 
 that I may share in its blessings. Do you not know that in a race all the r
 unners compete\, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtai
 n it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to rec
 eive a perishable wreath\, but we an imperishable. Well\, I do not run aiml
 essly\, I do not box as one beating the air\; but I pommel my body and subd
 ue it\, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. \n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 3:1-18\nIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberiu
 s Caesar\, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea\, and Herod being tetrarc
 h of Galilee\, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and
  Trachonitis\, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene\, in the high-priesthood of
  Annas and Caiaphas\, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in 
 the wilderness\; and he went into all the region about the Jordan\, preachi
 ng a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in
  the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet\, "The voice of one crying in 
 the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord\, make his paths straight. Ever
 y valley shall be filled\, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low
 \, and the crooked shall be made straight\, and the rough ways shall be mad
 e smooth\; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." He said therefore
  to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him\, "You brood of vipe
 rs! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits that befit r
 epentance\, and do not begin to say to yourselves\, 'We have Abraham as our
  father"\; for I tell you\, God is able from these stones to raise up child
 ren to Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees\; every t
 ree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the
  fire." And the multitudes asked him\, "What then shall we do?" And he answ
 ered them\, "He who has two coats\, let him share with him who has none\; a
 nd he who has food\, let him do likewise." Tax collectors also came to be b
 aptized\, and said to him\, "Teacher\, what shall we do?" And he said to th
 em\, "Collect no more than is appointed you." Soldiers also asked him\, "An
 d we\, what shall we do?" And he said to them\, "Rob no one by violence or 
 by false accusation\, and be content with your wages." As the people were i
 n expectation\, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John\, wh
 ether perhaps he were the Christ\, John answered them all\, "I baptize you 
 with water\; but he who is mightier than I is coming\, the thong of whose s
 andals I am not worthy to untie\; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit 
 and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand\, to clear his threshing f
 loor\, and to gather the wheat into his granary\, but the chaff he will bur
 n with unquenchable fire." So\, with many other exhortations\, he preached 
 good news to the people.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\;
  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitola\; 
 Euthymios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Christos the New Martyr of Prevez
 is\; Oswald the Martyr\, King of Northumbria\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Read
 ing: St. Peter's First Universal Letter 1:1-25\; 2:1-10\nPeter\, an apostle
  of Jesus Christ\, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontos\, Galatia\, Ca
 ppadocia\, Asia\, and Bithynia\, chosen and destined by God the Father and 
 sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling w
 ith his blood:\n\nMay grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the 
 God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been bo
 rn anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the 
 dead\, and to an inheritance which is imperishable\, undefiled\, and unfadi
 ng\, kept in heaven for you\, who by God's power are guarded through faith 
 for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice\
 , though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials\, so 
 that the genuineness of your faith\, more precious than gold which though p
 erishable is tested by fire\, may redound to praise and glory and honor at 
 the revelation of Jesus Christ. Without having known him you love him\; tho
 ugh you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable 
 and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of y
 our souls.\n\nThe prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours
  searched and inquired about this salvation\; they inquired what person or 
 time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the 
 sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that
  they were serving not themselves but you\, in the things which have now be
 en announced to you by those who preached the good news to you through the 
 Holy Spirit sent from heaven\, things into which angels long to look.\n\nTh
 erefore gird up your minds\, be sober\, set your hope fully upon the grace 
 that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient childr
 en\, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance\, but as 
 he who called you is holy\, be holy yourselves in all your conduct\; since 
 it is written\, "You shall be holy\, for I am holy." And if you invoke as F
 ather him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds\, conduct 
 yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. You know that you w
 ere ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers\, not with pe
 rishable things such as silver or gold\, but with the precious blood of Chr
 ist\, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before t
 he foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times fo
 r your sake. Through him you have confidence in God\, who raised him from t
 he dead and gave him glory\, so that your faith and hope are in God.\n\nHav
 ing purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love o
 f the brethren\, love one another earnestly from the heart. You have been b
 orn anew\, not of perishable seed but of imperishable\, through the living 
 and abiding word of God\; for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory li
 ke the flower of grass. The grass withers\, and the flower falls\, but the 
 word of the Lord abides for ever." That word is the good news which was pre
 ached to you.\n\nSo put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and e
 nvy and all slander. Like newborn babes\, long for the pure spiritual milk\
 , that by it you may grow up to salvation\; for you have tasted the kindnes
 s of the Lord.\n\nCome to him\, to that living stone\, rejected by men but 
 in God's sight chosen and precious\; and like living stones be yourselves b
 uilt into a spiritual house\, to be a holy priesthood\, to offer spiritual 
 sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scriptu
 re: “Behold\, I am laying in Zion a stone\, a cornerstone chosen and precio
 us\, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.” To you therefore
  who believe\, he is precious\, but for those who do not believe\, “The ver
 y stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner\,” an
 d “A stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that will make them fall”\; 
 for they stumble because they disobey the word\, as they were destined to d
 o. But you are a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, God’s o
 wn people\, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you 
 out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now y
 ou are God’s people\; once you had not received mercy but now you have rece
 ived mercy.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:28-32\nThe Lord said this parable
 \, "A man had two sons\; and he went to the first and said\, 'Son\, go and 
 work in the vineyard today.' And he answered\, 'I will not'\; but afterward
  he repented and went. And he went to the second and said the same\; and he
  answered\, 'I go\, sir\,' but did not go. Which of the two did the will of
  his father?" They said\, "The first." Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say 
 to you\, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God befo
 re you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness\, and you did not 
 believe him\, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him and even 
 when you saw it\, you did not afterward repent and believe him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/18/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Martyr Emilian\; Holy Martyrs Paul\, Thea and Valentine\; Stephen
 \, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Our Holy Father John\, Archbishop of Cons
 tantinople\; Holy New Martyrs Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and the Novice Ba
 rbara\; Theneva of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Rom
 ans 12:1-3\nBrethren\, I appeal to you\, by the mercies of God\, to present
  your bodies as a living sacrifice\, holy and acceptable to God\, which is 
 your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transforme
 d by the renewal of your mind\, that you may prove what is the will of God\
 , what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I b
 id every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to
  think\, but think with sober judgment\, each according to the measure of f
 aith which God has assigned him.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:37-42\, 11:1
 \nThe Lord said\, "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy
  of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\
 ; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He 
 who finds his life will lose it\, and he who loses his life for my sake wil
 l find it. He who receives you receives me\, and he who receives me receive
 s him who sent me. He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall 
 receive a prophet's reward\, and he who receives a righteous man because he
  is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever giv
 es to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a dis
 ciple\, truly\, I say to you\, he shall not lose his reward." And when Jesu
 s had finished instructing his twelve disciples\, he went on from there to 
 teach and preach in their cities.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/30/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Silas\, Silvan\, Crescens\, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of th
 e 70\; Julitta of Caesaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:35-4
 1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch\, teaching and pre
 aching the word of the Lord\, with many others also. And after some days Pa
 ul said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let us return and visit the brethren in every
  city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord\, and see how they are." And
  Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best 
 not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and ha
 d not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention\, so t
 hat they separated from each other\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed
  away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose Silas and departed\, being commended by th
 e brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\
 , strengthening the churches. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:17-28\nAt that
  time\, as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem\, he took the twelve disciples a
 side\, and on the way he said to them\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusa
 lem\; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes
 \, and they will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to the Gentiles to 
 be mocked and scourged and crucified\, and he will be raised on the third d
 ay."\n\nThen the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him\, with her so
 ns\, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to he
 r\, "What do you want?" She said to him\, "Command that these two sons of m
 ine may sit\, one at your right hand and one at your left\, in your kingdom
 ." But Jesus answered\, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able 
 to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him\, "We are able." He 
 said to them\, "You will drink my cup\, but to sit at my right hand and at 
 my left is not mine to grant\, but it is for those for whom it has been pre
 pared by my Father." And when the ten heard it\, they were indignant at the
  two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said\, "You know that the r
 ulers of the Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great men exercise auth
 ority over them. It shall not be so among you\; but whoever would be great 
 among you must be your servant\, and whoever would be first among you must 
 be your slave\; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve\,
  and to give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Geo
 rge of Hozeva\; Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople\; Atticus and Cyrus
 \, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Emilianos the Confessor\, Bishop of 
 Cyzikos\; Gregory of the Kiev Caves\; Pega the Virgin\, Hermitess of Peakir
 k\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-11\nBrethren\, al
 l who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death.  W
 e were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death\, so that as Christ 
 was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father\, we too might walk in 
 newness of life.  For if we have been united with Him in a death like His\,
  we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.  We know
  that our old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be 
 destroyed\, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.  For he who has died
  is freed from sin.  But if we have died with Christ\, we believe that we s
 hall also live with Him.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dea
 d will never die again\; death no longer has dominion over Him.  The death 
 He died He died to sin\, once for all\, but the life He lives He lives to G
 od. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Ch
 rist Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 3:22-33\nAt that time\, Jesus 
 and his disciples went into the land of Judea\; there He remained with them
  and baptized.  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim\, because there
  was much water there\; and people came and were baptized.  For John had no
 t yet been put in prison.\n\nNow a discussion arose between John's disciple
 s and a Jew over purifying.  And they came to John\, and said to him\, "Rab
 bi\, he who was with you beyond the Jordan\, to whom you bore witness\, her
 e he is\, baptizing\, and all are going to him."  John answered\, "No one c
 an receive anything except what is given him from heaven.  You yourselves b
 ear me witness\, that I said\, I am not the Christ\, but I have been sent b
 efore Him.  He who has the bride is the bridegroom\; the friend of the brid
 egroom\, who stands and hears him\, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's vo
 ice\; therefore this joy of mine is now full.  He must increase\, but I mus
 t decrease.\n\n"He who comes from above is above all\; he who is of the ear
 th belongs to the earth\, and of the earth he speaks\; he who comes from he
 aven is above all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and heard\, yet no
  one receives his testimony\; he who receives his testimony sets his seal t
 o this\, that God is true."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains\; Righteous Hierodeacon 
 Makarios of Kalogeras\; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos\; Nicholas the New-M
 artyr of Mytilene\; Peusippos\, Elasippos\, and Mesippos the siblings\, and
  their grandmother Neonilla\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle R
 eading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid
  violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the br
 other of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, h
 e proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Br
 ead. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him 
 to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to b
 ring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest praye
 r for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod was a
 bout to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound wit
 h two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; and 
 behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; an
 d he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And
  the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mant
 le around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did not
  know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing 
 a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they came t
 o the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\
 , and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediately the 
 angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that 
 the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from 
 all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 21:14-2
 5\nAt that time\, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he was rais
 ed from the dead. And he said to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do yo
 u love me more than these?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I 
 love you." He said to him\, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\,
  "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you
  know that I love you." He said to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him th
 e third time\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved be
 cause he said to him the third time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\
 , "Lord\, you know everything\; you know that I love you." Jesus said to hi
 m\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, yo
 u girded yourself and walked where you would\; but when you are old\, you w
 ill stretch out your hands\, and another will gird you and carry you where 
 you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glori
 fy God.) And after this he said to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw 
 following them the disciple whom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his br
 east at the supper and had said\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray
  you?" When Peter saw him\, he said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?
 " Jesus said to him\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what 
 is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren tha
 t this disciple was not to die\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was n
 ot to die\, but\, "If it is my will that he remain until I come\, what is t
 hat to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, 
 and who has written these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. 
 But there are also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of th
 em to be written\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the bo
 oks that would be written. Amen.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/31/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius\, Bishop of Gangra\; Theophilos the Mart
 yr and those with him\; Innocent\, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska\; Akakio
 s the Confessor\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 49:6-10\nTh
 us says the LORD: "I will give you as a light to the nations\, that my salv
 ation may reach to the end of the earth."  Thus says the LORD\, the Redeeme
 r of Israel and his Holy One\, to one deeply despised\, abhorred by the nat
 ions\, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise\; princes\, and th
 ey shall prostrate themselves\; because of the LORD\, who is faithful\, the
  Holy One of Israel\, who has chosen you."  Thus says the LORD: "In a time 
 of favor I have answered you\, in a day of salvation I have helped you\; I 
 have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people\, to establish the 
 land\, to apportion the desolate heritages\; saying to the prisoners\, 'Com
 e forth\,' to those who are in darkness\, 'Appear.' They shall feed along t
 he ways\, on all bare heights shall be their pasture\; they shall not hunge
 r or thirst\, neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them\, for he who 
 has pity on them will lead them\, and by springs of water will guide them.\
 n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 31:3-16\n Then the LORD said to Jacob\, "
 Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred\, and I will be with
  you."  So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his f
 lock was\, and said to them\, "I see that your father does not regard me wi
 th favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.  You 
 know that I have served your father with all my strength\; yet your father 
 has cheated me and changed my wages ten times\, but God did not permit him 
 to harm me.  If he said\, 'The spotted shall be your wages\,' then all the 
 flock bore spotted\; and if he said\, 'The striped shall be your wages\,' t
 hen all the flock bore striped.  Thus God has taken away the cattle of your
  father\, and given them to me.  In the mating season of the flock I lifted
  up my eyes\, and saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the fl
 ock were striped\, spotted\, and mottled.  Then the angel of God said to me
  in the dream\, 'Jacob\,' and I said\, 'Here I am!'  And he said\, 'Lift up
  your eyes and see\, all the goats that leap upon the flock are striped\, s
 potted\, and mottled\; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.  I a
 m the God of Bethel\, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now
  arise\, go forth from this land\, and return to the land of your birth.'" 
  Then Rachel and Leah answered him\, "Is there any portion or inheritance l
 eft to us in our father's house?  Are we not regarded by him as foreigners?
  For he has sold us\, and he has been using up the money given for us.  All
  the property which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to
  our children\; now then\, whatever God has said to you\, do."\n\nOld Testa
 ment Reading: Proverbs 21:3-21\nTo do righteousness and justice is more acc
 eptable to the LORD than sacrifice.  Haughty eyes and a proud heart\, the l
 amp of the wicked\, are sin.  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abun
 dance\, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.  The getting of trea
 sures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.  The viol
 ence of the wicked will sweep them away\, because they refuse to do what is
  just.  The way of the guilty is crooked\, but the conduct of the pure is r
 ight.  It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house sha
 red with a contentious woman.  The soul of the wicked desires evil\; his ne
 ighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.  When a scoffer is punished\, the simple
  becomes wise\; when a wise man is instructed\, he gains knowledge.  The ri
 ghteous observes the house of the wicked\; the wicked are cast down to ruin
 .  He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and no
 t be heard.  A gift in secret averts anger\; and a bribe in the bosom\, str
 ong wrath.  When justice is done\, it is a joy to the righteous\, but disma
 y to evildoers.  A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest 
 in the assembly of the dead.  He who loves pleasure will be a poor man\; he
  who loves wine and oil will not be rich.  The wicked is a ransom for the r
 ighteous\, and the faithless for the upright.  It is better to live in a de
 sert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.  Precious treasure rem
 ains in a wise man's dwelling\, but a foolish man devours it.  He who pursu
 es righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/22/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Agathonicus\; Holy Martyr Anthuse\; Athanasios the Hie
 romartyr & Bishop of Tarsus\; New Martyrs Manuel and John\; The Synaxis of 
 the Icon of the Mother of God of Prusa\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our
  Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:26-31\; 2:1-5\nBrethren\, consider
  your call\, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards\, not
  many were powerful\, not many were of noble birth\; but God chose what is 
 foolish in the world to shame the wise\, God chose what is weak in the worl
 d to shame the strong\, God chose what is low and despised in the world\, e
 ven things that are not\, to bring to nothing things that are\, so that no 
 human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your li
 fe in Christ Jesus\, whom God made our wisdom\, our righteousness and sanct
 ification and redemption\; therefore\, as it is written\, "Let him who boas
 ts\, boast of the Lord." When I came to you\, brethren\, I did not come pro
 claiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decide
 d to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I wa
 s with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling\; and my speech and m
 y message were not in plausible words of wisdom\, but in demonstration of t
 he Spirit and of power\, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of me
 n but in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:29-34\nAt that tim
 e\, as Jesus went out of Jericho\, a great crowd followed him. And behold\,
  two blind men sitting by the roadside\, when they heard that Jesus was pas
 sing by\, cried out\, "Have mercy on us\, Son of David!" The crowd rebuked 
 them\, telling them to be silent\; but they cried out the more\, "Lord\, ha
 ve mercy on us\, Son of David!" And Jesus stopped and called them\, saying\
 , "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him\, "Lord\, let our e
 yes be opened." And Jesus in pity touched their eyes\, and immediately they
  received their sight and followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/02/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of St. Athanasius the Great\; Hesperos & Zoe the
  Righteous\; Boris\, King & Enlightener of Bulgaria (Michael in Baptism)\; 
 Jordan the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrew
 s 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the wo
 rd of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their faith. 
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be led 
 away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be st
 rengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adheren
 ts.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to 
 eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanct
 uary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.
   So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people t
 hrough his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp an
 d bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we see
 k the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up 
 a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowledge
  his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for such
  sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe L
 ord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on
  a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\,
  but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light s
 o shine before men\, that they may see your good works and give glory to yo
 ur Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law 
 and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  Fo
 r truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, no
 t a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then r
 elaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be
  called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches t
 hem shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost\; Job the Prophet\; Our Hol
 y Father Seraphim the Struggler of Mt. Domvu\; Sophia of Kleisoura\n\nFast 
 Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 14:6-18\nIn tho
 se days\, the apostles fled to Lystra and Derbe\, cities of Lycaonia\, and 
 to the surrounding country\; and there they preached the gospel. Now at Lys
 tra there was a man sitting\, who could not use his feet\; he was a cripple
  from birth\, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking\; and Paul
 \, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well\, s
 aid in a loud voice\, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang up and wa
 lked. And when the crowds saw what Paul had done\, they lifted up their voi
 ces\, saying in Lycaonian\, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness 
 of men!" Barnabas they called Zeus\, and Paul\, because he was the chief sp
 eaker\, they called Hermes. And the priest of Zeus\, whose temple was in fr
 ont of the city\, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offe
 r sacrifice with the people. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard 
 of it\, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude\, cryin
 g\, "Men\, why are you doing this? We also are men\, of like nature with yo
 u\, and bring you good news\, that you should turn from these vain things t
 o a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that i
 s in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their 
 own ways\; yet he did not leave himself without witness\, for he did good a
 nd gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons\, satisfying your hearts
  with food and gladness." With these words they scarcely restrained the peo
 ple from offering sacrifice to them.\n\nGospel Reading: John 7:14-30\nAbout
  the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. The Jews
  marveled at it saying\, "How is it that this man has learning\, when he ha
 s never studied?" So Jesus answered them\, "My teaching is not mine\, but h
 is who sent me\; if any man's will is to do his will\, he shall know whethe
 r the teacher is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. He 
 who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory\; but he who seeks the 
 glory of him who sent him is true\, and in him there is not falsehood. Did 
 not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek 
 to kill me?" The people answered\, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kil
 l you?" Jesus answered them\, "I did one deed\, and you all marvel at it. M
 oses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses\, but from the father
 s)\, and you circumcise a man upon the sabbath. If on the sabbath a man rec
 eives circumcision\, so that the law of Moses may not be broken\, are you a
 ngry with me because on the sabbath I made a man's whole body well? Do not 
 judge by appearances\, but judge with right judgment."\n\nSome of the peopl
 e of Jerusalem therefore said\, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill
 ? And here he is\, speaking openly\, and they say nothing to him! Can it be
  that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? Yet we know wher
 e this man comes from\; and when the Christ appears\, no one will know wher
 e he comes from." So Jesus proclaimed\, as he taught in the temple\, "You k
 now me\, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own acco
 rd\; he who sent me is true\, and him you do not know. I know him\, for I c
 ome from him\, and he sent me." So they sought to arrest him\; but no one l
 aid hands on him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/05/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabbas the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Diogenes\; Philotheos the Righteou
 s of Mount Athos\; Nektarios the Bulgarian \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allow
 ed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a
  level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of
  people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, w
 ho came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were
  troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to tou
 ch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted 
 up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours 
 is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be 
 satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed a
 re you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and c
 ast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that 
 day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethre
 n\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, g
 oodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is 
 no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with
  its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by 
 the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no
  envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, y
 ou who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to
  yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so f
 ulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:27-30\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father\; a
 nd no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one knows the Father exc
 ept the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.  Come to me\
 , all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you rest.  Take my yo
 ke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowly in heart\, and 
 you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, and my burden is 
 light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Monday\; Martin the Confessor\, Pope of Rome\; Theodosios the 
 Martyr\; Zoilos the Martyr\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apo
 stles 1:12-17\, 21-26\nIn those days\, the apostles returned to Jerusalem f
 rom the mount called Olivet\, which is near Jerusalem\, a sabbath day's jou
 rney away\; and when they had entered\, they went up to the upper room\, wh
 ere they were staying\, Peter and John and James and Andrew\, Philip and Th
 omas\, Bartholomew and Matthew\, James the son of Alphaios and Simon the Ze
 alot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselv
 es to prayer\, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus\, and w
 ith his brothers.\n\nIn those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the c
 ompany of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty)\, and said\, "Bret
 hren\, the scripture had to be fulfilled\, which the Holy Spirit spoke befo
 rehand by the mouth of David\, concerning Judas who was guide to those who 
 arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us\, and was allotted his share i
 n this ministry. "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the 
 time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us\, beginning from the bapt
 ism of John until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men 
 must become with us a witness to his resurrection."\n\nAnd they put forward
  two\, Joseph called Barsabbas\, who was surnamed Justos\, and Matthias. An
 d they prayed and said\, "Lord\, who knowest the hearts of all men\, show w
 hich one of these two thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry a
 nd apostleship from which Judas turned aside\, to go to his own place." And
  they cast lots for them\, and the lot fell on Matthias\; and he was enroll
 ed with the eleven apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1:18-28\nNo one has ev
 er seen God\; the only-begotten Son\, who is in the bosom of the Father\, h
 e has made him known.\n\nAnd this is the testimony of John\, when the Jews 
 sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him\, "Who are you?" He conf
 essed\, he did not deny\, but confessed\, "I am not the Christ." And they a
 sked him\, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said\, "I am not." "Are you the 
 prophet?" And he answered\, "No." They said to him then\, "Who are you? let
  us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" 
 He said\, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness\, 'Make straight 
 the way of the Lord\,' as the prophet Isaiah said."\n\nNow they had been se
 nt from the Pharisees. They asked him\, "Then why are you baptizing\, if yo
 u are neither the Christ\, nor Elijah\, nor the prophet?" John answered the
 m\, "I baptize with water\; but among you stands one whom you do not know\,
  even he who comes after me\, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to 
 untie." This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan\, where John was bapti
 zing.\n\n
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 sts: John and Symeon the Fool for Christ\; Parthenios\, Bishop of Arta\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 10:5-12\nBrethre
 n\, God was not pleased with most of the fathers\; for they were overthrown
  in the wilderness. Now these things are warnings for us\, not to desire ev
 il as they did. Do not be idolators as some of them were\; as it is written
 \, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dance." We must not
  indulge in immorality as some of them did\, and twenty-three thousand fell
  in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test\, as some of them did 
 and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as a
  warning\, but they were written down for our instruction\, upon whom the e
 nd of the ages has come. Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands ta
 ke heed lest he fall.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:6-12\nThe Lord said to 
 his disciples\, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sa
 dducees." And they discussed it among themselves\, saying\, "We brought no 
 bread." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said\, "O men of little faith\, why do 
 you discuss among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not ye
 t perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand\, and 
 how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves of the four thousand\, a
 nd how many baskets you gathered? How is it that you fail to perceive that 
 I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadd
 ucees." Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the lea
 ven of bread\, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/21/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Sunday of Matthew\; Julian the Martyr of Tarsus\; Terentios\, Bish
 op of Iconium\; Nikitas the New Martyr of Nisyros\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed
 )\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the firs
 t day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had 
 cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him\, as t
 hey mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been se
 en by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another
  form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country. And they went
  back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. After this He appe
 ared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them fo
 r their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed thos
 e who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the wo
 rld and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is bap
 tized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And th
 ese signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out d
 emons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and i
 f they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their
  hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, af
 ter He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the 
 right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the 
 Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended 
 it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 5:1-10\nBreth
 ren\, since we are justified by faith\, we have peace with God through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obtained access by faith to this gra
 ce in which we stand\, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of G
 od. More than that\, we rejoice in our sufferings\, knowing that suffering 
 produces endurance\, and endurance produces character\, and character produ
 ces hope\, and hope does not disappoint us\, because God's love has been po
 ured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. Wh
 ile we were still weak\, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Why
 \, one will hardly die for a righteous man -- though perhaps for a good man
  one will dare even to die. But God shows his love for us in that while we 
 were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since\, therefore\, we are now justifi
 ed by his blood\, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
  For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his
  Son\, much more\, now that we are reconciled\, shall we be saved by his li
 fe.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:22-33\nThe Lord said\, "The eye is the lam
 p of the body. So\, if your eye is sound\, your whole body will be full of 
 light\; but if your eye is not sound\, your whole body will be full of dark
 ness. If then the light in you is darkness\, how great is the darkness! No 
 one can serve two masters\; for either he will hate the one and love the ot
 her\, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot se
 rve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you\, do not be anxious about your lif
 e\, what you shall eat or what you shall drink\, nor about your body\, what
  you shall put on. Is not life more than food\, and the body more than clot
 hing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather in
 to barns\, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more val
 ue than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his sp
 an of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of 
 the field\, how they grow\; they neither toil nor spin\; yet I tell you\, e
 ven Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God 
 so clothes the grass of the field\, which today is alive and tomorrow is th
 rown into the oven\, will he not much more clothe you\, O men of little fai
 th? Therefore do not be anxious\, saying\, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What sh
 all we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? For the Gentiles seek all these thin
 gs\; and your heavenly Father knows you need them all. But seek first his k
 ingdom and his righteousness\, and all these things shall be yours as well.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sisoes the Great\; Holy Apostles Archippus\, Philemon and Onesimus\; L
 oukia the Virgin-martyr\, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs\; Juliana the
  Virgin-martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:17-24
 \nBrethren\, I appeal to you to take note of those who create dissensions a
 nd difficulties\, in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught\
 ; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ\, but their own
  appetites\, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of th
 e simple-minded. For while your obedience is known to all\, so that I rejoi
 ce over you\, I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to 
 what is evil\; then the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Timothy\, my fellow worker
 \, greets you\; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater\, my kinsmen. I Tertiu
 s\, the writer of this letter\, greet you in the Lord. Gaius\, who is host 
 to me and to the whole church\, greets you. Erastos\, the city treasurer\, 
 and our brother Quartus\, greet you. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 
 with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:10-23\,43\nAt that time\,
  the disciples of Jesus came to him and said to him\, "Why do you speak to 
 the crowds in parables?" And he answered them\, "To you it has been given t
 o know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven\, but to them it has not been g
 iven. For to him who has will more be given\, and he will have abundance\; 
 but from him who has not\, even what he has will be taken away. This is why
  I speak to them in parables\, because seeing they do not see\, and hearing
  they do not hear\, nor do they understand. With them indeed is fulfilled t
 he prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understa
 nd\, and you shall indeed see but never perceive. For this people's heart h
 as grown dull\, and their ears are heavy of hearing\, and their eyes they h
 ave closed\, lest they should perceive with their eyes\, and hear with thei
 r ears\, and understand with their heart\, and turn for me to heal them.' B
 ut blessed are your eyes\, for they see\, and your ears\, for they hear. Tr
 uly\, I say to you\, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you
  see\, and did not see it\, and to hear what you hear\, and did not hear it
 .\n\n"Hear then the parable of the sower. When any one hears the word of th
 e kingdom and does not understand it\, the evil one comes and snatches away
  what is sown in his heart\; this is what was sown along the path. As for w
 hat was sown on rocky ground\, this is he who hears the word and immediatel
 y receives it with joy\; yet he has no root in himself\, but endures for a 
 while\, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word\,
  immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns\, this is he 
 who hears the word\, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches c
 hoke the word\, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil
 \, this is he who hears the word and understands it\; he indeed bears fruit
 \, and yields\, in one case a hundredfold\, in another sixty\, and in anoth
 er thirty. He who has ears to hear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Th
 e Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raitho\; Plato the Hieromartyr\, Bishop o
 f Tallini and all Estonia\, and the Priest Martyrs Michael and Nicholas\; A
 gnes the Virgin-martyr\; Sabbas (Sava)\, Archbishop of Serbia\; Nina of Geo
 rgia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apo
 stles 2:38-43\nIn those days\, Peter said to the people\, "Repent and be ba
 ptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of 
 your sins\; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the prom
 ise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off\, every one 
 whom the Lord our God calls to him." And he testified with many other words
  and exhorted them\, saying\, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation
 ." So those who received his word were baptized\, and there were added that
  day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostle
 s' teaching and fellowship\, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And 
 fear came upon every soul\; and many wonders and signs were done through th
 e apostles.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 4:1-15\nAt that time Jesus returned fro
 m the Jordan\, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness\,
  tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days\; and when they wer
 e ended\, he was hungry. The devil said to him\, "If you are the Son of God
 \, command this stone to become bread." And Jesus answered him\, "It is wri
 tten\, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" And the devil took him up\, an
 d showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time\, and said t
 o him\, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory\; for it has
  been delivered to me\, and I will give it to whom I will. If you\, then\, 
 will worship me\, it shall all be yours." And Jesus answered him\, "It is w
 ritten\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God\, and him only shall you serv
 e.'"\n\nAnd he took him to Jerusalem\, and set him on the pinnacle of the t
 emple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, throw yourself down 
 from here\; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of you\, to
  guard you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike y
 our foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered him\, "It is said\, 'You sha
 ll not tempt the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ended every tempta
 tion\, he departed from him until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in 
 the power of the Spirit into Galilee\, and a report concerning him went out
  through all the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues\, b
 eing glorified by all.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna\; Proterios\, Archbishop o
 f Alexandria\; Gorgonia the Righteous\, sister of Gregory the Theologian\; 
 Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos\; Boswell\, Abbot of Melrose Abbey\n\n
 Strict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 1:1-20\nThe vision of Isaiah t
 he son of Amoz\, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of
  Uzzi'ah\, Jotham\, Ahaz\, and Hezeki'ah\, kings of Judah.  Hear\, O heaven
 s\, and give ear\, O earth\; for the Lord has spoken:  "Sons have I reared 
 and brought up\, but they have rebelled against me.  The ox knows its owner
 \, and the ass its master's crib\; but Israel does not know\, my people doe
 s not understand."\n\nAh\, sinful nation\, a people laden with iniquity\, o
 ffspring of evildoers\, sons who deal corruptly!  They have forsaken the Lo
 rd\, they have despised the Holy One of Israel\, they are utterly estranged
 .\n\nWhy will you still be smitten\, that you continue to rebel?  The whole
  head is sick\, and the whole heart faint.  From the sole of the foot even 
 to the head\, there is no soundness in it\, but bruises and sores and bleed
 ing wounds\; they are not pressed out\, or bound up\, or softened with oil.
 \n\nYour country lies desolate\, your cities are burned with fire\; in your
  very presence aliens devour your land\; it is desolate\, as overthrown by 
 aliens.  And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard\, like
  a lodge in a cucumber field\, like a besieged city.\n\nIf the Lord of host
 s had not left us a few survivors\, we should have been like Sodom\, and be
 come like Gomor'rah.\n\nHear the word of the Lord\, you rulers of Sodom!  G
 ive ear to the teaching of our God\, you people of Gomor'rah!  "What to me 
 is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord\; I have had enough of b
 urnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts\; I do not delight in the 
 blood of bulls\, or of lambs\, or of he-goats.\n\n"When you come to appear 
 before me\, who requires of you this trampling of my courts?  Bring no more
  vain offerings\; incense is an abomination to me.  New moon and sabbath an
 d the calling of assemblies -- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly
 .  Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates\; they have becom
 e a burden to me\, I am weary of bearing them.  When you spread forth your 
 hands\, I will hide my eyes from you\; even though you make many prayers\, 
 I will not listen\; your hands are full of blood.  Wash yourselves\; make y
 ourselves clean\; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes\; ceas
 e to do evil\, learn to do good\; seek justice\, correct oppression\; defen
 d the fatherless\, plead for the widow.\n\n"Come now\, let us reason togeth
 er\, says the Lord:  though your sins are like scarlet\, they shall be as w
 hite as snow\; though they are red like crimson\, they shall become like wo
 ol.  If you are willing and obedient\, you shall eat the good of the land\;
  But if you refuse and rebel\, you shall be devoured by the sword\; for the
  mouth of the Lord has spoken."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 1:1-13\nI
 n the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  The earth was witho
 ut form and void\, and darkness was upon the face of the deep\; and the Spi
 rit of God was moving over the face of the waters.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let t
 here be light"\; and there was light.  And God saw that the light was good\
 ; and God separated the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day\
 , and the darkness he called Night.  And there was evening and there was mo
 rning\, one day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let there be a firmament in the midst o
 f the waters\, and let it separate the waters from the waters."  And God ma
 de the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament fr
 om the waters which were above the firmament.  And it was so.  And God call
 ed the firmament Heaven.  And there was evening and there was morning\, a s
 econd day.\n\nAnd God said\, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered 
 together into one place\, and let the dry land appear."  And it was so.  Go
 d called the dry land Earth\, and the waters that were gathered together he
  called Seas.  And God saw that it was good.  And God said\, "Let the earth
  put forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed\, and fruit trees bearing frui
 t in which is their seed\, each according to its kind\, upon the earth."  A
 nd it was so.  The earth brought forth vegetation\, plants yielding seed ac
 cording to their own kinds\, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed
 \, each according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And there wa
 s evening and there was morning\, a third day.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Pr
 overbs 1:1-20\nThe proverbs of Solomon\, son of David\, king of Israel:\n\n
 That men may know wisdom and instruction\, understand words of insight\, re
 ceive instruction in wise dealing\, righteousness\, justice\, and equity\; 
 that prudence may be given to the simple\, knowledge and discretion to the 
 youth -- the wise man also may hear and increase in learning\, and the man 
 of understanding acquire skill\, to understand a proverb and a figure\, the
  words of the wise and their riddles.  The fear of the Lord is the beginnin
 g of knowledge\; fools despise wisdom and instruction.\n\nHear\, my son\, y
 our father's instruction\, and reject not your mother's teaching\; for they
  are a fair garland for your head\, and pendants for your neck.  My son\, i
 f sinners entice you\, do not consent.  If they say\, "Come with us\, let u
 s lie in wait for blood\, let us wantonly ambush the innocent\; like Sheol 
 let us swallow them alive and whole\, like those who go down to the Pit\; w
 e shall find all precious goods\, we shall fill our houses with spoil\; thr
 ow in your lot among us\, we will all have one purse" -- my son\, do not wa
 lk in the way with them\, hold back your foot from their paths\; for their 
 feet run to evil\, and they make haste to shed blood.  For in vain is a net
  spread in the sight of any bird\; but these men lie in wait for their own 
 blood\, they set an ambush for their own lives.  Such are the ways of all w
 ho get gain by violence\; it takes away the life of its possessors.\n\nWisd
 om cries aloud in the street\; in the markets she raises her voice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/18/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Monday after Pascha\; Holy Martyrs: Peter\, Dionysius\, Andrew\, P
 aul\, Christina\, Heraclius\, Paulinus and Benedimus\; Stephen I\, Patriarc
 h of Constantinople\; Julian the Martyr\; Euphrasia the Martyr of Nicea\n\n
 Epistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 17:1-9\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when the apos
 tles had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia\, they came to Thessalonic
 a\, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in\, as was his 
 custom\, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures\, expl
 aining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to ri
 se from the dead\, and saying\, "This Jesus\, whom I proclaim to you\, is t
 he Christ." And some of them were persuaded\, and joined Paul and Silas\; a
 s did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
  But the Jews were jealous\, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble\,
  they gathered a crowd\, set the city in an uproar\, and attacked the house
  of Jason\, seeking to bring them out to the people. And when they could no
 t find them\, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city a
 uthorities\, crying\, "These men who have turned the world upside down have
  come here also\, and Jason has received them\; and they are all acting aga
 inst the decrees of Caesar\, saying that there is another king\, Jesus." An
 d the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this. 
 And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest\, they let them go
 . \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:47-54\nAt that time\, the chief priests and t
 he Pharisees gathered the council\, and said\, "What are we to do? For this
  man performs many signs. If we let him go on thus\, every one will believe
  in him\, and the Romans will come and destroy both our place and our natio
 n." But one of them\, Caiaphas\, who was high priest that year\, said to th
 em\, "You know nothing at all\; you do not understand that it is expedient 
 for you that one man should die for the people\, and that the whole nation 
 should not perish." He did not say this of his own accord\, but being high 
 priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation\, and n
 ot for the nation only\, but to gather into one the children of God who are
  scattered abroad. So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to 
 death.\n\nJesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews\, but 
 went from there to the country near the wilderness\, to a town called Ephra
 im\; and there he stayed with the disciples.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/13/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyrs Eustratius\, Auxentius\, Eugene\, Mardarius\, and Orestes of G
 reater Armenia\; Lucia the Virgin-martyr\; Herman the Wonderworker of Alask
 a & First Saint of America\; Gabriel the Hieromartyr\, Archbishop of Serbia
 \n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love
 \, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness
 \, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Ch
 rist Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we l
 ive by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-co
 nceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, i
 f a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore
  him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted
 .  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel
  Reading: Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God i
 s like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; a
 nd it grew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its b
 ranches." And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 
 It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, t
 ill it was all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villages\, t
 eaching\, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord
 \, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter
  by the narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will n
 ot be able. When once the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you 
 will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, ope
 n to us.' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then yo
 u will begin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught i
 n our streets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you com
 e from\; depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep
  and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the 
 prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will 
 come from east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in th
 e kingdom of God."\n\n
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 s of Greater Armenia
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/18/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Luke\; Athanasios and Cyril\, Patriarchs of Alexandria\
 ; Zenia the Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt that time\, J
 esus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias\; and H
 e revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the Twin\, Na
 thanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others of His di
 sciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fishing." The
 y said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat\
 , but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, Jesus stoo
 d on the beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus sa
 id to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, "No." He s
 aid to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and you will fi
 nd some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it in\, for 
 the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter\, "It is
  the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put on his clo
 thes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. But the othe
 r disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, for they wer
 e not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out 
 on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, and bread.
  Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." S
 o Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of large fish\, 
 a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so many\, the n
 et was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." Now none o
 f the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. J
 esus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with the fish. Th
 is was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He
  was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the He
 brews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you th
 e word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their fai
 th.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be 
 led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart b
 e strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adh
 erents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right
  to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the s
 anctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the c
 amp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the peop
 le through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the cam
 p and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we
  seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer
  up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowl
 edge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for 
 such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:12-19\nAt 
 that time\, as Jesus entered a village\, he was met by ten lepers\, who sto
 od at a distance and lifted up their voices and said:  "Jesus\, Master\, ha
 ve mercy on us."  When he saw them he said to them\, "Go and show yourselve
 s to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.  Then one of them\,
  when he saw that he was healed\, turned back\, praising God with a loud vo
 ice\; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet\, giving him thanks.  Now he 
 was a Samaritan.  Then said Jesus: "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the ni
 ne?  Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigne
 r?" And he said to him: "Rise and go your way\; your faith has made you wel
 l."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/09/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Hannah the Rig
 hteous\, mother of Samuel the Prophet\; Narses the Martyr of Persia\; The C
 onsecration of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in the Holy 
 City of Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBrethren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by 
 a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born accordin
 g to the flesh\, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an 
 allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing 
 children for slavery\; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; s
 he corresponds to the present Jerusalem\, for she is in slavery with her ch
 ildren. But the Jerusalem above is free\, and she is our mother. For it is 
 written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who does not bear\; break forth and shout
 \, you who are not in travail\; for the children of the desolate one are ma
 ny more than the children of her that is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a ves
 sel\, or puts it under a bed\, but puts it on a stand\, that those who ente
 r may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest\, n
 or anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed the
 n how you hear\; for to him who has will more be given\, and from him who h
 as not\, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."\n\nThen his m
 other and his brothers came to him\, but they could not reach him for the c
 rowd. And he was told\, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
 \, desiring to see you." But he said to them\, "My mother and my brothers a
 re those who hear the word of God and do it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Eutropius\, Cleonicus\, and Basiliscus\; Theodoretos 
 the Holy Martyr of Antioch\; Nonnita\, mother of Saint David\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:7-16\nThus says the Lord: For the viney
 ard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men of Judah are 
 his pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\, bloodshed\
 ; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!  Woe to those who join house to h
 ouse\, who add field to field\, until there is no more room\, and you are m
 ade to dwell alone in the midst of the land.  The LORD of hosts has sworn i
 n my hearing: "Surely many houses shall be desolate\, large and beautiful h
 ouses\, without inhabitant.  For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one 
 bath\, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."  Woe to those who ris
 e early in the morning\, that they may run after strong drink\, who tarry l
 ate into the evening till wine inflames them!  They have lyre and harp\, ti
 mbrel and flute and wine at their feasts\; but they do not regard the deeds
  of the LORD\, or see the work of his hands.  Therefore my people go into e
 xile for want of knowledge\; their honored men are dying of hunger\, and th
 eir multitude is parched with thirst.  Therefore Sheol has enlarged its app
 etite and opened its mouth beyond measure\, and the nobility of Jerusalem a
 nd her multitude go down\, her throng and he who exults in her.  Man is bow
 ed down\, and men are brought low\, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled
 .  But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows him
 self holy in righteousness.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 4:8-15\n Cain
  said to Abel his brother\, "Let us go out to the field." And when they wer
 e in the field\, Cain rose up against his brother Abel\, and killed him.  T
 hen the LORD said to Cain\, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said\, "I do n
 ot know\; am I my brother's keeper?"  And the LORD said\, "What have you do
 ne? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.  And
  now you are cursed from the ground\, which has opened its mouth to receive
  your brother's blood from your hand.  When you till the ground\, it shall 
 no longer yield to you its strength\; you shall be a fugitive and a wandere
 r on the earth."  Cain said to the LORD\, "My punishment is greater than I 
 can bear.  Behold\, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground\; and
  from thy face I shall be hidden\; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer
  on the earth\, and whoever finds me will slay me."  Then the LORD said to 
 him\, "Not so! If any one slays Cain\, vengeance shall be taken on him seve
 nfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain\, lest any who came upon him should
  kill him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 5:1-15\nMy son\, be attentive
  to my wisdom\, incline your ear to my understanding\; that you may keep di
 scretion\, and your lips may guard knowledge.  For the lips of a loose woma
 n drip honey\, and her speech is smoother than oil\; but in the end she is 
 bitter as wormwood\, sharp as a two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death
 \; her steps follow the path to Sheol\; she does not take heed to the path 
 of life\; her ways wander\, and she does not know it.\n\n  And now\, O sons
 \, listen to me\, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.  Keep your 
 way far from her\, and do not go near the door of her house\; lest you give
  your honor to others and your years to the merciless\; lest strangers take
  their fill of your strength\, and your labors go to the house of an alien\
 ; and at the end of your life you groan\, when your flesh and body are cons
 umed\, and you say\, "How I hated discipline\, and my heart despised reproo
 f!  I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my in
 structors.  I was at the point of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.
 "  Drink water from your own cistern\, flowing water from your own well.\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/19/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon\, Apphia\, Archippus\, and O
 nesimus\; Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens\; Niketas the Younger\n\
 nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's 
 First Universal Letter 1:11-25\nBeloved\, woe to the ungodly\, for they wal
 k in the way of Cain\, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaa
 m's error\, and perish in Korah's rebellion.  These are blemishes on your l
 ove feasts\, as they boldly carouse together\, looking after themselves\; w
 aterless clouds\, carried along by winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\,
  twice dead\, uprooted\; wild waves of the sea\, casting up the foam of the
 ir own shame\; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has be
 en reserved for ever.\n\nIt was of these also that Enoch in the seventh gen
 eration from Adam prophesied\, saying\, "Behold\, the Lord came with his ho
 ly myriads\, to execute judgment on all\, and to convict all the ungodly of
  all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodl
 y way\, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken again
 st him."  These are grumblers\, malcontents\, following their own passions\
 , loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering people to gain advantage.\n\nBut you m
 ust remember\, beloved\, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ\; they said to you\, "In the last time there will be scoffers\, foll
 owing their own ungodly passions."  It is these who set up divisions\, worl
 dly people\, devoid of the Spirit.  But you\, beloved\, build yourselves up
  on your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy Spirit\; keep yourselves in the
  love of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal lif
 e.  And convince some\, who doubt\; save some\, by snatching them out of th
 e fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hating even the garment spotted by 
 the flesh.\n\nNow to him who is able to keep you from falling and to presen
 t you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing\, to 
 the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord\, be glory\, majest
 y\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time and now and for ever.  Amen.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 23:1-31\, 33\, 44-56\nAt that time\, the chief pri
 ests\, the scribes\, and elders of the people brought Jesus before Pilate. 
  And they began to accuse him\, saying\, "We found this man perverting our 
 nation\, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar\, and saying that he h
 imself is Christ a king."  And Pilate asked him\, "Are you the King of the 
 Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You have said so."  And Pilate said to the c
 hief priests and the multitudes\, "I find no crime in this man."  But they 
 were urgent\, saying\, "He stirs up the people\, teaching throughout all Ju
 dea\, from Galilee even to this place."\n\nWhen Pilate heard this\, he aske
 d whether the man was a Galilean.  And when he learned that he belonged to 
 Herod's jurisdiction\, he sent him over to Herod\, who was himself in Jerus
 alem at that time.  When Herod saw Jesus\, he was very glad\, for he had lo
 ng desired to see him\, because he had heard about him\, and he was hoping 
 to see some sign done by him.  So he questioned him at some length\; but he
  made no answer.  The chief priests and the scribes stood by\, vehemently a
 ccusing him.  And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and moc
 ked him\; then\, arraying him in gorgeous apparel\, he sent him back to Pil
 ate.  And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day\, f
 or before this they had been at enmity with each other.\n\nPilate then call
 ed together the chief priests and the rulers and the people\, and said to t
 hem\, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people\; and a
 fter examining him before you\, behold\, I did not find this man guilty of 
 any of your charges against him\; neither did Herod\, for he sent him back 
 to us.  Behold\, nothing deserving death has been done by him\; I will ther
 efore chastise him and release him." Now he was obliged to release one man 
 to them at the festival.\n\nBut they all cried out together\, "Away with th
 is man\, and release to us Barabbas" -- a man who had been thrown into pris
 on for an insurrection started in the city\, and for murder.  Pilate addres
 sed them once more\, desiring to release Jesus\; but they shouted out\, "Cr
 ucify\, crucify him!"  A third time he said to them\, "Why\, what evil has 
 he done?  I have found in him no crime deserving death\; I will therefore c
 hastise him and release him."  But they were urgent\, demanding with loud c
 ries that he should be crucified.  And their voices prevailed.  So Pilate g
 ave sentence that their demand should be granted.  He released the man who 
 had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder\, whom they asked f
 or\; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.\n\nAnd as they led him away\,
  they seized one Simon of Cyrene\, who was coming in from the country\, and
  laid on him the cross\, to carry it behind Jesus.  And there followed him 
 a great multitude of the people\, and of women who bewailed and lamented hi
 m.  But Jesus turning to them said\, "Daughters of Jerusalem\, do not weep 
 for me\, but weep for yourselves and for your children.  For behold\, the d
 ays are coming when they will say\, 'Blessed are the barren\, and the wombs
  that never bore\, and the breasts that never gave suck!'  Then they will b
 egin to say to the mountains\, 'Fall on us'\; and to the hills\, 'Cover us.
 '  For if they do this when the wood is green\, what will happen when it is
  dry?"\n\nAnd when they came to the place which is called The Skull\, there
  they crucified him\, and the criminals\, one on the right and one on the l
 eft.\n\nIt was now about the sixth hour\, and there was darkness over the w
 hole land until the ninth hour\, while the sun's light failed\; and the cur
 tain of the temple was torn in two.  Then Jesus\, crying with a loud voice\
 , said\, "Father\, into your hands I commit my spirit!"  And having said th
 is he breathed his last.  Now when the centurion saw what had taken place\,
  he praised God\, and said\, "Certainly this man was innocent!"  And all th
 e multitudes who assembled to see the sight\, when they saw what had taken 
 place\, returned home beating their breasts.  And all his acquaintances and
  the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw th
 ese things.\n\nNow there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Ari
 mathea.  He was a member of the council\, a good and righteous man\, who ha
 d not consented to their purpose and deed\, and he was looking for the king
 dom of God.  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Then
  he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud\, and laid him in a rock 
 hewn tomb\, where no one had ever yet been laid.  It was the day of Prepara
 tion\, and the sabbath was beginning.  The women who had come with him from
  Galilee followed\, and saw the tomb\, and how his body was laid\; then the
 y returned\, and prepared spices and ointments.\n\nOn the sabbath they rest
 ed according to the commandment.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/22/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Timothy the Apostle of the 70\; The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Per
 sia\; Joseph the Sanctified\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to
  Timothy 1:3-8\nTimothy\, my son\, I thank God whom I serve with a clear co
 nscience\, as did my fathers\, when I remember you constantly in my prayers
 .  As I remember your tears\, I long night and day to see you\, that I may 
 be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith\, a faith that dwe
 lt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now\, I am sur
 e\, dwells in you.  Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is 
 within you through the laying on of my hands\; for God did not give us a sp
 irit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.\n\nDo not
  be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his prisoner\, but s
 hare in suffering for the gospel in the power of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 tthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every 
 one who acknowledges me before men\, I also will acknowledge before my Fath
 er who is in heaven\; but whoever denies me before men\, I also will deny h
 im before my Father who is in heaven.  He who loves father or mother more t
 han me is not worthy of me\; and he who loves son or daughter more than me 
 is not worthy of me\; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is n
 ot worthy of me."  Then Peter said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left everything
  and followed you.  What then shall we have?"  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\
 , I say to you\, in the new world\, when the Son of man shall sit on his gl
 orious throne\, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, 
 judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And every one who has left houses or 
 brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands\, for my name'
 s sake\, will receive a hundredfold\, and inherit eternal life.  But many t
 hat are first will be last\, and the last first."\n\n
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260512
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal of Constantinople\; Hieromartyr Mocius\; Methodius & Cyril\, E
 qual-to-the Apostles Illuminators of the Slavs\; Theopemptos the Martyr & h
 is Companions\; Dioscoros the New Martyr\; Argyrios the New-Martyr of Epano
 mi\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:12-17\nIn those days\, Peter
  went to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose other name was Mark\,
  where many were gathered together and were praying. And when he knocked at
  the door of the gateway\, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing P
 eter's voice\, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran and told that P
 eter was standing at the gate. They said to her\, "You are mad." But she in
 sisted that it was so. They said\, "It is his angel!" But Peter continued k
 nocking\; and when they opened\, they saw him and were amazed. But motionin
 g to them with his hand to be silent\, he described to them how the Lord ha
 d brought him out of the prison. And he said\, "Tell this to James and to t
 he brethren." Then he departed and went to another place.\n\nGospel Reading
 : John 8:42-51\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\, "If God were yo
 ur Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came forth from God\; I
  came not of my own accord\, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what
  I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your fath
 er the devil\, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murde
 rer from the beginning\, and has nothing to do with the truth\, because the
 re is no truth in him. When he lies\, he speaks according to his own nature
 \, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But\, because I tell the truth\
 , you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the tru
 th\, why do you not believe me? He who is of God hears the words of God\; t
 he reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God."\n\nThe Jews
  answered him\, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ha
 ve a demon?" Jesus answered\, "I have not a demon\; but I honor my Father\,
  and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory\; there is One who see
 ks it and he will be the judge. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one k
 eeps my word\, he will never see death."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/29/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyr Callinicus\; Theodota the Martyr and her Children\; Co
 nstantine III\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Pious King Theodosius the New
 \; Holy Virgin Martyr Theodota\; Seraphima the Virgin-martyr of Antioch\; O
 laf of Norway\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to
  the Corinthians 13:4-13\; 14:1-5\nBrethren\, love is patient and kind\; lo
 ve is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not i
 nsist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\; it does not rejoi
 ce at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things\, believes a
 ll things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never ends\; as for
  prophecies\, they will pass away\; as for tongues\, they will cease\; as f
 or knowledge\, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our pr
 ophecy is imperfect\; but when the perfect comes\, the imperfect will pass 
 away. When I was a child\, I spoke like a child\, I thought like a child\, 
 I reasoned like a child\; when I became a man\, I gave up childish ways. Fo
 r now we see in a mirror dimly\, but then face to face. Now I know in part\
 ; then I shall understand fully\, even as I have been fully understood. So 
 faith\, hope\, love abide\, these three\; but the greatest of these is love
 . Make love your aim\, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts\, especiall
 y that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men b
 ut to God\; for no one understands him\, but he utters mysteries in the Spi
 rit. On the other hand\, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuildi
 ng and encouragement and consolation. He who speaks in a tongue edifies him
 self\, but he who prophesies edifies the church. Now I want you all to spea
 k in tongues\, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than
  he who speaks in tongues\, unless some one interprets\, so that the church
  may be edified.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16\nThe Lord said this par
 able\, "The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in t
 he morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labor
 ers for a denarius a day\, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out ab
 out the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace\; and to 
 them he said\, 'You go into the vineyard too\, and whatever is right I will
  give you.' So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the nint
 h hour\, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found
  others standing\; and he said to them\, 'Why do you stand here idle all da
 y?' They said to him\, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them\, 'Yo
 u go into the vineyard too.' And when evening came\, the owner of the viney
 ard said to his steward\, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages\, beg
 inning with the last\, up to the first.' And when those hired about the ele
 venth hour came\, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came
 \, they thought they would receive more\; but each of them also received a 
 denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder\, saying\, '
 These last worked only one hour\, and you have made them equal to us who ha
 ve borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to o
 ne of them\, 'Friend\, I am doing you no wrong\; did you not agree with me 
 for a denarius? Take what belongs to you\, and go\; I choose to give to thi
 s last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what bel
 ongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be fir
 st\, and the first last. For many are called\, but few are chosen."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/21/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cheesefare Saturday\; Timothy the Righteous\; John III\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Eustathius\, Bishop of Antioch\; Zachariah\, Patriarch of 
 Jerusalem\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit o
 f the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faith
 fulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such there is no law.  And th
 ose who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions a
 nd desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Le
 t us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one an
 other.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spir
 itual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, les
 t you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law 
 of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-13\nThe Lord said\, "Beware of pr
 acticing your piety before men in order to be seen by them\; for then you w
 ill have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.\n\n"Thus\, when you g
 ive alms\, sound no trumpet before you\, as the hypocrites do in the synago
 gues and in the streets\, that they may be praised by men.  Truly\, I say t
 o you\, they have received their reward.  But when you give alms\, do not l
 et your left hand know what your right hand is doing\, so that your alms ma
 y be in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"An
 d when you pray\, you must not be like the hypocrites\; for they love to st
 and and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners\, that they may be
  seen by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But
  when you pray\, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Fathe
 r who is in secret\; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.\n\
 n"And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do\; for they
  think they will be heard for their many words.  Do not be like them\, for 
 your Father knows what you need before you ask him.  Pray then like this:\n
 \nOur Father who are in heaven\,\n Hallowed be your name\,\n Your kingdom c
 ome\,\n Your will be done\,\n On earth as it is in heaven.\n Give us this d
 ay our daily bread\,\n And forgive us our debts\,\n As we also have forgive
 n our debtors\;\n And lead us not into temptation\,\n But deliver us from e
 vil.\n For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory\, for ever.\n A
 men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/29/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist Jo
 hn\; Theodora of Thessaloniki\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Bulgaria\n\nFa
 st Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt
  that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus\; and he said
  to his servants\, "This is John the Baptist\; he has been raised from the 
 dead\; that is why these powers are at work in him." For Herod had seized J
 ohn and bound him and put him in prison\, for the sake of Herodias\, his br
 other Philip's wife\; because John said to him\, "It is not lawful for you 
 to have her." And though he wanted to put him to death\, he feared the peop
 le\, because they held him to be a prophet. But when Herod's birthday came\
 , the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod\, so
  that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted
  by her mother\, she said\, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a
  platter." And the king was sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests
  he commanded it to be given\; he sent and had John beheaded in the prison\
 , and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl\, and she bro
 ught it to her mother. And his disciples came and took the body and buried 
 it\; and they went and told Jesus. Now when Jesus heard this\, he withdrew 
 from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it\
 , they followed him on foot from the towns.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the
  Apostles 13:25-33\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as John was finishing his course\, he s
 aid\, "What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No\, but after me one is
  coming\, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie." Brethren\, s
 ons of the family of Abraham\, and those among you that fear God\, to us ha
 s been sent the message of this salvation. For those who live in Jerusalem 
 and their rulers\, because they did not recognize him nor understand the ut
 terances of the prophets which are read every sabbath\, fulfilled these by 
 condemning him. Though they could charge him with nothing deserving death\,
  yet they asked Pilate to have him killed. And when they had fulfilled all 
 that was written of him\, they took him down from the tree\, and laid him i
 n a tomb. But God raised him from the dead\; and for many days he appeared 
 to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem\, who are now his w
 itnesses to the people. And we bring you the good news that what God promis
 ed to the fathers\, this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising J
 esus.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 6:14-30\nAt that time\, Herod the King heard 
 about the fame of Jesus\, for his name had become known. He said\, "John th
 e baptizer has been raised from the dead\; that is why these powers are at 
 work in him." But others said\, "It is Elijah." And others said\, "It is a 
 prophet\, like one of the prophets of old." But when Herod heard of it he s
 aid\, "John\, whom I beheaded\, has been raised." For Herod had sent and se
 ized John\, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias\, his brother 
 Philip's wife\; because he had married her. For John said to Herod\, "It is
  not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." And Herodias had a grudge
  against him\, and wanted to kill him. But she could not\, for Herod feared
  John\, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man\, and kept him safe. W
 hen he heard him\, he was much perplexed\; and yet he heard him gladly. But
  an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his cour
 tiers and officers and the leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias' daugh
 ter came in and danced\, she pleased Herod and his guests\; and the king sa
 id to the girl\, "Ask me for whatever you wish\, and I will grant it." And 
 he vowed to her\, "Whatever you ask me\, I will give you\, even half of my 
 kingdom." And she went out\, and said to her mother\, "What shall I ask?" A
 nd she said\, "The head of John the baptizer." And she came in immediately 
 with haste to the king\, and asked\, saying\, "I want you to give me at onc
 e the head of John the Baptist on a platter." And the king was exceedingly 
 sorry\; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break hi
 s word to her. And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gav
 e orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison\, and br
 ought his head on a platter\, and gave it to the girl\; and the girl gave i
 t to her mother. When his disciples heard of it\, they came and took his bo
 dy\, and laid it in a tomb. The apostles returned to Jesus\, and told him a
 ll that they had done and taught.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Tuesday after Pascha\; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus\; John the
  Martyr of Romania\; Memnon the Wonderworker\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of th
 e Apostles 8:5-17\nIn those days\, Philip went down to a city of Samaria\, 
 and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the multitudes with one accord gave 
 heed to what was said by Philip\, when they heard him and saw the signs whi
 ch he did. For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed\, crying
  with a loud voice\; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. So th
 ere was much joy in the city.\n\nBut there was a man named Simon who had pr
 eviously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation of Samaria\, say
 ing that he himself was somebody great. They all gave heed to him\, from th
 e least to the greatest\, saying\, "This man is that power of God which is 
 called Great." And they gave heed to him\, because for a long time he had a
 mazed them with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached goo
 d news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ\, they were ba
 ptized\, both men and women. Even Simon himself believed\, and after being 
 baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles perf
 ormed\, he was amazed.\n\nNow when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Sam
 aria had received the word of God\, they sent to them Peter and John\, who 
 came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit\; for
  it had not yet fallen on any of them\, but they had only been baptized in 
 the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they rec
 eived the Holy Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6:27-33\nThe Lord said to th
 e Jews who came to him: "Do not labor for the food which perishes\, but for
  the food which endures to eternal life\, which the Son of man will give to
  you\; for on him has God the Father set his seal." Then they said to him\,
  "What must we do\, to be doing the works of God?" Jesus answered them\, "T
 his is the work of God\, that you believe in him whom he has sent." So they
  said to him\, "Then what sign do you do\, that we may see\, and believe yo
 u? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness\; 
 as it is written\, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Jesus then sai
 d to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, it was not Moses who gave you t
 he bread from heaven\; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For 
 the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the
  world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/20/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Euthymius the Great\; John the Hieromartyr\; Zacharias the N
 ew Martyr of Patra\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Cori
 nthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of
  darkness\," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge
  of the glory of God in the face of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in
  earthen vessels\, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and n
 ot to us.  We are afflicted in every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, bu
 t not driven to despair\; persecuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but
  not destroyed\; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus\, so that t
 he life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.  For while we live w
 e are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of 
 Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, b
 ut life in you.\n\nSince we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wro
 te\, "I believed\, and so I spoke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, kno
 wing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and br
 ing us with you into his presence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that a
 s grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving\, to t
 he glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stoo
 d on a level place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multit
 ude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sid
 on\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those wh
 o were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought 
 to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he l
 ifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for 
 yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you sha
 ll be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Ble
 ssed are you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\,
  and cast out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in
  that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven.
 "\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/15/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Cross\; Agapius the Martyr & His Companions\; Manue
 l the New Martyr of Crete\; Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy\, Bisho
 p of Britain\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb
  early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken aw
 ay from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other discip
 le\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lor
 d out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Peter the
 n came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They bo
 th ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; a
 nd stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did n
 ot go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; 
 he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on His head\,
  not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then
  the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he sa
 w and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that He must 
 rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16\; 5:1-6\nBRETHREN\, sinc
 e we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens\, Jesus\, the So
 n of God\, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest w
 ho is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses\, but one who in every respe
 ct has been tempted as we are\, yet without sin. Let us then with confidenc
 e draw near to the throne of grace\, that we may receive mercy and find gra
 ce to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from among men is 
 appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God\, to offer gifts and s
 acrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward\, sinc
 e he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer s
 acrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does 
 not take the honor upon himself\, but he is called by God\, just as Aaron w
 as. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest\, but was
  appointed by him who said to him\, "Thou art my Son\, today I have begotte
 n thee"\; as he says also in another place\, "Thou art a priest for ever\, 
 after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38\; 9:1\nTh
 e Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me\, let him deny himself and 
 take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose 
 it\; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. 
 For what does it profit a man\, to gain the whole world and forfeit his lif
 e? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed o
 f me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation\, of him will th
 e Son of man also be ashamed\, when he comes in the glory of his Father wit
 h the holy angels." And he said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there are
  some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of
  God come with power."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/22/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eusebius\, Bishop of Samosata\; Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas o
 f Philadelphia\; Anastasia the Serbian\; Alban the Protomartyr of Britain\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Roma
 ns 9:18-33\nBrethren\, God has mercy on whomever he wills\, and he hardens 
 the heart of whomever he wills. You will say to me then\, "Why does he stil
 l find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are you\, a man\, to an
 swer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder\, "Why have you mad
 e me thus?" Has the potter no right over the clay\, to make out of the same
  lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use? What if God\, desir
 ing to show his wrath and to make known his power\, has endured with much p
 atience the vessels of wrath made for destruction\, in order to make known 
 the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy\, which he has prepared be
 forehand for glory\, even us whom he has called\, not from the Jews only bu
 t also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea\, "Those who were not 
 my people I will call 'my people\,' and her who was not beloved I will call
  'my beloved.'" "And in the very place where it was said to them\, 'You are
  not my people\,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" And Isaiah
  cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be a
 s the sand of the sea\, only a remnant of them will be saved\; for the Lord
  will execute his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatch." And as 
 Isaiah predicted\, "if the Lord of hosts had not left us children\, we woul
 d have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah." What shall we say\, t
 hen? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it\, that
  is\, righteousness through faith\; but that Israel who pursued the righteo
 usness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law. Why? B
 ecause they did not pursue it through faith\, but as if it were based on wo
 rks. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone\, as it is written\, "Beho
 ld\, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble\, a rock that w
 ill make them fall\; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in priso
 n about the deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to
  him\, "Are you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesu
 s answered them\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receiv
 e their sight and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, a
 nd the dead are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. A
 nd blessed is he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus beg
 an to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wi
 lderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to 
 see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment ar
 e in kings' houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tel
 l you\, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold
 \, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before
  you.' Truly\, I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no 
 one greater than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of h
 eaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the k
 ingdom of heaven has been coming violently and men of violence take it by f
 orce. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you a
 re willing to accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to h
 ear\, let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 4th Sunday of Matthew\; Finding of the Relics of Cyrus and John the Un
 mercenaries\; Sergios the Magister\; Pappias the Martyr\; Righteous Fathers
  Sergius and Herman\, Founders of Valaam Monastery\; Synaxis of the Icon of
  our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos \; Paul the Physician of Corinth\n\nFast 
 Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day
  of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, w
 hich they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\
 , but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While
  they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzlin
 g apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground
 \, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is
  not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still in
  Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful m
 en\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His
  words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to 
 all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of J
 ames and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but thes
 e words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But Pe
 ter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen c
 loths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:18-23\nBrethren\, having 
 been set free from sin\, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am spea
 king in human terms\, because of your natural limitations. For just as you 
 once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity\,
  so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.\n\nWhen you
  were slaves of sin\, you were free in regard to righteousness. But then wh
 at return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end
  of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and
  have become slaves of God\, the return you get is sanctification and its e
 nd\, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death\, but the free gift of God
  is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:5-1
 3\nAt that time\, as Jesus entered Capernaum\, a centurion came forward to 
 him\, beseeching him and saying\, "Lord\, my servant is lying paralyzed at 
 home\, in terrible distress." And he said to him\, "I will come and heal hi
 m." But the centurion answered him\, "Lord\, I am not worthy to have you co
 me under my roof\; but only say the word\, and my servant will be healed. F
 or I am a man under authority\, with soldiers under me\; and I say to one\,
  'Go\,' and he goes\, and to another\, 'Come\,' and he comes\, and to my sl
 ave\, 'Do this\,' and he does it." When Jesus heard him\, he marveled\, and
  said to those who followed him\, "Truly\, I say to you\, not even in Israe
 l have I found such faith. I tell you\, many will come from east and west a
 nd sit at table with Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven\,
  while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness\; the
 re men will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the centurion Jesus said\, 
 "Go\; be it done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed 
 at that very moment.\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai)\; Modestos\, Archbishop of Jerusalem
 \; Our Righteous Mother Blessed Empress Theophania\; Nicholas Chrysoberges\
 , Patriarch of Constantinople\; Memnonus\, Archbishop of Ephesus\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:16-17\; 4:1-
 4\nTimothy\, my son\, all scripture is inspired by God and profitable for t
 eaching\, for reproof\, for correction\, and for training in righteousness\
 , that the man of God may be complete\, equipped for every good work.\n\nI 
 charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the l
 iving and the dead\, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word\
 , be urgent in season and out of season\, convince\, rebuke\, and exhort\, 
 be unfailing in patience and in teaching. For the time is coming when peopl
 e will not endure sound teaching\, but having itching ears they will accumu
 late for themselves teachers to suit their own likings\, and will turn away
  from listening to the truth and wander into myths.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark
  8:22-26\nAt that time\, Jesus came to Bethsaida. And some people brought t
 o him a blind man\, and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man 
 by the hand\, and led him out of the village\; and when he had spit on his 
 eyes and laid his hands upon him\, he asked him\, "Do you see anything?" An
 d he looked up and said\, "I see men\; but they look like trees\, walking."
  Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes\; and he looked intently and wa
 s restored\, and saw everything clearly. And he sent him away to his home\,
  saying\, "Do not even enter the village."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Andrew the First- Called Apostle\; Froumentios\, Archbishop of Abyssin
 a\; Alexander the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Mithymna\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on th
 e first day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom H
 e had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him\
 , as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had b
 een seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in a
 nother form to two of them\, as they were walking into the country. And the
 y went back and told the rest\, but they did not believe them. After this H
 e appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided t
 hem for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believe
 d those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all 
 the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and 
 is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 
 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast
  out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\,
  and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay
  their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesu
 s\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down a
 t the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere\, whil
 e the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that att
 ended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthi
 ans 4:9-16\nBrethren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like 
 men sentenced to death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, 
 to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in 
 Christ. We are weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in
  disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and 
 buffeted and homeless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When rev
 iled\, we bless\; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to 
 conciliate\; we have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, th
 e off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but
  to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guid
 es in Christ\, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Ch
 rist Jesus through the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: John 1:35-51\nAt that time\, John was standing with two of h
 is disciples\; and he looked at Jesus as he walked\, and said\, "Behold\, t
 he Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him say this\, and they followed J
 esus. Jesus turned\, and saw them following\, and said to them\, "What do y
 ou seek?" And they said to him\, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher)\, "Where are
  you staying?" He said to them\, "Come and see." They came and saw where he
  was staying\; and they stayed with him that day\, for it was about the ten
 th hour. One of the two who heard John speak\, and followed him\, was Andre
 w\, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon\, and said to h
 im\, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). He brought him to Je
 sus. Jesus looked at him\, and said\, "So you are Simon the son of John? Yo
 u shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter). \n\n The next day Jesus deci
 ded to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me." No
 w Philip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Na
 thanael\, and said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and
  also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph." Nathanae
 l said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to hi
 m\, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\, "
 Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile! " Nathanael said to him
 \, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you\, w
 hen you were under the fig tree\, I saw you." Nathanael answered him\, "Rab
 bi\, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered hi
 m\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you believe?
  You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him\, "Truly\, tr
 uly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels of God asc
 ending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anthony the Great\; Anthony the New of Veria\; George the New Martyr o
 f Ioannina\; Theodosius the Emperor\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:27
 -30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have been delivered to me
  by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and no one kno
 ws the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal 
 him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will give you 
 rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentle and lowl
 y in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy\, 
 and my burden is light."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebre
 ws 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your leaders and submit to them\; for they are
  keeping watch over your souls\, as men who will have to give account.  Let
  them do this joyfully\, and not sadly\, for that would be of no advantage 
 to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience\, de
 siring to act honorably in all things.  I urge you the more earnestly to do
  this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.  Now may the God o
 f peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd
  of the sheep\, by the blood of the eternal covenant\, equip you with every
 thing good that you may do His will\, working in you that which is pleasing
  in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\; to whom be glory for ever and ever. 
  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a le
 vel place\, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of pe
 ople from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who 
 came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and those who were tr
 oubled with unclean spirits were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch 
 him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all.  And he lifted up 
 his eyes on His disciples\, and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is 
 the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you that hunger now\, for you shall be sat
 isfied.  Blessed are you that weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are 
 you when men hate you\, and when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast
  out your name as evil\, on account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day
 \, and leap for joy\, for behold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples\; Anatolios & Pr
 otoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George\; Luke the New
  Martyr of Mytilene\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 37:33-3
 8:6\n"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall
  not come into this city\, or shoot an arrow there\, or come before it with
  a shield\, or cast up a siege mound against it.  By the way that he came\,
  by the same he shall return\, and he shall not come into this city\, says 
 the LORD.  For I will defend this city to save it\, for my own sake and for
  the sake of my servant David."  And the angel of the LORD went forth\, and
  slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians\; and
  when men arose early in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies.
   Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed\, and went home and dwelt at Ni
 neveh.  And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god\, Adrammel
 ech and Sharezer\, his sons\, slew him with the sword\, and escaped into th
 e land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. \n\n  In tho
 se days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the 
 prophet the son of Amoz came to him\, and said to him\, "Thus says the LORD
 : Set your house in order\; for you shall die\, you shall not recover."  Th
 en Hezekiah turned his face to the wall\, and prayed to the LORD\, and said
 \, "Remember now\, O LORD\, I beseech thee\, how I have walked before thee 
 in faithfulness and with a whole heart\, and have done what is good in thy 
 sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.  Then the word of the LORD came to Isai
 ah:  "Go and say to Hezekiah\, Thus says the LORD\, the God of David your f
 ather: I have heard your prayer\, I have seen your tears\; behold\, I will 
 add fifteen years to your life.  I will deliver you and this city out of th
 e hand of the king of Assyria\, and defend this city.\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Genesis 13:12-18\n Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan\, while Lot dwelt
  among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.  Now th
 e men of Sodom were wicked\, great sinners against the LORD.  \n\n The LORD
  said to Abram\, after Lot had separated from him\, "Lift up your eyes\, an
 d look from the place where you are\, northward and southward and eastward 
 and westward\; for all the land which you see I will give to you and to you
 r descendants for ever.  I will make your descendants as the dust of the ea
 rth\; so that if one can count the dust of the earth\, your descendants als
 o can be counted.  Arise\, walk through the length and the breadth of the l
 and\, for I will give it to you."  So Abram moved his tent\, and came and d
 welt by the oaks of Mamre\, which are at Hebron\; and there he built an alt
 ar to the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4\nThe fear of 
 the LORD is a fountain of life\, that one may avoid the snares of death.  I
 n a multitude of people is the glory of a king\, but without people a princ
 e is ruined.  He who is slow to anger has great understanding\, but he who 
 has a hasty temper exalts folly.  A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh\,
  but passion makes the bones rot.  He who oppresses a poor man insults his 
 Maker\, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.  The wicked is overthro
 wn through his evil-doing\, but the righteous finds refuge through his inte
 grity.  Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding\, but it is not
  known in the heart of fools.  Righteousness exalts a nation\, but sin is a
  reproach to any people.  A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor\,
  but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.  A soft answer turns away 
 wrath\, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  The tongue of the wise dispenses 
 knowledge\, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.  The eyes of the LORD a
 re in every place\, keeping watch on the evil and the good.  A gentle tongu
 e is a tree of life\, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/31/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Melan
 ia the Younger\, Nun of Rome\; The Martyr and Presbyter Zoticus of Rome\, P
 atron of Orphans\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Hebrews 10:1-18\nBrethren\, since the law has but a shadow of the good thin
 gs to come instead of the true form of these realities\, it can never\, by 
 the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year\, make pe
 rfect those who draw near. Otherwise\, would they not have ceased to be off
 ered? If the worshipers had once been cleansed\, they would no longer have 
 any consciousness of sin. But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of si
 n year after year. For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats s
 hould take away sins. Consequently\, when he came into the world\, he said\
 , "Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired\, but a body hast thou pr
 epared for me\; in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no ple
 asure. Then I said\, 'Lo\, I have come to do thy will\, O God\,' as it is w
 ritten of me in the roll of the book." When he said above\, "Thou hast neit
 her desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offeri
 ngs and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law)\, then he a
 dded\, "Lo\, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the first in order t
 o establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through th
 e offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest stand
 s daily at his service\, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices\, which ca
 n never take away sins. But when this one had offered for all time a single
  sacrifice for sins\, he sat down at the right hand of God\, then to wait u
 ntil his enemies should be made a stool for his feet. For by a single offer
 ing he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Sp
 irit also bears witness to us\; for after saying\, "This is the covenant th
 at I will make with them after those days\, says the Lord: I will put my la
 ws on their hearts\, and write them on their minds\," then he adds\, "I wil
 l remember their sins and their misdeeds no more." Where there is forgivene
 ss of these\, there is no longer any offering for sin.\n\nGospel Reading: M
 ark 11:22-26\nThe Lord said\, "Have faith in God. Truly\, I say to you\, wh
 oever says to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' and doe
 s not doubt in his heart\, but believes that what he says will come to pass
 \, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you\, whatever you ask in pray
 er\, believe that you are receiving it\, and it will be yours. And whenever
  you stand praying\, forgive\, if you have anything against anyone\; so tha
 t your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if
  you do not forgive\, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive you
 r trespasses."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/04/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Lazarus Saturday\; George the Righteous of Maleon\; Righteous Plato th
 e Studite\; Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessaloniki\, Founder and Renovator of
  the Sacred Monastery of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria\, Halkidiki\; Ni
 cetas the Hieromartyr\, Struggler of Serrai (1808)\; Theodoulos and Agathop
 ous of Thessaloniki\; Righteous Zosimas\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 12:28-29\; 13:1-8\nBRE
 THREN\, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken\, 
 and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship\, with reverence and awe\; 
 for our God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglec
 t to show hospitality to strangers\, for thereby some have entertained ange
 ls unawares. Remember those who are in prison\, as though in prison with th
 em\; and those who are ill-treated\, since you also are in the body. Let ma
 rriage be held in honor among all\, and let the marriage bed be undefiled\;
  for God will judge the immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from lo
 ve of money\, and be content with what you have\; for he has said\, "I will
  never fail you nor forsake you." Hence we can confidently say\, "The Lord 
 is my helper\, I will not be afraid\; what can man do to me?" Remember your
  leaders\, those who spoke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of
  their life\, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday a
 nd today and for ever. \n\nGospel Reading: John 11:1-45\nAt that time\, a c
 ertain man was ill\, Lazaros of Bethany\, from the village of Mary and her 
 sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped hi
 s feet with her hair\, whose brother Lazaros was ill. So the sisters sent t
 o him\, saying\, "Lord\, he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it 
 he said\, "This illness is not unto death\; it is for the glory of God\, so
  that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it."\n\n Now Jesus loved 
 Martha and her sister and Lazaros. So when he heard that he was ill\, he st
 ayed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to 
 the disciples\, "Let us go into Judea again." The disciples said to him\, "
 Rabbi\, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you\, and are you going ther
 e again?" Jesus answered\, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any o
 ne walks in the day\, he does not stumble\, because he sees the light of th
 is world. But if any one walks in the night\, he stumbles\, because the lig
 ht is not in him." Thus he spoke\, and then he said to them\, "Our friend L
 azaros has fallen asleep\, but I go to awake him out of sleep." The discipl
 es said to him\, "Lord\, if he has fallen asleep\, he will recover." Now Je
 sus had spoken of his death\, but they thought that he meant taking rest in
  sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly\, "Lazaros is dead\; and for your sake
  I am glad that I was not there\, so that you may believe. But let us go to
  him." Thomas\, called the Twin\, said to his fellow disciples\, "Let us al
 so go\, that we may die with him."\n\n Now when Jesus came\, he found that 
 Lazaros had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem\
 , about two miles off\, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to
  console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was co
 ming\, she went and met him\, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to J
 esus\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not have died. And e
 ven now I know that whatever you ask from God\, God will give you." Jesus s
 aid to her\, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him\, "I know t
 hat he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to 
 her\, "I am the resurrection and the life\; he who believes in me\, though 
 he die\, yet shall he live\, and whoever lives and believes in me shall nev
 er die. Do you believe this?" She said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; I believe tha
 t you are the Christ\, the Son of God\, he who is coming into the world."\n
 \n When she had said this\, she went and called her sister Mary\, saying qu
 ietly\, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she heard it
 \, she rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the vill
 age\, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews wh
 o were with her in the house\, consoling her\, saw Mary rise quickly and go
  out\, they followed her\, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep
  there. Then Mary\, when she came where Jesus was and saw him\, fell at his
  feet\, saying to him\, "Lord\, if you had been here\, my brother would not
  have died." When Jesus saw her weeping\, and the Jews who came with her al
 so weeping\, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled\; and he said\, "Wh
 ere have you laid him?" They said to him\, "Lord\, come and see." Jesus wep
 t. So the Jews said\, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said\, "Coul
 d not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying
 ?"\n\n Then Jesus\, deeply moved again\, came to the tomb\; it was a cave\,
  and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said\, "Take away the stone." Martha\, the 
 sister of the dead man\, said to him\, "Lord\, by this time there will be a
 n odor\, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her\, "Did I not te
 ll you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" So they t
 ook away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said\, "Father\, I tha
 nk you that you have heard me. I knew that you have heard me always\, but I
  have said this on account of the people standing by\, that they may believ
 e that you did send me." When he had said this\, he cried with a loud voice
 \, "Lazaros\, come out." The dead man came out\, his hands and feet bound w
 ith bandages\, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them\, "Unb
 ind him\, and let him go." Many of the Jews therefore\, who had come with M
 ary and had seen what he did\, believed in him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/31/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries\; Holy Women Martyrs Theodote\, Theokti
 ste and Eudoxia\; Our Righteous Father Arsenius of Parus\; Elias Ardounis t
 he New Righteous-Martyr of Mount Athos\; Aed from Ferns\n\nEpistle Reading:
  St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31\; 13:1-8\nBrethren\, y
 ou are the body of Christ and individually members of it.  And God has appo
 inted in the church first apostles\, second prophets\, third teachers\, the
 n workers of miracles\, then healers\, helpers\, administrators\, speakers 
 in various kinds of tongues.  Are all apostles?  Are all prophets?  Are all
  teachers?  Do all work miracles?  Do all possess gifts of healing?  Do all
  speak with tongues?  Do all interpret?  But earnestly desire the higher gi
 fts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way.  If I speak in the to
 ngues of men and of angels\, but have not love\, I am a noisy gong or a cla
 nging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers\, and understand all mysterie
 s and all knowledge\, and if I have all faith\, so as to remove mountains\,
  but have not love\, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have\, and if I de
 liver my body to be burned\, but have not love\, I gain nothing. Love is pa
 tient and kind\; love is not jealous or boastful\; it is not arrogant or ru
 de. Love does not insist on its own way\; it is not irritable or resentful\
 ; it does not rejoice at wrong\, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all 
 things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love 
 never ends.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:1\, 5-8\nAt that time\, Jesus cal
 led to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirit
 s\, to cast them out\, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.  Thes
 e twelve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, 
 and enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of th
 e house of Israel.  And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven 
 is at hand.'  Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out de
 mons.  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/30/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Apostle and brother of St. John the Theologian\; Argyra the 
 New Martyr\; Clement the Hymnographer\; Erconwald\, Bishop of London\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the kin
 g laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James 
 the brother of John with the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Je
 ws\, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleave
 ned Bread. And when he had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivere
 d him to four squads of soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passove
 r to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest
  prayer for him was made to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod
  was about to bring him out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bou
 nd with two chains\, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison\
 ; and behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cel
 l\; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly
 ." And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap you
 r mantle around you and follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he d
 id not know that what was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was s
 eeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard\, they 
 came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own a
 ccord\, and they went out and passed on through one street\; and immediatel
 y the angel left him. And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure
  that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and
  from all that the Jewish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 9
 :1-6\nAt that time\, Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power a
 nd authority over all demons and to cure diseases\, and he sent them out to
  preach the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them\, "Take nothing
  for your journey\, no staff\, nor bag\, nor bread\, nor money\; and do not
  have two tunics. And whatever house you enter\, stay there\, and from ther
 e depart. And wherever they do not receive you\, when you leave that town s
 hake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." And they dep
 arted and went through the villages\, preaching the gospel and healing ever
 ywhere.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Wednesday after Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Glyceria\; Sergios the Co
 nfessor\; Alexandros the Martyr\; Pausikakos\, Bishop of Synnada\n\nFast Da
 y (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 13:13-24\
 nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and his company set sail from Paphos\, and came to Pe
 rga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem\; but they p
 assed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day 
 they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading of the law and
  the prophets\, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them\, saying\, "Brethr
 en\, if you have any word of exhortation for the people\, say it." So Paul 
 stood up\, and motioning with his hand said: "Men of Israel\, and you that 
 fear God\, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made
  the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt\, and with uplifte
 d arm he led them out of it. And for about forty years he bore with them in
  the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Can
 aan\, he gave them their land as an inheritance\, for about four hundred an
 d fifty years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
  Then they asked for a king\; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish\, a ma
 n of the tribe of Benjamin\, for forty years. And when he had removed him\,
  he raised up David to be their king\; of whom he testified and said\, 'I h
 ave found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart\, who will do all 
 my will.' Of this man's posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior\, Jesu
 s\, as he promised. Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repent
 ance to all the people of Israel." \n\nGospel Reading: John 6:5-14\nAt that
  time\, Jesus\, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a multitude was coming 
 to him\, said to Philip\, "How are we to buy bread\, so that these people m
 ay eat?" This he said to test him\, for he himself knew what he would do. P
 hilip answered him\, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for ea
 ch of them to get a little." One of his disciples\, Andrew\, Simon Peter's 
 brother\, said to him\, "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and
  two fish\; but what are they among so many?" Jesus said\, "Make the people
  sit down." Now there was much grass in the place\; so the men sat down\, i
 n number about five thousand. Jesus then took the loaves\, and when he had 
 given thanks\, he distributed them to those who were seated\; so also the f
 ish\, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill\, he told 
 his disciples\, "Gather up the fragments left over\, that nothing may be lo
 st." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from
  the five barley loaves\, left by those who had eaten. When the people saw 
 the sign which he had done\, they said\, "This is indeed the prophet who is
  to come into the world!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquila the Apostle among the 70\; Our Holy Father Joseph the Confessor
 \, Archbishop of Thessalonica\; Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Pe
 ter the New Hieromartyr and the four New Martyrs of Melissourgeio Kissamos\
 ; Justus the Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 16:
 1-16\nBrethren\, I commend to you our sister Phoebe\, a deaconess of the ch
 urch at Cenchreai\, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the sain
 ts\, and help her in whatever she may require from you\, for she has been a
  helper of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila\, my fellow 
 workers in Christ Jesus\, who risked their necks for my life\, to whom not 
 only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks\; greet also t
 he church in their house. Greet my beloved Epainetos\, who was the first co
 nvert in Asia for Christ. Greet Mary\, who has worked hard among you. Greet
  Andronicos and Junias\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\; they are men 
 of note among the apostles\, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampli
 atos\, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus\, our fellow worker in Christ\
 , and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles\, who is approved in Christ. Greet 
 those who belong to the family of Aristobulos. Greet my kinsman Herodion. G
 reet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissos. Greet those w
 orkers in the Lord\, Tryphaina and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis\, who
  has worked hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus\, eminent in the Lord\, also his 
 mother and mine. Greet Asyncritos\, Phlegon\, Hermes\, Patrobas\, Hermas\, 
 and the brethren who are with them. Greet Philologos\, Julia\, Nereus and h
 is sister\, and Olympas\, and all the saints who are with them. Greet one a
 nother with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 14:1-13\nAt that time\, Herod the tetrarch heard about the f
 ame of Jesus\; and he said to his servants\, "This is John the Baptist\; he
  has been raised from the dead\; that is why these powers are at work in hi
 m." For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison\, for the
  sake of Herodias\, his brother Philip's wife\; because John said to him\, 
 "It is not lawful for you to have her." And though he wanted to put him to 
 death\, he feared the people\, because they held him to be a prophet. But w
 hen Herod's birthday came\, the daughter of Herodias danced before the comp
 any and pleased Herod\, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatev
 er she might ask. Prompted by her mother\, she said\, "Give me the head of 
 John the Baptist here on a platter." And the king was sorry\; but because o
 f his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given\; he sent and had Jo
 hn beheaded in the prison\, and his head was brought on a platter and given
  to the girl\, and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came and
  took the body and buried it\; and they went and told Jesus. Now when Jesus
  heard this\, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But
  when the crowds heard it\, they followed him on foot from the towns.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/04/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday before Epiphany\; Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Sa
 viour Jesus Christ\; Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles\; Our Righteous Father
  Theoctistus\, Abbot of Cucomo in Sicily\; Nikephoros the Leper\; Zosimos t
 he Monk and Athanasios the Notary\; Righteous Apollinaria the Senator\; Mar
 tyrs Chrysanthos and Euphemia\; Righteous Euthymios the Younger\; New Marty
 r Onuphrios\; Righteous Euthymios of Vatopedi\; Righteous John Scholarios\;
  Eustathios Archbishop of Serbia\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Joh
 n 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she
  wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\,
  sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at the 
 feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, 
 "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they have l
 aid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she d
 id not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you wee
 ping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him
 \, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, 
 and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said 
 to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do
  not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My br
 ethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\, to M
 y God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "I hav
 e seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things to her.\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 4:5-8\nTIMOTHY\, my
  son\, always be steady\, endure suffering\, do the work of an evangelist\,
  fulfil your ministry.\n\nFor I am already on the point of being sacrificed
 \; the time of my departure has come.  I have fought the good fight\, I hav
 e finished the race\, I have kept the faith.  Henceforth there is laid up f
 or me the crown of righteousness\, which the Lord\, the righteous judge\, w
 ill award to me on that Day\, and not only to me but also to all who have l
 oved his appearing.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8\nThe beginning of the Gos
 pel of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophets\, 'B
 ehold\, I send my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way\;
  the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord\, m
 ake his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilderness\, preaching a
  baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And there went out to h
 im all the country of Judea\, and all the people of Jerusalem\; and they we
 re baptized by him in the river Jordan\, confessing their sins. Now John wa
 s clothed with camel's hair\, and had a leather girdle around his waist\, a
 nd ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached\, saying\, "After me comes h
 e who is mightier than I\, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to st
 oop down and untie. I have baptized you with water\; but he will baptize yo
 u with the Holy Spirit."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Michael the Confessor\, Bishop of Synnada\; Mary the Myrrhbearer & wif
 e of Cleopas\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 20:7-12\nIN THOSE DAY
 S\, when the apostles were gathered together to break bread\, Paul talked w
 ith them\, intending to depart on the morrow\; and he prolonged his speech 
 until midnight. There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were g
 athered. And a young man named Euthychos was sitting in the window. He sank
  into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer\; and being overcome by slee
 p\, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.  But Paul went
  down and bent over him\, and embracing him said\, "Do not be alarmed\, for
  his life is in him." And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and ea
 ten\, he conversed with them a long while\, until daybreak\, and so departe
 d. And they took the lad away alive\, and were not a little comforted. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: John 14:10-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "The words 
 that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority\; but the Father who d
 wells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Fath
 er in me\; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.\n\n"Tru
 ly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who believes in me will also do the works th
 at I do\; and greater works than these will he do\, because I go to the Fat
 her. Whatever you ask in my name\, I will do it\, that the Father may be gl
 orified in the Son\; if you ask anything in my name\, I will do it. "If you
  love me\, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray to the Father\, a
 nd he will give you another Counselor\, to be with you for ever\, even the 
 Spirit of truth\, whom the world cannot receive\, because it neither sees h
 im nor knows him\; you know him\, for he dwells with you\, and will be in y
 ou.\n\n"I will not leave you desolate\; I will come to you. Yet a little wh
 ile\, and the world will see me no more\, but you will see me\; because I l
 ive\, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father\
 , and you in me\, and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them\,
  he it is who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\, a
 nd I will love him and manifest myself to him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 6th Sunday of Matthew\; Proclus & Hilary the Martyrs of Ancyra\; Our H
 oly Father Michael of Maleinus\; Gerasimos of Byzantium and Akakios the you
 ng ascetic\; Paisios the Athonite\; Veronica\, the woman with the issue of 
 blood who was healed by Jesus\; Andre the Commander & his Companion Martyrs
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from 
 the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them\, "
 Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed th
 at they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why
  do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is
  I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as y
 ou see that I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His hands a
 nd His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He s
 aid to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of bro
 iled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. Then H
 e said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was sti
 ll with you\, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the 
 prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to u
 nderstand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that th
 e Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that r
 epentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nat
 ions\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And beh
 old\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city until
  you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far as B
 ethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\
 , He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped 
 Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in th
 e Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 
 12:6-14\nBrethren\, having gifts that differ according to the grace given t
 o us\, let us use them: if prophecy\, in proportion to our faith\; if servi
 ce\, in our serving\; he who teaches\, in his teaching\; he who exhorts\, i
 n his exhortation\; he who contributes\, in liberality\; he who gives aid\,
  with zeal\; he who does acts of mercy\, with cheerfulness. Let love be gen
 uine\; hate what is evil\, hold fast to what is good\; love one another wit
 h brotherly affection\; outdo one another in showing honor. Never flag in z
 eal\, be aglow with the Spirit\, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hope\, be 
 patient in tribulation\, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of 
 the saints\, practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you\; bless an
 d do not curse them.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:1-8\nAt that time\, getti
 ng into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold\, th
 ey brought to him a paralytic\, lying on his bed\; and when Jesus saw their
  faith he said to the paralytic\, "Take heart\, my son\; your sins are forg
 iven." And behold\, some of the scribes said to themselves\, "This man is b
 laspheming." But Jesus\, knowing their thoughts\, said\, "Why do you think 
 evil in your hearts? For which is easier\, to say 'Your sins are forgiven\,
 ' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of man has 
 authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said to the paralytic -- "Rise\
 , take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the crowds
  saw it\, they were afraid\, and they glorified God\, who had given such au
 thority to men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Friday after Pascha\; Jeremias the Prophet\; New Martyr Maria of F
 ourna\, Mirabella in Crete\; Tamara (Tamar)\, Queen of Georgia\; Nikiforos 
 the Monk of Chios\; Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy 
 Mountain\, Euthymius\, Ignatius\, and Acacius\; Asaph\, Bishop of Wales\n\n
 Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 8:
 40\; 9:1-19\nIn those days\, Philip was found at Azotos\, and passing on he
  preached the gospel to all the towns till he came to Caesarea. But Saul\, 
 still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord\, went
  to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus
 \, so that if he found any belonging to the Way\, men or women\, he might b
 ring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus\, 
 and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him. And he fell to the grou
 nd and heard a voice saying to him\, "Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me
 ?" And he said\, "Who are you\, Lord?" And he said\, " I am Jesus\, whom yo
 u are persecuting\; but rise and enter the city\, and you will be told what
  you are to do." The men who were traveling with him stood speechless\, hea
 ring the voice but seeing no one. Saul arose from the ground\; and when his
  eyes were opened\, he could see nothing\; so they led him by the hand and 
 brought him into Damascus. And for three days he was without sight\, and ne
 ither ate nor drank.\n\nNow there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias.
  The Lord said to him in a vision\, "Ananias." And he said\, "Here I am\, L
 ord." And the Lord said to him\, "Rise and go to the street called Straight
 \, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul\; for b
 ehold\, he is praying\, and he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay
  his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Ananias answered\
 , "Lord\, I have heard from many about this man\, how much evil he has done
  to thy saints at Jerusalem\; and here he has authority from the chief prie
 sts to bind all who call upon thy name." But the Lord said to him\, "Go\, f
 or he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles a
 nd kings and the sons of Israel\; for I will show him how much he must suff
 er for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered the house. And
  laying his hands on him he said\, "Brother Saul\, the Lord Jesus who appea
 red to you on the road by which you came\, has sent me that you may regain 
 your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediately something l
 ike scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then he rose and w
 as baptized\, and took food and was strengthened.\n\nGospel Reading: John 6
 :48-54\nThe Lord said to the Jews who believed in him: "I am the bread of l
 ife. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness\, and they died. This is 
 the bread which comes down from heaven\, that a man may eat of it and not d
 ie. I am the living bread which came down from heaven\; if any one eats of 
 this bread\, he will live forever\; and the bread which I shall give for th
 e life of the world is my flesh."\n\nThe Jews then disputed among themselve
 s\, saying\, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to 
 them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless you eat the flesh of the Son 
 of man and drink his blood\, you have no life in you\; he who eats my flesh
  and drinks my blood has eternal life\, and I will raise him up at the last
  day."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Seven Maccabee Children\, Solomone Their Mother\, and Eleazar
  Their Teacher\; Procession of the Precious Cross\; Timothy the Wonderworke
 r\, Archbishop of Priconissus\; Elesa the Righteous-Martyr of Kythira\n\nFa
 st Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the 
 Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\nBrethren\, all the saints through faith conquere
 d kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths of l
 ions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won strength 
 out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign armies to flight. Wome
 n received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured\, refusing to acc
 ept release\, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered 
 mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned\
 , they were sawn in two\, they were tempted\, they were killed with the swo
 rd\; they went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, 
 ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering         over des
 erts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these\, thou
 gh well attested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since
  God had foreseen something better for us\, that apart from us they should 
 not be made perfect. Therefore\, since we are surrounded by so great a clou
 d of witnesses\, let us also lay aside every weight\, and sin which clings 
 so closely\, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before u
 s\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I send yo
 u out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and innocent
  as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, and f
 log you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors and 
 kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When th
 ey deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are 
 to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; for it
  is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, and 
 children will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you wil
 l be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be
  saved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/30/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki\; Gideon the New Martyr of Mo
 unt Athos\; Holy Martyr Philetaerus\; Righteous Father Leondus the Archiman
 drite\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pau
 l's Letter to the Hebrews 9:8-23\nBrethren\, by this the Holy Spirit indica
 tes that the way into the sanctuary is not yet opened as long as the outer 
 tent is still standing (which is symbolic for the present age). According t
 o this arrangement\, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect 
 the conscience of the worshiper\, but deal only with food and drink and var
 ious ablutions\, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reforma
 tion. But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that are
  to come\, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with ha
 nds\, that is\, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy
  Place\, not through the blood of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus
  securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons w
 ith the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies 
 for the purification of the flesh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ
 \, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God\, 
 purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Therefore h
 e is the mediator of a new covenant\, so that those who are called may rece
 ive the promised eternal inheritance\, since a death has occurred which red
 eems them from the transgressions under the first covenant. For where a cov
 enant is involved\, the death of the one who made it must be established. F
 or a covenant takes effect only at death\, since it is not in force as long
  as the one who made it is alive. Hence even the first covenant was not rat
 ified without blood. For when every commandment of the law had been declare
 d by Moses to all the people\, he took the blood of calves and goats\, with
  water and scarlet wool and hyssop\, and sprinkled both the book itself and
  all the people\, saying\, "This is the blood of the covenant which God com
 manded you." And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent 
 and all the vessels used in worship. Indeed\, under the law almost everythi
 ng is purified with blood\, and without the shedding of blood there is no f
 orgiveness of sins. Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly th
 ings to be purified with these rites\, but the heavenly things themselves w
 ith better sacrifices than these.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:11-23\nAt that
  time\, Jesus entered Jerusalem\, and went into the temple\; and when he ha
 d looked round at everything\, as it was already late\, he went out to Beth
 any with the twelve.\n\nOn the following day\, when they came from Bethany\
 , he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf\, he went to
  see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it\, he found nothing
  but leaves\, for it was not the season for figs. And he said to it\, "May 
 no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.\n\nAnd t
 hey came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out tho
 se who sold and those who bought in the temple\, and he overturned the tabl
 es of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons\; and he w
 ould not allow any one to carry anything through the temple. And he taught\
 , and said to them\, "Is it not written\, 'My house shall be called a house
  of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers." An
 d the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy hi
 m\; for they feared him\, because all the multitude was astonished at his t
 eaching. And when evening came they went out of the city.\n\nAs they passed
  by in the morning\, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And 
 Peter remembered and said to him\, "Rabbi\, look! The fig tree which you cu
 rsed has withered." And Jesus answered them\, "Have faith in God. Truly\, I
  say to you\, whoever says to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into th
 e sea\,' and does not doubt in his heart\, but believes that what he says w
 ill come to pass\, it will be done for him."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Euplus the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Catania\; Our Holy Father Nipho
 nus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracle
  in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716\; Afterfeast of the Transfig
 uration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\; Blane\, Bishop of Bute\n\nStr
 ict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 2:
 14-17\; 3:1-3\nBrethren\, thanks be to God\, who in Christ always leads us 
 in triumph\, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him e
 verywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being 
 saved and among those who are perishing\, to one a fragrance from death to 
 death\, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for t
 hese things? For we are not\, like so many\, peddlers of God's word\; but a
 s men of sincerity\, as commissioned by God\, in the sight of God we speak 
 in Christ.\n\nAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need\, 
 as some do\, letters of recommendation\, to you\, or from you? You yourselv
 es are our letter of recommendation\, written on our hearts\, to be known a
 nd read by all men\; and you show that you are a letter from Christ deliver
 ed by us\, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God\, not
  on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 23:23-28\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Woe to you\
 , scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cumin
 \, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law\, justice and mercy 
 and faith\; these you ought to have done\, without neglecting the others. Y
 ou blind guides\, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!\n\n"Woe to y
 ou\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the
  cup and of the plate\, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
  You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate\,
  that the outside also may be clean.\n\n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees
 \, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs\, which outwardly appear 
 beautiful\, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleannes
 s. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men\, but within you are full 
 of hypocrisy and iniquity."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/10/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Haralambos\; Anastasios\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Porphyr
 ios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands on you
  and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\, and 
 you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This wil
 l be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your minds\, 
 not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth and 
 wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contra
 dict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and
  friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated by al
 l for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endu
 rance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Lett
 er to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that is in 
 Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrus
 t to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering
  as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in
  civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. 
 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is 
 the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Thin
 k over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything
 .\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from David\, a
 s preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing f
 etters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I en
 dure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain salva
 tion in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-
 27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love 
 one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it 
 hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; but b
 ecause you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, theref
 ore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant
  is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persec
 ute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this t
 hey will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me
 .  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now
  they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also. 
  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they would 
 not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It 
 is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me withou
 t a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you fr
 om the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, h
 e will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have b
 een with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you fr
 om falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the ho
 ur is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to Go
 d."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Wednesday\; The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion\, Agabus\, 
 Rufus\, Asyncritus\, Phlegon\, and Hermes\; The Holy New Martyr John the Sh
 ip-Builder who was martyred in Kos\; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves\;
  Celestine\, Pope of Rome\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: John 12:17-50\n
 At that time\, the crowd that had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus ou
 t of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the
  crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.  The Pha
 risees then said to one another\, "You see that you can do nothing\; look\,
  the world has gone after him."\n\nNow among those who went up to worship a
 t the feast were some Greeks.  So these came to Philip\, who was from Beths
 aida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\, we wish to see Jesus." Philip we
 nt and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.  And Jesu
 s answered them\, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.  T
 ruly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth 
 and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it dies\, it bears much fruit.  He who
  loves his life loses it\, and he who hates his life in this world will kee
 p it for eternal life.  If any one serves me\, he must follow me\; and wher
 e I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if any one serves me\, the Father
  will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father
 \, save me from this hour'? No\, for this purpose I have come to this hour.
   Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven\, "I have glor
 ified it\, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing by heard it and
  said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An angel has spoken to him." Je
 sus answered\, "This voice has come for your sake\, not for mine.  Now is t
 he judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out\;
  and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, will draw all men to myself."
   He said this to show by what death he was to die.  The crowd answered him
 \, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can yo
 u say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" Jesus
  said to them\, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you 
 have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\; he who walks in the darkn
 ess does not know where he goes. While you have the light\, believe in the 
 light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\nWhen Jesus had said this\, h
 e departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs befo
 re them\, yet they did not believe in him\;  it was that the word spoken by
  the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed our report
 \, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could
  not believe. For Isaiah again said\,  "He has blinded their eyes and harde
 ned their heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with th
 eir heart\, and turn for me to heal them."  Isaiah said this because he saw
  his glory and spoke of him.  Nevertheless many even of the authorities bel
 ieved in him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\, lest
  they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men 
 more than the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He who beli
 eves in me\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me 
 sees him who sent me.  I have come as light into the world\, that whoever b
 elieves in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and d
 oes not keep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to judge the wo
 rld but to save the world.  He who rejects me and does not receive my sayin
 gs has a judge\; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last 
 day.  For I have not spoken on my own authority\; the Father who sent me ha
 s himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know th
 at his commandment is eternal life. What I say\, therefore\, I say as the F
 ather has bidden me."\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:6-16\nWhen Jesus was at
  Bethany at the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him with an a
 labaster flask of very expensive ointment and she poured it on his head\, a
 s he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were indignant\, sa
 ying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a large 
 sum\, and given to the poor." But Jesus\, aware of this\, said to them\, "W
 hy do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For 
 you always have the poor with you\, but you will not always have me. In pou
 ring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. Tru
 ly\, I say to you wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world\, wha
 t she has done will be told in memory of her." Then one of the twelve\, who
  was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief priests and said\, "What wil
 l you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of 
 silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/21/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowe
 d)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose 
 and went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she en
 tered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth hear
 d the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fi
 lled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are 
 you among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gr
 anted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when 
 the voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for
  joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of 
 what was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarde
 d the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations
  will call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\,
  and holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and
  returned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews
  9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an ea
 rthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were th
 e lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the 
 Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holie
 s\, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered 
 on all sides with gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, a
 nd Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were
  the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we can
 not now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the pri
 ests go continually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; 
 but into the second only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, an
 d not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors o
 f the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, J
 esus entered a village\; and a woman called Martha received him into her ho
 use. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat at the Lord's feet and list
 ened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving\; and she
  went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care that my sister has left me 
 to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her\, 
 "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things\; one thi
 ng is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\, which shall not be taken 
 away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and
  said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore you\, and the breasts that yo
 u sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God
  and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Friday after Pentecost\; The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop o
 f Tyre\; Holy Martyrs Nicandrus\, Gorgus and Apollonus and those with them\
 ; Christophoros & Konon the Martyrs of Rome\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading
 : St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:14-28\nBrethren\, when Gentiles who hav
 e not the law do by nature what the law requires\, they are a law to themse
 lves\, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law re
 quires is written on their hearts\, while their conscience also bears witne
 ss and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day
  when\, according to my gospel\, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Je
 sus. But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your
  relation to God and know his will and approve what is excellent\, because 
 you are instructed in the law\, and if you are sure that you are a guide to
  the blind\, a light to those who are in darkness\, a corrector of the fool
 ish\, a teacher of children\, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge
  and truth - you then who teach others\, will you not teach yourself? While
  you preach against stealing\, do you steal? You who say that one must not 
 commit adultery\, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols\, do you rob 
 temples? You who boast in the law\, do you dishonor God by breaking the law
 ? For\, as it is written\, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentile
 s because of you." Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law\; bu
 t if you break the law\, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. So\, if 
 a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law\, will not his unc
 ircumcision be regarded as circumcision? Then those who are physically unci
 rcumcised but keep the law will condemn you who have the written code and c
 ircumcision but break the law. For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardl
 y\, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 5:33-41\nThe Lord said\, "You have heard that it was said to 
 the men of old\, 'You shall not swear falsely\, but shall perform to the Lo
 rd what you have sworn.' But I say to you\, Do not swear at all\, either by
  heaven\, for it is the throne of God\, or by the earth\, for it is his foo
 tstool\, or by Jerusalem\, for it is the city of the great King. And do not
  swear by your head\, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what
  you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'\; anything more than this comes from evil.
  You have heard that it was said\, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a too
 th.' But I say to you\, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strik
 es you on the right cheek\, turn to him the other also\; and if any one wou
 ld sue you and take your coat\, let him have your cloak as well\; and if an
 y one forces you to go one mile\, go with him two miles."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/24/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenia\, Deaconess of Rome\; Vavylas the Holy Martyr\; Xenia of St. Pet
 ersburg\, Fool-for-Christ\; Philo the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Karpasia in 
 Cyprus\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1
 -2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, k
 indness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against suc
 h there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the
  flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us al
 so walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one a
 nother\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any t
 respass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentlenes
 s.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens
 \, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43\nAt t
 hat time\, as Jesus drew near to Jericho\, a blind man was sitting by the r
 oadside begging\; and hearing a multitude going by\, he inquired what this 
 meant. They told him\, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried\, "J
 esus\, Son of David\, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuke
 d him\, telling him to be silent\; but he cried out all the more\, "Son of 
 David\, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped\, and commanded him to be brou
 ght to him\; and when he came near\, he asked him\, "What do you want me to
  do for you?" He said\, "Lord\, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to
  him\, "Receive your sight\; your faith has made you well." And immediately
  he received his sight and followed him\, glorifying God\; and all the peop
 le\, when they saw it\, gave praise to God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/20/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Igna
 tius the God-Bearer\, Bishop of Antioch\; Our Righteous Father Philogonius\
 , Bishop of Antioch\; John the New Martyr of Thassos\; Holy Father John of 
 Kronstadt\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  Letter to the Galatians 3:8-12\nBrethren\, the scripture\, foreseeing that
  God would justify the Gentiles by faith\, preached the gospel beforehand t
 o Abraham\, saying\, "in you shall all the nations be blessed." So then\, t
 hose who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith. For all w
 ho rely on works of the law are under a curse\; for it is written\, "Cursed
  be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the l
 aw\, and do them." Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by
  the law\; for "the righteous shall live by faith"\; but the law does not r
 est on faith\, for "He who does them shall live by them."\n\nGospel Reading
 : Luke 13:19-29\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of God is like a
  grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden\; and it gr
 ew and became a tree\, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.
 " And again he said\, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is li
 ke leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour\, till it w
 as all leavened." He went on his way through towns and villages\, teaching\
 , and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him\, "Lord\, will 
 those who are saved be few?" And he said to them\, "Strive to enter by the 
 narrow door\; for many\, I tell you\, will seek to enter and will not be ab
 le. When once the householder has risen up and shut the door\, you will beg
 in to stand outside and to knock at the door\, saying\, 'Lord\, open to us.
 ' He will answer you\, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will b
 egin to say\, 'We ate and drank in your presence\, and you taught in our st
 reets.' But he will say\, 'I tell you\, I do not know where you come from\;
  depart from me\, all you workers of iniquity!' There you will weep and gna
 sh your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets
  in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. And men will come fro
 m east and west\, and from north and south\, and sit at table in the kingdo
 m of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\
 ; Sixtus of Athens\, Bishop of Rome\; The Holy Righteous Martyr Dometius\; 
 Our Holy Father Nicanorus the Wonderworker\; Theodosius the New\; Joseph Ge
 rontogiannis of Lithines Sitia\; Sozon of Nicomedea\; The Holy Ten Thousand
  Ascetics of Thebes\; Narcissus the Hieromartyr of Jerusalem\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 1:12-20\nB
 rethren\, our boast is this\, the testimony of our conscience that we have 
 behaved in the world\, and still more toward you\, with holiness and godly 
 sincerity\, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. For we write you
  nothing but what you can read and understand\; I hope you will understand 
 fully\, as you have understood in part\, that you can be proud of us as we 
 can be of you\, on the day of the Lord Jesus.\n\nBecause I was sure of this
 \, I wanted to come to you first\, so that you might have a double favor\; 
 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia\, and to come back to you from
  Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. Was I vacillating when 
 I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man\, ready to say Y
 es and No at once? For the Son of God\, Jesus Christ\, whom we preached amo
 ng you\, Silvanus and Timothy and I\, was not Yes and No\; but in him it is
  always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why
  we utter the Amen through him\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Ma
 rk 9:2-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John\, and
  led them up a high mountain apart by themselves\; and he was transfigured 
 before them\, and his garments became glistening\, intensely white\, as no 
 fuller on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with M
 oses\; and they were talking to Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus\, "Master\, 
 it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\, one for you and on
 e for Moses and one for Elijah." For he did not know what to say\, for they
  were exceedingly afraid. And a cloud overshadowed them\, and a voice came 
 out of the cloud\, "This is my beloved son\; listen to him." And suddenly\,
  looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only. And as
  they were coming down the mountain he charged them to tell no one what the
 y had seen\, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead.\n\n
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 hrist
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis\; Ephraim of Katounakia\; Raphael
  of Brooklyn\; Stephen the Monk\; Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopol
 is\; Nesios the Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 3:1-
 14\n For\, behold\, the Lord\, the Lord of hosts\, is taking away from Jeru
 salem and from Judah stay and staff\, the whole stay of bread\, and the who
 le stay of water\; the mighty man and the soldier\, the judge and the proph
 et\, the diviner and the elder\, the captain of fifty and the man of rank\,
  the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.  And I w
 ill make boys their princes\, and babes shall rule over them.  And the peop
 le will oppress one another\, every man his fellow and every man his neighb
 or\; the youth will be insolent to the elder\, and the base fellow to the h
 onorable.\n\nWhen a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his fathe
 r\, saying:  "You have a mantle\; you shall be our leader\, and this heap o
 f ruins shall be under your rule"\; in that day he will speak out\, saying:
   "I will not be a healer\; in my house there is neither bread nor mantle\;
  you shall not make me leader of the people."  For Jerusalem has stumbled\,
  and Judah has fallen\; because their speech and their deeds are against th
 e Lord\, defying his glorious presence.\n\nTheir partiality witnesses again
 st them\; they proclaim their sin like Sodom\, they do not hide it.  Woe to
  them!  For they have brought evil upon themselves.  Tell the righteous tha
 t it shall be well with them\, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
   Woe to the wicked!  It shall be ill with him\, for what his hands have do
 ne shall be done to him.  My people -- children are their oppressors\, and 
 women rule over them.  O my people\, your leaders mislead you\, and confuse
  the course of your paths.\n\nThe Lord has taken his place to contend\, he 
 stands to judge his people.  The Lord enters into judgment with the elders 
 and princes of his people:  "It is you who have devoured the vineyard\, the
  spoil of the poor is in your houses."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 2:
 20-3:20\n The man gave names to all cattle\, and to the birds of the air\, 
 and to every beast of the field\; but for the man there was not found a hel
 per fit for him.  So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man\
 , and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with fles
 h\; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a wo
 man and brought her to the man.  Then the man said\, "This at last is bone 
 of my bones and flesh of my flesh\; she shall be called Woman\, because she
  was taken out of Man."  Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother a
 nd cleaves to his wife\, and they become one flesh.  And the man and his wi
 fe were both naked\, and were not ashamed.\n\nNow the serpent was more subt
 le than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made.  He said to the
  woman\, "Did God say\, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"  An
 d the woman said to the serpent\, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of 
 the garden\; but God said\, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree whi
 ch is in the midst of the garden\, neither shall you touch it\, lest you di
 e.'"  But the serpent said to the woman\, "You will not die.  For God knows
  that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened\, and you will be like Go
 d\, knowing good and evil."  So when the woman saw that the tree was good f
 or food\, and that it was a delight to the eyes\, and that the tree was to 
 be desired to make one wise\, she took of its fruit and ate\; and she also 
 gave some to her husband\, and he ate.  Then the eyes of both were opened\,
  and they knew that they were naked\; and they sewed fig leaves together an
 d made themselves aprons.\n\nAnd they heard the sound of the Lord God walki
 ng in the garden in the cool of the day\, and the man and his wife hid them
 selves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  Bu
 t the Lord God called to the man\, and said to him\, "Where are you?"  And 
 he said\, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden\, and I was afraid\, bec
 ause I was naked\; and I hid myself."  He said\, "Who told you that you wer
 e naked?  Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" 
  The man said\, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me\, she gave me fru
 it of the tree\, and I ate."  Then the Lord God said to the woman\, "What i
 s this that you have done?"  The woman said\, "The serpent beguiled me\, an
 d I ate."  The Lord God said to the serpent\, "Because you have done this\,
  cursed are you above all cattle\, and above all wild animals\; upon your b
 elly you shall go\, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.  I wi
 ll put enmity between you and the woman\, and between your seed and her see
 d\; he shall bruise your head\, and you shall bruise his heel."  To the wom
 an he said\, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing\; in pain y
 ou shall bring forth children\, yet your desire shall be for your husband\,
  and he shall rule over you."  And to Adam he said\, "Because you have list
 ened to the voice of your wife\, and have eaten of the tree of which I comm
 anded you\, 'You shall not eat of it\,' cursed is the ground because of you
 \; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life\; thorns and thist
 les it shall bring forth to you\; and you shall eat the plants of the field
 .  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the gro
 und\, for out of it you were taken\; you are dust\, and to dust you shall r
 eturn."\n\nThe man called his wife's name Eve\, because she was the mother 
 of all living.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:19-34\nThe Lord by wisd
 om founded the earth\; by understanding he established the heavens\; by his
  knowledge the deeps broke forth\, and the clouds drop down the dew.\n\nMy 
 son\, keep sound wisdom and discretion\; let them not escape from your sigh
 t\, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.  Then 
 you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stumble.  If you 
 sit down\, you will not be afraid\; when you lie down\, your sleep will be 
 sweet.  Do not be afraid of sudden panic\, or of the ruin of the wicked\, w
 hen it comes\; for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot
  from being caught.  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due\, wh
 en it is in your power to do it.\n\nDo not say to your neighbor\, "Go\, and
  come again\, tomorrow I will give it" -- when you have it with you.  Do no
 t plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly beside you.  Do not
  contend with a man for no reason\, when he has done you no harm.  Do not e
 nvy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways\; for the perverse 
 man is an abomination to the Lord\, but the upright are in his confidence. 
  The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked\, but he blesses the abode 
 of the righteous.  Toward the scorners he is scornful\, but to the humble h
 e shows favor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/22/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary Magdalene\, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles\; Mar
 kella\, the Virgin-martyr of Chios\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12\nBrethren\
 , you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to tho
 se who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do
  we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife\, as the other apostles 
 and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who h
 ave no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier 
 at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? 
 Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say this on human 
 authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in the law of M
 oses\, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is i
 t for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? 
 It was written for our sake\, because the plowman should plow in hope and t
 he thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritua
 l good among you\, is it too much if we reap your material benefits? If oth
 ers share this rightful claim upon you\, do not we still more? Nevertheless
 \, we have not made use of this right\, but we endure anything rather than 
 put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke
  8:1-3\nAt that time Jesus went on through cities and villages\, preaching 
 and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with 
 him\, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmiti
 es: Mary\, called Magdalene\, from whom seven demons had gone out\, and Joa
 nna\, the wife of Chuza\, Herod's steward\, and Susanna\, and many others\,
  who provided for him out of their means.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Meletius\, Archbishop of Antioch\; Antonius\, Archbishop of Constantin
 ople\; Meletios of Ypseni\; Christos the New Martyr\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  John's First Universal Letter 4:20-21\; 5:1-21\nBeloved\, if any one says\
 , "I love God\," and hates his brother\, he is a liar\; for he who does not
  love his brother whom he has seen\, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 
  And this commandment we have from him\, that he who loves God should love 
 his brother also.\n\nEvery one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a c
 hild of God\, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.  By this 
 we know that we love the children of God\, when we love God and obey his co
 mmandments.  For this is the love of God\, that we keep his commandments.  
 And his commandments are not burdensome.  For whatever is born of God overc
 omes the world\; and this is the victory that overcomes the world\, our fai
 th.  Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is t
 he Son of God?\n\nThis is he who came by water and blood\, Jesus Christ\, n
 ot with the water only but with the water and the blood.  And the Spirit is
  the witness\, because the Spirit is the truth.  There are three witnesses\
 , the Spirit\, the water\, and the blood\; and these three agree.  If we re
 ceive the testimony of men\, the testimony of God is greater\; for this is 
 the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.  He who believes
  in the Son of God has the testimony in himself.  He who does not believe G
 od has made him a liar\, because he has not believed in the testimony that 
 God has borne to his Son.  And this is the testimony\, that God gave us ete
 rnal life\, and this life is in his Son.  He who has the Son has life\; he 
 who has not the Son of God has not life.\n\nI write this to you who believe
  in the name of the Son of God\, that you may know that you have eternal li
 fe.  And this is the confidence which we have in him\, that if we ask anyth
 ing according to his will he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in 
 whatever we ask\, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.  
 If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin\, he will a
 sk\, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal.  There i
 s sin which is mortal\; I do not say that one is to pray for that.  All wro
 ngdoing is sin\, but there is sin which is not mortal.\n\nWe know that any 
 one born of God does not sin\, but He who was born of God keeps him\, and t
 he evil one does not touch him.\n\nWe know that we are of God\, and the who
 le world is in the power of the evil one.\n\nAnd we know that the Son of Go
 d has come and has given us understanding\, to know him who is true\; and w
 e are in him who is true\, in his Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God a
 nd eternal life.  Little children\, keep yourselves from idols.  Amen. \n\n
 Gospel Reading: Mark 15:1-15\nAt that time\, the chief priests\, with the e
 lders\, and scribes and the whole council held a consultation\; and they bo
 und Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.  And Pilate asked h
 im\, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  And he answered him\, "You have said 
 so."  And the chief priests accused him of many things.  And Pilate again a
 sked him\, "Have you no answer to make?  See how many charges they bring ag
 ainst you."  But Jesus made no further answer\, so that Pilate wondered.  N
 ow at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they aske
 d.  And among the rebels in prison\, who had committed murder in the insurr
 ection\, there was a man called Barabbas.  And the crowd came up and began 
 to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.  And he answered them\, 
 "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"  For he perceived
  that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.  But 
 the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabba
 s instead.  And Pilate again said to them\, "Then what shall I do with the 
 man whom you call the King of the Jews?"  And they cried out again\, "Cruci
 fy him."  And Pilate said to them\, "Why\, what evil has he done?"  But the
 y shouted all the more\, "Crucify him."  So Pilate\, wishing to satisfy the
  crowd\, released for them Barabbas\; and having scourged Jesus\, he delive
 red him to be crucified.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist\; Therapon 
 the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Finding of the Icon of St. Demetrios t
 he Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer on Syros\; Aldhelm\, Bishop of Sherborne
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 7:17-30\nAt that time\, the report concerni
 ng Jesus spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.
  The disciples of John told him of all these things. And John\, calling to 
 him two of his disciples\, sent them to the Lord\, saying\, "Are you he who
  is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And when the men had come to h
 im\, they said\, "John the Baptist has sent us to you\, saying\, 'Are you h
 e who is to come\, or shall we look for another?'" In that hour he cured ma
 ny of diseases and plagues and evil spirits\, and on many that were blind h
 e bestowed sight. And he answered them\, "Go and tell John what you have se
 en and heard: the blind receive their sight\, the lame walk\, lepers are cl
 eansed\, and the deaf hear\, the dead are raised up\, the poor have good ne
 ws preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."\n\nWhen
  the messengers of John had gone\, he began to speak to the crowds concerni
 ng John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken 
 by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothin
 g? Behold\, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in ki
 ngs' courts. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\,
  and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I se
 nd my messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' 
 I tell you\, among those born of women none is greater than John\; yet he w
 ho is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." When they heard this
  all the people and the tax collectors justified God\, having been baptized
  with the baptism of John\; but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the 
 purpose of God for themselves\, not having been baptized by him.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15\nBrethren\, it
  is the God who said\, "Let light shine out of darkness\," who has shone in
  our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the f
 ace of Christ.\n\nBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels\, to show th
 at the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted i
 n every way\, but not crushed\; perplexed\, but not driven to despair\; per
 secuted\, but not forsaken\; struck down\, but not destroyed\; always carry
 ing in the body the death of Jesus\, so that the life of Jesus may also be 
 manifested in our bodies.  For while we live we are always being given up t
 o death for Jesus' sake\, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in ou
 r mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us\, but life in you.\n\nSince we h
 ave the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote\, "I believed\, and so I s
 poke\," we too believe\, and so we speak\, knowing that he who raised the L
 ord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his pres
 ence.  For it is all for your sake\, so that as grace extends to more and m
 ore people it may increase thanksgiving\, to the glory of God.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Matthew 11:2-15\nAt that time\, when John heard in prison about the 
 deeds of the Christ\, he sent word by his disciples and said to him\, "Are 
 you he who is to come\, or shall we look for another?" And Jesus answered t
 hem\, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sigh
 t and the lame walk\, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear\, and the dead 
 are raised up\, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed i
 s he who takes no offense at me." As they went away\, Jesus began to speak 
 to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to 
 behold? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man c
 lothed in soft raiment? Behold\, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' 
 houses. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes\, I tell you\, and 
 more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written\, 'Behold\, I send my
  messenger before your face\, who shall prepare your way before you.' Truly
 \, I say to you\, among those born of women there has risen no one greater 
 than John the Baptist\; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is gre
 ater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of he
 aven has been coming violently and men of violence take it by force. For al
 l the prophets and the law prophesied until John\; and if you are willing t
 o accept it\, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear\, let hi
 m hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/30/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great\, Gregory the Theologi
 an\, & John Chrysostom\; Hippolytos\, Pope of Rome\; Athanasia the Martyr &
  her 3 daughters\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Readin
 g: John 10:9-16\nThe Lord said\, "I am the door\; if any one enters by me\,
  he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief com
 es only to steal and kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, an
 d have it abundantly.  I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down
  his life for the sheep.  He who is a hireling and not a shepherd\, whose o
 wn the sheep are not\, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees\
 ; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  He flees because he is a h
 ireling and cares nothing for the sheep.  I am the good shepherd\; I know m
 y own and my own know me\, as the Father knows me and I know the Father\; a
 nd I lay down my life for the sheep.  And I have other sheep\, that are not
  of this fold\; I must bring them also\, and they will heed my voice. So th
 ere shall be one flock\, one shepherd."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Hebrews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spo
 ke to you the word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imita
 te their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
   Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that
  the heart be strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefit
 ed their adherents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent h
 ave no right to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brough
 t into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned o
 utside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanct
 ify the people through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him out
 side the camp and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting c
 ity\, but we seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us conti
 nually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips 
 that acknowledge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you
  have\, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthe
 w 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You are the light of the world
 .  A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it 
 under a bushel\, but on a stand\, and it gives light to all in the house.  
 Let your light so shine before men\, that they may see your good works and 
 give glory to your Father who is in heaven.  Think not that I have come to 
 abolish the law and the prophets\; I have come not to abolish them but to f
 ulfill them.  For truly\, I say to you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, 
 not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
   Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches m
 en so\, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven\; but he who does th
 em and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Procopius\; Theophilos the Myrrhbearer of Pantok
 rator Monastery\; Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kaza
 n\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First L
 etter to Timothy 4:9-15\nTimothy\, my son\, the saying is sure and worthy o
 f full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproach\, because we
  have our hope set on the living God\, who is the Savior of all men\, espec
 ially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one desp
 ise your youth\, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct\, i
 n love\, in faith\, in purity. Till I come\, attend to the public reading o
 f scripture\, to preaching\, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have\
 , which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders lai
 d their hands upon you. Practice these duties\, devote yourself to them\, s
 o that all may see your progress.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-19\, 9:1-2\,
  10:16-21\nAt that time\, a crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of
  people came to Jesus from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre
  and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases\; and 
 those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd 
 sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him and healed them all. An
 d he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all 
 demons and to cure diseases\, and sent them out to preach the kingdom of Go
 d and to heal\, and He said to them: "He who hears you hears me\, and he wh
 o rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." 
 The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subjec
 t to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightni
 ng from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents 
 and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hur
 t you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject t
 o you: but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hou
 r he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of
  heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise and und
 erstanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gr
 acious will.\n\n
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 sts: 11th Sunday of Luke\; Martyrs Thyrsus\, Leucius\, and Callinicus of As
 ia Minor\, and Philemon\, Apollonius\, and Arian of Alexandria\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that tim
 e\, [Peter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the 
 linen cloths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happene
 d. That very day] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about 
 seven miles from Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these th
 ings that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together\, J
 esus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from re
 cognizing Him. And He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you a
 re holding with each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad
 . Then one of them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visit
 or to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in th
 ese days?" And He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Con
 cerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word befor
 e God and all the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered H
 im up to be condemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that H
 e was the one to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the 
 third day since this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed 
 us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; 
 and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who 
 said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, a
 nd found it just as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He 
 said to them\, "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the p
 rophets have spoken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer the
 se things and enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the 
 prophets\, He interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerni
 ng Himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He a
 ppeared to be going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay wit
 h us\, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went i
 n to stay with them. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and
  blessed\, and broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened a
 nd they recognized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to e
 ach other\, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the
  road\, while He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour
  and returned to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together an
 d those who were with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and ha
 s appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how 
 He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11\nBrethren\, when Christ who is our l
 ife appears\, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death the
 refore what is earthly in you: fornication\, impurity\, passion\, evil desi
 re\, and covetousness\, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of
  God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked\, wh
 en you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger\, wrath\, malice\, s
 lander\, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another\, seeing 
 that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the
  new nature\, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its cr
 eator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew\, circumcised and uncircumcised\,
  barbarian\, Scythian\, slave\, free man\, but Christ is all\, and in all.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24\nThe Lord said this parable: "A man once g
 ave a great banquet\, and invited many\; and at the time of the banquet he 
 sent his servant to say to those who had been invited\, 'Come\; for all is 
 now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him
 \, 'I have bought a field\, and I go out and see it\; I pray you\, have me 
 excused.' And another said\, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen\, and I must 
 go to examine them\; I pray you\, have me excused.' And another said\, 'I h
 ave married a wife\, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and 
 reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his serv
 ant\, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city\, and bring in t
 he poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said\, 'Sir\, what 
 you commanded has been done\, and there is still room.' And the master said
  to the servant\, 'Go out to the highways and hedges\, and compel people to
  come in\, that my house may be filled. For I tell you\, none of those men 
 who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many are called\, but few are 
 chosen.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/30/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles\; Michael the New Martyr of Athens
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16\nBre
 thren\, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all\, like men sentenced t
 o death\; because we have become a spectacle to the world\, to angels and t
 o men. We are fools for Christ's sake\, but you are wise in Christ. We are 
 weak\, but you are strong. You are held in honor\, but we in disrepute. To 
 the present hour we hunger and thirst\, we are ill-clad and buffeted and ho
 meless\, and we labor\, working with our own hands. When reviled\, we bless
 \; when persecuted\, we endure\; when slandered\, we try to conciliate\; we
  have become\, and are now\, as the refuse of the world\, the off-scouring 
 of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed\, but to admonish yo
 u as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ\, 
 you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus thro
 ugh the gospel. I urge you\, then\, be imitators of me.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 9:36\, 10:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had co
 mpassion for them\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like sheep wi
 thout a shepherd. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them a
 uthority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every diseas
 e and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first\, 
 Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of Zeb
 edee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthew t
 he tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\; Simon the Ca
 nanaean. and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out
 \, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and enter no town of th
 e Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And 
 preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the si
 ck\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons. You received withou
 t paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wr
 ought by Saint Theodore the Tyro\; Righteous John Cassian the Confessor\; B
 asil the Confessor\; Jonah the Righteous Martyr of Lerios\; Kyranna the New
  Martyr of Thessaloniki\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be stron
 g in the grace that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me be
 fore many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach other
 s also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on
  service gets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy 
 the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes acco
 rding to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the firs
 t share of the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you u
 nderstanding in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\
 , descended from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I 
 am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is no
 t fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that 
 they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nG
 ospel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through
  the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck 
 heads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing
  what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never
  read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those wh
 o were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high p
 riest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any 
 but the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And
  he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\
 ; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the s
 ynagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched h
 im\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might a
 ccuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."
   And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do ha
 rm\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around
  at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the 
 man\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/23/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 9th Sunday of Luke\; Amphilochius\, Bishop of Iconium\; Gregory\, Bish
 op of Agrigentum\; Dionysios\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Ischyrion\, Bi
 shop of Egypt\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; 
 Sisinios the Confessor\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading:
  Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mot
 her of James and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint 
 Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb wh
 en the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll 
 away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw
  that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\
 , they saw a young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\
 ; and they were amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek 
 Jesus of Nazareth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see 
 the place where they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that H
 e is going before you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you.
 " And they went out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment
  had come upon them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afrai
 d.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22\nBrethren
 \, Christ is our peace\, who has made us both one\, and has broken down the
  dividing wall of hostility\, by abolishing in his flesh the law of command
 ments and ordinances\, that he might create in himself one new man in place
  of the two\, so making peace\, and might reconcile us both to God in one b
 ody through the cross\, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And he ca
 me and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were n
 ear\; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So t
 hen you are no longer strangers and sojourners\, but you are fellow citizen
 s with the saints and members of the household of God\, built upon the foun
 dation of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus himself being the corner
 stone\, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a hol
 y temple in the Lord\; in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling pl
 ace of God in the Spirit.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:16-21\nThe Lord said t
 his parable: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully\; and he tho
 ught to himself\, 'What shall I do\, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'
  And he said\, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns\, and build large
 r ones\; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say t
 o my soul\, 'Soul\, you have ample goods laid up for many years\; take your
  ease\, eat\, drink\, be merry.' But God said to him\, 'Fool! This night yo
 ur soul is required of you\; and the things you have prepared\, whose will 
 they be?'  So is he who lays up treasure for himself\, and is not rich towa
 rd God." As he said these things\, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear\,
  let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/31/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos\; Cyprian
  the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage\; Gennadius Scholarus\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Aidan\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Eanswythe\, Abbess of Folk
 estone\; Cuthburga the Queen\, Abbess of Wimborne\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHREN\, the first covenant had regula
 tions for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared\, the o
 uter one\, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the P
 resence\; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a te
 nt called the Holy of Holies\, having the golden altar of incense and the a
 rk of the covenant covered on all sides with gold\, which contained a golde
 n urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod that budded\, and the tables of t
 he covenant\; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy s
 eat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations havi
 ng thus been made\, the priests go continually into the outer tent\, perfor
 ming their ritual duties\; but into the second only the high priest goes\, 
 and he but once a year\, and not without taking blood which he offers for h
 imself and for the errors of the people.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42\,
  11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman called Mart
 ha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary\, who sat 
 at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted 
 with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do you not care 
 that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." B
 ut the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled 
 about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion\
 , which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a woman in the
  crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb that bore yo
 u\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed rather are tho
 se who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/26/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 8th Sunday of Matthew\; The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus\, Hermippus\, 
 and Hermocrates\; Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome\; Prisca the Right
 eous Martyr\; Moses the Hungarian\; Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alas
 ka\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weepi
 ng outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, a
 nd she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\,
  one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are y
 ou weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and
  I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round an
 d saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said t
 o her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to b
 e the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, te
 ll me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to he
 r\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means 
 Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended
  to the Father\; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to 
 My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went an
 d said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that H
 e had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to th
 e Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confine
 d under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So t
 hat the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justifie
 d by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodia
 n\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as man
 y of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither 
 Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor
  female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, th
 en you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that th
 e heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he i
 s the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees unti
 l the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were 
 slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had full
 y come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to
  redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as
  sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 14:14-22\nAt that time\, Jesus saw a grea
 t throng\; and he had compassion on them\, and healed their sick. When it w
 as evening\, the disciples came to him and said\, "This is a lonely place\,
  and the day is now over\; send the crowds away to go into the villages and
  buy food for themselves." Jesus said\, "They need not go away\; you give t
 hem something to eat." They said to him\, "We have only five loaves here an
 d two fish." And he said\, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the cro
 wds to sit down on the grass\; and taking the five loaves and the two fish 
 he looked up to heaven\, and blessed\, and broke and gave the loaves to the
  crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baske
 ts full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five t
 housand men\, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get in
 to the boat and go before him to the other side\, while he dismissed the cr
 owds.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/20/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Apodosis of Pascha\; The Holy Martyr Thalleleus\; Lydia of Philippi\, 
 Equal to the Apostles\; Mark the Hermit\; Father Alexis\, Metropolitan of M
 oscow\; John\, Joseph\, and Nikitas the Monks of Chios\n\nFast Day (Fish Al
 lowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, w
 hen Paul had landed at Caesarea\, he went up and greeted the church\, and t
 hen went down to Antioch. After spending some time there he departed and we
 nt from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strength
 ening all the disciples. Now a Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\,
  came to Ephesos. He was an eloquent man\, well versed in the scriptures. H
 e had been instructed in the way of the Lord\; and being fervent in the spi
 rit\, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus\, though h
 e knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue\
 ; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him\, they took him and expounded to 
 him the way of God more accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\,
  the brethren encouraged him\, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. W
 hen he arrived\, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed\, f
 or he powerfully confuted the Jews in public\, showing by the scriptures th
 at the Christ was Jesus. \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:36-47\nThe Lord said t
 o the Jews who came to him\, "While you have the light\, believe in the lig
 ht\, that you may become sons of light. When Jesus had said this\, he depar
 ted and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them
 \, yet they did not believe in him\; it was that the word spoken by the pro
 phet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord\, who has believed our report\, and t
 o whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could not bel
 ieve. For Isaiah again said\, "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their
  heart\, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart
 \, and turn for me to heal them." Isaiah said this because he saw his glory
  and spoke of him. Nevertheless\, many even of the authorities believed in 
 him\, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it\, lest they sho
 uld be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than
  the praise of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried out and said\, "He who believes in m
 e\, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him 
 who sent me. I have come as light into the world\, that whoever believes in
  me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and does not ke
 ep them\, I do not judge him\; for I did not come to judge the world but to
  save the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Tat
 iana the Martyr of Rome\; Basil and John the Hieromartyrs\; Martyr Mertios\
 ; Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr\; Peter of Absalom\; Benedict\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: Acts of the Apostles 18:22-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when Paul had landed at 
 Caesarea\, he went up and greeted the church\, and then went down to Antioc
 h. After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place 
 through the region of Galatia and Phrygia\, strengthening all the disciples
 . Now a Jew named Apollos\, a native of Alexandria\, came to Ephesos. He wa
 s an eloquent man\, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed i
 n the way of the Lord\; and being fervent in the spirit\, he spoke and taug
 ht accurately the things concerning Jesus\, though he knew only the baptism
  of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue\; but when Priscilla an
 d Aquila heard him\, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more
  accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia\, the brethren encourage
 d him\, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived\, he gre
 atly helped those who through grace had believed\, for he powerfully confut
 ed the Jews in public\, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus
 . \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:39-42\nAt that time\, the Jews tried to arres
 t Jesus\, but he escaped from their hands.  He went away again across the J
 ordan to the place where John at first baptized\, and there he remained.  A
 nd many came to him\; and they said\, "John did no sign\, but everything th
 at John said about this man was true." And many believed in him there.\n\n
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 sts: The Holy Prophet Esaias (Isaiah)\; Christopher the Martyr of Lycea\; E
 lder Hieronymos of Simonopetra\; Monk-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni\,
  of Larissa in Thessaly\; Epimachos the New Martyr of Alexandria\; The New 
 Martyrs of Novo Selo\, Bulgaria\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12
 :1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who be
 longed to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword\; 
 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to arrest Peter als
 o. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him
 \, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to g
 uard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So 
 Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by th
 e Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod was about to bring him out\, Peter w
 as sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, and sentries bef
 ore the door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an angel of the Lord a
 ppeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Peter on the side a
 nd woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.
  And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." A
 nd he went out and followed him\; he did not know that what was done by the
  angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed 
 the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate leading into th
 e city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went out and passed 
 on through one street\; and immediately the angel left him. And Peter came 
 to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and
  rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were
  expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:31-42\nThe Lord said to the Jews who
  had believed in him\, "If you continue in my word\, you are truly my disci
 ples\, and you will know the truth\, and the truth will make you free." The
 y answered him\, "We are descendants of Abraham\, and have never been in bo
 ndage to any one. How is it that you say\, 'You will be made free'?"\n\nJes
 us answered them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, every one who commits si
 n is a slave to sin. The slave does not continue in the house for ever\; th
 e son continues for ever. So if the Son makes you free\, you will be free i
 ndeed. I know that you are descendants of Abraham\; yet you seek to kill me
 \, because my word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with 
 my Father\, and you do what you have heard from your father."\n\nThey answe
 red him\, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them\, "If you were Abraha
 m's children\, you would do what Abraham did\, but now you seek to kill me\
 , a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God\; this is not wha
 t Abraham did. You do what your father did." They said to him\, "We were no
 t born of fornication\; we have one Father\, even God." Jesus said to them\
 , "If God were your Father\, you would love me\, for I proceeded and came f
 orth from God\; I came not of my own accord\, but he sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/15/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)\; Onesimus the Apostle of the 70\; O
 ur Righteous Father Anthimus the Elder of Chios\; Onesimos\, Patriarch of C
 onstantinople\; Eusebius the Righteous of Syria\; Major the Martyr\n\nMatin
 s Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen Jesus rose early on the first day of t
 he week\, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene\, from whom He had cast out s
 even demons. She went and told those who had been with Him\, as they mourne
 d and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her\
 , they would not believe it.\n\nAfter this he appeared in another form to t
 wo of them\, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and 
 told the rest\, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to th
 e eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their un
 belief and hardness of heart\, because they had not believed those who saw 
 Him after He had risen. And He said to them\, "Go into all the world and pr
 each the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will
  be saved\; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs 
 will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons\; th
 ey will speak in new tongues\; they will pick up serpents\, and if they dri
 nk any deadly thing\, it will not hurt them\; they will lay their hands on 
 the sick\, and they will recover."\n\nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had
  spoken to them\, was taken up into heaven\, and sat down at the right hand
  of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere\, while the Lord worke
 d with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 8:8-13\; 9:1
 -2\nBrethren\, food will not commend us to God.  We are no worse off if we 
 do not eat\, and no better off if we do.  Only take care lest this liberty 
 of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.  For if any one sees
  you\, a man of knowledge\, at table in an idol's temple\, might he not be 
 encouraged\, if his conscience is weak\, to eat food offered to idols?  And
  so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed\, the brother for whom Chr
 ist died.  Thus\, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscien
 ce when it is weak\, you sin against Christ.  Therefore\, if food is a caus
 e of my brother's falling\, I will never eat meat\, lest I cause my brother
  to fall.\n\nAm I not free?  Am I not an apostle?  Have I not seen Jesus ou
 r Lord?  Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?  If to others I am not an 
 apostle\, at least I am to you\; for you are the seal of my apostleship in 
 the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 25:31-46\nThe Lord said\, "When the S
 on of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him\, then he wil
 l sit on his glorious throne.  Before him will be gathered all the nations\
 , and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sh
 eep from the goats\, and he will place the sheep at his right hand\, but th
 e goats at the left.  Then the king will say to those at his right hand\, '
 Come\, O blessed of my Father\, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from t
 he foundation of the world\; for I was hungry and you gave me food\, I was 
 thirsty and you gave me drink\, I was a stranger and you welcomed me\, I wa
 s naked and you clothed me\, I was sick and you visited me\, I was in priso
 n and you came to me.'  Then the righteous will answer him\, 'Lord\, when d
 id we see you hungry and feed you\, or thirsty and give you drink?  And whe
 n did we see you a stranger and welcome you\, or naked and clothe you?  And
  when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'  And the King will a
 nswer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you did it to one of the least of t
 hese my brethren\, you did it to me.'  Then he will say to those at his lef
 t hand\, 'Depart from me\, you cursed\, into the eternal fire prepared for 
 the devil and his angels\; for I was hungry and you gave me no food\, I was
  thirsty and you gave me no drink\, I was a stranger and you did not welcom
 e me\, naked and you did not clothe me\, sick and in prison and you did not
  visit me.'  Then they also will answer\, 'Lord\, when did we see you hungr
 y or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison\, and did not mini
 ster to you?'  Then he will answer them\, 'Truly\, I say to you\, as you di
 d it not to one of the least of these\, you did it not to me.'  And they wi
 ll go away into eternal punishment\, but the righteous into eternal life."\
 n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Tarasius\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Reginos\, Bishop of Skopelos\
 ; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace\; Markellos\, Bishop of Apamea\n\nStrict 
 Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 2:3-11\nThus say the people:  "Come\,
  let us go up to the mountain of the Lord\, to the house of the God of Jaco
 b\; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths."  For 
 out of Zion shall go forth the law\, and the word of the Lord from Jerusale
 m.  He shall judge between the nations\, and shall decide for many peoples\
 ; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares\, and their spears into 
 pruning hooks\; nation shall not lift up sword against nation\, neither sha
 ll they learn war any more.\n\nO house of Jacob\, come\, let us walk in the
  light of the Lord.\n\nFor thou hast rejected thy people\, the house of Jac
 ob\, because they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsayers lik
 e the Philistines\, and they strike hands with foreigners.  Their land is f
 illed with silver and gold\, and there is no end to their treasures\; their
  land is filled with horses\, and there is no end to their chariots.  Their
  land is filled with idols\; they bow down to the work of their hands\, to 
 what their own fingers have made.  So man is humbled\, and men are brought 
 low -- forgive them not!  Enter into the rock\, and hide in the dust from b
 efore the terror of the Lord\, and from the glory of his majesty.  The haug
 hty looks of man shall be brought low\, and the pride of men shall be humbl
 ed\; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Genesis 1:24-2:3\n And God said\, "Let the earth bring forth living cre
 atures according to their kinds:  cattle and creeping things and beasts of 
 the earth according to their kinds."  And it was so.  And God made the beas
 ts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their 
 kinds\, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind.  
 And God saw that it was good.\n\nThen God said\, "Let us make man in our im
 age\, after our likeness\; and let them have dominion over the fish of the 
 sea\, and over the birds of the air\, and over the cattle\, and over all th
 e earth\, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."  So Go
 d created man in his own image\, in the image of God he created him\; male 
 and female he created them.  And God blessed them\, and God said to them\, 
 "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth and subdue it\; and have dom
 inion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every
  living thing that moves upon the earth."  And God said\, "Behold\, I have 
 given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth
 \, and every tree with seed in its fruit\; you shall have them for food.  A
 nd to every beast of the earth\, and to every bird of the air\, and to ever
 ything that creeps on the earth\, everything that has the breath of life\, 
 I have given every green plant for food."  And it was so.  And God saw ever
 ything that he had made\, and behold\, it was very good.  And there was eve
 ning and there was morning\, a sixth day.\n\nThus the heavens and the earth
  were finished\, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day God fini
 shed his work which he had done\, and he rested on the seventh day from all
  his work which he had done.  So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed i
 t\, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creatio
 n.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 2:1-22\nMy son\, if you receive my wo
 rds and treasure up my commandments with you\, making your ear attentive to
  wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding\; yes\, if you cry out fo
 r insight and raise your voice for understanding\, if you seek it like silv
 er and search for it as for hidden treasures\; then you will understand the
  fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.  For the Lord gives wisdom
 \; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding\; he stores up sound wis
 dom for the upright\; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity\, guard
 ing the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.  Then you wi
 ll understand righteousness and justice and equity\, every good path\; for 
 wisdom will come into your heart\, and knowledge will be pleasant to your s
 oul\; discretion will watch over you\; understanding will guard you\; deliv
 ering you from the way of evil\, from men of perverted speech\, who forsake
  the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness\, who rejoice in 
 doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil\; men whose paths are cr
 ooked\, and who are devious in their ways.\n\nYou will be saved from the lo
 ose woman\, from the adventuress with her smooth words\, who forsakes the c
 ompanion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God\; for her house s
 inks down to death\, and her paths to the shades\; none who go to her come 
 back nor do they regain the paths of life.\n\nSo you will walk in the way o
 f good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.  For the upright will in
 habit the land\, and men of integrity will remain in it\; but the wicked wi
 ll be cut off from the land\, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/11/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople\; Luke the New Stylite of Chalced
 on\; Martyrs Acepsius and Aeithalas\; Holy Martyrs Miracus and Barsabas\; L
 eontios the Righteous of Monemvasia\; The Glorious King Nikephoros Phokas\n
 \nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Ti
 mothy 6:17-21\nTimothy\, my son\, charge the rich in this world not to be h
 aughty\, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly f
 urnishes us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good\, to be rich in g
 ood deeds\, liberal and generous\, thus laying up for themselves a good fou
 ndation for the future\, so that they may take hold of the life which is li
 fe indeed. O Timothy\, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the godl
 ess chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge\, for by
  professing it some have missed the mark as regards the faith. Grace be wit
 h you. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:28-33\nThe Lord said to his discipl
 es\, "Look up and raise your heads\, because your redemption is drawing nea
 r." And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree\, and all the trees\;
  as soon as they come out in leaf\, you see for yourselves and know that th
 e summer is already near. So also\, when you see these things taking place\
 , you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly\, I say to you\, this gen
 eration will not pass away till all has taken place. Heaven and earth will 
 pass away\, but my words will not pass away."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 1st Wednesday after Pentecost\; Lucillian of Byzantium\, 4 martyred Yo
 uths and Paula the Virgin\; Athanasios the Wonderworker\; Kevin\, Abbot of 
 Glendalough\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Roman
 s 1:18-27\nBrethren\, the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all 
 ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the trut
 h. For what can be known about God is plain to them\, because God has shown
  it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature\, na
 mely\, his eternal power and deity\, has been clearly perceived in the thin
 gs that have been made. So they are without excuse\; for although they knew
  God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him\, but they became 
 futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming 
 to be wise\, they became fools\, and exchanged the glory of the immortal Go
 d for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or reptiles. Therefo
 re God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity\, to the disho
 noring of their bodies among themselves\, because they exchanged the truth 
 about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the C
 reator\, who is blessed for ever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to
  dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatur
 al\, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were con
 sumed with passion for one another\, men committing shameless acts with men
  and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.\n\nGos
 pel Reading: Matthew 5:20-26\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Unless your
  righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees\, you will never e
 nter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to the men of o
 ld\, 'You shall not kill\; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.' 
 But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother without cause
  shall be liable to judgment\; whoever insults his brother shall be liable 
 to the council\, and whoever says\, 'You fool!' shall be liable to the hell
  of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar\, and there remembe
 r that your brother has something against you\, leave your gift there befor
 e the altar and go\; first be reconciled to your brother\, and then come an
 d offer your gift. Make friends quickly with your accuser\, while you are g
 oing with him to court\, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge\, and
  the judge to the guard\, and you be put in prison\; truly\, I say to you\,
  you will never get out till you have paid the last penny."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 3rd Monday after Pascha\; The Holy Hieromartyr Symeon\, Kinsman of the
  Lord\; Eulogios the Innkeeper of Constantinople\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts o
 f the Apostles 6:8-15\; 7:1-5\, 47-60\nIn those days\, Stephen\, full of gr
 ace and power\, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of 
 those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)\, an
 d of the Cyrenians\, and of the Alexandrians\, and of those from Cilicia an
 d Asia\, arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not withstand the 
 wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated me
 n\, who said\, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and
  God." And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes\, and 
 they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council\, and 
 set up false witnesses who said\, "This man never ceases to speak words aga
 inst this holy place and the law\; for we have heard him say that this Jesu
 s of Nazareth will destroy this place\, and will change the customs which M
 oses delivered to us." And gazing at him\, all who sat in the council saw t
 hat his face was like the face of an angel.\n\nAnd the high priest said\, "
 Is this so?" And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers\, hear me. The God of 
 glory appeared to our father Abraham\, when he was in Mesopotamia\, before 
 he lived in Haran\, and said to him\, 'Depart from your land and from your 
 kindred and go into the land which I will show you.' Then he departed from 
 the land of the Chaldeans\, and lived in Haran. And after his father died\,
  God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living\; ye
 t he gave him no inheritance in it\, not even a foot's length\, but promise
 d to give it to him in possession and to his posterity after him\, though h
 e had no child.\n\n"But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the M
 ost High does not dwell in houses made with hands\; as the prophet says\, '
 Heaven is my throne\, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for
  me\, says the Lord\, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make
  all these things?'\n\n"You stiff-necked people\, uncircumcised in heart an
 d ears\, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did\, so do you
 . Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed tho
 se who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One\, whom you have
  now betrayed and murdered\, you who received the law as delivered by angel
 s and did not keep it."\n\nNow when they heard these things they were enrag
 ed\, and they ground their teeth against him. But he\, full of the Holy Spi
 rit\, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God\, and Jesus standing at th
 e right hand of God\; and he said\, "Behold\, I see the heavens opened\, an
 d the Son of man standing at the right hand of God." But they cried out wit
 h a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then th
 ey cast him out of the city and stoned him\; and the witnesses laid down th
 eir garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stonin
 g Stephen\, he prayed\, "Lord Jesus\, receive my spirit." And he knelt down
  and cried with a loud voice\, "Lord\, do not hold this sin against them." 
 And when he had said this\, he fell asleep.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:46-54
 \nAt that time\, there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard tha
 t Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee\, he went and begged him to come dow
 n and heal his son\, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said
  to him\, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The offi
 cial said to him\, "Sir\, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to hi
 m\, "Go\; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke t
 o him and went his way. As he was going down\, his servants met him and tol
 d him that his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to m
 end\, and they said to him\, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left 
 him." The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him\, "Your 
 son will live"\; and he himself believed\, and all his household. This was 
 now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.\
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Sunday of All Saints\; The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra\; Our R
 ighteous Father Panagis (Paisios) Basias\; Tarasios & John the Martyrs\; Se
 bastian the Wonderworker\; Zenais the Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matt
 hew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the 
 mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worsh
 iped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authori
 ty in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disci
 ples of all nations\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son 
 and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded yo
 u\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpis
 tle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40\; 12:1-2\nBrethren\,
  all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, recei
 ved promises\, stopped the mouths of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped
  the edge of the sword\, won strength out of weakness\, became mighty in wa
 r\, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection
 . Some were tortured\, refusing to accept release\, that they might rise ag
 ain to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chai
 ns and imprisonment. They were stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were t
 empted\, they were killed with the sword\; they went about in skins of shee
 p and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treated - of whom the world was n
 ot worthy - wandering         over deserts and mountains and in dens and ca
 ves of the earth. And all these\, though well attested by their faith\, did
  not receive what was promised\, since God had foreseen something better fo
 r us\, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore\, sinc
 e we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses\, let us also lay asid
 e every weight\, and sin which clings so closely\, and let us run with pers
 everance the race that is set before us\, looking to Jesus the pioneer and 
 perfecter of our faith.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 10:32-33\; 37-38\; 19:27
 -30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Every one who acknowledges me before
  men\, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven\; but whoe
 ver denies me before men\, I also will deny him before my Father who is in 
 heaven.  He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me\; a
 nd he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me\; and he w
 ho does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me."  Then Peter 
 said in reply\, "Lo\, we have left everything and followed you.  What then 
 shall we have?"  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, in the new wo
 rld\, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne\, you who have f
 ollowed me will also sit on twelve thrones\, judging the twelve tribes of I
 srael.  And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father 
 or mother or children or lands\, for my name's sake\, will receive a hundre
 dfold\, and inherit eternal life.  But many that are first will be last\, a
 nd the last first."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/10/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Friday\; Terence and his Companions beheaded at Carthage\; 150 an
 d more Righteous Martyr Fathers of the Sacred Monastery of Pantocrator Daou
  Pentelis\; Gregory V\, the Holy Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople\; H
 oly Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; Miltiades\, Pope of Rome\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthia
 ns 5:6-8\n BRETHREN\, a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Cleanse out t
 he old leaven that you may be a new lump\, as you really are unleavened. Fo
 r Christ\, our paschal lamb\, has been sacrificed. Let us\, therefore\, cel
 ebrate the festival\, not with the old leaven\, the leaven of malice and ev
 il\, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (Galatians 3.13-
 14) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law\, having become a curse fo
 r us - for it is written\, "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree" - that 
 in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles\, that
  we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Matthew 27:62-66\nOn the next day\, that is\, after the day of Preparati
 on\, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said\, 
 "Sir\, we remember how that impostor said\, while he was still alive\, 'Aft
 er three days I will rise again.' Therefore order the sepulcher to be made 
 secure until the third day\, lest his disciples go and steal him away\, and
  tell the people\, 'He has risen from the dead\,' and the last fraud will b
 e worse than the first." Pilate said to them\, "You have a guard of soldier
 s\; go\, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the sepulcher
  secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/21/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Ascension\; Constantine and Helen\, Equal-to-the Apostles\; Pacho
 mios the Righteous New Martyr\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:9-20\nWhen 
 Jesus rose early on the first day of the week\, He appeared first to Mary M
 agdalene\, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those 
 who had been with Him\, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that 
 He was alive and had been seen by her\, they would not believe it.\n\nAfter
  this he appeared in another form to two of them\, as they were walking int
 o the country. And they went back and told the rest\, but they did not beli
 eve them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at ta
 ble and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart\, becaus
 e they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said t
 o them\, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation
 . He who believes and is baptized will be saved\; but he who does not belie
 ve will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in 
 My name they will cast out demons\; they will speak in new tongues\; they w
 ill pick up serpents\, and if they drink any deadly thing\, it will not hur
 t them\; they will lay their hands on the sick\, and they will recover."\n\
 nSo then the Lord Jesus\, after He had spoken to them\, was taken up into h
 eaven\, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and prea
 ched everywhere\, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message
  by the signs that attended it. Amen.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 26:1\, 12-20\nIN THOSE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have per
 mission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made h
 is defense: "I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of t
 he chief priests. At midday\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven
 \, brighter than the sun\, shining round me and those who journeyed with me
 . And when we had all fallen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me i
 n the Hebrew language\, 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts yo
 u to kick against the goads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lo
 rd said\, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon you
 r feet\; for I have appeared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to se
 rve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those i
 n which I will appear to you\, delivering you from the people and from the 
 Gentiles-to whom I send you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from da
 rkness to light and from the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive 
 forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in 
 me.' "Wherefore\, O King Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vi
 sion\, but declared first to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and thro
 ughout all the country of Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they shou
 ld repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance." \n
 \nGospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\, having risen from the dead\
 , Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them\, "Peace be 
 with you." But they were startled and frightened\, and supposed that they s
 aw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are you troubled\, and why do quest
 ionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet\, that it is I Myself
 \; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see th
 at I have." And when He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His fe
 et. And while they still disbelieved for joy\, and wondered\, He said to th
 em\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish
  [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate before them. Then He said to
  them\, "These are My words which I spoke to you\, while I was still with y
 ou\, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets 
 and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to understand
  the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it is written\, that the Christ 
 should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead\, and that repentance
  and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations\, be
 ginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold\, I s
 end the promise of My Father upon you\; but stay in the city until you are 
 clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far as Bethany\, 
 and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. While He blessed them\, He part
 ed from them\, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him\, and
  returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and were continually in the Temple 
 blessing God.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/19/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord\; Holy Martyr Zosima
 \; Our Righteous Father Zenonus\; Paisius the Great of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Jude's First Universal Letter 1:1-25\nJUDE\, a ser
 vant of Jesus Christ\, and brother of James\, To those who are called\, bel
 oved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy\, peace\, and l
 ove be multiplied to you. Beloved\, being very eager to write to you of our
  common salvation\, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to conte
 nd for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For admiss
 ion has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this 
 condemnation\, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licent
 iousness and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I desire t
 o remind you\, though you were once for all fully informed\, that the Lord 
 saved a people out of the land of Egypt\, afterward destroyed those who did
  not believe. And the angels that did not keep their own position but left 
 their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether
  gloom until the judgment of the great day\; just as Sodom and Gomorrah and
  the surrounding cities\, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in un
 natural lust\, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fi
 re. Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh\, reje
 ct authority\, and revile the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael
 \, contending with the devil\, disputed about the body of Moses\, he did no
 t presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him\, but said\, "The Lord 
 rebuke you." But these men revile whatever they do not understand\, and by 
 those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals\, they are de
 stroyed. Woe to the ungodly\, for they walk in the way of Cain\, and abando
 n themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error\, and perish in Korah's
  rebellion. These are blemishes on your love feasts\, as they boldly carous
 e together\, looking after themselves\; waterless clouds\, carried along by
  winds\; fruitless trees in late autumn\, twice dead\, uprooted\; wild wave
 s of the sea\, casting up the foam of their own shame\; wandering stars for
  whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever. It was of th
 ese also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied\, saying
 \, "Behold\, the Lord came with his holy myriads\, to execute judgment on a
 ll\, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which
  they have committed in such an ungodly way\, and of all the harsh things w
 hich ungodly sinners have spoken against him." These are grumblers\, malcon
 tents\, following their own passions\, loud-mouthed boasters\, flattering p
 eople to gain advantage. But you must remember\, beloved\, the predictions 
 of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ\; they said to you\, "in the last 
 time there will be scoffers\, following their own ungodly passions." It is 
 these who set up divisions\, worldly people\, devoid of the Spirit. But you
 \, beloved\, build yourselves up on your most holy faith\; pray in the Holy
  Spirit\; keep yourselves in the love of God\; wait for the mercy of our Lo
 rd Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And convince some\, who doubt\; save som
 e\, by snatching them out of the fire\; on some have mercy with fear\, hati
 ng even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now to him who is able to keep yo
 u from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of hi
 s glory with rejoicing\, to the only God\, our Savior through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord\, be glory\, majesty\, dominion\, and authority\, before all time 
 and now and for ever. Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: John 14:21-24\nThe Lord sai
 d to his disciples\, "He who has my commandments and keeps them\,  he it is
  who loves me\; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father\,  and I wil
 l love him and manifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot)  said to him\,
  "Lord\, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us\, and  not to the 
 world?" Jesus answered him\, "If a man loves me\, he will keep  my word\, a
 nd my Father will love him\, and we will come to him and make  our home wit
 h him. He who does not love me does not keep my words\; and  the word which
  you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/22/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forgiveness Sunday\; The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Ma
 rtyrs in the Quarter of Eugenius\; Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Bar
 adatus\; Anthousa the Martyr & her 12 Servants\n\nFast Day (Dairy\, Eggs\, 
 and Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day 
 of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, wh
 ich they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\,
  but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While 
 they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzling
  apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground\
 , the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is 
 not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still in 
 Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful me
 n\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His 
 words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to a
 ll the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of Ja
 mes and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but these
  words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But Pet
 er rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cl
 oths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14\; 14:1-4\nBrethren\
 , salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed\; the night is 
 far gone\, the day is at hand.  Let us then cast off the works of darkness 
 and put on the armor of light\; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in t
 he day\, not in reveling and drunkenness\, not in debauchery and licentious
 ness\, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ\, 
 and make no provision for the flesh\, to gratify its desires.\n\nAs for the
  man who is weak in faith\, welcome him\, but not for disputes over opinion
 s.  One believes he may eat anything\, while the weak man eats only vegetab
 les.  Let not him who eats despise him who abstains\, and let not him who a
 bstains pass judgment on him who eats\; for God has welcomed him.  Who are 
 you to pass judgment on the servant of another?  It is before his own maste
 r that he stands or falls.  And he will be upheld\, for God is able to make
  him stand. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 6:14-21\nThe Lord said\, "If you fo
 rgive men their trespasses\, your heavenly Father also will forgive you\; b
 ut if you do not forgive men their trespasses\, neither will your Father fo
 rgive your trespasses.\n\n"And when you fast\, do not look dismal\, like th
 e hypocrites\, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be see
 n by men.  Truly\, I say to you\, they have received their reward.  But whe
 n you fast\, anoint your head and wash your face\, that your fasting may no
 t be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret\; and your Father who 
 sees in secret will reward you.\n\n"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures 
 on earth\, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal
 \, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\, where neither moth nor r
 ust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your t
 reasure is\, there will your heart be also."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mark the Apostle and Evangelist\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's First 
 Universal Letter 5:6-14\nBRETHREN\, humble yourselves therefore under the m
 ighty hand of God\, that in due time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxiet
 ies on him\, for he cares about you. Be sober\, be watchful. Your adversary
  the devil prowls around like a roaring lion\, seeking some one to devour. 
 Resist him\, first in your faith\, knowing that the same experience of suff
 ering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you h
 ave suffered a little while\, the God of all grace\, who has called you to 
 his eternal glory in Christ\, will himself restore\, establish and strength
 en you. To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nBy Silvanos\, a 
 faithful brother as I regard him\, I have written briefly to you\, exhortin
 g and declaring that this is the true grace of God\; stand fast in it. She 
 who is at Babylon\, who is likewise chosen\, sends you greetings\; and so d
 oes my son Mark. Greet one another with the kiss of love.\n\nPeace to all o
 f you that are in Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said t
 o his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejec
 ts me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returne
 d with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your nam
 e!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Beh
 old\, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and
  over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless
  do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice
  that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in t
 he Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\
 , that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and rev
 ealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Samson the Hospitable\; Joanna the Myrrhbearer\; Anektos the Martyr\; 
 Luke the Hermit\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Romans 6:11-17\nBrethren\, you also must consider yourselves d
 ead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.\n\nLet not sin therefore reign
  in your mortal bodies\, to make you obey their passions. Do not yield your
  members to sin as instruments of wickedness\, but yield yourselves to God 
 as men who have been brought from death to life\, and your members to God a
 s instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you\, si
 nce you are not under law but under grace.\n\nWhat then? Are we to sin beca
 use we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that
  if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves\, you are slaves of 
 the one whom you obey\, either of sin\, which leads to death\, or of obedie
 nce\, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God\, that you who wer
 e once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of
  teaching to which you were committed.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 8:14-23\n
 At that time\, when Jesus entered Peter's house\, he saw his mother-in-law 
 lying sick with a fever\; he touched her hand\, and the fever left her\, an
 d she rose and served him. That evening they brought to him many who were p
 ossessed with demons\; and he cast out the spirits with a word\, and healed
  all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isai
 ah\, "He took our infirmities and bore our diseases."\n\nNow when Jesus saw
  great crowds around him\, he gave orders to go over to the other side. And
  a scribe came up and said to him\, "Teacher\, I will follow you wherever y
 ou go." And Jesus said to him\, "Foxes have holes\, and birds of the air ha
 ve nests\; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head." Another of the 
 disciples said to him\, "Lord\, let me first go and bury my father." But Je
 sus said to him\, "Follow me\, and leave the dead to bury their own dead." 
 And when he entered the boat\, his disciples followed him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/04/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Barbara the Great Martyr\; John the Righteous of Damascus\; New Hierom
 artyr Seraphim\, Bishop of the Phanar in Greece\; Juliana the Martyr of Hel
 iopolis\; Alexander Hotovitzky\, New Hieromartyr of Russia\, Missionary to 
 America\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 25:1-1
 3\nThe Lord said this parable\, "The kingdom of heaven shall be compared to
  ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of 
 them were foolish\, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lam
 ps\, they took no oil with them\; but the wise took flasks of oil with thei
 r lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed\, they all slumbered and slept. But 
 at midnight there was a cry\, 'Behold\, the bridegroom! Come out to meet hi
 m.' Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish sa
 id to the wise\, 'Give us some of your oil\, for our lamps are going out.' 
 But the wise replied\, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you
 \; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they went to
  buy\, the bridegroom came\, and those who were ready went in with him to t
 he marriage feast\; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came
  also\, saying\, 'Lord\, lord\, open to us.' But he replied\, 'Truly\, I sa
 y to you\, I do not know you.' Watch therefore\, for you know neither the d
 ay nor the hour in which the Son of man will come."\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith ca
 me\, we were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith shou
 ld be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that 
 we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no lon
 ger under a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, throu
 gh faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Chris
 t. There is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there
  is neither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if y
 ou are Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to pro
 mise. I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a
  slave\, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardia
 ns and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were
  children\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But wh
 en the time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, bor
 n under the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might
  receive adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, 
 a great crowd followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman 
 who had had a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much un
 der many physicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better bu
 t rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up be
 hind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch e
 ven his garments\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ce
 ased\; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jes
 us\, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately
  turned about in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his 
 disciples said to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet yo
 u say\, 'Who touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But
  the woman\, knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling
  and fell down before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to he
 r\, "Daughter\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed 
 of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/04/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:29-38\nBrethren\, what do people me
 an by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at a
 ll\, why are people baptized on their behalf? Why am I in peril every hour?
  I protest\, brethren\, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our
  Lord\, I die every day! What do I gain if\, humanly speaking\, I fought wi
 th beasts at Ephesos? If the dead are not raised\, "Let us eat and drink\, 
 for tomorrow we die." Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals." 
 Come to your right mind\, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of Go
 d. I say this to your shame. But some one will ask\, "How are the dead rais
 ed? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish man! What you sow doe
 s not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body which i
 s to be\, but a bare kernel\, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. But God
  gives it a body as he has chosen\, and to each kind of seed its own body.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-27\nAt that time\, when Jesus entered the 
 temple\, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as h
 e was teaching\, and said\, "By what authority are you doing these things\,
  and who gave you this authority?" Jesus answered them\, "I also will ask y
 ou a question\; and if you tell me the answer\, then I also will tell you b
 y what authority I do these things. The baptism of John\, whence was it? Fr
 om heaven or from men?" And they argued with one another\, "If we say\, 'Fr
 om heaven\,' he will say to us\, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if
  we say\, 'From men\,' we are afraid of the multitude\; for all hold that J
 ohn was a prophet." So they answered Jesus\, "We do not know." And he said 
 to them\, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\
 n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/18/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra\; Holy Martyr Romanus\; Zaccheus the 
 Deacon\; Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Paramythia\; Martyr Romanos the Deac
 on\; Anastasios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Readin
 g: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 3:8-13\nBrethren\, if you s
 tand fast in the Lord\, what thanksgiving can we render to God for you\, fo
 r all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God\, praying earnestl
 y night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking
  in your faith? Now may our God and Father himself\, and our Lord Jesus\, d
 irect our way to you\; and may the Lord make you increase and abound in lov
 e to one another and to all men\, as we do to you\, so that he may establis
 h your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father\, at the com
 ing of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 14:25-35
 \nAt that time\, great multitudes accompanied Jesus\; and he turned and sai
 d to them\, "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mo
 ther and wife and children and brothers and sisters\, yes\, and even his ow
 n life\, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and 
 come after me\, cannot be my disciple. For which of you\, desiring to build
  a tower\, does not first sit down and count the cost\, whether he has enou
 gh to complete it? Otherwise\, when he has laid a foundation\, and is not a
 ble to finish\, all who see it begin to mock him\, saying\, 'This man began
  to build\, and was not able to finish.' Or what king\, going to encounter 
 another king in war\, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he i
 s able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thou
 sand? And if not\, while the other is yet a great way off\, he sends an emb
 assy and asks terms of peace. So therefore\, whoever of you does not renoun
 ce all that he has cannot be my disciple. Salt is good\; but if salt has lo
 st its taste\, how shall its saltness be restored? It is fit neither for th
 e land nor for the dunghill\; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear\, 
 let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Parthenius\, Bishop of Lampsacus\; Luke of Mount Stirion\; George the 
 New Martyr of Crete\; Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions\; The Synaxis
  of the New Martyrs of Russia\; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord 
 and Savior in the Temple\; Richard\, King of Wessex\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:11-16\nTimothy\, my son\, ai
 m at righteousness\, godliness\, faith\, love\, steadfastness\, gentleness.
   Fight the good fight of the faith\; take hold of the eternal life to whic
 h you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many
  witnesses.  In the presence of God who gives life to all things\, and of C
 hrist Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confes
 sion\, I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproac
 h until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ\; and this will be made mani
 fest at the proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign\, and King of kin
 gs and Lord of lords\, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachab
 le light\, whom no man has ever seen or can see.  To him be honor and etern
 al dominion.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:46-47\; 21:1-4\nThe Lord sa
 id to his disciples\, "Beware of the scribes\, who like to go about in long
  robes\, and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in th
 e synagogues and the places of honor at feasts\, who devour widows' houses 
 and for a pretense make long prayers.  They will receive the greater condem
 nation."  He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasu
 ry\; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.  And he said\, "Truly
 \, I tell you\, this poor widow has put in more than all of them\; for they
  all contributed out of their abundance\, but she out of her poverty put in
  all the living that she had."  Having said this\, he proclaimed\, "He who 
 has ears let him hear."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicetas\, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium\; Joseph the Hymnographer
 \; Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Isaiah 66:10-24\n"Rejoice with Jerusalem\, and be glad for her\, all you w
 ho love her\; rejoice with her in joy\, all you who mourn over her\; that y
 ou may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts\; that you may drin
 k deeply with delight from the abundance of her glory."  For thus says the 
 LORD: "Behold\, I will extend prosperity to her like a river\, and the weal
 th of the nations like an overflowing stream\; and you shall suck\, you sha
 ll be carried upon her hip\, and dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his m
 other comforts\, so I will comfort you\; you shall be comforted in Jerusale
 m.  You shall see\, and your heart shall rejoice\; your bones shall flouris
 h like the grass\; and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with 
 his servants\, and his indignation is against his enemies.  "For behold\, t
 he LORD will come in fire\, and his chariots like the stormwind\, to render
  his anger in fury\, and his rebuke with flames of fire.  For by fire will 
 the LORD execute judgment\, and by his sword\, upon all flesh\; and those s
 lain by the LORD shall be many.  "Those who sanctify and purify themselves 
 to go into the gardens\, following one in the midst\, eating swine's flesh 
 and the abomination and mice\, shall come to an end together\, says the LOR
 D.  "For I know their works and their thoughts\, and I am coming to gather 
 all nations and tongues\; and they shall come and shall see my glory\, and 
 I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the na
 tions\, to Tarshish\, Put\, and Lud\, who draw the bow\, to Tubal and Javan
 \, to the coastlands afar off\, that have not heard my fame or seen my glor
 y\; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.  And they shall brin
 g all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD\, upon 
 horses\, and in chariots\, and in litters\, and upon mules\, and upon drome
 daries\, to my holy mountain Jerusalem\, says the LORD\, just as the Israel
 ites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD
 .  And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites\, says the
  LORD.  "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall r
 emain before me\, says the LORD\; so shall your descendants and your name r
 emain.  From new moon to new moon\, and from sabbath to sabbath\, all flesh
  shall come to worship before me\, says the LORD.  "And they shall go forth
  and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me\; for
  their worm shall not die\, their fire shall not be quenched\, and they sha
 ll be an abhorrence to all flesh."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 49:33-
 50:26\nWhen Jacob finished charging his sons\, he drew up his feet into the
  bed\, and breathed his last\, and was gathered to his people.  Then Joseph
  fell on his father's face\, and wept over him\, and kissed him.  And Josep
 h commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physic
 ians embalmed Israel\; forty days were required for it\, for so many are re
 quired for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.\n\nAnd w
 hen the days of weeping for him were past\, Joseph spoke to the household o
 f Pharaoh\, saying\, "If now I have found favor in your eyes\, speak\, I pr
 ay you\, in the ears of Pharaoh\, saying\, My father made me swear\, saying
 \, 'I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land 
 of Canaan\, there shall you bury me.' Now therefore let me go up\, I pray y
 ou\, and bury my father\; then I will return."  And Pharaoh answered\, "Go 
 up\, and bury your father\, as he made you swear."  So Joseph went up to bu
 ry his father\; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh\, the elde
 rs of his household\, and all the elders of the land of Egypt\, as well as 
 all the household of Joseph\, his brothers\, and his father's household\; o
 nly their children\, their flocks\, and their herds were left in the land o
 f Goshen.  And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen\; it was a
  very great company.  When they came to the threshing floor of Atad\, which
  is beyond the Jordan\, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful
  lamentation\; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.  When the 
 inhabitants of the land\, the Canaanites\, saw the mourning on the threshin
 g floor of Atad\, they said\, "This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians
 ." Therefore the place was named Abelmizraim\; it is beyond the Jordan.  Th
 us his sons did for him as he had commanded them\; for his sons carried him
  to the land of Canaan\, and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpel
 ah\, to the east of Mamre\, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron
  the Hittite\, to possess as a burying place.  After he had buried his fath
 er\, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up wit
 h him to bury his father.  When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was
  dead\, they said\, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for
  all the evil which we did to him."  So they sent a message to Joseph\, say
 ing\, "Your father gave this command before he died\,  'Say to Joseph\, For
 give\, I pray you\, the transgression of your brothers and their sin\, beca
 use they did evil to you.' And now\, we pray you\, forgive the transgressio
 n of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke t
 o him.  His brothers also came and fell down before him\, and said\, "Behol
 d\, we are your servants."  But Joseph said to them\, "Fear not\, for am I 
 in the place of God?  As for you\, you meant evil against me\; but God mean
 t it for good\, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive\, a
 s they are today.  So do not fear\; I will provide for you and your little 
 ones." Thus he reassured them and comforted them.\n\nSo Joseph dwelt in Egy
 pt\, he and his father's house\; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. 
  And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation\; the children a
 lso of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.  And Josep
 h said to his brothers\, "I am about to die\; but God will visit you\, and 
 bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham\, to Is
 aac\, and to Jacob."  Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel\, sayi
 ng\, "God will visit you\, and you shall carry up my bones from here."  So 
 Joseph died\, being a hundred and ten years old\; and they embalmed him\, a
 nd he was put in a coffin in Egypt.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 31:8
 -31\nOpen your mouth for the dumb\, for the rights of all who are left deso
 late.  Open your mouth\, judge righteously\, maintain the rights of the poo
 r and needy.  A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewel
 s.  The heart of her husband trusts in her\, and he will have no lack of ga
 in.  She does him good\, and not harm\, all the days of her life.  She seek
 s wool and flax\, and works with willing hands.  She is like the ships of t
 he merchant\, she brings her food from afar.  She rises while it is yet nig
 ht and provides food for her household and tasks for her maidens.  She cons
 iders a field and buys it\; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineya
 rd.  She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.  She perc
 eives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night
 .  She puts her hands to the distaff\, and her hands hold the spindle.  She
  opens her hand to the poor\, and reaches out her hands to the needy.  She 
 is not afraid of snow for her household\, for all her household are clothed
  in scarlet.  She makes herself coverings\; her clothing is fine linen and 
 purple.  Her husband is known in the gates\, when he sits among the elders 
 of the land.  She makes linen garments and sells them\; she delivers girdle
 s to the merchant.  Strength and dignity are her clothing\, and she laughs 
 at the time to come.  She opens her mouth with wisdom\, and the teaching of
  kindness is on her tongue.  She looks well to the ways of her household\, 
 and does not eat the bread of idleness.  Her children rise up and call her 
 blessed\; her husband also\, and he praises her:  "Many women have done exc
 ellently\, but you surpass them all."  Charm is deceitful\, an
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: George the Great Martyr and Triumphant\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 
 21:12-19\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay thei
 r hands on you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and 
 prisons\, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's 
 sake. This will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in
  your minds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give yo
 u a mouth and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withs
 tand or contradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers a
 nd kinsmen and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will 
 be hated by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish
 . By your endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of 
 the Apostles 12:1-11\nAbout that time\, Herod the king laid violent hands u
 pon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John wi
 th the sword\; and when he saw that it pleased the Jews\, he proceeded to a
 rrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he
  had seized him\, he put him in prison\, and delivered him to four squads o
 f soldiers to guard him\, intending after the Passover to bring him out to 
 the people. So Peter was kept in prison\; but earnest prayer for him was ma
 de to God by the Church.\n\nThe very night when Herod was about to bring hi
 m out\, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers\, bound with two chains\, a
 nd sentries before the door were guarding the prison\; and behold\, an ange
 l of the Lord appeared\, and a light shone in the cell\; and he struck Pete
 r on the side and woke him\, saying\, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell
  off his hands. And the angel said to him\, "Wrap your mantle around you an
 d follow me." And he went out and followed him\; he did not know that what 
 was done by the angel was real\, but thought he was seeing a vision. When t
 hey had passed the first and the second guard\, they came to the iron gate 
 leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord\, and they went 
 out and passed on through one street\; and immediately the angel left him. 
 And Peter came to himself\, and said\, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sen
 t his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jew
 ish people were expecting."\n\nGospel Reading: John 15:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe 
 Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to love one another.  If 
 the world hates you\, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  If yo
 u were of the world\, the world would love its own\; but because you are no
 t of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, therefore the world hat
 es you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A servant is not greater t
 han his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will persecute you\; if they
  kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all this they will do to yo
 u on my account\, because they do not know him who sent me.  If I had not c
 ome and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; but now they have no exc
 use for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father also.  If I had not don
 e among them the works which no one else did\, they would not have sin\; bu
 t now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  It is to fulfill the
  word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me without a cause.'\n\n  
 But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to you from the Father\, e
 ven the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Father\, he will bear witne
 ss to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you have been with me from 
 the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away. 
  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, the hour is coming when
  whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia\; Finding the Precious Cross by St. H
 elen\; Hesychios the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Isaiah 7:1-14\nIn the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham\, son of Uzziah\, king
  of Judah\, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king 
 of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it\, but they could not 
 conquer it.  When the house of David was told\, "Syria is in league with Ep
 hraim\," his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the fo
 rest shake before the wind.\n\nAnd the LORD said to Isaiah\, "Go forth to m
 eet Ahaz\, you and Shearjashub your son\, at the end of the conduit of the 
 upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field\, and say to him\, 'Take he
 ed\, be quiet\, do not fear\, and do not let your heart be faint because of
  these two smoldering stumps of firebrands\, at the fierce anger of Rezin a
 nd Syria and the son of Remaliah.  Because Syria\, with Ephraim and the son
  of Remaliah\, has devised evil against you\, saying\,  "Let us go up again
 st Judah and terrify it\, and let us conquer it for ourselves\, and set up 
 the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it\," thus says the Lord GOD: It 
 shall not stand\, and it shall not come to pass.  For the head of Syria is 
 Damascus\, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty-five years Ephr
 aim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)  And t
 he head of Ephraim is Samaria\, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remal
 iah. If you will not believe\, surely you shall not be established.'"\n\nAg
 ain the LORD spoke to Ahaz\,  "Ask a sign of the LORD your God\; let it be 
 deep as Sheol or high as heaven."  But Ahaz said\, "I will not ask\, and I 
 will not put the LORD to the test."  And he said\, "Hear then\, O house of 
 David! Is it too little for you to weary men\, that you weary my God also? 
  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold\, a virgin shall c
 onceive and bear a son\, and shall call his name Immanuel.\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Genesis 5:32-6:8\n After Noah was five hundred years old\, Noah b
 ecame the father of Shem\, Ham\, and Japheth.  When men began to multiply o
 n the face of the ground\, and daughters were born to them\, the sons of Go
 d saw that the daughters of men were fair\; and they took to wife such of t
 hem as they chose.  Then the LORD said\, "My spirit shall not abide in man 
 for ever\, for he is flesh\, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty yea
 rs."  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days\, and also afterward\, w
 hen the sons of God came in to the daughters of men\, and they bore childre
 n to them. These were the mighty men that were of old\, the men of renown. 
  \n\n The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth\, and 
 that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continual
 ly.  And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth\, and it grie
 ved him to his heart.  So the LORD said\, "I will blot out man whom I have 
 created from the face of the ground\, man and beast and creeping things and
  birds of the air\, for I am sorry that I have made them."  But Noah found 
 favor in the eyes of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:20-7:1\
 nMy son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake not your mother's te
 aching.  Bind them upon your heart always\; tie them about your neck.  When
  you walk\, they will lead you\; when you lie down\, they will watch over y
 ou\; and when you awake\, they will talk with you.  For the commandment is 
 a lamp and the teaching a light\, and the reproofs of discipline are the wa
 y of life\, to preserve you from the evil woman\, from the smooth tongue of
  the adventuress.  Do not desire her beauty in your heart\, and do not let 
 her capture you with her eyelashes\; for a harlot may be hired for a loaf o
 f bread\, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.  Can a man carry fire
  in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?  Or can one walk upon hot coal
 s and his feet not be scorched?  So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wif
 e\; none who touches her will go unpunished.  Do not men despise a thief if
  he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?  And if he is caught\
 , he will pay sevenfold\; he will give all the goods of his house.  He who 
 commits adultery has no sense\; he who does it destroys himself.  Wounds an
 d dishonor will he get\, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.  For jeal
 ousy makes a man furious\, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.  He
  will accept no compensation\, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.  
 My son\, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/24/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Holy Father Clement\, Pope of Rome\; Peter\, Archbishop of Alexand
 ria\; Hermogenes\, the Martyr\; Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in
 to the Temple\; Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs\n\nFast Day (Fish A
 llowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\; 
 4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealth is in heaven\, and from it we await a Sa
 vior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, who will change our lowly body to be like hi
 s glorious body\, by the power which enables him even to subject all things
  to himself.  Therefore\, my brethren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy a
 nd crown\, stand firm thus in the Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and 
 I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefel
 low\, help these women\, for they have labored side by side with me in the 
 gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers\, whose name
 s are in the book of life. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 17:20-25\nAt that time\
 , when Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming\
 , he answered them\, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be obs
 erved\; nor will they say\, 'Lo\, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold\, the
  kingdom of God is in the midst of you." And he said to the disciples\, "Th
 e days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of
  man\, and you will not see it. And they will say to you\, 'Lo\, there!' or
  'Lo\, here!' Do not go\, do not follow them. For as the lightning flashes 
 and lights up the sky from one side to the other\, so will the Son of man b
 e in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this 
 generation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Dormition of St. Anna\, mother of the Theotokos\; Olympias the Deacone
 ss\; Eupraxia & Julia the Righteous of Tabenna\; Gregory Kallidis\, Metropo
 litan of Heraclea\; Memory of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinopl
 e (553)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27\nBre
 thren\, Abraham had two sons\, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But 
 the son of the slave was born according to the flesh\, the son of the free 
 woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenan
 ts. One is from Mount Sinai\, bearing children for slavery\; she is Hagar. 
 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia\; she corresponds to the present Jerusal
 em\, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is fr
 ee\, and she is our mother. For it is written\, "Rejoice\, O barren one who
  does not bear\; break forth and shout\, you who are not in travail\; for t
 he children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that
  is married."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 8:16-21\nThe Lord said\, "No one afte
 r lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel\, or puts it under a bed\, but pu
 ts it on a stand\, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is h
 id that shall not be made manifest\, nor anything secret that shall not be 
 known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear\; for to him who has w
 ill more be given\, and from him who has not\, even what he thinks that he 
 has will be taken away."\n\nThen his mother and his brothers came to him\, 
 but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told\, "Your mother 
 and your brothers are standing outside\, desiring to see you." But he said 
 to them\, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and
  do it."\n\n
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 sts: Leo the Great\, Pope of Rome\; Agapetus the Confessor\, Bishop of Sina
 i\; Flavian the Confessor\, Patriarch of Constantinople\n\nFast Day (Dairy\
 , Eggs\, and Fish Allowed)\n\nOld Testament Reading: Joel 3:12-21\nLet the 
 nations bestir themselves\, and come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat\; for
  there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.\n\nPut in the sickl
 e\, for the harvest is ripe.  Go in\, tread\, for the wine press is full.  
 The vats overflow\, for their wickedness is great.\n\nMultitudes\, multitud
 es\, in the valley of decision!  For the day of the Lord is near in the val
 ley of decision.  The sun and the moon are darkened\, and the stars withdra
 w their shining.\n\nAnd the Lord roars from Zion\, and utters his voice fro
 m Jerusalem\, and the heavens and the earth shake.  But the Lord is a refug
 e to his people\, a stronghold to the people of Israel.\n\n"So you shall kn
 ow that I am the Lord your God\, who dwell in Zion\, my holy mountain.  And
  Jerusalem shall be holy and strangers shall never again pass through it.\n
 \n"And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine\, and the hills shal
 l flow with milk\, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water\;
  and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the v
 alley of Shittim.\n\n"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate w
 ilderness\, for the violence done to the people of Judah\, because they hav
 e shed innocent blood in their land.  But Judah shall be inhabited for ever
 \, and Jerusalem to all generations.  I will avenge their blood\, and I wil
 l not clear the guilty\, for the Lord dwells in Zion." \n\nOld Testament Re
 ading: Joel 2:12-26\n"Yet even now\," says the Lord\, "return to me with al
 l your heart\, with fasting\, with weeping\, and with mourning\; and rend y
 our hearts and not your garments."  Return to the Lord\, your God\, for he 
 is gracious and merciful\, slow to anger\, and abounding in steadfast love\
 , and repents of evil.  Who knows whether he will not turn and repent\, and
  leave a blessing behind him\, a cereal offering and a drink offering for t
 he Lord\, your God?\n\nBlow the trumpet in Zion\; sanctify a fast\; call a 
 solemn assembly\; gather the people.  Sanctify the congregation\; assemble 
 the elders\; gather the children\, even nursing infants.  Let the bridegroo
 m leave his room\, and the bride her chamber.\n\nBetween the vestibule and 
 the altar let the priests\, the ministers of the Lord\, weep and say\, "Spa
 re thy people\, O Lord\, and make not thy heritage a reproach\, a byword am
 ong the nations.  Why should they say among the peoples\, 'Where is their G
 od?'"\n\nThen the Lord became jealous for his land\, and had pity on his pe
 ople.  The Lord answered and said to his people\, "Behold\, I am sending to
  you grain\, wine\, and oil\, and you will be satisfied\; and I will no mor
 e make you a reproach among the nations.\n\n"I will remove the northerner f
 ar from you\, and drive him into a parched and desolate land\, his front in
 to the eastern sea\, and his rear into the western sea\; the stench and fou
 l smell of him will rise\, for he has done great things.\n\n"Fear not\, O l
 and\; be glad and rejoice\, for the Lord has done great things!  Fear not\,
  you beasts of the field\, for the pastures of the wilderness are green\; t
 he tree bears its fruit\, the fig tree and vine give their full yield.\n\n"
 Be glad\, O sons of Zion\, and rejoice in the Lord\, your God\; for he has 
 given the early rain for your vindication\, he has poured down for you abun
 dant rain\, the early and the latter rain\, as before.\n\n"The threshing fl
 oors shall be full of grain\, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  I
  will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten\, the ho
 pper\, the destroyer\, and the cutter\, my great army\, which I sent among 
 you.\n\n"You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied\, and praise the name of 
 the Lord your God\, who has dealt wondrously with you.  And my people shall
  never again be put to shame."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/19/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council\; Macrina the
  Righteous\, sister of St. Basil\; Dius\, Abbot of Antioch\; Saint Theodore
 \, Bishop of Edessa\; Translation of the Holy Relics of Righteous Seraphim 
 of Sarov\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the we
 ek\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and 
 saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went
  to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and sai
 d to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know 
 where they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple\, an
 d they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the other disciple outran 
 Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the lin
 en cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, follo
 wing him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the n
 apkin\, which had been on His head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but 
 rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\, who reached the t
 omb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for as yet they did no
 t know the scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples 
 went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:
 8-15\nTitus\, my son\, the saying is sure.  I desire you to insist on these
  things\, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply th
 emselves to good deeds\; these are excellent and profitable to men.  But av
 oid stupid controversies\, genealogies\, dissensions\, and quarrels over th
 e law\, for they are unprofitable and futile.  As for a man who is factious
 \, after admonishing him once or twice\, have nothing more to do with him\,
  knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful\; he is self-condemned.
 \n\nWhen I send Artemas or Tychicos to you\, do your best to come to me at 
 Nicopolis\, for I have decided to spend the winter there.  Do your best to 
 speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way\; see that they lack nothin
 g.  And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds\, so as to h
 elp cases of urgent need\, and not to be unfruitful.\n\nAll who are with me
  send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with 
 you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:14-19\nThe Lord said to his dis
 ciples\, "You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be h
 id.  Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel\, but on a stand\, a
 nd it gives light to all in the house.  Let your light so shine before men\
 , that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in
  heaven.  Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets\; 
 I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly\, I say to 
 you\, till heaven and earth pass away\, not an iota\, not a dot\, will pass
  from the law until all is accomplished.  Whoever then relaxes one of the l
 east of these commandments and teaches men so\, shall be called least in th
 e kingdom of heaven\; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called
  great in the kingdom of heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 12th Sunday of Matthew\; Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy La
 dy the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop o
 f Lyons\; Lupus the Martyr\; Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion\; Ou
 r Holy Father Kallinikos\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Haralambos of Kaly
 viani\; 38 Martyrs of Thrace\; Our Holy Father Irenaeus\, Bishop of Sirmium
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt that time\, the eleven disc
 iples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. A
 nd when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but some doubted. And Jesus came 
 and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to 
 Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations\, baptizing them in the 
 name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, teaching them to obser
 ve all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always\, to the c
 lose of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 15:1-11\nBrethren\, I would remind you in what terms I preached
  to you the gospel\, which you received\, in which you stand\, by which you
  are saved\, if you hold it fast -- unless you believed in vain. For I deli
 vered to you as of first importance what I also received\, that Christ died
  for our sins in accordance with the scriptures\, that he was buried\, that
  he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures\, and tha
 t he appeared to Cephas\, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than
  five hundred brethren at one time\, most of whom are still alive\, though 
 some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James\, then to all the apostl
 es. Last of all\, as to one untimely born\, he appeared also to me. For I a
 m the least of the apostles\, unfit to be called an apostle\, because I per
 secuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am\, and his
  grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary\, I worked harder than an
 y of them\, though it was not I\, but the grace of God which is with me. Wh
 ether then it was I or they\, so we preach and so you believed.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 19:16-26\nAt that time\, a young man came up to Jesus\, kne
 eling and saying\, "Good Teacher\, what good deed must I do\, to have etern
 al life?" And he said to him\, "Why do you call me good?  One there is who 
 is good.  If you would enter life\, keep the commandments."  He said to him
 \, "Which?"  And Jesus said\, "You shall not kill\, You shall not commit ad
 ultery\, You shall not steal\, You shall not bear false witness\, Honor you
 r father and mother\, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself."  The y
 oung man said to him\, "All these I have observed\; what do I still lack?" 
  Jesus said to him\, "If you would be perfect\, go\, sell what you possess 
 and give to the poor\, and you will have treasure in heaven\; and come\, fo
 llow me."  When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful\; for he ha
 d great possessions.\n\nAnd Jesus said to his disciples\, "Truly\, I say to
  you\, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Agai
 n I tell you\, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle t
 han for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."  When the disciples heard 
 this they were greatly astonished\, saying\, "Who then can be saved?"  But 
 Jesus looked at them and said to them\, "With men this is impossible\, but 
 with God all things are possible."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of Orthodoxy\; The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan\
 ; Andonina the New Martyr\; David the Archbishop\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter ros
 e and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths b
 y themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very d
 ay] two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles fr
 om Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had 
 happened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself d
 rew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
  And He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding wit
 h each other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of 
 them\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusale
 m who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And
  He said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus 
 of Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all 
 the people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be co
 ndemned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one 
 to redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day sinc
 e this happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were 
 at the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came 
 back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He w
 as alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it ju
 st as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\,
  "O foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have s
 poken! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and 
 enter into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He 
 interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So
  they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be 
 going further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it 
 is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with
  them. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and
  broke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recogn
 ized Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "D
 id not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while 
 He opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned 
 to Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who we
 re with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to 
 Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how He was known t
 o them in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Hebrews 11:24-26\, 32-40\nBrethren\, by faith Moses\, when he was gr
 own up\, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter\, choosing rath
 er to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting
  pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater weal
 th than the treasures of Egypt\, for he looked to the reward.\n\nAnd what m
 ore shall I say?  For time would fail me to tell of Gideon\, Barak\, Samson
 \, Jephthah\, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith con
 quered kingdoms\, enforced justice\, received promises\, stopped the mouths
  of lions\, quenched raging fire\, escaped the edge of the sword\, won stre
 ngth out of weakness\, became mighty in war\, put foreign enemies to flight
 .  Women received their dead by resurrection.  Some were tortured\, refusin
 g to accept release\, that they might rise again to a better life.  Others 
 suffered mocking and scourging\, and even chains and imprisonment.  They we
 re stoned\, they were sawn in two\, they were killed with the sword\; they 
 went about in skins of sheep and goats\, destitute\, afflicted\, ill-treate
 d -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountai
 ns\, and in dens and caves of the earth.\n\nAnd all these\, though well att
 ested by their faith\, did not receive what was promised\, since God had fo
 reseen something better for us\, that apart from us they should not be made
  perfect. \n\nGospel Reading: John 1:43-51\nAt that time\, Jesus decided to
  go to Galilee.  And he found Philip and said to him\, "Follow me."  Now Ph
 ilip was from Bethsaida\, the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Natha
 nael\, and he said to him\, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and
  also the prophets wrote\, Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph."  Nathana
 el said to him\, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"  Philip said to 
 him\, "Come and see."  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him\, and said of him\
 , "Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!"  Nathanael said to 
 him\, "How do you know me?"  Jesus answered him\, "Before Philip called you
 \, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you."  Nathanael answered him\,
  "Rabbi\, you are the Son of God!  You are the King of Israel!"  Jesus answ
 ered him\, "Because I said to you\, I saw you under the fig tree\, do you b
 elieve?  You shall see greater things than these."  And he said to him\, "T
 ruly\, truly\, I say to you\, you will see heaven opened\, and the angels o
 f God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Archippus the Apostle\, Philemon the Apostle & his wife\, Apphia\, One
 simos the Disciple of Paul\; Holy Martyr Cecilia and those with her\; After
 feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple\; Kallistos Xanthopoulo
 s\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Anthimos\, President of Crete\; Righteous
  Jacob of Evia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to Philemon 1:1-25\n PAUL\, a prisoner for Christ Jesus\, and Timothy 
 our brother\, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker\, and Apphia our sister
  and Archippos our fellow soldier\, and the church in your house: Grace to 
 you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God
  always when I remember you in my prayers\, because I hear of your love and
  of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints\, and
  I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the
  good that is ours in Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from 
 your love\, my brother\, because the hearts of the saints have been refresh
 ed through you. Accordingly\, though I am bold enough in Christ to command 
 you to do what is required\, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you 
 - I\, Paul\, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus - I app
 eal to you for my child\, Onesimos\, whose father I have become in my impri
 sonment. (Formerly he was useless to you\, but now he is indeed useful to y
 ou and to me.) I am sending him back to you\, sending my very heart. I woul
 d have been glad to keep him with me\, in order that he might serve me on y
 our behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel\; but I preferred to do no
 thing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by comp
 ulsion but of your own free will. Perhaps this is why he was parted from yo
 u for a while\, that you might have him back for ever\, no longer as a slav
 e but more than a slave\, as a beloved brother\, especially to me but how m
 uch more to you\, both in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me 
 your partner\, receive him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you a
 t all\, or owes you anything\, charge that to my account. I\, Paul\, write 
 this with my own hand\, I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me e
 ven your own self. Yes\, brother\, I want some benefit from you in the Lord
 . Refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience\, I write to you\
 , knowing that you will do even more than I say. At the same time\, prepare
  a guest room for me\, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted t
 o you. Epaphras\, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus\, sends greetings to y
 ou\, and so do Mark\, Aristarchos\, Demas\, and Luke\, my fellow workers. T
 he grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Luke 9:57-62\nAt that time\, as Jesus was going along the road\, a man
  said to him\, "I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him\,
  "Foxes have holes\, and birds of the air have nests\; but the Son of man h
 as nowhere to lay his head." To another he said\, "Follow me." But he said\
 , "Lord\, let me first go and bury my father." But he said to him\, "Leave 
 the dead to bury their own dead\; but as for you\, go and proclaim the king
 dom of God." Another said\, "I will follow you\, Lord\; but let me first sa
 y farewell to those at my home." Jesus said to him\, "No one who puts his h
 and to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/15/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eleutherios the Hieromartyr\, Bishop of Illyricum\, and his mother Ant
 hia\; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 1:8-18\nTIMOTHY\, m
 y son\, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord\, nor of me his pr
 isoner\, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God\, who sa
 ved us and called us with a holy calling\, not in virtue of our works but i
 n virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus 
 ages ago\, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Chris
 t Jesus\, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light thr
 ough the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and
  teacher\, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed\, for I kno
 w whom I have believed\, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that 
 Day what has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound words wh
 ich you have heard from me\, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesu
 s\; guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who d
 wells within us.\n\nYou are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from
  me\, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to t
 he household of Onesiphoros\, for he often refreshed me\; he was not ashame
 d of my chains\, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and
  found me -  may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day
  and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.\n\nGospel Readin
 g: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through the grainfi
 elds\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of gra
 in.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing what is not
  lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never read what D
 avid did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who were with 
 him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high priest\, and 
 ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any but the prie
 sts to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And he said to 
 them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\; so the Son
  of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the synagogue\, a
 nd a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched him\, to see 
 whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might accuse him.  
 And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here."  And he sai
 d to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm\, to save
  life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around at them wit
 h anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the man\, "Stret
 ch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theophanes the Confessor\; Symeon the New Theologian\; Gregory Dialogo
 s\, Bishop of Rome\; Phineas\, grandson of Prophet Aaron\; Paul Aurelian\, 
 Bishop of Brittany\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:10-12
 :2\n Thus says the LORD: In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an en
 sign to the peoples\; him shall the nations seek\, and his dwellings shall 
 be glorious. \n\n In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second ti
 me to recover the remnant which is left of his people\, from Assyria\, from
  Egypt\, from Pathros\, from Ethiopia\, from Elam\, from Shinar\, from Hama
 th\, and from the coastlands of the sea.  He will raise an ensign for the n
 ations\, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel\, and gather the disperse
 d of Judah from the four corners of the earth.  The jealousy of Ephraim sha
 ll depart\, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off\; Ephraim shall not
  be jealous of Judah\, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.  But they shall 
 swoop down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west\, and together 
 they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their hand 
 against Edom and Moab\, and the Ammonites shall obey them.  And the LORD wi
 ll utterly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt\; and will wave his hand 
 over the River with his scorching wind\, and smite it into seven channels t
 hat men may cross dryshod.  And there will be a highway from Assyria for th
 e remnant which is left of his people\, as there was for Israel when they c
 ame up from the land of Egypt.  \n\n You will say in that day: "I will give
  thanks to thee\, O LORD\, for though thou wast angry with me\, thy anger t
 urned away\, and thou didst comfort me.  "Behold\, God is my salvation\; I 
 will trust\, and will not be afraid\; for the LORD GOD is my strength and m
 y song\, and he has become my salvation."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis
  7:11-8:3\n In the six hundredth year of Noah's life\, in the second month\
 , on the seventeenth day of the month\, on that day all the fountains of th
 e great deep burst forth\, and the windows of the heavens were opened.  And
  rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.  On the very same da
 y Noah and his sons\, Shem and Ham and Japheth\, and Noah's wife and the th
 ree wives of his sons with them entered the ark\, they and every beast acco
 rding to its kind\, and all the cattle according to their kinds\, and every
  creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind\, and every 
 bird according to its kind\, every bird of every sort.  They went into the 
 ark with Noah\, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of l
 ife.  And they that entered\, male and female of all flesh\, went in as God
  had commanded him\; and the LORD shut him in.  \n\n The flood continued fo
 rty days upon the earth\; and the waters increased\, and bore up the ark\, 
 and it rose high above the earth.  The waters prevailed and increased great
 ly upon the earth\; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.  And the
  waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains un
 der the whole heaven were covered\; the waters prevailed above the mountain
 s\, covering them fifteen cubits deep.  And all flesh died that moved upon 
 the earth\, birds\, cattle\, beasts\, all swarming creatures that swarm upo
 n the earth\, and every man\; everything on the dry land in whose nostrils 
 was the breath of life died.  He blotted out every living thing that was up
 on the face of the ground\, man and animals and creeping things and birds o
 f the air\; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left\, and 
 those that were with him in the ark.  And the waters prevailed upon the ear
 th a hundred and fifty days.  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts an
 d all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow ov
 er the earth\, and the waters subsided\; the fountains of the deep and the 
 windows of the heavens were closed\, the rain from the heavens was restrain
 ed\, and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hun
 dred and fifty days the waters had abated.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Prover
 bs 10:1-22\nA wise son makes a glad father\, but a foolish son is a sorrow 
 to his mother.  Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit\, but righteou
 sness delivers from death.  The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry\,
  but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.  A slack hand causes poverty\, b
 ut the hand of the diligent makes rich.  A son who gathers in summer is pru
 dent\, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.  Blessings are on the 
 head of the righteous\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  The
  memory of the righteous is a blessing\, but the name of the wicked will ro
 t.  The wise of heart will heed commandments\, but a prating fool will come
  to ruin.  He who walks in integrity walks securely\, but he who perverts h
 is ways will be found out.  He who winks the eye causes trouble\, but he wh
 o boldly reproves makes peace.  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of
  life\, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.  Hatred stirs up str
 ife\, but love covers all offenses.  On the lips of him who has understandi
 ng wisdom is found\, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.  Wis
 e men lay up knowledge\, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.  A ri
 ch man's wealth is his strong city\; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
   The wage of the righteous leads to life\, the gain of the wicked to sin. 
  He who heeds instruction is on the path to life\, but he who rejects repro
 of goes astray.  He who conceals hatred has lying lips\, and he who utters 
 slander is a fool.  When words are many\, transgression is not lacking\, bu
 t he who restrains his lips is prudent.  The tongue of the righteous is cho
 ice silver\; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.  The lips of the ri
 ghteous feed many\, but fools die for lack of sense.  The blessing of the L
 ORD makes rich\, and he adds no sorrow with it.\n\n
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 sts: Forefeast of the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos\; P
 atapius the Righteous of Thebes\; Sosthenes\, Apollo\, Cephas\, Tychikos\, 
  Epaphroditos\, Caesar\, & Onesiphoros\, Apostles of the 70\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 5:1-10\n
 Timothy\, my son\, do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a
  father\; treat younger men like brothers\, older women like mothers\, youn
 ger women like sisters\, in all purity. Honor widows who are real widows. I
 f a widow has children or grandchildren\, let them first learn their religi
 ous duty to their own family and make some return to their parents\; for th
 is is acceptable in the sight of God. She who is a real widow\, and is left
  all alone\, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and pra
 yers night and day\; whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while s
 he lives. Command this\, so that they may be without reproach. If any one d
 oes not provide for his relatives\, and especially for his own family\, he 
 has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Let a widow be enro
 lled if she is not less than sixty years of age\, having been the wife of o
 ne husband\; and she must be well attested for her good deeds\, as one who 
 has brought up children\, shown hospitality\, washed the feet of the saints
 \, relieved the afflicted\, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:27-44\nAt that time\, there came to Jesus some 
 Sadducees\, those who say that there is no resurrection\, and they asked hi
 m a question\, saying\, "Teacher\, Moses wrote for us that if a man's broth
 er dies\, having a wife but no children\, the man must take the wife and ra
 ise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers\; the first 
 took a wife\, and died without children\; and the second and the third took
  her\, and likewise all seven left no children and died. Afterward the woma
 n also died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, whose wife will the woman be
 ? For the seven had her as wife." And Jesus said to them\, "The sons of thi
 s age marry and are given in marriage\; but those who are accounted worthy 
 to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry n
 or are given in marriage\, for they cannot die any more\, because they are 
 equal to angels and are sons of God\, being sons of the resurrection. But t
 hat the dead are raised\, even Moses showed\, in the passage about the bush
 \, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the 
 God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the dead\, but of the living\; for all l
 ive to him." And some of the scribes answered\, "Teacher\, you have spoken 
 well." For they no longer dared to ask him any question. But he said to the
 m\, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son? For David himself say
 s in the Book of Psalms\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\
 , till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.' David thus calls him Lord\
 ; so how is he his son?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Mary of Egypt\; Euthemios of Suzdal\; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyr
 s\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 58:1-11\nThus says the LO
 RD: "Cry aloud\, spare not\, lift up your voice like a trumpet\; declare to
  my people their transgression\, to the house of Jacob their sins.  Yet the
 y seek me daily\, and delight to know my ways\, as if they were a nation th
 at did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God\; they 
 ask of me righteous judgments\, they delight to draw near to God.  'Why hav
 e we fasted\, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves\, and th
 ou takest no knowledge of it?' Behold\, in the day of your fast you seek yo
 ur own pleasure\, and oppress all your workers.  Behold\, you fast only to 
 quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this d
 ay will not make your voice to be heard on high.  Is such the fast that I c
 hoose\, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like 
 a rush\, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a 
 fast\, and a day acceptable to the LORD?  \n\n "Is not this the fast that I
  choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness\, to undo the thongs of the yoke\
 , to let the oppressed go free\, and to break every yoke?  Is it not to sha
 re your bread with the hungry\, and bring the homeless poor into your house
 \; when you see the naked\, to cover him\, and not to hide yourself from yo
 ur own flesh?  Then shall your light break forth like the dawn\, and your h
 ealing shall spring up speedily\; your righteousness shall go before you\, 
 the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.  Then you shall call\, and 
 the LORD will answer\; you shall cry\, and he will say\, "Here I am." \n\n 
 "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke\, the pointing of the fing
 er\, and speaking wickedness\, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and 
 satisfy the desire of the afflicted\, then shall your light rise in the dar
 kness and your gloom be as the noonday.  And the LORD will guide you contin
 ually\, and satisfy your desire with good things\, and make your bones stro
 ng\; and you shall be like a watered garden\, like a spring of water\, whos
 e waters fail not.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 43:26-31\; 45:1-16\n W
 hen Joseph came home\, they brought into the house to him the present which
  they had with them\, and bowed down to him to the ground.  And he inquired
  about their welfare\, and said\, "Is your father well\, the old man of who
 m you spoke? Is he still alive?"  They said\, "Your servant our father is w
 ell\, he is still alive." And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.  A
 nd he lifted up his eyes\, and saw his brother Benjamin\, his mother's son\
 , and said\, "Is this your youngest brother\, of whom you spoke to me? God 
 be gracious to you\, my son!"  Then Joseph made haste\, for his heart yearn
 ed for his brother\, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his cham
 ber and wept there.  Then he washed his face and came out\; and controlling
  himself he said\, "Let food be served." \n\n (Chapter 45:1-16) Then Joseph
  could not control himself before all those who stood by him\; and he cried
 \, "Make every one go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph m
 ade himself known to his brothers.  And he wept aloud\, so that the Egyptia
 ns heard it\, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.  And Joseph said to hi
 s brothers\, "I am Joseph\; is my father still alive?" But his brothers cou
 ld not answer him\, for they were dismayed at his presence.  So Joseph said
  to his brothers\, "Come near to me\, I pray you." And they came near. And 
 he said\, "I am your brother\, Joseph\, whom you sold into Egypt.  And now 
 do not be distressed\, or angry with yourselves\, because you sold me here\
 ; for God sent me before you to preserve life.  For the famine has been in 
 the land these two years\; and there are yet five years in which there will
  be neither plowing nor harvest.  And God sent me before you to preserve fo
 r you a remnant on earth\, and to keep alive for you many survivors.  So it
  was not you who sent me here\, but God\; and he has made me a father to Ph
 araoh\, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.  Ma
 ke haste and go up to my father and say to him\, 'Thus says your son Joseph
 \, God has made me lord of all Egypt\; come down to me\, do not tarry\; you
  shall dwell in the land of Goshen\, and you shall be near me\, you and you
 r children and your children's children\, and your flocks\, your herds\, an
 d all that you have\; and there I will provide for you\, for there are yet 
 five years of famine to come\; lest you and your household\, and all that y
 ou have\, come to poverty.'  And now your eyes see\, and the eyes of my bro
 ther Benjamin see\, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.  You must tell 
 my father of all my splendor in Egypt\, and of all that you have seen. Make
  haste and bring my father down here."  Then he fell upon his brother Benja
 min's neck and wept\; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.  And he kissed all h
 is brothers and wept upon them\; and after that his brothers talked with hi
 m.  When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house\, "Joseph's brothers have 
 come\," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.\n\nOld Testament Reading:
  Proverbs 21:23-22:4\nHe who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself o
 ut of trouble.  "Scoffer" is the name of the proud\, haughty man who acts w
 ith arrogant pride.  The desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands ref
 use to labor.  All day long the wicked covets\, but the righteous gives and
  does not hold back.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination\; how m
 uch more when he brings it with evil intent.  A false witness will perish\,
  but the word of a man who hears will endure.  A wicked man puts on a bold 
 face\, but an upright man considers his ways.  No wisdom\, no understanding
 \, no counsel\, can avail against the LORD.  The horse is made ready for th
 e day of battle\, but the victory belongs to the LORD.  A good name is to b
 e chosen rather than great riches\, and favor is better than silver or gold
 .  The rich and the poor meet together\; the LORD is the maker of them all.
   A prudent man sees danger and hides himself\; but the simple go on\, and 
 suffer for it.  The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and 
 honor and life.\n\n
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 sts: Gregory of Nyssa\; Dometian\, Bishop of Melitene\; Theosebia the Deaco
 ness\, sister of Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa\; Afterfeast of the The
 ophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Markianos\, Priest and Oikono
 mos of the Great Church\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesi
 ans 6:10-17\nBrethren\, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his mi
 ght.  Put on the whole armor of God\, that you may be able to stand against
  the wiles of the devil.  For we are not contending against flesh and blood
 \, but against the principalities\, against the powers\, against the world 
 rulers of this present darkness\, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness
  in the heavenly places.  Therefore take the whole armor of God\, that you 
 may be able to withstand in the evil day\, and having done all\, to stand. 
  Stand\, therefore\, having girded your loins with truth\, and having put o
 n the breastplate of righteousness\, and having shod your feet with the equ
 ipment of the gospel of peace\; besides all these\, taking the shield of fa
 ith\, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.  And
  take the helmet of salvation\, and the sword of the Spirit\, which is the 
 word of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-11\nAt that time\, Jesus was le
 d up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  And he 
 fasted forty days and forty nights\, and afterward he was hungry.  And the 
 tempter came and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, command these s
 tones to become loaves of bread."  But he answered\, "It is written\, 'Man 
 shall not live by bread alone\, but by every word that proceeds from the mo
 uth of God.'"  Then the devil took him to the holy city\, and set him on th
 e pinnacle of the temple\, and said to him\, "If you are the Son of God\, t
 hrow yourself down\; for it is written\, 'He will give his angels charge of
  you\,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up\, lest you strike your fo
 ot against a stone.'"  Jesus said to him\, "Again\, it is written\, 'You sh
 all not tempt the Lord your God.'"  Again\, the devil took him to a very hi
 gh mountain\, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of
  them\; and he said to him\, "All these I will give you\, if you will fall 
 down and worship me."  Then Jesus said to him\, "Be gone\, Satan! for it is
  written\, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serv
 e.'"  Then the devil left him\, and behold\, angels came and ministered to 
 him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/10/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman\; Simon the Zealot & Apostle\; Laurence 
 of Egypt\; Isodora of Egypt\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10\nOn the 
 first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early\, while it wa
 s still dark\, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So
  she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple\, the one whom Je
 sus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb\, 
 and we do not know where they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the 
 other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran\, but the oth
 er disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first\; and stooping to look 
 in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but he did not go in. Then Simon
  Peter came\, following him\, and went into the tomb\; he saw the linen clo
 ths lying and the napkin\, which had been on His head\, not lying with the 
 linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple\
 , who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, and he saw and believed\; for
  as yet they did not know the scripture\, that He must rise from the dead. 
 Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of th
 e Apostles 11:19-30\nIn those days\, those apostles who were scattered beca
 use of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia
  and Cyprus and Antioch\, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there 
 were some of them\, men of Cyprus and Cyrene\, who on coming to Antioch spo
 ke to the Greeks also\, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord 
 was with them\, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News o
 f this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas
  to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God\, he was glad\; and he e
 xhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose\; fo
 r he was a good man\, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large com
 pany was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul\; a
 nd when he had found him\, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they
  met with the church\, and taught a large company of people\; and in Antioc
 h the disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these day
 s prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabo
 s stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine ov
 er all the world\; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the dis
 ciples determined\, every one according to his ability\, to send relief to 
 the brethren who lived in Judea\, and they did so\, sending it to the elder
 s by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.\n\nGospel Reading: John 4:5-42\nAt that
  time\, Jesus came to a city of Samaria\, called Sychar\, near the field th
 at Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there\, and so Jesus\, we
 aried as he was with his journey\, sat down beside the well. It was about t
 he sixth hour.\n\nThere came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said t
 o her\, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to
  buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him\, "How is it that you\, a Jew\, 
 ask a drink of me\, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Sam
 aritans. Jesus answered her\, "If you knew the gift of God\, and who it is 
 that is saying to you\, 'Give me a drink\,' you would have asked him and he
  would have given you living water." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, you hav
 e nothing to draw with\, and the well is deep\; where do you get that livin
 g water? Are you greater than our father Jacob\, who gave us the well\, and
  drank from it himself\, and his sons\, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her\
 , "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again\, but whoever drinks
  of the water that I shall give him will never thirst\; the water that I sh
 all give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal lif
 e." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, give me this water\, that I may not thir
 st\, nor come here to draw."\n\nJesus said to her\, "Go\, call your husband
 \, and come here." The woman answered him\, "I have no husband." Jesus said
  to her\, "You are right in saying\, 'I have no husband'\; for you have had
  five husbands\, and he whom you now have is not your husband\; this you sa
 id truly." The woman said to him\, "Sir\, I perceive that you are a prophet
 . Our fathers worshiped on this mountain\; and you say that Jerusalem is th
 e place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, believe m
 e\, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will 
 you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know\; we worship what 
 we know\, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming\, and now 
 is\, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth\,
  for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit\, and those who wo
 rship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him\, "I kno
 w that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ)\; when he comes\, he
  will show us all things." Jesus said to her\, "I who speak to you am he."\
 n\nJust then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a w
 oman\, but none said\, "What do you wish?" or\, "Why are you talking with h
 er?" So the woman left her water jar\, and went away into the city and said
  to the people\, "Come\, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can thi
 s be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.\n\nMean
 while the disciples besought him\, saying "Rabbi\, eat." But he said to the
 m\, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to
  one another\, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them\, "My food
  is to do the will of him who sent me\, and to accomplish his work. Do you 
 not say\, 'There are yet four months\, then comes the harvest'? I tell you\
 , lift up your eyes\, and see how the fields are already white for harvest.
  He who reaps receives wages\, and gathers fruit for eternal life\, so that
  sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true\, 'O
 ne sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not l
 abor\; others have labored\, and you have entered into their labor."\n\nMan
 y Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimon
 y. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him\, t
 hey asked him to stay with them\; and he stayed there two days. And many mo
 re believed because of his word. They said to the woman\, "It is no longer 
 because of your words that we believe\, for we have heard ourselves\, and w
 e know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Aquilina the Martyr of Syria\; Triphyllos the Bishop of Nicosia\n\nFas
 t Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 3:
 19-24\nBrethren\, we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who
  are under the law\, so that every mouth may be stopped\, and the whole wor
 ld may be held accountable to God. For no human being will be justified in 
 his sight by works of the law\, since through the law comes knowledge of si
 n. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law\, al
 though the law and the prophets bear witness to it\, the righteousness of G
 od through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no disti
 nction\; since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\, they ar
 e justified by his grace as a gift\, through the redemption which is in Chr
 ist Jesus.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 7:1-8\nThe Lord said\, "Judge not\, t
 hat you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judg
 ed\, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see t
 he speck that is in your brother's eye\, but do not notice the log that is 
 in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother\, 'Let me take the spec
 k out of your eye\,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite\,
  first take the log out of your own eye\, and then you will see clearly to 
 take the speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy\; a
 nd do not throw your pearls before swine\, lest they trample them under foo
 t and turn to attack you. Ask\, and it will be given you\; seek\, and you w
 ill find\; knock\, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks rec
 eives\, and he who seeks finds\, and to him who knocks it will be opened.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Conon the Gardener\; Parthenios the New Martyr who contested in Didymo
 teichos\; Mark the Ascetic\; Righteous Father Mark of Athens\; John the Bul
 garian\; Mark the Faster\; George the New-Martyr of Rapsani\; Eulogios the 
 Martyr\; Eulabios the Martyr\; Conon the Isaurian\; Archelaos the Martyr of
  Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 6:1-12\nIn the year 
 that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne\, high and lifte
 d up\; and his train filled the temple.  Above him stood the seraphim\; eac
 h had six wings: with two he covered his face\, and with two he covered his
  feet\, and with two he flew.  And one called to another and said: "Holy\, 
 holy\, holy is the LORD of hosts\; the whole earth is full of his glory."  
 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called\
 , and the house was filled with smoke.  And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lo
 st\; for I am a man of unclean lips\, and I dwell in the midst of a people 
 of unclean lips\; for my eyes have seen the King\, the LORD of hosts!"  The
 n flew one of the seraphim to me\, having in his hand a burning coal which 
 he had taken with tongs from the altar.  And he touched my mouth\, and said
 : "Behold\, this has touched your lips\; your guilt is taken away\, and you
 r sin forgiven."  And I heard the voice of the Lord saying\, "Whom shall I 
 send\, and who will go for us?" Then I said\, "Here am I! Send me."  And he
  said\, "Go\, and say to this people: 'Hear and hear\, but do not understan
 d\; see and see\, but do not perceive.'  Make the heart of this people fat\
 , and their ears heavy\, and shut their eyes\; lest they see with their eye
 s\, and hear with their ears\, and understand with their hearts\, and turn 
 and be healed."  Then I said\, "How long\, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cit
 ies lie waste without inhabitant\, and houses without men\, and the land is
  utterly desolate\, and the LORD removes men far away\, and the forsaken pl
 aces are many in the midst of the land."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 
 5:1-24\n This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man\
 , he made him in the likeness of God.  Male and female he created them\, an
 d he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.  When Adam had
  lived a hundred and thirty years\, he became the father of a son in his ow
 n likeness\, after his image\, and named him Seth.  The days of Adam after 
 he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years\; and he had other so
 ns and daughters.  Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and 
 thirty years\; and he died.  \n\n When Seth had lived a hundred and five ye
 ars\, he became the father of Enosh.  Seth lived after the birth of Enosh e
 ight hundred and seven years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all 
 the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years\; and he died.  \n\n Wh
 en Enosh had lived ninety years\, he became the father of Kenan.  Enosh liv
 ed after the birth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years\, and had other
  sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five
  years\; and he died.  \n\n When Kenan had lived seventy years\, he became 
 the father of Mahalalel.  Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel eight hu
 ndred and forty years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the day
 s of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years\; and he died.  \n\n When Mahala
 lel had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Jared.  Mahalalel 
 lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years\, and had oth
 er sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred a
 nd ninety-five years\; and he died.  \n\n When Jared had lived a hundred an
 d sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch.  Jared lived after the bir
 th of Enoch eight hundred years\, and had other sons and daughters.  Thus a
 ll the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years\; and he died.  
 When Enoch had lived sixty-five years\, he became the father of Methuselah.
   Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years\,
  and had other sons and daughters.  Thus all the days of Enoch were three h
 undred and sixty-five years.  Enoch walked with God\; and he was not\, for 
 God took him.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 6:3-20\nThen do this\, my 
 son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go\
 , hasten\, and importune your neighbor.  Give your eyes no sleep and your e
 yelids no slumber\; save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter\, like a b
 ird from the hand of the fowler.\n\n  Go to the ant\, O sluggard\; consider
  her ways\, and be wise.  Without having any chief\, officer or ruler\, she
  prepares her food in summer\, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.  How 
 long will you lie there\, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? 
  A little sleep\, a little slumber\, a little folding of the hands to rest\
 , and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond\, and want like an armed m
 an.  A worthless person\, a wicked man\, goes about with crooked speech\, w
 inks with his eyes\, scrapes with his feet\, points with his finger\, with 
 perverted heart devises evil\, continually sowing discord\; therefore calam
 ity will come upon him suddenly\; in a moment he will be broken beyond heal
 ing.\n\n  There are six things which the LORD hates\, seven which are an ab
 omination to him:  haughty eyes\, a lying tongue\, and hands that shed inno
 cent blood\, a heart that devises wicked plans\, feet that make haste to ru
 n to evil\, a false witness who breathes out lies\, and a man who sows disc
 ord among brothers.  My son\, keep your father's commandment\, and forsake 
 not your mother's teaching.\n\n
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 sts: Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2\,593 soldiers\; Holy Martyrs Timot
 hy\, Agapius and Thecla\; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia\; Af
 terfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virg
 in Mary\; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle 
 Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:11-16\nBrethren\, ou
 r mouth is open to you\, Corinthians\; our heart is wide. You are not restr
 icted by us\, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return -- I
  speak as to children -- widen your hearts also.\n\nDo not be mismated with
  unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what
  fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or
  what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? What agreement has the t
 emple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God\, as God s
 aid.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:23-28\nAt that time\, there was in the synag
 ogue of the Jews a man with an unclean spirit\; and he cried out\, "What ha
 ve you to do with us\, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I kn
 ow who you are\, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him\, saying\, "Be
  silent\, and come out of him!" And the unclean spirit\, convulsing him and
  crying with a loud voice\, came out of him. And they were all amazed\, so 
 that they questioned among themselves\, saying\, "What is this? A new teach
 ing! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits\, and they obey hi
 m." And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding r
 egion of Galilee.\n\n
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 sts: The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Gabriel the Ne
 w Martyr of Constantinople\; Jordan the New Martyr\; Agathadoros the Martyr
  of Cappadocia\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 2:25-32\nAt that
  time\, there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose name was Symeon\, and this man
  was righteous and devout\, looking for the consolation of Israel\, and the
  Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spi
 rit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  And
  inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple\; and when the parents brou
 ght in the child Jesus\, to do for him according to the custom of the law\,
  he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said\, "Lord\, now let your
  servant depart in peace\, according to your word\; for my eyes have seen y
 our salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples\, a li
 ght for revelation to the Gentiles\, and for glory to your people Israel."\
 n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:7-17\nBRETHREN\, it 
 is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. Here tithes
  are received by mortal men\; there\, by one whom it is testified that he l
 ives. One might even say that Levi himself\, who receives tithes\, paid tit
 hes through Abraham\, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Me
 lchizedek met him. Now if perfection had been attainable through the Leviti
 cal priesthood (for under it the people received the law)\, what further ne
 ed would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Mel
 chizedek\, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there i
 s a change in the priesthood\, there is necessarily a change in the law as 
 well. For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe
 \, from which no one has ever served at the altar. For it is evident that o
 ur Lord was descended from Judah\, and in connection with that tribe Moses 
 said nothing about priests. This becomes even more evident when another pri
 est arises in the likeness of Melchizedek\, who has become a priest\, not a
 ccording to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power 
 of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him\, "Thou art a priest 
 for ever\, after the order of Melchizedek." \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:22-4
 0\nAt that time\, the parents brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to pr
 esent him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord\, "Every mal
 e that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord") and to offer a sac
 rifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord\, "a pair of turtle
  doves\, or two young pigeons."  Now there was a man in Jerusalem\, whose n
 ame was Symeon\, and this man was righteous and devout\, looking for the co
 nsolation of Israel\, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  And it had been re
 vealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had
  seen the Lord's Christ.  And inspired by the Spirit he came into the templ
 e\; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus\, to do for him accordi
 ng to the custom of the law\, he took him up in his arms and blessed God an
 d said\,\n\n"Lord\, now let your servant depart in peace\, according to you
 r word\; for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in th
 e presence of all peoples\, a light for revelation to the Gentiles\, and fo
 r glory to your people Israel."\n\nAnd his father and his mother marveled a
 t what was said about him\; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mo
 ther\, "Behold\, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israe
 l\, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through 
 your own soul also)\, that thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."  And t
 here was a prophetess\, Anna\, the daughter of Phanuel\, of the tribe of As
 her\; she was of a great age\, having lived with her husband seven years fr
 om her virginity\, and as a widow till she was eighty-four.  She did not de
 part from the temple\, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.  A
 nd coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God\, and spoke of him to
  all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.  And when they had p
 erformed everything according to the law of the Lord\, they returned into G
 alilee\, to their own city\, Nazareth.  And the child grew and became stron
 g\, filled with wisdom\; and the favor of God was upon him.\n\n
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 sts: Eve of the Nativity of Christ\; Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Ro
 me and those with her\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter 
 to the Hebrews 1:1-12\n IN MANY AND VARIOUS WAYS God spoke of old to our fa
 thers by the prophets\; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son
 \, whom he appointed the heir of all things\, through whom also he created 
 the world. He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nat
 ure\, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purific
 ation for sins\, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high\, hav
 ing become as much superior to angels as the name he has obtained is more e
 xcellent than theirs. For to what angel did God ever say\, "Thou art my Son
 \, today I have begotten thee"? Or again\, "I will be to him a father\, and
  he shall be to me a son"? And again\, when he brings the first-born into t
 he world\, he says\, "Let all God's angels worship him." Of the angels he s
 ays\, "Who makes his angels winds\, and his servants flames of fire." But o
 f the Son he says\, "Thy throne\, O God\, is for ever and ever\, the righte
 ous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness an
 d hated lawlessness\; therefore God\, thy God\, has anointed thee with the 
 oil of gladness beyond thy comrades." And\, "Thou\, Lord\, didst found the 
 earth in the beginning\, and the heavens are the work of thy hands\; they w
 ill perish\, but thou remainest\; they will all grow old like a garment\, l
 ike a mantle thou wilt roll them up\, and they will be changed. But thou ar
 t the same\, and thy years will never end."\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20\
 nIn those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world sh
 ould be enrolled. This was the first enrollment\, when Quirinius was govern
 or of Syria. And all went to be enrolled\, each to his own city. And Joseph
  also went up from Galilee\, from the city of Nazareth\, to Judea\, to the 
 city of David\, which is called Bethlehem\, because he was of the house and
  lineage of David\, to be enrolled with Mary\, his betrothed\, who was with
  child. And while they were there\, the time came for her to be delivered. 
 And she gave birth to her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloth
 es\, and laid him in a manger\, because there was no place for them in the 
 inn.\n\nAnd in that region there were shepherds out in the field\, keeping 
 watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them\
 , and the glory of the Lord shone around them\, and they were filled with f
 ear. And the angel said to them\, "Be not afraid\; for behold\, I bring you
  good news of a great joy which will come to all the people\; for to you is
  born this day in the city of David a Savior\, who is Christ the Lord. And 
 this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clot
 hes and lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitu
 de of the heavenly host praising God and saying\, "Glory to God in the high
 est\, and on earth peace\, good will among men!"\n\nWhen the angels went aw
 ay from them into heaven\, the shepherds said to one another\, "Let us go o
 ver to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened\, which the Lord has 
 made known to us." And they went with haste\, and found Mary and Joseph\, a
 nd the babe lying in a manger. And when they saw it they made known the say
 ing which had been told them concerning this child\; and all who heard it w
 ondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary kept all these things\, p
 ondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned\, glorifying and pra
 ising God for all they had heard and seen\, as it had been told them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sophronius\, Patriarch of Jerusalem\; Theodora the Righteous\; Pionios
  the Presbyter\; George the New Wonderworker of Constantinople\; Trophimos 
 and Thallos the Martyrs\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 10:
 12-20\n When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusa
 lem he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his hau
 ghty pride.  For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it\, and 
 by my wisdom\, for I have understanding\; I have removed the boundaries of 
 peoples\, and have plundered their treasures\; like a bull I have brought d
 own those who sat on thrones.  My hand has found like a nest the wealth of 
 the peoples\; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so I have gath
 ered all the earth\; and there was none that moved a wing\, or opened the m
 outh\, or chirped."  Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it\,
  or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wi
 eld him who lifts it\, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!  T
 herefore the Lord\, the LORD of hosts\, will send wasting sickness among hi
 s stout warriors\, and under his glory a burning will be kindled\, like the
  burning of fire.  The light of Israel will become a fire\, and his Holy On
 e a flame\; and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.  
 The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy\, bo
 th soul and body\, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.  The remn
 ant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them d
 own.  In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of J
 acob will no more lean upon him that smote them\, but will lean upon the LO
 RD\, the Holy One of Israel\, in truth.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 7
 :6-9\n Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon th
 e earth.  And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him w
 ent into the ark\, to escape the waters of the flood.  Of clean animals\, a
 nd of animals that are not clean\, and of birds\, and of everything that cr
 eeps on the ground\, two and two\, male and female\, went into the ark with
  Noah\, as God had commanded Noah.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 9:12-
 18\nIf you are wise\, you are wise for yourself\; if you scoff\, you alone 
 will bear it.  A foolish woman is noisy\; she is wanton and knows no shame.
   She sits at the door of her house\, she takes a seat on the high places o
 f the town\, calling to those who pass by\, who are going straight on their
  way\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" And to him who is witho
 ut sense she says\,  "Stolen water is sweet\, and bread eaten in secret is 
 pleasant."  But he does not know that the dead are there\, that her guests 
 are in the depths of Sheol.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/24/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Christina the Great Martyr of Tyre\; Athenagorus the Apologist\; Boris
  and Gleb\, the Passion-bearers\; Kapiton\, Himenaos and Hermogenes\, the M
 artyrs\; Theophilos the New Martyr of Zakynthos\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle R
 eading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 11:8-23\nBrethren\, man 
 was not made from woman\, but woman from man. Neither was man created for w
 oman\, but woman for man. That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her h
 ead because of the angels. (Nevertheless\, in the Lord woman is not indepen
 dent of man nor man of woman\; for as woman was made from man\, so man is n
 ow born of woman. And all things are from God.) Judge for yourselves\; is i
 t proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not natur
 e itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is degrading to him\, b
 ut if a woman has long hair\, it is to her pride? For her hair is given to 
 her for a covering. If anyone is disposed to be contentious\, we recognize 
 no other practice\, nor do the churches of God. But in the following instru
 ctions I do not commend you\, because when you come together it is not for 
 the better but for the worse. For\, in the first place\, when you assemble 
 as a church\, I hear that there are divisions among you\; and I partly beli
 eve it\, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are g
 enuine among you may be recognized. When you meet together\, it is not the 
 Lord's supper that you eat. For in eating\, each one goes ahead with his ow
 n meal\, and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have hous
 es to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate t
 hose who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this
 ? No\, I will not. For I have received from the Lord what I also delivered 
 to you.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 17:10-18\nAt that time\, the disciples a
 sked Jesus\, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" He 
 replied\, "Elijah does come and he is to restore all things\; but I tell yo
 u that Elijah has already come\, and they did not know him\, but did to him
  whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands."
  Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Bap
 tist. And when they came to the crowd\, a man came up to him and kneeling b
 efore him said\, "Lord\, have mercy on my son\, for he is an epileptic and 
 he suffers terribly\; for often he falls into the fire\, and often into the
  water. And I brought him to your disciples\, and they could not heal him."
  And Jesus answered\, "O faithless and perverse generation\, how long am I 
 to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And 
 Jesus rebuked him\, and the demon came out of him\, and the boy was cured i
 nstantly.\n\n
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 sts: Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon\; Martha\, mother of St. Sym
 eon Stylites the Younger\; Asclepias the Wonderworker\; Michael Choniates\,
  Metropolitan of Athens\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans
  8:14-21\nBrethren\, all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.\
 n\nFor you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear\, b
 ut you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry\, "Abba! Father!" i
 t is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are childre
 n of God\, and if children\, then heirs\, heirs of God and fellow heirs wit
 h Christ\, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorifi
 ed with him.\n\nI consider that the sufferings of this present time are not
  worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creat
 ion waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God\; for the
  creation was subjected to futility\, not of its own will but by the will o
 f him who subjected it in hope\; because the creation itself will be set fr
 ee from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the childre
 n of God.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13\nAt that time\, as Jesus passed
  on\, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office\; and he said t
 o him\, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.\n\nAnd as he sat at tabl
 e in the house\, behold\, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down
  with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this\, they said 
 to his disciples\, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinne
 rs?" But when he heard it\, he said\, "Those who are well have no need of a
  physician\, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means\, 'I desi
 re mercy\, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous\, but s
 inners to repentance."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/30/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 13th Sunday of Matthew\; Apodosis of the Feast of the Forerunner\; Ale
 xander\, John\, and Paul the New\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Phantinos
  the Righteous of Calabria\; 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes\; 6 Martyrs of Melit
 ene\; The Synaxis of the Holy Hierarchs of Serbia\; The Holy New Martyrs of
  Serbia\; Fiacre the Hermit of Meaux\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\
 nWhen the Sabbath was past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James 
 and Salome\, bought spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And ve
 ry early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun ha
 d risen. And they were saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the ston
 e for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the sto
 ne was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a 
 young man sitting on the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they we
 re amazed. And he said to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Naza
 reth\, who was crucified. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place whe
 re they laid Him. But go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going be
 fore you to Galilee\; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they we
 nt out and fled from the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upo
 n them\; and they said nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-24\nBrethren\, b
 e watchful\, stand firm in your faith\, be courageous\, be strong. Let all 
 that you do be done in love. Now\, brethren\, you know that the household o
 f Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia\, and they have devoted thems
 elves to the service of the saints\; I urge you to be subject to such men a
 nd to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas
  and Fortunatus and Achaicos\, because they have made up for your absence\;
  for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such me
 n. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca\, together with t
 he church in their house\, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the b
 rethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I\, Paul\, writ
 e this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lord\, let
  him be accursed. Our Lord\, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
  My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 
 21:33-42\nThe Lord said this parable\, "There was a householder who planted
  a vineyard\, and set a hedge around it\, and dug a wine press in it\, and 
 built a tower\, and let it out to tenants\, and went into another country. 
 When the season of fruit drew near\, he sent his servants to the tenants\, 
 to get his fruit\; and the tenants took his servants and beat one\, killed 
 another\, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants\, more than the 
 first\; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them\, 
 saying 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son\, they 
 said to themselves\, 'This is the heir\; come\, let us kill him and have hi
 s inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and kill
 ed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes\, what will he do to
  those tenants?" They said to him\, "He will put those wretches to a misera
 ble death\, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the
  fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them\, "Have you never read in the
  scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the hea
 d of the corner\; this was the Lord's doing\, and it is marvelous in our ey
 es?'"\n\n
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SUMMARY: 13th Sunday of Matthew
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260129
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/29/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer\; Ignatius and Nican
 drus of Sinai\; Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves\; Gildas the Wise\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:32-38\nBrethren\, rec
 all the former days when\, after you were enlightened\, you endured a hard 
 struggle with sufferings\, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and af
 fliction\, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.  For you had
  compassion on the prisoners\, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of 
 your property\, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession 
 and an abiding one.  Therefore do not throw away your confidence\, which ha
 s a great reward.  For you have need of endurance\, so that you may do the 
 will of God and receive what is promised.  "For yet a little while\, and th
 e coming one shall come and shall not tarry\; but my righteous one shall li
 ve by faith."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 9:33-41\nAt that time\, Jesus and his
  disciples came to Capernaum\, and when he was in the house he asked them\,
  "What were you discussing on the way?"  But they were silent\; for on the 
 way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.  And he sat d
 own and called the twelve\; and he said to them\, "If any one would be firs
 t\, he must be last of all and servant of all."  And he took a child\, and 
 put him in the midst of them\; and taking him in his arms\, he said to them
 \, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me\; and whoever re
 ceives me\, receives not me but him who sent me."  John said to him\, "Teac
 her\, we saw a man casting out demons in your name\, and we forbade him\, b
 ecause he was not following us."  But Jesus said\, "Do not forbid him\; for
  no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak 
 evil of me.  For he that is not against us is for us.  For truly\, I say to
  you\, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name 
 of Christ\, will by no means lose his reward."\n\n
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SUMMARY: Removal of the Relics of Ignatius  the God-bearer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260214
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20260213
CREATED:20250529T235006Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martinian of Palestine\; Apostles Aquila and Priscilla\; Eulogios\, Pa
 triarch of Alexandria\; Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia\n\nStrict Fast\n\n
 Epistle Reading: St. John's Second Universal Letter 1:1-13\nThe elder to th
 e elect lady and her children\, whom I love in the truth\, and not only I b
 ut also all who know the truth\, because of the truth which abides in us an
 d will be with us for ever:\n\nGrace\, mercy\, and peace will be with us\, 
 from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son\, in truth and l
 ove.\n\nI rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the trut
 h\, just as we have been commanded by the Father.  And now I beg you\, lady
 \, not as though I were writing you a new commandment\, but the one we have
  had from the beginning\, that we love one another.  And this is love\, tha
 t we follow his commandments\; this is the commandment\, as you have heard 
 from the beginning\, that you follow love.  For many deceivers have gone ou
 t into the world\, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ 
 in the flesh\; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.  Look to your
 selves\, that you may not lose what you have worked for\, but may win a ful
 l reward.  Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Chr
 ist does not have God\; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father a
 nd the Son.  If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine\, do 
 not receive him into the house or give him any greeting\; for he who greets
  him shares his wicked work.\n\nThough I have much to write to you\, I woul
 d rather not use paper and ink\, but I hope to come to see you and talk wit
 h you face to face\, so that our joy may be complete.\n\nThe children of yo
 ur elect sister greet you.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 15:20\,22\,25\,3
 3-41\nAt that time\, the soldiers took Jesus and led him out to be crucifie
 d.  And they brought him to a place called Golgotha (which means the place 
 of a skull).  And it was the third hour\, when they crucified him.  And whe
 n the sixth hour had come there was darkness over the whole land until the 
 ninth hour.  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice\, "Eloi\, 
 Eloi\, lama sabachthani?" which means\, "My God\, my God\, why have you for
 saken me?"  And some of the bystanders hearing it said\, "Behold\, he is ca
 lling Elijah. "  And one ran and\, filling a sponge full of vinegar\, put i
 t on a reed and gave it to him to drink\, saying\, "Wait\, let us see wheth
 er Elijah will come to take him down."  And Jesus uttered a loud cry\, and 
 breathed his last.  And the curtain of the temple was torn in two\, from to
 p to bottom.  And when the centurion\, who stood facing him\, saw that he t
 hus cried out and breathed his last\, he said\, "Truly this man was the Son
  of God!  There were also women looking on from afar\, among whom were Mary
  Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses\, and Sa
 lome who\, when he was in Galilee\, followed him\, and ministered to him\; 
 and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:☦️ Martinian of Palestine
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260605
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20260604
CREATED:20250529T235008Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/04/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople\; Mary & Martha\
 , the sisters of Lazarus\; Sophia of Thrace\, The Mother of Orphans\; Petro
 c\, Abbot of Padstow\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Hebrews 7:26-28\; 8:1-2\nBrethren\, it was fitting that we should have 
 such a high priest\, holy\, blameless\, unstained\, separated from sinners\
 , exalted above the heavens.  He has no need\, like those high priests\, to
  offer sacrifices daily\, first for his own sins and then for those of the 
 people\; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.  Indeed\, the
  law appoints men in their weakness as high priests\, but the word of the o
 ath\, which came later than the law\, appoints a Son who has been made perf
 ect for ever.  Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a 
 high priest\, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Maje
 sty in heaven\, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set 
 up not by man but by the Lord. \n\nGospel Reading: John 10:1-9\nThe Lord sa
 id to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, he who
  does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way\, th
 at man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by the door is the sheph
 erd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the sheep hear his voice\, 
 and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought 
 out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep follow him\, for they
  know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but they will flee from 
 him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure Jesus used 
 with them\, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesu
 s again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I am the door of the
  sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\; but the sheep did 
 not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\, he will be saved\,
  and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY: Our Father Metrophanes\, Archbishop of Constantinople
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260728
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260729
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Prochoros\, Nicanor\, Timon\, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70\; Iren
 e the Righteous of Chrysovalantou\; Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamo
 u\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7\nIn those days\, when the 
 disciples were increasing in number\, the Hellenists murmured against the H
 ebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And t
 he twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said\, "it is not right th
 at we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore\,
  brethren\, pick out from among you seven men of good repute\, full of the 
 Spirit and of wisdom\, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote
  ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said p
 leased the whole multitude\, and they chose Stephen\, a man full of faith a
 nd of the Holy Spirit\, and Philip\, and Prochoros\, and Nicanor\, and Timo
 n\, and Parmenas\, and Nicolaos\, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set be
 fore the apostles\, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the
  word of God increased\; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly
  in Jerusalem\, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 18:18-22\;19:1-2\; 13-15\nThe Lord said to his 
 disciples\, "Truly\, I say to you\, whatever you bind on earth shall be bou
 nd in heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. A
 gain I say to you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask\, 
 it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are
  gathered in my name\, there am I in the midst of them."\n\nThen Peter came
  up and said to him\, "Lord\, how often shall my brother sin against me\, a
 nd I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him\, "I do not sa
 y to you seven times\, but seventy times seven."\n\nNow when Jesus had fini
 shed these sayings\, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Ju
 dea beyond the Jordan\; and large crowds followed him\, and he healed them 
 there.\n\nThen children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on 
 them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people\; but Jesus said\, "Let the
  children come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kin
 gdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them and went away.\n\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260114
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; The
  Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus\; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
  - Mediatress\; Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokalyvia\, Mount Athos\; Hilar
 y of Poitiers\; Kentigern\, Bishop of Glasgow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, w
 e were confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be 
 revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we mig
 ht be justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer un
 der a custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through fai
 th. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. The
 re is neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is ne
 ither male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are
  Christ's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. 
 I mean that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave
 \, though he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and
  trustees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were child
 ren\, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the
  time had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born unde
 r the law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might recei
 ve adoption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 20:1-8\nAt that time\, as Jesu
 s was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel\, the chie
 f priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him\, "Tell u
 s by what authority you do these things\, or who it is that gave you this a
 uthority."  He answered them\, "I also will ask you a question\; now tell m
 e\, was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"  And they discussed i
 t with one another\, saying\, "If we say\, 'From heaven\,' he will say\, 'W
 hy did you not believe him?'  But if we say\, 'From men\,' all the people w
 ill stone us\; for they are convinced that John was a prophet."  So they an
 swered that they did not know whence it was.  And Jesus said to them\, "Nei
 ther will I tell you by what authority I do these things."\n\n
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SUMMARY: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260708
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20260707
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Kyriake the Great Martyr\; Thomas the Righteous of Malea\; Akakios of 
 Sinai\; Willibald\, Bishop of Eichstatt\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Lett
 er to the Galatians 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were
  confined under the law\, kept under restraint until faith should be reveal
 ed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be 
 justified by faith. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a 
 custodian\; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. Fo
 r as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is 
 neither Jew nor Greek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither 
 male nor female\; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Chris
 t's\, then you are Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean
  that the heir\, as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, tho
 ugh he is the owner of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trust
 ees until the date set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, 
 we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time 
 had fully come\, God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the 
 law\, to redeem those who were under the law\, so that we might receive ado
 ption as sons.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crow
 d followed Jesus and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had 
 a flow of blood for twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many phy
 sicians\, and had spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather gre
 w worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in 
 the crowd and touched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garm
 ents\, I shall be made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and s
 he felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiv
 ing in himself that power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned abou
 t in the crowd\, and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples sa
 id to him\, "You see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who
  touched me?'" And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\,
  knowing what had been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell do
 wn before him\, and told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughte
 r\, your faith has made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your dise
 ase."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY: Kyriake the Great Martyr
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260618
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20260617
CREATED:20250529T235008Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens\; Manuel\, Sabel\, 
 & Ishmael the Martyrs of Persia\; Righteous Father Botolph\, Abbot of the M
 onastery of Ikanhoe\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to
  the Romans 8:2-13\nBrethren\, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesu
 s has set me free from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the 
 law\, weakened by the flesh\, could not do: sending his own Son in the like
 ness of sinful flesh and for sin\, he condemned sin in the flesh\, in order
  that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us\, who walk n
 ot according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live a
 ccording to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh\, but thos
 e who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spi
 rit. To set the mind on the flesh is death\, but to set the mind on the Spi
 rit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to 
 God\; it does not submit to God's law\, indeed it cannot\; and those who ar
 e in the flesh cannot please God.\n\nBut you are not in the flesh\, you are
  in the Spirit\, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one who do
 es not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is i
 n you\, although your bodies are dead because of sin\, your spirits are ali
 ve because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the
  dead dwells in you\, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give li
 fe to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you.\n\nSo
  then\, brethren\, we are debtors\, not to the flesh\, to live according to
  the flesh-for if you live according to the flesh you will die\, but if by 
 the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.\n\nGospel 
 Reading: Matthew 10:16-22\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Behold\, I sen
 d you out as sheep in the midst of wolves\; so be wise as serpents and inno
 cent as doves. Beware of men\; for they will deliver you up to councils\, a
 nd flog you in their synagogues\, and you will be dragged before governors 
 and kings for my sake\, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. Whe
 n they deliver you up\, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you 
 are to say\; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour\; fo
 r it is not you who speak\, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through 
 you. Brother will deliver up brother to death\, and the father his child\, 
 and children will rise against parents and have them put to death\; and you
  will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end wil
 l be saved."\n\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:☦️ Isaurus the Holy Martyr & his Companions of Athens
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260530
DTSTAMP:20260415T193642Z
UID:474f41524348-456e676c697368-20260529
CREATED:20250529T235008Z
DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/29/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension\; Theodosia the Virgin
 -Martyr of Tyre\; Theodosia\, Virgin-Martyr of Constantinople\; Seven New M
 artyrs of Kastoria\; Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes\; John of Smyrna the
  New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of 
 the Apostles 27:1-44\; 28:1\nIN THOSE DAYS\, when it was decided that we sh
 ould sail for Italy\, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a cen
 turion of the Augustan Cohort\, named Julius. And embarking in a ship of Ad
 ramyttium\, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia\, 
 we put to sea\, accompanied by Aristarchos\, a Macedonian from Thessalonica
 . The next day we put in at Sidon\; and Julius treated Paul kindly\, and ga
 ve him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. And putting to sea from
  there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus\, because the winds were against u
 s. And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia
 \, we came to Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria
  sailing for Italy\, and put us on board. We sailed slowly for a number of 
 days\, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidos\, and as the wind did not all
 ow us to go on\, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. Coasting alo
 ng it with difficulty\, we came to a place called Fair Havens\, near which 
 was the city of Lasea.\n\nAs much time had been lost\, and the voyage was a
 lready dangerous because the fast had already gone by\, Paul advised them\,
  saying\, "Sirs\, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much l
 oss\, not only of the cargo and the ship\, but also of our lives." But the 
 centurion paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship t
 han to what Paul said. And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in
 \, the majority advised to put to sea from there\, on the chance that someh
 ow they could reach Phoenix\, a harbor of Crete\, looking northeast and sou
 theast\, and winter there.\n\nAnd when the south wind blew gently\, supposi
 ng that they had obtained their purpose\, they weighed anchor and sailed al
 ong Crete\, close inshore. But soon a tempestuous wind\, called the northea
 ster\, struck down from the land\; and when the ship was caught and could n
 ot face the wind\, we gave way to it and were driven. And running under the
  lee of a small island called Cauda\, we managed with difficulty to secure 
 the boat\; after hoisting it up\, they took measures to undergird the ship\
 ; then\, fearing that they should run on the Syrtis\, they lowered the gear
 \, and so were driven. As we were violently storm-tossed\, they began next 
 day to throw cargo overboard\; and the third day they cast with their own h
 ands the tackle of the ship. And when neither sun nor stars appeared for ma
 ny a day\, and no small tempest lay on us\, all hope of our being saved was
  at last abandoned.\n\nAs they had been long without food\, Paul then came 
 forward among them and said\, "Men\, you should have listened to me\, and s
 hould not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. I now
  bid you take heart\; for there will be no loss of life among you\, but onl
 y of the ship. For this very night there stood by me an angel of the God to
  whom I belong and whom I worship\, and he said\, 'Do not be afraid\, Paul\
 ; you must stand before Caesar\; and lo\, God has granted you all those who
  sail with you.' So take heart\, men\, for I have faith in God that it will
  be exactly as I have been told. But we shall have to run on some island."\
 n\nWhen the fourteenth night had come\, as we were drifting across the sea 
 of Adria\, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land
 . So they sounded and found twenty fathoms\; a little farther on they sound
 ed again and found fifteen fathoms. And fearing that we might run on the ro
 cks\, they let out four anchors from the stern\, and prayed for the day to 
 come. And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship\, and had low
 ered the boat into the sea\, under pretense of laying out anchors from the 
 bow\, Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers\, 'Unless these men stay 
 in the ship\, you cannot be saved." Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of
  the boat\, and let it go.\n\nAs day was about to dawn\, Paul urged them al
 l to take some food\, saying\, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have c
 ontinued in suspense and without food\, having taken nothing. Therefore I u
 rge you to take some food\; it will give you strength\, since not a hair is
  to perish from the head of any of you." And when he had said this\, he too
 k bread\, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and b
 egan to eat. Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves. (W
 e were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.) And when th
 ey had eaten enough\, they lightened the ship\, throwing out the wheat into
  the sea.\n\nNow when it was day\, they did not recognize the land\, but th
 ey noticed a bay with a beach\, on which they planned if possible to bring 
 the ship ashore. So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea\, at
  the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders\; then hoisting th
 e foresail to the wind they made for the beach. But striking a shoal they r
 an the vessel aground\; the bow stuck and remained immovable\, and the ster
 n was broken up by the surf. The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners\,
  lest any should swim away and escape\; but the centurion\, wishing to save
  Paul\, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who cou
 ld swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land\, and the
  rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to
  land.\n\nAfter we had escaped\, we then learned that the island was called
  Malta. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:18-26\nAt that time\, Jesus lifted up h
 is eyes to heaven and said\, "As you\, Father\, did send me into the world\
 , so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate mysel
 f\, that they also may be consecrated in truth.\n\n"I do not pray for these
  only\, but also for those who believe in me through their word\, that they
  may all be one\; even as you\, Father\, are in me\, and I in you\, that th
 ey also may be in us\, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
  The glory which you have given me I have given to them\, that they may be 
 one even as we are one\, I in them and you in me\, that they may become per
 fectly one\, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have love
 d them even as you have loved me. Father\, I desire that they also\, whom y
 ou have given me\, may be with me where I am\, to behold my glory which you
  have given me in your love for me before the foundation of the world. O ri
 ghteous Father\, the world has not known you\, but I have known you\; and t
 hese know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name\, and I wil
 l make it known\, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them
 \, and I in them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/10/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 45 Holy Martyrs of Nikopolis\, Armenia\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bis
 hop of Assa\; Parthenios and Eumenios of Koudoumas\; 10\,000 Fathers martyr
 ed in Egypt\; Apollonios the Martyr\; Deposition of the Precious Robe of Ou
 r Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow\; Righteous Father Anthony of the Kiev Caves\
 n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthia
 ns 4:5-8\nBrethren\, do not pronounce judgment before the time\, before the
  Lord comes\, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and
  will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his c
 ommendation from God. I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for you
 r benefit\, brethren\, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is wr
 itten\, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 
 For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not rece
 ive? If then you received it\, why do you boast as if it were not a gift? A
 lready you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have be
 come kings! And would that you did reign\, so that we might share the rule 
 with you!\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:44-54\nThe Lord said this parable\,
  "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field\, which a man fo
 und and covered up\; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and 
 buys that field. \n\n Again\, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in s
 earch of fine pearls\, who\, on finding one pearl of great value\, went and
  sold all that he had and bought it. \n\n Again\, the kingdom of heaven is 
 like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind\; 
 when it was full\, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into
  vessels but threw away the bad. So it will be at the close of the age. The
  angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous\, and throw 
 them into the furnace of fire\; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. 
 \n\n Have you understood all this?" They said to him\, "Yes." And he said t
 o them\, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of he
 aven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and w
 hat is old." And when Jesus had finished these parables\, he went away from
  there\, and coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue.\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agrippina the Martyr of Rome\; Holy Martyrs Aristocleus the Priest\, D
 emetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader\; The Holy New Bishop Martyrs
  Gerasimus of Crete\, Neophytos of Knossos\, Joachim of Cherronisos\, Hiero
 theos of Lampi\, Zachariah of Sitia\, Joachim of Petra\, Gerasimos of Rethy
 mno\, Kallinikos of Kydonia\, Melchizedek of Kissamos\, Kallinikos of Diopo
 los\, and those Martyred with them (1821-1822)\; Mark\, Bishop of Ephesus\;
  Etheldreda the Queen\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Letter to the Romans 10:11-21\; 11:1-2\nBrethren\, the scripture says\
 , "No one who believes in God will be put to shame." For there is no distin
 ction between Jew and Greek\; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his 
 riches upon all who call upon him. For\, "every one who calls upon the name
  of the Lord will be saved." But how are men to call upon him in whom they 
 have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have nev
 er heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men prea
 ch unless they are sent? As it is written\, "How beautiful are the feet of 
 those who preach good news!" But they have not all obeyed the gospel\; for 
 Isaiah says\, "Lord\, who has believed what he has heard from us?" So faith
  comes from what is heard\, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Chr
 ist. But I ask\, have they not heard? Indeed they have\; for "Their voice h
 as gone out to all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the world." A
 gain I ask\, did Israel not understand? First Moses says\, "I will make you
  jealous of those who are not a nation\; with a foolish nation I will make 
 you angry." Then Isaiah is so bold as to say\, "I have been found by those 
 who did not seek me\; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."
  But of Israel he says\, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobe
 dient and contrary people." I ask\, then\, has God rejected his people? By 
 no means! I myself am an Israelite\, a descendant of Abraham\, a member of 
 the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Matthew 11:16-20\nThe Lord said\, "To what shall I compare
  this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calli
 ng to their playmates\, 'We piped to you\, and you did not dance\; we waile
 d\, and you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking\, and
  they say\, 'He has a demon'\; the Son of man came eating and drinking\, an
 d they say\, 'Behold\, a glutton and a drunkard\, a friend of tax collector
 s and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her children." Then he began to 
 upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had been done\, because t
 hey did not repent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/19/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Patrick the Hieromartyr and  Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Ac
 acius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus\; Our Righteous Father Memnonus the Wonder
 worker\; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs \n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Ap
 ostles 17:19-28\nIN THOSE DAYS\, the Athenians took hold of Paul and brough
 t him to the Areopagos\, saying\, "May we know what this new teaching is wh
 ich you present? For you bring some strange things to our ears\; we wish to
  know therefore what these things mean." Now all the Athenians and the fore
 igners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearin
 g something new. So Paul\, standing in the middle of the Areopagos\, said: 
 "Men of Athens\, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For a
 s I passed along\, and observed the objects of your worship\, I found also 
 an altar with this inscription\, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore you wo
 rship as unknown\, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and e
 verything in it\, being Lord of heaven and earth\, does not live in shrines
  made by man\, nor is he served by human hands\, as though he needed anythi
 ng\, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. And 
 he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth\,
  having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation\
 , that they should seek God\, in the hope that they might feel after him an
 d find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us\, for 'In him we live and
  move and have our being.' \n\nGospel Reading: John 12:19-36\nAt that time\
 , the Pharisees took counsel against Jesus and said to one another\, "You s
 ee that you can do nothing\; look\, the world has gone after him."\n\nNow a
 mong those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these c
 ame to Philip\, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee\, and said to him\, "Sir\
 , we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew\; Andrew went with Phi
 lip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them\, "The hour has come for t
 he Son of man to be glorified. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, unless a grai
 n of wheat falls into the earth and dies\, it remains alone\; but if it die
 s\, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it\, and he who hates 
 his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me\
 , he must follow me\; and where I am\, there shall my servant be also\; if 
 any one serves me\, the Father will honor him.\n\n"Now is my soul troubled.
  And what shall I say? 'Father\, save me from this hour?' No\, for this pur
 pose I have come to this hour. Father\, glorify your name." Then a voice ca
 me from heaven\, "I have glorified it\, and I will glorify it again." The c
 rowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said\, "An
  angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered\, "This voice has come for your s
 ake\, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world\, now shall the ruler
  of this world be cast out\; and I\, when I am lifted up from the earth\, w
 ill draw all men to myself." He said this to show by what death he was to d
 ie. The crowd answered him\, "We have heard from the law that the Christ re
 mains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who 
 is this Son of man?" Jesus said to them\, "The light is with you for a litt
 le longer. Walk while you have the light\, lest the darkness overtake you\;
  he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have t
 he light\, believe in the light\, that you may become sons of light."\n\n
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 s Acacius\, Menander\, and Polyaenus
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Removal of the relics of Nicephorus\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; Po
 uplios the Martyr\, Bishop of Athens\; Christina the Martyr of Persia\; Ger
 ald\, Bishop of Mayo\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 13:2-1
 3\n On a bare hill raise a signal\, cry aloud to them\; wave the hand for t
 hem to enter the gates of the nobles.  I myself have commanded my consecrat
 ed ones\, have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger\, my proudly exul
 ting ones.  \n\n Hark\, a tumult on the mountains as of a great multitude! 
 Hark\, an uproar of kingdoms\, of nations gathering together! The LORD of h
 osts is mustering a host for battle.  They come from a distant land\, from 
 the end of the heavens\, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation\, to d
 estroy the whole earth.  \n\n Wail\, for the day of the LORD is near\; as d
 estruction from the Almighty it will come!  Therefore all hands will be fee
 ble\, and every man's heart will melt\, and they will be dismayed. Pangs an
 d agony will seize them\; they will be in anguish like a woman in travail. 
 They will look aghast at one another\; their faces will be aflame.  \n\n Be
 hold\, the day of the LORD comes\, cruel\, with wrath and fierce anger\, to
  make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.  For the s
 tars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light\; th
 e sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.  I w
 ill punish the world for its evil\, and the wicked for their iniquity\; I w
 ill put an end to the pride of the arrogant\, and lay low the haughtiness o
 f the ruthless.  I will make men more rare than fine gold\, and mankind tha
 n the gold of Ophir.  Therefore I will make the heavens tremble\, and the e
 arth will be shaken out of its place\, at the wrath of the LORD of hosts in
  the day of his fierce anger.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 8:4-21\n An
 d in the seventh month\, on the seventeenth day of the month\, the ark came
  to rest upon the mountains of Ararat.  And the waters continued to abate u
 ntil the tenth month\; in the tenth month\, on the first day of the month\,
  the tops of the mountains were seen.  \n\n At the end of forty days Noah o
 pened the window of the ark which he had made\, and sent forth a raven\; an
 d it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.  Then h
 e sent forth a dove from him\, to see if the waters had subsided from the f
 ace of the ground\; but the dove found no place to set her foot\, and she r
 eturned to him to the ark\, for the waters were still on the face of the wh
 ole earth. So he put forth his hand and took her and brought her into the a
 rk with him.  He waited another seven days\, and again he sent forth the do
 ve out of the ark\; and the dove came back to him in the evening\, and lo\,
  in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf\; so Noah knew that the waters h
 ad subsided from the earth.  Then he waited another seven days\, and sent f
 orth the dove\; and she did not return to him any more.  \n\n In the six hu
 ndred and first year\, in the first month\, the first day of the month\, th
 e waters were dried from off the earth\; and Noah removed the covering of t
 he ark\, and looked\, and behold\, the face of the ground was dry.  In the 
 second month\, on the twenty-seventh day of the month\, the earth was dry. 
  Then God said to Noah\,  "Go forth from the ark\, you and your wife\, and 
 your sons and your sons' wives with you.  Bring forth with you every living
  thing that is with you of all flesh - birds and animals and every creeping
  thing that creeps on the earth - that they may breed abundantly on the ear
 th\, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth."  So Noah went forth\, an
 d his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.  And every beast\, ev
 ery creeping thing\, and every bird\, everything that moves upon the earth\
 , went forth by families out of the ark.  \n\n Then Noah built an altar to 
 the LORD\, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird\, and off
 ered burnt offerings on the altar.  And when the LORD smelled the pleasing 
 odor\, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground be
 cause of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\; 
 neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done."\n\
 nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 10:31-11:12\nThe mouth of the righteous br
 ings forth wisdom\, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.  The lips of t
 he righteous know what is acceptable\, but the mouth of the wicked\, what i
 s perverse.  A false balance is an abomination to the LORD\, but a just wei
 ght is his delight.  When pride comes\, then comes disgrace\; but with the 
 humble is wisdom.  The integrity of the upright guides them\, but the crook
 edness of the treacherous destroys them.  Riches do not profit in the day o
 f wrath\, but righteousness delivers from death.  The righteousness of the 
 blameless keeps his way straight\, but the wicked falls by his own wickedne
 ss.  The righteousness of the upright delivers them\, but the treacherous a
 re taken captive by their lust.  When the wicked dies\, his hope perishes\,
  and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.  The righteous is deli
 vered from trouble\, and the wicked gets into it instead.  With his mouth t
 he godless man would destroy his neighbor\, but by knowledge the righteous 
 are delivered.  When it goes well with the righteous\, the city rejoices\; 
 and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.  By the blessing o
 f the upright a city is exalted\, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the 
 wicked.  He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense\, but a man of understan
 ding remains silent.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Onuphrius of Egypt\; Peter the Athonite\; Holy Martyr Antonine\; John 
 the Soldier of Egypt\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter t
 o the Romans 5:17-21\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, if\, because of one man's trespass
 \, death reigned through that one man\, much more will those who receive th
 e abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life throu
 gh the one man Jesus Christ.\n\nThen as one man's trespass led to condemnat
 ion for all men\, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and 
 life for all men. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners\,
  so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous. Law came in\, to in
 crease the trespass\; but where sin increased\, grace abounded all the more
 \, so that\, as sin reigned in death\, grace also might reign through right
 eousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nWhat shall we sa
 y then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How c
 an we who died to sin still live in it?\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:14-17\
 nAt that time\, the disciples of John came to Jesus\, saying\, "Why do we a
 nd the Pharisees fast\, but your disciples do not fast?" And Jesus said to 
 them\, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them
 ? The days will come\, when the bridegroom is taken away from them\, and th
 en they will fast. And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garm
 ent\, for the patch tears away from the garment\, and a worse tear is made.
  Neither is new wine put into old wineskins\; if it is\, the skins burst\, 
 and the wine is spilled\, and the skins are destroyed\; but new wine is put
  into fresh wineskins\, and so both are preserved."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/21/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Fourth Saturday of Lent\; James the Confessor\; Thomas I\, Patriarch o
 f Constantinople\; Philemon and Domninos\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:9-12\nBRETHREN\, we
  feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not so unj
 ust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in 
 serving the saints\, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show
  the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end
 \, so that you may not be sluggish\, but imitators of those who through fai
 th and patience inherit the promises.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 7:31-37\nAt t
 hat time\, Jesus returned from the region of Tyre\, and went through Sidon 
 to the Sea of Galilee\, through the region of Dekapolis. And they brought t
 o him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech\; and they bes
 ought him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude
  privately\, he put his fingers into his ears\, and he spat and touched his
  tongue\; and looking up to heaven\, he sighed\, and said to him\, "Ephphat
 ha\," that is\, "Be opened." And his ears were opened\, his tongue was rele
 ased\, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one\; but the m
 ore he charged them\, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were 
 astonished beyond measure\, saying\, "He has done all things well: he even 
 makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/15/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
 \n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose an
 d went with haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she ente
 red the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard 
 the greeting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was fill
 ed with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are yo
 u among women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this gran
 ted me\, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when th
 e voice of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for j
 oy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of wh
 at was spoken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifie
 s the Lord\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded 
 the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations w
 ill call me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, a
 nd holy is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and r
 eturned to her home.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippia
 ns 2:5-11\nBrethren\, have this mind among yourselves\, which is yours in C
 hrist Jesus\, who\, though he was in the form of God\, did not count equali
 ty with God a thing to be grasped\, but emptied himself\, taking the form o
 f a servant\, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human f
 orm he humbled himself and became obedient unto death\, even death on a cro
 ss. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which
  is above every name\, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow\, in
  heaven and on earth and under the earth\, and every tongue confess that Je
 sus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father.\n\nGospel Reading: Luk
 e 10:38-42\, 11:27-28\nAt that time\, Jesus entered a village\; and a woman
  called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mar
 y\, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was
  distracted with much serving\; and she went to him and said\, "Lord\, do y
 ou not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to
  help me." But the Lord answered her\, "Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious a
 nd troubled about many things\; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the g
 ood portion\, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this\, a 
 woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him\, "Blessed is the womb 
 that bore you\, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said\, "Blessed ra
 ther are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Saturday of Souls\; Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain\; Cyril\, Eq
 ual-to-the-Apostles & Teacher of the Slavs\; Nicholas the New Martyr of Cor
 inth\; Abraham\, Bishop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:13-17\nBut we would not have you 
 ignorant\, brethren\, concerning those who are asleep\, that you may not gr
 ieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died a
 nd rose again\, even so\, through Jesus\, God will bring with him those who
  have fallen asleep.  For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord\, 
 that we who are alive\, who are left until the coming of the Lord\, shall n
 ot precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord himself will descend
  from heaven with a cry of command\, with the archangel's call\, and with t
 he sound of the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first\; t
 hen we who are alive\, who are left\, shall be caught up together with them
  in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air\; and so we shall always be with
  the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 21:8-9\,25-27\,33-36\nThe Lord said\, "T
 ake heed that you are not led astray\; for many will come in my name\, sayi
 ng\, 'I am he!' and\, 'The time is at hand!'  Do not go after them.  And wh
 en you hear of wars and tumults\, do not be terrified\; for this must first
  take place\, but the end will not be at once.  And there will be signs in 
 sun and moon and stars\, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexi
 ty at the roaring of the sea and the waves\, men fainting with fear and wit
 h foreboding of what is coming on the world\; for the powers of the heavens
  will be shaken.  And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud w
 ith power and great glory.  Heaven and earth will pass away\, but my words 
 will not pass away.  But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighe
 d down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of life\, and that day co
 me upon you suddenly like a snare\; for it will come upon all who dwell upo
 n the face of the whole earth.  But watch at all times\, praying that you m
 ay have strength to escape all these things that will take place\, and to s
 tand before the Son of man."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/10/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions\; Anastasia of Alexandria\; Mich
 ael Mauroudes the New-Martyr \n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isai
 ah 9:9-10:4\nThus says the LORD: "And all the people will know\, Ephraim an
 d the inhabitants of Samaria\, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart: 
  'The bricks have fallen\, but we will build with dressed stones\; the syca
 mores have been cut down\, but we will put cedars in their place.'"  So the
  LORD raises adversaries against them\, and stirs up their enemies.  The Sy
 rians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open m
 outh. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched o
 ut still.  The people did not turn to him who smote them\, nor seek the LOR
 D of hosts.  So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail\, palm branch an
 d reed in one day - the elder and honored man is the head\, and the prophet
  who teaches lies is the tail\; for those who lead this people lead them as
 tray\, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.  Therefore the Lord 
 does not rejoice over their young men\, and has no compassion on their fath
 erless and widows\; for every one is godless and an evildoer\, and every mo
 uth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is
  stretched out still.  For wickedness burns like a fire\, it consumes brier
 s and thorns\; it kindles the thickets of the forest\, and they roll upward
  in a column of smoke.  Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is 
 burned\, and the people are like fuel for the fire\; no man spares his brot
 her.  They snatch on the right\, but are still hungry\, and they devour on 
 the left\, but are not satisfied\; each devours his neighbor's flesh\, Mana
 sseh\, Ephraim\, and Ephraim\, Manasseh\, and together they are against Jud
 ah. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out
  still.  \n\n Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees\, and the writers 
 who keep writing oppression\, to turn aside the needy from justice and to r
 ob the poor of my people of their right\, that widows may be their spoil\, 
 and that they may make the fatherless their prey!  What will you do on the 
 day of punishment\, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will yo
 u flee for help\, and where will you leave your wealth?  Nothing remains bu
 t to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his a
 nger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testame
 nt Reading: Genesis 7:1-5\n Then the LORD said to Noah\, "Go into the ark\,
  you and all your household\, for I have seen that you are righteous before
  me in this generation.  Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals\, t
 he male and his mate\; and a pair of the animals that are not clean\, the m
 ale and his mate\; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also\, male and 
 female\, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.  For in s
 even days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights\; and
  every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the g
 round."  And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Proverbs 8:32-9:11\nAnd now\, my sons\, listen to me: happy are t
 hose who keep my ways.  Hear instruction and be wise\, and do not neglect i
 t.  Happy is the man who listens to me\, watching daily at my gates\, waiti
 ng beside my doors.  For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from 
 the LORD\; but he who misses me injures himself\; all who hate me love deat
 h."  Wisdom has built her house\, she has set up her seven pillars.  She ha
 s slaughtered her beasts\, she has mixed her wine\, she has also set her ta
 ble.  She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the tow
 n\,  "Whoever is simple\, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sens
 e she says\,  "Come\, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.  
 Leave simpleness\, and live\, and walk in the way of insight."  He who corr
 ects a scoffer gets himself abuse\, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs
  injury.  Do not reprove a scoffer\, or he will hate you\; reprove a wise m
 an\, and he will love you.  Give instruction to a wise man\, and he will be
  still wiser\; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.  The
  fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom\, and the knowledge of the Hol
 y One is insight.  For by me your days will be multiplied\, and years will 
 be added to your life. \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Great Martyr Marina (Margaret)\; Veronika & Speratos the Mart
 yrs\; Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia\; Kenelm\, Prince of Mercia\n\nFast Day 
 (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatia
 ns 3:23-29\; 4:1-5\nBrethren\, before faith came\, we were confined under t
 he law\, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the l
 aw was our custodian until Christ came\, that we might be justified by fait
 h. But now that faith has come\, we are no longer under a custodian\; for i
 n Christ Jesus you are all sons of God\, through faith. For as many of you 
 as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor G
 reek\, there is neither slave nor free\, there is neither male nor female\;
  for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's\, then you ar
 e Abraham's offspring\, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir\, 
 as long as he is a child\, is no better than a slave\, though he is the own
 er of all the estate\; but he is under guardians and trustees until the dat
 e set by the father. So with us\; when we were children\, we were slaves to
  the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come\, 
 God sent forth his Son\, born of a woman\, born under the law\, to redeem t
 hose who were under the law\, so that we might receive adoption as sons.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Mark 5:24-34\nAt that time\, a great crowd followed Jesus 
 and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood f
 or twelve years\, and who had suffered much under many physicians\, and had
  spent all that she had\, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had 
 heard the reports about Jesus\, and came up behind him in the crowd and tou
 ched his garment. For she said\, "If I touch even his garments\, I shall be
  made well." And immediately the hemorrhage ceased\; and she felt in her bo
 dy that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus\, perceiving in himself th
 at power had gone forth from him\, immediately turned about in the crowd\, 
 and said\, "Who touched my garments?" And his disciples said to him\, "You 
 see the crowd pressing around you\, and yet you say\, 'Who touched me?'" An
 d he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman\, knowing what had
  been done to her\, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him\, a
 nd told him the whole truth. And he said to her\, "Daughter\, your faith ha
 s made you well\; go in peace\, and be healed of your disease."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/20/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas\; Myron the New 
 Martyr of Crete\; Cuthbert the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Lindisfarne\; Photi
 ni the Samaritan Woman\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 29:1
 3-23\n And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth a
 nd honor me with their lips\, while their hearts are far from me\, and thei
 r fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote\; therefore\, behold\,
  I will again do marvelous things with this people\, wonderful and marvelou
 s\; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish\, and the discernment of 
 their discerning men shall be hid."  Woe to those who hide deep from the LO
 RD their counsel\, whose deeds are in the dark\, and who say\, "Who sees us
 ? Who knows us?"  You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded
  as the clay\; that the thing made should say of its maker\, "He did not ma
 ke me"\; or the thing formed say of him who formed it\, "He has no understa
 nding"?  \n\n Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turn
 ed into a fruitful field\, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a fo
 rest?  In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book\, and out of the
 ir gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.  The meek shall obta
 in fresh joy in the LORD\, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy O
 ne of Israel.  For the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease\
 , and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off\, who by a word make a man 
 out to be an offender\, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate\, 
 and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.  \n\n Therefore 
 thus says the LORD\, who redeemed Abraham\, concerning the house of Jacob: 
 "Jacob shall no more be ashamed\, no more shall his face grow pale.  For wh
 en he sees his children\, the work of my hands\, in his midst\, they will s
 anctify my name\; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob\, and will stand
  in awe of the God of Israel.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-7\n No
 w the LORD said to Abram\, "Go from your country and your kindred and your 
 father's house to the land that I will show you.  And I will make of you a 
 great nation\, and I will bless you\, and make your name great\, so that yo
 u will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you\, and him who curse
 s you I will curse\; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless t
 hemselves."  \n\n So Abram went\, as the LORD had told him\; and Lot went w
 ith him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.  And
  Abram took Sarai his wife\, and Lot his brother's son\, and all their poss
 essions which they had gathered\, and the persons that they had gotten in H
 aran\; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come t
 o the land of Canaan\, Abram passed through the land to the place at Sheche
 m\, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  The
 n the LORD appeared to Abram\, and said\, "To your descendants I will give 
 this land." So he built there an altar to the LORD\, who had appeared to hi
 m.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:15-26\nThe simple believes everyth
 ing\, but the prudent looks where he is going.  A wise man is cautious and 
 turns away from evil\, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.  A 
 man of quick temper acts foolishly\, but a man of discretion is patient.  T
 he simple acquire folly\, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.  The 
 evil bow down before the good\, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.  
 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor\, but the rich has many friends. 
  He who despises his neighbor is a sinner\, but happy is he who is kind to 
 the poor.  Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loy
 alty and faithfulness.  In all toil there is profit\, but mere talk tends o
 nly to want.  The crown of the wise is their wisdom\, but folly is the garl
 and of fools.  A truthful witness saves lives\, but one who utters lies is 
 a betrayer.  In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence\, and his ch
 ildren will have a refuge.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/13/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel\; Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery\; Holy 
 Martyr Golinduc\; Marcian the Martyr of Iconium\; Serapion the Martyr\n\nEp
 istle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:2-10\nBrethren\, if the m
 essage declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience
  received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such a gre
 at salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attested to
  us by those who heard him\, while God also bore witness by signs and wonde
 rs and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed accordi
 ng to his own will. For it was not to angels that God subjected the world t
 o come\, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere\, "What 
 is man that thou art mindful of him\, or the son of man\, that thou carest 
 for him? Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels\, tho
 u hast crowned him with glory and honor\, putting everything in subjection 
 under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him\, he left n
 othing outside his control. As it is\, we do not yet see everything in subj
 ection to him. But we see Jesus\, who for a little while was made lower tha
 n the angels\, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of dea
 th\, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one. For it
  was fitting that he\, for whom and by whom all things exist\, in bringing 
 many sons to glory\, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect thr
 ough suffering.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disc
 iples\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, an
 d he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy
 \, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he
  said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I ha
 ve given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all 
 the power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not re
 joice in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your
  names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Sp
 irit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you
  have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them
  to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Sunday of Matthew\; Athanasius of Mount Athos\; Righteous Father L
 ampadus the Wonderworker\; Kyprianos the New Martyr of Koutloumousiou Monas
 tery\; Uncovering of the Holy Relics of Our Righteous Father Sergius of Rad
 onezh\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose a
 nd ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by t
 hemselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day]
  two of them were going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from 
 Jerusalem\, and talking with each other about all these things that had hap
 pened. While they were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew
  near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. An
 d He said to them\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with e
 ach other as you walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of the
 m\, named Cleopas\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem w
 ho does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And He
  said to them\, "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of 
 Nazareth\, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the
  people\, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be conde
 mned to death\, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to 
 redeem Israel. Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since t
 his happened. Moreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at 
 the tomb early in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came bac
 k saying that they had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was 
 alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just 
 as the women had said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O
  foolish men\, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spok
 en! Was not it necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and ent
 er into this glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He int
 erpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So th
 ey drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be goi
 ng further\, but they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is 
 toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with th
 em. When He was at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and br
 oke it\, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognize
 d Him\; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did 
 not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He 
 opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to 
 Jerusalem\; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were 
 with them\, who said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Sim
 on!" Then they told what had happened on the road and how He was known to t
 hem in the breaking of the bread.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\,
  joy\, peace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\,
  self-control\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Chri
 st Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we liv
 e by the Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conc
 eit\, no provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if 
 a man is overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore h
 im in a spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted. 
  Bear one another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel R
 eading: Matthew 8:28-34\; 9:1\nAt that time\, when Jesus came to the countr
 y of the Gergesenes\, two demoniacs met him\, coming out of the tombs\, so 
 fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold\, they cried out\, "What
  have you to do with us\, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us be
 fore the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from 
 them. And the demons begged him\, "If you cast us out\, send us away into t
 he herd of swine." And he said to them\, "Go." So they came out and went in
 to the swine\; and behold\, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into 
 the sea\, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled\, and going into th
 e city they told everything\, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And b
 ehold\, all the city came out to meet Jesus\; and when they saw him\, they 
 begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed 
 over and came to his own city.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/12/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\; Germanos\, Patriarch of Constantinople
 \; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi\
 ; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostl
 es 12:25\; 13:1-12\nIn those days\, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusal
 em when they had fulfilled their mission\, bringing with them John whose ot
 her name was Mark. Now in the Church at Antioch there were prophets and tea
 chers\, Barnabas\, Simeon who was called Niger\, Lucius of Cyrene\, Manaen 
 a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch\, and Saul. While they were wor
 shipping the Lord and fasting\, the Holy Spirit said\, "Set apart for me Ba
 rnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then after fasti
 ng and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. So\, being 
 sent out by the Holy Spirit\, they went down to Seleucia\; and from there t
 hey sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis\, they proclaimed the wo
 rd of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them. 
 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos\, they came up
 on a certain magician\, a Jewish false prophet\, named Bar-Jesus. He was wi
 th the proconsul\, Sergius Paulus\, a man of intelligence\, who summoned Ba
 rnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the magician
  (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them\, seeking to turn awa
 y the proconsul from the faith. But Saul\, who is also called Paul\, filled
  with the Holy Spirit\, looked intently at him and said\, "You son of the d
 evil\, you enemy of all righteousness\, full of all deceit and villainy\, w
 ill you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? And now\, b
 ehold\, the hand of the Lord is upon you\, and you shall be blind and unabl
 e to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him a
 nd he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul
  believed\, when he saw what had occurred\, for he was astonished at the te
 aching of the Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: John 8:51-59\nThe Lord said to the J
 ews who came to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, if any one keeps my w
 ord\, he will never see death." The Jews said to him\, "Now we know that yo
 u have a demon. Abraham died\, as did the prophets\; and you say\, 'If any 
 one keeps my word\, he will never taste death.' Are you greater than our fa
 ther Abraham\, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?" Je
 sus answered\, "If I glorify myself\, my glory is nothing\; it is my Father
  who glorifies me\, of whom you say that he is your God. But you have not k
 nown him\; I know him. If I said\, I do not know him\, I should be a liar l
 ike you\; but I do know him and I keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoic
 ed that he was to see my day\; and he saw it and was glad." The Jews then s
 aid to him\, "You are not yet fifty years old\, and have you seen Abraham?"
  Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, before Abraham was\, 
 I am." So they took up stones to throw at him\; but Jesus hid himself\, and
  went out of the temple.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/14/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, Iren
 e\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos\; Aristarchus\, Pudens\,
  Trophimus the Apostles of the 70\; Thomais the Martyr of Alexandria\; Arda
 lion the Actor and Martyr\; Demetrios the New-Martyr of Arcadia\n\nFast Fre
 e\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14-21\nIn those days\, Peter\,
  standing with the eleven\, lifted up his voice and addressed them\, "Men o
 f Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem\, let this be known to you\, and giv
 e ear to my words. For these men are not drunk\, as you suppose\, since it 
 is only the third hour of the day\; but this is what was spoken by the prop
 het Joel: 'And in the last days it shall be\, God declares\, that I will po
 ur out my Spirit upon all flesh\, and your sons and your daughters shall pr
 ophesy\, and your young men shall see visions\, and your old men shall drea
 m dreams\; yea\, and on my menservants and my maid servants in those days I
  will pour out my Spirit\; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders
  in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath\, blood\, and fire\, an
 d vapor of smoke\; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into 
 blood\, before the day of the Lord comes\, the great and manifest day. And 
 it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 24:12-35\nAt that time\, [Peter rose and ran to the t
 omb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen cloths by themselves\; and
  he went home wondering at what had happened. That very day] two of them we
 re going to a village named Emmaus\, about seven miles from Jerusalem\, and
  talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While th
 ey were talking and discussing together\, Jesus Himself drew near and went 
 with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to th
 em\, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as yo
 u walk?" and they stood still\, looking sad. Then one of them\, named Cleop
 as\, answered Him\, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not kno
 w the things that have happened there in these days?" And He said to them\,
  "What things?" And they said to him\, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth\, who 
 was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people\, and h
 ow our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death\,
  and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. 
 Yes\, and besides all this\, it is now the third day since this happened. M
 oreover\, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early 
 in the morning and did not find His body\; and they came back saying that t
 hey had even seen a vision of angels\, who said that He was alive. Some of 
 those who were with us went to the tomb\, and found it just as the women ha
 d said\; but Him they did not see." And He said to them\, "O foolish men\, 
 and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was not it 
 necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into this gl
 ory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets\, He interpreted to the
 m in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. So they drew near to
  the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further\, bu
 t they constrained Him\, saying\, "Stay with us\, for it is toward evening 
 and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He was
  at table with them\, He took the bread and blessed\, and broke it\, and ga
 ve it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him\; and He 
 vanished out of their sight. They said to each other\, "Did not our hearts 
 burn within us while He talked to us on the road\, while He opened to us th
 e scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem\; and
  they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them\, who
  said\, "The Lord has risen indeed\, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they 
 told what had happened on the road and how He was known to them in the brea
 king of the bread.\n\n
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SUMMARY: Renewal Tuesday: The Commemoration of Saints Raphael\, Nicholas\, 
 Irene\, and the Other Newly-revealed Martyrs of Lesbos
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/26/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Xenophon & his Companions\; Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai\n\nEpistle
  Reading: St. Peter's First Universal Letter 2:21-25\; 3:1-9\nBeloved\, Chr
 ist suffered for you\, leaving you an example\, that you should follow in h
 is steps. He committed no sin\; no guile was found on his lips. When he was
  reviled\, he did not revile in return\; when he suffered\, he did not thre
 aten\; but he trusted to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in
  his body on the tree\, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
  By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep\, but
  have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.\n\nLikewise 
 you wives\, be submissive to your husbands\, so that some\, though they do 
 not obey the word\, may be won without a word by the behavior of their wive
 s\, when they see your reverent and chaste behavior. Let not yours be the o
 utward adorning with braiding of hair\, decoration of gold\, and wearing of
  fine clothing\, but let it be the hidden person of the heart with the impe
 rishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit\, which in God's sight is very 
 precious. So once the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves 
 and were submissive to their husbands\, as Sarah obeyed Abraham\, calling h
 im lord. And you are now her children if you do right and let nothing terri
 fy you.\n\nLikewise you husbands\, live considerately with your wives\, bes
 towing honor on the woman as the weaker sex\, since you are joint heirs of 
 the grace of life\, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.\n\nFina
 lly\, all of you\, have unity of spirit\, sympathy\, love of the brethren\,
  a tender heart and a humble mind. Do not return evil for evil or reviling 
 for reviling\; but on the contrary bless\, for to this you have been called
 \, that you may obtain a blessing.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 12:13-17\nAt tha
 t time\, the chief priests and scribes sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees 
 and some of the Herodians\, to entrap him in his talk. And they came and sa
 id to him\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and care for no man\; fo
 r you do not regard the position of men\, but truly teach the way of God. I
 s it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar\, or not? Should we pay them\, or should
  we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy\, he said to them\, "Why put me to th
 e test? Bring me a coin\, and let me look at it." And they brought one. And
  he said to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to h
 im\, "Caesar's." Jesus said to them\, "Render to Caesar the things that are
  Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at 
 him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/07/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 10th Sunday of Luke\; Ambrose\, Bishop of Milan\; Athenodoros the Mart
 yr of Mesopotamia\; Righteous Father Gerasimus\, Ascetic of Euboia\n\nFast 
 Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12\nOn the first day
  of the week at early dawn\, the women went to the tomb\, taking spices\, w
 hich they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb\
 , but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While
  they were perplexed about this\, behold\, two men stood by them in dazzlin
 g apparel\; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground
 \, the men said to them\, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is
  not here\, but has risen. Remember how He told you\, while He was still in
  Galilee\, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful m
 en\, and be crucified\, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His
  words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to 
 all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of J
 ames and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles\; but thes
 e words seemed to them an idle tale\, and they did not believe them. But Pe
 ter rose and ran to the tomb\; stooping and looking in\, he saw the linen c
 loths by themselves\; and he went home wondering at what had happened.\n\nE
 pistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19\nBrethren\, walk 
 as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good a
 nd right and true)\, and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no
  part in the unfruitful works of darkness\, but instead expose them. For it
  is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret\; but when a
 nything is exposed by the light it becomes visible\, for anything that beco
 mes visible is light. Therefore it is said\, "Awake\, O sleeper\, and arise
  from the dead\, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how 
 you walk\, not as unwise men but as wise\, making the most of the time\, be
 cause the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish\, but understand what 
 the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine\, for that is debau
 chery\; but be filled with the Spirit\, addressing one another in psalms an
 d hymns and spiritual songs\, singing and making melody to the Lord with al
 l your heart.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 13:10-17\nAt that time\, Jesus was te
 aching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who h
 ad a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years\; she was bent over and could n
 ot fully straighten herself. And when Jesus saw her\, he called her and sai
 d to her\, "Woman\, you are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his han
 ds upon her\, and immediately she was made straight\, and she praised God. 
 But the ruler of the synagogue\, indignant because Jesus had healed on the 
 sabbath\, said to the people\, "There are six days on which work ought to b
 e done\; come on those days and be healed\, and not on the sabbath day." Th
 en the Lord answered him\, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sab
 bath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger\, and lead it away to water
  it? And ought not this woman\, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for 
 eighteen years\, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said t
 his\, all his adversaries were put to shame\; and all the people rejoiced a
 t all the glorious things that were done by him.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/26/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Carpos and Alphaeus\, Apostles of the 70\; Alexandros the New Martyr o
 f Thessaloniki\; George the New of Sofia\; Augustine\, Archbishop of Canter
 bury\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 21:26-32\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Pau
 l took the men\, and the next day he purified himself with them and went in
 to the temple\, to give notice when the days of purification would be fulfi
 lled and the offering presented for every one of them. When the seven days 
 were almost completed\, the Jews from Asia\, who had seen him in the temple
 \, stirred up all the crowd\, and laid hands on him\, crying out\, "Men of 
 Israel\, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the p
 eople and the law and this place\; moreover he also brought Greeks into the
  temple\, and he has defiled this holy place." For they had previously seen
  Trophimos the Ephesian with him in the city\, and they supposed that Paul 
 had brought him into the temple. Then all the city was aroused\, and the pe
 ople ran together\; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple\, an
 d at once the gates were shut. And as they were trying to kill him\, word c
 ame to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. He at
  once took soldiers and centurions\, and ran down to them\; and when they s
 aw the tribune and the soldiers\, they stopped beating Paul.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: John 16:2-13\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "The hour is coming whe
 n whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will
  do this because they have not known the Father\, nor me. But I have said t
 hese things to you\, that when their hour comes you may remember that I tol
 d you of them.\n\n"I did not say these things to you from the beginning\, b
 ecause I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me\; yet none of 
 you asks me\, 'Where are you going?' But because I have said these things t
 o you\, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: i
 t is to your advantage that I go away\, for if I do not go away\, the Couns
 elor will not come to you\; but if I go\, I will send him to you. And when 
 he comes\, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and 
 judgment: concerning sin\, because they do not believe in me\; concerning r
 ighteousness\, because I go to the Father\, and you will see me no more\; c
 oncerning judgment\, because the ruler of this world is judged.\n\n"I have 
 yet many things to say to you\, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spir
 it of truth comes\, he will guide you into all the truth."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/03/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Isaacius\, Dalmatus\, & Faustus\, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery\
 ; Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer\; Theoctistus the Wonderworker\n\nStrict Fast
 \n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:12-19\nB
 rethren\, if Christ is preached as raised from the dead\, how can some of y
 ou say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurr
 ection of the dead\, then Christ has not been raised\; if Christ has not be
 en raised\, then our preaching is in vain. We are even found to be misrepre
 senting God\, because we testified of God that he raised Christ\, whom he d
 id not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead ar
 e not raised\, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been rais
 ed\, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also w
 ho have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If for this life only we hav
 e hoped in Christ\, we are of all men most to be pitied.\n\nGospel Reading:
  Matthew 21:18-22\nAt that time\, as Jesus was returning to the city\, he w
 as hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found n
 othing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come f
 rom you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw i
 t they marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" And Jesus
  answered them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, if you have faith and never doubt\
 , you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree\, but even if you
  say to this mountain\, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea\,' it will be do
 ne. And whatever you ask in prayer\, you will receive\, if you have faith."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/09/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius\, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily\; Di
 onysios the Orator\; Metrophanes of Mount Athos\; Methodios the Hieromartyr
 \, Bishop of Lampis\; Patermuthius the Monk\; Euthymios of Karelia\; Michae
 l Paknanas the Gardener\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 3:18-23\nBrethren\, let no one deceive himself. If any one amon
 g you thinks that he is wise in this age\, let him become a fool that he ma
 y become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is wr
 itten\, "He catches the wise in their craftiness\," and again\, "The Lord k
 nows that the thoughts of the wise are futile." So let no one boast of men.
  For all things are yours\, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world 
 or life or death or the present or the future\, all are yours\; and you are
  Christ's\; and Christ is God's.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 13:36-43\nAt th
 at time\, as Jesus went into the house\, his disciples came to him\, saying
 \, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field." He answered\, "He
  who sows the good seed is the Son of man\; the field is the world\, and th
 e good seed means the sons of the kingdom\; the weeds are the sons of the e
 vil one\, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil\; the harvest is the cl
 ose of the age\, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are gathered
  and burned with fire\, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of m
 an will send his angels\, and they will gather out of his kingdom all cause
 s of sin and all evildoers\, and throw them into the furnace of fire\; ther
 e men will weep and gnash their teeth. Then the righteous will shine like t
 he sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear\, let him he
 ar."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hieromartyr Clement\, Bishop of Ancyra\; Agathangelus the Martyr\; Rig
 hteous Father Dionysius of Olympus\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. P
 aul's Letter to the Philippians 3:20-21\; 4:1-3\nBrethren\, our commonwealt
 h is in heaven\, and from it we await a Savior\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, wh
 o will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body\, by the power wh
 ich enables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefore\, my bret
 hren\, whom I love and long for\, my joy and crown\, stand firm thus in the
  Lord\, my beloved.  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in th
 e Lord.  And I ask you also\, true yokefellow\, help these women\, for they
  have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and 
 the rest of my fellow workers\, whose names are in the book of life. \n\nGo
 spel Reading: Mark 2:23-28\; 3:1-5\nAt that time\, Jesus was going through 
 the grainfields\; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck h
 eads of grain.  And the Pharisees said to him\, "Look\, why are they doing 
 what is not lawful on the sabbath?"  And he said to them\, "Have you never 
 read what David did\, when he was in need and was hungry\, he and those who
  were with him: how he entered the house of God\, when Abiathar was high pr
 iest\, and ate the bread of the Presence\, which it is not lawful for any b
 ut the priests to eat\, and also gave it to those who were with him?"  And 
 he said to them\, "The sabbath was made for man\, not man for the sabbath\;
  so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."\n\nAgain he entered the sy
 nagogue\, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  And they watched hi
 m\, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath\, so that they might ac
 cuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand\, "Come here." 
  And he said to them\, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do har
 m\, to save life or to kill?"  But they were silent.  And he looked around 
 at them with anger\, grieved at their hardness of heart\, and said to the m
 an\, "Stretch it out\," and his hand was restored.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/04/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Gerasimus the Righteous of Jordan\; Paul & his sister Juliana and thei
 r Companions\; Daniel\, Prince of Moscow\; Gregory\, Bishop of Constance\n\
 nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 5:16-25\nBut the LORD of host
 s is exalted in justice\, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousn
 ess.  Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture\, fatlings and kids sh
 all feed among the ruins.  Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of fal
 sehood\, who draw sin as with cart ropes\, who say: "Let him make haste\, l
 et him speed his work that we may see it\; let the purpose of the Holy One 
 of Israel draw near\, and let it come\, that we may know it!"  Woe to those
  who call evil good and good evil\, who put darkness for light and light fo
 r darkness\, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!  Woe to those w
 ho are wise in their own eyes\, and shrewd in their own sight!  Woe to thos
 e who are heroes at drinking wine\, and valiant men in mixing strong drink\
 , who acquit the guilty for a bribe\, and deprive the innocent of his right
 !  Therefore\, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble\, and as dry grass
  sinks down in the flame\, so their root will be as rottenness\, and their 
 blossom go up like dust\; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hos
 ts\, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.  Therefore the a
 nger of the LORD was kindled against his people\, and he stretched out his 
 hand against them and smote them\, and the mountains quaked\; and their cor
 pses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is 
 not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.\n\nOld Testament Readi
 ng: Genesis 4:16-26\n Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD\, a
 nd dwelt in the land of Nod\, east of Eden.  Cain knew his wife\, and she c
 onceived and bore Enoch\; and he built a city\, and called the name of the 
 city after the name of his son\, Enoch.  To Enoch was born Irad\; and Irad 
 was the father of Mehujael\, and Mehujael the father of Methushael\, and Me
 thushael the father of Lamech.  And Lamech took two wives\; the name of the
  one was Adah\, and the name of the other Zillah.  Adah bore Jabal\; he was
  the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.  His brother's nam
 e was Jubal\; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.  Z
 illah bore Tubalcain\; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and i
 ron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.  Lamech said to his wives: "Adah a
 nd Zillah\, hear my voice\; you wives of Lamech\, hearken to what I say: I 
 have slain a man for wounding me\, a young man for striking me.  If Cain is
  avenged sevenfold\, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." \n\n  And Adam knew h
 is wife again\, and she bore a son and called his name Seth\, for she said\
 , "God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel\, for Cain slew h
 im."  To Seth also a son was born\, and he called his name Enosh. At that t
 ime men began to call upon the name of the LORD.\n\nOld Testament Reading: 
 Proverbs 5:15-6:3\nDrink water from your own cistern\, flowing water from y
 our own well.  Should your springs be scattered abroad\, streams of water i
 n the streets?  Let them be for yourself alone\, and not for strangers with
  you.  Let your fountain be blessed\, and rejoice in the wife of your youth
 \, a lovely hind\, a graceful doe. Let her affection fill you at all times 
 with delight\, be infatuated always with her love.  Why should you be infat
 uated\, my son\, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress
 ?  For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD\, and he watches all hi
 s paths.  The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him\, and he is caught in th
 e toils of his sin.  He dies for lack of discipline\, and because of his gr
 eat folly he is lost.\n\n  My son\, if you have become surety for your neig
 hbor\, have given your pledge for a stranger\; if you are snared in the utt
 erance of your lips\, caught in the words of your mouth\; then do this\, my
  son\, and save yourself\, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go
 \, hasten\, and importune your neighbor.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica\; Paul\, Bishop of Corinth\n\nStrict Fa
 st\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:11-17\nThus says the LORD\, the Holy
  One of Israel\, and his Maker: "Will you question me about my children\, o
 r command me concerning the work of my hands?  I made the earth\, and creat
 ed man upon it\; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens\, and I com
 manded all their host.  I have aroused him in righteousness\, and I will ma
 ke straight all his ways\; he shall build my city and set my exiles free\, 
 not for price or reward\," says the LORD of hosts.  \n\n Thus says the LORD
 : "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia\, and the Sabeans\, 
 men of stature\, shall come over to you and be yours\, they shall follow yo
 u\; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supp
 lication to you\, saying: 'God is with you only\, and there is no other\, n
 o god besides him.'"  Truly\, thou art a God who hidest thyself\, O God of 
 Israel\, the Savior.  All of them are put to shame and confounded\, the mak
 ers of idols go in confusion together.  But Israel is saved by the LORD wit
 h everlasting salvation\; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to al
 l eternity.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 22:1-18\n After these things 
 God tested Abraham\, and said to him\, "Abraham!" And he said\, "Here am I.
 "  He said\, "Take your son\, your only son Isaac\, whom you love\, and go 
 to the land of Moriah\, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of
  the mountains of which I shall tell you."  So Abraham rose early in the mo
 rning\, saddled his ass\, and took two of his young men with him\, and his 
 son Isaac\; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering\, and arose and went
  to the place of which God had told him.  On the third day Abraham lifted u
 p his eyes and saw the place afar off.  Then Abraham said to his young men\
 , "Stay here with the ass\; I and the lad will go yonder and worship\, and 
 come again to you."  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering\, and 
 laid it on Isaac his son\; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. 
 So they went both of them together.  And Isaac said to his father Abraham\,
  "My father! "And he said\, "Here am I\, my son." He said\, "Behold\, the f
 ire and the wood\; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"  Abraham sa
 id\, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering\, my son." So 
 they went both of them together.  \n\n When they came to the place of which
  God had told him\, Abraham built an altar there\, and laid the wood in ord
 er\, and bound Isaac his son\, and laid him on the altar\, upon the wood.  
 Then Abraham put forth his hand\, and took the knife to slay his son.  But 
 the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven\, and said\, "Abraham\, Abr
 aham!" And he said\, "Here am I."  He said\, "Do not lay your hand on the l
 ad or do anything to him\; for now I know that you fear God\, seeing you ha
 ve not withheld your son\, your only son\, from me."  And Abraham lifted up
  his eyes and looked\, and behold\, behind him was a ram\, caught in a thic
 ket by his horns\; and Abraham went and took the ram\, and offered it up as
  a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called the name of that p
 lace The LORD will provide\; as it is said to this day\, "On the mount of t
 he LORD it shall be provided."  And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham
  a second time from heaven\, and said\, "By myself I have sworn\, says the 
 LORD\, because you have done this\, and have not withheld your son\, your o
 nly son\, I will indeed bless you\, and I will multiply your descendants as
  the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your des
 cendants shall possess the gate of their enemies\, and by your descendants 
 shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves\, because you have obey
 ed my voice."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 17:17-18:5\nA friend loves
  at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.  A man without sense g
 ives a pledge\, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.  He who
  loves transgression loves strife\; he who makes his door high seeks destru
 ction.  A man of crooked mind does not prosper\, and one with a perverse to
 ngue falls into calamity.  A stupid son is a grief to a father\; and the fa
 ther of a fool has no joy.  A cheerful heart is a good medicine\, but a dow
 ncast spirit dries up the bones.  A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bos
 om to pervert the ways of justice.  A man of understanding sets his face to
 ward wisdom\, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.  A fooli
 sh son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.  To imp
 ose a fine on a righteous man is not good\; to flog noble men is wrong.  He
  who restrains his words has knowledge\, and he who has a cool spirit is a 
 man of understanding.  Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise\; wh
 en he closes his lips\, he is deemed intelligent.\n\n  He who is estranged 
 seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment.  A fool takes no pl
 easure in understanding\, but only in expressing his opinion.  When wickedn
 ess comes\, contempt comes also\; and with dishonor comes disgrace.  The wo
 rds of a man's mouth are deep waters\; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing 
 stream.  It is not good to be partial to a wicked man\, or to deprive a rig
 hteous man of justice.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/23/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Phocas the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Sinope\; Ezekiel the Prophet\; Pela
 gia the Righteous of Tinos\; Trophimos & Theophilios and the 13 others mart
 yred in Lycia\; St. Anna of Levkadio\; The Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos
  of Pochaev\; Icon of the Mother of God\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Firs
 t Letter to the Corinthians 10:28-33\; 11:1-8\nBrethren\, if someone says t
 o you\, "This has been offered in sacrifice\," then out of consideration fo
 r the man who informed you\, and for conscience's sake - I mean his conscie
 nce\, not yours - do not eat it. For why should my liberty be determined by
  another man's scruples? If I partake with thankfulness\, why am I denounce
 d because of that for which I give thanks? So\, whether you eat or drink\, 
 or whatever you do\, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or
  to Greeks or to the church of God\, just as I try to please all men in eve
 rything I do\, not seeking my own advantage\, but that of many\, that they 
 may be saved. Be imitators of me\, as I am of Christ. I commend you because
  you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have d
 elivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every m
 an is Christ\, the head of a woman is her husband\, and the head of Christ 
 is God. Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his
  head\, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishon
 ors her head - it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a woman wi
 ll not veil herself\, then she should cut off her hair\, but if it is disgr
 aceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven\, let her wear a veil. For a man o
 ught not to cover his head\, since he is the image and glory of God\; but w
 oman is the glory of man. (For man was not made from woman\, but woman from
  man.)\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 16:24-28\nThe Lord said to his disciples\
 , "If any man would come after me\, let him deny himself and take up his cr
 oss and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it\, and whoev
 er loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man\,
  if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man giv
 e in return for his life? For the Son of man is to come with his angels in 
 the glory of his Father and then he will repay every man for what he has do
 ne. Truly\, I say to you\, there are some standing here who will not taste 
 death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/02/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Hesychius the Martyr\; Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas\; Joachim of Va
 topedi who was given the name Papoulakis\; Andronikos & Athanasia the Marty
 rs\; Theodotos the Holy Martyr\, Bishop of Cyrenia\; Euthalia the Virgin-Ma
 rtyr of Sicily\; Chad\, Bishop of Lichfield\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament
  Reading: Isaiah 4:2-5:7\nIn that day the branch of the LORD shall be beaut
 iful and glorious\, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory 
 of the survivors of Israel.  And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jeru
 salem will be called holy\, every one who has been recorded for life in Jer
 usalem\, when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of
  Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit 
 of judgment and by a spirit of burning.  Then the LORD will create over the
  whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day\, and smok
 e and the shining of a flaming fire by night\; for over all the glory there
  will be a canopy and a pavilion.  It will be for a shade by day from the h
 eat\, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.  Let me sing 
 for my beloved a love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineya
 rd on a very fertile hill.  He digged it and cleared it of stones\, and pla
 nted it with choice vines\; he built a watchtower in the midst of it\, and 
 hewed out a wine vat in it\; and he looked for it to yield grapes\, but it 
 yielded wild grapes.  And now\, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah
 \, judge\, I pray you\, between me and my vineyard.  What more was there to
  do for my vineyard\, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to y
 ield grapes\, why did it yield wild grapes?  And now I will tell you what I
  will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge\, and it shall be devoured
 \; I will break down its wall\, and it shall be trampled down.  I will make
  it a waste\; it shall not be pruned or hoed\, and briers and thorns shall 
 grow up\; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.  F
 or the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel\, and the men o
 f Judah are his pleasant planting\; and he looked for justice\, but behold\
 , bloodshed\; for righteousness\, but behold\, a cry!\n\nOld Testament Read
 ing: Genesis 3:21-4:7\n And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife gar
 ments of skins\, and clothed them.  Then the LORD God said\, "Behold\, the 
 man has become like one of us\, knowing good and evil\; and now\, lest he p
 ut forth his hand and take also of the tree of life\, and eat\, and live fo
 r ever"- therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden\, to
  till the ground from which he was taken.  He drove out the man\; and at th
 e east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim\, and a flaming sword w
 hich turned every way\, to guard the way to the tree of life.  \n\n Now Ada
 m knew Eve his wife\, and she conceived and bore Cain\, saying\, "I have go
 tten a man with the help of the LORD."  And again\, she bore his brother Ab
 el. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep\, and Cain a tiller of the ground.  In t
 he course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the 
 ground\, and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat p
 ortions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering\, but for Cain a
 nd his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry\, and his countena
 nce fell.  The LORD said to Cain\, "Why are you angry\, and why has your co
 untenance fallen?  If you do well\, will you not be accepted? And if you do
  not do well\, sin is couching at the door\; its desire is for you\, but yo
 u must master it."\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 3:34-4:22\nToward the
  scorners he is scornful\, but to the humble he shows favor.  The wise will
  inherit honor\, but fools get disgrace.\n\n  Hear\, O sons\, a father's in
 struction\, and be attentive\, that you may gain insight\; for I give you g
 ood precepts: do not forsake my teaching.  When I was a son with my father\
 , tender\, the only one in the sight of my mother\, he taught me\, and said
  to me\, "Let your heart hold fast my words\; keep my commandments\, and li
 ve\; do not forget\, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get w
 isdom\; get insight.  Do not forsake her\, and she will keep you\; love her
 \, and she will guard you.  The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom\, a
 nd whatever you get\, get insight.  Prize her highly\, and she will exalt y
 ou\; she will honor you if you embrace her.  She will place on your head a 
 fair garland\; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."\n\n  Hear\, my so
 n\, and accept my words\, that the years of your life may be many.  I have 
 taught you the way of wisdom\; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. 
  When you walk\, your step will not be hampered\; and if you run\, you will
  not stumble.  Keep hold of instruction\, do not let go\; guard her\, for s
 he is your life.  Do not enter the path of the wicked\, and do not walk in 
 the way of evil men.  Avoid it\; do not go on it\; turn away from it and pa
 ss on.  For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong\; they are robbed
  of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.  For they eat the bread o
 f wickedness and drink the wine of violence.  But the path of the righteous
  is like the light of dawn\, which shines brighter and brighter until full 
 day.  The way of the wicked is like deep darkness\; they do not know over w
 hat they stumble.\n\n  My son\, be attentive to my words\; incline your ear
  to my sayings.  Let them not escape from your sight\; keep them within you
 r heart.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Bartholomew the Holy Apostle\; Barnabas the Holy Apostle\; Revelation 
 of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel\; L
 uke of Simferopol\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke
  10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "He who hears you hears me\, an
 d he who rejects you rejects me\, and he who rejects me rejects him who sen
 t me." The seventy returned with joy\, saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are
  subject to us in your name!" And he said to them\, "I saw Satan fall like 
 lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have given you authority to tread upon se
 rpents and scorpions\, and over all the power of the enemy\; and nothing sh
 all hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this\, that the spirits are su
 bject to you\; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that 
 same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said\, "I thank you\, Father\,
  Lord of heaven and earth\, that you have hidden these things from the wise
  and understanding and revealed them to babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was
  your gracious will."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30\nIn
  those days\, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution 
 that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch
 \, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them\, men
  of Cyprus and Cyrene\, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also\,
  preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them\, and a g
 reat number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears
  of the church in Jerusalem\, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he ca
 me and saw the grace of God\, he was glad\; and he exhorted them all to rem
 ain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose\; for he was a good man\, f
 ull of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the L
 ord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul\; and when he had found hi
 m\, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church\, 
 and taught a large company of people\; and in Antioch the disciples were fo
 r the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down fr
 om Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold
  by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world\; and 
 this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined\, eve
 ry one according to his ability\, to send relief to the brethren who lived 
 in Judea\, and they did so\, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnab
 as and Saul.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 10:16-21\nThe Lord said to his discipl
 es\, "He who hears you hears me\, and he who rejects you rejects me\, and h
 e who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy\, 
 saying\, "Lord\, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he sa
 id to them\, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold\, I have 
 given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions\, and over all the
  power of the enemy\; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoi
 ce in this\, that the spirits are subject to you\; but rejoice that your na
 mes are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spiri
 t and said\, "I thank you\, Father\, Lord of heaven and earth\, that you ha
 ve hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to
  babes\; yes\, Father\, for such was your gracious will."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/18/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria\; Leontus the martyr\; Her
 mos the Martyr\; John & George\, Patriarchs of Constantinople\; Relics of A
 rsenios the Righteous of Paros\; Constantine the New Martyr of Capua\; Matt
 hew the New Martyr of Gerakari\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Ho
 ly Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's S
 econd Letter to the Corinthians 5:15-21\nBrethren\, Christ died for all\, t
 hat those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for 
 their sake died and was raised.\n\nFrom now on\, therefore\, we regard no o
 ne from a human point of view\; even though we once regarded Christ from a 
 human point of view\, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore\, if any one 
 is in Christ\, he is a new creation\; the old has passed away\, behold\, th
 e new has come. All this is from God\, who through Christ reconciled us to 
 himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation\; that is\, God was in C
 hrist reconciling the world to himself\, not counting their trespasses agai
 nst them\, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are am
 bassadors for Christ\, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on 
 behalf of Christ\, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin
  who knew no sin\, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
 \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:16-22\nAt that time\, Jesus\, passing along by t
 he Sea of Galilee\, saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net
  in the sea\; for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them\, "Follow me 
 and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their
  nets and followed him. And going on a little farther\, he saw James the so
 n of Zebedee and John his brother\, who were in their boats mending the net
 s. And immediately he called them\; and they left their father Zebedee in t
 he boat with the hired servants\, and followed him. And they went into Cape
 rnaum\; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
  And they were astonished at his teaching\, for he taught them as one who h
 ad authority\, and not as the scribes.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/21/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Apostle Thaddaeus\; The Holy Martyr Bassa and Her Sons: Theog
 nis\, Agapius\, and Pistus\; Athanasios Patelaros\, Patriarch of Constantin
 ople\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and 
 Ever Virgin Mary\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Lette
 r to the Corinthians 7:10-16\nBrethren\, godly grief produces a repentance 
 that leads to salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces d
 eath. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you\, what 
 eagerness to clear yourselves\, what indignation\, what alarm\, what longin
 g\, what zeal\, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves 
 guiltless in the matter. So although I wrote to you\, it was not on account
  of the one who did the wrong\, nor on account of the one who suffered the 
 wrong\, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the 
 sight of God.\n\nTherefore we are comforted.\n\nAnd besides our own comfort
  we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus\, because his mind has been set
  at rest by you all. For if I have expressed to him some pride in you\, I w
 as not put to shame\; but just as everything we said to you was true\, so o
 ur boasting before Titus has proved true. And his heart goes out all the mo
 re to you\, as he remembers the obedience of you all\, and the fear and tre
 mbling with which you received him. I rejoice\, because I have perfect conf
 idence in you.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:13-21\nAt that time\, Jesus went u
 p on the mountain\, and called to him those whom he desired\; and they came
  to him. And he appointed twelve\, to be with him\, and to be sent out to p
 reach and have authority to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter\;
  James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James\, whom he surnamed 
 Boanerges\, that is\, sons of thunder\; Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew\,
  and Matthew\, and Thomas\, and James the son of Alphaios\, and Thaddaios\,
  and Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. Then he w
 ent home\; and the crowd came together again\, so that they could not even 
 eat. And when his family heard it\, they went out to seize him\, for people
  were saying\, "He is beside himself."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas\; Theophylact the Confessor\, Bishop of 
 Nicomedia\; Hermas the Apostle of the 70\; Dometios the Righteous\; Paul th
 e Confessor\; Felix of Burgundy\, Enlightener of East Anglia\n\nFast Day (W
 ine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:36-53\nAt that time\
 , having risen from the dead\, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples 
 and said to them\, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frighten
 ed\, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them\, "Why are yo
 u troubled\, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and 
 My feet\, that it is I Myself\; handle Me\, and see\; for a spirit has not 
 flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this\, He sho
 wed them His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy\,
  and wondered\, He said to them\, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gav
 e Him a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb]\, and He took it and ate
  before them. Then He said to them\, "These are My words which I spoke to y
 ou\, while I was still with you\, that everything written about Me in the l
 aw of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He ope
 ned their minds to understand the scriptures\, and said to them\, "Thus it 
 is written\, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from t
 he dead\, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in
  His name in all nations\, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of t
 hese things. And behold\, I send the promise of My Father upon you\; but st
 ay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led 
 them out as far as Bethany\, and lifting up His hands\, He blessed them. Wh
 ile He blessed them\, He parted from them\, and was carried up into heaven.
  And they worshiped Him\, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy\, and we
 re continually in the Temple blessing God.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's L
 etter to the Hebrews 1:10-14\; 2:1-3\nIN THE BEGINNING\, Thou\, Lord\, dids
 t found the earth in the beginning\, and the heavens are the work of thy ha
 nds\; they will perish\, but thou remainest\; they will all grow old like a
  garment\, like a mantle thou wilt roll them up\, and they will be changed.
  But thou art the same\, and thy years will never end." But to what angel h
 as he ever said\, "Sit at my right hand\, till I make thy enemies a stool f
 or thy feet?" Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve\, fo
 r the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?\n\nTherefore we must pay c
 loser attention to what we have heard\, lest we drift away from it. For if 
 the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobed
 ience received a just retribution\, how shall we escape if we neglect such 
 a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord\, and it was attest
 ed to us by those who heard him.\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And m
 any were gathered together\, so that there was no longer room for them\, no
 t even about the door\; and he was preaching the word to them. And they cam
 e\, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could no
 t get near him because of the crowd\, they removed the roof above him\; and
  when they had made an opening\, they let down the pallet on which the para
 lytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith\, he said to the paralytic\, "My 
 son\, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there\,
  questioning in their hearts\, "Why does this man speak thus? It is a blasp
 hemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus\, perceivi
 ng in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves\, said to them
 \, "Why do you question thus in your hearts? Which is easier\, to say to th
 e paralytic\, 'Your sins are forgiven\,' or to say\, 'Rise\, take up your p
 allet and walk? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on 
 earth to forgive sins"-he said to the paralytic-"I say to you\, rise\, take
  up your pallet and go home." And he rose\, and immediately took up the pal
 let and went out before them all\; so that they were all amazed and glorifi
 ed God\, saying\, "We never saw anything like this!"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/06/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nicholas the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Myra\; Nicholas the New Mart
 yr of Asia Minor\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 
 10:1-9\nThe Lord said to the Jews who had come to him\, "Truly\, truly\, I 
 say to you\, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in 
 by another way\, that man is a thief and a robber\; but he who enters by th
 e door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens\; the shee
 p hear his voice\, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. W
 hen he has brought out all his own\, he goes before them\, and the sheep fo
 llow him\, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow\, but t
 hey will flee from him\, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This
  figure Jesus used with them\, but they did not understand what he was sayi
 ng to them. So Jesus again said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, I
  am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers\;
  but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door\; if any one enters by me\,
  he will be saved\, and will go in and out and find pasture."\n\nEpistle Re
 ading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 13:17-21\nBrethren\, obey your lead
 ers and submit to them\; for they are keeping watch over your souls\, as me
 n who will have to give account.  Let them do this joyfully\, and not sadly
 \, for that would be of no advantage to you.  Pray for us\, for we are sure
  that we have a clear conscience\, desiring to act honorably in all things.
   I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored 
 to you the sooner.  Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dea
 d our Lord Jesus\, the great Shepherd of the sheep\, by the blood of the et
 ernal covenant\, equip you with everything good that you may do His will\, 
 working in you that which is pleasing in His sight\, through Jesus Christ\;
  to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 6:17-2
 3\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great crowd of his 
 disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and 
 the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be healed of t
 heir diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured
 .  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth from him an
 d healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, and said: 
 "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed are you t
 hat hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you that weep now
 \, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and when they 
 exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on account of
  the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for behold\, you
 r reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/09/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\;
  Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch\; Markellos\, Philagrios\, & Pankratios t
 he Hieromartyrs\; Teilo\, Bishop of Llandaff\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's
  First Universal Letter 2:18-29\; 3:1-8\nBrethren\, it is the last hour\; a
 nd as you have heard that antichrist is coming\, so now many antichrists ha
 ve come\; therefore we know that it is the last hour.  They went out from u
 s\, but they were not of us\; for if they had been of us\, they would have 
 continued with us\; but they went out\, that it might be plain that they al
 l are not of us.  But you have been anointed by the Holy One\, and you all 
 know that I write to you\, not because you do not know the truth\, but beca
 use you know it\, and know that no lie is of the truth.  Who is the liar bu
 t he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  This is the antichrist\, he who 
 denies the Father and the Son.  No one who denies the Son has the Father.  
 He who confesses the Son has the Father also.  Let what you heard from the 
 beginning abide in you.  If what you heard from the beginning abides in you
 \, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.  And this is what he h
 as promised us\, eternal life.\n\nI write this to you about those who would
  deceive you\; but the anointing which you received from him abides in you\
 , and you have no need that any one should teach you\; as his anointing tea
 ches you about everything\, and is true\, and is no lie\, just as it has ta
 ught you\, abide in him.\n\nAnd now\, little children\, abide in him\, so t
 hat when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame
  at his coming.  If you know that he is righteous\, you may be sure that ev
 ery one who does right is born of him.\n\nSee what love the Father has give
 n us\, that we should be called children of God\; and so we are.  The reaso
 n why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  Beloved\, we
  are God's children now\; it does not yet appear what we shall be\, but we 
 know that when he appears we shall be like him\, for we shall see him as he
  is.  And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.\n
 \nEvery one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness\; sin is lawlessness. 
  You know that he appeared to take away sins\, and in him there is no sin. 
  No one who abides in him sins\; no one who sins has either seen him or kno
 wn him.  Little children\, let no one deceive you.  He who does right is ri
 ghteous\, as he is righteous.  He who commits sin is of the devil\; for the
  devil has sinned from the beginning.  The reason the Son of God appeared w
 as to destroy the works of the devil. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 11:1-11\nAt 
 that time\, Jesus drew near to Jerusalem\, to Bethsphage and Bethany\, at t
 he Mount of Olives\, and he sent two of his disciples\, and said to them\, 
 "Go into the village opposite you\, and immediately as you enter it you wil
 l find a colt tied\, on which no one has ever sat\; untie it and bring it. 
  If any one says to you\, 'Why are you doing this?' say\, 'The Lord has nee
 d of it and will send it back here immediately.'"  And they went away\, and
  found a colt tied at the door out in the open street\; and they untied it.
   And those who stood there said to them\, "What are you doing\, untying th
 e colt?"  And they told them what Jesus had said\; and they let them go.  A
 nd they brought the colt to Jesus\, and threw their garments on it\; and he
  sat upon it.  And many spread their garments on the road\, and others spre
 ad leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.  And those who went b
 efore and those who followed cried out\, "Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes
  in the name of the Lord!  Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that 
 is coming!  Hosanna in the highest!"  And he entered Jerusalem\, and went i
 nto the temple\; and when he had looked round at everything\, as it was alr
 eady late\, he went out to Bethany with the twelve disciples.\n\n
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 sts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt\; Mark\, Bishop of Arethusa\; Martyr Cyril
  the Deacon and Those with him\; The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius\; E
 ustathios the Confessor\, Bishop of Bithynia\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allo
 wed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, 
 the first day of the week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were f
 or fear of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "P
 eace be with you." When He had said this\, He showed them His hands and His
  side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to t
 hem again\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send 
 you." And when He had said this\, He breathed on them and said to them\, "R
 eceive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\
 ; if you retain the sins of any\, they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of t
 he twelve\, called the Twin\, was not with them when Jesus came. So the oth
 er disciples told him\, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unl
 ess I see in His hands the print of the nails\, and place my finger in the 
 mark of the nails\, and place my hand in His side\, I will not believe." Ei
 ght days later\, His disciples were again in the house\, and Thomas was wit
 h them. The doors were shut\, but Jesus came and stood among them and said\
 , "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and
  see My hands\; and put out your hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be
  faithless\, but believing." Thomas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Je
 sus said to him\, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are 
 those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in
  the presence of the disciples\, which are not written in this book\; but t
 hese are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of
  God\, and that believing\, you may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Readi
 ng: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14\nBRETHREN\, when Christ appear
 ed as a high priest of the good things that have come\, then through the gr
 eater and more perfect tent (not made with hands\, that is\, not of this cr
 eation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place\, taking not the blood 
 of goats and calves but his own blood\, thus securing an eternal redemption
 . For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bull
 s and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the fle
 sh\, how much more shall the blood of Christ\, who through the eternal Spir
 it offered himself without blemish to God\, purify your conscience from dea
 d works to serve the living God. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45\nAt that
  time\, Jesus took his twelve disciples\, and he began to tell them what wa
 s to happen to him\, saying\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\; and 
 the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes\, and
  they will condemn him to death\, and deliver him to the Gentiles\; and the
 y will mock him\, and spit upon him\, and scourge him\, and kill him\; and 
 after three days he will rise." And James and John\, the sons of Zebedee\, 
 came forward to him\, and said to him\, "Teacher\, we want you to do for us
  whatever we ask of you." And he said to them\, "What do you want me to do 
 for you?" And they said to him\, "Grant us to sit\, one at your right hand 
 and one at your left\, in your glory." But Jesus said to them\, "You do not
  know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink\, or 
 to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to
  him\, "We are able." And Jesus said to them\, "The cup that I drink you wi
 ll drink\; and with the baptism with which I am baptized\, you will be bapt
 ized\; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant\, but
  it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it\
 , they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to hi
 m and said to them\, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the
  Gentiles lord it over them\, and their great men exercise authority over t
 hem. But it shall not be so among you\; but whoever would be great among yo
 u must be your servant\, and whoever would be first among you must be slave
  of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve\, and t
 o give his life as a ransom for many."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Prodigal Son\; Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr\; T
 he Holy Prophet Zacharias (Zachariah)\; Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs\
 ; Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Cut
 hman of Steyning\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Mark 16:1-8\nWhen the Sabbath wa
 s past\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary the mother of James and Salome\, bought 
 spices\, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the firs
 t day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they we
 re saying to one another\, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the do
 or of the tomb?" And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled back -
  it was very large. And entering the tomb\, they saw a young man sitting on
  the right side\, dressed in a white robe\; and they were amazed. And he sa
 id to them\, "Do not be amazed\; you seek Jesus of Nazareth\, who was cruci
 fied. He has risen\, He is not here\; see the place where they laid Him. Bu
 t go\, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee\
 ; there you will see Him\, as He told you." And they went out and fled from
  the tomb\, for trembling and astonishment had come upon them\; and they sa
 id nothing to anyone\, for they were afraid.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's
  First Letter to the Corinthians 6:12-20\nBrethren\, "all things are lawful
  for me\," but not all things are helpful.  "All things are lawful for me\,
 " but I will not be enslaved by anything.  "Food is meant for the stomach a
 nd the stomach for food" -- and God will destroy both one and the other.  T
 he body is not meant for immorality\, but for the Lord\, and the Lord for t
 he body.  And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.  
 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?  Shall I therefore 
 take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute?  Never!  
 Do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body 
 with her?  For\, as it is written\, "The two shall become one flesh."  But 
 he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.  Shun immorality.
   Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body\; but the immoral
  man sins against his own body.  Do you not know that your body is a temple
  of the Holy Spirit within you\, which you have from God?  You are not your
  own\; you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body and in yo
 ur spirit which belong to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32\nThe Lord 
 said this parable: "There was a man who had two sons\; and the younger of t
 hem said to his father\, 'Father\, give me the share of the property that f
 alls to me.'  And he divided his living between them.  Not many days later\
 , the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far count
 ry\, and there he squandered his property in loose living.  And when he had
  spent everything\, a great famine arose in that country\, and he began to 
 be in want.  So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that c
 ountry\, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.  And he would gladly h
 ave filled his belly with the pods that the swine ate\; and no one gave him
  anything.  But when he came to himself he said\, 'How many of my father's 
 hired servants have bread enough and to spare\, but I perish here with hung
 er!  I will arise and go to my father\, and I will say to him\, 'Father\, I
  have sinned against heaven and before you\; I am no longer worthy to be ca
 lled your son\; treat me as one of your hired servants.'  And he arose and 
 came to his father.  But while he was yet at a distance\, his father saw hi
 m and had compassion\, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.  And the so
 n said to him\, 'Father\, I have sinned against heaven and before you\; I a
 m no longer worthy to be called your son.'  But the father said to his serv
 ants\, 'Bring quickly the best robe\, and put it on him\; and put a ring on
  his hand\, and shoes on his feet\; and bring the fatted calf and kill it\,
  and let us eat and make merry\; for this my son was dead\, and is alive ag
 ain\; he was lost\, and is found.'  And they began to make merry.  Now his 
 elder son was in the field\; and as he came and drew near to the house\, he
  heard music and dancing.  And he called one of the servants and asked what
  this meant.  And he said to him\, 'Your brother has come\, and your father
  has killed the fatted calf\, because he has received him safe and sound.' 
  But he was angry and refused to go in.  His father came out and entreated 
 him\, but he answered his father\, 'Lo\, these many years I have served you
 \, and I never disobeyed your command\; yet you never gave me a kid\, that 
 I might make merry with my friends.  But when this son of yours came\, who 
 has devoured your living with harlots\, you killed for him the fatted calf!
 '  And he said to him\, 'Son\, you are always with me\, and all that is min
 e is yours.  It was fitting to make merry and be glad\, for this your broth
 er was dead\, and is alive\; he was lost\, and is found.'"\n\n
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 sts: Samuel the Prophet\; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos\; Stephen\, First K
 ing of Hungary\; Hierotheos\, Bishop of Hungary\; Oswin the Martyr\, King o
 f Deira\; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos a
 nd Ever Virgin Mary\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Cor
 inthians 7:1-10\nBrethren\, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement 
 of body and spirit\, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.\n\nOpen 
 your hearts to us\; we have wronged no one\, we have corrupted no one\, we 
 have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you\, for I sa
 id before that you are in our hearts\, to die together and to live together
 . I have great confidence in you\; I have great pride in you\; I am filled 
 with comfort. With all our affliction\, I am overjoyed.\n\nFor even when we
  came into Macedonia\, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at ever
 y turn --fighting without and fear within. But God\, who comforts the downc
 ast\, comforted us by the coming of Titus\, and not only by his coming but 
 also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you\, as he told us of y
 our longing\, your mourning\, your zeal for me\, so that I rejoiced still m
 ore. For even if I made you sorry with my letter\, I do not regret it (thou
 gh I did regret it)\, for I see that that letter grieved you\, though only 
 for a while. As it is\, I rejoice\, not because you were grieved\, but beca
 use you were grieved into repenting\; for you felt a godly grief\, so that 
 you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that
  leads to salvation and brings no regret\, but worldly grief produces death
 .\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:29-35\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the house o
 f Simon and Andrew\, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sic
 k with a fever\, and immediately they told him of her. And he came and took
  her by the hand and lifted her up\, and the fever left her\; and she serve
 d them. That evening\, at sundown\, they brought to him all who were sick o
 r possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered together about the
  door. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases\, and cast ou
 t many demons\; and he would not permit the demons to speak\, because they 
 knew him. And in the morning\, a great while before day\, he rose and went 
 out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/24/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 2nd Friday after Pascha\; Elizabeth the Wonderworker\; Savvas the Gene
 ral of Rome\; Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia\; Mellitus\, Archbishop o
 f Canterbury\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of
  the Apostles 5:1-11\nIn those days\, a man named Ananias with his wife Sap
 phira sold a piece of property\, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back
  some of the proceeds\, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles
 ' feet. But Peter said\, "Ananias\, why has Satan filled your heart to lie 
 to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? While
  it remained unsold\, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold\, w
 as it not at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in 
 your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." When Ananias heard these 
 words\, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it
 . The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.
  After an interval of about three hours his wife came in\, not knowing what
  had happened. And Peter said to her\, "Tell me whether you sold the land f
 or so much." And she said\, "Yes\, for so much." But Peter said to her\, "H
 ow is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Har
 k\, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at the door\, and t
 hey will carry you out." Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. Wh
 en the young men came in they found her dead\, and they carried her out and
  buried her beside her husband. And great fear came upon the whole church\,
  and upon all who heard of these things.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:30-47\; 
 6:1-2\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "I can do nothing on my o
 wn authority\; as I hear\, I judge\; and my judgment is just\, because I se
 ek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me. If I bear witnes
 s to myself\, my testimony is not true\; there is another who bears witness
  to me\, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true. You se
 nt to John\, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the testimony 
 which I receive is from man\; but I say this that you may be saved. He was 
 a burning and shining lamp\, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in
  his light. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John\; f
 or the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish\, these very wor
 ks which I am doing\, bear me witness that the Father has sent me. And the 
 Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have neve
 r heard\, his form you have never seen\; and you do not have his word abidi
 ng in you\, for you do not believe him whom he has sent. You search the scr
 iptures\, because you think that in them you have eternal life\; and it is 
 they that bear witness to me\; yet you refuse to come to me that you may ha
 ve life. I do not receive glory from men. But I know that you have not the 
 love of God within you. I have come in my Father's name\, and you do not re
 ceive me\; if another comes in his own name\, him you will receive. How can
  you believe\, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory
  that comes from the only God? Do not think that I shall accuse you to the 
 Father\; it is Moses who accuses you\, on whom you set your hope. If you be
 lieved Moses\, you would believe me\, for he wrote of me. But if you do not
  believe his writings\, how will you believe my words?"\n\nAfter this Jesus
  went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee\, which is the Sea of Tiberia
 s. And a multitude followed him\, because they saw the signs which he did o
 n those who were diseased.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sabine the Martyr of Egypt\; Christodulus the Wonderworker of Patmos\;
  Aristovoulos\, Apostle of the 70\; Julian the Martyr\; Romanos the Hieroma
 rtyr of Parium\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 14:24-32\n T
 he LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned\, so shall it be\, and as I 
 have purposed\, so shall it stand\, that I will break the Assyrian in my la
 nd\, and upon my mountains trample him under foot\; and his yoke shall depa
 rt from them\, and his burden from their shoulder."  This is the purpose th
 at is purposed concerning the whole earth\; and this is the hand that is st
 retched out over all the nations.  For the LORD of hosts has purposed\, and
  who will annul it? His hand is stretched out\, and who will turn it back? 
  In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:  "Rejoice not\, O Philis
 tia\, all of you\, that the rod which smote you is broken\, for from the se
 rpent's root will come forth an adder\, and its fruit will be a flying serp
 ent.  And the first-born of the poor will feed\, and the needy lie down in 
 safety\; but I will kill your root with famine\, and your remnant I will sl
 ay.  Wail\, O gate\; cry\, O city\; melt in fear\, O Philistia\, all of you
 ! For smoke comes out of the north\, and there is no straggler in his ranks
 ."  What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founde
 d Zion\, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."\n\nOld Testam
 ent Reading: Genesis 8:21-9:7\n And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor
 \, the LORD said in his heart\, "I will never again curse the ground becaus
 e of man\, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth\; neit
 her will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.  While 
 the earth remains\, seedtime and harvest\, cold and heat\, summer and winte
 r\, day and night\, shall not cease."  \n\n And God blessed Noah and his so
 ns\, and said to them\, "Be fruitful and multiply\, and fill the earth.  Th
 e fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth\,
  and upon every bird of the air\, upon everything that creeps on the ground
  and all the fish of the sea\; into your hand they are delivered.  Every mo
 ving thing that lives shall be food for you\; and as I gave you the green p
 lants\, I give you everything.  Only you shall not eat flesh with its life\
 , that is\, its blood.  For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckonin
 g\; of every beast I will require it and of man\; of every man's brother I 
 will require the life of man.  Whoever sheds the blood of man\, by man shal
 l his blood be shed\; for God made man in his own image.  And you\, be frui
 tful and multiply\, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.
 "\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 11:19-12:6\nHe who is steadfast in rig
 hteousness will live\, but he who pursues evil will die.  Men of perverse m
 ind are an abomination to the LORD\, but those of blameless ways are his de
 light.  Be assured\, an evil man will not go unpunished\, but those who are
  righteous will be delivered.  Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a bea
 utiful woman without discretion.  The desire of the righteous ends only in 
 good\; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.  One man gives freely\, yet 
 grows all the richer\; another withholds what he should give\, and only suf
 fers want.  A liberal man will be enriched\, and one who waters will himsel
 f be watered.  The people curse him who holds back grain\, but a blessing i
 s on the head of him who sells it.  He who diligently seeks good seeks favo
 r\, but evil comes to him who searches for it.  He who trusts in his riches
  will wither\, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.  He who t
 roubles his household will inherit wind\, and the fool will be servant to t
 he wise.  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life\, but lawlessness ta
 kes away lives.  If the righteous is requited on earth\, how much more the 
 wicked and the sinner!  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge\, but he w
 ho hates reproof is stupid.  A good man obtains favor from the LORD\, but a
  man of evil devices he condemns.  A man is not established by wickedness\,
  but the root of the righteous will never be moved.  A good wife is the cro
 wn of her husband\, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bone
 s.  The thoughts of the righteous are just\; the counsels of the wicked are
  treacherous.  The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood\, but the mout
 h of the upright delivers men.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/09/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Thursday\; The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea\; Raphael\, Nic
 holas\, Irene\, & Olympias of Mytilene\; Vadim the Righteous of Persia\n\nF
 ast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 22:1-39\nAt t
 hat time\, the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near\, which is called the Pa
 ssover. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put Jesus
  to death. For they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called
  Iscariot\, who was of the number of the twelve\; he went away and conferre
 d with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. And 
 they were glad\, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed\, and sought a
 n opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Then c
 ame the day of Unleavened Bread\, on which the passover lamb had to be sacr
 ificed. So he sent Peter and John\, saying\, "Go and prepare the passover f
 or us\, that we may eat it." They said to him\, "Where will you have us pre
 pare it?" He said to them\, "Behold\, when you have entered the city\, a ma
 n carrying a jar of water will meet you\; follow him into the house which h
 e enters\, and tell the householder\, 'The Teacher says to you\, Where is t
 he guest room\, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?' And he w
 ill show you a large upper room furnished\; there make ready." And they wen
 t\, and found it as he had told them\; and they prepared the passover. And 
 when the hour came\, he sat at table\, and the apostles with him. And he sa
 id to them. "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before 
 I suffer\; for I tell you I shall never eat it again until it is fulfilled 
 in the kingdom of God." And he took a cup\, and when he had given thanks he
  said\, "Take this\, and divide it among yourselves\; for I tell you that f
 rom now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of 
 God comes. " And he took bread\, and when he had given thanks he broke it a
 nd gave it to them\, saying\, "This is my body which is given for you. Do t
 his in remembrance of me." And likewise the cup after supper\, saying\, "Th
 is cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But beh
 old the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. For the Son of 
 man goes as it has been determined\; but woe to that man by whom he is betr
 ayed!" And they began to question one another\, which of them it was that w
 ould do this. A dispute also arose among them\, which of them was to be reg
 arded as the greatest. And he said to them\, "The kings of the Gentiles exe
 rcise lordship over them\; and those in authority over them are called bene
 factors. But not so with you\; rather let the greatest among you become as 
 the youngest\, and the leader as one who serves. For which is the greater\,
  one who sits at table\, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at t
 able? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have continue
 d with me in my trials\; and I assign to you\, as my Father assigned to me\
 , a kingdom\, that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom\, and si
 t on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Simon\, Simon\, behold\, 
 Satan demanded to have you\, that he might sift you like wheat\, but I have
  prayed for you that your faith may not fail\; and when you have turned aga
 in\, strengthen your brethren." And he said to him\, "Lord\, I am ready to 
 go with you to prison and to death." He said\, "I tell you\, Peter\, the co
 ck will not crow this day\, until you three times deny that you know me. " 
 And he said to them\, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals\
 , did you lack anything?" They said\, "Nothing." He said to them\, "But now
 \, let him who has a purse take it\, and likewise a bag. And let him who ha
 s no sword sell his mantle and buy one. For I tell you that this scripture 
 must be fulfilled in me\, "And he was reckoned with transgressors'\; for wh
 at is written about me has its fulfillment." And they said\, "Look\, Lord\,
  here are two swords. " And he said to them\, "It is enough." \n And he cam
 e out\, and went\, as was his custom\, to the Mount of Olives\; and the dis
 ciples followed him.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the Cor
 inthians 11:23-32\nBRETHREN\, I received from the Lord what I also delivere
 d to you\, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread
 \, and when he had given thanks\, he broke it\, and said\, "This is my body
  which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the 
 cup\, after supper\, saying\, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do
  this\, as often as you drink it\, in remembrance of me." For as often as y
 ou eat this bread and drink the cup\, you proclaim the Lord's death until h
 e comes.\n\nWhoever\, therefore\, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the L
 ord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of
  the Lord. Let a man examine himself\, and so eat of the bread and drink of
  the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats 
 and drinks judgment upon himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill\
 , and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly\, we should not be j
 udged. But when we are judged by the Lord\, we are chastened so that we may
  not be condemned along with the world.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 26:1-20\
 ; John 13:3-17\; Matthew 26:21-39\; Luke 22:43-44\; Matthew 26:40-75\; 27:1
 -2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "You know that after two days the Pass
 over is coming\, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."\
 n\nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the pala
 ce of the high priest\, who was called Caiaphas\, and took counsel together
  in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said\, "Not dur
 ing the feast\, lest there be a tumult among the people."\n\nNow when Jesus
  was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper\, a woman came up to him wi
 th an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment\, and she poured it on his
  head\, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it\, they were indig
 nant\, saying\, "Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for
  a large sum\, and given to the poor."\n\nBut Jesus\, aware of this\, said 
 to them\, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing
  to me.\n\nFor you always have the poor with you\, but you will not always 
 have me.\n\nIn pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare 
 me for burial. Truly\, I say to you\, wherever this gospel is preached in t
 he whole world\, what she has done will be told in memory of her."\n\nThen 
 one of the twelve\, who was called Judas Iscariot\, went to the chief pries
 ts and said\, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they pai
 d him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunit
 y to betray him.\n\nNow on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples 
 came to Jesus\, saying\, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the
  Passover?" He said\, "Go into the city to a certain one\, and say to him\,
  'The Teacher says\, My time is at hand\; I will keep the Passover at your 
 house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them
 \, and they prepared the Passover. When it was evening\, he sat at table wi
 th the twelve disciples.\n\nJesus\, knowing that the Father had given all t
 hings into his hands\, and that he had come from God and was going to God\,
  rose from supper\, laid aside his garments\, and girded himself with a tow
 el. Then he poured water into a basin\, and began to wash the disciples' fe
 et\, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.\n\nHe came t
 o Simon Peter\; and Peter said to him\, "Lord\, do you wash my feet?" Jesus
  answered him\, "What I am doing you do not know now\, but afterward you wi
 ll understand." Peter said to him\, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus a
 nswered him\, "If I do not wash you\, you have no part in me." Simon Peter 
 said to him\, "Lord\, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" Jesu
 s said to him\, "He who has bathed does not need to wash\, except for his f
 eet\, but he is clean all over\; and you are clean\, but not every one of y
 ou." For he knew who was to betray him\; that was why he said\, "You are no
 t all clean."\n\nWhen he had washed their feet\, and taken his garments\, a
 nd res
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 sts: Amos the Prophet\; Our Righteous Father Hieronymus\; Augustine the Ble
 ssed\, Bishop of Hippo\; Jerome the Righteous\; Achikos\, Stephanas\, & For
 tuanatos the Apostles\; Father among the Saints Jonas\, Metropolitan of Kie
 v\; Lazar of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Romans 7:1-14\nBrethren\, I am speaking to those who know 
 the law. Do you not know that the law is binding on a person only during hi
 s life? Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he l
 ives\; but if her husband dies she is discharged from the law concerning th
 e husband. Accordingly\, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with
  another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies she is fre
 e from that law\, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.\
 n\nLikewise\, my brethren\, you have died to the law through the body of Ch
 rist\, so that you may belong to another\, to him who has been raised from 
 the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. While we were living in t
 he flesh\, our sinful passions\, aroused by the law\, were at work in our m
 embers to bear fruit for death. But now we are discharged from the law\, de
 ad to that which held us captive\, so that we serve not under the old writt
 en code but in the new life of the Spirit.\n\nWhat then shall we say? That 
 the law is sin? By no means! Yet\, if it had not been for the law\, I shoul
 d not have known sin. I should not have known what it is to covet if the la
 w had not said\, "You shall not covet." But sin\, finding opportunity in th
 e commandment\, wrought in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law
  sin lies dead. I was once alive apart from the law\, but when the commandm
 ent came\, sin revived and I died\; the very commandment which promised lif
 e proved to be death to me. For sin\, finding opportunity in the commandmen
 t\, deceived me and by it killed me. So the law is holy\, and the commandme
 nt is holy and just and good.\n\nDid that which is good\, then\, bring deat
 h to me? By no means! It was sin\, working death in me through what is good
 \, in order that sin might be shown to be sin\, and through the commandment
  might become sinful beyond measure.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 9:36-38\; 1
 0:1-8\nAt that time\, when Jesus saw the crowds\, he had compassion for the
 m\, because they were harassed and helpless\, like sheep without a shepherd
 . Then he said to his disciples\, "The harvest is plentiful\, but the labor
 ers are few\; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers i
 nto his harvest."\n\nAnd he called to him his twelve disciples and gave the
 m authority over unclean spirits\, to cast them out\, and to heal every dis
 ease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first
 \, Simon\, who is called Peter\, and Andrew his brother\; James the son of 
 Zebedee\, and John his brother\; Philip and Bartholomew\; Thomas and Matthe
 w the tax collector\; James the son of Alphaios\, and Lebbaeos called Thadd
 aios\; Simon the Cananaean\, and Judas Iscariot\, who betrayed him. These t
 welve Jesus sent out\, charging them\, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles\, and
  enter no town of the Samaritans\, but go rather to the lost sheep of the h
 ouse of Israel. And preach as you go\, saying\, 'The kingdom of heaven is a
 t hand.' Heal the sick\, raise the dead\, cleanse lepers\, cast out demons.
  You received without paying\, give without pay."\n\n
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 sts: Sunday of St. John Climacus\; Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra\; Kallin
 iki & Vassilisa the Martyrs\; Euthemios the New Martyr\n\nFast Day (Wine an
 d Oil Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary
  stood weeping outside the tomb\, and as she wept she stooped to look into 
 the tomb\, and she saw two angels in white\, sitting where the body of Jesu
 s has lain\, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her\, "Woman
 \, why are you weeping?" She said to them\, "Because they have taken away m
 y Lord\, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this\, she tur
 ned round and saw Jesus standing\, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 
 Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Suppos
 ing Him to be the gardener\, she said to Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried H
 im away\, tell me where you have laid Him\, and I will take Him away." Jesu
 s said to her\, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," 
 which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\, "Do not touch Me\, for I have not 
 yet ascended to the Father\; but go to My brethren and say to them\, I am a
 scending to My Father and your Father\, to My God and your God." Mary Magda
 lene went and said to the disciples\, "I have seen the Lord\," and she told
  them that He had said these things to her.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's 
 Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20\nBRETHREN\, when God made a promise to Abraha
 m\, since he had no one greater by whom to swear\, he swore to himself\, sa
 ying\, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham\, havin
 g patiently endured\, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater t
 han themselves\, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmatio
 n. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promis
 e the unchangeable character of his purpose\, he interposed with an oath\, 
 so that through two unchangeable things\, in which it is impossible that Go
 d should prove false\, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encour
 agement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfa
 st anchor of the soul\, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the
  curtain\, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf\, having beco
 me a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. \n\nGospel Readin
 g: Mark 9:17-31\nAt that time\, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "T
 eacher\, I brought my son to you\, for he has a dumb spirit\; and wherever 
 it seizes him it dashes him down\; and he foams and grinds his teeth and be
 comes rigid\; and I asked your disciples to cast it out\, and they were not
  able." And he answered them\, "O faithless generation\, how long am I to b
 e with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brou
 ght the boy to him\; and when the spirit saw him\, immediately it convulsed
  the boy\, and he fell on the ground and rolled about\, foaming at the mout
 h. And Jesus asked his father\, "How long has he had this?" And he said\, "
 From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water\
 , to destroy him\; but if you can do anything\, have pity on us and help us
 ." And Jesus said to him\, "If you can! All things are possible to him who 
 believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said\, "I beli
 eve\; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running toget
 her\, he rebuked the unclean spirit\, saying to it\, "You dumb and deaf spi
 rit\, I command you\, come out of him\, and never enter him again." And aft
 er crying out and convulsing him terribly\, it came out\, and the boy was l
 ike a corpse\; so that most of them said\, "He is dead." But Jesus took him
  by the hand and lifted him up\, and he arose. And when he had entered the 
 house\, his disciples asked him privately\, "Why could we not cast it out?"
  And he said to them\, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but pray
 er and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he
  would not have any one know it\; for he was teaching his disciples\, sayin
 g to them\, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men\, and t
 hey will kill him\; and when he is killed\, after three days he will rise."
 \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/24/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Eutyches the Hieromartyr & Disciple of St. John the Theologian\; Cosma
 s of Aetolia\, Equal to the Apostles\; The Translation of the Relics of Dio
 nysios of Zakynthos\, Bishop of Aegina\; The Translation of the Holy Relics
  of Saint Peter\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Sec
 ond Letter to the Corinthians 8:7-15\nBrethren\, as you excel in everything
  in faith\, in utterance\, in knowledge\, in all earnestness\, and in your 
 love for us see that you excel in this gracious work also.\n\nI say this no
 t as a command\, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love a
 lso is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that thou
 gh he was rich\, yet for your sake he became poor\, so that by his poverty 
 you might become rich. And in this matter I give my advice: it is best for 
 you now to complete what a year ago you began not only to do but to desire\
 , so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing i
 t out of what you have. For if the readiness is there\, it is acceptable ac
 cording to what a man has\, not according to what he has not. I do not mean
  that others should be eased and you burdened\, but that as a matter of equ
 ality your abundance at the present time should supply their want\, so that
  their abundance may supply your want\, that there may be equality. As it i
 s written\, "He who gathered much has nothing over\, and he who gathered li
 ttle had no lack."\n\nGospel Reading: Mark 3:6-12\nAt that time\, the Phari
 sees held counsel with the Herodians against Jesus\, how to destroy him. Je
 sus withdrew with his disciples to the sea\, and a great multitude from Gal
 ilee followed\; also from Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond th
 e Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude\, hearing all that
  he did\, came to him. And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for h
 im because of the crowd\, lest they should crush him\; for he had healed ma
 ny\, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. And whenev
 er the unclean spirits beheld him\, they fell down before him and cried out
 \, "You are the Son of God." And he strictly ordered them not to make him k
 nown.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/27/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer\; Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-
 for-Christ\; Anthousa the Righteous Confessor\; 853 Martyrs of Thrace who w
 ere drowned\; Manuel the Righteous\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 21:12-19\
 nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Beware of men who will lay their hands o
 n you and persecute you\, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons\,
  and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. Thi
 s will be a time for you to bear testimony. Settle it therefore in your min
 ds\, not to meditate beforehand how to answer\; for I will give you a mouth
  and wisdom\, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or c
 ontradict. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsme
 n and friends\, and some of you they will put to death\; you will be hated 
 by all for my name's sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your
  endurance you will gain your lives."\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second
  Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the grace that i
 s in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses e
 ntrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suff
 ering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangl
 ed in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted 
 him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. I
 t is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
  Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understanding in every
 thing.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descended from Davi
 d\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am suffering and wear
 ing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore
  I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also may obtain 
 salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Reading: John 1
 5:17-27\; 16:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you\, to 
 love one another.  If the world hates you\, know that it has hated me befor
 e it hated you.  If you were of the world\, the world would love its own\; 
 but because you are not of the world\, but I chose you out of the world\, t
 herefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you\, 'A se
 rvant is not greater than his master.'  If they persecuted me\, they will p
 ersecute you\; if they kept my word\, they will keep yours also.  But all t
 his they will do to you on my account\, because they do not know him who se
 nt me.  If I had not come and spoken to them\, they would not have sin\; bu
 t now they have no excuse for their sin.  He who hates me hates my Father a
 lso.  If I had not done among them the works which no one else did\, they w
 ould not have sin\; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
   It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law\, 'They hated me w
 ithout a cause.'\n\n  But when the Counselor comes\, whom I shall send to y
 ou from the Father\, even the Spirit of truth\, who proceeds from the Fathe
 r\, he will bear witness to me\; and you also are witnesses\, because you h
 ave been with me from the beginning.  I have said all this to you to keep y
 ou from falling away.  They will put you out of the synagogues\; indeed\, t
 he hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service 
 to God."\n\n
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 sts: Fathers of the 1st Council\; Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain\; Sain
 t Vincent of Lerins\; Meletios the Commander & his Companion Martyrs\; Greg
 ory\, Archbishop of Novgorod\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:1-14\nAt tha
 t time\, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberi
 as\; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter\, Thomas\, called the
  Twin\, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee\, the sons of Zebedee\, and two others
  of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them\, "I am going fis
 hing." They said to him\, "We will go with you." They went out and got into
  the boat\, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking\, 
 Jesus stood on the beach\, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus
 . Jesus said to them\, "Children\, have you any fish?" They answered him\, 
 "No." He said to them\, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat\, and y
 ou will find some." So they cast it\, and now they were not able to haul it
  in\, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Pete
 r\, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord\, he put 
 on his clothes\, for he was stripped for work\, and sprang into the sea. Bu
 t the other disciples came in the boat\, dragging the net full of fish\, fo
 r they were not far from the land\, but about a hundred yards off. When the
 y got out on land\, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it\, 
 and bread. Jesus said to them\, "Bring some of the fish that you have just 
 caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore\, full of lar
 ge fish\, a hundred and fifty-three of them\; and although there were so ma
 ny\, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them\, "Come and have breakfast." 
 Now none of the disciples dared ask Him\, "Who are you?" They knew it was t
 he Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them\, and so with th
 e fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciple
 s after He was raised from the dead..\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apost
 les 20:16-18\, 28-36\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos
 \, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia\; for he was hastening t
 o be at Jerusalem\, if possible\, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos
  he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when th
 ey came to him\, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the f
 lock\, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers\, to care for the ch
 urch of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that af
 ter my departure fierce wolves will come in among you\, not sparing the flo
 ck\; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things
 \, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert\, remembering 
 that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one wit
 h tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace\, which 
 is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who
  are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselv
 es know that these hands ministered to my necessities\, and to those who we
 re with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help
  the weak\, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus\, how he said\, 'it is 
 more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus\, he k
 nelt down and prayed with them all. \n\nGospel Reading: John 17:1-13\nAt th
 at time\, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said\, "Father\, the hour 
 has come\; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you\, since you have g
 iven him power over all flesh\, to give eternal life to all whom you have g
 iven him. And this is eternal life\, that they know you the only true God\,
  and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth\, having acc
 omplished the work which you gave me to do\; and now\, Father\, you glorify
  me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the wor
 ld was made.\n\n"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me ou
 t of the world\; yours they were\, and you gave them to me\, and they have 
 kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is fro
 m you\; for I have given them the words which you gave me\, and they have r
 eceived them and know in truth that I came from you\; and they have believe
 d that you did send me. I am praying for them\; I am not praying for the wo
 rld but for those whom you have given me\, for they are mine\; all mine are
  yours\, and yours are mine\, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no m
 ore in the world\, but they are in the world\, and I am coming to you. Holy
  Father\, keep them in your name\, which you have given me\, that they may 
 be one\, even as we are one. While I was with them\, I kept them in your na
 me\, which you have given me\; I have guarded them\, and none of them is lo
 st but the son of perdition\, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But no
 w I am coming to you\; and these things I speak in the world\, that they ma
 y have my joy fulfilled in themselves."\n\n
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 sts: 1st Tuesday after Pentecost\; Nicephorus the Confessor\, Patriarch of 
 Constantinople\; Erasmos of Ochrid & his Companion Martyrs\; Demetrios the 
 New Martyr of Philadelphia\; Constantine the New Martyr of the Hagarenes\n\
 nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 1:1-7\, 13-1
 7\nPaul\, a servant of Jesus Christ\, called to be an apostle\, set apart f
 or the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his prophets in t
 he holy scriptures\, the gospel concerning his Son\, who was descended from
  David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power according 
 to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead\, Jesus Christ 
 our Lord\, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring abo
 ut the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations\, 
 including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ\; To all God'
 s beloved in Rome\, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace fro
 m God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know\, brethren\,
  that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevente
 d)\, in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the r
 est of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians
 \, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach the gospel 
 to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the 
 power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\, to the Jew first an
 d also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through
  faith for faith\; as it is written\, "The righteous shall live by faith."\
 n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:23-25\;5:1-13\nAt that time\, Jesus went about
  all Galilee\, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the
  kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. So
  his fame spread throughout all Syria\, and they brought him all the sick\,
  those afflicted with various diseases and pains\, demoniacs\, epileptics\,
  and paralytics\, and he healed them. And great crowds followed him from Ga
 lilee and the Dekapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
 \n\nSeeing the crowds\, he went up on the mountain\, and when he sat down h
 is disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them\, saying:
 \n\n"Blessed are the poor in spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\
 n\n"Blessed are those who mourn\, for they shall be comforted.\n\n"Blessed 
 are the meek\, for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n"Blessed are those who 
 hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they shall be satisfied.\n\n"Bles
 sed are the merciful\, for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n"Blessed are the pur
 e in heart\, for they shall see God.\n\n"Blessed are the peacemakers\, for 
 they shall be called sons of God.\n\n"Blessed are those who are persecuted 
 for righteousness' sake\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n"Blessed 
 are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil a
 gainst you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad\, for your reward is 
 great in heaven\, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.\n
 \n"You are the salt of the earth\; but if salt has lost its taste\, how sha
 ll its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be
  thrown out and trodden under foot by men."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Ephraim the Syrian\; Isaac the Syrian\, Bishop of Ninevah\; James the 
 Righteous\; Palladios the Hermit of Antioch\; Theodosius of Totma\; Grace t
 he Martyr\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galat
 ians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, pe
 ace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-con
 trol\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus 
 have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the 
 Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no 
 provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is 
 overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a s
 pirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one
  another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: L
 uke 6:17-23\nAt that time\, Jesus stood on a level place\, with a great cro
 wd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jeru
 salem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon\, who came to hear him and to be h
 ealed of their diseases\; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits 
 were cured.  And all the crowd sought to touch him\, for power came forth f
 rom him and healed them all.  And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples\, 
 and said: "Blessed are you poor\, for yours is the Kingdom of God.  Blessed
  are you that hunger now\, for you shall be satisfied.  Blessed are you tha
 t weep now\, for you shall laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you\, and 
 when they exclude you and revile you\, and cast out your name as evil\, on 
 account of the Son of man!  Rejoice in that day\, and leap for joy\, for be
 hold\, your reward is great in heaven."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/10/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs\; Timothy\, Bishop of Proussa\; The
 ophanes & Pansemne of Antioch\; Our Holy Father Gregory\, Bishop of Assos\;
  The Holy Martyrs of China\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Le
 tter to the Romans 4:13-25\nBrethren\, the promise to Abraham and his desce
 ndants\, that they should inherit the world\, did not come through the law 
 but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law w
 ho are to be the heirs\, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law
  brings wrath\, but where there is no law there is no transgression. That i
 s why it depends on faith\, in order that the promise may rest on grace and
  be guaranteed to all his descendants -- not only to the adherents of the l
 aw but also to those who share the faith of Abraham\, for he is the father 
 of us all\, as it is written\, "I have made you the father of many nations"
  -- in the presence of the God in whom he believed\, who gives life to the 
 dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope he beli
 eved against hope\, that he should become the father of many nations\; as h
 e had been told\, "So shall your descendants be." He did not weaken in fait
 h when he considered his own body\, which was as good as dead because he wa
 s about a hundred years old\, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah
 's womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God\, but he 
 grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God\, fully convinced that God
  was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was "reckoned t
 o him as righteousness." But the words\, "it was reckoned to him\," were wr
 itten not for his sake alone\, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us
  who believe in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord\, who was put 
 to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.\n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 7:21-23\nThe Lord said\, "Not every one who says to me\, 'Lor
 d\, Lord\,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven\, but he who does the will of
  my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me\, 'Lord\, Lord
 \, did we not prophesy in your name\, and cast out demons in your name\, an
 d do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them\, 'I 
 never knew you\; depart from me\, you evildoers.'"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\n\nFast Day (Fish 
 Allowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Luke 9:28-36\nAt that time\, Jesus took 
 with him Peter and John and James\, and went up on the mountain to pray. An
 d as he was praying\, the appearance of his countenance was altered\, and h
 is raiment became dazzling white. And behold\, two men talked with him\, Mo
 ses and Elijah\, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure\, which h
 e was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him wer
 e heavy with sleep\, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two m
 en who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him\, Peter said to
  Jesus\, "Master\, it is well that we are here\; let us make three booths\,
  one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he sa
 id. As he said this\, a cloud came and overshadowed them\; and they were af
 raid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud\, saying\
 , "This is my Son\, my Beloved\; listen to him!" And when the voice had spo
 ken\, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those
  days anything of what they had seen.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Peter's Secon
 d Universal Letter 1:10-19\nBRETHREN\, be more zealous to confirm your call
  and election\, for if you do this you will never fall\; so there will be r
 ichly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and
  Savior Jesus Christ.\n\nTherefore I intend always to remind you of these t
 hings\, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have
 . I think it right\, as long as I am in this body\, to arouse you by way of
  reminder\, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon\, as 
 our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. And I will see to it that after my departu
 re you may be able at any time to recall these things.\n\nFor we did not fo
 llow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ\, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For whe
 n he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne t
 o him by the Majestic Glory\, "This is my beloved Son\, with whom I am well
  pleased\," we heard this voice borne from heaven\, for we were with him on
  the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will
  do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place\, un
 til the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Matthew 17:1-9\nAt that time\, Jesus took with him Peter and James and
  John his brother\, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was trans
 figured before them\, and his face shone like the sun\, and his garments be
 came white as light. And behold\, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah\,
  talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus\, "Lord\, it is well that we are
  here\; if you wish\, I will make three booths here\, one for you and one f
 or Moses and one for Elijah." He was still speaking\, when lo\, a bright cl
 oud overshadowed them\, and a voice from the cloud said\, "This is my belov
 ed Son\, with whom I am well pleased\; listen to him." When the disciples h
 eard this\, they fell on their faces\, and were filled with awe. But Jesus 
 came and touched them\, saying\, "Rise\, and have no fear." And when they l
 ifted up their eyes\, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were comi
 ng down the mountain\, Jesus commanded them\, "Tell no one the vision\, unt
 il the Son of man is raised from the dead."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Second Saturday of Lent\; The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basile
 us\, Ephraim\, Eugene\, Capito\, Aetherius\, Agathodorus\, and Elpidius\; L
 avrentios of Megara\, the Righteous\; Paul the Simple\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:12-16\
 nBRETHREN\, take care lest there be in any of you an evil\, unbelieving hea
 rt\, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another e
 very day\, as long as it is called "today\," that none of you may be harden
 ed by the deceitfulness of sin. For we share in Christ\, if only we hold ou
 r first confidence firm to the end\, while it is said\, "Today\, when you h
 ear his voice\, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Who were th
 ey that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt 
 under the leadership of Moses? \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 1:35-44\nAt that ti
 me\, Jesus went out to a lonely place\, and there he prayed. And Simon and 
 those who were with him pursued him\, and they found him and said to him\, 
 "Everyone is searching for you." And he said to them\, "Let us go on to the
  next towns\, that I may preach there also\; for that is why I came out." A
 nd he went throughout all Galilee\, preaching in their synagogues and casti
 ng out demons. And a leper came to him beseeching him\, and kneeling said t
 o him\, "If you will\, you can make me clean." Moved with pity\, he stretch
 ed out his hand and touched him\, and said to him\, "I will\; be clean." An
 d immediately the leprosy left him\, and he was made clean. And he sternly 
 charged him\, and sent him away at once\, and said to him\, "See that you s
 ay nothing to any one\; but go\, show yourself to a priest\, and offer for 
 your cleansing what Moses commanded\, for a proof to them."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/15/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Paul of Thebes\; John the Hut-Dweller\; Pansophios the Martyr of Alexa
 ndria\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26\; 6:1-
 2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, peace\, patience\, ki
 ndness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-control\; against such
  there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the 
 flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit\, let us als
 o walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no provoking of one an
 other\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is overtaken in any tr
 espass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness
 .  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear one another's burdens\
 , and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 12:32-40\nThe L
 ord said\, "Fear not\, little flock\, for it is your Father's good pleasure
  to give you the Kingdom.  Sell your possessions\, and give alms\; provide 
 yourselves with purses that do not grow old\, with a treasure in the heaven
 s that does not fail\, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.  For
  where your treasure is\, there will your heart be also.  Let your loins be
  girded and your lamps burning\, and be like men who are waiting for their 
 master to come home from the marriage feast\, so that they may open to him 
 at once when he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those servants whom the mast
 er finds awake when he comes\; truly\, I say to you\, he will gird himself 
 and have them sit at table\, and he will come and serve them.  If he comes 
 in the second watch\, or in the third\, and finds them so\, blessed are tho
 se servants!  But know this\, that if the householder had known at what hou
 r the thief was coming\, he would not have left his house to be broken into
 .  You also must be ready\; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected h
 our."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 04/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Tuesday\; Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs\; George\, Bishop of 
 Mytilene\; Gerasimos the God-Bearer of Byzantium\; Righteous Father Savvas 
 the New of Kalymnos\; Tikhon\, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North
  America\n\nStrict Fast\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-46\; 23:1-39\nAt t
 hat time\, the Pharisees went and took counsel against Jesus\, how to entan
 gle him in his talk. And they sent their disciples to him\, along with the 
 Herodians\, saying\, "Teacher\, we know that you are true\, and teach the w
 ay of God truthfully\, and care for no man\; for you do not regard the posi
 tion of men. Tell us\, then\, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to 
 Caesar\, or not?" But Jesus\, aware of their malice\, said\, "Why put me to
  the test\, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax." And they brough
 t him a coin. And Jesus said to them\, "Whose likeness and inscription is t
 his?" They said\, "Caesar's." Then he said to them\, "Render\, therefore to
  Caesar the things that are Caesar's\, and to God the things that are God's
 . " When they heard it\, they marveled\; and they left him and went away.\n
 \nThe same day the Sadducees came to him\, who say that there is no resurre
 ction\; and they asked him a question saying\, "Teacher\, Moses said\, 'If 
 a man dies\, having no children\, his brother must marry the widow\, and ra
 ise up children for his brother.' Now there were seven brothers among us\; 
 the first married\, and died\, and having no children left his wife to his 
 brother. So too the second and third\, down to the seventh. After them all\
 , the woman died. In the resurrection\, therefore\, to which of the seven w
 ill she be wife? For they all had her."\n\nBut Jesus answered them\, "You a
 re wrong\, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. Fo
 r in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage\, but ar
 e like angels of God in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead\, h
 ave you not read what was said to you by God\, 'I am the God of Abraham\, a
 nd the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead\, bu
 t of the living." And when the crowd heard it\, they were astonished at his
  teaching.\n\nBut when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadduce
 es\, they came together. And one of them\, a lawyer\, asked him a question\
 , to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great commandment in the law?" And h
 e said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart\, and
  with all your soul\, and with all your mind. This is the great and first c
 ommandment. And a second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourse
 lf. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."\n\nNow 
 while the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a question\, 
 saying: "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to hi
 m\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How is it then that David\, insp
 ired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to my Lord\, 
 sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under your feet'? If David t
 hus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no one was able to answer him 
 a word\, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.\
 n\nThen said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples\, "The scribes and th
 e Pharisees sit on Moses' seat\; so practice and observe whatever they tell
  you\, but not what they do\; for they preach but do not practice. They bin
 d heavy burdens\, hard to bear\, and lay them on men's shoulders\; but they
  themselves will not move them with their finger. They do all their deeds t
 o be seen by men\; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes
  long\, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in th
 e synagogues\, and salutations in the market places\, and being called rabb
 i by men\, but you are not to be called rabbi\, for you have one teacher\, 
 and you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth\, for you ha
 ve one Father\, who is in heaven. Neither be called masters\, for you have 
 one master\, the Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant
 \; whoever exalts himself will be humbled\, and whoever humbles himself wil
 l be exalted.\n\n"But woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for 
 you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; theref
 ore you will receive the greater condemnation. Woe to you\, scribes and Pha
 risees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; f
 or you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in.
  Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and 
 land to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you mak
 e him twice as much a child of Gehenna as yourselves.\n\n"Woe to you\, blin
 d guides\, who say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but
  if any one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' Yo
 u blind fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made 
 the gold sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is noth
 ing\; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound 
 by his oath.' You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar t
 hat makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and
  by everything on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and b
 y him who dwells in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne
  of God and by him who sits upon it.\n\n"Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees
 \, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cumin\, and have neglected t
 he weightier matters of the law\, justice and mercy and faith\; these you o
 ught to have done without neglecting the others. You blind guides\, straini
 ng out a gnat and swallowing a camel! "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\,
  hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate\, but 
 inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first c
 leanse the inside of the cup and of the plate\, that the outside also may b
 e clean. Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you are like 
 white-washed tombs\, which outwardly appear beautiful\, but within they are
  full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear
  to men\, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you\, s
 cribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you build  the tombs of the prophets
  and adorn the monuments of the righteous\, saying\, 'If we had lived in th
 e days of our fathers\, we would not have taken part with them in shedding 
 the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves\, that you 
 are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up\, then\, the measure o
 f your fathers. You serpents\, you brood of vipers\, how are you to escape 
 being sentenced to Gehenna? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and 
 scribes\, some of whom you will kill and crucify\, and some you will scourg
 e in your synagogues and persecute from town to town\, that upon you may co
 me all the righteous blood shed on earth\, from the blood of innocent Abel 
 to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah\, whom you murdered between 
 the sanctuary and the altar. Truly\, I say to you\, all this will come upon
  this generation.\n\n"O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\, killing the prophets and st
 oning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your child
 ren together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings\, and you would not
 ! Behold\, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you\, you will n
 ot see me again\, until you say\, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of t
 he Lord.'"\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 24:36-51\; 25:1-46\; 26:1-2\nThe Lord
  said to his disciples\, "Of that day and hour no one knows\, not even the 
 angels of heaven\, but the Father only. As were the days of Noah\, so will 
 be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those days before the flood they
  were eating and drinking\, marrying and giving in marriage\, until the day
  when Noah entered the ark\, and they did not know until the flood came and
  swept them all away\, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two me
 n will be in the field\; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be gr
 inding at the mill\; one is taken and one is left. Watch therefore\, for yo
 u do not 
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/08/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of S
 aint John the Theologian \; Arsenios the Great\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Al
 lowed)\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: John 21:15-25\nAt that time\, Jesus reveal
 ed himself to his disciples after he was raised from the dead\, and he said
  to Simon Peter\, "Simon\, son of John\, do you love me more than these?" H
 e said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He said to him\, "
 Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him\, "Simon\, son of John\, do yo
 u love me?" He said to him\, "Yes\, Lord\; you know that I love you." He sa
 id to him\, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time\, "Simon\, son o
 f John\, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the thir
 d time\, "Do you love me?" And he said to him\, "Lord\, you know everything
 \; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him\, "Feed my sheep. Truly\, t
 ruly\, I say to you\, when you were young\, you girded yourself and walked 
 where you would\; but when you are old\, you will stretch out your hands\, 
 and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This
  he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he sa
 id to him\, "Follow me." Peter turned and saw following them the disciple w
 hom Jesus loved\, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had sa
 id\, "Lord\, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him\, h
 e said to Jesus\, "Lord\, what about this man?" Jesus said to him\, "If it 
 is my will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you? Follow me!" T
 he saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to di
 e\; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die\, but\, "If it is m
 y will that he remain until I come\, what is that to you?" This is the disc
 iple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has written these thi
 ngs\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other
  things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be written\, I suppose 
 that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7\nTHAT WHICH WAS f
 rom the beginning\, which we have heard\, which we have seen with our eyes\
 , which we have looked upon and touched with our hands\, concerning the wor
 d of life - the life was made manifest\, and we saw it\, and testify to it\
 , and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was ma
 de manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to y
 ou\, so that you may have fellowship with us\; and our fellowship is with t
 he Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our j
 oy may be complete.\n\nThis is the message we have heard from him and procl
 aim to you\, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say 
 we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness\, we lie and do not l
 ive according to the truth\; but if we walk in the light\, as he is in the 
 light\, we have fellowship with one another\, and the blood of Jesus his So
 n cleanses us from all sin.\n\nGospel Reading: John 19:25-28\, 21:24-25\nAt
  that time\, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother\, and his mothe
 r's sister\, Mary the wife of Clopas\, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw h
 is mother\, and the disciple whom he loved standing near\, he said to his m
 other\, "Woman\, behold\, your son!" Then he said to the disciple\, "Behold
 \, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. 
 This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things\, and who has w
 ritten these things\; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are
  also many other things which Jesus did\; were every one of them to be writ
 ten\, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that woul
 d be written.\n\n
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 sts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete\; Synax
 is in honor of the Archangel Gabriel\; 26 Martyrs in Crimea\; Irenaeus the 
 Hieromartyr of Hungary\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nOld Testament 
 Reading: Isaiah 42:5-16\nThus says God\, the LORD\, who created the heavens
  and stretched them out\, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it
 \, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in i
 t:  "I am the LORD\, I have called you in righteousness\, I have taken you 
 by the hand and kept you\; I have given you as a covenant to the people\, a
  light to the nations\, to open the eyes that are blind\, to bring out the 
 prisoners from the dungeon\, from the prison those who sit in darkness.  I 
 am the LORD\, that is my name\; my glory I give to no other\, nor my praise
  to graven images.  Behold\, the former things have come to pass\, and new 
 things I now declare\; before they spring forth I tell you of them." \n\n  
 Sing to the LORD a new song\, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the
  sea roar and all that fills it\, the coastlands and their inhabitants.  Le
 t the desert and its cities lift up their voice\, the villages that Kedar i
 nhabits\; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy\, let them shout from th
 e top of the mountains.  Let them give glory to the LORD\, and declare his 
 praise in the coastlands.  The LORD goes forth like a mighty man\, like a m
 an of war he stirs up his fury\; he cries out\, he shouts aloud\, he shows 
 himself mighty against his foes. \n\n  For a long time I have held my peace
 \, I have kept still and restrained myself\; now I will cry out like a woma
 n in travail\, I will gasp and pant.  I will lay waste mountains and hills\
 , and dry up all their herbage\; I will turn the rivers into islands\, and 
 dry up the pools.  And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not\, 
 in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkne
 ss before them into light\, the rough places into level ground. These are t
 he things I will do\, and I will not forsake them.\n\nOld Testament Reading
 : Genesis 18:20-33\n Then the LORD said\, "Because the outcry against Sodom
  and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave\, I will go down to see 
 whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to
  me\; and if not\, I will know."  So the men turned from there\, and went t
 oward Sodom\; but Abraham still stood before the LORD.  Then Abraham drew n
 ear\, and said\, "Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?  
 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city\; wilt thou then destroy 
 the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?  Far be i
 t from thee to do such a thing\, to slay the righteous with the wicked\, so
  that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not th
 e Judge of all the earth do right?"  And the LORD said\, "If I find at Sodo
 m fifty righteous in the city\, I will spare the whole place for their sake
 ."  Abraham answered\, "Behold\, I have taken upon myself to speak to the L
 ord\, I who am but dust and ashes.  Suppose five of the fifty righteous are
  lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said\,
  "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."  Again he spoke to him
 \, and said\, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered\, "For the sake 
 of forty I will not do it."  Then he said\, "Oh let not the Lord be angry\,
  and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered\, "I will n
 ot do it\, if I find thirty there."  He said\, "Behold\, I have taken upon 
 myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered\,
  "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it."  Then he said\, "Oh let no
 t the Lord be angry\, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are
  found there." He answered\, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."  
 And the LORD went his way\, when he had finished speaking to Abraham\; and 
 Abraham returned to his place.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Proverbs 16:17-17:
 17\nThe highway of the upright turns aside from evil\; he who guards his wa
 y preserves his life.  Pride goes before destruction\, and a haughty spirit
  before a fall.  It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to
  divide the spoil with the proud.  He who gives heed to the word will prosp
 er\, and happy is he who trusts in the LORD.  The wise of heart is called a
  man of discernment\, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.  Wisdom
  is a fountain of life to him who has it\, but folly is the chastisement of
  fools.  The mind of the wise makes his speech judicious\, and adds persuas
 iveness to his lips.  Pleasant words are like a honeycomb\, sweetness to th
 e soul and health to the body.  There is a way which seems right to a man\,
  but its end is the way to death.  A worker's appetite works for him\; his 
 mouth urges him on.  A worthless man plots evil\, and his speech is like a 
 scorching fire.  A perverse man spreads strife\, and a whisperer separates 
 close friends.  A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a w
 ay that is not good.  He who winks his eyes plans perverse things\, he who 
 compresses his lips brings evil to pass.  A hoary head is a crown of glory\
 ; it is gained in a righteous life.  He who is slow to anger is better than
  the mighty\, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.  The lo
 t is cast into the lap\, but the decision is wholly from the LORD.\n\n  Bet
 ter is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.  
 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully\, and wil
 l share the inheritance as one of the brothers.  The crucible is for silver
 \, and the furnace is for gold\, and the LORD tries hearts.  An evildoer li
 stens to wicked lips\; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.  He w
 ho mocks the poor insults his Maker\; he who is glad at calamity will not g
 o unpunished.  Grandchildren are the crown of the aged\, and the glory of s
 ons is their fathers.  Fine speech is not becoming to a fool\; still less i
 s false speech to a prince.  A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of h
 im who gives it\; wherever he turns he prospers.  He who forgives an offens
 e seeks love\, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.  A rebuke go
 es deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.  An
  evil man seeks only rebellion\, and a cruel messenger will be sent against
  him.  Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs\, rather than a fool in
  his folly.  If a man returns evil for good\, evil will not depart from his
  house.  The beginning of strife is like letting out water\; so quit before
  the quarrel breaks out.  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns t
 he righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.  Why should a fool 
 have a price in his hand to buy wisdom\, when he has no mind?  A friend lov
 es at all times\, and a brother is born for adversity.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/27/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: James the Great Martyr of Persia\; Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios o
 f Egypt\, the Righteous\; Gregory of Sinai and his disciple Gerasimos\; Ars
 enios of Rhaxos\; James the Wonderworker\, Bishop of Rostov\n\nFast Day (Fi
 sh Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonia
 ns 2:13-17\; 3:1-5\nBrethren\, we are bound to give thanks to God always fo
 r you\, brethren beloved by the Lord\, because God chose you from the begin
 ning to be saved\, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the t
 ruth. To this he called you through our gospel\, so that you may obtain the
  glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then\, brethren\, stand firm and hold t
 o the traditions which you were taught by us\, either by word of mouth or b
 y letter.\n\nNow may our Lord Jesus Christ himself\, and God our Father\, w
 ho loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace\, comfo
 rt your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.\n\nFinally\,
  brethren\, pray for us\, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triump
 h\, as it did among you\, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil
  men\; for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful\; he will strengthe
 n you and guard you from evil. And we have confidence in the Lord about you
 \, that you are doing and will do the things which we command. May the Lord
  direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 18:31-34\nAt that time\, Jesus\, taking his twelve 
 disciples\, said to them\, "Behold\, we are going up to Jerusalem\, and eve
 rything that is written of the Son of man by the prophets will be accomplis
 hed. For he will be delivered to the Gentiles\, and will be mocked and sham
 efully treated and spit upon\; they will scourge him and kill him\, and on 
 the third day he will rise." But they understood none of these things\; thi
 s saying was hid from them\, and they did not grasp what was said.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 07/31/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Precious Cross\; Dionysios the Righteous Martyr of Va
 topaidi\; Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea\; Eudocimus the Righteous of Ca
 ppadocia\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to the 
 Corinthians 14:26-40\nBRETHREN\, when you come together\, each one has a hy
 mn\, a lesson\, a revelation\, a tongue\, or an interpretation. Let all thi
 ngs be done for edification. If any speak in a tongue\, let there be only t
 wo or at most three\, and each in turn\; and let one interpret. But if ther
 e is no one to interpret\, let each one of them keep silence in church and 
 speak to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets speak\, and let the 
 others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to another by sitting by
 \, let the first be silent. For you can all prophesy one by one\, so that a
 ll may learn and all be encouraged\; and the spirits of prophets are subjec
 t to prophets. But God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all th
 e churches of the saints\, the women should keep silence in the churches. F
 or they are not permitted to speak\, but should be subordinate\, as even th
 e law says. If there is anything they desire to know\, let them ask their h
 usbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. What! D
 id the word of God originate with you\, or are you the only one it has reac
 hed? If any one thinks that he is a prophet\, or spiritual\, he should ackn
 owledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. If any one 
 does not recognize this\, he is not recognized. So\, my brethren\, earnestl
 y desire to prophesy\, and do not forbid speaking in tongues\; but all thin
 gs should be done decently and in order. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 21:12-
 14\; 17-20\nAt that time\, Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out al
 l who sold and bought in the temple\, and he overturned the tables of the m
 oneychangers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them\, "It
  is written\, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'\; but you make i
 t a den of robbers." And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple\,
  and he healed them. And leaving them\, he went out of the city to Bethany 
 and lodged there.\n\nIn the morning\, as he was returning to the city\, he 
 was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it\, and found 
 nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it\, "May no fruit ever come 
 from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw 
 it they marveled\, saying\, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/31/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Holy Pentecost\; Hermias the Martyr at Comana\; Eustathios\, Patriarch
  of Constantinople\; Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs\n\nMatins Gos
 pel Reading: John 20:19-23\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of t
 he week\, the doors being shut where the disciples were gathered\, for fear
  of the Jews\, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be
  with you." When he had said this\, he showed them his hands and his side. 
 Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them aga
 in\, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me\, even so I send you." A
 nd when he had said this\, he breathed on them\, and said to them\, "Receiv
 e the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if 
 you retain the sins of any\, they are retained."\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts o
 f the Apostles 2:1-11\nWHEN THE DAY of Pentecost had come\, they were all t
 ogether in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush o
 f a mighty wind\, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And 
 there appeared to them tongues as of fire\, distributed and resting on each
  one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to sp
 eak in other tongues\, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dw
 elling in Jerusalem Jews\, devout men from every nation under heaven. And a
 t this sound the multitude came together\, and they were bewildered\, becau
 se each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were amazed a
 nd wondered\, saying\, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And h
 ow is it that we hear\, each of us in his own native language? Parthians an
 d Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia\, Judea and Cappadocia\, 
 Pontos and Asia\, Phrygia and Pamphylia\, Egypt and the parts of Libya belo
 nging to Cyrene\, and visitors from Rome\, both Jews and proselytes\, Creta
 ns and Arabians\, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works 
 of God." \n\nGospel Reading: John 7:37-52\; 8:12\nOn the last day of the fe
 ast\, the great day\, Jesus stood up and proclaimed\, "If any one thirst\, 
 let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me\, as the scripture has 
 said\, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he s
 aid about the Spirit\, which those who believed in him were to receive\; fo
 r as yet the Spirit had not been given\, because Jesus was not yet glorifie
 d.\n\nWhen they heard these words\, some of the people said\, "This is real
 ly the prophet." Others said\, "This is the Christ." But some said\, "Is th
 e Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ i
 s descended from David\, and comes from Bethlehem\, the village where David
  was?" So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them want
 ed to arrest him\, but no one laid hands on him.\n\nThe officers then went 
 back to the chief priests and Pharisees\, who said to them\, "Why did you n
 ot bring him?" The officers answered\, "No man ever spoke like this man!" T
 he Pharisees answered them\, "Are you led astray\, you also? Have any of th
 e authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd\, who do 
 not know the law\, are accursed." Nikodemos\, who had gone to him before\, 
 and who was one of them\, said to them\, "Does our law judge a man without 
 first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" They replied\, "Are 
 you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise fr
 om Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the wo
 rld\; he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light
  of life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/17/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Blind Man\; The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia\; The
 ophanes and Nectarios\, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteor
 a\; Nicholas the Younger who was martyred in Metsovo\, Epirus\; Theodotos t
 he Martyr of Ancyra & the 7 Virgin-martyrs\; Athanasios\, Archbishop of Chr
 istianopolis\; The New Martyrs of Batak\, Bulgaria\n\nMatins Gospel Reading
 : John 20:11-18\nAt that time\, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb\, and a
 s she wept she stooped to look into the tomb\, and she saw two angels in wh
 ite\, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain\, one at the head and one at
  the feet. They said to her\, "Woman\, why are you weeping?" She said to th
 em\, "Because they have taken away my Lord\, and I do not know where they h
 ave laid Him." Saying this\, she turned round and saw Jesus standing\, but 
 she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her\, "Woman\, why are yo
 u weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener\, she said t
 o Him\, "Sir\, if you have carried Him away\, tell me where you have laid H
 im\, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her\, "Mary." She turned and 
 said to Him in Hebrew\, "Rabboni\," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her\
 , "Do not touch Me\, for I have not yet ascended to the Father\; but go to 
 My brethren and say to them\, I am ascending to My Father and your Father\,
  to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples\, "
 I have seen the Lord\," and she told them that He had said these things to 
 her.\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 16:16-34\nIN THOSE DAYS\, as 
 we apostles were going to the place of prayer\, we were met by a slave girl
  who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsa
 ying. She followed Paul and us\, crying\, "These men are servants of the Mo
 st High God\, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." And this she did f
 or many days. But Paul was annoyed\, and turned and said to the spirit\, "I
  charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came ou
 t that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone\
 , they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before 
 the rulers\; and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said\, 
 "These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city. They advocate customs
  which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice." The crowd joi
 ned in attacking them\; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and 
 gave orders to beat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows 
 upon them\, they threw them into prison\, charging the jailer to keep them 
 safely. Having received this charge\, he put them into the inner prison and
  fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were 
 praying and singing hymns to God\, and the prisoners were listening to them
 \, and suddenly there was a great earthquake\, so that the foundations of t
 he prison were shaken\; and immediately all the doors were opened and every
  one's fetters were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the priso
 n doors were open\, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself\, suppo
 sing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice\, "Do
  not harm yourself\, for we are all here." And he called for lights and rus
 hed in\, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas\, and b
 rought them out and said\, "Men\, what must I do to be saved?" And they sai
 d\, "Believe in the Lord Jesus\, and you will be saved\, you and your house
 hold." And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in h
 is house. And he took them the same hour of the night\, and washed their wo
 unds\, and he was baptized at once\, with all his family. Then he brought t
 hem up into his house\, and set food before them\; and he rejoiced with all
  his household that he had believed in God. \n\nGospel Reading: John 9:1-38
 \nAt that time\, as Jesus passed by\, he saw a man blind from his birth. An
 d his disciples asked him\, "Rabbi\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\,
  that he was born blind?" Jesus answered\, "It was not that this man sinned
 \, or his parents\, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him
 . We must work the works of him who sent me\, while it is day\; night comes
 \, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world\, I am the light of t
 he world." As he said this\, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spi
 ttle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay\, saying to him\, "Go\, wash
  in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came 
 back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar\, 
 said\, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said\, "It is he
 "\; others said\, "No\, but he is like him." He said\, "I am the man." They
  said to him\, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered\, "The man cal
 led Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me\, 'Go to Siloam and
  wash'\; so I went and washed and received my sight." They said to him\, "W
 here is he?" He said\, "I do not know."\n\nThey brought to the Pharisees th
 e man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made
  the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had rec
 eived his sight. And he said to them\, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed
 \, and I see." Some of the Pharisees said\, "This man is not from God\, for
  he does not keep the sabbath." But others said\, "How can a man who is a s
 inner do such signs?" There was a division among them. So they again said t
 o the blind man\, "What do you say about him\, since he has opened your eye
 s?" He said\, "He is a prophet."\n\nThe Jews did not believe that he had be
 en blind and had received his sight\, until they called the parents of the 
 man who had received his sight\, and asked them\, "Is this your son\, who y
 ou say was born blind? How then does he now see?" His parents answered\, "W
 e know that this is our son\, and that he was born blind\; but how he now s
 ees we do not know\, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him\; he is of
  age\, he will speak for himself." His parents said this because they feare
 d the Jews\, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess 
 him to be Christ he was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his paren
 ts said\, "He is of age\, ask him."\n\nSo for the second time they called t
 he man who had been blind\, and said to him\, "Give God the praise\; we kno
 w that this man is a sinner." He answered\, "Whether he is a sinner\, I do 
 not know\; one thing I know\, that though I was blind\, now I see." They sa
 id to him\, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered
  them\, "I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want 
 to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?" And they revile
 d him\, saying\, "You are his disciple\, but we are disciples of Moses. We 
 know that God has spoken to Moses\, but as for this man\, we do not know wh
 ere he comes from." The man answered\, "Why\, this is a marvel! You do not 
 know where he comes from\, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does
  not listen to sinners\, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his w
 ill\, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard tha
 t anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God
 \, he could do nothing." They answered him\, "You were born in utter sin\, 
 and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that they ha
 d cast him out\, and having found him he said\, "Do you believe in the Son 
 of man?" He answered\, "And who is he\, sir\, that I may believe in him?" J
 esus said to him\, "You have seen him\, and it is he who speaks to you." He
  said\, "Lord\, I believe"\; and he worshiped him.\n\n
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 sts: 2nd Wednesday after Pascha\; Theodore of Sykeon\; Nathaniel\, Luke\, &
  Clemente the Apostles\; Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros\; Nearchos the Martyr\
 n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles
  4:13-22\nIn those days\, when the Jews saw the boldness of Peter and John\
 , and perceived that they were uneducated\, common men\, they wondered\; an
 d they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man that ha
 d been healed standing beside them\, they had nothing to say in opposition.
  But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council\, they con
 ferred with one another\, saying\, "What shall we do with these men? For th
 at a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the in
 habitants of Jerusalem\, and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may sp
 read no further among the people\, let us warn them to speak no more to any
  one in this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or te
 ach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them\, "Whethe
 r it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God\, you
  must judge\; for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And 
 when they had further threatened them\, they let them go\, finding no way t
 o punish them\, because of the people\; for all men praised God for what ha
 d happened. For the man on whom the sign of healing was performed was more 
 than forty years old.\n\nGospel Reading: John 5:17-24\nThe Lord said to the
  Jews who came to him: "My Father is working still\, and I am working." Thi
 s was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him\, because he not only br
 oke the sabbath but also called God his own Father\, making himself equal w
 ith God.\n\n Jesus said to them\, "Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, the Son c
 an do nothing of his own accord\, but only what he sees the Father doing\; 
 for whatever he does\, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the
  Son\, and shows him all that he himself is doing\; and greater works than 
 these he will show him\, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the 
 dead and gives them life\, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The 
 Father judges no one\, but has given all judgment to the Son\, that all may
  honor the Son\, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the S
 on does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly\, truly\, I say to you\, h
 e who hears my word and believes him who sent me\, has eternal life\; he do
 es not come into judgment\, but has passed from death to life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/19/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Macarius the Great of Egypt\; Makarios of Alexandria\; Mark\, Bishop o
 f Ephesus\; Makarios\, Hierodeacon of Kalogera\, Patmos\; Arsenius of Corfu
 \; Removal of the Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian\; Branwa
 llader\, Bishop of Jersey\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Gala
 tians 5:22-26\; 6:1-2\nBrethren\, the fruit of the Spirit is love\, joy\, p
 eace\, patience\, kindness\, goodness\, faithfulness\, gentleness\, self-co
 ntrol\; against such there is no law.  And those who belong to Christ Jesus
  have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live by the
  Spirit\, let us also walk by the Spirit.  Let us have no self-conceit\, no
  provoking of one another\, no envy of one another.  Brethren\, if a man is
  overtaken in any trespass\, you who are spiritual should restore him in a 
 spirit of gentleness.  Look to yourself\, lest you too be tempted.  Bear on
 e another's burdens\, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\n\nGospel Reading: 
 Matthew 22:35-46\nAt that time\, a lawyer came up to Jesus and asked him a 
 question\, to test him. "Teacher\, which is the great commandment in the la
 w?" And he said to him\, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your he
 art\, and with all your soul\, and with all your mind. This is the great an
 d first commandment. And a second is like it\, You shall love your neighbor
  as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets
 ."\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered together\, Jesus asked them a q
 uestion\, saying\, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They
  said to him\, "The son of David." He said to them\, "How is it then that D
 avid\, inspired by the Spirit\, calls him Lord\, saying\, 'The Lord said to
  my Lord\, Sit at my right hand\, till I put your enemies under your feet'?
  If David thus calls him Lord\, how is he his son?" And no one was able to 
 answer him a word\, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more q
 uestions.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Stephen the New\; Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste\; Auxe
 ntius\, 16 Martyrs of Tiberioupolis\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. 
 Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians 3:6-18\nBrethren\, we command you
  in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\, that you keep away from any brother
  who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you re
 ceived from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us\; we we
 re not idle when we were with you\, we did not eat any one's bread without 
 paying\, but with toil and labor we worked night and day\, that we might no
 t burden any of you. It was not because we have not that right\, but to giv
 e you in our conduct an example to imitate. For even when we were with you\
 , we gave you this command: If any one will not work\, let him not eat. For
  we hear that some of you are living in idleness\, mere busybodies\, not do
 ing any work. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Chri
 st to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living. Brethren\, d
 o not be weary in well-doing.\n\nIf any one refuses to obey what we say in 
 this letter\, note that man\, and have nothing to do with him\, that he may
  be ashamed. Do not look on him as an enemy\, but warn him as a brother.\n\
 nNow may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways.
  The Lord be with you all. I\, Paul\, write this greeting with my own hand.
  This is the mark in every letter of mine\; it is the way I write. The grac
 e of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1
 9:12-28\nThe Lord said this parable\, "A nobleman went into a far country t
 o receive a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servants\, he gave 
 them ten pounds\, and said to them\, 'Trade with these till I come.' But hi
 s citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him\, saying\, 'We do not wa
 nt this man to reign over us.' When he returned\, having received the kingd
 om\, he commanded these servants\, to whom he had given the money\, to be c
 alled to him\, that he might know what they had gained by trading. The firs
 t came before him\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made ten pounds more.' 
 And he said to him\, 'Well done\, good servant! Because you have been faith
 ful in a very little\, you shall have authority over ten cities.' And the s
 econd came\, saying\, 'Lord\, your pound has made five pounds.' And he said
  to him\, 'And you are to be over five cities.' Then another came\, saying\
 , 'Lord\, here is your pound\, which I kept laid away in a napkin\; for I w
 as afraid of you\, because you are a severe man\; you take up what you did 
 not lay down\, and reap what you did not sow.' He said to him\, 'I will con
 demn you out of your own mouth\, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a 
 severe man\, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not s
 ow? Why then did you not put my money into the bank\, and at my coming I sh
 ould have collected it with interest?' And he said to those who stood by\, 
 'Take the pound from him\, and give it to him who has the ten pounds.' (And
  they said to him\, 'Lord\, he has ten pounds!') 'I tell you\, that to ever
 y one who has will more be given\; but from him who has not\, even what he 
 has will be taken away. But as for these enemies of mine\, who did not want
  me to reign over them\, bring them here and slay them before me.'" And whe
 n he had said this\, he went on ahead\, going up to Jerusalem.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/29/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 14\,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem\; Our Rig
 hteous Father Marcellus\, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones\; O
 ur Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; G
 eorge\, Bishop of Nicomedia\, Poet of Asmatikons\, Kanons\, and Troparia\n\
 nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\nBR
 ETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin
 . That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren\, saying\, "I will pr
 oclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the midst of the congregation I will pr
 aise thee." And again\, "I will put my trust in him." And again\, "Here am 
 I\, and the children God has given me. Since therefore the children share i
 n flesh and blood\, he himself likewise partook of the same nature\, that t
 hrough death he might destroy him who has the power of death\, that is\, th
 e devil\, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to l
 ifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but 
 with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his breth
 ren in every respect\, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high
  priest in the service of God\, to make expiation for the sins of the peopl
 e. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted\, he is able to hel
 p those who are tempted. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise
  men departed\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream
  and said\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and
  remain there till I tell you\; for Herod is about to search for the child\
 , to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother by night\,
  and departed to Egypt\, and remained there until the death of Herod. This 
 was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have
  I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when he saw that he had been tricked by 
 the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, and he sent and killed all the male 
 children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or unde
 r\, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then 
 was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard i
 n Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\, Rachel weeping for her children\; 
 she refused to be consoled\, because they were no more." But when Herod die
 d\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, 
 saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his mother\, and go to the land of Isra
 el\, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose and took 
 the child and his mother\, and went to the land of Israel. But when he hear
 d that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod\, he was a
 fraid to go there\, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district
  of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth\, that what wa
 s spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazaren
 e."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/28/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn\; Hilarion the New\; Herodion 
 the Apostle of the 70\; Stephen the Wonderworker\n\nFast Day (Wine and Oil 
 Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:1-7\nBRETHR
 EN\, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuar
 y. For a tent was prepared\, the outer one\, in which were the lampstand an
 d the table and the bread of the Presence\; it is called the Holy Place. Be
 hind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies\, having the
  golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides w
 ith gold\, which contained a golden urn holding the manna\, and Aaron's rod
  that budded\, and the tables of the covenant\; above it were the cherubim 
 of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak 
 in detail. These preparations having thus been made\, the priests go contin
 ually into the outer tent\, performing their ritual duties\; but into the s
 econd only the high priest goes\, and he but once a year\, and not without 
 taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.\
 n\nGospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49\, 56\nIn those days\, Mary arose and went w
 ith haste into the hill country\, to a city of Judah\, and she entered the 
 house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the gree
 ting of Mary\, the babe leaped in her womb\; and Elizabeth was filled with 
 the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry\, "Blessed are you among 
 women\, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me\,
  that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold\, when the voice 
 of your greeting came to my ears\, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And 
 blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was s
 poken to her from the Lord."\n\n  And Mary said\, "My soul magnifies the Lo
 rd\, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior\, for he has regarded the low 
 estate of his handmaiden. For behold\, henceforth all generations will call
  me blessed\; for he who is mighty has done great things for me\, and holy 
 is his name." And Mary remained with her about three months\, and returned 
 to her home.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/25/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist\; The R
 ighteous Martyr Febronia\; Methodius of Nevritos\; Prokopios the New Martyr
 \; Dionysius & Dometios the Righteous of Mount Athos\; Orentios\, Pharmakio
 s\, Eros\, Phirmos\, Phirminos\, Kyriakos\, and Longinos the Martyrs and Br
 others\n\nFast Day (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to 
 the Romans 11:13-24\nBrethren\, I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch the
 n as I am an apostle to the Gentiles\, I magnify my ministry in order to ma
 ke my fellow Jews jealous\, and thus save some of them. For if their reject
 ion means the reconciliation of the world\, what will their acceptance mean
  but life from the dead? If the dough offered as first fruits is holy\, so 
 is the whole lump\; and if the root is holy\, so are the branches. But if s
 ome of the branches were broken off\, and you\, a wild olive shoot\, were g
 rafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree\, do not boas
 t over the branches. If you do boast\, remember it is not you that support 
 the root\, but the root that supports you. You will say\, "Branches were br
 oken off so that I might be grafted in." That is true. They were broken off
  because of their unbelief\, but you stand fast only through faith. So do n
 ot become proud\, but stand in awe. For if God did not spare the natural br
 anches\, neither will he spare you. Note then the kindness and the severity
  of God: severity toward those who have fallen\, but God's kindness to you\
 , provided you continue in his kindness\; otherwise you too will be cut off
 . And even the others\, if they do not persist in their unbelief\, will be 
 grafted in\, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you have 
 been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree\, and grafted\, contrary 
 to nature\, into a cultivated olive tree\, how much more will these natural
  branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.\n\nGospel Reading: Mat
 thew 11:27-30\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "All things have been deliv
 ered to me by my Father\; and no one knows the Son except the Father\, and 
 no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses 
 to reveal him.  Come to me\, all who labor and are heavy laden\, and I will
  give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you\, and learn from me\; for I am gentl
 e and lowly in heart\, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke 
 is easy\, and my burden is light."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/24/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos\; Righteous Artemon\, B
 ishop of Seleucia\; Our Holy Father Theonas\, Archbishop of Thessolonica\; 
 Zachariah the Recluse\n\nStrict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 40:18
 -31\nThus says the LORD: To whom then will you liken God\, or what likeness
  compare with him?  The idol! a workman casts it\, and a goldsmith overlays
  it with gold\, and casts for it silver chains.  He who is impoverished cho
 oses for an offering wood that will not rot\; he seeks out a skilful crafts
 man to set up an image that will not move.  \n\n Have you not known? Have y
 ou not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not und
 erstood from the foundations of the earth?  It is he who sits above the cir
 cle of the earth\, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers\; who stretche
 s out the heavens like a curtain\, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in
 \; who brings princes to nought\, and makes the rulers of the earth as noth
 ing.  \n\n Scarcely are they planted\, scarcely sown\, scarcely has their s
 tem taken root in the earth\, when he blows upon them\, and they wither\, a
 nd the tempest carries them off like stubble.  \n\n To whom then will you c
 ompare me\, that I should be like him? Says the Holy One.  Lift up your eye
 s on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by numbe
 r\, calling them all by name\; by the greatness of his might\, and because 
 he is strong in power not one is missing.  \n\n Why do you say\, O Jacob\, 
 and speak\, O Israel\, "My way is hid from the LORD\, and my right is disre
 garded by my God"?  Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the
  everlasting God\, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint 
 or grow weary\, his understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the f
 aint\, and to him who has no might he increases strength.  Even youths shal
 l faint and be weary\, and young men shall fall exhausted\; but they who wa
 it for the LORD shall renew their strength\, they shall mount up with wings
  like eagles\, they shall run and not be weary\, they shall walk and not fa
 int.\n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 15:1-15\n After these things the wor
 d of the LORD came to Abram in a vision\, "Fear not\, Abram\, I am your shi
 eld\; your reward shall be very great."  But Abram said\, "O Lord GOD\, wha
 t wilt thou give me\, for I continue childless\, and the heir of my house i
 s Eliezer of Damascus?"  And Abram said\, "Behold\, thou hast given me no o
 ffspring\; and a slave born in my house will be my heir."  And behold\, the
  word of the LORD came to him\, "This man shall not be your heir\; your own
  son shall be your heir."  And he brought him outside and said\, "Look towa
 rd heaven\, and number the stars\, if you are able to number them." Then he
  said to him\, "So shall your descendants be."  And he believed the LORD\; 
 and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.  \n\n And he said to him\, "I a
 m the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans\, to give you this land
  to possess."  But he said\, "O Lord GOD\, how am I to know that I shall po
 ssess it?"  He said to him\, "Bring me a heifer three years old\, a she-goa
 t three years old\, a ram three years old\, a turtledove\, and a young pige
 on."  And he brought him all these\, cut them in two\, and laid each half o
 ver against the other\; but he did not cut the birds in two.  And when bird
 s of prey came down upon the carcasses\, Abram drove them away.  \n\n As th
 e sun was going down\, a deep sleep fell on Abram\; and lo\, a dread and gr
 eat darkness fell upon him.  Then the LORD said to Abram\, "Know of a suret
 y that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs\, a
 nd will be slaves there\, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years
 \; but I will bring judgment on the nation which they serve\, and afterward
  they shall come out with great possessions.  As for yourself\, you shall g
 o to your fathers in peace\; you shall be buried in a good old age.\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:7-19\nThe lips of the wise spread knowledge\
 ; not so the minds of fools.  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination
  to the LORD\, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.  The way of th
 e wicked is an abomination to the LORD\, but he loves him who pursues right
 eousness.  There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way\; he who
  hates reproof will die.  Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD\, how 
 much more the hearts of men!  A scoffer does not like to be reproved\; he w
 ill not go to the wise.  A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance\, but by
  sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.  The mind of him who has understandi
 ng seeks knowledge\, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.  All the days o
 f the afflicted are evil\, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.  Bet
 ter is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble w
 ith it.  Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hat
 red with it.  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife\, but he who is slow to an
 ger quiets contention.  The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns\, bu
 t the path of the upright is a level highway.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/07/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jeru
 salem in 351 A.D.\; Cyril\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Akakios the Centurion
  of Byzantium\; Repose of St. Nilus\, abbot of Sora\; Pachomios the New Mar
 tyr of Patmos\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 26:1\, 12-20\nIN THO
 SE DAYS\, King Agrippa said to Paul\, "You have permission to speak for you
 rself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: "I journeyed
  to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. At mid
 day\, O king\, I saw on the way a light from heaven\, brighter than the sun
 \, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fa
 llen to the ground\, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language\, 
 'Saul\, Saul\, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the go
 ads.' And I said\, 'Who are you\, Lord?' And the Lord said\, 'I am Jesus wh
 om you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet\; for I have appe
 ared to you for this purpose\, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to 
 the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to
  you\, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles-to whom I send 
 you to open their eyes\, that they may turn from darkness to light and from
  the power of Satan to God\, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and 
 a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' "Wherefore\, O King
  Agrippa\, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision\, but declared firs
 t to those at Damascus\, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country o
 f Judea\, and also to the Gentiles\, that they should repent and turn to Go
 d and perform deeds worthy of their repentance." \n\nGospel Reading: John 8
 :12-20\nAgain Jesus spoke to them\, saying\, "I am the light of the world\;
  he who follows me will not walk in darkness\, but will have the light of l
 ife." The Pharisees then said to him\, "You are bearing witness to yourself
 \; your testimony is not true." Jesus answered\, "Even if I do bear witness
  to myself\, my testimony is true\, for I know whence I have come and whith
 er I am going\, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going. Yo
 u judge according to the flesh\, I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge\, m
 y judgment is true\, for it is not I alone that judge\, but I and he who se
 nt me. In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true\; I 
 bear witness to myself\, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me." T
 hey said to him therefore\, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered\, "You k
 now neither me nor my Father\; if you knew me\, you would know my Father al
 so." These words he spoke in the treasury\, as he taught in the temple\; bu
 t no one arrested him\, because his hour had not yet come.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 11/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis\; Nikon Metanoeite\; Stylianos the
  Monk of Paphlagonia\; Akakios of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder\; Ge
 orge the New Martyr of Chios\; Innocent of Irkutsk\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistl
 e Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians 2:1-12\nBrethren\,
  concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet 
 him\, we beg you not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited\, either by sp
 irit or by word\, or by letter purporting to be from us\, to the effect tha
 t the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way\; for tha
 t day will not come\, unless the rebellion comes first\, and the man of law
 lessness is revealed\, the son of perdition\, who opposes and exalts himsel
 f against every so-called god or object of worship\, so that he takes his s
 eat in the temple of God\, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not rememb
 er that when I was still with you I told you this? And you know what is res
 training him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of
  lawlessness is already at work\; only he who now restrains it will do so u
 ntil he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed\, and 
 the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him b
 y his appearing and his coming. The coming of the lawless one by the activi
 ty of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders\, a
 nd with all wicked deception for those who are to perish\, because they ref
 used to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends upon them a str
 ong delusion\, to make them believe what is false\, so that all may be cond
 emned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.\n\
 nGospel Reading: Luke 18:15-17\, 26-30\nAt that time\, they were bringing i
 nfants to Jesus that he might touch them\; and when the disciples saw it\, 
 they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him\, saying\, "Let the childre
 n come to me\, and do not hinder them\; for to such belongs the kingdom of 
 God. Truly\, I say to you\, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God lik
 e a child shall not enter it."\n\nThose who heard it said\, "Then who can b
 e saved?" But he said\, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."
  And Peter said\, "Lo\, we have left our homes and followed you." And he sa
 id to them\, "Truly\, I say to you\, there is no man who has left house or 
 wife or brothers or parents or children\, for the sake of the kingdom of Go
 d\, who will not receive manifold more in this time\, and in the age to com
 e eternal life."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/22/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Basiliscus the Martyr\, Bishop of Comana\; Holy New Martyrs Demetrius 
 and Paul of Tripoli\; John-Vladimir\, Ruler of Serbia\n\nFast Day (Wine and
  Oil Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8\nIn those day
 s\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul passed through the upper country an
 d came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them\, "Di
 d you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said\, "No\, we 
 have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said\, "Into wha
 t then were you baptized?" They said\, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said
 \, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance\, telling the people to be
 lieve in the one who was to come after him\, that is\, Jesus." On hearing t
 his\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had l
 aid his hands upon them\, the Holy Spirit came on them\; and they spoke wit
 h tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he en
 tered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly\, arguing and pleadin
 g about the kingdom of God.\n\nGospel Reading: John 14:1-11\nThe Lord said 
 to his disciples\, "Let not your hearts be troubled\; believe in God\, beli
 eve also in me. In my Father's house there are many rooms\; if it were not 
 so\, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I
  go and prepare a place for you\, I will come again and will take you to my
 self\, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am goi
 ng." Thomas said to him\, "Lord\, we do not know where you are going\; how 
 can we know the way?" Jesus said to him\, "I am the way\, and the truth\, a
 nd the life\; no one comes to the Father\, but by me. If you had known me\,
  you would have known my Father also\; henceforth you know him and have see
 n him."\n\nPhilip said to him\, "Lord\, show us the Father\, and we shall b
 e satisfied." Jesus said to him\, "Have I been with you so long\, and yet y
 ou do not know me\, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father\; how ca
 n you say\, 'Show us the Father?' Do you not believe that I am in the Fathe
 r and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my ow
 n authority\; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me th
 at I am in the Father and the Father in me."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 03/19/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria\; Demetrios the New Martyr\n\nS
 trict Fast\n\nOld Testament Reading: Isaiah 28:14-22\n Thus says the LORD\,
  you scoffers\, who rule this people in Jerusalem!  Because you have said\,
  "We have made a covenant with death\, and with Sheol we have an agreement\
 ; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us\; for
  we have made lies our refuge\, and in falsehood we have taken shelter"\; t
 herefore thus says the Lord GOD\, "Behold\, I am laying in Zion for a found
 ation a stone\, a tested stone\, a precious cornerstone\, of a sure foundat
 ion: 'He who believes will not be in haste.'  And I will make justice the l
 ine\, and righteousness the plummet\; and hail will sweep away the refuge o
 f lies\, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."  Then your covenant with d
 eath will be annulled\, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand\; when
  the overwhelming scourge passes through you will be beaten down by it.  As
  often as it passes through it will take you\; for morning by morning it wi
 ll pass through\, by day and by night\; and it will be sheer terror to unde
 rstand the message.  For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it\, an
 d the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.  For the LORD will rise up
  as on Mount Perazim\, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon\; to do 
 his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work!  
 Now therefore do not scoff\, lest your bonds be made strong\; for I have he
 ard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts upon the whole land.
 \n\nOld Testament Reading: Genesis 10:32-11:9\n These are the families of t
 he sons of Noah\, according to their genealogies\, in their nations\; and f
 rom these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.  Now the 
 whole earth had one language and few words.  And as men migrated from the e
 ast\, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.  And they
  said to one another\, "Come\, let us make bricks\, and burn them thoroughl
 y." And they had brick for stone\, and bitumen for mortar.  Then they said\
 , "Come\, let us build ourselves a city\, and a tower with its top in the h
 eavens\, and let us make a name for ourselves\, lest we be scattered abroad
  upon the face of the whole earth."  And the LORD came down to see the city
  and the tower\, which the sons of men had built.  And the LORD said\, "Beh
 old\, they are one people\, and they have all one language\; and this is on
 ly the beginning of what they will do\; and nothing that they propose to do
  will now be impossible for them.  Come\, let us go down\, and there confus
 e their language\, that they may not understand one another's speech."  So 
 the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth\, 
 and they left off building the city.  Therefore its name was called Babel\,
  because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth\; and from t
 here the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.\n\nOld 
 Testament Reading: Proverbs 13:19-14:6\nA desire fulfilled is sweet to the 
 soul\; but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.  He who walks
  with wise men becomes wise\, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. 
  Misfortune pursues sinners\, but prosperity rewards the righteous.  A good
  man leaves an inheritance to his children's children\, but the sinner's we
 alth is laid up for the righteous.  The fallow ground of the poor yields mu
 ch food\, but it is swept away through injustice.  He who spares the rod ha
 tes his son\, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.  The righ
 teous has enough to satisfy his appetite\, but the belly of the wicked suff
 ers want.  Wisdom builds her house\, but folly with her own hands tears it 
 down.  He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD\, but he who is devious i
 n his ways despises him.  The talk of a fool is a rod for his back\, but th
 e lips of the wise will preserve them.  Where there are no oxen\, there is 
 no grain\; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.  A faithful w
 itness does not lie\, but a false witness breathes out lies.  A scoffer see
 ks wisdom in vain\, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/22/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior\, Jesus Christ\; Anas
 tasia the Great Martyr\; Chrysogonos\, Theodota\, Evodias\, & Eutychianus\,
  the Martyrs\; The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God\n\nStric
 t Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:5-11\, 17-19\
 nBrethren\, Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant\, to testify
  to the things that were to be spoken later\, but Christ was faithful over 
 his house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidence and
  pride in our hope firm to the end. Therefore\, as the Holy Spirit says\, "
 Today\, when you hear his voice\, do not harden your hearts as in the rebel
 lion\, on the day of testing in the wilderness\, where your fathers put me 
 to the test and saw my works for forty years. Therefore I was provoked with
  that generation\, and said\, 'They always go astray in their hearts\; they
  have not known my ways.' As I swore in my wrath\, 'They shall never enter 
 my rest.'" And with whom was he provoked forty years? Was it not with those
  who sinned\, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did he swear
  that they should never enter his rest\, but to those who were disobedient?
  So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Mark 9:42-50\; 10:1\nThe Lord said\, "Whoever causes one of these li
 ttle ones who believe in me to sin\, it would be better for him if a great 
 millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if 
 your hand causes you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter li
 fe maimed than with two hands to go to hell\, to the unquenchable fire\, wh
 ere their worm does not die\, and the fire is not quenched. And if your foo
 t causes you to sin\, cut it off\; it is better for you to enter life lame 
 than with two feet to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\,
  and the fire is not quenched. And if your eye causes you to sin\, pluck it
  out\; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than w
 ith two eyes to be thrown into hell\, where their worm does not die\, and t
 he fire is not quenched. For every one will be salted with fire and every s
 acrifice will be salted with salt. Salt is good\; but if the salt has lost 
 its saltness\, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves\, and be at 
 peace with one another." And he left there and went to the region of Judea 
 and beyond the Jordan\, and crowds gathered to him again\; and again\, as h
 is custom was\, he taught them.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/09/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ\; Pol
 yeuctus the Martyr of Melitene in Armenia\; Eustratios the Wonderworker\; P
 eter\, Bishop of Sebaste\, brother of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa\
 ; Philip\, Metropolitan of Moscow\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Pa
 ul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10\nTimothy\, my son\, be strong in the g
 race that is in Christ Jesus\, and what you have heard from me before many 
 witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Sh
 are in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service g
 ets entangled in civilian pursuits\, since his aim is to satisfy the one wh
 o enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to t
 he rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of
  the crops. Think over what I say\, for the Lord will grant you understandi
 ng in everything.\n\nRemember Jesus Christ\, risen from the dead\, descende
 d from David\, as preached in my gospel\, the gospel for which I am sufferi
 ng and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered
 . Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect\, that they also 
 may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.\n\nGospel Read
 ing: Mark 1:9-15\nIn those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was
  baptized by John in the Jordan.  And when he came up out of the water\, im
 mediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like
  a dove\; and a voice came from heaven\, "You are my beloved Son\; with you
  I am well pleased."  The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wildern
 ess. And he was in the wilderness forty days\, tempted by Satan\; and he wa
 s with the wild beasts\; and the angels ministered to him. Now after John w
 as arrested\, Jesus came into Galilee\, preaching the gospel of God\, and s
 aying\, "The time is fulfilled\, and the kingdom of God is at hand\; repent
 \, and believe in the gospel."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/01/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today\; Forefeast
  of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Trypho the Mart
 yr\; Perpetua & her Companions\; Our Holy Father Basil\, Archbishop of Thes
 solonica\; Anastasios the New Martyr of Navplion\; The Four Martyrs Andrian
 us\, Polyeuktos\, Plato and George who contested in Megara\; Timothy the Co
 nfessor\; Bridget of Ireland\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20\nAt
  that time\, the eleven disciples went to Galilee\, to the mountain to whic
 h Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him\; but s
 ome doubted. And Jesus came and said to them\, "All authority in heaven and
  on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nati
 ons\, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spi
 rit\, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\; and lo\, I a
 m with you always\, to the close of the age. Amen."\n\nEpistle Reading: St.
  Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:28-39\nBrethren\, we know that everything wo
 rks for good with those who love God\, who are called according to his purp
 ose.  For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the
  image of his Son\, in order that he might be the first-born among many bre
 thren.  And those whom he predestined he also called\; and those whom he ca
 lled he also justified\; and those whom he justified he also glorified.\n\n
 What then shall we say to this?  If God is for us\, who is against us?  He 
 who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all\, will he not also
  give us all things with him?  Who shall bring any charge against God's ele
 ct?  It is God who justifies\; who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus\, who
  died\, yes\, who was raised from the dead\, who is at the right hand of Go
 d\, who indeed intercedes for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Ch
 rist?  Shall tribulation\, or distress\, or persecution\, or famine\, or na
 kedness\, or peril\, or sword?  As it is written\, "For thy sake we are bei
 ng killed all the day long\; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."  
 No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved 
 us.  For I am sure that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor princip
 alities\, nor things present\, nor things to come\, nor powers\, nor height
 \, nor depth\, nor anything else in all creation\, will be able to separate
  us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nGospel Reading: Luke 
 18:10-14\nThe Lord said this parable\, "Two men went up into the temple to 
 pray\, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood an
 d prayed thus with himself\, 'God\, I thank you that I am not like other me
 n\, extortioners\, unjust\, adulterers\, or even like this tax collector.  
 I fast twice a week\, I give tithes of all that I get.'  But the tax collec
 tor\, standing far off\, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven\, but be
 at his breast\, saying\, 'God\, be merciful to me a sinner!'  I tell you\, 
 this man went down to his house justified rather than the other\; for every
 one who exalts himself will be humbled\, but he who humbles himself will be
  exalted."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/01/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Nahum the Prophet\; Philaret the Merciful of Amnia\; Ananias the Persi
 an\; Holy Father Theocletus the Wonderworker\, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia\;
  Our Holy Fathers Ananius and Solochon\, Archbishops of Ephesus\n\nFast Day
  (Fish Allowed)\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:1-
 7\nPaul\, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Ch
 rist Jesus our hope\, to Timothy\, my true child in the faith: Grace\, merc
 y\, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you
  when I was going to Macedonia\, remain at Ephesos that you may charge cert
 ain persons not to teach any different doctrine\, nor to occupy themselves 
 with myths and endless genealogies which promote speculations rather than t
 he divine training that is in faith\; whereas the aim of our charge is love
  that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith. Cer
 tain persons by swerving from these have wandered away into vain discussion
 \, desiring to be teachers of the law\, without understanding either what t
 hey are saying or the things about which they make assertions.\n\nGospel Re
 ading: Luke 19:37-44\nAt that time\, as Jesus was drawing near\, at the des
 cent of the Mount of Olives\, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
  rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that the
 y had seen\, saying\, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lor
 d! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" And some of the Pharisees in 
 the multitude said to him\, "Teacher\, rebuke your disciples." He answered\
 , "I tell you\, if these were silent\, the very stones would cry out." And 
 when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it\, saying\, "Would that e
 ven today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid fro
 m your eyes. For the days shall come upon you\, when your enemies will cast
  up a bank about you and surround you\, and hem you in on every side\, and 
 dash you to the ground\, you and your children within you\, and they will n
 ot leave one stone upon another in you\; because you did not know the time 
 of your visitation."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/26/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\; Euthemios
  the Confessor\, Bishop of Sardis\; Holy New Hieromartyr Constantine of Rus
 sia\, Who Struggled in Constantinople (1743)\; Constantius the Holy Martyr\
 ; Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul
 's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18\nBRETHREN\, he who sanctifies and those wh
 o are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call
  them brethren\, saying\, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren\, in the
  midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again\, "I will put my 
 trust in him." And again\, "Here am I\, and the children God has given me. 
 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood\, he himself likewise
  partook of the same nature\, that through death he might destroy him who h
 as the power of death\, that is\, the devil\, and deliver all those who thr
 ough fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not w
 ith angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Theref
 ore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect\, so that he might
  become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God\, to make
  expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered 
 and been tempted\, he is able to help those who are tempted. \n\nGospel Rea
 ding: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel of th
 e Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child and 
 his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\; for Her
 od is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he rose and took
  the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remained t
 here until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken
  by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\, when
  he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a furious rage\, 
 and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that r
 egion who were two years old or under\, according to the time which he had 
 ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the pr
 ophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamentation\
 , Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be consoled\, because th
 ey were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord appea
 red in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child and his
  mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the child's l
 ife are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\, and went to 
 the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in 
 place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and being warned in
  a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a
  city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfi
 lled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 05/16/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Theodore the Sanctified\; Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae\; Nicholas t
 he Mystic\, Patriarch of Constantinople\; New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovos (
 1617)\; Alexandros\, Archbishop of Jerusalem\; Brendan the Navigator\n\nEpi
 stle Reading: Acts of the Apostles 15:35-41\nIN THOSE DAYS\, Paul and Barna
 bas remained in Antioch\, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord\, wit
 h many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas\, "Come\, let
  us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the wor
 d of the Lord\, and see how they are." And Barnabas wanted to take with the
 m John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had
  withdrawn from them in Pamphylia\, and had not gone with them to the work.
  And there arose a sharp contention\, so that they separated from each othe
 r\; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus\, but Paul chose 
 Silas and departed\, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lo
 rd. And he went through Syria and Cilicia\, strengthening the churches. \n\
 nGospel Reading: John 10:27-38\nThe Lord said to the Jews who came to him\,
  "My sheep hear my voice\, and I know them\, and they follow me\; and I giv
 e them eternal life\, and they shall never perish\, and no one shall snatch
  them out of my hand. My Father\, who has given them to me\, is greater tha
 n all\, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and t
 he Father are one."\n\nThe Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus an
 swered them\, "I have shown you many good works from the Father\; for which
  of these do you stone me?" The Jews answered him\, "It is not for a good w
 ork that we stone you but for blasphemy\; because you\, being a man\, make 
 yourself God." Jesus answered them\, "Is it not written in your law\, 'I sa
 id\, you are gods?' If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (an
 d scripture cannot be broken)\, do you say of him whom the Father consecrat
 ed and sent into the world\, 'You are blaspheming\,' because I said\, 'I am
  the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of my Father\, then do not be
 lieve me\; but if I do them\, even though you do not believe me\, believe m
 y works\, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I a
 m in the Father."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 06/06/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: The Apodosis of Holy Pentecost\; Hilarion the New of Dalmation Monaste
 ry\; Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt\; 5 Virgins of Caesarea:  Martha\,
  Mary\, Cyris\, Valeria & Marcia\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul'
 s Letter to the Romans 1:7-12\nBrethren\, grace to you and peace from God o
 ur Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First\, I thank my God through Jesus C
 hrist for all of you\, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. F
 or God is my witness\, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son
 \, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers\, asking that so
 mehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. For I long 
 to see you\, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you
 \, that is\, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith\, bot
 h yours and mine.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 5:42-48\nThe Lord said\, "Give
  to him who begs from you\, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you
 . You have heard that it was said\, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate 
 your enemy.' But I say to you\, Love your enemies and pray for those who pe
 rsecute you\, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven\; for
  he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good\, and sends rain on the 
 just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you\, what reward ha
 ve you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only 
 your brethren\, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentil
 es do the same? You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your heavenly Father
  is perfect."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 01/11/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Epiphany\; Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Sa
 viour Jesus Christ\; Our Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch\; Nikep
 horos the New Martyr of Crete\; Vitalis of Gaza\n\nMatins Gospel Reading: J
 ohn 20:19-31\nOn the evening of that day\, the first day of the week\, the 
 doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews\, Jesus came
  and stood among them and said to them\, "Peace be with you." When He had s
 aid this\, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were g
 lad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again\, "Peace be with you. 
 As the Father has sent Me\, even so I send you." And when He had said this\
 , He breathed on them and said to them\, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you f
 orgive the sins of any\, they are forgiven\; if you retain the sins of any\
 , they are retained." Now Thomas\, one of the twelve\, called the Twin\, wa
 s not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him\, "We have
  seen the Lord." But he said to them\, "Unless I see in His hands the print
  of the nails\, and place my finger in the mark of the nails\, and place my
  hand in His side\, I will not believe." Eight days later\, His disciples w
 ere again in the house\, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut\, bu
 t Jesus came and stood among them and said\, "Peace be with you." Then He s
 aid to Thomas\, "Put your finger here\, and see My hands\; and put out your
  hand\, and place it in My side\; do not be faithless\, but believing." Tho
 mas answered Him\, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him\, "Have you beli
 eved because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet 
 believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples\,
  which are not written in this book\; but these are written that you may be
 lieve that Jesus is the Christ\, the Son of God\, and that believing\, you 
 may have life in His name.\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Heb
 rews 13:7-16\nBrethren\, remember your leaders\, those who spoke to you the
  word of God\; consider the outcome of their lives\, and imitate their fait
 h.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.  Do not be l
 ed away by diverse and strange teachings\; for it is well that the heart be
  strengthened by grace\, not by foods\, which have not benefited their adhe
 rents.  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right 
 to eat.  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sa
 nctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the ca
 mp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the peopl
 e through his own blood.  Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp
  and bear the abuse he endured.  For here we have no lasting city\, but we 
 seek the city which is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer 
 up a sacrifice of praise to God\, that is\, the fruit of lips that acknowle
 dge his name.  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have\, for s
 uch sacrifices are pleasing to God. \n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 4:12-17\nAt
  that time\, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested\, he withdrew int
 o Galilee\; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea\
 , in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali\, that what was spoken by the pr
 ophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Napht
 ali\, toward the sea\, across the Jordan\, Galilee of the Gentiles\, the pe
 ople who sat in darkness have seen a great light\, and for those who sat in
  the region and shadow of death light has dawned."  From that time Jesus be
 gan to preach\, saying\, "Repent\, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."\n
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 08/10/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome\; Hippolytus the Martyr 
 of Rome\; Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Ch
 rist\n\nStrict Fast\n\nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Cor
 inthians 2:3-15\nBrethren\, my joy is the joy of you all. For I wrote you o
 ut of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears\, not to cau
 se you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.\n\nB
 ut if any one has caused pain\, he has caused it not to me\, but in some me
 asure - not to put it too severely - to you all. For such a one this punish
 ment by the majority is enough\; so you should rather turn to forgive and c
 omfort him\, for he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to
  reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote\, that I might test yo
 u and know whether you are obedient in everything. Any one whom you forgive
 \, I also forgive. What I have forgiven\, if I have forgiven anything\, has
  been for your sake in the presence of Christ\, to keep Satan from gaining 
 the advantage over us\; for we are not ignorant of his designs.\n\nWhen I c
 ame to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ\, a door was opened for me in t
 he Lord\; but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titu
 s there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.\n\nBut thanks be
  to God\, who in Christ always leads us in triumph\, and through us spreads
  the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of 
 Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are peris
 hing.\n\nGospel Reading: Matthew 23:13-22\nThe Lord said to the Jews who ha
 d come to him\, "Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you d
 evour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers\; therefore y
 ou will receive the greater condemnation. But woe to you\, scribes and Phar
 isees\, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men\; fo
 r you neither enter yourselves\, nor allow those who would enter to go in. 
 Woe to you\, scribes and Pharisees\, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and l
 and to make a single proselyte\, and when he becomes a proselyte\, you make
  him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. Woe to you\, blind guides
 \, who say\, 'If any one swears by the temple\, it is nothing\; but if any 
 one swears by the gold of the temple\, he is bound by his oath.' You blind 
 fools! For which is greater\, the gold or the temple that has made the gold
  sacred? And you say\, 'If any one swears by the altar\, it is nothing\; bu
 t if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar\, he is bound by his o
 ath.' You blind men! For which is greater\, the gift or the altar that make
 s the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar\, swears by it and by ever
 ything on it\; and he who swears by the temple\, swears by it and by him wh
 o dwells in it\; and he who swears by heaven\, swears by the throne of God 
 and by him who sits upon it."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 12/28/2025\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Sunday after Nativity\; 20\,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia\; Holy Mar
 tyr Glycerus\; Simon the Myrrhbearer\, Founder of Simonopetra\, Monastery o
 f Mount Athos\; Afterfeast of the Nativity\n\nFast Free\n\nMatins Gospel Re
 ading: John 20:1-10\nOn the first day of the week\, Mary Magdalene came to 
 the tomb early\, while it was still dark\, and saw that the stone had been 
 taken away from the tomb. So she ran\, and went to Simon Peter and the othe
 r disciple\, the one whom Jesus loved\, and said to them\, "They have taken
  the Lord out of the tomb\, and we do not know where they have laid Him." P
 eter then came out with the other disciple\, and they went toward the tomb.
  They both ran\, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb f
 irst\; and stooping to look in\, he saw the linen cloths lying there\, but 
 he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came\, following him\, and went into the
  tomb\; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin\, which had been on Hi
 s head\, not lying with the linen cloths\, but rolled up in a place by itse
 lf. Then the other disciple\, who reached the tomb first\, also went in\, a
 nd he saw and believed\; for as yet they did not know the scripture\, that 
 He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.\n\
 nEpistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19\nBrethren\, I 
 would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's g
 ospel. For I did not receive it from man\, nor was I taught it\, but it cam
 e through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former lif
 e in Judaism\, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to de
 stroy it\; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my peo
 ple\, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when
  he who had set me apart before I was born\, and had called me through his 
 grace\, was pleased to reveal his Son to me\, in order that I might preach 
 him among the Gentiles\, I did not confer with flesh and blood\, nor did I 
 go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me\, but I went away i
 nto Arabia\; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I wen
 t up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas\, and remained with him fifteen days. But
  I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.\n\nGospe
 l Reading: Matthew 2:13-23\nWhen the wise men departed\, behold\, an angel 
 of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said\, "Rise\, take the child
  and his mother\, and flee to Egypt\, and remain there till I tell you\; fo
 r Herod is about to search for the child\, to destroy him." And he rose and
  took the child and his mother by night\, and departed to Egypt\, and remai
 ned there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had s
 poken by the prophet\, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."\n\nThen Herod\,
  when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men\, was in a furious ra
 ge\, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all t
 hat region who were two years old or under\, according to the time which he
  had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by t
 he prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah\, wailing and loud lamenta
 tion\, Rachel weeping for her children\; she refused to be consoled\, becau
 se they were no more." But when Herod died\, behold\, an angel of the Lord 
 appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt\, saying\, "Rise\, take the child an
 d his mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the chil
 d's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother\, and wen
 t to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over Jude
 a in place of his father Herod\, he was afraid to go there\, and being warn
 ed in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt
  in a city called Nazareth\, that what was spoken by the prophets might be 
 fulfilled\, "He shall be called a Nazarene."\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Saints\, Feasts\, and Readings for 02/05/2026\n\nSaints and Fea
 sts: Agatha the Martyr\; Polyeuktos\, Patriarch Of Constantinople\; Antonio
 s the New Martyr of Athens\; Theodosios\, Archbishop of Chernigov\; Afterfe
 ast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple\; Theodosios o
 f Antioch\n\nFast Free\n\nEpistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Lette
 r 1:8-10\; 2:1-6\nBrethren\, if we say we have no sin\, we deceive ourselve
 s\, and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins\, he is faithful an
 d just\, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
   If we say we have not sinned\, we make him a liar\, and his word is not i
 n us.  My little children\, I am writing this to you so that you may not si
 n\; but if any one does sin\, we have an advocate with the Father\, Jesus C
 hrist the righteous\; and he is the expiation for our sins\, and not for ou
 rs only but also for the sins of the whole world.  And by this we may be su
 re that we know him\, if we keep his commandments.  He who says "I know him
 " but disobeys his commandments is a liar\, and the truth is not in him\; b
 ut whoever keeps his word\, in him truly love for God is perfected.  By thi
 s we may be sure that we are in him: he who says he abides in him ought to 
 walk in the same way in which he walked. \n\nGospel Reading: Mark 13:31-37:
  14:1-2\nThe Lord said to his disciples\, "Heaven and earth will pass away\
 , but my words will not pass away.  But of that day or that hour no one kno
 ws\, not even the angels in heaven\, nor the Son\, but only the Father.  Ta
 ke heed\, watch\; for you do not know when the time will come.  It is like 
 a man going on a journey\, when he leaves home and puts his servants in cha
 rge\, each with his work\, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 
  Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master of the house will c
 ome\, in the evening\, or at midnight\, or at cockcrow\, or in the morning 
 -- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.  And what I say to you I say 
 to all: Watch."  It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of U
 nleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to 
 arrest him by stealth\, and kill him\; for they said\, "Not during the feas
 t\, lest there be a tumult of the people."\n\n
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